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

19.11.05
09H00 KWNR-NORDLAND R. 9290 555 D, E
13H10 R.PROJEKT 19 NOV. 6311 545 D, E
16H40 R.PROMENADE 6307 444 E
23H45 TAKE IT EASY RADIO 6925 222 E, my first US pirate

20.11.05
08H45 ORION RADIO 6300 444 E
08H55 R.ZODIAC INTER. 6325 444 Dutch
09H00 RWI 9290 555 E
09H08 UNID 6450 434 E, “Anton aus Tyrolâ€

Hello Marcel

Congratulations with your first US pirate , I got my first US pirate a month ago also on 6925khz.
Was this one in AM or in LSB/USB

Greetings jan

Marcel: Thanks for the report....
R.P.I. were using low power....


Greetings from me, till a next time,

R.P.I.

jan wrote:Hello Marcel

Congratulations with your first US pirate , I got my first US pirate a month ago also on 6925khz.
Was this one in AM or in LSB/USB

Greetings jan

Thank Jan, was in USB.
Then 4.11.05 I heard of 6925 at 23H02 UTC one englisch station in AM, I comprehend WMPR ??? I wath not sure signal wath very poor.
Greetings Marcel

Congratulations Marcel and Jan for hearing your first US pirates.

Marcel, that must have been WMPR that you heard. Right now, it is probably the strongest US pirate station, and is always in AM mode. There are some other stations you should be able to hear also, as either they run high power, are in USB mode, or both.

Next time anyone hears a US pirate over in Europe, please be sure to post your logging to the FRN Grapevines. ( http://www.frn.net/vines/ ) It’s the US based pirate forum. I think if the pirate ops see they are being heard in Europe, it will encourage them to try some late evening broadcasts.

Typically, the US pirates are on 6925, 6950, or 6955. At times, you can find them also on 6800, 6854, 6875 and 6965. The band goes long very early now, so most stations are probably off before 2300 UTC (1800 local time on the East coast of USA). If you guys happen to be up late at night, you just might hear some more stations.

During one summer holiday in Europe, I was able to log 7 different US pirate stations in a 3 week period. As it was summer, stations were on much later at night (say 0300-0400 UTC), which coincided nicely with my local dawn in Europe.

Other stations that you should be able to hear include Undercover Radio (which always sends out a great QSL package that will include a studio quality CD of the entire show, sometimes even a t-shirt), WHYP, Grasscutter Radio, Sunshine Radio, and Captain Morgan.

73’s

George

curious george wrote:Congratulations Marcel and Jan for hearing your first US pirates.

Marcel, that must have been WMPR that you heard. Right now, it is probably the strongest US pirate station, and is always in AM mode. There are some other stations you should be able to hear also, as either they run high power, are in USB mode, or both.

Next time anyone hears a US pirate over in Europe, please be sure to post your logging to the FRN Grapevines. ( http://www.frn.net/vines/ ) It’s the US based pirate forum. I think if the pirate ops see they are being heard in Europe, it will encourage them to try some late evening broadcasts.

Typically, the US pirates are on 6925, 6950, or 6955. At times, you can find them also on 6800, 6854, 6875 and 6965. The band goes long very early now, so most stations are probably off before 2300 UTC (1800 local time on the East coast of USA). If you guys happen to be up late at night, you just might hear some more stations.

During one summer holiday in Europe, I was able to log 7 different US pirate stations in a 3 week period. As it was summer, stations were on much later at night (say 0300-0400 UTC), which coincided nicely with my local dawn in Europe.

Other stations that you should be able to hear include Undercover Radio (which always sends out a great QSL package that will include a studio quality CD of the entire show, sometimes even a t-shirt), WHYP, Grasscutter Radio, Sunshine Radio, and Captain Morgan.

73’s

George

Many thank George,

I will interesse for US pirates, difficulty for hearing in Europe Hi... wath is power for then US pirate ?
I have send reception report for Take It Easy Radio for QSL card.
Ok for Forum Vines, I have probleme with englisch language very bad.
Greetings from Marcel

Marcel,

I'd say that a "typical" US pirate running a ham transceiver gets about 100 watts in SSB mode. I don't think anyone knows what kind of power that WMPR is running in AM mode.

73

Hello Marcel,

thanks for the reception, much appreciated.