Radio Barretina has started a blog which can be viewed at http://www.radiobarretina.blogspot.com/ The station says he is on air today on 6311. As I write this at 1200UTC, I can just hear a very weak signal.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Barretina blog
Radio Barretina has started a blog which can be viewed at http://www.radiobarretina.blogspot.com/ The station says he is on air today on 6311. As I write this at 1200UTC, I can just hear a very weak signal.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Wed Mar 19
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Caroline back on Ross Revenge
Easter 2008 live from Ross RevengeThe entire weekend will be hosted by presenters from our second ship, Mi Amigo who all served on board between 1977 and 1980.
This special birthday broadcast starts at 6am on Good Friday and runs until midnight on Easter Monday. You'll be able to watch some of the action via on-board webcams.
There'll be some additional ways to listen this Easter too.
You'll be able to tune in via our friends at Radio Mi Amigo where a special stream will be dedicated entirely to Caroline. They will also be replacing some their regular programmes with ours. Just go to http://www.radiomiamigo.eu/
Caroline will also be available on 9290khz shortwave from Latvia between 1500-1800 on Easter Sunday afternoon.
Please do not attempt to visit Ross Revenge this Easter. We hope to move the ship to a more accessible location soon and look forward to seeing you then.
http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/
(via Mike Terry, anoraksuk)
Radio Caroline will also be on 945kHz tomorrow (Sun) from 2100UTC until Monday at 0400UTC. I believe that's via a transmitter in Latvia.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Mon Mar 17
6055: KBC via Lithuania coming in strong tonight @ 2235 with Wolfman Jack. SINPO 54444.
6215: Unid station playing music by Jean Michel Jarre @ 1045. Weak-fair signal with fading. At 1105, archive recordings of offshore station Radio London were heard. SINPO 34433.
6311: Radio Barretina heard relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1035. Talk by man in Catalan. Weak signal with some utility QRM. SINPO 23432.
(updated 22:40UTC)
North American log
6925U, Wolverine Radio. 0145-0230. 16 March 08. English. Wolverine Radio playing Neil Young, David Bowie and a whole bunch more that I could not identify. OM announcer mentioned that some of the mx was from a Swiss band. IDs at 0204 and 0212. Faint signal-close to unreadable.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Sun Mar 16
3935: Laser Hot Hits with pop music @ 1925. Poor signal. SINPO 24332.
5815: Orion Radio with schlager @ 0905. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.
6140: European Music Radio via Werchatal heard @ 1305 with Paul Graham playing rock music. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.
6205: Radio Borderhunter with promo for the Summer Meeting 2008 @ 1
015. Frans is joined by Dr Tim in the studio. Good signal. SINPO 44433.6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 0920. SINPO 34333.
6262: Radio Zodiac greeting listeners @ 1110 and playing rock music. SINPO 33433.
6265: Premier Radio (tent) @ 1005 playing oldies. Weak signal and utility QRM. SINPO 23432.
6265: Radio Calypso @ 1345 with ID and giving out hotline, playing some rock music. Lot of fading on signal and some SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.
6270: Radio Altrex (tent) playing 60s music @ 0930. SINPO 24332.
6280: Unid station playing recordings of American radio stations @ 1000. Foton has it as World Music Radio. SINPO 34333.
6295: Grensstad Radio playing 60s music @ 1035. SINPO 34333.
6305: Radio Boomerang playing instrumental music @ 0910, mentioned Radio Ramona before signing off. SINPO 44433.
6307: Radio Royal playing a variety of music - Dutch, dance and oldies. Heard @ 1255 with a good signal. SINPO 44433.
6328v: Radio Pionier with schlager and ID in Dutch @ 1245. SINPO 34333.
6882: Radio Playback Int playing rock music from the "island of nowhere" @ 1935. Good signal. SINPO 44333.
6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2155 with rock music. SINPO 24332.
