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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Shortwave Pirate Radio 2012 – A Year in Review
« on: March 08, 2013, 2027 UTC »
I crunched on some shortwave pirate radio logging statistics from 2012, and here are the results: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/?p=1281
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Re: Shortwave Pirate Radio 2012 – A Year in Review
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2013, 2354 UTC »
Chris - all I can say is WOW!
And THANKS!!!
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Re: Shortwave Pirate Radio 2012 – A Year in Review
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2013, 1845 UTC »
Thanks Chris. I wonder what the stats look like for MW pirates. Meaning 530/KHz - 3.5/MHz
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Re: Shortwave Pirate Radio 2012 – A Year in Review
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2013, 0419 UTC »
Chris! A nice job! Thank you!

This puts a lot of things in perspective.
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