Sat Feb 26

3905: Radio Underground. Music @ 2325, good signal via Barneys TenTec web receiver. SINPO 44433.

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Dance song "Always Something there to Remind Me" @ 0927. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6219: Bluestar Radio. ID, giving out hotline and web address @ 1310, song "What Kind of Man Am I", good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6220: Misti Radio. Jingles with station ID and email address, then Rose Royce "Carwash" @ 0848. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6240: Radio Altrex. Moved from 6295 to avoid splash from strong station on 6300. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Royal. Instrumental music @ 1000, weak and noisy signal. SINPO 24332.

6289: Radio Rainbow. Roxy Music "Love is the Drug" @ 1045, some utility QRM. Fair signal. SINPO 33333.

6290: Skylab Radio. Weak signal, talk and instrumental music @ 1327, not easy to hear through utilities. SINPO 23332.

6295: Radio Altrex. Talking about the weather, greeting listeners, playing 70s music @ 0850, slight whistle ... probably from the Sahara station 6297. SINPO 33333.

6300: Radio Boomerang. Strong station with oldies, Roxy Music "Virginia Plain" @ 1005, ID and off at 1020. SINPO 54444.

6300: Trans Europe Radio. ID and email address @ 1108, playing soft rock. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44333.

6300: Radio Black Power. Strong signal, ID @ 1336, talk in Dutch and off 1338. SINPO 54444.

6305: Radio Black Bandit. Strong signal, non-stop country sounds, "Tell Me Why" @ 0935. SINPO 54444. Heard again @ 1725 with a very strong signal, giving IDs, greeting listeners, "Honky Tonk Man". SINPO 54444.

6305: Radio Paardenkracht. Dutch songs @ 1840, ID at 1846. Signal still holding up OK. SINPO 34333.

6306: Radio Skywire. Calling Black Power @ 1340. SINPO 34333. Black Power returned on 6305. SINPO 54444.

6314: Radio Low Power. Queen songs @ 1610, IDs and greeting other stations. Good signal but some utility splash. SINPO 43433.

6315: Trans Europe Radio. Giving out ID and email address @ 1315, some SSB chatter. SINPO 33333.

6325: Radio Pink Panther. A German song then "We Belong to the Night" @ 0855. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6905: Cactus Jack Radio. "Good Bad & Ugly" ID jingle @ 2315, but then lost signal (went off air?) but music again 2327, Janis Joplin. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333.

6960: Atlantic Radio. "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" @ 1305, live show, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

Fri Feb 25

3905: Skyline International Radio. Eagles "Hotel California" @ 1945. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart playing "You're My Everything" @ 0950. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6960: Atlantic Radio. Boney M "Sunny" @ 0930. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

FRS Holland this Sunday

Dear FRS Friend,
At long last Sunday February 27th 2011 the final & 3rd FRS 30th Anniversary broadcast will take place. We will then complete the FRS Anthology !

We will feature the period 1998- 2010. Mind you: we will kick off at already 07.52 UTC=08.52 CET.

Here's the schedule:
07.52- 14.00 UTC 7600//5800 kHz
07.52- 11.00 UTC 48 mb frequency (unknown)
11.00- 14.00 UTC 6085 kHz

Of course we have special QSLs for this broadcast. With the ones issued for the previous two broadcasts, it will form the FRS 30th Anniversary QSL Series.

Hope to have your company on the 27th...it will be great fun: 30 Years of FRS-Holland on SW!

73s, on behalf of the FRS staff (Peter V., Jan van Dijk, Paul Graham, Dave Scott, Brian & Bobby Speed)

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

FRS-Holland
PO Box 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands

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

Thurs Feb 24

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Dave Simpson with a REO Speedwagon song @ 1035, then Visage "Night Train." SINPO 34333.

6960: Atlantic Radio. "Wait Until the Midnight Hour" @ 1025. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Radio Experience International QSL

Many thanks!

Wed Feb 23

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Pat Benatar "Love is a Battlefield" @ 0955. SINPO 34333.

