Sat May 19

Lots of stations taking advantage of the good conditions on 75m and 48m tonight. Audio clips of Bogusman, Delta and Underground (see end of this posting)

3904: Bogusman talking about the Iraq war @ 1940 and playing the Psychedelic Furs. Good signal but a bit of splash from WMR. SINPO 44444.

3910: Weekend Music Radio heard in parallel with 6400. Talking about offshore radio recordings @ 1710. Signal fair as still quite early in the evening. SINPO 34333.

3927: Radio Kentucky with schlager @ 2120 but suffering splash from Delta Radio. SINPO 33433.

3935: Delta Radio with a strong signal @ 2115 playing dance music, peaking @ s9+20db. Gave mailing address as PO Box 65, 7260AB Ruurlo, Netherlands. SINPO 44444.

3940: Radio Underground back on the air after a long break. Heard @ 1745 with music and free radio news and recordings. Operator Steve Underground gave out the phone number and email but said the station does not issue QSL cards. Fair signal. Email address radiounderground @ go.com SINPO 34333. Good to hear him back.

6255: KBC v Lithuania with its weekly Saturday night show. Heard signing on @ 2200. As usual, very strong here. SINPO 55555.

6270: Orion Radio heard @ 0820 playing some Dutch music, fair signal with some good peaks, but SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6275: Radio Atlantis Int with schlager @ 1930 and the Summer Meeting promo. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6276: Laser Hot Hits with one of its sponsored shows @ 1015. Fair bit of fading on signal. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Atlantis Int playing a long version of "Heard it through the Grapevine" @ 2135, occasional utility QRM (as always on this frequency). SINPO 44444.

6295: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 2145 but a bit squeezed by Atlantis on 6290 and the Saharan station on 6300. SINPO 33433.

6306: Brandaris Radio greeting Marco and playing schlager @ 1635. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Marconi heard @ 1450 playing schlager, announced was signing off. SINPO 33333.

6310: Cupid Radio with a short test @ 1720, mentioning will be back @ 2200 with a test to Japan. Also heard on 6277 @ 1740 greeting listeners. SINPO on both frequencies 44444.

6311: Unid station playing schlager @ 1255. Strong utility QRM making it difficult to ID. SINPO 32432.

6322: Radio Zodiac Int playing Pink Floyd's "Money" @ 2125. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6325: Antonio Radio playing instrumental music, ID in Dutch @ 1100. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Kentucky playing schlager @ 1730. Audio a lot better and clearer. SINPO 44444.

6400: Weekend Music Radio @ 1710 mentioning the website www.offshoreradio.org where you can download offshore radio recordings. Very strong signal. SINPO 54444.

(updated 22:05UTC)

More audio: The latest recordings are of Radio Quintus Friday morning on 6325, and Radio Alice and Marconi in a QSO yesterday night. Also added from Saturday night are Radio Underground, Bogusman and Delta Radio. They can accessed via http://www.esnips.com/web/ukdxersBusinessFiles

Fri May 18

6310: Radio Boomerang heard @ 2105 in QSO with Radio Alice and Radio Marconi. Strong signal as usual but some SSB QRM around the frequency. SINPO 43433. Both Marconi and Alice also coming in well. At 2155, Alice was 9+10dB, at 2200 Marconi was s9.

6325: Radio Quintus heard @ 1000 playing schlager, occasional announcements in Dutch. Quite a lot of fading on the signal. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:55UTC)

Radio Gloria

Radio Gloria International will broadcast in teamwork with MV Baltic Radio on 6045 KHz (via Juelich).

The first transmission of Radio Gloria International on this channel is planned for May 27 at 12:00 UTC.

(info via Tom Taylor)

Thurs May 17

3927: Radio Sensation heard @ 2020 playing oldies suffering splash from Boomerang on 3935. SINPO 33433.
Hear a recording after Boomerang signed off: http://www.esnips.com/doc/f5d5bae8-797e-432f-b300-cb828cca3d4c/RSensation-2007-05-17_21h55m40s

3935: Radio Boomerang with a massive signal @ 2025, playing "Blockbuster" by The Sweet. Steady at s9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) @ 0940 very weak here, playing oldies. SINPO 24332.

6270: Radio Borderhunter on 6270 with a very good signal @ 0930, playing oldies. Signal s9+10dB, greetings to Dr Tim. SINPO 54444.

6325: Radio Skywire playing "I'm On Fire" and other 70s music @ 0940. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333.

6325: Unid station playing country music @ 2140. Sudden off @ 2144 with no ID. SINPO 44333.

(updated 21:45UTC)

Wed May 16

3928: Antonio Radio heard @ 2010 playing a Dire Straits song and greeting Orion Radio and Fox 48. Good signal tonight. SINPO 44433.

3940: Radio Delmare heard @ 2215 playing oldies and giving out email address of radiodelmare @ hotmail.com SINPO 34333.

(updated 22:15UTC)

MRF Radio

Recording of MRF Radio signing off on Monday on 3932 @ 2015 now uploaded at http://www.esnips.com/doc/13cd5801-7614-4a83-858c-d034d3d7a2e4/MRFRadio-2007-05-14_21h14m50s

Anyone have problems hearing these recordings can also access them via Achim's excellent blog. Click on the link for "Achim's Free Radio Disaster." There is also an opportunity there for you to leave your own recordings.

Tues May 15

6306: Brandaris Radio with schlager and polka @ 1625. ID with hotline and email address given. SINPO 34433.

Mon May 14

3932: MRF Radio heard @ 2010 playing "Summer Breeze," followed by automated announcement and sign off with "Man of Action." Quite heavy static tonight. SINPO 44333.

Sun May 13

3945: Weekend Music Radio back on this frequency to avoid Reflections Europe on 3910. Heard @ 1730 playing ELO. SINPO 34433.

5720: Orion Radio heard @ 0755 playing "My Sweet Lord," some occasional utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6210: Radio Borderhunter with a good signal @ 0850, with Summer Meeting promo and playing Men At Work song. Having problem with his phone. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 0810 with pop. SINPO 23432.

6245: Britain Radio Int via JRRI with its regular 2nd Sunday programme. Fair signal @ 0905 reaching good levels but some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6245: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI playing oldies @ 1120. SINPO 44433.

6265: Premier Radio with Premier FM programmes @ 0800, playing oldies. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Zeelandia playing polka, greeting Dr Tim @ 2005. Fair signal with good peaks, but some static noise. SINPO 34333.

6275: Laser Hot Hits playing oldies @ 0910. SINPO 34333.

6285: Radio Geronimo with a test broadcast. Heard @ 0915 giving out email address of geronimoshortwave @ hotmail.com and mailing address via SRS Germany, and playing song by Supertramp. Fair signal with good peaks on a clear channel. SINPO 34333.

6287: Radio Skyline (tent) in QSO with Scotland. Poor-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6300: Radio Scotland in QSO @ 1055 with several stations including Hot Radio, Albatross and Skyline. SINPO 44433.

6302: Radio Titanic playing rock n roll @ 1130. Poor with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6305: Radio Shadowman with a strong signal @ 0930, playing schlager with IDs in Dutch. SINPO 44444.

6305: Radio Scotland Int in QSO with Shadowman @ 1000. SINPO 44433.

6306: Brandaris Radio Int playing schlager @ 1705, sudden off with quick ID at 1720. Audio sounded a bit distorted. SINPO 34333.

6309: Unid station heard @ 2050 playing oldies. The accent sounded French, possibly Zoulu Kilo but I might be completely wrong! Just couldn't quite get a clear ID. SINPO 24332. Message on Alfa Lima from Radio Pirana said this was him testing. (see comment)

6400: Weekend Music Radio chatting about Irish pirate radio @ 0805. SINPO 44433.
Time now 2140 and WMR still strong on 6400 - s9+10dB. Good on 3945 as well - s9. Very enjoyable programmes hearing about olden days of pirate radio!

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) with non-stop schlager and oldies @ 1035. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333. Robertas in Belgium logged Radio Hamamelis.

Latest recordings: Borderhunter, Britain Radio and Shadowman audio clips at http://www.esnips.com/web/ukdxersBusinessFiles

(updated 21:40UTC)

More recordings

The latest audio clips from last night are: Weekend Music Radio (on 6400), WNKR and Radio Victoria. Check them out at http://www.esnips.com/web/ukdxersBusinessFiles/

Sat May 12

3900: Radio Spaceman heard @ 1925 playing polka, a few minutes later moved to 3927. SINPO 54444.

3905: Radio Boomerang playing Depeche Mode @ 2105, then sign off. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

3910: Weekend Music Radio talking about UK pirates @ 1935, in parallel with 6400. Still announcing 3945. Good signal here but not as strong as 6400. SINPO 44433.

3925: Radio Borderhunter playing dance music @ 1850. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

3927: Radio Spaceman moved here @ 1928, but Borderhunter still on 3925 so bit of a mess until Borderhunter closed down. SINPO 43443. After Borderhunter closed - SINPO 54444.

3940: WNKR heard @ 1855 playing King Crimson music. Good signal here. SINPO 44433. By 2235 signal booming in - SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop but lot of noise around frequency @ 1645. SINPO 33333.

6255: KBC via Lithuania with the usual massive signal @ 2225 playing music from the 60s to today. SINPO 55555.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0920 with ads for Radio Review magazine and Laser tee shirts. Fair signal but rapid fading. SINPO 34433.

6293: Radio Victoria playing the Monkees @ 2110, gave email address as freeradiovictoria @ hotmail.com SINPO 44433.

6300: Flux AM with schlager @ 1635. Just caught "Flux AM" jingle. Poor signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6310: Radio Zeelandia @ 2115 playing polka, ID in Dutch and off. Fair-good signal but some local QRM. SINPO 43433.

