Sun Mar 18

Very changeable conditions today with signals fading in and out.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


(updated 6.05pm)

Sat Mar 17

Poor conditions today with a lot of fading.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(updated 10.25pm)

European Music Radio

This Sunday EMR -18th March

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

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

Good Listening
73s Tom

Fri Mar 16

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

Tues Mar 13

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

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

(updated 7.10pm)

Mon Mar 12

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

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

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

(updated 7.15pm)

Free radio wikipedia

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

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

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

Sun Mar 11

Conditions very variable today with a lot of fading.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(updated 2.45pm)

Sat Mar 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(updated 10.15pm)

Fri Mar 9

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

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

Thurs Mar 8

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

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

Greek harmonics

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

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

Tues Mar 6

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

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

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

(updated 6.50pm)

Radio Six's shortwave break

Changes to Radio Six International schedule

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

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

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

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

Regards
TONY CURRIE, Programme Director, Radio Six International

(via WORLD OF RADIO 1348, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Sun Mar 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(updated 4pm)

Sat Mar 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(updated 11.05pm)

Weekend relays

This weekend relays on 9290 khz (Ulbroka, Latvia)

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

March 4
Latvia Today 13.00 - 14.00UTC

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

Good listening
Tom Taylor

Fri Mar 2

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

Thurs Mar 1

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

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

Wed Feb 28

6220: Mystery Radio. Tuning in a bit later this evening and reception not so good. Lot of noise around 6220 and signal only fair @ 2135. Usual programming. SINPO 33333.