North American logs

Today is American independence day so expect plenty of activity from those USA pirates. Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee, has already heard a few:

6925u Radio Free Speech. 2348-2354. 3 July 08. English. OM announcer, Bill Of Rights, with a show of parody ads and political rhetoric. Lost signal at 2354 w/o any s/off ancmts. S5/Fair.

6700 The Crystal Ship. 0128-0305+. Independence Day, 2008 (July 4). English. Great show by Mr. Poet. Music by REO Speedwagon, Styx, Steely Dan, and many others. Lots of martial music as befits the Holiday including some nice sets by a Fife and Drum Corps. There were fewer political items than in the past. S9+10/VG. // 5385.5 S9/G.

Thurs July 3

3905: Unid station with polka @ 1745. Weak signal that went off/faded out a few minutes later. SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1755 with a fair-good signal, playing soul music, some fading. SINPO 34333.

4025: Britain Radio Int v LHH with a repeat of the June transmission. Heard @ 2210 with Roger Davis. Good signal but rapid fading. SINPO 44433.

6280: Radio Merlin Int with a good signal @ 2005, playing oldies. Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio playing "War of the Worlds" @ 2015. Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:10UTC)

Wed July 2

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing pop music @ 1900. Static noise levels quite high tonight. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Merlin Int putting in a strong signal @ 2050, peaking at S9+10dB. IDs and dance music. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2045. SINPO 24332.

New Irish radio group

Hello from "The Irish Pirate Radio Aircheck Collectors" E-Mail Group.

You must have thought Irish pirate radio was dead and buried, well we intend to resurrect the memories of those glorious days of the 80's and 90's when our radios were blasting with the sounds of Radio Nova, Sunshine 101, South Coast Radio and many many more.

If you have a collection of recordings of the Irish Pirate Radio Stations, no matter how big or how small, you're welcome to join in the fun, buy, swap or sell your recordings and enlarge your recordings collection - TODAY!

Naturally, if you have a collection of recordings of British land-based offshore radio stations you're welcome to join the IPRAC as WE also have a sizeable collection of recordings of these stations for sale or swap.

You can join our Yahoo Group by going to: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Aircheck_Collectors/?yguid=303962619

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Mon Jun 30

3907: Radio Black Arrow heard @ 2055 playing Kraftwerk "The Model." SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1855 with a very good signal - S9+10dB. Stewart Ross playing dance music and giving out contact details. SINPO 54444.

5805: Radio Telstar South absolutely blasting in tonight, heard @ 1945 playing music and chatting about the 60s. Signal S9+10dB. Great listening! SINPO 54444. To hear recording click here

Sun June 29

3905: Orion Radio with some 60s music and IDs @ 1845. Fair signal but some noise. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with the song "Roadrunner" @ 1855. Good, clear signal, some fading. SINPO 44433.

5805: Radio Telstar South with 60s music @ 2045. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0750 greeting Robin in Guernsey, playing some 60s music. SINPO 44433.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio @ 0810 with alternative music. SINPO 34433.

6260: Radio Saxonia playing Status Quo @ 0910, with IDs. Good signal - first log of this station. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

6261: Delta Radio with oldies and jingles, playing Rod Stewart @ 1237. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing Michael Jackson "Beat It" @ 0755. SINPO 34433.

6269: Crazy Wave Radio with a weak signal @ 0905. Just caught ID. SINPO 23332.

6275: Summer Meeting Radio 2008 back on the air this morning (with a few hangovers, no doubt!), playing a Phil Collins song @ 0800. SINPO 34433.

6275: Camping Radio playing Bonnie Tyler "Lost in France" @ 1900 with station jingles. Some static noise - S7. SINPO 34333.

6306: EM Radio 2008 heard @ 2055 talking about tonight's final, congratulations to Spain, playing football music. Strong morse QRM. SINPO 33333.

6316: Radio Lowland playing the song "Forever Young" @ 1125. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Quintus with schlager and polka @ 1225. SINPO 34333.

6400: Radio Pionier heard playing Dutch music @ 1100. Weak signal, fading in and out. SINPO 24332. Improved by 1135 to 34433.

6875: Radio Playback Int with oldies @ 0815. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio playing oldies @ 2050. SINPO 24332.

(updated 20:55UTC)

Sat June 28

3905: Radio Sensation with a good signal heard @ 1910 playing Bruce Springsteen "Hungry Heart." SINPO 44444. Thanks to Iann for ID.

