Sat Feb 10

Not bad conditions today with many stations heard:

3908: Cupid Radio heard playing rock music @ 2300, greeting Mike from Norway. Some local QRM. SINPO 33433.

3927: Delta Radio heard @ 2200 greeting listeners in Germany in German, playing schlager. SINPO 44433.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0920. Poor-fair signal (33433).

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1505. SINPO 44333. Also heard @ 2020 with a live programme from Chris Ise and Andy Walker. SINPO 34333.

6255: KBC via Lithuania. Usual massive signal. Heard @ 2205 playing a Rolling Stones track. SINPO 55555.

6265: Radio Robbie @ 1500 with ID in Dutch and schlager. SINPO 34333.

6268: ROZ playing rock music from Golden Earring and Status Quo @ 1150. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1015 with one of its sponsored shows. Station has now arranged relays via North American pirates and is interested in hearing from listeners there. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Whitesnake testing a new antenna. Heard @ 1245 giving out hotline number in Dutch, English and German. SINPO 34333.

6285: Radio Blackbird with polka and schlager @ 0910. ID saying "from north eastern part of the Netherlands." SINPO 33433.

6290: Orion Radio testing his transmitter, playing The Kooks @ 0850. Good signal here (44433). At 0908 noted on 6300, greeting Jaroslav. Signal remained good (44433). Mentioned would be back on 5725 tomorrow.

6290: Flux AM with polka and schlager. First heard @ 1205, ID at 1228 in Dutch and English. Good signal but some occasional utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6300: Radio Merlin Int @ 1430 playing oldies, frequent IDs, good peaks but co-channel QRM. SINPO 43433.

6304: Unid station heard @ 1035 playing Queen's "Radio Ga Ga," no IDs heard. Good signal but some fading (44433).

6308: Radio Odyssey from Greece playing 80s music from Madonna, Cutting Crew etc @ 1815, with IDs by man and woman. Fair signal but on clear channel. SINPO 34433.

6320: Lycos Radio @ 1240 heard with polka, announcing hotline. SINPO 33433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio (pres) @ 1250 playing country music. Good signal but rapid fading. SINPO 44433.

6524: Radio Ramona heard testing @ 1025 with oldies and jingles. SINPO 33433.

6540: Radio Brigitte with ID, oldies and schlager @ 1435. SINPO 34433.

9290: Latvia Today via Ulbroka @ 0855 talking about Latvian history. Off 0900. SINPO 45444.

9290: Radio City v Ulbroka signing on @ 0900, playing oldies. Gave email address as: citymorecars @ yahoo.ca SINPO 45444.

(updated 11.05pm)

Latvia relays

Relays on 9290 KHz this weekend (100kW, Ulbroka, Latvia)

February 10
Radio Six Int: 0700 - 0800UTC
Latvia Today: 0800 - 0900 UTC
Radio City: 0900 - 1100UTC

February 11
Latvia Today 1300 - 1400UTC

(info via Tom Taylor)

Fri Feb 9

6220: Mystery Radio with Andy Walker and Chris Ise @ 2300 playing The Who "Who Are You" followed by the Mystery Radio mystery song contest where you can win a subscription to DX Tuners. Good signal here. SINPO 44433.

Radio Rainbow to move

Message from Radio Rainbow:

Dear freedom lovers;

It came to our knowledge there is a unwritten agreement between several free radio stations about 6300 khz.

There is also a free radio station transmitting from the Sahara which choose this frequency.

Because of our great respect for free radio stations of good will, we have decided to change our frequency of our 24 hour service Radio Rainbow International - the Voice of Peace.

We ordered equipment for another frequency. It will take about 2 weeks before we are receiving this. Until than we will be on 6300 khz, as published worldwide.

We wish you all the best and are looking forward of cooperation between our stations for free radio and peace sake! Let us all promote real freedom, peace of mind and loving awareness, no matter what 'they' say!

