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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6955 0146z
« on: June 22, 2012, 0221 UTC »
Still going strong at 0221z. Signal has come up a bit, in fact. Nice copy, easy S9 at this point.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: What was the first pirate station you ever logged?
« on: June 22, 2012, 0217 UTC »
I didn't do much, if any, QSLing early in my listening career so I don't have much reference material to look back on. But I pretty vividly remember my first shortwave pirate being Radio EXP, probably on 7415 KHz AM and early on what was likely a winter Sunday morning. Probably 1990, perhaps 1989. This station was mentioned in Andy Yoder's books of the era but little comes up in Google. I think the announcer's name was Dr. Blue or something like that.
Right around that time, thanks to Andy's books, I was also looking on mediumwave but with much less success. To this date, the only hobby pirate I've heard on mediumwave was a station that ID'd as WORM on or about 1620 KHz playing the Doors. Same timeframe, about 1990. Never saw this one reported anywhere else.
This was the dawn of a pretty active SW pirate radio era and it was a good time, from 1990 until about 1994 when I dropped out of the hobby for about 10 years.
Right around that time, thanks to Andy's books, I was also looking on mediumwave but with much less success. To this date, the only hobby pirate I've heard on mediumwave was a station that ID'd as WORM on or about 1620 KHz playing the Doors. Same timeframe, about 1990. Never saw this one reported anywhere else.
This was the dawn of a pretty active SW pirate radio era and it was a good time, from 1990 until about 1994 when I dropped out of the hobby for about 10 years.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6955 0146z
« on: June 22, 2012, 0149 UTC »
This is one of the greatest albums of all time, BTW. Second Toughest in the Infants. Thanks WMPR. Brings back some mid-90's vibes.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WMPR 6955 0146z
« on: June 22, 2012, 0147 UTC »
WMPR 6955 AM playing Underworld at 0147z. S6 signal.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pirate Radio Boston 6925 AM 01:32z
« on: June 22, 2012, 0135 UTC »
ID at 0132z with email address of pirateradioboston@gmail.com. Very nice S9 signal and good audio.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.7AM 0049
« on: June 22, 2012, 0125 UTC »
Very nice S9 here in the Boston burbs at 0125z with an ID and then into Hendrix.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925U 0112Z
« on: June 09, 2012, 0131 UTC »
"North Sea Radio" ID at 0130z with seal barks. Good S9+10 signal here in the Boston burbs.
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Other / Re: New England Accent Pescadores 6925 USB 1710 UTC
« on: June 04, 2012, 0012 UTC »
The "Dog Fish Mafia" were back tonight. This time on 6321.8 USB at around 0011z on 6/4/2012. This was the same crew on 6925 USB yesterday. They were all (accented) English tonight. Here's a clip:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82976145/peskies_6321u_06032012.mp3
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82976145/peskies_6321u_06032012.mp3
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Other / Re: New England Accent Pescadores 6925 USB 1710 UTC
« on: June 02, 2012, 2117 UTC »
Can anyone ID the language in this recording? 6925 USB on 6/2/2012 at 1715z.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82976145/peskies_06022012_unid_lang.mp3
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82976145/peskies_06022012_unid_lang.mp3
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Other / Re: New England Accent Pescadores 6925 USB 1710 UTC
« on: June 02, 2012, 2040 UTC »
The 6925 USB crew were back around 1615z. I caught the tail end of their conversation, in English.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82976145/peskies_06022012.mp3
Warning: colorful language. This is distinctly not the crew that was on 6959.5 earlier. The 6959.5 guys are from the Boston area. These guys, I'm not sure where they are based out of.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/82976145/peskies_06022012.mp3
Warning: colorful language. This is distinctly not the crew that was on 6959.5 earlier. The 6959.5 guys are from the Boston area. These guys, I'm not sure where they are based out of.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Hockey SSTV 6925 USB 1212 UTC
« on: June 02, 2012, 2031 UTC »
Might be a reference to the internet meme "3 guys 1 hammer".
Highly recommend you don't Google this and if you do I highly recommend you don't watch the associated video.
Highly recommend you don't Google this and if you do I highly recommend you don't watch the associated video.
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Other / Re: New England Accent Pescadores 6925 USB 1710 UTC
« on: June 02, 2012, 1727 UTC »
I heard the English speakings guys on 6959.5 USB. The accents were highly suggestive of boats out of Gloucester, Massachusetts or possibly Portsmouth, New Hampshire or coastal Maine. The accents change as you go up though, and these guys sounded like Gloucester guys to me. I know the accent well. We've heard similar operations before.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z, 0115 UTC, 6925 AM
« on: June 02, 2012, 0141 UTC »
Respectable S9 signal here tonight, but a good amount of summer static crashes. British announcer with various pop tunes.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Another 6925U 2319 Z
« on: May 11, 2012, 2344 UTC »
WPON ID at 2343z, after a George Carlin bit. About S7-S8 in the Boston burbs.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925u High Plains Relay Svc - Crystal Ship 0200 UTC
« on: April 28, 2012, 0210 UTC »
S9 in Boston at 0210z.
