PiratesWeek 12/31/06

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Pair of pirate stations are fined by the FCC, story by TWIAR. Steve & Janice of the International Radio Report talk a bit about the FRN & the Crystal Ship. They may also be giving a talk at Winterfest this year.
We go through some posts on the FRN as well as Radio Pirates and ALT.Radio.Pirate and note the stations logged on the Free Radio Weekly.
Off Air recordings this week include Iron Man Radio, Hey Joe Radio, United Patriot militia Bingo and Lazer Hot Hits.
In other radio news scientists predict big solar cycle.
Website of the week is the homepage for WDDR.
The propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Check out the pirate radio IRC through Chris Smolinkskis website. Also check out my new website by the new URL www.RFPrograms.com
Podsafe Music includes the artists; might could, objecks, evan tate, jj slim and chub creek music
Happy New Year.

RD

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas all you F00k'n Slhobs!

No show this Sunday. I am out of town and on the road. I may upload somthing in a few days. I will be posting somthing next weekend over New Years. 
Untill then I hope each of you have a merry Christmas.

Ragnar

PiratesWeek 12/17/06

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      Nasty space weather makes listening challenging this last week. The SWL fest is looking for this years forum speakers.
Pirates in the news this week consists of Pirate radio station operators protest outside NCC in Taiwan.
  We go though select posts from the Free Radio Network and Radio Pirates, as well as note the stations logged per the free Radio Weekly.
   Off Air recordings this week include the pirate stations of WHJR, Grasscutter and Sunshine, and Take it Easy Radio.
   In other radio news a story from TWIAR about an FCC action against an Ebay seller.
   Extended propagation forecast from Steve Nichols.
   Podsafe Music this week from the artists: Tim Rose, Rorry, Lumberjack Mafia, Yamomanem, and kcsaito.


Thanks for listening.


RD


 

PiratesWeek 12/10/06

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If you only have time to listen to one show this week about pirate radio, download LAST WEEKS SHOW from the Media Geek. It's his annual review of pirate radio with John Anderson.
No pirates in the news this week.
We go though some select posting on the Free Radio Network.
Off air recordings this week include the pirate stations WHYP, M.A.C. and a UNID.
In other radio news from the This Week in amateur Radio is a story that the AARL is going after the FCC for giving a pass to BPL for radio interference. We also listen to another portion of the Media Geek show on FCC procedure with pirate radio stations. A tinfoil hat moment from TWIAR about how the FBI may be listening to what you are doing.
Website of the week is the MT Shortwave Central blog.
Podsafe music this week from the artists: Josh Woodward, the psycho daisies, and The Goldstars
Thank you for listening
RD

PiratesWeek 12/3/06

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Back from Vacation! So this week is a bit of catch up. Pirates in the news include a mention on Glen Hausers program World of Radio about the Brother Stairs parody number station. A notice of apparent liability from the FCC to an ebay seller of non certified HF radios from T.W.I.A.R.  Janice and Steve Karlock talks about listening to HF pirates on their show the International radio Report.
  We go though a few posts on the Free Radio Network, and one on Radio Pirates, as well as the pirates stations logged per the Free Radio Weekly.
Off air recordings this week include the stations; Radio Free Speech, WHJR and MAC shortwave.
In other radio news from T.W.I.A.R. Ofcom is thinking about ending AM & FM radio in the U.K. & reassigning the spectrum to internet TV also a CHU update.
 The propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Podsafe music this week includes tracks from the artists: Norman Hedman's Tropique and Guardian Mind Mix.
Thanks for listening
RD

PiratesWeek 11/5/06

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Sevral Pirates in the news. The Broward Sheriff's Office on Thursday shut down a private radio station in Sunrise FL. Radio station 96.1 Tha Zone was visited by the Federal Communications Commission on Friday. See the VIDEO . East Chicago, Ind., radio station broadcasting uncensored gangsta rap music on 90.5 FM Xtreme Fm was targeted by Ofcom and police in a raid.
Select posts on the FRN
FCC endources BPL, a news story from TWIAR.
Propagation Forcast from TWIAR
No show the Next two weeks.
Thanks For Listening.
RD

