Fri July 31

3910: Radio Boomerang with Dutch songs @ 2025 and ID in English. Usual strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback Int with jingle and playing "New York, New York" @ 2050. SINPO 44444.

6265: Radio Altrex from the "land of cheese," greeting listeners, talking about the weather @ 2053. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Merlin playing jazz music @ 2056, jingle but couldn't make out station name. Fair signal but strong QRM making it difficult to hear. SINPO 32432. (see comments)

6305: Radio Boomerang with ID and Dutch music @ 2045, moved from 3910. SINPO 54444.

6320: Radio Lowland playing 10cc "Dreadlock Holiday" @ 2040. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2030. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

North American pirate activity

Ragnar Daneskjold writes: "Since the beginning of this year I have maintained a database of (North American) pirate broadcasts as logged in the Free Radio Weekly. I have graphed freq used, station activity, and pirate activity by month in 2009. Some interpretation was required to distinguish individual broadcasts and frequencies but the larger trends of activity can be easily identified. This database only contains logs from the FRW and is not to be considered definitive. I plan to maintain this project throughout 2009. Weekly updates occur on Monday or Tuesday. The overview can be found on the Activity Page of piratesweek.info. Links to the monthly details can be found at the bottom of the page.
http://shortwavepirate.info/pw/wordpress/activity/

(http://www.piratesweek.info Free Radio Weekly, July 19 via DX Listening Digest)

North American logs

Some logs from Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee:

6925u Spoof Numbers Station. 0343-0345*. Friday 31 July. EG. YL vox with continuous string of numbers. OM at 0344 with bleating goat and “I guess I should be going.” Good.

6925 MAC. 0428-0503+. Fri 31 July. EG. MAC Shortwave with Crazy Hans as the announcer. Many Germanic cover versions of US pop songs. From 0455 through 0503, it was all Teutonic anthems. Good signal with some fades. F-G.

6940 Radio Casablanca. 0252-0332+. Fri 31 July. EG. Very nice prgm of big band mx from the 1940’s. ID at 0330 as “This is Radio Casablanca.” F-G.

Thurs July 30

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 2145 playing Harpo's song "Movie Star" followed by ID jingle. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

Wed July 29

3905: Radio Piepzender playing Dutch songs @ 2030, also on web stream at www.piepzender.eu. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Mike Andrews palying REO Speedwagon @ 1920. Good signal but utility QRM. SINPO 43443.

6055: KBC via Lithuania with Wolfman Jack and playing Bad Company "Can't Get Enough" @ 2155. Very strong signal - S9+40dB. SINPO 55544.

6220: Mystery Radio with Playback @ 1910 playing "Life is a Cabaret." SINPO 44433.

6280: Unid station playing soundtrack from the Wizard of Oz film. Heard @ 0915 with fair-good signal before fading out around 0925. Possibly Merlin. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Mustang with instrumental music @ 1415, testing his antenna. Fair signal but fading. SINPO 34333.

Tues July 28

3900: Radio Baken 16 playing Brainbox "Dark Rose" @ 2150. Good signal but noise level quite high. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1930 with a Madonna song followed by The Pretenders. Good-strong signal, but some utility QRM. SINPO 54444.

6220: Radio Playback Int/Mystery Radio with Nena "99 Luftballons" @ 1925 followed by jingles from the two stations. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6870: Radio Playback Int with JJ signing off @ 2010. Fair signal but atmospheric noise making it difficult to hear. In parallel with better 6220. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio with Tears for Fears "Everyone Wants to Rule the World" @ 2020. Better signal tonight but utility noise on frequency. SINPO 23332.

MV Baltic celebrates Woodstock

MV Baltic Radio is on next Sunday, August 2 at 09.00 to 10.00 UTC on 6140 KHz, via Wertachtal.

Woodstock celebrates its 40th anniversary. Next weekend in our transmission we will present a special programme all about the Woodstock festival of 1969.

MV Baltic Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service schedule for summer 2009:
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International

We wish you good listening and good reception!
73s Tom

(via Tom Taylor)

2nd Sunday still remains blank after Bluestar pulled out.

Mon July 27

3905: Bluestar Radio signing off @ 2035 with contact details. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 2045 with Tony James playing the Motors and "Airport." Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback @ 2030 with oldies and "Playback" jingle. SINPO 44444.

6302: Radio Black Power playing schlager @ 1938, ID in Dutch, off 1952. Not a good frequency as het from W Sahara station on 6300. Black Power peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 53443.

6325: Radio Mustang with polka @ 1930. Good signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2055, just audible above the noise level. SINPO 24332.

Sun July 26

3900: Antonio Radio (tent) with Dutch music @ 1830, difficult to hear above the noise level. SINPO 24332.

3931: Bogusman playing Primal Scream @ 1820. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Gary Drew playing the Fatback Band @ 0750. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertachtal signing on @ 0900 in English and playing song "Dreaming of You." SINPO 44444.

6210: Unid station @ 1125 with Dutch music. Maybe Mustang, but too weak to hear clear ID. SINPO 24332.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery @ 0810. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6254: Britain Radio Int made a very brief appearance, faded in @ 1010, just in time for an ID and some music, then disappeared again five minutes later. Signal peaked at S9.

6265: Unid station heard @ 2145 playing non-stop Beatles songs on 15 minute loop tape. Swinging Radio England jingle also heard. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6300: Delta Radio, Gelderland playing instrumental music, ID in Dutch. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6317: Radio Kilo Tango Lima with oldies @ 1105. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Northsea Int via TSI101 playing Taylor Dayne "Tell It To My Heart" @ 0845, followed by IDs and RNI jingle. Signal faded out a few minutes later. SINPO 34433.

6360: Radio Lowland playing The Killers "Human" @ 2058. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44333.

6380: Radio Marconi heard @ 0930 with polka, long period of non-stop music, ID @ 10005. SINPO 34333.

6398: Radio Baken 16 playing "Do You Want to Funk" @ 2200 followed by Iron Maiden "Bring Your Daughters to the Slaughter." Certainly a varied playlist! SINPO 44333.

6424: Radio Pionier with a Dutch song @ 0755, followed by jingle ID. SINPO 34333.

Sat July 25

3900: Skyline International Radio playing Wham! @ 1820. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3900: Radio Baken 16 came on @ 2140 after Skyline signed off. Heard greeting listeners, Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3910: Radio Pacman @ 1835 (SINPO 34333) and Santana @ 1837 (24332) giving reports to Polaris. Pacman also heard on 3912 @ 1845.

3911: Radio Polaris playing Soft Cell @ 1810. SINPO 34433.

3926: Radio Alice with polka @ 1805. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with instrumental music @ 0750. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44333.

6210: Radio Mustang (tent) heard @ 1115 with oldies. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Radio Borderhunter moved here @ 1415, playing Dutch songs. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with oldies @ 1650. Fair signal but fair bit of fading. Bit early to fade in properly. SINPO 34433.

6295: Radio Borderhunter testing his transmitter @ 1400. Good signal, audio and modulation also good. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Altrex playing the Mamas & the Papas "California Dreaming" @ 0755. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Black Power with ID @ 1345, playing the song "A Walk in the Park." Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6380: Radio Marconi (tent) playing T-Pau "China In Your Hand" @ 1635. Fair signal but deep fades. SINPO 34433.

6380: Radio Rock AM heard@ 2200 playing Rammstein and giving out address. Fair-good signal but CW QRM. SINPO 33433.

6870: Radio Playback Int & Mystery with JJ live playing M "Pop Music" @ 2145. In parallel with stronger 6220. SINPO 44333.

Fri July 24

3930: Antonio Radio with Dutch music @ 2150. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3945: Bogusman with a good signal, heard @ 2200 playing indie music and talking about Glastonbury festival. SINPO 44433.

4025: Britain Radio Int via LHH heard @ 2205 giving out web address, playing a record from the station's Rare 60s Archive. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio & Playback with a live programme, heard @ 2140 playing "Papa Was A Rolling Stone." In parallel with 6870. SINPO 44444.

6240: Radio Altrex playing music from the 1930s @ 2135. Fair signal but noisy. SINPO 34333.

6310: Delta Radio with a good signal, playing "Cat in the Cradle" @ 2130. SINPO 44444.

6400: TIS101 heard with a first shortwave test today, heard @ 2005 with relay of a RNI programme. Has a website at http://tsi101.blog.co.uk. Fair signal. SINPO 34333. ID through Iann's chat.

6420: Free Radio Victoria with Elvis Presley and "Blue Suede Shoes" @ 2215. Testing 12m vertical antenna. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6870: Radio Playback Int & Mystery playing Take That "Everything Changes" @ 2145. Good signal but higher noise level that parallel 6220. SINPO 44333.

Thurs July 23

3890: Free Radio Victoria heard @ 2145 with playing the Eagles, then Tubeway Army. Good signal but fair bit of noise. SINPO 44333.

3925: Unid station with Laser 558 recordings, heard @ 1900 with Charlie Wolf playing Jennifer Rush "Power of Love." Good signal. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music @ 1905. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop music @ 1955. Good signal - little problem from RTE on 6225. SINPO 44444.

Wed July 22

3905: Orion Radio @ 1955 playing the Shadows, sending out greetings, then playing "Nikita." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3925: Unid station with Laser 558 recordings, heard @ 1948 playing Elton John "Nikita." SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing recording from its FM days, announcing 101.7, and playing the Kinks @ 2005. SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1940. Strong signal tonight - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

Tues July 21

3900: Radio Baken 16 heard @ 2145 with oldies. Fair-good signal but lot of static noise. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 2010 playing Depeche Mode "See You." Unfortunately strong utility QRM as well. SINPO 53443. Utility off few minutes later.

6220: Mystery Radio with David Bowie @ 2000, followed by ID jingle. Splash from RTE on 6225, strong peaks. SINPO 43443.

6925u: Spider Radio heard with a weak signal @ 2015. SINPO 24332.

Mon July 20

4025: Britain Radio Int via LHH heard @ 2030 with the song "It's Good Enough for You" from Dodgy. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1920, followed by jingle ID. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Bermudadreick (tent) heard @ 1905 with talk in German. Weak signal with heavy static noise, occasional peaks. SINPO 23332.

Sun July 19

3900: Skyline International Radio with oldies and greeting listeners @ 1800. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

3920: Antonio Radio with polka and ID @ 2030. Fair signal but noise quite high. SINPO 34333.

3945: Bogusman heard @ 0745 playing Muse, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with an All About Eve song @ 0750. SINPO 44333.

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0905 playing Dutch songs, then the Dr Tim song. SINPO 34333.

6140: European Music Radio via Wertachtal signing on for their 200th transmission. Tom Taylor heard playing dance music. Fair bit of fading on signal today. SINPO 45433.

6220: Mystery Radio playing oldies @ 0815. SINPO 33333.

6240: Radio Altrex with oldies, but strong utility QRM making listening difficult @ 0810. SINPO 32332. Heard again @ 2210 playing the Everley Brothers. Good signal tonight - SINPO 44433.

6265: Radio 48 reading emails and playing Saxon @ 0755. SINPO 34333.

6298: Retro Radio back on the air, playing Barclay James Harvest "Mockingbird" @ 0805. Was announcing 6285. Good signal. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

6301: Magic Radio testing new equipment and giving out contact details @ 0857. Fair signal. SINPO 33333.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 0800, said would be signing off soon. SINPO 34333.

6430: Free Radio Victoria heard @ 2150 playing the Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand." Good signal but utility QRM and fading. SINPO 43433.

Sat July 18

3900: Polaris Radio with instrumental music @ 2025, followed by Depeche Mode and the operator chatting in Dutch on Skype. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3945: Bogusman back on this frequency, heard @ 2240 talking about the Gurkhas and playing indie music. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0840 with Stewart Ross playing Elvis Costello playing "Pump it Up." SINPO 44433.

5810: Unid station playing tracks from Alan Parsons Project @ 2005. Good signal but no IDs. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback @ 1720 with Grant Benson playing "These Boots Were Made for Walking." Fair signal but quite a lot of fading. SINPO 34333.

6240: Radio Altrex talking about his holidays and playing "Let's Do the Timewarp" @ 2233. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio 48 coming in with a fair signal @ 1005, greeting Michael in Poland and playing ELO "Evil Woman." SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Condor heard playing dance music @ 1745 and talking about his holidays. Fair signal reaching good peaks. SINPO 34333. Also heard @ 2225 with SINPO 34333.

6327: Radio Waves Int with country music @ 1945. Weak signal but heard ID on peak. SINPO 24332.

6375: Polaris Radio with pop @ 2255. Fair-good signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

6400: Sonnet Radio playing "Eleanor" by the Turtles @ 1825. Good signal peaking at S9+10dB. Occasional jingles. SINPO 44444.

6870: Radio Playback Int with Mystery Radio @ 1955 with Chris Ise playing Michael Jackson "Beat It." In parallel with 6220. SINPO 33433.

Fri July 17

3900: Skyline International Radio heard @ 2230 with polka. Good signal but some rapid fading. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music, repeat of programme from May. Heard @ 1750 with S9+10dB signal. SINPO 54444.

5810: Radio Telstar South heard @ 2140 playing Petula Clark. Good-strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6210: Unid station playing non-stop Dutch music @ 1755, weak signal with occasional peaks. Splash from Iran which signed on just before 1800. SINPO 23332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1740. Fair signal. SINPO 34333. Heard @ 2030, teamed up with Playback for a live show with Grant Benson in parallel with 6870. SINPO 44444.

6265: Radio 48 with a mention of this site (thanks) and playing an instrumental version of "Whole Lotta Love" @ 1800. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6309: Sonnet Radio playing "Sign of the Times" @ 2145. Strong signal peaking at S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

6325: Sonnet Radio playing Rod Stewart @ 2005. Fair signal with some utility QRM. SINPO 33433. At 2008 moved to 6319, although according to station, it should've been 6310, but problem with crystal. SINPO 43433.

6375: Sonic Radio with a weak signal heard @ 2015. SINPO 23332.

6870: Radio Playback Int playing A Flock of Seagulls @ 2020, live programme, in parallel with 6220. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2035. Weak signal tonight. SINPO 24332.

Thurs July 16

1645: Radio Relmus testing his new transmitter. Heard @ 2220 playing Dutch music. Fair signal at home. SINPO 34333. On Bedford web receiver peaking at S9+40dB.

3900: Skyline Radio International with polka @ 2212. Good signal but lot of static crashes - thunder in the air. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing Madonna @ 1747. Signal not great at the moment - fair strength and noisy. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback with "Dancing in the Street" @ 1740 and jingles for both stations. Fair signal but lot of fading. SINPO 34333.

6395: Cool AM with dance music @ 2235, followed by "Man of Action." Utility QRM. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 23332. Moved to 6315 @ 2245 - SINPO 34333. (via Bedford web receiver)

EMR this Sunday

EMR relay + Internet stream returns

Date 19th of July 2009

Time 09.00 to 09.30 utc

Channel 6140 khz

Programme Tom Taylor (Music programme)

The EMR Internet radio service returns this Saturday 18th July 24/7

Good Listening 73s Tom

(via Tom Taylor)

Wed July 15

3900: Skyline International Radio with a strong signal @ 2135, playing country music, then Blondie "Tide is High." SINPO 54444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Gary Drew playing dance music from the 80s @ 1720 and mentioning sponsored programmes. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1730. Fair-good signal but some fading. SINPO 34433.

6376: Radio Baken 16 with instrumental music @ 2203. Weak-fair signal, some morse QRM. Very unsettled conditions. SINPO 23332. (via Bedford web receiver)

6396: Radio Apollo heard @ 2157 with "Man of Action." Weak signal with utility QRM. (via Bedford web receiver)

6925u: Spider Radio with a weak signal - just hear music above the noise @ 2015. SINPO 24332.

Tues July 14

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing a Radio Victory jingle, and then a Madonna song @ 2055. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio with relay of American blues show @ 2050. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

Mon July 13

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Mike Andrews playing a song by Amy Grant @ 1805. Once again, signal up there S9+ 10-20dB. SINPO 54444.

5810: Radio Telstar South heard @ 2010 playing Cliff Richard "Summer Holiday." Back on this frequency tonight. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio coming in well @ 1800, with usual ID jingle then into pop. A bit of utility on the channel as well. SINPO 43433.

6310: Cool AM with a weak signal just heard above noise @ 2042. Moved from 6315 to avoid strong SSB QRM. SINPO 24332.

6325: Monte Carlo Radio (tent) heard @ 1005 playing the Pet Shop Boys. Fair signal but lot of fading. SINPO 34333.

6325: Sonnet Radio with a good signal @ 2025 playing the song "Listen to the Voice." SINPO 44444. Running parallel with their internet stream.

Sun July 12

3932: Bogusman back on this frequency - playing Muse and talking about the European elections @ 2005. Must have the stronger transmitter on tonight - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0805 playing the song "Life in the Fast Lane." Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

5805: Radio Telstar South with 60s music @ 2030. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6205: Radio Suzuki heard with a weak signal @ 0845, snatches of music on peaks. SINPO 24332.

6205: Radio Scotland Int moved here after Suzuki signed off. Playing Rammstein @ 0910. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6210: Radio Geronimo with ID and playing "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" @ 0925. Fair signal, some splash from Scotland on 6205. SINPO 33333.

6220: Mystery Radio with a relay of Red Sands Radio @ 0920. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6265: Radio 48 fading in and out - heard @ 0815 talking about the summer meeting and playing Saxon "Wheels of Steel." SINPO 34333.

6285: Radio Scotland Int with U2 "Gloria" @ 0850. Weaker signal than usual - SINPO 34333.

6295: Sonnet Radio with a strong signal, playing the Pet Shop Boys @ 0855, but lost signal completely 10 minutes later. SINPO 54444.

6300: Delta Radio with a song by Modern Talking @ 1040. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6305: Radio Saturnus with rock music and greeting listeners @ 0810. SINPO 34333.

6309: Sonnet Radio heard playing Cockney Rebel "Judy Teen" @ 2130, signal fading at 2135. SINPO 44433.

6314: Unid station heard @ 1005 with U2 "I Will Follow." Strong SSB. SINPO 32432. At 1007 moved to 6311, off 1015 with no ID - SINPO 34333.

6315: Cool AM with rock music @ 2050. Weak signal. SINPO 24332. (via Bedford web receiver)

6378: Radio Zodiac giving out hotline number and playing rock music @ 0930. SINPO 34333.

6395: Unid station playing Vengaboys @ 0935. Good signal, off with no ID. SINPO 44433.

6400: Radio Baken 16 heard @ 1405 with a weak signal. He had been testing on 12265 where he managed to be heard in Finland, Russia and SW France - nothing here though. SINPO 24332.

6524: Radio Ramona heard @ 1020 playing "Radio Wall of Sound." Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6870: Radio Playback Int with blues music and "Playback International" jingle. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio stronger tonight, heard @ 2000 playing Flock of Seagulls. SINPO 34333.

Sat July 11

3890: Free Radio Victoria heard @ 2015 with oldies. SINPO 34333.

3913: Radio Sallandse Boer with talk in Dutch, and sonme instrumental music @ 2230, off few minutes later, some QRM from BBC on 3915. SINPO 43433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0755 with a Dusty Springfield song. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6210: Radio Mustang with some polka followed by 4-Non Blondes@ 1050. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback heard @ 1805 with oldies - fair-good signal, in parallel with 6870. SINPO 34433.

6240: Delta Radio heard @ 1157 playing "Popcorn," some talk in Dutch and signing off. SINPO 34333.

6310: Grensstad Radio playing dance music @ 1945, good signal but weaker station underneath, IDs at 2000. SINPO 44444. To hear recording click here

6310: Radio Ramona with mention of AM Forum, ID @ 2010. Grensstad underneath. SINPO 43433.

6316: Radio Apollo with his first transmission, heard @ 1950 playing oldies, giving IDs and greeting listeners. SINPO 34333. To hear recording click here

6553: Radio Rainbow via Galaxy heard @ 2245 playing theme tune, reading reception reports, then Soft Cell "Tainted Love." Old programme as mentioned Laser Hot Hits. SINPO 34333. (via Bedford web receiver)

6660u: Unid station playing song "Abracadabra" @ 2240. A Russian station called Radio Partizan logged here earlier in the evening playing music and asking for reports by DXer in Czech Republic (via Iann's chat). SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int/Mystery with Duran Duran "View to A Kill" @ 1812. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2050 playing "The Heat Is On." Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

Fri July 10

3905: Radio Continental with Dutch songs @ 2215. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3912: Radio Festivum playing Soft Cell @ 2042. Good signal and audio sounds better, although talk still a bit distorted, many IDs. SINPO 44333.

3920: Radio Noorderlicht heard @ 2220 playing "You Can Get It If You Really Want It." Strong signal - using 350W, off at 2235, back on at 2242 for few minutes. SINPO 54444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a good signal @ 2050, playing rock. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio & Playback heard @ 2030 with a live programme and playing Fat Boy Slim. Good signal in parallel with 6870. SINPO 44444.

6310: Delta Radio, Gelderland @ 2025 with the song "I Give It Up." Strong signal - peaking at S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

6870: Radio Playback Int & Mystery in parallel with 6220 @ 2035. Not so strong with higher noise. SINPO 34333.

Thurs July 9

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Gary Drew @ 1935 playing a song by Lisa Lisa from the 90s and mention of the Secret Life of the Radio film on YouTube. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1940, but splash from RTE on 6225. SINPO 43443.

6305: Radio Saturnus heard @ 0857 playing OMD "Enola Gay." Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

Wed July 8

3905: Bluestar Radio heard @ 2040 with Dutch songs. Good signal considering only using 35W. Woman gives ID. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music @ 1915. Signal again at S9+10dB - blasting in! SINPO 54444.

5810: Radio Telstar South also putting in a strong signal tonight, playing an Alan Price song from 1971 @ 1925. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1930 with pop, splash from RTE on 6225. SINPO 43433.

6870: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1933 playing Barry White "Let the Music Play," strong occasional SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2050. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

Tues July 7

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 2050 playing the current single by Empire of the Sun. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

5810: Radio Telstar South with 60s music and chat @ 2055, some fading. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with oldies @ 1925. Good signal - last two evenings seemed to be no audio from Mystery, just a carrier, but back on tonight. SINPO 44444.

English MW pirate heard in Netherlands

Listeners in the Netherlands are reporting reception of Radio Albatross, an East Anglian pirate station, on 819 kHz. According to the operator of the station, the antenna is marconi ‘T’ 13M high with 30M top. The transmitter is running about 250W. The station says its target area is Suffolk, South Norfolk and North Essex. The operator adds that the station has tried 576 kHz but the antenna efficiency is lower and local reception is not as good as 819. The station is also on 87.6 FM.

(info via Radio Netherlands Media Network)

Mon July 6

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 2007 with a song by Journey "The Girl Can't Help It." Again, coming in very well. SINPO 44444.

5810: Radio Telstar South heard @ 2002 playing a Petula Clark song. Good signal but some static noise and fading. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2025 with oldies. Signal strugging tonight. SINPO 24332.

Once a radio pirate, today a radio teacher

Ian MacRae worked on Radio Caroline during 1966 and 1967 when British offshore radio was at the height of its popularity. In a recent review of “The Boat that Rocked”, he took issue with how the movie portrayed this famous pirate broadcasting operation. Today he’s a “floater” for 2UE radio in Sydney, Australia and runs the Ian MacRae Radio School.

Read the interview with Corey Deitz of About.com

(info via Radio Netherlands Media Network)

Sun July 5

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing Ottawan "DISCO" @ 0735, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

5800: Radio Geronimo heard with oldies @ jingles @ 0910. SINPO 34333.

5810: Radio Orion & Radio Tina with Blondie "Denis Denis" @ 0740 - SINPO 34333.

5810: Radio Telstar South came on after Orion signed off, heard briefly @ 0937 with the Golden Boys but off (faded out?) a few minutes later. SINPO 54444.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertachtal signing on @ 0900 in German and English followed by German song. SINPO 55444.

6210: Radio Paardenkracht heard @ 0745 playing "The Twist" and IDs. SINPO 34333.

6210: Radio Orion and Radio Tina playing Abba "Does Your Mother Know" @ 1140. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio playing the Human League @ 0805, followed by a Radio Marabu programme. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio 48 heard @ 0950 playing Alice Copper "School's Out," talking about relay of Underground, but signal faded out again a few minutes later. SINPO 34333.

6285: Antonio Radio with Dutch songs @ 0810. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6289: Radio Mustang with dance music and IDs @ 1340, deep fades and some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6310: Grensstad Radio heard talking about summer meeting, playing song "Love Is All" @ 0930, occasional strong SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6310: Sonnet Radio moved here @ 2103, still good signal, playing T Rex and David Bowie. SINPO 44444.

6325: Sonnet Radio playing Wang Chung "Dancehall Days" @ 2050. Signal just faded in and now peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6327: Summer Meeting Radio back on the air this morning, playing "Under the Moon of Love" @ 0800. SINPO 34333.

6425: Radio Pionier playing Creedence Clearwater Revival @ 0750, followed by jingle ID. SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int heard @ 2040 playing "Voyage Voyage." Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2025. SINPO 24332.

Sat July 4

3898: Radio Piepzender with Dutch music @ 1805, in parallel with station's web stream. SINPO 33333.

3902: Radio Sallandse Boer with Dutch songs, ID @ 2135. SINPO 44333.

3912: Radio Festivum (tent) heard @ 2040 with easy listening music, giving email address. SINPO 33333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0745 playing Michael Jackson "You're Not Alone." Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

5810: Radio Telstar South playing 60s music @ 0920. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5825: Radio Rapido (pres) @ 0750 with "Show Me the Way To Go." Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio & Playback International with Soft Cell "Tainted Love" @ 1755. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio Underground via Radio 48 with talk about US pirates and reading free radio logs (from this site) @ 0755. SINPO 34433.

