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European Pirates and Private Stations / Baken 16 6290 AM 0815 UTC 26 April 2020

« on: April 26, 2020, 0815 UTC »

0826 - Rammstein. Weak, deep fades in Czechia.
0831 - Announcements in Dutch.


edit by Ray : from UNID to Baken 16

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio AC/DC 6285 AM 0747 UTC 26 April 2020

« on: April 26, 2020, 0748 UTC »

Just above the local noise in Czechia. Can almost make out some music.
0805 - Cheap Trick, I Want You To Want Me. DJ is changing the playing speed a few times during the song.
0813 - ID and email address then TX immediately off.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Charleston Radio International 5140 AM 0740 UTC 26 April 2020

« on: April 26, 2020, 0746 UTC »

Presumed. No ID yet but programming is consistent with the usual.

SINPO 34223 in Czechia.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Harmony 5780 AM 0735 UTC 26 April 2020

« on: April 26, 2020, 0740 UTC »

Presumed.

SINPO 23232 with deep fades in The Netherlands.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 0720 UTC 26 April 2020

« on: April 26, 2020, 0739 UTC »

Presumed. SINPO 34333 in The Netherlands.
0737 - The Cranberries

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Premier Radio 6325 AM 2025 UTC 19 April 2020

« on: April 19, 2020, 2049 UTC »

SINPO 32332 with data QRM on the USB but it can be removed by manipulating the passband.

2049 - Heatwave
2051 - ID between songs.
2059 - Announcement of closing down over Man of Action. Thanks to those who reported reception on "the pirate chat", e.g., Anthony in Belgium.

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European MW Pirate Radio / Serbian Pirates 1800+ UTC 12 April 2020

« on: April 12, 2020, 1913 UTC »

Distinguished by the frequwencies they operate on (usually 1700-1800 KHz) and often playing typical Serbian accordion music. I don't speak Serbian so understanding an ID would be tough but let's just say there are many on tonight.

1715 KHz
1910 UTC - Accordian music, no announcements. SINPO 33333 in Norway.
1917 UTC - ID may have been Radio Gengis Khan.
1925 UTC - I just realized that there are several stations on the frequency, taking turns in a roundtable.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Arrow Classic Rock 6285 AM 1815 UTC 12 April 2020

« on: April 12, 2020, 1827 UTC »

Great signal in Norway. SINPO 55555 at 1815.

1826 - Mettalica, Whiskey In The Jar.
1828 - ID in English with Dutch accented male. Black Betty.
1849 - TX suddenly off mid-song. I guess it was a relay of this: https://www.arrow.nl/

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European Pirates and Private Stations / TRX Radio/Radio TRX 6300 AM 1941 UTC 11 April 2020

« on: April 11, 2020, 1941 UTC »

1942 - Help Me Rhonda. SINPO 32443 in Switzerland.
1944 - I Second That Emotion.
1947 - Twisting The Night Away.
1950 - Locomotion.
1958 - Johnny B. Goode.
2015 - Summertime Blues.
2017 - It's My Party (And I'll Cry If I Want To).


(edit by Ray : from Unid to TRX)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6264 AM 1123 UTC 11 April 2020

« on: April 11, 2020, 1124 UTC »

Country music. Poor reception in Switzerland.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6295 AM 1022 UTC 11 April 2020

« on: April 11, 2020, 1025 UTC »

Oom-pah-pah/Schlager music. Very faint in Norway but a better signal in Italy. The band is noisy in the morning these days.

1050 - Abba, Dancing Queen.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Harmony 5780 AM 1000 UTC 11 April 2020

« on: April 11, 2020, 1001 UTC »

Remake of "Yesterday". Time pips for the the top of the hour. SINPO 44334 on an SDR in Norway.
1001 - "Slow down, relax, chill out. Beautiful music on Harmony."
1010 - CW QRM. A duplex conversation on 5779 KHz. Lots of "QRG" and then slowing down speed.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Harmony Radio 5780 AM 1847 UC 08 April 2020

« on: April 08, 2020, 1852 UTC »

Doo-wap song then ID at 1850 with email address. SINPO 32333 on an SDR in Norway.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Altrex 6290 AM 1739 utc 08 Apr 2020

« on: April 08, 2020, 1741 UTC »

1739 - Rammstein song. SINPO 22333 on an SDR in Norway. I have their carrier frequency as 6289.8 KHz. Waiting for ID. There is CW on 6284 KHz.
1748 - There is another carrier on 6289.9. 
1751 - The orginal carrier on 6289.8 is off the air. The carrier on 6289.9 now has modulation. I guess that this was a "handoff". Rock music.
1800+ - Somebody cycling through snippets of songs on their music playlist, playing 30 seconds of each song then going onto the next one. Boring.
1817 - Cow mooing between songs.
1827 - Cow mooing again.
1835 - Cow
1839 - Announcer in Dutch-accented English: ID and close-down announcement. "Starting to get dark."
1846 - TX off the air.

(edit by Ray : split, and new subject)

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of America (spur?) 6210 AM 2145 UTC 02 April 2020

« on: April 02, 2020, 2215 UTC »

Noted on several Scandinavian SDRs. I believed at the time that it was not just an image within the receiver. Programming was English-language pop music with announcements by English-speaking female. A little tough to pick out what was being said above the noise until I heard the VOA signoff announcement and Yankee Doodle Dandy clearly just before TX off the air at 2200 UTC.

I checked a couple databases and the only place that VOA was supposed to be in English just before 2200 UTC was on 15580 and (notably) 6195 KHz. So it may have been a frequency selection error at the TX site, a spur from the TX or maybe it was actually a spur within the KiwiSDR. I guess the question is whether I can hear it again in successive days and whether I hear it on 6195 or 6210 or both.