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General Radio Discussion / Looking for Art/QSLs for 2013 Pirate Radio Annual

« on: April 17, 2013, 0301 UTC »

Hi,
I've been slogging through the Pirate Radio Annual and I'm finally going through and figuring out what stations I need artwork from. If anyone (listeners or stations) would send any eQSLs or scans from these stations (particularly from 2012), I'd appreciate it...

Blue Ocean Radio
Bust a Nut Radio
Chamberpot Radio
Deliverance Radio
Eccentric SW
High Plains Relay Service
Hot Legs Radio
KMUD
Liquid Radio
MAC
Mac in the Box Radio
NOEL
Northern Relay Service
Pandora's Box
Radio Dead Man
Radio Free Manitoba
Radio Ga-Ga
Radio Nonsense
Random Radio
Radio Transamerica
Southern Relay Service
Turkey Breast Radio
Voice of Captain Ron SW
Voice of Doom
Voice of Hell
WBOG
WEMP
WKND
WPON
Bogusman
Borderhunter Radio

Stations only: Of course, I'd also be interested in artwork or eQSLs from stations not known to QSL, such as The Big Q, Bunker Radio, Dr. Who & Friends Radio Hour, Ghost of Pirate Radio, Magic SW Radio, Pissant Radio, Radio 2012 Int'l, Viking Radio, Vinyl Radio, W807, WAHR, etc.

Thanks much for your time & help!
Andrew

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Underground: 6205U, 4/7/13, 0115+

« on: April 07, 2013, 0120 UTC »

One of the better signals I've heard from Underground. Could copy a shoutout to me just while listening via the speaker. <later>Sig seems to be getting weaker & static crashes are getting worse.
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio True North: 6940, 3/9/13, 0210+

« on: March 09, 2013, 0219 UTC »

RTN coming in with a bit better signal than usual tonight. '80s music, such as Midnight Oil. Announcements about the music & contacting the station. 1 Nice, clear ID so far.
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Powerliner: 6300, 3/9/13, 0139+

« on: March 09, 2013, 0156 UTC »

Weak/fair signal with oldies rock (such as "Blueberry Hill") and also Dutch polka music.
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Black Arrow: 6286, 3/8, 2230+

« on: March 08, 2013, 2233 UTC »

Music starting to fade in and heard a clear shoutout to me. Thanks!
Andrew

141

Spy Numbers / EAM 6739U, 3/8, 2200

« on: March 08, 2013, 2215 UTC »

Message in phonetics by OM with echo. Good signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / El Buen Pescador (tent): 8989U, 2/19, 2220+

« on: February 20, 2013, 1528 UTC »

I've read logs of El Buen Pescador (The Good Fisherman) here. He's apparently a regular on this freq in this general timeframe. He's reportedly a fisherman from Nicaragua, who broadcasts to other other fishermen.

I don't know the stations on this frequency well enough to know who operates here. Fair signal with man talking in Spanish and also a number of songs. Sounds more like a Latin American version of a pirate than a licensed broadcast station. The songs were mostly ballads & lasted from about 2221-2232 UTC. Without an ID or more knowledge of this group, I don't know if it was El Buen Pescador or another guy from the group doing some broadcasting. Occasional loud adjacent-channel QRM--not sure if this was from aircraft (didn't check them out) ?

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General Radio Discussion / NASWA Winter SWL Fest

« on: February 18, 2013, 1434 UTC »

A lot of the people who report stations here are far from Philly, but just in case anyone is interested, this is the only shortwave conference in North America and run by the only shortwave club in North America that still publishes a hardcopy bulletin.

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http://www.swlfest.com/
About the Fest
March 1–2, 2013, Doubletree Guest Suites, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania

The Winter SWL Fest is a conference of radio hobbyists of all stripes, from DC to daylight. Every year scores of hobbyists descend on the Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania suburbs for a weekend of camaraderie. The Fest is sponsored by NASWA, the North American Shortwave Association, but it covers much more than just shortwave; mediumwave (AM), scanning, satellite TV, and pirate broadcasting are among the other topics that the Fest covers. Whether you’ve been to every Fest (all 26, starting with the first year at the fabled Pink & Purple Room of the Fiesta Motor Inn) or this year’s will be your first, you’re sure to find a welcome from your fellow hobbyists.

