Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Tues Jan 31

4015 1830 Laser Hot Hits. Martin Scott programme. Loose Ends song, ads for Offshore Echoes magazine and Feature Story News, then The Beat "Mirror in the Barthroom." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6300 1603 Radio Monte Carlo. "Popcorn", "Man of Action", ID and said closing down. SINPO 34333.

6570 1645 Unid. Dutch music and oldies, no IDs heard. SINPO 34333.

6970 1540 Laser Hot Hits. Laser Goes DX show, Gary Drew reading report from Cottbus, Germany. SINPO 44433.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Terry's new blog

Terry from Newfoundland, Canada, is a very well-known DXer of free radio stations on both sides of the Atlantic. Now he has started his own blog so pay him a visit at: http://www.freeradioreport.blogspot.com/

Mon Jan 30

4015 1813 Laser Hot Hits. Reading report from Belgium, Lena Lovich "Birdsong." Fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6970 1655 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew with a sponsored show. Fat Back Band "I Found Loving." Strong. SINPO 54444.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Sun Jan 29

3930 1653 Radio Batavia. Dutch songs, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4015 1220 Laser Hot Hits. Dance music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5800 1610 Polaris Radio. Iron Maiden, IDs and jingles. SINPO 34333.

5820 0840 Orion Radio. Neil Diamond song then instrumental music. SINPO 44433.

5835 1005 Radio Thunderbird. Weak signal, music heard through the noise. SINPO 24332.

6045 0950 Iceman Radio via Wertachtal. "I Can't Take My Eyes off You," sign off 1000. SINPO 55444.

6200 0847 Radio Orang Utan. "Hang on Sloopy," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220 0853 Radio Merlin Int. Johnny Cougar & The Pirates "Shaking All Over", ID and mention station website. SINPO 54444.

6302 0925 Radio Altrex. Talk and oldies, weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332. Heard again at 1625 with a good signal with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6306 1230 Radio Sallandse Boer. Dutch music, talk and ID in Dutch. SINPO 34333.

6314 1020 Radio Sonic. Instrumental music, ID and greetings, then reggae. SINPO 34333.

6325 1010 Wizard Radio. Theme from Black Beauty, ID and greeting Armadillo, Matt Bianco "Get Up Out of your Lazy Bed." SINPO 44433.

6375 1632 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingles, pop music. SINPO 34333.

6422 0905 Radio Grutte Pier. Utility and SSB QRM, music heard underneath. SINPO 32332.

6450 1515 Uncle Sam Radio. Oldies, ID, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6485 0933 Premier Radio Int. Frankie Miller "Darling," ID and greetings. SINPO 33333.

6570 1645 Unid. Non-stop 80s music, Prince "Kiss", Queen & David Bowie "Under Pressure." Weak-fair. SINPO 24433.

6930 1215 Irish Music Radio. Joe Dolan "The Answer to Everything," SINPO 34333.

6970 1205 Laser Hot Hits. Steely Dan "Haitian Divorce." SINPO 44433.

6985 0900 Radio Waves Int. Country music, weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

12715 1145 Radio Spaceshuttle. Weak signal, music heard just above noise level. SINPO 24332.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Sat Jan 28

4015 1010 Laser Hot Hits. Recordings of UK Radio, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6095 1015 KBC via Wertachtal. Emperor Rosko show. Johnny Cash song. SINPO 54444.

6300 1705 Radio Witte Reus. ID, greetings, instrumental music, utility QRM. SINPO 33333. Peaked at S9+10dB at 1718 before dropped down again.

6302 0925 Radio Altrex. Cow noises heard and oldies. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6305 1635 Radio Merlin Int. ID, Rolling Stones "Paint It Black." SINPO 34333.

6375 1628 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingle, pop music. SINPO 24332.

6510 1620 Radio Rising Sun. ID jingle, oldies. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6930 0935 Irish Music Radio. Dance music, IDs between tracks. SINPO 34333.

6970 0940 Laser Hot Hits. Laser Goes DX with review of new Tecsun receiver, talk about Radio Bulgaria closing and other DX news. SINPO 44433.

