Sun Aug 2

3900: Skyline International Radio with oldies @ 1855. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3910: Radio Quintus with Dutch music @ 1900. Good signal but co-channel with weaker Reflections Europe. SINPO 43433.

3921: Husten Pirate (tent) on SW for first time, heard @ 1905 playing country music, giving IDs. Good signal but QRM from strong utility. SINPO 43433. To hear recording click here

3932: Bogusman playing recording of comedian Alexei Sayle @ 1920. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 54444.

3940: Radio Piepzender with Dutch music @ 1830, het from adjacent station. SINPO 43433.

5800: Unid station playing "Living in a Perfect World" @ 1930 and some American commercials, splash from Telstar. Fair signal. SINPO 33333.

5810: Radio Telstar South playing the theme from Stingray @ 1925 and the song "What A Day for A Daydream." Good signal. SINPO 44444.

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0750 playing "I Put A Spell On You," followed by ID and greetings to listeners. SINPO 34333.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertachtal heard @ 0905 apologising for delay in sending out QSLs, playing the Cosmic Cowboys. SINPO 55444.

6205: Radio Suzuki with oldies @ 1020, weak signal just audible above the noise. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback International with oldies @ 1825. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6240: Radio Dancemodulation with IDs and playing dance music @ 1910. Weak signal, beast via Bedford web receiver. SINPO 24332.

6295: Radio Transeurope playing "Daydream Believer" @ 0845. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6305: Radio Scotland Int with dance music @ 0745, off a few minutes later with jingle ID. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Condor heard through the noise with weak-fair signal @ 1155, playing oldies. SINPO 24332.

6380: Radio Marconi with instrumental music @ 1815, ID and playing Dutch music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6425: Radio Pionier with schlager @ 1135, followed by jingle ID. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6455: Free Radio Victoria with dance music @ 1200. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int playing piano music @ 0850. Fair signal but lot of noise. SINPO 34232.

Sat Aug 1

3900: Radio Alice playing Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend" @ 1755. Fair signal but improving. SINPO 34333.

6210: Radio Mustang (tent) with Pat Benatar "Love is a Battlefield" @ 0955. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with jingle ID and playing oldies. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio Altrex heard @ 0805 playing Brotherhood of Man "Save All Your Kisses for Me." Fair signal but deep fading. SINPO 34333.

6295: Unid station heard briefly @ 0915. Very fluttery signal and difficult to hear - faded out few minutes later. SINPO 24332.

6302: Radio Werklank with Dutch music @ 2015, het from Western Sahara station on 6300. SINPO 43433.

6310: Sonnet Radio with a programme called Sub Tub 171 playing pop and dance music @ 2010. The web site is down while it is moved to a new server. SINPO 44433.

6376: Radio Dutchwing with weak signal @ 0950, ID heard and into Dutch music, some sort of utility hum. SINPO 23332.

6385: Radio Lowland with jingles, playing polka and greeting listeners @ 1810. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int playing a song by James @ 1950, in parallel with 6220. SINPO 34333.

7550: Radio Amica @ 2000 with oldies, occasional announcements in Italian. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

9510: Radio Joystick via IRRS with Charlie Prince playing "Respect Yourself" by the Kane Gang @ 0810. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

Fri July 31

3910: Radio Boomerang with Dutch songs @ 2025 and ID in English. Usual strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback Int with jingle and playing "New York, New York" @ 2050. SINPO 44444.

6265: Radio Altrex from the "land of cheese," greeting listeners, talking about the weather @ 2053. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Merlin playing jazz music @ 2056, jingle but couldn't make out station name. Fair signal but strong QRM making it difficult to hear. SINPO 32432. (see comments)

6305: Radio Boomerang with ID and Dutch music @ 2045, moved from 3910. SINPO 54444.

6320: Radio Lowland playing 10cc "Dreadlock Holiday" @ 2040. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2030. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

North American pirate activity

Ragnar Daneskjold writes: "Since the beginning of this year I have maintained a database of (North American) pirate broadcasts as logged in the Free Radio Weekly. I have graphed freq used, station activity, and pirate activity by month in 2009. Some interpretation was required to distinguish individual broadcasts and frequencies but the larger trends of activity can be easily identified. This database only contains logs from the FRW and is not to be considered definitive. I plan to maintain this project throughout 2009. Weekly updates occur on Monday or Tuesday. The overview can be found on the Activity Page of piratesweek.info. Links to the monthly details can be found at the bottom of the page.
http://shortwavepirate.info/pw/wordpress/activity/

(http://www.piratesweek.info Free Radio Weekly, July 19 via DX Listening Digest)

North American logs

Some logs from Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee:

6925u Spoof Numbers Station. 0343-0345*. Friday 31 July. EG. YL vox with continuous string of numbers. OM at 0344 with bleating goat and “I guess I should be going.” Good.

