Thurs May 1

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Tony James playing music from the 60s @ 1955. SINPO 44444.

6275: Radio Calypso with schlager @ 0855. Usual strong signal. SINPO 44444.

6291: Unid station with instrumental music @ 0935. Weak signal with occasional utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6310: Orion Radio heard @ 0850 playing Dutch music and oldies, testing out the modulator. Good signal here. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio coming in well tonight. Heard @ 2010 playing the usual non-stop pop with occasional IDs. S7 signal. SINPO 34433.

(updated 20:15UTC)

Barretina to close?

This from Silveri Gomez on Franja DX:
Sad news, I just received this communication from the man behind the Radio Barretina International project. The original is in Catalan, as usual.

Seems that some PTT man was visiting his home and saying to closing down because the stations was interfering some French maritime station. A new visit on next Monday 5, may just at 9 AM is foresseen to put a seal strap on the Yaesu FT-757 GX transceiver.

Also,he said that no fine was issued at the moment, because the positive collaboration of the operator. An alternative project must be in the mind of the operator.

Feel free to sent your condolences and solidarity to the well known: radiobarretina@hotmail.com
Long life to RADIO BARRETINA INTERNATIONAL!

This is sad news if Barretina has to close...

Wed Apr 30

4032: Laser Hot Hits heard with 60s music @ 2030 with a good signal, but some strong morse QRM. SINPO 43443.

6275: Radio Calypso with a great signal, peaking at S9+10dB. Heard @ 0840 playing Kim Wilde. SINPO 44444.

(updated 20:35UTC)

Tue Apr 29

4032: Laser Hot Hits @ 1800 with the Jolly Roger show. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. Heard playing music from the 1970s. SINPO 44444.

6310: Unid station with 60s music @ 1830. Off at 1835 with no announcements. SINPO 34433.

Mon Apr 28

4032: Laser Hot Hits back on the air. Heard @ 2050 playing a song by ABC with a good signal but some utility QRM. According to Martin Scott on Alfa Lima's forum the reason LHH was not being heard well recently was due to a transmitter fault. Good to hear them back on the air. SINPO 43443.

6925u: Spider Radio with a fair signal tonight. Heard @ 2035 playing a Midnight Oil song, followed by "All the Young Dudes," then the usual canned Spider Radio ID by a woman. Signal around S6. SINPO 34333.

Caroline on shortwave

This from Peter Moore, Caroline station manager, following the station's recent 9290 shortwave broadcast:

The Radio Caroline shortwave transmissions on 9290 with 20kW brought 16 replies from the UK, Italy, Norway, Japan, Greece, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Sweden and South Africa. I also received a report from Germany for 945 and from the United States for 6925. They were all from QSL seekers not listeners in the true sense, the music and presentation was noted for verification not for enjoyment.

I spent three hours writing replies and forwarded the reports to Raimonds in Latvia. Some people sent recordings on cassette or mini CD disc. I have 10 dollar bills and 8 IRCs. Raimonds gifted us the airtime so we will probably break even and of course the geographical spread of the signal was interesting but aside from state broadcasters shortwave really is just a novelty.

Radio Caroline may have a further dabble to see if listeners would come to a permanent shortwave music channel but mostly this is a project we are trying to complete out of respect for our departed colleague Rob Leighton. It has to be considered of course that only among a small anorak clique did anyone know about this broadcast; the reports were from people who discovered the signal and only had a three hour window to do so.

One could assume a better response if the signal was on full time. Rob Leighton loved shortwave and had built, at the time of his death, an almost complete and very efficient transmitter with a final output of 1 kW.

We had a loose arrangement that Raimonds in Latvia would link it in to the big aerial for 9290 and run a regular Caroline service. In his memory we will do our best to finalise that. Of course it will not be a mighty 100 kW but it will be an affordable project.

(Peter Moore, Caroline station manager, Pirate/Free Radio message board, via May World DX Club Contact via DX Listening Digest)

North American logs

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

6925u WAIR. 2258-2329UTC. Sat 26 Apr. English. Music by Arlo Guthrie, Tom Tom Club, The Amphibians and others. Several IDs as “You’re listening to WAIR - All Indie (or India) Radio.” Either would fit the bx. Gave defunct maildrop add of POB 69, Elkhorn, NE 68022, USA. Poor.