PiratesWeek 10/29/06

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Happy Halloween. This podcast has been Levelated, SolderSmoke #37 is out.
One pirate in the news. From The Sunday Times Pirate radio heroes Phantom FM are now legit.
Select bulletin board posts from the FRN and Alt.Radio.Pirate. Stations logged from The Free Radio Weekly.
Off Air Recordings from the pirate radio stations of: Possum Hunting Radio, WDDR, TIER, KFUD.
In other radio news: From Slashdot Review is a story of the launch of NASAs stereo mission. From TWIAR comes a story of FCC action again a couple "legit" stations. From Radio Intel is a story that RCI's popular SWL Digest program is offering a CD set of the old SW station Ident & Interval Signals Series.
Website of the week is DXer.ca
Propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Podsafe music this week from the artists: Asymmetry, jbreel, Harry S. Caterson and Josh Woodward

Thanks for listening.
RD

PiratesWeek 10/22/06

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Just one pirate in the news. From free103point9 Newsroom. The FCC announced today that it moved a "Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture" to a "Forfeiture Order" against Shawn Deroux for operating a radio station at 87.9-FM in the Bronx without a license. That means Deroux isn't paying his $10,000 fine, and the FCC slowly stepping up their efforts to get him to pay.
We go through selected posts on the FRN and Alt Radio pirate, as well as note stations logged per the FRN.
Off Air recordings include the stations; WDDR, United Patriot Militia Bingo, Radio Free Euphoria, Kracker radio, and submitted by Eric- TIER.
In the radio news, from Radio Intel, Passport To World Band Radio Due Out Soon Passband.com has posted a shipment date of October 23, for the 2007 edition. From TWIAR a story that HF radio transmissions can disrupt BPL connections.
The extended propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Podsafe music from the artists: Lumberjack Mafia, Yamomanem, The Psycho Daisies, Savium
Thanks for Listening
RD

Pirates Week 10/15/06

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Two Pirates in the news this week. 20-year-old Majorie Voltaire was arrested Thursday night at the request of the Federal Communications Commission for making an unauthorized transmission of a radio broadcast - a third-degree felony. Also John Peel last program from Radio London circa 1967 will be aired on BBC6 Music Monday Oct. 23.
We go through postings on the Free Radio Network & log stations via the Free Radio Weekly.
DJboutit has started a new blog, check it out.
Off air recordings this week of the pirate stations of WDDR, Radio First Termer, and Robot Radio.
Podsafe music this week from the artists: kcsaito, Psykosoul, yamomanem, and Sonic Deviant.

Thanks for listening.
RD

Pirates Week 10/08/06

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Two pirates in the news. From World Of Radio comes a story of a pirate on Catalina Island off the coast of California. Second from the Quad Cities Online is news that Pirate radio station DJ Matthew Britcher was sentenced to four years in jail for stealing a credit card from a deaf elderly man.
Logging from the FRN.
Off air recording include the pirate stations of: WAIR, Truckdriver Man, Voice of Bozo, A UNID, and Radio Paisano.
An audio story from TWIAR on the ARRL suing the FCC, FCC action against Loves on sales of illegal CB radios.
Website of the week is a blog on European Pirates.
The Propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Check out the Levelator, a Java program that will nomalize your .Wav files.
Three weeks to Halloween!
Podsafe music from the artists: Nyasha Munangwa, Greg Federico, and Jason Burke.

Thanks for Listening
RD

Pirates Week 10/02/06

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One pirate in the news this week. UK police raid against a pirate operator called Renegade.
We got through select posts from the FRN.
Recent shortwave pirate radio stations heard from The Free Radio Weekly.
Off air recording this week include Robot Radio, TIER, Brother Stair numbers station.
In other radio news, Dave Rabbit interview on the NPR program "On the Media"
From TWIAR comes a story that the FCC has created a new homeland security bureau.
Check out the Pirate Radio IRC chatroom via Chris Smolinski site.

