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North American Shortwave Pirate / Foxy AM 6925 AM 1755 UTC 26 Nov 2020

« on: November 26, 2020, 1756 UTC »

Foxy AM signed on at approx 1754 UTC with a super huge signal in the Boston burbs. Announcer is live and said "standby for CW" then into CW.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 5190 am 1411 utc 26 Nov 2020

« on: November 26, 2020, 1415 UTC »

Alice's Restaurant at 1415 UTC, very nice S8-S9 signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Old Time Radio 6770 AM 1251 UTC 26 Nov 2020

« on: November 26, 2020, 1413 UTC »

Very good S8 signal here with old music that almost sounds like it would be in a Warner Bros cartoon at 1412 UTC and then into a vintage Hallmark card radio ad.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Certified Laser Radio 6925 AM 2111 UTC 25 Nov 2020

« on: November 25, 2020, 2117 UTC »

Heard this too, about S7. The spoken ID sounded like "Certified Laser Radio" or perhaps "Certified Loser Radio". The phonetics the female synth voice repeated were "certiti edloser", I think? Odd transmission.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KIPM 6955 USB 1939 UTC 25 Nov 2020

« on: November 25, 2020, 2028 UTC »

Super S9+10 in the Boston burbs. Nice hearing KIPM again! A weird narrative about storm drains at 2028 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6970 AM 1957 UTC 11 Nov 2020

« on: November 22, 2020, 1959 UTC »

I have a weak-ish, S2 maybe, AM signal on 6970 AM for the last 20 minutes or so. Can't listen with wide bandwidth due to data just above it. Playing cinematic/operatic style music, for lack of a better word. Evidently no ID or announcer activity.

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General Radio Discussion / RIP Universal Radio

« on: November 21, 2020, 2321 UTC »

Universal Radio is closing shop. This one hurts. The Ostermans were really dedicated to SWL.

https://www.universal-radio.com/RetireNotice.html

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6880 USB 1927 UTC 21 Nov 2020

« on: November 21, 2020, 1947 UTC »

Huge S9+20 signal in the Boston burbs at 1947 UTC with "Kissing" by Bliss. Great audio.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Azteca Relay 5190 AM 1726 UTC 8 Nov 2020

« on: November 08, 2020, 1755 UTC »

1754 UTC - Sketch ad about Dicks of America. Positive Radio Azteca ID. Very nice signal on 5190 AM and good audio! S9+ in the Boston burbs.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio 319 Presumed 6371 AM 2011 UTC 7 Nov 2020

« on: November 07, 2020, 2031 UTC »

2030 Tune in, S2-S4 on peaks, moderate fading, light pop mx
2031 I Want To Live by Aphrodite's Child

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Relay Station 5150 am 1841 utc 3 Nov 2020

« on: November 03, 2020, 2007 UTC »

Very nice signal here in the Boston burbs, S9+ with super audio. Playing the Cars at 2004 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sycko Radio 3232 USB 1114 UTC 10 Oct 2020

« on: October 10, 2020, 1142 UTC »

Sycko was heard here in the Boston burbs on my personal KiwiSDR with an 80m dipole. Not strong however, peaks to S3-S4 but some fades into the noise as well.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Foxy AM 6925

« on: October 05, 2020, 2311 UTC »

Stepped away to put a kid to bed, came back and Foxy is back on 6925 at 2310 UTC with Steely Dan. Good signal, S9 on my personal KiwiSDR. Music audio might be a little lower than announcer's audio. Overall very pleasant audio and signal though.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Foxy AM 6925

« on: October 05, 2020, 2253 UTC »

Foxy AM was on 6925 AM up until 2250 UTC with a good signal, played some bluesy rock for a bit, then the announcer complained peskies were on his freq and then he suddenly dropped.

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General Radio Discussion / Hello Solar Cycle 25

« on: September 15, 2020, 2316 UTC »

September 15, 2020

For the past eight months, activity on the sun has steadily increased, indicating we transitioned to Solar Cycle 25. Solar Cycle 25 is forecast to be a fairly weak cycle, the same strength as cycle 24. Solar maximum is expected in July 2025, with a peak of 115 sunspots.

https://www.weather.gov/news/201509-solar-cycle