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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan (presumed) 6375 KHz

« on: December 05, 2010, 2218 UTC »

I ran across the Kinks playing on 6375 KHz at 2214z. Currently waiting for an ID but according to #pirateradio this is Captain Morgan. About S7 signal with moderate fading.

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MW Loggings / Radio Torrente de Vida 1690 KHz (Boston area)

« on: December 02, 2010, 1425 UTC »

Monday night at approximately 5:20 PM I logged "Radio Torrente de Vida" on 1690 KHz. Hadn't heard this one before. This station apparently operates from a church in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is fairly representative of one of the multitude of ethnic pirates that operate in the Boston area. I caught it from about 2.5 miles away from their claimed location, using my car radio while waiting in the parking lot of a train station. The station was playing Spanish language pop music with occasional identifications. Decent signal, but I suspect that this station probably does not run a lot of power and is probably only audible in a very local area.

The station currently has a web site here (in Spanish): http://www.radiotorrente.com/

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thinking Man Radio

« on: November 07, 2010, 1731 UTC »

Thinking Man Radio is up on 6925 USB at 1731 UTC. Very good signal, S9+10 here in the Boston burbs. Music by Rick James, etc. Announcer states that you should not be afraid to sit for a while and think. Email: thinkingmanradio@gmail.com.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Germany Calling 6940 AM

« on: October 30, 2010, 2301 UTC »

"Germany Calling" is up on 6940 AM (6939.9 KHz) at 2300 on Saturday, October 30, 2010. Very solid AM signal here in the Boston burbs. Lord Haw Haw "Germany Calling" interval signal with various swing and march (?) songs. Robot voice gives germanycalling@gmail.com address.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK 6935 USB 10/24

« on: October 24, 2010, 1954 UTC »

As noted by several other listeners on the IRC channel, WEAK is up on 6935 USB at 1953 UTC with music and IDs. About S6 here in the Boston burbs.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Reflections Europe (tentative) 12255 KHz

« on: October 24, 2010, 1822 UTC »

We were talking about this on IRC just now. Very weak AM station on 12255 KHz AM at 1820 UTC on Sunday, October 24. I had never heard of this one before. It is apparently (but not confirmed) "Reflections Europe" which is may be some incarnation of the old Radio FAX pirate? Does anyone have any information about this station?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin 6950

« on: October 20, 2010, 0014 UTC »

Radio Ronin is currently up on 6950 AM at 0012 UTC (October 20) playing The Doors. Good signal here in the Boston burbs but I am listening on the IC-746 tonight which has a barn door AM filter, so getting some shmuzz from up and down the band.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin 6924.4

« on: July 04, 2010, 1441 UTC »

Radio Ronin has been on 6924.4 AM this morning with patriotic songs and readings. Several positive ID's aroudn 1440z. Signal started at a solid S8 about 40 minutes ago but has somewhat crapped out as the static level has risen through the morning.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pirate Radio Boston 6950.7

« on: July 03, 2010, 0114 UTC »

Pirate Radio Boston is up on 6950.7 AM at 9:13 PM Eastern with music by Silversun Pickups. Very good signal and audio here in the Boston burbs (no surprise).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WHYP 6875 5/15/10 2357+

« on: May 15, 2010, 2357 UTC »

I have WHYP up on 6875 with a huge S9+20 signal at 2357 UTC. Taking some occasional deep fades.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Crystal Ship 5385.3

« on: January 02, 2010, 2308 UTC »

Crystal Ship is up on 5385.3 at 2307 UTC with the usual Doors music, pretty good S7 signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WHYP 6925 AM

« on: December 25, 2009, 1444 UTC »

I just turned on the radio and caught the very tail end of the WHYP "Brownyard Family Christmas" with a 1441 UTC sign-off. The AM signal was booming here in the Boston burbs.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Azteca 11/16 6925 USB

« on: November 16, 2008, 2040 UTC »

I have Radio Azteca program #16 on 6925 USB at 1947 UTC. Very solid S9 signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WMR "We Monkey Radio" 11/15

« on: November 15, 2008, 1910 UTC »

WMR seems to have picked up right where WTPR left off at around 1905 UTC on 6925 USB, with an announcer who repeats the ID and also states he likes to play short songs since monkeys have short attention spans. S9.

Created a new Wiki article for this one: http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/WMR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WTPR 6925 11/15

« on: November 15, 2008, 1902 UTC »

WTPR "Tire Pressure Radio" up on 6925 USB at 1901 UTC with the "Tire Pressure Zone". Very good S9 signal here in Massachusetts.