Thurs Apr 17

3935: Laser Hot Hits with offshore radio recordings @ 1725. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1735 playing a French song and reading reception reports. SINPO 44433.

6307: Delta Radio heard @ 1825 playing the Rolling Stones, followed by jingles. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Skywire heard @ 1750 playing "Rivers of Babylon," ID and email address. Good signal, some CW QRM. SINPO 44433.

Wed Apr 16

3925: Radio Continental heard @ 1925 playing pop, rock and schlager with occasional IDs. Some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333. To hear recording click here

3935: Laser Hot Hits with offshore recordings @ 1830. Slightly better signal than yesterday. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with the A-Z of Classic Pop now reached the letter H and playing Human League @ 1840. Strong signal - S9+10dB. Some fading and utility QRM. SINPO 44433.

Tues Apr 15

3935: Laser Hot Hits (tent) with oldies @ 1815 but weak signal and high noise made difficult to hear. SINPO 23332.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott @ 1830. Some utility QRM but good signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 43433.

Both Dave Martin and Andy Walker from WNKR wrote confirming my report hearing them on April 12 via a North American relay on 6925u. You can hear them via the internet. Go to: http://1476.co.nr/ Relay came from a station in Canada called Maple Leaf Radio.

Mon Apr 14

3935: Laser Hot Hits with oldies @ 2055. SINPO 33333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Radio Caroline recordings @ 2050. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6312: Radio Barretina with pop and rap music @ 2100. Time pips on the hour. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

North American logs

Here's some more logs from Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee, USA:

6925 Radio Metallica Worldwide. 2235-2250*. Sun 13 Apr. English. Relay of the famous pirate. Thx to Mark T. for help with this one. It sounded like somebody was looping bits of RMWW and Dr. Tornado. Themes from “The Flintstones” and “Green Acres.” “Secret Agent Man” playing in background. Ments of Blue Ridge Summit, ID as “This is Radio Metallica Worldwide, 69-55 (sic) shortwave” and off with “Take care.” f-p

6925 Radio Cobain. 2250. Sun 13 Apr. English. ID, Thrash metal and Nirvana mx. Poor.

6925u UNID. 0016-0025*. Mon 14 Apr. English. Music included: “There Goes Another Love song,” “Things go Better with Rock,” and “We Will Rock You.” Heard two partial IDs as “ International Shortwave,” but couldn’t catch the first word. Poor.

Sun Apr 13

3935: Radio Rainbow reading out listeners' reports @ 1710. Don't seem to hearing so much of Laser at the moment. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits back on the air. Steve Roberts heard @ 1820 with a good signal - peaking at S9+10dB. Some utility and SSB QRM but signal strong enough to ride over it. SINPO 43433.

6210: Radio Borderhunter playing ZZ Top @ 1115, asking about propagation. Fair signal here - S7-8. SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) @ 0845 with oldies, utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6220: Mystery Radio with a live programe presented by Chris Ise @ 0925, playing pop. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int @ 0820 playing "Some Like It Hot." Weak signal, but improved later. SINPO 24432.

6268: Radio Zodiac heard @ 1010 playing Razorlight "In The Morning." Good signal here. SINPO 44433.

6270: Radio Calypso heard playing dance music and schlager @ 1050. Good signal. Some QRM from Zodiac. SINPO 43443.

6275: Radio Calypso moved from 6270 - heard @ 1130 giving out hotline number and email address and playing schlager. Still good signal. SINPO 44444. Update: Calypso powering in @ 1810 with a S9+20dB signal. Certainly a long broadcast! SINPO 54444.

6290: Radio Quintus heard playing Dutch music @ 0930, with ID at 0940 in Dutch and English. SINPO 34333.

6295: Grensstad Radio (tent) with instrumental music @ 1135. Poor-fair signal with fading so difficult to pick out clear ID. SINPO 24332.

6300: Radio Paardenkracht with instrumental music @ 1255. SINPO 34433.

6301: Radio Sallandse Boer heard briefly @ 0850 playing "What's Going On," followed by ID in Dutch. Slight whistle caused by another station. SINPO 33433.

6305: Unid station with non-stop 70s music. Heard @ 1835 with the Eagles "Hotel California." Good signal. SINPO 44433. Rick's blog had Radio Northpole (I couldn't wait for the ID).

6307: Radio Royal with ID, instrumental music @ 0815. SINPO 33433.

6312: Radio Barretina with talk in Catalan and pop music. SINPO 34333.

6322: Radio Pionier with schlager @ 1325. Usual dodgy modulation. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Lowland with a report to Pionier @ 1335. SINPO 34333.

