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Author Topic: Pirate Operators Relay Network 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025  (Read 1243 times)

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2235 Just signed on, instrumental music, good signal
2236 ID by YL, back to the music.
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S9+ signal with good audio received via the SDR at Fair Hill, Maryland, with moderate noise levels and slight fading ...

2236 UTC: Very serene instrumental music.
2238 UTC: British-accented female voice: "You're listening to the Pirate Operators Relay Network. The broadcast begins after this interval signal."
2239 UTC: ID announcement again.
2241 UTC: Female voice: "Right, let's get straight on with it then." Then a loon call and female voice with ID of North Woods Radio (a classic pirate station) into "Trick or Treat" by Halloween.
2244 UTC: Other op interfering on this frequency as the station moved up to 6960 AM, all while the song "Haunted" by Innovative Multimedia was playing.
2248 UTC: "Scared to Death" by Halloween.
2251 UTC: "Halloween" by Halloween.
2254 UTC: Bird sounds and then a male voice: "This is North Woods Radio. North Woods Radio, broadcasting freedom from the Great Lakes." That was followed by "Nightmares" by Halloween.
2259 UTC: "Victims of the Night" by Halloween.
2303 UTC: "Candles" by Halloween.
2307 UTC: North Woods Radio ID again.

Thanks for the classic pirate program! I'll keep listening as I get some work done here.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2326 UTC by Treehouse SWL »
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Re: UNID 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2025, 2237 UTC »
2236utc SIO333 direct
Easy music  Instrumental

Moved to 6960AM
Victims of the night
The Battle
Scare you
Halloween Night
2329utc north woods radio id
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2330 UTC by dxwingr »
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Re: Pirate Operators Relay Network 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2025, 2238 UTC »
2238 - music                         S8
2241 - Trick Or Treat - HALLOWEEN
2250 - Halloween - HALLOWEEN
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2252 UTC by Sarge94 »

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Re: Pirate Operators Relay Network 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2025, 2240 UTC »
S7 Music and Voice just over the noise,
2240 loon and bird noises to music
2250 Loon Call and ID now 6960 AM
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2255 UTC by TheHappyWanker »
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Re: Pirate Operators Relay Network 6960 was 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2025, 2241 UTC »
2240: Weak with station id by female.
2241: Trick Or Treat by HALLOWEEN.
2245: Haunted by Innovative Multimedia.  Moved up to 6960 AM. Much better signal now.
2250: Scared To Death by HALLOWEEN.
2258: Nightmares by HALLOWEEN.
2301: Signal dropping into the noise.
2303: Candles by HALLOWEEN.
2318: Hell by HALLOWEEN.
2326: Go to Hell by HALLOWEEN.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2326 UTC by myteaquinn »
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Re: North Woods Radio 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2025, 2242 UTC »
Station: North Woods Radio  relayed by the Pirate Operators Relay Network
Listening date: 22 October 2025
Listening time: 22:39 - 23:32 (UTC time)
Frequency: 6955 AM  => 6960 AM
SINPO: 35433
Listening Location: Yokohama City (Japan) via kiwiSDR Fair Hill, MD, USA
Receiver used: kiwiSDR / Fair Hill, MD, USA
Antenna used: Wellbrook Loop Antenna or OCFD Dipole
Details of the programme listened to:
  2239 Instrumental music
  2240 YL ID of Pirate Operators Relay Network
          "Trick Or Treat" by Halloween
  2245 QSY to 6960kHz
          "Haunted" by Innovative Multimedia
  2248 "Scared To Death" by Halloween
  2251 "Halloween" by Halloween
  2255 OM ID as "This is Northwoods Radio."
          "Nighmares" by Halloween
  2300 "Victims of the Night" by Halloween
  2303 "Candles" by Halloween
  2307 OM ID as "You are listening to Northwoods Radio."
          "The Battle" by Halloween
  2311 "Scare You" by Halloween
  2315 "Hell" by Halloween
  2318 OM ID & email address    OM ID as "This is Northwoods Radio."
          "Rage" by Halloween
  2322 "Go to Hell" by Halloween
  2326 "Halloween Night" by Halloween
  2329 OM ID as "This is Northwoods Radio." & email address
          CW
          YL ID of Pirate Operators Relay Network
  2330 Instrumental music
  2331 YL ID of Pirate Operators Relay Network
  2332 off


Thank you for your show.   I enjoyed your music show...

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« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2333 UTC by DXerKen »
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Northwoods Radio 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2025, 2244 UTC »
S8 good signal

2243 - "Trick Or Treat" - Halloween
2251 - "Halloween" - Halloween
2255 - OM w/ ID: "This is Northwoods Radio. Broadcasting freedom from the Great Lakes"
2255 - "Nightmares" - Halloween
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2257 UTC by Radio Star »
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Re: Pirate Operators Relay Network 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2025, 2251 UTC »
2249 "'Scared To Death" - HALLOWEEN.
2250 "Halloween" - Halloween.
2254 Northwoods Radio ID 2x into bird calls.
2255 "Nightmares" - HALLOWEEN.
2259 "Victims of the Night" - HALLOWEEN.
2303 "Candles" by Halloween.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2304 UTC by Radiouser »
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Re: North Woods Radio 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2025, 2301 UTC »
Broadcaster: North Woods Radio
Listening date: 22 October 2 25
Listening time: 23:00 to 23:32 UTC time
Frequency: 6960 AM
SINPO: 45444
Listening Location: Valladolid (Spain) via kiwiSDR Cape May County, NJ (USA)
Antenna used: Aziloop Active Orthogonal Loop
Details of the programme listened to:
2300 "HALLOWEEN - Victims of the Night
2303 "HALLOWEEN - Candles
2307 "HALLOWEEN - The Battle
2312 "HALLOWEEN - Scare You
2315 "HALLOWEEN - Hell
2319 "HALLOWEEN - Rage
2322 "Halloween - Go to Hell
2326 "Halloween - Halloween Night
2330 Instrumental music
2331 ID of Pirate Operators Relay Network
2332 OTA

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Thank you for your show.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2332 UTC by J. Carlos Pérez Montero »
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Re: Pirate Operators Relay Network 6955 AM 2235 UTC 22 OCT 2025
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2025, 2307 UTC »
Fair/good with hard rock, but I'm also hearing pescadores or other things on the frequency. I turned off the R8's preamp in case it was pulling in images, but it's still pretty messy. Great to hear Northwoods again.

Signal improved a lot. Heard a few different Northwoods IDs, then English-accented YL computer voice with Pirate Operators' Relay Network IDs over light synth music
« Last Edit: October 22, 2025, 2332 UTC by Andrew Yoder »
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