Pirates may be up the next nite or two

[ka3jjz]

I wouldn't be a bit surprised if I started hearing about pirates around 6925 khz or thereabouts the next nite or two - usually right around Halloween they tend to get active - if one were to know such things....:wink:

73s Mike

 

[Radiohead79]

Very true. My latest catch was on Sat. evening but I will definitely have to tune in over the next day or two.

On Sat. I heard Northwoods Radio on 6925 around 5-6pm. Good USB signal just south of St. Paul, MN. Modern rock programming plus the 'trademark' loon call. There was another station at 6935 but it was so faint I couldn't copy.

 

[Shortwavewave]

are these brodcast stations or just pirates talking, right now im listening to 6.925 and it sounds like theres music

and are there any more freqs that you know of or at least where to look

 

[ryangassxx]

These are on USB? I'm trying to tune it in..

 

[KF4ZTO]

They are generally one-way broadcasts in the 6900 to 7000 kHz band, AM or USB...but I've heard pirates having QSOs from time to time...on 6925 USB

 

[IdleMonitor]

These are mostly on USB right? Not LSB?

 

[mancow]

I've been listening to one off and on through the evening. I couldn't get a good enough signal to catch the whole email address. It was something like freako radio but was four letters and the word radio @yahoo.com

He was playing some crazy music and then signed off saying that he didn't want to blow up the radio tonight.

Crazy stuff

 

[ka3jjz]

Idle, I've heard pirates using either LSB or USB - and on occasion they've been even known to use Slow Scan TV, although I haven't seen any reports of this of late.

73s Mike

 

[spiritwolfpr]

Hello Friends:

I remember reading some thing that The US Navy was chassing
some pirates from Somalia...???

 

[ka3jjz]

I'm not referring to those kinds of 'pirates', Raf. These are illegal (unlicensed) broadcasts that have been appearing in the HF band (and many other places, for that matter - even on FM and a few on AM...) for a great many years. You can find out more about them by looking up the Free Radio Network and ACE online in our wiki, under the HF article.

Thankfully these pirates are not the kind that kills....73s Mike

 

[spiritwolfpr]

Hello Friends:

Eh... oh, ok Now I see... lol

 

[Shortwavewave]

Theres one on right now on(5.30pm)central time 6925 im recording it. and ill post later

 

[Shortwavewave]

Heres some of what i recorded
its faint but from whats you can tell is there its weird

 

[elk2370bruce]

To quote our President, "Hook em, Book em, cook em."

 

[brandon]

Just tuned 6925 thought I heard someone tuning up followed by goat or donkey sounds. Now just hearing static but will keep the radio parked here and see what pops up.

 

[mancow]

Just stupid laughter on there right now

 

[barefootdipole]

mancow - what you heard was Sycko Radio, i'm fairly sure, as they have been active on those days....

Halloween is probably the penultimate pirate holiday--for obvious reasons. Expect higher than usual pirate activity on ANY holiday...and some broadcasts on most weekends....but be ready any time ! and mike is right, check out the ACE logging section of FRN online to see what's being heard......

Halloween here provided:

Ann Hoffer Live
Radio Nonsense
Wolverine Radio
WBNY
Sycko Radio
and three others that I never ID'd....one playing the original "War Of The Worlds" radio show.......

great fun..

73
Barefootdipole

 

[kb2vxa]

Hi Short and all,

I ran your clip through some serious DSP and came up with this clean but unfortunately a bit masked version. Well nothing is perfect, the noise was well masked but it went a bit overboard.

I used to listen from an extremely quiet location with what amounts to the ultimate receiving station, a grounded vertical folded unipole antenna and R-390 receiver when pirate radio ruled. They were hysterical and their broadcasts were long, signals were good. Since the FCC crackdown they transmit sporadically usually using portable equipment, poor antennas and of course move around a lot. Production quality has suffered greatly, they no longer sound like "real" broadcasters.

Just the same you can be entertained by a good one with the cajones to play catch me if you can, there's a few left among the scared rabbits. New Years Eve is the big blowout so tune in again, same bat time, same bat channel.

 

[ka3jjz]

Xmas is also a big pirate holiday - particularly around Xmas eve. Be sure to check the usual places - such as the ACE website - for notes and logs. 73s Mike

 

[barefootdipole]

To quote our President, "Hook em, Book em, cook em."

too bad he won't take his own advice :-(