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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: unidentified (Radio Azteca) 5170 AM 2310 UTC 14 April 2020

« on: April 14, 2020, 2318 UTC »

Tuned in via Burke, Virginia, SDR after hearing just the faintest of signals out west here. The signal is good and clear via Burke.

2315 UTC: OM doing parody of a DX program, talking about "HCJB, Voice of the Andys," making fun of Dr. Gene Scott and more.
2319 UTC: Radio Azteca ID, then "Bram Stoker" offering suggestive "DX tips."
2320 UTC: Bram now doing parody interview of Glenn Hauser featuring sound clips.
2325 UTC: Bram now reading "actual" ridiculous news, also peppered with a sound clip or two.
2331 UTC: ID "This is Radio Azteca, the station with more than 144 in a gross. If you're just tuning in, where the hell you been; the program's more than half over."
2332 UTC: List of top 10 calls received on Radio Netherlands' answer line. This ends with the "Monty Python" theme music, followed by an ID.
2334 UTC: After another short musical interlude, reading letters and giving answers on "Doctor Radio" segment.
2340 UTC: Musical interlude into another ID, "Radio Azteca, the beacon of truth for the DX hobby." Bram then tries to do IDs in other languages.
2341 UTC: "This is Bram Stoker bringing program No. 12 to a close."
2343 UTC: Ends with fake interval signal.
2344 UTC: Then, after a bit of music, the start of Radio Azteca program No. 17.
2355 UTC: Program No. 17 is still audible, with a DX show parody, but the signal's fading into the noise now via Burke, Virginia, SDR.

692

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RADIO CLANDESTINE 5150 USB 0116 14 April 2020

« on: April 14, 2020, 0137 UTC »

Tuned in via NA5B in D.C. after not hearing it out west here ...

0134 UTC: Parody ad.
0135 UTC: "Radio Clandestine" ID.
0136 UTC: "Dead Puppies" by Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band.
0137 UTC: "Hamster Love" by Big Daddy. OTHR interference is overtaking the music on the SDR.
0141 UTC: "This is RF Burns ..." with spoken message, segues into "Rock n Roll Doctor" skit. That was followed by a truck-driving school parody ad.
0146 UTC: Another ID by RF Burns into Popeye's theme. Noise is taking over the signal now.

Thanks RF Burns!

693

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BIG BADFISH RADIO 5149 USB 0015 UTC 14 April 2020

« on: April 14, 2020, 0019 UTC »

Listening via Burke, Virginia, SDR ... fair signal through the noise.

0019 UTC: "Barney the Purple Ranger" by TV's Kyle.
0020 UTC: "Superpowers Go Ballistic Execute Bin Laden (Again)" by Robert Lund.
0023 UTC: "Baby Sittin' Boogie" by Buzz Clifford, followed by an unID song.
0027 UTC: OM talking; not readable through the noise.
0028 UTC: "Hot Point, Warm Heart" by Blake Hodgetts.
0032 UTC: "I Am In Love with the McDonalds Girl" by The Blenders. Noise increasing on the frequency.
0035 UTC: Synth voice ID, but I missed it. Then the OM gave the names of the songs just played, followed by a prerecorded ID into some skit.
0038 UTC: Is this one ID'ing as "Big Badfish Al Radio"?
0039 UTC: "Round the Twist" by Andrew Duffield & Tamsin West.
0040 UTC: OM with song info., synth voice ID into "Special Day" by Dino-Mike.
0044 UTC: "The Dumbest Song on Rock Band" by Devo Spice.
0046 UTC: Noise and fading taking their toll.
0048 UTC: Big Badfish Radio in synth-voice ID, then OM with titles of last-played songs, chatting a bit.
0049 UTC: "By the Beautiful Sea" by Spike Jones. Fading and noise taking over again.

Thanks for the program, Big Badfish Radio!

 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WJAN ? 6950 USB was AM 2302 UTC 13 Apr 2020

« on: April 13, 2020, 2343 UTC »

Back on, I'm hearing it via Burke, Virginia, SDR ...

2340 UTC: "Little Honda" by The Hondells, then OM host gives ID and talks about overheating his transmitter previously in AM mode.
2342 UTC: "This is WJAN, so we will catch you later." And then off.

This signal sounded LOUD and clear via the Burke SDR!

