{"id":7149,"date":"2013-08-31T14:10:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T18:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7149"},"modified":"2013-08-31T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-31T18:10:13","slug":"pirate-radio-recordings-bochf-radio-boards-of-canada-hf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/pirate-radio-recordings-bochf-radio-boards-of-canada-hf\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Radio Recordings: BOCHF Radio (Boards of Canada HF)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Source: HF Underground)<\/p><\/div>\n

Just last night, I came across a new shortwave pirate radio station: BOCHF.<\/em><\/p>\n

BOCHF<\/em> started broadcasting around 23:10 UTC on 6,925 kHz USB, and after about a twenty-five minute set, took a five minute break, then returned with a\u00a0 forty-two minute set, ending with an SSTV QSL. The signal, as you can hear below, is fairly strong, but interference was also strong at times; especially from SSB pescadores<\/em> (fishermen) and the usual summer static crashes.<\/p>\n

The entire mix consisted of Boards of Canada<\/em> music from Tomorrow’s Harvest<\/em><\/a>. There were no vocal ID’s, but there were messages in CW (Morse code) which clearly identifies this pirate as BOCHF<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The artists\u00a0Boards of Canada<\/em> have always had an affinity with shortwave radio<\/a>, so I find a shortwave pirate station playing their music to be an appropriate tribute.\u00a0Due to sound card problems, I was unable to decode the SSTV QSL, but thankfully a great copy was posted on\u00a0HF Underground’s pirate radio forum<\/a>\u00a0(see above) by forum contributor, Chris Smolinski.<\/p>\n

Click here to download MP3s of Part One<\/a> and Part Two<\/a> from the full broadcast last night or simply listen via the embedded audio players below:<\/p>\n

BOCHF Part One:<\/strong>
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