Sat Apr 14

3901 1803 Delta Radio. Dutch song, ID and said testing new transmitter and modulation. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

4015 1720 Laser Hot Hits. Billy Joel "Moving Out", Laser jingle then Spandau Ballet "Communication." SINPO 34333.

6240 1745 Radio Onda Caliente. IDs and instrumental music, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6300 1757 Radio Spaceman. "Una Paloma Blanca," moved from 6295 where was another station. Strong. SINPO 54444. Back on 6295 at 1840 to avoid station on 6305.

6295 1654 Radio Flying Dutchman. ID jingle, instrumental music, running 100W. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6305 1640 Radio Osaka. Oldies, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6510 1817 Radio Rising Sun. Culture Club "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me." Weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6930 1645 Irish Music Radio. "This Old Heart of Mine," then "Magic Potion," fair-good. SINPO 34333.

6980 1650 Laser Hot Hits. Level 42 "Heaven in My House", good signal but SSB QRM. SINPO 43433.

Fri Apr 13

4015 2155 Laser Hot Hits. Instrumental music and start of Paul Stuart show, Travis "Sing," fair-good signal but some utility splash. SINPO 44433.

6240 1940 Radio Caroline Int. Barry White "Let The Music Play," ID jingles. SINPO 34333.

6305 1950 Radio Countdown. Moby "Why Does My Heart," good signal. SINPO 44433.

6420 1935 Radio Mustung. The Monkees "I'm A Believer," strong. SINPO 54444.

Thurs Apr 12

4015 2045 Laser Hot Hits. Peter Gabriel song, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6295 2003 Radio Mi Amigo. Billy Idol "White Wedding," "Death of a Clown." SINPO 44433.

6305 2015 Radio Witte Reus. Abba "Dancing Queen." SINPO 34333.

6980 2035 Laser Hot Hits. Music heard but weak signal. SINPO 24332.

Wed Apr 11

4015 2045 Laser Hot Hits. Alice Cooper "No More Mr Nice Guy", good signal but occasional QRM. SINPO 43433.

6295 2015 Radio Spaceman. A very entertaining show with Major Tom singing along to records, including the Beatles "Let It Be." SINPO 54444.

6980 2030 Laser Hot Hits. Talking about shortwave QRM, expensive haircuts, song "Don't Shed A Tear." SINPO 44433.

Tues Apr 10

4015 1925 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence show. James "Born of Frustration." SINPO 44433.

6290 1740 Radio Tarzan. Dutch music, talk in Dutch and English. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6305 1745 Radio Osaka. "Dragon's Lair" music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6325 1915 Radio Caroline Int. Dance music, recordings of offshore Radio Caroline. SINPO 34333.

6980 1905 Laser Hot Hits. Madonna "Power of Goodbye," talk about price of stamps going up. SINPO 44433.

Nord AM this Saturday

Dear listeners and friends,
 We hope that you were enjoying your Easter holidays and that the first signs of spring are already visible at your hometown. Well, we would like to support that by sending you some funky tunes through the magical world of shortwave-radio.

To sum it up: The sixth edition of NordAM will be broadcast next Saturday 14/04/2012
 1400-1500 UTC on 6005 kHz
 2000-2100 UTC on 3995 kHz

 We use Radio 700's transmitters in Kall-Krekel, Germany (with 1000 Watts). Furthermore, we can be heard on Radio 700's online live streaming. Just go to <http://radio700.de/player/player_kw.php?p=1> and select the frequency we are currently broadcasting on. These streams and frequencies normally carry the broadcasts of Radio 700.

 Once again, we will bring you some current (Indie) pop and rock music from all over the world and hope to bring you 60 minutes of entertainment and joy. Furthermore, we have a short listeners' mailbox-program and invite you to send us again your comments and reception reports.

 Detailled and correct reports will be verified with our new QSL card (by regular mail or email).
 Please send all your letters and reports to: nordam @ shortwaveservice.com
 Or visit our Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/NordAM/231948116860158

 We would like to thank all listeners for writing and sending reports regarding our previous transmission. Some of you may not have received our QSL yet, but your reception reports are not forgotten. We simply run out of QSL cards and have to design & print some new ones. But be sure that everyone who sends in a correct and detailled report will get his or her deserved QSL. ;-)

 Of course we are also glad to hear from you what you think about our choice of music or if you have any advice for us regarding new bands etc.

 We are excited to read where our little "student-radio-project" can be received. Feel free to forward these information to your DXing friends.

 Let's meet in the 49 and 75 metre-band next Saturday!

 All the best,
 Torben & Daniel

 P.S: More details about Radio 700: www.radio700.eu. Our transmission is made
 possible thanks to www.shortwaveservice.com (see this page for technical details and schedule updates!).
(infor via Dr Tim Yahoo group)

Mon Apr 9

I'm afraid I missed all the action today but there are still a few stations around....

4015 2145 Laser Hot Hits. Chris Jones song. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6210 2150 Radio Sluwe Vos. Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing," ID jingle. Fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6240 2110 Radio Focus Int. Coldplay song, ID jingles. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6930 2125 Irish Music Radio. More Coldplay. SINPO 34333.

6980 2115 Laser Hot Hits. "Amigo." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Sun Apr 8

4015 2130 Laser Hot Hits. "Send Me An Angel", reading reception reports, good signal. SINPO 44433.

5820 0737 Orion Radio. Mention Saxonia, Abba "Chiquitita", good signal. SINPO 44433.

5820 0920 Radio Scotland Int. Report to Orion, "Pepperbox," off 0922, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6200 0745 Radio Orang Utan. Rock music, fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6220 1203 Bogusman. Reading reception reports from Scotland, Germany, Sweden and France. Also said he hasn't got QSLs at the moment. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6240 0802 Radio Focus Int. Keith Archer programme. ID,  Dio "Rock n Roll Children." SINPO 44433.

6265 1405 Radio Geromino SW. ID, ELO song, Dave Scott talking about the pirate radio chatroom. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6280 0755 Radio Merlin Int. Lou Reed "Take A Walk on the Wild Side," ID. Good signal with strong peaks. SINPO 44444. Heard on 6305 at 1420 - SINPO 44433

6290 0840 Radio Spaceman. Dutch music, greeting listeners (thanks for mention), strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6295 0944 Wizard Radio. Report for Radio Spaceman. Fair signal but fady. SINPO 34333.

6300 0800 Crazy Wave Radio. Rock music, weak with splash from 6305. SINPO 23332. Also on 7425. Big difference in the signal strength by 2100 ... SINPO 53443, although some splash from Reflections Europe on 6295 and strong station on 6305.

6305 0750 Radio Tarzan. Dutch music, ID. SINPO 34333.

6310 1015 Radio Condor. ID, email address, instrumental music. SINPO 34333.

6325 0933 Radio Scotland Int. Moved from 5820, ID, "Wipeout", strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6325 1425 Pony Radio. BZN, good to strong signal. SINPO 44433.

6326 1740 Bad Boys Radio. ID and email address by woman and off, some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6374 1010 Wizard Radio. Moved from 6295, ID, fair signal. SINPO 34333. Heard again at 2045 with SINPO 34333.

