The Pirate Radio Station At A Nuclear Bunker

[@Simon-qn5wm]

This series is getting very addictive. Can't wait for the next evenings installment.

[@volvo09]

I love these cat and mouse chases between the pirate station and authority. I really can't believe how fast they act though. Probably helps to know when the broadcast is, but it's still fast.

[@Mike-H_UK]

It would appear that Gordon was actually pretty good at his job. Another great video from Lewis - you have me waiting for the next installment.

[@ZippletTech]

This has been an EXCELLENT series - please keep this coming :) Thank you very much for the time you put into these!

[@gordoncomstock2459]

Thank you Lewis. I love your channel 👍

[@ErikZarth]

"That door of yours could do with a lick of paint" Can you imagine the look on his face when he heard that. lol

[@MichaelSmith-bi8pc]

Lewis, a brilliant series of programmes. Your channel just is a mecca for radio enthusiasts. The last series is well planned and addictive. Thank you

[@RingwayManchester]

Thank you so much Michael that means a lotb

[@ramjet4025]

Another fantastic story. At about that same time, a few years earlier, the Vietnam War drew protests in Melbourne Victoria, and in the north of the city, university students set up an AM transmitter. It gained immediate attention of the dreaded RI's acting on government instructions to shut it down. Lots of rebels including myself drove long distances just to get a chance to listen to it on the car radio. I'd have to drive about two hours to get there and could never hear it. Years later, we would run AM 100 Watts at the very top of the broadcast band and link into it on UHF CB or VHF 2m up. This had quite the range, and 60K away and two hours drive across the city, the signal was still going. The antenna was an up and down an 72 foot tower made of four 25mm aluminum tube in 12 t sections. That AM never seemed to get attention and as the years went by, the "post office" or "PMG" aka Pigs Meat and Gravy" seemed to lose interest. PMG ? Post Master General's Department, who ran around in licence plates starting with the Government Prefix Z Reminds me of the Russian use of the letter Z Back then, the letter Z was pretty much hated. Odds are lots of readers will be able to recall from memory those licence plates.

[@jim671671]

I'm an Aussie and have never been to the UK but series is fascinating, love your work mate!

[@Colin_Ames]

Taunting Gordon about his front door was brilliant!

[@bugler75]

You’re one of my favourite channels now😊 Thanks very much . Ian

[@dubliner1100]

Wonderful series, looking forward to more

[@sUASNews]

Loving this series, thanks for all the hard work

[@akdenyer]

Hi Lewis Brilliant! Carry on great stuff.

[@raymondmartin6737]

Very good follow up on Pirates ☠️ 👍 👌 with Part III.

[@Tmacker71165]

radio tales. I really enjoy these. wish they were longer. well done think ya found a niche 👍

[@RingwayManchester]

Thanks so much

[@wisteela]

The levels these guys went to is amazing. That's some dedication.

[@TimWochomurka]

I love this. I can almost see the chases and feel the suspense. A+ Lewis

[@daveg8htfadlibaudio250]

Yet another good one Lewis, my old mate Rick Dane from Jackie North did a very good vocal impression of Gordon on the air in one of his shows and Gordon was not happy at all with that, as one night I was out with Rick for a pint or two and by pure fluke we bumped into into Gordon in a pub in Penketh near Warrington, he obviously recognised Rick and the conversation was quite choice. ***** Cheers Dave.

[@RingwayManchester]

Hey David! Amazing. Not sure if we’ve spoke via email. Drop me a line [e-mail]

[@bartonseagrave9605]

What they need is a BBC Detector Van so they can be mobile and as we know these Detector Vans are full of powerful equipment.

[@christopherhulse8385]

Another exciting tale 😃

[@boilerroombob]

I Love the fact it was operated under the nose of 2 agencies at one point lol .... the g.p.o and m.o.d Well done Lewis

[@erikmutthersbough6508]

I really like this series about pirate radio. Keep up the good work 👍

[@brianfranks1477]

brilliant, make you want to start your own station, thanks for the vlog

[@stephengunrunnerhanson3550]

What harm are they doing good on them

[@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE]

Really enjoying this series and looking forward to further episodes.

[@donpro3672]

Loving the audio from the old era

[@hereward1971]

Absolutely love this!

