Sun Nov 5

Good conditions today with plenty of activity on 48 metres.

5965: MV Baltic Radio via Julich, Germany. Sign on in German and English @ 1300, rock music. Off 1400. Gave web address of www.rrms.de SINPO 55555.

6209: Radio Paardenkracht playing oldies, David Bowie "Let's Dance" @ 1600, occasional IDs. Signal beginning to fade now (1620), as is the light here. SINPO 43443.

6210: Radio Borderhunter coming in very well @ 0855, playing a Bryan Adams song, ad for the Summer Meeting 2007. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1040, suffering some splash from Borderhunter. SINPO 33433.

6239: Laser Hot Hits via Jolly Roger Radio with the Jolly Roger show @ 1015. SINPO 44444. This is one of three frequencies you could hear Laser today.

6260: Orion Radio signing off @ 0900. Strong utility QRM on the channel, making Orion difficult to hear. SINPO 32332.

6265: Premier Radio Int from Galway, Ireland with the usual selection on 70s music @ 0920. He also mentioned new QSL cards were being printed. Off at 1100. SINPO 33433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with a sponsored show @ 0905. SINPO 44444.

6280: Radio Mazda playing schlager, ID in Dutch @ 1245. SINPO 43443.

6285: Radio Bonofox heard with oldies. SINPO 33333.

6290: Flux AM, a new station for me, heard @ 0930 heard playing Dutch songs with jingles. Good signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6290: West Coast Radio playing a ZZ Top, mentioning Radio Holland. Good signal but some fading and occasional utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6290: Radio Lowland playing polka @ 1550. Mentioned Boomerang. SINPO 33433.

6291/6294: Radio Holland AM. Started on 6291 @ 1220 (43443) before moving to 6294 @ 1230 (44444). Playing mainly 60s music. Gave email as radiohollandam(@)hotmail.com

6300: Radio Zodiac Int heard signing on @ 1155, whistle from a station underneath. SINPO 43443.

6300: Radio Boomerang with a very strong signal @ 1545 but another station underneath. Playing dance music. SINPO 53443.

6305: Radio Northpole playing pop and rap music @ 1030. Email given as radio.northpole(@)planet.nl SINPO 34433.

6306: Cupid Radio putting in a good signal @ 0850, heard reading listeners' reports. SINPO 44444.

6307: Radio Brandaris International @ 1345, mentioning Marko, giving out email, playing oldies. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Bonofox with oldies and schlager @ 1215. SINPO 33433.

6324: Radio Waves Int playing sounds from 1987 @ 0910. SINPO 34433.

6380: Laser Hot Hits v JRR with rock music @ 1045. SINPO 43433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio blasting in @ 1010, playing rock music. Email address: wmrscotland(@)yahoo.co.uk SINPO 54444.

6524: Radio Ramona on its new frequency with a fair signal @ 0915, giving out email address of radioramona(@)hotmail.com SINPO 34433

6540: Radio Ammerilis playing rock 'n' roll @ 1035. SINPO 34333.

(last update 4.20pm)

Sat Nov 4

A lot of activity this afternoon with a few QSOs going on between different Dutch stations. This is what I've heard:

6210: Radio Borderhunter @ 1550 with his usual clear, crisp signal, playing some instrumental music and dance music. SINPO 44444.

6265: Unid station playing mostly 60s music @ 1545. SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing 70s music @ 1710. SINPO 44433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits. Heard @ 0905 with Tony James, ad for Offshore Echoes and song by OMD. SINPO 34433.

6297: Radio Quintus: QSO with Lowland, Shadowman, Digital @ 1527. SINPO 44444.

6290: On Air AM playing oldies, talk in German. Heard @ 1535, poor at first but improved as the light faded. SINPO 33433.

6300: Radio Lowland @ 1510 giving out hotline and email address, radiolowland(@)hotmail.com SINPO 44433.

6300: Radio Scotland Int in QSO with WCR, Northpole @ 1257. Moved from 6305. SINPO 44444.

6300: Magic AM testing, giving out email, snail mail and hotline. Heard playing T Rex song @ 1555. Some QRM from other Dutch stations but signal improved from 43443 to 54444 @ 1625. Closed a few minutes later.

6305: West Coast Radio in QSO with Kenwood Radio (on same frequency) @ 1140. Both with SINPO 44433

6305: Radio Scotland Int with a QSO with Radio Northpole @ 1240. ID in Dutch, English. SINPO 44433.

6307: Radio Digital in QSO with Shadowman and Quintus @ 1515. SINPO 44444.

6310: Unid station heard playing polka @ 1300. Possibly Valencia? SINPO 33433.

6310: Radio Bonofox playing Deep Purple @ 1610. SINPO 34333.

6311: Radio Lowland @ 2020 playing oldies, giving out hotline and email. Signal fading a lot. SINPO 34333.

6324: Radio Waves Int, mentioning 23rd anniversary in English @ 0910. SINPO 34433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio heard playing Pink Floyd music @ 1605. Jack Russell heard at 1800 talking about radio (thanks for the mention). SINPO 44444.

6524: Radio Ramona testing a new frequency. Heard @ 1700 playing oldies, giving out email. SINPO 33333 - some SSB QRM.

Fri Nov 3

Temperature is dropping towards freezing here...another frosty night in store. Caught some stations on 48m this afternoon.

Radio Bonofox was on 6305 @ 1600 playing rock and pop, IDs in English. Asked for reports to radiobonofox(@)hotmail.com Signed off at 1640. SINPO 34433.

Radio Digital was on 6311 @ 1700. Started well but faded rapidly. Playing schlager, ID and email in Dutch. SINPO 34333.

Station heard on 6310 @ 2040 playing dance music. Signal coming in well (34433) but by 2048 had faded away before ID could be heard.

Checked for Radio Free Italy on 7485 @ 2050, but nothing heard here. Strong buzzing (s7) rules out hearing any weak signals. It will be interesting to see if anyone else has better luck.

(updated 2055)

Radio Waves Int

R.W.I 1983-2006 Broadcasts
The complete schedule & programs details are available on our website http://go.to/ rwi

Special broadcasts during November.

Country music show, French service, Rock City & Pirate memories - the sounds on short-waves around the world "on the highway to freedom."

For review and airplay send your promos to: RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL, BP 130,
92504 RUEIL Cedex, FRANCE

(Info via SW Pirates Yahoo! group)

MV Baltic Radio, EMR

New Frequency for MV Baltic Radio + European Music Radio

Our new frequency for the wintertime starting in November will be 5965 kHz (via Julich, Germany) between 1300 and 1400 utc.

Sunday November 5 --- MV Baltic Radio
Sunday November 19 -- European Music Radio

Good Listening
73s Tom

(info: Tom Taylor, EMR)

Scandinavian Weekend Radio

Scandinavian Weekend Radio will have many tests during this transmission day (Nov 3-4). So please tune in and send your comments. See programme table on our webpage: http://swradio.net There's for example Rick Random's free radio news at 9-10 UTC....

S W R T E S T I N G
Tx site Virrat in middle of Finland 62,22 N 23,37 E
Power and frequencies:-
25 meter band RF output power: 100 watts, frequencies 11690 and 11720 kHz
49 meter band RF output power: 100 Watts, Frequencies 5980, 5990 and 6170 kHz
MW transmitter on 1602 kHz RF output power 100 Watts

25 mb DX-tests:
1. DX-test towards Eastern and Southern Europe on 25 mb Saturday 4th from 0500 to 1000 UTC. Our 3-element beam will be changed from normal 240 degrees to 170 degrees.
2. DX-test towards North-America on 25 mb Saturday 4th from 1000 to 1600 UTC. Antenna direction will be 300 degrees.
MW 1602 kHz:Our new 44 meters long vertical antenna will be taken in use during this transmission day. We are still making some final installation and tuning works but anyway please try how our signal is there. During last transmision we used that antenna during few hours in rest of our transmission and 1602 kHz was heart at least in Latvia.
48 mb: Our antenna here is towards 260 degrees in this moment. Please check how it works in your listening place.

Contact info: Tel: +358 400 995 559 Live while on air and SMS Service
E-mail: info@swradio.net Web: www.swradio.net
Scandinavian Weekend Radio, PL 9934801, VIRRAT, FINLAND
QSL Manager: Alpo Heinonen. All correct snailmail reception reports will be verified with our QSL-card (several NEW ONE's available). Enclose, please 2 EURO/ 2USD 2IRC (correctly stamped) for handling.

Time- and frequency scedule:
MW 1602 kHz:
fr. 2200- sa 2200 UTC
48 mb:
Fr. 22-23 UTC 6170 kHz
Fr. 23-24 UTC 5980 kHz
Sa.00-04 UTC 5980 kHz
Sa.04-17 UTC 6170 kHz
Sa.17-19 UTC 5980 kHz
Sa.19-22 UTC 6170 kHz
25 mb:
Fr. 22-24 UTC 11720 kHz
Sa.00-07 UTC 11720 kHz
Sa.07-12 UTC 11690 kHz
Sa.12-20 UTC 11720 kHz
Sa 20-22 UTC 11690 kHz

Alpo Heinonen Scandinavian Weekend Radio
(via SW Pirates Yahoo! group)

Wed Nov 1

Mystery Radio very strong tonight on 6220. Heard @ 2145 playing the Pet Shop Boys "Always on my Mind," then ID. SINPO 54444. Very cold and frosty here tonight!

Oct 30 & 31

Mystery Radio continues pounding in on 6220....

Monday: 1440, SINPO 33433
Tuesday: 2155, SINPO 44433

Sun Oct 29

The start of winter time and 48 metres a bit slow to get going this morning and very few signals better than "fair.". No time for any listening after lunch.

