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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Relay Station 5150 5150 AM 1730 UTC 9/25/16

« on: September 25, 2016, 1908 UTC »

1906 UTC "Issa Soul"-Orchestra Baobab at S5 peaks and deep fades into the noise floor
1910 UTC "Yenyeri"-Mombasa
1917 UTC "El Sermon"-Los Comandos
(Checked and it's still a relay of 87.9 Newport Pirate Radio mixlr stream)
1924 UTC "The Stranger"-Tommy Guerrero
1928 UTC "Posed To Be"-Breakestra
1932 UTC "Voodoo Doll"-Bamboos
1935 UTC "Satchelfoot"-James Hunter Six
1938 UTC "Rhodesian Girl"-The Poets of Rhythm
1942 UTC "Safari Strut"-Whitefield Brothers
(Signal is in and out of the noise floor now.....)

2243 UTC Booming in here at S9 now with "Ice Train"-Ashra
2248 UTC "Not Far Off"-Luke & the Apostles

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pee Wee 6930 USB 0153 UTC September 25, 2016

« on: September 25, 2016, 0153 UTC »

S8 here with Jimi Hendrix "Midnight Lightning" sounding really good!
0156 UTC "All Along the Watchtower"-Jimi
(Excellent audio with killer bottom end
0159 UTC SSTV
0200 UTC "Midnight"-Jimi
0207 UTC "Hide My Heart"-Billy D & Hoodoos
0210 UTC "Real Gone"-Billy Ray Cyrus
0214 UTC OFF

Thanks for the flamethrower signal tonight Pee Wee!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Moonlight Radio 6930 USB 0107 UTC 9/25/16

« on: September 25, 2016, 0109 UTC »

Hearing weak music amidst considerable static at 0109 UTC
0110 UTC YL synth voiced ID and email addy, into "Summer Wind"-Frank Sinatra
0114 UTC "I Just Want to Make Love To You"-Etta James
0125 UTC "New York, New York Medley"-Mel Torme
0128 UTC "I Don't Want No Leftovers"-Koko Taylor
0130 UTC YL with ID and email addy
0140 UTC "It's Over"-Roy Orbison
0142 UTC OM with ID repeated and OFF

Thanks for the great tunes this evening MR!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6935 USB 0006 UTC 9/25/16

« on: September 25, 2016, 0015 UTC »

0014 UTC "Young and Wild"-Wynonie Harris at S9+10 here...really booming in this evening!
0024 UTC "Wild One"-Martha & Vandellas
0026 UTC "Wild Thing"-The Troggs
(Super fine tuned and a touch of the passband and the 3.5 khz filter sounds superb through the stereo system
0029 UTC "Wolverine Radio", into "Wild Honey"-Beach Boys
0031 UTC "Born To Be Wild"-Steppenwolf
0035 UTC "Wild Horses"-Rolling Stones

One of my usual substandard logitech plastic microphone in front of the speakers SSTV cap

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North American Shortwave Pirate / XLR8 6955 USB 2353 UTC September 24, 2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 2353 UTC »

Music now at 2253 UTC...Shazam says "Twist"-Tones On Tail
2357 UTC "OK This is the Pops"-Tones on Tail
(Signal is peaking at S5 here, mostly above the noise level)
0000 UTC "Punch Drunk"-Bush Tetras
(Hmmm...XLR8 perhaps?)
0008 UTC "Unable"-Suburban Lawns
0010 UTC "Nails"-Bush Tetras
0017 UTC Live version of "I Fought The Law"-?
0019 UTC "Spirits"-The Strombellas
0022 UTC OM with ID..."XLR8...Accelerate" , then OFF

Thanks for the Saturday evening show XLR8!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 6980 AM 9/24/16 2235

« on: September 24, 2016, 2338 UTC »

Something here at 2337 also but too weak to ID music
2339 UTC OM said something?
Hmmm...hope to hear this one again some time with better prop and less static!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Moonlight Radio 6935 USB 2245 UTC 9/24/16

« on: September 24, 2016, 2248 UTC »

2247 UTC "I Can't Stop Loving You"-Ray Charles at S3 just above the noise floor
6935 was getting QRM'd by a carrier or somebody tuning up
2254 UTC Hearing music now on 6930U and then OFF

Oh well...thanks for the show this early evening MR!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Johnny Tobacco 6290 AM 2210 UTC 24 Sep 2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 2215 UTC »

Here also since 2210 UTC with "Holding Back the Years"-Simpy Red at S5 with light fading
2216 UTC JT broke into the song with a "This is Johnny Tobacco...good afternoon"
2218 UTC Thanks for the shoutout JT! Followed by "Drunk Again"-Lattie Moore
2301 UTC "This is Johnny Tobacco wherever you may be"
2314 UTC "Everyday"-Buddy Holly
2317 UTC "Singing the Blues"-Guy Mitchell
2321 UTC "Lucky Lips"-Cliff Richard, then JT chatting
2324 UTC Thanks for the shoutout JT! I hear you loud and clear Thank you for the show too!
2325 UTC Shoutouts to refmo and Rafman!
2328 UTC "Good Morning, Good Night...all the best...this is Johnny Tobacco"
2329 UTC OFF


Thanks again for the show JT! Always enjoyable and always appreciated!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Relay Station 5150am 1103 UTC 24 September 2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 1153 UTC »

