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Long Live Rock and Roll. Rest in peace, Ronnie.
Radio Ga-Ga, 6930 USB, 2330 – starting off with threshold audio, slowly strengthning until I was able to catch ID at 2337 into Black Magic Woman. 
Voice of the Robots, 6925 USB, 0051-0113* – poor to fair signal from the robots tonight, playing some pops songs, mentioning email contact and a new QSL
WHYP, 6874.6 AM, 0125 – WHYP has become a regular every evening. Too bad propagation tonight was just lowsy. JB had Kracker on the show again WMPR, 6925 AM, 0150-0233* – poor signal but caught a few solid WMPR ID’s Wolverine Radio, 6950, 0300 – good signal from Wolverine this evening! SSTV at 0407 UT. WEAK Radio hooking me up with a new QSL for yesterdays broadcast! Thanks WEAK!
Radio Ga-Ga, 6925 USB, 2118 – threshold audio, bubbling along just above noise floor. Was able to distinguish Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder at 2118 and SSTV at 2133. Want to see the awesome SSTV image I could decode? OK:
WEAK, 6930 USB, 2228 – after reading the logs on FRN for the past hour and not hearing a peep, I finally started getting some threshold audio just before 2220 UT. W-E-A-K ID by DJ Knobtwister at 2228, then I Wanna Be Your Dog and Real Cool Time by Iggy & the Stooges, more Iggy as the signal faded. WHYP Shortwave, 6974.8 AM, *2354 – James Brownyard’s WHYP kicked out the jams with a huge signal again! Very nice to hear WHYP nightly! Captain Morgan Shortwave, 6924.3v AM, 0007 – weak signal, but defintely the Captain with the Twilight Zone them song. On the pirate radio QSL front, many thanks to Chuck Manson for sending this awesome eQSL for the last Barnyard Radio broadcast!
WHYP Shortwave, 6874.77 AM, 0020 – fair signal this evening, JB playing rock music. Still going stong past 0200 UT. UnID, 6925.7 AM, 0020 – poor signal with deep fades, playing dance and techno music. Unable to pull an ID out so far. UnID, 6935 AM, *2255-2332* – never caught an ID from this station, featuring mostly Devo songs. WHYP Shortwave, 6874.8 AM, 2324-0305 – James Brownyard with co-host Kracker with an epic broadcast. They only left the air after WYFR signed on the channel. 
Received an email from Andrew Yoder saying he was mailing out my copy of the Pirate Annual 2010 today!
Outhouse Radio, 6925.6 AM, *2301 – Outhouse Radio playing some blues and rock. Poor signal so far here in Memphis. Picking up a bit at 2350 with Monday, Monday then Play That Funky Music. WHYP Shortwave, 6875.76 AM, after a few songs I’m not familiar with, female computer generated ID and mentioning James Brownyard. Gone at 2354, I hope JB didn’t smoke another resistor UnID, 6955.27 AM, 0002-0004 – Unid station on the frequency for a few minutes playing a rock instrumental. An utility showed up and the broadcaster went QRT. The Crystal Ship, 6875.9 AM, 0031 – tuned in to Little Red Rooster by the Doors, then Poet continuing with a Doors marathon. Moving into the Doors, the Who, Hendrix and other. Off the air at 0150. WBNY, 6925 AM, 0118 – Bunny Radio on the air with MDA Telethon, playing songs for Monkeys, mentioning WBNY gear. Wolverine Radio, 6876 USB 0200- showed up not too long after TCS signed off. Nice signal, pristine audio quality with all Doors songs, ID and off at 0209. ♫ Wolverine_Radio_6876khz_0209_100511.mp3 New QSL’s today from Captain Morgan Shortwave and the Voice of KAOS, both for last nights broadcasts. Thank you!
Ragnar’s latest edition of the Pirate’s Week podcast is out! I had an early start this morning, and was able to catch the Voice of the Last DJ!
