Sun Jun 3

3930: West Coast Radio playing that all-time pirate classic "Caroline" by the Fortunes @ 2150. Good signal tonight. SINPO 44333.

3945: Weekend Music Radio playing "Word Up" @ 1955. Good signal. SINPO 44333. Look forward to more live broadcasts!

5720: Orion Radio with oldies @ 0810. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6045: MV Baltic Radio v Juelich with sign on @ 1200, playing rock music. Very strong here. SINPO 55544.

6220: Mystery Radio with the usual pop @ 0820. SINPO 34433.

6245: Laser Hot Hits playing pop @ 1025. SINPO 34433.

6259: Antonio Radio with 60s music @ 0915, some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits heard reading out reception reports @ 0900. SINPO 34433.

6275: Radio Skywire playing non-stop schlager @ 1755. ID heard @ 1810 with email address of qsl48 @ hotmail.com. SINPO 34433.

6290: Unid station playing the Summer Meeting promo (twice) @ 1015 and then closed down with no announcement. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Scirocco @ 0910 with IDs in Dutch and English, playing polka and rock. Off at 1030. SINPO 33433.

6310: Radio Malaisy @ 1235 playing 80s disco. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Fox 48 heard @ 2030 with Ike & Tina Turner "Nutbush City Limits." Signal has improved in last 10 minutes as it starts getting dark here. S7 here. SINPO 33333.
Click here to hear short clip

6311: Radio Lowland @ 1202 calling Radio Alice in Dutch for QSO, playing polka. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Saturnus announcing his hotline @ 0855, asking about conditions, playing oldies. SINPO 33433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio playing rock music @ 0815. SINPO 34433.

6540: Radio Brigitte with multi-lingual IDs @ 0925, playing schlager and oldies. SINPO 34433.

6878: Laser Hot Hits v Pirate Music with the Jolly Roger show @ 1805. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:55UTC)

Sat Jun 2

Summer has decided to make another appearance today with blue skies and warm sunshine so it looks like a day for doing things outdoors as daytime conditions poor. Reception improved by the evening.

3910: Weekend Music Radio playing the Lighthouse Family @ 2025. As usual, in parallel with 6400, but not so strong as the other frequency. SINPO 34433.

3925: Bogusman was on @ 2155 playing Echo & The Bunnymen from the 80s before telling a Canadian anecdote. Good signal here. SINPO 44444.

3930: Unid station heard @ 1950 playing Fleetwood Mac song, gone by 2000 recheck. SINPO 34333.

3932: Radio Pacman heard @ 2205 calling West Coast (but not getting a reply). SINPO 44333.

3940: Radio Underground with Steve Underground reading out free radio logs @ 1945. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio booming in tonight @ 2015 playing 70s disco. SINPO 44444.

6255: KBC v Lithuania with its usual powerful signal peaking at s9+30dB, signing on @ 2200. SINPO 55555.

6265: Premier Radio on again this evening. Heard @ 2000 with oldies and IDs. SINPO 34333.

6275: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1055 playing Abba's "Money Money Money." Poor signal fading in and out. SINPO 24332.

6280: Orion Radio with schlager and polka @ 0745. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Scotland Int with rock music @ 2145, occasional ute qrm (as always on 6290). SINPO 44444.

6295: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 2150, ID and email address, some splash from Scotland. SINPO 33433.
Click here to hear a recording.

6306: Brandaris Radio Int with a late night programme on 6306 @ 2230, playing schlager and giving out hotline and email address. Good signal. SINPO 44433.
Click here for a recording

6307: West Coast Radio @ 1530 playing oldies, rapid fading. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio @ 1720 with Andy Walker's London pirates programme, including a recording of the closedown of 70s pirate Kaleidoscope. Good signal but slow fades. SINPO 44433. In parallel with 3910 which is very weak at the moment.

6878: Laser Hot Hits is now being relayed by Pirate Music. Heard @ 2005 with a dance music show. Fair-good signal but rapid fading. SINPO 34333.

