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North American Shortwave Pirate / unID 6925.2 2345z 11/30/15

« on: November 30, 2015, 2346 UTC »

~6925.15
2345z been watching a carrier mix with the peskies but suddenly I am hearing music

Liquid R???

s4-5

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North American Shortwave Pirate / R Clandestine 6930 USB 0006z 11/30/15

« on: November 30, 2015, 0008 UTC »

0006z s/on, ID & PO Box 100 address [missed the rest]
0009z "Sailing" Rod Stewart
0013z RF Burns, mentioning "Broadcasting from a large vessel, somewhere off the East Coast"
0014z "Blue Skies" Allman Bros
0019z Ad skit "Are we on the radio?" [Deep fade to s4]
0021z ID "You are listening to Radio Clandestine, broadcasting from off the coast of North America"
0028z "Have You Ever Seen Rain" CCR
0030z ID [deep fading] "On behalf of the staff of RC..." DEEP FADE
0034z !GONE! Just faded out


s8-9+

This was my first pirate I ever heard as a kid around 1974... Been many, many years but it used to pop up within the SWBC bands, typically 31M... It was rumored to have been recorded by some of the hams who operated on 3885...
A little bit of history: https://sites.google.com/site/napiratehof//2010-inductees/radio-clandestien

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Channel Z Radio 6281.2 2208z 11/29/15

« on: November 29, 2015, 2208 UTC »

2208z dance music mix, non-stop
2221z male speaking but not strong enough to make out [fading out s4-5]
2222z "Rebel Rebel" David Bowie
2231z ID "Channel Z Radio" at gmail.com
2232z "Fox on the Run" Sweet
2237z ID "Channel Z"
2247z ID w/email [fading out]
2248z "I Will Follow" U2
2251z "Sweet Child of Mine" Guns & Roses
2256z ID
2257z CZ CZ CZ CZ in CW
2258z "I'm Going to Love You" The Doors
2301z YL in German ID?
2308z "Radar Love" Golden Earring
2312z ID mentioned 60W transmitter designed by [missed it due to deepfade]
2315z "Smells like Teen Spirit" Nirvana
2319z ID "This is a test transmission, if you hear this transmission, please send report to channelzradio@gmail.com" then YL in German
2320z /off


s6-7 fairly solid copy at tune in

184

European Pirates and Private Stations / unID 6295 2201z 11/29/15

« on: November 29, 2015, 2205 UTC »

2201z bible verses by male
2217z choir singing [signal fading out]

s5-6

185

European Pirates and Private Stations / Technical Man R 6235.4 AM 2032z 11/28/15

« on: November 28, 2015, 2033 UTC »

2032z dance music [aka "boom booms"]
2102z ID w/email
2106z /off

s5 but strong for the time of day!!!

186

North American Shortwave Pirate / unID 6925.75 0239z 11/27/15

« on: November 28, 2015, 0240 UTC »

Just popped up

0239Z "Analog Man" Joe Walsh
0242z /off abruptly

was s7-8 w/good audio but no ID

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Stress Radio 6270 AM 11/27/15

« on: November 27, 2015, 2331 UTC »

2330z "I'm Crazy"
2333z accordion tune
2334z another song w/circus organ kind of sound
2350z polka
0005z ID "Stress Radio" after "Hello, Hello..." some shoutouts [but not anyone on HFu]
0024z ID, shououts & he said he's c/d [we'll see]
0025z ID again, more thoughts & mentions of people
0029z /off

Said "low power" but don't sound his usual upbeat self!!! Sounds a bit under the weather, which he said it was raining...

Hmmm, wonder if this might be "Stress Radio" aka "Abu Dhabi" aka "Johnny Tobbaco" aka "Black Bandit"
Hmmm... No announcements as usual? You OK JT???

s6-7 fairly good copy here

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European Pirates and Private Stations / R Marabu 6304.8 AM 2245z 11/27/15

« on: November 27, 2015, 2248 UTC »

2245z hearing faint music
2303z female announcer
2314z ID w/echo


s4-5 [I should note some mod/hvy UTE QRM/wideband/low level & occasional OTH on top of that]

Thank you DimBulb & Claudio for ID. Yes, I am seeing same micro carriers + OTH pings making it a rough copy

189

North American Shortwave Pirate / R. Caroline 6952 AM 2220z 11/27/15

« on: November 27, 2015, 2222 UTC »

