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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Broadcasting Service 6285 USB 2145 UTC 30 OCT 2024

« on: October 30, 2024, 2237 UTC »

2236 UTC War of the Worlds here also (S3 peaks but mostly solid above the noise...clear audio)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KRST Radio 6950 USB 2217 UTC 30 Oct 2024

« on: October 30, 2024, 2231 UTC »

2228 UTC Beginning of a spooky story narrated by an OM with droning ambient music in the background (S8 peaks with light noise...nice audio)
2232 UTC OM with ID "This is KRST Cursed Radio", repeated, then OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930.5 AM 1705 UTC 28 OCT 2024

« on: October 28, 2024, 1718 UTC »

1716 UTC Unid jazzy electronica music mostly solid above the noise
1718 UTC Different jazzy electronica music (S8 peaks with light fading and moderate noise)
1723 UTC Different song now...funky jazz...
1724 UTC Deep fade into the noise, but signal recovered at 1725 UTC
1729 UTC Deep fade into the noise
1735 UTC Music back now
1758 UTC Still have the carrier and some nice peaks on the audio
1759 UTC OFF

Thank you for the pleasant listening this cold New England afternoon!

Here's a half hour recording from 1716-1746 UTC...in case your testing!:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QbwGANBu3RZfKuSMFVEQkLxX4vB7uTJP/view?usp=sharing
The first 30 seconds is likely some kind of local QRN...much better after that!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free ? 6970 AM 0020 UTC 28 OCT 2024

« on: October 28, 2024, 0021 UTC »

0020 UTC Hearing some thumping electronica music (S8 peaks with light fades...decent audio)
0028 UTC An OM spoke over the music but all I caught was "Radio Free ?"
0029 UTC Silent pause...peskies noted at this time on LSB
0030 UTC Some percussion now
0036 UTC OM again with ID (missed it again) and mention of "6970 kilohertz", followed by a droning bit of music with thumping beat (Some QRM that sounds like RTTY in the background)
0104 UTC OFF

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QSLs Received / Re: FM 88 Cable Radio (relay by SRR) Test Broadcast eQSL

« on: October 27, 2024, 2305 UTC »

Also received the above and a few minutes later one with full data! Thanks SRR and FM 88 Cable Radio!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6920 USB 2230 UTC 27 Oct 2024

« on: October 27, 2024, 2258 UTC »

2257 UTC Tuned in to "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"-Andy Williams
2258 UTC "Holly Jolly Christmas"-Burl Ives
(Signal is just above the noise floor, but solid amidst moderate noise)
2305 UTC OFF

Thanks for the early Christmas ambiance whoever! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: FM 88 Cable Radio 6940 USB was LSB 2121 UTC 27 OCT 2024

« on: October 27, 2024, 2228 UTC »

2226 UTC I'm hearing Motown/R&B pop music solid above the noise floor on 6939.8 USB
2229 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: UNID 6934.9 AM 0038 UTC 26 Oct 2024

« on: October 26, 2024, 0051 UTC »

This topic has been moved to Latin American Pirate.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,135624.msg415157.html#new

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 9290 USB 2009 UTC 25 OCT 2024

« on: October 25, 2024, 2050 UTC »

