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Pirate radios stations frequencies

 RADIOS PIRATES :

The most active frequency bands in North America by far are the 43-meter (6800-7000 kHz), 46-meter (6200-64The most active frequency bands in North America by far are the 43-meter (6800-7000 kHz), 46-meter (6200-6400 kHz), and 73-meter (4000-4200 kHz) bands, with some activity also occurring in the 60-meter (4700-5300 kHz) band. Some pirate radio operators have even been active on the SWBC bands, particularly the 49, 31, and 25-meter bands.00 kHz), and 73-meter (4000-4200 kHz) bands, with some ahttps://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/index.php/List_of_Pirate_Radio_Frequencies#:~:text=By%20far%20the%20most%20active,49%2C%2031%20and%2025%20meters.ctivity also occurring in the 60-meter (4700-5300 kHz) band. Some pirate radio operators have even been active on the SWBC bands, particularly the 49, 31, and 25-meter bands.

Quel DX'eur n'a jamais entendu une radio pirate ?
Ces stations émettent sans aucune autorisation, d'où le nom de pirate ou radios libres.
On peut les entendre en ondes courtes ou en ondes moyennes, surtout le week-end. En ondes courtes, la majorité émettent entre 6200 et 6400 Khz (bande des 48 m).
Mais ces stations émettent aussi sur d'autres fréquences comme 3900, 7900, 9300, ....
En ondes moyennes, on peut les écouter principalement au dessus de 1602 Khz.
La majorité des radios pirates se situent aux Pays-Bas, quelques unes en Allemagne, Grand Bretagne, pays du Nord, ...
mais aussi en Italie, en Grèce (surtout en MW) et quelques rares en France.
La "bonne humeur" est souvent présente sur ces stations. Elles diffusent généralement de la musique, parfois des informations concernant le DX.
Certaines stations, et c'est ce qui leur donne du charme, ont un style bien à part.
L'écoute des ces stations est en général très plaisante. Hélas, quelques unes (que je qualifierais de "stations sans âme") ne diffusent que de la musique non-stop,
sans aucun jingle, sans entendre l'opérateur, et même parfois sans aucune identification !
La majorité de ces stations pirates confirment par eQSL (QSL électronique par mail ) les rapports d'écoute (voir ma page sur les QSL pirates).
Quelques stations pirates confirment par carte QSL papier, comme par exemple IBC, Radio Scotland International, Radio Waves International, Skyline Radio Germany, ...
Bonne écoute des pirates !

Europe

Les bandes les plus utilisées sont la bande des 48 mètres (environ 6 200 à 6 450 kHz) et la bande des 75 mètres (environ 3 900 à 4 000 kHz, qui fait partie de la bande radioamateur des 80 mètres aux États-Unis). Les stations pirates européennes (surnommées « Europirates » aux États-Unis) utilisent également d’autres parties du spectre HF. Parmi les autres bandes couramment utilisées, on trouve :

la bande des 19 mètres, généralement de 15 000 à 15 100 kHz, mais aussi de 15 700 à 15 900 kHz.

Ma première petite vidéo radio sur les QSL des stations pirates :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9STIf1V1sA

Ma deuxième vidéo sur RWI - Radio Waves International :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2ngRpMF3Ws

VIDEOS :

Une autre vidéo - Réception de WFME Family Radio USA sur 1560 Khz :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7TfI07eJz8

https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/index.php/List_of_Pirate_Radio_Frequencies#:~:text=By%20far%20the%20most%20active,49%2C%2031%20and%2025%20meters.

Europe

Les bandes les plus utilisées sont la bande des 48 mètres (environ 6 200 à 6 450 kHz) et la bande des 75 mètres (environ 3 900 à 4 000 kHz, qui fait partie de la bande radioamateur des 80 mètres aux États-Unis). Les stations pirates européennes (surnommées « Europirates » aux États-Unis) utilisent également d’autres parties du spectre HF. Parmi les autres bandes couramment utilisées, on trouve :

la bande des 19 mètres, généralement de 15 000 à 15 100 kHz, mais aussi de 15 700 à 15 900 kHz.

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VOA Voice of AMERICA will be on the air soon !!!!!

 The United States Congress has taken a decisive step to secure the future of the Voice of America (VOA) by approving funding for its parent company, the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

This decision marks a crucial turning point for U.S. public diplomacy. Congress has agreed to allocate $653 million to fund the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the entity that oversees the Voice of America (VOA).

This bipartisan agreement effectively reverses the shutdown order issued by the Trump administration, which had sought to dismantle the organization. The amount approved by lawmakers is more than four times the amount requested for the "orderly closure" of operations.

The agency's deputy director, Kari Lake, expressed her disappointment with Congress's commitment, which guarantees the station's continued operation after a year of administrative paralysis and the first time it has been off the air since 1942. The VOA's restart is expected to be complex due to the structural and human damage caused during its suspension.

Desecheo expedition statement from Steve N2AJ

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“This DX expedition represents an entirely new concept, designed specifically for environmentally sensitive sites subject to strict regulations and access restrictions. As with any new initiative, improvements are being made continuously.

Our team leaders and electronics and software engineers are actively fine-tuning operating schedules, band and mode selection, RF power levels, and overall system performance to optimize results as conditions change.

Due to Desecheo’s location, North American stations currently dominate propagation. That said, our operators have been explicitly instructed to listen to DX stations and give them priority whenever possible to expand the traffic log coverage.” We thank you for your understanding, support, cooperation, and patience while we deal with heavy traffic and strive to record as many stations as possible.