6311: Radio Lowland with mix of schlager and oldies @ 1700. ID heard at 1709 with email address and hotline number. Fair signal but another noisy frequency. SINPO 33333.

6400: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 1715 with guest DJ Paul Graham, playing some oldies from the 70s and 80s. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6878: Pirate Music (tent) audible just above the noise level @ 1630. Can just detect pop music. SINPO 23332.

9290: Radio City v Latvia heard @ 1025 with mention of the station's slogan "Station of the Cars," and email address: citymorecars @ yahoo.ca Also playing 60s music. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 45433.
Hear audio clip: http://www.esnips.com/doc/10b0fe6e-8260-4c1a-b5fd-df9a64f873d6/RCity-2007-05-12_11h59m45s

(updated 22:25UTC)

Fri May 11

6220: Mystery Radio with a live programme from Chris Ise @ 1730. Good signal. SINPO 44433. Hear a couple of short audio clips from the programme - click on Ukdxer's Recordings in Links column.

6275: Radio Zeelandia playing polka @ 1630, off at 1638. Seemed to be having some technical problems. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Odyssey (tent) @ 1720 with ballads. Noisy frequency with ute qrm. At 1735 lost as strong Dutch station signed on same frequency. SINPO 33333.

6310: Unid Dutch station playing polka @ 1735. Slight whistle from station underneath. SINPO 43433.

Strangely quiet on 76m tonight. If it is as wet in the Netherlands as it is here, I'm not surprised!

(updated 21:55UTC)

Another free radio wiki

Recently this blog featured the free radio wikipedia (www.srs.pp.se) set up by Jonny of SRS, which unfortunately hasn't really taken off.

This week, while surfing the internet, I discovered Jonny was not the first as there is another pirate radio wikipedia. Its address is http://freeradio.wiki-site.com and it mainly concentrates on landbased pirates on FM and medium wave in England - in particular the Midlands and Northern England. It is a detailed look at stations, broken down by both decade and area.

There are also short sections on UK shortwave pirates from the 80s, Irish pirates and Laser 558.

Another section features radio-related terminology. Certainly well worth a visit.

Now, I wonder if there are any more wikis out there?

Thu May 10

3925: Unid station @ 2000 playing music. Barely audible here. SINPO 24332.

3927: Cupid Radio heard with a good signal @ 2030 playing Joan Jett "I Love Rock N Roll." Station using 300W. SINPO 44433.
Hear audio clip: http://www.esnips.com/doc/ecb007ba-9b9c-46ce-a274-7eb39f1a9f54/CupidR-2007-05-10_21h37m55s

6306: Brandaris Radio heard @ 1720 playing polka and schlager, giving out email address and hotline. Poor to fair signal with deep fading. SINPO 34333. At 1750 moved to 6303 before going to 6307.

More recordings

I've downloaded some more audio clips from last weekend.

In this latest batch are KBC, MV Baltic Radio, Radio Joystick and Radio Lowland.

To hear any of them click on 'Ukdxer's Recordings' in the Links column and it will take you to the page.

Wed May 9

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1955. SINPO 44433.

9290: Radio Mi Amigo v Latvia with a strong signal @ 2000, playing soft rock with jingles. SINPO 55544.

Radio Mi Amigo

9290 khz Relay (via Latvia) this Wednesday May 9th

Radio Mi Amigo 19.00 - 21.00UTC

(info via Tom Taylor, EMR)

I didn't hear them last week. I'm also still waiting for a reply from an email I sent them several weeks ago. Their website still seems to be under construction or very minimal.

Mon May 7

It might have been a public holiday today in the UK but there was no pirate activity during the day, unless there were stations on and no reception here.

3945: Weekend Music Radio testing @ 1705 with non-stop music. Fair signal. Can't hear anything from WNKR on 3940 yet. SINPO 34433. (see comments)

5805: Radio Telstar South still going strong here @ 1735. I guess they were on all day but no signal here but faded in now with a good signal, playing Tony Christie SINPO 44433.
Audio clip: http://www.esnips.com/doc/ade19719-0968-4371-86ba-1c728a34560b/RTelstarS-2007-05-07_18h39m35s

6220: Mystery Radio coming in well with pop @ 1635. SINPO 44433.

6285: WNKR back on 48mb. Heard @ 2030 with Steve Underground playing some 60s sounds. A good weekend of programmes from the station. SINPO 44433.

6300: Radio Condor with pop music @ 1640 and IDs. Gave email address as condorradio @ hotmail.com Poor-fair signal with much fading. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Alice heard @ 1725 playing Hot Chocolate's "Everyone's A Winner." Good signal. SINPO 44433.
Audio clip: http://www.esnips.com/doc/dd2fdad5-2b4e-4ed2-a046-7d38fb9ce98b/RAlice-2007-05-07_18h33m41s

6326: Radio Kilo Tango Lima playing Duran Duran's "Save a Prayer." @ 1745. Fair-good signal here. SINPO 44333.

(updated 20:35UTC)

Audio clips

I've downloaded some clips from the weekend.

First Andy Walker on WNKR
http://www.esnips.com/doc/e120adac-5664-45e7-abfe-921c80e05cc3/WNKR-2007-05-05_20h25m26s


Now an ID from Fox 48:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/6c2fc96d-b556-4127-9080-93a2f9d4d741/RFox48-2007-05-05_22h44m28s

And sign off from Radio Zodiac:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/6442a908-52e0-4ef6-a10f-c49a6f825abc/RZodiac-2007-05-05_22h28m57s

Radio Scotland Int on Sunday morning:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/ff9d7c69-b626-44a4-9a32-83964fe55f23/RScotland-2007-05-06_10h47m18s

Here's Radio Tina and Radio Spaceman on Sunday afternoon:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/6f145fcf-03a6-4bbd-ab00-fea0e82c9ed8/RSpaceman.Tina-2007-05-06_16h04m00s
Let me know if it works - or if it doesn't!
By the way the time in the catchline is British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Sun May 6

3940: WNKR @ 1900 playing Shocking Blue "Venus." SINPO 44433. As Dave Martin said - not bad for 20W

5715: Orion Radio heard @ 0800 playing a promo for the Summer Meeting and some polka. SINPO 34333.

5805: Radio Telstar South finally faded in here this evening. Heard @ 1805 playing 60s music. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6199: Radio Zodiac Int calling Radio Scotland @ 0955. SINPO 44433.

6200: Radio Scotland Int playing rock music @ 0915. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6201: West Coast Radio in QSO with Scotland @ 0950. SINPO 34333.

6210: SM World Radio (tent) seems to be new station heard @ 0830. Not sure how the name is spelt. Heard playing oldies music and announcing Hotmail email address. SINPO 34433. (I think this is Antonio Radio, looking at other logs - my hearing must be going!)

6220: Mystery Radio giving Boney M "Rivers of Babylon" a spin @ 2015, followed by jingle. SINPO 44433.

6265: Premier Radio Int with rock music @ 0805. SINPO 33333.

6270: Radio Spaceman with German pirate Radio Tina @ 1220 giving out hotline number. Playing rock music and schlager. Good signal despite the conditions. SINPO 44433.

6290: Radio Mazda with schlager @ 1215. Good signal but some rapid fading. SINPO 44433.

6306: Radio Brandaris Int (tent) playing Iron Maiden and Ram Jam at 0815. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Zodiac heard @ 1205 playing music by The Clash and Toto. SINPO 34333.

6400: Weekend Music Radio playing Fleetwood Mac song @ 0925. One of the best signals this morning. Also announced would be using 3910 to give better UK reception. SINPO 44444.

6525: Radio RP with schlager @ 0920. SINPO 34333.

(updated 20:15UTC)

Sat May 5

3904: Bogusman heard with his usual ramblings @ 2010, talk about recycling, and playing indie music. SINPO 44333.

3927: Unid station playing dance music @ 2015, sudden off at 2017 before returning a few minutes later then going off again. SINPO 34333.

3927: Radio Fox 48 heard playing "Blueberry Hill." Good signal here. SINPO 44333.

3940: WNKR with a bank holiday weekend of broadcasting on this frequency and 1476. Heard @ 1910 with Andy Walker and a bubblegum music special. Fair to good signal, some fading and crackle. Signal S9, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1500. SINPO 34433. Also heard @ 2155 with a live programme presented by Chris Ise. SINPO 43433.

6255: KBC via Lithuania blasting in @ 2200 sign on with the Osmonds "Crazy Horses." Signal 9+30dB. SINPO 55555.

6270: Orion Radio heard playing polka @ 0800. SINPO 34433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits with recordings of Swinging Radio England @ 1005. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6309: Radio Valencia with non-stop schlager @ 1430. Fair signal and finally IDed @ 1457. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Malaisy is very much like Mystery Radio with non-stop music and occasional jingle IDs. Coming in well @ 1735 but it would be good to hear some real programmes from them. SINPO 44444.

6311: Radio Zodiac signing off @ 2125, greeting listeners. Good signal but some slight SSB QRM. SINPO 43433.

6325: Radio Lowland heard briefly @ 1920 still testing his microphone. SINPO 44433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio playing a Steve Miller Band song @ 1725. Good clear signal and WMR seems to be spot on 6400 now. SINPO 44444.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia signing on @ 0900 with dance music in German. SINPO 45444.

(updated 22:05UTC)

Fri May 4

3927: Radio Sensation heard @ 2025 playing Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." Heard @ 2135 greeting listeners, giving out hotline number. SINPO 34333.

3932: MRF Radio heard @ 2255 playing song "Summer Breeze" followed by automated announcement. Off in mid-record @ 2300. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 2040. SINPO 44433.