Best wishes;
crew
RRI

(info via Dr Tim News)

At the moment Radio Rainbow is inaudible for most of the time on 6300, even when the frequency is clear. As I type this @ 1045, I can hear nothing on 6300. If it want to provide a 24 hour service, the station will need to do something so its signal can be heard properly. ukdxer

Radio City

Please find below the current schedule of Radio City - The Station of the Cars:

Radio City relays Saturdays:
February 10: 09.00 - 11.00 UTC
March 19: 09.00 - 11.00 UTC
April 08 (Easter Sunday): 11.00 - 13.00 UTC
May 12: 09.00 - 11.00 UTC

All transmissions will be 100 kW via Ulbroka transmitter 9290 kHz. Please note the use of Saturdays and the programme length.

(info via Dr Tim's News)

Thurs Feb 8

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1810. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6310: Radio Odyssey from Greece heard @ 1730 playing music by Bob Marley, before playing rock music. Occasional IDs heard in English. Fair signal here. Email address: odyssey.greece @ yahoo.gr SINPO 33333.

Sonnet Radio Europe

Just to let you know that Sonnet Radio Europe will be making a return after 6 years on the 48m band.

We anticipate to start tests towards the end of this month/early March.

For more information, our schedules will be announced at
http://sonnetradio.110mb.com/index.html

Many thanks,
Terry 'Cotters'
SRE

Wed Feb 7

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2315 with pops. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Rainbow (tent). Weak signal @ 1015 - could just detect pop music at peaks. SINPO 24332. I don't how much power the station's running on this frequency but it can't be much.

(updated 11.15pm)

Tues Feb 6

6220: Mystery Radio is propagating well to the UK at the moment. Listening @ 1810 to the usual non-stop pop, some fading (44433). Still strong @ 2120 - peaking at S9+20dB.

Mon Feb 5

6220: Mystery Radio booming in @ 2245 with 80s pop music. SINPO 44444.

Sun Feb 4

Conditions variable today with some strong signals then fading out.

5725: Orion Radio not as strong as last Sunday but still on a clear channel, playing oldies @ 0850. SINPO 34433.

5965: MV Baltic Radio v Juelich with one hour programme. Heard signing on in German and English @ 1300. Gave web address as: www.rrms.de SINPO 55555.

6208: Unid station @ 1230 but impossible to ID due to Bogusman 2kHz away, still strong here.

6210: Cupid Radio greeting Paul Stuart of Radio Galaxy, playing oldies @ 0855. Good signal here. SINPO 44444.

6210: Bogusman talking about air pollution and cycling beside canals @ 1115. Good signal here. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 0910 with another live show from Chris Ise and Andy Walker. Always enjoyable to listen to. SINPO 34433.

6239: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI playing a Tina Turner song @ 1045, utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6239: Outlaws for Peace via JRRI heard @ 1200. This is an American country music show often relayed by JRRI. SINPO 43433.

6260: Unid station playing oldies @ 1150. No IDs heard. SINPO 33433.

6265: Radio Robbie @ 1415 playing oldies and schlager but squeezed by stronger stations on 6260 & 6269. SINPO 33433.

6269: Radio Rainbow heard @ 1215 playing a Billy Joel song. Much better reception than 6300. SINPO 33433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with 70s oldies @ 1050. SINPO 34333.

6280: West Coast Radio coming in well @ 0900, playing a Pink Floyd song. SINPO 44444.

6281: Radio Bermudadreieck (tent). Weak signal but sounded German and thought I heard Bermudedreieck ID. SINPO 24332. (Radio Polkawave, see comments)

6295: Radio Northpole closing down @ 1000 with "Pump Up the Volume." SINPO 44433.

6295: Radio Vrolijke Frans @ 1105with schlager, ID in Dutch. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6300: Radio Rainbow (tent). Poor signal and later flattened by other Dutch stations. Heard @ 1015 with 24332 SINPO.

6300: Radio Rob 007 with oldies @ 1100, talk in Dutch. SINPO 33433.

6300: Unid. Station heard @ 1545 playing schlager, co-channel QRM. ID but beginning to fade out. Caught part of phone number 0031 631 975....SINPO 33433.

6304: Radio Zodiac with talk in Dutch @ 1110 and off. SINPO 44433. At 1125 moved to 6300 where heard calling Fox 48. SINPO 43433.

6305: West Coast Radio playing "On the Border" for Mike in Norway @ 1400. Good signal here (44444).

6311: Radio Lowland heard @ 1437 with ID, playing schlager and country music. SINPO 33433.

