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European Pirates and Private Stations / Mustang Radio 6292.1 AM 1850 UTC 28 April 2018

« on: April 28, 2018, 1851 UTC »

Great signal in Italy, SINPO 54444. Pop music.

1851 - Announcement in German but from what sounds like a Dutch speaker. My German comprehension ist nicht gut.
1853 - Announcement and ID in English. Thanks to listener "Peter". Said "will be on for 1, 2, 3 songs then will closing down, eh?"
1902 - Announcement in English that they are closing down soon.
1910 - Still on.
1912 - Carrier off.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / CoastFM 6285 AM 1835 UTC 28 April 2018

« on: April 28, 2018, 1835 UTC »

Not audible in Italy at 1835. Using European WebSDRs. Good signal in Northern Europe.

1835 UTC - "Voulez-vous couchez avec moi?"
1837 UTC - "ID "Coast FM".
1849 - Reception has improved and I can hear in Italy.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / The Ghoul 6325 AM 1824 UTC 28 April 2018

« on: April 28, 2018, 1828 UTC »

1824 UTC - Pop music.Bad QRM from 6320 KHz and some sort of utility on 6321-6324 KHz so making the choice between two bad options, I have to listen in LSB. SINPO 11331 in Italy. Not going to check this frequency much because reception sucks here.

1908 UTC - Carrier still there but still getting heavy QRM.
1931 UTC - QRM has improved and I can now listen on the USB with occasional bursts of digital QRM. Freq noted as 6325.21KHz.
1935 UTC - Something that sounds like a skit between and man and a woman then into more pop music.
1940 UTC - Signal on 6320 is gone and can use LSB to listen.
1955 UTC - Talk by English accented announcer. Sounds a lot like The Ghoul from yesterday.
2001 UTC - Signal is improving here.
2003 UTC - ID and email address but couldn't understand it. Should have made a recording!
2015 UTC - "Free radio on shortwave, The Ghoul."
2021 UTC - Talk about using a laser to replace a vinyl record stylus. Repeat from yesterday.
2029 UTC - Bogus advert for Viagra.

I have things to do. I'm tuning out. Ciao.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6320 AM 1820 UTC 28 April 2018

« on: April 28, 2018, 1821 UTC »

Transmission may have just started now because I don't think they were there three minutes ago. SINPO 44344 at 1821 UTC in Italy.

1820 - Techno/trance dance music.
1843 - Continuing with techno dance music.
1857 - Still on. Frequency noted as 6320.02 KHz.
1900 - Noting some sort of "peskie-like" conversation going on under them at 6320 USB. Can't determine the language.
1939 - Checked back and noted that the carrier is gone.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6305 AM 1815 UTC 28 April 2018

« on: April 28, 2018, 1816 UTC »

Pop music. SINPO 32222 in Italy due to QRN.

1830 - Noted playing The Turtles "Happy Together".
1841 - Carrier off.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / LaserHotHits 6205 AM 2248 UTC 27 April 2018

« on: April 27, 2018, 2251 UTC »

Poor copy in Italy. SINPO 22222 at 2248. Female announcer tonight.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / ZeppelinRadioGreece 7726 AM 1932 UTC 26 April 2018

« on: April 26, 2018, 1936 UTC »

Presumed to be Zeppelin. SINPO 23223 in Italy. Possibly slightly overmodulated - I hear a little bit of distortion on the audio peaks. I have their carrier at 7725.83 KHz, for what it's worth.

1932 - Roxy Music, "More than this".
1942 - Patti Smith, "Because the Night". Signal degrading.
1945 - The Stranglers, "Always the Sun". Really tough copy.
1949 - Terence Trent D'arby - "Wishing Well".
2000 - This Op is my hero and the New Wave continues, Duran Duran, "Rough Boys".

Tuning out for dinner. Ciao!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / LaserHotHits 6205 AM 1918 UTC 26 April 2018

« on: April 26, 2018, 1930 UTC »

SINPO 33222 at tune in. Probably a little early for best propagation to Italy but I am going out for passegiatta (an evening walk) and dinner soon.

1923 - mention of the programming as "Laser Anthem" and into a song from Damn Yankees.
1928 - ID but fading is just enough to make it hard to understand the rest of the announcements.

Maybe I will check back later tonight.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Harmony 6375 AM 1905 UTC 26 April 2018

« on: April 26, 2018, 1917 UTC »

1910 UTC - ID, "This is Harmony" between songs. SINPO 23332 in central Italy this evening. Some QRM on the LSB.
1912 UTC - "Oklahoma".

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European Pirates and Private Stations / LaserHotHits 6205 AM 1725 UTC 20 April 2018

« on: April 20, 2018, 1727 UTC »

Presumed Laser Hot Hits/Laser International audible right now in Italy but, similar to Radio Harmony, it's a bit early for them and the propagation is not great with very deep fading. SINPO 24322. I haven't heard an ID yet but unlikely to be anything else.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Harmony 6375 AM 1710 UTC 20 April 2018

« on: April 20, 2018, 1724 UTC »

Presumed Radio Harmony heard here in Italy. The band isn't quite long enough right now, the signal is very weak and fading is severe. SINPO 15411. I may have heard an ID at 1718 UTC but I can at least tell that the programming is consistent with their usual crooner music.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / RadioHarmony 6375 AM 2006 UTC 17 April 2018

« on: April 17, 2018, 2021 UTC »

Radio Harmony received here in Italy. ID with "Beautiful music here on Harmony" at 2018 UTC. Usual programming of music from the 1930-1950s for the most part.

Good signal but it sounds like there is some utility with a carrier underneath them and almost, but not quite zerobeat. I checked a couple WebSDRs in Europe and I do not hear the same level interference so maybe it's something local to me (or a mixing product inside my receiver) EDIT: and I do now hear (and see) another carrier about 50 Hz lower in frequency when Harmony fades down.

With that in mind, SINPO 42332 at this time.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / AtlantisFM 6284.95 AM 1952 UTC 17 April 2018

« on: April 17, 2018, 2005 UTC »

Tonight they are relaying Atlantis FM from Tenerife. A program on Flock of Seagulls and 1980s New Wave at tune in 1952 UTC until the top of the hour. Their signal is not as good as usual tonight in Italy; SINPO 35433.

I think that this is new - because I don't remember this before - but I have their carrier frequency at 6284.95 KHz right now, as opposed to 6285.00 KHz. Not sure if they have always been 50 Hz low or not. EDIT: I checked my receiver to a time signal standard at 5 MHz and I may be indicating 10 Hz low, but not 50 Hz.

Buonasera.

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Signal is still mostly OK at 2205 UTC with some deep fadeouts. SINPO 35323

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 1943 UTC 17 April 2018

« on: April 17, 2018, 1948 UTC »

SINPO 31431 in AM in Italy at the moment. Some QRM on their LSB that sounds like intermittent noise bursts but is likely some sort of digital transmission. SINPO 34333 if listening to the USB only.

Usual programming.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 0030 UTC 16 April 2018

« on: April 16, 2018, 0048 UTC »

SINPO 34333 in central Italy. Recorded programming from a Saturday. Not heard on Twente SDR.
ID at 0050 UTC with mention of shortwave frequency and email address for the studio.