Sat Sept 29

A lot of stations on 75 metres this evening:

3900: Skyline Radio Germany (tent) @ 1820. But like last night, signal just about heard above the noise level. SINPO 24332.

3910: Radio RWE v Weekend Music Radio @ 1735 with programme about Polish radio in the 1940s and 50s. In parallel with 6400. SINPO 33433.

3910: Weekend Music Radio @ 2035 with Andy Walker commemorating the 40th anniversary of the launch of BBC Radio 1 this weekend (the station set up by the BBC to try and replace the offshore stations closed down by the Government a few weeks earlier). SINPO 44444.

3920: Unid station playing dance music @ 2020. Strong signal but also strong heterodyne from another signal on same frequency making it difficult to listen to. SINPO 42432.

3925: Bogusman heard @ 2000 reading listeners' emails and giving out contact details. Some splatter from Boomerang. SINPO 43433.

3929: West Coast Radio in QSO with Radio Jimmy in Dutch @ 1857. SINPO 34433.

3930: Radio Jimmy @ 1855 QSOing with WCR. SINPO 34433.

3935: Radio Boomerang playing song by the Stranglers @ 2005. Strong signal. SINPO 44444.

3940: Radio Underground back on the air tonight after absence of nearly two months. Heard @ 1815 with Steve talking about free radio. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1340 with ID, playing pop music. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio @ 1830, playing a song by the Stereophonics, followed by woman in German and jingle ID. Signal very strong now. SINPO 54444.

6255: KBC via Lithuania heard @ 2250 reading listeners' reports. Like yesterday, fair bit of fading on the signal. SINPO 44433.

6291: Radio Lowland heard @ 1840 playing oldies. Good signal here but some fading. Announced phone number and email address for contact. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

6310: Unid station playing dance music @ 1740. Signal seemed too strong for Condor, could be Atlantis? SINPO 44444.

6400: Radio Mazda heard @ 1220 playing schlager, ID @ 1244. I've not heard Mazda on this frequency before. SINPO 34433.

6400: Radio RWE v Weekend Music Radio @ 1730 with programme about Polish radio in the 1940s and 50s. In parallel with 3910. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

(updated 22:50UTC)

Fri Sept 29

3900: Skyline Radio Germany (pres) @ 2015 with a weak signal here. Just able catch snatches of music on peaks. ID through Alfa Lima forum. SINPO 24332.

3927: Radio Atlantis Int with a strong signal @ 2005, playing schlager and dance music, peaking at S9+10dB. Off at 2015. SINPO 44444.

6255: KBC via Lithuania with the Wolfman Jack show @ 2230. Weaker signal than usual (only S9, rather than usual S9+30dB) with rapid fading. SINPO 44433.

(updated 22:35UTC)

Thurs Sept 27

3928: Radio Whitesnake with Cupid Radio heard @ 1855 playing rock music. Fair to good signal. SINPO 34433. Tuned in again @ 2055, to hear them thanking listeners and closing down. Signal up to S9. SINPO 44433.

Another free radio wiki

Pirate Radio Wiki for users to add & edit info - this is more like a web site: http://radiopirates.atwiki.com/

(info via swpirates)

Like the previous one mentioned, this is American-based as has quite extensive list of US pirates, plus also quite a few European FM stations, although not so many SW.

Mon Sept 24

6307: Radio Altrex (tent) heard @ 1940 playing Abba's "Dancing Queen." Poor signal. SINPO 24332.

Sun Sept 23

As per usual on a Sunday, strange conditions. Some stations coming in very well - others not heard at all.

3910: Weekend Music Radio still audible on 75m @ 0835, with a Quicksilver Messenger song from the 70s. SINPO 34433.

3945: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 2125 playing oldies, but suffering splash from Radio Korea via the Skelton, UK, relay on 3955 (S9+40dB), but KBS signed off at 2130 leaving WMR in the clear. SINPO for WMR 43433 before 2130, 44433 after 2130.

5720: Orion Radio with one his best Sunday morning signals for a long time. Heard @ 0735 playing Bob Dylan, signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6045: Radio Gloria via Juelich signing on @ 1200 in German and English, giving out mailing address before playing song by the group Runrig. SINPO 55544.

6216: King Shortwave @ 0910 playing oldies, fair peak before disappearing into the noise. SINPO 34333.

6242: Britain Radio Int coming in well today @ 0845 with Roger Davis talking about and playing audio from Red Sands Radio. SINPO 44433.

