Fri Feb 12

3905: Skyline International Radio playing Crystals "Da Do Ron Ron" @ 1940. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with offshore recordings @ 1930. Fair signal but not easy to hear with high noise level. SINPO 34232. 

6210: Misti Radio heard with oldies @ 1010, utility QRM. SINPO 23332. Moved to 6200 @ 1018 - slightly better. SINPO 24332.

6307: Radio Scirocco playing Kim Wilde @ 1055, low audio, off few minutes later. SINPO 34333.

Thurs Feb 11

6210: Misti Radio heard with Dutch song @ 1030, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332. 

6524: Radio Northcoast playing Talk Talk song "Such A Shame" @ 1105. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333. 

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) with dance music @ 1100. Fair signal. SINPO 34333. 

7670: Polaris Radio heard @ 1015 playing Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" and greeting listeners. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

Star Radio Int is on again this Sunday ... see comment under Tues Feb 9's posting.

Tues Feb 9

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard with song "I'm All Out of Love" @ 1950. Fair-good signal but usual noise problems. SINPO 44333. 

6210: Misti Radio heard @ 1005 with instrumental music. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with the song "Nowhere to Hide" @ 1935. Good signal but splash from RTE on 6225. SINPO 43433.

6299: Radio Rainbow with a live programme, playing theme from "Black Beauty" @ 1000. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6374: Unid station heard @ 1120 playing Dutch music, no IDs heard. SINPO 34333.

Mon Feb 8

3932: Radio Jan van Gent heard in lsb playing polka @ 2150. SINPO 34333.
 
6220: Polaris Radio heard @ 1020 playing The Clash "Rock the Casbah." Fair signal, off at 1115. SINPO 34333.

Sun Feb 7

3905: Skyline International Radio with "Eygptian Reggae" @ 1645. Good signal. SINPO 44333. 

3933: Unid station with 60s music, including "Save the Last Dance for Me" @ 1935. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.  

3945: Bogusman playing Hipsway @ 1350. Difficult to hear due to high noise level. SINPO 34233. Better on the Bedford web receiver - SINPO 34433. 

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Lee Richards playing rock music @ 1155. SINPO 44333.

5799: Polaris Radio with "Lost in Music" @ 1520. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5805: Radio Geronimo playing Ugly Kid Joe @ 1145. Good signal still. SINPO 44433. 

5815: Voice of the Netherlands with reports to Orion and Quintus @ 1030. SINPO 44433.

5820: Orion Radio playing "Mississippi" @ 0850. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

5820: Radio Quintus came on after Orion signed off, heard with Dutch songs and IDs @ 1010. SINPO 34333. Heard @ 1110 on 5815 - SINPO 34333.

5824: WNKR playing John Miles, then Joy Division, ID jingles, some splash from 5820. SINPO 33333.

5835: Radio Thunderbird with "The Final Countdown" @ 0935. Fair signal but quite noisy. SINPO 34333.

6205: Radio Geronimo SW playing "Jesse's Girl" @ 0940, ID at 0950. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6205: Unid station playing Flock of Seagulls @  1245, music slowing down & going fast! SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio playing Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" @ 1630. SINPO 44433.

6240: Free Radio Victoria with oldies @ 0945. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio Altrex with IDs and greeting listeners, playing "Do the Locomotion" @ 1345. SINPO 34333.Heard on 6295 @ 1515 - SINPO 34333.

6290: Radio Shadow playing Golden Earring "Radar Love" @ 0900, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6300: Radio Condor with dance music, ID and what sounded like phone conversation in Dutch @ 1015. SINPO 44433. Heard on 6298 @ 1055 - SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Rob 007 playing the Beach Boys @ 1330, ID and giving out email address. SINPO 34333.

6305: Voice of the Netherlands with instrumental music @ 0905, weak station underneath. SINPO 44444. Moved to 6300 at 0938 to avoid other station.

6305: Radio Malaisy @ 1000 with dance music. SINPO 34333. Heard on 6310 @ 1230. SINPO 34333.

6374: Unid station with dance music @ 1235. SINPO 34333.

6377: Radio Dutchwing with country music, then the Beatles @ 1415, and ID. Utility interference. SINPO 33333.

6425: Radio Alice with report to Marconi @ 1250. SINPO 34333.

6450: Radio Marconi playing polka then AC-DC @ 0950. SINPO 44433.

6942: Radio Jan van Gent with country music @ 1325. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

Sat Feb 6

3885: Overijssel Radio with Dutch music @ 2030, same as web stream. SINPO 44333. 

3905: Cupid Radio with ID and playing rock music @ 2315. Good signal. SINPO 44333.  

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0915 playing a song by Jeffrey Osborne. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

5820: Orion Radio & Radio Tina heard @ 1350 playing Abba "Fernando." Good signal. SINPO 44433. 

5830: Radio Baken 16 with oldies @ 1345, off a few minutes later. SINPO 34333. Alos heard @ 1435 on 6220 - SINPO 34333.

