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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 AM 0103 UTC 21 Apr 2016

« on: April 21, 2016, 1514 UTC »

That stuff was incredibly loud for me - see my notes about it on the XLR8 thread. I'm glad someone else heard it. Nobody else mentioned it last night.

EDIT - I got that wrong - I was hearing that on 6960 during RFW's show.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Korea (NORTH) 11710kHz 21/4/16 1302z

« on: April 21, 2016, 1510 UTC »

I had similar reception at this time too, but I was listening on 9435 kHz.

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Huh? / Re: Tire Pressure

« on: April 21, 2016, 0445 UTC »

My wheel barrow's tire ALWAYS needs to be checked for air. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0115 UTC 21 Apr 2016

« on: April 21, 2016, 0119 UTC »

0119 tuning into electronica. Good signal.
0134 still hearing dance music, unfortunately lots of QRM tonight. Didn't even hear the station ID at 0127 at all.
0139 all right, here we go. "Looking For Your Door," Chrome
0143 more electronica, Shazam couldn't ID this song
0147 XLR8 ID
0148 More rock, reminds me of someone familiar but can't say who
0150 "Ask Me a Question About the Atom" Ancient Greeks
    sun has just set, concurrent improvement in reception
0154 something reminiscent of Gastr del Sol but that's not what this is, I'm pretty sure
0158 XLR8 ID
0209 "Four Sticks" Zep
0215 "Furniture Music" Bill Nelson's Red Noise
0219 XLR8 ID
0238 band with OM singer covering Romeo Void's "Never Say Never"
         Signal has been really good at times, barely there at others. There was lots of interference (I'm a noob, but I'm guessing it was lightning crashes others describe) but that seems to have subsided.
0305 "I Got a Right" Iggy! Signal quite faded now unfortunately.
0311 faded away and/or off

Thanks for the show! Interesting and different tonight

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6960 USB 2331 UTC 20 Apr 2016

« on: April 20, 2016, 2343 UTC »

2339 tuning in to decent signal, some QRM and fading but music clear. "This Must Be Home" P-Sol
2349 OM speaking but some local beeping signal is destroying the transmission here.😞 (Just to be clear this sounds like a beacon of some sort.)
2358 whatever it was, it's gone. Hopefully for good. NIN playing.
0002 Signal MUCH improved, now I can enjoy the show! DJD talkiing, more HFU shoutouts, (not that I heard the first ones due my reception issues, but thanks for that). Into "Do You Love Me" Guster
0009 "Saint Joe on the School Bus" Marcy Playground "
0012 RFW Station ID into "Steady As She Goes" a classic from The Raconteurs
0016 RFW Station ID into "Dirty Sheets" The Orwells
0018 DJD talking
0019 some classic shoegaze - "Chrome Waves" Ride
0023 "Afraid of Everyone" The National
0028 "You Kill" Eternal Summers
0031 DJD talking
0032 "Drugs" Dreamers
0036 "High Party" Ted Leo
0041 "Habits (Stay High)" Tove Lo
0044 RFW station ID into "Under the Pressure" The War On Drugs
     BTW I'm getting this on the PL 600 without the external antenna. Hard to get the BFO right in it, but there it is.
0052 DJD thanks to listeners and OFF.

Thanks for the show! I have to agree with the others, this is the best sounding transmission I've heard you yet.

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QSLs Received / TCS - Unchained - 4/15/2016

« on: April 20, 2016, 1922 UTC »

Another lovely eQSL. Thank you John Poet!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z 6937.66 AM 2258z 4/19/16

« on: April 20, 2016, 0000 UTC »

@ Skipmuck, never heard Can? Good time to learn about them. 

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Greece 9420 kHz AM 0240 UTC Apr 19, 2016

« on: April 19, 2016, 0325 UTC »

Perhaps ironically, I'm listening to the Voice of Turkey on 9515 right now (0325).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Casablanca 6940 AM 0021 UTC 4/19/16

« on: April 19, 2016, 0024 UTC »

0024 At the noise floor here.
0029 just enough to Shazam "Like the Moon Above You" by Kitty Kallen.
...
0039 "The Very Thought of You" Billie Holliday
0042 "Moonlight Serenade" Glenn Miller
0046 "I Hear a Rhapsody" Helen Forrest
0049 "I Only Have Eyes For You" I recognized the tune without trouble but Shazam came up with "Various" as the artist. No Shazam. Bad Shazam.
0051 "I Wanna Be Loved By You" Helen Kane
    signal is getting better, I'm able to hear more music, sometimes very well for a few seconds at a time.
0054 OM speaking
0056 "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You" Jane Powell
0059 Shazam isn't able to help me with this one
0102 "Let's Dance" the almighty Benny Goodman
0104 OM Radio Casablanca ID (first time I've been able to hear it clearly) with email for QSL's, into soundclip from film.
0106 "Tu Es Partout" Edith Piaf
0108 "No Other Love" Jo Stafford
0112 "Fools Rush In" The chairman of the board
0114 Casablanca station ID with email address
0115 clip from movie into "Night and Day" Ella Fitzgerald
0119 "How High the Moon" Benny Goodman
0122 "Dancing Cheek to Cheek" Fred Astaire?
     signal deteriorating now
0125 "It's Only a Paper Moon"-Betty Grable
0127 Radio Casablanca ID, movie clip
0128 I don't know this song and neither does Shazam
0130 YL and OM speaking (another movie clip?)
0131 "Comes Love" Judy Garland
0134 Unshazamable song, big band music with clarinet lead (apparantly Wang Wang Blues by Benny Goodman, h/t to Skipmuck)
0137 Radio Casablanca ID, email addy, movie clip
0138 "Blue Champagne" Bob Eberly (Or more likely Jimmy Dorsey, I'll trust Skipmuck here too)
0141 "If I Didn't Care" The Ink Spots
0144 "I'll Be Seeing You" Billie Holliday
0147 Station ID, email, and OFF