6285: Radio Geronimo playing soft rock @ 1015, with station jingles. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6286: Unid weak station @ 0850. Achim had this tentatively as Radio Caroline. SINPO 24332. (Tukan Radio: see comments)

6400: Weekend Music Radio with Andy Walker @ 0745 playing rock. SINPO 34433. Signal much better @ 1010, listening to Jack talking about DXing. SINPO 54444.

(updated 21:30UTC)

Sat Sept 22

3910: Weekend Music Radio with Andy Walker playing a Rolling Stones track @ 1745. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

3925: Bogusman back with a good signal, talking @ 2015 about cats, playing alternative music and bird noises. SINPO 44433.

3935: Radio Sensation heard playing Dolly Parton "Jolene" @ 2025. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6210: Unid station playing oldies @ 1120. Sudden off five minutes later with no announcement. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6255: KBC via Lithuania booming in tonight @ 2240, playing "Morning Has Broken." Peaking at S9+40dB! SINPO 55555.

6275: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1130 with Tony James greeting listeners, playing oldies. Some fading, but not a bad signal. SINPO 34433.

6306: Radio Brandaris Int playing schlager @ 1815. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6311: Radio Alice playing polka and schlager @ 1555. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio with a very good signal @ 1740 with Andy Walker playing music from the early 70s. SINPO 54444.

9290: Radio Six International via Latvia with its Saturday Sounds programme, broadcasting this week from a ship, moored at Harwich, on the east coast. Heard @ 0755 with a SINPO of 45444.

9290: Radio City via Latvia signed on @ 0800, playing 60s music. Signal still good. SINPO 45444.

(updated 22:40UTC)

Fri Sept 21

6255: KBC via Lithuania signing on @ 2200 with the Wolfman Jack show. More rapid fading of the signal than usual - fluctuating between S9 and S9+20dB. SINPO 45544.

6280: Radio Mazda coming in well with schlager @ 1945. Some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

Thurs Sept 20

6220: Laser Hot Hits back on 6220. Heard @ 1810 playing Free "All Right Now," with a good signal. SINPO 43433. Still coming in well @ 2000, signal now S9+10dB.

Free radio wiki

Bill Finn sent us the following link concerning a source of information for Pirate Radio, as well as other shortwave stations, which was forwarded thanks to Al Fansome.

In case you didn’t previously know it was available, you might want to check this out.
The database includes station listings, information and profiles.
http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Main_Page

(Ed Insinger, Free Radio Weekly via DX Listening Digest)

**This Wiki is mainly concerned with North American pirates, although there are a few European SW pirates listed like Alfa Lima and Mystery Radio. Meanwhile the Free Radio Wiki set up by Jonny of SRS is suspended at the moment due to spam.**

Wed Sept 19

6275: Radio Rainbow via LHH heard @ 0940, reading listeners' letters, talk about politics and religion. Fair-good signal - S8. SINPO 34443. Click here for audio clip

6275: Laser Hot Hits took over @ 1000 with the Anorak Hour programme playing the final hour of Radio London 40 years ago. SINPO 34433.

Radio Six to broadcast from ship

On Saturday, 22 September Scotland’s only international radio service, Radio Six International, will attempt its most complicated – and riskiest outside broadcast.

The LV18 is a former lightship which – under the care of the Pharos Trust – was first used for radio, with an added radio mast to support the mediumwave transmitting aerial, in 1999 and since then has played host to a variety of UK-licensed re-creations of former pirate stations, including Radio Northsea International, Radio Caroline, and Radio Mi Amigo, as well as recent broadcasts from Pirate BBC Essex.

Radio Six International will broadcast its weekly Saturday Sounds programme live from the ship on Saturday, with special features including an interview with Tony O’Neill from the Pharos trust, and an episode of The Barnacles, a comedy feature first created when the ship was being used for RNI.

The programme [0700-0800 UTC] will be broadcast live on 9290 kHz shortwave to Europe, the Near and Far East and Pacific regions, 945 kHz mediumwave to the Baltic states, 88.5 MHz FM Stereo for Tawa and Redwood in New Zealand, 100.5 MHz Digital in Riga, Latvia, and around the world online at http://www.radiosix.com/.

(Source: Tony Currie, Radio Six International via Radio Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Mon Sept 17

6400: Unid station @ 1800 playing soft rock. Strong signal here - peaking at S9+20dB. Possibly WMR. SINPO 54444.

Sun Sept 16

Strange conditions today but this is what has been heard here:

3945: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 1755 with the start of the Andy Walker show, with a T Rex special marking the 30th anniversary of Marc Bolan's death. SINPO 34333.

5720: Orion Radio with a good signal today, heard @ 0745 playing the song "I'm Alive." Some utility QRM but not a problem here. Off at 0840. SINPO 44444.

