Your chance to visit the Radio Caroline ship, MV Ross Revenge in August during GB55RC

I'm lucky I live only a few miles from where the ship the "Ross Revenge" is moored, as the crow flies. I always listened to Radio Caroline in the past. The distance, which as far as radio goes is nothing, but then unfortunately I'm too old to go wondering around ships.
There were a number of other Pirate Radio Stations I listen too, like Radio London on the M.V. Mia Amigo also off the Essex Coast. There was also one station on the fort towers in the River Thames Estuary. Living on the North Bank of the Thames Estuary at Shoeburyness they were all within range.

 

I remember having stretched a cobweb of fine transformer coil wire as antenna in our backyard in Brussels in 1962-63.
Best music with Radio Veronika Holland.
Radio Caroline advertised for cigarettes, Johnie Walker, etc...
At noon, they had fake commercial, with "BBC jamming sound" saying :

It's time for LSD...
LSD is good for you...
For "color TV", take LSD...

In those black & white TV times in Europe.

Can you say they were "avant-guarde", and UN P.C. ?

Still laughing after 55 years. HI !

 

I TOO WAS IN THE NAVY ABOARD A DESTROYER IN THE MED. LISTENED IN THE RADIO ROOM ON A R-390, LOVED THE TUNES !

 

I posted a bunch of Radio Caroline (and other pirates) airchecks from 1983 and 1987 made during my visits to The Netherlands. These were all recorded in Rotterdam.

http://www.internetwork.com/radio/eurorad.htm

Radio Caroline ||| Listen LIVE on 648kHz

 

I got to stay with Ian Ross and his wife during my trip to London in 2016. Super nice people.

 

Now this brings back memories, good and bad.
Good because it was one of the main sources of rock&roll music in the late 60's, together with radio Luxembourg, radio North Sea, radio Veronica, the BBC Foreign Service and the Voice of America. I still remember the presenters Peter Lee of the BBC and Willis Conover of the VOA.
Bad because growing up behind the Iron Curtain we were harassed and persecuted by the commies for listening to 'decadent' music.
Much water under the bridge since, but the fond memories will always remain.
Keep it up.

73's de LZ1KRA, VK6RE