Sunday, February 14, 2010

Pirate radio monitoring

The latest from the unpredictable world of pirates radio

All times UTC *sign-on sign-off*

Euro Pirates
Cupid Radio
6305, 0905. Valentine's Day special, playing Tina Charles. Announced parallel frequency of 15070. SINPO 44433.

Laser Hot Hits
4025, 1225. Playing song, It's My Life. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.(SWDX Euro)

Orion Radio
5815, 0855. Jingle ID and a Dutch song. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

Radio Golfbreaeker
6300, 1145. Polk music, SINPO 34333.

Radio Brigitte
6325, 0955. Tentative on station, playing reggae to old Summer Meeting promos. SINPO 34333.

Radio Scotland
6220, 0915. Playing French pop music with good signal quality. SINPO 44433.

Radio King SW
6215, 1015. Oldies music with fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Trans Europe Radio
6285, 0925. Tune, In the Summertime, SINPO 34333.
(SW DX/UK DXer)

US Pirates
Channel Z
6925 AM, 1829-1935, SINPO 35233. Sign on with signature B-52's. Channel Z reminiscing about Channel Z early years. Dedicating music to Cosmic and LCee (Ragnar/FRW 731)

Crocodile Radio
6925 AM, 1329-1353. SIO 433. Great music and good audio. Songs, One, Eleanor Rigby, Honky Cat, and Tonight’s the Night. Please QSL (Smith – OH/FRW 731).

CYOT/Coyote Radio
6950 AM, 2316-2332. SIO 333. Song, Taking a chance on love. Ella Fitzgerald and big band music before fade out. (Smith – OH/FRW 731)

MAC Radio
6850.7 AM, Radio, 1632-1730, Old Radio Prague interval signal at 1632. ID. Rock music. Good.
(Brian Alexander, PA)

Outhouse Radio
6930 USB, 2229-2305. SINPO 45344. Outhouse with his typical rock music, many live ID's (Ragnar/FRW 726)

Radio GaGa
Testing on 6930USB, 1745-1752.* Poor signal with Radio GaGa doing testing and a bit of female
vocalist country song. (Majewski CT/FRW 731)

Radio Ronin
6925, 1951-2025.* First log of this station. The reception was hampered by heavy static and deep fading. IDs heard at 1952, 2009, and 2025. The music was mostly unintelligible, but I did manage to catch Wichita Lineman, Brown Eyed Girl, and maybe Chain of Fools. Poor. (Wood, TN).

Sycko Radio
6925 USB, 1445-1552* Fair signal. Sycko played the WBNY Pirate Feud. During which, there was intentional SSTV interference. After played some Radio Azteca and other station audio bits. Nice Show. (Majewski CT/FRW 726)

The Crystal Ship
6876.07 AM, 1640-1727. * Music by Pat Benatar, Bruce Springsteen and others. Very good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Voice of KAOS
6925.1 USB, 2300-2305.+ Folksy tune to commentary try about QSLs and chaos. SIO=3+53+, but quickly sank into the muck by 2305. (Frodge-MI/FRW 726)

WEAK Radio
6930 USB, 1035. SINPO 45434. Rock music - I reserve the right, Mr big Stuff. Good signal in very light static, some quick fades (Ragnar/FRW 726)

Wolverine Radio
6930 USB, 0305-0346 Poor signal. The portion of the show that I heard had music about California or artists of California. I heard songs by the Eagles, Red Hot Chilly Peppers as well as songs like Coming into Los Angeles, and Hotel California. Good show, I wish propagation conditions were better. Thanks for the show! (Majewski CT/FRW 726)

6950 USB, 0231-0300.* Valentines Day broadcast. Clear ID. Music mixes of about five seconds per song. Music included Reggae, Soul, Motown, and Rock. Fair. (Wood, TN).