Sun Jan 20

48 metres generally very poor today (like the weather, here!).

6140: European Music Radio v Wertchatal heard signing on @ 1300 and playing Duran Duran. Strong signal - S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) playing oldies @ 0930, splash from 6220. SINPO 23432.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0925. SINPO 34433.

6245: Britain Radio Int @ 1020 with Roger Davis on air to announce the death of Colin Dixon of Laser Hot Hits. More sad news for the free radio world. SINPO 33433. On the Laser website, the station says it will try to continue in tribute to Colin.

6255: Radio Zodiac @ 1035 playing rock music, talking about Stefan Dietl. SINPO 44433.

6270: Radio Shadowman playing oldies @ 1025, ID giving out email address @ 1029. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6276: Unid station playing schlager @ 1230 but poor conditions and difficult to pick out the ID. SINPO 24332.

6280: Radio Merlin Int playing "More than a Feeling" @ 1015. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6290: Radio Borderhunter with his Stefan Dietl tribute programme @ 0915. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6298: Radio Doctor Tim @ 1010 with a tribute programme to Stefan Dietl, playing some of his favourite music with announcements in German and English. Good signal here. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Lowland playing George Michael's "Careless Whisper" @ 0920. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6400: Weekend Music Radio faded in @ 1005, with Jack playing a Marie Osmond song and talking about the station's new website. SINPO 54444.

6421: Laser Hot Hits playing the Doctor Who theme (popular BBC TV sci-fi drama) @ 1340 followed by greetings to listeners. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

(updated 13:45UTC)

Sat Jan 19

3905: Radio Borderhunter with a tribute programme to German DXer Stefan Dietl. Heard @ 2300 playing German music. Good signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6216: Radio King Shortwave with a weak but readable signal @ 1020, playing oldies. SINPO 24332.

6275: Laser Hot Hits with the Rainbow programme signing off @ 1010. SINPO 34433.

6295: Grensstad Radio playing Bob Marley @ 1005, followed by ID. SINPO 34433. Back on this afternoon playing more Bob Marley @ 1425. Splash from Merlin. SINPO 33433.

6300: Radio Merlin Int signal faded in @ 1335. Heard with "You To Me Are Everything." Signal improving as I write this but still rapid fading. SINPO 34433.

6305: Unid station heard @ 1410 playing Led Zep's "Whole Lotta Love." Sudden off (faded out). Splash from Merlin. SINPO 33333.

6311: Radio Barretina relaying Radio L'Arboc. Heard @ 1405 with jazz music programme in parallel with its internet streaming. Weak signal but audible. SINPO 24332.

6325: Radio Merlin Int @ 1345 playing the Pet Shop Boys, not in parallel with 6300 and not as strong. Signal fair now - S7-8 while 6300 is S9-9+10dB. SINPO 34333.

6421: Laser Hot Hits @ 1350 with a Mike Oldfield song. I've not much had much luck hearing this frequency during the week but it has faded in now. SINPO 34433.

9290: Radio City via Latvia @ 1030 playing 60s music. SINPO 45444.

(updated 23:00UTC)

Fri Jan 18

6925 (usb): Spider Radio (v.tent). Tuned in at 2300 and can just hear very faint music but not strong enough to identify. Could be Spider Radio as per alfalima reports.

Thurs Jan 17

6310: Radio Condor heard with a modulation test @ 1530 with ID, playing dance music. Fair signal with good peaks, reaching S9 here. Modulation sounded good. SINPO 34433.

Wed Jan 16

6265: KBC is not so 'mighty' tonight with a poorer signal, hovering between S7-9. Heard @ 2150 with Wolfman Jack. SINPO 34433.

Tues Jan 15

6270: Unid station playing oldies @ 1110, off at 1120 after playing "Is this the way to Amarillo?" Fair signal. No IDs heard. SINPO 34433. (Bluestar - see comments)

Mon Jan 14

6306: Radio Altrex heard @ 1045, playing instrumental music. ID at 1100, said was testing the transmitter. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34433.

North American logs

More logs from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA:

6925 Grasscutter Radio. 1900-1932+. 12 Jan. Several IDs and mx by Robin Trower, Rod Stewart, Billy Squire and others. First log of GR in quite a long time. Nice show! Fair-Good.

6925 Sunshine Radio. 2007-2021. 12 Jan. Soft rock and pop mx with YL announcer. S7. F-G.

Sun Jan 13

5815: Orion Radio coming in well this morning @ 0850 with schlager. SINPO 44444.

