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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Caroline 648 rare QSL 30 Apr 2019

« on: April 30, 2019, 1820 UTC »

Maybe your presumption no longer applies.

You can try again, and see what happens. If at first you don't succeed, ...................., as the saying goes.

You may be pleasantly surprised, but don't count your chickens!

A related situation:

I had tried to get my top 15 played on several occasions, unsuccessfully, until early January of this year. However, I had submitted that top 15 in mid July of last year.

I made some suggestions, one of which was to extend top 15s to the weekends. Another, involving more local contact with listeners, was also enacted.

About a fortnight ago I submitted another top15. It has also been accepted, so I will be able to compare how long it will take this time round for its transmission.

I await the update of the Presenter Profiles thread to include Graham Bannerman, the weekend top15 presenter. I have informed the station about this recently.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio finding (was Irish heaven)

« on: April 30, 2019, 0900 UTC »

What has beeen posted by The Ether Hacker in this thread is informative and sensible.

Thx for that.

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QSLs Received / Radio Caroline 648 rare QSL 30 Apr 2019

« on: April 30, 2019, 0313 UTC »

This reply is especially for fox558, but it might well be of particular interest to QSL hunters worldwide.

It concerns Radio Caroline, which is now a legal broadcaster on 648 kilocycles AM.

An enterprising stateside listener to the internet stream managed to listen to the 648 outlet via a  German SDR that was significantly beyond the expected range of the 1 kilowatt transmitter.

Next he e-mailed the station a detailed reception report and eventually received an E-QSL

http://qsl.philcobill.com/blog/?p=7166

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Irish heaven (was Laser H.H. 26 apr 2019)

« on: April 27, 2019, 0928 UTC »

An excellent post, Ray.

As for Bogusman, I have little sympathy for that station's demise. There are 2 reasons:

First, 6312 is a poor choice of frequency as it is either a distress channel or too close to that distress channel, which is an SOS frequency for mariners.

Second, Bogusman aired old comedy shows that included racist and anti-gay remarks. Some of them DID actually anger some of his listeners, though not me.

I have little doubt that said station was reported to the British authorities for one or both of the reasons above.

I reckon that The Bogeyman came face-to-face with Bogusman, thanks to tracking and triangulation. Once close by, the Bogeyman's task wil have become much easier due to detection of Bogusman's ground wave, and in that scenario there will only be one winner, especially as Bogusman was transmitting from his abode.   

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Irish heaven (was Laser H.H. 26 apr 2019)

« on: April 27, 2019, 0740 UTC »

"Yes Demetre, the TX is said to be in Ireland and unlicensed. The studios are probably in the UK, and the station is also on a stream (I never checked that...). The Irish Republic seems to be the heaven for all the British free SW radios.
« Last Edit: April 26, 2019, 2239 UTC by Ray Lalleu »''

''The Irish Republic seems to be the heaven for all the British free SW radios.''

According to my information, Eire is not the heaven for all the British free SW radio stations.

Britain itself has still been chosen as the heaven by at least a couple of the British free SW radio stations. For security reasons, I won't name them.

Anyway, this is good news for SW listeners seeking QSL verifications from free SW radio stations transmitting from Great Britain.

As for QSL verifications from a free SW radio station transmitting from Northern Irish soil, I reckon that's a pipe dream at present.

That said, there was one more than two decades ago. I recall it had the callsign 'Rock Radio' and that its transmissions emanated from Coleraine, on 6240 kilocycles.

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Pirate Radio History / Re: Reflections Europe 6295 AM 1459 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 26, 2019, 2348 UTC »

Many thanks are due to Ray Lalleu for locking and moving the original thread.

I am pleased that Harmony and Brian have responded.

I have recently re-installed Skype in order to have the equivalent of telephone conversations with one of my former short wave listeners.

Surrprisingly, we have found Skype to be fit for purpose despite the presence of China's great firewall.

Wonders will never cease!

My Skype username is:

 ralec123

I shall be happy to accept all Skype invites.

73s from Hohhot City,

Jock Wilson

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Pirate Radio History / Re: Re: Reflections Europe 6295 AM 1459 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 26, 2019, 1447 UTC »

The photo that has the old bed on the left as well as the old table is of the transmitter room.

The heavy duty coax that is coiled on the right emanated from the Radio Fax high power rig on the right, which you cannot see.

One of Fax's other rigs was behind the door, which was opposite the window.

The remaining Fax rig was to the left of the window near the bed, lying on the concrete floor. You cannot see it either.

Neither can you see my 76 metre rig. As the original photo thereof showed the rig built on top of a beer tray that advertised beer of the same name as my radio station, it was felt wise to remove that photo from the set of photos online in order to avoid the possibility of legal action by the brewer.

I recall the rig behind the door was the one that was built for 76 metres and that it had an 807 valve, but I could be mistaken. It was a long time ago!