3905: Radio Boomerang playing the Eurythmics @ 2110. Very strong - S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

3905: Radio Pacman calling Boomerang @ 2113. SINPO 34433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing Barclay James Harvest @ 1820. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6055: Britain Radio Int via Lithuania signing on @ 2130 with Roger Davis for a one hour show, via KBC. Excellent signal. SINPO 55555. To hear recording click here

5805: Radio Telstar South heard @ 1050 playing 60s music. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with a live programme presented by Chris Ise. Heard @ 0920, poor signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Crazy Wave Radio v Mystery Radio with Andy Walker talking about the summer meeting. Heard @ 1515 with rock music and announcing email address: shortwave @ gmx.de SINPO 34433.

6245: Crazy Wave Radio @ 2025 with Andy Walker talking about how shortwave is dying. Some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6270: Radio Altrex playing dance music @ 0910. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6270: Crazy Wave Radio now on this frequency, with AW playing Snap @ 2125. Splash from Summer Meeting Radio. SINPO 33433.

6275: Radio Diamond with rock music @ 1650. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433. For recording click here

6275: Radio Skywire signing off @ 1825 after short test. SINPO 34433.

6275: Summer Meeting 2008 Radio heard @ 1925 playing "Born to be Wild." Good signal. Email address summermeeting2008 @ hotmail.com SINPO 44444. To hear recording click here

6278: Camping Radio playing Nilson "Without You" @ 1850. Fair signal here - S6-7. SINPO 33333.

6280: Radio Merlin Int with a Shakin' Stevens song @ 1045. Fair signal but fading. SINPO 34433.

6875: Radio Playback Int with jazz music @ 1830. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6925u: Spider Radio playing Status Quo "You're in the Army Now," @ 2030. S5-6 tonight. SINPO 34333.

(updated 21:35UTC)

Fri June 27

3900: Antonio Radio heard @ 1920 in a big QSO with other Dutch stations - including Shadowman, Boomerang, Meteor, Cassandra. SINPO 43433.

3930: Cupid Radio playing the Rolling Stones @ 2150 followed by jingle ID. SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

5805: Radio Telstar South with the Golden Boys playing Dusty Springfield @ 1930. Usual slick presentation. SINPO 44343.

6270: Radio Altrex playing oldies, talk about summer meeting @ 1915. Fair-good signal here. S8-9...best I've heard Altrex for a long time! SINPO 34333.

6275: Radio Skywire (tent) with oldies @ 1805. SINPO 34333.

6306: Radio Alice with oldies @ 1800, mentioning Lowland. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing A-Ha "Take on Me" @ 2020. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:55UTC)

Thurs June 26

3900: Radio Shadowman in QSO with Radio Daiwa and Radio Pacman @ 1818. SINPO 44444. Daiwa heard with SINPO 34433.

6306: EM Radio 2008 @ 2045 with congratulations to Spain for their victory in the second semi-final. Static noise quite bad tonight but signal coming in well again - S8-9. SINPO 34333.

6875: Pirate Music with pop music and jingles @ 2055. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing Blondie @ 2035. SINPO 24332.

Wed Jun 25

6270: Camping Radio playing Suzi Quattro @ 2003. Poor-fair signal but seems to be improving. SINPO 24332.

6306: EM Radio 2008 celebrating tonight as Germany go through to the finals. Heard @ 2045 with a fair signal, splash from 6300 (Sahara station). SINPO 33333.

6400: Unid station with a strong signal heard @ 2055 playing pop music. Possibly UK station. SINPO 54444.

6925u: Spider Radio with usual canned ID @ 2027 followed by The Specials "Ghost Town." Coming in well this evening. SINPO 34333.

Tues June 24

6306: EM Radio 2008 heard @ 2120 on again tonight with a fair signal, heard talking about reception reports and playing German music. SINPO 33333.

Mon June 23

3905: Radio Boomerang playing instrumental music @ 2040. Usual strong signal. SINPO 44444.

6305: Unid station playing schlager @ 2048, covering EM Radio. Sudden off 2053 (maybe he realised!). SINPO 44444.

6306: EM Radio 2008 with schlager @ 2025. Just getting dark here - signal 8-9. SINPO 44333.

6310: Free Radio Holland heard playing oldies. Heard @ 2010 with "One Day I'll Fly Away." Fair signal but audio distorted and heavy static making IDing difficult. SINPO 33333.