6200: Radio Scotland Int playing New Order's "Blue Monday" @ 1100, greeting Dave in England. Strong signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6210: Radio Borderhunter @ 1015 playing "Tainted Love." Strong signal peaking at S9+10dB. ID at 1025. SINPO 44444.

6210: RNI World Service said broadcasting on 6210, 9940 and FM. Playing oldies. Sign off at 1300 giving out mailing address. SINPO 34433. To hear recording click here

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0900. SINPO 34433.

6255: Britain Radio Int with a poor signal @ 1000, lost under utilities. SINPO 23432.

6262: Radio Altrex playing Rubettes "Sugar Baby Love" @ 1040. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing Genesis @ 0915. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Saturnus with a good signal, heard @ 1005 playing Elton John's "Crocodile Rock." SINPO 44433.

6295: Radio Grensstad @ 0920 with oldies, ID, spelling out station name. SINPO 344333.

6300: Radio Golfbreker heard playing polka @ 1555 followed by ID in Dutch. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Valencia with schlager @ 1030. SINPO 34433.

6305: Radio Boomerang having technical problems @ 1223, switching tx on and off. SINPO 54444.

6310: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 1145. Fair-good signal. SINPO 33433.

6310: Radio Malaisy (tent) playing dance music @ 1305. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6311: Radio Barrentina relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 2255 playing dance music. Some SSB QRM. SINPO 23332.

6325: Radio Merlin Int playing r 'n' b @ 1155. Short skip hasn't been too good this morning. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio with Andy Walker playing song by Billy Joel @ 1140. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6445: Radio Robbie on this unusual frequency @ 1045, with ID and playing schlager. SINPO 34433.

6882: Pirate Music with non-stop pop @ 1605. Fair signal here - coming in at S8. SINPO 34333.

(updated 23:05UTC)

WMR website

Although I haven't been able to hear much of WMR today coz of propagation I see they have a new website up and running. Nice and clear and easy to navigate. But I've told been not publicise the address at the moment - see comments.

Sat Jan 12

6216: Radio King Shortwave playing oldies @ 0925. Weak signal with fair peaks. Some ute-type QRM. SINPO 23432.

6262: Radio Altrex (tent) playing non-stop music from the 70s. Heard @ 0910 playing "Jukebox Jive." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6275: Laser Hot Hits @ 0940 with oldies. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Merlin Int playing UB40 @ 1215, giving out hotline number. SINPO 43433.

6285: Orion Radio coming in well this morning with schlager and oldies @ 0915. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Skywire with Led Zep's "Whole Lotta Love" @ 1330. Fair signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio @ 2110 with Andy Walker playing 60s music. Signal coming in well at the moment but some deep fading. SINPO 44433.

6421: Laser Hot Hits with Lee Richards playing The Clash "London Calling" @ 1225. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:10UTC)

Fri Jan 11

3902: Radio Bluestar heard @ 2135 playing schlager and inviting listeners to write in for a QSL card to the station's mailing address -PO Box 1104, 8001BC Zwolle. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6265: KBC with the Wolfman Jack show @ 2145. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6295: Unid station playing schlager @ 1000. ID at sign off at 1010 but couldn't catch name due to fading. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6311: Radio Barretina heard @ 2315 with relay of Radio L'Arboc (http://www.radiobaixpenedes.cat/) playing pop music. Poor-fair signal. SINPO 23432.

(updated 23:20UTC)

Wed Jan 9

6265: KBC via Lithuania @ 2200 with Wolfman Jack. Much more disturbed signal tonight - hovering between S7-9. SINPO 44433.

I notice on the alfalima site there has been a lot of wild speculation about what's happened to WMR's website which is offline at the moment. I remember hearing Jack advising people last weekend to use the old WMR email address so he must've known there were problems. We might have to wait to hear if WMR are on air this weekend with an explanation. Let's hope it's nothing serious!

Tues Jan 8

6421: Laser Hot Hits playing rock @ 1020. Fair reception but by 1030 signal faded out. SINPO 34433.

Mon Jan 7

6265: KBC via Lithuania @ 2150 with Wolfman Jack. Signal S9-S9+10dB tonight. SINPO 44544.

