Sun Nov 1

5815: Orion Radio playing Nena "99 Luftballons" and TV polka @ 0925. He said closing soon. Good steady signal. SINPO 44444.

5815: Radio Telstar South with the James Bond theme @ 1035, talking about the Mebo 2 and playing Ricky Nelson song. SINPO 44444.

5825: Radio Geronimo SW playing Foreigner "Cold As Ice" @ 1052 and giving out contact details. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6140: MV Baltic Radio via Wertachtal signing on @ 1000, marking 20 years since fall of the Berlin Wall, playing David Bowie "Heroes." SINPO 54444.

6177: Antonio Radio on an unusual frequency, playing Dutch music @ 1020. SINPO 34333.

6200: Radio Scotland Int with U2 "It's A Beautiful Day" @ 1025, greeting listeners. Strong signal. SINPO 54444. Also heard on 6325 @ 1100 - SINPO 44444.

6210: Radio Paardenkracht playing Dutch songs and Heaven 17 @ 0910. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6220: Mystery Radio with 70s music @ 0920. SINPO 34433.

6240: Mike Radio testing, ID, hotline number, said would be moving to 7600, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6260: Radio Scirocco playing "Boys of Summer" @ 1240, followed by IDs and greetings. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Merlin playing themes from Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlett @ 1015. Strong signal but some co-channel QRM. SINPO 53443.

6285: Radio Trans Europe playing Blondie "Heart of Glass" @ 0905. SINPO 44433.

6292: Radio Condor with dance music @ 0945. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6293: Retro Radio playing Uriah Heep @ 1200. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Doorzetter playing Bruce Springsteen @ 0900, followed by ID. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Shadowman playing "Beds Are Burning" @ 1010, ID and asking for QSO. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6305: Radio Playback Int via Malaisy heard @ 1930 with Kevin Turner playing the Stereo MCs. Excellent signal, not heard on 6870. SINPO 54444.

6306: Radio Brandaris playing "It Takes Two" @ 1125, followed by IDs. Good signal, using 100W. SINPO 44433.

6310: Grensstad Radio playing Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" @ 0950. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Black Power in QSO with Grensstad @ 1110. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6315: Radio Waves Int with "House of the Rising Sun" @ 0955. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Continental with Dutch songs @ 0850. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6325: Radio Mustang heard @ 1108 with IDs @ 1108. SINPO 34333.

6375: Radio Marconi with ID, playing "Bye Bye Baby" @ 1150. SINPO 34433.

6424: Radio Pionier with ID and playing Dutch music before signing off @ 1112. SINPO 34433.

6425: Voice of the Netherlands in QSO with Pionier @ 1245. Strong signal. SINPO 54444. also heard @ 1253 on 6330 calling Mustang. SINPO 54444.

Sat Oct 31

3880: Radio Pluto playing Soft Cell @ 2040, bit of whistle from another station. SINPO 33333.

3890: Radio Sophie heard with Dutch music @ 2055, giving out SMS number, audio a bit bassy. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

3930: Central Radio with r&b @ 2110. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6210: Misti Radio playing "On the Cover on the Rolling Stone" @ 0845, followed by ID and greetings to listeners. SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King SW (tent) @ 1005 with oldies. Usual weak signal and difficult to hear IDs. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1845, good signal but deep fades. SINPO 44433.

6260: Radio Continental with polka @ 1325. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Merlin with a strong signal @ 1040, playing Michael Jackson. SINPO 54444.

6295: Radio Trans Europe playing rock @ 1330, IDs. SINPO 34333. Also heard on 6300 at 1355. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Malaisy playing "In Zaire" @ 1625, occasional jingles. SINPO 44433.

6308: Radio Powerliner Int with IDs @ 1600 and palying Dutch songs. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6310: Grensstad Radio with IDs and playing a French song @ 1045. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Mustang giving out his email address, playing oldies @ 1035. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with Dutch songs, ID @ 1320. SINPO 34333.

6325: Continental Radio in QSO with Monte Carlo @ 1335. SINPO 34333.

6340: Unid station playing Dutch songs, strong signal but splatter from nearby strong utility @ 1435. SINPO 53443.

