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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Virus 19 6931 2245 UTC 25 APR 2020 New Started by LabVIEWguru

« on: April 25, 2020, 2303 UTC »

No sign of it out west here and even via Washington, D.C., area's NA5B SDR, it was just barely audible with blues music as of 2300 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 24 April 2020

« on: April 25, 2020, 0058 UTC »

Via NA5B in D.C. ...

Piano riff being repeated like an interval signal.

0100 UTC: Male announcer with ID right into "She's Like the Wind."
0104 UTC: "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas. I sense a theme.
0107 UTC: ID into "Windy" by The Association.
0110 UTC: "Winds of Change" By Scorpions. This wide AM signal's wiping out WDOG down on 6955 USB, at least via this SDR.
* * *
0119 UTC: Music's now just barely audible in LSB mode directly out here near Seattle.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 0040 UTC 25 April 2020

« on: April 25, 2020, 0045 UTC »

0044 UTC: "This is WDOG," OM says, adding that it's "Ladies Night." Followed by "Baby, Oh No" by Bow Wow Wow. Listening via NA5B in D.C.
0046 UTC: Barking dog sounds, then "Like the Weather" by 10,000 Maniacs.
0048 UTC: I can hear weak traces of the 10,000 Maniacs song via the K9VD SDR, which is just a few miles east of me in a quieter rural valley. Nothing yet directly on my radio.
0050 UTC: OM announcer with greetings, right into "Maybe Angels" by Sheryl Crow.
* * *
0013 UTC: I can hear the B-52s "Roam" via my local SDR out here. The signal's right at the readable threshold now. BallSmacker's wide signal on 6960 kHz has wiped out listening via NA5B.
0014 UTC: ID into "Dreaming" by Blondie.
* * *
0148 UTC: Music's now just barely audible directly on my radio here.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.4 AM 0033 UTC 25 April 2020

« on: April 25, 2020, 0043 UTC »

0042 UTC: Tuned in via NA5B in D.C. to hear the "Twilight Zone" theme, a female-voiced ID and straight into The Band's "The Weight." Signal is fair with quite a bit of noise.
0102 UTC: "Country Roads" cover. The signal's starting to drown in the noise.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6922 AM 2017 UTC 24 April 2020

« on: April 24, 2020, 2023 UTC »

I hear it via NA5B in D.C., but also too low to understand the talking. Spanish maybe?

2024 UTC: Maybe this is an old recording of an international SW broadcaster?
2025 UTC: Old recorded IS.
2030 UTC: Opening in Spanish of old SW broadcast. Noise is overtaking the signal a bit.
2034 UTC: Hearing English now about DXing, but between noise on the frequency and on the recording being played, it's hard to read.
2040 UTC: This recording's from the old HCJB "DX Party Line" program, I think. That takes me way back to my teen years!
2042 UTC: Sounded like an ID, but the audio's distorting now.
2045 UTC: Parody of Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio"? Mentioning WRNO.
2056 UTC: Off.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Azteca 5150 AM 2329 UTC 23 APR 2020

« on: April 23, 2020, 2347 UTC »

Listening via Fair Hill, Maryland, SDR. Fair signal with what sounds like storm noise ...

2343 UTC: Bram Stroker giving a top 10 list of "new clandestine stations to listen for."
2344 UTC: Radio Azteca ID, a bit of flamenco guitar music.
2345 UTC: Bram introducing an "editorial," which turns out to be a short sound clip.
2346 UTC: Radio Azteca ID, a bit more music, then Bram starts his roundup of true but ridiculous news.

Now listening via Milford, Pennsylvania, SDR. Signal's very good, though still some storm noise ...

2355 UTC: "Monty Python" theme music, then ID by Bram, a bit more music, and then "Radio Azteca Story Time." Bram tells a short story/joke involving an anthropologist and a tribe.
2358 UTC: ID again by Bram, a bit more music.
0000 UTC: "The station for everything that's gross but tasteful," then audio dropped out a moment and then started up again with the end of the story time joke again. Now repeating the last couple of minutes.
0002 UTC: Now back to the "The station for everything that's gross but tasteful" slogan, and the audio goes forward from there ... Bram having trouble tripping over words (might be a compilation of outtakes).
0005 UTC: Bram with ID: "This is Radio Azteca. More fun than a milking machine." Then some more music; sounds like the original version of "Volare."
0006 UTC: Winding up Program No. 38 with lots of sound clips, then "interval signal" from "Rocky & Bullwinkle Show."
0008 UTC: Surfer rock music into "Radio Azteca Music and ID Special No. 3," then gave Belfast, N.Y., address as he started the program.
0018 UTC: Still going with music and short Bram chat in between. The signal's slowly declining a bit via Milford, PA.

Thanks for the great programs!

