Portal-Rmail-To: lee_-_reynolds@cup.portal.com Received: by portal.portal.com (1.81) id AA20646; Thu, 29 Nov 90 21:48:42 PST Received: from Sun.COM (sun-barr.EBay.Sun.COM) by sun.Eng.Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA05070; Thu, 29 Nov 90 21:28:44 PST Received: from decpa.pa.dec.com by Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11497; Thu, 29 Nov 90 21:28:43 PST Received: by decpa.pa.dec.com; id AA19030; Thu, 29 Nov 90 20:24:53 -0800 Message-Id: <9011300424.AA19030@decpa.pa.dec.com> Received: from anarky.enet; by decwrl.enet; Thu, 29 Nov 90 20:57:16 PST Date: Thu, 29 Nov 90 20:57:16 PST From: SWL mailing list 29-Nov-1990 2124 To: mail11:;@decpa.pa.dec.com@decpa.pa.dec.com (@pirate) Subject: ** 7415 ** The Internet Pirate SWL mailing list ** 29 Nov 1990 ** =================================== | ////// // // // ////// | The Internet Pirate Radio Listeners | // ////// // /////. | mailing list. | // // // // | Post Addr: PIRATE@ANARKY.ENET.DEC.COM | // // // ////// | Info Addr: BREWER@ACE.ENET.DEC.COM =================================== Keeper : John Brewer, Albuq. NM | 29 Nov 1990 Circulation: 221 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ The circulation is getting quite large! We have picked up quite [ a few new members... welcome to you all. Since a goodly portion [ of the readership appear to be new listeners, I ask again that [ someone please pen a tutorial on Pirate listening tips... a how to. [ I think I have one that Nick Trio wrote, and I'll try to include it [ here, but please pass along your listening tips! [ Along that same line, loggings are needed too! All you "old timers" [ please send in any reports that are fit to print. [ [ 7415 gets a mention on RNI, RNI joins the group, and some logs. [ Onto the news! /john [--------------------------- [ From the far reaches of the net, Steve Cole of RNI found this list. [ Welcome, and thanks very much for the program info Steve. [--------------------------- From: CRL::"bigsteve@dorsai.com" "steve coletti" 29-NOV-1990 03:02:16.71 To: "SSDD! John Brewer @ACE 28-Nov-1990 0837" CC: Subj: Re: Radio New York International is a progressive radio service dedicated to free speach and exposing music not normally heard on commercial radio. So get out that old short wave set from the closet and tune in RNI over WWCR from Nashville, TN at 7520Khz. on your worldband dial every Sunday night at 9Pm Eastern time . You may phone us toll free at 1-800-73-69-RNI. Radio New York International will verify accurate reception reports. Please include A Self Addressed Stamped Envelope, or 2 IRC's if reporting from outside the US, with your QSL request. If you include personal information about yourself that, you would like to share with the world, Dan Lewis will read it on his program. Here is the RNI schedule for December 2, 1990. 9PM/EST-0200UTC-"A DIFFERENT KIND OF OLDIE SHOW" with "Big Steve" Cole. Music; Girl Groups of the 50's and 60's. Phone Topic; Matsushita's purchase of MCA/Universal. 10PM/EST-0300UTC-"THE STEEL SHIP" with Randi Steel. Tonight's Guests: Todd Berman, Director of NY Chapter of N.O.R.M.L. discussing U.S drug policy and how to pass a drug test. And Jay Sorrensen of New Jersey 101.5 discussing the origins of NJ Activist Commercial Radio. ALSO: JL's Flashback and the introduction of a new feature are heard at midnight. [--------------------------------------- [ Anyone else catch the mention of this list on RNI? I was flying [ back to NM at the time, and missed the program!!! Thanks for the [ info Ben! [--------------------------------------- From: DECWRL::"76535.474@CompuServe.COM" "Ben Fuller, Jr." To: 7415 CC: Subj: KUSA & Kudos Heard the Mailbag program on RNI Sun eve. & there were some nioce things said about 7415. Hope you heard it. Logged KUSA/Radio Wisconsin 24 Nov. 0610 -- 0644. He was on 7415 USB with Rock mx, and exhortations to send obejectionable