Sat Dec 20

3900: Radio Boomerang in QSO with Skyline and another station, Orion?, @ 1532. Usual strong signal. SINPO 44444.

3901: Delta Radio with instrumental music @ 2030. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

3910: Skyline International Radio playing "DISCO" @ 1425. Fair signal but audio a bit on the low side. SINPO 34333.

3930: Antonio Radio with schlager and greeting listeners @ 0905. SINPO 34333.

3932: Bogusman with chat and playing the Crash Test Dummies @ 1525. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing Blur @ 1030. SINPO 34333.

6205: DRP Radio playing Boney M "Daddy Cool" @ 0930. SINPO 34333.

6210: Time Radio playing Christmas music @ 0920, some SSB QRM. Closedown a few minutes later. SINPO 33433. To hear recording click here

6215: Radio King SW (tent) with oldies @ 0940. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6240: Misti Radio with Christmas music, IDs and sign off @ 0925. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Black Power with schlager @ 1340, splash from 6305. SINPO 33433.

6305: Unid station heard @ 1335 playing ELO. Good-strong signal. SINPO 44444.

6307: Radio Zulu Delta (tent) playing "War of the Worlds" @ 1015. Weak signal, faded out a few minutes later. SINPO 24332.

6310: Radio Altrex playing music by Madness @ 0912, greeting listeners. SINPO 33433.

6310: DRP Radio with instrumental music. Weak-fair signal @ 1420, some utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with oldies and IDs @ 1355. Weaker station underneath. SINPO 33433.

6325: Radio Quintus playing instrumental music @ 1415. SINPO 34433.

(updated 20:40UTC)

European Music Radio

Christmas Time on European Music Radio - Sun 21 December

6140 khz -
1300 to 1330 utc Paul Graham (Christmas oldie programme)
1330 to 1355 utc Colin King with the Jackie History (part 4)
1355 to 1400 utc Tom Taylor - EMR up date
9290 khz -
1400 to 1500 utc Mike Taylor with the Christmas Mail Box


EMR schedule for January - February and March 2009 is:
January - 13.00 to 13.30 utc Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 5)
February - 13.00 to 13.30 utc Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 6)
March - 13.00 to 14.00 utc Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 7)

Happy Christmas to all our Listeners from European Music Radio !
(Mike and Tom Taylor - Paul Graham - Colin King and all the staff of EMR)

Good Listening and all the best for 2009
73s Tom

Fri Dec 19

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing the Eurythmics @ 1600. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6205: DRP Radio with oldies and IDs @ 1040, some splash from VOTN. SINPO 33433.

6210: Voice of the Netherlands heard @ 1035 playing Roxy Music "More than This." Fair-good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6291: Starfighter Team @ 1045, suffering utility QRM. Dr Tim heard ID - he said it is a Dutch FM pirate. SINPO 33433.

Wed Dec 17

4025: Laser Hot Hits fading in later this evening. Heard @ 2155 playing a Roger Daltrey song. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with schlager @ 1335, giving out hotline number in Dutch and English. SINPO 34333.

Tues Dec 16

6310: Radio Altrex playing the song "Hey Joe" @ 0935. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

Mon Dec 15

3905: Radio Fox 48 playing country music @ 1945. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

4025: Britain Radio Int via LHH heard @ 2055 with Roger Davis saying the station is looking for a new mailing addresss as PO Box 39, Waterford is closed. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6215: Radio Altrex celebrating his birthday today. Heard @ 0955 with "You Spin Me Round." Some SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6310: Radio Altrex playing that pirate classic "We Love the Pirate Stations" @ 1340. SINPO 34433.

(updated 21:00UTC)

North American log

A log from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA:

6925u Wolverine Radio. 0246-0310. Sat 13 Dec. English. ID at 0252 as “Wolverine Radio.” Music from the 1970s thru the 1990s featuring the Hollies, The Police, Steely Dan, CCR and many others. Very good signal strength but lousy propagation. Poor.

Sun Dec 14

3945: Radio Free London heard with rock music @ 1825, playing "Don't Let Me Down." In parallel with 6400. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott playing the song "Crash" and talking about the credit crunch @ 1120. SINPO 44433.

5800: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1125 with an American radio programme. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

5815: Orion Radio playing "Jingle Bells" @ 0900. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6140: Bluestar Radio via Werchatal signing on @ 1300 and playing Johnny Cash. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6200: Radio Freebird Int (tent) playing "Japanese Boy" @ 0907. Weak signal. SINPO 23432.

6205: Radio DRP (tent) with Christmas music @ 1110. SINPO 24332.

6220: Radio Atlantic 2000 via Mystery Radio @ 0905 with Abba's "Dancing Queen." SINPO 33433.

6250: Radio Scotland Int with rock music @ 1025. SINPO 44433.

6260: Delta Radio with Ultravox "Vienna" @ 0910 with ID jingles. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing the Doobie Brothers "Listen to the Music" @ 0925. QRM from co-channel weaker station. SINPO 33433.

6280: Radio Golfbreker with polka @ 1210. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6285: Antonio Radio playing schlager @ 0915, splash from Borderhunter. SINPO 33433.

