Sat Nov 3

3910: Weekend Music Radio playing The Who @ 1720. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333.

3927: Radio Likedeeler heard @ 2105 playing blues music. Weak signal with fair peaks and deep fades. SINPO 24332.

3940: Radio Underground @ 1620 playing song by Kate Nash and talking about the latest radio listening figures for the UK. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing pops @ 1645, giving out contact details. SINPO 34433.

6210: Radio 48 heard @ 0850, playing Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight," ID and giving out email address. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34433. Click here for recording

6255: KBC v Lithuania putting in a strong signal @ 2205 in another link up with Radio Mi Amigo, playing Yes "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Signal peaking at S9+30dB. SINPO 55544.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with offshore recordings @ 0855, including Big L and Radio Caroline. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Tornado heard @ 1355 playing dance music, giving out ID and email address in Dutch, off 1400. SINPO 34433. Click here for recording

6310: Radio Altrex with oldies @ 0910, but signal covered by strong SSB. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 23432.

6310: Delta Radio playing music from the 70s and 80s with occasional "Delta Radio" jingles. Heard @ 1335 with a fair to good signal, hovering between S7 & S9. SINPO 34433.

6326: Radio Alice heard @ 1415 playing "Living Next door to Alice" followed by ID and email address in Dutch and English, off 1430. SINPO 34433.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia @ 0900 with Charlie Prince in German playing dance music. SINPO 55544.

9290: Radio Waves Int v Latvia signing on @ 2200, playing country music. Weak signal here. SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:05UTC)

Fri Nov 2

6275: Radio Rainbow via Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1135 playing the Pet Shop Boys. Nothing heared on 6421. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Altrex playing schlager @ 0955, ann was signing off. Deep fades. SINPO 34433.

(updated 11:35UTC)

North American pirate logs

Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee, USA, heard a fair bit of pirate activity on Halloween (Oct 31):

6900v The Crystal Ship. 2230-2300*. All Hallows Eve. English. The Xtal Ship sailing the pirate airwaves with a nice selection of spooky music and poetry. Songs included: "Monster Mash," "Ghost Riders,""London Calling," something by Alice Cooper, ‘Mexican Radio," and a dramatic rendition of "The Raven." Lost signal at 2300 w/o sign off ancmts. Fair with some deep fading.

6925u Wolverine Radio. 2302-2307*. All Hallows Eve. English. ID by OM anncr with Ray Parker, Jr.’s "Ghost Busters." F-P.

6925u WBST. 2331. All Hallows Eve. English. First log of this station. OM anncr with organ mx and maniacal laughter. Poor.

6925u WFUQ. 0016. 1 Nov. English. First log of this station Several IDs by OM anncr and techno mx. Poor.

Thurs Nov 1

3945: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 1825, with Jack talking about a Hawkwind CD, playing Wild Cherry "Play That Funky Music." Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433. (hoaxer: see comments)

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing song by Asia @ 1820. SINPO 34333.

Wed Oct 31

6421: Laser Hot Hits playing song by Meatloaf @ 1025. Signal struggling a bit at the moment. SINPO 24432.

Tues Oct 30

6421: Laser Hot Hits playing the Madonna documentary @ 1055. Fair-good signal here (S8-9). SINPO 34433.

Mon Oct 29

6421: Laser Hot Hits playing pop music @ 1030. Fair strength but fluttery signal. SINPO 34433.

Sun Oct 28

Wet and windy here today, with a lot of activity again on the bands:

3936: WNKR heard @ 1940 playing song by Dire Straits. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34433.

3945: Weekend Music Radio @ 1650 with Jack playing recordings of medium wave QSOs from the 1970s and reading SW logs from that era - fascinating stuff. Beginning to get dark here and 6400 just faded out. But 3945 coming in well, S8-9. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 2005 playing The Hooters, deep fades of the signal. SINPO 34433.

5720: Orion Radio playing rock music @ 0835. SINPO 44444.

5965: Radio Gloria via Juelich signing on @ 1300 in German and English, before playing a Joe Cocker record. Strong signal. SINPO 55544.

6199: Radio Rapido (tent) playing 80s music @ 1125. Signal struggling today. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0900. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34433.

