I was able to kick the local QRN I mentioned the other day. The culprit turned out to be a Western Digital ‘The Book’ USB drive, that joker was putting out massive 10 khz wide blobs of noise spaced every 30 kHz from LF to about 20 mHz. Now I can listen to some pirates!
Northwoods Radio, 6925 USB, 2200 – weak but slowly improving. Playing song First of May by Jonathan Coulton multiple times, ID, loon calls and more songs. 2245: signal improving, Jackpine talking about the first of May “and you know what that means” and mentioning upcoming major upgrades to Northwoods Radio. Also mentioning he will be on later tonight.
WEAK Radio, 6940 USB, 2313 – huge perfect S9+10 signal with crazy crisp audio. Started off playing back to back Blackfoot tunes, WEAK ID, Devo, The Black Keys.
Captain Morgan Shortwave, 6924.7v AM, 2323 – another huge signal from the Captain, started off S8 then soon up to S9+10. Playing lots of oldie blues numbers, ID and email address. Slowly drifting downward.
Derby Shortwave, 6930 USB, 0034 – Derby Shortwave is one the air! Bugle call, Old Kentucky Home song, ID and email, fair to good signal.
CYOT Radio, 6950.4v AM, 0045 – poor signal with fair peaks, playing Grand Funk, Kid Rock, Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan. Finally got a ID and email. New station for me!!
Outhouse Radio, 6924.6v USB, 0130 – Outhouse is in the house! Excellent S9+10 signal!
Northwoods Radio, 6935 USB, 0135 – Northwoods Radio back, playing First of May song again. Nice S9+10 signal.
Wolverine Radio, 6950 USB 0234 – on the air with outstanding S9+10 signal into Barenaked Ladies Testing 1,2,3 then into Cream songs.
Radio ?, 6924.5 USB, 0258 – tune in to Rocketman, comedy skit about a bear attack (grin and bear it), more songs, another Elton Jon song. I just can’t get the ID, I thought I heard Radio Rewind, Radio Free Love and now olddxer says he thinks it was Radio Free Mars. Played Rocketman again at 0326, so perhaps Radio Free Mars is correct.
New England Radio, 6925 USB, 0447 – weak signal, tune in to Rooster by Alice in Chains, bluegrass instrumental. Announcement at 0454 during fade. Looking At the World Through a Windshield, Son of a Preacher Man, Def Leppard and more. New station! Forever in Blue Jeans by Neal Diamond and off at 0548. No contact info given, please QSL if you are reading!
