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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio 319 5815 AM 0924 utc 04 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0927 UTC »

on 5815.0    tentative
0924 music, a recording, 0928 Hervé Vilard "Capri c'est fini", 0930 ID: Radio Veronica, pop

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Pamela Int. 5770 AM 0909 utc 04 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0912 UTC »

on 5770.0
0909 was talking, then pop, 0914 jingle ID (on the first notes of the US anthem), rock
0918 DJ, giving ID (with 'International') and e-mail radiopamela@..., more music

0923 fading down,   (0932 no signal)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Kolibrie tent. 6240 AM 0839 utc 04 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0843 UTC »

on 6240.0-
0839 extra-weak, barely heard music
0841 weak, D instrum. music, maybe not the same station ?
only D music, slowly down to extra weak, 0855

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Europe (It) 6875 AM 0824 utc 04 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0830 UTC »

on 6875.1-
0824 music, 0825 ID in E, @iol.it, music

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Blue Moon Radio tent. 0653 utc 04 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0821 UTC »

on 6849.95
0653 music         0817 music

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Focus Int. 6269.7 AM 0722 utc 04 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0723 UTC »

on 6269.7    tentative
0722 very weak, music, 0725
0809 music, 0812.        0834 very weak (decidedly weak Focus for this weekend)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Sovereign 6318 AM 0705 utc 04 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0721 UTC »

on 6318.0-
0705 pop and rock, 0714 jingle ID,more music, 0721
heard day long, many checks
1129 "Je t'aime moi non plus"         1823 "Friday on my mind"      1939 "Love shack"
2008 pops

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNITED AM 3905 AM 2055 utc 03 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0719 UTC »

I guess, that was SW relay of the Dutch official station United AM from Neede (1224 kHz).

Requesting reports every 15 minutes, nothing else, only music,
and the reply (signed Rob), agreeing the report for 3905 kHz says the TX is in the east of the NL with a power of 300 watts. That would be a strange relay...

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 0020 utc 04 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0701 UTC »

on 6305.1-
0658 Animals "House of the rising sun", 0700 DJ, ID, 'free radio', "Soldier boy", 0704 ID
0814 'motor' ID, R&R medley (Jive Bunny)       0937 "Should I stay or should I go", "I fought the law"
then heard day long, many checks
1127 SSTV    1219 "Leader of the pack"   1228 "Twist again"   1330 "Obladi oblada"
1823 DJ, ID      1939 Greek music  2010 still well heard here, 2015

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925.2 AM 0050 UTC 4 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0100 UTC »

0055 trace
0059 music, but I can't read the frequency exactly

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 0020 utc 04 May 2019

« on: May 04, 2019, 0021 UTC »

on 6305.1-   very weak
0020 music, 0023 ID by DJ,music

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Humperdoo 6955 USB 2329 03 May 2019

« on: May 03, 2019, 2329 UTC »

on 6955 USB   direct across the pond
2329 rock, 2334 ID, rock, 2338 ID, the drunken pirate..., rock
2346 ID, 2347 off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2305 UTC 3 May 2019

« on: May 03, 2019, 2316 UTC »

2314 direct across the pond, wobbling carrier
2314 barely heard music (when using sync AM)

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Equipment / Re: Par end fed EF-SWL antenna

« on: May 03, 2019, 2310 UTC »

Don't use such an antenna with the compact SW receivers :
their antenna input is already high impedance.
Just used any length of wire that  is NOT resonant at any frequency you want to listen to.
edit : with the simple wire end to the antenna input of the receiver, 'resonant' means a quarter wavelength (or an odd multiple). In practice, just use a random length !

I feel that the problem is the line. For good results, take a roll of bifilar wire
(sold as 'HIFI speaker wire' nowadays), tear apart the two wires for a few meters, do a knot to stop the tearing apart, and use the remaining part as a transmission downline to your receiver. The two wires made apart are a doublet that should be drawn horizontally and at right angle with the feedline to get the least noise. The total length of the original roll should not be a resonant length an odd multiple of a quater of a wavelength for any frequency of interest.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 6265 AM 2212 UTC 3 May 2019

« on: May 03, 2019, 2215 UTC »

on 6264.95
2206 carrier
2214 music, 2216 ID Mustang Radio (I had guessed ...)
2246 "Highway to hell"