Shortwave Pirate Radio 2014 – A Year In Review

[ChrisSmolinski]

I actually got this year's edition out on time!

http://hfunderground.com/blog/?p=431

[fpeconsultant]

Fantastic!
Thanks as always,
Happy New Year
fpe

[RCCI]

That's some work you did Chris!  I have a "stat" co-worker who does all of the year-end statistics and it really takes him time to put it all together, so I personally know the work involved with the pie charts, etc.  Many, Many Thanks --- Steve

[redhat]

Thanks Chris!  I always get a kick out of seeing the yearly totals

+-RH

[skeezix]

Very nice.

Next year, can you break out US & European pirates separately with respect to monthly, daily, time of day, and possibly band?

My NC-183D is happy to see that AM is on the rise, as it should be. Sure, more power, but sounds so much better. Especially in stereo. 

I must also plead laziness in not logging as much as I should. For 2015, I'll try harder.

[ChrisSmolinski]

Hi Skeezix,

Right now, the loggings are just US (well, NAm, there's undoubtedly a few Canadians in there) pirates.

I could run an analysis on the loggings from the European thread, although I suspect we're just capturing a small sliver of what's actually being transmitted. It would at least show what's being heard over here, I guess.

Radio Dr Tim produces a weekly newsletter listing loggings in Europe, which I have been posted to the General forum for the last few weeks. I could see if the format is conducive to data analysis, it's probably as complete of a summary of European pirate activity as exists anywhere.

[John Poet]

Thanks for doing these.
I'm pretty surprised to see the AM outpacing USB transmissions.

BTW, commenting doesn't seem to be working.  Keep getting error,
"cannot save".

[ChrisSmolinski]

Thanks for pointing that out, John, I think commenting is fixed now.

Yeah, interesting to see AM still holding on. I suspect the wide use of grenade type transmitters has much to do with that?