{"id":8958,"date":"2023-09-11T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8958"},"modified":"2023-09-09T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T14:23:53","slug":"moonlight-radio-on-test-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/moonlight-radio-on-test-transmission\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonlight Radio on test transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7287\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8958-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19831200_Moonlight_Radio_266_1125_no_times_SK.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19831200_Moonlight_Radio_266_1125_no_times_SK.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19831200_Moonlight_Radio_266_1125_no_times_SK.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19831200_Moonlight_Radio_266_1125_no_times_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8958-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/19831200_Moonlight_Radio_266_1125_no_times_SK.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19831200_Moonlight_Radio_266_1125_no_times_SK.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Moonlight Radio on test transmission\" class=\"wp-image-2244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cropped-Skywave-tapes-1-scaled-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Moonlight Radio was a shortlived hobby station broadcasting on AM in 1983 from the Glasnevin area of north Dublin. According to former DJ <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-joe-doyle-radio-dublin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Doyle<\/a> in an interview with Pirate.ie, Moonlight was set up by Damian McTiernan and used just 50 watts of power. The name was due to the fact that it only came on air at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from 266 metres\/1125 kHz and features Dominic Heary who gives out a phone number for requests and reception reports. Dominic says that the station is back for another test broadcast but is on reduced power and this is confirmed by night-time fading heard during the recording, which was made only about 10km away. The same frequency was used by Radio Carousel in Dundalk and the co-channel interference at times may be from the Louth station.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unusually there are no times or date on the recording but we estimate it to be from December 1983. The tape is from the Skywaves Collection. Radio Skywave International was a 1980s shortwave station broadcasting from Baldoyle in northeast Dublin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moonlight Radio was a shortlived hobby station broadcasting on AM in 1983 from the Glasnevin area of north Dublin. According to former DJ Joe Doyle in an interview with Pirate.ie, Moonlight was set up by Damian McTiernan and used just 50 watts of power. 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