Monday, September 25, 2006

BLOG LOGS - Pirates


The following stations were recently observed on shortwave.

6950u Pirate, KIPM (p). Date: 09/14-15/2006. Time: 2347-0017+. Presumed relay of KIPM show. Well done radio drama. Signal varied widely from fair to very good. F-VG. (Wood, TN).

6950u Pirate, Northwoods Radio. Date: 09/15/2006. Time: 0040-0140*. Great showwith lots of good music. OM anncr in EG. Show was in a bx MW station format. Several mentions of the Motor City and Wayne County. Gave several IDs during px as CKOW. Parody nx and wx. Music included "Island Girl", "Rock the Boat", "Kung Fu Fighting", "House of the Rising Sun", "Hey Jude", "Louie, Louie", "Light My Fire", and several others. Long recorded discourse by Canadian OM about the US at 0135. ID at 0140 as "Northwoods Radio" followed by addy of northwoodsradio@yahoo.com, the call of the loon, pips and off. VG-E. (Wood, TN).

6925/USB Robot Radio, 9/16/06, 0025. Computerized voice singing "Bicycle Built For Two" (For movie buffs, not the version sung by the HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey). Very good signal while it lasted. Thx to George Zeller for ID as I tuned in at end of program. (Miller)

6925/USB Unid., 9/16/06, 0030-0100. Flute music heard very faintly in the background. No ID that I could hear. SIO=111 (Miller)

6950/USB Take It Easy Radio, 9/16/06, 0100-0120. Song "Imaginary Lover" followed by ramblings of Al Fansome. Good signal. (Miller) PSE QSL to Joe Miller, 6928 Forest Park Ct., Troy, MI 48098
(Source: MARE Tip Sheet # 421)

Correspondence to the following stations may be sent to:

KIPM
(former Elkhorn maildrop)
kipm_outerlimits@hotmail.com

North Woods Radio
northwoodsradio@yahoo.com

Take It Easy Radio
P.O. Box 293
Merlin, Ontario N0P 1WO Canada
takeiteasyradio@yahoo.com


GVH