Radio Pirana Int. 6290.7 AM 1847 utc 03 Sep 2019

[Ray Lalleu]

on 6290.7-
(1508 trace)
1847 very weak, very noisy, music, 1849 talking (no copy), 1850 music, etc, 1858
1933 very weak, much less noise now, music, 1936 next pop
1940 talking (no copy, dull mike), pop
2000 very weak music, extra weak voice
edit : ID thanks to ukdxer (see reply)
2117 still a faint carrier
2130 music: "Rivers of Babylon" ?, 2133 W pop singer, somewhat latino-Am., 2141

2239 talking (no copy!), 2241 music (better audio), 2246 CCR "Proud Mary"

[ukdxer]

6290.7 was Radio Pirana Int. Station op confirmed ID in the pirate chat. Heard here at 1849 UTC with Creedence Clearwater Revival then Fairground Attraction. Weak signal, just able to catch snatches of music on SW England SDR, voice audio only just audible

[Radio Piraña Int.]

Hi! We are on now these days, often trought the night from a mobile location in Denmark where I'm for a few days...  So power is not high, just around 20 watts carrier,  and with a Moonraker AMPRO vertical antenna. So, not much output but has been logged quiet faraway anyway.

Qsl's will be verified with Denmark as QTH

73 Jorge

[Ray Lalleu]

a faint carrier on Wednesday 04 at 0810 utc,
nothing at 0920.

A doublet (horizontal or inverted V) would be much efficient. But a simpler trick is to get an horizontal part on the top of the antenna, such as a single wire (not a top hat).
With a typical mobile vertical antenna mounted on a rear bumper, that can be done by pulling the top of the antenna with one or two nylon fishing lines towards the front bumper. No insulator needed, but that will lower the resonant frequency and change the SWR. The wanted effect is to fill the high angles with more power.

Also for efficiency, never use 1/4 WL long radials : the radials (buried or on the ground) should be kept no more than 1/8 WL long. The idea is to put the high current part higher above the ground. Hope that helps.