Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Blog Logs - pirate radio

a sampling of what's being heard from the pirate stations on shortwave

All times UTC

Barnyard Radio
barnyardradio@gmail.com
6925 USB, 0046. Opeartor discussing Latinos, immigration and Arizona. Metal cover version of Low Rider at 0049. Metal/punk music, later announced from the American Hardcore collection. Twisted Sister, We're Not Gonna Take It at 0108. Excellent audio, good signal, s7. (Will, MD)

Captain Morgan
captianmorganshortwave@gmail.com
6925 AM, 0115. ISO 232. Been hearing this for some time now but too weak to make anything out. Signal coming up a bit now and am hearing blues music, One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer, sounds like Twilight Zone theme and maybe station ID at 0124 (Fansome, PA)

CYOT Radio
6950.4v AM, 0045. Poor signal with fair peaks, playing Grand Funk, Kid Rock, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin and Steely Dan. Finally got a ID and email. New station for me!! (Elvis, TN)

Hard Tack Radio
6925 AM, 0053, SIO 232. Signal fading, and it almost seems like the carrier is suppressed but the sidebands are both present. Music, but distortion and drifting makes it very hard to make out what it is. Station ID from #pirateradio (Fansome, PA)

MAC Shortwave
6850 AM, 0041-0059. Signal S9. Ultraman (?) playing a flute/clarinet asking us to email him at macshortwaveradio@gmail.com. Clarinet training talk (hey, practice makes perfect is what the old timers used to say and they were right!) Get up and go music, Doubleback Alley - sounds like a Beatles tune. Station ID at 0059. (Finn-PA) (DJ Frederick’s note: "the above named tunes were performed by the Rutles from the comedy film All You Need is Cash.)

Northwoods Radio
6935 USB, 0146. SIO 444. Signal very good. Rock music to ID at 0147 with the Jackpine Savage, banjo version of Best Friend's Girl, then Zydeco-type instrumental (Fansome, PA)

Radio Bingo
(Relay?) 6925. Fair signal. A show of rock tunes and Patriot Bingo with John Arthur winning. They need a new ball machine. This is an old show. At 0049, interference made listening impossible. (Majewski CT)

Radio Free Euphoria
http://radiofreeeuphoria.blogspot.com/
6925.24 AM, 0434-0440.+ Maharishi version of Old MacDonald and rock tune. Station ID at 0438. SIO 2+32, hum and woodpecker burst interference. (Frodge-MI)

Radio Ga Ga
radiogaga6925@gmail.com
6925 USB, 0305-0323. Music tune, When Your Smiling and Brown Sugar. Heavy metal tunes and then, Mr. Postman song to time pips at 0322 and "thanks for listening." Poor to fair signal with some moderate to deep fades. (Kivell, FL)

Radio Garbanzo
6930 USB, 0305. Rock music. Nice signal, s5 peaks with some noise. ID at 0307. Lively operators having a good time. Station ID at 0323 and into Judas Priest tune Breaking the Law. QSL requests to long-defunct P.O. Box 452 Wellesville NY 14895 at 0326. Explosions, barking, interval signal at 0333 and into music. (Will, MD)

Sycko Radio
6932 USB, 0156, SIO 322. Music to station ID at 0158, hard to make out due to reverb, reference to James Brownyard, back to music sounds like alternative Secret Agent Man (Fansome PA)

Undercover Radio
undercoverradio@mail.com
6925 AM, 0115, SIO 433. Signal a bit noisy but strong.tation ID at 0115, just caught the last song, says that AM is coming back, and Cosmikdebris be coming back on hopefully on a regular basis. Off the air at 0116, QSO with Windup Radio afterwards on USB (Fansome, PA)

Voice of the Robots
6925 USB, 0050. SIO 322. Noisy conditions. Station ID 0050, followed by Pride and Joy song. ID and email address at 0055. Severe fading noted. Song, I Just Wanna Make Love to You (Fansome, PA)

WHYP
whypradio@gmail
6874.5 AM, 0220. SIgnal fair/poor, with fading. Pop ballad, blues rock, fast pop tune. Mention of email from Cleveland, now discussing state of radio broadcasting in the US, saying good stuff does not get on air. Emailed him at whypradio@gmail.com . (Hassig-IL)

Wolverine Radio
6925 USB, 0358-0422.* Non-stop rock music programming with Mama’s and Papa’s song, California Dreamin and Michael Jackson's Never Can Say Good-bye. Station ID at 0420 followed by slow FAX noise (slow scan TV transmission?) until 0422 when carrier
terminated. Fair to good with some deep fades. (D’Angelo-PA)
(FRW 746 via Ragnar Daneskjold/ FRW 745 via Frederick Moe/ FRW 743 via Bill Finn)