I’ve really been slacking on DXing the pirates the last few weeks. I been spending most of my DX time lately on shortwave broadcast DX. But Elvis hasn’t left the building.
WBNY, 6924.7v AM, 0014-0035* – tough signal, lots of local electrical QRN. Signal drifting downwards the entire listening time. Beatles songs, Commander Bunny, “Ninety-nine” repeated often. Porky Pig’s “That’s All Folks” at 0034 UTC, WBNY news “theme music” and off.
Radio Ga-Ga, 6930 USB, *0022-0042* – weak signal with significant local QRN/ On with SSTV image then a bunch of dance-themed tunes: Let’s Dance, Let’s Do the Twist, Do The Locomotion, Macarena. 2 final SSTV images at 0039 and 0041 UTC, ID and off.
M-A-C Shortwave, 5850.8v AM, 0043 – transmitter on, MAC interval signal, time pips into the Paul Starr Show. Paul playing oldies such as Hang on Sloopy and Do Wah Diddy and a bunch of other oldies. “The Pirate’s Life For Me” song and off at 0136.
Voice of KAOS, 6925 USB, 0129 – weak signal, sounds like another station underneath. KAOS with log-on announcement, then Born To Be Wild, Wild Horses, Whole Lotta Love. KAOS mentiong a new QSL!
Outhouse Radio, 6930v USB, 0156 – generally a good signal, but alot of drifting from 6930.7 and down to right about 6930. Dirty Laundry, Let The Good Times Roll, Fly Like and Eagle, Rocket Man and more. Signal stabilized right above 6930 by the end of the broadcast.
Radio Station XXP, 6925 USB, *0219 – variable signal, but able to make out clear ID’s and the music. “Plundering the airwaves” ID’s, email, Jukebox Hero, Rare Earth, Led Zeppelin. Here is an audio clip of the sign-on.
WTCR, 6925 USB, 0249 – very nice signal with great audio! Sign on with 20′th Century Fox theme music, ID and then Whiskey Train by Procol Harum, Daydream by Robin Trower, then Joe Cocker, Earth Wind & Fire, Pretenders, Steely Dan.
WEAK Radio, 6930 USB, *0426-0626* – excellent signal, except for a long fade-out starting at 0505 UTC. An excellent broadcast ton of excellent music in this 2 hour marathon: Ben Harper, Led Zeppelin, Edwyn Collins, MC5, Sly & the Family Stone and tons more.
QSLs A hearty thank you to Dr. Morbius at WTCR for sending a paper QSL in the mail! A total surprise, it is always nice getting physical QSLs! I will post it as soon as I get my scanner hooked back up. Thank ya, Dr. Morbius!
An extremely fookin’ nice surprise was two awesome QSL’s from Captain Ganja for my reception of Radio Free Euphoria! I think that is my first bozo related QSL, lol! Thanks a ton Captain Ganja, Radio Free Euphoria is my 39′th 40′th different pirate station QSL’d! (I realized tonight that I didn’t have my old WREC QSL from P.J. Sparx on the list, image coming soon!)
I unfortunately lost the contents of my inbox a few days ago, and lost a couple of QSLs before I saved them to disk. Emails being sent out asking for replacements…
My 13′th Radio Ga-Ga QSL was one that I lost on the day the inbox died. Many thanks to D.J. for re-sending it!
