Pirates and Clandestines

There is another side to the HF broadcasting world. There are folks that put up a station for the fun of hobby broadcasting, or on the other side of the spectrum, to get their point of view out, sometimes at great risk. Welcome to the world of pirates and clandestines.

Introductions (via DXing.com)

• Introduction to Clandestine Radio
• Introduction to Pirate Radio

Mailing lists and forums

• Alfa Lima
• Clandestine Radio Watch Yahoo group
• Extreme SW Listening (Facebook)
• Free Radio Network
• HF Underground Forums
• SW Pirates (Yahoo group)

Numbers stations

• Numbers and Oddities
• Shortwave Espionage
• SpyNumbers.com
• The Conet Project

Pirates

• Free Radio Cafe
• HF Underground Pirate Radio Stations (wiki)
• Offshore Radio Guide

DX News and Information

• World of Radio
  • Here, Glenn Hauser discusses both DX and program information world wide. Both hobby pirates and clandestines are commonly mentioned
  • World of Radio Reflector at groups.io
• DX Listening Digest (Yahoo)

Software

• See the SSTV (Slow Scan TV) section of the HF Software Decoders article for applications that can copy this mode.