6960: Atlantic Radio. Non-stop oldies, "It's A New Dawn" @ 1020, then "Peggy Sue." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Tues Feb 22

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Cher "Love and Understanding" @ 1035. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220: Misti Radio. Dutch music @ 1020, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6960: Atlantic Radio. Boney M "Sunny" @ 0955, good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

Mon Feb 21

4075: Radio Black Bandit. Country music @ 1745, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Tony James with Moody Blues "The Actor" @ 0945. SINPO 34333. Good signal @ 1755 but splash from strong station on 6205. SINPO 43433.

6960: Atlantic Radio. Tears For Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" @ 1008. Fair-good signal. SINPO 44433. Strong signal @ 1750 ... SINPO 54444.

Sun Feb 20

3905: Continental Radio. Dutch songs @ 1910, followed by IDs and greetings in Dutch and English. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5800: Radio Star Int. Signing on @ 0900 with Roger Dale, fair signal but not as good as parallel 6221. SINPO 34333.

5810: Free Radio Victoria. Hot Chocolate "Emma" @ 0920, followed by IDs. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5820: Orion Radio. Offshore Echos promo, then Dutch music. Good signal but some sort of utility noise on frequency. SINPO 43433.

6165: Radio Borderhunter. Dance track "Got to Move It" @ 0912. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6200: Radio Orang Utan. ID and country music song @ 0907. SINPO 34333.

6210: Laser Hot Hits. "What I Am" @ 1215. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6221: Radio Star Int. Golden Gate Strings tune @ 0905, strong signal, in parallel with 5800. SINPO 54444.

6251: Radio Iceman. Polka @ 1110, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6267: Bluestar Radio. Nena @ 1150, good-strong signal but lot of fading. SINPO 44433.

6282: Radio Shadow. "I Only Want to be With You" @ 0925, utility splash. SINPO 33333.

6290: Radio Altrex. "Let's Twist Again" @ 0930, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6300: Top Radio. OMD "Joan of Arc" @ 1020, splash from strong station on 6305. SINPO 33333. Also heard on 6375 @ 1100. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Marconi. Instrumental and Dutch music @ 1125, ID 1127. Good-strong signal, some fading. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Atlantis. Polka @ 1235, weak-fair signal, quite noisy. SINPO 24332.

6315: Old Timer Radio. "Yellow River" @ 1035, not many IDs. SINPO 54444.

6325: Radio Pink Panther. Music heard just above the noise @ 1115. SINPO 24332.

6385: Radio Scotland Int. Status Quo @ 1000, also talking about report received from New Zealand. SINPO 54444.

6400: Radio Bontekoe. IDs and rock music @ 1242. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6425: Radio Universe. "Legend of Xanadu" @ 0915. SINPO 34333.

6524: Radio Ramona. ID and rock music @ 1140. Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6525: Radio Saturnus. Roxy Music "Love is the Drug" @ 1010. SINPO 34333.

6551: Central Radio Int. Kasabian song heard @ 1015, utility noise, faded out. (see comments). SINPO 33333.

6880: Voice of the Kettle. Dance music @ 1335, followed by jingle ID,  fair-good signal. SINPO 44333.

6960: Atlantic Radio. Live show @ 1205, mention Facebook page, song "Pretty Flamingo." Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

Sat Feb 19

3905: Skyline Radio Int. "So Far Away From Me" @ 1650, polka then ID jingles. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

3910: Radio Likedeeler. Gary Moore tribute with "The Boys Are Back in Town" @ 2300. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

3932: Radio Northcoast. Abba @ 1705, weak signal here. SINPO 24332.

3932: The Ghoul. Back on the air again, heard @ 2000 with David Bowie "Heroes" and Stranglers "Get A Grip." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4075: Radio Black Bandit (pres). Blues music @ 2305, good signal but quite noisy. SINPO 44333.

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Marshall Haine "Dancing in the City" @ 0905. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6280: Radio Merlin Int. Heard with TV themes ... Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett @ 1115. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6280: Radio Marconi. Polka and IDs @ 1600, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6282: Radio Black Power. Dance music @ QSO with Radio Titanic @ 1340. Strong signal 54444. Titanic replied ... not so strong. SINPO 33333.

