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Pirate Hunt Easter 2026

Hello fellow radio enthusiasts!
Just a quick reminder that our Easter Pirate DX Contest is approaching once again. As many of you know, this has become a fun little tradition in our community over the years.
During the Easter holidays, we invite DXers from around the world to tune the bands and hunt for pirate radio stations. The idea is simple: enjoy the hobby, share your catches, and see what interesting stations appear on the air.
This is not a strict or ultra-competitive contest. The goal is simply to have fun, explore the bands, and celebrate the unique culture around pirate radio and DX listening.
Pirate stations have always had a special place in the heart of many DXers, and over the years we’ve built friendly connections with several of them. Easter often brings some very interesting activity on the bands!
If you’re interested in joining, you can find the full details and discussion here:
https://bbs.fmdx.online/index.php?topic=674.0
Feel free to spread the word among fellow DXers and radio hobbyists. The more ears we have on the bands, the more fun it becomes.
More reminders will follow as Easter gets closer!
Happy listening and good DX!

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Radio Six International 7 March 2026

Tomorrow, Saturday 7th March, we’re testing for an hour on 1,467 kHz medium wave (204m) between 23:00 and 00:00 GMT.

Transmitter is at Roumoules, France, power is 1,000kW, azimuth is 325 degrees.

Reception reports would be very welcome.

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TONY CURRIE
radio six international
The Studio, Port Ramsay, ISLE OF LISMORE, Argyll Scotland
PA34 5UN
tony@radiosix.com
Tel: 01631 760 100

Given the incessant closure of MW stations, Radio Six International wants, in its own small way, to do something constructive about it. For many years now we’ve had regular broadcasts on shortwave (latterly an hour every Saturday night) but we are hoping to switch to medium wave across Europe. Not easy, we know, as although even very low powered stations like Chichester Hospital Radio appear in the Eurolog, we want to make the listening experience easy and comfortable for as much of Europe as possible. So we’re doing a test on SATURDAY 7th MARCH between 23:00 and 00:00 GMT. The transmitter is at Roumoules in France, the power is 1,000kW and the beam is 325 degrees. That ought to provide a decent signal on small ferrite aerials in most of the continent except the Netherlands, where stations like Radio Paradijs use the same frequency. Do let us know what reception is like via the group message board. If the results of the test are encouraging, we plan a weekly programme at this time on this transmitter.

Medium wave is not dead!

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