6375: Sonic Radio with "Me Myself & I" @ 0850 before signing off. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6423: Radio Dutchwing with ID, playing Dutch rock @ 1450. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6870: Radio Playback Int with oldies @ 1535. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6950: Radio Jan van Gent with light music @ 1350. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Fri Oct 30

3900: Skyline International Radio with dance music @ 2255, strong signal. Thanks for greetings. SINPO 54444.

3935: Baggerteam (tent) heard @ 2305 with a weak-fair signal, talk in Dutch. SINPO 24332.

6210: Misti Radio with oldies, fair-good signal @ 1020. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio playing reggae @ 2250 followed by ID jingle. Fair-good signal ... better than recent nights. SINPO 34333.

Radio Waves International's 26th birthday

Radio Waves International 1983 - 2009

November 2009 is our 26th birthday. R.W.I will be on the air every weekend on November on the 48 mb around 6325khz. We are planning also some broadcasts on 41mb if possible. We will keep you inform about that later on.

Listeners with their QSL will received a special booklet (26....), only the english version will be available. We hope you will enjoy the shows and support us.

73's many thanks for you support, ps: we add a forrum on our main webpage , don't hesitate to send us messages

Peter HILLS & Philippe " The terrible twins"

Now listen to us on the net via http://www.pirateradionetwork.com/

RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL
http://go.to/rwi
Country music show, French service, Rock City & Pirate memories, the sounds on short-waves, around the world "on the highway to freedom"

For review and airplay send your promos to :
RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL
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Who's watching you?

The Wireless Waffle blog has produced an interesting article about the reports drawn up by the regulatory administrations monitoring unauthorised use of the shortwave spectrum.

He has been through the report and picked out pirates whose activities have been noted by the monitoring stations. But the report does not make clear what happens once the station is noted . . . very few shortwave pirates tend to be raided, unless there is a specific complaint about QRM.

It is also worth noting there are also many international stations, such as Cairo, North Korea and China, who also transmit outside the international broadcast bands. Nothing seems to happen to them.

As the Wireless Waffler notes, these reports raise a lot of questions . . . but not many answers. He also has a link to the actual ITU monitoring reports themselves which feature a lot more than just the shortwave pirates.

See the article at: http://www.mf2fm.com/blog/

Thurs Oct 29

6210: Misti Radio with dance music @ 1030, with ID and announcing email address. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Wed Oct 21

6220: Mystery Radio & Playback with fair-good signal @ 2120, with live programme presented by JJ, playing Nena "99 Luft Ballons." SINPO 44333.

6870: Radio Playback Int with oldies @ 0945. Weak signal. SINPO 23332. I don't know if 6870 also on this evening but no trace of a signal here at 2125.

Tues Oct 27

6220: Mystery Radio (pres) heard with Tubeway Army @ 2110. Weak signal disappearing into noise. SINPO 24332.

6870: Radio Playback Int heard @ 1015 with oldies. Weak signal with deep fades. SINPO 24332.

Mon Oct 26

3905: Radio Jan van Gent with Dutch music @ 2000, weak signal and lot of noise. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 2010. Strong signal although some splash from 6225. SINPO 54444.

6240: Radio Dancemodulation with techno music @ 0955. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6310: Grensstad Radio playing "Relight My Fire" @ 1020, ID at 1034. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Hamamelis playing r&b @ 0940, ID in Dutch. Fair signal but occasional strong utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6870: Radio Playback Int with rock, ID jingle @ 0935. Some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

Sun Oct 25

3900: Bluestar Radio with Dutch music @ 1615. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

3900: Radio Baken 16 with Toto "Hold the Line" @ 2240, strong noise. SINPO 34232.

5800: Antonio Radio with Dutch music, giving out contact details @ 0930. SINPO 34433.

5815: Orion Radio playing the TV polka and IDs @ 0840. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

5820: Radio Telstar South talking about Marc Bolan and playing a T Rex song @ 1500. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertachtal playing Pink Floyd @ 1005. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6205: Borderhunter Radio playing "Summer of 69" @ 0825. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6205: Radio Suzuki on after Borderhunter signed off. Heard @ 1040 playing "Baby Come Back," audio a bit low. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio playing Human League "Don't You Want Me" @ 0850. SINPO 34433.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery with talk in German @ 0940 and a German song. SINPO 33333.

