Sun Apr 20

3935: Laser Hot Hits @ 1745 playing oldies. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Jolly Roger playing a song by the Beatles @ 1750. SINPO 44433.

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0815 playing some instrumental music, brief ID before going off. SINPO 44433.

6140: European Music Radio via Wertchatal celebrating its 32nd birthday. Heard @ 1235 playing Focus "Hocus Pocus." SINPO 44444.

6205: Radio Borderhunter giving out contact details and asking for reports @ 0950. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) playing Coldplay @ 0900. The IDs always seem a lot quieter than the music which makes it a tricky station to get a clear ID off, as the signal is usually quite weak as well. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pops and jingle ID @ 0755. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing the KLF @ 0810. SINPO 34333.

6275: Radio Calypso with Dutch pop @ 0800. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6282: Radio Scotland Int playing Simple Minds @ 0940, and testing the modulation. Sounds good here. SINPO 44444.

6300: Unid station @ 1030 with non-stop rock and pop. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Shadowman playing polka and dance music @ 0915. Strong signal but another station underneath. SINPO 43443.

6307: Radio Royal with schlager followed by IDs in Dutch and English @ 1755. SINPO 34333.
6310: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 1005. Fair signal but bursts of ute qrm. SINPO 33333.

6312: Radio Barretina relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1805, playing 60s music. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6524: Radio Ramona with oldies @ 0935. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 1815 playing "All the Young Dudes." Fair signal (S5-6) but occasional utility and SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

(updated 18:15UTC)

Sat Apr 19

3900: SW Pirate @ 2200 playing oldies. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

3927: Radio Borderhunter with a good signal @ 2150, greeting listeners and talking about the Summer Meeting. SINPO 44444.

3935: Radio Rainbow heard @ 2010 with oldies and IDs, followed by the theme from Black Beauty. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott playing r&b @ 1545. SINPO 34433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0855. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 2215. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Altrex with country music, some utility QRM @ 0805. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 23432.

6270: Radio Altrex heard @ 1520 playing the Doors "Riders on the Storm." Still not much improvement on this morning. SINPO 24332.

6275: Radio Calypso playing schlager @ 2015. Very strong signal - S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

6280: Orion Radio with instrumental music @ 0800. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6305: Radio Lowland with pop music and asking for reports @ 1635. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6312: Radio Barretina relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1800 with non-stop music, time pips on the hour. Same as internet feed. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing The Beatles "Long and Winding Road" @ 2005. SINPO 24332.

9290: Radio City via Latvia signing on @ 0900 and playing 60s music. SINPO 45444.

(updated 22:15UTC)

Fri Apr 18

3935: Radio Rainbow with oldies @ 1800. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott playing old and new music @ 1815. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

EMR's 32nd birthday

European Music Radio 32nd Birthday Programmes:

On Sunday 20 April at 1200utc:

On 6140 khz (Wertchatal, Germany) at 1200 to 1300utc with Tom Taylor

Continues at 1300 utc:
On 9290 khz (Ulbroka, Latvia) at 1300 to 1500 utc:
Mike Taylor between 1300 to 1430 (Mail Box) and Paul Graham between 1430 to 1500 utc (oldies)

All programmes will be available at the following website: http://www.emr.org.uk/ just click on EMR internet radio ! Internet programme times will follow.

Good Listening
73s
From all the staff at EMR

Also this weekend, you can hear Radio City tomorrow (Sat Apr 19) on 9290 from 09-1000UTC.

Thurs Apr 17

3935: Laser Hot Hits with offshore radio recordings @ 1725. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1735 playing a French song and reading reception reports. SINPO 44433.

6307: Delta Radio heard @ 1825 playing the Rolling Stones, followed by jingles. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Skywire heard @ 1750 playing "Rivers of Babylon," ID and email address. Good signal, some CW QRM. SINPO 44433.

Wed Apr 16

3925: Radio Continental heard @ 1925 playing pop, rock and schlager with occasional IDs. Some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333. To hear recording click here

3935: Laser Hot Hits with offshore recordings @ 1830. Slightly better signal than yesterday. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with the A-Z of Classic Pop now reached the letter H and playing Human League @ 1840. Strong signal - S9+10dB. Some fading and utility QRM. SINPO 44433.

Tues Apr 15

3935: Laser Hot Hits (tent) with oldies @ 1815 but weak signal and high noise made difficult to hear. SINPO 23332.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott @ 1830. Some utility QRM but good signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 43433.

Both Dave Martin and Andy Walker from WNKR wrote confirming my report hearing them on April 12 via a North American relay on 6925u. You can hear them via the internet. Go to: http://1476.co.nr/ Relay came from a station in Canada called Maple Leaf Radio.

Mon Apr 14

3935: Laser Hot Hits with oldies @ 2055. SINPO 33333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Radio Caroline recordings @ 2050. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6312: Radio Barretina with pop and rap music @ 2100. Time pips on the hour. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

North American logs

Here's some more logs from Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee, USA:

6925 Radio Metallica Worldwide. 2235-2250*. Sun 13 Apr. English. Relay of the famous pirate. Thx to Mark T. for help with this one. It sounded like somebody was looping bits of RMWW and Dr. Tornado. Themes from “The Flintstones” and “Green Acres.” “Secret Agent Man” playing in background. Ments of Blue Ridge Summit, ID as “This is Radio Metallica Worldwide, 69-55 (sic) shortwave” and off with “Take care.” f-p

6925 Radio Cobain. 2250. Sun 13 Apr. English. ID, Thrash metal and Nirvana mx. Poor.

6925u UNID. 0016-0025*. Mon 14 Apr. English. Music included: “There Goes Another Love song,” “Things go Better with Rock,” and “We Will Rock You.” Heard two partial IDs as “ International Shortwave,” but couldn’t catch the first word. Poor.

Sun Apr 13

3935: Radio Rainbow reading out listeners' reports @ 1710. Don't seem to hearing so much of Laser at the moment. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits back on the air. Steve Roberts heard @ 1820 with a good signal - peaking at S9+10dB. Some utility and SSB QRM but signal strong enough to ride over it. SINPO 43433.

6210: Radio Borderhunter playing ZZ Top @ 1115, asking about propagation. Fair signal here - S7-8. SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) @ 0845 with oldies, utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6220: Mystery Radio with a live programe presented by Chris Ise @ 0925, playing pop. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int @ 0820 playing "Some Like It Hot." Weak signal, but improved later. SINPO 24432.

6268: Radio Zodiac heard @ 1010 playing Razorlight "In The Morning." Good signal here. SINPO 44433.

6270: Radio Calypso heard playing dance music and schlager @ 1050. Good signal. Some QRM from Zodiac. SINPO 43443.

6275: Radio Calypso moved from 6270 - heard @ 1130 giving out hotline number and email address and playing schlager. Still good signal. SINPO 44444. Update: Calypso powering in @ 1810 with a S9+20dB signal. Certainly a long broadcast! SINPO 54444.

6290: Radio Quintus heard playing Dutch music @ 0930, with ID at 0940 in Dutch and English. SINPO 34333.

6295: Grensstad Radio (tent) with instrumental music @ 1135. Poor-fair signal with fading so difficult to pick out clear ID. SINPO 24332.

6300: Radio Paardenkracht with instrumental music @ 1255. SINPO 34433.

6301: Radio Sallandse Boer heard briefly @ 0850 playing "What's Going On," followed by ID in Dutch. Slight whistle caused by another station. SINPO 33433.

6305: Unid station with non-stop 70s music. Heard @ 1835 with the Eagles "Hotel California." Good signal. SINPO 44433. Rick's blog had Radio Northpole (I couldn't wait for the ID).

6307: Radio Royal with ID, instrumental music @ 0815. SINPO 33433.

6312: Radio Barretina with talk in Catalan and pop music. SINPO 34333.

6322: Radio Pionier with schlager @ 1325. Usual dodgy modulation. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Lowland with a report to Pionier @ 1335. SINPO 34333.

6336: Radio Zodiac heard here @1035 with rock music. Also on 6268 so possibly harmonic from main transmitter. SINPO 23432.

6524: Radio Ramona heard @ 1015 playing Roxy Music "More than This." Fair signal but fading. SINPO 34433.

6882: Radio Playback Int with a live programe @ 0900, playing "Dance Hall Days." Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 1750 playing the song "Lady Marmalade." SINPO 24332.

9290: Q103 via Latvia with German pop songs. Heard @ 1310. SINPO 45444.

(updated 18:50UTC)

Sat Apr 12

3902: Polaris Radio heard @ 2240 playing Bob Dylan with station ID jingles between records. Good signal but not sure about the name (see comments). SINPO 44333. To hear recording click here

3935: Laser Hot Hits with the Anoraks Hour playing offshore recordings of Radio London in 1967 @ 1725. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Altrex playing pop music @ 0845 followed by ID and greeting listeners. Fair signal here - about S7-8. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Malaisy with a strong signal @ 1715, playing dance music followed by jingle. SINPO 44444.

6311: Radio Barretina with pops and phone calls in Catalan @ 1550. SINPO 24332.

6851: MAC Radio (USA) heard @ 2310 with ID and country rock. Weak signal but audible. SINPO 24332. To hear recording click here

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1710 playing song by Ultravox. Fair-good signal. SINPO 44333.

6925u: WNKR (via American relay?) heard @ 2335 with hotline, ID and jingle. Sounded like Dave Martin. Weak signal. SINPO 24332. To hear recording click here

(updated 23:40UTC)

Fri Apr 11

3925: SW Pirate heard @ 2135 playing oldies with canned announcements. SINPO 24332.

3935: Radio Rainbow playing Elvis Presley "In the Ghetto" @ 1805. Signal certainly seems to have improved recently. SINPO 34333.

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1800 with clock chimes and jingles and into rock and pop. Live programme tonight. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

(updated 21:45UTC)

Thurs Apr 10

3935: Radio Rainbow playing oldies @ 1810. SINPO 34333.

Wed Apr 9

3935: Laser Hot Hits with Radio London offshore recordings @ 1815. SINPO 34333.

6307: Radio Royal (tent) heard @ 1807 with schlager. Lost under the other station on 6309. Sudden off at 1813. SINPO 32432.

6309: Unid station playing schlager @ 1800. Off with no ID. Whistle from station on 6307. Stronger of the two with SINPO 43443.

Tues Apr 8

3935: Radio Rainbow heard @ 1815 playing Starship "We Built this City." Some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6307: Radio Royal heard @ 1825 with polka and schlager, ID followed at 1835. SINPO 34333.

6309: Unid station playing rock music @ 1800, followed by "hello, testing..." and off. SINPO 34333.

6882: Pirate Music with pop @ 1810. SINPO 33333.

Mon Apr 7

3935: Radio Rainbow playing 80s pop @ 1640. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6305: No-Name station (although I recognise the voice!) with non-stop schlager heard @ 1510. Modulation sounded a bit rough. Off at 1615. SINPO 34333. To hear recording click here

6882: Pirate Music with jingles and dance music @ 1630. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

North American logs

Some weekend logs from Joe Wood in Greenback TN, USA:

6850 MAC (t). 0059-0137* 6 Apr. EG. Anncr with ments of Paul Starr. Very poor vox. Mx by the Beatles, Blue Oyster Cult, Black Sabbath, Boston, and many others. Very nice selection of mx. Gave email add as MACshortwave@yahoo.com, but I never heard a clear ID. This may have been a relay. Off at 0137 with NA. Lots of QRN. Mx was much better than vox. S5/F-P.

6925u UNID. 2200-2228* 4 Apr. English. OM announcer that sounded quite a bit like Walter Breenan. Repeated mentions of the phrase "How about some real pirate radio. Who wants to wants to hear pirate radio?" Mx included: "Be Sure," "Young Love," Because of You," "Wandering Gypsy," and several more. Announcer kept yelling "Hey" in between several spots of dead air. Very poor vox and generally a poor reception. No ID heard.

6925 WHYP. 2315-2341*. 4 Apr. English. The first log of Mr. Brownyard’s station since Halloween, 2005. James Brownyard and Uncle Schleckstien with IDs and a promise to return to the air soon. Mx by Styx and an instrumental blues tune. Nice to hear this station again. Fair.

6925u Sycko Radio. 0226-0231. 6 Apr. EG. ID as "Sycko Radio, 69-25." Ments of Uncle Bob and talk with YL. Ments of several noted pirate DXers. S7/F-G. 6925 Unid. 0252*. 6 Apr. EG. Just heard the last minute or so of the show. Playing "Ain’t no Bugs on Me," and off w/o s/off ancmts. Fair.

6925u Uncle Bob Radio. 0138-0220*. 6 Apr. EG. Uncle Bob playing ragtime and very old pop mx. Ments of having to take his medication. ID as "This is Uncle Bob at the microphone," and off. S5/Poor.

Sun Apr 6

Woke up to find everything - including the longwire - covered in snow, but it is now rapidly thawing.

3935: Laser Hot Hits with 60s music and jingle @ 1910. SINPO 34333.

5815: Orion Radio with instrumental music @ 0805. Poor signal today. SINPO 24432.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertchatal playing "Caroline" by the Fortunes @ 1210 and giving out web address. SINPO 44444.

6261: Radio Perfekt playing country music @ 0850. Heard phone number in German but deep fades. Some utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6270: Radio Calypso has the best signal so far this morning. Heard @ 0755 playing schlager. 44433.

6274: Radio Kilo Tango Lima heard @ 1120 giving out hotline number and playing the song "Working Class Hero." Splash from Calypso. SINPO 33433.

6281: Radio Jodel Piraat with music from the Bavarian mountains @ 0815. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332. For recording click here

6306: Radio Brandaris Int @ 1020 with instrumental music and IDs. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6309: Radio Marconi playing schlager @ 1025, IDs in Dutch. SINPO 33433.

6311: Radio Barrentina @ 0815 with talk by man in Catalan. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio (tent) with music @ 1920. Weak signal but could just hear classical music on this frequency.

(updated 19:25UTC)

Sat Apr 5

3905: Antonio Radio heard @ 2010 playing 60s music. Some fading of the signal. SINPO 34433.

3935: Laser Hot Hits playing reggae music @ 1825. SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) heard @ 0930 playing oldies, with a weak signal, suffering from utility and other QRM. SINPO 23332.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1855. Good signal. SINPO 44444. At 2005, live programme with Chris Ise. Still 44444.

6265: Radio Altrex heard @ 0850 with ID, greeting Iann in France and playing oldies. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6270: Radio Calypso @ 0810 with Dutch music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6275: Unid station @ 1415 with 80s pop and rock. Too weak to get ID - possibly Laser. SINPO 24332.

6307: Radio Royal playing Dutch ballads @ 1820, greeting Foton. Good signal but some splash from station on 6310. SINPO 43443.

6310: Radio Marconi @ 1835 playing schlager, whistle on signal, ID at 1900. SINPO 43433. For recording click here

6311: Radio Lowland heard @ 1400 with ID, playing song "Big in Japan." Slight whistle - possibly from Barrentina, who I can't hear at the moment. SINPO 33333.

6311: Radio Barrentina @ 1600 with talk by man in Catalan. Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6325: Radio Waves Int (tent) with American country music show @ 1830. Signal only just audible. SINPO 23432.

6882: Radio Playback Int @ 1605 with jazz music, strong SSB QRM on 6880. SINPO 33333.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia @ 0900 signing on and playing dance music. SINPO 55544.

(updated 20:10UTC)

Fri Apr 4

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1845 playing an Ian Dury song. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int from Ireland with a live programme. Heard at 2020 playing "Motorbiking" from the 70s. Good signal here - S9. SINPO 44433.

6307: Radio Royal with a good signal @ 1825, playing dance music, before signing off a few minutes later. Slight whistle caused by weak station on 6305. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Fox 48 heard @ 1840 with blues music and jingle IDs. SINPO 33333.

(updated 20:20UTC)

Thurs Apr 3

3935: Laser Hot Hits coming in well this evening @ 2010 with music by Dave McWilliams. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6882: Pirate Music playing "When the Going Gets Tough" @ 2040. Also has some new jingles. Good signal with some fading. SINPO 44433.

Radiofax: 20th anniversary

It is the 20th anniversary of the launch of Radiofax, the groundbreaking Short-Wave radio station.

Listen again to the first four test transmission broadcasts from the 1st to 4th of April (Easter weekend) 1988:

http://www.radiofax.org/audio_1988.html or Podcast feed http://www.radiofax.org/podcast_1988.xml

More about the station and its campaign to get a UK shortwave licence:
http://www.radiofax.org/

(info via Mike Barraclough, anoraksuk)

Wed Apr 2

3935: Laser Hot Hits with 60s music @ 1805. SINPO 34333.

6882: Radio Playback Int playing dance music with jingles @ 1815. SINPO 34333.

Tues Apr 1

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 2000 playing an Abba song. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

Mon Mar 31

6310: Unid station heard @ 1820 playing polka. Voice quite distorted so couldn't get ID. SINPO 33332.

Sun Mar 30

5800: Radio Telstar South with oldies @ 1320. Weak signal and fading heavily. SINPO 24322. Tuned in again @ 1630, much better signal now - around S8 with the Golden Boys. SINPO 34433.

5815: Orion Radio coming in well this morning @ 0845, playing Dutch songs. Signal peaking at 9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio with pop and rock. Heard @ 0915 with SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1540 playing dance music. Signal S8 here. SINPO 34433.

6275: Voice of the Netherlands with a good signal. Heard @ 0830 playing Queen "Don't Stop Me Now." SINPO 44444.

6280: Radio Calypso heard signing on @ 0945 and playing oldies. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Daiwa heard in QSO with Calypso @ 1305. SINPO 34333.

6295: Unid station heard briefly @ 0935 playing a Rolling Stones song before fading out. SINPO 24332. Maybe same station @ 1135 playing snatches of music - still much fading.

6300: Radio Merlin (tent) @ 0840 with oldies, bit of a whistle from co-channel station. I'm not sure what time the Saharan station signs off. SINPO 33433.

6308: Radio Royal with schlager and IDs @ 0920. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Malaisy playing "Rhythm is a Dancer" @ 1105, with jingle IDs. SINPO 34333.

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1635 with a fair-good signal, playing the song "Tell It To My Heart." SINPO 34433. The station also has a new blog.

(updated 16:35UTC)

Sat Mar 29

3935: Laser Hot Hits @ 1730 with Steve Roberts playing oldies. SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) @ 1010 playing rock music. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6265: Radio Altrex heard here @ 1645 signing off after moving to avoid QRM on 6270. SINPO 34333.

6270: Radio Altrex playing blues music @ 1530. ID heard at 1535, giving out email address. SINPO 34333.

6275: Radio Monte Carlo playing Kim Wilde song @ 1520. Splash from Merlin. He said he was broadcasting from the Netherlands with "little power and longwire antenna." SINPO 33333. For recording click here

6280: Radio Calypso with a fair-good signal @ 0915, playing schlager. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Merlin playing "Supernature" @ 1415. Good signal here - not in parallel with 6300. SINPO 44444.

6300: Radio Merlin heard @ 1025 playing r&b with IDs. Fair signal here - S7-8. SINPO 34433.

6306: Radio Pionier with 60s music and ID in Dutch @ 1610. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Condor playing dance music, jingle ID @ 1720. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Alice playing instrumental music @ 1620, ID at 1630. SINPO 34433.

6882: Power FM with jingle then playing Boney M @ 1420. SINPO 34433.

6882: Radio Playback Int @ 1635 with jingle followed by rock music. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

(updated 17:35UTC)

North American logs

Here's some interesting logs from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA, made last night:

6925u Radio Caroline. 2316-0015+. 28-29 Mar. English. Presumed relay of this station. It is also my first log of the station. Rock music from Aerosmith, Jefferson Starship, David Bowie, and many others that were less well known. Several IDs as "Radio Caroline," and one at 2333 as "The Legend Lives One-Radio Caroline." The programming changed over to a Blues Show with Mr. Charles at 2400. Both segments were great. All of the TC were in synch with GMT, so this was either a live feed to a relay station, or somebody took a great deal of care to match up a recording to the times, or Radio Caroline is now broadcasting on 6925 from the UK. The signal was a great deal stronger and better than any other Europirates I have heard, so I think it was a relay of some kind, but one never knows….. Fair to Good

6925u Victory Radio. *0135-0153*. 29 Mar. English. First log of this station. OM announcer with several mentions of the University of Texas (the other, UT) basketball team. Music by "The Austin Lounge Lizards." Also, "The Eyes of Texas" at s/on. There was a polka and ments of nightspots in Austin where Bob Wills is still the King. Off with ID and Unreadable QSL ancmts. Poor.

Fri Mar 28

3935:Laser Hot Hits with 60s music @ 1900. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6311: Radio Barrentina testing his antenna. Coming in quite well here - about S7. Heard @ 1905 playing the song "Crazy." Some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6882: Radio Playback Int playing a Michael Jackson song @ 1825. Some local QRM. SINPO 33333.

Thurs Mar 27

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1905 playing a Joan Armatrading song. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2130 with oldies, deep fades with SSB QRM. SINPO 23332.

(updated 21:30UTC)

North American logs

A couple more logs from Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee, USA:

6925L Unid. 2354-0005, 24-25 March. English. Parody game show “Sexual Harassment Challenge.” Parody ads for GGW, Beauty Pageants and Hooters Restaurants. Parody of “Surfin USA” and “Sesame Street.” Unid mx about Southern US. S7/Fair.

6925u Conelrad Radio (p). 2330-2334. 25 March. English. Mx from the 1940-1960 era including: “…Boogie,” “Fujiama Mama,” and “Counter Spy” by Bob Newhart. Off at 2334 in mid song. S5/Poor.

Wed Mar 26

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1915 giving out mailing address, playing 60s music. SINPO 34333.

Tues Mar 25

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1910 playing Paul McCartney's "Frog Chorus." SINPO 33333.

6925u: Unid. Tuned in @ 2305 to hear American radio jingles "Classic Q 104.3." Off at 2307. Was this Spider Radio? Fair signal. SINPO 34333. To hear recording click here

(updated 23:10UTC)

Listening to Laser

We have set up a new way of listening to Laser shows on the Internet by using a Flash-based player called uBroadcast.

Surf along to http://www.ubroadcast.com/ to download and install the program. We can be found on the Stations section by clicking through the category/shows folders to "Independent Music Broadcasters/Pop/Pop Variety/Laser Ch 2".

Or else go to http://rustybucketradio.tripod.com/ and click the "Play" symbol under the "Rusty Bucket Radio" title at the top of the screen.

If the "Play" button does not appear, there may be a browser message at the top of the screen instead. This will ask you if you want to install an Active X plug-in which will allow the uBroadcast player to automatically install and start playing a Laser show from the beginning.

If you don't want to hear that show then just click "Play" once more. This will start streaming another show. The audio quality is the best we have ever broadcast on the Internet with some shows in stereo so give it a go !

(info via Laser website)

Well, here's some more ways to catch Laser if the shortwave frequencies aren't coming through.

North American log

Another log from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA

6925u WBNY-Radio Bunny. 2320-2349UTC. Sun 23 Mar. English. Cdr. Bunny with his announced 39th annual Easter bx. Several IDs and add as P.O.Box 1, Belfast, NY 14711, USA. Call for reports and mentions of enclosing 3 first class US stamps. S2/Poor.

Mon Mar 24

3935: Radio Rainbow playing rock and pop. Heard @ 1800 with SINPO 33433.

6200: Unid station heard @ 1005 playing oldies. Signal not strong enough to hear ID. SINPO 24332.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) @ 1030 with music by Jean Michel Jarre. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

6220: Mystery Radio playing pop @ 0905. SINPO 34433.

6263: Radio Scotland Int playing U2 song @ 1010. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6270: Radio Calypso putting in a very good signal @ 1130, peaking at S9+10dB. Heard with ID and giving out hotline number. SINPO 44433.

6271: Unid station heard @ 0930. Sounded German. SINPO 24332.

6285: Orion Radio with schlager @ 0915. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6295: Grensstad Radio playing polka @ 0920. SINPO 34433.

6300: Unid station with schlager @ 0925, whistle from weaker c0-channel station. SINPO 33433.

6305: Radio Boomerang with strong signal, playing dance music @ 0935. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Malaisy playing dance music @ 1230. SINPO 34333.

6312: Radio Barrentina with two men talking in Catalan @ 1805 followed by some local music. Quite a good signal (just getting dark here). SINPO 33433.

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1640 with recording of an American radio station. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

(updated 18:10UTC)

Sun Mar 23

3935: Laser Hot Hits (tent) difficult to hear above the noise level. Could just detect music @ 2135. SINPO 24332.

