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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0000 utc 22 May 2022

« on: May 22, 2022, 0000 UTC »

Very good reception, maybe some weather related crashes

0000 Wildfire IS
0001 "Good evening Ham sandwiches, you are listening to Ball Smacker Radio somewhere in the northeast" to "Band on the Run" Wings

797

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio New Zealand 9700 AM 0949 utc 21 May 2022 & New Transmitter News

« on: May 21, 2022, 0954 UTC »

Excellent reception, English service.  PL 880 using just its whip, booming in.  ID's by Shazam.

Story on finances for new transmitter for RNZ.  http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2022/05/radio-new-zealand-announces-new.html
Article originally in Shortwave Central blog.

0949 "Why?" Bronski Beat
0954 "Bambi" Clairo
1000 Time pips to news
1008 YL with teaser on program coming up on Sunday morning.
1014 "Don't Worry About Me" Mighty Sam McClain
1019 "I Van Enkulu" The Cool Crooners of Bulawayo
1021 "Bottle of Red Wine" Billy T.K. & Powerhouse

798

General Radio Discussion / WATR 1320 AM Waterbury, CT sold

« on: May 20, 2022, 2233 UTC »

https://www.thelaurelct.com/watr-sold/

The family that owned WATR had held it since going on air in 1934.  The buyers are operators of Spanish stations in Connecticut including one that carries the Spanish broadcast of Boston Red Sox games.

799

General Radio Discussion / Radio Angela/WBCQ moving from 4790 AM to 5130 AM

« on: May 17, 2022, 2243 UTC »

Article originally appeared in SWLing blog.

https://swling.com/blog/2022/05/special-bulletin-wbcqs-radio-angela-moves-to-5130-khz/

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WRLY Relay of WEHM FM 6950 AM 1757 UTC 17 May 2022

« on: May 17, 2022, 1759 UTC »

Fair reception much noise, matched transmission to WEHM FM terrestrial broadcast

1757 "You Can't Always Get What You Want" The Rolling Stones
1802 Capitol Hill News
1804 Reception right at noise floor now 
1805 ID
1819 Peaks are getting very good, mostly out of noise now, YL talking in commercial

801

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Romania 15340 AM 1407 utc 16 May 2022

« on: May 16, 2022, 1411 UTC »

Good reception with fades/noise, Romanian service.  I believe this is a hour long "magazine"/music program

1407 Unid Romanian music
1410 OM and YL in discussion
1413 OM with lengthy discourse
1425 Unid Romanian rock song
1444 Reception now very good to excellent "Pseudofabula" Rosu si Negru, ID by Shazam. Very good song, has an Eric Clapton feel to it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiTKtxO5g3k

802

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio New Zealand 9700 AM 1044 utc 15 May 2022

« on: May 15, 2022, 1047 UTC »

Good reception, English service

1044 "Let's Work Together" Dwight Yoakam
1046 Lengthy discussion after song from 2 OM's on music

803

Shortwave Broadcast / BBC World Service FA Cup Final 17830 AM 1614 utc 14 May 2022

« on: May 14, 2022, 1619 UTC »

Good reception, English service.  FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool (deep sigh ) from Wembley Stadium in London.
On several stations but 17830 is best here now (also 15400 and 17640)

1614 OM play by play "Alonso left footed shot saved.  Chelsea Nil, Liverpool nil with a half hour played."
1618 YL color analyst explaining defensive set up.
1620 Jota replaces Salah due to injury for Liverpool
1624 "Diaz bringing ball forward for Liverpool"
1631 "Lukaku puts ball out of bounds but he seems to be getting his footing with Mount."
1632 "Chelsea nil, Liverpool nil.  If it carries on like this.....there just has to be goals, there just has to be goals."
(Alluding to League Cup final this year between both teams which went scoreless for 120 minutes and decided by penalty kicks.)
1633 OM talking about 150th anniversary of FA Cup, first one had 2,000 attendees.
1634 "Liverpool came out blazing but Chelsea held them off.  Chelsea then had opportunities. They probably have had the better chances.  There's the whistle, Chelsea nil Liverpool nil."