6210: Classic Rock Radio playing rock music. Heard @ 0830 with SINPO 33433.

6210: IRF510 heard @ 1025. SINPO 33433. Had no luck hearing station on 3935 either last night or this evening.

6220: Mystery Radio with the usual pop @ 0820. SINPO 44444. Twelve hours later, still blasting in (54444).

6239: Britain Radio Int with one of its 5th Sunday broadcasts. Today, playing the Big L Fab 40. Heard at 1020 with SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio suffering QRM from station on 6266. Premier stronger of the two. Heard @ 1015 with 33433 SINPO.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with Lee Richardson programme @ 1030. Signal stronger than yesterday on 6275, maybe more power or different relay. SINPO 44444.

6285: Radio Saturnus @ 0850, mentioning Chris from Italy and playing the song "Mississipi." SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Paardenkracht with schlager and email address. Heard @ 1005 with 43433 SINPO.

6294: Radio Skywire being squeezed between stations on 6290 & 6300. At 0915, caught distinctive email address: qso48(@)hotmail.com SINPO 23332.

6300: Unid station playing dance music @ 0900. SINPO 33433.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with schlager and polka @ 1345. SINPO 34433.

6305: Orion Radio heard playing Simon & Garfunkel song @ 0845, off at 0915. SINPO 34433.

6307: Brandaris Radio calling Northpole @ 1010. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Alpenroos with schlager @ 0905. SINPO 34333.

6400: Radio Ramona with oldies and jingles @ 0840. No sign of WMR at this time. SINPO 34333.

6401: Weekend Music Radio @ 1045 playing rock and a recording of Radio Free City from the 1980s. SINPO 43433.

6540: Radio Brigitte giving station ID in several languages @ 1000. SINPO 34433.

9290: IRF510 in lsb. Heard giving out phone number and address in English @ 1035. SINPO 24332. I wonder if this via Radio Spaceshuttle or their own tx?

Sat Oct 28

Another busy Saturday on 48 metres with many stations heard:

6210: IRF510 heard @ 1625 with rock and Halloween-type noises (spooky laughter etc). IRF (International Radio Friends) is a joint programme by On Air AM, Bermudadreieck, Crazy Wave Radio and a member of FRS Holland. Uses the SRS Germany address. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio heard playing pop @ 1655. SINPO 44444.

6265: Voice of the Netherlands involved in QSO with WCR and Radio Titanic @ 1510. SINPO 34433.

6266: West Coast Radio with 80s oldies. Heard @ 1300 playing song from Dire Straits and Prince. Mentioned the IRF510 station. SINPO 34433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits. Regular Saturday slot now for Laser on this frequency. Heard @ 0805 with Dave Simpson programme. SINPO 34333.

6290: Radio Northpole heard @ 1250 playing oldies and ballads. SINPO 34433.

6291: Unid. Non-stop oldies @ 1600. No IDs heard. SINPO 33333.

6300: Radio Valencia heard signing off @ 1500. SINPO 34333.

6301: Radio Scirocco heard @ 0800 playing polka and giving out hotline number in Dutch, English and German. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Mazda. Long spells of country music and schlager with occasional IDs @ 1145. Good signal here. SINPO 44433.

6306: Unid. Song by Manfred Mann heard @ 1905 then faded out. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Rainbow. Non-stop oldies and occasional jingles. Ian Dury song heard @ 1630. SINPO 33333.

6401: Weekend Music Radio. Non-stop 80s music for most of the afternoon. Heard @ 1545 with SINPO 44444. By 1645, signal very strong, 9+20db! Jack Russell came on @ 1700 saying first time WMR on air for eight weeks.

Fri Oct 27

Mystery Radio heard on 6220 @ 1820. SINPO 34433.

Radio Boomerang was on 3927 @ 2015 playing dance music, with talk in Dutch and then off. SINPO 44433.

He was folllowed on 3927 by Radio Spaceman @ 2020, mentioning Boomerang and thanking Dave from England for SMS. SINPO 44433.

Thurs Oct 26

Nice surprise to hear a Dutch station on 48m this evening.

Cupid Radio & Radio Whitesnake heard @ 1900 on 6299 playing 70s music. SINPO 44433. Still going strong as I type this at 2040, signal holding up well. Also announced 15070.

Mystery Radio also on this evening, as usual using 6220. Logged @ 1925 with SINPO 33433.

Wed Oct 25

Mystery Radio on 6220 @ 2030. SINPO 34433.

Radio Campervan from Sweden plans to be on air tomorrow (Thursday) evening.
Email address: radiocampervan(@)hotmail.com
(info from Alfa Lima forum)

Radio Sonar

“RADIO SONAR” is active on Wednesday, 25th of October, 16:00 and 18:00 GMT between 6.275 and 6.305 khz.

We certify reception reports with our October-QSL - mp3-files are very appreciated.

Phone in or sending text messages:
Tel: + 49 (0) 176 - 262 171 42 (during broadcast)
email: radiosonar@hotmail.de

(info via Dr Tim's Pirate News)

Oct 23 & 24

Mystery Radio continues to broadcast daily on 6220.

Logged on Monday @ 1940 with a SINPO of 44444 and today @ 1715, again with a SINPO of 44444. Usual non-stop pop and jingles.

Sun Oct 22

Again, many stations heard, although a lot of fading. Here they are (in alphabetical order):

Radio Brandaris heard briefly on 6306 @ 1100 with announcements in Dutch. SINPO 43433.

Radio Brigitte was on 6540 @ 0905 with schlager. Fair signal (33433).

Britain Radio Int was coming in well today on 6239 via Jolly Roger Radio @ 0915 with radio news and oldies. Operator Roger Davis also mentioned the station was testing webstreams via its website. You can access BRI's site via the link on this page. SINPO 44444.

Cupid Radio was on 6210 @ 0745, mentioning listeners' reports, playing music from the 70s & 80s. SINPO 44444. In the afternoon Cupid Radio heard again, this time on 6212 @ 1445. Said also on 19 metres and had a lot of response from USA. SINPO 44444.

Radio Fox 48 from Scandinavia heard @ 1720 on 6324 playing songs from the Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart. SINPO 34433.

Laser Hot Hits via JRR on 6380 @ 0950 with song by Madness and listeners' letters. SINPO 33433. Signal strengthened during the morning. After BRI's programme finished on 6239, Laser also heard on 6239 @ 1125. SINPO 44444.

Radio Malaisy (tent) on 6310 @ 1525. Non-stop music, mainly from the 80s. If they are going to play non-stop music, it would be useful to have a few jingles so we know who we're listening to. SINPO 44333.

Radio Mazda heard on 6290 @ 1315 playing schlager and polka. ID at 1325. SINPO 44433.

Mystery Radio on 6220 was heard @ 0800 with the Chris Ise programe in English and German. SINPO 34433.

Orion Radio was on 6295 @ 0740, playing rock and pop music. Good signal here. SINPO 44444.

Radio Paardenkracht was on 6324 @ 0855, playing schlager, country and pop music. Another good signal at this time (44444).

Good signal today from Premier Radio Int. Heard on 6265 @ 0805, playing 70s music and jingles, some utility QRM. SINPO 43443.

Radio Quintus was on 6295 @ 1435 playing schlager, greeting Dave from England. SINPO 44333. Heard on 6300 @ 1510 after moving to avoid Reflections Europe which had signed on at 1500 on 6295.

New station Zender Rocu heard on 6300 @ 1055 in QSO with Radio Pacman. SINPO 34433. At 1105, joined by Radio Quintus.

Radio Ramona was on his usual frequency of 6400 @ 1425 with oldies and jingles. Fair signal (34333).

Radio Scirocco playing schlager on 6275 @ 1445. Giving out phone number in English and Dutch. SINPO 33333.

Radio Skywire on 6302 @ 1555 playing Rolling Stones music and asking for QSO. Splash from Reflections Europe. SINPO 33433.

Radio Tarzan heard on 6300 @ 0850, playing schlager and giving out email address. Good signal (44444).

Radio Underground faded in @ 0940 on 6311. Heard reading Dr Tim's logs, playing radio recordings and mentioning listeners who called in last week. SINPO at this time was 44444 but did fade during the morning.

Radio Victoria was on 6285 @ 0900 playing 60s music. SINPO 33433.

WNKR heard testing on 5820 @ 1005, with Dave Martin playing 80s pop. SINPO 34433.

Unids:
6285: Dutch station playing non-stop schlager @ 1450. Fair-good signal.
6326: Also around same time, station with poor signal. Couldn't grab ID out of the noise level.

Sat Oct 21

Good daytime conditions today with a plenty of stations logged.

This morning heard Radio Borderhunter on 6210 with his usual good, clear signal. Always a pleasure to listen to. Heard @ 0900 playing The Eagles. SINPO 44444.

Radio Boomerang was on 6305 @ 0910 playing oldies and schlager. ID and off @ 0913. SINPO 44444. Radio Scotland Int then came on the frequency for a QSO and they were joined by Skyline Radio.

Laser Hot Hits was on 6275 @ 0930 with pop and the usual LHH promos. SINPO 34433.

I went out for a few hours but when I returned I heard Radio Shadowman on 6310 @ 1430 in a QSO with Zodiac.

Radio Spaceman came on 6315 @ 1435, before thinking better of it and moving to 6305 where he joined the QSO. Strong signal on both frequencies (54444). Also taking part in the QSO was Boomerang.

Radio Tarzan heard playing Simply Red on 6300 @ 1438 and giving out the email address of: tools(@)planet.nl SINPO 43443.