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0900 playing rock. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertchatal heard @ 1310 playing rock music. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1045 playing "Total Eclipse of the Heart." SINPO 33333.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Power of Love" @ 0905. SINPO 34433.

6271: Radio Doctor Tim (tent) with Summer Meeting 2008 promos and a Starclub Radio recording @ 0910. SINPO 34333.

6274: Radio Scotland Int playing music by U2 @ 1030. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6295: Radio Shadowman playing pop, testing a new transmitter. Good signal here, peaking at S9+10db. SINPO 44433.

6300: Unid station with schlager @ 0935, splash from Mazda. SINPO 33433.

6305: Radio Mazda with polka and schlager, ID @ 0930. SINPO 44433.

6305v: Radio Pionier with schlager @ 1205. SINPO 33333.

6310: Radio Optimod with a strong signal @ 1255, playing instrumental music with occasional jingle IDs. Signal S9+10dB. SINPO 44444. To hear a recording click here

6882: Radio Playback Int @ 0925 playing a song by Fleetwood Mac. SINPO 34433.

6925u: Spider Radio playing oldies @ 2145, deep fades. SINPO 24332.

9290: Q103 v Latvia signing on @ 1300 and playing German rock music. SINPO 45444.

9290: Radio Caroline via Latvia, live from the Ross Revenge. Heard @ 1605 playing "Can't Get Enough of Your Love." SINPO 55544. To hear a recording click here or here
(updated 21:45UTC)

Sat Mar 22

3935: Laser Hot Hits with a sponsored show @ 1800. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6270: Radio Calypso heard @ 0915 playing polka and schlager. Fair-good signal here. SINPO 34433.

6306: Radio Royal with dance music @ 1005. Clear ID with email address heard at 1030. SINPO 33333.

6309: Radio Pionier playing schlager @ 1750. Usual poor modulation. SINPO 33333.

6325: Free Radio Holland and Radio Sweetfire heard @ 1335 playing Dutch music. Fair signal - S8 here. SINPO 34433.

6554: Unid station with blues music @ 1345. Weak to fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6882: Radio Playback Int with a recording of an American station @ 1620. SINPO 34333.

9290: Radio City via Latvia @ 1025 with music from the 60s and 70s. SINPO 45444.

9290: RMRC via Latvia @ 1625 with German and Dutch music. Strong signal. SINPO 55444. Seems it might not have been RMRC according to Achim's blog, as the wrong programme was aired. Instead it was a Dutch station called Firma Arkade.

(updated 18:10UTC)

Fri Mar 21

3905: Antonio Radio with schlager @ 2220, followed by ID. But co-channel telephony QRM making it difficult to hear. SINPO 23332.

3935: Radio Rainbow playing "99 Red Balloons" @ 1755. Weak signal but improving, some SSB QRM. SINPO 23332.

6055: KBC via Lithuania putting in a strong signal, peaking at S9+30dB, with Wolfman Jack. Easily heard despite being in the crowded 49mb. SINPO 54444.

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1805 with jingle followed by Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy." Fair to good signal. SINPO 33433.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2135 playing Abba "Fernando." Weak signal but fairly clear. SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:25UTC)

Wolfman Jack

BBC Radio 4 has a programme about the legendary US DJ Wolfman Jack on tomorrow (Mar 22) at 1030UTC called "In Search of the Wolf."

There is also a long article about him on the BBC website at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7307738.stm

(info via Mike Terry, anoraksuk)

Shortwave listeners to KBC will be familiar with the Wolfman who can be heard on the station six days a week.

Barretina blog

Radio Barretina has started a blog which can be viewed at http://www.radiobarretina.blogspot.com/ The station says he is on air today on 6311. As I write this at 1200UTC, I can just hear a very weak signal.

Wed Mar 19

3935: Laser Hot Hits with oldies @ 1945. Fair signal. SINPO 34333. I wonder is 4025 is off the air as I've not heard it for a while while 6210 seems to be at the mercy of the strange propagation conditions.

Tues Mar 18

3935: Laser Hot Hits playing Kraftwerk @ 1855. Poor-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

Caroline back on Ross Revenge

Easter 2008 live from Ross Revenge

The entire weekend will be hosted by presenters from our second ship, Mi Amigo who all served on board between 1977 and 1980.

This special birthday broadcast starts at 6am on Good Friday and runs until midnight on Easter Monday. You'll be able to watch some of the action via on-board webcams.

There'll be some additional ways to listen this Easter too.

You'll be able to tune in via our friends at Radio Mi Amigo where a special stream will be dedicated entirely to Caroline. They will also be replacing some their regular programmes with ours. Just go to http://www.radiomiamigo.eu/

Caroline will also be available on 9290khz shortwave from Latvia between 1500-1800 on Easter Sunday afternoon.

Please do not attempt to visit Ross Revenge this Easter. We hope to move the ship to a more accessible location soon and look forward to seeing you then.

http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/

(via Mike Terry, anoraksuk)

Radio Caroline will also be on 945kHz tomorrow (Sun) from 2100UTC until Monday at 0400UTC. I believe that's via a transmitter in Latvia.

Mon Mar 17

3935: Radio Rainbow heard @ 1805 playing a song by the Police. SINPO 34333.

6055: KBC via Lithuania coming in strong tonight @ 2235 with Wolfman Jack. SINPO 54444.

6215: Unid station playing music by Jean Michel Jarre @ 1045. Weak-fair signal with fading. At 1105, archive recordings of offshore station Radio London were heard. SINPO 34433.

6311: Radio Barretina heard relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1035. Talk by man in Catalan. Weak signal with some utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

(updated 22:40UTC)

North American log

The latest logging from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA:

6925U, Wolverine Radio. 0145-0230. 16 March 08. English. Wolverine Radio playing Neil Young, David Bowie and a whole bunch more that I could not identify. OM announcer mentioned that some of the mx was from a Swiss band. IDs at 0204 and 0212. Faint signal-close to unreadable.

Sun Mar 16

Conditions slightly better than last Sunday...but not much!

3935: Laser Hot Hits with pop music @ 1925. Poor signal. SINPO 24332.

5815: Orion Radio with schlager @ 0905. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6140: European Music Radio via Werchatal heard @ 1305 with Paul Graham playing rock music. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6205: Radio Borderhunter with promo for the Summer Meeting 2008 @ 1015. Frans is joined by Dr Tim in the studio. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 0920. SINPO 34333.

6262: Radio Zodiac greeting listeners @ 1110 and playing rock music. SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio (tent) @ 1005 playing oldies. Weak signal and utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6265: Radio Calypso @ 1345 with ID and giving out hotline, playing some rock music. Lot of fading on signal and some SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6270: Radio Altrex (tent) playing 60s music @ 0930. SINPO 24332.

6280: Unid station playing recordings of American radio stations @ 1000. Foton has it as World Music Radio. SINPO 34333.

6295: Grensstad Radio playing 60s music @ 1035. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Boomerang playing instrumental music @ 0910, mentioned Radio Ramona before signing off. SINPO 44433.

6307: Radio Royal playing a variety of music - Dutch, dance and oldies. Heard @ 1255 with a good signal. SINPO 44433.

6328v: Radio Pionier with schlager and ID in Dutch @ 1245. SINPO 34333.

6882: Radio Playback Int playing rock music from the "island of nowhere" @ 1935. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2155 with rock music. SINPO 24332.

9290: Radio Marina heard making its first transmission via Latvia, signing on @ 1300 giving out an address in the Netherlands. I believe this is a Dutch internet station. SINPO 45433. When I returned at 1310, just a blank carrier so obviously some technical problems! Programme resumed a few minutes later.

(updated 21:55UTC)

Sat Mar 15

3935: Radio Rainbow heard @ 1800 with IDs and playing rock music. SINPO 33433.

6265: Radio Calypso with non-stop schlager @ 1005. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1145 with Jolly Roger playing rock music. Fair signal now, but nothing heard earlier. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Valencia heard playing Abba's "Fernando" @ 1335 with IDs given by a child. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6311: Radio Barretina heard relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1745. Some local QRM. SINPO 33433.

6315: Radio Lowland heard briefly @ 1430 playing instrumental music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6325v: Radio Pionier with schlager @ 1435, rough modulation. SINPO 43433.

