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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Mystery Radio 21 4700 AM 0826 utc 22 Mar 2020

« on: March 22, 2020, 0909 UTC »

0904 - German hip hop.
0905 - "This is your favorite radio station." between songs and then another German song.

Very good reception in Northern Italy, SINPO 44454. Not quite as good in Sweden, 34344.

0913 - ID

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Blue Moon Radio 6850 AM 0814 utc 22 Mar 2020

« on: March 22, 2020, 0851 UTC »

A lot of local noise on the Swedish SDR on this band. Would be better reception without it. Almost no signal in Northern Italy.

0850 - Celine Dion, I'm Your Lady

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Merlin International 6305 AM 0840 UTC 22 March 2020

« on: March 22, 2020, 0840 UTC »

SINPO 34233 on an SDR

0840 - Eric Burdon and The Animals, San Franciscan Nights
0843 - The Byrds, Eight Miles High
0846 - ID and email address.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / King Shortwave 6210 AM 0825 UTC 22 March 2020

« on: March 22, 2020, 0829 UTC »

Good signal in Northern Italy. Some QRM from Laser HH on 6205 KHz.  Perhaps this is King Shortwave?

0828 - A twangy Country and Western song.
0832 - More C&W
0837 - 9 to 5
0900 - ID

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio 102 (tent.) 6265 AM 0805 UTC 22 March 2020

« on: March 22, 2020, 0816 UTC »

Fair signal on SDR in Sweden. Playing Oldies. Maybe this is Radio 102?

0815 - Working In A Coalmine
0835 - Spanish Harlem

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Interest in Ham Radio soaring as country grips with virus outbreak

« on: March 21, 2020, 0926 UTC »

In a comparison of the time period from March 5-13, 2020, to the same days in 2019, the number of persons signing up for amateur radio license courses on HamRadioPrep.com has soared more than 700% since news of the coronavirus outbreak dominated headlines.

They've gone from 1 student to 8. Throw a party!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Radio during and post pandemic

« on: March 21, 2020, 0921 UTC »

Methinks some corporate owners are noticing these broadcasting adjustments and could eventually require on air talent to have their own home studio set up

Among the many changes I expect we will see, are things like this. A lot more de-centralization in everything, not just radio.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Unid 6959 AM 0834 utc 21 Mar 2020

« on: March 21, 2020, 0854 UTC »

0851 - Toto, Africa. Fair signal on an SDR in Norway. SINPOI 32233.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / King Shortwave 6210 AM 0837 UTC 21 March 2020

« on: March 21, 2020, 0844 UTC »

Undermodulated. Some splatter interference from Laser Hot Hits on 6205/ An eclectic mix of music.

0900 - Missed the ID because I was out of the listening room. Into song from The Beatles. Signal is better in Austria than in Scandinavia.
0914 - Bee Bop Deluxe, Ships In The Night. (I bet that I'm the only listener that knows this song!)
0918 - Canned ID but missed it.
0930 - Elvis Costello
0935 - ID and got it this time.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 0837 UTC 21 March 2020

« on: March 21, 2020, 0840 UTC »

Presumed, due the frequency.

0839 - Wings, Baby I'm Amazed

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio 102 6265 AM 0813 utc 21 Mar 2020

« on: March 21, 2020, 0838 UTC »

0836-0837 ID "from the north of The Netherlands. I have a little cold but everything is OK."

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: WKOS 6280 AM 2114 UTC 13 March 2020

« on: March 13, 2020, 2240 UTC »

They might be are back as of 2240 UTC.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Kiwi SDRs

« on: March 13, 2020, 2227 UTC »

Why is it these SDRs have time limits.

Some are even shorter than 30 minutes. The one near Athens, Greece has a 15-minute timeout and also a limit on usage over 24 hours. ASK ME HOW I KNOW THIS. 

Some cease to be active after so long.

and some will freeze up with no warning. You can then click over to the users tab and see if there were 4 users when it froze. They don't tend to become unfrozen so you end up refreshing the page. And if there are a lot of people looking for a "seat" on the receiver, you might then lose your place when you refresh it because someone else will slip in and take your spot.

C'est la vie.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Harmony 5780 AM 1704 utc 13 Mar 2020

« on: March 13, 2020, 2217 UTC »

Pretty good signal on a Norwegian SDR and bad on a Swedish SDR at 2217 UTC. Propagation, polarization and antennas do interesting things.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Polkawelle 6275.8 AM 2011 utc 13 Mar 2020

« on: March 13, 2020, 2152 UTC »

edit : ID from the recording thanks to KaySeeks

Merci beaucoup, Ray.