Weekend Loggings: 4/19-4/20/15

Weekend Loggings: 4/19-4/20/15

unid: 6951, 4/19, 0126-0140* Clip of an old documentary about wireless. Good signal with a tiny bit of bleedover from Wolverine

Wolverine Radio: 6955U, 4/19, 0126 Huge signal, but I was listening to the station on 6951 and hoping that I'd be able to identify it

Liquid Radio: 6925.2, 4/19, ca0330+ Fair sig--the best I've had in the past few times I've heard Liquid. Techno dance music, ID per HFU. I need to check my recording more closely.

The Crystal Ship: 6876, 4/20, 0029+ Excellent signal. ATF "Der Kommissar," Psychedelic Furs "Love My Way," Human League "Don't U Want Me Baby?," A Flock of Seagulls "I Ran," Gary Numan "Cars," The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star," Barnes & Barnes "Fishheads," Devo "Whip It," Thomas Dolby "She Blinded Me with Science," The Vapors "Turning Japanese," Soft Cell "Tainted Love," Thompson Twins "Lies" Lots of t-storm QRN

Old-Time Radio unid: 6770, 4/20, 0000+ Amos & Andy. Nice signal

Channel Z: 6956.2, 4/20, 0004-0008* Just caught the end of the show with Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the UK." "Last channel you'll ever need" ID at QRT. Lots of t-storm QRN

Midweek loggings: 4/15/15

Midweek loggings: 4/15/15

Lots of stuff going on at the radio HQ that should result in some interesting articles. I've been in contact with some old '90s-era shortwave pirates--some inactive & one reactivated. And I've been working on a new radio project that I hope will be helpful to a variety of hobbyists. More details to come. For the time being, here's a logging from tonight:

Old-Time Radio unid: 6770, 4/15, 0000+ Lots of comedy on tonight: Abbott & Costello, Burns & Allen, and Fred Allen. Ads for 1948 Ford trucks & Rexall drug stores.

Old-Time Radio unid: 6770, 4/15, 1130+ An episode of Cloak & Dagger about WWII espionage

XLR8: 6950U, 4/16, 0045-0056* A live version of "Purple Haze," clear IDs @ QRT. Nice signal

Liquid Radio: 6925.2, 4/16, 0045+ ID per HFU. Have a carrier, but I'm getting a lot more audio from the pescadors on the frequency that from Liquid tonight.

Radio Casablanca: 6940, 4/17, 0010+ Huge signal with some RTTY down underneath, but that just gives it real shortwave atmosphere. "Stormy Weather" & other WWII-era songs, plus clips of the movie Casablanca.

Just received this eQSL from Rick Blaine four days ago

Weekend Loggings: 3/27/15-3/30/15

Weekend Loggings: 3/27/15-3/30/15

0-60 Degrees Radio from Europe was testing in the afternoon on 21750 kHz LSB & 15880 kHz LSB, but unfortunately I missed the first & couldn't hear a trace of the station on latter frequency.


Old-Time Radio unid: 6770, 3/28, 2055+ Sgt. Preston program Quaker Puffed Wheat/Rice ad with promo for Yukon Trail buildings on the boxes, Boy Scouts ad. Quaker Oats oatmeal ad, ABC ID. The Six Shooter, NBC promo

Pesky Party Radio: 6950U, 3/29, Details to come

X-FM: 6965, 3/29, Details to come

The Crystal Ship: 6876, 3/29, *2312-0142* Tuned in to 4 min. of dead air with full quieting. On with Jefferson Airplane "Someone to Love" then "Age of Aquarius." TCS "Flower Power" show announced. "San Francisco," "Along Comes Mary." Sudden off near the end of "Hungry for a Good Thing." Fantastic signal during entire show.

Radio Free Mars: 6924.4, 3/30, 0126+ David Bowie "Major Tom" news clip about someone having trouble making bail, back to "Major Tom." Pretty good signal, but some fades and pescadore QRM. It's been a few years since I've heard RF Mars, so great to hear again!

via Twente web receiver

Radio Caroline: 6290.52, 3/27, 1640+ SINPO: 35544. Lots of jingles, some classical and pop music. It sounds like it might be into news in German because male and female announcers are alternating talking. E-mail address announced a few times. BTW, this is a tribute station to Caroline.

I received this eQSL because I wrote a note to the op, letting him know that I was listening in on the web receiver. He said the station was using 40 watts from the Czech Republic. I guess that was a decent catch from a receiver in Holland, at least at that power and signal level.

Weekend Pirate Loggings: 2/20-2/22/15

Weekend Pirate Loggings: 2/20-2/22/15

I'm planning to have some updates on here this weekend, but first I need to get packages ready to ship. In the mean time, here are a couple of loggings:

Rave On Radio: 6925U, 2/21, ca.0015 Heard some country-type music, but it was really weak and there was a lot of pescador QRM

Old-Time Radio unid: 6770, 2/21, 1300+ Nice signal with Jeff Regan, Investigator, The Lyon's Eye and the show "The House by the Sea"

Labor Day Weekend Loggings: 8/31-9/2/14

Labor Day Weekend Loggings: 8/31-9/2/14

I've missed out on most of the activity this weekend, although there's been a lot. Just checked the radio & have been listening to the Old-Time Radio unid. It's been in the 3300-3500 kHz area the past week or so, but it's back to the nominal 6770.