6306: Brandaris Radio back on the air with a new antenna, studio and location. Heard playing polka @ 2030. Gave email address as: brandaris.radio @ hotmail.com SINPO 43433.

6311: Radio Lowland and Marconi mic testing @ 2150. Was coming in 44433 but within five minutes faded out completely!

(updated 23:05UTC)

Thu May 3

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1945. SINPO 44333.

6275: Radio Romeo Echo heard playing oldies @ 2230 but suffering SSB QRM. Signal quite good (S9) but fluctuating. SINPO 43433.

(updated 22:35UTC)

WNKR this weekend

WNKR will be on air both Sunday 6th & Monday 7th of May.

Frequencies in use will be, 1476 kHz and 3940 kHz.

Reports by email to wnkr @ rock.com

Thanks

Dave Martin

(info via Europirates Yahoo! group)

This Monday is a public holiday in the UK so there may be some other UK stations on that day.

Wed May 2

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1900. SINPO 44433.

6325: Unid station heard @ 1910. Weak signal with ute QRM around frequency making identification difficult. Heard some schlager so probably Dutch. SINPO 23332.

The Saharan station move to 6378 was short-lived. Back on 6300 tonight!

Tues May 1

3922: West Coast Radio heard @ 2210 playing a Donald Fagin song, jingle and off at 2214. SINPO 43333.

3932: MRF Radio heard announcing test transmission @ 2155, asking for reports to mrfradio @ hotmail.com Played Coldplay song and signed off @ 2200. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 2005. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Malaisy heard @ 0850 playing disco/funk music, ID @ 0905, followed by "She Works Hard for the Money." Fair but fluctuating signal. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Skywire heard playing 80s music @ 2015. Fair signal but some SSB QRM. ID came at 2045 as the station signed off. SINPO 33433.

6878: Pirate Music with dance music @ 2010. Message on Alfa Lima said broadcast was to mark 11th birthday of Planet FM which the station relays. Quite noisy frequency here. SINPO 34333.

(updated 22:20UTC)

Mon Apr 30

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1630. Already strong here. SINPO 44333.

6311: Radio Lowland heard playing some polka music @ 1245, ID in Dutch and English. SINPO 34333.

The Western Sahara clandestine station that was using the popular pirate frequency of 6300 in the evenings/early morning appears to have moved. I heard the station on 6378 with a very strong signal this evening. How long the station will stay there is anyone's guess!

(updated 21:55UTC)

Sun Apr 29

Not good conditions this morning with many signals struggling, better this evening:

3923: West Coast Radio coming in well @ 2215, playing rock music. SINPO 44333.

3933: Radio Black Arrow heard @ 2050 playing "Runaway Train" and "Walk on Water." Fair-good signal but lot of static on band. SINPO 34333.

3933: Radio Fox 48 heard @ 2225 playing Rolling Stones "It's Only Rock n Roll," ID and said was closing down. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

3940: WNKR heard with Andy Walker @ 1850 playing 60s music. Some static crashes. SDINPO 34333.

5725: Orion Radio heard playing oldies @ 0815, talking about the good weather. SINPO 34333.

6210: Radio Borderhunter heard @ 0825 with oldies and playing promo for the Summer Meeting. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6220: Radio Marabu v Mystery Radio in German, with alternative music @ 0820. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with a strong signal tonight. Usual pop music @ 1940. SINPO 44433.

6244: Jolly Roger Radio relaying an American country music programme @ 1030. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 23432.

6275: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1035 playing some hi-energy music from the 80s. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Mazda with 60s music @ 1045. Greeting listeners. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Quintus playing schlager @ 0810. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio playing recordings of Irish station Radio Nova @ 0830. One of the better signals this morning. SINPO 44433.

6524: Radio Ramona (pres) with oldies @ 0930. Signal just audible. SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:25UTC)

Sat Apr 28

3908: Radio Fox 48 playing oldies and greeting Jari @ 2010. SINPO 34333.

3910: Unid station heard with weak signal, playing disco music @ 2150. SINPO 23332. (see comments)

3927: Antonio Radio @ 2025 announcing hotline number playing oldies. SINPO 44333.

3935: Radio Sensation with a good signal playing 60s music. Announced address of PO Box 73, 7160AB Neede and email radiosensation @ hotmail.com SINPO 44333. Also heard in QSO with West Coast @ 2210.

3937: West Coast Radio heard in long conversation in Dutch with Antonio Radio @ 2155. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio with alternative music, talk in German @ 1840. SINPO 43433.

6255: KBC via Lithuania with their usual strong signal @ 2205, heard ads for their business and the website mediumwave.info. Played song by The Runaways. SINPO 55555.

6275: WNKR heard playing jazz music @ 1850. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6276: Laser Hot Hits with recordings of Swinging Radio England @ 0935. SINPO 34433.

6299: Radio Saturnus playing Robbie Williams songs, greeting Mike from Norway @ 1115. Some utility noise. SINPO 33433.

6305: Radio Mazda with schlager @ 2010 and announced mailing address of Pastinaak 4, 7443JD Nijverdal, Netherlands. SINPO 44444.

6311: Radio Lowland playing some polka music @ 1140. Fair signal but rapid fading. Also giving out email address. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Lycos with polka and schlager @ 1055. Email address is lycosrds @ hotmail.com SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio putting in a very good signal @ 1740, playing 80s song "Big in Japan," and giving out web address. SINPO 54444.

9290: Radio Casablanca via Latvia signing on @ 1100 with German pop and schlager. SINPO 45444.

(updated 22:00UTC)

Fri Apr 27

3932: Radio Jimmy (tent) heard @ 2247 signing off giving email address. Some utility splash from 3930. SINPO 43433.

6220: Mystery Radio with the usual non-stop pop and jingles @ 2155. SINPO 44433.

(updated 22:50UTC)

Latvia relays

9290 relays this weekend.

April 28th
10-1100UTC: Latvia Today (interview with Robert Maloni, an Italian who lives in Latvia with group Bonoparti)
11-1200UTC: Radio Casablanca

April 29th
14-1500UTC: RWE (see below)
15-1600UTC: Latvia Today

(info via Tom Taylor)

Radio RWE

Radio RWE, via Ulbroka 9290 kHz, April 29.

Please let me draw your attention to a new initiative called Radio RWE. We rented time off the Ulbroka transmitter and plan to air our first show in English.

Radio RWE will be relayed on shortwave via Ulbroka, Latvia transmitter (100 kW) on Sunday, April 29, 2007 from 1400 until 1500 UT on 9290 kHz. You can also listen to the show on the Internet at the following address: http://www.radiorwe.com

The show will be devoted mainly to shortwave vintage transmissions, jamming and current DX news, as well as some literature subjects. We hope to broadcast on regular basis, no less than once a quarter, with similar kind of programming.

Reception reports for shortwave relay are very welcome! Please send them (including return postage) to the following address: SRS Deutschland, Radio RWE. Postfach 101145, 99801 Eisenach, Germany.

We highly appreciate your mp3 files with recordings of our shortwave relay! Please send them to the following e-mail address: radiorwe @ yahoo.com or radiorwe @ radiorwe.com

We can confirm your e-mail reception reports - with mp3 recording included - with our electronic QSL cards (if you prefer to receive snail mail "traditional" QSL card, please send return postage and your reception report to the address above).

Kind regards, Radio RWE team

(via A-DX Apr 14 via BCDX April 20 via DX Listening Digest)

Pirate forum

Radio Lowland has started a new forum where people can place listings of shortwave pirates heard. The address is http://www.sre.come2me.nl/

Thurs Apr 26

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1845 with pop. SINPO 33433.

6400: Unid station playing music by the group Air @ 1915. Strong signal here (S9+10dB) no ID heard. SINPO 44444. Tuned in again @ 2130, station still strong here, playing American soft rock. WMR testing maybe?

Wed April 25

3930: West Coast Radio heard @ 2135 giving out the station's mailing address and email address before some playing some pop music. Good signal tonight from WCR. SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 2035. SINPO 44444.

9290: Radio Mi Amigo v Latvia blasting in @ 2040, playing rock music. Signal 9+20dB here. SINPO 55544.

(updated 21:40UTC)

Tues Apr 24

3929: West Coast Radio heard playing heavy rock @ 2130 with "West Coast" jingles. Fair-good signal peaking at S9. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with the usual pop @ 1655. SINPO 34333.

6400: Radio RP with schlager @ 1635 followed by ID and hotline number in Dutch. Email address given as radiorp @ live.nl SINPO 34333.

(updated 21:45UTC)

Mon Apr 23

3927: Radio Fox 48 from Norway heard playing a Dire Straits song @ 2010. Gave email address as radiofox48 @ hotmail.com Good signal, peaking just over S9 here, although a bit fluttery. SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 2015. SINPO 44444.

Sun Apr 22

Again poor conditions this morning with a lot of fading, although some stations did manage to make it through the noise.

3927: Radio Borderhunter putting in a good, clear signal @ 2025, greeting Jari and Mike from Fox 48, playing dance music and lots of plugs for the Summer Meeting. SINPO 44444.

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 2205 playing oldies, clear ID, giving out address. This the first time I've heard Laser on 75m since they closed their transmitters down. I guess this is via a relay. Poor-fair signal, suddenly improving @ 2315 (as if someone had turned the power up). SINPO 24332 to 34433.

5715: Radio Boomerang with a good signal @ 0805, playing schlager and dance music. SINPO 44444.

5725: Orion Radio with schlager @ 0800, some splash from Boomerang. SINPO 33433.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0900, but signal fading in and out. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio playing pop with jingles @ 1700. SINPO 33433.

6239: Jolly Roger Radio heard playing country music @ 1250, some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6240: Radio Kentucky with schlager @ 0945. SINPO 34433.