Radio Robbie was on 6325 @ 1445 playing schlager. SINPO 34333.

Good signal from Radio Mazda on 6290 with a mixture of schlager and oldies. Heard @ 1450 with a SINPO of 44444.

Radio Bonofox was on 6280 @ 1500 playing oldies, mentioning listeners who had been in touch. Some ute QRM. SINPO 33433.

Weak signal on 6316 @ 1530. Couldn't get an ID through the noise.

Mystery Radio heard on 6220 @ 1550. SINPO 43443.

This evening Radio Oscar Zulu (ROZ) on 6268 @ 1820 with best signal I've heard from him for a long time. Good selection of tunes from 70s & 80s. SINPO 44433. He said email is the only way to contact the station. The address is roz(@)chello.nl

Station on 6305 @ 1835 playing Rolling Stones music. Started off well but faded out at 1850 before an ID was heard (44333).

Radio Spaceman heard on 3927 @ 1850 playing 60s music. Very strong signal (54444). When tuned in again at 1950 a roaring-type noise on frequency spoiling reception, although signal still strong.

Station on 3905 @ 2000 with poor-fair signal. I see in Achim's blog, it was Radio Sensation. Too noisy to get a clear ID here. SINPO 23332.

Radio Optimod was heard on 3920 @ 2040 with oldies from 70s & 80s and Optimod jingles. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

Another unidentified station on 3900 playing oldies. Went off @ 2045, came back briefly and then went off again. No IDs heard. SINPO 43443.

Radio Borderhunter has been testing different frequencies through the day. Heard on 3905 @ 2225 playing some good 80s music from The Smiths, The Cure etc and having a problem with his phone. SINPO 44444.

Fri Oct 20

Radio Delmare heard on 3927 @ 1900, playing instrumental music. Weak signal just rising above the noise. Just caught ID. SINPO 24332.

Mystery Radio on 6220 @ 1855 with a good signal. SINPO 44444.

Antonio Radio (tent) on 6300 @ 2205. I'm surprised to hear anything at this time on 48m, but there is a station on 6300 playing rock n roll. ID sounded like Antonio Radio but signal weak and fading a lot. SINPO 23332.

Thurs Oct 19

Radio Whitesnake logged in northern Sweden by Gert Nillson on 6305 yesterday evening with good strength. Also heard by George Maroti in New York.

They also logged Solar Radio from the UK on 6294.2. Weak audio in New York @ 2205.

(Info via SW Pirates Yahoo! Group)

Neither station logged here last night. Only station audible was Mystery Radio with fair signals on 6220.

Wed Oct 18

The winter season certainly feels like it is upon us. It now starts getting dark here about 6pm (1700), the leaves are falling off the trees and there is nothing much to hear on 48 metres in the evening, except of course Mystery Radio.

I'm listening now @ 1935 on 6220, signal booming in with SINPO of 44444 with the usual 80s pop and jingles.

I've also added some new links of pirate and other radio-related stuff. If anyone wants me to add their link to this website, let me know.

Tues Oct 17

Mystery Radio continues to power on on 6220. At 1920 was SINPO 33433 but now (2050) is 44444. One day the mystery of Mystery Radio will be solved....

Mon Oct 16

Just one station today - Mystery Radio on 6220 @ 1555 with a SINPO of 43433 - some utility-type noise causing QRM.

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!

Sat Oct 14

Laser Hot Hits heard on 6275 @ 1315, possibly being relayed by Radio Rainbow who I understand have offered to relay their programmes. Pop music, mentioning email and Laser promos for mugs and T-shirts. SINPO 34433.

Cupid Radio was on 6300 @ 1620 giving out email address and signing off. Some co-ch QRM. SINPO 33433.

Radio Valencia also on 6300 @ 1625 with schlager, ID in Dutch and off at 1630. SINPO 33433. Gave email address as: pk152(@)hotmail.com

Caught a snatch of dance music and anouncement on 6290 @ 1635 but disappeared into the noise. Weak signal.

Mystery Radio on 6220 playing 80s pop @ 1645. SINPO 34433.

Radio Mazda was on 6290 @ 1835 with schlager. SINPO 33333.

Radio Quintus on 3911 @ 1840 with a good signal. Playing oldies, ID in English. SINPO 44333.

Radio Spaceman and Radio Delmare with a joint programme on 3927. Heard @ 1855 with schlager, rock and pop. As always, a cracking good signal. Started at s9 but now (2000) is s9+10dB here. SINPO 44433.

It looks like better night time reception is moving from 48 to 75 metres.

Fri Oct 13

Mystery Radio on again. Good reception on 6220 @ 1900 (44444) and still going strong now at 2130.

Radio Sensation is on 3927 @ 2140, playing Dutch music, ID and says will be closing down in a minute. Fair signal. SINPO 33333.

I've been listening to Big L on 1395 most evenings from about 2200. Comes in well on my portable, with a good selection of music from the past 40 years played, although I find the gargling competition a bit annoying!

Thurs Oct 12

Ony station to report this evening is Mystery Radio on 6220 @ 1915. SINPO here 34333.

Wed Oct 11

Better signal from Mystery Radio tonight on 6220. Heard @ 1900 with the usual pop. SINPO 44444.

Weak signal on 6300 @ 1850. Music heard but too much noise for ID.

Oct 9 & 10

Not much to report here the last two evenings.

Mystery Radio has been on 6220 both nights - logged yesterday @ 2100 and today @ 1830 with non-stop pops, jingles. SINPO 34333.

Also this evening, station on 6300 @ 1850. Just caught snatches of song, like "Roll Over Beethoven," but not strong enough to make out an ID. Dutch station or maybe Campervan from Sweden? SINPO 24332.

Sun Oct 8

After two poor Sundays, conditions bounced back today. Stations heard in alphabetical order:

Antonio Radio heard playing oldies on 6292 @ 1245 and giving out hotline number. SINPO 33433.

Radio Borderhunter was on 6210 @ 1140 playing Boney M and the Eurythmics. Mentioned had a new antenna system. Obviously working well. SINPO 44444. Also on 6300 @ 1250 calling Northpole. SINPO 43443.

Brandaris Radio on 6306 @ 1535 with ID, email add and hotline number. Went off five minutes later after mentioning R Scotland, VO The Netherlands and WCR. SINPO 34333.

Britain Radio Int heard via JRRI on 6242 @ 0905 with regular 2nd Sunday show. Roger Davis mentioned still has QSLs available. Also talk about REM Island being dismantled. Noted later on 6239. Good signal on both frequencies but some utility QRM. SINPO 43443.

Laser Hot Hits was on via JRRI on 6390 @ 0910 playing 60s music. SINPO 34433. Also heard via JRRI on 6239 @ 1145 with SINPO 44444.

Radio Merlin Int on 6280. RMI jingles heard. Also on this frequency a recording of a Dutch station and Swinging Radio England recording. SINPO went from 33433 @ 0945 to 44444 at 1130. On Alfa Lima's forum, RMI said he was playing old Veronica and SRE recordings.

Mystery Radio heard on 6220 with an actual programme! Chris Ise of Crazy Wave Radio was presenting a show @ 0805. SINPO 33433.

Radio Northpole was on 6300 @ 1115 playing 70s pop. SINPO 34333.

Orion Radio with an excellent signal today on 52m. Heard on 5725 @ 0755. Playing Billy Joel song, email address: info(@)orionradio.nl and signing off just after 0800. SINPO 45544.

Radio Paardenkracht heard on 6308 @ 0745 playing oldies. SINPO 44444.

Pirate Music was on 6878 playing oldies @ 0820. SINPO 33333. There's an interesting posting on the SW Pirates Yahoo! Group about Pirate Music from Dario Montferini.

Premier Radio Int with a live programme on 6265 @ 0800 with 70s music and jingles. SINPO 34333.

Radio Rainbow Int was on 6285 @ 0810 reading email from listener in Finland and playing a U2 song. SINPO 34333.

Radio Ramona heard on 6400 with oldies and playing the Pirates Week show from the USA. SINPO 34333.

Radio Robbie heard on 6251 @ 0830 with schlager and country music. SINPO 33433.

Radio Scotland Int with rock music and IDs on 6265 @ 1150. SINPO 44444. Also heard on 6307 @ 1255 in QSO with Northpole, Paardenkracht, Rob 007, Shadowman and Borderhunter. SINPO 44444.

Radio Skyline was on 6285 @ 1030, mentioning Dr Tim. SINPO 43433.

Radio Valencia with schlager and ID in Dutch on 6300 @ 0930. SINPO 33433.

Radio Waves Int was on 6324 again today. Heard at 0750 playing country music with chat in French. SINPO 34333.

West Coast Radio on 6265 @ 1252, playing New Order's "Blue Monday." Mentioned Dave in England. SINPO 44433. WCR also heard on 6303 @ 1345 in QSO with Radio Kenwood.

Unids:
6200: Station closing down with RNI theme @ 1155. Signal faded at wrong moment!
6275: Dutch station @ 1135. Good signal.

Sat Oct 7

Radio Robbie heard a couple of times today. First heard on 6251 @ 0925 playing oldies but suffering QRM from utilities. SINPO 33433. Then @ 1110, Robbie heard on top of Laser on 6275. SINPO 33333.

Radio Scotland Int was on 6302 @ 0940 in QSO with Zoulu Kilo, Scirocco and Toyota. Good signal from RSI. SINPO 44444.

Laser Hot Hits heard during the day on 6275. First heard @ 0955, playing pop and giving out the Merlin, Ontario, address. It was probably Laser heard later in the day with a Radio London documentary. Signal poor-fair, but I don't know if that's down to skip conditions or amount of power being used. SINPO 34333.