7535 1550 Trans Europe Radio. ID, greetings, Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing" SINPO 44433. Moved to 6940 at 1600 to avoid strong stations on 7530/7540. Better signal. SINPO 54444.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Fri Jan 27

3905 1835 Skyline International Radio. ID and greetings, Dutch music. SINPO 44333.

4015 1845 Laser Hot Hits. Recordings of UK Radio playing Billie "Because We Want To." SINPO 44433.

6305 usb 1825 Radio Fox 48. Dance music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6422 1820 Radio Grutte Pier. Dance music, good signal. SINPO 44333.

6970 1830 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew ending another edition of Laser Goes DX with Space "Magic Fly." SINPO 44433.

Radio Armadillo QSL


Radio Armadillo, which was a UK station active in the 1990s, returned to regular broadcasting last year, mainly in the 75 metre band. The station usually broadcasts late at night (around midnight UTC) on 3935, 4000 or 4032. He hopes to start broadcasts on 48 metres later in the year. Thanks for the QSL.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Thurs Jan 26

4015 1810 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Simpson show. Bad Company "Can't Get Enough of your Love." SINPO 44433.

6295 1723 Radio Monte Carlo. "Friday on my Mind," ID and said testing audio, which sounded good. SINPO 34333.

6970 1700 Laser Hot Hits. Martin Scott show. "I Need Your Loving" then "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime." Strong. SINPO 54444.

Hall of Fame Spotlight

Pirates Week presenter Ragnar Daneskjold has launched a new programme called Hall of Fame Spotlight looking at some of the US pirates.

On his website he writes: "I know that many of you have been missing the piratesweek, and I have been asked by a bunch of you when I was bringing it back. Well, I may be doing that later this year but right now I am announcing a new show.

"I will be on WBCQ Area 51 following Allan Weiner Worldwide with my brand new show the Hall of Fame Spotlight. Allan usually  wraps up his show around 9:15 pm Eastern or so and then I’ll be on after him, 5110 khz on WBCQ.

"I’ll also will be hosting the new shows a couple days later on Sunday mornings on piratesweek.info and they will be up on this feed.

So tune into WBCQ, Area 51, 5110 kHz Friday nights a little after 9pm eastern and catch the Hall of Fame spotlight where we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best pirate shortwave radio has to offer.
Until then, as always - thanks for listening."

For more information visit his website at: http://shortwavepirate.info/
The programme goes on 0200 UTC Friday night/Saturday morning.
See the Area 51 website http://www.worldmicroscope.com/

Thanks to Gary Drew for passing on this info.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Wed Jan 25

6305 1645 Unid. "Dragon Slayer" tune, faded out few minutes later. Anyone hear an ID? SINPO 34333.

6970 1633 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James show. Bread "The Cloud Suite" the reading receptino report from Germany. SINPO 54444.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Tues Jan 24

4015 1820 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Simpson show. Songs by Hawkwind then Little River Band. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

5805 1705 Bluestar Radio. ID, greetings, then "Wooden Horse," "Words" and "Sweets Dreams Are Made of This." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6970 1640 Laser Hot Hits. Anorak Hour with old recordings of UK Radio. Strong. SINPO 54444.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Mon Jan 23

4015 1800 Laser Hot Hits. Sheena Easton "Morning Train", then Eagles song. SINPO 44433.

6970 1725 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James programme. John Ford "Stardust", reading report from listener in England. SINPO 44433.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Sun Jan 22

4015 1610 Laser Hot Hits. Tina Turner "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight," good signal. SINPO 44433.

5820 0850 Orion Radio. Sending birthday greetings to Casanova, Commodores tune. SINPO 44444.

6005 1031 Radio Gloria via Radio 700. Neil Young song, also on 9480. SINPO 34333.

6095 1215 KBC via Wertachtal. LA Connection programme, song "Let's Stay Together." Not so strong today. SINPO 44433.

6205 1600 Radio Sluwe Vos. "House of the Rising Sun." Fair signal but splash from 6195. SINPO 33333. Moved to 6208 at 1620 but utility splash (33333) then 6220 at 1627 (34333).

6220 1140 Radio FSM. Relay of Artem's world music show, weak. SINPO 24332.

