Blog Logs - Euro and U.S. pirate activity

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Euro pirate activity

6310, Radio Spaceshuttle playing tune London Calling at 1035. Weak signal via Bedford web receiver. SINPO 24332.(SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

4025, Laser Hot Hits heard at 2130 with oldies, high noise level again. SINPO 34232.
SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

6210, Misti Radio playing Dutch songs at 1040. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333. SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

6220, Mystery Radio with pop music at 1930, splash from RTE on 6225. SINPO 33333.
SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

6240, Radio Baken 16 playing Motorhead at 1045. Good signal peaking at S9+5dB. SINPO 44444. (SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

5815, Orion Radio heard at 0855 playing Hawkwind, Silver Machine. Good signal. SINPO 44444. (SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

5825, Best of British Radio with Derek & The Dominoes "Layla" at 0900. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.(SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

5825, Polaris Radio with oldies, and greetings to listeners at 1045. SINPO 34333.
(SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

6309, Radio Xanadu via Sonnet with reggae at 0950. Good signal but faded by 1000. Variable signal today. Xanadu is a FM pirate in Liverpool. SINPO 44433.(SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

6375, Continental Radio heard at 1050 with IDs and the song "Hey, Joe McKenzie." Fair signal. SINPO 34333. (SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

6320, Radio Northpole with 60s music at 1130. SINPO 34333. (SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

6376, Sonic Radio playing Kim Wilde's Kids in America at 0910. SINPO 34333.(SWDX Euro/UK DXer)

6216, Radio Black Arrow testing a new antenna, playing Elvis Presley at 1050. SINPO 34333.Moved to 6210 at 1105. SINPO 34333. (SWDX Euro/UK DXer)
(Sonic Radio QSL courtesy of UK DXer)

US pirate activity
6924.1 USB, Captain Morgan, 2135-2145. Blues music to station IDs. Email address. Poor to fair with deep fades and some distortion. (Alexander-PA/NASWA Flasheet # 413)

6924.7 AM, MAC, 1745-1755.+ “MAC” IDs. Talk by young boy. Instrumental music. Radio-drama. “Guitarman Show” with rock/pop music. E-mail address. Strong. Very good. (Alexander-PA/NASWA Flasheet # 413)

6924.8 USB, Sycko Radio, 1540-1553.* IDs. Email address. Complaining about the poor audio quality of some pirate radio programs. Commander Bunny skit. Very good signal. (Alexander-PA/NASWA Flasheet # 413)

6925 AM, WHYP whypradio@gmail.com . 1424-1505* Fair/good signal with Sal Brownyard giving the WHYP (Northeast FM) identification. James did announce this was a live show. Likes of very good parody songs like Hotel JTA followed by the classic Jay audio bit about playing with wieners. Mention that E-QSL would be available. Played I hated people by G. G. Alan and signed off. (Majewski CT/FRW # 425)

6925 USB, Outhouse Radio, 1910-1925. Instrumental rock music. ID. Weak. Poor. (Alexander-PA/NASWA Flasheet # 413)

6925 AM, Liquid Radio, 2242-2256+ Poor just above the noise. Dance/Techno music being played. I did hear the identification, "This is Liquid Radio". This station is rare DX for me. It shows the ability of Eton E1 synchronous detector to pull signals out of the noise. (Majewski CT/FRW #725)

6925 USB, Mind Expansion Radio mindexpansionradio@gmail.com . 1835-1859. SINPO 35433 ID at 1837. Hayseed Dixie, Manfred Man, Long discussion of the power of mushrooms, agriculture, the history of man. (Ragnar/FRW # 725)

6925 USB, Radio Free Euphoria radiofreeeuphoria@yahoo.com . Radio Euphoria (ID from FRN ACE logging's page) 6952AM, 1628+ Good/excellent signal with a show of Beatles Christmas Fan Club records (Majewski CT/FRW # 725)

6925USB, Undercover Radio, 0030 – 0055.+ Barely audible at sign on, but became somewhat better after 0045. ID and Happy New Year greeting at 0048, music and ID’s with e mail address given between songs until 0114, when Dr. Benway had a longer monologue, 0116 off. Poor. (Taylor-WI/NASWA Flasheet # 413)

6925 USB, Sycko Radio syckoradio@gmail.com. 1445-1552* Fair signal with a broadcast of different shows from WBNY (Pirate Feud and other stuff), Radio Azetca and others. A interesting collection of different shows. There was deliberate SSTV interference during the broadcast. (Majewski CT/FRW # 425)

6930 USB, Wolverine Radio, 0229. Jazzy pop, “I’ll keep hold’in on”, ID, SSTV, ID, 20’s style vocal. Fair. (Taylor-WI/NASWA Flasheet # 413)

6930 USB, Radio GaGa. Kenny Loggins Danger Zone, Queen's Radio Ga Ga, Moody Blues' Ride My See-Saw and Tuesday Afternoon. Station ID as, "Radio Ga-Ga", barely audible above heavy local RFI, signal stronger after 1400. (Lex, TX/FRW # 425)

6930 USB, Wolverine Radio, 0535-0710.+ Station IDs. Music by The Pretenders, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Beatles, War, Beach Boys, David Bowie, Clash and others. Strong. Very Good signal. (Alexander-PA/NASWA Flasheet # 413)

6950 AM, Radio Zero, 0055-0104.* Rock music. IDs. Weak. Poor. (Alexander-PA/NASWA Flasheet # 413)

(Radio Gaga QSL card courtesy of Greg Majewski via Christopher Friesen)