2017-2018 PRA Now Available

2017-2018 Pirate Radio Annual is done and I've received the copies back from the printer already! This edition is 308 pages and contains an audio CD-R (playable on standard CD players) with clips from 87 different pirate stations from around the world, nearly all from 2016 and 2017. This edition contains 181 illustrations and entries for approximately 307 stations reported in North America in 2016 and 2017 (280 North American shortwave stations and 27 from Europe and South America).

It also contains some "articles" on the Common and Precious Beacon, Radio Pirana International from South America, and upcoming Global HF Pirate Weekends/propagation for reaching different parts of the world.

This edition will cost $20 ($16.50 + $3.50 shipping) in the U.S. I took the packed book to the post office for the international shipping cost and was shocked to discover that it will cost $24 to ship it anywhere in Europe (so, $38.00 = $16.50 + $21.50 to Europe) I'll eat a couple dollars of the cost because the shipping is so high. It's so expensive that it will soon pay for airfare to Europe just to deliver copies!

This price is good for the next month (up through 5/1/2019). I'm not sure if I'll keep the price the same or raise it at that time.

Please send check or money order to:

Hobby Broadcasting
PO Box 109
Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214

or send the money via PayPal to info [at symbol] hobbybroadcasting.com.  If you trust that I won't run off with the money to Sealand, please use the "Friends and Family" option so that PayPal won't charge a fee.

4/2 update: One final note about ordering via PayPal: Could you please include your shipping address with the PayPal order? The PayPal messages haven't included addresses and when I sign into PayPal and click on the "more information about this transaction," the address still isn't coming up. So, I've been e-mailing people for addresses, which could delay shipping.

Ghosts in the Air Glow

No time to write at the moment, but I heard the Ghosts in the Air Glow experimental broadcast tonight via the HAARP facilities & wanted to mention it for anyone who would want to tune in. The signals on 2 and 3 MHz were nonexistent here, but 4500 kHz was weak with SSTV images, and 6900 kHz was very strong.

For more information, see: https://www.ghostsintheairglow.space

The live feed is worth checking out, even if you can't hear the radio transmission. Only a few more of these broadcasts will be made before the event is finished.

Station Listing for the 2019 Pirate Radio Annual

As I mentioned in my blog post from yesterday, the 2017-2018 Pirate Radio Annual is finished and the files are at the printer. I don't know yet when the books will be available, but I hope it'll be within the month.

I spent a few hours today and assembled the station listing for the 2019 PRA. The stations in this list are those that have been reported in North America on shortwave in 2018. The second list is stations from Europe and South America that were reported across a significant part of North America in 2018.

If you're a DXer or a station operator, please e-mail me to let me know if I missed any stations here. If so, please include links to the missing station.

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Amphetamine Radio

Bah Bah Radio. See Bye Bye Radio

Bangalore Poacher

BID Radio. See Burn It Down Radio

Big Johnson Radio

Black Pearl Radio

Black Swamp Radio

Blue Ocean Radio

Brownie Radio

Buddha Radio

Burn It Down Radio

Bye Bye Radio

Canadian National Radio

Captain Morgan

Captain Zee-Key

Carpet Shark

Cat Radio. See WCAT

Celtic Music Radio

Chamberpot Radio

Channel Z

Cinder Claus Radio International

Clever Name Radio

Cool AM

The Crystal Ship

CYOT

DB Cooper Radio

Deez Nuts Radio

DimBulb Radio

DORM Radio

Dr. Detroit

Drunken Squirrel Radio

Drunken Winky Radio

The Electric Circus

Evil Elvis

Fess Parker Radio

Freedom Radio

The Ghost Shortwave

Goat Herder Radio

Green Monster Radio

Hot Legs Radio

Hot Radio

Howdy Doody Radio

Insane Radio

International Free Radio Service

Ion Radio

Kid from Brooklyn Shortwave

King Kong Radio

KINK Radio

KIPM

KIRK

KKN50/KKN39

KMUD

KNBS

KOOT Radio

KVR

Lukewarm Radio

Man Cave Radio

Mat Radio 2000

Misfit Radio

Mix Radio International

Montreal Rose

Moonlight Radio

Mother's Milk Radio

Newport Pirate Radio

Nuttin' on Shortwave

Old Pirate Radio

Outhouse Radio

Partial India Radio

Peace Radio

Pee Wee

Piss Ant Radio

Planet Z Radio

QWK

Rabid Rabbit

Radio Appalachia

Radio Boo Boo

Radio Casablanca

Radio Cobain

Radio Comedy Club International

Radio Enterhaken

Radio Free Connecticut

Radio Free Do Whatever

Radio Free Ramones

Radio Free Whatever

Radio Fusion Radio

Radio Ga-Ga

Radio Galifrey Intergalactic

Radio Humperdoo

Radio Illuminati

Radio Olah

Radio Paisano

Radio Stasi

Radio Strange Outpost 7 (RSO7)

Radio Tango America

Rave on Radio

RCCI. See Radio Comedy Club International

Recycle Radio

The Relay Station

Renegade Radio

Rockabilly Radio

Sekio Radio

Seven Trees Radio

Skippy Radio

Sloppy Joe Radio

Solar Centric Radio

Space Radio

Spectres of Shortwave

Squirrel Radio

Stretchy Radio

TCS. See The Crystal Ship

This Is Not WMPR

Underdog

Unids

    Anti-Trump

    Chickenman

    Calvin Coolidge

    Fruitcake Station

    OTR

    Remember Pearl Harbor

    Sousa Station

    Titanic tribute

UNID Radio

Unidentified Radio

Unsuspected Radio

Toynbee Radio

Turkey Breast Radio

The Vinyl Station

VOAC

Voice of America

Voice of the Angry Cat

Voice of Elvis

Voice of Monotony

Voice of Pancho Villa

Voice of the Report of the Week

Voice of the Yetti

WBNY

WBOG

WBPR. See Black Pearl Radio

WCAT

WDDR

WEAK

WFDR

The Whistler

Wild 100

WJDI

WMPR

WNBC relay

Wolverine Radio

Woolvureen Radio

WQXI relay

WQXR relay

WREC

WRRI

WRXI

WTF

WXNZ

WXZR

X-FM

XLR8

X - 1

Yeah Man Radio

Yetti Radio. See Voice of the Yetti

YHWH

Zodiac Radio

Europe and South America

AD149

Coast FM

Crazy Wave Radio

Energy FM

Focus International

Key Channel Radio

Laser Hot Hits

Lupo Radio

Radio Abu Dhabi

RCW

Radio Harmony

Radio Powerplay

Radio Zeppelin

Stretchy 

Zenith Classic Rock

Done!

After spending too long creating and placing running heads, creating the cover, and debugging files over the past two or three weeks, the 2017-2018 Pirate Radio Annual is done and at the printer, as of this afternoon! This edition is 308 pages and will contain an audio CD-R (playable on standard CD players) containing clips from 86 different pirate stations from around the world, nearly all from 2016 and 2017. This edition contains 181 illustrations and entries for approximately 307 stations reported in North America in 2016 and 2017 (280 North American shortwave stations and 27 from Europe and South America).

Now I have my fingers crossed that the files will be OK and the printer won't have any problems.

Then, I'll have to start work on the 2019 Pirate Radio Annual . . .