(updated 22:35UTC)

Fri Jun 1

3927: Radio Quintus heard @ 1945 playing country music, ID at 1953. Fair-good signal but fluctuating signal. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1915 with a live programme from Chris Ise playing disco music from the 70s and 80s. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6265: Premier Radio Int, also with a live programme. Heard @ 1930 playing Samantha Mumba, giving ID and email address. Fair-good signal but deep fades. SINPO 34333.
Click here to listen to a recording.

6275: Unid station playing schlager @ 2035. some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333. (Unid was Radio Skywire: confirmed by station)

Thurs May 31

It's gone very quiet during the week with very few stations firing up their transmitters for evening broadcasts.

Even Mystery Radio has stopped broadcasting daily.

What is going on?

After posting the above message, a station came on...

3930: West Coast Radio playing oldies @ 2200, with a good signal (s9) but some fading. Also heard in long conversation with Radio Pacman (via Skype?). Thanks for the mention. SINPO 44433.

(updated 22:05UTC)

Wed May 30

6275: Station heard @ 1155 playing dance music but signal not strong enough to catch ID, although it sounded Dutch. SINPO 24332.

Mon May 28

3930: West Coast Radio back on the air, heard playing rock music @ 2130, jingle ID at 2140. Good signal but some static. SINPO 44333.

5805: Radio Telstar South with the Golden Boys playing lots of music from the 1960s. Heard @ 1650 with a fair-good signal on a clear channel. Very slick and enjoyable programme. SINPO 34433.
Hear a couple of clips from the station at: Ukdxers recordings

6275: Laser Hot Hits @ 1840 giving out address and ID, playing oldies. Weak signal. SINPO 23432.

6310: Radio Free Holland @ 1710 with a very weak signal covered by lot of noise and utility QRM. Caught snatches of music through the peaks. SINPO 22322. Free Radio Holland still going strong @ 2145, signal much improved and no other stations co-channel. SINPO 34333.

6310: Electron Radio (tent) suffering QRM from Zodiac. IDed in LSB @ 1940 giving out email address. In clear after Zodiac moved @ 1850. SINPO 32332 before Zodiac moved. Sounded like Free Radio Holland was underneath. Bit of a mess around this frequency!

6312: Radio Zodiac playing blues music @ 1935. I told him about QRM and he changed frequency. SINPO 43433.

6327: Radio Zodiac moved here @ 1950. Good signal on clear frequency, peaking at s9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

(updated 21:45UTC)

Sun May 27

Pouring with rain outside and reception conditions not much better today:

3928: Antonio Radio heard with schlager @ 2130, followed by ID and email address. SINPO 34333.

3945: Weekend Music Radio @ 2125 with oldies, but splash from the high-powered Skelton transmitter on 3955 relaying Radio Korea (which went off at 2130). Tonight 3945 stronger than parallel 6400 here. SINPO 43433.

5805: Radio Telstar South with more golden oldies from the 60s. Heard @ 2055 with a SINPO of 34433.

6045: Radio Gloria via Juelich signing on @ 1200 in German for one hour programme. SINPO 44433.
Hear an audio clip: http://www.esnips.com/doc/be1f26bd-b444-4e59-88f2-78f132cadbdb/RGloria-2007-05-27_13h02m06s

6210: Radio Borderhunter had one of the better signals. Heard @ 0910 playing "Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 2120. SINPO 44433.

6245: Britain Radio Int heard @ 0805 with Roger Davis playing oldies and talking about free radio and offshore radio. SINPO 34433.

6260: Radio Thunderbird (tent) with oldies @ 0815. Just caught a jingle but soon faded out. SINPO 24332.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing a Billy Ocean song @ 0810. SINPO 34433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits (tent) suffering co-channel QRM from another station (according Alfa Lima's forum this was Scirocco). SINPO 22432.

6280: Unid Dutch station (the same one as yesterday) but my Dutch is not good enough to pick out an ID through the noise and fading. Heard at 0925 with fair signal giving out phone number. SINPO 33433.

6290: Radio Atlantis Int playing dance music @ 0915. SINPO 34333.

6306: Brandaris Radio Int with schlager @ 2050. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Atlantis Int (tent) playing Dire Straits. Deep fades. SINPO 33333.

6310: Free Radio Holland finally getting a reasonable signal out @ 2100 after a poor weekend for conditions. Heard playing schlager but splash from Brandaris. SINPO 33333.

6400: Weekend Music Radio probably had the best signal this morning. Heard @ 0755 playing rock music. SINPO 34433.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia @ 0930 with dance music. SINPO 35433.

(updated 21:35UTC)

Sat May 26

Bad conditions again today:

3910: Weekend Music Radio @ 1935 with an Andy Walker programme about the history of London pirates. In parallel with 6400 but not as strong. SINPO 34333.

3940: Radio Underground @ 1930 with free radio news and recordings and music. Steve was also complaining about being splattered over by Delta Radio last Saturday. Good signal but static noise level quite high. SINPO 44333.

5180: Orion Radio testing @ 2210, playing "Come Up and See Me." Lot of buzzing around frequency making listening difficult. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop just beginning to fade in @ 1610 but local interference making reception difficult. SINPO 33433. At 1950, heard live programme with Chris Ise playing The Pretenders. SINPO 44433.

6220: Radio RWE via Mystery Radio @ 2130 with talk about radio in the 1940s interspersed with pieces of classical music. SINPO 44433.

6255: KBC v Lithuania playing rock music. Usual strong signal @ 2205. SINPO 55544.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing oldies @ 1550, giving out email address premierradio @ yahoo.ie SINPO 34333.

6275: Laser Hots Hits (v tent) @ 1155. Can just detect a signal here and music on peaks. SINPO 24332.

6280: Unid station (Kentucky?) with schlager @ 1720. Quite a noisy frequency with fading of signal. SINPO 33333.

6290: Unid station heard @ 1735 with schlager. Could be Mazda but only on a short time. SINPO 33333.

6305: Radio Valencia being squeezed by stations on 6300 & 6310. ID @ 2120 and schlager. SINPO 33333.

6310: Radio Malaisy heard @ 1700 playing dance music, canned ID @ 1712. Fair-good signal but signal fluctuating. No sign of Free Radio Holland. SINPO 34333.

6310: Unid station heard @ 2115 playing Black Sabbath, Roxy Music then into schlager before going off with no ID. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio @ 1745 playing rock music and recordings of international radio stations from the past, like Radio Moscow. Good signal but fading. SINPO 44433.

9290: Radio Casablanca v Latvia with schlager, German pop @ 1130. Signal down on the usual strength from Latvia. SINPO 35433.

(updated 22:15UTC)

Radio RWE via Mystery Radio

Today (Saturday, May 26, 2007) at 21.00 UTC a new show of Radio RWE will be relayed via Mystery Radio, on 6220 kHz.

Reception reports are very welcome! QSL confirmation cards (individually numbered) will be distributed for e-mail or postal reports.

Please go to http://www.radiorwe.com/ for details.
Kind regards,
Frank
Radio RWE

(Station direct)

I see on Achim's blog that Radio Marabu will also relayed via Mystery Radio tomorrow (Sunday) from 12-1400. The address is Radio Marabu, Box 1166, 49187 Belm, Germany -E-mail: info @ radiomarabu.de, website www.radiomarabu.de
However I notice the post doesn't say whether the broadcast is at 12UTC or CET.

Fri May 25

There's not been much to report this week which I suspect is because conditions have been bad.

6305: Radio Valencia heard playing schlager @ 2000, followed by ID in Dutch. Some splash from the Sahara station on 6300. SINPO 33333.

6310: Free Radio Holland (pres) with its weekend music marathon. Heard @ 1750 with schlager but signal only weak with a lot of static crashes. Hopefully will improve later on. SINPO 24332.

6878: Pirate Music (pres) with pop music and talking @ 1800. But weak signal makes it difficult to hear what is being said. SINPO 24332.

(updated 20:05UTC)

Free Radio Holland marathon

Message from Free Radio Holland:

"After a time of absence on the 48 metres.

