Fri Oct 16

3880: Radio Jan Van Gent with polka @ 2035, whistle from another nearby station. SINPO 33333.

3890: Radio Sallandse Boer with oldies @ 2150. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

3900: Skyline International Radio heard @ 1815 playing a French song. Good signal but noisy signal. SINPO 44333.

3905: Unid station with oldies @ 2050. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3910: Unid station playing Elton John song @ 2040. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with a James Blunt song @ 1825. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Thurs Oct 15

3930: Radio Jan Van Gent with Dutch music followed by song "Hallelejah" @ 1940. Fair signal but fair amount of noise. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with an instrumental tune @ 1945. Good signal but usual splash from RTE on 6225. SINPO 43433.

Radio City returns

Radio City - the Station of the Cars will be back soon via Nexus (formerly known as IRRS) with 150 kW from Slovakia on 9510 kHz on the third Saturday of each month between 10 and 11 hours CET (at the moment corresponding to 0800-0900 GMT).

The first programme will be on the air this Saturday, October 17.

Contact address remains citymorecars@yahoo.ca.

Radio City - the Station of the Cars

(not heard since the Latvia relay station closed at the end of last year)

Wed Oct 14

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1930, splash from RTE on 6225 signing on. Good signal. SINPO 43443.

European Music Radio

EMR relay this Sunday
Date: 18 October 2009
Time: 09.00 to 10.00 utc
Channel: 6140 khz (via Wertachtal)
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).

Please send all reception reports to: studio@emr.org.uk

Good Listening 73s Tom

(via Tom Taylor)

Tues Oct 13

3945: Central Radio (pres) heard @ 1955 with oldies. Good signal but audio still sounding rough. SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1900 playing Spandau Ballet. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

Sun Oct 11

Very busy today as stations took advantage of the good conditions....

3945: Bogusman playing a Kim Wilde song @ 1835. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

5805: Radio Telstar South putting in a good signal @ 1845, playing the Love Affair. SINPO 44433.

5810: Radio Merlin moved to escape the crowded 48mb @ 0940. Signal faded a bit - SINPO 24332. Also on 6215 @ 1010 with big band music. SINPO 44433.

5815: Orion Radio greeting listeners, talk about weather and playing a Dutch song @ 0810. SINPO 44433.

5820: Radio Baken 16 playing the Thompson Twins @ 0950. SINPO 34333.

6205: Radio Borderhunter with Gun N Roses' version of "Sweet Home Alabama" @ 0825. SINPO 44444.

6212: Radio Scotland Int playing The Cure @ 0750, talking about closing down to fix transmitter. SINPO 44444. Back again, on 6220 @ 0900 with stronger signal - 54444. Then at 1025 on 6206 - 54444.

6220: Mystery Radio playing Kate Bush with "Baboushka" @ 2140 followed by jingle. Signal beginning to fade. SINPO 34333.

6240: Radio Altrex with rock & blues music, greetings to listeners @ 1005. SINPO 34333.

6265: Unid station with non-stop Beatles songs @ 0815. SINPO 34333.

6280: Rekro Radio playing Black Sabbath @ 0820, IDs between records, but still no contact address. SINPO 34333.

6285: Radio Trans Europe playing Blondie "Atomic" @ 0925. Some splash from 6295. SINPO 33433.

6295: Radio Shadowman with Men at Work "Down Under" @ 0915. Rumoured to be using 2kW. SINPO 54444.

6300: Radio Brandaris with "Good Morning Miss Molly" @ 0930. Good signal. SINPO 43433.

6305: Radio Merlin with "Sugar Sugar" @ 0855. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6310: Antonio Radio giving out contact details @ 0840, playing Dutch music. SINPO 34333.

6310: Grensstad Radio clashing with Antonio @ 0955. SINPO 32432.

6310: Radio Grote Versierder in QSO with Grensstad and Antonio @ 1040. SINPO 34333.

6325: Voice of the Netherlands with dance music @ 1020. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6329: Sonic Radio with oldies @ 0920, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6375: Radio Brigitte with Dutch pop @ 0755. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6526: Radio Ramona with techno music @ 1145. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6870: Radio Playback Int with the song "Don't Dream It's Over" @ 0800. SINPO 34333.

