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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 4015 USB was 6950 USB 0100 UTC 1 JAN 2024

« on: January 01, 2024, 0102 UTC »

0000 UTC Testing (Signal strong but the noise is rough tonight!)
0004 UTC Wolverine op moving to 4015
0005 UTC Back up and sounding much stronger here! S8 peaks and lower noise on this band too!
Kicking back and enjoying the show!
0124 UTC "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"-Supremes
0127 UTC "Until You Were Gone"?-Aretha Franklin
0130 UTC "Summer's Almost Gone"-Doors
0133 UTC "Long Time Gone"-Crosby Stills & Nash
0137 UTC "Gone Dead Train"-?
0140 UTC "The Thrill Is Gone"-BB King
0145 UTC "He's Gone"-Grateful Dead live
0151 UTC "My City Was Gone"-Pretenders
0159 UTC "Too Far Gone"-Neil Young

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6960 LSB 2359 UTC 31 Dec 2023

« on: January 01, 2024, 0036 UTC »

0034 UTC Tuned in to an unid childrens song (S7 peaks and mostly above the noise)
0035 UTC "Losing My Religion"-unid artist

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6925 USB 2308 UTC 31 DEC 2023

« on: December 31, 2023, 2320 UTC »

2318 UTC Tuned in to "It Won't Be Long"-Beatles (S9 peaks with light fades and excellent audio)
2319 UTC WTF ID, followed by English OM narrating, then "All I Gotta Do"-Beatles
2344 UTC Sitting back and enjoying the old Beatles tunes...remember all of them still! Signal holding up nicely
0004 UTC "I Want to Hold Your Hand"-Beatles
0015 UTC A bit of looped audio clips
0016 UTC OFF

Thank you for the Beatles on this New Years Eve...Happy New Year to you also!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WBOG 6900 AM 2214 UTC 31 DEC 2023

« on: December 31, 2023, 2229 UTC »

2225 UTC Unid rock tune...David Bowie? Solid above the noise here with moderate fading and noise...very good audio
2228 UTC OM with a clear "WBOG" ID, followed by an Unid rock tune
2237 UTC Signal went from S6 up to S9!
2245 UTC Some utility station blasts a few times, but now gone
2251 UTC OFF

Thank you for the New Years Eve appearance WBOG! Always enjoy the shows! Here's my recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RwyE9hFhhW5I2eUhwO6Wi4UE33mRCMrB/view?usp=sharing

Happy New Year!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Yeah Man Radio 6925 USB 2216 UTC 31 DEC 2023

« on: December 31, 2023, 2218 UTC »

2216 UTC On suddenly with "Born to Be Wild"-Steppenwolf
2220 UTC "Million Dollar Weekend" jingle, followed the Yeah Man on the microphone, then "Light My Fire"-Doors edited for AM radio version
2223 UTC YM speaking, followed by "Mustang Sally"-Wilson Pickett

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 1434 UTC 31 DEC 2023

« on: December 31, 2023, 1458 UTC »

1434 UTC Unid music, then OFF
1435 UTC Back on with same music
1436 UTC 2 OM narrating what sounds like a PSA on power, one of them Ben Franklin I believe! "Holiday With Light"
1438 UTC A Broadway sounding song "Holiday"
1445 UTC OFF

Thanks for the first New Years Eve show of the day! S8 peaks with light fading and very good audio...

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QSLs Received / Re: Voice of Christmas 3 eQSL's - Christmas & DEC 26

« on: December 27, 2023, 2333 UTC »

Also received 2 eQSL's here too! One of them was different from the other two as to time and frequency. THANK YOU VOC! Hope you had yourself a Merry Little Christmas!

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QSLs Received / Re: Pirate Radio Boston 2 eQSL's - 1996 & 2014 Holiday Shows on DEC. 23

« on: December 26, 2023, 0039 UTC »

Also received the eQSL for the afternoon show here...thank you for the nicely designed eQSL!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / The Voice of Christmas 6935 AM 0013 UTC 26 DEC 2023

« on: December 26, 2023, 0015 UTC »

0013 UTC "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"-Brenda Lee
0015 UTC "You're tuned to the Voice of Christmas", followed by "Let It Snow"-Dean Martin, followed by a modern version of Scrooge and Bob Cratchit spoken word skit
(Signal hitting S7 peaks with moderate to heavy fading and moderate noise...excellent audio)
0025 UTC Signal dropping down a bit, but still mostly above the noise
0026 UTC Band going long now for me 
0029 UTC I can just make out "Holly Jolly Christmas"-Burl Ives
0034 UTC Traces of "Jingle Bell Rock"

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio 48 via Mix Radio International 2 eQSL's - DEC. 23 & 24

