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Huh? / Re: "Creepy" radio broadcast making the rounds again online
« on: July 04, 2025, 2246 UTC »
They need to hear some of the airchecks of the original WHYP and it's late owner, James Brownyard, if they want weird.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania International 11945 AM 1308 UTC 19 June 2025
« on: June 21, 2025, 0711 UTC »
I always enjoyed their English news service. In 2014 when the Russians started their incursions into Eastern Ukraine and then grabbed Crimea, their news on the situation was nightly, up to date, and reliable.
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Equipment / Re: I bought a shortwave and can't hear sh*t
« on: June 21, 2025, 0655 UTC »
You can make a BOG, beverage on the ground antenna, out of that stuff but leave the insulation on it. They're quiet, somewhat directional and most importantly, cheap. Roll it out listen, then roll it back up. Takes a under 5 minutes to deploy and less to roll back up.
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Equipment / Re: Ideal thickness of wire for longwire antenna
« on: June 21, 2025, 0642 UTC »
I use whatever is the cheapest, but I like 16 gauge insulated doorbell wire for permanent listening antennas. It's cheap and you can buy at any hardware store. W/ the insulation left on it holds up well.
When I was pirating, a lot of these old guys on this forum heard me when I was using nothing more than a dipole made from 100 ft. of speaker wire split into 33 ft. legs through a PVC pipe cap. The rest was the feedline. It fed into a small tuner and I powered w/ one of the Radio Animal's Grenade transmitters. A mighty 14 watts of AM carrier heard from Canada to Florida! I hit Europe a couple of times with it. Launched into trees in the sticks w/ a wrist rocket slingshot via a one oz. egg shaped fishing sinker connected to 60 lb. test mono fishing line from an old bait casting reel and powered by a 12 volt gel-cell battery. I may hold some sort of record for being the cheapest long running pirate station ever to take the air? Rarely QSL'ed as stamps cost money, damn it! The Dood's buddy, Fearless Fred and I used to call Wal-Mart, "The One Stop Pirate Shop." Those split speaker wire dipoles lasted about 10-12 Tx's in the field, until the feedline got too twisted to use. Spend a buck for another 100 ft. build another and do it again.
I used the balls of used speaker wire antennas for BOG's and homemade loops for listening up and down the radio spectrum. Made makeshift TV antenna's of it. Never throw wire away. It's the radio listeners, ham, and pirates bread and butter and boon companion. Good luck!
When I was pirating, a lot of these old guys on this forum heard me when I was using nothing more than a dipole made from 100 ft. of speaker wire split into 33 ft. legs through a PVC pipe cap. The rest was the feedline. It fed into a small tuner and I powered w/ one of the Radio Animal's Grenade transmitters. A mighty 14 watts of AM carrier heard from Canada to Florida! I hit Europe a couple of times with it. Launched into trees in the sticks w/ a wrist rocket slingshot via a one oz. egg shaped fishing sinker connected to 60 lb. test mono fishing line from an old bait casting reel and powered by a 12 volt gel-cell battery. I may hold some sort of record for being the cheapest long running pirate station ever to take the air? Rarely QSL'ed as stamps cost money, damn it! The Dood's buddy, Fearless Fred and I used to call Wal-Mart, "The One Stop Pirate Shop." Those split speaker wire dipoles lasted about 10-12 Tx's in the field, until the feedline got too twisted to use. Spend a buck for another 100 ft. build another and do it again.
I used the balls of used speaker wire antennas for BOG's and homemade loops for listening up and down the radio spectrum. Made makeshift TV antenna's of it. Never throw wire away. It's the radio listeners, ham, and pirates bread and butter and boon companion. Good luck!
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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: Radio Moschiach - Lubavitcher Chasid 1700AM 2100 UTC Brooklyn, NYC
« on: June 20, 2025, 0339 UTC »
I thought Rebbe Schneerson might have finally resurrected? He gave me 5 bucks in the 1980's.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6950 USB 0010 12 MAY 2025
« on: May 13, 2025, 0441 UTC »
I'm sorry I missed this one. You folks do know that the song "China Girl" isn't about a woman, don't you? Iggy and his pal Bowie had a little problem with the China Girl in that era. 
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Appalachia 6974.45 AM 0023 UTC 04 May 2025
« on: May 04, 2025, 0420 UTC »
Mac Wiseman? I knew him when I was a kid. He was a cousin. I used to call him Uncle Mac.
RA, you ought look up the works of one Elmer Bird. Another one of my kinfolks. The man who preserved the old time "Drop Thumb Banjo" style. Of course he invented it, too. Elmer was hoot. I used to do broadcasts from the bottom across the creek from his birthplace and up on the hill above where he and his wife are buried.
RA, you ought look up the works of one Elmer Bird. Another one of my kinfolks. The man who preserved the old time "Drop Thumb Banjo" style. Of course he invented it, too. Elmer was hoot. I used to do broadcasts from the bottom across the creek from his birthplace and up on the hill above where he and his wife are buried.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Vixen International 6935 USB 2152 UTC 03 May 2025
« on: May 03, 2025, 2252 UTC »
No Go-Go's?
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6917 was 6880 USB 2302 UTC 15 FEB 2025
« on: February 17, 2025, 0219 UTC »
Howdy Sealord!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: VFO Radio 6925 USB 0357 UTC 15 FEB 2025
« on: February 16, 2025, 0404 UTC »
I thought I heard a Satan's Sidebander sneaking around there.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Liquid Radio 6925 AM 0216 UTC 16 FEB 2025
« on: February 16, 2025, 0356 UTC »
Much better on the 900 foot loop at Old Man Smolinski's Ranch, but still a lot of noise on the band.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Liquid Radio 6925 AM 0216 UTC 16 FEB 2025
« on: February 16, 2025, 0339 UTC »
What the N2MLP said above, low audio plus a lot of noise at Smolinski's wire ranch in northern MD.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6917 was 6880 USB 2302 UTC 15 FEB 2025
« on: February 16, 2025, 0308 UTC »
A tad weak but bell clear on the N.W. Coast of Ireland. About an S-5. Where will I go next?
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6917 was 6880 USB 2302 UTC 15 FEB 2025
« on: February 16, 2025, 0257 UTC »
Big signal on the N. Utah SDR.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6917 was 6880 USB 2302 UTC 15 FEB 2025
« on: February 16, 2025, 0228 UTC »
Good to see you, Andy. Heard from our Dog in Pittsburgh?
