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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!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: UNID 6935 AM 0057 UTC 24 DEC 2023

« on: December 24, 2023, 0141 UTC »

This topic has been moved to Latin American Pirate.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=123061.0

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0056 UTC 24 DEC 2023

« on: December 24, 2023, 0057 UTC »

0056 UTC Testing one two three, can anybody hear me IS (S6 peaks with light fading and high noise level)
0100 UTC Sounds like a 1920's blues tune (lyrics "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You") John Fogerty did a version of this
0103 UTC Unid song-YL singer with lyrics "When that Man is Dead and Gone"
0106 UTC Unid  jazz song-OM singer
0108 UTC A 1960's girl group song I don't recognize
0111 UTC "Dead End Street"-Kinks
0114 UTC "And When I Die"-Blood, Sweat, and Tears
0117 UTC "Don't Want to Die In Georgia"-Brewer & Shipley
0122 UTC A song I do not recognize...lyrics "A Time to Die"?
0125 UTC Unid song-OM singers
0128 UTC "John Barleycorn Must Die"-Traffic
0134 UTC "Dead Flowers"-Rolling Stones
0138 UTC "Freddy's Dead"-Curtis Mayfield
0142 UTC A song I do not recognize
0145 UTC "Dead Skunk"-Loudon Wainwright III 
0148 UTC A song I do not recognize
0152 UTC Another unid tune Got it! "Dead Mans Party"-Oingo Boingo
0200 UTC Unid tune-YL singer



Thanks for the tunes!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 on MRI 6875 USB 2210 UTC 23 Dec 2023

« on: December 24, 2023, 0003 UTC »

0002 UTC "Ambulance Blues"-Neil Young (acoustic live!)
Signal is hitting S7 peaks with light fades and light noise...excellent audio
0006 UTC YL with Radio 48 ID, then spoken word skit...a sharpshooter
0009 UTC YL with Mix Radio International Worldwide, followed by an unid autotune vocal R&B tune

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WUBR 6950 AM 2248 UTC 23 DEC 2023

« on: December 23, 2023, 2252 UTC »

2248 UTC Also heard here with carrier and OM saying something
2250 UTC OM clearly said WUBR...dusting off the winter transmitter

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Black Coal Radio 6950 AM 2208 UTC 23 DEC 2023

« on: December 23, 2023, 2240 UTC »

2238 UTC Tuned in to a jazzy Christmas song on piano (Awesome S9 signal with excellent audio!)
2239 UTC OM DJ with ID..."Black Hole Radio?", followed by "Oh Christmas Tree" jazzy piano instrumental
2246 UTC OM with ID..."Black Coal Radio"...coal given phonetically...op signed off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pirate Radio Boston 6935 AM 2046 UTC 23 DEC 2023

« on: December 23, 2023, 2119 UTC »

2117 UTC Tuned in to "Put the Lights on the Tree"-Sufjan Stevens (S9 +10 with excellent audio!)
2118 UTC Charlie on the microphone, followed by "Merry XMAS Everybody"-Slade
2121 UTC Charlie speaking...mention of Andre from Cool AM, followed by a Cool AM audio clip, followed by "Little Red Rooster"
2126 UTC Charlie with email address...."saying goodbye, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year
2127 UTC OFF

Happy to have caught at least a part of the program...always good to hear Pirate Radio Boston! Merry Christmas Charlie Loudenboomer!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 4032 USB 0159 UTC 23 DEC 2023

« on: December 23, 2023, 0204 UTC »

0203 UTC "Last Chrismas"-WHAM! (S5 peaks and mostly above the noise)
0204 UTC "Let It Snow"-Dean Martin
0206 UTC "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer"-Gene Autry
0231 UTC "Blue Christmas"-Elvis Presley (Nice S7 peaks!)

Going to just kick back and enjoy the Christmas tunes...thanks Ballsmacker! Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas to you!
The USB audio sounds excellent btw...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0200 UTC 23 DEC 2023

« on: December 23, 2023, 0200 UTC »

0200 UTC Signal is right at the noise floor...rough copy here with the flutter fading and the heavy noise