2220z "Undercover of the Night" Rolling Stones
2226z male talking w/Brit accent...
2230z ID "R Caroline"
2238z ID "R Caroline" with weather & phone number
2239z "Houses of the Holy" Led Zeppelin
2240z /off abruptly in mid song

s4-5 light copy on very noisy band [signal picking up 2230z]

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North American Shortwave Pirate / unID 6924.8 AM 2056z 11/23/15

« on: November 23, 2015, 2059 UTC »

2056z "Whole Lotta Love" Led Zep
2100z another Zep song [name escapes me]
2114z poss ID but missed it [!@$&%!]  
2117z "Kashmir" Led Zep
2128ish "Stairway to Heaven" LZ
2134z "Immigrant Song" LZ
2136z "Communications Breakdown" LZ [hearing another carrier briefly, also noticed freq is now closer to 25.00... Ahhh, the beauty of ECSS tracking]
2139z "D'yer Mak'er" LZ
2144z "I'm In Love With My Car" Queen
2150z "You're My Best Friend" Queen
Many other Queen songs
2211z s7-8, flutter & fade, LSB peskie QRM
2219z "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen
2221z fading into the noise floor!
2226z faded out or /off

Nice carrier popped out of the noise, slightly drifted down

light copy s4-5, some peaks to s7+

Thanks for the show!!!

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General Radio Discussion / FCC: Remarks on the Growth of Pirate Radio

« on: November 23, 2015, 2054 UTC »

Mainly FM here but I don't think the FCC is in any way part of the solution, rather, it's the root of the problems.

These problems were set in motion in ~1986, when the FCC stopped requiring stations have full time engineering. That's the same time the merger-mania started. I was working at an FM station [now WRAT-FM] & was promptly moved over to part time, then contract/on call/per call. Granted that Broadcasting is in no way the same as it once was, but since that time, the internet [which the FCC illegally grabbed & reclassified] offers streaming & other media CHOICES which is eating the NAB's lunch & in some cases dinner too. AMBC is dying off because of the high operating CAPEX vs. low audience revenue... Now the FCC is proposing "repacking" other broadcasters, since DTV hasn't recouped the BILLION$ it cost to obey the mandate...

Personally I enjoy the fact that most of the pirates, to their great credit, are very technical & wish not only to be proud of their content but also of their signal/audio quality. However, that's not what will get you a license anymore! Now that their budget has been deeply cut in 2015, the big government FCC is trying to crimp off Free Radio, by raiding/seizing & prosecuting not only the pirates but also the landlords...
Sad gasp & grasp IMHO:

“Congress could make it illegal to aid or abet pirate radio operations. Denying them the opportunity to operate in this way would be a significant means of thwarting the continued growth of pirate radio.”

http://swling.com/blog/2015/11/fcc-remarks-on-the-growth-of-pirate-radio/

Reading that quote made me immediately think of HFu & those of us interested in HF activities...

Rafman

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Moonlight Radio 6940 USB 0101z

« on: November 22, 2015, 0104 UTC »

0104z "I Put a Spell On You"
0106z ID, almost s/off anns, into Hendrix Star Spangled Banner
0110z ID /off

s5 weak band, noisy condx? [just walked in...]

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North American Shortwave Pirate / PeeWee 6923.87 USB 0152 UTC 21 Nov 2015

« on: November 21, 2015, 0211 UTC »

0206z SSTV
0207z "Twilight Zone" Golden Earring
0211z "Crazy Train" Ozzy [heard 'PW' in CW, suspect it might be Pee Wee Radio?]
0213z SSTV
0215z 'PW' in CW [repeated] /off?

s5-7 [band is noisy & fades are quick]

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North American Shortwave Pirate / unID 6925 USB 0215z 11/20/15

« on: November 20, 2015, 0217 UTC »

0215z sudden techno after tuning up
0217z organ tune
0219z abruptly /off
0220z hearing more tuning up but weaker s4
0222z /off

s7 @s/on

0255z hearing both music & SSTV 

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Shortwave Broadcast / 7254.9 V of Nigeria 0715z 11/19/15

« on: November 19, 2015, 0733 UTC »

7254.9 0715z French s7+
0715 male reading about France
0717z female reading news, playing audio clips in French as well
0728z /off abruptly
0729z bk on with instrumental music w/drums
0730z ID Voice of Nigeria