6244: Britain Radio Int struggling today. Heard @ 1100, giving out web address, playing oldies, but weak signal. SINPO 23332.

6265: Premier Radio Int with oldies @ 0810. SINPO 34433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits @ 0915 with Dave Simpson playing a Tom Petty song. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Casanova heard playing schlager, giving out hotline number in Dutch @ 1430. SINPO 34433.

6295: Radio Northpole playing dance music @ 0920, ID. SINPO 34433.

6305: Radio Zodiac heard playing oldies and giving out hotline and email address @ 1235. Fair signal, but fading. SINPO 34333.

6306: Unid station heard @ 0750 playing polka, and the "Chariots of Fire" theme. SINPO 34333.

6310: Unid station playing schlager and ballads. Heard @ 1950 and listened to station faded out at 2003. No IDs heard. SINPO 33433.

6392: Unid station heard playing 80s music @ 1245. Weak signal, not helped by splash from WMR. SINPO 23332.

6400: Weekend Music Radio had one of the best signals this morning. Heard @ 0855 playing an Elton John song. SINPO 44444.

9710: Laser Radio via Lithuania with a very good signal here. Signing on @ 1130 for a three hour broadcast. Geoff Rogers playing Al Stewart, Cliff Richard and Kaiser Chiefs. Email address is studio @ laserradio.net SINPO 55544.

(updated 22:15UTC)

Sat Apr 21

3904: Bogusman @ 1845 playing alternative music, chatting about life etc. Good signal, peaking at 9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

3910: Radio Likedeeler heard @ 2140 greeting Dr Tim, giving out hotline and mailing address. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 23332.

3927: Radio Spaceman with his usual massive signal, hitting 9+20dB. Heard @ 1825 with usual mix of schlager, rock and pop. SINPO 54444.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0920. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with a live programme from Chris Ise. Heard @ 1700 playing oldies. SINPO 43433.

6255: KBC via Lithuania playing rock and pop @ 2230. Very strong signal. SINPO 55555.

6265: Premier Radio heard @ 1140 playing oldies and announcing as "Premier FM" so must also be broadcasting locally in Ireland. SINPO 34333.

6270: Unid station with oldies, breaks in transmission but quite a good signal @ 0935. SINPO 44433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard with advert for Laser sweatshirts @ 0915. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6300: Radio Lowland heard @ 1715 with co-channel QRM from Saharan clandestine station. Moved at 1720 to 6316. SINPO 42432.

6308: Radio Kentucky heard @ 2010 playing schlager, giving out hotline and mailing address in English and Dutch. SINPO 44433.

6310: Orion Radio playing "When a man loves a woman" @ 0750 and greeting Marco. SINPO 34433.

6310: Lycos Radio with polka and schlager @ 1310, plus IDs in English. SINPO 34433.

6316: Radio Lowland with Radio Dutchwing heard @ 1725 playing Abba's "Dancing Queen." Some utility QRM but not a problem. SINPO 43443.

6400: Weekend Music Radio with non-stop 70s/80s oldies @ 0925. SINPO 44433. Heard @ 1705 with Jack playing a recording 80s pirate Spectrum World Broadcasting. Very strong. SINPO 54444.

(updated 22:35UTC)

Fri Apr 20

3908: Radio Fox 48 playing dance music @ 2215. One of best signals heard from station but signal is a bit overmodulated. SINPO 44333.

3927: Antonio Radio greeting listeners @ 2210, giving out email and hotline, playing 60s music. SINPO 44333.

3928: Radio Pacman heard with schlager, talk in Dutch, mentioning Boomerang, @ 1930. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

3934: Radio Pacman with report to Antonio Radio @ 2235. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with the usual pops @ 1950. SINPO 44444.

6305: Cobra Radio (v tent) @ 1925 playing dance music, but splash from the Saharan station on 6300 and flattened when Boomerang was on 6310. SINPO 33433 (when Boomerang not on). (Radio Condor...see comments)

6310: Radio Boomerang with a very strong signal @ 1920 playing oldies. Returning for QSO with MRF Radio before closing down just before 2000. SINPO 54444.

(updated 22:45UTC)

Thurs Apr 19

3929: Station heard @ 2200 playing dance music, no IDs. Closed down or faded out by 2225. SINPO 34433.

3940: Radio Whitesnake and Cupid Radio playing David Bowie's "Heroes" @ 2008, with occasional jingle IDs. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333. Heard @ 2038 greeting listeners who had contacted the stations. Signal peaking at S9+10dB but rapid fading.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 2000. SINPO 44433.

(updated 22:30UTC)

Wed Apr 18

3929: West Coast Radio @ 2210 playing rock music and giving out hotline number, some Russian SSB QRM. Signal here S9. SINPO 33433.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2005 with pop and jingles. SINPO 44433.

9290: Radio Mi Amigo v Latvia booming in @ 2030 with Neil Gates playing soft rock. The station's slogan is "classic album radio." Web address is www.radiomiamigo.us and email is miamigodigital @ hotmail.co.uk SINPO 55555.

(updated 22:10UTC)

Laser Radio

LITHUANIA. A test transmission of Laser Radio will be carried at 1130-1430 on Sunday, 22 April via Sitkunai 9710 (100 kW) with the 279 degrees antenna.

Laser Radio is the label for a "new" relay service project by Andrew Yates. Some years ago his productions/relays were carried by the Ulbroka relay service in Latvia under the label "Laser
Radio" and "Euronet Radio".

The refurbished project website is: http://www.laserradio.net

Information about Laser/Euronet Radio transmissions & activities in earlier years can be found in the Internet Archive Mayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.laserradio.net and
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.euronetradio.com

(Bernd Trutenau, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This is a separate set-up from Laser Hot Hits

RADIO MI AMIGO
Meanwhile, tonight from 19-2100UTC, Radio Mi Amigo is being broadcast via the Ulbroka, Latvia transmitter on 9290. I guess this is the same station that has been heard via IRRS and, more recently, via the Lithuania medium wave transmitter on 1386.

Tues Apr 17

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1700 coming in with a very good signal. As usual, the non-stop pops. SINO 44444.

Anyone who can receive Channel 4 in the UK, can see a programme on TV tonight at 9pm (BST) called Get Your Act Together With Harvey Goldsmith where the famous music promoter tries to turn around the fortunes of the radio station Big L 1395, which despite having many famous name DJs has very few listeners. I watched the show last week, where he helped 1980s heavy metal band Saxon reach out to new younger metal fans.

Mon Apr 16

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1910. SINPO 44433.

Euroradio 2007

THE UK MARINE OFFENCES ACT - 40th ANNIVERSARY

Euroradio 2007 - France Radio Club /Offshore Echo's

France Radio Club and Offshore Echo's annual event commemorates the 40th anniversary of the British Marine Offences Act, that closed most of the offshore radio stations down in August 1967.

Euroradio 2007 takes place in Calais, France on Saturday 8 September, at theHotel Georges V. Commemorating 40 years ago, and celebrating the best of offshore radio, with special guests and video presentations.

This year's special guests include:
SIMON DEE: The man who officially opened Radio Caroline at mid-day on Easter Saturday 28th March 1964.
CARL THOMPSON: One of Radio Caroline's original engineers in the 1960's, Carl will be introducing an audio-visual presentation
JOHN ASTON: Worked on a number of 60's offshore stations under a variety of names, and will be re-calling some of those times
DAVE MACKAY: In contrast to most of the offshore stations, Britain Radio & Radio 355 broadcast "easy listening" music. Dave remembers life aboard the Laissez Faire.
OTHER GUESTS: To be announced

Booking: Euroradio 2007 costs 35 euro (£24.00) including dinner, or just 10 euro (£7.00) for the afternoon (without dinner).

For Bookings and further information contact:
E-mail oem @ offshoreechos. com
Post: Offshore Echo's, PO Box 1514, London W7 2LL, England
http://www.offshoreechos.com/Main%20page.html

(info via radioanoraksuk)

Sun Apr 15

Poor daytime reception - very much summer propagation conditions at the moment.

3928: Radio Scirocco playing polka music @ 1745. Weak here. Off a few minutes later. SINPO 24332.

3929: West Coast Radio heard @ 2145 playing a track by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Fair-good signal here. Thanks for the mention. SINPO 34433.

5730: Orion Radio greeting listeners @ 0750 and playing "We Love the Pirate Stations." SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio playing pop @ 0900. SINPO 33433.

6239: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI (tent) heard @ 1145 playing oldies. Deep fades of the signal. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio with 70s music @ 0750. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Devalon with one of the better signals this morning - but still only fair/good at best. Heard @ 0835 with rock n roll and free radio news. SINPO 34433.

6305: Radio Lowland heard @ 1820 playing music from Gerry Rafferty, Dire Straits and Queen, giving out hotline and email address in English. Good signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6309: Unid station playing schlager @ 0800. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 1030 talking about pirates from the 1980s. Deep fades. SINPO 44333.

6524: Radio Ramona (pres) @ 0840 playing oldies. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

9510: European Music Radio v IRRS with Paul Graham playing 60s music. Heard @ 1138 playing the Animals "We've Got To Get Out of This Place." SINPO 44433.

(updated 21:50UTC)

Sat Apr 14

Summer is here (two months early!). Hot and sunny outside but still a few stations around.

3904: Bogusman putting in a very good signal tonight with the usual chat and indie music. Heard @ 1940 with SINPO of 44444.

3927: Antonio Radio playing oldies @ 2055. Poor signal here. SINPO 24332.

5825: WNKR heard @ 2045 with Dave Martin playing instrumental music. Some splash from 5830. SINPO 33433.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) @ 0920 with oldies. Poor to fair signal, noisy and fading. Not easy to hear. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio coming in well with non-stop pop and jingles @ 1645. Nothing else around on 48m at this time. SINPO 44433.

