Pirate Radio Recordings: WMPR
“Mama, they’re playing your favorite dance music!” For your listening pleasure: 32 minutes of pirate radio station, WMPR. I recorded this broadcast of WMPR on 6.925MHz AM on February 17th, 2013 at...
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Wolverine Radio eQSL–one of two SSTV images decoded near the end of the broadcast For your listening pleasure: 2 hours and 46 minutes of pirate radio station, Wolverine Radio–recorded Sunday, February...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio GaGa
For your listening pleasure: two recordings of the pirate radio station, Radio GaGa. Both of these broadcasts were recorded on 6.925 MHz in the upper side band on February 23rd, 2013; the first one at...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: X-FM
“Turn up the radio Jim, I think I hear Stereophonics!” For your listening pleasure: three hours of the pirate radio station X-FM. This broadcast was recorded this morning, starting around 2:00 UTC, on...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Boombox Radio
This morning, around 11:15 UTC, I caught a pirate that I had never heard on air before: Boombox Radio. Though rather weak, over the course of their 31 minute broadcast on 6,925 kHz AM, the signal did...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: The Voice of Alex Radio Show
(Image source: s***youhate.tumblr.com) This past weekend, I recorded a number of pirate radio stations; one of them was The Voice of Alex Radio Show: a tribute station for a girl whose life was taken...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: All Along The Watchtower Radio
(Click to enlarge) One short pirate broadcast I caught last night was All Along The Watchtower Radio. AATW Radio’s USB signal on 6.955 MHz started around 00:24 UTC (23 March 2013). The (robo voice)...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio Ronin Shortwave
Ronin’s mix starts with the Sex Pistols (Photo: 45cat.com)| If you can’t tell from the number of recordings I posted today, last night was a busy night for pirate radio. I heard no less than five...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Hard Tack Radio
This Hard Tack Radio SSTV image can be decoded at the end of the broadcast. For your listening pleasure: a 24 minute recording of the pirate radio station, Hard Tack Radio. Hard Tack Radio plays US...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio Cinco De Mayo
“What better way could we celebrate this day than listening to Radio Cinco De Mayo?” Radio Cinco De Mayo made its annual broadcast on (you guessed it!) May 5th, 2013, starting around 00:17 UTC on 6925...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio Free Whatever
Last night, I caught pirate radio station Radio Free Whatever; a new one for me. Pirate radio listening has been difficult this summer between travels and thunderstorms, so I was happy to hear a...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio Casablanca
Confession time: one of my favorite pirate radio stations is Radio Casablanca. Why? For one thing the format is WWII-era music. When I hear Radio Casablanca, I close my eyes and imagine what it must...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic
The Citadel of the Time Lords on Gallifrey (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Last night, I recorded pirate station, Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic. RGI appeared on 6,935 kHz USB and started their broadcast...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio Borderhunter
“Whoa! Timmy, is that Europe calling?” You’ll typically find North American radio pirates here on the SWLing Post, but on occasion, I do manage to pull in a station or two from Europe. Last night was...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio Casablanca
Thursday night, I received word from Richard Blaine at Radio Casablanca: “We plan to be on the air tonight on 6940 kHz AM, starting sometime around 2300 UTC, and running until the plane to Lisbon has...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic
While recording Radio Casablanca Thursday night, I was also fortunate to capture Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic. Gallifrey started the broadcast with their customary audio sweeps and Dr. Who theme, then...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Wolverine Radio
I decoded this Wolverine Radio SSTV QSL with the SSTV iOS App–you can also decode this eQSL at the end of the recording For your listening pleasure: 1 hour and 44 minutes of pirate radio station,...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Radio Paisano
For your listening pleasure: fifty minutes of the pirate radio station, Radio Paisano. I recorded this broadcast on Oct 11, 2013, starting around 23:30 UTC, on 6,925 kHz AM. This was the first time I...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: JFK Shortwave
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of US President, John F. Kennedy. Last night, I tuned in and recorded the pirate radio station, JFK Shortwave: a tribute broadcast inspired by...
View ArticlePirate Radio Recordings: Channel Z (chasing pirates in a pickup truck)
On the afternoon of November 29th, while traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday, I took my wife to an art supply store who was having a “Black Friday” sale. While she was inside shopping, I sat in...
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