Wed Oct 15

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing Donovan @ 1810. Good signal. SINPO 44433. Nice mention for this site - thanks guys!

6925: Spider Radio with a very weak signal here @ 2055. Been listening for 10 minutes and can only just hear music. Also warbling QRM. Sign-off music played at 2100.

Tues Oct 14

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Lee Richards and Mr X @ 1830, playing song by Bryan Ferry. A good signal again but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2020. Weak signal - hovering around S3-4 but low noise levels tonight. SINPO 24432.

North American log

A new station log for Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee, USA:

6925u Balls to the Wall Radio. 2308-2330*. Mon 13 Oct. English. First log of this station. Good show featuring music by ZZ Top, Golden Earring, Foghat, and others. Several IDs. Some fading and static. Also, QRM from Spanish speaking stations with yells and whistles. Lost signal at 2330 after OM gave test count. No s/off ancmts or add copied. Fair.

Mon Oct 13

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a very good signal @ 2000, playing a recording of the Caroline Top 500 featuring Culture Club. S9+10dB but whistle on signal - another station? Broadcast or utility? SINPO 54444.

6925u: Spider Radio (pres) heard @ 2005 with oldies, but only just above noise level. SINPO 24332.

Sun Oct 12

3904: Radio Bluestar playing Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" @ 1910. Good signal, slight splash from Reflections Europe.

3932: Bogusman with alternative music and giving out email address @ 1905. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Tony James playing oldies and greeting listeners @ 1915. SINPO 44433.

5805: Orion Radio coming in well today. Heard @ 0800 playing Dutch songs. SINPO 44444.

5820: Radio Playback Int with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" @ 0755 followed by "This is Playback" jingle. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6140: Radio Bluestar via Werchatal signing on @ 1200 with the RNI theme then playing a country music song. S9+20dB signal. SINPO 54444.

6205: Radio Geronimo with rock music @ 0930. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with rock @ 0825, splash from Mystery. SINPO 23432.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0830. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6250: Radio Altrex greeting Marcel and Jaroslav @ 0805. SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio Int live from the west coast of Ireland, playing Cindy Lauper "Time After Time" @ 0820. Good signal today. SINPO 44433.

6306: Radio Brandaris Int with polka @ 0815, bit of a whistle on signal. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Paardenkracht with "Ring My Bell" @ 0810. Deep fades. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Lowland with Dutch songs @ 1150, sudden off at 1153. SINPO 34333.

6540: Radio Brigitte heard @ 1135 with IDs. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6925: DRP Radio with oldies @ 1140. Weak signal with deep fades. SINPO 24332.

(updated 19:15UTC)

Sat Oct 11

3900: Radio Rainbow (tent) with weak signal @ 1850. Caught tentative ID. SINPO 24332.

3910: Voice of the Netherlands playing rock music @ 1745. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

3920: Radio Oscar Zulu with ID @ 1752 and playing "Rock the Boat." Fair signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

3940: Radio Spaceman playing the Pet Shop Boys @ 1810. Strong signal - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing a Maggie Riley song @ 1530. SINPO 44444.

5820: Radio Playback Int playing "Ebony & Ivory" @ 1745 but having technical problems. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6210: Voice of the Netherlands playing "House of the Rising Sun" @ 0900. Good signal. ID finally at 0953. SINPO 44444.

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0820. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and jingle ID @ 2115. Strong isgnal. SINPO 44444.

6250: Radio Altrex playing oldies @ 0815. SINPO 34433. Altrex back @ 1445 with accordian music and cow noises. Occasional utililty QRM but mostly clear channel. SINPO 34433.

6266: Radio Doctor Juice heard @ 1640 with IDs and music. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6285: Unid station with dance music @ 1430. Strong signal, off abruptly at 1437. SINPO 44444.

6296: Radio Little Star heard @ 0915 with ID, playing oldies. SINPO 34433.

6307: Unid station playing non-stop Irish or Scottish folk music @ 1740. Some splash from Grensstad. SINPO 33433.