6255: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI with Colin Dixon playing a song by Prefab Sprout @ 0940. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6255: Britain Radio Int v JRRI with Roger Davis chatting about radio and playing oldies @ 1010. Signal strength now S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing Status Quo @ 0905. SINPO 3433.

6280: Radio Zeelandia playing schlager @ 1230, ID in Dutch. SINPO 34333.

6282: Radio Shadowman playing Hall & Oates @ 1020. Strong signal. SINPO 43433.

6290: Radio Mazda playing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" @ 1000. Utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6297: Magic AM playing David Bowie's "Heroes" @ 0845. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6298: Voice of the Netherlands asking for reports @ 1215. SINPO 44433. Click here for recording.

6300: West Coast Radio in QSO with Sallandse Boer @ 1052. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Sallandse Boer with report for WCR @ 1048. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Rob 007 in QSO with Boomerang and Altrex @ 1420. Some SSB QRM. SINPO 23332.

6305: Radio Boomerang QSOing with Altrex and Rob 007 @ 1425. SINPO 44444.

6306: Radio Brandaris with schlager @ 0855. SINPO 44433.

6306: Radio Skywire (tent) joining in the QSO @ 1440. SINPO 24332.

6310: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 1015. SINPO 33433.

6310: Radio Altrex @ 1430 in QSO with Rob 007, Boomerang. SINPO 24332.

6311: Radio Bonofox giving out email address and signing off @ 0840. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Saturnus playing schlager @ 0850. Some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6325: Radio Quintus asking for reports @ 1025. SINPO 43433.

6374: West Coast Radio (tent) @ 1005 playing oldies. Strong hum on signal (utility?) making it difficult to hear. SINPO 32332.

6375: Radio Altrex heard @ 1055 playing oldies. Still strong hum on frequency making listening difficult. SINPO 32432.

6400: Weekend Music Radio with one of the strongest signals this morning. Andy Walker playing 60s and 70s music @ 0910. SINPO 54444.

6421: Laser Hot Hits playing dance music, talking about Radio Underground @ 1120. SINPO 34433.

6540: Radio Brigitte with ID, address and polka @ 1445. SINPO 34433.

(updated 20:05UTC)

Sat Oct 27

3910: Weekend Music Radio with radio chat and playing song @ 1755 by group called Renaissance. SINPO 44433.

3927: Cupid Radio greeting Jari @ 2250, playing rock music. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3940: Radio Underground playing the song "Valerie" @ 1745, greeting listeners and talking about free radio. Also played my recording of XTC (thanks for mention). SINPO 34433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits coming in well @ 1800, with start of the Jolly Roger show. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio playing pop @ 1505. Quite a lot of local QRM on this frequency. SINPO 33433.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio heard @ 1830, with talk in German, lots of mentions of station name, playing alternative music. Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6255: KBC via Lithuania with usual strong signal. Heard @ 2255, playing The Move, before advert for K-PO products and signing off @ 2258. SINPO 55544.

6268: Radio Oscar Zoulu (ROZ) playing Queen song @ 1815, ID at 1825. Putting in a good signal at the moment. SINPO 44433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits playing dance music @ 0925, followed by promo for Laser mugs. SINPO 34333.

6280: Orion Radio playing schlager @ 0800. Good signal but faded right down a few minutes later. SINPO 44433.

6285: Orion Radio heard on this frequency @ 0910 greeting Steffan in Germany. SINPO 44433.

6293: Voice of the Netherlands heard @ 1233 in QSO with Radio Boomerang and Radio Transistor. SINPO 44433.

6293: Radio Transistor in QSO @ 1240. SINPO 24332.

6295: Radio Quintus playing schlager @ 1435. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Boomerang in QSO @ 1242. SINPO 44444.

6308: Unid station playing offshore radio recordings @ 1345. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6310: West Coast Radio playing rock music @ 0915. SINPO 43433.

6310: Radio Condor signed on after WCR closed down. Heard @ 0930 playing dance music, jingle ID. Some local QRM. SINPO 43433.

6311: Radio Lowland playing instrumental music @ 1735. Weak signal and noisy frequency. SINPO 23332.