6882: Radio Playback Int @ 1500 with the promised American radio drama. Although a fair-good signal, some utility QRM and fading made it tricky to follow. Nice idea though. SINPO 43433.

6924.7u: US pirate? Radio Foxtrot? Heard @ 2040 with recordings of American radio stations. No sign of Spider Radio but it faded up soon after (see below). Station seemed to be logged on the American FRN forum. See: http://www.frn.net/vines/Forum4/HTML/011286.html
Fair signal - if US pirate amazing reception at this time of the evening. Fair-weak signal. Click here for recording or here

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2100 playing a song by Sting. Fair signal but deep fades. SINPO 33333.

(updated 21:10UTC)

Fri Mar 14

3935: Laser Hot Hits with archive Radio Caroline recordings @ 2015. SINPO 34333.

6311: Radio Barretina with Radio L'Arboc relay @ 2020. Fair signal. SINPO 33333.

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 2030 playing John Lennon's "Just Like Starting Over." Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio also coming in quite well this evening @ 2040, with a signal around S4, some utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

Thurs Mar 13

4025: Laser Hot Hits with the Crazy World of Arthur Brown's 60s hit "Fire" @ 1920. SINPO 44433.

Wed Mar 12

3935: Laser Hot Hits playing Elvis Costello's "Watching the Detectives" @ 1930. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with its Anoraks Hour featuring recordings of UK Radio @ 1925. Good signal - steady at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6311: Radio Barretina with a midweek broadcast, relaying Radio L'Arboc. Heard @ 2110 with a weak signal and some local QRM. SINPO 23432.

6882: Power FM via Pirate Music heard @ 1945 playing the song "Heat of the Moment" followed by a jingle. Deep fading. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio (pres) @ 2120. I can just hear music but not strong enough to identify any songs. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:25UTC)

North American log

Another logging from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA.

6700 The Crystal Ship. 2336-0010UTC. 11-12 Mar. English. The Xtal Ship opening with choral music followed by a block of Jackson Brown tunes. ID at 0009. Muffled Audio. Fair.

Tues Mar 11

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 1000 playing song by Rhianna. Annoying buzzing on the band - possibly local QRM. SINPO 43433.

Mon Mar 10

3935: Radio Rainbow with long talk about something @ 1745 - but not strong enough signal to hear what is was! Some SSB QRM as well. SINPO 23332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1020 with ad for Offshore Echoes magazine and then into the Tony James show. Reception a bit more unsettled today. SINPO 34333.

6275: Laser Hot Hits heard with Lee Richards' A-Z of Classic Pop @ 1210. Not parallel with 4025. SINPO 34333.

(updated 17:45UTC)

Sun Mar 9

Another Sunday, and again bad conditions on the band. It's a shame as yesterday's conditions were good.

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1755 playing oldies. Poor signal. SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1030 playing dance music. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with jingle ID and dance music @ 1410. SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing Kim Wilde "Kids in America" @ 0905. SINPO 34333.

6305: Unid station @ 1300 playing schlager and oldies. Might still be Viking but no IDs heard. SINPO 44433.

6306: Radio Viking playing a U2 song @ 1005 followed by ID and giving out hotline number. Much fading of the signal. SINPO 24332.

6325: RFB heard @ 1435 playing "Live is Life" followed by jingle ID. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433. To hear recording click here or longer recording here

6882: Radio Playback Int with a Barry Manilow song @ 0855. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing Abba "Supertrouper" @ 2130. Weak signal, about S5. SINPO 23432.

(updated 21:30UTC)

Sat Mar 8

3905: Radio Borderhunter with a strong signal @ 2245, greeting Marcel and playing a French song. Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

3935: Radio Rainbow playing its "She's Like A Rainbow" theme song and reading listeners' letters @ 1630. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Jolly Roger playing Shalamar's "A Night to Remember" @ 1550. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6055: KBC via Lithuania coming in better today. Heard @ 2240 with a signal peaking at S9+30dB. SINPO 54444.

6210: Laser Hot Hits heard playing oldies @ 0935. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave with rock music @ 1020. Laser seems to have faded out on 6210 so no splash there. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Altrex with the Beatles song "Hey Jude" @ 0930. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits again suffering co-channel QRM from Calypso @ 0925. SINPO 32432.

6275: Radio Calypso playing schlager @ 0925, ID but battling with Laser for control of frequency. SINPO 32432. After the comments on this blog last Saturday you would think Calypso wouldn't use this frequency again on a Saturday!

6275: Radio Rainbow reading listeners' reception reports @ 1225. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6285: Radio Calypso moved here to avoid QRM with Laser. Heard @ 1025 giving out hotline number and playing schlager. Clear channel here. SINPO 34433.

6295: Radio Victoria heard @ 0915 with ID, playing the song "Mississippi." Weaker station underneath. SINPO 33433. Also heard @ 1145 with non-stop oldies. ID at 1220. SINPO 34333.

6301: Radio Valencia playing schlager @ 1130 with ID at 1140. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6306: Unid station playing instrumental music @ 1135. Splash from Valencia. Went off few minutes later. SINPO 33433.

6307: Radio Sallandse Boer playing schlager @ 1600, talk in Dutch mentioning Mazda and Dr Tim. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Lowland talking in Dutch @ 1353, playing polka. SINPO 34433. (see comments)

6311: Radio Barrentina relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1605 with man talking in Catalan. Weak signal with some local QRM and splash from Sallandse Boer. SINPO 23432.

6325: Orion Radio testing his new tubes, playing schlager. Good signal here peaking at S9+10dB @ 0920. SINPO 44444.

6325: Free Radio Holland and Radio Sweetfire heard @ 1620 with ID and email address followed by polka. SINPO 34333.

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 0910 with jazz music. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6925u: Spider Radio from Greece with canned ID and playing a Whitney Houston song @ 1640. SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:50UTC)

Fri Mar 7

3935: Laser Hot Hits with oldies @ 1625. Weaker than 4025. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott @ 0935 playing dance music. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB, some fading. SINPO 44433.

6210: Laser Hot Hits with Lee Richards' A-Z of Classic Pop @ 1120. Good signal at the moment, but a bit of fading and utility QRM. In parallel with 4025. SINPO 43433.

6882: Power FM via Pirate Music heard @ 1745 playing song by Blondie with "Power FM" jingles. Deep fades. SINPO 33333.

6882: Radio Playback Int v Pirate Music booming in tonight @ 2055 playing Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody." SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio with canned ID by woman followed by Grace Jones song @ 2300. SINPO 23432.

(updated 23:05UTC)

Thu Mar 6

3935: Laser Hot Hits with old Radio Caroline recordings @ 1715. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with the Jolly Roger programme @ 1010 playing "Lost in Music." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6276: Unid station heard playing oldies from the 60s and 70s, including Earth, Wind & Fire @ 1535. Audio sounded a bit rough. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2100 playing a Rod Stewart song. Weak signal but clear. SINPO 24432.

(updated 21:05UTC)

Wed Mar 5

3935: Radio Rainbow heard @ 1745 talking about peace and playing a song by Blondie. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing pop @ 1025. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6210: Laser Hot Hits seems to be appearing around lunchtime on this frequency. Heard @ 1250 with dance music, some SSB QRM. Different programme to 4025. SINPO 33433.

(updated 17:55UTC)

Tues Mar 4

6210: Laser Hot Hits on its new 48mb frequency. Faded in by 1230, when heard song by the Isley Brothers. Fair-good signal but some fading. SINPO 34433.

Mon Mar 3

3935: Radio Rainbow heard playing song by Green Day @ 1840. Noisy but breaking through on peaks. SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1015 playing pop. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.
Looking at the Laser website, I see the station has changed frequency from 6421 to 6210 - although I haven't managed to hear it, yet.

6055: KBC via Lithuania on its latest frequency. Heard @ 2235 with Wolfman Jack. Good signal and no major QRM problems, although a bit of splatter from a very strong signal on 6040. SINPO 44444.

(updated 22:40UTC)

Sun Mar 2

Very poor conditions today with most signals skipping over my QTH. But this evening better for reception from southern Europe.

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1930 with 60s offshore recordings of Radio London. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Lee Richards' A-Z of Classic Pop @ 0945. SINPO 43433.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertachal signing on @ 1300 in German and English. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6140: KBC via Lithuania still here suffering heavy splash from 6145. Signal only fair again. Heard @ 2220 playing "Mull of Kintyre." But the station is expecting to move to 6055 tomorrow from 22-2300UTC. SINPO 33433.

