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North American Shortwave Pirate / Cool Jazz relay Mix Radio International 6860 usb 2328 utc 24 Jun 2022

« on: June 24, 2022, 2328 UTC »

Very Good Reception, thanks for show ID Radiostar
2328 Instrumental Music
2331 2 OM's talking, saying hello to someone in Nashville
2332 More instrumental music
2335 OM talking, English accent (tough to decipher, mentions shortwave.) email addy given by YL computer but too fast to understand. 
2336 Pretty sure I heard Mix Radio International ID, a relay by Mix?
2338 OM with definite Mix ID
2340 Mix ID...email addy _______@hotmail.com
2342 Off briefly, then back with jazz

767

North American Shortwave Pirate / Yeah Man Radio 6925 AM 2257 utc 24 Jun 2022

« on: June 24, 2022, 2257 UTC »

Could this be Million Dollar Weekend ?  Very good reception, some fades/noise.
2257 "Born to be Wild" Steppenwolf
2300 ...and it is MDW, YM ID, to "Light My Fire" The Doors - fades gone, noise about gone
2303 MDW on a Friday, getting very noisy again , to "Mustang Sally"  Wilson Pickett
Request?  Anything by The Zombies.
2306 YM on 6925, MDW, YM with shoutouts, peskies on LSB getting annoying
2309 "Green-Eyed Lady" Sugarloaf
2314 ID, MDW, "Spill The Wine" Eric Burdon & War, Reception now excellent
2320 "Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
2324 "Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys
2346 "The Look Of Love" Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
2347 "Like To Get To Know You" Spanky & Our Gang    YM: All Music From 1968

768

Shortwave Broadcast / WRMI 15770 AM off air (again) at 1300 utc 22 Jun 2022

« on: June 22, 2022, 1314 UTC »

I was listening to WRMI's Radio Liberty (Russian Service) on 15770 in the 1200 utc hour, it included numerous American pop tunes including "Last Train to Clarksville".  At 1300 utc the broadcast stopped and nothing came on - dead air for 15 minutes as of now, there is a broadcast scheduled. 

Earlier this week a transmitter problem knocked them off the air for a couple hours on this frequency at this time, perhaps again.

769

North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6925 usb 2337 utc 21 Jun 2022

« on: June 21, 2022, 2338 UTC »

Very Good Reception, thanks for broadcast to kick off summer .
2337 "Message In A Bottle" The Police
2340 "Walking On The Moon" The Police
2345 "Don't Stand So Close To Me" The Police
2349 "DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA" The Police
2353 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" The Police
2358  "Invisible Sun" The Police, then off at 0001

770

Shortwave Broadcast / BBC Mid-Winter Antarctic Broadcast 12065 AM 2130 utc 21 Jun 2021

« on: June 21, 2022, 2130 UTC »

Excellent reception, English service.  Best by far of three frequencies here - others 7305, 9505.  Could be best reception I have ever had of this broadcast.

Pleasure is all mine, Flexo 
2129 Tone
2130 "This is the BBC calling Antarctica" YL (? Matthews) explains program
2132 2 YL's talking of Ukraine
2133 Unid music, read and recorded (?) messages from friends/family of 32 British researchers in Antarctica
2134 "Happy Mid-Winter, Kate"
2136 Snippet of "Wildest Dreams" Taylor Swift
2137 "Did you remember to brush your teeth?"
2138 Sir David Attenborough speaking, "Thank you on behalf of all of us who care for The Crown."
2140 ID to YL researcher talking - 60th anniversary of Antarctica research
2143 YL talks of cutting hole in ice, looking for predators, hearing ice cracking as only sound
2146 Animal behavior discussion to OM British Astronaut greeting
2147 Snippet of "Do It, Try It" M83 to OM "Keep those generators running"
2149 "This is for George Allison from Dad.  Proud of you."
2151 "This is Mum wishing you a very Happy Mid-Winter" to music snippet
2154 YL reads written poem about son researcher, many greetings for Louie
2155 YL Child sends greeting
2157 Snippet of "Do It, Try It" again
2158 YL host thanking researchers
2159 "Got To Give It Up" Marvin Gaye/YL concluding broadcast over music
2200 Off

771

North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6974 AM 2051 utc 21 Jun 2022

« on: June 21, 2022, 2053 UTC »

Noise and fades, some peaks good enough to detect music

2051 Faint music, maybe 1940-ish YL singers
2100 Reception has fallen off, very few copyable peaks
2105 Steady music at noise floor, can not ID

772

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Pravda (Prawda?) dlja Rossii 13600 AM 1500 utc 21 Jun 2022

