Tues Apr 10

4015 1925 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence show. James "Born of Frustration." SINPO 44433.

6290 1740 Radio Tarzan. Dutch music, talk in Dutch and English. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6305 1745 Radio Osaka. "Dragon's Lair" music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6325 1915 Radio Caroline Int. Dance music, recordings of offshore Radio Caroline. SINPO 34333.

6980 1905 Laser Hot Hits. Madonna "Power of Goodbye," talk about price of stamps going up. SINPO 44433.

Nord AM this Saturday

Dear listeners and friends,
 We hope that you were enjoying your Easter holidays and that the first signs of spring are already visible at your hometown. Well, we would like to support that by sending you some funky tunes through the magical world of shortwave-radio.

To sum it up: The sixth edition of NordAM will be broadcast next Saturday 14/04/2012
 1400-1500 UTC on 6005 kHz
 2000-2100 UTC on 3995 kHz

 We use Radio 700's transmitters in Kall-Krekel, Germany (with 1000 Watts). Furthermore, we can be heard on Radio 700's online live streaming. Just go to <http://radio700.de/player/player_kw.php?p=1> and select the frequency we are currently broadcasting on. These streams and frequencies normally carry the broadcasts of Radio 700.

 Once again, we will bring you some current (Indie) pop and rock music from all over the world and hope to bring you 60 minutes of entertainment and joy. Furthermore, we have a short listeners' mailbox-program and invite you to send us again your comments and reception reports.

 Detailled and correct reports will be verified with our new QSL card (by regular mail or email).
 Please send all your letters and reports to: nordam @ shortwaveservice.com
 Or visit our Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/NordAM/231948116860158

 We would like to thank all listeners for writing and sending reports regarding our previous transmission. Some of you may not have received our QSL yet, but your reception reports are not forgotten. We simply run out of QSL cards and have to design & print some new ones. But be sure that everyone who sends in a correct and detailled report will get his or her deserved QSL. ;-)

 Of course we are also glad to hear from you what you think about our choice of music or if you have any advice for us regarding new bands etc.

 We are excited to read where our little "student-radio-project" can be received. Feel free to forward these information to your DXing friends.

 Let's meet in the 49 and 75 metre-band next Saturday!

 All the best,
 Torben & Daniel

 P.S: More details about Radio 700: www.radio700.eu. Our transmission is made
 possible thanks to www.shortwaveservice.com (see this page for technical details and schedule updates!).
(infor via Dr Tim Yahoo group)

Mon Apr 9

I'm afraid I missed all the action today but there are still a few stations around....

4015 2145 Laser Hot Hits. Chris Jones song. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6210 2150 Radio Sluwe Vos. Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing," ID jingle. Fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6240 2110 Radio Focus Int. Coldplay song, ID jingles. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6930 2125 Irish Music Radio. More Coldplay. SINPO 34333.

6980 2115 Laser Hot Hits. "Amigo." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Sun Apr 8

4015 2130 Laser Hot Hits. "Send Me An Angel", reading reception reports, good signal. SINPO 44433.

5820 0737 Orion Radio. Mention Saxonia, Abba "Chiquitita", good signal. SINPO 44433.

5820 0920 Radio Scotland Int. Report to Orion, "Pepperbox," off 0922, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6200 0745 Radio Orang Utan. Rock music, fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6220 1203 Bogusman. Reading reception reports from Scotland, Germany, Sweden and France. Also said he hasn't got QSLs at the moment. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6240 0802 Radio Focus Int. Keith Archer programme. ID,  Dio "Rock n Roll Children." SINPO 44433.

6265 1405 Radio Geromino SW. ID, ELO song, Dave Scott talking about the pirate radio chatroom. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6280 0755 Radio Merlin Int. Lou Reed "Take A Walk on the Wild Side," ID. Good signal with strong peaks. SINPO 44444. Heard on 6305 at 1420 - SINPO 44433

6290 0840 Radio Spaceman. Dutch music, greeting listeners (thanks for mention), strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6295 0944 Wizard Radio. Report for Radio Spaceman. Fair signal but fady. SINPO 34333.

6300 0800 Crazy Wave Radio. Rock music, weak with splash from 6305. SINPO 23332. Also on 7425. Big difference in the signal strength by 2100 ... SINPO 53443, although some splash from Reflections Europe on 6295 and strong station on 6305.

6305 0750 Radio Tarzan. Dutch music, ID. SINPO 34333.

6310 1015 Radio Condor. ID, email address, instrumental music. SINPO 34333.

6325 0933 Radio Scotland Int. Moved from 5820, ID, "Wipeout", strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6325 1425 Pony Radio. BZN, good to strong signal. SINPO 44433.

6326 1740 Bad Boys Radio. ID and email address by woman and off, some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6374 1010 Wizard Radio. Moved from 6295, ID, fair signal. SINPO 34333. Heard again at 2045 with SINPO 34333.

6383 1430 Radio Underground. ID and greeting listeners, Dutch music. Good signal. SINPO 44433. Moved to 6325 at 1439, still 44433.

6420 1530 Radio Tidalwave. ID, dance music, then dance version of "China in Your Hand." Good-strong signal. SINPO 44433.

6450 1535 Radio Mustang. Kim Wilde "You Came," ID, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6450 2050 Uncle Sam Radio. Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive", strong. SINPO 54444.

6510 1545 Radio Rising Sun. IDs, "I've Been Around the World", weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6930 0815 Irish Music Radio. