Sun Oct 15

Conditions very variable today with stations going from very good signals to fading out completely! Stations heard today (in alphabetical order):

Antonio Radio was on 6292 @ 0905 playing 60s music. SINPO 43443.

Radio Boomerang and Radio Optimod doing a joint programme on 6280 @ 1125, playing oldies. As usual, a very strong signal (54444).

Radio Brigitte heard on 6540 @ 1025 signing off in Dutch, German, French and English. Certainly a multi-lingual radio station! SINPO 44433.

Cupid Radio was on 6210 @ 0815, playing music from the 80s & 90s. SINPO 44444.

Always an excellent signal from Radio Enjoy Delux from Germany. Heard @ 0800 on 6300 playing a Madonna song. SINPO 54444.

Radio Face de Blatte (tent) on 6265 @ 0900. One of the stations affected by the variable conditions with reception going from good to poor within the space of a few minutes. Didn't get a clear ID but see message on Alfa Lima forum that RFB on 6265 at this time. Mailing address via SRS Germany. SINPO 44433.

Short programme from Radio Fox 48 on 6300. Heard @ 1015 playing oldies. SINPO 34433.

One of the best signals in the morning was from Magic AM on 6275. Started fair but signal strengthened during the morning. Gave out email address of magic.am(@)wanadoo.nl and mailing address of PO Box 56719, 1049 AS Amsterdam, The Netherlands. An enjoyable selection of oldies played. SINPO went from 34433 to 44444.

Radio Mazda was on 6290 @ 1050 playing rock music, such as Status Quo. SINPO 44444.

Mystery Radio was on 6220 with a programme from Chris Ise of Crazy Wave Radio, IDing as "Mystery Radio" and giving out the Mystery Radio email address, playing 80s music. SINPO 34433.

Radio Paardenkracht heard on 6324 @ 0925 playing oldies plus Dutch music. SINPO 34433.

Radio Paardenkracht also heard @ 1240 on 6298 in QSO with Blackbird and Zodiac. SINPO 43443.

Radio Quintus testing a new antenna on 6270 @ 1130. Playing schlager. Antenna seemed to be working well as it was a good signal (44444).

Radio Rainbow heard on 6285 @ 1020 playing Supertramp song. SINPO 34433.

Radio Ramona was on 6400 @ 1035 playing oldies. SINPO 34433.

Radio Shadowman on 6300 @ 0940 for a short broadcast. Playing polka, ID in Dutch and off. SINPO 44433.

Radio Skyline (or Skywire) heard on 6300 @ 1115 playing schlager. Station trying out echo-effect on voice which didn't make IDing very easy!

Radio Underground heard for the first time for a while. But signal didn't fade in here until mid-morning. Heard on 6311 @ 1030 talking about Laser. SINPO 44433. Hopefully this is the start of more regular programmes as it is always a station worth listening to with lots of free radio news and recordings. Email address is: radiounderground(@)go.com but there are no QSL cards!