 Podsafe artist this week include:  Matthew Hall, Lumberjack Mafia and Savium

Thanks for listening

RD

Piratesweek 09/24/06

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Long show this week. Lots of off air recordings.
The link to the video I posted can be found HERE.Thank you to Radio Ramona in The Netherlands for the relays. FM pirate in the Netherlands. http://www.ramona.nl/
Two pirates in the news, from the Miami Hearld Darin Satter, 34, was arrested and charged with unauthorized interference with a public radio station. From the International Herald Tribune, is a story on pirate radio in general and the pirate radio camp of Stephen Dunifer.
We go though some posts on the FRN, and alt.radio.pirate I also highlight the bulletin board from Phats Beat Radio- RADIO PIRATES
as well as go through the stations logged per the Free Radio Weekly.
A ton of off air recordings including: UNID, KIPM, Altered States Radio, TIER, TouchTone Radio, WMFQ, Ann Hoffer Radio, and Radio Free Speech.
I also talk briefly about the article on salon.com about Dave Rabbits trip to Iraq.
Check out the IRC on the zirc network. #pirateradio channel 
website of the week is Phat Beats Radio bulletin Board.
Propagation forecast from T.W.I.A.R
A brief audio snippet from Steve Karlock of The International Radio Report about pirate radio and the FRN.
I tag a song at the end of the podcast from FCCFU.
Podsafe Music this week from the artists: Brian McRae, David Cyr, and Anne Farnsworth.
Thanks for listening.
RD

PiratesWeek 09/10/06

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Start off talking about Chris Smolinski's new IRC channel #PIRATERADIO on the ZiRC network. they also have a Web Based Chat link.
A follow up news item to last weeks news story on OFSCOM going after Brittish pirates. A pirate speaks up to defend the pirate radio community.
We go through some posts on the FRN and ALT.Radio.Pirate. and the stations logged this week as noted on the FRN.
A press release I found on the Radio Informer that Hard-Core-DX has opened an online store.
The Propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Podsafe music this week from the artists: Brian McRae, Savium, and B.D. Lenz
Thanks for listening.
RD

PiratesWeek 09/05/06

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This is a abbrieviated Piratesweek. I'm on vacation & will not get back into the weekly schedual again for a couple of more weeks.
In this update includes the news Item that Talk Like A Pirate Day is fast approaching (sept. 19th) and a news story from the COMET that OFSCOM is stepping up its hunt for radio pirates in England.
We go through a few posts on the Free Radio Network and alt radio pirate as well as go though the stations logged via the Free Radio Weekly.
I air an off air recording of the Low power broadcast from Undercover Radio.
Propagation forecast from TWIAR.
Thanks for listening
RD
Podsafe music this week from Brian McRae.

PiratesWeek 08/20/06

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Longish show this week with not a lot of pertinate material, but we are coming out of the summer doldrums & fall listening should be here soon.
From Slashdot Review is a story about Voip Number stations. From The Media Geek is a story about Making Waves, the documentary movie about pirate radio is being shown around the country.  A  story  from
  P2PNet  about the Pirate Party in Austria.
I go though selected posts from the FRN and ALT.Radio.Pirate as well as the stations heard via the electronic newsletter The Free Radio Weekly.
Off air recordings include stations of WBNY, MAC Shortwave, and WTPR.
Other stories covered include an email reply of last shows story on the ionisphere as a radiating antenna . A story from Science at Nasa about backwards Sunspots.
TWIAR random access thought played a bit from last winterfest: Steve Mcneil from Boston shared his unique stream of consciousness thoughts on radios & electronics, from the hospitality room heres a bit from last winterfest.
 The propagation forecast from TWIAR
I will be doing shows every other week though next month sometime.
Thanks for listening.

Podsafe music from the artists: Anne Farnsworth and B.D. Lenz
 


    

PiratesWeek 08/06/06

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Standard Disclaimer:‭ ‬don't blame to malice for that can be attributed to simple incompetence.

No pirates in the news this week but I do share a tin foil hat moment. From the World of Radio the FCC is hiring HF radio direction finders.

We read through selected post on the F.R.N. and Alt.Radio.Pirate as well as note the pirates logged on The Free Radio Weekly.

Off air recording this week MAC shortwave, Johnny Guitarman with a 70's Hard Rock Show.

In other radio news; Researchers at Samsung in Korea are now working on a way to turn the ionosphere into an antenna. I also stumbled across DJ Frederick's the /wave project. He also has another blog Seldom Heard Radio.
***Call it serendipity, DJ Frederick released the third issue of the /wave project this Sunday afternoon***

‭ The Propagation forecast from TWIAR.

Podsafe Music this week was from the Artists: The Kind, Lumberjack Mafia, David Cyr, and Dreamline.

Thanks For Listening.

RD

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