6290: Radio Borderhunter with "Stop the Cavalry" Jonah Lewie @ 0912. Strong signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 54444.

6300: Radio Boomerang testing his antenna tuner @ 1000 and asking for QSO. Usual strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6300: Radio Brandaris playing polka and instrumental music @ 1045. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6305: Radio Devalon with free radio news and recordings @ 1305, splash from 6300. SINPO 33433.

6307: Radio Shadowman with dance music @ 1010. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Zodiac with guest DJ Andy Richards playing blues music @ 1035. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6326: Radio Waves Int heard giving out address @ 0917. Poor signal. SINPO 23432.

6400: Radio Free London back on the air celebrating their 40th anniversary. Heard @ 0920 with rock music. SINPO 44433. By 1000, signal improved to 54444. To hear recording click here

6524: Radio Ramona with a Christmas special @ 1005. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

(updated 18:25UTC)

Sat Dec 13

3900: Radio Boomerang with a strong signal @ 2200, playing instrumental music. SINPO 54444. At 2202 moved to 3895.

3905: Radio Boomerang (tent) with pop @ 1420. SINPO 44433.

3905: Radio Fox 48 heard @ 2000 with a fair signal, although band quite noisy. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a good signal @ 1210, playing Hazel O'Connor "Eighth Day." Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

5800: Radio Playback Int playing "Never Can Say Godbye" @ 0910. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6205: DRP Radio with reggae @ 1440. Weak signal with some SSB QRM. SINPO 23332.

6215: Radio King SW with oldies @ 1055, weak signal. SINPO 23432.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1500. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6260: Delta Radio heard @ 1030 playing Kraftwerk "Autobahn," occasional ID jingles. SINPO 34333.

6285: Orion Radio with a good signal @ 0905 playing Elton John "Step into Christmas" SINPO 44444.

6290: Unid station heard briefly @ 1020 with pop music, faded out or c/d a few minutes later. SINPO 33433.

6295: Radio Mistletoe heard @ 1425 with Christmas programme - possibly repeat from last year. Good signal, off 1435, so probably testing. SINPO 44444.

6300: Radio Boomerang with dance music @ 1405. Strong signal. SINPO 54444. Also heard @ 1430 on 6302. Testing new antenna tuner.

6305: Radio Black Power heard briefly @ 1445 with ID before signal faded out. SINPO 34333.

6310: Orion Radio with schlager @ 1410, some utility QRM. SINPO 43443.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with "Just another Manic Monday. Heard @ 1435, some deep fades. SINPO 44433.

(updated 22:05UTC)

Fri Dec 12

6205: DRP Radio heard with dance music @ 0940, and occasional announcements. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

Weekend broadcasts

Atlantic 2000 International will be on the air this Sunday, 14 December 2008, from 09:00 to 10:00 UTC (10:00 to 11:00 CET) on 6220 kHz.

Before that, don't forget to visit our website: http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr/

(via swpirates)

Also look out for the return of Radio Free London this weekend on 6400 plus a 75mb frequency, celebrating its 40th anniversary. Email address to be announced during the all-day broadcast on Sunday.

(via alfalima.net)

Thurs Dec 11

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard with a good signal @ 2245. Martin Scott playing the song "Take Me for a Night in New York." SINPO 44433.

6205: DRP Radio (tent) with polka @ 1005. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6221: Unid station playing Abba "SOS" @ 1010. Weak signal with morse QRM. SINPO 23332.

6925u: Spider Radio (pres) with a weak signal @ 2015, playing oldies. SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:50UTC)

Wed Dec 10

6220: Delta Radio heard @ 1000 with jingles and playing the song "My Sharona." Fair signal, some SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

The Boat That Rocked trailer

The official trailer for the new film set aboard an offshore pirate radio ship in the Swinging 60s has now been released. See it on YouTube at: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XnQc3lO4JDs&fmt=18

(Mike Barraclough, anoraksuk)

The Boat That Rocked is due to be released in the UK on 1 May 2009.

Mon Dec 8

6310: Unid station with pop and dance music. Heard @ 1340 with a good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

Sun Dec 7

NEW ADDRESS LINKS: Anyone checking my address list on the Freewebs site might have found no new addresses have gone up recently. That is because for some reason they are not uploading. But now thanks to Google Docs the new pirate address list is now available. I've also put up the relayed station list as well. So to visit them go to the UKDXer's links on the right of this page or click here and here. As always, any amendments welcome.

3900: Radio Fox 48 testing @ 1630. Weak signal but audible. SINPO 23332.

3910: Skyline International Radio with polka and IDs @ 0940. Fair-good signal but quite high noise level with fading. SINPO 34333.

3932: Bogusman playing a song by The Mission @ 1010. Very good signal. SINPO 55444.

4025: Britain Radio Int v LHH heard @ 1050 with Roger Davis talking about programmes over Christmas, and playing Blondie "French Kissing in the USA." Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

4025@ Laser Hot Hits with Tony James playing a Carly Simon song @ 1600. SINPO 34433.

5800: Radio Playback Int with a relay of a US radio show @ 0845. SINPO 34333.