6220: Mystery Radio booming in tonight with dance music from the 80s @ 1935. SINPO 44444.

6270: Radio Altrex (tent) playing "Stuck in the Middle With You" @ 1150. Weak signal not helped by utility on same frequency. SINPO 23432.

6276: Radio Doctor Tim with a special programme in memory of Radio Bobby. Heard playing schlager @ 0905. SINPO 33333. Here's a QSL from that broadcast - thanks for the speedy reply, Dr Tim

6280: Radio Borderhunter (tent) signing off @ 1105. Weak signal. Just caught mention of Herten and promo for Summer Meeting. SINPO 24332.

6295: Grensstad Radio (tent) heard @ 1135 playing a Spandau Ballet song. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6310: Radio Malaisy (tent) playing non-stop pop @ 1025. No IDs heard but Achim suggests it is Malaisy. Weak-fair signal here. SINPO 33333.

6312: Radio Barrentina @ 2045 with an Elton John song followed by talk in Catalan. Loud hum making reception difficult, best in lsb. SINPO 22322.

6882: Radio Playback Int with a good signal @ 1940 - S8-9, playing the song "At Seventeen." SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio coming in well tonight. Heard @ 2050 playing Boney M "Rasputin." Signal S5. Some occasional SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

(updated 22:25UTC)

Sat Mar 1

3925: Radio Blue House heard @ 2045 playing blues music, giving out mailing and email addresses. As this is a Finnish pirate, he was no doubt being relayed by someone else. SINPO 34333.

3935: Laser Hot Hits with offshore recordings @ 1730. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing rock and pop @ 1410 with a Colin Dixon tribute show. S9 here. SINPO 44433.

6140: KBC still on this frequency tonight. Wolfman Jack heard @ 2220 playing The Beatles "Ticket to Ride." Signal only fair and splash from 6145. SINPO 33433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) playing song @ 1035 from Hazel O'Connor. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

6264: Radio Gay back on again tonight, playing Madonna @ 1705. Poor signal with utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6265: Radio Oscar Zulu with jingle IDs, playing reggae music @ 1255. Utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6270: Radio Altrex heard @ 1110 playing Abba, followed by ID asking for reports. Some splash from Calypso. SINPO 33433.

6275: Radio Calypso heard playing schlager @ 0955, ID giving out hotline number. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits @ 1305 underneath Calypso, which is stronger here. Laser best in usb. SINPO 32432. Usual co-channel QRM result...mess of two stations accompanied by heterodyne. Surely one of them could move?

6295: Grensstad Radio playing polka @ 1045. Poor signal with deep fading. SINPO 24332.

6306: Radio Royal playing instrumental music @ 1250, ID. SINPO 34433.

6311: Radio Barrentina heard @ 1820 with dance music and talk in Catalan. SINPO 23332.

6882: Radio Playback Int with a live programme, heard @ 1645 with ID, email address and playing oldies. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing UB40 @ 1635. Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia @ 0915 with dance music presented by DJ Charlie Prince. SINPO 45444.

9290: Radio Casablanca via Latvia @ 1240 with schlager, talk in German. SINPO 45444.

(updated 22:20UTC)

KBC moving again

Just looking at KBC forum...the station is announcing it will be on 6055 tonight from 2200-2300UTC.

Fri Feb 29

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing dance music @ 0955. Fair signal with some fading. SINPO 34433.

6140: KBC v Lithuania on its new frequency @ 2130 with Wolfman Jack. Splash from 6145. SINPO 43433. The station is asking for help to find a clear channel within the 49mb.

6264: Radio Gay (tent) heard @ 2115 playing The Cure "Close to Me." Weak signal and lot of fading so not easy to hear. SINPO 24332. Click here for recording.

6265: Radio Oscar Zulu heard @ 1250 playing 60s music, ID and promo for the Summer Meeting. SINPO 34433.

6321: Radio Pionier heard @ 1010 playing schlager with IDs. Modulation made audio sound a bit distorted. SINPO 33433.

(updated 21:30UTC)

Thurs Feb 28

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Lee Richards' A-Z of Classic Pop programme @ 1535 with a good signal of S9-S9+10dB. SINPO 44444. It's a shame 6421 can't be more consistent.

6265: KBC v Lithuania @ 2135 with the Wolfman Jack show. Strong signal - S9 to S9+20dB. SINPO 55544. KBC moves to 6140 tomorrow (although I have also seen 6055 mentioned). I wonder why this last minute change of frequency? I saw on DX Listening Digest that the VO Islamic Republic of Iran relays via Lithuania are also moving off 6265. I wonder if Lithuania has been told to get off this channel due to QRM to utility?

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2140 playing "Life in the Fast Lane." Some other SSB and utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

(updated 21:45UTC)

KBC new frequencies

Starting February 29, KBC's broadcast to Europe at 2130-2229 UTC will move from 6265 kHz to 6140 kHz.

Starting March 9, KBC's broadcast to America at 0100-0159 UTC will move from 6255 kHz to 6040 kHz.

In addition, starting Saturday March 1, there will be an extra Wolfman Jack Show. Currently runs Monday-Friday.

(Info: KBC forum; http://www.kbcradio.eu/ )

These relays via Sitkunai, Lithuania.

Wed Feb 27

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing "Radar Love" @ 0955. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6300: Magic AM heard @ 1330 testing new equipment. Heard with a good signal, playing the song "Knock on Wood." SINPO 44444. To hear recording click here

6882: Radio Playback International with soft rock music @ 1715 and station jingles followed by live programme in English and Italian. Before coming on, the Swiss Radio Int interval signal was heard. Fair signal - about S7-8 here. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio (tent) @ 2100. Can just hear music but very weak at moment. SINPO 13321.

(updated 21:05UTC)

Tues Feb 26

3935: Laser Hot Hits playing the song "Heartbreak Avenue" @ 1920. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a Radio Gemini documentary - tribute to Colin Dixon - @ 1925. SINPO 34333.

6265: KBC via Lithuania @ 2135 playing rock music. Very strong signal - S9+30dB. SINPO 55555.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2125 playing Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Relax." Weak signal with fair peaks - reaching S5. SINPO 23332.

Mon Feb 25

3935: Radio Rainbow @ 1935 playing oldies. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a poor-fair signal @ 1945, playing dance music. SINPO 24332.

6275: Radio Altrex playing oldies @ 0955, followed by ID and talking about the weather. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

(updated 19:45UTC)

Sun Feb 24

3935: Laser Hot Hits playing song by the Eurthymics @ 1800. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Lee Richards and his A-Z of Classic Pop @ 1115. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

5815: Orion Radio playing "The One and Only" @ 0855, greeting listeners. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6140: Radio Gloria v Wertchatal @ 1345 giving out address and mentioning website http://www.radiogloria.de.vu/ Playing oldies. SINPO 55544

6220: Mystery Radio with non-stop dance music @ 1220. SINPO 34433.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio @ 1455 playing alternative music. SINPO 33433.

6260: Radio Paardenkracht playing a Michael Jackson song @ 0955, followed by ID. Splash from Scotland. SINPO 33433.

6266: Radio Scotland Int with oldies. Coming in well here. SINPO 44444.

6278: VO The Netherlands with a good signal @ 1015, playing 80s pop, mentioning the AM forum. SINPO 44444. To hear recording click here

6290: Radio Mazda with non-stop schlager and occasional IDs. Heard @ 0905, with some sporadic utility QRM. SINPO 44444.

6295: Unid station playing dance music @ 0945, splash from Mazda. SINPO 33433. Achim had it as Radio Northpole.

6306: Radio Royal with schlager @ 1000. Giving out email address. SINPO 34433.

6524: Radio Ramona playing the 60s song "Fire" followed by ID @ 1145. Poor-fair signal with much fading. SINPO 34433.

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) playing pop @ 1150 but weak signal and too much fading to get clear ID. SINPO 24332.

6882: Radio Playback Int with oldies @ 1105. SINPO 34433.