6383 1430 Radio Underground. ID and greeting listeners, Dutch music. Good signal. SINPO 44433. Moved to 6325 at 1439, still 44433.

6420 1530 Radio Tidalwave. ID, dance music, then dance version of "China in Your Hand." Good-strong signal. SINPO 44433.

6450 1535 Radio Mustang. Kim Wilde "You Came," ID, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6450 2050 Uncle Sam Radio. Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive", strong. SINPO 54444.

6510 1545 Radio Rising Sun. IDs, "I've Been Around the World", weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6930 0815 Irish Music Radio. Elkie Brooks "The Way You Do the Things You Do." SINPO 34333.

6940 0807 Radio Waves Int. ID, country music. SINPO 34333.

6980 0810 Laser Hot Hits. Kate Bush "Never Forever," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

7265 0937 Radio Pacman. Voice only transmission, using 20W, greeting Wizard. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

7265 1005 Trans Europe Radio. Report to Pacman, ID, and off 1007. SINPO 34333.

7425 0907 Crazy Wave Radio. Andy Walker talking, oldies but poor signal. SINPO 24332.

9480 0900 MV Baltic Radio. Signing on, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

Sat Apr 7

3930 2238 Radio Batavia. Toto "Africa", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4015 2225 Laser Hot Hits. Laser 558 recordings, "Boogie Woogie No More." SINPO 44433.

6291 2045 Radio Sallandse Boer. ID and music, only weak here with utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6300 2040 Unid. Funky music, good signal but no ID. SINPO 44433. Maybe CWR testing?

6305 2050 Radio Spaceman. Band closing earlier tonight, only weak signal with splash from 6300. SINPO 23332.

Fri Apr 6

4015 2202 Laser Hot Hits. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6240 2235 Radio Frieloo. Dutch music, ID and email address at 2241. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6295 1810 Radio Spaceman. Shadows "Apache", ID, then Dutch music. Strong. SINPO 54444. Signal still powering out at 2210 - SINPO 54444.

6305 1815 Radio Osaka. Blues rock, fair signal but utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6305 2250 Radio Marconi. Dutch music, ID and greetings. Good signal but quite fady. SINPO 44433.

6325 1850 Radio Waves Int. Long talk, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6585lsb 2215 Unid. Italian music and talk in Italian. Fair-good strength. SINPO 44433.

6925 1818 Radio Black Arrow. ID and greetings, Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This. SINPO 44433.

6930 1820 Irish Music Radio. Oldies and IDs, good signal. SINPO 44433.

6980 2155 Laser Hot Hits. "Let the Music Play," strong but utility QRM. SINPO 53443.

Thurs Apr 5

6295 1523 Misti Radio. "Rock Around the Clock," heard on 6292 at 1536. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6305 1510 Radio Altrex. "Just Leave the Light On" and "Lady in Red." ID and cow noises at 1531. SINPO 34333.

6328 1518 Stress Radio (Black Bandit). Country music, strong signal, off 1537. SINPO 54444.

6980 1545 Laser Hot Hits. Talk Talk "It's My Life." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Radio Saxonia this Easter

Hier das Radio Saxonia Osterprogramm im Überblick:
This is the Easter-schedule of Radio Saxonia in overview:

Freitag,  
06.04.12  08.00 UTC  6.255 kHz.  +

Sonntag, 08.04.12
07.00 UTC  6.255 kHz.
08.00 UTC   9.480 kHz. Via MV Baltic Radio
09.00 UTC   6.255 kHz.
11.00 UTC   9.480 kHz. Via MV Baltic Radio

Montag,  09.04.12
08.00 UTC   9.480 kHz. Via MV Baltic Radio
09.00 UTC   6.255 kHz.  +
11.00 UTC
via MV Baltic Radio 1KW ,  “+” -  700 W Relaystation.

Jede Sendung läuft 1 Stunde / 1-h-program each.

Kontakt / Contact: radiosaxonia@web.de
SRS Deutschland, Saxonia, PF 10 11 45, D-99801 Eisenach

Reports and comments much appreciated, verification by QSL-card
Empfangsberichte und Kommentare werden mit QSL-Karte

bestätigt.
Keep in touch and good listening

Best 73, fffr,

Augustus Rex  

(via Dr Tim Yahoo group)

Wed Apr 4

3910 2010 Radio Festivum. Eurythmics "Here Comes the Rain", then ID jingle. SINPO 34333.

4015 2005 Laser Hot Hits. Talk about the Eurovision Song Contest, Engelbert Humperdinck "Please Release Me" (he's the UK entry this year!). SINPO 54444.

6295 1913 Radio "High Voltage". "Born to be Wild", "Heat is On," then Laser 558 recordings. No ID but operator in pirate chat, said using 20W. Good with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6300 1946 Radio Witte Reus. 60s guitar music, ID and email address, some spalsh from 6295. SINPO 43433.

6980 1951 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James show. Pretenders "Talk of the Town." SINPO 54444.

Tues Apr 3

4015 1935 Laser Hot Hits. Electronic "Get the Message," Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6293 1735 Radio Altrex. ID and chat, Golden Earring. Was on 6290 & 6295 before. SINPO 34333.

6305 1730 Radio Tarzan. Country rock, ID and greetings, good signal. SINPO 44433.

6325 1750 Top Radio. Dutch music. Weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6325 1920 Radio Skywire. Johnny Cash "Walked the Line", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6450 1740 Radio Merlin Int. "Let's All Chant" Michael Zager Band. SINPO 44433.

6980 1925 Laser Hot Hits. Britney Spears "Criminal," SINPO 44333.

Sun Apr 1

4015 1920 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. Whitney Houston "Where Do Broken Hearts Go." SINPO 34333.

6240 1911 Radio Focus Int. ID jingle, Ultravox "Vienna." SINPO 44444.

6325 1900 Radio Underground. Reggae, SSB QRM. SINPO 43433. Moved to 6304 at 1906, talking about the HF global pirate weekend. SINPO 44444.

6375 1842 Radio Caroline Int. IDs and pop music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6420 1837 Unid. "Telstar" tune, good signal, off with no ID, QRM with 6423. SINPO 43433.

6423 1830 Radio Oscar Zulu. Moody Blues "Whiter Shade of Pale." QRM from 6420. SINPO 43443.

6930 1846 IMR. Calvin Harris & Rihanna song, occasional bursts of utility. SINPO 43443.

6980 1853 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. Lightning Seeds "Pure" (which according to a listener was a secret code record used by Caroline to signify a successful tender delivery!). Good signal. SINPO 44444.

Sat Mar 31

4015 1615 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James show. Dollar "Give Me Some Kind of Magic", then Van Morrison song. SINPO 44433.

6208 1830 Unid. The Cure "A Forest", then Blur song. Strong signal but some utility splash. Maybe Armadillo. SINPO 54444.

6240 0900 Radio Focus International. "Shout to the Top", ID jingle, Prince "Purple Rain." Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6300 1555 Radio Tower. Instrumental music, ID and giving out email address. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6305 0845 Radio Altrex. IDs and chat, oldies. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6305 1640 Radio Osaka. "Mexican Girl," weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6420 1707 Radio Tidalwave. ID and greetings, giving out email address, "Big In Japan." Strong but fady. SINPO 54433.