« on: December 25, 2023, 1920 UTC »

Also received the first one here! Thank you Radio 48 and MRI! Awesome antenna! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Voice Of Christmas 6935 AM 1803 UTC 25 Dec 2023

« on: December 25, 2023, 1842 UTC »

1841 UTC Tuned in to "Run Run Rudolph"-Chuck Berry
1842 UTC Sounds like a music box...don't recognize the tune playing..maybe "Oh Christmas Tree"?
1844 UTC One of the elves talking...The Voice of Christmas...postal address...signing off, followed by the music box music, then OFF

Thanks for the show VOC! Missed this morning's airing and most of this one also...hopefully next year I get to hear the whole show! Merry Christmas VOC!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Brain Brothers Pirate Radio 6905 USB 1600 UTC 25 DEC 2023

« on: December 25, 2023, 1600 UTC »

1600 UTC Time pips and OM with ID, followed by "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer"-Gene Autry
(S6 peaks with light fading and heavy noise...excellent audio)
1603 UTC "Jingle Bell Rock"-Bobby Helms
1605 UTC OM with ID, then chatting about the listeners, then Miss Scarlet chatting
1607 UTC "Gutter Aid" advertisement
1609 UTC "Here Comes Santa Claus"-Gene Autry
1612 UTC OM with ID, followed by "Silver Bells"-Doris Day
1615 UTC OM with ID and YL, then shoutouts to listeners...
1617 UTC "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"-Brenda Lee
1619 UTC Prof Plum & Miss Scarlet fixing the transmitter
1622 UTC "Frosty the Snowman"-unid artist
1624 UTC Prof Plum and Miss Scarlet thanking all the listeners, then more shoutouts, then Santa arrives
1626 UTC "Hello Santa"..."all the listeners out there...open up the letter"...Santa talking
1628 UTC Local QRM just clobbered the signal 
1630 UTC Some audio cutting through the noise, with Miss Scarlet and Santa chatting (Santa reading names on his list)
1633 UTC QRM went away!  Santa and Miss Scarlet reading names on the list
1636 UTC "Sounds like he's taking off...Ho Ho Ho...Merry Christmas"
1637 UTC A song I do not recognize (Local QRM is back again  ) Signal buried in the QRM
1641 UTC OM with ID, followed by "Silent Night"-unid artist (Signal rising above the noise!)
1644 UTC Prof Plum talking now...rough copy
1647 UTC QRM gone again...Miss Scarlet and Prof Plum chatting now..."listeners are welcome to comment on our programs", followed by a crowd chanting "Professor Plum" as he exits the building
1649 UTC "Star Spangled Banner"
1652 UTC JFK statement, tone, then OFF

Thank you for the repeat of the show! I was at a family Christmas party last night and missed the first 2 airings. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Prof Plum and Miss Scarlet! 

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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: MOR Christmas Music 1620 AM 0312 UTC 25 DEC 2023

« on: December 25, 2023, 0327 UTC »

0325 UTC "Silver Bells"-unid artist in progress at tune in (Fading in and out of the noise here...excellent audio at peak)
0328 UTC Different song now (mostly just below the noise with some short peaks above...rough copy)
0335 UTC A slight fade up...Christmas song I can't recall the name of..."Carol of the Bells"?
0346 UTC "Silent Night"-unid artist (a bit of flutter to the signal noted here)
0353 UTC A slight fade up...tentative "Do You Hear What I Hear?"(OM singer)
(The S5 noise level is making things difficult here, peaks to S6/S7 are above the noise)

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QSLs Received / An ID Radio eQSL 20 DEC 2023

« on: December 24, 2023, 1949 UTC »

Thank you for the outstanding eQSL! Owls are cool! I appreciate you taking the time to craft this very attractive eQSL...Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you An ID Radio! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Damn Skippy 6955 USB 0127 UTC 24 DEC 2023

« on: December 24, 2023, 0218 UTC »

0218 UTC Tuned in to an unid slow blues tune (S7 peaks with light fading and excellent audio)
0234 UTC OM with ID..."Damn Skippy"
0255 UTC OM with ID, followed by "Ride Captain Ride"-Blues Image (Yes indeed Mr Lobdell! And those were great times!)
0259 UTC "Green Eyed Lady"-Sugarloaf
0303 UTC "Spirit In the Sky"-Norman Greenbaum
0308 UTC "Hallelujah"-?
0310 UTC "Vehicle"-Ides of March
0313 UTC "Nothing Else Matters"-Metallica
0319 UTC "Enter Sandman"-Metallica
0325 UTC "Don't Be Cruel"-Elvis Presley
0327 UTC Thank for the shoutout! And thank you for the entertainment too!