7590: Radio Geronimo Shortwave suddenly faded in @ 1031, with Dave Scott giving a good plug for this site ... thanks, followed by station contact details and song by The Feeling. Good signal but a fair bit of quick fading. SINPO 44433.

7600: FRS Holland signing on @ 0805. Strong signal but did fade out later. SINPO 55444. To hear recording click here

7685: FRS Holland signing off @ 1000 - was running in parallel with 7600. Stronger on 7685 at this time - SINPO 44433.

Sat Oct 10

3887: Skyline International Radio greeting listeners, playing Dutch music @ 1530. SINPO 34333.

3900: Radio Jan Van Gent testing new antenna. Heard @ 1545 with weak-fair signal, Dutch music. SINPO 24332.

3904: Bluestar Radio with a strong signal @ 1935. Went off for a moment but returned, playing oldies. SINPO 54444.

3912: Radio Quintus with a Dutch song, ID. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3932: Bogusman heard @ 1920 reading out reception reports, playing indie music. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

3936: Central Radio playing Simple Minds @ 1535, audio sounds a bit better although still slightly overmodulated. SINPO 34333. Heard on 3945 @ 1910 - SINPO 44333.

3940: Overijssel Radio with Dutch music @ 1555, whistle from carrier on 3939. SINPO 43443.

6210: Misti Radio playing dance music @ 0915. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6210: Radio Mustang with Dutch song @ 1452, move from 6289. SINPO 44433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0810. Weak signal with some utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6265: Radio Altrex playing "Ring My Bell" @ 0805. Utility QRM. SINPO 33433. At 0812 moved to 6240 where heard with Blondie "Heart of Glass." SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Merlin runing 80W heard @ 1235 playing Billy Idol, followed by station hotline. SINPO 44433.

6289: Radio Mustang with Dutch music @ 1440, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6291: Radio Titanic with Dutch music @ 1605, utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6301: Unid station with Dutch songs @ 1515. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Baken 16 with oldies, mention Radio Trans Europe @ 1240. Moved to 6300 @ 1250. SINPO 34333.

6306: Radio Brandaris playing instrumental music @ 1620. Good signal and clear audio. SINPO 44444.

6307: Unid station with a strong signal playing 60s music @ 0905. Off with no ID at 0918. SINPO 54444.

6320: Radio Zodiac with blues rock @ 1310. Good signal. SINPO 44433. Moved to 6329 @ 1325 - SINPO still 44433.

6321: Radio Dutchwing playing Robert Miles tune @ 1510, IDs and mentioning Studio 52. Some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6426: Studio 52 playing "Rhinestone Cowboy" @ 1425, fair signal although mod on the low side. SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int heard playing Aerosmith @ 1930. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Big L to return to 1395

Big L 1395 AM is returning on 1st November 2009, broadcasting 21 hours a day to a radio near you as Big L International.

We would like to say thank you to all our listeners that have supported Big L over the last 4 years and we look forward to bringing you that Big L sound once again on 1395 AM.

For Advertising or Sponsorship / Air time slots please contact us for more information

(via www.bigl.co.uk/news)

Where will this leave the One Gold project - also planning to use 1395? KBC's website also has the Big L news.

Fri Oct 9

3900: Skyline International Radio playing polka @ 1810. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3922: Radio Fox 48 with Joan Jett "I Love Rock N Roll" @ 2025. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3932: MRF Radio playing a recording of the Joe Tedd show from RNI @ 1825. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6210: Misti Radio heard with dance music @ 0940. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333. Moved to 6200 at 0950 to avoid co-channel carrier - SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio playing Cliff Richard "We Don't Talk Anymore" @ 2000. Good signal but some splash from 6225. SINPO 43443.

6325: Radio Mustang playing "The Ballad of Xanadu" @ 1820. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int heard with a live show @ 2005 and the song "I've Never Promised You A Rose Garden." SINPO 44333.

