Thursday, September 17, 2009

EMR relay this Sunday

EMR relay this Sunday

Date: 20th September 2009
Time: 09.00 to 10.00 utc
Channel: 6140 khz
Programmes:
09.00 Tom Taylor programme
09.30 Mike Taylor (Mail Box programme)

EMR Internet radio service on Sunday and Monday
Programme repeats are at the following times:
0900 - 1200 - 1500 - 1800 and 2000 utc

Please visit www.emr.org.uk and click on the “EMR internet radio” button which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).

(via Tom Taylor)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Wed Sept 16

3920: Radio Noorderlicht & Radio Pacman in QSO at 2140. Noorderlicht 54444 & Pacman 34333. MRF calling Pacman @ 2147 - SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio
with dance music from 70s or 80s. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6377: Radio Dutchwing
with IDs and playing 60s music. Heard @ 1710 with the Kinks "Lola", some CW QRM. Off at 1725. SINPO 34433.

Radio Lowland database

Radio Lowland wants to build a database with the shortwaves listeners, for his website.

If you want to be in this database, please send your NAME, CITY and COUNTRY to : radiolowland@hotmail.com

(via Iann Cwiklinski)

(Lowland's website can be accessed via http://swcholland.com/)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Tues Sept 15

6220: Mystery Radio playing dance music @ 1900, good signal. SINPO 44444.

6307: Radio Skywire
heard with the songs "Runaway Train" and "Hungry Heart" and ID @ 1825. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Mon Sept 14

3900: Radio Pluto heard @ 2045 playing oldies. Weak signal with fair peaks, using 20W. SINPO 24332.

6210: Misti Radio
playing Cuban salsa music @ 1415. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6870: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1725 playing a Billy Ocean song, followed by ID jingle. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Sun Sept 13

3931: Radio Bluestar with Dutch songs @ 1935. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

3940: Radio Jan van Gent
heard signing off @ 1927, giving out email address and spelling out name, whistle from station on 3939, best in USB. SINPO 23332.

5802: Radio Scotland Int
heard @ 0800 talking about his new transmitter, off at 0803. SINPO 44433.

5805: Radio Telstar South with 60s music @ 1950, but signal beginning to fade out. SINPO 34333.

5815: Orion Radio with Dutch songs @ 0805. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6205: Radio Saturnus playing Dutch songs @ 0850, fair peaks but deep fades. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with ID jingle and oldies @ 0755. SINPO 44433.

6292: Radio Scotland Int back on @ 0905, playing ELO "Roll Over Beethoven." Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6300: Radio Borderhunter heard @ 1000 playing "Walk on Water" and "It's A Beautiful Life." SINPO 44433.

6300: Radio Golfbreker heard @ 1110 with IDs and Dutch music. In the clear after Borderhunter signed off. SINPO 34333.

6310: Grensstad Radio with instrumental music @ 0900, giving IDs and hoping for good conditions. SINPO 34333.

6321: Radio Quintus playing Dutch songs @ 0815, and ID. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Mustang heard @ 1145 playing The Carpenters." Fair signal but fair bit of fading. SINPO 34333.

6377: Radio Dutchwing playing "Born to be Wild" @ 1105, canned ID. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6424: Radio Pionier heard @ 1120 with a Dutch song, then canned ID and email announcement, then the song "Doctor Doctor." SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int heard with song "Kayleigh" @ 2000. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Sat Sept 12

3895: Unid station playing dance music @ 1940, also heard playing country music. Strong signal. SINPO 54444. (possibly Skyline)

3905:
Unid station playing techno music @ 1815. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

3935: Radio Nova with oldies and jingles @ 1900. Weak signal and quite noisy frequency. SINPO 24332.

5805: Radio Telstar South playing "My Green Tambourine" @ 1845. Splash from station on 5810. SINPO 43443.

6215: Radio King Shortwave
(tent) with rock music @ 0755. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pops @ 1710. Good signal already - SINPO 44433.

6240: Radio Altrex with dance music @ 0835, SSB QRM. SINPO 33333. Moved @ 0843 to 6265 to avoid the QRM - SINPO 34333.

6285: Radio Trans Europe with ID and giving out email address, playing Dutch music @ 1135. SINPO 24332.

6300: Flux AM back on the shortwave after many years away. Heard @ 1320 with jingles and Dutch music. Only using 2W so weak signal but climbed to fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6305: Radio Spaceshuttle (tent) with techno music @ 1655 and occasional IDs. Weak signal, difficult to hear through the noise. SINPO 24332.

6310: Radio Lowland playing country music, then promo for the Summer Meeting 2010 @ 1750. Good signal and clear audio. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with ID and Dutch songs @ 0850. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Mustang with non-stop music. Heard @ 1730 with Dutch songs and polka. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6328: Unid station heard @ 1140 playing Queen "It's A Kind Of Magic," before moving a minute later to 6399 where heard with more non-stop oldies. SINPO 34333.

