Sun Nov 9

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Werchatal signing on @ 1300 with a special programme marking the anniversary of the end of the Berlin Wall on this day in 1989. The programme will continue on 9290 at 1400. SINPO 54444.

6210: Unid station heard @ 0920 playing "If You Leave Me Now." IDs difficult to understand. SINPO 34433.

6210: Unid station with rock @ 1055 and "super weekend" jingles. Good signal, off 1100. SINPO 44444.

6210: Radio Borderhunter with rock music @ 1140. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1150 with a live show presented by Chris Ise playing rock and pop. SINPO 33433.

6240: Radio Altrex with oldies @ 0945. SINPO 34333.

6255: Britain Radio Int back on the air with Roger Davis playing soft rock @ 1025. SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing Lordi "Hard Rock Hallelujah" @ 0915 followed by jingle ID. SINPO 44333.

6266: Radio Scotland Int playing rock and dance music @ 1345. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6280: Radio Merlin Int with rock @ 0910. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6285: Radio Record with oldies @ 0905. SINPO 33433.

6295: Cupid Radio playing a Snow Patrol song @ 0940. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6300: Radio Shadowman with polka and schlager @ 1005. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with Dutch music @ 1130 and IDs, giving out hotline number. SINPO 34433.

6305: Radio Optimod playing Toto "Rosanna" @ 1100. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6305: Unid station playing "Rocking All Over The World." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6307: Radio Zulu Delta with a Madonna song @ 0925. SINPO 33433.

6310: Grensstad Radio playing Chic "Le Freak" @ 1015 followed by ID. Splash from Shadowman. SINPO 33433.

6325: Radio Waves Int with country music @ 0935, some morse QRM. SINPO 33433.

6377: Radio Dutchwing heard @ 1020 with IDs, playing oldies. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6390: PRM playing polkas @ 1045. SINPO 34433.

6400: Radio Freebird Int playing rock music and IDs @ 0930. SINPO 34433.

(updated 13:45UTC)

Sat Nov 8

3890: Radio Fox 48 playing dance music @ 2345 - move from 3930. SINPO 34333.

3905: Radio Bluestar playing Johnny Cash @ 2320. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

3930: Radio Fox 48 playing dance music @ 2315. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing non-stop 60s music and jingles. Heard @ 1220 with a good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

5800: Power FM v Playback heard @ 0945 with pop music and announcements in Italian. Fair signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

5800: Radio Playback Int playing Chris de Burgh "Don't Pay the Ferryman" @ 1820. Fair signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6215: Radio Cannibal with 80s/90s dance music @ 1455, difficult to understand jingles. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34433.

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with rock and pop @ 1000. Weak signal with fair peaks, some utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6220: Mystery Radio with a Carpenters song @ 2310. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6240: Radio Altrex playing the song "Rock Your Baby" @ 0905. SINPO 34433.

6290: Unid station with dance music @ 1235. Short broadcast, was on 6300 earlier. SINPO 54444.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with IDs and schlager. SINPO 34433.

6306: Unid station with schlager @ 1510. Very good signal, S9+10dB, off 1519. SINPO 54444.

6307: Radio Zulu Delta playing old 78rpm records @ 1205. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Grensstad with the song "Smooth Criminal" @ 0910, followed by IDs in Dutch. SINPO 34433.

6310: Polka Radio Melbourne with polkas @ 0955. Weak-fair signal, utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6312: Radio Alice playing schlager. Good signal @ 1450, some QRM from nearby stations. SINPO 43433.

6315: Radio Lycos with schlager @ 1445, splash from Alice and utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6325: Radio Hamamelis heard @ 1440 with rock n roll. Fair signal, off a few minutes later. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with oldies @ 1530. Fair-good signal, off at 1603. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Lowland with schlager, in the clear @ 1605 after Monte Carlo signed off. SINPO 34433.

6554: Radio Galaxy from Poland heard @ 2325 playing dance music followed by Simple Minds. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies but weaker signal tonight @ 2020. SINPO 24332.

9290: Radio Casablanca via Latvia signing on @ 1200 and playing German pop. Very good signal today. SINPO 55544.

9290: Radio Waves Int via Latvia heard @ 1640 playing George McCrae "Rock your Baby." Very good signal. SINPO 55544.

(updated 23:50UTC)

Fri Nov 7

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music and recordings of Gordon Brown talking about "Boom & Bust" @ 1900. SINPO 34433.

5800: Radio Playback Int playing "What A Feeling" @ 1907. Signal coming in well - S8-9. SINPO 44433.

6925u: Spider Radio with "Don't Dream It's Over" @ 2030. Fair signal again - SINPO 34333.