6400: Weekend Music Radio with Jack playing a Frankie Miller song @ 1730. in parallel with 3910. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6421: Laser Hot Hits playing 60s music @ 0940. Weaker signal than 6275 and featuring different programme. SINPO 33433.

(updated 23:00UTC)

Fri Oct 26

3925: Radio Boomerang playing dance music @ 1930. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing Dr Hook @ 1735. Fair-good signal but rapid fading. SINPO 34433.

6255: KBC via Lithuania with the Wolfman Jack show @ 2235, playing 60s music. Signal down a bit on last week, but still peaking at 9+20db. SINPO 55544.

6421: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0955 playing dance music, asking for reception reports. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

(updated 22:35UTC)

Thurs Oct 25

6305: West Coast Radio playing rock and pop @ 1410. ID just before sign off @ 1435. SINPO 34433.

6421: Laser Hot Hits coming in well @ 0915 with Steve Roberts playing a Meatloaf song. Bit of fading but a good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

(updated 14:40UTC)

Wed Oct 24

I thought I would take a trip down to medium wave to see what I could hear, and there was Radio Barones. My antenna is not really geared up for MW but Barones puts in a good signal so it's no problem picking it up. Not much else heard this evening on 75m apart from Laser.

1645: Radio Barones playing polka, ID in Dutch @ 2140. Good audio. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1700 reading listeners' reports and playing dance music. Fair signal with some static noise and fading. SINPO 34333.

(updated 21:43UTC)

Tues Oct 23

4025: Laser Hot Hits coming in well this evening with signal hovering between S8&9. Heard @ 1905 with a Madonna feature. SINPO 34433.

Mon Oct 22

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing The Beatles @ 2030. Fair signal but some fading here. SINPO 34333.

Sun Oct 21

Good conditions again today with lots of stations heard:

3927: Radio Atlantis Int playing "Spirit in the Sky" @ 1845. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

3945: Weekend Music Radio playing recordings of 60s offshore station Radio Sutch @ 1850. Some splash from 3955. SINPO 43433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1955 playing oldies. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

5720: Orion Radio coming in with very nice signal @ 0750, playing a Dutch song. SINPO 44444.

5805: Radio Telstar South back again with the Golden Boys reliving those 60s memories @ 0745, playing Petula Clark. SINPO 44444.

6199: Radio Rapido playing S Express @ 0755. Fair signal here. SINPO 34433.

6210: Radio Geronimo heard with rock music @ 0835, and jingle IDs. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio playing pop @ 1840. Good signal but some local QRM. SINPO 43433

6254: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI with 70s music @ 0915. SINPO 44444.

6265: Premier Radio Int also with 70s music, some co-channel QRM from a weaker station @ 0815. SINPO 43443.

6265: Unid station playing non-stop rock music. Heard @ 1100, don't think it's Premier Radio. Some whistle from a carrier on 6268. SINPO 33333.

6270: VO The Netherlands heard @ 0945 playing oldies, off at 0950. SINPO 44433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits playing Simple Minds @ 0910. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6280: Radio Shadowman with polka followed by ID in Dutch @ 0930, mentioning Black Power. Good signal pushing 9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6281: Radio Black Power playing "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" @ 0820, followed by ID in Dutch. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6283: Radio Scotland Int in QSO with Shadowman and VOTN @ 1000. SINPO 44444.

6292: Magic AM playing Wings @ 1005, followed by ID and email address. Some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6295: Radio Northpole playing oldies @ 0810. SINPO 43433.

6305: Radio Underground talking about blowing up his transmitter last week. Fortunately all fixed now. Heard @ 0800 with SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Condor playing dance music. Good signal @ 0905. SINPO 44433.

6316: Radio Alice playing instrumental music @ 1130, ID in Dutch. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Waves Int playing oldies @ 0805, some SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6373: Unid station heard @ 1240 playing Abba's "Fernando." Several songs played, but had to go out before could hear ID. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio playing recordings from the Echo Charlie band @ 0900. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6421: Laser Hot Hits with a promo for its sponsored shows and Jolly Roger playing music @ 0825. No utilities (for a change). SINPO 34433.

