Sun Sept 10

Good conditions and a lot of activity of 48m this morning.

Orion Radio coming in with an excellent signal on 6281 @ 0820, commenting on the fine weather and playing "Caroline" by the Fortunes. Stayed on longer this Sunday signing off @ 0900. SINPO 44444.

New station heard on 6245 with a poor-fair signal with quite a lot of fading @ 0830. Two people talking in English, heard mention of Dr Tim, Eisenach but couldn't catch the station name - sounded like Operation ???? SINPO 23332. Sounded Dutch or German.

Radio Boomerang with a very strong signal on 6290 @ 0845, playing dance music (54444). At 0905 heard on 6270 - again 54444.

Premier Radio Int, broadcasting live from Ireland, was on 6265 @ 0900 with oldies from the 1970s. Good signal (44444).

Radio Brigitte was on 6540 @ 0855 playing schlager, Boney M etc. Another good signal (44444).

Radio Scirocco was on 6310 @ 0850 with schlager and IDs in Dutch, German and English. SINPO 44433.

Britain Radio Int was on 6239 @ 0915 with a shorter programme than normal, playing pop & rock. SINPO 34433 but did improve during broadcast.

Radio Rob 007 back on 6276 @ 0906 heard calling Radio Boomerang (34433).

Radio Scotland Int also booming in with a 44433 SINPO on 6296 @ 0930, playing pop & rock.

Radio Saturnus was on 6285, reading out SMS messages and playing oldies @ 0940. Good signal (44444).

The "secret sounds of..." Radio Borderhunter was heard on 6210 @ 0950 with oldies, talk in English and mentioned email address of borderhunterradio@hotmail.com Good signal (44444).

The Bogusman was back on 6294 @ 1015 with more talk about his cycling trips and playing obscure music. Good signal from Mr B (44444).

Radio Digital was on 6312 @ 1022, mentioning Zodiac. SINPO 43433. Digital also heard on 6295 @ 1235 with a short broadcast (44444).

Radio Zodiac Int was on 6309 @ 1025, suffering QRM from Digital (33433). Much better reception when moved to 6305. Heard @ 1100 playing the Scissor Sisters new song (44433).

Radio Ramona was on 6400 @ 1145 playing hits from the past 40 years, plus jingles. SINPO 34433.

Radio Minimax was on 6295 @ 1445 playing rock music, giving out the hotline number in English. SINPO 44433. The signal was wiped at at 1500 when Reflections Europe signed on the same frequency. Fortunately Minimax moved to 6290 where still being heard with a good signal (43433).

Radio Bonofox heard on 6310 @ 1930 playing schlager. SINPO 34333.

WNKR was heard briefly on 6400 @ 1945 with one its medium wave programmes featuring Dave Martin playing rock music. Went off suddenly @ 1948. SINPO 44433. It would be good to get some more regular shortwave programmes from WNKR.

Weak signal on 6306 @ 2030. Could be Likedeeler but can't be sure - not helped by splash from Reflections Europe which must be putting out several kilowatts on 6295.