Latvia relays

Relays via 9290 kHz

Sat November 8th
Radio Casablanca 12.00 -13.00UTC
Latvia Today 13.00 -14.00UTC
RWI 16.00 -17.00UTC

Sun November 9th
RWI 07.00 -08.00UTC
Latvia Today 08.00 -09.00UTC
Baltic Radio 14.00 -15.00UTC

Tues November 11th
RWI 09.00 -10.00UTC

Good listening
73s Tom

(via Tom Taylor)

Thurs Nov 6

3932: Bogusman heard @ 2000 talking about his cooker, but went off in mid-sentence so either testing or transmitter problems. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing "Lazy Sunday Afternoon" @ 1920. SINPO 34333.

6307: Radio Zulu Delta with instrumental music and polka @ 1345. SINPO 34333.

6310: Unid station with dance music @ 1910. Fair signal reaching good peaks, deep fades. Faded out a few minutes later. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2020 playing Talking Heads, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

Wed Nov 5

3905: Radio Fox 48 playing "I Love Rock N Roll" @ 1933. Signal improving. Fair levels but deep fades. SINPO 34333.

3915: Radio Atlantis Int heard @ 2112 playing the RNI theme and jingles, went off a few minutes later. Good signal but co-channnel BBC and utility. SINPO 43433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 1930 playing Specials "Ghost Town." Fair signal, ID as "Laser International." SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio playing the Eagles @ 2050. Best signal for a while - S6-7. SINPO 34333.

Tues Nov 4

3931: Radio Whitesnake playing rock music @ 1920, said would be closing down. Weak signal here but just readable. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio playing its sign off music @ 2055. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

Mon Nov 3

6240: Radio Altrex heard @ 1000 with schlager. Fair signal and occasional utility QRM. SINPO 34433.

Sun Nov 2

3932: Bogusman heard @ 1550 playing alternative sounds, but no chat heard yet. Must be testing. Strong signal. SINPO 54444. Heard later with end of one his programes - testing or tx problems?

4025: Laser Hot Hits with non-stop music and jingles. Heard @ 1540 playing Queen. SINPO 44433.

5800: Radio Playback Int playing Joe Dolce @ 1252. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0845 playing Ultravox "Vienna." Good signal today. SINPO 44433.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Werchatal signing on @ 1300 in German and English and playing Derek & The Dominoes "Layla." Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6200: Radio Freebird Int testing with relay of Dutch station. Heard @ 1010 with a fair signal, some fading. SINPO 34433.

6210: Unid station with rock n roll music @ 0900. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6210: Free Radio Victoria with IDs in English and oldies @ 1235. Fair signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6220: FRS Holland via Mystery Radio signing on @ 0905 for a four hour programme. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with a live programme presented by Chris Ise. Heard @ 1440, with splash from religious station on 6225. SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" @ 0855 followed by ID jingle. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Merlin with rock music @ 1030. Good signal at the moment, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6286: Radio Record (tent) heard @ 1035 playing Blur "Parklife." Weak signal getting splash from Merlin. SINPO 23432. ID from Robertas' logs on alfalima

6290: Unid station playing Rolling Stones songs @ 1110 after c/d of Halloween Radio. SINPO 33433.

6291: Halloween Radio with spooky sounds @ 0920, utility QRM. SINPO 23432. To hear recording click here

6300: Unid station playing dance music @ 1015. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with polka @ 1210. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Brandaris Int with the Beach Boys @ 0910 followed by IDs and hotline in Dutch. SINPO 44433.

6310: Grensstad Radio with oldies @ 0850. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Malaisy (tent) with non-stop pop @ 1400. SINPO 44433.

6325: Unid station playing classical music @ 1020. SINPO 34433.

6325: Delta Radio (tent) come on top of the classical station. Stronger signal. Heard @ 1105, causing heterodyne. Supposedly 3rd station on the same frequency! SINPO 43433.

6325: Radio Hamamelis playing "The Twist" @ 1120 - only station on this frequency now. SINPO 34433.

6400: Radio Caroline Eifel with oldies and ID @ 0930. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6524: Radio Ramona playing "Hippy Hippy Shake" with new female DJ @ 0940. SINPO 34433.

6922u: Spider Radio with oldies. Weaker signal than last night. SINPO 24332.

9290: Radio Waves Int via Latvia playing country music @ 0945. Strong signal - S9+20dB. SINPO 55444.

(updated 20:45UTC)

Sat Nov 1

3905: Radio Bluestar heard @ 1625 playing Elvis Presley and closing down. He said will be back in an hour. SINPO 44433.

3924: Radio Fox 48 with modern rock @ 1735. Weak-fair signal with deep fades. SINPO 24332.

