Sat Jun 16

3904: Bogusman very strong tonight - peaking at s9+20dB @ 2145 with the usual chat and indie music. SINPO 54444.

Click here for a recording

3910: Weekend Music Radio playing "Summer Breeze" @ 1720. Poor-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

3927: Radio Spaceman heard @ 1840 playing rock music. Strong signal, as usual. SINPO 44444.

3940: Radio Underground heard @ 1835 playing a Radio Merlin recording taken from this blog (it's okay, I don't mind). Fair to good signal. 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with 70s disco @ 1615, some form of two-way communication on the same frequency. SINPO 33433.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio playing ambient music @ 2040. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6255: KBC via Lithuania with a strong signal but about 10dB down on some weeks - only peaking at S9+20dB! Playing Bachman Turner Overdrive "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," @ 2205. SINPO 55544.

6268: Unid station playing non-stop 80s music @ 1850. Possibly ROZ. SINPO 33333.

6275: Laser Hot Hits playing oldies @ 0755. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6280: Orion Radio heard signing off @ 0745. SINPO 34433.

6305: Radio Merlin Int playing "Just Be Good To Me" by Beats International @ 1625. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6305: Radio Boomerang heard @ 1845 playing Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and calling West Coast Radio. Good signal. SINPO 44444.
Click here for a recording

6310: Radio Condor playing dance music. Fair signal, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6324.5: Radio Waves Int playing French music @ 1915, jingle ID. SINPO 34333.

6400: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 1730 with Jack Russell talking about QSL cards and new DJs. Signal not great at the moment with deep fades. SINPO 34333.

(updated 22:05UTC)

Fri Jun 15

3927: Radio Spaceman very strong tonight. Heard playing Midnight Oil song @ 2055, sign off at 2130. SINPO 54444

6220: Radio Borderhunter with dance and rock music @ 2100, greeting friends and playing his Summer Meeting promo. SINPO 44444.

6275: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1135 playing "Walking Back to Happiness," deep fades with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:30UTC)

European Music Radio

EMR THIS SUNDAY

June 17, 2007 at 1200 to 1300utc on 6045 khz (via Juelich)

Good Listening

73s Tom

(info via Tom Taylor, EMR)

website: www.emr.org.uk

Thu Jun 14

3935: West Coast Radio playing rock music @ 2155. Good signal but some static crashes. SINPO 44333.

6265: Premier Radio heard @ 1915 with oldies, giving out email address, but suffering splash from ROZ. SINPO 33433.

6268: ROZ playing "Funky Town," @ 1910 followed by ID, talk in Dutch. Good clear audio. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Merlin playing folk rock @ 1920, with ID. Fair-good signal but some static QRM. SINPO 34333.

6311: Radio Sonar heard @ 1845 playing German rock and with talk in German. Fair signal but quite a lot of static here. SINPO 34333.
To hear a recording, click here

(updated 22:00UTC)

The Crystal Ship

The Crystal Ship - Summer 2007 Frequency Schedule

The Crystal Ship, a North American shortwave pirate radio station based in the Great Lakes region, releases its summer frequency schedule:

Our primary and preferred frequency remains 6875 kHz. If we are on the air on any other frequency, we will also be on the air on this frequency; and reception and audio quality may be superior on 6875 kHz, if you can receive it.

Secondary frequencies are as follows:
5386 kHz. While using the less powerful Viking II transmitter, this frequency has been relatively useful to reach nearby listeners regionally within the Great Lakes area, for whom 6875 kHz becomes blacked out ('goes long') sometime after local darkness. We will be active on this frequency throughout the summer, as a frequent parallel
to 6875 kHz.
3275 kHz may be used as a parallel frequency this summer, but probably only in such cases when transmissions will run beyond 0300 UTC.
Experimental frequencies:
Tests on 7575 kHz, while free of QRM have proven less effective than 6875 kHz with the antennas in use. 7575 kHz may yet be used as a parallel in the future, if a new resonant antenna is erected for it. We intend to make some test transmissions around 12500 kHz, intended to reach listeners based west of the Rocky Mountains, as well as in Europe. Tests may also be done on 13 and 15 MHz. For specific frequency and program announcement information, potential listeners should ask to subscribe to our Email list, at tcsshortwave @ gmail.com

Days and times of transmission:
As a pirate station, naturally we have no 'official schedule' although we are likely more predictable than most others. Through the summer of 2007, likely hours of operation will extend somewhere from 2200 hours through 0400 UT on any of the aforementioned frequencies as well as on 6875 kHz. Most likely days of operation are Sunday evenings (US local time), as well as random weeknights.

