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Pigmeat:
Some of the shortwave guys will occasionally play around on 1710, normally around the holidays.

ChrisSmolinski:
I think I have picked up one or two MW pirates in the last few years. As others have mentioned, it is a tough band antenna-wise, both for the broadcaster and listener.

Radio Celestial used to be very active from NYC on 1710, and before them Lubavitcher Radio. Is Celestial still on?

A few years ago, there was a semi local pirate that would appear on 1610 between Thanksgiving and New Years, with ID's as WEDG The Wedge, playing non stop Christmas music. I heard it for a few years in a row, but nothing of the last year or two.

I can certainly add a new forum dedicated to MW pirate loggings/etc, that's a good idea.

Pigmeat:
I know a few guys who have Part-15 stations up there, but with the antenna and power restrictions, if you can squeeze a half-mile of solid coverage out of one, you're doing great. The plus is it's legal, so the hassles are minor if you do your due diligence in setting up to meet FCC regs. The thing with 530 and 1710 is they're used for both special event and TIS stations. TIS stations are easy to avoid, but if your town sets up a special event station for the parade, on say National Kielbasa Day, and you don't know about it, you could have some trouble.

A lot of the Part-15 stations can be pretty cool to listen to. Finding them due to limited range is the problem. Occasionally you'll tune on to one that for either atmospheric or power diddling is coming in from quite a distance.

I once logged a Part-15 station from roughly one hundred and seventy miles away in the early part of this century. They gave out an email addy so I sent them one and let them know I heard them, I was pirate, and asked if they were, too? They said they weren't, and they were running legal. It was just an odd night for reception. They were as stunned as I was. They didn't stream their shows on the net, as a lot of people in those days didn't know how, so it wasn't a local doing a relay.

It was a couple in a small town tx'ing from their house with a homemade antenna. They sent me a pic of the thing, nothing but a loading coil on a piece of PVC stock mounted on a post and topped by what looked like a CB whip. I can't recall the ground system they were using but it was a simple affair.

I wish I hadn't lost touch with them, they were nice folks. Keep tuning around, AM pirates are interesting.

skeezix:
Have heard The Big Q and W807 on 1710. Unknown if they're still around. I've only caught them on occasion. Once I heard Undercover Radio on 1710, but he didn't broadcast often down there. Think he tried 1720 once (or not. Its been a while).

I try to check 1710 often (after dark) to see what's pops up, but usually just get a weak carrier and splatter from 1700.

On 530, we have a TIS in the area and some nights can get Canada or even Cuba.

CrackedLCD:
I was under the impression that there were still some AM pirates in The Netherlands... I have heard some interesting music above 1610 on the Twente SDR... But in the USA, I have never heard anything.  If I could setup a prorate stain, I'd give AM serious thought just because it's so out of the ordinary. But I live 1500 feet from a radio station so it might not be a great idea. ;)

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