5815: Orion Radio playing a Christmas song @ 0850. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertachtal signing on @ 1300 and into rock music. SINPO 55544.

6200: Radio Doctor Tim playing "Jingle Bells" @ 0910, followed by ID. SINPO 33333.

6205: Radio Borderhunter playing Van Halen "Jump" @ 1130. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6205: DRP Radio playing "12 Days of Christmas" @ 1345. SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (pres) with rock music @ 0905. Fair signal but splash from Mystery. SINPO 33333.

6215: Unid station playing schlager @ 1210. Good signal - off without announcement. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0840. SINPO 44433.

6241: Radio Barones with schlager @ 1105. Not sure if from own tx or last night's MW px being rebroadcast by someone else. Slight whisle from station on 6240. SINPO 33333.

6265: Radio Altrex heard @ 0900 greeting Achim, playing oldies. No sign of Premier Radio. SINPO 33333.

6265: Premier Radio Int with "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" @ 1025. Altrex signed off. SINPO 33433.

6285: Antonio Radio playing schlager and Johnny Cash music @ 0920. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6300: Delta Radio with instrumental music @ 0945. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6305: Radio Brandaris Int with IDs and oldies @ 0855. SINPO 44444.

6307: Radio Shadowman playing OMD "Enola Gay" @ 1030. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6310: Orion Radio playing French songs @ 1525, fading out just before c/d at 1540. SINPO 44433.

6312: Radio Condor playing dance music @ 1035, splash from Shadowman. SINPO 43433.

6376: Radio Dutchwing playing 60s music @ 1310. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44333.

6385: RFB with polka and cockrell noises @ 1520. SINPO 34433.

6400: Radio Pionier playing rock and pop, ID with email address @ 1415. SINPO 33433.

6524: Radio Ramona with IDs and email address @ 1020. Fair signal but deep fades. SINPO 34333.

6925: DRP Radio playing dance music @ 1550. SINPO 23332.

(updated 17:00UTC)

Sat Dec 6

3900: Skyline International Radio heard in QSO with Sallandse Boer @ 1530. SINPO 34333.

3905: Radio Borderhunter playing the Clash "London Calling" @ 1645. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3920: Unid station with music just above noise level @ 1705. Possibly DRP? SINPO 24332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with an good signal @ 1135, with Mike Andrews playing Tina Turner "What's Love Gotta To Do With It." Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

5800: Radio Playback Int playing blues music @ 1120. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6205: DRP Radio playing dance music with cocks crowing. SINPO 34433.

6210: Radio Borderhunter with dance music @ 0900. Good signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6210: Time Radio with Christmas music @ 1315. Fair signal but fading. SINPO 34333. ID from Iann's chat.

6210: Radio Boomerang playing dance music @ 2045 before signing off. Weak signal but also logged in West Virginia, USA. SINPO 23432.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1535. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6265: Radio Altrex with rock music @ 0910. SINPO 34433.

6286: Rammstein Radio with music by Rammstein @ 0950. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6310: Delta Radio with ID jingles and playing A Flock of Seagulls @ 0905. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with ID and playing "I Know Him So Well" @ 1200. He was having a few technical problems with mic. SINPO 34433.

6925: DRP Radio heard @ 1335 playing "White Christmas." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

9290: Radio Joystick via Latvia playing dance music @ 0945. SINPO 55544.

9290: Radio Waves Int via Latvia signing on @ 1100 and playing "We Love the Pirate Stations." SINPO 55544.

9290: Radio Casablanca via Latvia @ 1215 playing German pop and schlager. SINPO 55544.

(updated 20:50UTC)

Fri Dec 5

3900: Antonio Radio playing oldies @ 2035. Fair-good signal, around S8. SINPO 34333.

3902: Radio Fox 48 playing the song "Love Hurts" @ 1905. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

3905: Radio Borderhunter testing @ 0955, playing dance music, greeting listeners. Signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

3928: Radio Fox 48 playing country rock @ 2325. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 2050 playing "I'll Go Where the Music Takes Me." Fair-good signal but rapid fading. SINPO 34433.

5800: Radio Playback Int heard @ 0950 with ID jingle, playing oldies. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6215: Radio Altrex with pop music @ 1355. SINPO 34433.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2030. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

(updated 23:40UTC)

Weekend relays

Relays this weekend via 9290 kHz, Ulbroka, Latvia:

Sat December 6th
Radio Joystick: 09.00 -10.00UTC
Latvia Today: 10.00 -11.00UTC
RWI: 11.00 -12.00UTC
Radio Casblanca: 12.00 -13.00UTC

Sun December 7th
Latvia Today: 13.00 -14.00UTC

Via 6140 khz, Wertachtal, Germany:

Sunday December 7th
MV Baltic Radio: 13.00 - 14.00 utc

Good Listening, 73s Tom

(via Tom Taylor)

Thurs Dec 4

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard at 2030 with soft rock, quite noisy on the frequency. SINPO 33333.

5800: Radio Playback Int with oldies @ 1940. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio coming in well this evening. Heard @ 2038 playing the song "Worried About Ray." Signal peaking at S6. SINPO 33333.