Old-Time Radio unid: 6770, 8/31, 1630+ Good signal here. Caught the end of the Adventures of Phillip Marlowe, then a brief "only you can stop forest fires" PSA, into CBS Radio IDs. Then an NBC Radio ID and into Richard Diamond, Private Detective show. Both of these shows are from the late '40s. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe has some great, cheesy lines in it.

YHWH: 9605, 9/1, 0400+ Saw that this one was logged by Kilokat7 on HFU, so I tuned in. Could only copy about 20% (maybe) of the voice, but did hear "Yahweh." Checked  one of my good recordings of the station from 21 MHz and the announcer's voice does sound the same. I think it's great how this station operates right in a number of different SWBC bands.

Logging: 8/14/14

Logging: 8/14/14

Just missed a show of WEAK being rebroadcast on 6932 kHz USB, a favorite frequency of pescadors.

Old-Time Radio unid: 6770, 8/14, 0410+ fair signal with lots of static crashes. Murder at Midnight episode. I think it was "The House Where Death Lived," which was originally aired on December 23, 1946.

Memorial Weekend Logs 2014

Memorial Weekend Logs 2014

I've been behind with work and just starting to catch up, but I had a chance to check the radio (and will hopefully continue to do so throughout the weekend)

Old-Time Radio Unid: 6772, 5/24-25, 2310+ Fair signal with OTR shows. On HFU, Ed Insinger mentioned that he was hearing "Unshackled," but I evidently tuned in later because this show was comedy with a laugh track (or live audience laughter). At 0115, a comedy about a man trying to buy flowers, then an ad for a "stomach sweetener" and, I think, laxative. An orchestra playing "Accentuate the Positive." Sig up to S9+10, but noise is still pretty rough. Ah, heard the advertisers at the end of the show clearly: Sal Hepatica & Vitalis. Into new show with louder, clearer audio: Red Skelton. After the 6920 unid went off, I tuned back to 6772 and caught the end of what sounded like a WWII mystery with a professor. After a long pause, a number of big band songs (kinda EZL big band).

MAC: 6950, 5/24, 2311+ Excellent sig with Jimmy Stewart show & '40s music. Heard one of the singing M-A-C jingles

Unid: 6924.4, 5/25, 0014+ Just a carrier here. I'm assuming it's a pirate, but I don't know who

Renegade Radio: 6935U, 5/25, 0218+ A bit weaker than normal here and some Ute noise. Requesting reports & e-mails to add & HFU. Talking about listening to audio from the Winterfest & he plans to pull some of that up. Also, he hasn't heard back from WEAK Radio, so he said hi to him & said that he hopes he's OK

Unid: 6920U, 5/25, 0333-0343* Decided to check back on the radio & I found a big signal on 6920. The signal is strong and wide. I've opened it up to the 6-kHz bandwidth and it sounds great . . .so good that it reminds me of Wolverine's transmitter. Whatever station this is did a nice job buying, building, or modifying their transmitter. All instrumental ethereal music. Off at about 0343.

Pipeline Radio: 6925, 5/25-265, 2346+ Surfin' theme station. Lotsa Beach Boys & other surf music. Excellent S9+10 signal!

Old-Time Radio Unid: 6771.6, 5/25-26, 2345+ Went into the radio room and the R8 was still tuned to essentially the same frequency Big signal again, but noise is down a bit, making this much easier to listen to. EZL music here, just like last night after 0400. Still strong with EZL music, now light jazz and crooner music at 0142. Tuned back in at 0452 & this one is back to OTR. A dramatic presentation on this time

Voice of Honor: 6930U, 5/26, 0025+ Memorial Day theme station. Military music and IDs. Excellent signal with S9+20 peaks. Reports to voiceofhonor /at/ gmail dot com. "Don't Tread on Me" flag SSTV image at the end of the show

Voice of Honor

The Crystal Ship: 6876, 5/26, 0140+ Excellent S9+10 signal with '80s new wavish pop music

oops, forgot to mention this one on here. I've been hearing this since about 0000 or so:

Metro Radio International: 6974.2, 5/26, 0144+ carrier only, but op verified that it was him on HFU.

Wolverine Radio: 6950U, 5/26, 0145+ Huge signal peaking over S9+20 with The Shirelles "Mama Said"

Wolverine Radio

KCPR: 6925U, 5/26, 0424+ Very weak and tinny-sounding music on frequency. ID per logs from West Coast DXers on HFU. Adjusted the frequency a few Hz & it sounds a bit less tinny now. It still has a really far away sound. My 1st time to hear this one. Looking forward to hopefully logging one or more clear IDs. Heard presumably a CW ID for KCPR at 0433 . . . "presumably" because I don't copy code without a key in front of me (and even then, it's very slow). I think the music here is basically all country. Copied an SSTV image at the end of the show

KCPR

Old-Time Radio Unid: 6771.6, 5/26, 1230+ Checked this morning & back again at 1425 and the station is still on the air with older easy-listening music. Presumably, this has been on since yesterday around 2000 UTC (possibly earlier).

Pirate Radio Boston: 6924.6, 5/26, 1425-1439* ID per HFU. Just heard clear IDs + e-mail address and Belfast, NY maildrop. Signal is weak here, but still nice to hear Charlie again.