Pirate Radio Ship Redux: Radio Caroline Returns, Radio Veronica, Northsea

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Pirate Radio Ship Redux: Radio Caroline Returns, Radio Veronica, Northsea Special Event Set

The renegade Radio Caroline, which entertained rock 'n' roll fans in the UK and Europe from the 1960s until the 1990s from offshore shipboard transmitters and studios, is back on the airwaves from the River Blackwater off England's Essex Coast using a temporary, low-power license. It has plans to obtain a permanent AM broadcasting authorization. Radio Caroline was among the first, and most famous, pirate radio ships of the era. In a related vein, Arie Rietveld, PD0ARI, of Giessenburg, The Netherlands, has announced plans to operate special event station PD538RNI to commemorate two other pirate radio ship broadcasters from rock's early days -- Radio Veronica, which last broadcast on 538 meters (557 kHz), and Radio Northsea International (RNI). PD538RNI will operate on phone from August 28 until September 19 on 10, 20, and 40 meters. Rietveld said his love of radio stemmed from listening to Radio Veronica and RNI in the early 1970s.

Read entire story at:

http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?447709-The-ARRL-Letter-August-21-2014

or:

http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2014-08-21#toc13

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