Thanks for the show! It's quite noisy here, doubtless because the sun is still up here, but I'm trying.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Habana Cuba in French, 17730 AM

« on: April 18, 2016, 2248 UTC »

18 APR 2016, tuned in at 2235z. OM and YL taking turns speaking. Station ID at 2244 with characteristic Radio Habana interval. The transmission is intended for Europe per their web site.
EDIT: Suddenly off with no warning at 2249. Back on at 2251.
It was a nice clear signal, 444-555, but has deteriorated quite a bit starting at 2254. No interference but significant fading.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Australia "Saturday Night Country" 9580 AM 1020z 4/16/16

« on: April 18, 2016, 1238 UTC »

@skeezix, somehow I overlooked your comment about R Prague til now. And naturally it's right after that broadcast ended. Thanks for that, I intend to seek that out.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: R Azteca 6900 Am 2300 UTC April 17'16

« on: April 17, 2016, 2328 UTC »

I hear pescadores on LSB on this frequency (one really clearly) but no pirates.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Zed 6930 USB 0245z 04/17/2016

« on: April 17, 2016, 0246 UTC »

0245 letter Z in CW, OM speaking
0246 silence...
*** They posted that they'll try again at 0255***
*** They posted that they have "major issues" and will post another announcement when they're ready to go *** (take your time, a good show is worth the wait)
0300 letter Z in CW, station ID (OM voice with English accent)
0302 Glenn Miller "In the Mood"
       SIO 333 with some nice peaks. Wasn't able to make out what the DJ was really saying unfortunately
0305 The Hit Band "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (Must have been Glenn Miller - darn you Shazam!)
0309 Glenn Miller "Elmer's Tune"
0312 Glenn Miller "The Woodpecker Song"
0315 old recording of news program about the Munich compromise that divided Czechoslovakia and brought us peace in our time...
0319 Glenn Miller "Over the Rainbow"
0322 "When You Wish Upon a Star" (omitting artist name as it's a foregone conclusion who it will be for the whole show)
0325 QSL to radiozed@hushmail.com
0325 A Nightingale Sand in Berkeley Square
0329 Give a Little Whistle
0333 The Story of a Starry Night
0335 Fools Rush In
      signal's dropped out quite a bit for a moment
0338 Pennsylvania 6-5000
0341 Moonlight Serenade
0344 Farewell and sign off

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6955 USB 2215 UTC 16 APR 2016

« on: April 16, 2016, 2353 UTC »

2353 Music discernible in the noise.
2358 XLR8 ID
....
0104 "Love Buzz", a song covered by a certain Seattle band that got much bigger than this one ever did.
0109 XLR8 ID, into a cover of 867-5309 by Fitz of Depression
0112 Four Stations of the Sun by Killing Joke. Nice selection!
0116 The Nihilistics, "Death and Taxes"
0117 XLR8 ID
0118 unshazamable tune
0120 The Stranglers "Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)"
0122 "Old Guy" by Wimps. Peskies starting to interfere.
0125 punk tune that's not in Shazam apparently (I'm finally getting a good signal)
0127 Augustus Pablo, "East of the River Nile"
0130 XLR8 ID into unshazamable song
.....
0145 "Hey Joe" Patti Smith
0149 song about being a SOB
0151 "Brooklyn Zoo" ODB
0153 Another version of "Love Buzz," this one from Anika
0156 "Nautilus" Bob James
0204 My Dad's a F'n Alcoholic / Frantix (THANKS!! - you must be lurking on the board)
0207 I Can't Come / Sniveling Sh^ts
0210 don't recognize this tune, neither does shazam, but it's pretty rockin'
0213 another tune
    Hey, if you're taking requests, got any Fluid in your collection?
0218 "Section 25" / Poppy Fields
0222 "Hammerfest" / SL Curtiz
...
0225 speedy punk tune with YL vox, can't make it out well though
0227 speedy punk tune OM vox
0228 American Leather / Germs
0230 sounds like the Fluid, thanks a lot!! Can't quite name the tune though, signal's getting bad.
0232 I know this one though - Your Kinda Thing. !!!! (Or wait, was it "It's My Time"? Darn this interference!)
0239 off

Thanks for the show and for playing more Frantix and some Fluid!

@davep, "snivelling shiitakes" made me almost do a spit take. Nice job.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Australia "Saturday Night Country" 9580 AM 1020z 4/16/16

« on: April 16, 2016, 1347 UTC »

Yeah, I saw those azimuth angles. It's like Voice of Korea right now on 9435, 28 degrees which is a great bearing on North America.