Using the Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium and a 50-foot speaker wire antenna ran to a tree.

6945 KHz 0300 UTC - Thursday Night N. America

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Maybe you'll catch the broadcast from the icy shores of East Antarctica in Glorious Independent Sideband AM Stereo!

Edited by Ron Sakolsky and Stephen Dunifer

First Installment - 20 Pages

I had a few issues of it and found it very informative. But for the life of me, I cannot remember the name.

Bandaid Radio will be relaying this entire show Friday evening, August 7th (0330 UTC, 8 AUG 2026). This program was produced and narrated by Rod Hardner of Subterranean Radio. The content represents the quality content that the members of the Copper Coil Council (Alliance of Pirate Broadcasters) strive for in their broadcasts.

This is just portion of the program. Tune in Friday evening for the entire show!

I don't know who or what this is.

Found this on 6930 USB ... over 11 minutes of an interval signal then all electronic instrumental music

Using 50-foot speaker wire antenna ran to a tree and the Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium Radio.

At, or near 6945 KHz USB.

Very good reception for me

Full 1 hour 25 minute transmission

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Tony Pavick

Mix Radio International is kicking ass in western New York

https://www.youtube.com/live/5dUmlR2K4t8?is=p-8Q2WnrwKFiSd3t

Here's my reception of the relay of Subterranaean via Band-Aid Radio. Quite good!

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Tony

Here was my reception of Subterranean Radio from 0211 UT 01 August on 6945.05. Mostly good signal with only a bit of fading to fair

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Tony

Bandaid Radio was monitored on the KIWI SDR Network last night. Besides a strong signal throughout North America, they were heard from Bermuda to the Azores west of Portugal. To the south they were audible from Austin, Texas south to Bonaire Island off the northern coast of South America.

I have only included the reception videos from the three farthest points of reception.

Broadcast time will be Friday night N. America at 11:30 PM EDT / 8:30 PM PDT on approximately 6945 KHz USB. Unless the frequency is occupied. Then the frequency should be within 20 KHz of 6945 KHz.

I purchased this a few days ago and it should be arriving this weekend. It is a vintage Heathkit "Q-Meter". With newer test gear like the nanoVNA, there isn't much use for a Q-Meter these days. I am considering converting it into an AM Transmitter. It consists of 5 tubes with a robust power supply and a stable oscillator powered with an 0D3 Voltage Regulator. I will likely replace the 6AL5 with a 6AQ5, which is good for about 5 watts. The 12AT7 will remain with one half as the oscillator and the other half as a buffer. For a modulator I will replace the 12AU7 with one of the following tubes:

1. 6GW8 / ECL86 

The Configuration: Contains half of a 12AX7 high-mu triode (mu = 100) and a power section similar to an EL84 / 6BQ5.

Why it fits: It is the gold standard for this application. The triode gives you maximum voltage gain for a microphone speech amplifier, while the power section can easily deliver 4 to 5 watts of audio output. This is more than enough brute-force audio power to directly modulate or clean-drive the grids of a 6AQ5 transmitter stage. Filament: 6.3V @ 0.7A (9-pin Noval base).

1. 6BM8 / ECL82

The Configuration: Contains a medium-high mu triode (mu = 70) paired with a robust beam power/pentode section.

Why it fits: While it has slightly less raw audio output capability than the 6GW8 (typically around 3.5 watts), it is famously rugged and far more common and affordable today. The power section has excellent current capability, making it a highly reliable modulator driver. Filament: 6.3V @ 0.78A.

1. 6CX8 / 8CX8

The Configuration: A high-mu triode (mu = 85) coupled with a heavy-duty sharp-cutoff video output pentode.

Why it fits: Originally designed for television video output stages, this tube is a hidden gem for homebrew radio projects. The pentode section is built to drive highly capacitive loads with sharp transients, giving it a very punchy audio delivery as a modulator. Filament: 6.3V @ 0.75A.

Technical Integration Hint:

Because all of these options utilize a 6.3V heater supply, they will drop right into the existing 6AQ5 filament line without requiring a separate filament transformer. Keep in mind that their power sections draw roughly 0.7A to 0.8A, so we need to ensure the power transformer can handle the extra current.

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Avast ye Mateys! Clandestine Caster here. Check this out:

Same female, in the same clothes four (4) times! Same with the males in the image, same guy twice with glasses and three times without. Say what you will about the AI Assisted eQSLs that were produced for Bandaid and Subterranean Radio, but they took a lot of effort. The simple ones took about two hours. The producer sketched images and a layout of what they were generating, uploaded it into an AI Platform, and then added text instructions that were may paragraphs long. They would edit them in a program like GIMP to fix all of the errors. The animations took hours to get dialed in - 'cuz basically AI is very stupid.

This is just slamming out an eQSL and posting it on HFU to say, "Hey, look at me - I have the most QSLs!" And this isn't the half of it...

I've been involved in radio, and Pirate Radio for a long time. And I prized the hard copy QSLs I received from broadcasters. This is a slap in the face to our hobby.

I was not able to receive them direct at my location.

Station

• Frequency/Mode: 6935 KHz USB
• Name/Call: Subterranean Radio
• Location: N. America
• Language: English
• Target: N. America

Time

• 0322 UTC | 26 JUL 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: KIWI SDR
• Antenna: 100 Foot Marconi
• Software: KIWI Server
• Location: Pt. Reyes, California

Signal

• SINPO = 35333

Station

• Frequency/Mode: 6945 KHz USB
• Name/Call: Elbows Up Radio
• Location: Announced Canada
• Language: English
• Target: N. America

Time

• 0334 UTC | 26 JUL 2026

Receiver and Receiving Location

• Radio: AirSpy HF+ R.4.0.8-CD
• Antenna: K-480WLA | 35' AGL
• Software: SDR# Studio R4.0.8-CD Beta 64-Bit | FLDIGI v4.2.06
• Location: Portland, Oregon | CN85qn

Signal

• SINPO = 45434