6005: MV Baltic Radio heard via Radio 700 for first time, signing on @ 0900 and playing instrumental rock tune. SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with music @ 1015. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6309: Unid station playing Dutch music @ 1415, difficult to understand jingles. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Altrex with oldies @ 0855. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Mustang with oldies @ 1355, ID at 1359. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6374: Flux AM with jingles and Dutch songs @ 1445. SINPO 44433.

6377: Radio Dutchwing with country music @ 0945 followed by ID. SINPO 34333.

6420: Checkpoint Radio heard @ 1505 with polka and asking for QSO. SINPO 44433.

6957: Radio Jan van Gent with rock music @ 1200. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6963: Cactus Jack Radio with ID and rock @ 2015. Weak signal and deep fades. SINPO 24332 via Bedford web receiver.

9510: Radio Joystick via IRRS playing Grace Jones @ 0910. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

Fri Feb 5

3435: Radio Jan van Gent testing on this unusual frequency, heard @ 2305 with country music. Fair signal. Some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.
 
3905: Skyline International Radio heard @ 2235 with polka then country rock. Good signal. SINPO 44333. By 2250 up to S9+20dB, playing U2 - SINPO 54444. 

5820: Radio Baken 16 with rock music @ 1400. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6210: Radio Borderhunter with Dutch songs @ 1350. Fair signal but by 1405 up to S9+10dB. SINPO 34433 to 54444.

Saturday relays

MV Baltic Radio is on 6005 khz this Saturday (TX power of 1 kw) at 0900 utc. For more information, please email MV Baltic Radio on the day of the transmission.

Also tomorrow is the monthly relay of Radio Joystick on 9510 khz between 0900 to 1000 utc with a power of 150 KW via the IRRS. 

(via Tom Taylor, EMR)

(MV Baltic relay, I guess, is via Radio 700 in Germany)

Atlantic Radio to return

Atlantic Radio will be returning on SW 6960KHz for its first official live Broadcast for 2010 on March 17th starting at 09:00 UTC.

Local transmissions will be on 1251KHz to the West of Ireland. A full list of presenters will be announced shortly!

Some test broadcast will be commencing by the end of this month. Reports welcome!

(via alfalima.net)

Web address: http://www.atlanticradio.ie/

Most popular pirates in London

London Pirates Survey 2009 - Survey Results

Over 600 people completed the London Pirates survey for 2009 and we are pleased to finally announce the results.

Please click here to see the results.

It's clearly been a great year for several of London's stations with stations like Flex making a massive comeback and Ice Cold making significant improvements.

Our previous winner back in 2007 was Point Blank by a fairly significant margin and it's good to see that they are still going very strongly this year. Despite having dropped down a little it seems that some other stations are now upping their game to compete by delivering new levels of sound quality and professionalism.

The longevity and perseverance of Kool FM also shows that they are still clearly big in the game when it comes to attracting listeners! Combining points from all categories gives us this year's overall winner Flex, second place goes to Ice Cold and third place goes to Point Blank. 

(via LondonPirates.co.uk)

Wed Feb 3

3900: Cupid Radio testing a new 150W rig, signing off @ 2105 with a jingle. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

3905: Unid station heard @ 2125 with music just above noise level. SINPO 24332.

3932: Radio Jan van Gent with rock music @ 2115. Good signal, off at 2130. SINPO 44333. 

6376: Polaris Radio heard playing "Thank You For the Day" @ 0955. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

Tues Feb 2

6375: Flux AM playing music by BZN @ 1010, ID jingles. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

6524: Radio Northcoast with ELO @ 1127. Fair signal but sdome fading. SINPO 34333.

Mon Feb 1

6219: Radio Baken 16 playing "Boys Boys Boys" @ 1000, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Altrex with Ben E King "Stand By Me" @ 0945. SINPO 34333.

Sun Jan 31

3905: Skyline International Radio with Dutch songs, greeting listeners @ 2040. Good signal but high noise level. SINPO 44333.

3940: Radio Jan van Gent with polka @ 2045. Weak signal. SINPO 23332.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Martin Scott @ 1245 playing "I Want to Give You Emotion." SINPO 44333.

5815: Orion Radio playing the French song "Dominique" @ 0910. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery with rock music @ 0905, talk in German. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1920. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6260: Radio Scirocco playing the Pet Shop Boys, utility QRM, @ 0900. SINPO 33333.

6265: Unid station playing "We Are The World" @ 0855, SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6280: Trans Europe Radio heard with IDs and giving email address, playing Tubeway Army "Are Friends Electric" @ 1007. SINPO 34333.

6289: Radio Mustang playing Rolf Harris "Two Little Boys" @ 1300. SINPO 33333.

6295: Unid station playing "Mighty Quinn" @ 0945, good signal but no IDs, off at 1000. SINPO 44444.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with IDs and giving out email address, playing polka @ 1000. SINPO 34333.

6303: Lucky Radio with Green Frog Radio heard @ 1115 playing polka and instrumental music, said was a new station, IDs in high-pitched computer generated voice. SINPO 444433. To hear recording click here

6305: Radio Malaisy playing "You're Better Off Alone" @ 1235. SINPO 34333.