6510 0908 Radio Rising Sun. Murray Head "One Night in Bangkok", weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6930 0913 Irish Music Radio. ID, then Elton John "Crocodile Rock." SINPO 34333.

6980 0918 Laser Hot Hits. The Police "Don't Stand So Close To Me." SINPO 34333.

Global HF pirate weekend

19 stations have signed up for this weekend's global HF pirate weekend (March 31/April 1) when operators switch on their transnmitters and tune to the higher frequencies to see how far their signals will travel. It is organised by Harri in Finland and there is much more on his blog at: http://hkdx2.blogspot.com

Fri Mar 30

3905 2219 Skyline International Radio. ID and greetings, Michael Jackson "Beat It." SINPO 44433.

3930 2225 Polaris Radio. ID, greetings, mention this blog (thanks), music by Dutch group. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

4015 1750 Laser Hot Hits. Belinda Carlisle "Circle in the Sand," SINPO 44433.

6240 1738 Rado Focus Int. New station on the air, "Knock on Wood", then "Shout to the Top," ID jingle and giving out email address: focus (@) live.co.uk. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6300 1733 Radio Paardenkracht. ID, QSO with Radio Rob. SINPO 34333.

6930 1744 Irish Music Radio. ID and links between records, "Sugar Candy Kisses." SINPO 34333.

6980 1747 Laser Hot Hits. Jonah Lewie "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties," SINPO 44433.

Wed Mar 28

4015 1840 Laser Hot Hits. Genesis song. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6300 1755 Unid. Flash & The Pan "Waiting for a Train." No ID heard, strong. SINPO 54444.

6325 1800 Unid. Blackbyrds "Walking in Rhythm," fair. SINPO 34333.

6375 1835 Radio Tina. ID, Abba "Dancing Queen" fair. SINPO 34333.

6980 1840 Laser Hot Hits. Diana Ross "My Old Piano." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Tues Mar 27

4015 1925 Laser Hot Hits. Altered Images from the 80s with "Don't Talk to Me About Love." SINPO 34333.

6305 1725 Radio Tarzan. Paul Young "Love of the Common People," good signal. SINPO 44433. Still going strong at 1930.

6980 1735 Laser Hot Hits. Another frequency change. Paul Stuart programme. Talking about there being no beer, playing Gary Numan and George McRae songs. SINPO 34333.

Sun Mar 25

4015 0835 Laser Hot Hits. Martin Scott programme. Cathy Dennis "Fallen," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5820 0815 Orion Radio with Radio Tina. Dutch music, good signal. SINPO 44444.

6045 0935 Iceman Radio via Wertachtal. ID jingle, rock n roll. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6095 0925 KBC via Wertachtal. America "Ventura Highway," strong. SINPO 54444.

6140 0905 Radio Gloria via Wertachtal. The Verve song, then Johnny Depp song. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6215 0820 Radio King Shortwave (tent). "More than A Woman to Me," modulation seems to be getting worse. SINPO 34332.

6375 1835 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingles, pop/dance music. SINPO 34333.

6420 0930 Radio Tidalwave. Dutch music, utility QRM from 6425. SINPO 43433.

6930 0825 Irish Music Radio. ID, then The Who "My Generation." SINPO 44433.

6985 0830 Laser Hot Hits. Adele song, it seems the station moved to avoid Galei Zahal which has returned to 6973. SINPO 44433.

7630 0950 Free Radio Victoria. Rod Stewart "Maggie May," ID, then Manfred Mann "Blinded By the Light." SINPO 44433.

9480 1007 European Music Radio via MV Baltic Radio. Black Sabbath "Paranoid," weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

Radiofax shows online

Andy Burnham (ex of Radiofax) writes: “We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the closedown of the shortwave station Radiofax later this year and I have taken on the task of uploading archive programmes from my weekly technical programme Sparks and others, from the early programmes, going right up until the closedown in September 1992.

“I am finding some fascinating stuff in these programmes, the period of the early 1990s when digital technologies were just starting to take off, but before the Internet took hold is often overlooked so I’m hoping to redress the balance a little.

“I’m hoping to restart the uploads over the weekend - I’m working on it now - but I thought I must get in touch in the hope you can add a mention from the Media Network blog before it closes. I will be adding more over the coming weeks and months, much like Jonathan Marks is doing on his Media Network archive blog.”

Andy Sennitt of Media Network adds: The URL is www.radiofax.org and I have added it to the list of links on the right of this page. Radiofax was featured a number of times on Media Network, and of course the team included the late Bob Tomalksi, who was a friend of the programme and sadly passed away in 2001. I often wonder what Bob would have made of all the changes that have taken place in international broadcasting in the first decade of this century.

Radiofax was an unlicensed station that believed in producing quality programming rather than just playing records. Programmes included science, technology and media news.Co-founders Andy Burnham and Trevor Brook fought a valiant campaign to get a licence to broadcast on shortwave. The case even reached the International Court of Human Rights.

Info via Radio Netherlands Media Network

This was one of the final items posted to the Media Network weblog which closed yesterday. I for one will be sorry to see it go. It was a great source for news from the world of shortwave and radio in general.

Sat Mar 24

3905 1700 Radio Spaceman. 10CC "I'm Not In Love," good signal. SINPO 44433. By 1900 very good - 54444.

4015 0850 Laser Hot Hits. Country rock, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

4026 1827 Unid. Toto "Hold the Line", non-stop oldies, earlier were offshore recordings. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6095 0925 KBC via Wertachtal. Emperor Rosko with country music. SINPO 44433.

6300 1710 Radio Witte Reus. Signing off, off at 1712. SINPO 34333.

6300 1750 Radio Tarzan. Dutch music ID, splatter from what is possibly's Cairo's transmitter putting out S9+40db noise on 6283. SINPO 43433. Moved to 6305 at 1753 - SINPO 44433.

6315 0948 Radio Altrex. Weak signal heard through the noise. SINPO 24332.

6325 0935 Radio Black Bandit. Greeting Pluto, country music, occasional strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6375 1853 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingle, pop/dance music, signal good tonight. SINPO 44433.

6420 1805 Radio Tidalwave. IDs and greetings, Robert Plant song, utility splash. SINPO 53443.

6450 1740 Radio Universe. Human League "Don't You Want Me Baby," co-channel QRM. SINPO 53443.

6510 1825 Radio Rising Sun. Oldies, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6930 0840 Irish Music Radio. Rock n roll megamix, Theme from A Team, ID jingle. SINPO 34333.

6985 0830 Laser Hot Hits. Change of frequency, Dave Simpson show. Eagles "What Do I Do With My Heart." SINPO 44433.

7625 1800 Radio Northpole. Oldies, good signal. SINPO 44433.

9305usb 1740 Radio FSM. Greetings, ID, New Order song, then off. Fair signal but clear. SINPO 35443.

