3920 1859 Continental Radio. SINPO 54444.
5140 1708 Charleston Radio Int. SINPO 24332.
5780 1055 Radio Harmony. SINPO 34433.
5790 1015 Radio 319. SINPO 34433. Move from 6390
6205 1715 Laser Hot Hits. SINPO 34433.
6210 1703 Radio King Shortwave. SINPO 34433.
6285 1010 Radio Ronalisa. SINPO 24432. Back on this frequency at 17.18 (SINPO 34433)
6290 1650 Radio Ronalisa. SINPO 34433. Change of frequency.
6295 1640 Radio Dr Tim. SINPO 34433.
6305 1004 Radio Merlin Int. SINPO 34433.
6390 0957 Radio 319. Mi Amigo programme
6390 1854 Radio Joey. SINPO 44433.
6760U 0943 Radio Nova Int (NL). SINPO 24432,
6875 0952 Radio Europe (Italy). SINPO 24432.
7760 1020 Radio JVG. SINPO 25432. Radio Fryskeheide relay
Is Jock Wilson still out there?
ReplyDeleteGood question : Jock Wilson was Radio Stella International wasn't he? I heard him regularly back in the late eighties and early nineties: the station put in a good signal here.
ReplyDeleteJock Wilson lives in china now .he emailed me a few times a couple of months ago
ReplyDeleteCheers Paul and anonymous. I think in Stella's heyday they were simultaneously on 3, 6, and 7(7446?)Mhz.
ReplyDeleteI had their old transmitter until someone came round ,and picked it up then they never used it .
ReplyDeleteJock Wilson is a member of the HF Underground forum and sometimes posts stuff on there
ReplyDeleteChina? Wow! I'll bet a lot of free radio operators would love to have transmitters as powerful or as prolific as CRI's. Like with Radio Moscow in the 1980's, you sometimes wonder if there's anyone else still doing shortwave! :) I have fond memories of Stella too. Good audio and signal and regular operations. Nice to learn that Jock is alive and well.
ReplyDeleteBusy on 75 metres this evening (Saturday 4th July).
ReplyDeleteRadio Technical Man on 3911 kHz
Radio Piepsender on 3920 kHz (closing at 11pm British Time)
Mike Radio on 3940 kHz (nice punchy modulation, and idents in English as well as Dutch)
Although they're legals, hobbyists Channel 292 on 3955 kHz were relaying German ex-pirate metal station Radio Sylvia for much of the evening. 'Shortwave Radio 3975' had an Italian DX and enthusiasts show, which seemed to be discussing the 70's pirate scene in Italy. Radio Oz-Viola on 5825 kHz was again playing tapes of Laser 558 from 1984.
Mediumwave pirates were also busy: gabber type hardcore dance on 1617 kHz, polka on 1633 kHz (Radio Zender de Mi Amigo), QSO Response from Radio Zender Noordzee on 1633 after Mi Amigo closed at 11.10pm, rock music on 1645 kHz (Radio Concordia), progressive on 1656 kHz (Radio Nachtserver), schlager on 1662 kHz (Radio Digitaal), QSO Response after Digitaal shut on 1661 kHz by Radio Zender Monte-Carlo, and "yodelling" type tracks on 1671 kHz (later replaced by rock and metal music - possibly heard them ID as Radio Tamara). All had great and clear audio.
I located an open and free to use WebSDR in the Thessaloniki region of Greece. There was a weak pirate signal on 1670 kHz playing traditional Greek music well into the early hours. Most of the in-band AM stations in Greece are technically illegal, so I have read. Enforcement doesn't occur as long as no interference takes place. Macedonia are reported to have closed their last state radio broadcaster on MW, so it will be interesting to see if a similar "free radio" flourishing develops there.
5825 isn't Oz Viola ... it's a pirate
ReplyDeleteBusy Saturday night on the bands ... good to see!
I have read that Piepzender is actually licensed to use 1kW on 3920.
ReplyDeleteTheir website shows a Rhode and Schwarz SK-050 transmitter, a classic Dutch pirate rig.
It also says that they have a low power transmitter on 1467khz.