{"id":214,"date":"2018-12-30T10:59:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T10:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=214"},"modified":"2022-07-02T16:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T15:17:28","slug":"phantom-disrupts-dublin-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/phantom-disrupts-dublin-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Aircheck: \u2018Phantom\u2019 disrupts Dublin pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6665\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-214-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_The_Phantom.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_The_Phantom.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_The_Phantom.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_The_Phantom.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=214-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1988_The_Phantom.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"1988_The_Phantom.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Aircheck: \u2018Phantom\u2019 disrupts Dublin pirates\" class=\"wp-image-1345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadcasts of Dublin station Q102 were disrupted in July 1986 by a mysterious \u2018phantom\u2019 who managed to break into the VHF link to the AM transmitter and disrupt normal programming on 819 kHz. Anoraks UK reported receiving anonymous calls from Dublin to say that the \u2018ghost\u2019 of Radio Nova was to return and later that day, Radio Nova jingles were broadcast on Q102\u2019s AM frequency (Radio Nova had closed in March 1986). A person on a bicycle with a rucksack and home-made dipole was spotted near Q\u2019s transmitter site but escaped before engineers could catch up with him. The \u2018Phantom\u2019 also called Radio West\u2019s Sunday Anoraks\u2019 Hour to threaten further disruption. This mysterious recording includes references to that programme and also cheekily edits a Capitol Radio jingle, changing it from \u2018Move over to Capitol\u2019 to \u2018Move over Capitol\u2019. This was apparent hint that Capitol would be the next target!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadcasts of Dublin station Q102 were disrupted in July 1986 by a mysterious \u2018phantom\u2019 who managed to break into the VHF link to the AM transmitter and disrupt normal programming on 819 kHz. 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