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General Radio Discussion / Re: THE US AIRFORCE MAY HAVE SHOT DOWN AN AMATEUR RADIO PICO BALLOON OVER CANADA

« on: February 16, 2023, 2100 UTC »

I just read the same article elsewhere and pondered whether there was an enforcement amendment of the PIRATE Act we missed  . A frightening tale on many levels. 

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QSLs Received / Re: WRKO Shortwave eQSL 12,13 FEB 2023

« on: February 16, 2023, 1055 UTC »

Got same but without Collector's Edition "Bagge" emblazonment  .      Thanks for reviving those fine tunes of my NYC youth and the groovy radio promotion eQSL  .

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0050 UTC 16 FEB 2023

« on: February 16, 2023, 0055 UTC »

0052 Faint music, barely can tell it's "Love Shack" but very low noise floor
0058 OM talking but can not decipher

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North American Shortwave Pirate / ION Radio 6955 AM 2158 UTC 15 FEB 2023

« on: February 15, 2023, 2159 UTC »

Very Good reception
2159 Music Box music....ION Radio ID, repeated
2200 "India-Oscar-November....This is ION Radio"
2203 Unid music....with prayer in song
2208 "Nothing Else Matters" Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Request?  Lana del Rey dropped the 7 minute, highly praised, "A&W" today
2211 "Come As You Are" Bebo Best & The Super Lounge orchestra (not a bad cover)
2215 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Robyn Adele Anderson
2219 "Improve Concentration" Chakra Ray
2223 "Creep" Scary Pockets......some sort of interference starting to occur.
2226 "and on the 364 th day when God was bored and tried to use up all his parts......" then OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KIPM Relay 6955 USB 2046 UTC 15 FEB 2023

« on: February 15, 2023, 2137 UTC »

Excellent reception.....sorry late to the party, locked into Gunners/City.

2137 OM talking about coming out of a movie, years ago when he was 50.
2139 "This is Allan Maxwell.....join us next time...." over instrumental music
2140 OFF

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QSLs Received / ION Radio - Valentine's Day Broadcast eQSL

« on: February 15, 2023, 1631 UTC »

Thanks ION for matinee transmission and haunting eQSL, my pleasure to listen and report! 


host pictures

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania International 9780 AM 2015 UTC 13 FEB 2023 - Unlisted Freq.

« on: February 15, 2023, 1148 UTC »

Explanation but not one that makes, sense.  At least it is being forwarded to technical staff:

"Hi Dean,

Thanks for sending this message.
We can't say for sure how you are able to pick up the Spanish broadcast on 9780 - our frequency for Western Europe is 9770 for our one-hour broadcast starting at 06.00 local time, so this could be an explanation. You could try to tune in to this frequency at the specified time to see if you can pick-up our English-language programme.

At any rate, we are grateful for this piece of information. We usually relay any technical feedback from our listeners to our technical staff who monitor the frequencies, so let us know if you notice any changes in the future.

All the best,
The English Service, RRI

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pig Knuckles Radio 6925 USB 0012 15 Feb 2023

« on: February 15, 2023, 0023 UTC »

Fair reception
0023 Unid music, YL singer
0026 OM over music "I've got a million dollars...."

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General Radio Discussion / Re: WRMI Legends moving to 5050 kHz starting Monday

« on: February 14, 2023, 2324 UTC »

Feb. 14, 2023 2315 utc

No reception on 5050 AM. 
2315

5950 AM Very good reception
2318 Hmmmmmm.......🤔  OM "WRMI Legends on 5050" to "Baby Let Your Hair Hang Down"
2320 Live weather report to "Uncle Albert" The Beatles

5050 AM
2323 Now faint/noisy reception of same broadcast on 5950.
2325 Underneath noise floor

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North American Shortwave Pirate / ION Radio 6955 AM 2026 UTC 14 FEB 2023

« on: February 14, 2023, 2026 UTC »

Good reception, some fades/noise
2026 "Bang Bang" Mirco Caruso
2028 Pause....."Brain Stew" Green Day
2032 "Fat Bottom Girls" Queen
2035 "Somethin' Stupid" Frank & Nancy Sinatra......what a unique playlist
2038 "Good Riddance" Green Day
2042 Reception under noise floor
2048 "Love Shack" The B-52's, reception better than when I first heard
If you are taking Valentine Day related requests "Hey There Delilah" Plain White T's
2053 ION ID to "Lump" The Presidents of the United States of America
2055 "Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm" Crash Test Dummies
2100 "You're No Good" Van Halen
2102 "Psycho Killer" Talking Heads, getting a bit noisier
2107 "I Want To Be Sedated" The Ramones
2109 ION ID to "Stranglehold" Ted Nugent
2117 "Venus" Shocking Blue
2121 "Year of the Cat" Al Stewart, one of my all time favorite songs - thanks 
2127 SSTV
2129 OFF

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General Radio Discussion / Re: WRMI Legends moving to 5050 kHz starting Monday

« on: February 14, 2023, 1941 UTC »

I caught a bit of it, heard some early 60's R&B and a live read ID for WRMI Legends.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania International 9780 AM 2015 UTC 13 FEB 2023 - Unlisted Freq.

« on: February 14, 2023, 1913 UTC »

Stranger yet......

Did not listen until 2100 utc on Feb 13.  However,

Feb 14, 2023   1857 utc  9780 AM  Unid language and station on the Tecsun H-501x
Searched Radio Romania's transmissions online.  Found a Romanian service on 11820.  Broadcasts on 9780 & 11820 matched.  Went to the Milford, PA sdr and can see a broadcast indication on 9780.  Time for an email to RRI.

2100 Transmission on 9780 still matches 11820 in Romanian

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Shortwave Broadcast / Reach Beyond Australia (HCJB) 15380 AM 1310 UTC 14 FEB 2023

« on: February 14, 2023, 1312 UTC »

Fair reception, some noise - Tamil service.

1310 Australian accented OM with current events?, picking up parts of discussion between noise and accent.
1313 YL joins conversation
1314 Unid song
1318 OM in unid song, perhaps Pacific Island music
1322 OM and YL in talk
1328 OM talking over instrumental music (IS?), bird chirping, off
(Checked online, music matched their IS)

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio France International 17660 AM 1305 UTC 14 FEB 2023

« on: February 14, 2023, 1308 UTC »

Good reception, Fulfulde service.

1305 2 YL's engaged in conversation
1307 OM with lengthy report
1313 Reception gone

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2246 13 Feb 2023

« on: February 13, 2023, 2252 UTC »

2252 Faint music here