6336: Radio Zodiac heard here @1035 with rock music. Also on 6268 so possibly harmonic from main transmitter. SINPO 23432.

6524: Radio Ramona heard @ 1015 playing Roxy Music "More than This." Fair signal but fading. SINPO 34433.

6882: Radio Playback Int with a live programe @ 0900, playing "Dance Hall Days." Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 1750 playing the song "Lady Marmalade." SINPO 24332.

9290: Q103 via Latvia with German pop songs. Heard @ 1310. SINPO 45444.

(updated 18:50UTC)

Sat Apr 12

3902: Polaris Radio heard @ 2240 playing Bob Dylan with station ID jingles between records. Good signal but not sure about the name (see comments). SINPO 44333. To hear recording click here

3935: Laser Hot Hits with the Anoraks Hour playing offshore recordings of Radio London in 1967 @ 1725. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Altrex playing pop music @ 0845 followed by ID and greeting listeners. Fair signal here - about S7-8. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Malaisy with a strong signal @ 1715, playing dance music followed by jingle. SINPO 44444.

6311: Radio Barretina with pops and phone calls in Catalan @ 1550. SINPO 24332.

6851: MAC Radio (USA) heard @ 2310 with ID and country rock. Weak signal but audible. SINPO 24332. To hear recording click here

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1710 playing song by Ultravox. Fair-good signal. SINPO 44333.

6925u: WNKR (via American relay?) heard @ 2335 with hotline, ID and jingle. Sounded like Dave Martin. Weak signal. SINPO 24332. To hear recording click here

(updated 23:40UTC)

Fri Apr 11

3925: SW Pirate heard @ 2135 playing oldies with canned announcements. SINPO 24332.

3935: Radio Rainbow playing Elvis Presley "In the Ghetto" @ 1805. Signal certainly seems to have improved recently. SINPO 34333.

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1800 with clock chimes and jingles and into rock and pop. Live programme tonight. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

(updated 21:45UTC)

Thurs Apr 10

3935: Radio Rainbow playing oldies @ 1810. SINPO 34333.

Wed Apr 9

3935: Laser Hot Hits with Radio London offshore recordings @ 1815. SINPO 34333.

6307: Radio Royal (tent) heard @ 1807 with schlager. Lost under the other station on 6309. Sudden off at 1813. SINPO 32432.

6309: Unid station playing schlager @ 1800. Off with no ID. Whistle from station on 6307. Stronger of the two with SINPO 43443.

Tues Apr 8

3935: Radio Rainbow heard @ 1815 playing Starship "We Built this City." Some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6307: Radio Royal heard @ 1825 with polka and schlager, ID followed at 1835. SINPO 34333.

6309: Unid station playing rock music @ 1800, followed by "hello, testing..." and off. SINPO 34333.

6882: Pirate Music with pop @ 1810. SINPO 33333.

Mon Apr 7

3935: Radio Rainbow playing 80s pop @ 1640. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6305: No-Name station (although I recognise the voice!) with non-stop schlager heard @ 1510. Modulation sounded a bit rough. Off at 1615. SINPO 34333. To hear recording click here

6882: Pirate Music with jingles and dance music @ 1630. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

North American logs

Some weekend logs from Joe Wood in Greenback TN, USA:

6850 MAC (t). 0059-0137* 6 Apr. EG. Anncr with ments of Paul Starr. Very poor vox. Mx by the Beatles, Blue Oyster Cult, Black Sabbath, Boston, and many others. Very nice selection of mx. Gave email add as MACshortwave@yahoo.com, but I never heard a clear ID. This may have been a relay. Off at 0137 with NA. Lots of QRN. Mx was much better than vox. S5/F-P.

6925u UNID. 2200-2228* 4 Apr. English. OM announcer that sounded quite a bit like Walter Breenan. Repeated mentions of the phrase "How about some real pirate radio. Who wants to wants to hear pirate radio?" Mx included: "Be Sure," "Young Love," Because of You," "Wandering Gypsy," and several more. Announcer kept yelling "Hey" in between several spots of dead air. Very poor vox and generally a poor reception. No ID heard.

6925 WHYP. 2315-2341*. 4 Apr. English. The first log of Mr. Brownyard’s station since Halloween, 2005. James Brownyard and Uncle Schleckstien with IDs and a promise to return to the air soon. Mx by Styx and an instrumental blues tune. Nice to hear this station again. Fair.

6925u Sycko Radio. 0226-0231. 6 Apr. EG. ID as "Sycko Radio, 69-25." Ments of Uncle Bob and talk with YL. Ments of several noted pirate DXers. S7/F-G. 6925 Unid. 0252*. 6 Apr. EG. Just heard the last minute or so of the show. Playing "Ain’t no Bugs on Me," and off w/o s/off ancmts. Fair.

