Pirates in Cheshire

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by jvok » Tue Dec 31, 2024 4:49 pm

Chester/wirral area now ruby and waves (I guess) battling it out for 87.7 and neither are winning

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Matt » Tue Dec 31, 2024 4:54 pm

I've got Waves here at the moment. I also heard Central on Sunday afternoon and evening. There was also a station on 102.2 in Merseyside on Sunday morning which seemed to have gone by the afternoon. It appeared to be a live presenter but I didn't catch an ID as it was fading in and out as I was driving.

No sign of LPR on 87.5 for quite some time although, of course, I could just be tuning in at the wrong time. I haven't heard Elite for a while either.

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:15 pm

Well, it's been a fascinating time in recent weeks here in Cheshire. First of all, it was good to hear Radio Overdrive 101.4 return with its 7 day service over the Christmas period. Merseyland Alternative Radio were also on throughout the Christmas period too on 87.5mhz. And it doesn't stop there as MAR have been heard testing on Medium wave 1485khz this weekend gone and were also heard on 6266khz over Christmas.
So it's been very lively here in Cheshire with our two main stalwarts on the air.

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Post by tvtv » Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:09 pm

Saying 7 day makes you sound like your on 24/7 but you are on for a few hours at best , on other threads you talk like you own overdrive, but today “good to hear overdrive return”, lol

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Post by Blackjake » Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:23 am

tvtv wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:09 pm Saying 7 day makes you sound like your on 24/7 but you are on for a few hours at best , on other threads you talk like you own overdrive, but today “good to hear overdrive return”, lol
Not the owner but the engineer, so close connection to Overdrive. Yes only 3 hours every Sunday afternoon. Would be nice to be 24/7 that's true but it's having the time and commitment to do that, but the broadcast were at a regular time over Christmas and although only a few hours a day were non the less on for 7 days.
Quite an achievement for a small humble radio station. We've always punched above our weight.
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by shuffy » Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:45 pm

Blackjake wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:15 pmMAR
I thought MAR was in Merseyside, are you counting this because it covers part of Cheshire...

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Post by tvtv » Tue Jan 21, 2025 5:58 pm

Blackjake wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:23 am We've always punched above our weight.
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by radionortheast » Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:45 am

It strikes me if most people hear these throught sdr’s, someone could move a transmitter close to the sdr, 8-) think someone already did that, there is at least some activity there, I don’t mean to do anyone down :tup

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by LeeCavanagh » Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:01 am

Bit pointless doing that. Sdr servers can’t handle many concurrent listeners, and if you can be heard on one and not another, you’re actually helping triangulate
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:34 am

shuffy wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:45 pm
Blackjake wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:15 pmMAR
I thought MAR was in Merseyside, are you counting this because it covers part of Cheshire...
MAR has a transmitter site in Cheshire which is relayed from studios in Liverpool

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:46 am

LeeCavanagh wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:01 am Bit pointless doing that. Sdr servers can’t handle many concurrent listeners, and if you can be heard on one and not another, you’re actually helping triangulate
Yeah agree with you on that Lee with one at a time access into SDRs. Good point about triangulation although I know that would not make any difference as triangulation is taken from two stationary recieving stations in any one area before mobile tracking is utilized to complete the find.

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by tvtv » Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:23 pm

Actually triangulation uses three

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by shuffy » Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:48 pm

Blackjake wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:34 amMAR has a transmitter site in Cheshire which is relayed from studios in Liverpool
Ahhh... I wasn't aware of that sorry Blackjake. I just thought I'd mention Ruby as it was on 24/7 for a week over new year, and covers an awful lot of Cheshire :tup

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by shuffy » Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:57 pm

tvtv wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:23 pmActually triangulation uses three
Don't forget you need the direction too ideally, but I get the point. If a station has enough coverage and you have 3 or more SDRs you can receive it on, then that might tell you something. Not an exact science though!

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by tvtv » Wed Jan 22, 2025 2:00 pm

Yeah you would need to use the signal meter on the SDR , you are correct tho. The point was it was mentioned that someone could essentially park upto an SDR which would be pretty obvious to the user. And a lot more inconvenient than just setting up a web stream of your own

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by oldtech » Wed Jan 22, 2025 2:31 pm

tvtv wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 2:00 pm Yeah you would need to use the signal meter on the SDR , you are correct tho. The point was it was mentioned that someone could essentially park upto an SDR which would be pretty obvious to the user. And a lot more inconvenient than just setting up a web stream of your own
Signal strength meters, remotely rotatable directional aerials calibrated in degrees, and 3 SDR's within range of the target. So it seems unlikely. Agreed on the web stream, easy enough to set up and preferable to listening via SDR

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Wed Jan 22, 2025 3:40 pm

shuffy wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:48 pm
Blackjake wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:34 amMAR has a transmitter site in Cheshire which is relayed from studios in Liverpool
Ahhh... I wasn't aware of that sorry Blackjake. I just thought I'd mention Ruby as it was on 24/7 for a week over new year, and covers an awful lot of Cheshire :tup
I've heard Ruby a couple of times hear in Cheshire. As people are aware, I set up this thread and I've always argued (nicely) that if a signal can ne heard in Cheshire no matter what county outside Cheshire it's from, then why shouldn't it be mentioned on this thread? That should work the other way round too. If a Cheshire pirate is heard in another county say Greater Manchester for example, then it has every right to be mentioned on that thread. Radio is restricted enough as it is without imposing our own regulations I'd have thought.
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by tvtv » Wed Jan 22, 2025 3:54 pm

If you need to be the bloke on top of a hill with a yagi in order to get the out of county broadcast then i’m not convinced it applies, maybe that’s just me. If joe bloggs can get it on a portable radio at home then that changes my mind. I can get ruby where I am in Cheshire but can’t get mar , mar a couple of years ago yes but not since. I don’t get Overdrive eaither (sorry, but I do when I get closer in the car)

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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Thu Jan 23, 2025 6:13 pm

tvtv wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 3:54 pm If you need to be the bloke on top of a hill with a yagi in order to get the out of county broadcast then i’m not convinced it applies, maybe that’s just me. If joe bloggs can get it on a portable radio at home then that changes my mind. I can get ruby where I am in Cheshire but can’t get mar , mar a couple of years ago yes but not since. I don’t get Overdrive eaither (sorry, but I do when I get closer in the car)
Yeah, I get your point on that tvtv, but all on this section of the forum are not ordernary Joe Blogs are they, they are all specialist dxers and anorak that fish for pirate radio on the frequencies .
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Re: Pirates in Cheshire

Post by Blackjake » Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:19 am

Merseyland Alternative Radio was heard testing on 1512khz medium wave today Thursday February 6th 2025 at 11am

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