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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 6925 7/15 2338z+

« on: July 15, 2012, 2344 UTC »

Captain Morgan (presumed) on 6925 KHz AM from 2338z onward with a mashup of Stones and other bands, plus the Twilight Zone theme. Sounds like the same show as a week or so ago. Very nice S9+10 signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WMPR 6955 0146z

« on: June 22, 2012, 0147 UTC »

WMPR 6955 AM playing Underworld at 0147z. S6 signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga Ga 6930

« on: February 18, 2012, 2228 UTC »

Spoken word from 2213z to 2215z on 6930 USB. Then into music. ID at 2229z. S8, some fading.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6924.7 AM.

« on: January 29, 2012, 2053 UTC »

This has been on the air for a while now. Currently it's 2052z. Non-stop music with no IDs. Some of the music is bits repeated over and over, some of it slowed down, or with other kinds of effects. Overall somewhat strange. Strong S9+10 signal in the burbs.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / RTN 6925 AM 12/30 (UTC)

« on: December 30, 2011, 0114 UTC »

Radio True North is on 6925 AM at 0113z (12/30) and confirmed by operator on the #pirateradio channel. 59 with lots of fading here. Dance music. Best I've heard RTN, despite the fading.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ann Hoffer 12/25 0026z

« on: December 25, 2011, 0027 UTC »

Ann Hoffer is up on 6925 USB at 0026z with a live broadcast; she noted the correct time. Into Christmas themed acoustic songs. S8 signal strength.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Eccentric Shortwave 12/25 UTC

« on: December 25, 2011, 0006 UTC »

I have Eccentric Shortwave on 6925 USB at 0005 UTC (12/25) with a good S9 signal and various music related to Christmas. ID by a digital voice.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Family Radio 6924.6 AM

« on: December 24, 2011, 0024 UTC »

Family Radio on 6924.6 AM at 0022z (12/24) with Christmas music (organ, chimes, etc) and the Family Radio IDs. Nice S9+20 signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pirate Radio Boston 12/3 6925 AM

« on: December 03, 2011, 1533 UTC »

I have Pirate Radio Boston, 6925 AM, with a clear ID at 1530z (12/3). A lot of fading but peaks to S8. Into music after the ID, I think Belle and Sebastian "I Didn't See It Coming".

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WFMT 11/23 6925 AM

« on: November 24, 2011, 0022 UTC »

What can I say, except S9+50 with the preamp OFF on 6925 AM. WFMT, with an excellent mix of tunes that are familiar to me from XMU. Thanks! 0021z.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Cool AM Radio 6924.6 AM

« on: November 22, 2011, 0217 UTC »

Hopefully I copied the ID correctly. "Cool AM Radio" with numerous blues cuts and an ID at 0215z (11/22). Solid S8 to S9 signal and good audio here in the Boston burbs.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Powerliner (Euro) 6305 KHz 11/11

« on: November 11, 2011, 2257 UTC »

Powerliner is up on 6305 AM at 2256z with a good S5 signal into the Boston suburbs. Music, live IDs in English, shouts out to various chat room inhabitants.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Family Radio 6924.70

« on: October 29, 2011, 0041 UTC »

I have Family Radio up on 6924.70 AM with a huge +40 signal, great audio at 0040z (10/29/2011). Just tuned in, but the usual YL talk about family and into ethereal/trip-hop type music.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Family Radio

« on: October 20, 2011, 2348 UTC »

Family Radio up on 6924.75 AM at 2347 UTC (10/20/2011). Extremely strong S9+ signal and excellent audio. Family Radio identifications and music. I saw this logged the other day; this is my first logging.

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Utility / Bandscanning 8/28/2011

« on: August 28, 2011, 2244 UTC »

I was bored so here's some logs from tuning around this afternoon.

6709 USB. 2202z. Some kind of Asian language QSO. Fishermen? Moderate signal.
6577 USB. 2203z. Alitalia 603, others with New York Radio and the usual selcal checks. New York Radio very loud here.
6519 USB. 2205z. WLO with automated weather announcements.
6501 USB. 2206z. USCG (probably NMN Chesapeake) with automated weather. Strong.
6855 USB. 2209z. QSO in French (??) language.
6960 LSB. 2211z. Some foreign language chatter, plus an AM signal underneath?
6604 USB. 2213z. NYC area airport weather.
6977 USB. 2215z. MARS net? KIW509 is one of the calls.
8957 USB. 2221z. Shannon Volmet with weather.
8917 USB. 2221z. Unknown language QSO. Heavily QRMing New York Radio on 8918.
8918 USB. 2222z. Thomson 587 calling New York Radio for selcal check.
8894 USB. 2223z. Heavily accented civil aircaft activity.
8734 USB. 2228z. Olympia Radio (SVU) marine radio services, Athens, with announcements in EE and Greek.
8376 USB. 2231z. Russian (??) QSO.
8345 USB. 2233z. Spanish QSO.
7980 USB. 2235z. QSO in UNID language.
7880.4 AM. 2236z. Dead carrier.
7811 USB. 2243z. AFN with news.

That is all..