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Author Topic: Active Shortwave Pirates (North America) December 2022  (Read 690 times)

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Active Shortwave Pirates (North America) December 2022
« on: January 02, 2023, 0626 UTC »
This is a list I have compiled based on loggings here on the HFU. It shows all the North American shortwave and mediumwave (AM) pirates heard in the month of December 2022. Note that many stations use multiple names so determining the number of actual transmitters in use is impossible. Some stations are also active so infrequently that they may not have been logged this month but may broadcast in the future. Stations are listed alphabetically and show the station name followed by the number of loggings in December 2022. The most active station (other than UNID with 101) was B Side Radio with 16 broadcasts. There was a total of 292 broadcasts this month.

Shortwave:

All Vinyl Radio 1
Ballsmacker Radio 8
Black Swan Radio International 4
B Side Radio 16
Captain Morgan Shortwave 2
Channel 94 2
Cloudsplitter Radio 11
Crow Radio International 1
Damn Skippy 2
Fruitcake Station 2
Goat Herd Radio 2
Goat Man Radio 1
Good Times Radio 2
Hawaiian Numbers 7
Hello Radio 2
Infected Mushroom Head Radio (Zeeky) 3
ION Radio 5
Locomotive Radio 1
Mix Radio International 1
Nowhere Radio 3
One Dog Radio 3
Outhouse Radio 11
Pee Wee 1
Pelee Island Broadcasting System 3
PNP Radio 1
Prime Number Radio 2
Radio Free Whatever 6
Radio Olah 1
Rock 165 2
RPM 45 1
Santa Claus Radio 1
Santa Radio 1
Solar Centric 2
Station One W 1
Sycko Radio 5
Transistor Radio 1
Thunder Chicken Radio 14
Truth Radio International 5
Two Dog Radio 2
UNID 94
UNID Santa 3
UNID Tones 10
Unique Radio 1
WANK 2
WBOG 3
WCDW 1
WDDR Drunken DJ Radio 1
WDOG 2
WENO 2
WFAT 1
WFDR 1
WFZY 1
White Crow Radio 1
WHIZ 1
WJAN 2
WKWZ Kwanzaa Radio 1
Wolverine Radio 2
WOW 1
WPAR 1
WTF Radio Worldwide 3
X-FM 1
Yeah Man Radio 1

Mediumwave:

Community Radio Network 4
Good Times Radio 1
The Squeaker 24/7 since 30 August (previously "Shortwave 1710")
Undercover Radio 4
UNID 7

Note: Due to the extensive activity on New Years Eve I have counted all broadcasts up to 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (instead of 2359 UTC).
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Re: Active Shortwave Pirates (North America) December 2022
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2023, 0247 UTC »
 8) Thanks for the list. Its for me a composer or author listening when I'm producing. The truth if I may be frank, anybody could get busted for SW pirate, but will NOT, because in US FCC no longer makes troubles unless they are paid to investigate. They've moved on to a new level. SW isn't FM or AM commerical. And of those who do partake, we acknowledge the risks, ass in air so to speak and freedom fight the powers that be. Thanks for your listings, some I've heard and many not.

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Re: Active Shortwave Pirates (North America) December 2022
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2023, 1725 UTC »
Your little late with that observation, Stumpy. That's been known for years. Thanks for the input, though.
« Last Edit: January 25, 2023, 1728 UTC by Pigmeat »