Comments by "David\x27s Radio Room" (@davidsradioroom9678) on "Ringway Manchester" channel.

  1. If they are pirate, they would have more listeners if they played some decent music.
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  2. She should have asked for a QSL card!
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  3. There are so many mysteries on HF. Thanks for sharing.
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  4. 1. I am glad to know you are a ham, too, as well as an all round radio enthusiast. 2. I used to live in the UK in a rural area, back in the 70s. No pirate radio there, except for a one-time reception of a Dutch MW pirate. 3. I really enjoy watching your videos about radio in Manchester. 73.
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  5. When I first lived in England, the police were on the FM broadcast band. I had a friend who would listen in, even though it was illegal. During my second UK residence, I would listen to utility stations of HF, also probably illegal. I don't know what the laws are like in the UK now, but "Martin" was wise not to publish his frequency list any more. In the US, we can listen to anything except cellular communications, but since they are now digital, it is a moot point. I find your channel exciting. I wish I could visit the UK again to do some serious listening. 73.
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  6. Thanks again for an extremely interesting video. We still have pirates in the US, but they are not political.
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  7. Another great video. Have you ever studied RAF Greatworth, near Brackley, Northants.? I used to live near there and was intrigued by what I saw. It was a transmitter site that carried multiplexed RTTY signals. It would occasionally break through on my FM receiver.
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  8. Sounds like Big Brother to me.
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  9. Picking that up in Scandinavia would be real DX! 📻
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  10. It definitely is entrapment. Things are a bit more lax in the US, but most police and fire frequencies are encrypted, so it can't be tuned i, anyway.
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  11. I have never heard of such abuse of a repeater. How horrible! 😢
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  12. The loss of longwave and medium wave will be a terrible blow to the UK. I heard Radio 4 on 198 as far south ad Wiesbaden, Germany. 😥😥
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  13. In the US, I had a tiny television that would capture audio in frequencies that were not used here for television. There were a number of cell towers in the 800 MHz network. Fun to listen to.
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  14. There is a lot of antennas up there. Unfortunately, local radio in the US is mostly satellite fed from central locations. We are losing AM stations here, but at a slower rate. Many AM stations are religious stations . They have funds to continue, but I wonder about other stations.
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  15. I loved local BBC radio when I lived in England. I live in a medium sized city in the US, and we have no local programming. One hears local programming only in large cities, and even then, it is limited. It seems like we are only hearing bad news about radio lately, and it is depressing.
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  16. I didn't know that Manchester was such a hotbed of pirate radio. Thanks for sharing!
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  17. The 70 MHZ band would be a great band. Unfortunately, it is not allocated in North America. I have heard talk about an 8 meter band, but nothing definite as yet.
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  18. Not only are radio geeks, we are antenna geeks, too!
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  19. It is really a sad time for those of us who grew up listening to medium wave, but change is inevitable.
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  20. What an amazing story! Thanks for sharing!
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  21. Here is someone I had never heard of. It reminds me of unknown inventors of the telephone. Thanks for sharing.
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  22. It's a shame to see an airfield disappear. 😥
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  23. I have heard about the London pirates. There have been radio pirates there for dozens of years. How come they stay on the air for so long. Aren't the authorities able to bust them?
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  24. Pirate numbers stations. What will they think of next!
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  25. I love community radio. I wish we had more of them in the US. Thanks for a great video!
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  26. I don't know how you find out all this information, but I am glad that you do. Thanks!
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  27. I don't know how you get all your information, but I am glad you do. Yes, more please!
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  28. 👍👍👍
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  29. Great history. One thing I might add was that the CB band was taken from the old 11-meter amateur radio band. Many hams were upset about it at the time.
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  30. I have had a couple of them, but my vehicle destroyed the SWR on them. The other OP mentioned Welshpool. I spent a week there about 50 years ago. Lovely place.
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  31. When I lived in England, I heard illegal AM stations from the Continent. Don't know how it is today, though.
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  32. Yes, listening to pirate radio can be very entertaining.. Halloween is the best night of the year in North America. Thanks for sharing this video.
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  33. I would have liked to hook one of those arrays to my HF receivers!
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  34. This has been an excellent series. I wonder how many FM priates exist in the UK today.
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  35. Some people are crazy. This was one of them.
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  36. Amazing! How do you come across this information?
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  37. I used to love listening to cordless phone conversations, until it became illegal to do so.
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  38. I had a multiplexed digital signal from RAF Greatworth on my FR stereo receiver in the late 1970s.
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  39. Excellent documentary!
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  40. This is a great mystery to unravel.
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  41. Numbers stations are always so interesting!
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  42. This stuff is fascinating! Thanks.
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  43. I live ni the US and thought I knew everything about th K and W allocations. but I learned quite a bit., thanks to your meticulous research/ Congratulations on a stellar video!
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  44. I agree. Sounds like a hoax.
