{"id":7028,"date":"2013-08-11T18:26:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T22:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7028"},"modified":"2013-08-11T18:31:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T22:31:14","slug":"pirate-radio-recordings-radio-free-whatever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/pirate-radio-recordings-radio-free-whatever\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio Free Whatever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1924VintageToronto.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7029\" alt=\"1924VintageToronto\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1924VintageToronto-198x300.png\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1924VintageToronto-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1924VintageToronto-66x100.png 66w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1924VintageToronto.png 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>Last night, I caught pirate radio station <em>Radio Free Whatever; <\/em>a new one for me.<\/p>\n<p>Pirate radio listening has been difficult this summer between travels and thunderstorms, so I was happy to hear a carrier on 6,945 kHz AM, starting around 01:55 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Though a tad weak, with AM sync detection enabled, the signal to noise ratio tilted in my favor and made for pleasant listening through the turbulent summer ether.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to download as an MP3\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/RadioFreeWhatever6.945MHz11AUG130\/RadioFreeWhatever-6.945MHz-11AUG13-0.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download<\/a> the entire broadcast of <em>Radio Free Whatever<\/em>, or simply listen via the embedded player below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/RadioFreeWhatever6.945MHz11AUG130\" height=\"30\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Standard Pirate Radio Disclaimer:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>This is a recording of a real pirate radio broadcast, and as such, may include colorful language. 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 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 carrier on 6,945 kHz AM, starting around 01:55 UTC. Though a tad weak, with AM sync detection enabled, the signal to [&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":[56,297,746],"tags":[4092,693,2073,4106,1310],"class_list":["post-7028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-pirate-radio","category-recordings","tag-pirate-radio","tag-pirate-radio-recordings","tag-radio-free-whatever","tag-recordings","tag-shortwave-pirates"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Pm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8342,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/pirate-radio-recordings-radio-free-whatever-pearl-harbor-tribute\/","url_meta":{"origin":7028,"position":0},"title":"Pirate Radio Recordings: Radio Free Whatever, Pearl Harbor Tribute","author":"Thomas","date":"December 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"For your listening pleasure: one hour, seven minutes of the pirate radio station,\u00a0Radio Free Whatever. 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