Sun Jun 1

3903: Radio Bluestar playing the Mamas & The Papas "California Dreaming" @ 2010. SINPO 34433.

3940: Radio Underground with a repeat of yesterday's programme. Heard @ 1740 with Steve reading listeners' emails. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 1745 with a Spandau Ballet song from the 80s. SINPO 44433.

5800: Radio Telstar South playing oldies @ 0855. Signal faded out a few minutes later. SINPO 34433. Heard again @ 2005 with a much better signal, playing oldies and station jingle. SINPO 44444. To hear recording click here

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0740 playing the song "Golden Years." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6140: MV Baltic Radio v Wertchatal signing on at 1200. SINPO 44444.

6270: Free Radio Holland with ID @ 0905, playing Dutch music. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6302: Radio Viking with schlager @ 0750, giving out hotline number. Coming in well but signal splashing a bit. SINPO 44444. To hear recording click here

6308: Radio Shadowman playing Midnight Oil @ 0910, a few breaks in transmission, came back mentioning Sallandse Boer. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 1010. SINPO 33433.

6311: Radio Bonofox with instrumental music @ 0755. Some splash from Viking. SINPO 33433.

6524: Radio Ramona with country music @ 0850, some SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6915: Bluestar Radio heard playing polka @ 1030, ID at 1040. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio playing "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us," followed by jingle ID. Signal S4-5 tnoight. SINPO 24332.

9290: Radio Victoria via Latvia signing on @ 1100 and into Visage "Fade to Grey." Mentioning 25th anniversary broadcast on Sept 28. More details at http://www.radiovictoria.de/ SINPO 45444. To hear recordings click here and here

(updated 20:35UTC)

I've also made some updates to the Shortwave DX website and changed the front page.

Sat May 31

3906: Radio Spaceman with polka, schlager and rock. Heard @ 2225 with usual strong signal, playing "Born to be Wild" - S9+10db here. SINPO 54444.

3932: Bogusman back on the air after a while away, with more anecdotes and alternative music. Signal sounds really good. Heard @ 2045. SINPO 44444.

3940: Radio Underground heard @ 1715 talking about Dutch medium wave stations. Fair-good signal here - S7-8. SINPO 34433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Laser 558 recordings @ 1720. SINPO 34433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with a weak signal @ 0915. I can just hear music but signal is poor today. SINPO 24432.

6290: Antonio Radio giving out contact details @ 0900. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6307: Radio Eastside playing Madonna @ 2105. Fair peaks but not easy to hear. SINPO 23432. Haven't logged this station for a long time! To hear recording click here

6310: Radio Malaisy @ 1705 with dance music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 2050 asking if channel was clear, which it is now. SINPO 34333.

6322: Radio Pionier (tent) @ 1920 with schlager and polka, poor modulation. SINPO 33333.

6327: Unid station heard @ 2145. I can hear music on peaks but with utility QRM, very difficult to hear. Talk sounded Italian. SINPO 23332. To hear recording click here

(updated 21:50UTC)

Fri May 30

3905: Radio Continental came on after Spaceman signed off. Heard @ 2215 playing a Blondie song. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

3906: Radio Spaceman greeting Tony in Serbia @ 1955 and playing oldies. Haven't heard Major Tom on the short waves for some time. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing pop @ 2020. SINPO 34333.

5815: Radio Telstar South (pres) with 60s music - sounds like the same tape that's been running all week. SINPO 34333. It might not be Telstar - I've heard no IDs. But Ray on the Alfa Lima forum said he heard Telstar IDs on May 25.

6275: Radio Boomerang with dance music @ 2030. Very strong - S9+20dB. Said closing to avoid QRM to Merlin. SINPO 54444.

6280: Radio Merlin also coming in well tonight. Heard @ 2035 with IDs and playing rap and dance music. SINPO 44444.

6305: Radio Boomerang heard here @ 2040 with dance music. Still strong. SINPO 54444.

(updated 22:25UTC)

Thurs May 29

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott playing dance music @ 1750. SINPO 44433.

5815: Radio Telstar South (tent) with non-stop 60s music @ 1925. SINPO 34333.

6275: Radio Skywire with polka and schlager @ 1745. ID with email address. SINPO 34333.

6306: Radio Bonofox playing schlager @ 1910, some SSB QRM. SINPO 43433.

6925u: Spider Radio playing a U2 song @ 2040. Poor-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

(updated 20:40UTC)

Wed May 28

3935: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1835 with an ad for Laser t-shirts and playing Kraftwerk. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a different programme to 3935. Stewart Ross playing 90s dance music @ 1840. Stronger than 3935. SINPO 44433.