6265: Radio 48 heard @ 1135 playing Deep Purple and talking about sunspots. SINPO 34333.

6310: Grensstad Radio @ 1150 playing oldies. Weak signal with fair peaks, ID. SINPO 24332.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo heard @ 1540, weak signal with fading. Closed down soon after. SINPO 24332.

6327: Summer Meeting Radio from the Dutch summer meeting heard @ 1820 with IDs, hotline and email address, playing techno music, then Queen "We Will Rock You." SINPO 34333. To hear recording click here

6870: Radio Playback Int/Mystery Radio playing "Being With You" @ 2050 - running a minute behind 6220. SINPO 44333.

9510: Radio Joystick via IRRS @ 0810 playing Phil Collins. SINPO 34433.

Fri July 3

3890: Free Radio Victoria heard @ 2200 playing A-Ha "I Call Your Name," ID with email address. SINPO 34333.

3905: Radio Orion & Radio Tina heard @ 1900 with polka. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3912: Radio Festivum heard @ 2140 with more from Grand Auto Theft. Unid station from previous logs on 3910/11. Audio much better. SINPO 43333. ID from Iann's chat.

3940: Radio Underground heard @ 1845 with talk about analogue switch-off in UK. Fair-good signal but still whistle from station on 3939. Good signal but deep fades. SINPO 43433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with excellent signal tonight. Heard @ 1855 with Florider "Sugar," talking about the heat. SINPO 54444.

5810: Radio Telstar South with the Golden Boys playing Earth & Fire @ 2020. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

5825: Radio Rapido (pres) heard @ 2155 with oldies. In the clear now - after being sandwiched between strong stations on 5820 & 5830 an hour earlier. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6220: Mystery Radio with oldies and jingles @ 1835. SINPO 34333.

6240: Radio Dancemodulation heard @ 2040 with dance music, fair signal but noisy. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio Underground heard with talk about the summer meeting @ 2025. SINPO 34333.

6320: Classic Hits Radio heard testing @ 2045, playing Starship "We Built This City," off few minutes later. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2045. SINPO 24332.

Thurs July 2

3905: Radio Fox 48 with rock n roll @ 2145. Lot of static crashes tonight. SINPO 34333. (via Bedford web receiver)

3910: Unid station with soul music @ 2200, sounded like American accents so possible relay. Audio quite bassy. SINPO 34333. (via Bedford web receiver)

3940: Radio Underground heard @ 1955 going through free radio logs, giving out contact details. Fair-good signal but whistle from co-channel station. SINPO 33433. Thanks for the plug!

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing song by the Veronicas @ 1940. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback International @ 1945 playing the song "Whodunnit." Live show in parallel with 6870. Good signal but splash from RTE on 6225.

6870: Radio Playback Int in parallel with 6220 @ 1950, playing Shania Twain. Slightly weaker and noisier signal. SINPO 34333.

Area 51 pirate programmes on WBCQ

In the event that you might not know, Area 51 is a program dedicated to pirate programming. This is one of the few place where the ops can get their programming out and not violate any federal laws. This is a great place to hear a lot of different ops in the same place! So, if you are even remotely interested check it out! Well worth our attention and support!

Keep a close eye on the Area 51 program schedule for up to the minute changes and additions. Thanks for all your support. Lw Thanks,

(Mike and good DXing! Rohde, Columbus OH, June 10, NASWA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1465, DX Listening Digest)

Details on www.wbcq.com and www.worldmicroscope.com

This week on air on 5110 kHz:

• Sunday, 6-8PM eastern United States time (2200-0000 UTC)
• Monday-Friday, 8-10PM eastern United States time (0000-0200 UTC)
• Saturday, 6-9PM eastern United States time (2200-0100 UTC)

Another chance in Europe to hear some of those US pirates!

Wed July 1

3895: Voice of the Netherlands @ 2040 with dance music. String signal. SINPO 54444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing the song "One Word" @ 1930. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback Int with a live programme hosted by JJ playing an instrumental tune @ 1925. SINPO 44444.

6310: Cool AM with weak signal @ 2055, heavy static making reception difficult. SINPO 23232.

6870: Radio Playback Int @ 2035 with a US country music show. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2045 playing Mike Oldfield. SINPO 24332.