Weekend pirate loggings: 4/26-4/28/15

Weekend pirate loggings: 4/26-4/28/15

Made it back home to a bunch of pirates on the air, but unfortunately I missed KVPH again and also WPIG. Wonder if WPIG is in any way related to the WPIG from the '90s?

Radio Free Whatever: 6940U, 4/26, 0149-0156* Girlpool "Blah Blah Blah" Mentioned X-FM: "I'm sure you want to go listen to him, not me" "I'm kinda like the president of Hair Club for Men . . . I'm not only the president, but I'm a client of pirate radio." Mentioned stations he enjoyed listening to & haven't been around lately: MAC, Undercover Radio, Blue Ocean Radio . . . " "I'm going to try to listen to X-FM when I'm done here"

unid: 6951, 4/26, 0145+ Noted this station in passing while checking what was on 6965, but disappeared when I was heading back through

X-FM: 6965, 4/26, 0144+ I think this is the 1st time that I caught it, but heard while running the canned "stay tuned for X-FM" IDs. Will tune back to it in a bit, but I'm still finding other stations! Just checked the Twente receiver in NE Holland & signal is barely audible there!

Captain Morgan SW: 6924.2, 4/26, 0159-0244* The Who "Who Are You?" Lou Reed "Walk on the Wild Side" Stones "Jumping Jack Flash" Bowie "Let's Dance." Big signal, like almost everyone else I've been hearing tonight. Twilight Zone theme a few times, which can only mean one thing. Just checked the Twente receiver in NE Holland & signal is very audible there!

unid: 6924.6, 4/26, 0244-0254* Hearing someone here with music immediately after Captain Morgan signed off. Weak. Air raid sirens at 0249 & again later. Thought I heard a bit of "Green Onions" by Booker T & The MGs

WPIG: 6925U, 4/26, 0254+ Weak, but I heard a few clear IDs. Sounds like a phone call. Not sure if this is a recording of the '90s WPIG, but it does sound like it is now. Now singing some songs about WPIG

Radio Free Whatever: 6849, 4/26, 0323+ The Hives "Main Offender" Signal's pretty good, but the audio is overdriven

Radio Casablanca: 6940, 4/26, 1336+ Fair with big band music, computer ID, & a clip from the movie Casablanca."Stormy Weather" "Dancing Cheek to Cheek"

The Crystal Ship: 6876, 4/27, 0145+ Excellent signal with '70s Jukebox Program. Heart "Magic Man" Donner Pass Cafe ad

Old-Time Radio unid: 6770, 4/27, 0200+ Good signal with Abbott & Costello.

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

Halloween logs!

First station of the night goes to:

Radio Casablanca: 6940 kHz, 2301-2357* Nice signal, but starting to get rough. Loads of '30s & '40s music with great audio. If I hadn't been eating supper through most of this broadcast, I'd've fired up a '30s radio to get the proper feeling. Music included Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters "Pistol Packin' Mama." Audio went mid-song, carrier went off about 30 seconds later.

WPOD: 6925 kHz USB, 0053+ Really weak here, but I just heard a female electronic ID. Some music is rumbling down under the noise, too.

The Late Show: 6925 kHz USB, 0131+ Another really weak station, this one is basically faint. But some clear peaks are fading in from time to time. Just heard some slow, crooner music. I've been trying to hear this one well enough to write for a QSL for a couple of months. I seem to either miss the broadcasts or it's really weak, like tonight.

Unidentified: 6925 kHz USB, 0300-0323* Yet another really weak station. Not sure if this was The Late Show back with some more programming or if it was someone else. Maybe I'll check the recording tomorrow.