6310: Grensstad Radio with instrumental music @ 0905. SINPO 34433. Heard again @ 1740 with similar reception - 34433.

6310: Radio Condor @ 0923 with ID, dance music. Co-channel with Gresstad but dominant. SINPO 33433.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with ID @ 0945, playing soft rock. SINPO 34433.

6400: Unid station playing pop @ 1115. Strong signal - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

6925: DRP Radio (pres) playing oldies. Fair signal @ 1840 but fading. Possibly German. SINPO 34333 to 24332.

9290: Radio Casablanca via Latvia with German pop @ 1110. SINPO 45444.

(updated 21:20UTC)

Fri Oct 10

3905: Radio Bluestar heard @ 1745 talking in English to Radio Forever on the phone. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with the Anorak Hour @ 1855 featuring Radio Caroline. SINPO 44433.

5820: Radio Playback Int on a new frequency, playing ballads @ 1810. Fair signal (S8) and some ute qrm. SINPO 33433.

6792.5: Radio Free Speech (USA) with very weak signal. But can hear talk and music @ 2255. ID via Iann's chat.

Latvia relays

Relays this weekend via 9290kHz

Sat October 11th
Latvia Today 10.00 - 11.00UTC
Radio Casablanca 11.00 - 12.00UTC

Sun October 12th
Latvia Today 13.00 - 14.00UTC

Good Listening
73s Tom

(Tom Taylor)

Thurs Oct 9

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a programme looking at the history of the UK dance scene @ 2025. SINPO 34433.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2030 playing Hall & Oates "Maneater." Less noise tonight. SINPO 24432.

Wed Oct 8

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott @ 1850 talking about the credit crisis and playing an early Human League track. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2030 with oldies. QRM on the frequency making it difficult to hear. SINPO 23332.

Tues Oct 7

4025: Laser Hot Hits with recordings of Radio Caroline @ 1900. Good signal - peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio coming in well tonight. Heard @ 2030 playing "Total Eclipse of the Heart." SINPO 34333.

Mon Oct 6

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music @ 1820. SINPO 44433.

6255: Radio Altrex heard @ 0840 playing accordian music. SINPO 34433.

6925u: Spider Radio (pres) @ 2045 but quite high noise level so difficult to hear station. Could just hear music. SINPO 24332.

(updated at 20:45UTC)

Tests from Hungary

Hi!

I'm testing my rig on 6990 khz today (sunday) untill 16.00 utc and from 20.00 to 24.00.

It's on almost every night from 20.00 utc and sometimes in the afternoon from around 13.00.

The transmitter is a ten watt Grenade, antenna is a crap end fed longwire with tuner. Location is Eastern Hungary.

Email: ossr (@) rock.com

Greetings, Peter

(via swpirates)

North American log

A log from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA

6925u Northwoods Radio. 1338-1409+UTC. Sat 4 Oct. Novelty music and ID at 1339 as "Broadcasting Freedom from the Great Lakes" by YL followed by the call of the Loon. Audio clips from WNIS AM 790 in Norfolk, Virginia featuring an interview with JTA. Good.

Sun Oct 5

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott playing dance music @ 0755. SINPO 44444.

4025: Britain Radio Int via Laser with Roger Davis @ 1530. SINPO 34333.

6140: MV Baltic Radio v Werchatal @ 1225 playing Kings of Leon. Signal S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with rock music @ 0810. SINPO 34433.

6260: Radio Paardenkracht with Dutch songs @ 0825. Signal fair-good. SINPO 34433.

6260: Delta Radio with oldies and jingles @ 1220. SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int with 60 music @ 0900 and ID jingle. SINPO 34433.

6282: Radio Zodiac Int with guest DJ Andy Richards playing The Clash "London Calling" @ 0905. Good steady signal here, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6291: Radio Doctor Tim heard @ 0910 giving out address. Poor signal with utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6300: Radio Golfbreker playing polka, ID @ 0913. SINPO 34433.

6300: Unid station playing "No Milk Today" @ 0930. On top of Golfbreker, moved to 6305 at 0940. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6305: Radio Mazda with birdsong music @ 1215 and greeting Dave in England and Iann in France. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6307: Radio Brigitte heard @ 1000 with a poor-fair signal, IDs. SINPO 23432.

