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European Pirates and Private Stations / 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 Pirates and Private Stations / 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 Pirates and Private Stations / 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 Pirates and Private Stations / 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 Pirates and Private Stations / 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 Pirates and Private Stations / 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 Pirates and Private Stations / 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 Pirates and Private Stations / 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.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Merlin Int. 6275 AM 2020 UTC 29 Jul 2021

« on: July 29, 2021, 2031 UTC »

Kraftwerk, Autobahn, @ 2030 UTC. OTH Radar QRM occasionally. 

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 6210 AM 1944 UTC 29 Jul 2021

« on: July 29, 2021, 2003 UTC »

Deep Purple at 2001. SIO 333 in Switzerland.

Operator is "Mike". ID "Radio Kopf...." Closing down.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 6170 AM 1932 UTC 29 Jul 2021

« on: July 29, 2021, 1946 UTC »

Can hear Bruce Springsteen beating against Voice of America in Kurdish.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Charleston Radio Int. 5140 AM 1700 UTC 29 Jul 2021

« on: July 29, 2021, 1915 UTC »

Pleasant listening with some rapid fading on a Swiss SDR at 1910 UTC. SIO 554.

La Cucaracha @ 1920 UTC.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6270 AM 1847 UTC 29 July 2021

« on: July 29, 2021, 1851 UTC »

TX on a few seconds after 52 Radio signed off. Signal is weak in UK and I missed the ID.

Faded out or TX off when I checked back at 1910 UTC.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / 52 Radio 6270 AM 1800 UTC 29 July 2021

« on: July 29, 2021, 1801 UTC »

Pop music. SIO 233 on a UK SDR. ID in English and Dutch at 1806 but missed it due to being out of the room.

Flock of Seagulls @ 1807 UTC.

ID at 1828. Later IDs alternate between "Studio 52" and "52 Radio".

TX off at 1845 UTC.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 1643 UTC 29 Jul 2021

« on: July 29, 2021, 1737 UTC »

Fading in and out on a UK SDR.

Completely obliterated by STANAG right on frequency at 1745 UTC.