New pirate radio forum

There's a new UK pirate radio forum, which is mainly focused on London FM pirates, but also has a lot of other more general pirate radio categories. It seems to be quite popular with more 1,300 posts already so worth a visit. The address is: http://www.radionecks.com/index.php

Fri Mar 23

3905 2305 Skyline International Radio. Techno version of "Aquarius", ID and greetings. Good signal but bit fady. SINPO 44433.

4015 2315 Laser Hot Hits. Weak signal with some sort of ute noise on lower sideband. SINPO 23332.

EMR, Radio Gloria, HH Lokalradio this Sunday

E.M.R. /Radio Gloria/ HH Lokalradio are on the air this Sunday - 25th of March 2012

HH Lokalradio 05.00  to  08.00   7265 kHz   via MVBR (MV Baltic Radio)
Radio Gloria     08.00  to 10.00    9480 kHz   via MVBR
Radio Gloria     09.00  to 10.00    6140 kHz   via Media Broadcast
Radio Gloria     09.00  to 10.00    6005 kHz   via Radio 700
E.M.R.             10.00  to 11.00    9480 kHz   via MVBR
HH Lokalradio  11.00  to 12.00    7265 kHz   via MVBR
Radio Gloria      12.00  to 14.00    9480 kHz   via MVBR          
HH Lokalradio   14.00  to 18.00    7265 kHz   via MVBR        

All Reception reports to HH Lokalradio: m.kittner@freenet.de
All Reception reports to Radio Gloria: radiogloria@aol.com
All Reception reports to E.M.R: studio@emr.org.uk

EMR Internet repeats on Sunday and Monday    
Programme repeats are at the following times: 10:00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00 UTC
                                                                                                                                         
Please visit www.emr.org.uk and click on the “EMR internet radio” button which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).
                                                   
Good listening!    73s Tom
 (via Tom Taylor)

QSL from Telstar Radio

QSL received from Dutch station Telstar Radio (after a follow-up). He says he uses a SK010 with 50W using inverted V antenna, 6 metres off the ground. He started on FM and he has been on shortwave since 2004. Thanks for the QSL.

The Pirates Week returns

American DXer Ragnar Daneskjold is bringing back his Pirates Week show from April 1 after a break of nearly a year and is looking for contributions which can be sent to piratesweek@gmail.com and files can be uploaded uploaded to his website. More information on his website: http://shortwavepirate.info/?p=1752

Thanks to Gary Drew for letting me know about this.

While looking at Ragnar's site I saw he also has a very good directory of American pirate addresses (plus a few Euro-pirates logged over there) at: http://piratedatabase.webhop.net/

Sun Mar 18

4015 1750 Laser Hot Hits. Moody Blues song, some utility splash. SINPO 43433.

5280 0907 Orion Radio. "It Never Rains in Southern California," promo for summer meeting, ID. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6005 0900 European Music Radio via Radio 700. Sign on with Tom Taylor, Pink Floyd "Arnold Layne," parallel with 9480. SINPO 44433.

6200 0850 Radio Orang Utan. IDs and oldies, weak-fair reception. SINPO 24332.

6210 1600 Misti Radio. Light music, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6214 0938 Radio King Shortwave (tent). "Papa Was A Rolling Stone," fair signal but again poor mod. SINPO 34333.

6220 1045 Bogusman. Alternative music, talking about poetry and The Ghoul. SINPO 54444.

6250 1150 Wizard Radio. Weak and noisy signal, heard with talk and music. SINPO 24332. On 6262 at 1200, a bit better - 34333.

6256 1552 Radio Rainbow. ID, greeting Achim, Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me." SINPO 34333.

6265 1129 Cupid Radio. ID, dance music, good with strong peaks but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6283 1535 Radio Mi Amigo (UK). Alan Parson Project "Eye in the Sky" and then "You Can Do Magic," talk and IDs. Fair signal. SINPO 34333. Heard on 6288 at 1655 - strong but some ute QRM. SINPO 53443.

6295 1015 Radio Blackbird. Female singer, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6305 1605 Radio Osaka. Jingle ID, oldies. SINPO 34333.

6306 0855 Radio Countdown. Paul Simon "You Can Call Me Al." SINPO 34333.

6320 0952 Skyline International Radio. Yazz "The Only Way Is Up," ID and greetings. SINPO 34333.

6325 1545 Radio Telstar (NL). ID and email address, song "Tequila." SINPO 24332.

6326 1730 Radio Caroline-Rainbow. Caroline jingle, pop music, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6330 1110 Radio Zodiac. ID, The Clash "London Calling", fair signal with some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6420 1633 Radio Mustang. ID, Fleetwood Mac "You Can Go Your Own Way." SINPO 54444.

6450 0945 Radio Universe. Spencer Davis Group "Keep on Running," then ID, The Cure "Boys Don't Cry." SINPO 34333.

6930 1007 Irish Music Radio. Saying one year old today, Joe Dolan song. SINPO 34333.

6960 1615 Atlantic Radio (pres). Back on the air, dance music, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6970 1000 Laser Hot Hits. Sad Cafe "Strange Girl," then Talking Heads "Psycho Killer." Strong. SINPO 54444.

7475 1038 Trans Europe Radio. ID, "I Don't Want to Lose Your Love," good signal. SINPO 44433.

7490 1105 Radio Geronimo SW. Faded in now, ELO song, Dave Scott giving contact details, reading emails. Strong now. SINPO 54444.

9480 0902 EMR via MV Baltic Radio. Running parallel with 6005, no as strong. SINPO 34333.

New date for global pirate HF weekend

The global pirate HF weekend organised by Harri in Finland has been moved from the weekend of March 24-25 to the weekend of March 31-April 1.

Harri will be publishing details of stations taking part nearer the time although one new station Balkan Radio International plans to launch that weekend. It has a website at: http://www.balkanradiointernational.blogspot.co.uk/

Harri's blog for more information about the weekend is at: http://hkdx2.blogspot.co.uk/

Sat Mar 17

4015 1925 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James show. Dire Straits "Tunnel of Love." Strong. SINPO 54444.

6095 1220 KBC via Wertachtal. The Applejacks "Tell Me When," then giving out email and web address. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6214 0925 Unid. Jean Michel Jarre music, then rock, possible ID but poor modulation. Maybe King Shortwave. SINPO 34333.

6240 0947 Unid. Non-stop oldies, Rubettes song at 0947, fair signal. SINPO 34333. (I was told in the pirate chat that this station has been on since Friday with no IDs!)

6293 1525 Misti Radio. BZN music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6300 1555 Radio Witte Reus. "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," then "Black Betty." SINPO 34333.

6300 1940 Geostar Radio. Lots of IDs, "Walking on Sunshine", fair signal but strong peaks, some splash from 6310. SINPO 33333.

6304 1550 Delta Radio. Testing with 10W, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6306 1605 Radio Countdown. Boney M then Nirvana. Fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6310 1945 Radio Tarzan. Boney M "Ma Baker" then ID and Madonna "Like A Prayer." SINPO 54444.