6325: Radio Lowland playing Black Sabbath @ 1505. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6400: Radio Scotland with 60s music @ 0935. SINPO 54444.

(updated 16:15UTC)

Sat Oct 4

3900: Radio Boomerang with usual strong signal @ 1930, playing "So Far Away From Me." SINPO 54444.

3901: Undercover Radio (tent) @ 2035. Very weak signal but posts on Iann's chatroom think it might be. SINPO 14321.

3925: Radio Atlantis with schlager @ 1935. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1340 playing the song "Yellow River." Fair-good signal but quite a lot of fading. SINPO 34433.

6205: Unid station playing rock music. Sudden off @ 1245. SINPO 44444.

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0835. SINPO 34433.

6240: Radio Altrex playing Enya "Orinoco Flow" @ 0825. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6280: Orion Radio heard @ 1240 playing French songs. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6285: Unid station heard @ 0930 playing Simple Minds. Good signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6300: Radio Paardenkracht @ 0830 with polka. SINPO 34433.

6302: Radio Doctor Tim playing French music for Iann in France. Heard @ 1505 with a S7-8 signal. SINPO 34433.

6307: Radio Brigitte with schlager @ 0940, lost under Studio 52. SINPO 32432.

6307: Radio Skywire playing Dire Straits @ 1435. Fair-good signal. SINPO 33433.

6310: Studio 52 playing dance music @ 0910, ID and contact details at 0919, some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 1230. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 33433.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo playing Boney M "Rivers of Babylon" @ 1425. SINPO 44433.

6400: Radio Scotland Int playing Del Shannon "Runaway" @ 1443. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio playing "99 Red Balloons" @ 2015, followed by canned ID by woman. SINPO 24332.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia with dance music @ 0925. SINPO 454444.

9770: KBC via Lithuania with its final test to Australia, signing on @ 1030 and playing oldies. Good signal here. SINPO 44433.

(updated 20:35UTC)

Fri Oct 3

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing a song by The Monkees @ 2025. SINPO 34333.

6221: Unid station with dance music @ 1055, deep fades. SINPO 34433.

6306: Radio Zeelandia heard with schlager, polka and oldies. ID @ 1137. Fair-good signal, slight whistle. SINPO 34433.

6320: Radio Caroline Eifel (tent) with rock n roll @ 1130, weak-fair signal with utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

(updated 21:30UTC)

Radio St Helena test transmission

Dear RadioClubs and DXers everywhere,
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Radio St. Helena TEST Transmission on either 03. or 04. October 2008
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On either 03. October or 04. October starting at the earliest at 1800 UT, Radio St. Helena will broadcast a TEST transmission on 11092.5 kHz in USB. It is assumed that the TEST will last for one hour. It is assumed that the antenna will be aimed at Europe.

As is usual for TEST transmissions, Radio St. Helena will NOT issue QSL cards. However, RSH would be interested in short emails describing the audio quality of the various parts of the broadcast (music, presenters voices, interviews).

Thank-you and good listening, Robert Kipp
(via Mark Nicholls, Editor NZ DX Times, NZ Radio DX League, ripple via DX Listening Digest)

The annual Radio St Helena Day is set to take place on Sat Nov 15 on 11092.5usb from 20-2100UTC to Japan, 21-2230 to Europe and 2230-2330 to North America.

Thurs Oct 2

4025: Britain Radio Int v LHH with another airing of its August show. Heard @ 1900 with Roger Davis playing soft rock music, rapid fading. SINPO 44433.

Wed Oct 1

4025: Britain Radio Int v LHH heard with a very good signal @ 2005, playing Paul McCartney. Signal S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

6261: Radio Doctor Tim playing schlager @ 0930, some utility QRM. SINPO 33433. ID via Iann's website.

6925u: Spider Radio with a Billy Idol song @ 2050. Coming in well tonight. SINPO 34333.

(updated 20:55UTC)