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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid on 6771.4 AM at 23:20 31 May 2014

« on: June 03, 2014, 2224 UTC »

Nothing here on 6771.4 KHZ +/- 200 KHZ. No carrier...nothing at all. First time in at least a week or so that this was not being heard at this time. I hope everything is OK out there OTR op!

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QSLs Received / Re: Renegade Radio eQSL

« on: June 01, 2014, 1146 UTC »

Received a very nice reply from Renegade Radio for reports on the Memorial Day and last Thanksgiving broadcasts! Sent eQSL's for both and the graphics are awesome! Thanks RR op! Proud to have these for my "Pirate Wall of Fame"! Hope to hear you again around the 4th of July, maybe?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6940 AM 02:21z 06-01-14

« on: June 01, 2014, 0244 UTC »

Just above the noise floor here at 0223 UTC with big bass techno beat...man announcer...ID and chat with email address. UNID tune. Tough copy here in Western MA. Nice to hear you again though!
0244 UTC Signal getting better...S7 now with funky sounding tune
0249 UTC Shoutouts to HFU posters, time check as 50 minutes on the nose, and X-FM ID. Thanks for the shoutout Mr. Red Hat!!!
0305 UTC Signal up to S8-S9 now! I wish I was familiar with the tunes...I'm alt and grunge challenged unless it's Rooster or Pearl Jam...rap challenged too.
0309 UTC "The power of X"...email suggesting News at the top of the hour? Just check out the chat room for the latest! Sometimes not for the pure of heart...
0325 UTC Signal down a bit, but still well above the noise....haven't been able to ID a song yet...thanks for playing tunes you don't normally hear on the radio!
0333 UTC "Roast Fish and Cornbread"-Bob Marley (Got one!) (Oh well, almost got one! I'm checking google on this....)
Evil Elvis and Shazam....I just got educated on this....btw, what is Collie Weed? Does it have something to do with the Rastafarian movement? You would do Haille Selaisse proud!
0405 UTC Still hearing you above the noise here...I'm about half asleep now. Thank you very much for an entertaining evening Mr. Red Hat! I guess I'll pick up on the close down in the AM.  
0419 UTC I lied...Abacab by Genesis ( and Sultans of Swing-Dire Straits just after "Roast Fish and Cornbread" ) That makes 2 positive ID's on tunes. Good night all.....great show tonight!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6880 AM 2330z May 31, 2014

« on: May 31, 2014, 2357 UTC »

Roaring in here at 2356 UTC tune in with a hard rocking tune!
2359 UTC with man announcer..."WMID...all music and ID all the time", into "Pagan Baby"-John Fogerty
0005 UTC "WMID", into Mean Streets-Van Halen
0010 UTC "WMID", into UNID hard rocking tune(is this Led Zep or Robert Plant solo?)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Tip and Elvis show 6220 AM

« on: May 31, 2014, 2231 UTC »

I'm getting threshold audio here now at 2220 UTC here in Western MA. I can hear some music being played, but tough copy. Maybe if they stay on until sunset here, I may get a better signal!
Signal improved over the next 50 minutes here....at times quite good! As far as I can tell, sign off at 2310 UTC after a techno tune. Thanks for the show Tip & Elvis! Always nice to hear you from across the big pond!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6771.39 AM at 02:04

« on: May 31, 2014, 1042 UTC »

Peaking at S7 here amidst the noise with a fadey signal to start off my Saturday morning with some lovely elevator music at 1035 UTC. There seems to be no time during the course of the day that this isn't audible here in Western MA. At it's peaks, the audio is quite good. During the daytime hours, the signal reminds me of the old CHNX on 6130 KHZ from Halifax, NS.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 on 6925 USB at 01:40

« on: May 31, 2014, 0153 UTC »

Since 0139 UTC..punk rock and off at 0052 after "XLR8-accelerate" ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6925U 0050 UTC 31 May 2014

« on: May 31, 2014, 0104 UTC »