6315 1530 Old Timer Radio. Dutch music, good with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6325 1935 Radio Underground. Greetings and mention MW test, Dutch music. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6375 1747 Radio Caroline Int. Pop/dance, jingle IDs. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6420 1800 Radio Tidalwave with Radio Mustang. ID, said short test, Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy," then U2 "In the Name of Love." utility splash. SINPO 53443.

6510 1755 Radio Rising Sun. Eighties music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6930 1010 Irish Music Radio. Pussycat "Mississippi", weak with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6940 1543 Trans Europe Radio. Peter Henn "Flip Flap", good signal, off few minutes later to test in 19mb. SINPO 44433. Heard on 6920 at 1937 - SINPO 34333.

6970 1000 Laser Hot Hits. Ad for FSN news, The Who "My Generation." SINPO 34333.

Fri Mar 16

3907 1935 Unid. Rock music followed by Dutch song. No ID but strong signal. SINPO 54444.

4015 1945 Laser Hot Hits. "Invitation to Saturday Night," fair. SINPO 34333.

European Music Radio 9480 & 6005 KHz

Dear Listeners,
European Music Radio is on the air this Sunday, the 18th of March 2012

EMR Schedule for 9480 & 6005 KHz with 1 KW:

09.00 to 10.00 UTC     9480 kHz    via MV Baltic Radio
09.00 to 10.00 UTC     6005 kHz    via Radio 700

Please send all E.M.R. reports to:  studio@emr.org.uk

EMR Programmes via 9480 and 6005 KHz:
09.00 to 09.30 Tom Taylor programme
09.30 to 10.00 Mike Taylor “mail box programme”

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

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

73s Tom

Thurs Mar 15

4015 1800 Laser Hot Hits. Karel Fialka "Hey Matthew," good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6212 1715 Radio Sluwe Vos. Pink Floyd, Dutch song, jingle ID. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6290 1702 Radio FSM. "Flying Spaghetti Monster" ID, greetings, Editors song, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6425 1700 Misti Radio. "Ha Ha Said the Clown" signing off. SINPO 34333.

6925 1817 Radio Black Arrow. Depeche Mode song, ID at 1830 and greeting listener in Sofia, strong signal. SINPO 54433.

6970 1822 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Simpson signing off, instrumental music, ad for Feature Story News, then Peter Frampton song, strong. SINPO 54444.

Wed Mar 14

4015 2115 Laser Hot Hits. Kerry Ann "Better Than This." then The Corgis "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime." Good signal with strong peaks but some fading. SINPO 44433.

Laser Goes DX

If you haven't managed to hear Laser Goes DX presented by Gary Drew, he has posted some links so you can listen to the shows:

http://dl2.musicwebtown.com/gazlinks/playlists/295588/3297813.mp3
Laser Goes DX Show 1 - November 2011.

http://dl2.musicwebtown.com/gazlinks/playlists/295588/3301808.mp3
Laser Goes DX Show 2 - Xmas 2011.

http://dl2.musicwebtown.com/gazlinks/playlists/295588/3307305.mp3
Laser Goes DX Show 3 - Jan / Feb 2012.

In internet explorer browsers, right click and 'save target as' to keep the above files.

He also writes: "DXers in or near Dublin, Ireland please monitor Radio Fortunestown 91.8 FM most Sundays from 12.00 - 20.00 UTC, this should be a high power relay of South Herts Radio up to 40 miles. They do not always take the feed for the entire day but confirmation logs would be appreciated. http://www.southhertsradio.com

(Gary Drew, BDXC-UK Yahoo group)

Some of you might have noticed I haven't been posting many logs recently on this blog. I haven't had much time but will try and put stuff up when I get a chance.

Sat Mar 10

3905 1815 Skyline International Radio. ID and greetings, Dutch song, good signal. SINPO 44433.

4015 1808 Laser Hot Hits. Martin Scott show. INXS "Disappear." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6095 1010 KBC via Wertachtal. Emperor Rosko show. Country music. SINPO 54444.

6326 1823 Radio Caroline Int. IDs, pop music, fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6510 1820 Radio Rising Sun. IDs and email address, Bonnie Tyler "It's A Heartache." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6930 0950 Irish Music Radio. IDs and rap music. Fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6970 0955 Laser Hot Hits. Song "Hey Matthew," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Wizard's medium wave pirate review

Wizard Radio writes: "Greetings from the UK

The latest monthly MW Pirate Review is now ready to download with many recordings of pirate stations heard in the UK during February. Click here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?e4ntfn99i74utpu to download edition number eight.

In addition to our own recordings we have a selection of stations heard by Wire UK in the north-west of England, a recording made in the Netherlands and an archive recording.

Don't forget that there is a new review to download every month of the year. We are always trying to think of new things to include, so if there is anything you would like to hear please let us know and we will do all we can. Our email address is wizardshortwave@gmail.com

So, please enjoy the latest review which features over 50 recordings. If you have any comments please email us or leave them here on the AM Forum in Dutch or English.

If you missed any of our previous reviews, you can download them here.....

August 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qsw2txnhqakugbu
September 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?p55lmc1uqqe6fum
October 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uba4jd0dn9z6e2n
November 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?shbcnjjwx20rgxj
December 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bivao6ccvpp2rnj
January 2012 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dgj64rdd49z7t4v
February 2012 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iz2a6ufn4xftain

All the best
David

(via AM Forum)

FRS Holland repeat online and shortwave

Hello FRS Friends,
Between 14.52- 21.05 UTC/ 15.52- 22.05 CET a repeat of the complete February 26th broadcast will be streamed via internet: < http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u>.

And more good news: next Sunday March 11th 07:52- 14:03 UTC/ 08:52-15:03 CET the broadcast will be repeated on 7600 and hopefully 9300 kHz.
 73s, FRS Crew

Pirates on Parade

Paul Hayes has today announced on Facebook's Keith Skues Fan Group:

"Hello all! Keith's birthday seems an appropriate day to announce here a two-part special looking back at the pirate radio era, being broadcast this Easter on BBC Radio Norfolk. Going out across two episodes at 12 midday on Easter Sunday and 1pm on Easter Monday, "Pirates on Parade" features Keith, Andy Archer and Tom Edwards chatting and swapping stories about their watery wireless days, interspersed with some appropriate pirate-era tracks! I've had the honour and pleasure of editing for broadcast David Clayton's interview session with the trio, and I can promise it's a must-listen for any fan of Keith, Andy or Tom in particular or the pirate days in general!

I'm afraid it's only scheduled for Radio Norfolk for now, but it will of course be available online! (And fingers crossed we may even have stopped snap, crackle and popping online by then... I can't promise anything though, out of our hands)."

(via Mike Terry, radioanoraksuk yg)

Here's a link to Keith Skuwes' Radio Norfolk page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001zwry

Sat Mar 3

4015 1005 Laser Hot Hits. Stewart Ross show. Starship "Tell Me You Love Me." SINPO 34333.

6207 1705 Radio Merlin Int. Eagles "Hotel California," ID and greetings, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220 1655 Radio Sluwe Vos. Oldies, ID, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6295 1610 Unid. Laser 558 recordings, Blondie "Sunday Girl." SINPO 44433.

