Free radio pirates on medium and short wave messageboard of alfa lima

Greetings from a very cold Pennsylvania!!!!!! I used to be a member (and editor for a time) in the North American Shortwave Association and recently pulled out of the archive (boxes of old magazines and bulletins in the basement!!!) the February 1985 issue of the monthly club booklet called "Fr...

Not much to report this time. Trying to recover from a headcold here so rest was the priority Sunday morning. I probably wouldn't have gone out to listen anyway as the conditions were rather poor. 6880 Playback Int. 2207 Soul mx at t/in. Difficult to copy voice because of co-channel SSB traffic. Did...

First a few loggings noted at home using the NRD-535D and T2FD antenna.

6880 Playback Int. 2216-2326 “When the Going Gets Toughâ€

Earlier I was listening to Greenland on the Bedfordshire UK Web receiver and it seemed to be coming in better than usual. Then tuned in Playback Int. and it was doing fairly well on 6880 around 2220. But when I tuned in Mystery R. at 2328 on 6220, I was shocked at how strong it was. Granted, the acc...

Yes, its nice to see your reception confirmed by other listeners who were listening at the same time!!

Nice report too!! Keep up the good work.

Thanks a lot for your info and kind comments!! Yes, I try to be as accurate as possible in every aspect of my listening (freq, time, details, conditions, etc.). I hope that it may be of some help to other listeners. Many people have helped me over my many years in hobby and feel it’s a way of givi...

3905 R. Spaceshuttle Int. 2033 Death Metal mx, 2037 canned ID in childs voice, then back to mx. 2039 live ID “Dear free radio listeners, you have been listening to R. Spaceshuttle Int. on shortwave. Free radio station from…OK, so this is R. Spaceshuttle Int. and we are closing down…â€

Did some listening on the Bedfordshire UK Web receiver, and here at home and at my remote site this weekend. So have a number of loggings this time. Web receiver loggings are stated as such.


6219.98 Mystery R. 2229 conveniently caught canned ID by M as “Music around the globe, Mystery R.â€

Wanted to get these loggings out last weekend but didn't have the time. Better late than never!!

6325.78 Studio 52 First heard 2201 w/weak mx. 2208 M vclist w/fanfare like mx. 2216-2218 “Rave Onâ€

Anyone know of a good e-mail address for Radio Optimod?? I tried radio.optimod@hotmail.com but it bounced.

(If the operator of Radio Optimod is reading this, please drop me an e-mail. Thanks)

Thanks for your help.

These loggings are a mix of both what was received here and on the Bedfordshire UK web receiver. Those on the web receiver are marked as such. Order is by date and time. Conditions this morning (4 Jan.) weren't good enough to make a trip up to the remote site. 6210 R. East Coast Holland 1156 "S...

3900 Crazy Wave R. Weak signal here at 2053 w/M in what sounded like German, then yelling, and into mx. Jingle at 2058. 2059 tlk. 2103 German ID anmnt, and ID jingles, yelled “Merry Christmasâ€

First, 2 loggings made using Barneys Web receiver in the UK.

3900 Crazy Wave R. 1522 parody “Jingle Bellsâ€

6210 R. Mistletoe 0615-0831 6265.03 Antonio R. 0708-0932 6240.36 R. Misti (pres.) 0714-0803 6220 Mystery R. 0715-0740 6254.25 BRI 0732-0919 4024.59 LHH 0755 3905 UNID. Pirate or R. New Ireland?? 3910.21 R. Skyline 0757 5815.03 Orion R. 0806 5800 Playback Int. 0809-0900 6260.82 R. Jingle Bells 0817-0...

14 December 2008: The only ‘barometer station’ on the air this morning when I awoke at 0615 UTC was 4024.6 LHH. It was there but not very strong. No Mystery R. or Playback Int. The MUF over western Europe was a low 4 mhz. So it was another tough decision. In the end, I decided to take a chance. ...