First-time QSL requests may be Emailed to us at tcsshortwave @ yahoo.com and we'll pick up the postage. U.S. listeners desiring additional QSLs from The Crystal Ship should send their reception reports, including three First Class stamps, to: The Crystal Ship, P. O. Box 1, Belfast, N.Y. 14711, USA

All non-U.S. reports should be mailed to the Belfast address, and should include $2 US or I.R.C.s for return postage.

(John Poet, The Crystal Ship, June 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Sonar

RADIO SONAR is active 14 June (today), 17-1900 GMT on 48m.

We certify reception reports with our June-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

Yours
DJ Dycke

(info via Alfa Lima)

Wed Jun 13

6305: Radio Kentucky playing schlager, greeting Jaroslav @ 1920. Good signal but some splash from the Saharan station on 6300. SINPO 43433.
Click here for recording

9290: Radio Mi Amigo via Latvia @ 1915, playing rock, jingles. SINPO 55544.

Tue Jun 12

6220: Radio East Coast Holland @ 1950 suffering from strong utility QRM. Can just hear the station underneath. SINPO 22332.

North American pirates

Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee, contacted me with details of The Crystal Ship which he heard on an unusual frequency.

5386 The Crystal Ship. 0358-0441. June 6, 07. The Xtal Ship sailing on an odd freq. Lots of music from the 1980s including: "What About Love,""Heat of the Moment," "Midnight Blue" and several others that I couldn’t ID. Station ID at 0431 by YL as "You are listening to the Crystal Ship" followed by unreadable comments. ID by John Poet at 0432-"You’re tuned to the Crystal Ship." Audio clip about the war in Iraq at 0436. Signal audible from 5384-5388 and // 6875. The signal was lost on 6875 at 0425. Static closed in at 0440 on 5386. Some fades throughout the bx. Fair to good signal on 5386 until 0437 then very poor until 0440. Poor signal on 6875 throughout.

He says the pirates over there are also starting to use 6875 and 6855 in addition to the regular 6925 and 6955 channels.

He adds that Weekend Music Radio and Mystery Radio are fairly regularly heard in the USA.

Anyone interested in hearing North American pirates can check out the Free Radio Network forum for the latest news.

Mon Jun 11

6290: Radio Atlantis Int playing schlager and Summer Meeting promo @ 1935. Strong signal, peaking at 9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6322: Radio Zodiac testing equipment @ 1930, giving out hotline and email address. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6400: Unid station playing music @ 2015, before sudden off. Possibly WMR testing. SINPO 44433.

(updated 20:20UTC)

Sun Jun 10

A lot of signals fading in and out today. One minute booming in, the next gone completely!

3930: West Coast Radio with a good signal tonight (s9), playing rock music and oldies @ 2110. SINPO 44333.

3945: Weekend Music Radio @ 2005 playing recordings from London 80s pirates. High levels of static noise on 75m tonight made reception difficult. SINPO 34232. Parallel 6400 much better (54444).

5725: Orion Radio playing 60s music. Heard @ 0755 with a fair signal. SINPO 34433.

5805: Radio Telstar South with the Golden Boys playing music from the 60s @ 0815. SINPO 34433.

6205: Britain Radio Int celebrating its 27th anniversary, using this frequency to avoid Borderhunter. Playing 80s music. Although the signal reached reached good levels it also disappeared completely a few times. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop, jingle ID @ 1540. SINPO 34433.

6245: Radio Borderhunter with talk about the Summer Meeting @ 0855. One of the stronger signals this morning. SINPO 44433.

6245: Radio Boomerang heard in QSO with Borderhunter @ 1010. Also joining in were Brandaris Radio and Sallandse Boer. SINPO 34433.

6260: Radio Thunderbird with rock music @ 0910, talk in German. Poor-fair signal here. SINPO 24432.

6265: Premier Radio heard with a relay of Premier FM @ 0805, with 60s music. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Spaceman with a good signal @ 1255, playing "Like a Rolling Stone," some fading. SINPO 44433.
Click here for a recording

6280: Radio Scirocco heard @ 0905 with ID and hotline number. Poor-fair signal with some sort of noise on the frequency making reception difficult. SINPO 23432.

6290: Radio Shadowman with a strong signal, but also splattering quite a lot. Heard @ 0915 playing Man of Action, ID. SINPO 44444.
Click here to hear a clip

6305: Radio Merlin Int @ 0945 playing oldies. SINPO 3433.

6315: Unid @ 1255 with oldies, heard "Love is a battlefield" but poor signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24432.

6325: Radio Zodiac heard @ 1315 playing Dire Straits "Money for Nothing," but co-channel with weaker station. Sign off 1324. SINPO 32432.

6325: Radio Saturnus in clear @ 1325 after Zodiac signed off. Heard playing Bronski Beat, ID @ 1335. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6374: Unid station @ 1000. I thought it was West Coast but Achim's blog had Radio Brigitte. Utility QRM made ID difficult here. SINPO 23432.