One of the main goals of this DX expedition is to make as many contacts as possible to become an "All Time New One" (ATNO) for as many stations worldwide as possible.

Source Gaby F5PSI

Trump cut funding to Voice of America Radio Liberty Radio Free Asia etc

  The Trump administration has cut funding to Voice of America, Radio Liberty, and other foreign broadcasting networks. Thousands of employees are on "administrative" leave. Critics denounce the measures as something dictators have dreamed of since the Cold War.

https://www.facebook.com/rferl

The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a sweeping reduction in staff at Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and other government programs created decades ago to defend democracy against totalitarian regimes. The organization's director stated that all Voice of America staff have been placed on "administrative" leave.

On Friday evening, shortly after Congress passed the latest funding bill, Mr. Trump directed his administration to reduce the functions of several agencies to the minimum required by law. These include the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), a government-funded organization that includes Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Asia, and Radio Marti, which broadcasts Spanish-language news in Cuba.

"A huge gift to America's enemies"

"For the first time in 83 years, the illustrious 'Voice of America' has gone silent," said the organization's director, Michael Abramowitz, in a statement. He added that nearly all of its 1,300 staff members have been furloughed.

Based in Prague since 1995, RFE/RL broadcasts in 27 languages ​​to 23 countries (Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Russia), with a network of approximately 1,700 journalists and an audience of nearly 50 million people each week.

"The Iranian ayatollahs, the Chinese communist leaders, and the autocrats of Moscow and Minsk could only rejoice at the demise of RFE/RL after 75 years," lamented its director, Stephen Capus, in a statement. The fate of this radio station was discussed on Monday during the meeting of the 27 EU foreign ministers. "It is in our interest not to see totalitarian regimes flourish around us," argued Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky during a televised debate.

His Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski, said on Monday that the EU could finance this radio station by increasing the budget of the European Fund for Democracy, an NGO founded to promote democracy in countries neighboring the Union.

"Voice of America promotes freedom and democracy around the world by telling America's story and providing objective and balanced news and information, especially for those living under tyranny," Abramowitz said.

"This mission is all the more important as America's adversaries—such as Iran, China, and Russia—spend billions of dollars creating false narratives designed to discredit the United States."

"Even if the agency survives in some form or another, the actions taken today by the administration will severely damage its ability to contribute to the creation of a safe and free world, and thus to the protection of American interests," Abramowitz concluded.

“Everyone is anxious,” added a Radio Free Asia employee. “We have reporters working under surveillance in authoritarian countries in Asia. We have employees in the United States who fear being deported if their work visas expire,” he explained, as quoted by Le Figaro.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international non-governmental organization, stated that it "condemns this decision, which breaks with the historic role of the United States as a defender of freedom of information, and calls on the U.S. government to reinstate Voice of America and on Congress and the international community to take action against this unprecedented decision."

According to RSF, this decision "threatens press freedom worldwide and wipes out 80 years of American history in support of the free flow of information."

"It is outrageous that the White House is seeking to gut a congressionally funded agency that supports independent journalism that challenges the narrative of authoritarian regimes around the world," reacted Carlos Martínez de la Serna, a senior official with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

The U.S. Global Media Agency also sent notices terminating funding for Radio Free Asia and other programs under its purview. Voice of America broadcasts American national news to other countries, often translated into local languages. Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe, and Marty broadcast news to countries with authoritarian regimes in those regions, particularly China, North Korea, and Russia.

Together, the networks reach approximately 427 million people. They date back to the Cold War and are part of a network of government-funded organizations that seek to expand US influence and combat authoritarianism.

Source: https://fr.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/16/lamerique-sans-voix-trump-ferme-les-radios-publiques-a-letranger-voa-et-rferl

A DXer Looks Back at the Voice of America

https://swling.com/blog/2026/01/a-dxer-looks-back-at-the-voice-of-america/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America

https://www.voanews.com/  44 languages on internet

RFA Radio FREE Asia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Asia

Originally founded by the CIA in 1950, Radio Free Asia (RFA), the Asian equivalent of RFE/RL, was revived in the 1990s after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing rekindled US political interest in broadcasting in Asia.

RFA's mission is to provide uncensored reporting from countries where the media is not free, including China, Myanmar, North Korea, and Vietnam. In 2017, RFA notably exposed to the world the oppression of the Uyghur people by the Chinese government and the existence of re-education camps in the Xinjiang region.

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Radio Marti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_y_Televisi%C3%B3n_Mart%C3%AD

Initiated by Ronald Reagan, Radio Martí began broadcasting in 1985, while TV Martí was launched in 1990. Radio y Televisión Martí broadcast in Spanish to provide independent news to Cuban citizens, as well as to several countries in the Caribbean basin. All of its channels ceased broadcasting on the night of March 15-16.

Sawa Radio 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Sawa

Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), which includes Alhurra TV, Sawa Radio, and five Arabic-language digital platforms, reaches 33.5 million people weekly in the Middle East and North Africa. In its 20 years of operation, MBN has received more than 175 awards in international journalism competitions.

MBN’s president and CEO believes Donald Trump’s action endangers MBN employees in the Middle East who support America and Israel and oppose Iran and other radical and terrorist entities. He believes there are legal avenues for MBN to continue broadcasting if it can secure private funding to keep the network operational.

“We’re handing the field to the adversary. We’re leaving the field wide open,” Jeffrey Gedmin told Jewish Insider. RFE/RL President Stephen Capus echoed this sentiment, calling Trump’s executive order “a massive gift to America’s enemies.”

The mission of United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is to inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy.

The Agency’s mission is reinforced by those of the individual entities that are overseen by USAGM.

https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/history/

In the past

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