The Pirates were busy tonight - conditions were decent with some manageable noise.
6850 (not) Pop Shop Radio, (2 May 2026 0146-0200),
0146 Huey Lewis & The News - “Perfect World”
0151 Electric Light Orchestra - “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head”
0154 Robert Palmer - “Every Kinda People”
0158 Milli Vanilli - “Girl You Know It’s True”
Wide USB (10K!) signal with Waterfall painting “Pop Shop Radio”. This
most certainly is not that legit program which plays on WRMI each
week - recordings have been re-broadcast by this Pirate regularly. Fair.
6915 Mary Chapin Carpenter Radio, (2 May 2026 0053-0103),
various Mary Chapin Carpenter songs:
0053 “Passionate Kisses”
0056 “I feel Lucky”
0059 “The Hard Way”
0106 Station ID
Fair signal with some noise.
6915 Hobby Broadcasting Radio, (2 May 2026 0203-0210),
DX program from “Hobby Broadcasting Radio”. OM playing
audio clips for various pirates, going over speculative schedules and
speaking about equipment. Fair.
6925 WQTR, (2 May 2026 0029-0033),
OM talking about Chicago; May Day and labor movements. Poor.
6935 Sternradio, (2 May 2026 0011-0020),
Hard rock in progress. Wide AM Stereo signal with a lot of noise at
first; getting better later on. Waterfall painting at various times.
0014 Station ID 0014 GWAR - “___ this place”
0018 Castle Rat “Cry For Me”
0019 QSY to 6940kHz; likely due to nearby Pirate on 6925.
6960 Radio Free Spirit, (2 May 2026 0021-0028),
May have been technical details with audio dropping in and
out.
0024 Boston - “Foreplay/Long Time”
0026 DJ talking about shortwave radio.
6960 Ballsmacker Radio, (2 May 2026 0102-0113),
0103 BTO - “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”
0104 The Who - “I Can See For Miles”
0108 Smokey Robinson - “Just To See Her”
0112 Station ID
0112 John Ford Coley - “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight”
Weak but readable with low noise.
6970 7 Radio, (2 May 2026 0210-0217),
0210 possibly a Janice Joplin song in progress
0217 “7 Radio” waterfall image
Variable signal with deep fades.
