Fri Sept 12

6210: Unid station with dance music @ 1930. Splash from Iran on 6205. SINPO 23332.

6220: Cactus Jack Radio with dance music @ 1915. Deep fades. SINPO 33433. Franja DX has more info about this new station. To hear recording click here

6305: Radio Zeelandia playing oldies, such as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight @ 1910." Splash from 6300. SINPO 33333.

6925u: Spider Radio with Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face" @ 2025. SINPO 24332.

Thurs Sept 11

6925u: Spider Radio taking to the air for another evening's broadcasting @ 2000, starting with "Worried About Ray" from the Hoosiers. Skip from Greece still good - SINPO 34333.

Wed Sept 10

6220: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1850 with pop. SINPO 34333. Tuned in later @ 2055 to hear live programme with IDs. Still coming in well - SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing Joan Armtrading @ 2050. SINPO 24332.

Tues Sept 9

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2035 playing "Life is Live." Fair signal again tonight. SINPO 34333.

Mon Sept 8

3935: Baggerteam with non-stop rock, pop and reggae. Heard @ 1845 playing "Bohemian Rhapsody." Fair-good signal. Occasional announcements - difficult to understand. SINPO 34333.

6255: Radio Altrex playing oldies. Heard @ 2015 with "True Colours." SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio coming in well tonight, heard @ 2005 playing "Lady" Lionel Ritchie (I think). Signal S6-7. SINPO 34333.

Sun Sept 7

6220: Mystery Radio with pop at 1830. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6240: Radio Playback Int with 60s and 70s oldies. Fair-good signal @ 1920 but occasional utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2015 playing "Ring My Bell". SINPO 24332.

Sat Sept 6

6220: Mystery Radio with pop music @ 0905. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia @ 0915 with long talk in German and dance music. SINPO 45444.

Fri Sept 5

6243: Unid station with non-stop oldies. Heard @ 1855 playing Depeche Mode, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333. Jazz music heard @ 2050, could be Playback.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2145. SINPO 24332.

Thurs Sept 4

6925u: Spider Radio (pres) difficult to hear tonight @ 2030 due to buzzing on the frequency at S6 level. Can just hear music underneath. SINPO 22322.

Merlin's summer party

Just to let you know our party was a great success...here are a few pics taken on a mobile. The FM tx was on from 15.00hrs, and the SW came on at 17.30 had reports back from france, europe, etc but just on 15 watts .

It looks like the raid on merlin was done by a local FM pirate who we had trouble before with under a different name .

On Saturday we had 7 DJs, 2 rappers, MCs, 1.000 pa system, plus lasers, fire eaters, over 150 people turned up.

The party didnt end until 4.30, there was no trouble and everyone had a good time.

The SW tx was shut off about 11.00pm .

Hope you like the pictures
paul watt

Merlin has put more pictures and video on Facebook under RMI Shortwave, although you have to join to view them. Also plans to put some older pics of the station on Facebook as well.

Wed Sept 3

3932: MRF Radio heard @ 2005 with recorded announcements and playing oldies. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing Billy Idol song @ 2020. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

Tues Sept 2

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2005 playing Prince "When Doves Cry." Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

Mon Sept 1

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2155. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

North American log

Here's a log from Joe Wood, Greenback, TN:

6925u Unid. 0143-0150. Fri 29 Aug. English. Repeated calls of “Hello Radio” followed by the theme music from “Felix the Cat.” Poor.

Sun Aug 31

3932: Bogusman back on with chat and alternative music. Heard @ 1900 with a good signal but fair bit of static noise - quite stormy weather today. SINPO 44343.

5815: Orion Radio putting in a good signal @ 0755, greeting Radio Tina and Supersound, playing the song "Kayleigh." SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0750. SINPO 34433.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio heard @ 0910 with talk in German and playing alternative music. SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing the song "Kayleigh" @ 0745, electronic jingles. SINPO 34433.

6281: Radio Thunderbird with talk in German and playing "Keep on Running" @ 0810. SINPO 34433.

6291: Radio Southsea Melody heard @ 0930 giving contact details and signing off. SINPO 34433. To hear recording click here

6300: Radio Sallandse Boer with a short broadcast @ 0805, playing schlager, slight whistle. SINPO 43433.

6305: 8 Onwiezen playing schlager @ 0820. Good signal. SINPO 44433. ID according to Achim's blog. This is a Dutch FM pirate station. To hear recording click here

6310: Radio Condor with dance music, splash from 6305. Heard @ 0815 with SINPO 33433.

9290: Radio Victoria via Latvia heard signing on @ 1100, playing 80s electro pop. SINPO 45444.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia taking over the frequency @ 1159 with a rare Sunday programme, playing r&b. SINPO 45444.

(updated 19:05UTC)

Sat Aug 30

3900: SW Pirate @ 2010 playing pop, occasional announcements. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

3925: Skyline Radio Germany with IDs and music @ 1930. Weak signal, difficult to hear through static crashes. SINPO 24332.

3935: Radio Nova playing Heaven 17 @ 1910 before giving out web address and contact details. SINPO 34333.

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0940. Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6220: Premier Radio Int heard @ 2040 playing 70s music. Fair-good signal here. SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio playing a Tears for Fears song @ 2230. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio Oscar Zulu putting in a good signal @ 1855, playing rock and pop. Some static noise. SINPO 44333.

6280: Radio Merlin Int @ 1900 live from the RMI summer party, playing dance music and giving out phone number. SINPO 33433.

6270: Radio Altrex heard @ 0915 playing oldies and greeting listeners. Coming in quite well here. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 2030. Some utility splash. SINPO 33333.

6524: Radio Ramona playing rock music @ 1905, followed by ID. SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

(updated 22:35UTC)

Fri Aug 29

6255: Radio Altrex heard @ 2155 playing soul music. Fair signal but strong bursts of utility. SINPO 33333.

Thurs Aug 28

6309: Polka Radio Melbourne heard with polka @ 2000. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2010 with oldies, canned IDs. Weaker signal tonight and buzzing QRM. SINPO 23332.

Wed Aug 27

6240: Unid station with non-stop pop heard @ 1905. Fair-good signal, S8-9. SINPO 34333. I wonder if it is anything to do with Playback International?

6925u: Spider Radio playing "Funky Town" @ 2010. SINPO 24332.

Tues Aug 26

6240: Unid station with programme in Italian playing pop and Latin music. Heard @ 1900. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing Blondie "Call Me" @ 2025. Fair signal again tonight. SINPO 34333.