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC via Sri Lanka 9580 AM 1657 UTC 23 April 2020

« on: April 23, 2020, 2203 UTC »

This is the second time in recent weeks I've caught the end of this broadcast ...

BBC weak but with audible talking by a male in presumed Bengali. Moderate fading and noise, but no interference. This went off promptly at 1700 UTC after a short snippet of closing music.

Sri Lanka's not always audible year-round from here, so I was skeptical the first time I logged this on March 31. But all the listings I can find show this is coming via Trincomalee.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0005 UTC 23 April 2020

« on: April 23, 2020, 0022 UTC »

Just barely audible here near Seattle, but loud and clear via NA5B SDR in Washington, D.C.

0019 UTC: "Raspberry Beret" by Prince.
0020 UTC: Song cut off, big air raid siren noise, which also was cut off for a "Blasting through Southern California like a giant flying burrito, this is pirate radio ..." ID, which was repeated. Then back to "Raspberry Beret."
0024 UTC: The "giant flying burrito" recording was repeated, followed by a series of sound bites and effects. "This is the pirate ...", "attention K-Mart shoppers ..."
0025 UTC: Silence for a moment. I can't tell if the weak background voices are from the station or peskies. Must be peskies, because the station's gone off.

Thanks for the Prince songs and the good signal!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0300 UTC 22 April 2020

« on: April 22, 2020, 0305 UTC »

The signal's only faded up to audible levels within the past couple minutes, but it's been there for at least five to 10 minutes overall. Despite the noisy frequency, I can hear Josiah with his usual material.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Burry Cookie Hour 5150 AM 2105 UTC 21 April 2020

« on: April 21, 2020, 2150 UTC »

Good signal with some noise/static crashes via the NA5B SDR near Washington, D.C. No signal found here near Seattle; maybe a hint of music in USB via the Northern Utah SDR.

2146 UTC: "Walk, Don't Run '64" by The Ventures.
2147 UTC: "Walk, Don't Run" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
2149 UTC: Burry Cookie Hour ID by Peter Lorre sound-alike.
2150 UTC: "Classical Gas (Live)" by The Ventures.
2154 UTC: "El Presidente" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
2156 UTC: "Hot Cakes and Sausage" by Ernie Kovacs.
2159 UTC: "Turkish Dance" by Korla Pandit.
2204 UTC: ID, then the U.S. national anthem.
* * Had to leave for a few moments * *
2218 UTC: "Year of the Cat" by Al Stewart.
2220 UTC: "Venus" by Shocking Blue.

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QSLs Received / Re: Voice of Grease eQSL

« on: April 20, 2020, 2356 UTC »

Got one here as well, as well as one for a missed reception report last fall. Thanks, Danny!

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Mali 5995 AM 0635 UTC 20 April 2020

« on: April 20, 2020, 0657 UTC »

I tuned to 5995 kHz before heading to sleep and found Radio Mali as strong as I ever have with a woman talking in very readable French. That lasted for a few minutes before the noise level crept up and the signal faded somewhat. By 0654 UTC, it was barely audible.

According to a Google search, the noise really hit about 30 minutes after local sunrise in Bamako, Mali. No interference from Radio Habana Cuba on 6000 kHz; it's been relatively weak on that frequency for weeks.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: CQEW 6955 AM 0032 UTC 20 April 2020

« on: April 20, 2020, 0051 UTC »

No sign of this either here near Seattle nor via the Northern Utah SDR. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Billy 6930 0018 UTC 20 April 2020

« on: April 20, 2020, 0045 UTC »

Not audible out west near Seattle, but fair (with some noise) via the Northern Utah SDR ...

0044 UTC: "Piano Man" with OM talking a bit over it -- ah, I hear it a bit better now; he's doing HFU shout-outs. A scratchy night on this frequency.
0049 UTC: Another Billy Joel song. Can't quite make it out over the noise.
0105 UTC: Checked back via NA5B as OM is talking over "Allentown." Correcting the HFU post, saying it's "Free Radio Billy." Then gives email address, tells all to stay safe and signs off as the song continues. Signal's near-perfect via this D.C. SDR.
0107 UTC: OM comes back to do one last song, "All Billy Joel, all the time." Then thanks and goodnight as "New York State of Mind" revs up and plays.

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MW Loggings / KLO 1430 AM 0720 UTC 18 April 2020

« on: April 19, 2020, 0646 UTC »

I tuned into music and heard a quick female-voiced ID between songs say “Unforgettable 1430 KLO” into another classic soft rock song. The signal from this station in Odgen/Layton, Utah, was completely on top of KYKN in much-closer Keiser, Oregon. By 0728 UTC, the Oregon station was mostly on top, but the music from KLO was still audible, including “Sundown” by Gordon Lightfoot and Sinatra’s “The Way You Look Tonight.”

In addition to KYKN, a sports talk station (KCLK?) was mixing in. KLO runs 5 kW at night; distance from me is 690 miles.