6275: Radio Calypso and Radio Bluelake in a joint broadcast with a good signal @ 1810 playing schager. ID at 1825. SINPO 44444. To hear recording click here

6310: Radio Condor heard @ 1845 playing dance music and asking about his modulation. Sounds good here. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing the song "Sorry About Ray" @ 2015. Signal around S6-7 tonight. SINPO 34333.

(updated 20:20UTC)

Tues May 27

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing the KLF "Justified & Ancient" @ 1725. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

5815: Radio Telstar South (tent) with music from 60s & 70s. Heard @ 1820 with a fair signal, morse QRM. SINPO 33333.

6275: Radio Skywire playing schlager @ 1920, with ID and giving out email address. Fair-good signal but quite of lot static in the air. SINPO 34333.

(updated 19:25UTC)

Mon May 26

It's a holiday here in the UK today - and, true to form, usual holiday weather...cold and pouring with rain!

3940: Radio Underground with a repeat of yesterday's programme. Heard @ 1805 looking through the Alfa Lima forum. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a George Michael song @ 1620. SINPO 34333.

5815: Radio Telstar South (tent) with non-stop 60s music @ 2040. Occasional bursts of utility and quite a lot of static noise disturbing the signal. SINPO 33333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard playing an Abba song @ 2030. Again, coming in quite well this evening. SINPO 34333.

(updated 20:45UTC)

Anyone interested in the Radio Nova documentary on Irish TV last week, see the comments under that posting (May 20)

North American logs

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

6925u Channel Z. 0227-0233*. Sun 25 May. English. First log of this station. The last few minutes of the bx. Music by Alice Cooper, "Elected"and The Sex Pistols, "Anarchy in the UK." ID and uncopied email add. F-P

6925u International Shortwave. 0237-0249/0311-0315. Sun 25 May.English. First log of this station. "Turn up the Radio" heard twice alongwith "Funky Town." Several IDs. F-p

6925u Radio First Termer. 1740-1936. Sun 25 May. English. First log of this station. OM anncr "Dave Rabbit" with show reminiscent of AFRTS Vietnam era broadcasts. IDs as "Radio First Termer, 69 megacycles." music included items from Bloodrock, Led Zeppelin, Three Dog Night, Jimi Hendrix,and others. Faint but clear signal that improved in strength as the show progressed. Fair.

Britain Radio news

On Saturday 28 June BRI will present a 60min show via the KBC 100kw TX facility from 21.30 UTC on 6055khz and repeated on 6110khz from 02.00 UTC. BRI celebrates its 28th year on SW during June. To be offered this relay via KBC will make our birthday ocassion even more special for which we thank Eric and everyone at the Mighty KBC for offering us some of their valuble airtime.

..................................................................................................................................

As from the 2nd Sunday of June BRI can be heard via Laser's 4025khz facility to run alongside their programmes on repeat through until the following weekend, we will return to the usual 2hr show which we had to reduce a while back due to various problems.

Of course BRI will enter its 28th year on SW during June so we thank everyone at Laser for offering BRI the chance to move forward with the next phase in our broadcasting history, alongside the relay via Laser we shall still appear from time to time using 6255khz on the 2nd/4th Sunday

Our programmes will also continue as normal via our webstream www.geocities.com/britainradio48 We shall add a 'listen again' option shortly as another way to hear our programmes at anytime of the day or night.

Reception reports to our usual email address. britainradio@hotmail.com

73s
Roger Davis.

Sun May 25

3940: Radio Underground back on the air after a long absence. Heard @ 1945 playing Gwen Stefani. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertchatal with a short sign-on in English and German @ 1200 and straight into the music. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio with rock @ 0855. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

6240: Britain Radio Int heard @ 0905 coming in well today (at the moment), playing oldies. Fair-good signal, peaking at S9. The station is also going to be relayed by Laser Hot Hits from June and KBC on June 28. SINPO 44433.

6250: Antonio Radio with instrumental music @ 0850, giving out email address and hotline number. Fair-good signal. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing Huey Lewis & The News @ 0840. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333.

6275: Radio Calypso with schlager @ 0750. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6275: Unid station playing U2 @ 1815. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6281: Radio Titanic (tent) with a report to Borderhunter @ 1149. SINPO 24332.

6283: Radio Zodiac with a report to Borderhunter @ 1140. SINPO 33433.

6285: Radio Scotland Int heard signing off @ 0745. SINPO 44444.

6285: Unid station playing country music @ 0940, sudden off at 0947. Splash from Borderhunter. SINPO 33433.

6290: Radio Borderhunter heard @ 0930 with country rock. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6290: Radio Scirocco came on @ 1135 after Borderhunter signed off with a report for Borderhunter. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Doctor Tim joining the QSO @ 1154. Utility QRM and from another station wanting to come on. SINPO 33433.