6262 1015 Wizard Radio. Talking about North American MW DX with recordings, good signal. SINPO 44433.

6282 0855 Radio Shadow. ID jingles, oldies, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6292 1010 Radio Scotland Int. Instrumental music, good signal with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6295 1220 Bogusman. Talking about free CD he got, Silver Fish "Sucking Gas." Strong. SINPO 54444.

6295 1350 The Ghoul. Talking Heads "Once in a Lifetime," strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6305 0900 Radio Merlin Int. ID, B52s "Meet the Flintstones," good signal with strong peaks. SINPO 44444.

6305 1715 Radio Zeewolf. The Who "Who Are You", ID and greetings. SINPO 44333.

6305 1725 Radio Sallandse Boer. "Heard It Through the Grapevine," ID, calling Zeewolf. SINPO 54444.

6395 0953 Elvis AM. The Clash "Rock the Casbah," weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6396 1605 Radio Pantomien. Pussycat "Mississippi," then "Let Your Love Flow," ID and greetings. Good with strong peaks. SINPO 44444.

6422 0925 Radio Grutte Pier. "Country Roads," utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6525 0905 Unid. Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus," Eurythmics "Love is a Stranger." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6920 1020 Unid. Programme about mobile phones, later heard with relay of English FM pirate, no IDs. SINPO 44433.

6930 0935 Irish Music Radio. U2 "Discotheque", good signal. SINPO 44433.

6970 0940 Laser Hot Hits. "I'm Never Going to Fall in Love Again," good signal. SINPO 44433.

9480 1032 Radio Gloria via MV Baltic. Parallel with 6005. SINPO 34333.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Sat Jan 21

3930 2105 Radio Wilskracht. Song "Hallelujah", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4015 1005 Laser Hot Hits. Ads for Offshore Echoes, FSN, then the Beat "Mirror in the Bathroom." SINPO 34333.

6205 0955 Radio Sluwe Vos. Weak signal, music just above noise level. SINPO 24332.

6293 1518 Mike Radio. ID, said testing, instrumental music. SINPO 54444.

6297 1535 Radio Sallandse Boer. ID, rock, report to Mike Radio. SINPO 54444.

6325 1505 Radio FSM. Caught end of show, said closing down. SINPO 34333.

6325 1553 Radio Skywire. ID, Dutch music. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6375 1545 Radio Bohemia Int. Weak 80s disco music and IDs, said coming from Czech Republic. SINPO 24332.

6385 1530 Radio Rising Sun. Oldies, weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332. Improved to 44333 by 1715.

6395 1510 Radio Zodiac. Jingle ID, Queen "Tie Your Mother Down," good signal. SINPO 44433.

6395 1653 Radio Boomerang. Abba "SOS" then "Waterloo," ID at 1700. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6422 1640 Radio Grutte Pier. Mike Oldfield "Moonlight Shadow," then Dutch music. Good-strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6519 0930 Unid. Non-stop polka and Dutch songs. Fair-good. SINPO 34333.

6925 1030 Trans Europe Radio. Rock music, splash from IMR. SINPO 33333. Moved to 6940 at 1032. SINPO 34333.

6930 0945 Irish Music Radio. Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6940 1524 Trans Europe Radio. IDs, Abba song, greetings. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6970 0950 Laser Hot Hits. Simple Minds "Promised You A Miracle," SINPO 44433.

9510 0940 Radio City via IRRS. French and German songs, strong. SINPO 54444.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Fri Jan 20

3905 1750 Skyline International Radio. Instrumental music, ID and greetings. Strong. SINPO 54444.

4015 1755 Laser Hot Hits. Reading report from the Netherlands, then Pointer Sisters "I'm So Excited." SINPO 54444.

6295 1656 Radio Monte Carlo. "Everytime I Think Of You", ID and greetings. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6300 1702 Radio Witte Reus. ID, Fleetwood Mac "Albatross." SINPO 34333.

6305 1615 Osaka Radio. Song "Why Do You Build Me Up" then ID. Fair-good. SINPO 34333.

6930 1620 Irish Music Radio. Rap music, IDs between songs. SINPO 34333.

