Wed Nov 8

6220: Mystery Radio still pumping out the pop music. Heard @ 1630 with SINPO of 44433.

6401: Unid station on again. Heard @ 1610 playing non-stop oldies from the 60s and 70s.
SINPO 34333.

Britain Radio International

Hopefully we shall be on air Sunday 12th/26th November from 10am UK time using 6240khz.

Features in this month's programme include the DJ profile looking at Tony Brandon's radio career, also we remember John Peel, and the late Norman Nelson from RECC, you will hear his voice once again on SW as we pay tribute too a good friend who is still sadly missed on SW, even though 11 years have now passed, the rare 60s archive includes 3 rare 7" records including a few scratches!! mixed in with various pieces of radio news etc..

Possibly further webstream tests will follow up to Christmas via our webstream www.geocities.com/britainradio48

Good listening..
Roger.

(info via Alfa Lima forum)

Tues Nov 7

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1630 with ID followed by Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls." SINPO 44444.

6280: Flux AM heard @ 1000 playing schlager, giving out hotline and email address: info(@)fluxfm.nl SINPO 33433.

6296: Radio Bonofox playing Abba songs @ 1540, followed by an ID. SINPO 44433.

6311: Radio Quintus greeting Gunther from Potsdam and playing polka @ 1525. Good signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 43443.

6325: Radio Robbie heard with schlager and IDs @ 1550. SINPO 33433.

6401: Unid playing relaxing 'chill out' music @ 1615, no IDs. SINPO 33433.

Mon Nov 6

6220: Mystery Radio booming in @ 1530 with a SINPO of 44444.

6295: Unid German station (not pirate) @ 1615. Discussion between man and woman. Was someone relaying this or is it another legal station moved into 48 metres from the overcrowded 49 metre band? SINPO 34433.

6300: unid station @ 1445, playing non-stop pop, no IDs. Strong signal - maybe someone testing their transmitter. SINPO 54444.

6300: Radio Fox 48 testing @ 1610, playing pops. SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6305: Radio Alpenroos playing Status Quo, ID in Dutch, @ 1545. Gave email address as barres60(@)hotmail.com

Sun Nov 5

Good conditions today with plenty of activity on 48 metres.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6285: Radio Bonofox heard with oldies. SINPO 33333.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(last update 4.20pm)

Sat Nov 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fri Nov 3

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

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

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

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

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

(updated 2055)

Radio Waves Int

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

Special broadcasts during November.

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

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

(Info via SW Pirates Yahoo! group)

MV Baltic Radio, EMR

New Frequency for MV Baltic Radio + European Music Radio

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

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

Good Listening
73s Tom

(info: Tom Taylor, EMR)

Scandinavian Weekend Radio

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wed Nov 1

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

Oct 30 & 31

Mystery Radio continues pounding in on 6220....

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

Sun Oct 29

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat Oct 28

Another busy Saturday on 48 metres with many stations heard:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fri Oct 27

Mystery Radio heard on 6220 @ 1820. SINPO 34433.

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

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

Thurs Oct 26

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

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

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

Wed Oct 25

Mystery Radio on 6220 @ 2030. SINPO 34433.

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

Radio Sonar

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

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

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

(info via Dr Tim's Pirate News)

Oct 23 & 24

Mystery Radio continues to broadcast daily on 6220.

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

Sun Oct 22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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