Russian Anthem Shortwave Pirate Music Wave Radio 3940 kHz | Signal Phantom

Russian pirate shortwave radio broadcast Music Wave Radio 3940 kHz AM with Russian national anthem file "L'Internationale", this station has been sporadic and uses portable ops. Recorded on 28 Sep 2024 by Tyler Stampfli, KA0KA for additional samples of Russian anthem loops see ‪@SignalPhantom‬ for SignalPhantom.com

[@wiktormarcisz9415]

It is quite unusual for pirates to broadcast AM

[@R4002]

Meh, not *that* unusual.
The Russian two-way voice comms in the “100 meter band” (2-4 MHz, roughly, with most activity in the 2800 - 3300 kHz ballpark right at the 3 MHz threshold between MF and HF) use AM.
As far as shortwave pirates go, yep, plenty of them use SSB (see: Amphetamine Radio, Wolverine Radio, Radio Free Whatever, and many, many more) but just as many use AM - including some examples who broadcast in AM *stereo* (the classic example being the pirate who calls himself XFM). Lots of other examples though.

[@FehuTv69]

i playd this my laptop started hugging me

[@wiktormarcisz9415]

AM is better than USB. USB sounds like cheap toy whike AM provide better overall sound quality, especially bass. But it has far worse coverage, 50% of energy is used for carriers and 50% of remaining for each side band.

[@SignalPhantom]

Thanks, I actually debated how to show this and ended up using SAM 10kHz, however my TX and RX are flat from DC to 20 kHz so on SSB modes, running say 8 kHz you can not beat the audio production.

[@R4002]

Wait, it’s *not* the rock version?

[@SignalPhantom]

So far, only the military uses the Rock version!

[@wiktormarcisz9415]

​@@SignalPhantomSome time ago I recorded rock version of russian anthem on 6911 KHz receivedon my Tecsun PL-330

[@southwestarkansaseas918]

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