6925u: Spider Radio playing oldies @ 1845. Heard a snatch of "Everybody Dance Now." Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

(updated 18:50UTC)

Sat Feb 23

3904: Bluestar Radio playing schlager @ 1825, mentioning his website. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3930: Radio Sensation playing schlager @ 2230, followed by ID, then song by Madonna. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3935: Radio Rainbow with IDs, playing The Beatles @ 1700. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Jolly Roger playing "Lost in Music" @ 1010. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6275: Radio Rainbow via Laser @ 0905 playing the Sugababes. SINPO 34433.

6278: VO The Netherlands heard briefly @ 1625 playing 80s pop, brief announcement. Good signal but squeezed between Laser on 6275 and a legal station on 6280. SINPO 43433.

6300: Radio Calypso heard playing oldies and schlager @ 1425, giving out hotline number. SINPO 34433. To hear recording click here

6307: Delta Radio heard @ 1200 spelling out email address (deltapirat - no 'e') and playing Blondie "Maria." Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34433.

6312: Radio Barrentina with talk by man in Catalan @ 0925. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6325: Radio Lowland with ID, hotline and playing song "Lying in the Arms of Mary" @ 0920. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6325: Radio Alice heard with report for Lowland @ 1432. SINPO 44433.

6882: Radio Playback Int with pop @ 0910 and jingle IDs. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio (tent) @ 1800 with a weak signal but can just about hear music. SINPO 23332.

(updated 22:40UTC)

Fri Feb 22

3935: Laser Hot Hits with pop @ 0935. Weak signal. SINPO 34332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Golden Earring's "Radar Love" @ 0940. Signal pushing S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6265: KBC signing on @ 2130 with a strong signal - S9+20dB. Another Wolfman Jack show. SINPO 55544.

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1850 with pop and jingle IDs. Fair-good signal but quite noisy frequency. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2120 playing Blondie. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:30UTC)

Thurs Feb 21

3935: Laser Hot Hits @ 0955 not so strong on this frequency with a bit of whistle here. Not in parallel with 4025. SINPO 23332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with its Colin Dixon tribute programme @ 0940. SINPO 44433.

Wed Feb 20

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 1010 with Mike Andrews playing song by Tina Turner. SINPO 44433. Not parallel to 6421.

6421: Laser Hot Hits with Radio Caroline recordings @ 1005. Not parallel to 4025. SINPO 34433.

London FM pirates raided

Merry Media News
19 February 2008

Three people have been arrested and twenty two illegal transmitters have been seized in an operation involving Ofcom, the Metropolitan Police and the London Boroughs of Hackney, Haringey, Tower Hamlets and Islington.

20 illegal radio stations have been taken off the air between February 6 and February 16.

Ofcom estimate that there are over 150 illegal radio stations operating in the UK, with half of those broadcasting across London and thr South East.

Robert Thelen-Bartholomew, Director of Field Operations at Ofcom, said: "Illegal broadcasters can cause serious interference to safety-of-life services such as the fire brigade and air traffic control, as well as legitimate radio stations. Ofcom takes swift and firm action to remove these illegal stations from the air. We work closely with local authorities to ensure that this problem is tackled at source for the benefit of the community."

Here is a list of the illegal broadcasters that are targeted by the Ofcom operation:
Attitude 107.4 FM Hackney
Bizim 104.2 FM Haringey
Conshus 106.9 FM Tower Hamlets
Heat 96.6 FM Haringey
Jiggy FM Haringey
Kasapa 104.0 FM Hackney
Kool 94.6 FM Tower Hamlets
Live 101.5 FM Tower Hamlets
Millennium Supreme 99.8 FM Tower Hamlets
Origin 95.2 FM Islington
Rude 88.2 FM Islington
Shine 87.9 FM Tower Hamlets
SLR 97.7 FM Haringey
Takeover 107.7 FM Hackney
Touch 94.0 FM Haringey
True 100.2 FM Hackney
Unidentified Station 102.6 FM Haringey
Xtreme 101.7 FM Haringey

http://www.merrymedia.co.uk/

(info via radioanoraksuk)

Actors come aboard for pirate radio film

The BBC website reports that British actors Kenneth Branagh and Rhys Ifans have joined the cast of Richard Curtis's film about pirate radio DJs broadcasting on a ship in the 1970s.

The Boat That Rocked is written and directed by Curtis (of Four Weddings & A Funeral fame) and filming starts on March 3. Read more about it at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7253200.stm

(info via radioanoraksuk)

Tues Feb 19

3935: Radio Rainbow with oldies, talking about peace and 'loving awareness' @ 1925. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing "Keeping the Dream Alive" @ 0940. SINPO 44333.

6265: KBC very strong tonight - peaking at S9+40dB - with the Wolfman Jack show @ 2130. SINPO 55544.

6925u: Spider Radio (pres) @ 2125 with weak signal. Can just hear music but not strong enough to ID any songs. SINPO 23322.

(updated 21:35UTC)

Mon Feb 18

3935: Laser Hot Hits with old offshore radio recordings @ 1855. SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with its tribute to Colin Dixon programme @ 0945. SINPO 44433.

(updated 19:00UTC)

North American logs

Some more logs from across the water from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA:

6925 WMPR. 2216-2234*, 16 Feb, English. Techno mx. Several IDs and s/off announcement of “Thank you for tuning in to WMPR-Micro Power Radio.” VG

6925u Sycko Radio. 2252-2328. 16 Feb. English. Sycko Radio relayingWBNY programming. Comments by Sycko followed by Cdr. Bunny’s Presidents’ Day show. F-G.

Sun Feb 17

Phew! What a lot of stations on today.

3935: Radio Rainbow mentioning its website, playing oldies. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with oldies @ 0850. SINPO 34333.

5800: Radio Geronimo heard @ 1120 with Dave Scott playing some of his old Radio Apollo jingles from the 1980s, giving out contact details and greeting listeners. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

5815: Orion Radio playing rock music @ 0855. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433. Later moved to 5825 and then 5805 to avoid QRM.

5815: Radio Spaceshuttle (via World Music Radio?) playing Finnish pop @ 1005 with jingles. Off at 1400. SINPO 44444. Programme repeated again from 2000. Heard @ 2150 with deep fades. SINPO 44433.

5825: Delta Radio heard @ 1305 playing a song by Ultravox and giving email address: deltapirat @ hotmail.com Some ute QRM. SINPO 33333.

6140: European Music Radio via Wertchatal signing on @ 1300 with Tom Taylor and playing Jennifer Lopez song. SINPO 55544.

6201: Radio Scotland Int playing Hawkwind "Silver Machine" @ 0925. SINPO 44444.

6205: Radio Borderhunter with his usual excellent signal. Heard @ 1035 playing "Funky Town." SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1015. Local QRM. SINPO 33433.

6220: Radio RWE via Mystery Radio @ 2140 with ID followed by classical music and talk about early radio. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

6240: Radio Altrex now on this frequency. Heard @ 1050 playing "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" followed by ID. SINPO 34433.

6255: Radio Altrex playing rock music @ 0910. SINPO 33433.

6258: Radio Waves Int with "Country Music USA" programme @ 0915. SINPO 23432.

6265: Antonio Radio with 60s music @ 0900, followed by ID giving out hotline number. SINPO 33433.

6272: Magic AM heard @ 1055 with ID and greeting Dr Tim. Back on air after several months absence. Some utility QRM but good signal. SINPO 43433.

6280: Radio Merlin Int playing 6os music and talking about its mailing address. Good signal now its faded in. SINPO 44433.

6290: Radio Mazda (tent) with 60s music @ 0920. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6295: Grensstad Radio heard @ 1400 playing some instrumental music. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Paardenkracht with ID, email address and playing Boney M @ 0930. Came on top of another station. SINPO 43433.

6300: Unid station relaying Big L 1395 @ 1224 but QRM from Radio Royal. SINPO 32432.

6301: Radio Royal @ 1226 with ID, playing instrumental music. SINPO 33433. Heard @ 1253 on 6306 - clear frequency. SINPO 34433.

6308: Test Piraat with report for Sallandse Boer @ 1030. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Sallandse Boer with a Creedance Clearwater Revival song @ 1000, followed by ID. SINPO 43433.

6310: Radio Lowland heard with report for Sallanse Boer @ 1218. SINPO 44444.

6311: Radio Barrentina relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1655, playing easy listening music. Fair signal but some local QRM. SINPO 33433.

6315: Radio Saturnus playing song by Heart, followed by ID. This frequency reasonably clear but 48m very busy today. SINPO 43443.