6925 MAC. 0428-0503+. Fri 31 July. EG. MAC Shortwave with Crazy Hans as the announcer. Many Germanic cover versions of US pop songs. From 0455 through 0503, it was all Teutonic anthems. Good signal with some fades. F-G.

6940 Radio Casablanca. 0252-0332+. Fri 31 July. EG. Very nice prgm of big band mx from the 1940’s. ID at 0330 as “This is Radio Casablanca.” F-G.

Thurs July 30

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 2145 playing Harpo's song "Movie Star" followed by ID jingle. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

Wed July 29

3905: Radio Piepzender playing Dutch songs @ 2030, also on web stream at www.piepzender.eu. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Mike Andrews palying REO Speedwagon @ 1920. Good signal but utility QRM. SINPO 43443.

6055: KBC via Lithuania with Wolfman Jack and playing Bad Company "Can't Get Enough" @ 2155. Very strong signal - S9+40dB. SINPO 55544.

6220: Mystery Radio with Playback @ 1910 playing "Life is a Cabaret." SINPO 44433.

6280: Unid station playing soundtrack from the Wizard of Oz film. Heard @ 0915 with fair-good signal before fading out around 0925. Possibly Merlin. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Mustang with instrumental music @ 1415, testing his antenna. Fair signal but fading. SINPO 34333.

Tues July 28

3900: Radio Baken 16 playing Brainbox "Dark Rose" @ 2150. Good signal but noise level quite high. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1930 with a Madonna song followed by The Pretenders. Good-strong signal, but some utility QRM. SINPO 54444.

6220: Radio Playback Int/Mystery Radio with Nena "99 Luftballons" @ 1925 followed by jingles from the two stations. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6870: Radio Playback Int with JJ signing off @ 2010. Fair signal but atmospheric noise making it difficult to hear. In parallel with better 6220. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio with Tears for Fears "Everyone Wants to Rule the World" @ 2020. Better signal tonight but utility noise on frequency. SINPO 23332.

MV Baltic celebrates Woodstock

MV Baltic Radio is on next Sunday, August 2 at 09.00 to 10.00 UTC on 6140 KHz, via Wertachtal.

Woodstock celebrates its 40th anniversary. Next weekend in our transmission we will present a special programme all about the Woodstock festival of 1969.

MV Baltic Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service schedule for summer 2009:
1st Sunday – MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday – European Music Radio
4th Sunday – Radio Gloria International

We wish you good listening and good reception!
73s Tom

(via Tom Taylor)

2nd Sunday still remains blank after Bluestar pulled out.

Mon July 27

3905: Bluestar Radio signing off @ 2035 with contact details. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 2045 with Tony James playing the Motors and "Airport." Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback @ 2030 with oldies and "Playback" jingle. SINPO 44444.

6302: Radio Black Power playing schlager @ 1938, ID in Dutch, off 1952. Not a good frequency as het from W Sahara station on 6300. Black Power peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 53443.

6325: Radio Mustang with polka @ 1930. Good signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2055, just audible above the noise level. SINPO 24332.

Sun July 26

3900: Antonio Radio (tent) with Dutch music @ 1830, difficult to hear above the noise level. SINPO 24332.

3931: Bogusman playing Primal Scream @ 1820. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Gary Drew playing the Fatback Band @ 0750. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertachtal signing on @ 0900 in English and playing song "Dreaming of You." SINPO 44444.

6210: Unid station @ 1125 with Dutch music. Maybe Mustang, but too weak to hear clear ID. SINPO 24332.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery @ 0810. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6254: Britain Radio Int made a very brief appearance, faded in @ 1010, just in time for an ID and some music, then disappeared again five minutes later. Signal peaked at S9.

6265: Unid station heard @ 2145 playing non-stop Beatles songs on 15 minute loop tape. Swinging Radio England jingle also heard. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6300: Delta Radio, Gelderland playing instrumental music, ID in Dutch. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6317: Radio Kilo Tango Lima with oldies @ 1105. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Northsea Int via TSI101 playing Taylor Dayne "Tell It To My Heart" @ 0845, followed by IDs and RNI jingle. Signal faded out a few minutes later. SINPO 34433.