6925u Moonshine Radio. 2347-0004UTC. 26/27 Apr. English. Very nice music from the 80s and 90s. YL announcer, Moonshine, and OM announcer, Lawnmower, with a parody of two pirate ops with similar names. Nice show. S5/F-G.

6925 UNID, 0110-0125+. Sun 27 Apr. English. Unid pirate playing “Roots” and “Americana” music including “Ain’t No Bugs on Me,”and “Erie Canal.” Lost in static at 0125. Poor.

6925 WMPR (t). 0144. 27 Apr. Pirate playing techno music generally associated with WMPR, but no ID heard. Fair.

Sun Apr 27

Poor conditions and the sun is not even shining here!

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertchatal @ 1200 with a one hour show in German and English, with rock and pop. S9+20dB signal. SINPO 54444.

6215: Radio King Shortwave playing Bryan Adams "Summer of 69"@ 0845. SINPO 24432.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio @ 0800 with pop and rock. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with 80s pop and jingles @ 1715. SINPO 34433.

6265: Radio Altrex with IDs and playing oldies @ 0750. SINPO 34433.

6268: Radio Altrex moved from 6265. Heard @ 0850 playing 60s music. Fair but fading signal. SINPO 34433.

6275: Radio Calypso with schlager and pop @ 0755. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6312: Radio Barretina relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1945 playing some easy listening music. Signal coming in well. SINPO 34333.

6524: Radio Ramona @ 0945 with a weak signal playing "Mississippi" but it is improving from earlier when I could hear nothing at all! Fair peaks. SINPO 23332.

6882: Radio Playback Int with a live programme @ 1625 playing a variety of music - jazz, soul, oldies. Easy listening for a Sunday afternoon. SINPO 34433.

(updated 19:50UTC)

Sat Apr 26

3900: SW Pirate with IDs and oldies @ 2015. SINPO 34333.

3910: Radio Pandora heard @ 1830 with oldies, Steve St John giving contact details then playing some archive radio recordings. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3935: Laser Hot Hits with offshore radio recordings @ 1810. SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King Shortwave playing rock music @ 0840. Fair signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6265: Radio Altrex @ 0800 with 60s music followed by ID. SINPO 34333.

6273: Radio Calypso with a good signal. ID @ 1625, playing rock and pop. SINPO 44444.

6275: Unid station playing schlager and oldies. Heard @ 1550 with the Beatles. Lot of fading on signal. Fair peaks. SINPO 243332.

6306: Radio Alice with instrumental music and Dutch pop @ 1540. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6312: Radio Barretina relaying Radio L'Arboc with a dance music programme @ 2005. Quite a good signal. SINPO 34333.

6882: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1658 with live programme, playing "Keep on Running," followed by chimes on the hour. Signal beginning to come in well now - climbed up to S9 in the last few minutes. SINPO 44433.

9290: Radio Casablanca via Latvia @ 1155 playing German pop and giving out station address in German. Off at 1200. SINPO 45444.

(updated 20:25UTC)

Fri Apr 25

3904: Radio Bluestar heard @ 2035 playing schlager and polka and greeting Marcel and Iann in France. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

3925: Radio Continental @ 2250 playing schlager and oldies. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333.

3935: Laser Hot Hits with Steve Roberts @ 2045 with a listener's sponsored show. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits @ 2050 underneath strong carrier. Maybe another frequency change will be needed. SINPO 32432.

6210u: Voice of the Netherlands testing in usb. Good signal but audio sounds a bit tinny in single side band. Heard @ 1350 with ID and Dire Straits track. SINPO 44433.

6882: Radio Playback Int with pop, rock and jingle IDs @ 2055. Some SSB QRM. SINPO 43333.

(updated 23:05UTC)

Thurs Apr 24

3935: Laser Hot Hits @ 1815 with Tony James playing a song from Sioxsie & The Banshees. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits not doing so well on this freqency @ 1820. Only barely audible with utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

Wed Apr 23

3935: Radio Rainbow playing a Tears for Fears song @ 1820. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Radio Caroline recordings @ 1825. SINPO 43333.

6882: Radio Playback Int @ 1835 with a live programme, playing dance music. Fair signal but quite noisy on the band tonight. SINPO 34333.

Tues Apr 22

3935: Radio Rainbow playing oldies @ 1845, mentioning Foton's website. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits playing the Beatles @ 2050 but it sounds like the station is underneath a strong carrier - possibly a utility station. SINPO 32432.

