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I thought I was hearing a pirate afew weeks ago turned out to be radio stoke had taken to playing some reagae, wonder how common this is, do you tune to something think it is a pirate?. 

I’ve not heard any pirates ones from the nearest cities here since 2021, dosen’t seem like any will come back now.  I supose the signal might be abit ropey on a bbc local radio station traveling a long distance, might be playing something you’d not normally hear.
I was going to post this over on radionecks too, seems like theres noone over there too, do hear alot of talk of building transmitters but nothing gets heard.

Aew months I thought I was hearing something interesting down there on 88.2, playing brit pop, signal was there for a while stereo sign there but not overly strong, then you could tell this was in a car tx, you got that tell tail fluttering. I think what made me think it was something albert’s talked about something been set up in the pennines in the past, they’ll problalby say nothing is there
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UK Radio Talk / Re: 92.2 club classics from North Kent into South Essex
« Last post by radionortheast on December 18, 2025, 08:35:23 am »
I was tuning about on online sdr in the north west afew months ago, heard a deep bassy voice dance tunes on 106.6, turned out to be a community station all the way from manchester, not quite as deep as robbie the robert on forbidden planet but deep
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Members Introductions / Re: Taking the plunge
« Last post by radionortheast on December 18, 2025, 08:27:30 am »
Local oscilator from a radio would make a nice transmitter back years ago, I could sometimes get them to go 150 meters, ;D on a good day, making a 19khz generator getting the stereo sign to come on, spent hours trying to get stereo separation playing cds mix tapes, a neighbour would listen.
Can’t imagine anyone doing this now, people don’t have to bother, they could get an in car transmitter with a little aerial have the samething. ;)
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London Pirate Radio / Re: Radionecks.co.uk
« Last post by RIGMO on December 17, 2025, 09:42:10 pm »
on trail  ;D
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Members Introductions / Re: Taking the plunge
« Last post by zxbasic on December 15, 2025, 12:35:01 pm »
Hi again.. forgot me password so had to re register  ;)

If you need help recovering your first account, I can do that for you just let me know
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Members Introductions / Re: Taking the plunge
« Last post by Carlos2 on December 14, 2025, 07:38:20 pm »
Hi again.. forgot me password so had to re register  ;)
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Technical Corner / Re: 12m antenna mast very practical
« Last post by radionortheast on December 12, 2025, 02:09:18 pm »
I do remember with the gp, relaying hooked on classics, not everyones cup of tea, never lost the signal went weak, on the hills, you think you’ve lost the signal its just a low part in the music, the stereo sign flicks back on, the music starts up again, classical music with a menotrome beat. On low frequency with a dipole the signal would often be lost you’d get a burst now again, never heard anything like it, still listen to that now, remember when you never lost the signal, the day it was heard everywhere.
Hard to believe it just worked from that chart, with wires taped to some paper tubes, like some epsoide of blue peter with shini, though top part had to 5-6cms shorter, that part was an alumium tube. it was just on top of an old poster tube in the loft, it fell down in the night, easy to repairfound some better way to put it up, the poster was of austria it did reach simliar scenery.
it was still rolled up paper tubes with just wire, barely 3w little tx, was my favourite one of all time, stereo all in, had rds too I turned it off I couldn’t think of a name. I did sometimes put the rds as another frequency, I found abit funny to do that, what mondo fun. :D ;D

I suppose the gp is quite cute even with 3 legs, if the radials are made of wire outside I suppose bird might land on them, so I guess you'd have to straighten them out again.
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General Discussion / Re: Radionecks is down
« Last post by MonTaylor on December 11, 2025, 07:07:10 am »
looks like the NRG website is back as well....
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Technical Corner / Re: PCS must be the best PLL rig people now
« Last post by radionortheast on December 10, 2025, 09:15:34 am »
ah that explains it, I was kinda thinking there might be some other shop that sells pcs gear were the vat was paid through the website.
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