6239: Jolly Roger Radio Int heard with country music @ 0945 and IDs. SINPO 34433.

6255: The Mighty KBC v Lithuania @ 2230 playing Del Shannon. Peaking at 9+30dB here. SINPO 55555.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing "Radar Love," by Golden Earring @ 0915. Fair signal. SINPO 34433. The station was also heard @ 1950, playing "American Pie." SINPO 44433.

6280: Radio Mazda heard playing schlager @ 2110, ID and then sign off. SINPO 44444.

6285: Orion Radio playing schlager @ 0910, off at 0914 so he could go and walk the dog! SINPO 34433.

6300: Unid station playing continuous music from the Wizard of Oz. First heard @ 0930 and still going strong @ 1110. Fair to good signal. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio heard playing "I Love Rock & Roll" @ 1930. Good signal peaking at 9+20dB. SINPO 44444.

(updated 22:30UTC)

Fri Apr 13

3926: MRF Radio heard in QSO with Boomerang @ 1952. Poor-fair signal. Greeting Jari in Finland. SINPO 24332.

3930: Radio Boomerang with his usual powerful signal @ 1940, playing Cockney Rebel "Come Up and See Me" and Freddie Mercury's "Living on my Own." Signal peaking here at 9+20dB. SINPO 54444. Also heard @ 1955 on 3926 in QSO with MRF Radio.

3940: Radio Whitesnake and Radio Antonio playing rock music @ 2015, co-channel SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6220: Mystery Radio playing pop @ 1935. SINPO 44433.

(updated 20:20UTC)

Radio Waves on the internet

Go to http://www.pirateradionetwork.com/
1. download the player
2. choose stations
a. then music
b. then country
c. then Radio Waves Int

If you can leave us a message about where are you are listening from, what you think about the idea of listening to RWI via the net, when you can listen to us and would like to do this via the net?
All comments are welcome.
73s
Peter Hills

RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL
BP 130
92504 RUEIL Cedex
FRANCE
http://go.to/rwi

(info via swpirates)

Thu Apr 12

3940: Cupid Radio and Radio Whitesnake heard @ 2035 with their regular Thursday night broadcast, greeting listener in Austria and playing some Austrian rock. Good signal here. Thanks for the mention! SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop music. Coming in well @ 2040. SINPO 44433.

Wed Apr 11

6220: Mystery Radio again with a good signal this evening. Non-stop pop with jingles. Signal peaking at 9+10dB @ 2040. SINPO 44444.

Tues Apr 10

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and jingles @ 1705. SINPO 44433.

European Music Radio broadcasts

Two transmissions from EMR on Sunday, April 15, to mark its 31st birthday

1130 to 1200UTC on 9310 khz (via IRRS)
Paul Graham programme - part 1

1500 to 1700UTC on 9290 khz (via Latvia)
Tom Taylor programme - 1500 to 1530
Paul Graham - part 2 - 1530 to 1600
Mike Taylor mail box - 1600 to 1700

These are all new programmes. There will be repeats via the internet service on Sunday night

73s
Tom

Website: www.emr.org.uk

Mon Apr 9

5825: WNKR's Easter marathon continues although daytime reception here has been difficult. Heard Steve Underground @ 0905 with a poor/fair signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 23432. Steve Underground was on again @ 1745, signal stronger - 34333, but carrier came on same frequency five minutes later.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) playing oldies @ 0850. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1735 with pop. SINPO 43433.

6280: Radio Marconi "from north part of the Netherlands" playing oldies @ 0915. SINPO 34433.

6303: Unid station just heard through utility noise @ 0855. SINPO 22332.

6305: Radio Shortwave is a new station heard @ 1740 playing "Lay Down Sally," followed by clear ID. Some splash from the Sahara station on 6300. SINPO 33433.

6306: Radio Skywire heard @ 2005 with ID and rock. Fair signal. SINPO 33333.

6308: Unid station heard playing 70s disco @ 1805. No ID heard. SINPO 34433.

6311: Radio Lowland with 70s and 80s rock and pop @ 1825. Mostly non-stop music. SINPO 43433. Still going strong @ 2025, greeting listener in Austria and playing The Scorpions "Winds of Change." Email address: radiolowland @ hotmail.com SINPO 44433.

6374: West Coast Radio playing oldies, some utility QRM but a fair-good signal. SINPO 33433.

9290: World Communications Services/Radio Waves Int v Latvia @ 0900 with a one hour programme of 80s oldies, offering special QSL for reports. SINPO 45444.

9290: Radio Marabu v Latvia took over @ 1000 for a three hour programe in German. SINPO 45444.

(updated 20:35UTC)

Sun Apr 8

The good weather and better propagation certainly brought the stations out today with plenty heard although deep fades a problem early on.

3927: Radio Spaceman with a massive signal @ 2000, playing rock music and schlager, greeting listeners. Peaking at S9+20dB here. Strongest signal heard on 75m for a long time. SINPO 54444.

3927: Radio Delmare heard with voice report to Spaceman @ 2240. SINPO 24332.

3930: Radio Rob 007 (tent) @ 2246 playing "Relax" Frankie Goes to Hollywood" and Heatwave "Boogie Nights." Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

5725: Orion Radio heard @ 0755 playing A-Ha's "Take on Me", sign off at 0830. Coming in well today. SINPO 44433.

5825: WNKR with Andy Walker talking about Radio Telstar South @ 1010. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6210: Radio Bonofox @ 0915 with oldies, but deep fades of the signal making listening difficult. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with the usual pop @ 0820. SINPO 33433.

6239: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI @ 1125 with the A-Z of Classic Pop, playing Christopher Cross. SINPO 34433.

6245: Unid station with badly disorted signal @ 0955 not helped by utility QRM. SINPO 33432.

6260: Premier Radio Int with 70s music, on this frequency to avoid Cupid on 6265. Heard @ 0935 with SINPO of 34333.

6265: Cupid Radio @ 0750 reading a message from Germany, playing oldies. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6270: Radio Spaceman back on the air with the usual super signal - strongest on 48m this morning. Usual mix of rock and schlager. Signal peaking @ S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6275: Laser Hot Hits playing oldies @ 1055 but suffering splash from Spaceman's monster signal. SINPO 32432.

6290: Radio Mazda putting in a good signal @ 0920 with schlager and country music. SINPO 44433.

6295: Radio Northpole playing oldies, greeting Radio Bonofox @ 0930, but splash from Mazda. SINPO 33433.

6306: Radio Zodiac @ 1005 asking for reports, greeting Radio Galaxy. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Malaisy playing dance music, jingle ID heard @ 1351. SINPO 33433.

6310: Radio Bluehouse heard @ 2015 playing blues music, announced "this is a free radio station from Finland," although being relayed, probably by a Dutch station. Very good signal. Uses the SRS Germany mailing address in Eisenach. SINPO 44444.

6311: Radio Lowland giving out his email and hotline @ 0940 before playing "Heat of the Moment." SINPO 33433.

6325: Saturnus Radio playing rock and pop, email address: radiosaturnus @ hotmail.com SINPO 44433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio reading letters and playing Hot Chocolate "You Sexy Thing," @ 0925. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6524: Radio Ramona heard @ 0805 playing Yes "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Fair signal here. SINPO 34433.

9290: Radio Joystick v Latvia signing on @ 0900 for a one hour programme of dance music, in German. SINPO 454444.

9290: World Communication Service/Radio Waves Int v Latvia with an hour of oldies and pirate memories from 1000. SINPO 45444.

9290: Radio City v Latvia with two hours of oldies, starting @ 1100. Strange email address: citymorecars @ yahoo.ca SINPO 45433.

(updated 23:00UTC)

Sat Apr 7

The early arrival of summer has certainly not helped the propagation with 48 metres very quiet today with signals going from strong to nothing within a few minutes, although the 100kW transmitter in Latvia has been busy on 9290.

3927: Radio Scotland Int heard playing rock music @ 2025. Some utility noise but Scotland's signal was just above it. SINPO 33433.

3940: Cupid Radio heard @ 2230 greeting listeners and playing "Bad Moon Rising." Also mentioned RWI's 9290 broadcast tomorrow and said was closing down on 3940 and moving to 6265. Signal peaking at S9 but rapid fading. Fair/good. SINPO 34433.

5825: WNKR continuing its Easter broadcast. Heard here @ 1235 with Andy Walker spinning the discs. Fair signal (S6) but fading. SINPO 34433.

6216: King Shortwave heard @ 0945 playing oldies, jingle ID. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and jingles @ 1545. SINPO 43433.

6255: KBC v Lithuania putting in a good signal @ 2220 with oldies. SINPO 55544.

6265: Premier Radio Int from Ireland with a live Saturday evening broadcast. Heard @ 2005 playing "Kung Fu Fighting." Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits @ 1225 playing blues music, mentioned has relays in North America on 6925 and 6955. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Valencia heard @ 1245 playing 70s music from KC & The Sunshine Band and The Sweet. ID and hotline number @ 1300. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio (tent) with non-stop oldies @ 1410. SINPO 34433. Heard with Jack @ 1700, strong signal (peaking at S9+10dB) but deep fades. SINPO 44433.

9290: German Radio Caroline with a two hour programme via Latvia. I heard it @ 0740 playing rock music and closing @ 0800 with "Caroline" by the Fortunes. Web address: www.radiocaroline.de SINPO 44433.

9290: Latvia Today via Latvia took over @ 0800 with a one hour programme about Latvia. SINPO 44433.

9290: Radio Joystick v Latvia followed with a one hour programme of dance music in German. Heard @ 0910. Reception had improved to 44444.

(updated 22:40UTC)

Fri Apr 6

3927: Antonio Radio with polka and schlager @ 1935. Weak signal with fair peaks here. SINPO 24332.