Britain Radio Int v KBC

Britain Radio International (BRI) will be on the air via the Mighty KBC on Saturday 28th June 08 using 100kw on 6055khz from 21.30utc... repeated on 29th June from 02.00utc on 6110khz.

BRI is celebrating its 28th year on SW in style with 100kw!!

The programme will also be available via our webstream at www.geocities.com/britainradio48

Our contact email address is britainradio @ hotmail.com

We ask you kindly to pass on this info to any of your contacts in the radio world to inform them of this BRI special broadcast.

Thank you and we look forward to your company.
73s
Roger Davis

Sun June 22

Very poor conditions today with signals fading in and out. I guess many stations decided not to bother.

3940: Radio Underground with free radio chat and music @ 2000. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0755 playing Mike Oldfield and talking about next weekend's summer meeting. SINPO 34433.

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertachtal signing on @ 1200 and playing rock music, mentioned Dr Tim. Good signal but rapid fading and static affecting it. SINPO 44333.

6199: Radio Rapido playing "The Only Way Is Up" @ 0800. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0855. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6254: Britain Radio Int with a Supergrass song @ 0905. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34433.

6268: Radio Altrex playing the Brotherhood of Man @ 0805. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Borderhunter @ 0850 with promo for the summer meeting then playing a Kim Wilde song. Good signal but occasional utility QRM. SINPO 44444.

6306: EM Radio 2008 heard @ 2135 playing dance music, giving out email address. Fair signal. SINPO 33333.

6325: Unid station heard @ 1005 playing pop music. Weak signal. SINPO 23432.

7480: Unid station with oldies @ 0935. Weak signal, fading out. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:45UTC)

Sat June 21

3905: Voice of the Netherlands with soft rock, including REO Speedwagon "Keep on Loving You" @ 1840. SINPO 34333. ID thanks to Achim.

3915: Radio Boomerang with dance music @ 1835, ID. Utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

3932: Bogusman talking about politics @ 2300 and playing alternative music. Just caught him in time as the signal faded out a minutes late. SINPO 54444.

3940: Radio Underground back on with the usual free radio chat and recordings. Heard @ 1715 with a fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6268: Radio Altrex @ 0820 with weak signal. Music heard on peaks. SINPO 24332. Update: Tuned in again @ 0925, signal better now. Heard Henk talking about the football championships then into Petula Clarke "Downtown." SINPO 34333.

9290: Radio Casablanca via Latvia signing on @ 1100 in German and playing German pop and schlager. SINPO 45444.

(updated 23:05UTC)

Fri June 20

3940: Radio Underground heard @ 1820 with free radio news and recordings. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio with usual canned ID by woman @ 2055 and playing oldies. S5-6 signal. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:00UTC)

North American log

Here's another log from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN:

6955u WBNY. 0219-0227. Fri 20 June. English. First log on this freq in almost a year. Replay of the Commander’s Presidents’ Day show. Talk of Cdr. Bunny’s run for President. Fair.

Thurs June 19

6306: EM Radio 2008 with much to celebrate tonight as Germany goes through to the semi-finals. Heard @ 2140 greeting Altrex and Marcel. Signal coming in well. Some splash from the Sahara station on 6300. SINPO 33333.

North American logs

Here's a few more logs from the USA by Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee:

6925u UNID. 0033-0051*. Thurs 19 June. English. MOR rock mx with unread ID and off at 0051. Poor.

6925u Sycko Radio. 0115-0127. Thurs 19 June. English. IDs at 0017 and 0212 as "Sycko Radio 6-9-2-5- upper side band." Ments of several pirate DXers. Modern hard rock music. I do not know if this was a continuation of the earlier UNID, but the signal was MUCH better. Fair-Good.

6925u International Shortwave. 0206-0226. Thurs 19 June. English. A couple of IDs, "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John, and lots of unid mx. F-G.

Wed June 18

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing Lloyd Cole & The Commotions @ 1830. Signal strength down a bit on yesterday. SINPO 34433.

6306: EM Radio 2008 heard @ 2045, congratulating the Russian team for their victory. Fair-good signal, S8-9. SINPO 33433.

6925u: Spider Radio playing some easy listening music @ 2015. Signal reaching fair peaks - S5-6. SINPO 24332.

(updated 20:45UTC)