6360: Radio Lowland playing The Killers "Human" @ 2058. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44333.

6380: Radio Marconi heard @ 0930 with polka, long period of non-stop music, ID @ 10005. SINPO 34333.

6398: Radio Baken 16 playing "Do You Want to Funk" @ 2200 followed by Iron Maiden "Bring Your Daughters to the Slaughter." Certainly a varied playlist! SINPO 44333.

6424: Radio Pionier with a Dutch song @ 0755, followed by jingle ID. SINPO 34333.

Sat July 25

3900: Skyline International Radio playing Wham! @ 1820. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3900: Radio Baken 16 came on @ 2140 after Skyline signed off. Heard greeting listeners, Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3910: Radio Pacman @ 1835 (SINPO 34333) and Santana @ 1837 (24332) giving reports to Polaris. Pacman also heard on 3912 @ 1845.

3911: Radio Polaris playing Soft Cell @ 1810. SINPO 34433.

3926: Radio Alice with polka @ 1805. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with instrumental music @ 0750. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44333.

6210: Radio Mustang (tent) heard @ 1115 with oldies. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Radio Borderhunter moved here @ 1415, playing Dutch songs. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with oldies @ 1650. Fair signal but fair bit of fading. Bit early to fade in properly. SINPO 34433.

6295: Radio Borderhunter testing his transmitter @ 1400. Good signal, audio and modulation also good. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Altrex playing the Mamas & the Papas "California Dreaming" @ 0755. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Black Power with ID @ 1345, playing the song "A Walk in the Park." Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6380: Radio Marconi (tent) playing T-Pau "China In Your Hand" @ 1635. Fair signal but deep fades. SINPO 34433.

6380: Radio Rock AM heard@ 2200 playing Rammstein and giving out address. Fair-good signal but CW QRM. SINPO 33433.

6870: Radio Playback Int & Mystery with JJ live playing M "Pop Music" @ 2145. In parallel with stronger 6220. SINPO 44333.

Fri July 24

3930: Antonio Radio with Dutch music @ 2150. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3945: Bogusman with a good signal, heard @ 2200 playing indie music and talking about Glastonbury festival. SINPO 44433.

4025: Britain Radio Int via LHH heard @ 2205 giving out web address, playing a record from the station's Rare 60s Archive. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio & Playback with a live programme, heard @ 2140 playing "Papa Was A Rolling Stone." In parallel with 6870. SINPO 44444.

6240: Radio Altrex playing music from the 1930s @ 2135. Fair signal but noisy. SINPO 34333.

6310: Delta Radio with a good signal, playing "Cat in the Cradle" @ 2130. SINPO 44444.

6400: TIS101 heard with a first shortwave test today, heard @ 2005 with relay of a RNI programme. Has a website at http://tsi101.blog.co.uk. Fair signal. SINPO 34333. ID through Iann's chat.

6420: Free Radio Victoria with Elvis Presley and "Blue Suede Shoes" @ 2215. Testing 12m vertical antenna. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6870: Radio Playback Int & Mystery playing Take That "Everything Changes" @ 2145. Good signal but higher noise level that parallel 6220. SINPO 44333.

Thurs July 23

3890: Free Radio Victoria heard @ 2145 with playing the Eagles, then Tubeway Army. Good signal but fair bit of noise. SINPO 44333.

3925: Unid station with Laser 558 recordings, heard @ 1900 with Charlie Wolf playing Jennifer Rush "Power of Love." Good signal. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music @ 1905. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop music @ 1955. Good signal - little problem from RTE on 6225. SINPO 44444.

Wed July 22

3905: Orion Radio @ 1955 playing the Shadows, sending out greetings, then playing "Nikita." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3925: Unid station with Laser 558 recordings, heard @ 1948 playing Elton John "Nikita." SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing recording from its FM days, announcing 101.7, and playing the Kinks @ 2005. SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1940. Strong signal tonight - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

Tues July 21

3900: Radio Baken 16 heard @ 2145 with oldies. Fair-good signal but lot of static noise. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 2010 playing Depeche Mode "See You." Unfortunately strong utility QRM as well. SINPO 53443. Utility off few minutes later.

6220: Mystery Radio with David Bowie @ 2000, followed by ID jingle. Splash from RTE on 6225, strong peaks. SINPO 43443.

6925u: Spider Radio heard with a weak signal @ 2015. SINPO 24332.