Radio Skyline was on 6298 @ 1100 playing schlager, and IDing as "Skyline International Radio." SINPO 33433.

West Coast Radio was on 6312 @ 1415 playing 80s pop but some utility QRM. SINPO 43443. WCR was also logged on 6327 @ 1510 in QSO with Skyline and Zodiac. SINPO 44444.

Radio Zodiac also had a good signal on 6327 @ 1430. SINPO 44333. Also on 6327 was Radio Tarzan, joining in the QSO @ 1515. SINPO 34433.

Radio Valencia with polka and IDs in Dutch on 6305 @ 1505. Off at 1615. SINPO 33433.

Radio Waves Int was on 6324 @ 1530, suffering QRM from the QSOing Dutch stations 3kHz away. Talk in French plus French music. SINPO 33433. Still on this evening with a better signal.
Radio Zodiac turned up on 6313 @ 1545. More of that ute QRM. SINPO 43433.

Radio Bonofox heard on 6295 @ 1550 playing oldies and giving out the email address. SINPO 43443.

No sign of Mystery Radio today, but fellow Italian Pirate Music was on 6878 playing 80s pop with "Power FM" jingles @ 1700. SINPO 34333.

Radio Spaceman heard on 3927 @ 1850 with a good signal, but suffering some 'growling' type of ute QRM. SINPO 43443.

Another Dutch station on 3910 but signal not strong enough to rise above the noise level. Heard @ 1855 with SINPO 24332.

Radio Ramona was heard relaying an American pirate radio programme called Pirates Week. Heard @ 1955 on 6400. Has a website at www.piratesweek.info After the programme ended Ramona continued with his programmes until closedown @ 2107.

Cupid Radio booming in on 6305 @ 2040 playing dance music. He said he was testing a new amplifier and was running 400W. Gave out SMS number and email address:
cupidradio(@)hotmail.com SINPO 44444.

Dutch station heard with schlager on 6309 @ 2100, suffering splash from Cupid Radio. SINPO 33433.

Fri Oct 6

Not much to report this evening.

Radio Oscar Zulu (ROZ) was heard on 6268 @ 1845 playing 60s music. Fair signal with good peaks. ID at 1900. SINPO 33443.

Thurs Oct 5

I saw from the SW Pirates Yahoo! group that Radio Whitesnake was due on 6300. I got in from work at 1930 (8.30pm BST), switched on the radio but no pirate signals heard on 48m apart from Mystery Radio on 6220. Earlier in the week I'd heard Zeelandia after 2000. But I guess as we go into the winter months (it definitely feels like autumn here) 48 metres will shut down in the evenings.

Wed Oct 4

Mystery Radio was on 6220, heard @ 1930 with 44333 SINPO.

Good signal from Radio Bonofox on 6295 @ 1945, playing 80s pop. Mentioned would have QSL cards ready soon, and gave out email address: radiobonofox(@)hotmail.com
SINPO 44444.

Tues Oct 3

Dutch station called Radio Torezon (tent) heard on 6251 @ 1720, playing polka, ID in Dutch and off 1725. Some splash from the clandestine station Radio Zamaneh on 6245. SINPO 43433. The station was also heard with a good signal on 6290 @ 1735 playing schlager, off 1737. SINPO 44444. (see comment)

Radio Likedeeler heard on 6306 @ 1730 playing rock n roll, talk in German. SINPO 34333.

Mystery Radio on again this evening. Heard on 6220 @ 1750 with 44444 SINPO.

Radio Zeelandia on 6300 @ 1900 playing polka and schlager, ID in Dutch and English. Giving out SMS number, mention Jaroslav. Off at 2010. SINPO 34433.

Mon Oct 2

Radio Brandaris heard @ 1540 on 6306 playing polka and schlager. Sign off at 1615. SINPO 44333. Gave email address of brandaris.radio(@)hotmail.com

Mystery Radio seems to be a daily operation at the moment. On again this evening. First heard on 6220 @ 1620 with usual pops. SINPO 44433.

Sun Oct 1

Start of the month, but poor conditions this morning.

West Coast Radio playing oldies on 6290 @ 0900. SINPO 34433.

Radio Scirocco on 6300 @ 0905 with schlager and polka. SINPO 34433.

A good signal from Radio Shadowman who made a short broadcast on 6305 @ 0915. SINPO 43443.

Radio Paardenkracht was on 6308 @ 0935 with the usual mix of schlager, polka and oldies. SINPO 34333.

Good signal from Radio Borderhunter on 6210 @ 0910, playing song "On the Border", and greeting listeners. He also said Bermudadreieck would be on from 0700 on Tuesday, as it is a holiday in Germany on that day. SINPO 44433.

Mystery Radio was on 6220 @ 1000 with non-stop pop. SINPO 34333.

Radio Blackbird heard on 6300 @ 1115 with schlager and polka but suffering co-channel QRM.

Voice of the Netherlands was on 6296 @ 1125, asking for QSO. SINPO 34433.

Listening was interrupted at 1145 when there was a thunderstorm and the power was cut off for 40 minutes. I unplugged the antenna, just to be on the safe side!

Storm passed over and back to the listening.

Recording of Big L heard on 6210 @ 1245. Just heard mentions of "Big L 1395" but not a good signal. SINPO 24332.

Radio Robbie was on 6295 @ 1250 playing oldies. SINPO 34333.

MV Baltic Radio heard via Julich on 6045 signing off in English and German @ 1258, closing down with song by Lily Allen. SINPO 55555.

West Coast Radio heard on 6310 @ 1310 in QSO with Paardenkracht. SINPO 44333.

Radio Quintus on 3927 this evening with a fair signal @ 1920. Playing schlager but lot of static. Giving out email and hotline in Dutch and English. SINPO 34333.
Email: radioquintus(@)hotmail.com

Unids:
6242 @ 1130. Weak signal, possibly a relay via Jolly Roger Radio.
6265 @ 0920. Radio London documentary. Possibly Premier Radio.
6285 @ 0820. Schlager but too much fading to catch ID. Heard mention of Eisenach.
6288 @ 1135. Polka but again weak signal.

Sat Sept 30

VO The Netherlands heard with oldies and schlager and good signal on 6305 @ 0920. SINPO 44444.

Radio Shadow on 6300 @ 1650, playing rock and giving out hotline number. SINPO 34333.

Radio Northpole playing non-stop pop and polka on 6280 @ 1745. Did finally ID and went off at 1835. SINPO 43443.

Radio Paardenkracht was on 6308 @ 1750 giving out email address:
radiopaardenkracht(@)draait.nl Good signal from Mr Horse Power - 44444.

Premier Radio Int was on 6265 @ 1755 with a recording of an old programme. Usual oldies, fair signal (34333).

Mystery Radio was on 6220 @ 1815. Good signal but some fading (44433).

Radio Spaceman was on 3927. First heard @ 1840 playing rock and pop. Good signal 44444. Still booming in now at 2145 with s9+10dB signal.

On Air AM from Germany heard @ 1845 on 6272 playing a Madonna song and DJ T Rex giving out hotline number. Fair signal (33333).

Radio Fox 48 was heard briefly on 6280 @ 1900 with rock music. SINPO 33333.

Radio Mazda was on his usual frequency on 6290 @ 1950 with a good signal, playing schlager. SINPO 44444.

A strong signal from Radio Boomerang on 6298 @ 2025, playing pop. SINPO 54444.

Radio Pacman heard @ 2300 on 3927 calling Spaceman, who had just signed off. SINPO 24432. (Spaceman came back for QSO)

Sept 27 & 28

Mystery Radio continues to be active, heard both this evening and yesterday evening on 6220. Logged @ 1935 today with a SINPO 44444.

Cupid Radio was heard on 6295 this evening with a good signal @ 1930, playing a song by Roxy Music and reading a message from a listener in France. SINPO 44444.

Tues Sept 26

Very quiet tonight - maybe it was the conditions.

Pirate Music heard on 6878 @ 1815 with 80s pop (SINPO 34333) and Mystery Radio was on 6220 @ 1830 with its non-stop pop (SINPO 44444).

Mon Sept 25

Radio Mazda heard on 6305 @ 1915 playing schlager. SINPO 44333.

Mystery Radio playing 80s pop on 6220 @ 1925. SINPO 44444.

Sun Sept 24

Poor conditions this morning.

Only station I could hear when I turned on the radio was Tower/Veronique on 6275 - and that was only with a fair signal and a lot of fading. This was at 0800 (34333). Signal did improve during the morning and is now 44444. Usual programming of schlager, phone calls, messages etc.

Radio Shadowman was on 6304 @ 0920 playing polka. ID in Dutch. Went off five minutes later. SINPO 44433.

Radio Borderhunter was a victim of the poor conditions here. Only a weak signal on 6210 @ 0930. SINPO 24332.

Conditions had improved by the time I logged Radio Spaceman on 6307 @ 1035. Rock, pop, schlager and a good signal (44444).

Radio Ramona was heard on 6400 playing rock music. Fair signal (34333) @ 1040.

Radio Paardenkracht was on 6239 with a whole mixture of different music - schlager, jazz, pop, polka etc. Heard @ 1115 with a SINPO of 34433. Closed down at 1200.

Radio Fox 48 heard @ 1605 on 6298 playing pop and dance music. He was also complaining that no-one from Germany ever sends him an SMS! SINPO 34333.

Pirate Music was on 6878 playing non-stop 80s pop. SINPO @ 1615 was 34333 while much of the same from Mystery Radio on 6220 @ 1630. SINPO 34433.

