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Finding pirates
Finally found a good place in my abode where I'm getting good signal,
and tuned in all the heavy hitters last night, including Radio China, Radio Taiwan and Radio Havana--and of course Radio Nederlands. And now that I'm feeling flush with success, I'm curious about finding pirate stations. I've read a fair amount about them in books, but I haven't seen anything that explains exactly how to find these stations (actually, I want to read Andy Yoder's book on pirate radio, but my library does not loan out its copy :( ). I know sometimes they broadcast their frequencies on WWV, but I haven't heard anything yet. Are there some good pirate signals out there right now? |
Finding pirates
On Feb 18, 5:58 pm, "Brian Hill" wrote:
"cadillac_eldorado" wrote in message ... Finally found a good place in my abode where I'm getting good signal, and tuned in all the heavy hitters last night, including Radio China, Radio Taiwan and Radio Havana--and of course Radio Nederlands. And now that I'm feeling flush with success, I'm curious about finding pirate stations. I've read a fair amount about them in books, but I haven't seen anything that explains exactly how to find these stations (actually, I want to read Andy Yoder's book on pirate radio, but my library does not loan out its copy :( ). I know sometimes they broadcast their frequencies on WWV, but I haven't heard anything yet. http://www.frn.net/ Are there some good pirate signals out there right now? Ah, thanks for the link--that should really help! |
Finding pirates
On Feb 18, 3:02 pm, Billy Burpelson wrote:
Well, we have no way of knowing what you read, but, although -anything- is possible, it seems unlikely for the following two reasons. First, why would they (the pirates) transmit on a frequency that is already occupied by multi-kilowatt transmitters 24/7 (WWV)? Finally, the government takes a dim view of pirates already; why would the pirates -really- try to incur the wrath of the government by jamming a government service? But again, anything is possible, I suppose... What you say is certainly logical. I'm sure I just imagined this, really--I've read a lot of different things lately and probably just got mixed up. |
Finding pirates
cadillac_eldorado wrote:
Finally found a good place in my abode where I'm getting good signal, and tuned in all the heavy hitters last night, including Radio China, Radio Taiwan and Radio Havana--and of course Radio Nederlands. And now that I'm feeling flush with success, I'm curious about finding pirate stations. I've read a fair amount about them in books, but I haven't seen anything that explains exactly how to find these stations (actually, I want to read Andy Yoder's book on pirate radio, but my library does not loan out its copy :( ). I know sometimes they broadcast their frequencies on WWV, but I haven't heard anything yet. Are there some good pirate signals out there right now? Are you with the FCC? |
Finding pirates
"cadillac_eldorado" wrote in message ... What you say is certainly logical. I'm sure I just imagined this, really--I've read a lot of different things lately and probably just got mixed up. A few years ago, there were reports of somebody who would periodically shout "Hola!Hola!Hola!" over one of the WWV frequencies. I never heard Hola Man but I never tried searching him out, either. And, if Hola Man was transmitting outside the US, he didn't have to worry about the FCC. Frank Dresser |
Finding pirates
Billy Burpelson wrote:
cadillac_eldorado wrote: I know sometimes they broadcast their frequencies on WWV Pirates broadcasting on WWV? Sorry, should have been more clear--they're not broadcasting *on* WWV, but *over* WWV's frequency. :D Is that not true? I think I read that somewhere, but perhaps I just imagined that. Well, we have no way of knowing what you read, but, although -anything- is possible, it seems unlikely for the following two reasons. First, why would they (the pirates) transmit on a frequency that is already occupied by multi-kilowatt transmitters 24/7 (WWV)? Finally, the government takes a dim view of pirates already; why would the pirates -really- try to incur the wrath of the government by jamming a government service? But again, anything is possible, I suppose... Well, if I wanted to annoy said government, and had some funny ideas about how to go about doing that, and was pretty sure I wouldn't be caught in this lifetime, I might do something like this. -- clvrmnky Direct replies to this address will be blacklisted. Replace "spamtrap" with my name to contact me directly. |
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On Feb 19, 5:30 am, dave wrote:
cadillac_eldorado wrote: Finally found a good place in my abode where I'm getting good signal, and tuned in all the heavy hitters last night, including Radio China, Radio Taiwan and Radio Havana--and of course Radio Nederlands. And now that I'm feeling flush with success, I'm curious about finding pirate stations. I've read a fair amount about them in books, but I haven't seen anything that explains exactly how to find these stations (actually, I want to read Andy Yoder's book on pirate radio, but my library does not loan out its copy :( ). I know sometimes they broadcast their frequencies on WWV, but I haven't heard anything yet. Are there some good pirate signals out there right now? Are you with the FCC? Yes. It's a new tactic. |
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On Feb 19, 7:46*am, "Frank Dresser"
wrote: "cadillac_eldorado" wrote in message ... What you say is certainly logical. *I'm sure I just imagined this, really--I've read a lot of different things lately and probably just got mixed up. - A few years ago, there were reports of somebody - who would periodically shout "Hola!Hola!Hola!" - over one of the WWV frequencies. -*I never heard Hola Man - but I never tried searching him out, either. - - And, if Hola Man was transmitting outside the US, - he didn't have to worry about the FCC. - - Frank Dresser - FD, Maybe it was a new International Welcoming Service of WWV to Help people crossing the Southern US Border Illegaly :o) S5-1329 - http://tf.nist.gov/survey/S5c.htm ~ RHF |
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"Drifter" wrote in message ... Frank, if i remember, that was at 15mg. there were a few post on a few of pirate web sites on this a few years back. also, when the gov did the weather and wave thing a few years ago, i remember a few people freaked. i believe that was 10mg. and that didn't last long either. so, as the saying goes, when it sounds a little different, just blame a pirate. GOOD DX! Drifter... Or you could blame radio. On a couple of occasions, I've heard what sounds like chatter under WWV. Maybe it was an image or crossmod or something like that. Maybe it was a transmitter spur. It's always been unintelligible and I couldn't be sure if it was English or not. I suppose the WWV frequencies might be usable in parts of the world where time station signals are weak, but there must be hundreds of better frequencies. Frank Dresser |
Finding pirates
Frank Dresser wrote:
On a couple of occasions, I've heard what sounds like chatter under WWV. snip Last summer, here in No. MN, often WWVH would overlay WWV on 10 MHz; the WWVH time announcements precede those on WWV and use a female voice, but propagation and other announcements are often just recorded voices (male and female) that can sound like chatter. Was you chatter at all intelligible? Michael |
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