{"id":6012,"date":"2013-03-23T09:32:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T13:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6012"},"modified":"2013-03-23T09:32:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T13:32:29","slug":"pirate-radio-recordings-black-cat-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/pirate-radio-recordings-black-cat-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Radio Recordings: Black Cat Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6013\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BlackCatQSL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6013\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6013\" alt=\"(Click to enlarge)\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BlackCatQSL-210x300.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BlackCatQSL-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BlackCatQSL-70x100.jpg 70w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BlackCatQSL.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last night, I heard a new pirate on the air: Black Cat Radio.<\/p>\n<p>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) and learned that this was, in fact, show number one.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the show #1 play list, courtesy of Greaser Bob:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Genders- Horatio<\/li>\n<li>Blitz- 45 Revolutions<\/li>\n<li>Queens of The Stone Age- Go With the Flow<\/li>\n<li>Nirvana- Anueurysm<\/li>\n<li>Black Flag- Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie<\/li>\n<li>Betty Blowtorch- Strung Out<\/li>\n<li>The Misfits- Angel F**k<\/li>\n<li>Suicidal Tendencies- You Got I Want<\/li>\n<li>MC5- Kick Out the Jams<\/li>\n<li>Corrosion of Conformity- Who&#8217;s got the Fire<\/li>\n<li>Phil X and the Drills- You&#8217;re not Happy till Im not Happy<\/li>\n<li>The Vandals- Urban Struggle<\/li>\n<li>The Bloodhound Gang- Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>Betty Blowtorch- Rock and Roll 69<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"download this recording\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/BlackCatRadio6.925MHz22Mar132345Z\/BlackCatRadio-6.925MHz-22Mar13-2345Z.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download the full recording of Black Cat Radio Show #1 as an MP3<\/a>, or simply listen via the embedded player below:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/BlackCatRadio6.925MHz22Mar132345Z\" height=\"30\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Standard Pirate Radio Disclaimer:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>This is a recording of a real pirate radio broadcast, and as such, may include strong or colorful language or lyrics. In general, if you are easily offended by the words, ideas, music lyrics, or music herein, you should slowly\u2026back\u2026 away\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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) and learned that this was, in fact, show number one. Here&#8217;s the show #1 play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,442,297,1557,746,43,1167],"tags":[1796,4092,1797,1310],"class_list":["post-6012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-music","category-pirate-radio","category-podcast","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-black-cat-radio","tag-pirate-radio","tag-punk-rock","tag-shortwave-pirates"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1yY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6029,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/pirate-radio-recordings-radio-ronin-shortwave-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":6012,"position":0},"title":"Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio Ronin Shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"March 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"If you can't tell from the number of recordings I posted today, last night was a busy night for pirate radio. 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It seems a shrimp boat radio pirate found himself bored on board, due to a lack of shrimp--but his boredom became our gain with an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Pirate Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Pirate Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/pirate-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"(Original source: Wikimedia Commons)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Shrimp_boats-300x217.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5515,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/pirate-radio-recordings-bust-a-nut-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":6012,"position":2},"title":"Pirate Radio Recordings: Bust A Nut Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"February 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Bust A Nut Radio's AM signal came in fairly strong last night sometime around 5:45 UTC (February 2nd) on 6,940 kHz. 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It was great to hear their strong USB signal on the air. RGI\u00a0appeared on 6,930 kHz USB around 2:45 UTC (or so) and started their broadcast with a set of audio sweeps\u00a0and then straight\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic SSTV QSL (Click to enlarge)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SSTV-22Mar2014-092601.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4598,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/pirate-radio-recordings-radio-ronin-shortwave-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":6012,"position":4},"title":"Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio Ronin Shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"October 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Ronin Shortwave's AM signal came in loud and clear again last Friday night on 6925 kHz. 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