6310: Sonic Radio with oldies @ 1050. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Quintus with dance music @ 1140, slight whistle - possibly from weaker station underneath. SINPO 44333.

6375: Flux AM with Dutch songs and ID @ 1225, utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6395: Radio Scotland Int with dance music @ 1055, greeting listeners. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6420: Radio Waves Int with country music and IDs @ 0850. SINPO 34333.

6420: Premier Radio Int playing "Ghostbusters" @ 1040, co-channel with RWI. SINPO 43433.

6425: Radio Marconi playing "Down on the Corner" @ 1210. SINPO 44433.

6450: Radio Lowland playing country music @ 1205, IDs and email address. SINPO 44444.

6957: Radio Jan van Gent with Dutch songs @ 0915. SINPO 34333.

Sat Jan 30

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Mike Andrews playing Abba "SOS" @ 1005. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

4040: Radio Jan van Gent with polka @ 1625. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.Moved to 3932 @ 1705, SINPO 34333.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 1010, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with ID jingle and 70s soul music @ 2110. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6225: Radio Monte Carlo with Guns N Roses @ 1025, splash from strong utility on 6230. SINPO 33433.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with Dutch songs @ 1610, IDs and giving out email and web address in Dutch. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Altrex with the song "It's Magic" @ 0906, talking about the snow in Holland. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Mustang with Paul Young "Come Back and Stay" @ 0910, followed by ID. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6375: Unid station playing The Clash "London Calling" @ 1020, ID but not loud enough to identify station. SINPO 34333.

6960: Radio Jan van Gent playing ballads @ 1000. SINPO 34333.

Fri Jan 29

3885: Continental Radio heard with oldies @ 2255. Fair signal but noise level also fairly high. SINPO 34333.
 
3905: Skyline International Radio playing dance music @ 1940. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with a better signal tonight, heard @ 2305. SINPO 44333.

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1950 with pop music. Fair signal but splash from RTE on 6225. SINPO 33433.

6957: Radio Jan van Gent playing country rock @ 1035. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

Thurs Jan 28

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 2115. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34333. 

6953: Radio Jan van Gent heard @ 1040 with oldies. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

Tues Jan 26

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 2235 with ID jingle and oldies. Fair-good signal. SINPO 44433.

6400: Radio Contact heard @ 1005 playing "Runaround Sue," occasional canned IDs. SINPO 34433 via Bedford web receiver.

Mon Jan 25

6207: Delta Radio (W Brabant) with polka @ 1100. Short low powered test. Fair signal but some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6305: Radio Altrex playing Heintje @ 1105. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Sun Jan 24

4025: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1515 with ID jingle, playing Kate Bush. Good signal but noise levels creeping up. SINPO 44333. 

5800: Radio Altrex here briefly @ 0913 as trying to find clear fequency. SINPO 34433.

5805: Bluestar Radio testing at 1300, using only 8W. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

5815: Orion Radio playing "Stumbling In" @ 0915. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

5815: Radio Baken 16 playing ELO @ 1415. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertachtal with a strong signal @ 1010, playing Michael Ball. SINPO 54444.

6202: Unid station playing Dutch songs @ 1255, off few minutes later, no ID. SINPO 34433. 

6210: Radio Borderhunter with "The Final Countdown" @ 1250. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0920. SINPO 23332.

6220: Mystery Radio with oldies @ 0925. SINPO 34333.

6240: Radio Altrex playing Booker T & The MGs "Green Onions" @ 1005. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6260: Radio Scotland Int playing Jimi Hendrix "Hey Joe" @ 0950. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6260: Voice of the Netherlands with The Police "Walking on the Moon" @ 1045. SINPO 44433.

6280: Radio Scirocco with Nena @ 1000. SINPO 34333.

6285: Trans Europe Radio with oldies @ 0955. SINPO 34333.

6286: Radio Titanic heard briefly @ 1150 greeting Borderhunter. SINPO 33333.

6289: Radio Shadow playing "Mr Vain" @ 0910. Weak-fair signal, some utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6292: Radio Altrex heard here @ 0905 still looking clear frequency. SINPO 33333. Also on 6377 @ 0930. SINPO 34333.

6295: Radio Phoenix with "Sultans of Swing" Then ID jingle @ 1025, testing new antenna. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Golfbreker with polka @ 1110. SINPO 34333.

6307: Unid station with oldies @ 0900. SINPO 33333.

6310: Radio Northpole heard @ 1105 playing "You're My Heart." SINPO 34333.

6376: Unid station playing "Winds of Change" @ 1205, no IDs heard. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6399: Radio Saturnus with oldies, weak signal, difficult to hear through the noise. SINPO 24332.

6401: Central Radio playing "What Did I Do" @ 1200. SINPO 44333. Heard on 6415 at 1210 - SINPO 44433.

6425: Radio Marconi with Dutch songs, utility QRM @ 1145. SINPO 33333.

6530: Marine Broadcaster with relay of RNI programme @ 1245. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

7485: Free Radio Victoria faded in now, heard @ 1035 playing "Yellow River." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

7610: Radio Atlantic 2000 with Kim Wilde @ 1420, talk in French. SINPO 24332.