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European Pirate / Re: Radio Batavia 6280 AM 1522 UTC 19 Sep 2021

« on: September 19, 2021, 1712 UTC »

ID and email address at 1710 UTC. Noting some FMing on his signal that distorts the audio (I've heard this before). Very noticeable with a synchronous detector.

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European Pirate / Radio Joey 6320 AM 1705 UTC 19 September 2021

« on: September 19, 2021, 1706 UTC »

SIO 555 on an SDR in northern Germany.
Electronic dance music.

1725 - ID in Dutch and acknowledging listeners.
1729 - Massive signal drop in the space of 60 seconds on my SDR in Germany as we pass sunset at the RX. I'm a bit shocked by how fast this happened.
1734 - I switched to an SDR in Ireland and signal is great, SIO 555.

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European Pirate / Re: King Shortwave 6210 AM 1612 UTC 19 Sep 2021

« on: September 19, 2021, 1700 UTC »

Is Radio Caroline North a pirate station ? No
Is Radio Caroline North a licenced station ? No!
Is Radio Caroline North an illegal station? No !
Radio Caroline North is a fake station,
pretending to be from the Ross Revenge, a fake radio ship.

I tuned in at 1657 to hear more of this relay. Good signal in northern Germany.
King Shortwave ID and email address at 1703.

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European Pirate / Re: Zeppelin Radio 6944.87 AM 1630 UTC 19 Sep 2021

« on: September 19, 2021, 1654 UTC »

Buried under utility QRM in northern Germany at 1640 UTC but carrier still visible on the waterfall.

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European Pirate / Radio Parade International 6930 AM 1640 UTC 19 September 2021

« on: September 19, 2021, 1646 UTC »

Fair signal on a SDR in northern Germany. Clear ID at 1644.
1647 - an a capella remake of "She Loves You" by the The Beatles
1652 - longer ID with email address.
1655 - "Everyone Knows It's Windy"

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 18 SEP 2021 0002 UTC

« on: September 18, 2021, 0022 UTC »

Tonight I'm experimenting with the online KiwiSDR receiver at KD4HSO. I believe his rig is in Nebraska.

Actually it's near Kansas City, Kansas.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Build a Pirate Radio Station (Join the Revolution)?

« on: September 18, 2021, 0019 UTC »

I didn't read all of the comments/replies but the first 2 or 3 actually seem sound.

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European Pirate / Re: Radio Merlin Int. (raided) 6305 AM 1009 UTC 16 Sep 2021

« on: September 17, 2021, 2355 UTC »

Do you know something The Vault has been silent for many days?

Yes, I noticed that too but I thought that their TX is in the Irish Republic.

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European Pirate / Re: Radio Merlin Int. (raided) 6305 AM 1009 UTC 16 Sep 2021

« on: September 17, 2021, 1818 UTC »

edit : Merlin was raided this morning, while Paul Watt was not even at home,
and a lot of equipment has disappeared, even his personal computer.

I am so sad to read this.

For what it is worth, I don't see any information on this on the official RMI Twitter and Facebook pages, but that doesn't mean much:
https://twitter.com/radiomerlin?lang=en
https://www.facebook.com/rmi.shortwave


EDIT: Sorry. Here's a comment from yesterday:
https://twitter.com/G4HTZ/status/1438566638664785921

To be honest, it surprised me that Merlin was not raided sooner by Ofcom.

Predictability is a liability. If they know when you will be on, it makes their job a lot easier.

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European Pirate / Re: Radio Ronalisa 6290 AM 0929 UTC 22 Aug 2021

« on: August 22, 2021, 0933 UTC »

ID in Dutch at 0933. Ronalisa.

I stepped out of the room for a minute around 0934 and their TX left the air.
0935 - Perhaps they are back on at low power?

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European Pirate / King Shortwave 6210 AM 0901 UTC 22 August 2021

« on: August 22, 2021, 0903 UTC »

Maybe this is King Shortwave?    ID at 0906 UTC.

SINPO 44444 on the Weston Super Mare SDR.

0943 - The Pretenders
0944 - ID heard twice
0945 - TX off the air.

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European Pirate / Radio Scotland International 6280 AM 0857 UTC 22 August 2021

« on: August 22, 2021, 0900 UTC »

Excellent on the Weston Super Mare SDR. SINPO 55545.

Electronic dance music

ID courtesy of TRI below.

ID 0919 UTC. "One more song and then we're closing down."
0924 - TX off

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European Pirate / Radio Clash 6325 AM 0853 UTC 22 August 2021

« on: August 22, 2021, 0855 UTC »

There was a good SINPO when I tuned in but lost it a few minutes later.

0854 - John Cougar Melencamp - Authority Song
0856 - Signal completely faded out
0939 - Bruce Springsteen - Badlands. Not sure if this is the same station I heard earlier. Who knows.
0948 - Van Halen - Panama
Multiple snippets of The Clash song "This is Radio Clash" between songs so it's a solid bet I know the ID at this point. 
0956 - ID and email address,

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European Pirate / Premier Radio 6270 AM 0845 UTC 22 August 2021

« on: August 22, 2021, 0850 UTC »

SINPO 45544 on the Weston Super Mare SDR.

0849 - Jerry Lee Lewis, Great Balls of Fire
A lot of splatter QRM from 6280.
0925 - Nick Gilder - Hot Child In the City
0927 - Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
0930 - Man of Action before signing off.
0931 - TX off.

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European Pirate / Re: KR1 Radio 6285 AM 2012 UTC 29 Jul 2021

« on: July 29, 2021, 2036 UTC »

Signal is good around Western Europe. ID at 2037 UTC.

Their audio is usually pretty good but today noting some distortion on their bass frequency response, making drum beats sound clipped. I guess they could turn down the bass a little.