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WRLY Relay of WEHM FM 6950 AM 1953 UTC 13 May 2022

« on: May 13, 2022, 1954 UTC »

Very Good reception....thanks for kickin' weekend off WRLY 

1953 Commercial for eating/dancing spot, WEHM ID, CW, ID then "back to music....."
1954 "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" Neil Young
1956 "The Man Who Wants You" Amos Lee
1959 Frequency ID, WEHM, to News, CW over news
2001 Weather, Sports - Rangers, Yanks, Mets schedule for evening
2002 "Never Said" Liz Phair
2004 "Young Americans" David Bowie
2009 ID to "Hard Drive Gold" alt-J
2030 "Born On The Bayou" Creedance Clearwater Revival
2045 "Too Much Passion" The Smithereens

805

Shortwave Broadcast / NHK World 15130 AM 1859 utc 13 May 2022

« on: May 13, 2022, 1905 UTC »

Good reception, Japanese service....had thought this would be a music program but apparently not

1859 On a little early, YL talking mid-sentence
1900 IS to OM probably giving news
1911 2 OM's in conversation

806

Utility / USN exercise 6988 USB 2350 utc 11 May 2022

« on: May 11, 2022, 2356 UTC »

Over modulated (here) OM/YL giving phonetic terms (Oscar, Foxtrot) for stretches of time.  Pauses and starts again.  Can not decipher most of words spoken.

807

North American Shortwave Pirate / Ball Smacker Radio 6960 am 2358 utc 7 May 2022

« on: May 07, 2022, 2358 UTC »

Very Good Reception   MDK2 - Nice job by Spurs v. Liverpool today, didn't thing they would hold the tie.  I wish not to talk about City's Champions league exit 🤦

2358 Wildfire IS
0000 ID, Bowling Ball sounds, to "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Elton John, an underplayed and under rated tune
0010 "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" Elton John, ID
0011 "No Sugar Tonight" The Guess Who
0016 "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" England Dan and John Ford Coley
0018 web site given to "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung

808

North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950 AM 2312 utc 7 May 2022

« on: May 07, 2022, 2312 UTC »

Fair reception right now, some noise

2312 Unid Music - maybe The Rolling Stones "Emotional Rescue"
2323 Back with music battling with noise
2336 "Bang A Gong" T. Rex, reception getting much better suddenly
2337 "Waiting On A Friend" The Rolling Stones, I think
2242 "Cherry Bomb" John Mellencamp, excellent reception now
2347 "Doctor My Eyes" Jackson Browne

809

Shortwave Broadcast / All India Radio 15030 AM 1437 utc 7 May 2022

« on: May 07, 2022, 1439 UTC »

Good reception with some noise, Dari Service

1437 Unid Subcontinent Music, OM singer

810

Shortwave Broadcast / Zombo via WBCQ 7490 AM 2200 utc 6 May 2022 Surf Music/Bumper Sticker

« on: May 06, 2022, 2225 UTC »

Excellent reception, so good I have it cranked on the '37 Zenith Console.  An hour featuring US Surf Music, next week's program will be foreign Surf Music - I never knew .  The WBCQ online program guide does not list this program.  Wonderful program - very cool, Daddy-O !

2200 "Miserlou" The Astronauts, didn't know there was a cover of the original
2203 ID, email addy, bumper sticker offer
2226 A brief 2 song switch to Hot Rod Music
2231 "Earthshaker" The Lancasters
2233 email addy, request for reception reports
2234 "Raw-Hide" Link Wray
2238 "Surfin' Bird" The Trashmen (Celts wish The Bird was still the word )
2240  DJ Zombo "Music before lyrics were invented" to "Having A Wild Weekend" Johnny Fortune
2243 "Surf Rider" Johnny Fortune
2254 "Walk Don't Run" The Ventures
2255 Gives website addy to "Journey to the Stars" The Ventures

Bumper sticker for the asking at zomboco@aol.com