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North American Shortwave Pirate / Piss-Ant Radio 6930 USB 0329 UTC 22 APR 2023

« on: April 22, 2023, 0329 UTC »

0329 UTC Sounds like a song from a musical-YL singer...maybe an OM singer?
0338 UTC "Time"-Pink Floyd
0401 UTC "Breathe/Down By the River"-DoubleWide Kings 

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QSLs Received / Re: Ball Smacker eQSL 22. Apr 2023

« on: April 22, 2023, 0258 UTC »

Also received the same fine looking map QSL here...thanks Ballsmacker!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KIPM 6925 USB 0216 UTC 22 APR 2023

« on: April 22, 2023, 0253 UTC »

0251 UTC S9 here and sounding good! Ambient music
0252 UTC "I'm Alan Maxwell and you're listening to KIPM", followed by Alan Maxwell speaking over bells chiming
0307 UTC Alan reading the lyrics to "Thrasher" by Neil Young 
0310 UTC "Occupation Underwater Welder"

Thanks for the relay Dr Benway!
There is some goofball ranting nonsense on the frequency just as before when MRI signed off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 22 APR 2023

« on: April 22, 2023, 0148 UTC »

0145 UTC "San Franciscan Nights"-Eric Burden & Animals in progress
0146 UTC "Just Like Living In Paradise"-David Lee Roth, followed by "I Love LA"-Randy Newman
(Solid S9+ here this evening)
0157 UTC "Ventura Highway"-America
0200 UTC "29 Palms"-Robert Plant
0205 UTC "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"-Tony Bennett 
0209 UTC "Hotel California"-Eagles
0214 UTC "California Girls"-Beach Boys
0217 UTC "Babylon Sisters"-Steely Dan
0222 UTC "Folson Prison Blues"-Johnny Cash
0225 UTC "Californication"-Red Hot Chili Peppers
0230 UTC "California Nights"-Lesley Gore 
0233 UTC "Going to California"-Led Zeppelin   
0237 UTC "It Never Rains In Southern California"-Albert Hammond
0240 UTC No clue on this song..."Going Back to Cali" lyrics
0250 UTC Wildfire IS and OFF



Thanks again for the tunes BS crew!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6863 USB 2353 UTC 21 APR 2023

« on: April 21, 2023, 2359 UTC »

2358 UTC A killer S9+10 signal here! Song just started at 2359 UTC...rock tune I don't recognize
0005 UTC YL with MRI ID, followed by "Mexican Radio"-Wall of Voodoo
Enjoying the Hobby Broadcasting show...thanks for the relay MRI! 
0130 UTC OFF
(Somebody broadcasting after the show with insults...childish ranting, followed by an electronic musical ditty at 0134, then back to the childish insults )


Thanks for the show MRI and Andy! Always interesting!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 2341 UTC 21 APR 2023

« on: April 21, 2023, 2341 UTC »

2341 UTC Weak music in the noise...sounds like Pink Floyd...also a bit of the aerosol ute

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda 7400 AM 0343 UTC 21 APR 2023

« on: April 21, 2023, 0346 UTC »

0343 UTC At best a weak carrier since 0330 UTC, I'm now getting a fade up of unid music above the high noise level. Presumed to be Eastern Star and hearing this directly
0346 UTC Back into the noise 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: B-Side Radio 6935 AM 0108 UTC 21 APR 2023

« on: April 21, 2023, 0221 UTC »

0220 UTC Hearing weak music right at the noise floor

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 77LJS 6925 USB 0156 UTC 21 APR 2023

« on: April 21, 2023, 0158 UTC »

0156 UTC Sign on by OM with todays date and ID, followed by discussion about "Inside Soviet Military Intelligence" by Victor Suvorov. Talk about Russian GRU officers behavior and methods. Interesting discussion of one time radio links!
0216 UTC OM with ID and date, and "remember, we are all behind enemy lines...good bye", then OFF

Very interesting program! Thank you 77LJS!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WHIZ 6925 USB 0054 UTC 21 APR 2023

« on: April 21, 2023, 0055 UTC »

0055 UTC ambient music followed by OM with ID "WHIZ...WHIZ on your radio"
0056 UTC Unid indie song
0100 UTC Unid indie rock song-YL singer
If I can ID a song, I will post it, otherwise, it's time to kick back and enjoy the tunes! 
0123 UTC Ascending tone, followed by another unid song
0126 UTC OFF

Thanks for the show WHIZ...good to hear you again!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WBOG 6874.2 AM 2032 UTC 20 APR 2023

« on: April 20, 2023, 2035 UTC »

2034 UTC Unid song just above the noise here..peaks to S7. I have the frequency as 6874.2 AM
2035 UTC YL with spoken word, followed by reggae music with OM singers
2038 UTC Sounds like crowd noises
2039 UTC OM with spoken word but hard to copy with the noise and the fading
2041 UTC Deep fade but the carrier is still present
2042 UTC Music now but in the noise
2049 UTC Music has picked up a bit, but not enough to ID the song
2051 UTC S8 peaks now...unid song-OM singer
2054 UTC YL and OM speaking now...our generation is ? now....we grew up..."
2056 UTC Music now...hard to describe the genre! OM singer (Sorta psychedelic in a Carlos Casteneda way)
2100 UTC Signal is solid above the noise
2103 UTC OM speaking now followed by an UNID song-YL singer?
2108 UTC Unid song with tympani percussion, then spoken word over the music...(Damn noise is making for tough copy here)
2114 UTC Spooky sound effects over rather odd music
2118 UTC A definite jazz feel to the music playing now
2126 UTC Has a Grateful Dead feel to it now
2135 UTC Still sounds like a long Grateful Dead jam
2140 UTC Someone with spoken word, followed by a bluesy sounding tune, then OM speaking over psychedelic music
2144 UTC A bit of keyboard mayhem...
2154 UTC Random music and sound effects/snare drum beats?
2155 UTC Announcer now
2158 UTC YL? repeating "Pot should be legal"

