This blog is intended for me to post my pirate radio recordings. Most of the recordings are from Bristol, most will be pirate but there will be some legal stations and stations from other cities or national stations.
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An update for the Bandscan posted recently. This time I used a different aerial and blue-tacked it to a window. BCFM and Ujima both in Stereo, which is hard to get with an indoor aerial. Some stations disappear, but others are stronger and new stations appear to.
To get a really good scan, I will have to eliminate the house from the equation, as I know the walls and ceilings are blocking some stuff out.
93.2 BCFM Stereo
98 Ujima Stereo
100.7 Heart (weak - I used to get this much stronger years ago)
102.3 Real Radio
103.4 BBC Radio Devon
105.2 Something playing Will Smith, very weak but just about audible
106.3 Bridge FM (I think)
NOTE : Don't buy the book from Dave VJ's Grown and Sexy site, as it's not the proper shop, use the link above. Not that you won't get the book - it's Dave's book after all, but it involves some extra effort to get it to your door or pick it up ;)
Many thanks to Dave VJ, and here's to the next version which may include some Bristol contributions.
I thought I'd do a bandscan for North Bristol. Different corners of the city get slightly different results.
This is as thorough as I could make it. Unfortunately, 103.4 BBC Devon didn't want to make an appearance whilst I was recording, although it had done in my trial run 30 mins before. This was done with a slightly longer whip on the Tecsun (I had to
replace the whip anyway as the screw fixing fell apart - a common
problem with them).