3930: Skyline International Radio playing polka @ 1630. Fair signal but low modulation. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 1545 with the start of Martin Scott's show, playing pumping dance tunes. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

5800: Radio Playback Int heard @ 0910 with "War, What Is It Good For?" Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6210: RNI WS (tent) with non-stop rock n roll @ 0855. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332. ID according to Iann's chat.

6219: Radio Bluestar heard @ 1507 playing "What's Going On." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop music @ 1705 followed by ID jingle. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio playing Guns N Roses @ 1955. Fair signal but fading. SINPO 34433.

6250: Radio Altrex playing dance music with cow noises @ 0850. SINPO 34433. Heard @ 1028 on 6240 - SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing a Rick Astley song @ 1015. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with schlager and polka. Heard @ 1525 with SINPO 34433.

6302: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 1030. Good signal but fading. Off a few minutes later. SINPO 44433.

6305: Radio Bermudadreieck heard @ 1500 with talk in German, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6310: Radio Lycos heard for the first time for a while, playing "Radar Love" @ 1455 before signing off. SINPO 34433. To hear recording click here

6310: Grensstad Radio playing Michael Jackson "Smooth Criminal" @ 1025. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6320: Radio Caroline Eifel (tent) @ 0925. Very difficult to hear due to strong utility QRM. SINPO 31331.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with instrumental music @ 1530. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6376: Radio Dutchwing with ID and signing off @ 1330. SINPO 33433.

6922: Spider Radio with a better signal tonight @ 2025, with a short SSTV transmission then playing an 80s song by Talk Talk. Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia @ 0900 with dance music. SINPO 45444.

(updated 20:30UTC)

Fri Oct 31

1655: Radio Barones who is probably the strongest of the Dutch MW pirates. Heard @ 2150 playing 10cc "Wall Street Shuffle." SINPO 34333.

FRS Holland this Sunday

Hello SW Friends,

FRS-Holland will be on air on Sunday November 2nd. The broadcast will start at 08.00 UTC/09.00 CET and close down will be at 12.00 UTC/13.00 CET. Of course we do hope propagation will be satisfactory that day.

Programme line-up consists of FRS Magazine, German Service, FRS Goes DX and FRS Golden Show. Ingredients. ...great music, DX News, letters, the day calendar for November 2nd, a radio related Internet item and an extract of a landbased pirate station of the past.

Radio entertainment on a Sunday. Tune in...6220 kHz/ 48 metres. That same day 15.00- 18.00 UTC/16.00- 20.00 CET will see a full repeat on the internet. Check on your computer http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u.

All letters from the previous broadcast are coming your way very soon (with the brand new QSL cards).

In February 2007 we started a new series consisting of four different QSL cards called the FRS Transmitter Series. QSL #4 will be issued ifor next Sunday's broadcast.

Edition 33 of FRS News is out now containing four A4 pages full of information and columns. A copy can be obtained simply by sending 2 euro to our mailing address. Alternatively you can get yourself a free digital copy provided you have MS Publisher on your computer. In that case just send us an e-mail.

73s, Peter V.
(on behalf of the FRS staff)

FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands

e-mail: frs.holland @ hccnet.nl or frs @ frsholland.nl

Also this weekend French station Radio Waves International are starting a month of special broadcasts to celebrate their 25th anniversary. You can hear them via Latvia on 9290 tomorrow (Saturday) from 19-2000UTC and on Sunday on 9290 from 09-1000UTC. Visit their website http://go.to/rwi for full details and how to get a QSL.

Thurs Oct 30

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing a Joni Mitchell song @ 1810. Good signal but a bit fady. SINPO 44433.

6055: KBC via Lithuania signing on @ 2130 with the Wolfman Jack show, opening with KC & the Sunshine Band. Some splatter from other stations nearby. S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with non-stop polka @ 1510, ID finally came at 1546, giving out hotline number. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

Halloween hunting

Joe Wood in Tennessee suggests we try listening out on Friday for American pirates:

He says: "The North American pirates usually pick up noticeably on Halloween, 31 Oct.

They usually start around 2000 UTC and keep it up all night. 6925 is still the best freq, but 6950, 6955 are still used on occasion.

If there is anybody on your side of the big water trying for one, it would bea great time to try.

With Halloween being on a Friday this year, the Pirates might be even more prolific."

You can also check the American pirate forum, The Vines, for logs of stations on the air.

Wed Oct 29

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing Queen "Show Must Go On" @ 1925. Much better signal tonight - peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio also putting in a stronger signal - after several days of getting no reception here. Heard @ 2020 with oldies. Weak signal but fair peaks, around S4. SINPO 24332.