6970 1622 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Norris talking about an FM pirate that keeps getting raided, then Belinda Carlisle "I Go Weak." SINPO 54444.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Thurs Jan 19

5805 1645 Bluestar Radio. "We Love the Pirate Stations," then ID and greetings. Fair-good. SINPO 34333.

6305 1705 Radio Merlin Int. "When You're Young and in Love" then "I'm In Love with You." SINPO 34333. Moved to 6300 at 1710 but faded out.

6970 1630 Laser Hot Hits. OMD "Live and Die" then Craig David song. SINPO 44444.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wed Jan 18

4015 1810 Laser Hot Hits. Recordings of Laser 558 from the 1980s. SINPO 44444.

5805 1800 Bluestar Radio. Dance music, testing with only 2W, weak but audible. SINPO 24332.

6296 1735 Elvis AM. "I've Been Waiting for a Girl Like You," then "I've Got You Babe." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6326 1745 Radio Mi Amigo via Caroline Int. Cliff Richard "The Young Ones," soon closing down. SINPO 24332.

6970 1753 Laser Hot Hits. Greeting Facebook friends, Richard Marx "Too Late to Say Goodbye." SINPO 44444.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Mon Jan 16

6970 1010 Laser Hot Hits. Talking about snail mail, song by Honeyz. Good-strong. SINPO 54444.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Sun Jan 15

4015 1155 Laser Hot Hits. Yes "Owner of A Lonely Heart." SINPO 34333.

5820 0933 Orion Radio. ID, mention Saxonia, accordion music. SINPO 44433.

5835 0927 Radio Boomerang (tent). Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms", off no ID but reappeared on 43m. SINPO 54444.

6265 1530 Radio Alice. French song, good signal. SINPO 44433.

6295 1100 Top Radio. Music heard through noise, weak. SINPO 24332.

6305 1052 Radio Paardenkracht. Deep Purple "Black Night," ID and giving out email address. SINPO 24332.

6305 1525 Radio Osaka. ID jingles, oldies. SINPO 34333.

6305 1540 Radio FSM. On after Osaka signed off, ID, greetings, rock music. Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6325 1016 Wizard Radio. Kraftwerk "Radioactivity," ID and talk about weather, using 30-35W. SINPO 44433.

6326 1545 Radio Caroline Int. Pop music, ID jingles. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6385 1055 Radio Black Bandit. Talk in Dutch, country music. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6389 0940 Unid. Accordion music, no IDs heard. SINPO 34333.

6422 1030 Radio Grutte Pier. Marillion "Kayleigh", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6485 0955 Premier Radio Int. Captain Sensible "Happy Talk," ID and time check. SINPO 44433.

6920 0948 Radio Geronimo SW. Rock music, fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6930 1043 Irish Music Radio. Jingles, song "Who Do You Love," fair-good. SINPO 34333.

6939 0942 Radio Boomerang. Dire Straits, ID, then Flock of Seagulls. SINPO 54444.

6970 1046 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Norris show. Talking about weather and an RSL station, giving out contact details. SINPO 44433.

6985 1005 Radio Waves Int. Weak music heard. SINPO 24332.

7475 1012 Trans Europe Radio. Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays," ID and greetings. SINPO 44433.

7475 1035 Radio Pacman. Voice report to Trans Europe. SINPO 34333.

9480 0955 European Music Radio via MV Baltic. Mailbox show, weak today. SINPO 24332.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Sat Jan 14

4015 1645 Laser Hot Hits. Recordings of Laser 558, good-strong signal. SINPO 44444.

5800 1632 Polaris Radio. The Who "I'm Free". fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6294 1005 Free Radio Victoria. IDs, Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up," also announced 21880. SINPO 34333.

6295 1520 Radio Altrex. Polka, weak-fair but struggling to be heard through stronger stations. SINPO 23332.

6302 0955 Radio Altrex. IDs and chat, oldies, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6305 1509 KTL Radio. "Man of Action", moved from 6310, closed due to mic problems. SINPO 24332.

6313 1043 Top Radio. ID jingles, "Tease Me." Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6320 1515 Radio Osaka. IDs, then "Je T'aime", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6325 1039 Wizard Radio. ID and greetings, said closing and listening out. SINPO 44333.