6421: Laser Hot Hits playing Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" @ 1145. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:53UTC)

Sun Jan 6

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing blues music @ 0845. SINPO 34433.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertachtal signing on @ 1300 then playing Robert Palmer "Addicted to Love." SINPO 45544.

6220: Mystery Radio playing "Oops Upside Your Head" @ 0855. SINPO 34433.

6266: Unid station playing rock music @ 1100, off a few minutes later with no IDs. SINPO 43433.

6271: Radio Zodiac heard @ 1035 with fair-good signal playing the song "Rock N Roll Music," giving out hotline, using 100W. SINPO 34433.

6295: Radio Shadowman with a strong signal @ 1010, playing dance music. SINPO 44444.

6300: Radio Black Power @ 1200 playing rock and dance music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6300: Radio Sallandse Boer in QSO with Black Power @ 1235. SINPO 34333. Also thought I heard West Coast in there as well on 6302.

6305: Radio Bonofox playing polka @ 1405, wishing listeners a happy New Year. Fair signal on a clear channel. SINPO 34433.

6307: Radio Royal with schlager @ 1020 but suffering QRM from station on 6308. SINPO 32432.

6308: Grenstad Radio playing polka but QRM from Radio Royal. SINPO 32432.

6311: Radio Barretina with relay of local programme in Catalan (?) @ 1600. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

6325: Radio Waves Int with country music @ 1030. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Quintus playing song by ELO @ 1215. Co-channel QRM from weaker station - RWI? SINPO 33433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio with Andy Walker playing a Terry Jacks song @ 0930. Good signal - but couldn't hear WMR at all yesterday! SINPO 44444.

6524: Radio Ramona with rock music @ 1015. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6882: Pirate Music (tent) with Michael Jackson's "Beat It" @ 1710. Signal certainly seems stronger than when on 6878. SINPO 34333.

(updated 17:25UTC)

Sat Jan 5

3905: Antonio Radio with 60s music @ 2320. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3932: SW-Pirate heard @ 2015 playing oldies with canned announcements asking for reports. Some morse QRM. SINPO 23332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing "More Than A Feeling" @ 1355, in parallel with 6421. SINPO 34433.

6216: Radio King Shortwave heard @ 0925 playing oldies followed by ID and email address. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2330 with jingle ID and pop/disco music. SINPO 44433.

6275: Radio Rainbow via Laser signing off @ 0930 followed by a Laser Hot Hits programme. SINPO 34333.

6295: Radio Northpole playing instrumental music @ 1105, ID saying it was a test transmission. SINPO 34433.

6306: Radio Brandaris Int playing schlager @ 1350, QRM from other stations nearby. SINPO 43433.

6308: Radio Grenstad (after reading Dave Valko's logs on alfalima I suspect this was Grenstad not Northpole). Playing instrumental music @ 1325, QRM from Brandaris and another station. SINPO 32432.

6311: Radio Barrentina (tent) @ 1020 with long talk in Spanish. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Skywire playing blues music @ 1335, ID. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Quintus playing polka, plus IDs @ 1440. Coming in well with S9 signal. Off at 1500. SINPO 44433.

6421: Laser Hot Hits @ 1145 with recordings of Radio Atlantis. SINPO 34433.

6878: Pirate Music with pop music @ 1030. Some utility QRM but reasonable signal. SINPO 33433.


6882: Pirate Music (tent) booming in tonight @ 2335 with a S8-9 signal, playing non-stop pop. If it is PM, then it's strongest I've heard them. SINPO 34333.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia playing dance music @ 0940. SINPO 55544.

(updated 23:35UTC)

Fri Jan 4

3903: Bluestar Radio playing schlager @ 2100 and giving out contact details. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with the Jolly Roger show @ 1015, playing Dave Clark Five "Bits and Pieces." This frequency is providing better daytime reception of Laser than 6421 at the moment. Signal S8-9, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6421: Laser Hot Hits with the Anorak Hour playing offshore radio recordings @ 1245. In parallel with stronger 4025. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:15UTC)

North American pirate

Another log from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN

6925 WMPR 1955-2014. Jan 1. English. First log of the New Year. Techno mx with IS at 2010. S5/F-G.

Thurs Jan 3

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1005 playing dance music and talking about jamming of its 6220 frequency. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34433.

6265: KBC via Lithuania signing on @ 2130 with another Wolfman Jack Show. Signal not as strong as last night: S9-S9+10dB and more fading. Still a good signal. SINPO 45544.

(updated 21:33UTC)