6295: Grensstad Radio playing "Love is in the Air" @ 0945. Weak signal and deep fades with splash from 6290. SINPO 23432.

6300: Radio Sallandse Boer @ 0830 with schlager, report to Skyline Radio. SINPO 34333.

6307: Radio Brandaris Int with schlager @ 0835. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 0900. SINPO 33333.

6380: Radio Face de Blatte with dance music, giving out email and mailing address @ 0740. SINPO 34433.

6878: Radio Playback Int with jazz and talk in Italian. Strong RTTY splashing over channel. SINPO 33333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing a Rod Stewart song @ 2000. Coming in well tonight. SINPO 34333.

(updated 20:05UTC)

Sat May 24

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music @ 1815. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

5805: Unid station heard @ 1820 playing Andy Williams "Watching the Girls Go By." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6275: Radio Skywire (tent) playing oldies @ 1755, heavy SSB QRM on same frequency. Signed off at 1800 but SSB all over sign off announcement. SINPO 32432.

6295: Radio Grensstad with rock n roll @ 0905. Weak-fair signal. Signing off at 0935. SINPO 24332.

6295: Radio Scotland Int @ 0940 with a report for Grensstad Radio. SINPO 44444.

6305: Radio Oscar Zulu with rock music @ 1745 but splash from 6310. SINPO 33433.

6310: Unid station with dance music and a strong signal @ 1735. Boomerang? SINPO 44444.

6325: Radio Waves Int @ 1810 giving out mailing address, playing country music. Weak signal. SINPO 23432.

9290: Radio City v Latvia signing on @ 0900 with music from the Eagles. SINPO 45444.

(updated 18:20UTC)

Fri May 23

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing recordings of Laser 558 from the 1980s @ 1800. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6275: Radio Calypso @ 0825 with schlager, polka and oldies with occasional jingles. ID and sign off at 0838 giving out email address. Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6275: Radio Skywire (see comments) heard playing schlager and polkas @ 1805. Fair signal but deep fading. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing the song "Abracadabra" @ 2040. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

(updated 20:55UTC)

Thurs May 22

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing the Stranglers @ 1840. SINPO 44433.

6275: Radio Calypso (tent) with instrumental music @ 0815. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

(updated 18:40UTC)

Wed May 21

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1835 with a recording of Jessie Brandon on Laser 558. Good signal here - just peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6925u: Spider Radio with the song "Strangers of the Night" @ 2035, usual ID by woman at 2041 followed by song "Ring My Bell." Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

(updated 20:40UTC)

Nova documentary

TV viewers in Ireland will be able to watch a one-hour documentary tomorrow (Wednesday) night on the TV3 channel celebrating the 25th anniversary of the closure of Radio Nova, once the biggest pirate radio station in Ireland.

The programme will feature many of the presenters and DJs who worked on the station and who went on to become household names in Irish radio and television broadcasting. It airs on Wednesday evening at 9pm (2000 utc).

(Sunday Business Post, via Mike Terry, anoraksuk)

Mon May 19

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 2020 playing a Queen song. Frequency seems a lot clearer than 4032. SINPO 44444.

5805: Unid station playing non-stop oldies. Heard @ 2030 playing 10cc then Elvis Presley, sudden off at 2100. SINPO 44433.

6270: Radio Altrex playing 60s music @ 0835. Signal poor-fair with utility QRM and deep fades. SINPO 33333.

6925u: Spider Radio with ID then U2 song @ 2040. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:00UTC)

North American logs

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

5386 Xtal Ship. 0107-0148+. Mon 19 May 08. English. Nice program featuring mx from The Doors, ZZ Top, The Ramones and others. Audio clips from speeches by JFK and some political rhetoric. Nice ID giving freqs in MHz and stating power of 100-150 watts. S7/Good. //6700 P-F.

6925u Wolverine Radio. 0250-0327*. Sun 18 May 08. English. Very nice program consisting of Motown and Beach music. IDs heard at 0309 and 0327. Very strong signal with reports seen from Scotland. G-VG.

Sun May 18

4025: Laser Hot Hits back on with a good signal @ 1745, playing r&b from Snoop Dogg. SINPO 44433.

5815: Orion Radio playing instrumental music @ 0750 followed by jingle. Good signal today. SINPO 44444.

5815: Voice of the Netherlands playing "The Final Countdown" @ 0950, followed by ID and giving out email address. SINPO 33433.

5815: Radio Black Arrow heard again this afternoon @ 1740 playing oldies and asking for reports to radioblack arrow @ hotmail.com SINPO 34333.

