Pirates in Cheshire

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by radionortheast » Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:22 am

Someone who was doing it through the sdr here has gone away, the sdr is gone too, not sure if it was because of that, you don’t get stereo from it anyway, it inverts them, easier to puts mixes on mixcloud or something. I suppose if something appears on one it makes it more noticeable, better not to, but I suppose boring, you don't know who's tuning about.

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by radionortheast » Fri Feb 07, 2025 3:06 pm

radionortheast wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 10:22 am Someone who was doing it through the sdr here has gone away, the sdr is gone too, not sure if it was because of that, you don’t get stereo from it anyway, it inverts them, easier to puts mixes on mixcloud or something. I suppose if something appears on one it makes it more noticeable, better not to, but I suppose boring, you don't know who's tuning about.
no chance of hearing uber cool stereo either, interesting watching a signal fluctuate, leave you pirates to it, I am not.

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:27 pm

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:28 pm

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

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MAR on 6335khz now

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by tvtv » Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:59 pm

I couldn’t get it where I am. Maybe it’s gone off.
I can hear dance music on 3.955 no idea if it’s a pirate tho as it’s a foreign voice [off topic]

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:44 pm

They told me that they were on from 10am till 2pm. What power they ran isn't all that clear. Not sure where they were operating from, but I can tell you that 87.5mhz fm was very weak to me.

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by shuffy » Wed Feb 12, 2025 12:15 am

Blackjake wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:44 pmThey told me that they were on from 10am till 2pm. What power they ran isn't all that clear. Not sure where they were operating from, but I can tell you that 87.5mhz fm was very weak to me.
I tried on the Twente SDR when i saw your post, but I think it might have gone off by then. I'll try either the ground wave, or a more local SDR next weekend.
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Sun Feb 23, 2025 10:30 am

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Matt » Sun Feb 23, 2025 12:18 pm

Nothing here at the moment in South Liverpool. Is it off now or is it just not coming in over here?

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by shuffy » Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:17 pm

There were 2 reports of it from Europe on HFU this morning, around 9-10am. I just tried various SDRs in the North West, and also the Twente one (since ground wave can be a non-starter on HF) and nothing heard, I probably missed it again.
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Mon Feb 24, 2025 12:23 pm

shuffy wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:17 pm There were 2 reports of it from Europe on HFU this morning, around 9-10am. I just tried various SDRs in the North West, and also the Twente one (since ground wave can be a non-starter on HF) and nothing heard, I probably missed it again.
Yeah, it's the luck of the draw I guess . Just had a word with MAR and they've received reports in from Weston Super Mare, France and Ireland so far, so it's definitely getting out.
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Mon Feb 24, 2025 12:27 pm

tvtv wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:59 pm I couldn’t get it where I am. Maybe it’s gone off.
I can hear dance music on 3.955 no idea if it’s a pirate tho as it’s a foreign voice [off topic]
Yeah, just keep persevering tvtv. They are definitely getting out. Reports received from Ireland, France and Weston Super Mare so far.
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by pete1015 » Sat Mar 29, 2025 3:35 pm

tvtv wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:59 pm I couldn’t get it where I am. Maybe it’s gone off.
I can hear dance music on 3.955 no idea if it’s a pirate tho as it’s a foreign voice [off topic]
Enjoying your new sdr on fmdx.org, sounds great. :tup

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Sun Apr 06, 2025 7:27 pm

Radio Overdrive has returned to full power after technical difficulties with the tx.

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by tvtv » Sun Apr 06, 2025 7:42 pm

Still not getting here

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by pete1015 » Wed May 07, 2025 3:11 pm

Blackjake wrote: Sun Apr 06, 2025 7:27 pm Radio Overdrive has returned to full power after technical difficulties with the tx.
hi Jake, i haven't heard overdrive for a few weeks, hope everything is OK. :whistle

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Fri May 09, 2025 5:24 pm

Thanks for the report although not a report I was hoping for but a report nonetheless. Can't really answer why that might be, sounding back to its normal strength in Crewe. Perhaps conditions or increase noise levels.? Not sure. Hope you get better luck soon.
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by pete1015 » Fri May 09, 2025 6:43 pm

Blackjake wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 5:24 pm Thanks for the report although not a report I was hoping for but a report nonetheless. Can't really answer why that might be, sounding back to its normal strength in Crewe. Perhaps conditions or increase noise levels.? Not sure. Hope you get better luck soon.
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by radionortheast » Sat May 10, 2025 9:18 am

had I listen on north west sdr on afew sundays, not sure were its based but nothing heard through it (this was on fm though), sounds like if mar is still going on 87.5 it might be quite low power? make a note of the shortwave frequency anyway, shortwave bands are a big area.

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