6240: Free Radio Victoria adjusting his antenna tuner and playing Desmond Dekker "The Israelites" @ 1030. SINPO 44433.

6265: Radio Altrex heard @ 0845 greeting listeners, some utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6280: Radio Merlin with Jackie Frost playing a version of "Fade to Grey" @ 0830. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6290: Radio Scotland Int playing Talk Talk @ 1020 and signing off. SINPO 54444.

6290: Trans Europe Radio with many IDs, playing dance music @ 1155, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6292: Radio Condor with IDs and playing dance music @ 1235. Good signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 43443.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with polka and schlager @ 0855, splash from Rekro. SINPO 33433.

6304: Retro Radio playing oldies, ID "testing, testing, this is Retro Radio." Good signal @ 0835. SINPO 44444.

6305: Radio Merlin with Jackie Frost playing 50s music @ 1520. SINPO 44433.

6306: Radio Brandaris Int with "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" @ 1010. QRM from nearby Retro. SINPO 43433.

6310: Flux AM with instrumental tune, ID, then Dutch song @ 0820. Fair signal, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6310: Radio Grensstad (tent) playing "J'Taime" @ 1240, splash from 6306. SINPO 43433.

6325: Radio Paardenkracht with IDs and a Dutch song @ 0915. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6325: Radio Zodiac in QSO with Paardenkracht @ 1222. SINPO 44444.

6325: Radio Mustang with OMD "Enola Gay" @ 1510. SINPO 34433.

6330: Radio Scirocco with dance music @ 1625, strong splash from utility. SINPO 43433. Moved to 6326 @ 1630. SINPO 44433.

6375: Voice of the Netherlands with non-stop classical music @ 1110. Later heard with opera and rock. Finally ID and closing down at 1235. SINPO 44433.

6393: Radio Zodiac playing Lenny Kravitz @ 1035, followed by ID jingle then Yes "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6400: Retro Radio heard here @ 1215 with IDs and oldies. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6423: Radio Dutchwing playing "Spirit in the Sky" @ 1630, followed by ID. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6424: Radio Pionier with IDs and signing off @ 0837. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6425: Radio Baken 16 playing Iron Maiden @ 1115. SINPO 34333.

6550: Radio Brigitte with Dutch music @ 0920, low audio. SINPO 34433.

6942: Radio Jan van Gent with polka @ 1525. SINPO 34333.

6959: Radio Bluestar with Dutch music @ 1505. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

7570: Radio Geronimo Shortwave with Dave Scott playing a song by Landmarq @ 1015, giving out a free radio quiz and reading listeners' letters. SINPO 44444.

7600: Unid station playing Depeche Mode @ 1050. Strong signal but no IDs heard. SINPO 55444.

Sat Oct 24

3905: Radio Overijssel with polka and Dutch songs @ 1715, same as webstream (www.piepzender.eu). SINPO 44433.

3936: Central Radio playing "Telstar" followed by ID @ 1900 and Spandau Ballet. Audio sounding better. SINPO 34333.

3945: Bogusman talking about global warming, playing indie music @ 1705, slight hum on upper sideband. SINPO 34333.

5810: Radio Quintus with polka @ 1330. SINPO 34433.

5815: Unid station with rock music @ 1325, off 1328. SINPO 44433.

5820: Radio Baken 16 heard @ 0800 playing "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real." Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0825. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with ID jingle, then playing The Shadows "Apache" @ 1615. SINPO 44433.

6265: Radio Altrex greeting Dr Tim @ 0820, playing Soft Cell. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Quintus with dance music @ 1240 and greetings to listeners. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6300: Radio Altrex with oldies @ 1435. Fair-good signal but quite fluttery. SINPO 34433.

6308: Radio Powerliner with weak signal @ 1215, could just hear music. SINPO 24332.

6309: Radio Weerklank with Dutch music and ID @ 1430. Good signal. SINPO 34433.

6310: Flux AM with Dutch music @ 0805. SINPO 34333.