Tues Oct 28

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music @ 2010, utility QRM. SINPO 43333.

Mon Oct 27

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music @ 1920 but then lost completely underneath strong morse QRM. SINPO 34333 to 31431.

Sun Oct 26

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott playing oldies and talking about the credit crunch @ 0940. SINPO 44433.

5803: Radio Playback Int playing "The Twist" @ 0810. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

5815: Orion Radio greeting listeners @ 0815, good signal. SINPO 44444.

5830: Radio Geronimo Shortwave heard @ 1115 talking about the Boat That Rocked film and giving out contact details. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertachtal signing on @ 1300 and opening with the Icicle Works "Love is a Wonderful Colour." SINPO 54444.

6200: Radio Scotland Int with a song by OMD @ 0845. Good signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6210: Radio Saturnus with "Creatures of the Night" @ 0915, splash from Scotland. SINPO 43433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and usual jingle ID @ 0825. SINPO 34433.

6241: Old Time Radio still going @ 0830, playing that pirate classic "Caroline," fair peaks. SINPO 23432.

6255: Radio Telstar South faded in. Heard @ 1245 playing Russ Conway. Usual slick presentation. SINPO 34433.

6261: Radio Doctor Juice just heard @ 0920 suffering splash from 6265 and utility QRM. SINPO 22332.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing the Divine Comedy "National Express" @ 0840. SINPO 34433.

6285: Unid station playing Laser 558 recordings @ 1240. SINPO 34433.

6302: Radio Doctor Juice greeting listeners @ 0930, move from 6261, fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6305: Radio Boomerang playing the Police "Roxanne" @ 1015, ID, on top of Brandaris. SINPO 53443.

6306: Radio Brandaris heard with instrumental music and jingle ID @ 1005. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6310: Grensstad Radio with Booker T & The MGs @ 0820. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Malaisy heard @ 1305 playing Euro-pop, followed by jingle ID. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6311: Radio Bonofox with ID and playing Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing" @ 0955. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Dutchwing with ID, playing country rock @ 1020. SINPO 34433.

6925: DRP Radio heard with IDs, playing r&b @ 1250. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6961: Unid station with dance music @ 1253. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

7480: Thunderbird Radio with oldies and IDs. Deep fades but reaching fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

(updated 13:10UTC)

Sat Oct 25

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a Johnny Cash song @ 0935. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

5803: Radio Playback Int heard @ 0820 playing "Tell It To My Heart." Fair signal but fading on signal. SINPO 34433.

6210: Radio Saturnus heard @ 1155 playing oldies and giving out hotline number. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6216: Radio King SW (tent) with rock music @ 0930. Poor signal. SINPO 24332.

6241: Old Time Radio playing "Born to be Wild" @ 2110, weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6250: Radio Altrex with instrumental music @ 0815. Fair signal but occasional utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6280: Radio Merlin playing Mi Amigo recordings @ 0955. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6290: Orion Radio playing instrumental music @ 0800. Good signal, off a few minutes later. SINPO 44444.

6305: Radio Optimod @ 0805 with instrumental music and polka, ID jingles. Strong signal - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

6305: Old Time Radio from Finland heard @ 1600 giving out hotline number, email and mailing address, playing rock music. Fair signal but quite a bit of fading. SINPO 34333. To hear recording click here

6306: Unid. Animal noises, rock music and Dr Tim jingles @ 1145. SINPO 33433.

6307: Radio Zulu Delta playing "Creatures of the Night" @ 0920, child giving IDs. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6308: Radio Golf Victor from north coast of the Netherlands calling Condor @ 1025. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 0950. Very good signal - best I've heard him but flattened Zulu Delta. SINPO 44444.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo playing "Heaven is a Place on Earth" @ 1442 with ID at 1447. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6524: Radio Ramona playing rock music @ 1010. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6554: Unid station playing Spanish music @ 1620. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

7315: DRP Radio playing pop @ 1210, deep fades. SINPO 23432.

7490: Voice of the Netherlands playing dance music @ 0940. Fair-good signal but quite a lot of fading on signal. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:20UTC)

Fri Oct 24

5803: Radio Playback Int with oldies and jingles @ 1830. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6210u: Radio Spaceshuttle Int (tent) @ 0855. Very weak music heard in usb but not strong enough for clear ID.

6220: Radio Playback Int playing "We Are Family" @ 0912, followed by jingles. Weak to fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6307: Delta Radio playing "Stairway to Heaven" @ 0845 followed by jingles and off. SINPO 44444.

6310: Grensstad Radio playing reggae @ 1240 followed by ID, fair-good signal, S7-8. SINPO 34433.

(updated 18:35UTC)