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North American Shortwave Pirate / Yeah Man Radio 6925 AM 0147 UTC 15 May 2021

« on: May 15, 2021, 0148 UTC »

0147 UTC - Signal is S9 in WNY, audio Glenn Yarbough - Baby The Rain Must Fall
0149 UTC - Eddy Arnold - Make The World Go Away
0151 UTC - The Boxtops - Cry Like A Baby
0154 UTC - Tommy James & The Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now
0156 UTC -  Shout outs to HFU listeners 
0157 UTC - The Monkeys - Lsst Train To Clarksville
0159 UTC - The Beach Boys - Sloop John B
0203 UTC - Joni Mitchell - Ice Cream Castles
0210 UTC - Signal just above the noise.
0211 UTC - 5th Dimension -  Age of Aquarius

Thanks for the show !

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950 AM 0309 UTC 14 May 2021

« on: May 14, 2021, 0310 UTC »

0309 UTC - Signal is S9 in WNY, audio is very good, Grateful Dead- Shakedown Street
0319 UTC - Signal Gone.

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Clandestine Stations / Jamming Sound of Hope 6970 AM 2245 UTC 10 May2021

« on: May 10, 2021, 2249 UTC »

2245 UTC - Strong Chinese jamming signal of S9+ from 6936 to 6986 kHz in WNY on SOH 6970 AM.

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Other / OTHR on 40 Meters 2339 UTC 29 March 2021

« on: March 29, 2021, 2345 UTC »

2339 UTC - Over the Horizon Radar from 7280 to 7290 kHz on 40 Meter amateur band is S7 in WNY tonight. I guess its the Chinese?
0030 UTC - Checked again and the OTHR was gone.

Checked again on 30 March 2021 at 2332 UTC and OTHR was back on 7280 to 7290 kHz with S7 in WNY.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEZL 6943 USB 2044 UTC 26 Mar 2021

« on: March 26, 2021, 2046 UTC »

2044 UTC - Signal is S7 in WNY, audio is fair.
2049 UTC - CCR - Bad Moon Rising

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 2035 UTC 26 Mar 2021

« on: March 26, 2021, 2039 UTC »

2035 UTC - Signal is S9 in WNY, with slight fade, audio making it above the noise. Finished playing The Beatles -  When I'm 64.
2037 UTC - signal gone !

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Amateur Radio / CQ Worldwide WPX Contest This Weekend : SSB March 27-28, 2021

« on: March 25, 2021, 1822 UTC »

The amateur bands should be busy this weekend. CQ Magazine Worldwide WPX SSB Contest details ...https://www.cqwpx.com/rules.htm

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Huh? / Bob Dylan Sells Entire Catalog of Songs

« on: December 16, 2020, 0604 UTC »

Universal Music Publishing Group has acquired Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of songs in a blockbuster agreement encompassing more than 600 copyrights spanning 60 years.Terms were not disclosed, but the amount is said to be between $300 million and $400 million....https://variety.com/2020/music/news/bob-dylan-sells-songs-universal-music-publishing-1234847439/

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10/11 meters / Spanish 26715 kHz AM 1634 UTC 11 Dec 2020

« on: December 11, 2020, 1637 UTC »

1634 UTC -  Hearing Spanish speaking station on 26175 kHz, signal is peaking S7 in WNY. Wishing someone Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Spanish.

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Peskies / 6997 kHz LSB Spanish Language 0121 UTC 6 Dec 2020

« on: December 06, 2020, 0127 UTC »

0121 UTC - Two individuals speaking Spanish just below the 40m band. Signal is S5 in WNY. 
Switched to  KwiSDR  K3FEF Milford Pa. now S7.
0129 UTC - Signal fading on K3FEF KwiSDR.
0131 UTC - No longer hearing them on K3FEF KwiSDR.

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Clandestine Stations / Echo of Hope 6350 UTC 24 Sept 2020

« on: September 24, 2020, 1046 UTC »

1045 UTC - SIO 434 in WNY.

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HF Mystery Signals / UNID 14296 kHz LSB 0113 UTC 9 Sept 2020

« on: September 09, 2020, 0124 UTC »

0113 UTC - Hearing CW signal of  "dit dah " , "dit dah" , "dit dah" transmitted repeatedly on 14296 kHz. Signal is S7 in WNY. Checked a few KWI SDR's and only picking the signal up on the east coast SDR's. I noticed it at 0030 UTC when I was checking 20 meters for activity.  No idea what it is.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Yeah Man Radio 6925 AM 0049 UTC 29 Aug 2020

« on: August 29, 2020, 0051 UTC »

0049 UTC - Signal is S7 in WNY, audio making it above the noise, Yeah Man Radio ID with Million Dollar Weekend Show.

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Longwave Loggings / Anatomy of MSQ NDB in Virginia

« on: August 27, 2020, 2207 UTC »

Aviation LF/MF beacons provide an opportunity to admire electrically-small antenna design on a macroscopic scale.  The article includes a photographic survey plus electrical analysis correlating with some field measurements of the 351 kHz MSQ beacon in Virginia... https://www.hamradio.me/antennas/anatomy-of-a-low-frequency-aviation-radio-beacon.html

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Nordic Wind Radio 6925 AM 2353 UTC 9 May 2020

« on: May 09, 2020, 2354 UTC »

2353 UTC - Signal is S9 in WNY, audio is good - Argent - Hold Your Head Up
2357 UTC - CCR - Fortunate Son
2359 UTC - The Animals - House of The Rising Son
0003 UTC - The Animals - Sky Pilot
0011 UTC - The Doors - Light My Fire