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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Diana International 6935 USB 2155 UTC 5 Nov 2019

« on: November 06, 2019, 0059 UTC »

Via Burke, Virginia, SDR ...
2156 UTC: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” by Raul’s Latin Xmas Allstars. Fair signal but deep fades at times.
2158 UTC: Sounded like an "Radio Diana International signing on" ID with music in background; the ID was said three times in all," followed at 2200 by an unidentified song.
Switched to NA5B SDR in Washington, D.C. ...
2202 UTC: Female voice with ID and email address as “Tell Me” by the Golliwogs started.
2206 UTC: ID: “Radio Diana International. What’s going on is pretty odd,” then sound bite from unknown source. Then unknown blues song with lots of harmonica and applause at the end.
2209 UTC: Female voice ID with sound bite added on the end. Then “Season of The Witch” by The Mugwumps. At this point, the signal took a deep dive down to nothing and didn't recover.

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QSLs Received / Re: Station WLG eQSL - Oct. 29, 2019

« on: November 05, 2019, 2136 UTC »

Got the same one here. Thanks, WLG!

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: UNID: 15.555MHz USB, 20:25UTC

« on: November 01, 2019, 2124 UTC »

Yep. Though it's in USB and often seems to run without much transmitter power, it's a licensed religious broadcaster dedicated to a now-dead preacher.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 4185 AM 0140 UTC 01 Nov 2019

« on: November 01, 2019, 0109 UTC »

Listening via Northern Utah SDR, as it's rising at no better than noise-floor level up here at my house.

0108 UTC: "Riders in the Sky" by The Outlaws
0111 UTC: Redhat chatting with the "Halloween" theme song going in the background, reading HFU posts and giving the email address.
** stepped away from the radio **
0125 UTC: Heard Redhat chatting, an ID, then "Killing Moon" by Echo & the Bunnymen
0131 UTC: After brief chatting and ID, "Possum Kingdom" by the Toadies
0137 UTC: Redhat named the previous songs, then "Ava Adore" by the Smashing Pumpkins
0142 UTC: "Ghost Town" cover by Shiny Toy Guns. Still listening via Utah, as the signal's still nonexistent up here near Seattle.
0145 UTC: "Hocus Pocus" by Focus. A great classic!
0153 UTC: Redhat chatting and giving shoutouts (including to me!). Then read emails and chatboard fodder, including my requests, more chat, then a canned ID.
0158 UTC: "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult. Just checked the SDR across town from me up here, and there's a trace of the signal now.
0203 UTC: Canned ID, then "Darkness, Darkness" by The Youngbloods.
0207 UTC: "Monster Hash" by The Toyes, then "The Legend of Wooley Swamp" by The Charlie Daniels Band, followed by "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" by Dave Edmunds.
0219 UTC: Redhat chatting about the previous songs, gave the phone number and email address and talked about the lousy propagation. Then played "TNT for the Brain" by Enigma and "Come into our Room" by Clinic.
0232 UTC: Redhat chatting, giving HFU shoutouts and reading posts here, then played "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" by Deadmau5. After intro by Redhat, "Hands Around My Throat" by Death in Vegas, then "The Raven" by The Alan Parsons Project.
0251 UTC: Redhat back, then played "Into the Void" by Nine Inch Nails. Just checked the local SDR again up here, and the traces of the signal aren't audible anymore. Still listening via Northern Utah.
0255 UTC: "Aenima" by Thomas V. Warren, then "Aenema" by Tool.
0304 UTC: Redhat chatting, giving shoutouts again and wrapping up the broadcast. Played "When the Levee Breaks" by A Perfect Circle.
0314 UTC: One last ID, then off. Thanks for all the music tonight, Redhat!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6960 USB 2354 UTC 31 Oct 2019

« on: November 01, 2019, 0017 UTC »

Audible, but hard to hear the details on my own receiver out here. The Machias, Wash., SDR near me has it at a fair signal level, though in-and-out fading is noticeable.

0011 UTC: “The Walls Keep Talking” by Anita O’Day
0013 UTC: "Haunted House Boogie"
0015 UTC: "My Man's an Undertaker" by Dinah Washington
0018 UTC: "Devil Blues" by Skip Manning
0020 UTC: "Bury Me Deep" by Chance Halladay

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 USB 2218 UTC 31 OCT 2019

« on: October 31, 2019, 2305 UTC »

Listening via Northern Kentucky SDR ...