6377: Radio Dutchwing with jingle ID and playing country music @ 1425. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6400: Sonnet Radio heard playing Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" @ 1913. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int playing "You'll Never Find Another Love" @ 0745. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Fri Sept 11

3900: Skyline International Radio with Dutch songs @ 1925. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3916:
Unid station playing "Just Be Good to Me" @ 2115, good-strong signal but whistle due to BBC on 3915. Not a good choice of frequency. Off a few minutes later. SINPO 43443.

6220/6870: Mystery Radio/Playback International
with a live programme. Heard @ 2035 with Fat Boy Slim "Praise You." Best signal on 6220 - 44444, weaker on 6870 - 24332.

6240: Radio Altrex
heard playing "Railroadman" @ 2055, weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6300: Delta Radio
heard playing "Wild Thing" @ 1020, followed by ID jingle. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

Pirate DJ plans to get a licence

A PIRATE radio DJ thrown off the airwaves after a raid at his home in Dorchester (in Dorset, England) is vowing to be on the airwaves once again.

Single dad James Wilson, 26, was running the illegal radio station Bad Influence FM for five months before the communications regulator Ofcom raided his flat this month and took the station off air.

(via Dorset Echo, click here to read full story)

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Thurs Sept 10

6220: Mystery Radio with oldies @ 2050. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Wed Sept 9

6220: Mystery Radio back on tonight, heard @ 2015 with oldies, splash from 6225. SINPO 43443.

6870: Radio Playback Int
with a poor signal. Music heard on peaks @ 1945. SINPO 24332.

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Tues Sept 8

6925u: Spider Radio with a weak signal, heard @ 2057 with Il Silenzio, which cuts through the noise. SINPO 24332.

7550: Radio Amica
heard with a good signal @ 1930, with a programme featuring a discussion by two men in Italian - possibly a relay of a local station. SINPO 44433.

Monday, September 07, 2009

Mon Sept 7

6220: Mystery Radio with a strong signal @ 1905, playing dance music. SINPO 54444.

6870: Radio Playback Int
also powering in tonight, peaking at S9+10dB. Heard @ 1855 with the song "Love Town." SINPO 54444.

6925u: Spider Radio with a poor signal - even via Barney's web tuner. Logged @ 2040 with SINPO 24432

North American logs

Here are a couple of North American logs from Joe Wood in Tennessee:

6925 Unid. 2029-2045* Sun 6 Sep. EG. Continuous soft acoustic mx featuring YL vocals. No ID or sign off heard. This one had a strong signal, but would occasionally fade and had two spots of dead air. Fair.

6925 Channel Z (p). 2357-0100+, Sun/Mon 6/7 Sep. EG. Music by Cat Stevens, Moody Blues, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66, and others. OM anncr with extensive comments on the mx between sets. Partial IDs at 0014 and 0026. F-G.

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Sun Sept 6

3900: Radio Jan van Gent heard for the first time on shortwave, playing country music @ 1945, ID at 1955. Fair-good signal but noisy frequency. SINPO 34333.

5810: Radio Telstar South
playing a Ricky Nelson song @ 0815, splash from 5815. SINPO 33433.

5815: Radio Tina with Cliff Richard "We Don't Talk Anyone" @ 0805. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

5825: Radio Geronimo heard @ 0930 with "Gotta Me On The Run" then giving out Eisenach mailing address and email address. Fair but fady signal. SINPO 34333.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertachtal playing The Doors "The End" @ 0950. Strong signal. SINPO 55444.

6205: Radio East Coast Holland heard @ 0755 playing rock music and greeting listeners in Iann's chat. SINPO 44433.

6205: Voice of the Netherlands playing "I've Been Waiting for A Girl Like You" @ 1115. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6210: Misti Radio playing music from Andes @ 0940. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with ID and oldies @ 0800. SINPO 34333.

6260: Unid station with 60s music @ 0910, turning transmitter off and off, no ID heard. SINPO 44433.

6260: Radio Tina playing Abba's "Money Money Money" @ 1207. SINPO 44444.

6285: Radio Trans Europe with rock n roll @ 0820. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6289: Radio Mustang @ 1255 with ID, playing "Cotton Eye Joe." SINPO 34333.

6298: Radio Condor with dance music @ 0855, whistle due to station on 6300. SINPO 43443. Moved to 6290 a few minutes later. SINPO 44444.

6300: Radio Tornado playing "I Will Survive" @ 0900, frequent IDs. SINPO 33333.

6305: Radio Malaisy with ID jingle, playing dance music @ 1310. SINPO 34333.