6331 1430 Radio Boomerang. "In the Year 2525", then ID. Strong. SINPO 54444. On 6335 at 1446. SINPO 54444.

6384 1049 Radio Underground. Instrumental music, talking about last night's vindaloo. SINPO 34333. Heard on 6325 at 1110, SINPO 34333.

6420 1540 Radio Monte Carlo. Coldplay song, good signal. SINPO 44333.

6485 1530 Premier Radio. Non-stop 70s & 80s music. SINPO 34333. Heard again at 1640 with IDs between records, good-strong signal, audio slightly distorted. SINPO 44444.

6920usb 1657 Radio Fox 48. "Rhythm of the Night", fair signal but clear. SINPO 34433.

6925 1455 Radio Mustang. Tina Turner song, ID and said closing down. SINPO 54444.

6930 0950 Irish Music Radio. Bruno Mars song, ID, good signal. SINPO 44333.

6970 0945 Laser Hot Hits. Reading listeners' reports, song "When Love Takes Hold." SINPO 44333.

7475 1453 Trans Europe Radio. The Go-Gos "Our Lips are Sealed", said couldn't use higher frequencies as other transmitter broken. SINPO 44433.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Global pirate HF weekend

This weekend is the latest pirate radio weekend with stations hoping for long distance reception on the higher frequencies. It is co-ordinated by Finnish DXer Harri. The last one in November was a big success with reception reported around the world.

Look out for stations between 15.005 - 15.095 mHz and 21.450 - 21.550 mHz tomorrow and Sunday.

For more details and to see which stations are taking part visit Harri's blog at: http://hkdx2.blogspot.com/

Fri Jan 13

3905 1809 Skyline Radio International. IDs, greetings and Dutch music. SINPO 34333.

6930 1645 Irish Music Radio. Dance music, total fadeout 1648. SINPO 44433.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

European Music Radio this Sunday

Date: 15th January 2012
Time: 0900 to 1000 utc
Channel: 9480 khz  (via MV Baltic Radio, 1kW)

Programmes:
09.00 Tom Taylor programme
09.30 Mike Taylor (Mail Box programme)

EMR Internet radio service on Sunday and Monday
Programme repeats are at the following times:
09.00, 1400, 18:00,  21:00 utc

Please visit www.emr.org.uk and click on the “EMR internet radio” button
which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).

Please send all reception reports to: studio@emr.org.uk

EMR Postal Address:
European Music Radio,
c/o M.V. Baltic Radio,
Seestraße 17,
D-19089 Göhren,
Germany

Good Listening    73s Tom

(via Tom Taylor)

Monday, January 09, 2012

Mon Jan 9

4015 2255 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220 1606 Delta Radio. ID jingles, then Hawkwind "Silver Machine." SINPO 44433.

6289 1631 Radio Rainbow. IDs, then Cat Stevens "Morning Has Broken." SINPO 44333.

6296 1550 Test Radio. "Rock n Roll is King", good signal, some fading. Moved to 6295. SINPO 44433.

6305 1635 Radio Mistero Ghost Planet. The Animals "House of the Rising Sun," frequent IDs, audio a bit rough. SINPO 34333.

6315 1545 Radio Caroline Int. Pop music, signal improving, said broadcasting from Moldova. SINPO 24332. At 1600 up to 34333.

6325 1535 Radio Osaka. Nena "99 Red Balloons," ID. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6422 1510 Radio Grutte Pier. Kim Wilde "Cambodia" then  polka. SINPO 44433.

6970 1530 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence show. Eruption "I Can't Stand the Rain", good signal. SINPO 44433.

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Sun Jan 8

3935 1638 Radio Batavia. ID jingles, song "Downtown." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4015 1200 Laser Hot Hits. Dance music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5820 0845 Orion Radio. Talk about Radio Saxonia being on air, 60s music. SINPO 44444.

5835 0850 Radio Thunderbird. IDs and oldies, weak with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6200 0855 Radio Orang Utan. The Shadows "Apache," ID, then Status Quo "Whatever You Want." SINPO 34333.

