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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free New England 6930 AM 2051 UTC 24 FEB 2025

« on: February 24, 2025, 2115 UTC »

2113 UTC Unid smooth jazz (Solid S9 with light fading and excellent audio) I have it on about 6930.7 AM
2120 UTC YL with ID over seashore sound effects..."This is Radio Free New England", then back to smooth jazz

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Mushroom 6935 USB 0002 UTC 24 FEB 2025

« on: February 24, 2025, 0004 UTC »

0003 UTC "The Israelites"-Desmond Dekker & the Aces (Fading in and out of the noise...S5 peaks)
0005 UTC "Green Acres" TV theme

0006 UTC A song about a lumberjack-OM singer
0008 UTC OM DJ chatting...mention of "The Lumberjack Song" from Monty Python. Phone ringing...took over your nuclear power plant...barricaded the door...makes your skin just tingle...Radio Mushroom"
0009 UTC "Summer in the City"-Lovin Spoonful
0012 UTC "Black Betty"-Ram Jam
0014 UTC "Hogan's Heroes" TV theme song
0015 UTC OM DJ chat..."smoke coming from something...if we're not careful we create a mushroom cloud", followed by a song I do not recognize-OM singer
0019 UTC "Hawaii Five-0" Theme song
0022 UTC OM DJ chatting..."getting hot in here...we'll be back on the air again sometime soon"
0023 UTC "Andy Griffith" TV theme

Thanks for the classic show Radio Mushroom! Awesome!

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Barefoot Radio 6969 USB 0238 UTC 23 FEB 2025

« on: February 23, 2025, 0244 UTC »

0242 UTC A Fleetwood Mac song I forgot the name of (S6 peaks with nice sounding audio)
0245 UTC "What's Love Got To Do With It"-Tina Turner
0248 UTC "Hungry Like the Wolf"-Duran Duran
0252 UTC OM with ID..."This is Barefoot Radio coming to ya from a corn field", followed by "Drive"-The Cars
0255 UTC OM with "Enough of that here...let's skip ahead", followed by unid pop song
(Lots of ute blasts killing reception)
0257 UTC "Love Shack"-B-52's
0301 UTC OM DJ with "Barefoot Radio" ID, followed by "We're Not Gonna Take It"-Twisted Sister
0305 UTC OM DJ with "You're listening to Barefoot Radio coming to ya from a cornfield....our last song", followed by "Act Naturally"-Buck Owens?
0308 UTC OM DJ mentioning "QSL/Martin 2 Slow Scan TV"

Thank you for the nightcap show Barefoot Radio!

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sycko Radio 6950 AM 2135 UTC 22 FEB 2025

« on: February 23, 2025, 0229 UTC »

0227 UTC "The Boys Are Back In Town"-Thin Lizzy (S7 peaks with audio solid above the noise)
0232 UTC OFF

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6965 USB 0057 UTC 23 FEB 2025

« on: February 23, 2025, 0057 UTC »

0057 UTC Testing 1, 2, 3, can anybody here me IS (S9+ here this evening)
0100 UTC OM with ID, followed by a 1930ish tune with "Sunny Side of the Street" lyrics-OM singer
0103 UTC 1930's sounding tune with lyrics "Not a Cloud In the Sky"
0112 UTC "Stormy Weather"-YL singer
0118 UTC "Let the Four Winds Blow"-Fats Domino
0120 UTC "Stormy Monday?"-unid OM singer
0123 UTC "Heat Wave"-Martha & the Vandellas
0126 UTC "Sunny Afternoon"-Kinks
0130 UTC "I Wish it Would Rain"-Temptations
0133 UTC "Hot Fun In the Summertime"-Sly & the Family Stone
0135 UTC "Who'll Stop the Rain"-CCR
0137 UTC "Ain't No Sunshine"-Bill Withers
0140 UTC "Riders on the Storm"-Doors
0147 UTC "Blue Sky"-Allman Brothers Band
0152 UTC "Hard Rains A Gonna Fall"-Leon Russell (Signal dropped down to S6 peaks)
0157 UTC "Red Rain"-Peter Gabriel
0210 UTC Sounds like another station on frequency...OM mentioned "special statement from the United Nations"
0215 UTC Co-channel station at almost equal level...OFF at 0216 and Wolverine is in the clear

0217 UTC Co-channel station back up...deliberate jamming? Does not sound like MARS or CFARS
0220 UTC Deliberate jamming as strong as the SSTV...OM repeating audio, audio with reverb

Thanks for the show!

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Eldorado 8165 USB 2229 UTC 22 FEB 2025

« on: February 22, 2025, 2233 UTC »

2231 UTC Tuned in to "Come Together"-Beatles (Just above the noise floor here directly)
2235 UTC "Tutti Frutti"-Little Richard
2238 UTC A bluesy rock tune I don't recognize (Nice lead guitar instrumental!)
2243 UTC Unid world music sounding rap song-OM singer (Has a bit of mid-eastern flavor to it)
2248 UTC "Fire and Water"-Free (Signal hitting S5 peaks and solid above the noise...nice audio!)
2251 UTC Unid indie rock tune/electronica
2256 UTC Signal has dropped down to the noise floor