A complete weekend long of Dutch music. Also English and German music will find their way through my antenna.

There will be tests around Wednesday 24 May and from Friday 25 May - 12 hours there will be music.

This will go on to Monday 28 May - 24 hours.

I hope to do this on the 6310 khz."

(info via Dr Tim's Yahoo! group)

Wed May 23

9290: Radio Mi Amigo v Latvia @ 1910 playing soft rock. SINPO 55544.

Relays from Latvia

Here's what's coming up via the Latvia relay on 9290 during the next week:

Wednesday May 23rd
Mi Amigo 19.00 - 21.00UTC

Saturday May 26th
Latvia Today 10.00 -11.00UTC
Radio Casablanca 11.00 - 12.00UTC

Sunday May 27
Radio Joystick 09.00 -10.00UTC
Latvia Today 10.00 -11.00UTC

(info via Tom Taylor)

Mon May 21

Conditions don't seem so good this evening.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1810 playing pop. Fair signal with quite a bit of fading. SINPO 34433.

Sun May 20

3940: Radio Underground with a repeat of last night's programme. Heard @ 1955, signal probably stronger than last night. SINPO 44433.

3945: Weekend Music Radio playing oldies but suffering splash from Underground and the international powerhouse on 3955 @ 2000. Moved here to avoid Reflections Europe on 3910 which doesn't seem to on today as nothing on 3910 or //6295.

5720: Orion Radio playing Dutch music @ 0750, mentioning other stations on today. SINPO 34433.

5805: Orion Radio testing @ 0930. Playing schlager but buzzing noise a problem (could be local QRM). SINPO 34333.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) @ 0900. Weak signal so can't be sure. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio back on the air today. Heard @ 1230 with pop music and usual jingle ID. SINPO 34433.

6245: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI with the Colin Dixon programme @ 0905. SINPO 33433.

6270: Premier Radio with a relay of Premier FM, playing oldies from the 70s. Heard @ 0815 playing Neil Sedaka.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with 70s disco music @ 0915, not in parallel with 6245. SINPO 34433.

6292: Voice of the Netherlands heard with rock music, giving out phone number @ 0805. SINPO 34433.

6292: Radio Scotland Int with a report to VOTN @ 1020. Not as strong as usual. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Valencia with schlager @ 1000, greeting Marcel in France. SINPO 33433.

6300: Delta Radio (Gelderland) playing pop music @ 1050. Not as strong as last night on 75m. SINPO 34433.

6306: Radio Viking testing a new antenna, short broadcast heard @ 0805. SINPO 34433.

6306: Brandaris Radio giving out the telephone number, greeting Radio Columbia and playing schlager @ 0915. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Marconi testing @ 0910. Good signal but fading. SINPO 44433.

6310: Delta Radio playing Stranglers music @ 1850. Good signal but some splash from 6300. SINPO 43443.

6311: Radio Lowland heard playing polka, ID and then off @ 1110. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio with oldies @ 0810. Signal only fair at the moment but should strengthen later on. SINPO 33433.

6524: Radio Ramona playing "Knock on Wood" @ 0820. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

(updated 19:10UTC)

Audio clips of Orion Radio and Radio Viking posted at http://www.esnips.com/web/ukdxersBusinessFiles

Sat May 19

Lots of stations taking advantage of the good conditions on 75m and 48m tonight. Audio clips of Bogusman, Delta and Underground (see end of this posting)

3904: Bogusman talking about the Iraq war @ 1940 and playing the Psychedelic Furs. Good signal but a bit of splash from WMR. SINPO 44444.

3910: Weekend Music Radio heard in parallel with 6400. Talking about offshore radio recordings @ 1710. Signal fair as still quite early in the evening. SINPO 34333.

3927: Radio Kentucky with schlager @ 2120 but suffering splash from Delta Radio. SINPO 33433.

3935: Delta Radio with a strong signal @ 2115 playing dance music, peaking @ s9+20db. Gave mailing address as PO Box 65, 7260AB Ruurlo, Netherlands. SINPO 44444.