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  45. I wish we had the 4m band in North America.
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  46. Those signals sound too boring for pirates, but who knows?
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  47. The information in your videos is amazing! I had to subscribe.
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  48. It is amazing what you can hear on HF radio!
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  49. I used to listen to cordless phones in the 80s. I need to check out this band once more.
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  50. I experienced tropospheric ducting when I lived in England. It could do a number with a microwave link. Would love to experience it on the amateur bands.
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  51. Very interesting. I was living in Germany at that time, but I never ran across that station, though. What was the Morse Code in the background?
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  52. I have seen the antennas on top of the Admiralty in the 1970s. They were impressive,
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  53. I was in London in the 1970s. Went by the Admiralty. There were a lot of HF antennas on the roof. Any idea about them?
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  54. That is a really nice setup. Wish I had one like it.
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  55. I still do.
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  56. This video is very informative! Radio has changed a lot since I lived in the UK in the 1970s.
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  57. 😁😁
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  58. I don't know where you get your information from, but I am glad you share it with us. Thanks!
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  59. Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
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  60. You can't make this stuff up. Numbers stations are intriguing.
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  61. They have to be some sort of digital signal. How someone decodes it, I don't know.
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  62. I was thinking the same thing.
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  63. That's one for the books!
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  64. It certainly does
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  65. Your videos never cease to amaze me!
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  66. Unfortunately medium wave radio is dying a slow death. This is another casualty. Listen to MW while you can.
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  67. I didn't do it. I swear! Exciting video. Thanks for sharing.
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  68. Maritime communications ae fun listening,
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  69.  @PsRohrbaugh  LOL
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  70. How interesting! I'm going to re-listen to my albums for more secret signals! 😁😁
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  71. An excellent presentation. Thanks!
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  72. This is a fantastic site.
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  73. Those letters might be in Cyrillic. It is still interesting. Thanks..
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  74.  burteriksson  Wow.
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  75.  burteriksson  One wonders who that really was. 😉
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  76. Antenna sites are always interesting.
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  77. Great information. Imagine running into Andy there.
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  78. I don't know how you get all the information for your videos, but I'm glad you do! Thanks!
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  79. I visited Chicksands in the early 1970s. I didn't get anywhere near the antenna, but it could be seen easily.
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  80. Wow!
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  81.  @rmcrae62  Cool!
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  82. Thanks for all the work you put into your videos. They are really interesting!
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  83. Very informative 👏
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  84. It's amazing how a station can disappear without a trace.
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  85. Time to listen to these NDBs before they all go away.
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  86. I used to live about 75 miles from NYC, and was able to receive a lot of these stations. Your video brings back memories. Thanks.
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  87.  @Isochest  Wow!
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  88. Most interesting. Thank you.
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  89. Very interesting and informative! Thanks!
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  90. It is amazing what you have uncovered. Great job!
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  91. Your videos are absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing.
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  92. I thought ai knew a lot about the National Radio Quiet Zone, but now I know a lot more. Thanks!!
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  93. Excellent video! I was in England when the radio changes took place in 1978. Sad to see so many MW stations closing,
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  94. Wow! What dramatic listening!
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  95. An excellent video, as always. It does bring one question: What is the US military using in its place?
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  96. Thanks for the tour. When die BBC One and BBC T20 become BBCA and BBCB? What was the reason for the change?
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  97. Something I never knew. Thanks
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  98. Boy, I want one of those!!!
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  99.  @ElliottVeares  Depends on what company owns the station
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  100.  @WimsicleStranger  Sounds about right.
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  101. Congratulations!
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  102. H would love to hook up my HF receiver to one of those antenna arrays.
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  103. I really enjoyed this video. Yes, I would like to see more. Do people around the antenna receive all three BBC local stations?
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  104. I would love to have one of those towers in my back garden!
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  105. Many radio sites are full of mystery.
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  106. I think I heard them briefly in 1995. Didn't make a recording at the time. Wish I had, now.
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  107. It is sad to see these clubs disappear.
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  108. Very interesting. Thanks for the info!
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  109. Numbers stations are always fascinating. I used to live to some of them when I lived in the UK during the late'70s. Of course, I would LOVE to hear more of numbers stations going wrong!
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  110. Great video. Let's hope and pray that nuclear was never happens.
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  111. Simply amazing!!!
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  112. This is one that wound up on the news.
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  113. When I was in the UK, I remember police using the FM broadcast band for two-way communication. If I ever get back to the UK, I am taking a scanner with me. Thanks for the info.
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  114. Some interesting cases here. Thanks for sharing!
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  115. I remember it well.
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  116. Certainly amazing stuff!
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  117. I have been to RAF Chicksands. I never knew about this. Thanks for sharing!
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  118. Those car phones were hi-tech back in the day. They seem so quaint today. I wonder what our descendants will think of today's mobile phones.
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  119. Is DAB popular in the UK compared to MW and FM?
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