6140: European Music Radio via Wertchatal starting mid-programme @ 1303. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6205: Radio Borderhunter @ 0920 playing 60s music. Good, clear signal, as always. SINPO 44444.

6220: Radio Black Arrow heard with dance music @ 0745. SINPO 34333. To hear recording click here

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1550. SINPO 34333.

6241: Radio Perfekt heard with schlager and ID in English @ 0910. Fair signal but deep fading. SINPO 34333. To hear recording click here

6255: Radio Altrex playing 60s music @ 0905. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing recordings of Irish station Sunshine Radio @ 0755. Co-channel QRM from weaker station. SINPO 33433.

6265: Radio Victoria heard @ 0930 playing oldies, talk in Dutch. Some fading. SINPO 33433.

6272: Radio Paardenkracht with rock music @ 0810. Lost when Calypso signed on 4khz away a few minutes later. SINPO 34433.

6276: Radio Calypso with schlager @ 0815. Strong signal. SINPO 44444.

6285: Unid station playing reggae @ 0850. SINPO 34433.

6285: Radio Northpole playing dance music @ 1020, off a few minutes later. SINPO 34333.

6295: Grensstad Radio with polka @ 0805, voice quieter than the music. SINPO 33433.

6295: Radio Boomerang with strong signal @ 0915, report to Radio Shadowman and playing techno music. SINPO 54444.

6295: Radio Shadowman (44444) @ 0922 and Sallandse Boer (33433) @ 0924 with reports to Boomerang.

6305: Radio Mazda with schlager @ 0800. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6308: Radio Shadowman heard @ 1000 with oldies, talk in Dutch, mention Sallandse Boer. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Malaisy with a jingle and the song "Speedy Gonzales" @ 1455. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Zodiac heard @ 0937 testing modulator, playing Katie Melua song. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Lowland playing the song "Glass of Champagne" @ 1300. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

6325: Delta Radio with jingles and rock music @ 1450. Fasir signal. SINPO 34333.

6400: Unid station with non-stop 70s disco music @ 1415. No IDs heard. SINPO 34433.

6425: Radio Dutchwing (tent) @ 1440 with oldies. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6524: Radio Ramona talking about his new transmitter and playing 60s music @ 0825. Signal coming in quite well today but some SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6875: Radio Playback Int playing jazz music @ 1600. Fair signal with good peaks. Some morse QRM. SINPO 33333.

(updated 17:45UTC)

Sat May 17

3901: SW Pirate (tent) with a weak signal playing rock music @ 2040. SINPO 24332.

3910: Radio Borderhunter coming in well @ 2240, playing "Hey Mr Tambourine Man." SINPO 44444. Thanks for the greeting!

3935: Radio Nova heard @ 1915 playing James Blunt "You're Beautiful," with occasional station jingles. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio Oscar Zulu with a song by the Cure @ 1905. Good signal but deep fading. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

6265: Premier Radio Int from Ireland playing the song "Little Red Rooster" @ 2050, off at end of song. Some SSB QRM. Signal here: S8-9. SINPO 33433.

6275: Unid station playing oldies. Heard @ 1315 with U2 song, weak to fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6277: Radio Boomerang moved here from 6282. Tuned in to hear station signing off @ 2045. Signal still strong - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

6282: Radio Boomerang heard with a strong signal @ 1950 playing "Kung Fu Fighting." ID at 2000, giving out email address. SINPO 54444.

6305: Radio Mazda with a short broadcast. Heard @ 1745 playing polka and schlager, off at 1755. SINPO 34333.

6306: Radio Bonofox playing polka @ 0845, giving out email address. SINPO 34433. To hear recording click here

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 1305. Weak signal with fair peaks. Also heard jingle ID "This is Radio Condor." SINPO 23332.

6310: Radio Condor back on again @ 1940 playing dance music and reading logs from this blog. Much better signal now. SINPO 44433. Thanks for mention!

6315: Unid station with polka @ 0745. Weak signal and difficult to catch clear ID. Might have been Bonofox testing on this frequency. SINPO 24332.

6875: RadioPlayback Int on its new frequency heard @ 1715 playing a Madonna song. Signal fading in and out. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2055 playing rock music. Signal about S5 tonight. SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:40UTC)

Fri May 16

3905: Radio Continental heard @ 2040 with Dutch songs, ID and giving out email address. Good signal. Some fading. SINPO 44433.

6275: Radio Calypso @ 2220 with a good signal peaking at S9+10dB with a bit of late night polka and schlager. SINPO 54444.

6925u: Spider Radio with rock music @ 2050. Fair signal tonight - hovering around S6. SINPO 34333.

(updated 22:25UTC)