6045: European Music Radio v Juelich @ 1240 playing a song by Tears for Fears and reading listeners' letters. Very good signal here. SINPO 55555.

6220: Laser Hot Hits with adverts for Radio Review and Offshore Echoes magazines @ 0800. Some local QRM but a good signal. SINPO 43433.

6250: Antonio Radio playing non-stop country and 60s music @ 0850. Hum on the frequency. ID at 0919, thanking Michael from Potsdam. SINPO 43433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing rock music @ 0805. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Mazda with schlager and polka @ 0750. Strong signal. SINPO 44444.

6305: Free Radio Holland playing schlager @ 1800. Good signal here but some splash from the Sahara station on 6300. SINPO 43333.

6310: Radio Sunshine (tent) playing polka, giving out hotline number @ 1125, but QRM from Zodiac. Off at 1130. SINPO 32332.

6311: Radio Zodiac heard playing oldies @ 1115 but seemed to be having transmitter problems. Het from weaker station underneath. SINPO 43433.

6324: Radio Waves Int playing country music @ 0900. Struggle to hear the signal. SINPO 23432.

6324: Radio Zodiac coming in loud and clear @ 1230, playing rock and pop, using 200W. Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6400: Weekend Music Radio playing rock music @ 0910. Another one struggling here with the propagation. SINPO 34433.

(updated 18:05UTC)

Sat Sept 15

3910: Weekend Music Radio playing UFO "Doctor Doctor" @ 1720, some splash from the BBCWS on 3915. SINPO 33433.

3927: Radio Atlantis Int @ 2105 with jingle ID, followed by the song "Spirit in the Sky." Good clear signal. SINPO 44444.

6220: Laser Hot Hits heard back on its old frequency @ 0800 playing 60s music with a SINPO 34433. By 0900, signal coming in very well, peaking at S9 - SINPO 44433.
Update at 2010, very good signal S9+10dB - SINPO 54444. Best signal for a very long time!

6255: KBC via Lithuania with a strong signal signing on @ 2200. SINPO 55544.

6275: Laser Hot Hits playing Joan Armatrading song @ 0940. Not //6220. Fair signal but deep fades. SINPO 34433.

6275: Radio Rainbow via LHH @ 0950, giving out both the Rainbow and Laser addresses for contact. Playing music by The Police. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Mazda heard @ 1000 playing 60s music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6290: Orion Radio with 60s music @ 0805. Weak signal here. SINPO 24332.

6296: Unid station heard @ 2135 playing country music. Quite good signal at first but by 2145 had faded out with no ID heard. Some ute QRM. SINPO 33433.

6306: Radio Brandaris Int with ID and hotline @ 2000, he said would be on until 3am! Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio heard with Jack reading reception reports @ 1805. Fair signal but deep fades. SINPO 34333.

(updated 22:00UTC)

Fri Sept 14

3927: Radio Quintus putting in a good signal tonight @ 2045, heard greeting WMR, playing schlager and oldies. SINPO 44433.

6255: KBC v Lithuania heard @ 2225 with the Wolfman Jack show. Achim said on his blog he was having poor reception in Germany. No problems here - S9+30dB although signal was fading a bit. SINPO 55544.

(updated 22:30UTC)

European Music Radio

EMR - NEW QSL Card + Information Sheet

Our next transmission is on Sunday, September 16 at 1200utc on 6045 khz via MV Baltic Radio from Germany.

From this transmission onwards EMR will have a new QSL card and a completely new information sheet for listeners who send in correct reception reports to our email or postal address.

This is a new design QSL card and information sheet. Also the September transmission will be the last transmission of 2007, due to personal reasons (family life) and workload.

Good Listening and good DX to all our listeners.
73s
Tom

Thu Sept 13

6290: Radio Mazda with schlager @ 1820. Good signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 44433. Click here for recording.

6310: Free Radio Holland with schlager @ 1815. SINPO 33333.

6310: Radio Condor playing dance music, ID @ 1903. Co-channel QRM from slightly weaker station (possibly Free Radio Holland). SINPO 43333.

Wed Sept 12

3927: Radio Gloria @ 1915 in German, playing oldies. I wonder if the station knows about these broadcasts of its programmes or whether someone is rebroadcasting it, like the WMR hoaxer does with WMR programmes? Whoever it is - good signal. SINPO 44333.

Tues Sept 11

6265: Premier Radio Int putting in a good signal here @ 2010, playing Tom Robinson's "2, 4, 6, 8, Motorway." Some fading and occasional utility splash. SINPO 44433.