[@f114163]

These guys really needed to be able to broadcast from different locations every time they went on air, and never use the same site twice. Interesting that they were described as not politically motivated yet their South Africa Advert was clearly a political comment on (against) apartheid. I wonder how typical this was of their content. Did any of the cassette tapes survive and are any online now?

[@ChoppingtonOtter]

That would be great if we could listen to some.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

@@andyhowlett2231 Pretty cool that you comment. I was never aware of pirates until that movie with philip seymour hoffman came out 20 years(?) ago. Hope you're well.

[@andyhowlett2231]

Not typical at all. Charlie was given a pamphlet about South Africa and decided it would be cool to read it on the air. You can hear content at www.merseypirates.com/pages/frameset.htm Choose Mersey Pirates Vintage from the menu on the left and then scroll down to Manchester pirates. The South Africa clip can be found here kzbin.info/www/bejne/noe3inmaeKeAnq8 A different site each week would have been ideal, but as we were on the air every Sunday for three years we would have needed about 150 sires. Not really possible.

[@joeblow8593]

This is great stuff, I want to hear more of this

[@ainteasybeingwheezy]

This series is great shame i was only a nipper when they were broadcasting or i would of jumped at getting involved

[@paulmorrey733]

Thanks Lewis

[@anthonyglee1710]

Love this channel, thank you. I live near a “a secret Nuclear Bunker” in Kelvedon Hatch, Essex which is open to the public. It’s pretty mind blowing considering it’s like a town under the Essex countryside with an office for the PM. Obviously it’s now decommissioned, but still retains a massive radio mast with all sorts of devices attached. Can you give any insight to this?

[@RingwayManchester]

I’m visiting in a few weeks actually!

[@anthonyglee1710]

@@RingwayManchester oh excellent! You’ll enjoy. I’m a telecommunications engineer and they’ve still got a semi functioning BT strowger telephone exchange and krone blocks with private wires to all around the country - all deep underground. I think BT own the mast. The CEO of my multinational company lives in rural Essex and couldn’t get broadband. Working with BT, we installed a microwave link on his Manor House roof directed to Kelvedon Hatch to get a BT 2mb leased line into his house back to London! Let use know how your trip goes!

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@RingwayManchester where can I listen to radio Aquarius exactly

[@RingwayManchester]

Drop us an email Anthony! [e-mail]

[@RingwayManchester]

You can’t it’s been off the air 50 years

[@driverfilmsshortwavechannel]

Loving this series. Nice one!

[@sondrayork6317]

the best way to get a radio station on air, is to use shout cast instead of taking chances with radio frequency broadcasting. I used to broadcast at 87.9 MHz on the FM dial under part 15 but the transmitter i used didn't last too long so I switched over to shout cast instead of putting money into something as small as that little transmitter. a lot of what i broadcasted though was of very little interest to those outside of the high school i worked for though so it really wasn't much lol.

[@Corruption-uncensored]

I’m loving this series. Love history

[@dave1secondago]

brilliant series this is cheers

[@xandervideo1]

Brilliant fun. :-)

[@lovinglifemallorca]

This is brilliant,,, but how do you build a transmitter and set the frequency etc,, could you build a station and what’s really involved?.

[@andyhowlett2231]

Magic, that's what it is!

[@andrewsmart2949]

awesome audacity LOL

[@kentcyclist]

Thanks Lois

[@PhantomWoIf]

isnt that the same nuclear bunker where they now have a websdr ?

[@RingwayManchester]

No mate that’s Hack Green

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

What about a using a nuclear shelter in the area and it would help if you purchased the nuclear shelter first before setting up the pirate radio station.

[@RedHillian]

Amazingly, owning the property doesn't make the unlicensed broadcasting more legitimate in the eyes of the authorities. I know, I'm shocked.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

@@RedHillian I wonder if like I said before you hid the transmitter in a cave system that no one knows about and most likely forgotten exists and just hope that there is a hole coming up inside the clump of trees so no one knows it is there and even if they get the antenna the antenna can be replaced as they didn't find the transmitter, a place like this might be Wales there are tin mines that might be accessible reasonably safely and easily.

[@moonshine808]

Brill 😎😎

[@wam2610]

👍

[@arthurtwoshedsjackson6266]

Lewis , did you see the comment I posted yesterday ? It’s disappeared !

[@RingwayManchester]

No mate post it again, it sometimes happens