1152 UTC "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"-Leadbelly with a solid S7 signal here and sounding really good!
1154 UTC "Black Mountain"-Peace and Quiet
1158 UTC "John Henry"-Ramsey Lewis Trio
1201 UTC "Vulture Blood"-Warhorse
1207 UTC "Bound and Determined"-Marshall Tucker Band
1301 UTC "Maggie McGill"-Doors
1330 UTC "Texas Radio and the Big Beat"-Doors
Currently relaying the mixlr stream of 87.9 Newport Pirate Radio



Thanks for the great Saturday morning signal and tunes! Been listening for the last hour while writing a report to Zender Akenzo in the Netherlands....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Renegade Radio 6935.1 USB 0218 UTC 24 Sep 2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 0231 UTC »

Solid S7 and well above the noise here at 0230 UTC with "Hot Rod Lincoln"-Commander Cody & Lost Airmen
0232 UTC "My Ding-A-Ling"-Chuck Berry
0237 UTC OM with ID..."Renegade Radio", into "Convoy"-C.W. McCall
0241 UTC "Theme From the Wild Angels"-The Visitors
0243 UTC "Wipeout"-The Surfari's
0245 UTC "Mellow Yellow"-Donovan
0248 UTC "Black is Black"-Los Bravos
0251 UTC "Eight Miles High"-Byrds
Thanks for the Friday night show Renegade!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6875/6870 AM 0112 UTC 24 Sep 2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 0125 UTC »

Hearing redhat chatting at 0124 UTC with very good signal here using LSB....USB is getting slammed by some ute QRM
0126 UTC ID and mention of HF Underground and Free Radio Cafe
0130 UTC Live time check and jingle
0131 UTC "The Killing Moon"-Echo and the Bunnymen
(Noise level is pretty high this evening....somebody else is on the frequency tuning up or something)
0137 UTC UNID tune
0141 UTC Redhat chatting...into "Heathens"-Twenty One Pilots (from soundtrack to Suicide Squad)
0144 UTC XFM ID, into "New Skin"-Incubus
0149 UTC "Emergency On Planet Earth"-Jamiroquai
0153 UTC Redhat talking about the QRM...
(Our resident expert in the chat "Token" says the QRM on 6870 USB is Russian CIS-12 or AT3104D modem)
0156 UTC "Wolves, Lower"-REM
0200 UTC XFM jingle, into "Float"-Switchfoot
0204 UTC Redhat with ID, into "Desire"-Meg Myers
0209 UTC "Music to the power of X"
0212 UTC Thanks for the shoutout Mr. Redhat! ..."bringing a program of good music to you from somewhere under the stars"
0216 UTC Live Time check and jingle ID, into "Annie"-Neon Indian
0223 UTC "Young & Unafraid"-The Moth and the Flame
0225 UTC "The Trees"-Rush (request for JD Stephens)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 AM 0022 UTC 24 Sep 2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 0102 UTC »

I'm hearing music peaking just above the noise floor here at 0101 UTC, but not enough to ID the tune
Signal is best here in USB
0120 UTC Heard somebody say something..sounded like an ID

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Zender Akenzo 6285 AM 2213 UTC 23 Sep 2016

« on: September 23, 2016, 2325 UTC »

At the noise floor here at 2324 UTC with unid tune....Stevie Winwood or Traffic possibly?
2328 UTC "I'm Leaving It All Up to You"
2330 UTC "Ome Kobus"-The Amazing Stroopwafels (Per Shazam)
(Signal picked up a bit at 2330 UTC
2335 UTC Possible ID jingle?, into "Doar Baal Ik Van"-Normaal (Per Shazam)
2340 UTC "My Silver Lining"-First Aid Kit
2347 UTC "Calling Elvis"-Dire Straits
2352 UTC "Ghostbusters"-Ray Parker Jr
2356 UTC "Sweet Dreams(Are Made of This)"-Eurythmics
0001 UTC "Candy"-Iggy Pop
0004 UTC "Summer Nights"-Olivia Newton John & John Travolta
0008 UTC "Every One's A Winner"-Hot Chocolate
0015 UTC Signal getting buried in the noise, but I can make out "Shout"-Isley BrothersLulu & the Luvvers per the op in Iann's chat!
0019 UTC "In the Year 2525"-Zager & Evans
0023 UTC "Baba O'Reilly"-Who
0028 UTC "The Boxer"-Simon & Garfunkel
(Signal is still rising up out of the noise
0035 UTC The op is talking during the song...thanks for the shoutout Akenzo! Says he's closing down now and thank you all for listening
0040 UTC "Equinoxe Part 5"-Jean Michel Jarre (Op talking during the song...mention of the "USA")
0050 UTC Closed down...

Thanks for the great show Zender Akenzo! Nice signal that made it through the high noise level here

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QSLs Received / Radio Illuminati via 5150 Relay eQSL

« on: September 23, 2016, 2301 UTC »

Thanks Azimuth Coordinator! Love the old gent tuning around the bands with that early high end equipment

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QSLs Received / 87.9 Newport Pirate Radio Sticker

« on: September 23, 2016, 2259 UTC »

Not a QSL, but a very nice 2"x2" sticker obtained online from the Vinyl Guru Record Store If you're ever in Newport Rhode Island, be sure to stop at their brick and mortar store on 152 Broadway Street!