Radio Seagull to broadcast on 558

Dutch-based Radio Seagull announces on its website that, starting on 2 November, it will broadcast a daily two hour show on 558 kHz via Spectrum Radio in London, UK. Currently the station is on the air on 1602 kHz at 1700-0500 UTC on a shared-time basis with sister station Radio Waddenzee based in Harlingen, Friesland, and 24 hours a day via the Internet.

The time of the new broadcast has not yet been disclosed.

(via Radio Netherlands Media Network)

Thurs Oct 8

6220: Mystery Radio on again tonight. Good signal, some splash from RTE on 6225 @ 1945. Playing the usual pop/dance music. SINPO 43443.

Wed Oct 7

6220: Mystery Radio with pop music @ 1845. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

Tues Oct 6

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1850 with a Steve Wonder song. Good signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6925u: Spider Radio playing "Never Can Say Goodbye" @ 2045. Weak signal but some fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

Mon Oct 5

5815: Radio Baken 16 heard playing dance and rock music. Fair signal @ 0910. SINPO 34333.

Sun Oct 4

3900: Unid station with non-stop rock music @ 2150. SINPO 34333.

3930: Central Radio testing again tonight. Heard @ 1850 with ID jingle, then Style Council "My Ever Changing Moods." Good signal but audio still a bit rough. SINPO 44333.

5805: Radio Telstar South playing a song by Love Affair @ 0855. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

5815: Orion Radio with greetings to Dr Tim and Radio Tina, playing Dutch music. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6202: Radio Scotland Int playing The Cure @ 0942. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6205: Radio East Coast Holland with rock music @ 1000. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio/Playback Int with a live show @ 0815, playing Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself."

6240: Antonio Radio with Dutch songs @ 0820. SINPO 34333.

6240: Radio Borderhunter playing Emerson Lake & Palmer @ 1030, greeting listeners in Iann's chat. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6261: FRS Holland (tent) with rock music, FRS promo @ 1100, off 1105, utility splash. SINPO 33333.

6265: Radio Altrex playing "Rock Me Amadeus" @ 0805. SINPO 34433.

6283: Trans Europe Radio playing "Ring of Fire" @ 0950, ID at 0959. SINPO 34433.

6285: Radio Scotland Int with TV Polka @ 0920, off few minutes later. SINPO 54444.

6285: Radio Boomerang on for a short time @ 1010, playing Bronki Beat, usual strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6289: Radio Mustang with Abba "Knowing Me Knowing You" @ 1105, utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6292: Radio Perfekt with German songs, giving out Gronau address. Weak signal with fair peaks, some utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6300: Unid station playing reggae @ 0915. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Golfbreker playing schlager @ 1055. SINPO 34333.

6304: Retro (Rekro?) Radio with "She's Not There" @ 0840, followed by ID. SINPO 34333.

6304: Radio Weerklank with Dutch songs @ 0935. Good signal. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

6306: Radio Brandaris with a good signal, playing the song "Good morning How Are You" @ 0750. SINPO 44444.

6310: Grensstad Radio playing Dutch music, occasional utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6324: Radio Baken 16 asking for a QSO @ 0940. SINPO 34333.

6375: Radio Brigitte (tent) with Golden Earring "Radar Love" @ 0845. SINPO 34333.

6375: Radio Marconi heard @ 1345 playing oldies and Dutch music. Good signal, ID at 1400. SINPO 44433.

6420: Radio Dutchwing playing the Kinks "Lola" @ 1440. SINPO 34333.

6400: Sonnet Radio playing Cockney Rebel "Judy Teen" @ 1325. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6870: Radio Playback Int with a recording of Wonderful WIL radio from the USA playing 60s music @ 1700. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

7600: FRS Holland suddenly faded in @ 1207 with sign on music and Peter Verbruggen asking for reports for this test broadcast. Signal peaked at S8. SINPO 34333.

7685: FRS Holland changed frequency. Heard @ 1330 playing New Order's "Blue Monday" - strong signal but began fading. SINPO 55444 to 35433. To hear recording click here

Sat Oct 3

3890: Free Radio Victoria with oldies @ 2120. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

3905: Overijssel Radio with polka and Dutch songs @ 1700. Good signal already. SINPO 44333.

3920: Radio Oscar Zulu with oldies @ 1840, interference from nearby utility. SINPO 33333.

