One More Toy wrote: » Is listening to pirates still technically illegal? Are there many active on mw or sw anymore? Used to listen to laser hot hits on short wave about ten years ago, must breaks out the sw receiver and have a listen!
marno21 wrote: » Last time I checked Laser are still going strong on 4026kHz.
pirateradiohed wrote: » where can that be picked up
Fuzzy Clam wrote: » Never was illegal. There are about 3 SW pirates still on from Ireland inc "God" on 6295 on Sundays. About 3 or 4 from the UK and plenty from The Netherlands. Also at least one from Germany and Italy and possibly France.
marno21 wrote: » Who are the others? Any idea where they're transmitting from?
pirateradiohed wrote: » any1 no if there are any pirates on uhf lw mw or any other bands
marno21 wrote: » No long wave pirates. There was a UHF TV pirate around here (Millstreet) but I believe it's off the air these days. You can include the deflectors in that list if you wish. No medium wave pirates to my knowledge but there are still some in the continent using the 1611-1710kHz band.
pirateradiohed wrote: » so if i were to source a radio for pirates are fm and sw my priority? and thee 1700 band you mentioned, what is the name of the band
TallGlass wrote: » I would imagine LW or MW. Just get a radio with everything from short to long, IE a DAB radio covering FM, AM, SW, MW & LW.
pirateradiohed wrote: » why a dab
TallGlass wrote: » Mate, I am starting to wonder if your just taking the mick at this stage. But in the interest of your question. DAB is one of the newest* broadcast technologies and is due to replace FM and would be considered its digital counterpart. So for future proofing, I would get a radio that can do DAB. * and I use that term lightly.
pirateradiohed wrote: » wo just to make it clear i no what dab is, was thinking of pirates only and was just wondering why I would need dab for scanning for pirates. cheers for the comment before the answer
TallGlass wrote: » Anyway, here is a snapshot from the past ! 1996 (well as it as busy little dial then !) AS OF 13th October 1996 87.7FM Super Q link see 99.4 87.8FM Energy FM 89.8FM Vibe FM link freq. 92.0FM Freedom FM 92.5FM Mystery FM 94.2FM ABC Radio 94.6FM Pure FM 95.5FM Heartbeat 96.0FM Walkinstown Local Radio 96.6FM Mix 96 98.7FM Power FM 99.15FM Pulse FM link freq. 99.4FM Super Q 100.0FM Radio Dublin (30 years on air this month) 100.4FM Radio Sylvia 100.5FM Club FM link freq. 100.7FM Urban fm 101.8FM United Christian Broadcasters Satellite relay 102.5FM Radio Caroline North Dublin's Local Radio 102.9FM Real FM 102.9FM Rythem FM 103.2FM Pulse FM (see 99.1) 105.3FM Spectrum FM (was 105.4) 105.3FM Jazz FM 105.7FM Mix 106 106.0FM D.L.R. 106.4FM Club FM (see 100.5) 106.9FM unid 107.0FM Energy link freq. 107.1FM X FM 107.5FM Spectrum link Freq. see 105.3
end of the road wrote: » 106.9 was probably that vibe fm who's link was on 89.8. certainly a busy dial back then though. as far as i know radio dublin started a lot earlier then 1986, 1966 i think? interesting to note those which survived until the 2000s. freedom 92 fm, Walkinstown Local Radio, power fm, radio dublin, Radio Caroline North, Jazz FM, dlr (later became hits 106) x fm. freedom, Walkinstown Local Radio, and Jazz FM all died in the 2003 raids. power fm, x fm and radio dublin left before the raids i think? hits 106 left us in 2001. Radio Caroline North left us a bit before light fm launched i think. freedom, x fm, power fm and jazz fm were great stations, and would still be great to have on our airwaves today. power fm and jazz fm would certainly be worthy candidates for community of interest licences in my opinion.
marno21 wrote: » Were link frequencies widely received?
TallGlass wrote: » I just think it's quite funny how 20 years later how many licensed stations we have now yet the variety has diminished, to me the BCI has failed in regulation. You've nearly every station playing stuff they shouldn't be playing and its sad because there just doing so to keep there head above water cause of regulation.
TallGlass wrote: » And still 20 years on and not a licensed Dance station, bizarre !
TallGlass wrote: » I have said it before and will say it again, Pulse FM (RTE) should be put on FM. It's a brilliant station.
marno21 wrote: » Any hypothetical dance station would have to be non profit. If it was a commercial entity it would become another generic mess like the rest after a while. Dance music will forever live on the Pirates as far as I can see. Pity there isn't more of them. Surprised there isn't more in Cork, radio market in Cork is as stale.
end of the road wrote: » i don't know unfortunately. i never actually understood the whole using different frequencies for linking. i should imagine there was a good reason for it however. isn't the practice dead now? i think the 2000s saw it die out?
