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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Altrex 6290 AM 1739 utc 08 Apr 2020

« on: April 08, 2020, 1741 UTC »

1739 - Rammstein song. SINPO 22333 on an SDR in Norway. I have their carrier frequency as 6289.8 KHz. Waiting for ID. There is CW on 6284 KHz.
1748 - There is another carrier on 6289.9. 
1751 - The orginal carrier on 6289.8 is off the air. The carrier on 6289.9 now has modulation. I guess that this was a "handoff". Rock music.
1800+ - Somebody cycling through snippets of songs on their music playlist, playing 30 seconds of each song then going onto the next one. Boring.
1817 - Cow mooing between songs.
1827 - Cow mooing again.
1835 - Cow
1839 - Announcer in Dutch-accented English: ID and close-down announcement. "Starting to get dark."
1846 - TX off the air.

(edit by Ray : split, and new subject)

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of America (spur?) 6210 AM 2145 UTC 02 April 2020

« on: April 02, 2020, 2215 UTC »

Noted on several Scandinavian SDRs. I believed at the time that it was not just an image within the receiver. Programming was English-language pop music with announcements by English-speaking female. A little tough to pick out what was being said above the noise until I heard the VOA signoff announcement and Yankee Doodle Dandy clearly just before TX off the air at 2200 UTC.

I checked a couple databases and the only place that VOA was supposed to be in English just before 2200 UTC was on 15580 and (notably) 6195 KHz. So it may have been a frequency selection error at the TX site, a spur from the TX or maybe it was actually a spur within the KiwiSDR. I guess the question is whether I can hear it again in successive days and whether I hear it on 6195 or 6210 or both.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 0712 utc 01 Apr 2020

« on: April 01, 2020, 2120 UTC »

2119 - ID.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Harmony 5780 AM 0715 utc 01 Apr 2020

« on: April 01, 2020, 2115 UTC »

2114 - SINPO 33233 in Norway. Deep fades.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Charleston Radio Int. 5140 AM 0716 utc 01 Apr 2020

« on: April 01, 2020, 2109 UTC »

2105 - Signal is good in Norway. There is an open carrier at 5144.6 KHz.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Northern Star 5895 AM 2044 utc 01 Apr 2020

« on: April 01, 2020, 2101 UTC »

unusually free from splash tonight

Now that Brother Stair or whoever is on as of 2100 UTC, try that again.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Parade Int. 6290 AM 1653 utc 01 Apr 2020

« on: April 01, 2020, 2006 UTC »

2005 - SINPO 34344 on an SDR in Norway.
2032 - ID and email address.
2057 - TX off the air.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Baltic Sea Radio 3937 USB 1940 utc 01 Apr 2020

« on: April 01, 2020, 2001 UTC »

I only hear Irish fishermen venting on 3938 USB.  Every other word is "fucking", or, should I say, "fookin' "

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio 102 6320 AM 1819 utc 01 Apr 2020

« on: April 01, 2020, 1834 UTC »

1833 - Monty Python, Always Look On the Bright Side Of Life (from The Life of Brian). SINPO 34334 on a Norwegian SDR.
1835 - Spirit In The Sky
1839 - Paul McCartney and Wings, Jet.
1843 - Occasional QRM from 6317 USB. Someone giving numbers in English separated by "hyphen". Then heard "out".
1850 - ID "Good evening. This is Radio 102 with a low-power test, only 5 Watts."
1933 - Duran, Duran, Rio. Their signal is pretty good across Europe considering the low power. Steady with little fading.
2056 - Signal is fading down quickly. Just barely above noise level as I type this.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 0635 UTC 29 March 2020

« on: March 29, 2020, 0649 UTC »

Presumed. Usual programming.



edit by Ray : wrong date, not 28 March, already 29 March in UTC

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European Pirates and Private Stations / King Shortwave 6210 AM 0640 UTC 29 March 2020

« on: March 29, 2020, 0645 UTC »

0640 - Some sort of long poem in English with piano accompaniment . (Sounds a bit like Bob Dylan but not gravel and stoned enough.) Lots of spatter from 6205.
0653 - ID and email address. SINPO 22332 on an SDR in Norway.
0714 - Completely overridden by splatter from LHH on 6205. I have to listen on USB.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Harmony 5780 AM 0835 UTC 28 March 2020

« on: March 28, 2020, 0839 UTC »

Presumed to be Radio Harmony

0837 - Old-Time Rock and Roll. However, this isn't Harmony's usual type of song.
0838 - Ahhh...the world is back to normal. They are playing some sort of show tune.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Charleston Radio International 5140 AM 0830 UTC 28 March 2020

« on: March 28, 2020, 0834 UTC »

ID at 0833 UTC. Weak in northern Italy.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Merlin International 6305 AM 0830 UTC 28 March 2020

« on: March 28, 2020, 0832 UTC »

Presumed to be Merlin.

Good signal on an SDR in northern Italy but some background noise.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Mystery Radio 21 4700 AM 0825 UTC 28 March 2020

« on: March 28, 2020, 0830 UTC »

Good signal on an SDR in northern Italy. ID at 0827.