{"id":2527,"date":"2020-08-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2021-08-07T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T14:11:57","slug":"full-recording-shamrock-radio-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/full-recording-shamrock-radio-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Full recording: Shamrock Radio International"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6052\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2527-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19850818_Shamrock_Radio_SK_6295_0903.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19850818_Shamrock_Radio_SK_6295_0903.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19850818_Shamrock_Radio_SK_6295_0903.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\/2020\/08\/19850818_Shamrock_Radio_SK_6295_0903.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2527-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19850818_Shamrock_Radio_SK_6295_0903.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19850818_Shamrock_Radio_SK_6295_0903.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shamrock_QSL-1-1024x755.jpg\" alt=\"Full recording: Shamrock Radio International\" class=\"wp-image-2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shamrock_QSL-1-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shamrock_QSL-1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shamrock_QSL-1-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shamrock_QSL-1-1536x1132.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/shamrock_QSL-1.jpg 1642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A Shamrock Radio QSL from 1985 (courtesy of @ukdxer \/ piratememories.blogspot.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing with our mini-series of pirate shortwave stations of the 1980s, today is the turn of Shamrock Radio International from the southside of Dublin. Shamrock was a sporadic operator, most active on Sunday mornings in 1985. Anoraks UK first logged the station on 6293 kHz (later 6245 kHz) on 7<sup>th<\/sup> October 1984 but there was no mention of the station again until the summer of 1985. It was logged most weeks from June to September 1985 on 6295 kHz and again on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> March 1986 on 6300 kHz  but there is no sign of it after that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from 6295 kHz from 0900-0945 on 18<sup>th<\/sup> August 1985. The unidentified presenter plays music and says that Shamrock are on a test transmission. He asks for reception reports to be sent to 136 Sandyford Road, Dublin 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the shortwave pirates see the <a href=\"http:\/\/dxarchive.com\/ireland__sw_a_to_z_irish_sw_pirates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DX Archive<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/piratememories.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pirate Memories<\/a> websites. This recording is from the Skywave Tapes Collection. Skywave Radio International broadcast a shortwave station in the 1980s from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing with our mini-series of pirate shortwave stations of the 1980s, today is the turn of Shamrock Radio International from the southside of Dublin. Shamrock was a sporadic operator, most active on Sunday mornings in 1985. 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