6925u Uncle Bob Radio. 0138-0220*. 6 Apr. EG. Uncle Bob playing ragtime and very old pop mx. Ments of having to take his medication. ID as "This is Uncle Bob at the microphone," and off. S5/Poor.

Sun Apr 6

Woke up to find everything - including the longwire - covered in snow, but it is now rapidly thawing.

3935: Laser Hot Hits with 60s music and jingle @ 1910. SINPO 34333.

5815: Orion Radio with instrumental music @ 0805. Poor signal today. SINPO 24432.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertchatal playing "Caroline" by the Fortunes @ 1210 and giving out web address. SINPO 44444.

6261: Radio Perfekt playing country music @ 0850. Heard phone number in German but deep fades. Some utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6270: Radio Calypso has the best signal so far this morning. Heard @ 0755 playing schlager. 44433.

6274: Radio Kilo Tango Lima heard @ 1120 giving out hotline number and playing the song "Working Class Hero." Splash from Calypso. SINPO 33433.

6281: Radio Jodel Piraat with music from the Bavarian mountains @ 0815. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332. For recording click here

6306: Radio Brandaris Int @ 1020 with instrumental music and IDs. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6309: Radio Marconi playing schlager @ 1025, IDs in Dutch. SINPO 33433.

6311: Radio Barrentina @ 0815 with talk by man in Catalan. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio (tent) with music @ 1920. Weak signal but could just hear classical music on this frequency.

(updated 19:25UTC)

Sat Apr 5

3905: Antonio Radio heard @ 2010 playing 60s music. Some fading of the signal. SINPO 34433.

3935: Laser Hot Hits playing reggae music @ 1825. SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) heard @ 0930 playing oldies, with a weak signal, suffering from utility and other QRM. SINPO 23332.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1855. Good signal. SINPO 44444. At 2005, live programme with Chris Ise. Still 44444.

6265: Radio Altrex heard @ 0850 with ID, greeting Iann in France and playing oldies. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6270: Radio Calypso @ 0810 with Dutch music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6275: Unid station @ 1415 with 80s pop and rock. Too weak to get ID - possibly Laser. SINPO 24332.

6307: Radio Royal playing Dutch ballads @ 1820, greeting Foton. Good signal but some splash from station on 6310. SINPO 43443.

6310: Radio Marconi @ 1835 playing schlager, whistle on signal, ID at 1900. SINPO 43433. For recording click here

6311: Radio Lowland heard @ 1400 with ID, playing song "Big in Japan." Slight whistle - possibly from Barrentina, who I can't hear at the moment. SINPO 33333.

6311: Radio Barrentina @ 1600 with talk by man in Catalan. Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6325: Radio Waves Int (tent) with American country music show @ 1830. Signal only just audible. SINPO 23432.

6882: Radio Playback Int @ 1605 with jazz music, strong SSB QRM on 6880. SINPO 33333.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia @ 0900 signing on and playing dance music. SINPO 55544.

(updated 20:10UTC)

Fri Apr 4

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1845 playing an Ian Dury song. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int from Ireland with a live programme. Heard at 2020 playing "Motorbiking" from the 70s. Good signal here - S9. SINPO 44433.

6307: Radio Royal with a good signal @ 1825, playing dance music, before signing off a few minutes later. Slight whistle caused by weak station on 6305. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Fox 48 heard @ 1840 with blues music and jingle IDs. SINPO 33333.

(updated 20:20UTC)

Thurs Apr 3

3935: Laser Hot Hits coming in well this evening @ 2010 with music by Dave McWilliams. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6882: Pirate Music playing "When the Going Gets Tough" @ 2040. Also has some new jingles. Good signal with some fading. SINPO 44433.

Radiofax: 20th anniversary

It is the 20th anniversary of the launch of Radiofax, the groundbreaking Short-Wave radio station.

Listen again to the first four test transmission broadcasts from the 1st to 4th of April (Easter weekend) 1988:

http://www.radiofax.org/audio_1988.html or Podcast feed http://www.radiofax.org/podcast_1988.xml

More about the station and its campaign to get a UK shortwave licence:
http://www.radiofax.org/

(info via Mike Barraclough, anoraksuk)

Wed Apr 2

3935: Laser Hot Hits with 60s music @ 1805. SINPO 34333.

6882: Radio Playback Int playing dance music with jingles @ 1815. SINPO 34333.

Tues Apr 1

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 2000 playing an Abba song. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.