WREC (Radio Free East Coast) Pirate Radio/Interval Signal: August 31, 1997
The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive · Dan Greenall
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Show Notes
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: WREC Radio Free East Coast Pirate 1997
Date of recording: August 31, 1997
Frequency: 6.955 MHz
Reception location: Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
Receiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antenna
Mode: Single Side Band
Notes: Some pirate radio stations used to use an interval signal. This is a recording of shortwave pirate broadcaster WREC Radio Free East Coast beginning a broadcast on August 31, 1997. It was made in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada and you will hear an interval signal followed by a song "Yo ho, yo ho A Pirate's Life for Me", then station identification. Receiving equipment was a Panasonic RF-3100 hooked up to a longwire antenna and the station was heard on 6955 kHz.