6310: Grensstad Radio playing "Born to be Wild" @ 1020, IDs at 1030. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Mustang with the reggae song "Wonderful World" @ 0815. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with Dutch songs @ 1425. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6325: Unid station playing Meatloaf @ 1555, no ID although said "hello, hello" (don't you just hate that!), off few minutes later. SINPO 44433.

6375: Radio Lowland playing ZZ Top "Give Me All Your Loving" @ 1455, occasional morse QRM. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6525: Radio Ramona with IDs and the song "Da Da Da" @ 0915. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6870: Radio Playback Int with ID jingle and r&b @ 1605. SINPO 34333.

6960: Radio Jan van Gent with light instrumental music @ 0905. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

7600: Unid station with non-stop oldies, including the Lightning Seeds "Pure and Simple" @ 1315, off 1400, no ID. SINPO 55544.

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Fri Oct 23

3948: Central Radio (pres) heard @ 1845 with a good signal but modulation still poor. SINPO 44333.

6210: Misti Radio with a fair signal @ 0925, playing Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1900. Good-strong signal. SINPO 44444.

6550: Unid station with non-stop oldies and Dutch music. First heard @ 0935. Audio quite low making it difficult to hear. SINPO 34332.

Thurs Oct 22

6210: Misti Radio heard giving out email address and signing off @ 1135. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio getting in the mood two months early with Christmas music @ 1855. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Monte Carlo with instrumental music @ 1845, good audio, off at 1850. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Fox 48 heard playing that popular pirate song "Caroline" @ 1905. Best via the Bedford web receiver. SINPO 23332.

6870: Radio Playback Int heard with the song "Runaway Train" @ 2155, utility QRM. In parallel with stronger 6220. SINPO 43333.

EMR apologises

EMR (European Music Radio) would like to apologise for the problems you may have experienced tuning in to our regular 3rd Sunday of the month transmissions on 6140 KHz at 0900 UTC on Sunday, October 18th 2009.

Listeners who attempted to tune in to EMR via the internet at the same time would have also only heard our 24 hour automated service at the same time.

The lack of our regular 6140 Khz broadcast programmes on the internet at 0900 was our mistake, and we would like to apologise to you if you tried to hear the broadcast shows between 0900 and 1000 that morning. This was a scheduling error on the internet broadcast computer system.

The other scheduled repeats of the 6140 broadcast programme were available on the internet as scheduled.

The lack of programmes from EMR between 0900 and 0915 was beyond our control, as was the abrupt start and end to our transmission. We are currently in discussions with our broadcast facility partner to understand what exactly went wrong and will make an announcement in our next scheduled broadcast on November 15th at 1000 UTC on 6140 KHz.

All the best Mike and Tom Taylor

(via EMR)

Tues Oct 20

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 2045. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6315: Cool AM heard @ 0915 playing "I Want Your Love." Signal dipping above and below the noise level. SINPO 24332. (see comments)

6870: Radio Playback Int putting in a good signal @ 2145, although not heard well earlier in the evening. SINPO 44333.

Mon Oct 19

6210: Misti Radio playing an Elvis Presley song @ 0905. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 2050. Fair-good signal but deep fades. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio Altrex with rock n roll @ 0920. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Merlin finally faded in here, heard @ 1025 with a rock track followed by "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and off. Good signal but a bit fady. SINPO 44433.

6870: Radio Playback Int with blues music @ 0915. Fair peaks but generally weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2058 playing Il Silenzio. Very weak signal but that trumpet cuts through the noise. SINPO 24332.

Sun Oct 18

3890: Free Radio Victoria playing "The Green Green Grass of Home" @ 2140. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3905: Overijssel Radio with Dutch songs, relay from internet stream. Heard @ 1600 with good signal. SINPO 44433.

5752: Best of British Radio with 60s music, heard @ 1410 playing Dusty Springfield "I Only Want to be With You." SINPO 34333.

5815: Orion Radio playing a Mike Oldfield song @ 0815. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6140: European Radio Music via Wertachtal heard @ 0940 with the song "Grocer Jack" and then into the Mailbox show. SINPO 54444.

6200: Misti Radio with the song "Little Darling" @ 0935. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio playing "I Just Can't Take My Eyes Off You" @ 0820. SINPO 34433.