2242 UTC: “Undertow” by Mikal Cronin
2243 UTC: “Broadcasting live from Drunk Palace … It’s Radio Free Whatever.” Into song “Don’t Say Shit You Don’t Mean” by Camp Howard.
* * * stepped away from the radio ***
2255 UTC: “Heavy Like the World” by Guided by Voices
2256 UTC: “Call Me” by Cherry Glazerr and Portugal. The Man
2259 UTC: “Flagship of the Pirate Radio Armada” ID. Then “Loving is the Way” by Alex McArtor
2304 UTC: Dick Weed raving about the Alex McArtor song and IDing songs before that and giving shoutouts on HFU. Says he's going to play some cover songs before his propagation runs out ...
2307 UTC: "If it Makes You Happy" cover by Screaming Females. The noise and fading is increasing a bit ...
2312 UTC: "Teenage Dirtbag" cover by Ruston Kelly
2316 UTC: "From us to the ionosphere to you ... This is Radio Free Whatever" ID, then "In the Air Tonight" cover by Lucy Dacus.
2322 UTC: Dick Weed back on the mic, talking about the previous songs, talking about quitting smoking and drinking. Giving shoutouts again (including to me). Noise and fading going up again.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 1738 UTC 31 Oct 2019

« on: October 31, 2019, 1752 UTC »

Via the Westminster, MD, SDR ...

1745 UTC: “This is Halloween” song from "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
1749 After a witch sound effect, OM gave the ID of "Pumpkin Patch Radio.” Then gave an email address of pumpkinpatchradio@gmail.com.
Then music? The noise and fading are taking over the signal.
1754 UTC: Can hear voices and sound effects under the static and noise via a D.C. SDR.
1759 UTC: Sounds like it's off now.

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Free USA - Halloween (Oct. 24 show)

« on: October 29, 2019, 0051 UTC »

Got one here, too. My 10-year-old daughter liked the eQSL's graphics.

Thanks, Mr. Red Sky!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Yeah Man Radio 6925 AM 2130 UTC 28 October 2019

« on: October 28, 2019, 2150 UTC »

Listening via the Burke, Virginia, SDR ...

2140 UTC: Mellow jazz tunes.
2147 UTC: "Alright, you're listening to Yeah Man Radio," the OM announcer said live, then did some HFU shoutouts during his chatter.

Fair signal for a while; now being swamped a bit by the noise.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Humperdoo 6955 USB 2247 UTC 27 Oct 2019

« on: October 27, 2019, 2306 UTC »

Just barely audible here near Seattle but fair via Northern Utah SDR ...

2305 UTC: "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad
2311 UTC: More audible traces of music heard directly on my receiver out here.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Humperdoo 6925 USB 2026 UTC 27 Oct 2019

« on: October 27, 2019, 2215 UTC »

I had my radio over at our being-repaired house (where my big longwire antenna is) and heard traces of what sounded like Christmas music around 2045ish UTC. Heard an ID and the OM mention he was drunk right around 2100 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 4020 AM 0112 UTC 27 Oct 2019

« on: October 27, 2019, 0146 UTC »

Great, quiet signal via Westminster, Maryland, SDR ...

0144 UTC: "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police
0145 UTC: "Doctor Wu" by Steely Dan
0149 UTC: "Chalkdust Torture" by Phish
0154 UTC: "Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon
0158 UTC: "Hopelessly Devoted to You" by Olivia Newton-John
0201 UTC: "Love Over Gold" by Dire Straits
0207 UTC: Either off or I lost the signal ...

So far, not hearing this out west at my place. Hearing traces of the music out here near Seattle when using USB mode around 0148 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Skippy Radio 6949.75 USB from AM 2330 UTC 25 Oct 2019

« on: October 26, 2019, 0012 UTC »

Coming in decently out west here ...

0012 UTC: "Jet Airliner" by Steve Miller Band
0015 UTC: "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh
0018 UTC: SSTV
0019 UTC: "Setting Sun" by Eskimo Joe, followed by "Setting Sun" by the Chemical Brothers
0028 UTC: Two or three SSTV transmissions in a row
0032 UTC: Off?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 USB 0104 UTC 25 Oct 2019

« on: October 25, 2019, 0117 UTC »

0117 UTC: Hearing an accented male voice counting and saying "test, test."
0119 UTC: Church bells or bell-like interval signal recording.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WREC 6950 USB 2354 UTC 24 Oct 2019

« on: October 25, 2019, 0025 UTC »

Just barely audible on my own receiver and slightly better on the nearby SDR in Machias, Washington ...

0015 UTC: "Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden
0016 UTC: Halloween background sounds
0017 UTC: ID by a male voice, then “Runnin’ With the Devil” by Van Halen
0021 UTC: “Halloween” theme, with talking I couldn’t decipher
0024 UTC: “Hell’s Bells” by AC/DC
** Lost the signal in the noise
0031 UTC: “Bark at the Moon” by Ozzy Osbourne
0033 UTC: ID, other chatting audible, maybe a standup routine?
** Lost the signal again
0043 UTC: "Ghouls Night Out" by The Misfits
0044 UTC: Halloween sounds
0047 UTC: "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
0051 UTC: Chatting by PJ, then more Halloween noises, then more chatter
0053 UTC: Could hear a bit of "The Exorcist" theme as the show ended

Thanks for the show, PJ!