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Author Topic: PFBS Pirate Freaks Broadcasting Service 6150//6160 AM 0750 UTC 14 MAY 2026  (Read 528 times)

Ray Lalleu

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on 6160 (via Shortwave Radio) and 6150 (via Europa 24)
0750 Beatles "I saw her standing there",
0753 ID, talking in G and D, 40 years old show about pirate stations
0804 ID in E, 6150 is 10 seconds or so behind 6160
« Last Edit: May 14, 2026, 0806 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
D/E/F/G/It/Sp : Dutch/English/French/German/Italian/Spanish
+/- : about 0.02 offset, ++/-- 0.03/0.04 offset
Balanced wire antennas, wire lines and ATU
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DBullock

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08:27 6150khz Set me Free.
Can just hear it fading in and out of the static, annoyingly I have local interference on the same frequency.
(Can just about see a carrier on 6160khz) S E England.
« Last Edit: May 14, 2026, 0834 UTC by DBullock »
AirSpy HF+ Dual Discovery SDR with Discone & Long Wire Aerials by River Thames

Numero 2

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0923 How Do You Stop /James Brown
Weak and noisy here 6160
Better on 6150
« Last Edit: May 14, 2026, 0928 UTC by Numero 2 »
QTH : North of Paris / France
RX: Qodosen SR-286 / Malahit DSP-2
Ant: 150 cm copper MLA30+ / Mini whip (under maintenance)

Ray Lalleu

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on 6160 only now
1610 "What a feeling", then talking above the archive of PFBS from year 1986
1614 reports to pfbsradio at gmx.de
1644 with IDs in G for SuperClan Radio, then back to IDs for PFBS

scheduled to 1700 only  (next : see below)
« Last Edit: May 14, 2026, 1658 UTC by Ray Lalleu »
D/E/F/G/It/Sp : Dutch/English/French/German/Italian/Spanish
+/- : about 0.02 offset, ++/-- 0.03/0.04 offset
Balanced wire antennas, wire lines and ATU
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RainBrandy

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16.14 UTC Jingles, Pirate Andy gave one and only e-mail to be [email protected]
16.15 UTC Johnny Best jingle, announcement and SOS Band song
16.18 UTC Simon Hendrix and Johnny Best as hosts talked in German
16.23 UTC Toto - Hold The Line

good signal in NW Germany

Next transmissions expected:
- today, May 14th from 19.00-22.00 UTC on 3975//6160 kHz
- Monday, May 25 from 07.00 -19.00 UTC on 6160 kHz
and the same day from 17.00 - 19.00 UTC on 3975//6160 kHz
QTH: NW Germany
RX: modified Sony ICF 2001D, Perseus SDR; KiwiSDR
ANT: dipole for 45mB
eQSLs highly appreciated! [email protected]

TRI International

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1654 UTC Om speaking over music ??  (Freq. 6160 AM).
1656 UTC song "What a fool"
1659 UTC News in English.

Signal & Audio Quality: https://voca.ro/1nmaw6ar3V9W

SINPO 5/4/4/4/4 with slight noise & humming via  University of Twente Netherlands SDR / Dipole antenna. Thanks for the show please qsl.
« Last Edit: May 14, 2026, 1715 UTC by TRI International »
We use Shazam app. to ID songs, listening direct Airspray RTL SDR , Ham It UP Plus connected to 2 V shape long wires  40ft. high with a MFJ 941C Antenna tuner
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