Hey All,
A REAL blast from the past ! Lots of memories in this post.
FWIW, I used to use Johnny Arthur's Box 452 Wellsville ,NY as the drop for my old station WBZA (see my "Confessions" post ). I also built "BLR" and ran it on 1700 Kc .I had a Hotmail address for that operation.
I logged a LOT (A LOT !) of pirates back in the day (vast majority on HF , some on MW and a few on FM ). A ham once asked my how I did SO well. It was simply location , gear and standing "radio watch " on the known shortwave frequencies for 6 or 8 hours at a time (!) , especially Friday and Saturday nights. Otherwise put, perseverance.
Some recollections ( "off the top of my head") of stations copied : Wee Guy R., Lad / Baby Pirate, R. Beaver, Down East R., Dunloaghaire Local R., EBO ( Ellen Bloomfield Ostracized ) R. ( "Ellen , send me a picture of yourself and I'll stop "), He Man R., Hit Parade R., WSKY /Whiskey R. ( I met him at a ham flea),WKND /Weekend Music R. , R. Harmony, et al.
FWIW, I still have some old QSL's and my programming tapes.
Keep up the good work !
de N1NQC