3930: Radio Quintus heard here@ 2110 before moving @ 2113 to 3935 to avoid QRM with Antonio Radio. Signal booming in (S9) but rapid fading. Playing Status Quo song and greeting listeners. SINPO 44433 (both frequencies).

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1610 with 70s disco. Good signal but fading. SINPO 44433.

6300: Radio Bonofox heard with instrumental music @ 1415. ID and operator said very interested in reception reports which should be sent to radiobonofox @ hotmail.com Fair signal here but quite a bit of fading (34433).

6301: Radio Tarzan (tent) with schlager, ID in English and Dutch @ 1505 but signal faded out a few minutes later. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:25UTC)

Easter relays via Latvia

Relays for Easter via 9290Khz (Ulbroka, Latvia).

Friday April 6th
WCS/RWI (Radio Waves Int) 23.00 -00.00UTC

Saturday April 7th
German Caroline 6.00 -8.00UTC (Caroline Eifel?)
Latvia Today 8.00 -9.00UTC
Radio Joystick 9.00 -10.00UTC
WCS/RWI 23.00 - 00.00UTC

Sunday April 8th
Radio Joystick 9.00 -10.00UTC
WCS/RWI 10.00 - 11.00UTC
Radio City 11.00 -13.00UTC
Latvia Today13.00 -14.00UTC

Monday April 9th
WCS/RWI 9.00 -10.00UTC
Radio Marabu 10.00 -13.00UTC

(info via Tom Taylor)

Busy long weekend on 9290....let's hope for good conditions there and on 48 and 75 metres!

Thurs Apr 5

3939: West Coast Radio heard in a QSO with Radio Pacman @ 2147 in Dutch. Good signal. SINPO 44433. Pacman is 34433.

3940: Radio Whitesnake playing rock music @ 1900, greeting Jari in Finland. Gave hotline and email address of radiowhitesnake @ hotmail.com SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio playing 80s disco @ 1610. Fair signal (34433).

6240: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1550 with Colin Dixon programme, giving out contact details. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits also heard on this frequency @ 1555, with a sponsored listener's show of high-energy music. Not in parallel with 6240 and not as strong. SINPO 33433.

6305: Radio Mazda @ 1650 playing schlager, with ID @ 1653 with station contact details. IDed as "Mazda Radio International." Good signal here. SINPO 44433.

(updated 2150UTC)

Radio Pirana Int

Radio Pirana Int
Here is the schedule for our Easter transmissions from South America:

Wednesday 4 April - ending Monday 9 April
2200 - 1200 UTC (on Monday 9 ending at 10 UTC) on 6307kHz
20 watts

Please reply to: rpi @ radiopirana. com

(info via swpirates)

Wed Apr 4

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2205 playing UB40 song. Signal beginning to fade a bit. SINPO 34433.

Tues Apr 3

3925: Unid station with programe about Irish pirate radio @ 1900. Strong signal here suggesting possibly from the UK. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1910 with the usual pop. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Odyssey or Universe (tent). Non-stop pop and dance music first heard @ 1855. Still coming in well @ 2005. Heard muffled announcement @ 2000 but couldn't make out ID. SINPO 34333. (See comments)

Mon Apr 2

6220: Mystery Radio with pop, coming in well @ 1955. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Alice heard with a good signal @ 1845, playing schlager. SINPO 44433.

Sun Apr 1

Very bad conditions today here. I turned on the radio just before 0800UTC and there was nothing audible on 48 metres at all. After some breakfast I returned to the radio and could hear a few signals but not much. Only by 0930 did conditions improve (slightly). This is what I've managed to hear:

6045: MV Baltic Radio via Juelich heard @ 1230 giving contact details in English and playing rock music. Very strong signal - 55555.

6210: Radio Borderhunter had one of strongest signals this morning. Heard signing on @ 1010 talking about the strange propagation and playing Ike & Tina Turner's "Nutbush City Limits." SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio playing Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean," @ 0900, but some splash from Transworld Radio on 6230 (very strong). SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio Int with oldies @0905, but utility QRM adding to the problems. SINPO 23432.

6285: Radio Kentucky with schlager @ 0945. Signal fading in and out. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Valencia playing schlager @ 0920. SINPO 34333.

6400: Weekend Music Radio with oldies but very weak. SINPO 24332.

(updated 1230UTC)

Sat Mar 31

Again, conditions not that great during the day, but better than last Saturday! Evening conditions on both 48 & 75 metres very good.

3904: Bogusman coming in very strong tonight. Heard @ 1915 reading listeners' letters and playing the usual indie music. On until 2230. SINPO 54433.

3927: Radio Kentucky putting in a good signal @ 1940, giving out hotline number and playing schlager. Couldn't catch mailing address: PO Box 98, 3770AB, ???, Netherlands. Anyone copy it? SINPO 44433. (See comments)

3927: West Coast Radio heard @ 2240 with ID, hotline and email address. Playing rock music. SINPO 34333.

3940: Cupid Radio heard @ 2220 playing rock music, greeting listener in Poland. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and jingles @ 1440. Fair signal. SINPO 34333. Andy Walker was heard with a live show @ 1740, playing 70s/80s disco. Good signal here. SINPO 44444.

6255: KBC via Lithuania @ 2215 with the usual powerful signal. Heard playing song by Mungo Jerry. SINPO 55555.

6276: Laser Hot Hits with oldies but signal struggling @ 1055. SINPO 24332.

6305: Radio Valencia with schlager @ 1030. SINPO 34333. By 1105, signal improved to 44433.

6306: Radio Galaxy Int back with a live programme from the English countryside. Heard @ 1355 with Paul Stuart, Dave Norris and Gina playing dance music, using 50W. Giving out phone number for contact and taking live phone calls. Email address: studio @ buzzfm.net and web address www.buzzfm.net SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Odyssey from Greece heard @ 2230 with ID, greeting George from New York before playing a Stranglers track. SINPO 34433.

6325: Orion Radio heard playing a Kinks song @ 0805. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6400: Weekend Music Radio (pres) playing non-stop rock and new wave music. Heard @ 1115 playing The Vapors "Turning Japanese." Good peaks but some slow fading. SINPO 44433. At 1725, did hear WMR properly with Jack talking about jamming of his station. SINPO still 44433. Signal disappeared for most of the afternoon.

9290: Latvia Today via Ulbroka, Latvia with Latvian music @ 1155 before closedown announcements. SINPO 45444.

9290: Radio Casablanca v Latvia with sign on @ 1200 in German and into schlager and German pop. SINPO 45444.

(updated 2240)

Fri Mar 30

3927: Antonio Radio heard @ 2155 playing rock music from Tom Petty and The Clash. Closedown @ 2225. SINPO 34333.

3927: West Coast Radio with a report in Dutch to Antonio Radio @ 2230. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and jingles @ 2200. Coming in well tonight. SINPO 44444.

6300: Unid station relaying Dutch commercial broadcaster Radio Veronica @ 1240. It could be Radio Holland AM which I logged last week relaying Veronica. SINPO 34433.

(updated 2245)

Weekend relays

Via Latvia 9290kHz:
Sat March 31st:
Latvia Today 1100 - 1200UTC
Radio Casablanca 1200 - 1300UTC

Sun April 1st
Latvia Today 1400 -1500UTC

Latvia Today have the QSL cards and confirm receptions please write to E-mail info @ radioswh.lv

Via Juelich, Germany, 6045kHz
Sun April 1st
MV Baltic Radio: 1200-1300 UTC

(info via Tom Taylor)

Via Lithuania 1386/6255kHz
Sat Mar 31st:
KBC Radio (new times)
1386 kHz: 2300-2400 CET (2200-2300 UTC)
6255 kHz: 0000-0059 CET (2300-0000 UTC)

The Mighty KBC
Argonstraat 6
6718 WT Ede
Holland
Tel ++31 318 552491
Fax ++31 318 437801
info @ k-po.com www.kbcradio.eu

(station direct)

Times were given in CET - which is UTC+1hr. But is it summer time - if so it would be UTC+2hrs? That would mean start times would be 1386 (2100UTC)/6255 (2200UTC) If all times were given in UTC there would be no confusion!

Thu Mar 29

3940: Cupid Radio and Radio Whitesnake playing rock music @ 2030. Good peaks on the signal (S9) but fading. ID @ 2047 and greeting Lycos Radio, Peter in Glasgow, Marcel in France. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1900 with pop and jingles. SINPO 44433.

Wed Mar 28

3927: West Coast Radio heard @ 2230 playing dance music. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop music and jingles @ 1850. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

(updated 2240)

Tues Mar 27

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1700. SINPO 34333.

6304: Radio Marconi (tent) playing 60s music @ 1655. ID at sign off at 1657 difficult to hear due to fading. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Alice heard @ 1730 playing schlager, the "Telstar" tune and country music. ID in Dutch and English giving out email address as radioalice @ hotmail.com Good signal but audio slightly distorted. SINPO 44433.

Mon Mar 26

3935: Radio Tornado (v. tent). I can just detect a very weak signal on 3935 @ 2140. If Tornado is still on ID would be via Alfa Lima postings. Another very weak signal detected on 3930 - just caught "0031..." so I guess it's Dutch. I see Marcel on Alfa Lima logged Rob 007 on 3929.8.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 2130. Fair signal but a bit of fading. SINPO 34433.

Sun Mar 25

Conditions bad again today with stations fading in and out of the noise but these are the ones that made it...

5720: Orion Radio heard playing Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat" @ 0835, mentioned On Air AM (who I couldn't hear here). SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and jingles @ 0845. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int @ 0940 with oldies. Fair but fading out. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Shadowman had strongest signal this morning. Heard @ 0930 playing "Funky Town," followed by ID. SINPO 44433.

