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3526

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Illuminati 5150 AM 2209 UTC 29 Aug 2020

« on: August 29, 2020, 2217 UTC »

SINPO=44343, fading to 34333 by 2218.

2215- "Promises, Promises" by Naked Eyes.
2217- "Another Nail In My Heart" by Squeeze.
2219- Song starts with strong percussion, and then lost under adjacent SSB QRM and noise all at once. Can just barely make out a tune from time-to-time under all the noise now.
2222- "Freedom of Choice" by Devo climbs right back up to SINPO=44343. Weird!
2223- "Rock the Casbah" by The Clash.
2225- Lost again under SSB QRM and noise. Once again can just barely make out a tune from time-to-time under the noise.

2330- "When Am I Gonna Lose You" by Local Natives. Now SINPO=45444!
2334- "No One Needs to Know" by HAERTS.
2338- "Lawyers, Guns and Money" by Warren Zevon.
2342- "Show Me More" by Girl Ray.

027- AC says greetings to HFU listeners. Thanks for tuning in and posting all your reports.
027- "Moonlight Feels Right" by Starbuck (the unofficial Molvanian national anthem!)
030- "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies.
033- "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles.
037- Off.

Thanks for the show AC!

3527

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0253 UTC 29 AUG 2020

« on: August 29, 2020, 0257 UTC »

SINPO=35333.

255- "Phobia" by Euzen.
258- Metal/rock with OM vocals.

3528

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6952.35 USB 0135 UTC 29 AUG 2020

« on: August 29, 2020, 0158 UTC »

Decent signal, but a bit distorted quality here, with some drift I think.

154- "Wasting Away In Coronaville" parody.
154- "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.
200- "The Sound of Sirens" parody.
203- Silence, then SSTV.
204- "We Will Mock You" parody.
206-  Tones, then silence.

3529

North American Shortwave Pirate / WENO USB 0143 UTC 29 AUG 2020

« on: August 29, 2020, 0149 UTC »

SINPO=44444.

146- OM IDs WENO.
146- Instrumental rock.
148- OM IDs, "Broadcasting from some faraway beach, this is WENO."
148- Instrumental soft, almost ambient style, keyboard music.
152- OM IDs WENO, call letters recited slowly, over music.
152- Instrumental, again sounds ambient style, music, with deep bass.

3530

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6960 was 6935 AM 0002 UTC 29 Aug 2020

« on: August 29, 2020, 0007 UTC »

SINPO=54444, wow.

007- "Walkin' The Dog" by Aerosmith.
009- OM live, "Very nice song, very nice," then IDs WDOG.
010- "Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush.
012- "Hot Dog" by Led Zeppelin.
015- "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin. (016- dogs barking).
019- OM IDs WDOG. "On our side of the Mississippi, and I guess KDOG will stay in HIS side, and we should have no issues, ok..."
020- "Hey Bulldog" by The Beatles.

037- "Jealous Dogs" by The Pretenders.
040- "Bitch" by Rolling Stones. (043- WDOG CW ID).
043- OM, "Must bid you adieu. This is WDOG, concluding it's broadcast."
044- "Sleeping Dog" by Pete Townshend.
046- Silence, then static very briefly, followed by...
046- "Are Friends Electric?" by Gary Numan/Tubeway Army. (047- WDOG CW ID) (Again at 048). (049- dogs barking, then howling).
050- OM IDs WDOG.
050- "Hound Dog" by Elvis. (052- dogs barking).
052- OM, "Ok, love that!" Fading fast now!
052- "Dog Food" by Iggy Pop (I think, but just heard first few seconds of tune).
053- Signal suddenly gone. Bummer....

3531

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: The Vault 6985 AM 1840 utc 28 Aug 2020

« on: August 28, 2020, 2335 UTC »

SINPO=45444, wow.

2335- "Sunny Afternoon" by The Kinks.
2336- "This is the Vault" OM IDs. Then, "Welcome, to the Vault" OM IDs.
2336- "Lucky Stars" by Dean Friedman.

3532

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WILD 6925 AM 2248 UTC 28 Aug

« on: August 28, 2020, 2330 UTC »

SINPO=44343, solid!

2328- "You Belong To Me" by Carly Simon.
2331- "It's Growing" by The Temptations.
2333- "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears.

3533

QSLs Received / Re: "The Vault" eQSL

« on: August 26, 2020, 0336 UTC »

A big thanks to The Vault Keeper for the same format eQSL for a prior transmission!

MP

3534

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: The Vault 6985 AM 1636 utc 24 Aug 2020

« on: August 24, 2020, 2303 UTC »

SINPO=34333, super clear, even this early and with T-Storms around.

2300- "Break On Through" by The Doors.

002- "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer. Still solid at SINPO=34333, but a little more intermittent QRN.
006- "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" by Peter, Paul and Mary.

Sounding even better than usual Vault Keeper, thanks!

3535

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Trueton? Worldwide 5130 USB 2342 UTC 23 August 2020

« on: August 24, 2020, 0022 UTC »

You're hearing the "Radio Timtron Worldwide" show on the broadcast station WBCQ:

wbcq.com/schedule/index.php?fn=p&id=42

3536

European Pirates and Private Stations / The Vault 6985 AM 1940 UTC 23 Aug 2020

« on: August 23, 2020, 2310 UTC »

Been hearing classic pop and rock just under the noise for awhile, when suddenly emerges (SINPO=23222 at peaks):

2310- "Jack and Diane" by John Mellencamp.
2313- Recorded OM station ID.
2314- "Le Freak" by CHIC.
2318- "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon.

2338- "Wouldn't It Be Good" by Nik Kershaw. (Signal dipped a bit after Paul Simon, or music was lower, but back stronger now, SINPO=33322 at peaks).
2341- OM, recorded ID "This, is the Vault!"
2342- "Cuba" by Gibson Brothers.
2345- "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown" by Manfred Mann.
2347- Recorded OM station ID.
2347- "Love Me Two Times" by The Doors.
2351- "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens (tougher copy due to soft melody).

Always very cool to catch The Vault from across The Pond...Thanks for the show Vault Keeper!

3537

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2121 UTC 23 Aug 2020

« on: August 23, 2020, 2201 UTC »

SINPO=34232.

2200- Conversation between caller and show host, with flute elevator music in the background. Talk about Crystal-Matic fuse boxes, electrical panels, fire hazard, etc.

3538

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0157 UTC 23 Aug 2020

« on: August 23, 2020, 0201 UTC »

SINPO=45454, very strong and super clear signal.

159- Instrumental blues electric guitar.
204- Another instrumental blues electric guitar tune.

3539

QSLs Received / Re: Foxy AM eQSL

« on: August 23, 2020, 0135 UTC »

Adding my thanks to Foxy for this same cool eQSL!

3540

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Damn Skippy 6925 USB 2338 UTC 22 AUG 2020

« on: August 23, 2020, 0051 UTC »

SINPO=34333.

043- "Apex Predator" by Otep.
046- Clips of OM speaking, Enclave Radio. President John Henry speaking. Rest assured I am your president. The Enclave is working tirelessly to rebuild this great nation, so you don't have to.
048- "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
050- Heavy rock tune, then SSTV at 051 and another a few seconds later, then music continues. Another SSTV.