2259 UTC "Welcome to the Jungle"-Guns-N-Roses (SINPO-25232)
2303 UTC "Pictures of Lily"-The Who
2306 UTC Unid rock tune-OM singer
2310 UTC "The Circle Game"-unid YL singer...not Joni Mitchell
2313 UTC "Rave On"-Buddy Holly & the Crickets
2315 UTC "Wouldn't It Be Nice"-Beach Boys (S7 peaks!)
2317 UTC Unid world music tune-YL singer (A bit of Caribbean beat to it...funky)
2322 UTC Unid song...Afro-pop?-OM singer with gospel singers
2325 UTC Unid grunge rock tune-OM singers
2327 UTC Unid Doo-Wop tune-OM singers
2330 UTC Unid Europop/Electronica Dance tune
2334 UTC A 1960's tune I forgot the name of-OM singer
2337 UTC "Black Hole Sun"-Soundgarden
2342 UTC "Run Run Run"-The Who (signal down to the noise floor)
2345 UTC Unid honky tonk piano tune-OM singer
(Rough copy from the noise)
2353 UTC Signal has recovered a bit...Unid electronica dance tune
2356 UTC "Chantilly Lace"-Big Bopper
2358 UTC OM with "Radio Eldorado...8165...thank you for tuning in", followed by a Martin 1 SSTV

Here's a direct recording I made of the show from 2317-2349 UTC, as the signal was best during this time:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zjFybDUMgkXPn20hUJZmJo1kcjijjnmY/view?usp=sharing

I would very much appreciate a Radio Eldorado eQSL! Looking forward to your kind reply!

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2250 UTC 18 FEB 2025

« on: February 18, 2025, 2251 UTC »

2250 UTC Unid classical music right at the S3 noise floor with some fade-ups to S5
2255 UTC "More Than A Feeling"-Boston (Mostly above the noise now)
2300 UTC "Rock and Roll Band"-Boston
2303 UTC Signal dropped down to the noise floor, then gone
2307 UTC Threshold music now but the xmtr seems to be glitching
2308 UTC "Long Time"-Boston

Hello Chris S! It's good to be back!

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6955 USB 0056 UTC 09 FEB 2025

« on: February 09, 2025, 0059 UTC »

0056 UTC Testing 1-2-3... (S9 with an OM talking over saying "We're hearing ya"...."You're sounding great...keep going")
0100 UTC ID then 1920's tune
0122 UTC "Over Under Sideways Down"-Yardbirds
0124 UTC "Don't Bring Me Down"-Animals
0128 UTC "Sit Down I Think I Love You"-Buffalo Springfield

0130 UTC "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band
0134 UTC "Down By the River"-Neil Young

0143 UTC "Sit Yourself Down"-Stephen Stills

0146 UTC "Down On Me"-Janis Joplin (with Big Brother & the Holding Company)
0157 UTC "Land Down Under"-Men at Work (Signal down to S6 peaks)
0201 UTC "Burning Down the House"-Talking Heads
0208 UTC "Don't Let Me Down"-Beatles
0212 UTC "Running Down a Dream"-Tom Petty

https://imgur.com/a/MRUXZLf

Thanks for the great playlist Wolverine!

European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Eldorado14490 USB 1610 UTC 7 FEB 2024

« on: February 07, 2025, 1618 UTC »

1610 UTC Presume this to be a Euro with "Light My Fire"-Doors right at the noise floor. Hearing this directly!
1619 UTC Possible OM speaking over an unid song...signal is threshold
1622 UTC Signal jumped up a bit to S3..."Sultans of Swing"-Dire Straits
1623 UTC "House of the Rising Sun"-Animals (A fair amount of storm static...signal dropped back down to the noise floor during the song)
1633 UTC Buried in the noise, but something still there
1645 UTC Fade up a bit with "Satisfaction"-Rolling Stones
1649 UTC "These Boots Are Made For Walking"-Nancy Sinatra

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0056 UTC 26 JAN 2025

« on: January 26, 2025, 0059 UTC »

0058 UTC Testing 1, 2, 3.... (S7 amidst moderate noise this evening)
0100 UTC ID followed by unid 20's/30's song
0111 UTC "Hang My Head and Cry"-Hank Williams
0117 UTC "Judy's Turn to Cry"-Leslie Gore
0120 UTC "The Wind Cries Mary"-Jimi Hendrix
0123 UTC "Cry Like a Baby"-Box Tops
0125 UTC "You Don't Have to Cry"-Crosby, Stills, & Nash
0128 UTC "Cry Me a River"-Joe Cocker
0132 UTC "To Cry You a Song"-Jethro Tull
0138 UTC "Cry Baby"-Janis Joplin
0142 UTC "Cry Like a Rainstorm"-Bonnie Raitt
0146 UTC "No Woman No Cry"-Bob Marley
0150 UTC "Fool to Cry"-Rolling Stones
0155 UTC "The Sky Is Crying"-Stevie Ray Vaughan

Thanks for the show Wolverine!

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6965 USB 0056 UTC 12 Jan 2025

« on: January 12, 2025, 0125 UTC »

0122 UTC Tuned in to "I Only Have Eyes For You"-Flamingos (Barely moving the S-meter here this evening)

0125 UTC Sounds like the original "Take Me In Your Arms" (Not the cover by the Doobie Brothers)
0129 UTC "Heart Full of Soul"-Yardbirds (Signal up to S5 now)
0131 UTC "Under My Thumb"-Rolling Stones
0135 UTC ID by OM, followed by "Brown Eyed Girl"-Van Morrison (Signal back to just above the noise floor)
0138 UTC "Almost Cut My Hair"-CSNY
0143 UTC "Heart of Gold"-Neil Young & Stray Gators

0146 UTC "Your Gold Teeth II"-Steely Dan
0152 UTC "Over My Head"-Fleetwood Mac
0155 UTC Don't recognize this song
0202 UTC "Head Over Heels"-Tears For Fears (Mostly at the noise floor or under)
0207 UTC "Face in the Crowd"-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers (Threshold reception)