6290: Radio Mazda with schlager @ 1115, ID at 1122 spelling out address. SINPO 34433.

6300: Voice of the Netherlands with Beatles songs @ 0950, followed by ID. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Quintus playing rock music @ 0945. SINPO 34333.

6310: Unid station heard playing pop music @ 1235. SINPO 34333.

6327: Radio Zodiac Int playing oldies @ 1100 but suffering utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6400: Weekend Music Radio didn't fade in until lunchtime, and then signal down on the usual strength. Heard @ 1220 playing Irish music for St Patrick Day's (last weekend). SINPO 34333.

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) heard @ 1000 playing song "Walk on Water." But weak signal which kept disappearing. SINPO 24332.

(updated 1230UTC)

Sat Mar 24

Very poor conditions today with no good reception of any stations so far today. Only by late afternoon did conditions begin to improve.

3940: Cupid Radio heard with rock music @ 2230. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1545. SINPO 33433. Also heard @ 2015 with a live show presented by Chris Ise playing dance music. Good signal. 44433. Andy Walker heard @ 2315 pumping out the tunes - signal still coming in well (44433).

6255: KBC v Lithuania blasting in tonight @ 2235 playing the Stars on 45 Beatles remix (remember that from the 70s!). SINPO 55555.

6268: ROZ with 80s pop @ 1450. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1245 with oldies. Fair peaks but disappearing into the noise. SINPO 24332.

6295: Radio Quintus playing schlager @ 1500. Probably best signal this afternoon - peaking at good levels. SINPO 34333.

6300: Unid station playing country & western music @ 1505. Possibly Radio Blackbird but too much fading to get an ID. SINPO 33433. According to Bermudadreieck's blog, it was Radio Face de Blatte (RFB).

6325: Lycos Radio with schlager @ 1240. Caught an ID but signal poor-fair. SINPO 24332.

6401: Radio RP (tent) with schlager and oldies @ 1540. Signal struggling. SINPO 24332.

(updated 11.15pm)

Fri Mar 23

3927: Unid station heard with non-stop 60s music @ 2140. Fair signal but faded out after 2150. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio booming in again tonight @ 1810 with non-stop pop and jingles - peaking at s9+10db. The live shows from Chris Ise and Andy Walker seem to have dried up recently. Hopefully there'll be some more soon as they were always entertaining. SINPO 44444.

(updated 10.45pm)

Thu Mar 22

3928: Unid station heard @ 2150 with David Bowie "Heroes" and Madonna "Material Girl." SINPO 34333. (Not West Coast, according to station on Alfa Lima forum, who came on at 2230).

3928: West Coast Radio @ 2315 with pop music. SINPO 34333. According to station on Alfa Lima forum only using 5 watts! Also logged in Sweden.

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1815 playing Eurodisco, ID. Good strong signal. SINPO 44444.


6270: Unid station playing schlager @ 1805, competing against co-channel utility. Off with no announcement @ 1817. SINPO 33333.

Wed Mar 21

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1920. On the way out with a SINPO of 34333.

6300: Radio Holland AM with relay of Dutch station Radio Veronica @ 1000. ID just before close down @ 1002, with email address: radiohollandam @ hotmail.com SINPO 34433.

Tue Mar 20

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1945. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

Radio Waves Easter broadcasts

RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL (RWI) & WORLD COMMUNICATION SERVICE (WCS)

On the Easter weekend we will use 9290's relay & our second name of WCS (World Communication Service) with a special QSL card.

The planned dates & times:
Friday Apr 6 from 23.00 to 00.00 UTC (French Service) - it'll be Philippe's birthday
Saturday Apr 7 from 23.00 to 00.00 UTC (Country Music Show)
Sunday Apr 8 from 10.00 to 11.00 UTC (Pirates memories)
Monday Apr 9 from 09.00 to 10.00 UTC (WCS 80s medley)

73s & 88s and have a nice Easter Weekend
Peter HILLS
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL http://go.to/
Country music show, French service, Rock City & Pirate memories...the sounds on short-waves around the world..."on the highway to freedom" with Peter HILLS & Philippe "The terrible twins"

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

(info via swpirates)

Sun Mar 18

Very changeable conditions today with signals fading in and out.

5720: Orion Radio with oldies, mentioning Summer Meeting 2007 @ 0850. SINPO 44433.

5965: European Music Radio via Juelich, Germany heard @ 1350 with the Mailbox programme in English. Signed off at 1400 to be followed on the frequency by Radio Traumland in German. EMR's email address is studio @ emr.org.uk SINPO 55544.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) playing oldies @ 0925. Poor signal (24332).

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 0930. SINPO 34333.

6269: Radio Rainbow heard playing rock music, including Green Day @ 1410. One of the few signals audible here on 48m at this time. SINPO 34433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1515 with Stewart Ross playing music from the 1980s. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Scirocco playing 60s music and giving out hotline number. SINPO 33333.

6285: Radio Blackbird @ 1100 with schlager, some splash from 6290. SINPO 33433.

6290: Radio Mazda @ 0910 with schlager. God signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6295: Radio Northpole playing music from the 60s and 70s. SINPO 33433.

6299: Radio Romeo Echo with oldies and instrumental music, IDs and email address @ 1557. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6306: Radio Doctor Tim (tent) @ 1725. Schlager heard but weak signal so couldn't clearly ID although caught mention of "Dr Tim." SINPO 24332.

6310: Free Radio Holland heard with schlager and ID @ 1015. SINPO 33333.

6320: Lycos Radio with schlager @ 1210. SINPO 33433.

6324: Radio Waves Int with country music @ 0905. SINPO 34333.

6375: West Coast Radio playing "Stairway to Heaven" @ 0845. SINPO 34433. Also heard @ 1715 on same frequency. Reception very similar to this morning (SINPO 34333).

6400: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 0840 playing recordings of Irish radio plus Radio Norway's long-closed English service. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) with schlager @ 1030. Weak signal (24332).

7490: Radio Borderhunter briefly heard @ 1200 with an excellent signal (45444) but by 1204 the signal had faded out completely!


(updated 6.05pm)

Sat Mar 17

Poor conditions today with a lot of fading.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1705. SINPO 43433.

6255: KBC via Sitkunai, Lithuania blasting in tonight. Unlike last Saturday, no fade outs with the station hitting 9+20dB. Heard playing Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round" @ 2220, and an invitation to join the KBC forum. SINPO 55555.

6265: Orion Radio playing rock and pop @ 0920. Good signal but a bit of fading. SINPO 44433.

6273: Laser Hot Hits with 60s music @ 1055. Weak signal that disappeared soo after. SINPO 24432.

6290: Radio Marconi heard playing a Billy Idol song @ 1620. Also announced email address (which couldn't quite catch...radiomarconi@....) and spelt out station name phonetically. Operator said was from north east part of the Netherlands. SINPO 33433.

6299: Radio Romeo Echo heard @ 1335 with polka and oldies. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6325: Lycos Radio heard @ 1005 with polka and schlager, but suffering SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

(updated 10.25pm)

European Music Radio

This Sunday EMR -18th March

1300 to 1400 UTC 5965 KHZ - 100 KW (via Juelich)

1300 - MUSIC PROGRAMME - TOM TAYLOR
1315 - THE RADIO PRESENTER (dj life story) 2nd Part of The Roger Davis story
1330 - MAIL BOX - MIKE TAYLOR
1400 - CLOSE DOWN

Good Listening
73s Tom

Fri Mar 16

6220: Mystery Radio with disco from the 1970s and 80s @ 1830. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

Tues Mar 13

6265: Premier Radio Int heard @ 1900 with ID, email address and playing 70s disco. Beginning to fade out and gone by 1910. SINPO 34433.

6302: Lycos Radio heard with polka and schlager @ 1815, but a poor choice of frequency due QRM from the Western Saraha station on 6300. Good signal strength but reception spoilt by the nearby interference. SINPO 43433.

(updated 7.10pm)

Mon Mar 12

6280: Radio Merlin Int heard @ 1840 with a good signal, playing rock music and comedy sketches. SINPO 44433. Gone by 1900.

6300: Radio Bonofox heard @ 1630 with ID and oldies. SINPO 34333. Went off at 1700 just as the Western Sahara station signed on that frequency.

6306: Radio Shadowman doing a short test @ 1905, playing a few pieces of music, ID, off (faded out?) by 1910. Strong signal. SINPO 44444.

(updated 7.15pm)

Free radio wikipedia

Jonny of the Swedish Report Service has launched his latest project - a free radio wikipedia. The idea is that it will build up into a free radio resource listing stations past and present, offshore and land-based.

As he only unveiled it yesterday the wikipedia is looking rather empty but hopefully in time stations will visit and enter information about themselves. Free radio fans can also edit and add their own information, if they so wish.

If you want to visit the site, click on the Swedish Report Service link on this page or go to www.srs.pp.se

Sun Mar 11

Conditions very variable today with a lot of fading.

5725: Orion Radio heard @ 0835 playing oldies and reading listeners' messages. SINPO 44433.

6215: Radio Merlin Int playing reggae music @ 1020. SINPO 44433.

6239: Britain Radio International's signal struggling a bit today. Heard @ 1000 with Roger Davis. SINPO 34433.

6260: Radio Thunderbird @ 0910 with oldies, IDs in German in English. SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing oldies @ 0905. SINPO 34433.

6275: Radio Scirocco giving out hotline number and playing Black Sabbath @ 0850. SINPO 34333.

6275: Radio Scotland Int in QSO with Scirocco @ 1100. SINPO 44433.

6280: Radio Golfbreker with polka and schlager @ 1225, echo on voice. SINPO 24332.