materials to the Iraqui Embassy in DC. Does anyone know an address for this station? Hope the turkey went down well. 73 /ben [---------------------------------------- [ Remember the loggings about XERK? Guess they werent across the [ border after all! [---------------------------------------- From: DECWRL::"hpubvwa!ssc!Tad.Cook@beaver.cs.washington.edu" To: anarky.enet.dec.com! Subj: Re: ** Internet Pirate SWL list ** 16 Nov 1990 ** Interesting note.....there was an item a few weeks back about a pirate with a transmitter just across the border from Texas in Mexico. The call given was XERK, and there was a phone number listed for calling in requests to the station. I did a check with the telephone operator, asking "name/place" based upon the area code and prefix of the phone number. The AT&T operator said it was in Donna, Texas. Just the other day I received a copy of the W5YI Report. It said that George Hopp Jr of Donna, Texas was fined $1000 by the FCC for unlicensed operation of XERK on 7435 KHz. So apparently the station was NOT in Mexico, and in fact the phone number may have gone right to Hopp's house, instead of reaching him via a more roundabout route. Tad Cook Seattle, WA Packet: KT7H @ N7HFZ.WA.USA.NA Phone: 206/527-4089 MCI Mail: 3288544 Telex: 6503288544 MCI UW USENET:...uw-beaver!sumax!amc-gw!ssc!tad or, tad@ssc.UUCP [-------------------- [ It looked like a direct connection to the station according to my phone [ bill... [ [ Thanks to Kent for the following... I get numerous requests for [ reports of European activity. Keep 'em coming! [ -------------------- From: DECWRL::"dvlkhh@cs.umu.se" To: anarky::pirate Subj: QSLs received in Sweden I have been reading this mailing list a rather long time. I found the stuff here very interesting, especially the stuff from Jean Burnell. Personally, I'm too lazy to stay up during the night hours here to hear pirates. At least during the winter period. Summer time is another thing..... I start with a list of QSLs received by Swedish DXers taken from the October bulletin of the Swedish DX Federation. R. Orang Utan - 6206. One week. British Radio Int. - 6232. 12 w. R. Meteor (Fin) - 6276. 4 w. Radio Freedom Int. - 6280. 6 w. R. Northlight - 6280. 7 w. R. Confusion Int. - 6299. 6 w. R. Stella Int. - 6320. 3 w. FRSH - 7310. 7 w. R. Benelux - 7430. 4 w. PFBS - 15050. 6 w. Quality R. - 15054. 14 w. Unfortunately, they have never shown any addresses. So, I want to send thanks to Jean for his info! I will also include information from my friend's loggings in the future. Good DX! Kent PS We have both JRC NRD525s [------------------------------- From: DECWRL::"driver8@stb.info.com" "Hugh Whats-his-name" To: toto!anarky.enet.dec.com!pirate@nosc.mil CC: mixstate@trout.nosc.mil Subj: Late pirate logging On 1 Nov 90 UTC (Halloween), I listened for pirates. All I heard was some real weak stuff until 0136 UTC, when there was a s9 carrier and then some rock and rap music on 7417. Again nothing until 0300 when Radio Anarchy came on 7417, undoubtedly the same station as at 0136, giving its location as the high Sierras and QSL to the Blue Ridge mail drop. There was something to the effect of, "It's about time there were audible pirate stations on the West Coast," and a discussion of the recently rebuilt transmitter and how they knew they were off frequency but that's the only crystal they had. This was followed by about a half hour of VERY alternative rock music, mostly on religious and social themes. Signal was AM and pretty good (SINPO 43334). Hugh Stegman NV6H driver8@stb.info.com [-------------------------------------------- [ Speaking Of R. Anarchy.... I got a postcard from the op asking for [ folks to tune 9990 in the 0200-0700z time frame. Xmtr is homebrew [ 4 watter, and reports have ranged from Idaho to California. The [ op targets the west coast, and programs Harcore/industrial music. [ They also request logs be