An internet station called Treasure Island Oldies was heard on 6295 being relayed by an unknown station @ 1915. Format seemed to be music from 50s, 60s & 70s. Web address is www.treasureislandoldies.com SINPO 34333.

Sat Sept 23

Big L, which returned to 1395 medium wave this week, was heard on 6277 @ 1115 with a strong signal. Someone with a powerful transmitter was putting out it the programme, although I suspect Big L had no idea about this. SINPO 54444.

Radio Valencia was heard with a good signal on 6310 @ 1120 with schlager and country music. SINPO 44333.

The mighty Tower Radio was on 6300 @ 1300 playing schlager and dance music, giving out hotline number in Dutch and German. SINPO 54444.

A new Dutch station called Radio Brandaris heard @ 1620 on 6305 playing schlager, giving out email and hotline number. Faded out or went off at 1630. SINPO 34333.

Radio Zodiac Int was on 6308 @ 1755 playing oldies from the 80s. Good signal but noisy frequency plus fading - 44333.

Radio Mazda was heard with a strong signal on 6290 @ 1805 playing polka and schlager, greeting Jaroslav. SINPO 54444.

Pirate Music was on 6878 with 80s oldies, Power FM jingles. SINPO 34333.

Radio Bonofox playing rock and pop on 6300 @ 1910. SINPO 44333.

Radio Fox 48 was heard on 6285 playing "Radio Ga Ga" @ 2100. Was also giving out mailing address in Eisenach, Germany and hotline number. He said was running about 300-400W. SINPO 34333.

Weak signal on 3927 @ 2115, but too much noise and fading to hear anything clearly!

Fri Sept 22

It was either a quiet evening or conditions not good.

Station heard on 6293 @ 1945 but signal only just being heard above noise. Playing pop (24332).

Pirate Music was on 6878 playing 80s music @ 1950. Fair signal (34333).

Thurs Sept 21

Cupid Radio heard @ 1820 signing off on 6308 with a good signal(44444).

Radio Golfbreker was on 6280. Heard playing schlager @ 1900, ID in Dutch. SINPO 33433.

KTL (Kilo Tango Lima) Radio was heard on 6312 @ 1915 with a badly modulated signal. Difficult to understand. Playing oldies, but might as well not bother unless he can get that signal sorted out. Off at 1920.

Radio Whitesnake coming in with a good signal on 6300 @ 1930, playing rock music. SINPO 44433.

Weak signal on 6310 @ 2040, playing dance music but too much noise and SSB QRM to hear properly.

Wed Sept 20

Radio Foxfire heard with a good signal on 6306 @ 1920, playing oldies, including "Jungle Rock" and "Wild One." Announced email address of radiofoxfire@hotmail.com and mailing address of PO Box 128, 9410AB Beilen, Netherlands. SINPO 44433.

Station heard broadcasting a documentary about the offshore station Laser 558 on 6300 @ 2045. Fair signal (34333).

Tues Sept 19

Radio Zodiac Int heard @ 1800 on 6308, mentioning Jaroslav and playing some oldies. SINPO 43433.

Strong signal from Cupid Radio on 6280 @ 1920, with schlager, but some ssb QRM. SINPO 43433. Giving out SMS number in English, Dutch and German.

A weak signal on 6300, caught the song "Live & Let Die" before it disappeared into the noise. This was at 1915.

The Italians were out again tonight with Mystery Radio booming in on 6220 with a strong signal (44444) @ 1930 while on 6878 was Pirate Music with non-stop music and "Power FM" jingles. Fair to good signal @ 1935 (34333).

Mon Sept 18

There seemed to be more activity outside the 48mb than in it this evening.

I missed Radio Boomerang on 6530, but I just caught Orion Radio signing off on 6520 @ 1905, mentioning using 46m on Sunday. Good signal.

Italian station Pirate Music, presumed, on 6878 @ 1910 with non-stop pop music and Power FM jingles. Fair signal (34333).

Mystery Radio was on 6220 with the usual strong signal. Heard @ 1930 with SINPO 44444.

Sun Sept 17

Conditions not so good here today.

Orion Radio was on 6281. Heard @ 0755 with oldies before sign off at the usual time of 0800. SINPO 34433.

Radio Victoria was on 6295 playing 80s music @ 0805. SINPO 34433.

Radio Robbie heard on 6275 @ 0810 with schlager and giving ID in Dutch, German and English.

Radio Paardenkracht was on 6325 with a good signal @ 0815, spelling out his email address. SINPO 44433.

Radio Scirocco heard playing schlager on 6285 @ 0820, and giving out hotline number in Dutch, English and German. SINPO 34433.

Mystery Radio on 6220 @ 0825 with the usual pop and IDs. SINPO 34433. Still on 6220 now (2015) with a SINPO 54444. Email address: mysteryradio@googlemail.com

Radio Ramona with oldies and jingles on 6400 @ 0900. SINPO 34433.

Premier Radio Int playing 70s music on 6265 @ 0905, but suffering splash from a station on 6268. SINPO 33433.

Radio Borderhunter on 6200 with the usual good, clear signal @ 0925. Playing oldies and greeting listeners. SINPO 44444. Mentioned a UK station on 6210 - nothing heard here. Obviously no short skip reception today!

Laser Hot Hits was back on the air. Heard on 6242 @ 0950 with the usual Laser programming, probably via the Jolly Roger relay. SINPO 33433, although did improve during the morning.

The Dutch station, kindly IDed yesterday by Marcel (see comments), De 8 Onweizen uut Maarle on 6280 @ 1050. Good signal (43433).

Radio Waves Int was on 6324 @ 1125 with talk in French and playing French music. SINPO 33433.

Radio Malaisy, presumed, on 6310 @ 1130 with pop music. No ID heard. SINPO 33443.

European Music Radio via Julich was on 6045 @ 1200 with music, a letters programme and a feature with pirate radio DJ talking about his time on Radio Jackie. As always, an enjoyable programme from EMR. Can't fault the reception either (55555).

Back on 48m, Radio Brigitte was on 6300 @ 1210 with schlager and giving out email and mailing address in Dutch, English, German and French! SINPO 33433.

Delta Radio (Gelderland) was on 6290 @ 1220 playing oldies but having problems with his mic and CDs (kept jumping). SINPO 44444.

Out for the rest of the day, but this evening Radio Bonofox on 6310 with a mix of oldies and polka @ 2000 but suffering utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

Radio Spaceshuttle Int heard on 9290 (lsb) @ 2040, with English and Finnish (?) rock. Caught ID. SINPO 24432. First time I've logged this station!

Here some unidentified stations:
6268: Non-stop 80s music. Heard @ 0915. SINPO 33443.
6303: A station playing blues mx @ 1015. SINPO 33433.
6320: A station with poor modulation and a badly distorted signal. Couldn't make what he was saying. Heard @ 1040. SINPO 33442.

Sat Sept 16

Conditions seemed very changeable today.

First up, Radio MRF (Mike Romeo Foxtrot) heard testing on 6303 @ 1445 with dance music. Fair reception (34433).

Radio Blackbird was on 6270 @ 1455 playing schlager and country music. Gave ID and hotline in Dutch. SINPO 33433.

Good signal from a Dutch station on 6280. First heard at 1425 and still on now (2115). My knowledge of Dutch is not good enough to copy the name. But heard giving out hotline in English, Dutch and German, playing schlager. SINPO 43443.

Weak station on 6300 @ 1625. I don't know if Radio Face de Blatte was still on this time?

Radio Atlantic on 6303 playing dance music @ 1635. Email given as radio.atlantic@hotmail.com (Confirmed by email from station)

No problems identifying Mystery Radio on 6220 @ 1645. Usual strong signal, pop music and canned IDs. SINPO 44444.

Radio Waves Int was heard on 6324 @ 1755 playing country music and French songs. SINPO 34433.

The Bogusman was on 6294 @ 1800 playing a song by Morrissey plus the usual chat. Good signal (44444).

Solar Radio was on 6304 @ 1810 playing 80s pop. SINPO 33443.

Radio Boomerang heard on 6283 @ 1940 (splashing over the other Dutch station on 6280), playing Dutch dance mx. Off at 1945. SINPO 44444.

Weak signal on 6270 @ 2130, struggling to heard above the noise level.

Nothing heard on 75m - I don't know if that was due to propagation.

Fri Sept 15

Solar Radio back on again tonight. Heard on 6283 @ 1840 playing music from the 60s to the 90s. Good signal (43433).

Mystery Radio was on 6220. Heard @ 1850 with 80s pop. SINPO 44444. Still going strong now (2130) - signal pushing 9+10dB.

Radio Bonofox was on 6300 @ 1930, playing oldies. Another good signal (44444).

Radio Boomerang was on 3925 @ 1950 playing rock & pop. Gave out email address of box73@gmx.net and was asking for QSOs. SINPO 44433.

Radio Sensation on 3927 replied. Heard @ 1955 but barely audible here (24332).

Thurs Sept 14

Quite a lot of activity this evening.

Radio Whitesnake was putting in a good signal on 6300 @ 1850, playing rock music and giving out the hotline number. Also gave two email addresses: radiowhitesnake@chello.nl or radiowhitesnake@hotmail.com SINPO 44333.

Skyline Radio Germany was on 6275 @ 1855 with plenty of IDs, talk in German and playing dance music. Fair signal - 34333.

Solar Radio from the UK was back after several weeks absence. Heard on 6283 @ 1900 playing oldies from the 70s & 80s and giving out the hotline number. Good signal here but some utility noise affecting reception (43433).