Time for dinner here...thanks for the aural extravaganza whoever! Here's my recording from 2100-2150 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VoEwOoIc14qSC0fWnqpWTPUeBV_yR2NE/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sycko Radio 6950 USB 0110 UTC 20 APR 2023

« on: April 20, 2023, 0150 UTC »

0148 UTC Unid hard rock riff tune with OM singers (S8 peaks and solid above the high noise level tonight...excellent audio)
0151 UTC Mr Sycko over the music with "Radio Madness"
0159 UTC Mr Sycko with "Sycko Radio" ID over the song
0201 UTC Noise level has gone up to S7...T-storms somewhere!
0203 UTC Mr Sycko with "Man this noise is killing me....we can do it! Sycko Radio"..followed by a different song
(Sycko Radio is S8 over an S7 noise level)
0218 UTC Mr Sycko over the music with "40 watts of pirate radio madness"...mention that he needs a new microphone..."If this one don't turn your brain inside out, I don't know what will"
0220 UTC "Still working on this microphone setting...a little funkified for some reason...hello radio" (From here the microphone sounds just fine!)
0220 UTC "We're not trying to run a professional radio station here"...back to the electronic riff heavy rock song
0224 UTC "Habanero...some real hot shit..."
0233 UTC "It's about that time"...shoutouts now to HFU posters...THANKS!
0236 UTC "We're going to keep going here...we got some more stuff for you", followed by a hard rock dance tune (Somebody more knowledgeable on this genre of music tells me it's "Generate" by Eric Prydz!)

Happy Birthday Mr Sycko!
Time to call it a night here...thanks for the nightcap show SYC! Looking forward to next years B-Day show too!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KAT re-broadcast via NAPRS 6935 AM 0040 UTC 19 APR 2023

« on: April 20, 2023, 0043 UTC »

0042 UTC OM DJ with "Welcome to the first KAT broadcast...from the rooftop of the University of Wisconsin...KAT...Kappa Alpha Tau" (over classical music)
0044 UTC "Uncle Johns Band"-Grateful Dead
(Excellent sounding S9+ signal here with very light fading)
0049 UTC "Truckin"-Grateful Dead
0054 UTC Unid spoken word intro rock song segue into easy listening music with YL singer (Barbra Streisand?)
0057 UTC Unid 50's sounding tune-OM singer
0100 UTC OM DJ with mention of reports for QSL to postal address to Nick Grace in Washington D.C. and PIPA newsletter to Blue Ridge Summit, PA
0102 UTC OM says "Now it's time for the traffic report...KAT", followed by a rockabilly tune-OM singer
0103 UTC OM and YL? speaking now..."He resembles Ross Perot..."...the rest is difficult to hear. "People of this planet...twilight zone...PRI-Pirate Radio International", then music with OM talking over..."It's a Martian"..."28 years eating hamburgers"..."what you eating there boy"...music continues
0109 UTC Latin beat tune from 60's era...lyrics mentioning "The Blob"
0113 UTC Singing jingle, then OM with "This is station KAT...broadcasting from the roof of the frat house at Kappa Alpha Tau...university of Wisconsin Madison
0115 UTC Funky song with sultry voiced YL singer
0117 UTC Swinging blues tune with piano bass and drums-YL? singer...lyrics "I better get out of town....ooh ooh ooh"
0119 UTC Parody advertisement for a stereo-UNISEX Stereo
0121 UTC Sounds like some mariachi music
0124 UTC OM speaking, but can't copy followed by an unid TV show theme
0125 UTC OM DJ with ID and shoutouts to listeners in the Chicago area (mention of Bill Hassig!)
0127 UTC Audio clip sent from Chicago?
0130 UTC OM talking about the United States government..environmental problems of the community
0131 UTC OM mentioning Valentines..."if it's queer it's here". Then OM with mention of a QSL? Followed by a rather odd parody sounding song
0137 UTC OM with postal address for QSL and postal address for loggings to ACE...this has been the very first broadcast of KAT followed by easy listening choral music
0140 UTC OFF

Thanks for yet another gem from the old days I have not heard!
Here's a link to my recording of tonights broadcast:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O22MqiZyyvj2h2L6vGVefOyQY-9gsfOr/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0026 UTC 20 APR 2023

« on: April 20, 2023, 0027 UTC »

0026 UTC "Crazy"-Patsy Cline (Just above the noise here with excellent audio)
0028 UTC Pause
0030 UTC "Crazy Train"-Ozzy
0035 UTC Pause
0036 UTC Unid rock song-OM singer
0040 UTC Pause

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QSLs Received / WAIR (All Indie Radio) 20th Anniversary Show eQSL

« on: April 19, 2023, 2311 UTC »

Very much appreciated WAIR!  Now that is one cool looking celestial disc spinner on that eQSL!