6290: West Coast Radio heard @ 1105 in a Skype conversation on air in Dutch. SINPO 33433.

6293: Skyline International Radio in QSO with Shadowman and West Coast @ 1055. SINPO 34433.

6299: Radio Romeo Echo playing schlager @ 0955. Email address: romeoecho @ home.nl SINPO 34333.

6303: Antonio Radio with polka, schlager and giving out hotline and email address @ 1430. SINPO 33433.

6305: Radio Mazda heard @ 1130 playing schlager. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6305: Radio Zodiac playing a Snow Patrol song @ 1215, mentioning Dave from England. SINPO 34333.

6308: Radio Scotland Int heard @ 1310 calling Zodiac. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Borderhunter was one of the strongest stations on 48m this morning. Heard playing "Born to be Wild" @ 0855. Went off briefly before returning. SINPO 44444.

6375: West Coast Radio heard playing rock music @ 0915. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio @ 0830 with talk about the lunar eclipse, reading more old radio loggings. SINPO 44433.

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) with schlager @ 1025. SINPO 34433.

(updated 2.45pm)

Sat Mar 10

3904: Bogusman is probably the most active UK pirate on shortwave at the moment. On again tonight, heard @ 2005 playing a song "Bedside Radio" then some more tales about the life of Bogusman. SINPO 44433.

3922: Radio Boomerang heard testing @ 1740, playing a mix of dance and schlager music. ID in English and Dutch @ 1755. Good signal (44444).

3925: Radio Boomerang very strong @ 2010 playing rock music. SINPO 54444.

6255: KBC v Lithuania @ 2215 - but almost a complete fade out on 48 metres so instead of the usual very strong signal, only poor-fair! SINPO 24332. By the time the station came to sign off @ 2300 the signal had recovered to 44433.

6260: Delta Radio playing 80s music @ 1420. SINPO 34433.

6275: Radio Nevada playing 70s rock and pop @ 1810, followed by ID and hotline number in Dutch. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard thanking listeners and playing 60s music @ 1005. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Mazda in QSO with WCR @ 1115. SINPO 33433.

6290: Lycos Radio playing @ 1510, polka and schlager, ID. SINPO 34433.

6300: West Coast Radio heard @ 1050 playing "Electric Avenue" and "Kids in America." SINPO 34433.

6301: Unid station playing rock music. Heard with Creedance Clearwater Revival @ 1425. Deep fades. SINPO 34433. It could be Extreme Radio, logged by Achim. Too much fading here to get clear ID.

6310: Orion Radio playing polka @ 0905. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Merlin Int @ 0855 playing 50s and 60s music. Best signal heard from RMI. SINPO 34433 strengthening to 44433 by 1100. Email address: radiomerlin @ blueyonder.co.uk
and mailing address is: 60 Long John, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP3 9LP, England.

6400: Weekend Music Radio slightly off normal 6401 frequency (6399.8kHz to be exact). Heard @ 1800 with Jack reading shortwave logs from 1978. Strong signal (44433). Was it the hoax station or has WMR adjusted its frequency?

9290: Radio City v Latvia signing on @ 0900 with ID, email address and 60s song "Flowers in the Rain."

(updated 10.15pm)

Fri Mar 9

3927: West Coast Radio heard @ 2305 with a fair-good signal but some SSB chattering away in the background. Playing some slow music. SINPO 33433.

6220: Mystery Radio with a live programe from Chris Ise @ 2120, playing dance music. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

Thurs Mar 8

3927: Cupid Radio heard signing on @ 1905 with Antonio Radio and Radio Whitesnake in the studio - the Three Musketeers, before playing the rock song "Poison." Good signal here but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with fair signal. Usual pop and jingles @ 1855. SINPO 34433.

Greek harmonics

GREECE. More pirates with strong signals noted at 1600 UT on 4702 and 4869 kHz and the 90 meter band is almost full with demodulated Greek songs and talks; some of those are harmonix. Also at 0600 UT on 6266 kHz Feb 24th. The spur of 6210 kHz [ERA5 15630 minus 9420] goes on.

(Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 26 via DXLD)

Tues Mar 6

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1630. SINPO 44444.

6300: Unid Dutch station with non-stop schlager @ 1755, often just snatches of records before going onto another song. Good signal - still going @ 1850 but beginning to fade a bit. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Merlin Int heard @ 1500 testing new antenna, playing rock and pop music. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333.

(updated 6.50pm)

Radio Six's shortwave break

Changes to Radio Six International schedule

Our current schedule of shortwave transmissions via Ulbroka, Latvia on 9290 kHz will end on March 10th, when the last edition of the present series of the "Tony Currie Show" will include listeners' requests on that day. Email your requests to letters @ radiosix.com

But we're not abandoning shortwave - this hiatus is purely for operational reasons and we will resume regular shortwave transmissions in June.

For the meantime our broadcasts continue 24/7 on http://www.radiosix.com and between 0600 and 0700 GMT via World FM in Wellington, NZ on 88.5; and from 0000 to 0600 GMT via Radio Tatras International in Poprad, Slovakia on 94.2/94.8 plus Astra satellite (Sky channel 0195) and Hotbird (12.523 GHz Horizontal).

We've never had a reception report from Hotbird, and would appreciate it if anyone could confirm reception of our programmes on that outlet. A QSL card will be issued; please email reports to letters @ radiosix.com

Regards
TONY CURRIE, Programme Director, Radio Six International

(via WORLD OF RADIO 1348, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Sun Mar 4

Very wet and windy here today. Conditions not so good...

5725: Orion Radio playing Donovan "Mellow Yellow" @ 0855. Good signal but some rapid fading. SINPO 44433.

5965: MV Baltic Radio v Juelich signing on @ 1300 in German and English. Announced will be moving to 6045 for next month's broadcast. Today's programme dedicated to international women's day. Very strong (55555).

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) @ 1020 with oldies. Weak with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0915. SINPO 34433. Heard @ 1140 with live programme presented by Chris Ise.

6239: Britain Radio Int @ 0900 playing oldies, ads for the BRI and Gaz Links websites. SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing "Can You Feel the Force?" @ 1005, station said starting later today. SINPO 34433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits (via JRRI?) with a sponsored programme and ad for Laser mugs @ 1000. SINPO 34433.

6275: Jolly Roger Radio Int relaying the Outlaws for Peace country music show @ 1520. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Scirocco @ 1045 with schlager, IDs in Dutch, German and English. SINPO 33433.

6280: Radio Robbie playing schlager, IDs @ 1330. SINPO 33333.

6290: Free Radio Holland heard with programme with Mike Radio, @ 0905, playing schlager, ID. SINPO 34433.

6295: Radio Northpole @ 0910 with reports for Antonio Radio and Radio Scotland. SINPO 33433.

6299: Antonio Radio with report to Radio Scotland Int @ 0850. Later heard with own programme. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Scotland Int in QSO with Antonio @ 0852. SINPO 44433.

6300: Unid station playing non-stop 60s music @ 1515. Went off suddenly @ 1520, before returning 10 minutes later with 80s music. SINPO 34433.

6325: Lycos Radio playing schlager @ 1025, ID. SINPO 34333.

6329: Radio Kilo Tango Lima (KTL) with short broadcast @ 1550. Playing oldies, announced email address ktl48 @ hotmail.com SINPO 33433.

6379: West Coast Radio playing rock and pop @ 1340. Utility QRM. SINPO 33433. At 1350, moved to 6376, which is a clearer channel (SINPO 34433).

6401: Weekend Music Radio @ 0845 with oldies, talk about former pirate Prince Terry. Good signal but some ute QRM. SINPO 43433.

6540: Radio Brigitte (pres) heard with non-stop schlager @ 1510. SINPO 34433.

(updated 4pm)

Sat Mar 3

3925: Radio Quintus heard @ 2035 playing an Elvis song for Jari in Finland. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

3931: Bogusman @ 1930 talking about losing weight, cycling etc. plus playing alternative music. SINPO 44433.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) playing the Beatles @ 0850. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 23432.

6220: Mystery Radio playing pop, jingles @ 1900. SINPO 44433.

6255: KBC via Lithuania living up to its name "the Mighty KBC" with another massive signal @ 2255, playing oldies before sign off at 2300. SINPO 55555.

6276: Laser Hot Hits playing oldies @ 1025. SINPO 33433.

6280: Radio Scirocco with rock and pop @ 0905. Announced hotline number in Dutch and English. SINPO 34333.

6300: Orion Radio heard @ 0820 playing polka. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6325: Lycos Radio with schlager, ID in English @ 0915 and email address. SINPO 34333.

9290: Latvia Today via Ulbroka @ 0855 talking about investment in Latvia. Off 0900. SINPO 45544.

9290: Radio Joystick via Ulbroka signing on @ 0900 with Charlie Prince in German playing dance music. SINPO 45544.

(updated 11.05pm)

Weekend relays

This weekend relays on 9290 khz (Ulbroka, Latvia)

March 3:
Radio Six Int 07.00 - 08.00UTC
Latvia Today 08.00 - 09.00UTC
Radio Joystick 09.00 - 11.00UTC
Radio Casablanca 11.00 - 12.00UTC

March 4
Latvia Today 13.00 - 14.00UTC

MV Baltic Radio is on Sunday (via Juelich, Germany)
1300 UTC on 5965 kHz

Good listening
Tom Taylor

Fri Mar 2

6305: West Coast Radio heard @ 0940 playing Paul Simon and the Eurythmics. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433. At 1105, was heard in short QSO with Dr Tim from Germany (Dr Tim was very weak here, only IDed through West Coast).

Thurs Mar 1

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2025 with SINPO 34433. Pop and jingles.

Checked 6300 for Radio Whitesnake @ 2155 but no signal here, I'm afraid.