6308: Cupid Radio playing "Walking on Sunshine" @ 0903, giving out hotline number. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6324: Radio Marconi heard @ 1253 signing off in Dutch. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6325: Radio Mustang (tent) with non-stop oldies. Heard @ 1130 with "You Can't Hurry Love." SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Lowland on @ 1256 with report to Marconi. SINPO 34433.

6375: Radio Hamamelis playing "Please Release Me" @ 0920. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6380: Radio Lowland testing @ 1145. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6401: Radio Shadow playing lot of records in a row before ID came at 2030. Heard @ 2005 playing Bryan Adams "Summer of 69." SINPO 44433, but signal beginning to fade out.

6425: Radio Pionier (tent) with country music @ 0750. Off a few minutes later. SINPO 44433.

6870: Radio Playback Int & Mystery Radio with a live show @ 2040, playing the Rubettes. Better on parallel 6220. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2035 with oldies, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

Saturday, September 05, 2009

Sat Sept 5

3885: Overijssel Radio with Dutch songs @ 2005, ID by child. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

3895: Antonio Radio
with polka @ 2025, fair-good signal but SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

3905: Radio Oscar Zulu
playing "Moon River" @ 1955. Fair signal but quite high noise level. SINPO 34333.

3935: Radio Tina
with "I Won't Let You Down" @ 1950, thanks for greetings. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6210: Misti Radio with ID and email address @ 0920, playing gipsy music. SINPO 34333.

6210: Radios Tina & Orion
with the TV polka @ 1220. Good signal but fair bit of fading. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback Int
playing "I Don't Wanna Be A Hero" @ 1945. Some splash from RTE. Audio went off for a few minutes leaving dead air, before returning. SINPO 43443.

6265: Radio Altrex
playing ABC @ 0830. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Merlin finally faded in here, heard @ 1040 with Jackie Frost playing rock n roll. SINPO 34433.

6289: Radio Mustang (pres) with Dutch music. Lost under stronger station on 6292 until it signed off @ 1250, then SINPO 34333.

6292: Unid station playing heavy rock, including Black Sabbath @ 1235. Good-strong signal, off with no ID at 1250. SINPO 44433.

6295: Sonnet Radio was briefly heard @ 1045 with oldies. Fair signal but disappeared again a few minutes later. Same as station's web stream. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Tornado with IDs and giving out email address, playing pop @ 1215. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music and IDs @ 0925. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6380: Radio Lowland with Dutch songs and IDs. Heard @ 1300 with a fair signal, some splash from station on 6385.

6385: Radio Marconi (tent) with Dutch songs @ 1250. Good signal but no IDs heard. SINPO 44433.

6870: Radio Playback Int with rap music @ 0745. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies followed by SSTV @ 2035. Poor signal tonight. SINPO 24332.

9510: Radio Joystick via IRRS playing dance music @ 0840. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

Friday, September 04, 2009

Fri Sept 4

3885: Overijssel Radio heard playing everything from polka to Black Sabbath! Good signal @ 2045. SINPO 44433. Thanks for ID, Achim (see comments)

3905: Radio Bluestar
with a good signal @ 1855, playing "Circle in the Sand." Some fading. SINPO 44433.

3930: Radio Tina & Orion
heard @ 1930 playing "Rock Steady Crew." Good signal. SINPO 44444. To hear a recording click here

5810: Radio Telstar South
heard briefly @ 0903, playing Todd Rundgren. But by 0906 signal faded out again. Good while it was there. SINPO 44433.

6210: Misti Radio with a weak-fair signal @ 0910, playing oldies. Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with oldies @ 2025, splash from RTE. SINPO 43443.

6870: Radio Playback Int with dance music @ 2030. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

KBC to leave shortwave

KBC Radio, which broadcasts on 6055 via Lithuania from 2130-2230 UTC every night (and Sundays 0200-0300 UTC on 6110) has announced it is stop broadcasting on shortwave from September 30.

On their website, the station says it is moving and will be announcing its new frequency soon. It would appear they are moving to medium wave. Maybe back to their old frequency on 1386!

Visit: http://www.kbcradio.eu/

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Thurs Sept 3

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1935. Good signal but usual splash from RTE on 6225. SINPO 43433.

WNKR on 1395

This from Andy Sennitt of Media Network: "Before I get swamped with questions about what’s happening on 1395 kHz, a Dutch frequency last used by UK-based Big L, another UK-based station has moved to that frequency at weekends. WNKR, a pirate station that has been operating for 22 years, has moved to 1395 from 1476 kHz, apparently to avoid interference from a Spanish station, but is now suffering interference in the evenings from Trans World Radio operating from Albania with high power. The station apparently also has a shortwave transmitter on 6311 kHz."

(via http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/ .... there's also 11 comments on the item as well)

WNKR is rarely on shortwave these days, and not necessarily 6311.