6240 1625 Radio Caroline Int. Pop music, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6282 0900 Radio Shadow. "I want You to Want Me", then Boney M "Ma Baker." Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6285 1030 Radio Borderhunter. IDs, greetings, brass band music. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6300 1610 Radio Waldmeister. IDs and music, splash from 6295 (Reflections Europe). SINPO 33333.

6301 0940 Radio Bonofox. Bee Gees "Night Fever," Billy Ocean "When the Going Get Tough," ID and spelling station name. 34333.

6302 1220 Radio Powerliner. Dutch music, ID and greetings, good signal. SINPO 44433.

6305 1420 Radio Witte Reus. Relaying Wizard's medium wave review. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6325 0950 Radio Zeewolf. "Stars on 45" song, ID and greetings. SINPO 34333.

6325 1035 Wizard Radio. QSO with Zeewolf, IDs, said using 35W. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6325 1540 Radio Underground. IDs and greetings, Dutch music, signal faded out completely 1550. SINPO 34333.

6400 1015 Radio Pantomien. Al Stewart "Year of the Cat", weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6422 0915 Radio Grutte Pier. Abba "Dancing Queen," then Dutch song. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6450 0910 Radio Universe. Blondie "Heart of Glass," ID and email address. SINPO 34333.

6930 1020 Irish Music Radio. Steve Winwood "Higher Love," links between records by female DJ. SINPO 34333.

6970 1025 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew's soul connection, soul and funk music. Strong. SINPO 54444.

Saturday, January 07, 2012

Sat Jan 7

4015 1650 Laser Hot Hits. Dance music, ad for FSM News, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6296 1540 Wizard Radio. "Do You Believe in Magic", greeting Monte Carlo, Underground. SINPO 44433.

6305 1413 Radio Underground. Greetings asking for QSO. SINPO 44433.

6305 1418 Trans Europe Radio. QSO with Underground. SINPO 34333.

6319 1536 Radio Sallandse Boer. Talk Dutch, "The Final Countdown." Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6325 1605 Wizard Radio. Heard greeting Pluto & Underground. SINPO 34333.

6325 1613 Radio Pluto. QSO with Wizard, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6385 1555 Radio Underground. Abba "Thank You For the Music," IDs, greetings, said closing to lsiten out for Wizard. SINPO 34333.

6388 1650 Radio Low Power. Oldies, fair but noisy signal. SINPO 34333.

6422 0940 Radio Grutte Pier. Music from the 80s, some utility splash. Good signal. SINPO 43433.

6930 1000 Irish Music Radio. Dance music, IMR IDs, fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6970 1005 Laser Hot Hits. Pink Floyd track, good but some fading. SINPO 44433.

9510 0945 Radio Joystick via IRRS. Kate Bush "Running Up the Hill," then MFSB "Love is the Answer." SINPO 54444.

Friday, January 06, 2012

Fri Jan 6

3905 1704 Skyline International Radio. ID and greeting listeners, country music. Fair with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

4015 1725 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence show. Oldies, fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6422 1640 Radio Grutte Pier. Oldies, strong signal but faded by 1700. SINPO 54444.

6930 1630 Irish Music Radio. T Rex "Twentieth Century Boy", fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6970 1635 Laser Hot Hits. "I Can't Let You Go," good signal. SINPO 44433.

South Herts Radio this Sunday

This is the first email of the year from us here at South Herts Radio. Join us on Sunday 8th January for our first broadcast of 2012 from 12.00 - 20.00 UTC.

The programme line up this time will be as follows...
12.00 - 13.00 The Happy Station Show with Keith Perron. (sponsored show)
13.00 - 13.30 Glenn Hauser's world of radio - DX radio news for enthusiasts. (sponsored show)
13.30 - 14.00 Frequency Cast - UK TV & Tech from Carl & Pete. (sponsored show)
14.00 - 14.30 Media Network Plus (short version) - New media magazine with Keith Perron & Paulette MacQuarrie. (sponsored show)
14.30 - 16.30 Jazz for the asking - Keith Perron plays jazz from around the world. (sponsored show)
16.30 - 17.30 Media Network Plus (long version) - New media magazine with Keith Perron & Paulette MacQuarrie. (sponsored show)
17.30 - 20.00 Our Music with Brendan & Tim - Join Brendan Bradley and Timmy Wing for their own selection of music and fun.