9290: Radio Marina heard making its first transmission via Latvia, signing on @ 1300 giving out an address in the Netherlands. I believe this is a Dutch internet station. SINPO 45433. When I returned at 1310, just a blank carrier so obviously some technical problems! Programme resumed a few minutes later.
(updated 21:55UTC)
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sat Mar 15
6265: Radio Calypso with non-stop schlager @ 1005. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.
6275: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1145 with Jolly Roger playing rock music. Fair signal now, but nothing heard earlier. SINPO 34433.
6310: Radio Valencia heard playing Abba's "Fernando" @ 1335 with IDs given by a child. Good signal. SINPO 44433.
6311: Radio Barretina heard relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1745. Some local QRM. SINPO 33433.
6315: Radio Lowland heard briefly @ 1430 playing instrumental music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.
6325v: Radio Pionier with schlager @ 1435, rough modulation. SINPO 43433.
6882: Radio Playback Int @ 1500 with the promised American radio drama. Although a fair-good signal, some utility QRM and fading made it tricky to follow. Nice idea though. SINPO 43433.
6924.7u: US pirate? Radio Foxtrot? Heard @ 2040 with recordings of American radio stations. No sign of Spider Radio but it faded up soon after (see below). Station seemed to be logged on the American FRN forum. See: http://www.frn.net/vines/Forum4/HTML/011286.html
Fair signal - if US pirate amazing reception at this time of the evening. Fair-weak signal. Click here for recording or here
6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2100 playing a song by Sting. Fair signal but deep fades. SINPO 33333.
(updated 21:10UTC)
Friday, March 14, 2008
Fri Mar 14
6311: Radio Barretina with Radio L'Arboc relay @ 2020. Fair signal. SINPO 33333.
6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 2030 playing John Lennon's "Just Like Starting Over." Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.
6925u: Spider Radio also coming in quite well this evening @ 2040, with a signal around S4, some utility QRM. SINPO 23332.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Thurs Mar 13
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Wed Mar 12
4025: Laser Hot Hits with its Anoraks Hour featuring recordings of UK Radio @ 1925. Good signal - steady at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6311: Radio Barretina with a midweek broadcast, relaying Radio L'Arboc. Heard @ 2110 with a weak signal and some local QRM. SINPO 23432.
6882: Power FM via Pirate Music heard @ 1945 playing the song "Heat of the Moment" followed by a jingle. Deep fading. SINPO 34333.
6925u: Spider Radio (pres) @ 2120. I can just hear music but not strong enough to identify any songs. SINPO 24332.
(updated 21:25UTC)
North American log
6700 The Crystal Ship. 2336-0010UTC. 11-12 Mar. English. The Xtal Ship opening with choral music followed by a block of Jackson Brown tunes. ID at 0009. Muffled Audio. Fair.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Tues Mar 11
Monday, March 10, 2008
Mon Mar 10
4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1020 with ad for Offshore Echoes magazine and then into the Tony James show. Reception a bit more unsettled today. SINPO 34333.
6275: Laser Hot Hits heard with Lee Richards' A-Z of Classic Pop @ 1210. Not parallel with 4025. SINPO 34333.
(updated 17:45UTC)
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Sun Mar 9
3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1755 playing oldies. Poor signal. SINPO 24332.
4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1030 playing dance music. SINPO 34333.
6220: Mystery Radio with jingle ID and dance music @ 1410. SINPO 33433.
6265: Premier Radio Int playing Kim Wilde "Kids in America" @ 0905. SINPO 34333.
6305: Unid station @ 1300 playing schlager and oldies. Might still be Viking but no IDs heard. SINPO 44433.
6306: Radio Viking playing a U2 song @ 1005 followed by ID and giving out hotline number. Much fading of the signal. SINPO 24332.
6325: RFB heard @ 1435 playing "Live is Life" followed by jingle ID. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433. To hear recording click here or longer recording here
6882: Radio Playback Int with a Barry Manilow song @ 0855. SINPO 34333.
