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Shortwave Pirate / Rave On Radio, 6925U, 5/20, 0215-0225* (approx)

« on: May 20, 2011, 0231 UTC »

Distant sounding with echoey guitar music & now vocals. Lots of static here, with t-storms having passed an hour or so ago. Occasional pescadore SSB QRM. Heard a little bit of talk, requested reports to HFU, IDs buried in static crashes, but got help from JonM (thanks!).

Have a recording of the show, if you're interested.

Please QSL...& thanks for the show!
Andrew Yoder
POB 109
BRS, PA 17214

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General Radio Discussion / 2011 Pirate Radio Annual presales starting

« on: April 18, 2011, 1812 UTC »

Whew! Just wanted to let you know that everything's been sent off to the printer. Thanks for all of the positive comments! The extra 56 pages added more time than last year...or maybe I'm slowing down faster than I had realized in my old age.

Here's the updated info: A couple of “articles” in the front, 161 North American station entries, and 13 European station entries. Same specs as last year (paperback, 5.5” x 8.5” trim, color gloss cover), but 184 pages.

The CD is just like last year (except that all clips are new): Clips from 84 different stations in North America and Europe. Nearly all clips were from 2010. The CD-R is in standard audio format. If you use a tight slot-loading CD drive (such as in a Mac laptop) and don't want a label on your CD, just let me know.

Cost is $16 + $2.50 shipping to the U.S.

You can send checks or money orders to:
Cabinet Communications
POB 109
Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214

or you can send via PayPal to:
info@hobbybroadcasting.com

I'm expecting to ship the books in about a month. I'm not yet sure about the shipping costs for Europe and Canada. The USPS has gotten difficult with international price breaks, etc. that I want to be sure.

183

General Radio Discussion / 2011 Pirate Radio Annual update

« on: April 04, 2011, 1302 UTC »

Hi, just wanted to let you know that the 2011 PRA is close to being sent to the printer. I just finished the CD last night and have been checking copies to be sure that everything is burning OK. I’ve got a couple of European station entries to finish, I need to edit and/or rewrite the front matter, add some cross references, change the spine size, and fix all of the folios…then it should be ready to go. My guess is that it will go to the printer this week (hopefully in the next two or three days?).

This year’s edition has a couple of “articles” in the front, 161 North American station entries, and 12 or 13 European station entries. It will have the same specs as last year (paperback, 5.5” x 8.5” trim, color gloss cover), but it should be 180 pages (or possibly two or so more)

I’ll give ordering info when I send it to the printer (I’d rather know that it’s gone, rather than have orders come in and then have unexpected delays, like s computer crash or something). I think cost will be $16 + $2.50 shipping to the U.S., but I’ll verify that later.

Thanks for everyone’s help!

184

Shortwave Pirate / Irish St. Paddy's Day stn 6925.2 03/16 0240+

« on: March 16, 2011, 0248 UTC »

Irish folk music with electronic voices between songs. Hard to copy the ID without listening to the recording on headphones over & over. One ID was something like "the station that always wants your Lucky Charms." Have a recording if the op's interested.

Thanks for the show & please QSL if you do that sort of thing:

Andrew Yoder
POB 109
BRS, PA 17214

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Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 3/16 0026+ 6925

« on: March 15, 2011, 2336 UTC »

Nice sig here, on with "Who Are You?" intro & IDs. Some honky-tonk sorta rock

Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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General Radio Discussion / pre-orders for 2010 Pirate Radio Annual

« on: March 17, 2010, 1451 UTC »

The 2010 Pirate Radio Annual is at the printer and being finished. It should be available within 3-4 weeks, but I'm now taking pre-orders. It is:

* 126 pages
* perfect bound with full-color cover
* with audio CD-R

It profiles 166 different shortwave pirates, programs, and relayed stations that were heard in 2009. Other features are profiles of the 10 best-heard European shortwave pirates in North America, plus information for beginners on tuning pirates and shortwave radio.

The CD-R is in the standard CD format & contains audio clips from 75 different stations (nearly all clips were from 2009 broadcasts but a couple were from 2008 and 2010).

Price is $17 ($15 + $2 shipping) in the U.S. Sorry, I'm not sure how much shipping will be to Canada & the rest of the world, so I'm not taking advance orders from these areas until the books come in and I can weigh them.

You can send checks or money orders to:

Cabinet Communications
POB 109
BRS, PA 17214

Or if you're a 21st-century kind of person, you may send $17 via PayPal to info@hobbybroadcasting.com. If you take this route, please also e-mail me so that I'm aware of the transaction.

Thanks!