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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Zoidberg on October 31, 2011, 0450 UTC
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10/31/11, 6940 AM,0347z: Heard a fairly steady but weak carrier near 6940 on home receiver but no audio. Tried various Global Tuners remotes and one in N. Carolina was best. Heard several familiar old school electric guitar blues songs, clear IDs for Radio Malta around 0421z and 0440z. Very choppy conditions due to weather off Atlantic coast so I had to listen for awhile to catch clear IDs.
Surprised I even got a carrier here at home in Texas on an indoor loop. Via NC tuner, I'd guesstimate SINPO=44233, good clear peaks, very choppy QRN, finally faded to barely audible around 0450z. Audio sounded very good.
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That's great to hear and I hope to receive them one day soon. I've been to Malta twice when I was younger. So I really hope to be able to listen in if conditions are kind to me.
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When I was on Iann's europirate chat group (http://www.easyshopdiscountzone.com/radio/pirate/english/) last Friday, the op was on. Turns out he's an old friend, who in the past operated R. Barretina, Camping Radio, and Cactus Jack Radio (http://www.cactusjackradio.blogspot.com/). He used to be in Catalunya (worked at a radio stn. there), but I have also been fortunate to have heard and e-QSL'd broadcasts he had made when travelling in Andorra, Canary Islands, and Balearic Islands, all very rare countries now to log/QSL.
So I doubt that he's actually in Malta. ;)
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He's on 6952 right now. E-mail from him did confirm still Catalunya QTH.