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North American Shortwave Pirate / Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB 0221 UTC 11 May 2014

« on: May 11, 2014, 0225 UTC »

Barely able to pick up music playing at this time; sounds like blues music. Buried in atmospheric noise, sounds like some crashing noises from storm activity somewhere.

0302 BOR ID clearly heard, although weak
~ lots of great old blues music
0318 BOR ID w/ female voice and musical interlude; clearer but still subject to some noise

The music is still going at 0416 but I'm shutting things down here.  Signal gradually improved to between S3 and S5 here; noise heard earlier diminished quite a bit and I was able to enjoy a fair amount of the music.  Thanks for the great show BOR, I look forward to catching it again sometime! Opps, just heard another Station ID at 0418.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio True North 6940 AM 0307Z May 04, 2014

« on: May 04, 2014, 0418 UTC »

0413 This is barely moving my meter but I can make out the music somewhat.
0415 Just caught Station ID w/ email address
0416 Sounds like the theme from "Shaft"
0419 The Eagles "Hotel California"

Had a hard time listening but my antenna setup isn't optimal (hope to upgrade things shortly).  Hard to hear above noise on AM. Hope to catch this again sometime and enjoy the music!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 6925 USB 5/04/2014 0208

« on: May 04, 2014, 0218 UTC »

I'm picking this up as well. Signal seemed to come on at 0207 here with music already in progress. Signal is fading in and out here, S5 at best and dropping back to S3 otherwise.  Fairly noisy at times.

0207 Stairsailor - "In the crossfire" in progress
0210 Moby - "We are all made of stars", Collective Soul - "The World I know"
0219 Station ID "Undercover Radio" - includes station e-mail address
0220 DJ mentions new program and setup of EQ etc. Mentions station ID again, "broadcasting from the middle of nowhere".Mention of "Wounded Warriors Project" (great charity BTW)
0222 The Eagles - "Hotel California"
0229 Station ID, discussion. DJ mentions people on forum, including me! (thanks!)
0241 Music
0245 Station ID, discussion and checkins read out
0250 Story (set to music)
0254 Steve Miller - "Fly like an Eagle"
0406 Station signoff

Signal stayed about the same over entire time I listened however the noise I heard earlier seemed to abate quite a bit.

Thanks Dr. Benway for a great show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Whiskey Redneck Radio, 6925.2u, 0145z, 5-3-14

« on: May 03, 2014, 0208 UTC »

just tuned in at 0200 ; signal is fair (up to S3) and variable but little interference so good copy.

Freq is 6925.2 kHz

0201 Talk of radio equipment in use, including an ICOM radio
0203 "Whiskey Redneck Radio" ID
0204 Grandpa Jones - "Hobo Bill"
0205 Talk about how signal is getting out, use of Ladder Line etc
0210 another Grandpa Jones tune
0214 Grandpa Jones - "Mountain Dew"
0218 Chat, Station ID.. having a cigarette..
0220 Hank Williams Sr. - "Angel of Death"
0225 Reading some fan notes from the forum here
0227 Hank Williams Sr. - "I'm a rolling stone.."

Thanks for the interesting show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6945 USB *0142-0242* UTC 20Apr14

« on: April 20, 2014, 2214 UTC »

Wow, incredible signal on this broadcast! SINPO 55545 during the whole time I listened:

0228 Bob Marley song
0233 Station ID
0233 Tom Petty "You Don't Know How it Feels", Ben Scales "Growing Marijuana in my yard"
0241 Station ID then SSTV
0243 station off

I didn't expect the SSTV and had no recorder or decoder online at the time.. will have to be ready next time. Great show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB 0142 UTC 20 Apr 2014

« on: April 20, 2014, 2203 UTC »

Listened to this for half an hour or so last night; enjoyed the program!

0259 Bluegrass/Banjo music in progress, SINPO 34343
0304 Station ID
0304 Bluegrass music continues
0315 Longer Station ID this time with music interlude (modern music this time) SINPO now 44343
0318 Bluegrass music continues
0330 Long station ID again with music SINPO now 33343

Overall the signal was listenable with moderate noise but decent propagation.  Tuning around about 20 minutes later I heard this still on but the signal had faded considerably by that time.

Thanks for a great show! Will look for this again.