6265: Antonio Radio with Dutch songs @ 0825. SINPO 34433.

6280: Rekro Radio with the Rolling Stones @ 0905. SINPO 33333.

6285: Radio Trans Europe with "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" @ 0855. SINPO 34333. Moved to 6310 @ 0917 to avoid stronger station - SINPO 34333.

6285: Unid station with a strong signal came on over Trans Europe @ 0907, playing "In Zaire." SINPO 54444.

6292: Radio Condor with a strong signal @ 0915, playing dance music. SINPO 54444.

6292: Radio Boomerang heard in QSO @ 1348. SINPO 54444. MRF Radio responded on same frequency - SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Brandaris with the song "Just Want to Dance The Night Away" @ 0815 and ID jingle. SINPO 44444.

6300: Radio Golfbreker playing Dutch music @ 1100. SINPO 34333.

6305: MRF Radio (34333) in QSO with Trans Europe Radio (34333) and Radio Condor (44333) @ 1340.

6310: Radio Grote Versiender with voice-only report to Trans Europe @ 0925. SINPO 34433.

6310: Flux AM with Dutch songs, some ute QRM. He said only using 2W so excellent reception. SINPO 33333.

6310: Grensstad Radio playing French music @ 1505. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6315: Premier Radio Int with Caroline jingles and the song "Ding A Dong" By Teach In @ 0900, with station jingles. SINPO 34433.

6325: Radio Brigitte playing oldies, IDs in Dutch @ 1005. SINPO 34333. Also heard on 6375 @ 1015, SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6325: Radio Mustang with the Beach Boys @ 1045. SINPO 34333.

6375: Radio Marconi playing the Rolling Stones "Angie" @ 1355. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6424: Radio Pionier with a Dutch song @ 0800, jingle ID and off at 0804. SINPO 44433.

6870: Radio Playback Int with classical music @ 1440, SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

Sat Oct 17

3900: Radio Jan van Gent with Dutch music @ 1540. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333.

3900: Radio Pluto with rock music @ 1920, voice a bit on the quiet side. SINPO 34333.

3906: Bluestar Radio with Dutch songs @ 1945. Local QRM here so better via Bedford web receiver. SINPO 44433.

3925: Radio Pluto heard here @ 2145 playing rock music with IDs. SINPO 34333.

6210: Misti Radio playing BZN @ 0910. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with ID jingle, playing oldies @ 1605. SINPO 44433.

6265: Radio Altrex playing the song "One Way Ticket" @ 0835, also talk about whether another station on same channel (nothing heard here). SINPO 34333.

6285: Unid station playing Dutch music, on & off @ 0930. Strong signal but no IDs. SINPO 54444.

6285: DRP Radio back on the air, heard @ 1510 playing the Vengaboys. SINPO 24332.

6300: Radio Golfbreker playing Dutch music, IDs in Dutch @ 0845. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Trans Europe heard greeting listeners and palying Dutch music @ 1445. SINPO 34333.

6310: Grensstad Radio with instrumental music @ 1135, IDs, "sun shining in north part of Belgium," according to station. Fair-good signal. SINPO 44433.

6310: Flux AM with jingles and Dutch music @ 1455. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Mustang with instrumental music @ 0903, followed by IDs and greetings then "Dancehall Days." SINPO 34333.

6375: Monte Carlo Radio with IDs and playing "Popcorn" @ 1110. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6380: Radio Lowland heard @ 1335 with Dutch songs, splash from utility. SINPO 33333. Moved at 1345 to 6390 - SINPO 34333.

6870: Radio Playback Int with an Eddy Grant song @ 0755. SINPO 34333.

6950: Radio Jan van Gent with country music @ 1500. SINPO 34333. Then heard on 7510 @ 1505 with stronger signal - SINPO 44333.

6960: Atlantic Radio (pres) @ 0855 with a weak signal and deep fades, playing oldies. Website: www.atlanticradio.ie. SINPO 24332.

9510: Radio City via IRRS returning after a long absence, signing on @ 0800, playing 60s music. Strong signal. SINPO 54444. Last heard via the Latvia 9290 transmitter last year.

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.