6925u: Spider Radio playing Abba "Supertrouper" @ 2130. Weak signal, about S5. SINPO 23432.
(updated 21:30UTC)
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Sat Mar 8
3935: Radio Rainbow playing its "She's Like A Rainbow" theme song and reading listeners' letters @ 1630. SINPO 34333.
4025: Laser Hot Hits with Jolly Roger playing Shalamar's "A Night to Remember" @ 1550. Good signal. SINPO 44433.
6055: KBC via Lithuania coming in better today. Heard @ 2240 with a signal peaking at S9+30dB. SINPO 54444.
6210: Laser Hot Hits heard playing oldies @ 0935. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.
6215: Radio King Shortwave with rock music @ 1020. Laser seems to have faded out on 6210 so no splash there. SINPO 34433.
6270: Radio Altrex with the Beatles song "Hey Jude" @ 0930. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.
6275: Laser Hot Hits again suffering co-channel QRM from Calypso @ 0925. SINPO 32432.
6275: Radio Calypso playing schlager @ 0925, ID but battling with Laser for control of frequency. SINPO 32432. After the comments on this blog last Saturday you would think Calypso wouldn't use this frequency again on a Saturday!
6275: Radio Rainbow reading listeners' reception reports @ 1225. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.
6285: Radio Calypso moved here to avoid QRM with Laser. Heard @ 1025 giving out hotline number and playing schlager. Clear channel here. SINPO 34433.
6295: Radio Victoria heard @ 0915 with ID, playing the song "Mississippi." Weaker station underneath. SINPO 33433. Also heard @ 1145 with non-stop oldies. ID at 1220. SINPO 34333.
6301: Radio Valencia playing schlager @ 1130 with ID at 1140. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.
6306: Unid station playing instrumental music @ 1135. Splash from Valencia. Went off few minutes later. SINPO 33433.
6307: Radio Sallandse Boer playing schlager @ 1600, talk in Dutch mentioning Mazda and Dr Tim. SINPO 44444.
6310: Radio Lowland talking in Dutch @ 1353, playing polka. SINPO 34433. (see comments)
6311: Radio Barrentina relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1605 with man talking in Catalan. Weak signal with some local QRM and splash from Sallandse Boer. SINPO 23432.
6325: Orion Radio testing his new tubes, playing schlager. Good signal here peaking at S9+10dB @ 0920. SINPO 44444. 
6325: Free Radio Holland and Radio Sweetfire heard @ 1620 with ID and email address followed by polka. SINPO 34333.
6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 0910 with jazz music. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.
6925u: Spider Radio from Greece with canned ID and playing a Whitney Houston song @ 1640. SINPO 24332.
(updated 22:50UTC)
Friday, March 07, 2008
Fri Mar 7
4025: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott @ 0935 playing dance music. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB, some fading. SINPO 44433.
6210: Laser Hot Hits with Lee Richards' A-Z of Classic Pop @ 1120. Good signal at the moment, but a bit of fading and utility QRM. In parallel with 4025. SINPO 43433.
6882: Power FM via Pirate Music heard @ 1745 playing song by Blondie with "Power FM" jingles. Deep fades. SINPO 33333.

6882: Radio Playback Int v Pirate Music booming in tonight @ 2055 playing Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody." SINPO 44333.
(updated 23:05UTC)
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Thu Mar 6
4025: Laser Hot Hits with the Jolly Roger programme @ 1010 playing "Lost in Music." Good signal. SINPO 44433.
6276: Unid station heard playing oldies from the 60s and 70s, including Earth,
6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2100 playing a Rod Stewart song. Weak signal but clear. SINPO 24432.
(updated 21:05UTC)
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Wed Mar 5
4025: Laser Hot Hits playing pop @ 1025. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.
6210: Laser Hot Hits seems to be appearing around lunchtime on this frequency. Heard @ 1250 with dance music, some SSB QRM. Different programme to 4025. SINPO 33433.
(updated 17:55UTC)