6925u: Spider Radio (tent) heard @ 2055. Weak pop music heard with occasional peaks. SINPO 24332.

Mon Apr 21

3935: Radio Rainbow with IDs @ 2050 and "Like A Rainbow" theme tune. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with oldies @ 2045. Good signal, just over S9. SINPO 44444.

Greek pirate harmonic

On 3258 you can receive the second harmonic of the Greek pirate Anatolia, most nights a consistent presence on 1629

(Alexander [Koutomanis?], Netherlands, April 19, harmonics yg via DX Listening Digest)

North American log

Another log from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA:

6925U Sycko Radio. 0049-0109UTC. Apr 20. Sycko and Uncle Bob with mx by Robert Plant, Kiss, and others. Several IDs. Most of the mx was unreadable as were Uncle Bob’s comments. Sycko was coming in better. P-F.

Sun Apr 20

3935: Laser Hot Hits @ 1745 playing oldies. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Jolly Roger playing a song by the Beatles @ 1750. SINPO 44433.

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0815 playing some instrumental music, brief ID before going off. SINPO 44433.

6140: European Music Radio via Wertchatal celebrating its 32nd birthday. Heard @ 1235 playing Focus "Hocus Pocus." SINPO 44444.

6205: Radio Borderhunter giving out contact details and asking for reports @ 0950. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) playing Coldplay @ 0900. The IDs always seem a lot quieter than the music which makes it a tricky station to get a clear ID off, as the signal is usually quite weak as well. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pops and jingle ID @ 0755. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing the KLF @ 0810. SINPO 34333.

6275: Radio Calypso with Dutch pop @ 0800. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6282: Radio Scotland Int playing Simple Minds @ 0940, and testing the modulation. Sounds good here. SINPO 44444.

6300: Unid station @ 1030 with non-stop rock and pop. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Shadowman playing polka and dance music @ 0915. Strong signal but another station underneath. SINPO 43443.

6307: Radio Royal with schlager followed by IDs in Dutch and English @ 1755. SINPO 34333.
6310: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 1005. Fair signal but bursts of ute qrm. SINPO 33333.

6312: Radio Barretina relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1805, playing 60s music. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6524: Radio Ramona with oldies @ 0935. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 1815 playing "All the Young Dudes." Fair signal (S5-6) but occasional utility and SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

(updated 18:15UTC)

Sat Apr 19

3900: SW Pirate @ 2200 playing oldies. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

3927: Radio Borderhunter with a good signal @ 2150, greeting listeners and talking about the Summer Meeting. SINPO 44444.

3935: Radio Rainbow heard @ 2010 with oldies and IDs, followed by the theme from Black Beauty. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott playing r&b @ 1545. SINPO 34433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0855. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 2215. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Altrex with country music, some utility QRM @ 0805. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 23432.

6270: Radio Altrex heard @ 1520 playing the Doors "Riders on the Storm." Still not much improvement on this morning. SINPO 24332.

6275: Radio Calypso playing schlager @ 2015. Very strong signal - S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

6280: Orion Radio with instrumental music @ 0800. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6305: Radio Lowland with pop music and asking for reports @ 1635. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6312: Radio Barretina relaying Radio L'Arboc @ 1800 with non-stop music, time pips on the hour. Same as internet feed. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing The Beatles "Long and Winding Road" @ 2005. SINPO 24332.

9290: Radio City via Latvia signing on @ 0900 and playing 60s music. SINPO 45444.

(updated 22:15UTC)

Fri Apr 18

3935: Radio Rainbow with oldies @ 1800. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott playing old and new music @ 1815. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

EMR's 32nd birthday

European Music Radio 32nd Birthday Programmes:

On Sunday 20 April at 1200utc:

On 6140 khz (Wertchatal, Germany) at 1200 to 1300utc with Tom Taylor

Continues at 1300 utc:
On 9290 khz (Ulbroka, Latvia) at 1300 to 1500 utc:
Mike Taylor between 1300 to 1430 (Mail Box) and Paul Graham between 1430 to 1500 utc (oldies)

All programmes will be available at the following website: http://www.emr.org.uk/ just click on EMR internet radio ! Internet programme times will follow.

Good Listening
73s
From all the staff at EMR

Also this weekend, you can hear Radio City tomorrow (Sat Apr 19) on 9290 from 09-1000UTC.