sent to Pirate Pages and to the ACE. [ [ What follows was sent in by a "charter subscriber" (where ya been [ Nick!!) and was published in April of this year. Good info on Pirate [ SWLing... any others? [--------------------------------------------- From: DECPA::"bywater!scifi!nrtpc!nrt@uunet.UU.NET" "Nicholas R. Trio" To: anarky::pirate Subj: QUestions for the list.... Let me take up the first part of Will Martin's question, since someone else posted the second (interference on 7415)... There are no hard and fast rules on where/when to find pirates. Last year I heard pirates mostly at 0300-0700 UTC...weekends were active, but for awhile it seemed like *every night* was a big night (Radio Clandestine was really active then, along with KRUD). Now, I seem to get them Friday through Monday from 2000-2300. Again, even this isn't a sure thing. An interesting time is major holidays (4th of July, Memorial Day, New Years' Eve, and Halloween (I heard Crystal Ship Radio one Halloween about 5 years ago or so). I fully expected April 1st to be active, and according to George Zeller (relayed via the ANARC net) it was busy in his area (Cleveland, I believe), but it was dead here in New York State. As to where to listen, 7415 kHz is still (as far as I can tell) predominant, though many others are being reported (e.g. 1620, 6240, 7395, 7448, 15043 Khz, et. al.). Because of the nature of pirate radio, rarely will tests be preannounced; one announcement came in over the ANARC net, but I didn't hear the test, though I tried. The only tips I can offer are (1) patience...I usually monitor 7415 20 hours or more a week, late afternoon into the night (2) pay particular attention to your antenna/receiver...frankly, these pirates aren't known for having wonderful signals (Radio Clandestine, however, had a beautiful signal... better than some SW broadcasters I've heard). In my case, I'm using a Yaese FT-747GX amateur radio tranceiver/gen. coverage receiver and a 104' long dipole up 30' in the air and fed with RG-8M coax. However, I have heard pirates with a Sangean and a wire to a window screen. Really, I'd spend time on the antenna...you can have a $4000 receiver with a whip antenna and a $200 receiver with a good dipole (or better antenna)...in almost all cases, the $200 receiver will catch the signal better. Many of the techniques used for DXing hams or SW broadcasters really do apply to pirates, except they're more unpredictable. Try listening on a Saturday afternoon on 7415 from about 1800-0000 UTC and see if anything pops up. That might be your best bet. Oh, another good thing to do is to listen to the ANARC net (7240 Khz LSB starting at 10 AM EDT...can usually be heard on the East Coast easily)... you can find up-to-date info there (if you can't hear it, don't worry... I copy down all the pirate loggings and submit them immediately to this list). It's been said pirates occasionally pop up on 7415 right after the net, but I haven't heard them up there. Make sure to keep a tape recorder handy...it's some of the funniest radio this side of Howard Stern on WXRK-FM New York. :-) 73 & good listening, Nick [------------------------------- [ I heard the following stations since last issue: [ WGAR - 11-27 7415U 0127-0201* Krishna readings. Ann Gary , [ Indiana and 100W to a dipole. [ WDLN - 11-28 7415U 0115-0150* 7 Dylan songs. Only by b'casting [ Bob D in USB, can his voice [ become any more strange. [ No addresses were copied for either of the above. Hints? [ [ That's it till next time. As always post early and often! As the [ Holidays approach, broadcasts should increase. Late news copied off [ of the ANARC BBS indicates that Hope R. is testing again. Listen [ in the 41m band for them, as they have had some of the best [ produced broadcasts of late. [ That's it for this issue. As always, post early and often. 73&DX. [ /john ------------------------------------------------