Radio Likedeeler was on 6294 tonight @ 1910 with rock mx and a hotline number. Fair reception but some splash from Whitesnake. SINPO 33333. By 1950 Likedeeler had moved to 6290 but the usual problem of that 'bleeper' utility that comes and goes on this frequency. SINPO 33433.

Radio Skywire was briefly on 6309 @ 2000 playing schlager. SINPO 33333.

Radio Mazda was on 6280 @ 2010 with a good signal, playing polka and schlager and thanking listeners for SMS messages. SINPO 44444.

Wed Sept 13

Radio Likedeeler continues to be very active on 48m. Heard tonight on 6275 @ 1920 playing rock & pop, spelling out station name. Fair to good signal but noisy. SINPO 34333.

Tues Sept 12

Skyline Radio Germany was heard on 6275 @ 2000 with German rock and talk in German. Fair signal (34333).

Mon Sept 11

Lot of thunderstorms around tonight, making for very crackly reception.

Long programme from Scandinavian free radio station Radio Fox 48. First heard @ 1800 on 6306 and still on at 2130 playing a lot of rock n roll. New mailing address via SRS Germany in Eisenach. SINPO 33333.

Also heard was Radio Likedeeler on 6309 @ 2030 with oldies and talk in German. SINPO 33333.

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.

Sat Sept 9

Radio Bonofox was on this morning. Heard @ 0940 on 6306 playing oldies, but suffering some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

Radio Rob 007 was celebrating his birthday today with a broadcast on 6276, playing 70s music. Heard @ 1415 with 34433 SINPO.

Radio Ramona was heard @ 1425 on 6400 playing oldies with Ramona jingles. SINPO 34433.

Just caught a station called Swinging Radio Europe signing off in German @ 1550 on 6270. Very strong signal (54444). Playing 60s music, mentioned Neede address.

The Italian station Radio Marilyn was heard on 6220 @ 1740 playing oldies, including Hall & Oates and Village People, plus frequent IDs. SINPO 33333.

Bogusman was on this evening on 6294. Heard @ 1925 giving out email address, plus the usual chat and indie music. SINPO 44444, but within 30 minutes signal faded out completely!

Radio Likedeeler continued on 6306. Heard @ 1930 with a SINPO of 33333.

Radio Zeelandia was on 6300 @ 1940 with a good signal playing rock music. Also mentioned hotline number and website: www.radiozeelandia.nl SINPO 43443.

On 75m Radio Spaceman booming in as usual. Heard @ 1950 on 3928 with a 54444 SINPO.

Radio Continental was playing schlager on 3903 @ 2205. Gave out email address of continentalradio@hotmail.com Good signal although frequency was a bit noisy (44343). Closed down @ 2215.

Fri Sept 8

Radio Rob 007 was heard @ 1600 on 6276 playing 70s mx, plus IDs and email. Off at 1620. Fair signal (34433).

Radio Mazda, presumed, on 6290 with schlager @ 1935. Good signal but some utility QRM. 43433.

Thurs Sept 7

Conditions don't seem so good tonight.

Likedeeler is on 6306 but not as strong as previous evenings. Heard @ 1940, caught ID, talk in German but only a SINPO of 24332.

Wed Sept 6

Bit of a battle over one frequency tonight.

Radio Likedeeler was on 6306 while there was also a station on 6305 playing dance music. Likedeeler was coming in well, heard @ 1900 giving out mailing address and phone number but suffering a whistle on the signal from the other station. Signal varied from good to poor. Overall 33333.

The other station was playing non-stop dance music. No IDs heard - possibly Atlantis, which does play this type of music and has used this frequency. It was the stronger of the two stations at times but overall 33433. Gone by 2010 leaving Likedeeler in clear.

Sept 4 & 5

Radio Likedeeler logged tentatively on 6306 on Monday evening @ 1930. Lot of utility noise on the frequency and signal struggling to be heard above it (32332).

Much better tonight - clear ID of Likedeeler, again on 6306 @ 1855, playing oldies, with chat in German and English. SINPO 33333.

One other station tonight heard on 6265 with pop & rock music @ 1845, but no ID heard while I was listening. Anyone ID this station? Good signal here (44333).

The nights drawing in here - now dark at 8.30pm local time (1930UTC).

Sun Sept 3

Strange conditions today. I noticed Achim logged Radio Underground on 6311 but I didn't hear anything at all here.

But the Dutch seemed to be coming in okay. A good signal from Orion playing the Beatles @ 0750 on 6281. A SINPO of 44444.

Radio Enjoy Delux from Germany with a good clear signal on 6300, playing an Elton John song @ 0845. SINPO 44444.

Radio Saturnus also has a good signal on 6295, playing rock music and giving out the SMS number @ 0850. But quite rapid fading so SINPO 44433.

Radio Bonofox was on 6305 playing oldies @ 0855. SINPO 34333. Back again this evening. Heard @ 1955 playing schlager, some utility QRM. SINPO 43443.

Radio Northpole heard @ 0903 on 6270 with oldies, including Michael Jackson. SINPO 34433.

Antonio Radio was on 6266 playing schlager @ 0910 (33333).

West Coast Radio was on 6247. Heard @ 0920 apologising for being off-air due to long phone call! Playing pop but some utility QRM from 6250. SINPO 43433.

Radio Brigitte, presumed, on 6540 @ 0930 playing non-stop schlager but fading out. 34433.

Radio Robbie was on 6275 @ 1015 with polka, schlager and announcements in Dutch and English. SINPO 34433.

Radio Zodiac Int was on 6321 with plenty of IDs and oldies. A good signal but fading a problem - 44433.

Radio Zeelandia heard @ 1130 on 6300 with polka and ID. 34433.

Radio Mazda, presumed, on 6290 @ 1145 with a good signal (44444) but no IDs while I was listening.

Out for rest of day. When got back, switched on and heard Dutch station on 6265 signing off @ 1725. But signal not really rising above the noise - sounded like Zeelandia. (24332).

Also heard Reflections Europe with its religous programmes on 6295 - very strong @ 1740 (9+20db). Also on 3910 but weaker at the moment.

Sat Sept 2

Tentative logging of Radio Golfbreker @ 1450 on 6300 with schlager but lot of fading making it difficult to be sure. SINPO 34333.

Radio Nordsee Int was testing a new antenna on 6210. Heard @ 1555 with oldies followed by sign off at 1600. SINPO 34433.

Not good conditions tonight. Schlager heard on 6290 @ 1830. Possibly Mazda. SINPO 44433.

Clear ID for Mazda on 6305 @ 2000. Schlager heard and ID and address in English but utility QRM (33333).

Radio Korak Int heard for the first time for a long time on 3927 with a mixture of schlager, oldies and instrumental music @ 2005 - but not many IDs. Finally announcement in Dutch and English @ 2045. SINPO 34333.

Finally a weak signal heard on 6276 @ 2040. Oldies but could not get ID. SINPO 24332.

Fri Sept 1

UK station Radio Skeleton heard @ 2100 on 3900 with Oscar talking about Laser and other radio topics and playing Brazilian music.
Coming in well here with a 34333 SINPO. Always an enjoyable and interesting station to listen to. He describes the station as "the bare bones of a radio station" and also announced an email address of radioskeleton@go.com Well worth a listen.

Thurs Aug 31

Radio Sonar heard with a fair-good signal on 6266 @ 1900 playing German rock with talk in German. But suffering QRM from Russian station on 6265 plus SSB QRM. SINPO 32332. But the station moved to 6275 where heard much better @ 1920 with no major interference problems (34333). Gave out email address of radiosonar@hotmail.de

Station came on with schlager @ 2045 on 6305 but signal faded out before could get ID.

Wed Aug 30

Radio Golfbreker on again this evening on 6300. Heard @ 2015 playing polka, schlager and giving out hotline number in Dutch. SINPO 44333.

Radio Likedeeler was on 6309 playing rock music but suffering some SSB QRM @ 2020. SINPO 33333. But by 2130 the signal had improved and QRM gone (44333). Best signal for a long time from Likedeeler, went off 2133.

Radio Bonofox was on 6305 @ 2030 playing schlager and song "Sweet Caroline." Fair signal (34333).

Tues Aug 29

Radio Mazda putting in a good signal on 6305 @ 1750 with schlager and polka. SINPO 44444. Still well heard on 6305 @ 2055 calling Italian station.

Radio Likedeeler was heard on 6309 @ 2040. Deep fades but able to get ID, gave out Neede address. Talk by man and woman in German and English. SINPO 33333.

Radio Golfbreker was on 6300 playing schlager. ID heard in Dutch @ 2050. SINPO 33333.

Mon Aug 28

Radio Kilo Tango Lima heard on 6296 @ 1900 giving out email address and playing 10CC. Address given as kilotangolima48@hotmail.com SINPO 34333.

Weak station heard @ 1930 on 6309. Sounded Dutch but couldn't pick out ID. SINPO 24332.

Another station heard on 6305 @ 1945 playing polka and schlager with short breaks. No ID heard while I was listening. Suffering qrm from adjacent utility. SINPO 33333.

Sun Aug 27

Radio Telstar South heard @ 0755 on 6210 playing 60s music. Faded out (or signed off) a few minutes later. SINPO 34333. Heard again on 6210 @ 1700 with better signal. Fast moving, professional sounding UK station. SINPO 44433.

Orion Radio put in a much better signal this week on 6280. Playing Creedance Clearwater Revival @ 0800 followed by closedown. SINPO 44444.

Radio Brigitte was on 6375 @ 0805 playing schlager and giving out email address. SINPO 34433.

