Tag Archives: Pirate Radio

Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio Strange Outpost 7 and Shrunken Head Radio

While attending the Winter SWL Fest this year in Plymouth Meeting, PA, I left my WinRadio Excalibur running day and night back home, recording spectrum in the pirate radio watering hole. I always find that while shortwave pirate activity is … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: 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 kHz USB. Early Saturday morning, the band’s condition sounded like that of summer, with atmospheric noises (a few static … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: Shrimp Boat Radio, WSBR (a.k.a. Freakin’ Awesome Radio, WFAR)

“We’re shrimpin,’ but they’re not bitin’!” Last night, a very unique pirate radio station emerged from the static on 6,925 kHz USB: Shrimp Boat Radio. It seems a shrimp boat radio pirate found himself bored on board, due to a … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: Hard Tack Radio

For your listening pleasure: a 24 minute recording of the pirate radio station, Hard Tack Radio. Hard Tack Radio plays US Civil War era songs “celebrating the Blue and the Gray.” I caught Hard Tack’s broadcast Friday night (April 12) … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio Ronin Shortwave

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 pirates: AATW Radio, Red Mercury Labs Radio, Rave On Radio, Black Cat Radio … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: All Along The Watchtower Radio

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) host, Alex Jobs, played a great mix of music … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: Black Cat Radio

Last night, I heard a new pirate on the air: Black Cat Radio. Black Cat signed on 6,925 kHz USB around 23:45 UTC. After sending in a reception report, I received a reply with a cool eQSL card (see right) … Continue reading

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Check out Ragnar’s Pirates Week podcast

If you like pirate radio, you should subscribe to the Pirates Week podcast. Pirates Week is hosted by Ragnar Daneskjold and is chock-full of pirate radio news, events and off-air recordings. I subscribe to the podcast via iTunes by using the Pirates Week … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: The Crystal Ship

Looking through some of my archived recordings from the past month, I found this broadcast from The Crystal Ship, on the TCS Relay Network. Conditions were a little tough at the time and you’ll hear some some SSB interference near the … Continue reading

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Pirate Radio Recordings: The Voice of Alex Radio Show

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 by a drunk driver in 2011. I recorded The … Continue reading

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