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Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic
Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic SSTV QSL (Click to enlarge)
Last night, after returning from nearly two weeks of travel, I recorded pirate station, Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic. It was great to hear their strong USB signal on the air.
RGI appeared on 6,930 kHz USB around 2:45 UTC (or so) and started their broadcast with a set of audio sweeps and then straight into the Dr. Who theme. At the end of the broadcast, I captured RGI‘s SSTV QSL via the CQ SSTV iOS app.
Last night, I recorded pirate station, Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic. RGI appeared on 6,935 kHz USB and started their broadcast with a set of audio sweeps (which looked rather distinctive on my SDR's waterfall), followed by tones and then straight into the Dr. Who theme. What followed was a free-form set of…
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 straight into the Beatles, "Strawberry Fields Forever." Brilliant! [I know my buddy, BJ, will enjoy this combo.] Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic was on…
This article originally appeared in the February 2014 issue of The Spectrum Monitor Magazine. Even as many legacy international broadcasters are abandoning the shortwave bands, shortwave remains active and vibrant in another quadrant: namely, on shortwave pirate radio. Over the past few years, I’ve found that one of my favorite…
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2 thoughts on “Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic”
Thomas,
I’m enjoying your recording. Thanks for posting.
Steve
Pleasure is all mine, Stephen. I love pirate radio. Glad you’re enjoying it!
Cheers,
Thomas