Radio Bonofox back on 6305 @ 0810 with oldies - 34433. Heard again @ 1910 giving out email address: radiobonofox@hotmail.com Spelt out name - seems it is "fox" not "vox."

A weak signal detected on 6200 @ 0815 with oldies but couldn't get ID. SINPO 23432.

Radio Paardenkracht was on 6324 with lots of non-stop oldies, but not many IDs. Did get one eventually @ 0830. SINPO 34433.

Britain Radio International was putting in a good signal on 6242 @ 0905 with its Marine Offence Act programme. SINPO 44444.

Radio Victoria was on 6270 playing Golden Earring @ 0910 and giving out email address of freeradiovictoria@hotmail.com SINPO 34433.

Weekend Music Radio back on 6401 with a signal that varied between fair and good during the day, plus music and radio documentaries. SINPO @ 0930 was 34433 while @ 1630 was 44444.

Radio Valencia playing country & western music @ 0945 on 6304. Also coming in well with a 44444 SINPO.

Radio Zodiac Int with music from the 70s & 80s on 6308 @ 1045. Another 44444 SINPO. Zodiac returned @ 1740 on 6312 with a good signal (44444).

Radio Boomerang very strong on 6295 with dance music on 6295 @ 1055. Closed down a few minutes later. SINPO 54444.

Radio Golfbreker heard with schlager and polka on 6300 @ 1330. SINPO 34333.

Radio Malaisy, tentatively logged, on 6310 with dance music @ 1345. No ID heard. SINPO 33433.

Radio Rob 007 was on 6276 @ 1405 playing 70s oldies. Fair signal (34333). Gave out email address of radiorob007@hotmail.com

Radio Skywire briefly heard on 6306 @ 1615 playing rock music. SINPO 33333.

Mystery Radio booming in with pop music on 6220 @ 1900. SINPO 44444.

Sat Aug 26

Antonio Radio was on 6292 @ 0855 with polka and schlager, off at 0900. SINPO 34433.

ROZ heard on 6268 @ 1700 playing 80s pop. Bit of a whistle on the signal - possibly from a numbers station on 6270. SINPO 33433.

Laser's frequencies of 6220/6275 didn't stay empty for long.

Radio Minimax was on 6275 @ 1830 playing rock music. Good signal (44444) but problem with transmitter as there was a distorted image of the signal 8kHz away on 6283.

Meanwhile Mystery Radio was on 6220. Heard @ 1850 playing dance mx with the usual canned IDs. SINPO 44444.

The usual Saturday evening mess around 6400 with Weekend Music Radio on 6401 and Radio Ramona on 6400. WMR was the stronger here @ 1840 (43443) while Ramona was heard with a 32332 SINPO @ 1845. Pity they can't sort it out.

Radio Spaceman was on 3927 this evening. Heard @ 1920 playing schlager with a 43443 SINPO - buzzing qrm. But by 2200 SINPO was up to 55544. He was joined by Xanadu for the usual enjoyable programme.

Fri Aug 25

Radio Blackbird was heard playing polka on 6300 @ 1635, greeting Dr Tim in English. SINPO 34433. It was a long programme with the station going off at 2000. Email address is blackbird@wanadoo.nl

Radio Mazda was heard @ 1705 on 6290 playing schlager. SINPO 33433. ID heard at 1730 by which time the SINPO had climbed to 43443 - the usual utility problem on that frequency.

Radio Bonovox was on again this evening using 6305 @ 1935. Playing selection of oldies including Robbie Williams and Simple Minds. SINPO 34333. Anyone caught an email address for this station?

Thurs Aug 24

I go on holiday for a few days and when I came back this evening I found Laser Hot Hits had closed down! I saw the statement on their website (www.laserhothits.co.uk) about pressure from the authorities. The station broadcast from Ireland so I wonder if this was pressure from the Irish authorities (ComReg) or the UK authorities (Ofcom) getting tough on the guys behind Laser?

If this is an Irish clampdown how will it affect other 48m stations broadcasting from there, which includes the religious station, Reflections Europe?

The good thing about Laser was what whatever time of the day or night you could turn on the radio (conditions permitting) and hear free radio on shortwave. The band is strangely silent tonight.

Thanks Laser for your many, many hours of great programmes and all you've done over the years for free radio. You can still listen to the station via their website.

A new Dutch station was heard this evening on 48m.

Radio Bonovox was on 6305 @ 1915 playing a varied selection of Dutch and English music with announcements in English. SINPO 34333. He said it was his first time on 48 metres.

Sun Aug 20

Conditions poor again today with no stations being heard very well.

Orion Radio was on 6400 @ 0755 with his usual closedown at 0800 with SINPO of 34433.

Station on 6290 @ 0805 playing schlager - possibly Mazda but I didn't catch any IDs. Another 34433.

Another unid on 6270. Station playing non-stop 60s mx most of the morning. First heard @ 0810 but again no IDs heard. SINPO 33333.

A station I did manage to identify was Radio Paardenkracht on 6250 playing schlager. Signal weak at first but did improve during the morning. SINPO 23332.

Radio Scirocco was heard on 6280 @ 0825 playing schlager and giving out hotline number in Dutch and German. SINPO 34433.

Radio Valencia was on 6310 @ 0940 playing country & western music and greeting Marko. Again a 34433 SINPO.

Radio Quintus was on 3927 @ 1935 with schlager and IDs. Reception spoilt by a buzzing noise - SINPO 33333.

Sat Aug 19

German station Radio 73, which used to transmit via the Latvia transmitter, made a broadcast via IRRS on 9310. Heard @ 0900 but signal poor here (24332). The station is supposed to be repeating the programme tomorrow at 0700 on 9310 and Thursday at 1900 on 5775.

Radio Waves Int was heard on 6324 @ 1450 playing French music with talk in French. SINPO 34333.

A documentary about offshore pirate Radio London heard on 6401 @ 1455, which carried on for most of the evening. SINPO 34333 but stronger in the evening. Was this via Weekend Music Radio?

Skyline Radio Germany heard @ 1715 playing rock music on 6285, announcing the Neede mailing address and a new phone number. Fair signal here but a lot of static noise (34333 SINPO).

Weak signal heard on 6295 @ 1805 but couldn't make out an ID through the noise. Sounded German - Bermudadreieck?

Radio Ramona was on 6400 @ 1820, but a poor choice with the other station on 6401 so difficult to hear - SINPO 32332.

Radio Alfa Lima was on 6277 with a good signal @ 1835 playing dance music. Suffering some QRM from Laser although Alfa Lima had a stronger signal. 43433 SINPO.

A weak Dutch station heard on 3907 @ 1945 but nothing else on 75m.

But when darkness fell (about 2000UTC), everything faded out on 48m, including Laser and that was it!

Fri Aug 18

Voice of the Netherlands was heard @ 1000 on 6288 playing dance music, announcements in English, off at 1002. SINPO 34433.

Laser Hot Hits was heard on 6220 in parallel with 6275, with the 6220 transmitter slightly stronger - S9, compared to S8 for 6275 @ 1845. For several weeks the two frequencies were running different programmes. Could be a new transmitter in use on 6220, or Laser using higher power?

Radio Victoria heard playing soft rock @ 2055 on 6285. SINPO 33433.

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Thu Aug 17

Not much heard tonight.

West Coast Radio was on 6294. Heard @ 2155 playing Madness, then ID with contact details. Signal struggling - SINPO 34333.

Not helping reception was a strong utility station on 6305 all evening which wiped out most of the band from 6300-6310.

Also I heard a Russian station on 6265 @ 1930. Not a pirate, but anyone know who it was?

Laser coming in well this evening on 6220/6274 with different programmes and no problems with Mystery Radio which wasn't on tonight.

Wed Aug 16

Good conditions tonight with Bogusman blasting in on 6295 @ 1945 with more tales of his cycling trips around the Midlands and playing alternative music. He also announced an email address: differentradio@yahoo.co.uk

Radio Northpole was on 6305 playing music from the 60s/70s. He finally IDed @ 2000 after 30 minutes of non-stop music before signing off @ 2005. Good signal (44444).

Station on 6286 playing schlager @ 2200. Went off at 2225 with no IDs. Coming in quite well but some utility interference and beginning to fade - SINPO 43433.

Tues Aug 15

Radio Malaisy, presumed, playing continuous dance music. Heard on 6310 @ 1730 with a 34433 SINPO. Signal strengthened during the evening until closedown at 1945. These Italian-based pirates don't seem to like talking between records!

Radio Whitesnake was heard on 6290 @ 1940 greeting listenings in Dutch. Went off at 1943 with closing announcements in Dutch and English. SINPO 33433.

Radio Quintus was on 6294 @ 2015 playing 60s music, polka and schlager. Fair signal - SINPO 34433.

Mon Aug 14

West Coast Radio was heard @ 1645 on 6305 with QSO in Dutch. SINPO 33443.

Bogusman was on 6295. Heard with a very good signal @ 1930 talking about cycling and playing alternative/indie music. SINPO 54444. Off @ 2000. Probably the strongest I've heard him. He is still resisting modern technology and has no email address or mobile phone number, but can be contacted via PO Box 53, Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV14 6YS.

Sun Aug 13

Again, conditions remain poor with only the strongest stations heard here.

First up, Radio Paardenkracht on 6265 @ 0750 with oldies and a 34333 SINPO.

Orion Radio was on 6300 this Sunday. Heard @ 0800 mentioning the nice weather in the Netherlands. Using 400W so coming in well here although the band was quite noisy this morning with a lot of rapid fading. SINPO 44333.

A station heard on 6294 @ 0755 but not strong enough to pick out an ID from the static and splash from Orion.