6299 1800 Radio Zeewolf. "Bend Me Shake Me", good signal. SINPO 44433.

6299 1825 Wizard Radio. Asking for QSO, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6306 1700 Misti Radio. Country music, some splash from unid station on 6310. SINPO 33333.

6325 1630 Radio Zeewolf. Oldies, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6420 1720 Radio Mustang. ID, The Doors "Light My Fire," strong. SINPO 54444.

6450 1615 Radio Universe. ID, greetings, giving out email address, Jean Michel Jarre music, "Pinacolado" song. SINPO 34333.

6510 1710 Radio Rising Sun. Chris de Burgh "Lady in Red," fair. SINPO 34333.

6920 1620 Trans Europe Radio. "I Won't Step Down", good signal, some fading, ID, greetings and email address, talking about Radio Shadow's operator passing away. SINPO 44433.

6930 0935 Irish Music Radio. Adele song, IDs, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6960 1820 Atlantic Radio. Blank carrier for much of day but audio now, Roxy Music "More than This." SINPO 54444.

6970 0940 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart show. Odyssey "Inside Out." SINPO 34333. By 1815 up to SINPO 54444.

Sun Feb 26

4015 1835 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James programme.  Lyndsey de Paul "No Honestly", good signal. SINPO 44444.

5820 0845 Orion Radio. Song "Girls", ad for AM Forum, then "Walk Like A Egyptian." Strong. SINPO 54444.

6005 1035 Radio Gloria via Radio 700. Roger Whittaker song. SINPO 34333.

6045 0950 Radio Iceman via Wertachtal. Michael Jackson "Wanna Be Starting Something." SINPO 54444.

6095 1505 KBC via Wertachtal. Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit," reading email from listener in Ireland. SINPO 44433.

6172 0945 Misti Radio. Sixties music, weak signal but clear channel. SINPO 24332.

6200 0850 Radio Orang Utan. ID and said closing soon, Dutch song. SINPO 34333.

6203 1125 Radio Scotland Int. Slade "Mama We're All Crazy Now," off 1130. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6220 0940 Radio Sluwe Vos. ID jingle, Queen "We Are the Champions." SINPO 24332.

6240 0930 FRS Holland. Peter Verbruggen reading reception reports, parallel with 7600. SINPO 34333.

6265 1145 Radio Geronimo SW. Rock music, low power 20W test. SINPO 34333.

6285 0958 Radio Flying Dutchman. Boney M "Ma Baker," weak with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6323 1653 Radio Flying Dutchman. Bananarama "Venus", slight het on signal. SINPO 33333.

6325 1405 Baken 16 heard in QSO with Elvis AM. Both SINPO 34333.

6375 1725 Radio Caroline Int. Music just heard through the noise, ID through pirate chat.  SINPO 23332.

6420 1658 Radio Mustang. Turtles "Happy Together", strong. SINPO 54444.

6510 1710 Radio Rising Sun. "Sweets for My Sweet," weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6930 1015 Irish Music Radio. Boney M song, het on upper sideband. SINPO 23332.

6960 1825 Atlantic Radio. Rock song "Thought I'd Died And Gone to Heaven." Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6970 1010 Laser Hot Hits. Weak signal, music just audible. SINPO 24332.

7600 0935 FRS Holland. Oldies, parallel with 6240. SINPO 44433.

9480 1040 Radio Gloria via MV Baltic. Sixties music, not parallel with 6005. SINPO 34333.

Sat Feb 25

3905 1850 Skyline International Radio. "Baby I Want You," ID and greetings, fair-good signal. SINPO 44333.

4015 1010 Laser Hot Hits. Song from the Four Tops and Shakespeare's Sister. SINPO 34333.

6205 0933 Radio Sluwe Vos. The Cure "A Forest," ID jingle. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6245 1730 Telstar Radio. Dutch music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6250 1015 Telstar Radio. ID and greetings, oldies, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6300 1235 Radio Scotland Int. UFO "Doctor Doctor", ID and greetings. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6300 1720 Wizard Radio. Instrument music, ID, "Popcorn." SINPO 44433.

6300 1808 Radio Armadillo. Running through the alphabet, said first time used the mic on 48m for many years, using around 60W, Nick Cave song. SINPO 44333.

6306 0925 Radio Altrex. Oldies, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6325 1900 Radio Skywire. Weak signal, music just audible. SINPO 24332.

6420 1740 Radio Mustang. "Living Next Door to Alice," then The Shadows, ID and said closing down. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6920lsb 1732 Baltic Sea Radio. Jingle ID and email, oldies. Weak but clear signal. SINPO 24332.

6930 1005 Irish Music Radio. Whitney Houston song, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6960 1000 Atlantic Radio. Big Country song, ID jingle, then Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive." SINPO 34333.

6970 0950 Laser Hot Hits. Coldplay song, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Fri Feb 24

4015 1815 Laser Hot Hits. Reading from Monitor magazine from 1985, Danii Minogue song. SINPO 44433.

6300 1635 Flying Dutchman Radio. "Dragon's Lair", ID jingle, then "Honey Honey." Using 7W, increased to 20W. SINPO 34333.

6325 1645 Gardner Radio. Poor modulation, weak signal, ID through pirate chat. Gave email as trachycarpus (@) gmail.com, said QSLs available. SINPO 24332.

6375 1740 Radio Caroline Int. Pop/dance music, ID jingles. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6930 1700 Irish Music Radio. Pop music, IDs, slight het on the signal. SINPO 33333.

6960 1705 Atlantic Radio. Manic Street Preachers "If You Tolerate This," then REM. SINPO 34333.

6970 1715 Laser Hot Hits. Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Thurs Feb 23

4015 1810 Laser Hot Hits. Grace Jones "Pull Up to the Bumper," good signal. SINPO 44433.

6960 1800 Atlantic Radio. Manic Street Preachers "Design for Life," ID jingle, then Muse "Supermassive Black Hole." SINPO 34333.

6970 1740 Laser Hot Hits. Martin Scott talking about events in the mystery year, Billie Piper song. SINPO 34333.

FRS Holland this Sunday

Dear FRS Friends,

Sunday February 26th 2012
Following our October & December 2011 broadcasts, FRS-Holland will take to the airwaves with its first 2012 activity next - Sunday February 26th.
FRSH will be on 7600//6240 kHz for no less than 6 hours between 07.52- 14.03 UTC/ 08.52- 15.03 CET.  
Pxs will be presented by Jan van Dijk doing the German show, Dave Scott will be playing classic rock . Paul Graham will host another great 60s/70s
FRS Golden Show. Peter Verbruggen will look back to what happened in the past on February 26th (Day Calendar) and plays a mix of mainly 80s/90s/00s
music in FRS Magazine. He will also host a FRS Goes DX show with the latest news from the wonderful world of wireless.
As you will know, The Free Radio Service Holland is more than 'just playing music'. In all shows radio related items are included. This is for the keen free radio
enthusiast vital and most interesting. Find out yourself what we have in store next Sunday.....
Other items include 'the Phrase that Pays' and 'the listener of the month' (December 2011).
Between 14.52- 21.05 UTC/ 15.52- 22.05 CET the complete broadcast will be streamed via internet: < http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u>

Still available: the FRS 30th Anniversary booklet (24 pages crammed with information- 5 euro/ 7 dollars) covering our 1980- 2010 history and the 3 Anniversary broadcasts.
Remember the 3rd and final one of that series took place exactly one year ago.