That is our normal schedule and as it is the first transmission of this year, we decided to run with the usual line up. This will change from time to time with other shows on rotation like Vintage SHR - A selection of landbased and offshore radio shows, clips and documentaries past & present from the SHR archive.

Details of all our shows can be found at http://www.southhertsradio.com/progs.html

We will be streaming on the internet and on air in Hertfordshire UK on 87.8 FM in stereo in some places. We are always grateful of those who relay our internet stream on other FM or SW frequencies. Our stream URL is http://89.238.166.194/south_herts_radio

That is underscore south_herts_radio for all you people with smart phone apps who want to add our URL or for those who have different browsers to internet explorer. Our listen live page is at http://www.southhertsradio.com/live.html if you want to see more options and our website should get a bit of an update within the next few days. If our live stream goes down for whatever reason as it sometimes does but thankfully not too often, you will be able to hear anything you may have missed from our listen again page http://www.southhertsradio.com/again.html

Some people have problems with flash media in their browsers so download links will be available on request and the listen again player from Sunday's shows is normally uploaded on Mondays.

One last thing you might like to check out is our downloads page http://www.southhertsradio.com/downloads.html which has more from our archive of great radio.

I hope you find the time to join us and help spread the word. It's the best way to keep us going
 Near or far we bring you SHR.
 Best 73,
 Gary and the team.

(Station direct)

The West and North Kent Radio (WNKR) story

Gary Drew writes: "A very interesting story of how WNKR used to broadcast on shortwave between the years between 1987 and 1994. Slightly edited for some language issues but great fun.

Enjoy!

Download Link http://dl2.musicwebtown.com/gazlinks/playlists/58098/3301869.mp3

Stream Link http://www.southhertsradio.com/vintage.html
Player track 48.

(Gary Drew, BDXC-UK Yahoo group)

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Wizard's MW pirate review

Happy new year from England!

It's that time again - time for the new MW Pirate Review - edition number six. As usual, there are lots of recordings of Dutch pirates, all heard during the last month, plus some special features and a personal tribute from Radio Zeewolf to Radio Noordijk, who sadly died last month. Click here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dgj64rdd49z7t4v and the file will automatically transfer to your computer.

Many thanks for your continued support with the review, which is appreciated very much. Again, hundreds of people downloaded last month's edition. If you missed it, or any others, click the following links to download previous reviews...

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Ok, that's all for now. All the very best for 2012
David

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Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Wed Jan 4

4015 1807 Laser Hot Hits. Enya "Orinocco Flow," then into the Anorak Hour featuring Laser 558. SINPO 34333.

Sunday, January 01, 2012

Sun Jan 1

4015 1546 Laser Hot Hits. Malcolm McLaren "Soweto", good signal. SINPO 44333.

5820 0840 Orion Radio. ID then The Beatles "Hard Day's Night." SINPO 44433.

6005 1525 Nord AM via Radio 700. IDs in German, Dandy Warhols song. Good with strong peaks, splash from 6000. SINPO 43433. Also on 3995 (34333).

6095 1540 KBC via Wertachtal. "Here Comes the Sun," strong signal. SINPO 55444.

6205 0900 Radio Star Int. Top of the hour identifications, then Pat Boone song. Also on 7600. SINPO 54444.

6220 0930 Radio Merlin Int. Sixties music, "Pretty Flamingo" then "We've Got to Get Out of This Place." Strong. SINPO 54444.

6300 0845 Radio Altrex. Abba "Happy New Year," fair signal but utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6385 0850 Radio Grutte Pier. "Pretty Belinda" then "Let's Dance." SINPO 34333.

6920 0940 Radio Geronimo SW. Bon Jovi "Living on a Prayer," good with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6930 0855 Irish Music Radio. The Pogues "Fairytale of New York" then ID. SINPO 34333.

6970 0947 Laser Hot Hits. Coldplay "Paradise," then Mud "Lonely This Christmas," strong. SINPO 54444.

7600 0902 Radio Star Int. Running parallel to 6205, strong but not as good as 6205. SINPO 54444.

9480 1000 MV Baltic Radio. Queen "We Will Rock You," fair signal. SINPO 34333.