6289: Radio Rainbow. IDs and oldies @ 1325, occasional utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6295: Trans Europe Radio. Pink Floyd @ 1515. SINPO 34333.

6295: Radio Mickey Mouse. Calling Trans Europe @ 1555, IDs in English, fair signal.  SINPO 34333.

6295: Radio Baken 16. Joining in the QSO @ 1622. SINPO 44333.

6304: Radio Altrex. "Keep on Holding On" @ 0855, ID and talk about the weather. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Underground. "You Can do Magic" @ 1330, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6310: Continental Radio. "Ballroom Blitz" @ 1640, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Pink Panther. Music just above the noise level @ 1000. SINPO 24332.

6380: Unid. "Paranoid," "I Fought the Law" @ 1110. Strong signal, no ID. SINPO 54444.

6400: Trans Europe Radio. "Don't Leave Me This Way" @ 1320, IDs, splash from strong utility on 6407. SINPO 33333.

6425: Radio Universe. "Eye of the Tiger" @ 1535, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6960: Atlantic Radio. Reggae @ 0940, good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

9510: Radio City via Nexus. Sign on @ 0900, "station of the cars" ID and into music. Strong signal. SINPO 55444.

Radio Star International this Sunday

Radio Star International will be on the air this Sunday 20th on 6220 and 5800. Programme details are on the website http://www.radiostarinternational.com/
New QSL cards will be available via the contact address which will be given out during the shows.

Fri Feb 18

4075: Radio Black Bandit (tent): "Everlasting Love" @ 0945, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Goombay Dance Band "Seven Seas" @ 0930, good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6280: Radio Altrex. Dance music @ 0935, occasional cow noises, ID and greetings at 0944, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Merlin. Jim Reeves @ 1035, fair signal with good peaks, only 10W. SINPO 34333.

Thurs Feb 17

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Offshore radio documentary @ 0940 with mentions of Radio Caroline and Mi Amigo, among others. SINPO 34333.

6251: Radio Iceman. New station on shortwave, IDs and Dutch music @ 1115, some utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

Suspected pirate station raided in West Midlands

Recording equipment believed to be used for pirate radio and cannabis plants have been seized from a Bilston (near Wolverhampton, West Midlands) house.

The plants and equipment were found in a raid by West Midlands Police.
A police spokesman said officers executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act at a property in Wellington Road at around 1130 GMT on Tuesday (Feb 8).

Two men, aged 55 and 33, were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the production of cannabis, and bailed pending further inquiries.

He added officers had seized nine cannabis plants and hydroponics equipment as well as a number of computers, webcams and music mixing decks.

An address in Castlecroft Avenue, Castlecroft, was subsequently searched and hydroponics equipment found.

The radio equipment was handed over to enforcement officers from the Office of Communications (Ofcom) who will decide on any further action.

(source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ )

Wed Feb 16

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Denise Williams "Free" @ 0955, fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

Tues Feb 15

6210: Laser Hot Hits. "Always Something There to Remind Me" @ 1028, fair signal but quite bit of fading. SINPO 34333.

6301: Misti Radio. Instrumental music @ 1032, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

Music for DXing

I have had an email from First Fold Records about a project called "Music for DXing" by Spunkle. It is  described as a "collection of songs based on the experience of DXing."

The music can best be described as electronic experimental music. There are a couple of videos and more information at this link: http://www.firstfoldrecords.com/?page_id=1321

Mon Feb 14

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Japan "Ghosts" @ 0925, then UB40 "One In Ten." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Atlantis. Short test, heard @ 1115 with polka and ID, off a minute later. Fair signal but some fading and noise. SINPO 34333.

Sun Feb 13

5800: Free Radio Victoria. "It's Not Unusual" Tom Jones @ 0925. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5820: Orion Radio. Dutch song, ID and plug for AM-Forum @ 0905, weaker signal today. SINPO 34333.

6005: Radio Atlantic 2000 via Radio 700. French song @ 0953 followed by talk in French. SINPO 34333.