6385: Unid station. Weak signal heard briefly @ 0925 before faded out. SINPO 24332.

6400: Weekend Music Radio playing a Fairport Convention song @ 0800. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

(updated 21:15UTC)

Sat Jun 9

Very quiet during the day but more activity this evening.

3910: Weekend Music Radio @ 1815, moved here to avoid Radio Underground. Signal improving. SINPO 34333.

3940: Radio Underground @ 1810 with free radio chat, reading messages, using 20W. Thanks for mention. SINPO 44433.
Click here to hear an audio clip

3945: Weekend Music Radio playing rock music @ 1725 in parallel with 6400. Deep fades. SINPO 24332.

6255: KBC v Lithuania heard @ 2245 playing Dutch music. Usual strong signal. SINPO 55544.

6290: Radio Atlantis Int playing Dutch song followed by Summer Meeting promo @ 1830. Good signal but the usual intermittant ute qrm. SINPO 43433.

6310: Unid Dutch station playing schlager and polka @ 2100. Occasional announcements in Dutch. Good signal. Sudden off at 2115. SINPO 44333.

6310: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 2125. SINPO 34333.

6400: Weekend Music Radio playing a Tom Petty song @ 1720. Fair-good signal strengthening all the time. SINPO 34433.

(updated 22:45UTC)

Fri Jun 8

6275: Laser Hot Hits playing pop music @ 1820. Weak signal and static makes listening difficult. SINPO 24332.

6305: Radio Merlin Int playing reggae and dance music @ 1745. Fair-good signal but some static crashes. Email address given as radiomerlin @ blueyonder.co.uk SINPO 34333. Radio Merlin heard @ 2040 with recording of its FM programme, announcing 87.7FM. Signal much stronger now. SINPO 44433.
Click here for short clip or this second clip here

6310: Radio Boomerang playing Dutch music @ 2020 before closing down at 2024. Strong signal as usual. SINPO 44444.

6311: Radio Fox 48 heard @ 2025 after Boomerang went off. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

(updated 20:40UTC)

Britain Radio's 27th anniversary

BRI 27th year on SW schedule

It was 27 years ago when we made our first test transmission on SW back in June 1980, 27 years later we are still here broadcasting most 2nd/4th Sundays of the month!

We hope to celebrate in a small way on Sunday 10th/24th June, remembering the first 10 years of broadcasting playing the music from that period. We think 1980 to 1990 was the most exciting time for the station we often received over 100 letters for each broadcast, we had a full team of DJs and helpers, how times have changed in 2007!!

But we still have our listeners which is the most important thing, without their support we would of almost certainly closed down by now.

Subject to TX availability we shall be using 6245khz or possibly 6240khz from 10am UK time, if conditions are unfavourable then the programme should also be going out via our webstream which is available at www.geocities.com/britainradio48

Reception reports are especially welcome for this month's broadcasts to britainradio @ hotmail.com

Thanks for your support - listeners past and present.
73s Roger

(Roger Davis via Alfa Lima)

Wed Jun 6

6290: Radio Bonofox heard closing down @ 2040. Moved here for avoid Radio Condor on 6310. Some ute QRM. SINPO 33333.

6305: West Coast Radio @ 1815 playing rock music, signal quite good but some fading. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Condor heard @ 1935 playing dance music. Whistle caused by a co-channnel weaker station. SINPO 33333.

6310.7: Radio Bonofox flattened by Radio Condor. Could only ID in usb. But clear ID and email address heard @ 2042. Station playing schlager. SINPO 32332.

9290: Radio Mi Amigo v Latvia with a strong signal. Sign on @ 1900 with a jingle and straight into a track by Bob Dylan. SINPO 55444.

(updated 20:50UTC)

Tues Jun 5

6285: Radio Skywire playing rock music @ 2055. SINPO 34333.

6306: Radio Brandaris Int with polka and schlager, ID in English with hotline number @ 1815. Fair-good signal here. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:30UTC)

Offshore pirates reunion

From the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame website:

The Radio Academy is holding a major event in August to celebrate the legacy of sixties offshore radio.

The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame has been helping with the planning. Dozens of offshore radio DJs of the era have been invited and although they probably won't all be able to attend, it could be the biggest gathering of ex-pirates ever.

And you could be there too! Check out the Radio Academy web site for more details and to book your ticket.

There is a discount if you get in quick. (The site will require you to register on-line. You will then be sent an email giving details of how to order tickets.) And if you were a sixties pirate and you haven't heard from us yet, please let us know.

Radio Academy webpage on the event:http://www.radioacademy.org.uk/record.jsp type=event&ID=81

Pirate Radio Hall of Fame website with link for any offshore radio staff they have not yet contacted: http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/

(info via radioanoraksuk)

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)