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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Pamela 7475 AM 1852 UTC 25 APR 2025

« on: April 25, 2025, 1853 UTC »

Signal better than usual at this QTH.
Steve Most playing some lengthy blues track by Taj Mahal. Then Fleetwood Mac.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Skull & Bones Radio System 6295 AM 1459 UTC 08 FEB 2025

« on: February 08, 2025, 1505 UTC »

1459 DJ talking over CCR. Live announcements.
Then Bee Gees 'staying alive'. Quite a good signal, very identifiable by mic sound.
1510 'the original S&BRS from the 1970's'

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Weekend Music Radio 6325 AM 1208 UTC 21 DEC 2024

« on: December 21, 2024, 1212 UTC »

Jack with talk 'Christmas broadcast'. Alison Moyet 'Is this Love'

Usual strong signal here in East part of the UK.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Weekend Music Radio 6285 AM 1209 UTC 19 OCT 2024

« on: October 19, 2024, 1211 UTC »

Good signal. Playing a recording of LBC closing announcement for 1152kHz which goes off at the end of the month.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Harmony 15150 AM 1020 UTC 16 AUG 2024

« on: August 16, 2024, 1023 UTC »

1020 Easy listening crooner singing 'Castles in Spain'
'Slow down, chill out and relax' jingle
1023 'Mad about the Boy'

Good S9 signal. Ordinarily I wouldn't hear this in the UK, F2 skip must be shorter.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID (NL) 6245 AM 1214 UTC 2 MAR 2024

« on: March 02, 2024, 1221 UTC »

Dutchman conducting audio test, '1,2 test' etc. Lots of old school RF feedback on the mic.

1219 'Radar Love'   S9 signal in UK

1227 No further announcements then off.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Deltracks 5015 AM 1208 UTC 18 FEB 2024

« on: February 18, 2024, 1214 UTC »

1208 The Smurfs  (can't beat a bit of Smurfs on the shortwave )
1213 Shaggy 'wasn't me' song

Probably Deltracks

edit by Ray : ID confirmed by ukdxer and others back in the night

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European Pirates and Private Stations / River Radio 6295 AM 1103 UTC 29 DEC 2023

« on: December 29, 2023, 1108 UTC »

Traditional songs in Finnish?

Then Bobby McGee, then at 1113 an easy listening version of Panic by The Smiths (!)

ID with email AD. Strong on the Finnish Lohja Kiwi, nothing in the UK on own rx. 

Off with no announcements at 1127

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Weekend Music Radio 6290 AM 1138 UTC 30 SEP 2023

« on: September 30, 2023, 1141 UTC »

1138 Loving Awareness band
Jack talking about 40th anniversary of the Ross being on the North Sea.
'From a very tall tower on a very big hill' ID.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Weekend Music Radio 6290 AM 1338 UTC 19 AUG 2023

« on: August 19, 2023, 1344 UTC »

Jack talking about exploits in Ireland in the 1980's.

Kim Newport band 'Come up to Dublin' song. Then a song by the Dubliners.

Peaking +15dB here in South East UK, an excellent signal for this time of day. 

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6285 AM 0826 UTC 12 AUG 2023

« on: August 12, 2023, 0829 UTC »

0826 Techno Version of 'When a child is born'.   Truly awful.
0855 Billy Joel.  Strong, +20dB peaks

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Misti Radio 6285 AM 1916 UTC 18 JUL 2023

« on: July 18, 2023, 1926 UTC »

DJ ID as Misti then Boney M classics Rasputin and Belfast

S9+10dB

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Farside (the Ghoul) 9670 AM 1130 UTC 16 JUL 2023

« on: July 16, 2023, 1142 UTC »

via Channel 292.

IDs as 'The Farside' but it sounds like The Ghoul. Recording of pilots talking about Tik-Tak UFOs and then 'private investigations' song.
Entertaining chat about compact discs and then some trippy music.
 

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Weekend Music Radio 6295 AM via ?? 1610 UTC 20 MAY 2023

« on: May 20, 2023, 1614 UTC »

Legendary Scottish shortwave pirate with a new show via unknown tx (prob Eire).

1610 Tiny dancer 
1617 WMR theme music and Jack talking

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Rob 6281 AM 1337 UTC 26 DEC 2022

« on: December 26, 2022, 1339 UTC »

Radio Rob (Netherlands) calling Radio Perfect from Germany for a QSO.