6325: Premier Radio Int playing the Communards @ 0935. SINPO 34433.

6421: Laser Hot Hits with a tribute programme to Colin Dixon @ 1235. Good signal at the moment. SINPO 44433.

6524: Radio Ramona playing "Spirit of Radio" @ 1020. Some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6540: Radio Brigitte Int heard with IDs @ 1135, playing oldies. SINPO 34333.

6882: Playback Radio International with a live programme. Heard @ 1635 playing the Village People "In the Navy." SINPO 34433.

6925u: Spider Radio with the song "Safety Dance" @ 2255. Deep fades. SINPO 24332.

(updated 23:00UTC)

Sat Feb 16

3935: Radio Rainbow heard @ 1700 playing oldies. SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hots Hits playing REO Speedwagon @ 0950. SINPO 44433.

6216: Radio King Shortwave with reggae music @ 1050. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6265: Antonio Radio heard @ 1100 giving out hotline and email address, playing some instrumental music. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

6265: Radio Oscar Zulu with rock music @ 1430. SINPO 33433.

6267: Radio Titanic playing 60s music @ 1425, testing new antenna, squeezed by ROZ on 6265. No email address, just mailing address in Gronau. SINPO 33433. To hear recording click here

6270: Radio Altrex heard playing schlager @ 0925, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6275: Radio Rainbow via Laser @ 0920 greeting listeners. SINPO 33433.

6280: Radio Calypso heard with schlager @ 0910, some splash from 6275. ID via Alfa Lima forum. SINPO 33333.

6280: Radio Altrex heard @ 1445 but difficult to hear due to splash from Laser. SINPO 32432.

6300: Radio Paardenkracht heard briefly @ 1105 with some schlager and IDs before going off at 1107. SINPO 34433.

6306: Radio Royal putting in a good signal @ 0915, playing instrumental music and ballads. SINPO 44433.

6311: Radio Barrentina with relay of Radio L'Arboc. Heard @ 1710 with man talking in Catalan. SINPO 23432.

6325: Radio Skywire heard @ 1600 playing Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall," followed by an ID and sign off. SINPO 34433.

6326: Radio Alice with schlager @ 1415, some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6400: Unid Dutch station heard @ 1525 playing oldies. Weak signal and couldn't catch the ID. SINPO 24332.

6882: Radio Playback International heard @ 1505 playing the Beatles "Yellow Submarine." Weak signal at the moment. SINPO 24332. Update: Signal up to S8-9 @ 1715 with man talking in Italian, plus IDs. SINPO 34333.

9290: Radio City via Latvia with music from the 50s & 60s @ 1045. SINPO 45444.

(updated 17:15UTC)

Fri Feb 15

3935: Laser Hot Hits @ 1730 with the Jolly Roger show, playing "Rosanna." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with the Mike Andrews programme @ 1550. SINPO 34433.

6265: KBC v Lithuania signing on @ 2130 with another Wolfman Jack show. SINPO 55544.

6280: Radio Merlin Int playing the Beastie Boys @ 1250. Fair-good signal reaching S9. SINPO 33433.

6290: Unid station playing schlager @ 1300. No IDs heard. SINPO 33433. Achim had it tentatively as Zender Pathfinder.

6882: Pirate Music (pres) playing the interval signal of Swiss Radio International continuously. Heard @ 1715. Is this anything to do with Playback Radio - are they Swiss? Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6882: Playback Radio with a live programme @ 2115, playing oldies. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio playing "Walking on Sunshine" @ 2125. Weak signal but audible. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:30UTC)

Thurs Feb 14

3935: Radio Rainbow/Laser Hot Hits @ 2100 with offshore recordings. Heard mentions of 'Loving Awareness'. Some SSB QRM. SINPO 23332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Radio Caroline recordings @ 0950. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Merlin playing 80s music. Heard @ 1005 with Human League song. Unfortunately difficult to hear due to strong utility QRM. SINPO 32432.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2110 with oldies - about S6 tonight. Canned ID by woman followed by song by Sade. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:15UTC)

Wed Feb 13

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1915 playing Genesis. Poor-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with the Jolly Roger programme playing 60s music @ 0935. SINPO 33433.

6925u: Spider Radio playing Michael Jackson's "Bad" @ 2310. Some SSB QRM. Fair peaks but most of the time quite weak. SINPO 23332.

(updated 23:20UTC)

Radio RWE

Please let me inform you of the next show of Radio RWE.

The next show is going to be aired on February 17, 2008 at 21.00 UTC via Mystery Radio on 6220 kHz.

Feature presentations planned for the show are as follows:-
Beginnings of international shortwave wireless in the 20s, 30s and 40s, classical music nostalgia

Radio RWE - RADIO WAVE EUROPE, is a radio show commemorated to vintage shortwave radio, literature, movies.

RADIO WAVE EUROPE presents its shows courtesy of various shortwave radio stations, like Ulbroka, Mystery Radio and WMR. Programmes are in English language.

Reception reports from listeners of the shortwave relay of RADIO WAVE EUROPE are very welcome !

Please send them (including return postage /but no stamps, please/) to the following address (the contact postal box): 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

Thank you for your interest in Radio RWE - RADIO WAVE EUROPE !
Regards,
Frank

(station direct)

Tues Feb 12

4025: Laser Hot Hits with the final Colin Dixon show @ 1010. SINPO 44433.

6270: Radio Altrex heard @ 1050 giving out email address and hotline before signing off. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6421: Laser Hot Hits faded in on this frequency. Heard @ 1230 playing the Bee Gees. SINPO 34433.

(updated 12:30UTC)

Mon Feb 11

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Radio Caroline recordings @ 0940. Signal suddenly disappeared at 0945. SINPO 44444. Signal back again at recheck at 1030. Still 44444.

6882: Pirate Music @ 2240 playing funky music. Not heard any Playback IDs. Fair-good signal - S8/9. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio with weak signal @ 2145. SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:45UTC)

Sun Feb 10

3935: Laser Hot Hits @ 1920 with promo for sponsored shows, playing pop. Weak signal with a slight het on it. SINPO 23332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits putting in a good signal @ 1230 with a Radio Caroline programme. SINPO 44433. Nothing heard on 6421.

5815: Orion Radio @ 0915 coming in well, talking about Radio Condor and playing "Dutch pirate music." SINPO 44444.

6140: Radio Joystick v Wertchatal starting a few minutes late @ 1303 with song "Turn the Music Up." Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6205: Radio Borderhunter @ 0855 with dance music and a promo for the Summer Meeting 2008. Good clear signal. SINPO 44444.

6216: Radio King Shortwave playing a song by Franz Ferdinand @ 1020. Some splash from Borderhunter. SINPO 33433.

6250: Unid station playing Queen songs @ 1030. Poor signal and some utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6273: Radio Kilohertz playing "Wipeout," ID in German and off @ 1245. SINPO 34433. To hear recording click here

6281: Radio Caroline Eifel with 60s music and IDs @ 0905. SINPO 33333.

6281: Radio Scotland calling Radios Tina and Zodiac. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6285: Radio Zodiac with rock music @ 1100. SINPO 44433. Heard on 6282 @ 1210 signing off. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Mazda with a good signal @ 0920, playing schlager. SINPO 44444.

6295: Grensstad Radio with polka @ 0900. Fair signal but flattened when Mazda came on. SINPO 34433.

6295: Radio Northpole heard @ 1220 calling Dr Tim. SINPO 34433.

6296: Radio Doctor Tim (tent) with long talk @ 1205, off at 1210. SINPO 33333.

6309: Radio Cochiguaz with Andean pan pipe music and IDs @ 0850. SINPO 23332.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 1005. SINPO 34333.

6325: Premier Radio Int on a new frequency playing Cornershop "Brimful of Asha" @ 0910. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Quintus with the Moody Blues "Nights in White Satin" @ 1110. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 0925 with Andy Walker talking about repairing computers, playing song by Elastica from the 90s. Strong signal - S9+20dB. SINPO 54444. Later, Jack heard announcing WMR was taking a short break from the airwaves (let's hope it's not too long!).

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) @ 0935 with pop but weak signal. SINPO 23432.

6882: Radio Playback Int with pop and jingles @ 0930. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6925u: Spider Radio still going strong @ 2240. Signal about S4 here. Song by female singer, sounded like Whitney Houston, followed by ID, then Snap "I've Got the Power". SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:45UTC)