Mon July 20

4025: Britain Radio Int via LHH heard @ 2030 with the song "It's Good Enough for You" from Dodgy. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1920, followed by jingle ID. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Bermudadreick (tent) heard @ 1905 with talk in German. Weak signal with heavy static noise, occasional peaks. SINPO 23332.

Sun July 19

3900: Skyline International Radio with oldies and greeting listeners @ 1800. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

3920: Antonio Radio with polka and ID @ 2030. Fair signal but noise quite high. SINPO 34333.

3945: Bogusman heard @ 0745 playing Muse, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with an All About Eve song @ 0750. SINPO 44333.

5815: Orion Radio heard @ 0905 playing Dutch songs, then the Dr Tim song. SINPO 34333.

6140: European Music Radio via Wertachtal signing on for their 200th transmission. Tom Taylor heard playing dance music. Fair bit of fading on signal today. SINPO 45433.

6220: Mystery Radio playing oldies @ 0815. SINPO 33333.

6240: Radio Altrex with oldies, but strong utility QRM making listening difficult @ 0810. SINPO 32332. Heard again @ 2210 playing the Everley Brothers. Good signal tonight - SINPO 44433.

6265: Radio 48 reading emails and playing Saxon @ 0755. SINPO 34333.

6298: Retro Radio back on the air, playing Barclay James Harvest "Mockingbird" @ 0805. Was announcing 6285. Good signal. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

6301: Magic Radio testing new equipment and giving out contact details @ 0857. Fair signal. SINPO 33333.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 0800, said would be signing off soon. SINPO 34333.

6430: Free Radio Victoria heard @ 2150 playing the Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand." Good signal but utility QRM and fading. SINPO 43433.

Sat July 18

3900: Polaris Radio with instrumental music @ 2025, followed by Depeche Mode and the operator chatting in Dutch on Skype. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3945: Bogusman back on this frequency, heard @ 2240 talking about the Gurkhas and playing indie music. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0840 with Stewart Ross playing Elvis Costello playing "Pump it Up." SINPO 44433.

5810: Unid station playing tracks from Alan Parsons Project @ 2005. Good signal but no IDs. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback @ 1720 with Grant Benson playing "These Boots Were Made for Walking." Fair signal but quite a lot of fading. SINPO 34333.

6240: Radio Altrex talking about his holidays and playing "Let's Do the Timewarp" @ 2233. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio 48 coming in with a fair signal @ 1005, greeting Michael in Poland and playing ELO "Evil Woman." SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Condor heard playing dance music @ 1745 and talking about his holidays. Fair signal reaching good peaks. SINPO 34333. Also heard @ 2225 with SINPO 34333.

6327: Radio Waves Int with country music @ 1945. Weak signal but heard ID on peak. SINPO 24332.

6375: Polaris Radio with pop @ 2255. Fair-good signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

6400: Sonnet Radio playing "Eleanor" by the Turtles @ 1825. Good signal peaking at S9+10dB. Occasional jingles. SINPO 44444.

6870: Radio Playback Int with Mystery Radio @ 1955 with Chris Ise playing Michael Jackson "Beat It." In parallel with 6220. SINPO 33433.

Fri July 17

3900: Skyline International Radio heard @ 2230 with polka. Good signal but some rapid fading. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music, repeat of programme from May. Heard @ 1750 with S9+10dB signal. SINPO 54444.

5810: Radio Telstar South heard @ 2140 playing Petula Clark. Good-strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6210: Unid station playing non-stop Dutch music @ 1755, weak signal with occasional peaks. Splash from Iran which signed on just before 1800. SINPO 23332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1740. Fair signal. SINPO 34333. Heard @ 2030, teamed up with Playback for a live show with Grant Benson in parallel with 6870. SINPO 44444.

6265: Radio 48 with a mention of this site (thanks) and playing an instrumental version of "Whole Lotta Love" @ 1800. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6309: Sonnet Radio playing "Sign of the Times" @ 2145. Strong signal peaking at S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

6325: Sonnet Radio playing Rod Stewart @ 2005. Fair signal with some utility QRM. SINPO 33433. At 2008 moved to 6319, although according to station, it should've been 6310, but problem with crystal. SINPO 43433.

6375: Sonic Radio with a weak signal heard @ 2015. SINPO 23332.

6870: Radio Playback Int playing A Flock of Seagulls @ 2020, live programme, in parallel with 6220. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2035. Weak signal tonight. SINPO 24332.