6325: Radio Brigitte with schlager @ 1120. Not a good choice of frequency as flattened by Paardenkracht. SINPO 32332.

6326: Radio Paardenkracht with oldies @ 0905. SINPO 43443.

6401: Weekend Music Radio playing rock music @ 0915. SINPO 44444.

6525: Radio Sparks with non-stop music. A nice, clear signal here, playing Simple Minds @ 0925. SINPO 34433.

(updated 4.20pm)

Radio Campervan

Radio Campervan will be on air Sunday morning around 08.30 UTC on 6475 khz.

If you hear us, send your e-mail to radiocampervan @ hotmail.com

All the Best

Mr. Campervan

Sat Feb 3

Good conditions this morning with quite a lot of activity today:

3925: West Coast Radio @ 1715 playing rock and pop music, ID and email address. SINPO 34433.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 1105. Poor signal here (24332).

6220: Mystery Radio with live show from Chris Ise and Andy Walker @ 2150 playing 80s pop. Good signal (44433).

6255: KBC Radio signing on with weekly one hour show @ 2200. Signal started at S9 but by 2240 was S9+30dB. Email from station said email has changed to kbc @ planet.nl or info @ k-po.com. The old e-mail kbc @ wxs.nl. is not in use anymore. However the old address still announced in tonight's show. SINPO 44433 at 2200 to 55555 at 2240.

6276: Laser Hot Hits @ 1015 playing "We Love the Pirate Stations" (I think this song is played somewhere on 48 metres every weekend!). Splash from Flux AM. SINPO 33433.

6280: Flux AM @ 0900 giving out hotline, greeting Marcel and playing schlager. Good signal (44433).

6284: Unid station heard @ 1215 playing The Prodigy and other dance music. No IDs heard. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Bonofox playing oldies and dance music, including a Bee Gees medley @ 1010. As usual on this frequency some occasional utility QRM, plus splash from Flux AM. SINPO 33433.

6290: Radio Vrolijke Frans heard @ 1520 with polka and schlager, ID in Dutch. SINPO 43443.

6293: West Coast Radio (tent) with "The Final Countdown," @ 1510. Splash from 6290. Off or faded out @ 1522. SINPO 43433.

6300: Radio Rainbow (tent) suffering CW QRM @ 1130. Playing oldies. Message via Dr Tim's news says station is now 24 hours on this frequency. SINPO 33433.

6300: Relay of Dutch FM station playing dance music @ 1420. Couldn't catch name (Slam FM?). SINPO 33433.

6310: Radio Scirocco playing polka and schlager @ 0910. SINPO 34433.

6320: Lycos Radio @ 1115 with schlager, ID and email address. SINPO 33433.

6327: Unid station with oldies and schlager @ 1335. Sudden off at 1343. SINPO 44433.

6401: Radio RP heard on this frequency @ 0920 with schlager. Announced email address of radiorp @ live.nl SINPO 34433.

9290: Radio Casblanca via Latvia with German pop and schlager @ 1055. Off 1100. SINPO 45444.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia @ 1100. Was due on at 0900 but seemed to be problems with the transmitter so started two hours later with the one hour programme of dance music in German. SINPO 45444.

9290: Latvia Today via the Latvia transmitter. Also on late, starting @ 1200. Heard @ 1220 talking in English about Latvia in the world. SINPO 55544.

(updated 10.45pm)

Fri Feb 2

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2105 with pop. SINPO 44433.

Weekend relays

Relays this weekend via Ulbroka, Latvia on 9290:

Saturday February 3
0700-0800UTC: Radio Six Int
0800-0900UTC: Latvia Today, e-mail info @ swh.lv
0900-1000UTC: Radio Joystick
1000-1100UTC: Radio Casablanca WS

Sunday February 4
1300-1400UTC: Latvia Today

MV Baltic Radio via Juelich, Germany from 1300-1400UTC on 5965 kHz

(info via Tom Taylor, EMR)

And don't forget KBC on 6255 tomorrow (Saturday) from 2200-2300UTC via Lithuania, in parallel with 1386kHz.

Thurs Feb 1

3927: Cupid Radio heard @ 2100 playing the Cure, Bruce Springsteen, followed by ID. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1800 playing oldies. Good signal here (44433).

