Thursday, June 07, 2007

Pirate Blog Logs from Free Radio Weekly


Thanks to the fine folks at Free Radio Weekly, for this weeks newsletter. Good sampling of logs from the pirate crowd. Best of DX!
Gayle

Captain Morgan (p).
6925 0344. Memorial Day, 2007. In EG. OM announcer with unintelligible comments. Music by Dobie Gray. Poor. (Wood, TN).

MAC
6850a 5/29/7 00:42 sio333, deep fading, ID at 00:43, Elton John, other music I don't recognize, synchronous detection seems to help with the fading (Al Fansome)

Radio First Termer
6925u 5/27/7 23:58 sio423 strong signal but thunderstorms interference, Dave Rabbit, "Evil Ways" (Al Fansome)

Radio 6x
6935AM 5/27 0156-0205+ Bucky with Ray Charles. A weak signal at the time. (131, Majewski, not at home, Lebanon CT)

TCS
6875AM sio232 "Bungle in the Jungle, "Locomotive Breath, fading in and out,"We're not in Kansas anymore", id at 1:46 (Al Fansome)
6875a 5/28/7 1:25 sio222, noise, and a data station periodically, "Peggy Sue", "Yakkity Yak", "Tutti Fruiti", I tried 7575 and the QRM is just way too much there for me (Al Fansome)

7575 0106-0250+. Memorial Day. In EG. // bx of 6875. Barely audible with deep fades. Poor. (Wood, TN).
6875 0232-0245, playing punk rock including the Ramones. Good signal, some QRN. (Srebnick-NJ)

WBNY- 6925U *2332-0000* 5/26/07 SIO=242. A rasping UTE noise IS of some sort at open, into a "special bcst" from The Imperial Highess Commander Bunny of the Rodent Revolution. Altered Commander Bunny versions of Chicago's "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is" and Donovan's "Mellow Yellow." He called Al Fansome, and also talked about Monkey
Boys. Ancd no addr. (Zeller-OH)

6925.1/U, 2338-2343+, 26-May; Weird version of IShot the Sheriff. SIO=2+53- (Frodge-MI)
6950 usb, 2358-0007* May 27,Dr. IQ candy bar commercial, numerous “monkey boy” references.Commander Bunny mentioning the rodent revolution. Fair to good.(D'Angelo-PA)

WMPR
6955AM 5/28 2314-2320+ A show of dance/techno tunes, most of which I did not know. Identified by a male announcer as WMPR followed by female announcer as 6955. A good signal until 2320, then the signal was buried by a military digital signal at that time. (333 Majewski CT)
6945am,5-29-07,0145utc,sio=122 poor, sounded like WMPR's dance music program thru the mud. (Hassig-IL)

WNSR-
6923.8t AM 2357-0028* 5/28-29-/07 SIO=242. Various rock/pop oldies about days of the week, incl "Monday, Monday" and "Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down," and "Friday on my Mind." Only one ID hrd, at 0024, and poorly enunciated by the OM ancr. It sounded like WNSR to me, so that is how I tenatively list the ID here. Hrd no addr ancd. (Zeller-OH)

WTCR
6925 USB WTCR, Twentieth Century Radio, 0140--0158*, strong with some QRN, music by the Eagles, Elvis Costello, announced Belfast address. (Srebnick-NJ)
6925U *0056-0158* 5/27/07 SIO=242+. Several repeats as usual of MGM trumpet fanfare at open as usual, into the usual prgm of rock incl Clapton, Donovan, Elton John, and others. Usual slogan of Twentieth Century Radio. Belfast maildrop. (Zeller-OH)
(Source FRW #590 via Ed Kusalik)