695

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sycko Radio 6955 USB 2304 UTC 13 Apr 2019

« on: April 13, 2020, 2335 UTC »

Tuned in via Burke, Virginia, SDR after finding no signal this far west ...

2332 UTC: "So Easy to Kill" by Subconscious Communications (at least that's what Shazam tells me).
2334 UTC: Spoken audio craziness - lots of repeated words, possibly looped.
2343 UTC: "Sesame Street Theme," possibly remixed a little.
2344 UTC: Sounded like a distorted voice ID and email address.
2345 UTC: "World of Radio" opening theme and portions of the program playing, ending with the propagation report.
2351 UTC: "Whoa! Lil' Mama" by X-Con. Noise on the frequency's increasing.
2356 UTC: Spoken voice bits pasted and looped together, including parts of "Spongebob Squarepants" opening.
2359 UTC: Presumably off; I don't hear it anymore via Burke.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: FRS-Holland - RADIO FRESH - relay 6880 USB 1843 UTC 13 April 2020

« on: April 13, 2020, 1947 UTC »

Listening via the Burke, Virginia, SDR, where it's coming in fair to good. No sign of the signal way out west at my place.

1940 UTC: "Have You Ever Seen the Rain.”
1942 UTC: "I Get Weak" by Belinda Carlisle.
1947 UTC: "Rumours in The City" by Ten Sharp.
1950 UTC: "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Taco.
1955 UTC: Female voice in German talking, cow mooing sound, then a male speaking. (I took French in high school, so I'm useless at translating any of this.)
1956 UTC: Sounded like an ID, then "Deeply Dippy" by Right Said Fred.
2000 UTC: Sounded like a quick male-voiced ID into "I Want Your Love" by Transvision Vamp.
2003 UTC: Male voice said something in German, then "Crackdown" by Steve Stevens.

Thanks for the good '80s tunes from my teenage years!

697

MW Loggings / KIGS 620 AM 0735 UTC 12 April 2020

« on: April 12, 2020, 2039 UTC »

Under the sports talk of Portland’s KPOJ, which dominates 620 here, I could hear Southeast Asian music fade up at times to an audible level. This was Radio Punjab programming, which simulcasts on KIGS in Fresno/Hanford, California.

The signal was never close to KPOJ’s, but it was audible at the peaks. KIGS runs 1,000 watts all the time; distance from me is 817 miles.

Weird footnote, according to Wikipedia: The family of Steve Perry from Journey started this station, and the station building and transmitter towers (the original still are standing) is the basis of the cover art for Journey's "Raised on Radio" cover. I looked at the Google Street View of the transmitter site, and it's indeed very similar to the cover art.

698

MW Loggings / CFLD 760 AM 0640 UTC 12 April 2020

« on: April 12, 2020, 2023 UTC »

I heard this 1-kW station up in Burns Lake, British Columbia, playing Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” as it mixed with San Diego’s KFMB. At 0643 UTC, there was a promo ID, a COVID-19 public service announcement by a local firm, then another ID into Maroon 5’s “Memories,” all of which matched the online stream.

KFMB stayed on top much of the time, but CFLD could be heard consistently underneath. This station simulcasts CFBV 870 kHz in Smithers, B.C. The distance from me is 459 miles.

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio 48 eQSL

« on: April 12, 2020, 2018 UTC »

Same received here. Thanks, MRI and Radio 48!

700

QSLs Received / Re: QSL from The Planet Yeti

« on: April 12, 2020, 0253 UTC »

Received the same here today. Thanks Radio Yeti!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6950 USB 0239 UTC 12 Apr 2020

« on: April 12, 2020, 0248 UTC »

Tuned in to hear the signal rising with a bit of music as of 0246 UTC, then an SSTV transmission.

0249 UTC: "O Valhalla" by Skald.
0255 UTC: "Berserkir" by Danheim.
0259 UTC: "Run" by Skald.
0305 UTC: "Lords of Iron" by Antti Martikaninen. Signal's now coming in fair and building here.
0310 UTC: SSTV transmission (didn't have time to start my decoder).
0311 UTC: Back to "Lords of Iron," then another SSTV, and more "Lords of Iron."
0314 UTC: Another SSTV, then back to "Lords of Iron," and yet another SSTV at 0317 UTC.
0318 UTC: This song title has Cyrillic letters, according to Shazam, but it's by Arhevarius & Voran.
0322 UTC: Three more SSTV images, including a Damn Skippy ID, then off.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: COOL AM RADIO & Radio 48 via Mix Radio Int'l 4960 USB 0103 UTC 12th April 2020

« on: April 12, 2020, 0208 UTC »

Just tuned in at 0201 UTC and hearing audible, though not quite readable, music here northeast of Seattle.

