WREC (Radio Free East Coast) Pirate Radio/Interval Signal: August 31, 1997
Many thanks to SRAA contributor Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:Broadcaster: WREC Radio Free East Coast Pirate 1997Date of recording: August 31, 1997Frequency: 6.955 MHzReception location: Thamesford, Ontario, CanadaReceiver and antenna: Panasonic RF-3100 and longwire antennaMode: Single Side BandNotes: Some pirate radio stations used to use an interval signal. This is a recording of shortwave pirate broadcaster WREC Radio Free East Coast beginning a broadcast on August 31, 1997. It was made in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada and you will hear an interval signal followed by a song "Yo ho, yo ho A Pirate's Life for Me", then station identification. Receiving equipment was a Panasonic RF-3100 hooked up to a longwire antenna and the station was heard on 6955 kHz.