« on: June 21, 2022, 1501 UTC »

Excellent reception via U/Twente sdr (nothing here on terrestrial radio), Russian service.  A Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday broadcast at this hour from Moosbrunn, Austria targeted to the Russian population.
http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2022/06/radio-pravda-dlja-rossii-schedule-update.html

1500 Three quick tones, ID, then YL with probably news
1502 Second YL continuing probable news report
1505 Musical transition to both YL's talking with OM
1512 Trio continues discussion
1540 YL host talking to another YL sounding as if she is on phone
1552 YL says word "Ukraine"
1558 ID and off

773

Shortwave Broadcast / BBC World Service Ukraine Broadcast 15740 AM 1400 utc 21 Jun 2022

« on: June 21, 2022, 1403 UTC »

Excellent reception, English service.  Just a check on status of special broadcast.

1400 On mid-sentence just after 1400 utc.
1401 YL latest news updates about Russia/Ukraine, France government coalition status
1402 French ruling on permitted public bathing suit attire
1403 Deaths from flooding on Subcontinent
1405 International Yoga Day disrupted in India by Muslim hardliners
1406 Story on separated Russian territory of Kaliningrad Oblast
1418 YL reporter in Hong Kong reporting on loss of freedoms, fades in reception now
1420 World Service ID
1438 Reception almost completely under noise floor now

774

Utility / MARS Net? 6973 usb 2238 utc 20 Jun 2022

« on: June 20, 2022, 2239 UTC »

2238 "This is November Foxtrot...Are there any other districts wishing to check in with District 1?"
2239 Sounds like SSTV
2241 "November Foxtrot Bravo asking for any comments"

775

Shortwave Broadcast / No Reception - WRMI 20 June 2022

« on: June 20, 2022, 1317 UTC »

Hmmmm......pretty odd.  Most mornings I will tune into 15770 WRMI at 1300 utc for my benchmark reception/antenna check.  It is generally of perfect reception here, a couple of mornings a week I will listen to a scheduled music program.

To the moment (1315 utc), no reception on any listed WRMI frequency.  However, I can only attest to being able to receive 15770 with great clarity at this hour.  But, I seem to recall being able to pick up several other frequencies at this hour.

1340 - Still no reception, sent email to WRMI
1403 - Still no reception - This hour generally begins a lengthy (Paid?) broadcast of Supreme Master TV
1427 YL with brief three word phrase and off again...didn't understand what she said, might have been test or brief mid-sentence return to air.
Stepped away from radio at 1500 utc, back on when I checked at 1545 utc.

776

Shortwave Broadcast / RNZ 7245 am 0958 utc 18 Jun 2022

« on: June 18, 2022, 1000 UTC »

Very good reception with some noise, English service.

0958 "Let There Be Drums" Sandy Nelson
1000 Time pips to news
1010 "La Hora Del Matarife" SFDK
1014 "Ships In The Night" Be Bop Deluxe
1017 "Running Up That Hill" Kate Bush

777

North American Shortwave Pirate / Zeke 6934 USB 2305 UTC 17 JUN 2022

« on: June 17, 2022, 2306 UTC »

2305 Faint instrumental music
2308 Reception a little better, electronic instrumental
2311 Possibly OM talking then off?

778

General Radio Discussion / Second Test for BBC Mid-Winter Antarctic Broadcast June 17

« on: June 16, 2022, 2006 UTC »

Surprising, a second test for the Mid-Winter broadcast.  I don't recall a second test previously.  This from SWLing blog again.  Test June 17, and for those Americans old enough, same Bat Time/same Bat Channel:

https://swling.com/blog/2022/06/bbc-midwinter-broadcast-second-set-of-test-transmissions-on-friday-june-17-2022/

779

Shortwave Broadcast / BBC Test for Antarctic Broadcast 12065 AM 2131 utc 14 Jun 2021

« on: June 14, 2022, 2133 UTC »

Excellent reception, English service.  Test broadcast for next week's Mid-Winter Antarctic broadcast. Faint reception on 7305 and 9505 here.
https://swling.com/blog/2022/06/today-transmission-tests-for-the-2022-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast/
Sounds like they are using World Service for test transmission.


2131 YL with News: Ethiopian war, Natural Gas price
2132 Football: Costa Rica defeats New Zealand 1-0 for final World Cup spot
2133 Outlook program
2143 Stoty about woman finding family in Australia
2145 OFF as test scheduled to end

780

North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6925 usb 2030 utc 14 Jun 2022

« on: June 14, 2022, 2031 UTC »

2030 Faint music, Grateful Dead?
2032 Completely in noise or Off now