6540: Radio Brigitte with the song "Yes Sir I Can Boogie" @ 0835. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

(updated 19:55UTC)

Sat Oct 20

3910: Weekend Music Radio playing recordings of Dutch station Radio 227, in parallel with 6400. Heard @ 1730 with a good signal. SINPO 44433.

3925: Bogusman heard @ 2022 playing bird noises. Also chat about things going on in his life and playing alternative music. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

3932: MRF Radio @ 2210 playing oldies from the 70s and 80s, with canned IDs giving out the email address. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3940: Radio Underground talking about transmitter problems @ 1735. Signal coming in well here - S9. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Tony James playing a feature about how the record "Telstar" was made." SINPO 34433. Not heard 6421 here at all.

6255: KBC via Lithuania signing on @ 2200 with a show presented by Dutch internet station Radio Mi Amigo, opening with Abba "Ring Ring." SINPO 55544. Click here for recording

6275: Laser Hot Hits playing a song by The Specials @ 0920. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6282: Radio Black Power joining the QSO. Heard @ 1420 with a strong signal. SINPO 44444.

6288: Radio Scotland Int in QSO with Black Power and VOTN @ 1357. Strong signal. SINPO 44444. Also heard @ 1455 on 6308 with 44444 SINPO.

6289: VO The Netherlands playing schlager @ 1350, slight whistle on signal. SINPO 1350.

6295: XTC back on the air after a long absence. Heard @ 1405 playing alternative music and announcing new email address: xtcshortwave @ googlemail.com Fair signal but squeezed by the Dutch stations. SINPO 33433. Click here for recording

6301: Radio Zeelandia testing a new antenna, playing Dutch music @ 1525. SINPO 3433.

6305: West Coast Radio @ 1353 with report to Quintus. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Quintus heard in QSO @ 1345. SINPO 34333.

6310: Orion Radio heard @ 1435 greeting Jaroslav. Good signal here. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Waves Int @ 1515 playing country music. SINPO 33433. At 1530, a station came on top of it calling CQ.

6310: Radio Condor putting in a very good signal @ 1605 with dance music and jingles. Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 43443.

6325: Radio Brigitte with long talk in Dutch @ 1600, playing schlager. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio back after a week's break heard @ 1725 playing recordings from Dutch offshore station Radio 227. SINPO 34433.

9290: Radio City via Latvia signing on @ 0800, playing 60s music. Strong signal. SINPO 55544.

(updated 22:20UTC)

Fri Oct 19

3927: Radio Quintus with ID and 60s music @ 1840. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

3935: Unid station playing pop @ 1845, but couldn't catch the IDs. Poor signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing 60s music @ 1855. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6255: KBC via Lithuania booming in tonight with sign on @ 2200 with its theme tune @ 2200 followed by the Wolfman Jack Show. SINPO 55544.

Thurs Oct 18

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a programme about Madonna @ 2055. Poor-fair signal, peaking at S8. SINPO 24332.

Wed Oct 17

4025: Laser Hot Hits still going strong tonight. Heard @ 1900 playing dance music. S8 signal here. SINPO 34433.

KBC & Mi Amigo

KBC and Mi Amigo 192 is on 1386kHz and 6255kHz this weekend

Friday October 19th
The Mighty KBC on SW 6255 kHz (100 kW, 259 deg) at 2200-2300UTC (00:00-00:59 CET)with a Wolfman Jack Show

Saturday October 20th
Radio Mi Amigo 192 & The Mighty KBC on AM 1386 kHz (500 kW) at 2100-2200GMT (23:00-24:00 CET) with Marcel Strücker,
Repeated 2200-2300UTC (00:00-00:59UTC) on SW 6255 kHz (100 kW, 259 deg)
Also via the stream of Radio Mi Amigo 259 on http://www.miamigo259.eu/

Sunday October 21st
Radio Mi Amigo 192 & The Mighty KBC on SW 6255 kHz (100 kW, 259 deg) at 0100-0200UTC (03.00-03.59 CET) with Marcel Strücker

For more information please checkout the websites http://www.radiomiamigo.eu/kbc.html and http://www.kbcradio.eu/