{"id":67255,"date":"2026-09-30T06:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=67255"},"modified":"2026-09-30T06:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:06:33","slug":"more-pirate-radio-waterfall-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/more-pirate-radio-waterfall-images\/","title":{"rendered":"More Pirate Radio Waterfall Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Perry Lusk, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to Dan Greenall for the article on SDR waterfalls<\/a>. There is a lot of activity lately that I have found on the Kiwi SDR KF8KK located in Michigan.<\/p>\n

So far, Stern Radio has the most creative examples:<\/p>\n

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As you can see, they broadcast in Motorola C-QUAM Stereo AM. The SDR will decode it by selecting QAM next to the AM mode button. It is quite the experience.<\/p>\n

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I have also attached an audio recording in stereo:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Aug-16-2026-6933-QUAM-khz-pirate.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Perry Lusk, who writes: Thanks to Dan Greenall for the article on SDR waterfalls. There is a lot of activity lately that I have found on the Kiwi SDR KF8KK located in Michigan. So far, Stern Radio has the most creative examples: As you can see, they broadcast in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,297,43],"tags":[10384,4092,4082],"class_list":["post-67255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-pirate-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-perry-lusk","tag-pirate-radio","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-huL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59347,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/radio-sighting-in-lets-get-harry\/","url_meta":{"origin":67255,"position":0},"title":"Radio Sighting in “Let’s Get Harry”","author":"Thomas","date":"March 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Perry Lusk, who writes: Guess what kids? 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