0241 UTC: Still a bit hard to hear through the noise directly and via the local SDR in Machias, Washington. But it's well above the noise via the Northern Utah SDR.
0242 UTC: "Scars" by Papa Roach.
0244 UTC: Prerecorded Radio 48 ID played, then "It's the Right Time" by Mitch Malloy + Van Halen.
0247 UTC: UnID song; is somebody singing along?
0249 UTC: Radio 48 ID and email addy, then "We Want Eazy" by Eazy-E, than "Appetite for Destruction" by N.W.A. and "Wicked" by Ice Cube.
0258 UTC: Quick Radio 48 ID into "Steady Mobbin'" and then "Check Yo Self" by Ice Cube.
0302 UTC: Radio 48 ID into a nu-metal rock song.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WRXI 4070 AM 0139 UTC 11 April 2020

« on: April 11, 2020, 0230 UTC »

Really fighting the noise, but the music's breaking through at times as I listen in USB mode out here.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: unid 6931 USB 2252 UTC 10 April 2020

« on: April 10, 2020, 2303 UTC »

Hearing it via NA5B in D.C., where the signal's fair. Hearing just a bit of the signal out here directly.

2303 UTC: "Jesus The Missing Years" by John Prine.
2305 UTC: After a Discover ad(?), "Ain't Hurtin' Nobody" by John Prine.
2309 UTC: OM chatting, the signal's fading in and out so I'm not hearing it all.
2310 UTC: "Clay Pigeons" by John Prine.
2314 UTC: "Coming to you from the Ozark Mountains ..." OM says the transmitter's powered by a campfire, gives a Yeti Radio ID and says it may be awhile before you hear it again. Says he's honoring the late, great John Prine. Echo audible on the OM's chatting.
2315 UTC: John Prine song (can't figure out the title of this live version).
2319 UTC: Part of a Walmart ad, then another John Prine live version.
2323 UTC: "Romeo and Juliet" after what sounded like a bit of another ad (might be playing these off YouTube). Then that cut off suddenly.
2324 UTC: "In Spite of Ourselves" by John Prine and Iris DeMent (classic John Prine song).
2328 UTC: "F*** All The Perfect People."
2330 UTC: OM announcer talking over part of Walmart ad, mentions "all-natural radio" and John Prine tribute again.
2330 UTC: "The Whole of the Moon" by The Waterboys. This song's overcoming the noise and being heard directly here near Seattle.
2335 UTC: OM announcer chatting a bit after ID, then into a another song.
2347 UTC: "Mercy Street" by Peter Gabriel. Signal's gotten better at NA5B SDR; still barely audible directly out here.
2349 UTC: "The Confessor" by Joe Walsh.
2357 UTC: "The Weight" by The Band, cut off and then "Children of the Sun" by Billy Thorpe.
* * * *
0055 UTC: It's weak, but I definitely can hear the music directly here near Seattle now.
Thanks for the tunes!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Illuminati 5165 AM 2203 UTC 10 April 2020

« on: April 10, 2020, 2242 UTC »

Fair signal via NA5B in Washington, D.C., but lots of static crashes ...

2241 UTC: "Get Together" by The Youngbloods.
2242 UTC: "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield.
2245 UTC: "Hawaii Five-O" by The Ventures. Sounded like there was a quiet ID played just before this song, but it was drowned out by static crashes.
2247 UTC: "5 A.M." by The Millennium.
2250 UTC: "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum.
2254 UTC: Song suddenly stopped, then after a pause, "We Love the Pirates" by The Roaring 60's.
2257 UTC: Quiet IDs over Pink Floyd instrumental music: "Thanks for listening to the electric power hour." Then Azimuth Coordinator with a repeated "thank you" message and email addy for Radio Illuminati.
2300 UTC: Off.