Radio Six International

After a rather longer hiatus than we had anticipated, Radio Six International is delighted to resume its weekly live broadcasts to Europe and the Pacific on shortwave from Saturday, 3rd February.

The weekly Saturday broadcast will be (as before) from 0700 to 0800 UT on 9290 kHz with 100 kW from Ulbroka, Latvia.

For February the programme during that hour will be the Tony Currie Show. More details at http://www.radiosix.com

(TONY CURRIE, Programme Director, Radio Six International, Jan 30, WORLD OF RADIO 1345, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Being the first Saturday of the month I guess Radio Joystick will be on from 0900. It would be nice to get detailed info about the relays from Latvia. It seems to be down to the stations themselves to promote their own broadcasts! ukdxer

Planet FM

On 6878 kHz (29/1, 0145) Planet FM, the rebroadcast of FM Italian radio Planet FM, is still on air on SW.

This night with "Planet Night" programme. This FM radio is located in Lombardia, North Italy their web is: http://www.radioplanet.fm (reported by PlayDX)

(Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italy, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Widely reported, heard via Pirate Music, Italy

Tues Jan 30

Mystery Radio on 6220 last night (Jan 29) @ 2200 playing pop. SINPO 33433. No pirate activity heard tonight as I type this.

Sun Jan 28

Conditions today a bit hit and miss with some good reception but also fading out of stations.

5725: Orion Radio on his new 52mb frequency. Good reception here @ 0845, playing a selection of oldies and Dutch music. Off at 0915. Was using 350W. SINPO 45444.

6210: Bogusman heard @ 1240 talking about rock magazines and playing his usual selection of obscure indie music. SINPO 44433.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 1015. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1430 playing oldies, ID. SINPO 43443.

6239: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI with the A to Z of Pop @ 1255. Transmitter had drifted down slightly since I heard BRI. SINPO 44433.

6240: Britain Radio Int v JRRI @ 1035 with Roger Davis presenting the 60s flashback show. SINPO 33433.

6245: Crazy Wave Radio with Andy Walker and Chris Ise playing oldies @ 0920. SINPO 33433.

6260: Unid station playing rock music and oldies @ 1435 but clashing with religious station from Asia (Christian Voice, I think) on same frequency. SINPO 32332.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with the Stuart Ross programme @ 1030. SINPO 34333.

6290: Radio Rainbow @ 1245 with oldies, suffering occasional utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6295: Radio Northpole heard playing music from Donna Summer and Ultravox @ 1010. Gave email address as radio.northpole @ planet.nl SINPO 43433.

6300: Radio Shadowman coming in with a strong signal @ 1025, playing polka, ID in Dutch. SINPO 44444.

6299: Wave Radio (tent) playing oldies @ 1300 but quite noisy frequency and difficult to be sure. SINPO 33333.

6304: West Coast Radio heard playing Donna Summer "State of Independence" @ 1455. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6305: Antonio Radio with oldies, ID and hotline number @ 1005. SINPO 43433.

6307: Radio Zodiac Int playing rock music @ 1250. SINPO 43443.

6310: Radio Scirocco playing oldies, ID and announced hotline in English, Dutch and German @ 1020. SINPO 33433.

6325: Radio Brigitte announcing mailing address, email address in several language @ 1502. SINPO 34433.

6326: Radio Paardenkracht heard playing the Rolling Stones @ 0910. Co-channel QRM from another station but Paardenkracht the stronger. SINPO 43433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio coming in well here, heard @ 0925 playing 70s music - George McRae, KC & The Sunshine Band. SINPO 44444.

6525: Sparks Radio playing music by Queen @ 0915. Fair signal and on a clear channel (34433).

6878: Pirate Music @ 0855 with pop music and Planet FM jingles. SINPO 34333.

9290: KWRN Nordland Radio v Latvia signing on @ 0900 in German and English, Using the SRS Germany address and email address: kwrn @ freenet.de Played German and English oldies. SINPO 44433.

9290: Radio Marabu v Latvia signing on @ 1000 in German at the end of KWRN's programme. Three hour programme of alternative music. SINPO 44444.

(updated 3.10pm)