3940: Radio Underground back on the air after a long break. Heard @ 1745 with music and free radio news and recordings. Operator Steve Underground gave out the phone number and email but said the station does not issue QSL cards. Fair signal. Email address radiounderground @ go.com SINPO 34333. Good to hear him back.

6255: KBC v Lithuania with its weekly Saturday night show. Heard signing on @ 2200. As usual, very strong here. SINPO 55555.

6270: Orion Radio heard @ 0820 playing some Dutch music, fair signal with some good peaks, but SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6275: Radio Atlantis Int with schlager @ 1930 and the Summer Meeting promo. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6276: Laser Hot Hits with one of its sponsored shows @ 1015. Fair bit of fading on signal. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Atlantis Int playing a long version of "Heard it through the Grapevine" @ 2135, occasional utility QRM (as always on this frequency). SINPO 44444.

6295: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 2145 but a bit squeezed by Atlantis on 6290 and the Saharan station on 6300. SINPO 33433.

6306: Brandaris Radio greeting Marco and playing schlager @ 1635. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Marconi heard @ 1450 playing schlager, announced was signing off. SINPO 33333.

6310: Cupid Radio with a short test @ 1720, mentioning will be back @ 2200 with a test to Japan. Also heard on 6277 @ 1740 greeting listeners. SINPO on both frequencies 44444.

6311: Unid station playing schlager @ 1255. Strong utility QRM making it difficult to ID. SINPO 32432.

6322: Radio Zodiac Int playing Pink Floyd's "Money" @ 2125. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6325: Antonio Radio playing instrumental music, ID in Dutch @ 1100. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Kentucky playing schlager @ 1730. Audio a lot better and clearer. SINPO 44444.

6400: Weekend Music Radio @ 1710 mentioning the website www.offshoreradio.org where you can download offshore radio recordings. Very strong signal. SINPO 54444.

(updated 22:05UTC)

More audio: The latest recordings are of Radio Quintus Friday morning on 6325, and Radio Alice and Marconi in a QSO yesterday night. Also added from Saturday night are Radio Underground, Bogusman and Delta Radio. They can accessed via http://www.esnips.com/web/ukdxersBusinessFiles

Fri May 18

6310: Radio Boomerang heard @ 2105 in QSO with Radio Alice and Radio Marconi. Strong signal as usual but some SSB QRM around the frequency. SINPO 43433. Both Marconi and Alice also coming in well. At 2155, Alice was 9+10dB, at 2200 Marconi was s9.

6325: Radio Quintus heard @ 1000 playing schlager, occasional announcements in Dutch. Quite a lot of fading on the signal. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:55UTC)

Radio Gloria

Radio Gloria International will broadcast in teamwork with MV Baltic Radio on 6045 KHz (via Juelich).

The first transmission of Radio Gloria International on this channel is planned for May 27 at 12:00 UTC.

(info via Tom Taylor)

Thurs May 17

3927: Radio Sensation heard @ 2020 playing oldies suffering splash from Boomerang on 3935. SINPO 33433.
Hear a recording after Boomerang signed off: http://www.esnips.com/doc/f5d5bae8-797e-432f-b300-cb828cca3d4c/RSensation-2007-05-17_21h55m40s

3935: Radio Boomerang with a massive signal @ 2025, playing "Blockbuster" by The Sweet. Steady at s9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) @ 0940 very weak here, playing oldies. SINPO 24332.

6270: Radio Borderhunter on 6270 with a very good signal @ 0930, playing oldies. Signal s9+10dB, greetings to Dr Tim. SINPO 54444.

6325: Radio Skywire playing "I'm On Fire" and other 70s music @ 0940. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333.

6325: Unid station playing country music @ 2140. Sudden off @ 2144 with no ID. SINPO 44333.

(updated 21:45UTC)

Wed May 16

3928: Antonio Radio heard @ 2010 playing a Dire Straits song and greeting Orion Radio and Fox 48. Good signal tonight. SINPO 44433.

3940: Radio Delmare heard @ 2215 playing oldies and giving out email address of radiodelmare @ hotmail.com SINPO 34333.

(updated 22:15UTC)