6170: Radio Scotland Int. Greeting listener in New Zealand @ 0957, off 1002, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6198: Radio Torenvalk. QSO with Orang Utan @ 1040, weak and noisy signal. SINPO 24332.

6200: Radio Orang Utan. "Rose Garden" @ 0910. SINPO 34333.

6206: Misti Radio. Music @ 1025, splash from Laser. SINPO 23332.

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Dave Simpson with Sailor "Girls Girls Girls" @ 1028. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6240: Radio Borderhunter. Talk about propagation and weather, Boston "More than a Feeling" @ 0915, strong signal but utility QRM. SINPO 53433.

6260: Radio Marconi. Polka and IDs @ 1050. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6279: Radio Experience Int. Oldies @ 0920, weak-fair signal under some sort of utility noise. SINPO 23332.

6287: Radio Shadow. Slade "Coz I Luv You" @ 0930. Fair signal but ute QRM. SINPO 33333.

6295: Radio Trans Europe. Greeting listeners @ 1130, said closing down. SINPO 34333.

6301: Misti Radio. Latin American music @ 1445, better signal than earlier. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Paardenkracht. Boney M "Belfast" @ 1045. Fair signal with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6314: Radio Low Power. Green Day song @ 1500. Good signal. SINPO 44433. Moved to 6314 @ 1507, playing Echo & The Bunnymen. SINPO 44433.

6320: Radio Zodiac. IDs and "You've Got the Look" @ 1200. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Pink Panther. Oldies @ 1400, poor signal. SINPO 24332.

6381: Unid. Non-stop Dutch music, logged @ 1140 with SINPO 34333.

6546: Central Radio Int. Marillion "Kayleigh" @ 1320, ID and email address heard. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6960: Atlantic Radio. Blondie "One Way or Another" @ 1010, good signal but some annoying noise on frequency. SINPO 43433.

Sat Feb 12

3932: Radio Baken 16. Oldies @ 1700, signal peaked at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

4075: Radio Black Bandit (tent). Non-stop music, Dutch song @ 1705, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

5820: Orion Radio. Polka @ 1000, good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6210: Laser Hot Hits. Stewart Ross programme @ 1030, song "Blue World," fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6220: Misti Radio. Weak signal @ 1015, music heard just above the noise. SINPO 24332.

6220: Radio Scotland Int. Joy Division "Love Will Tears Us Apart" @ 1520 then jingle ID, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6220: Radio Pluto. OMD "Enola Gay" @ 1558, looking for QSO. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6265: Radio Oscar Zulu (ROZ): The Who "My Generation" @ 1530, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6280: Radio Merlin Int. Mike Oldfield "Moonlight Shadow." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6290: Radio Borderhunter. Dutch songs @ 1510, good signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 44433.

6295: Radio Altrex. Whistling song @ 1012, followed by ID and greetings, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6300: Radio Rainbow. "See You Later Alligator" @ 1050, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6300: Time Radio. AC/DC song @ 1535, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6300: Radio Bizon. "Rhinestone Cowboy" @ 1618, giving out email address, radio97.1@hotmail.com Strong signal but splash from Merlin. SINPO 53443.

6305: Radio Brandaris. Signing off @ 1500, mention Saturnus coming on in a minute. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6306: Radio Saturnus. Promo AM-Forum @ 1515, then Joan Jett "I Love Rock n Roll." SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Zodiac. Duran Duran "Hungry Like the Wolf" @ 0915. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Pluto. Dutch song @ 1648, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Pink Panther. Weak-fair signal @ 1025, playing oldies. SINPO 24332.

6330: Trans Europe Radio. "I Won't Let you Down" @ 1505, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6390: Radio Baken 16. Freddie Mercy "Living on my Own" @ 1610, good signal. SINPO 44433.

6940: Mike Radio. REO Speedwagon "Keep on Loving you" @ 0920. SINPO 44333.

6960: Atlantic Radio. Back on the air, Beatles "Hello Goodbye" @ 0955. SINPO 44433.