S6 signal here at 0049 UTC with tunes by Sting-"Sending out an SOS", XLR8 ID at 0101 UTC into "Lies" by the Knickerbockers   "Liar, Liar" by the Castaways. Ooops...it was a long time ago! I was only 10 years old...the Knickerbockers tune came out the following year...1966.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMID on 6880.4 AM at 0005 UTC, May 31

« on: May 31, 2014, 0027 UTC »

S7 peaks here in Western MA at 0014 UTC tune in...man announcer "WMID" at 0018 UTC into metal tune.
0023+ UTC man announcer "WMID", into punk metal tune
0027 UTC man announcer "WMID", into punk rock tune
Except for some fading, audio nice and clear...well above the noise here.
Off at 0033 UTC after song with some kind of talkover by man(or maybe part of the song) and ID..."WMID...all music and ID all the time"..."It was one of the worst things I ever heard on shortwave...so bad it was actually entertaining"
{That was heard at the end of the broadcast...not my comments!}
Thanks for the show tonight WMID! No clue on the names of the tunes.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Whiskey Redneck Radio 6925.150 USB 0007 UTC 30 May 14

« on: May 30, 2014, 0040 UTC »

Threshold level at best here in Western MA since sign on at 0019 UTC with occasional bits of talk and music audio popping up. Negligible copy! I'm getting a spurious "howling wind" kind of noise here....possibly local QRM. Nice to almost hear you again WRR!
I spoke too soon! WRR turned up the power during Amos Moses at 0043 UTC. Much better copy now!
0046 UTC ID into "Don't Mess Around With Jim"-Jim Croce

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6771 AM 1203 UTC 26 May 2014

« on: May 28, 2014, 2354 UTC »

Good signal here this early evening on 6771.3 ish AM at 2345 UTC tune-in playing cocktail lounge blues and a familiar sounding instrumental tune, the name of which escapes me at the moment. S8 at peaks and well above the noise floor, but marred by occasional static crashes. The audio quality is actually quite good! Hey mystery op....how about some email contact or something? You have us bewildered!
(I think the tune was Sunrise Serenade.)
2359 UTC FSN News until 0004 UTC, into Amos & Andy

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6771 AM 1203 UTC 26 May 2014

« on: May 27, 2014, 2358 UTC »

Still going at 1047z this morning.

I'm beginning to wonder if we need to move this station from Pirate to Other?

I think maybe we should move this topic to "HUH?"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: CoolAM Relay 13910u was 18050u 2156Z May 27, 2014

« on: May 27, 2014, 2303 UTC »

Hearing threshold audio on 13910 USB here at 2259 UTC...hard to tell what's playing, but it sounded like "Baba O'Reilly" by the Who. Lots of static crashes here from local storm! 2313 UTC maybe "Addicted to Love"
2314 UTC Clear "Cool AM" ID by man announcer followed by UNID song...lady singer?
2319 UTC Man announcer with "This is Cool AM Radio", followed by "Wild Horses" by the Rolling Stones
(There seems to be some kind of  intermittent broadband pulse QRM)
2330 UTC ID's by man and lady followed by a long blues song by man singer
(Signal pretty much gone by 2335 UTC...thanks for the show anyway Andre and BOR op!)

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: 5055 at 22:32

« on: May 26, 2014, 2255 UTC »

I get nothing on 5055 KHZ, but I'm getting a good signal on 5050 KHZ, with "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy From Company B" at 2249 UTC, into an instrumental version of the National Anthem/patriotic song medley. I believe this is a WWRB-Tennessee frequency that's not always active. S9 signal here with excellent audio...now playing a choral tune.

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QSLs Received / "VOICE OF HONOR" Memorial Day 2014 eQSL

« on: May 26, 2014, 1321 UTC »

Just got this a little while ago for my email and HFU posting! Thank you very much VOH op! Very happy to get this and I hope you have a great Memorial Day with family and friends! Hope to hear you again for many years to come! Superb graphics on the QSL and yes, they ran throught the briars and they ran through the brambles!
Also, thanks for the set list!