Last but not least: we would like to appeal on you, the listener, to support FRSH by sending in a correct reception report with some personal comments/ information.
The quality of some reports is very poor which is frustrating and discouraging for a team that works very hard and serious to provide you with 6 hours of Sunday entertainment....
A reception report should (in our eyes) cover a period of 30 minutes and should contain information about your QTH (where do you listen from), receiver, antenna, times of
reception, SINPO codes and last but not least programme information (details about what you heard on air: pop music or jingle  is not ok > Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones or
sonovox jingle FRS-Holland, Just a bit Different  is much better!).  I realize this should sound quite familiar to DX-ers...reality is however - to use our own slogan- 'just a bit different' !
We have quality QSL cards and stickers waiting for you (hard copy) if you write in to our Herten maildrop. Please enclose sufficient return postage: 2 euro/ 3 US dollars.

Remember our [frs.holland@hccnet.nl] address will disappear very soon. The only correct email address left will be [frs@frsholland.nl].

73s, Peter V. (on behalf of the FRS staff)

Sat Feb 18

4015 1010 Laser Hot Hits. Martin Scott show. Beautiful South song, not parallel with 6970. SINPO 34333.

6302 0940 Radio Altrex. "MacArthur's Park", weak signal, occasional fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6307.5usb 1857 Radio Tropiq (tent). "Petula Clark "Downtown," weak but clear signal. SINPO 24433.

6930 0955 Irish Music Radio. "Magic Potion," talk about Blackpool Mecca. SINPO 44433.

6960 1045 Breeze AM. Easy listening music, www.breezeam.com. Looks like Irish internet station, could be Atlantic Radio testing their transmitter. SINPO 44433.

6960 1230 Atlantic Radio. Back on the air, ID, song "Dizzy," good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6970 1000 Laser Hot Hits. Martin Scott programme. "Best of Me," then Four Tops song. SINPO 44433.

9510 0950 Radio City via IRRS. Rock n roll, "Station of the Cars" ID. SINPO 34333.

Fri Feb 17

3905 2000 Skyline International Radio. Boney M "It's A Holiday," good signal. SINPO 44433.

4015 2015 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart programme. Chi-Lites song from the 70s, good signal. SINPO 44433.

EMR & Atlantic 2000 this Sunday

Dear Listeners,
EMR - Atlantic 2000 & MV Baltic Radio are on the air this Saturday and Sunday.

 MVBR Schedule for 9480 KHz for Sunday 19th February: 

European Music Radio 09.00  to 10.00 UTC, email: studio@emr.org.uk
Atlantic 2000 Int 10.00  to 11.00 UTC, atlantic2000international@gmail.com

European Music Radio Internet repeat times: 09.00 - 1400 - 18:00 - 21:00
Please visit www.emr.org.uk and click on the “EMR internet radio” button
which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).

This Saturday and Sunday MV Baltic Radio will carry out some Test Transmissions on 9480 KHz
It is the aim to test a new system for computer control and automation of the transmitter.
The tests are on Saturday 18th at 10 UTC, (stress test) and Sunday 19th at 13 UTC, automatic control.
All Test Transmission reports to:  info@mvbalticradio.de

Good Listening   73s Tom

Tues Feb 14

3930 1800 Radio Batavia. Oldies and Dutch music, ID jingles, fair signal but strong SSB QRM from 3924. SINPO 33333.

4015 1810 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James show. John Ford "Star Dance", reading report from England, good signal. SINPO 44444.

6970 1742 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Simpson show. Ian Drury & The Blackheads "What A Waste." Strong. SINPO 54444.

MV Baltic Radio information for 2012

MV Baltic Radio will start broadcasts again in the 49mb via Media Broadcast (Germany) in April. The first transmission will be on the first Sunday of April, the power will be 100KW.

Radio Gloria International (Germany) will start transmissions via Media Broadcast on 25 March.

European Music Radio will transmit via Göhren, Germany (9480) and possible transmissions in the 49mb via Media Broadcast during 2012.

All stations via Göhren 9480 kHz:
The transmitter via Göhren ( 9480 ) is used for long distance broadcasts and transmissions on other frequencies. This service will continue as normal via the transmitter of MV Baltic Radio with the power of 1KW. More information will be added in the near future!

MV Baltic Radio and all stations via 9480 wish you good listening.  
73s Tom

(Tom Taylor, EMR)

QSL from Flying Dutchman Radio

Sat Feb 11

4015 0954 Laser Hot Hits. Stewart Ross programme. Starship "Tell Me that You Love Me." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6303 0940 Radio Altrex. Electro music, weak. SINPO 24332.

6930 0950 Irish Music Radio. ID, then Jessie J song. SINPO 44433.

6970 0945 Laser Hot Hits. Santana "She's Not There", greetings to Radio Gemini. SINPO 44433.

Fri Feb 10

3905 1830 Skyline International Radio. Polka, fair-good signal, some fading. SINPO 44433.

4015 2020 Laser Hot Hits. Weak signal, with music heard just above noise level. SINPO 24332.

6294 1805 Radio Flying Dutchman. Instrumental tune "Captain Scarlett", IDs. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6300 1733 Witte Reus & Lady Vampirella. The Beatles "Yesterday", good signal. SINPO 44433.

6375 1825 Radio Caroline International. Best in LSB due to CW QRM and stronger station on 6378. SINPO 23332.

6378 1815 Radio Dutchwing. German music, ID, then "Like A Rolling Stone." SINPO 54444.

6930 1755 Irish Music Radio. Dance music, female DJ with IDs. SINPO 34333.

6970 1800 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Simpson show. The Cars "Since You're Gone", thanking listeners for reports. SINPO 44433.

Thurs Feb 9

4015 1820 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James show. Limahl "Never Ending Story" then Dire Straits "Solid Rock." SINPO 44444.

Wed Feb 8

4015 1800 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. Jackie Graham song, then Chaka Khan "Ain't Nobody", then reading report from Ihor in Ukraine. SINPO 44444.

6220 1620 Radio Caroline Int. Pop/dance music, many ID jingles. Fair strength. SINPO 34333.

6325 1648 Delta Radio. Non-stop dance music, occasional ID jingles. Fair-good. SINPO 34333.

6970 1640 Laser Hot Hits. Talk about Laser's Facebook page, INXS "Disappear." SINPO 54444.

Tues Feb 7

4015 1805 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews programme. Alison Moyet "All Cried Out," good signal. SINPO 44444.

6293 1708 Mike Radio. Instrumental music, report to FSM, giving out email address, some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6295 1715 Radio FSM. Report to Mike Radio. SINPO 34333.

6296 1725 Wizard Radio. Kraftwerk music, calling FSM. SINPO 54444.

6301 1615 Radio Bonofox. Instrumental music, ID, Phil Oakley "Electric Dreams." SINPO 34333.

