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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: The Vault 6955 AM was 6985 AM 2024 UTC 20 Mar 2022
« on: March 20, 2022, 2143 UTC »
2139 "Horse With No Name". Noisy, static crashes. OM on the mic. S5 fair copy.
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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Olah 6930 AM 1959 UTC 20 MAR 2022
« on: March 20, 2022, 2027 UTC »
2025 Punk tune playing. S7, fade and noise in CT.
2032 ID
2046 Serious UTE QRM.
2103 ID then off. Thanks RO!
2032 ID
2046 Serious UTE QRM.
2103 ID then off. Thanks RO!
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Shortwave Pirate / Re: WHIZ 6925 USB 0001 UTC 20 MAR 2022
« on: March 20, 2022, 0020 UTC »
0019 Music playing, good reception at S7 or so.
0023 ID into music. I don't recognize these songs but I like them.
0023 ID into music. I don't recognize these songs but I like them.
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Shortwave Pirate / Re: WFDR? 6920 usb 2304 utc 19 Mar 2022
« on: March 19, 2022, 2322 UTC »
2322 Speech, excellent reception. S9+30, nice audio.
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FM Free Radio / Re: The Beginning 88.5 FM 1730 UTC 19 March 2022
« on: March 19, 2022, 2240 UTC »
Thanks!
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FM Free Radio / The Beginning 88.5 FM 1730 UTC 19 March 2022
« on: March 19, 2022, 2227 UTC »
While waiting in the parking lot of Westerly Hospital today I finally caught an FM Pirate.
When I'm by cities like Hartford, New Haven, Boston ect I will tune around the lower FM band looking for pirates. I have a list of several frequencies to check at different cities but have never had any luck.
Anyhow I had decent reception and audio at first and caught an ID right away,"88.5 FM, The Beginning" over Latin style music. I remember hearing their Shortwave broadcast and they mentioned their FM Frequency. A Spanish woman who said her name was Marie/Maria mention they have been trying to get their FM station back on the air after several months of serious technical problems with equipment, antenna, audio gear and fires in the studio, "Just about every Fricken thing has gone wrong..." and she went on for a little bit. This lady was quite funny with a seriously heavy Spanish accent. She sounded like Charo. The audio quality was very bad and may have been some interference from nearby stations. There was a lot of crackling type noise and cut outs then the power level just seemed to go down steadily for about 30 seconds then completely gone. What I managed to catch only lasted under 2 minutes.
I will try to dig up their email addy from the shortwave broadcasts and try to get some info. I may be able to pick this up at home.
When I'm by cities like Hartford, New Haven, Boston ect I will tune around the lower FM band looking for pirates. I have a list of several frequencies to check at different cities but have never had any luck.
Anyhow I had decent reception and audio at first and caught an ID right away,"88.5 FM, The Beginning" over Latin style music. I remember hearing their Shortwave broadcast and they mentioned their FM Frequency. A Spanish woman who said her name was Marie/Maria mention they have been trying to get their FM station back on the air after several months of serious technical problems with equipment, antenna, audio gear and fires in the studio, "Just about every Fricken thing has gone wrong..." and she went on for a little bit. This lady was quite funny with a seriously heavy Spanish accent. She sounded like Charo. The audio quality was very bad and may have been some interference from nearby stations. There was a lot of crackling type noise and cut outs then the power level just seemed to go down steadily for about 30 seconds then completely gone. What I managed to catch only lasted under 2 minutes.
I will try to dig up their email addy from the shortwave broadcasts and try to get some info. I may be able to pick this up at home.
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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Big F**king Nuts Radio 6925 usb 1947 utc 19 Mar 2022
« on: March 19, 2022, 2105 UTC »
2104 Music playing, very good reception S9+10 and nice USB audio!
2107 ID BFN Radio with remarks to Fried Chickin' into music.
2144 OFF
Thanks for the tunes.
2107 ID BFN Radio with remarks to Fried Chickin' into music.
2144 OFF
Thanks for the tunes.
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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6955 AM 1904 UTC 19 Mar 2022
« on: March 19, 2022, 1909 UTC »
1908 Music at a solid S9+10, Nice AM sound! 
1915 ID Ion Radio. Another ID at 1620z into cool cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky", maybe the Outlaws.
Thanks for the music!
1915 ID Ion Radio. Another ID at 1620z into cool cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky", maybe the Outlaws.
Thanks for the music!
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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Beacon "RF" 13564.89 CW 1645z 3.19.22
« on: March 19, 2022, 1702 UTC »
Nice to pick up a 22 meter beacon, this one from Winston, NC on 13564.89 CW.
Decent reception, enough for solid decode on Fldigi. 7 "RFs" in a row then a long dash.
Decent reception, enough for solid decode on Fldigi. 7 "RFs" in a row then a long dash.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Mike Radio 15075 / 13900 AM 1510 UTC 19 Mar 2022
« on: March 19, 2022, 1614 UTC »
15075 kHz
1611 Fighting to stay above noise but with some decent peaks. Billy Idol "White Wedding".
1623 At peaks, "Walking On Sunshine" playing" into "Rhinestone Cowboy".
1611 Fighting to stay above noise but with some decent peaks. Billy Idol "White Wedding".
1623 At peaks, "Walking On Sunshine" playing" into "Rhinestone Cowboy".
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Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 19 MAR 2022
« on: March 19, 2022, 0123 UTC »
0116 Ball Smacker on the air with yet another Wolverine style "Theme" program.
Caught the end of a Neil Young tune with a decent S9 signal but reception got weak and
noisy in a few minutes. Too bad, you was sounding really good there for a few minutes Ball Smacker.
S5 signal now with really bad static crashes. I'll check back.
0128 All but in the noise now BS, too bad, always good music.
Thanks for the music!
Caught the end of a Neil Young tune with a decent S9 signal but reception got weak and
noisy in a few minutes. Too bad, you was sounding really good there for a few minutes Ball Smacker.
S5 signal now with really bad static crashes. I'll check back.
0128 All but in the noise now BS, too bad, always good music.
Thanks for the music!
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Shortwave Pirate / Re: ION Radio 6954.7 AM 2135 utc 18 Mar 2022
« on: March 18, 2022, 2231 UTC »
2229 "Fat Bottom Girls" by Queen then "Bicycle". Solid signal in CT.
Thanks for the tunes!
Thanks for the tunes!
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Shortwave Pirate / Ion Radio 6930 AM 2003 UTC 14 MAR 2022
« on: March 14, 2022, 2007 UTC »
2003 A few Dr. Hook tunes with a few breaks in audio, S7 peaks with nice AM audio. Some fades.
2010 "Brand New Key" by Melanie.
2013 "Never Rains In California", deep fades. Another tune I haven't heard in decades.
Thanks for the tunes!
2010 "Brand New Key" by Melanie.
2013 "Never Rains In California", deep fades. Another tune I haven't heard in decades.
Thanks for the tunes!
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10/11 meters / Re: UNID on 28605 AM 22:01 UTC March 13th
« on: March 13, 2022, 2211 UTC »
2209 Hearing old timey music? Talking in Spanish. Kinda weak on my 40m dipole but solid copy. Interesting.
Thanks for the info Chris.
Thanks for the info Chris.
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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6950 was 6965 AM 2037 UTC 13 MAR 2022
« on: March 13, 2022, 2204 UTC »
2201 Music playing, ID MRI. Solid S9+20.