3930: Bluestar Radio with a strong signal, playing "Voyage Voyage" @ 1830. SINPO 54444.

3935: Baggerteam with Dutch music @ 1935, mention Dr Tim. Difficult to hear due to splash from Bluestar. SINPO 32342.

6200: Misti Radio with the song "Love Hurts" @ 0905. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1650. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6240: Free Radio Victoria with rock music, including "Suzy Q" @ 1630. Good signal but sudden fade out about 10 minutes later. SINPO 44433.

6265: Radio Altrex playing Greek music today - heard @ 0840 with a fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with Dutch music @ 0925. Weak-fair signal, occasional QRM from another station. SINPO 23332.

6301: Radio Northpole with dance music. ID heard @ 1620. Splash from 6306. SINPO 33433.

6306: Radio Brandaris playing music from Van Halen and Toto @ 1615. Good signal peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

6310: Radio Grensstad playing instrumental music @ 0935 and IDs. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int with rock music @ 0750. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

9510: Radio Joystick via IRRS signing on @ 0800 with jingles and playing the song "All Night With You." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

Fri Oct 2

3900: Radio Boomerang heard @ 2100 playing OMD and Cockney Rebel. ID in Dutch. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

3900 (lsb): MRF Radio heard in QSO with Radio Rob 007 @ 2135. MRF 44433, Rob 34433. Joined by Fox 48 @ 2139 - 34333.

3900: Radio Rob 007 talking @ 2146. Weaker in AM. SINPO 24332.

3905: Bluestar Radio with polka @ 1925. Good-strong signal with some fading. SINPO 54444.

6210: Misti Radio heard playing "It's A Beautiful Noise" @ 0920. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220/6870: Mystery Radio/Playback Int with Chris Ise playing oldies. Heard at 1920 with stronger signal on 6220 (44444) compared with 6870 (34333).

FRS Holland to test 39 metres

Dear FRS Friends,

Summer has gone and autumn is ruling. Propagation conditions have reached to a satisfactory level. Time to expand some activity. We haven't decided yet on which date(s) FRS-Holland will take to the air with a regular schedule. But in preparation to that, we have planned a series of tests on 39 metres, just above the well-known 41 mb.

Next Sunday October 4th and 11th FRS-Holland will be carrying out tests on 7600 kHz and a second frequency close to 7600 kHz.

Each Sunday will see 4 hour of tests in two blocks of two hours: 08.00-10.00 UTC and a repeat between 12.00-14.00 UTC.
During each 2 hour morning block we will use two different frequencies, the same ones will be used during the afternoon tests.

We are understandably curious about reception on each frequency. What is the best frequency choice, is there much difference between 7600 and the other channel, is there much difference in reception between the morning and afternoon hours? Questions on which we would like to have your answer.

To collect the most reliable information the test schedule for Sun October 4th will be copied for Sun October 11th. We'd love to hear from you, either by email or via P O Box 2702, 6049 ZG
Herten, The Netherlands. Comparisons between the two freqs and morning/ afternoon blocks is of course extra interesting! A nice QSL card is waiting for you.

Keep an eye on 7600 kHz and a second frequency close to that, for instance 7635 and 7650 kHz.

The latest edition of FRS News is out. In this 4 page edition (in colour!) the latest FRS News, we look back at the highly successful December 2008 broadcast, Mailbox 2702, Fact File and a story on Radio Europe Int. (History of European SW Free Radio). If you would like to obtain a copy, send two euro/ 3 US dollars toour Herten maildrop. More news in the upcoming weeks.

73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the FRS Team

FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands

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

a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format....

(Via swpirates)

Thurs Oct 1

3927: Central Radio (tent) @ 1910 playing Spandau Ballet. Good signal and audio sounding better although a bit overmodulated. Obviously testing as going & off and changing frequency. SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio with oldies @ 1955. Signal slightly weaker tonight with splash from RTE on 6225. SINPO 33433.

6376: Radio Baken 16 heard @ 1025 playing "You're My Heart, You're My Soul," then Stranglers "Skin Deep." Thanks for greetings. Fair signal, some fading. SINPO 34433.