6307 1649 Polaris Radio. Visage "Fade to Grey", ID jingles. SINPO 44433.

6325 1643 Mike Radio. Instrumental music, ID, said using 10 watts. SINPO 34333.

6325 1747 Radio Underground. Focus "Hocus Pocus." Strong. SINPO 54444.

6970 1735 Laser Hot Hits. Emma Hewitt "Colours," strong signal. SINPO 54444.

Wizard's medium wave pirate review

Wizard Radio writes: "It's February and it's time for the latest MW Pirate Review. Click here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iz2a6ufn4xftain to download edition number seven which contains more recordings than ever before - around 80 different stations heard during January, mainly from the Netherlands, but also featuring a station from Greece and one from England, as well as some interesting legal stations we heard from the USA.

For the first time we also have some interesting comparisons with recordings of the same stations made both in England and the Netherlands, with a little help from our good friend Radio Zeewolf. This makes for fascinating listening!

If you missed any of our previous reviews, you can download them here.....

August 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qsw2txnhqakugbu
September 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?p55lmc1uqqe6fum
October 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uba4jd0dn9z6e2n
November 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?shbcnjjwx20rgxj
December 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bivao6ccvpp2rnj
January 2012 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dgj64rdd49z7t4v

So, sit back, relax and enjoy our latest download. If you have any comments, suggestions or ideas about the review, please leave feedback here on the AM Forum, in English or Dutch.

Many thanks for your interest and happy listening!

All the very best from England
David

(via AM Forum)

Sun Feb 5

4015 1246 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James programme. Limahl "Never Ending Story." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4898 1540 Bluestar Radio. Test on an unusual frequency, BZN. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333. Heard on 5804 at 1600. SINPO 44433. Back on 4898 at 1735 before shifting to 4895 to avoid SSB on 4900. SINPO 44433.

6005 1015 Radio Joystick via Radio 700. Charlie Prince with disco music from 80s. SINPO 44433.

6200 0850 Radio Orang Utang. Status Quo "Whatever You Want." SINPO 34333.

6219 0855 Bluestar Radio. "We Love the Pirate Stations," greeting Dave in England, then "Private Dancer." SINPO 44433.

6220 1130 Telstar Radio (NL). "Johnny Reggae" then Bob Marley "Could This Be love." SINPO 34333.

6220 1725 Radio Caroline Int. Dance/pop music, ID jingles. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6250 1230 Wizard Radio. Talking about the cold temperatures, oldies. SINPO 44333.

6266 1022 Radio Armadillo. Songs by Blondie and Cher, two women talking and making jokes. Good but fading signal. SINPO 44333.

6295 1105 Bogusman. Talking about the Olympics, B52s song. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6305 1530 Radio Flying Dutchman. Dutch music then close down. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6306 0935 Radio Brandaris Int. Polka, jingle ID, then "The Wanderer." SINPO 34333.

6315 1720 Radio Altrex. Kraftwerk, utility splash. SINPO 33333. Moved to 6325 at 1729. SINPO 34333.

6327 1537 Misti Radio. ID, talk in Dutch, easy listening music. SINPO 33333.

6385 1710 Radio FSM. ID, greetings, giving nice mention to this blog (thanks), alternative music. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6420 1705 Telstar Radio (NL). IDs, greetings, dance music. SINPO 34333.

6485 1000 Premier Radio Int. ID, timecheck, mention weather, "Rock n Roll I Gave You the Best Years of My Life." SINPO 34333.

6510 1525 Radio Rising Sun. Oldies, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6930 1550 Irish Music Radio. Poor signal, just able to hear music and IDs above noise level. SINPO 24332.

6970 0907 Laser Hot Hits. Starship song, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

9480 1258 MV Baltic Radio. Interval signal and IDs before sign on at 1300, then rock music. SINPO 34333.

Sat Feb 4

4015 1625 Laser Hot Hits. Rihanna "You The One", then Abba "Knowing Me Knowing You." SINPO 44444.

6220 1505 Radio Telstar. Dutch station (not to be confused with Telstar South). Space "Magic Fly", ID and greetings. SINPO 34333.

6302 0855 Radio Altrex. Pop music and cow sounds Fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6300 1453 Radio Sallandse Boer. ID in Dutch, "The Final Countdown." Strong. SINPO 54444. Heard on 6305 1519 in QSO. SINPO 54444.

6300 1727 Radio Titanic. ID then Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper" and the Fortunes "Caroline." Good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6305 1515 Radio Rob. QSO, mention Zodiac, ID and said was in Rotterdam. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6325 1500 Radio Zodiac. Report to Mike Radio, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6375 1613 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingle, usual pop/dance music. SINPO 34333.

6384 1552 Radio Underground. Malcolm McLaren song, ID, talking about the weather. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6422 0905 Radio Grutte Pier. "Stars on 45" mix, splash from utility station. SINPO 33333.

6510 1606 Radio Rising Sun. Scritti Politti song, fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6920 1523 Trans Europe Radio. Polka, then "Railroad Man," ID. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6930 0910 Irish Music Radio. Prince "Purple Rain", female DJ. SINPO 44433.

6970 0925 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James programme. ELO, then Waylon Jennings. SINPO 44433.

Fri Feb 3

3905 2015 Skyline International Radio. Rick Astley "Never Going to Give You Up", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3935 1840 Radio Batavia. Dutch music, fair reception. SINPO 34333.

4015 1835 Laser Hot Hits. Vintage recordings of Radio 390, good signal. SINPO 44444.

Tues Jan 31

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

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

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

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

Terry's new blog

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

Mon Jan 30

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

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

Sun Jan 29

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat Jan 28

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fri Jan 27

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

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

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

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

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

Radio Armadillo QSL

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

Thurs Jan 26

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

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

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

Hall of Fame Spotlight

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks to Gary Drew for passing on this info.

Wed Jan 25

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

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

Tues Jan 24

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

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

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

Mon Jan 23

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

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

Sun Jan 22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat Jan 21

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fri Jan 20

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thurs Jan 19

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

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

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

Wed Jan 18

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

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

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

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

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

Mon Jan 16

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

Sun Jan 15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat Jan 14

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Global pirate HF weekend

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

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

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

Fri Jan 13

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

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

European Music Radio this Sunday

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good Listening    73s Tom

(via Tom Taylor)

Mon Jan 9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sun Jan 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat Jan 7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fri Jan 6

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

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

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

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

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

South Herts Radio this Sunday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Station direct)

The West and North Kent Radio (WNKR) story

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

Enjoy!

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

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

(Gary Drew, BDXC-UK Yahoo group)

Wizard's MW pirate review

Happy new year from England!

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

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

August 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qsw2txnhqakugbu
September 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?p55lmc1uqqe6fum
October 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uba4jd0dn9z6e2n
November 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?shbcnjjwx20rgxj
December 2011 http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bivao6ccvpp2rnj

Sit back, relax, and enjoy our latest instalment. After you have listened, please let us know what you think by leaving some feedback on the Am Forum. Don't forget, you can write your message in Dutch or English!

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

(via AM Forum)

Wed Jan 4

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