For 2013, the Winter SWL Fest will have two days of sessions where you can learn about the latest developments in the radio listening hobbies, but there’s so much more going on. There’s a silent auction that takes place, where you’re bound to find something of interest. There’s the Hospitality Suite, where attendees partake of tuning oil and other treats and engage in spirited conversations. There is the closing Banquet, with after-dinner remarks by a luminary from the field, often one of the many broadcasters who attend the Fest, followed by the raffle, where you could win one or more of the dozens of prizes, ranging from pens from stations up to top-notch communications receivers. And of course, the infamous midnight ride of Pancho Villa that closes things out every year.

Fest registration information:

If you wish to download and print the registration form and mail it in, you’ll find it here. Note the new mailing address for 2013!

If you wish to register online and pay with Paypal, you’ll find that page here.

Hotel reservation information:

You can reserve a room at the special $97 Fest rate using this link.  IMPORTANT — this steeply discounted rate is only available until February 12th — after that, the room rate may be much higher.

Your hosts, Richard Cuff and John Figliozzi, work throughout the year to ensure that attendees have a great time over the weekend, and by all accounts, they succeed stunningly. How else could this event have lasted for 26 years (egad) and draw people from around the world to southeastern Pennsylvania? Won’t you join us?

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General Radio Discussion / Some news from pirates

« on: February 18, 2013, 1407 UTC »

I sent out a bunch of PRA entries yesterday & received an e-mail back from Graham Barclay of KIWI Radio almost immediately (an old KIWI show was relayed last year). He was *really* excited about it and asked me to send word around that he would like to have his programs relayed in North America again. KIWI was an AM/FM/SW pirate from New Zealand that was relayed here in the '80s & '90s. For those of you who weren't listening in the mid-'90s, he later got an SSB transmitter & was regularly audible across Europe and North America, relaying dozens of pirates. KIWI was probably heard by more people than any other SW pirate of the past 25 years. Very cool to see that he's alive & well (and still interested). His e-mail is  kiwiradio /at/ xtra.co.nz

I've also heard from two other stations who sent programs to me on cassette who would be interested in relays. I don't know if they want it publicized that they want relays, so I'm not mentioning their names here. Contact me if you're interested in relaying. I'll copy the cassettes to .MP3.

Finally, Bart Sambo of XEROX, Radio Duplicado, asked me to tell people that the station will be returning to the air again soon. It's been about 15 years since he's been on.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Underground: 6285U, 2/27/13, 0152+

« on: February 17, 2013, 0157 UTC »

Hearing music & heard a few electronic IDs. Weak, but not fading & audio seems to be cutting through
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Flying Dutchman: 6285, 2/17/13, 0045+

« on: February 17, 2013, 0058 UTC »

Others in NA are hearing this a lot better than I am, but I have the carrier, with occasional peaks of audio.
Maybe some other people can tune in & hear it, too.
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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European Pirates and Private Stations / BZN Radio: 6290, 2/17/13, 0032+

« on: February 17, 2013, 0050 UTC »

Pretty good sig, sometimes peaking as high as S7. Evidently, music by the Dutch band BZN. Could hear announcements, but not quite strong enough above background noise for me to copy without headphones. Evidently from Europe because the signal was 55545 in Ukraine!
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6951, 2/10/13, 2235+

« on: February 10, 2013, 2237 UTC »

Really weak signal. Just as I was starting to check the WRTH to see if there is a Chinese regional on the frequency, the signal faded in a tiny bit better & I realized it was Ted Nugent "Stranglehold." So, I put the WRTH back.
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Reflections Europe: 6295, 2/10/13, 2100+

« on: February 10, 2013, 2203 UTC »

I've had audio coming through for about the past half hour, just a hair under being consistently intelligible. Programming is all recordings of conservative US preachers. I was hoping to catch an ID at 2200, but the program seems to be rolling through.

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10/11 meters / KOA: 25950 FM, 2/9, 1700

« on: February 09, 2013, 1709 UTC »

KOA weather, traffic reports, ads, upcoming events at the Coliseum. I can not get the Drake to decode this in FM, so I've been trying to listen in distorted AM with the Sync detector on. Audio seemed to drop a couple of min ago, at about 1706.