WBNY Relay Service, 6899.6 AM, *1950-2222 – started off at threshold levels and slowly strengthening after 0000 UT. Relays of Pirate’s Week, Voice of Next Thursday, promos for WBNY hats and t-shirts. *Perseus Update* noted WBNY signing on at 1950 UT with threshold audio with deep fades. A few sudden strong peaks noted around 2017z with Pirate’s Week relay programming. Another nice peak at 2218z with Ragnar talking about Sealord’s awesome DX Engineering 4 Square antenna. The Crystal Ship, 6876.04v, *2228-0310* – very nice signal from Poet this evening, starting off with a Ho Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum interval signal, lot’s of Elvis tunes, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others. Almost a 5 hour marathon! Radio Ronin Shortwave, 6950.4 AM, *2308-0110* – poor to fair signal, playing rocks tune by Blue Öyster Cult, the Animals, Bob Seger, Foghat, Billy Idol, multiple IDs. Off at 0110 with ID and email. The Voice of KAOS, 6925 USB, *2323 – KAOS signing on with Get Smart theme a repeat broadcast of the Friday evening show. Weak signal but generally readable, het from presumed Outhouse on 6925.2 AM. Hold Your Head Up Barnyard Radio, 6930 USB, *0049-0310* – Barnyard with blowtorch signal. Chuck Manson spinning heavy tunes by Manowar, Testament, Dead Kennedys, Slayer and much more. Here is a off-air recording of the first 50 minutes of the show: ♫ Barnyard_Radio_6930khz_0049-0139_100510.mp3
Coyote Radio CYOT, 6950.4 AM, 0134 – Mr. Announcer spinning oldies, wishing a happy Mothers Day. Rather poor signal this evening. Outhouse Radio, 6925 USB, 0213 – fair signal from Outhouse, playing some blues, Sabbath, Bob Seger. Outhouse mentioned he left his AM transmitter up for 7 hours. I had the carrier here but audio was threshold at best. WEAK Radio, 6930 USB, 0325 – tuned in to WEAK in progress, and this time the signal was weak. I did cath one clear ID, but that was about all I could pull out of the broadcast. Check out these two totally awesome QSL’s received, one from Coyote Radio and the other from WHYP Shortwave! A big thank you, thank you very much goes out to Mr. Announcer and James Brownyard! Both of these are new pirate stations verified for me! I just realized that I never scanned and posted my Channel Z and WREC QSL cards that I received last year! I will do that soon. 
Outhouse Radio, 6932v AM, 2343 – Outhouse testing a transmitter on 6932 AM, rock, country and oldies, computer ID and off at 0026.
Coyote Radio CYOT, 6950.4v AM, *0037-0234* – Interval signal (animal noise and “C-Y-O-T”). ID into Bing Crosby, Blackfoot, bluegrass, rock, Coyote Radio ID’s. Still rocking past 0200 UT… Fair signal to good signal. WHYP Radio, 6925 AM, 0118 – tune in to rock song, WHYP and WHYP FM ID into David Bowie’s I’m Afraid of Americans and then off. WHYP dropped of the air at 0123, which the op posted on FRN was due to a fried plate cap resistor! Back at 0216 on 6925.2 AM, weak with ID, rocks music, mainly threshold audio. The op advised that he switched to his backup Grenade transmitter with 18 watts. New station! Mac In The Box Radio, 6925 USB, *0405 – excellent signal, on with “This is Mac In The Box Radio” ID. pop songs, shout outs to FRN posters! Radio Free Whatever, 6925 USB, 0436 – poor signal with fair peaks, ID loop for the first two minutes, then some zany mixes. Slack songs, rap, Zappa and lots more, signal very good after 0500. A shout out to Evil Elvis at 0538, Still going strong at 0600!
Lots and lots of unid carriers and transmissions this evening many of which I couldn’t ID.
Voice of KAOS, 6925 USB, 0016 – weak but readable… KAOS on the high seas, Russian warship hunting down pirates, KAOS in romain lettuce, music by Argent and ZZ Top, ID’s and email announcements then off with Get Smart theme music. OSM Radio, 6925 USB, 0117 – very weak, played a few Jimmy Buffet songs, ID mentioning test transmission and “Voice of the Computer Revolution” then Son of a Son of a Sailor and then off. Per Sealord’s clip, definitely sounds like OSM Radio. Baby Time Radio, 6925 USB, 0140 – Sirens, mad cats, moo cows, howling wolves, crazy babies and other varmits since around 0140 UT. 0247: mention of “? laughing box again”, phone operator “hello may I help you” then mary had a little lamb tune played via telephone tones. Go baby! Radio Margaritaville, 6925 USB, 0414 – good signal! Tuned in to a version of Brown-Eyed Girl. ID at 0416 UT into Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville. Lots more Jimmy Buffet, “This is Radio Margaritaville, The Voice of the Coral Republic”, asked for reports to be posted to FRN. Here is a ♫ clip of the sign-off announcement. This is the first time I have heard Radio Margaritaville since July 8, 2009. UnID, 6925 USB, 0458 – good signal, no announcements. On with Arrested Development’s Tennessee, the Acid Mothers Temples’ Disco Space Baby and finally a cover of All Along the Watchtower and off. Many thanks to Baby Time Radio for this totally unexpected QSL!!! |
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