After Orion signed off @ 0809, Radio Digital came on 6300 with a short QSO in Dutch.

Weekend Music Radio was on 6401. Heard @ 0820 with talk about the Irish radio scene in the 1980s and a documentary about the Irish pirates, like ARD and Radio Dublin, from that decade. SINPO 44333.

Another unidentifed station on 6310 with short broadcast @ 0825 with polka , schlager and announcement in Dutch and German. But again static and fading stopped me getting an ID. Went off @ 0830. SINPO 44333.

Premier Radio Int was on 6240 - as his usual frequency of 6265 was occupied by Paardenkracht. Heard @ 0915 with oldies, some utility qrm. SINPO 33333.

Radio Valencia was on 6310 @ 0930 with schlager. SINPO 34333.

Premier Radio went off @ 1000, with the channel taken over by Britain Radio Int. Heard on 6241 @ 1005 with a Marine Offences Act special programme. Best signal of the morning - 44444. Probably via Jolly Roger Radio.

Radio Malaisy, presumed, on 6310 playing non-stop 80s dance music. Heard @ 1545 with a 34433 SINPO.

Radio Ramona was on 6400 @ 1900, suffering co-channel qrm from WMR. Playing 80s music, SINPO 33443.

Sat Aug 12

Valley Wave Radio, presumed, on 6306 @ 0910 playing instrumental electronic music, including Kraftwerk's "Tour de France." Beginning to fade badly, no IDs heard. SINPO 34433. If it was VWR, first time I've logged this station for several months.

Radio Paardenkracht playing music by Rolling Stones on 6295 @ 1410. Announcement in Dutch, including email address. Off at 1423. SINPO 34433.

Radio Valencia was playing country & western music on 6310 @ 1430. SINPO 34333.

Evening conditions on 48 metres not good again - only two stations logged, apart from the regulars.

Radio Skywire heard on 6306 playing music by Dire Straits @ 1920. Went off 10 minutes later. SINPO 34333.

Weekend Music Radio was on 6401 @ 2045 playing rock music, talking about how much colder weather is in Scotland now. (I now, it feels like September here, too!) Signal not nearly as strong as previous weeks. SINPO 34333.

It was not all bad news.

On 75m Radio Spaceman was putting in a great signal on 3923 @ 1935 with a 54444 SINPO. Still going as I type this @ 2225, signal still 9+20dB. Joined by Boomerang, Delta, Xanadu. Went off @ 2255. Later heard on 1645 medium wave in QSO with Barcelona and Digital.

Fri Aug 11

Is it the propagation or have the Dutch gone on holiday?

Again, the only stations heard tonight were Mystery Radio and Laser Hot Hits, fighting over 6220.

On 6274, Laser putting in a very good signal @ 2140 with 54444 SINPO with a New Orleans tribute show, but beginning to fade out by 2150.

Thurs Aug 10

No Dutch stations heard here tonight. Where there any on?

Laser coming in well on 6274 @ 2030 (43443) although suffering some utility qrm. Not doing so well on 6220 at this time where it was up against Mystery Radio with a stronger signal.

Mystery Radio blasting in @ 2215 on 6220 with a 44444 SINPO playing 80s dance music. Laser completed faded out. Familiar canned ID.

Wed Aug 9

Station heard on 6300 @ 2015 playing dance music. Good signal here but no IDs heard. Went off (or faded out) at 2115. SINPO 44333.

Mystery Radio was competing with Laser on 6220. Mystery had the stronger signal here @ 2140 but Laser still audible in background.

Tues Aug 8

Monday night very disappointing but tonight a bit more to report on 48m.

A weak signal detected on 6310 @ 1940 but no chance of getting an ID.

Better luck on 6302 where Radio Zodiac Int was putting in a good signal @ 1945. He was playing rock music, including Pink Floyd, The Doors and Led Zep. Also frequent mentions of phone number and email. SINPO 44333.

Mystery Radio was back on 6220. Heard @ 1955 playing Euro-pop, co-channel with Laser but with a stronger signal (43433). As I type this Mystery Radio still booming in @ 2150, while Laser has faded out (44433).

Sun Aug 6

Conditions today started off well but deteriorated later.

Orion Radio heard signing off @ 0800 on 6290. Coming in with a good signal here (44444), using 350W.

On 6325 was Radio Paardenkracht with schlager @ 0805. Bit noisy on the frequency so only a 34333.

Premier Radio Int was heard competing with another station for 6265 @ 0810. Neither station dominated the channel so 32432 SINPO for Premier. When I returned to the frequency 10 minutes later, Premier was in the clear and coming in with a good signal (44444) playing the usual 70s music and jingles.

Radio Brigitte Int was on 6540 @ 0815 with good clear ID and email address in English, French and German, followed by schlager. SINPO 34333.

Delta Radio (Gelderland) was on 6290 playing the Rolling Stones @ 0830 and giving out the phone number in German and Dutch. SINPO 44433.

Weekend Music Radio was back on 6401 @ 0835 playing rock music. Signal faded out for most of the day but as type this (2020UTC) WMR is blasting in here with 9+20dB signal. Operator Jack talking about getting QSL cards printed for all the reception reports received.

Antonio Radio was playing polka @ 0840 on 6300. Splash from Delta Radio (33333).

Not a good day for reception of Radio Underground here. Picked him @ 0935 on 6311 with a fair, but noisy signal (34333). But not much trace of the signal for the rest of the day. I did hear him mention that WNKR would be making a special broadcast on 1476 next weekend to mark the anniversary of the Marine Offences Act.

Radio Saturnus was on 6285 @ 1000, giving out his phone number, email and playing oldies. Fair signal here (34333).

Radio Quintus was on 6291 @ 1200 playing polka, talk in Dutch. SINPO 34433.

Sat Aug 5

Good conditions with 48 metres holding out well into the evening.

Radio Digital was playing 60s mx @ 1645 on 6311. Fair signal (33433). He was back later in the evening on 6311, signing off @ 2215 with a 44444 SINPO. Gave email address of digital480@hotmail.com

Weekend Music Radio was back on 6401 @ 1730 with rock music, het from another station (Radio Ramona). SINPO 43433.

Radio Oscar Zulu (ROZ) coming in well on 6268 @ 1735 with oldies. SINPO 34333. Email is roz@sayhello.nl Best signal I've heard from ROZ for some time, although did suffer briefly from QRM from a numbers station on 6270 (see note).

Delta Radio booming in on 6290, playing UB40 @ 1740, some dance music and off at 1807. SINPO 54444. Delta was back @ 2050 on 6305 playing non-stop music. Still going strong @ 2220, giving out mobile number, greeting listener in Finland in English (44444).

Radio Ramona was on 6400 - clashing with WMR again for most of the evening - although at 1840 Ramona was the stronger signal. Oldies, jingles. SINPO 33333. Maybe the two stations should let each other know when they plan to broadcast as they can't both use 6400 at the same time!

A station not heard for sometime was Radio Black Arrow who was on 6295 @ 2025 playing music from 80s & 90s. Gave out email address of radioblackarrow@hotmail.com

A weak station heard on 6300 @ 2100, squeezed between Delta & Black Arrow so couldn't ID.

Radio Scotland Int made a short test on 3931 @ 2215, playing "Silver Machine" and the theme from "Hawaii 5-O" before going off. SINPO 44433.

Fri Aug 4

A day off today so was able to have a quick tune around in the afternoon and heard Radio Zeelandia on 6270 @ 1445 playing schlager, but suffering splash from Laser on 6274. SINPO 33433.

In the evening, I heard Radio Fox 48 from Norway on 6300 @ 1940 playing the Freddie Mercury song "Barcelona" and giving ID. Signal poor with fair peaks (34333).

Radio Quintus was on 3928 @ 2040 giving out SMS number, ID in English and Dutch. Again poor signal reaching fair levels, although did improve later on around 2150. (34333). Email is radioquintus@hotmail.com

The mystery station on 6401 was on again tonight with non-stop music from 70s/80s. Fair signal (34333).

Radio Romeo Echo was on 6325 playing schlager @ 2055. Also offering "a nice QSL" for reception reports to romeoecho@home.nl Off at 2145.

Thurs Aug 3

Radio Valencia heard on 6310 @ 2005 playing country mx for Jari of Finland. SINPO 43333. Reception improved after dark (about 2030) to a 44444 before fading out after 2100.

Station on 6268 heard @ 2010 playing Status Quo. Lost the signal @ 2013. Was this ROZ who I know uses this frequency? SINPO 33333.

Another unidentified station on 6401 @ 2020. Could be same station as previous evening (see Aug 2 posting and comments) Playing oldies mx, no IDs. SINPO 33333. Some utility QRM, improved after 2100 before fading out.

Wed Aug 2

A bit of a mess of stations around 6400.

There was a Dutch station on 6403 @ 1930 playing schlager but couldn't catch the ID due to splash from 6401. SINPO 23332.

The station on 6401 was presumed to be Weekend Music Radio playing non-stop oldies. Heard @ 1940 with Chas & Dave, No Doubt and Hall & Oates. Deep fades but signal did reach good levels - 43433. A whistle from the other station on 6403.

Radio Verona was heard on 6295 with a good signal @ 2020 playing schlager and giving out a number for SMS messages in English, Dutch and German. SINPO 44433.

Tue Aug 1

The start of a new month and on 6400 was Weekend Music Radio (presumed) playing a recording of the Irish pirate Radio Nova @ 1915. Or it could have been the WMR hoax station as the real WMR has been using 6401. They had a good signal - SINPO 44444.

But nothing heard here of Dutch stations tonight.

By the way, I couldn't listen on Monday evening as I had to work.