2048 UTC "Groovin"-Rascals (S8 here with light noise...nice audio)
2051 UTC "For What It's Worth"-Buffalo Springfield
2053 UTC "There's a Kind of a Hush"-Herman's Hermits
2055 UTC OM DJ chat..."Radio 67, Radio 67...where are you", followed by "Western Union"-Five Americans
2058 UTC "We Ain't Got Nothing Yet"-Blues Magoos
2100 UTC OM DJ with ID "This is WDOG...Shortwave", followed by "Friday On My Mind"-Easybeats 
2103 UTC "Gimme Some Lovin"-Spencer Davis Group
2106 UTC "There She Goes Again"-Velvet Underground
2108 UTC OM DJ with "Time for...1967...WDOG", followed by "Ruby Tuesday"-Rolling Stones
2111 UTC "I Can See For Miles"-The Who
2116 UTC OM DJ with "How can you hear with all that noise", followed by "Penny Lane"-Beatles
2119 UTC "Waterloo Sunset"-Kinks
2122 UTC "Happy Together"-Turtles (Howard Kaylan is an underrated singer...The man had a great voice!)
2125 UTC "Purple Haze"-Jimi Hendrix
2127 UTC "Sunshine Superman"-Donovan
2130 UTC "See Emily Play"-Pink Floyd
2133 UTC "Light My Fire"-Doors (Thank you for playing the long version!)
2140 UTC Howling pups followed by "Are Friends Electric"-Tubeway Army
2144 UTC OM DJ chatting...mention of 1966 and 1967...tonight we're doing 1968", followed by "Love Is Blue"-Paul Muriat Orchestra...segue into "This Magic Moment"-Jay & the Americans
2148 UTC "Here Comes The Judge"-Pigmeat Markham
2151 UTC "Piece of My Heart"-Janis Joplin
2155 UTC "The Mighty Quinn"-Manfred Mann
2158 UTC OM DJ with shoutout to listener Myteaquinn, followed by "Baby Now That I've Found You"-Foundations
2201 UTC "You Keep Me Hanging On"-Vanilla Fudge
2203 UTC "Sky Pilot"-Eric Burdon & Animals
2206 UTC "Nobody But Me"-Human Beinz
2209 UTC "Magic Carpet Ride"-Steppenwolf
2213 UTC "Hurdy Gurdy Man"-Donovan
2216 UTC "Cry Like a Baby"-Boxtops
2218 UTC "Pictures of Matchstick Men"-Status Quo
2221 UTC "Jumping Jack Flash"-Rolling Stones
2225 UTC "Green Tambourine"-Lemon Pipers (Solid S9 here now)
2227 UTC "Classical Gas"-Mason Williams
2230 UTC "Love Is All Around"-Troggs
2233 UTC "Spooky"-Classics IV
2236 UTC "Lady Madonna"-Beatles
2238 UTC "Hello I Love You"-Doors
2240 UTC "Dance to the Music"-Sly & Family Stone
2243 UTC "The Horse"-Cliff Nobles & Co
2245 UTC "Ride My See-Saw"-Moody Blues
2249 UTC OM DJ chat, followed by "Mony Mony"-Tommy James & Shondells
2252 UTC "White Room"-Cream
2256 UTC "9290" jingle, followed by op chatting about 9 megahertz
2259 UTC A Jimi Hendrix song I forgot the name of
2300 UTC "Are Friends Electric"-Tubeway Army

Thank you for a memorable trip back to the best years of music! I was 12 in 1967 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6930 AM 2118 UTC 24 OCT 2024

« on: October 24, 2024, 2135 UTC »

2135 UTC Unid reggae/r&b song-OM singer (S9 peaks with some deep fades...nice audio)

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QSLs Received / Re: WDOG QSL

« on: October 23, 2024, 2100 UTC »

Also received this nice eQSL...thanks Professor Magnetron! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935.35 USB 0101 UTC 20 OCT 2024

« on: October 20, 2024, 0108 UTC »

0106 UTC I'm hearing an OM speaking but only getting partial copy...just above the noise floor

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6965 USB 2358 UTC 19 OCT 2024

« on: October 19, 2024, 2359 UTC »

2358 UTC "Testing 1,2,3"
0000 UTC ID followed by unid 1920's sounding tune
0006 UTC "Come Up and See Me Sometime"
0009 UTC "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
0017 UTC "Come See About Me"-Supremes
0020 UTC "I Can See For Miles"-The WHO (One of the earliest 45 RPM's I purchased back in the day!)
0024 UTC "Ride My See Saw"-Moody Blues
0028 UTC "I've Just Seen a Face"-Beatles
0030 UTC "See See Rider"-Animals
0034 UTC "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind"-The DOORS
0037 UTC "Have You Ever Seen the Rain"-CCR
0040 UTC "I've Seen All Good People"-YES
0046 UTC "See the Sky About to Rain"-Neil Young 
0051 UTC "I Can See Clearly Now"-...Jimmy Cliff version?
0054 UTC A song I have never heard before...



Thanks Wolverine!

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QSLs Received / Re: Brain Brothers QSL

« on: October 18, 2024, 2131 UTC »

Received the same postal QSL as Chris S, along with an awesome Brain Brothers coffee mug! Thank you for your kind gift Professor Plum! I prefer to use the term "pirate treasure" rather than "swag"! 
(This will be my official go to mug for the morning eye opener!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 9500 USB 2120 UTC 18 OCT 2024

« on: October 18, 2024, 2121 UTC »

2120 UTC On with music..."Are Friends Electric"-Tubeway Army (Solid S8 with nice audio)
2123 UTC "My Sharona"-The Knack
2128 UTC "London Calling"-The Clash
2132 UTC "Dance the Night Away"-Van Halen
2350 UTC I've been listening since 2120 UTC and the signal is now up to S9! enjoying the late 70's trip down memory lane while I do what most retirees do....zone out! 
2353 UTC "I Feel Love"-Donna Summer (One of about 10 or so disco songs that I actually liked!)
0007 UTC Signal took a nose dive to S3 at the end of "Carry on My Wayward Son"-Kansas
0008 UTC Deep in the noise...the band has gone long for me!

Thank you for the trip down memory lane when the 31 meter band was wall to wall with international broadcasters, as well as the occasional pirate broadcast (ie: Radio Clandestine!)