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Pirate Radio History / Re: Reflections Europe 6295 AM 1459 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 26, 2019, 0501 UTC »

http://wmrscotland.com/wmr_history_part_2.html
http://radiofax.org
http://www.conceptnews.org/stella.html

Reflections Europe was relayed from Donegal from the same site as my station, Eadio Stella, was.
The relays of R E were organized by Radio Fax.
The relays of  my station were organized by me.
The relayer was paid by both Radio Fax and by me, separately from one another.
The transmitter room used to contain 7 rigs in all, and there was a time when they were all active simultaneously. The thicker coax in the photo was used for Radio Fax's rigs.
R E was broadcast from Donegal on 12255 kilocycles//6205 kilocycles//3910 kilocycles back in the day.

The 48 meter outlet was claimed to be 1 KW.
12255 was claimed to be 0.2 KW.
3910 was claimed to be 0.5 KW.

I am unaware of who is currently behind the relays, or if indeed they still emanate from Eire.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Focus Int. (tent.) 6269.6 AM 0657 UTC 8 April 2018

« on: April 08, 2019, 0847 UTC »

SDR on west central coast of Italy.

SIO 444

Man of Action by Les Reed and his orchestra. Broadcast ended abruptly at about 0700 UTC

Superb modulation.

E-QSL or E- Mailed letter to:

ralec12@yahoo.com

or

dianfengyy@163.com

Many thanks in anticipation.

(started as Unid by Jock Wilson at 08:47, tentative ID added by Ray)

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Re: Charleston Radio Int. 5140 AM 1800 utc 16 jan 2019

« on: January 18, 2019, 1501 UTC »

Right you are, but "kilocycles" is also in use as a short (elliptically) for kilocycles per second:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kilocycle

It's rather like some sort of a slang, not a strict physical notion.

Yes, ulx2, you are correct. I appreciate your input.

Bye for now,

Jock.

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General Radio Discussion / Comment: Charleston Radio 5140 KILOCYCLES

« on: January 17, 2019, 0123 UTC »

I figure we can take it for granted that said station continues to announce its broadcast frequency as 'kilocycles' instead of 'kilohertz'.

But of course it should be announced as 'kilocycles/second!

As basic physics has taught us, 1 hertz = 1 cycle/second.

Link:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.[1] It is named for Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the first person to provide conclusive proof of the existence of electromagnetic waves. Hertz are commonly expressed in multiples: kilohertz (103 Hz, kHz), megahertz (106 Hz, MHz), gigahertz (109 Hz, GHz), terahertz (1012 Hz, THz), petahertz (1015 Hz, PHz), and exahertz (1018 Hz, EHz).

Some of the unit's most common uses are in the description of sine waves and musical tones, particularly those used in radio- and audio-related applications. It is also used to describe the speeds at which computers and other electronics are driven.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Next BC of Radio OZ-Viola on 5825 kHz....

« on: January 17, 2019, 0057 UTC »

You are absolutely right.

I figure this topic will be locked in this forum quite soon while being moved to the 'shortwave broadcast stations' forum, where it rightly belongs.

http://www.conceptnews.org/stella.html

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio OZ-Viola 5825 AM 2118 utc 09 jan 2019

« on: January 09, 2019, 2323 UTC »

I presume the subject has been moved from the European Pirate Thread as the station is NOT a European Pirate. I logged it here in China via an SDR located near the eastern coast of Italy from 2240 until 2259 UTC on the 9th.

SINFO was 3+, 5, 4-, 3+, 3+

Mod seemed good, but fading was deep at times on 5825 KHZ AM mode.

Piano music, organ music, instrumental light jazz, supermarket shopping music imho! But no announcements. 

I presume the station is Radio OZ-Viola.

Ray, please send me an e-mail so that I can ask you a question that you may well be able to answer. Thank you in advance, good sir.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Charleston Radio 5140 AM 1851 utc 09 jan 2019

« on: January 09, 2019, 2222 UTC »

Apologies to y'all. My times in my first post were Chinese local times. At present, they are 8 hours ahead of UK time. So, my logs were shortly after 9 pm UTC on the 9th, which equates to 5 am on the 10th here.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Charleston Radio 5140 AM 1851 utc 09 jan 2019

« on: January 09, 2019, 2138 UTC »

Logged via SW Austria SDR ON 5140 KHZ between 0500 and 0516 hours GMT
2100 and 2116 UTC.

Prog details: Citizen Kane movie intro by Orson Wells. 1920's style orchestral jazz music. Naughty Eyes song in English. Song in French. Station ID'ed on 1540 kilocycles.

SINPO is 45444.

S7+, perfect modulation.

As I'm in China, it is very hard for me to receive stations like Charleston Radio directly. So, in order to log them, I must visit SDRs online.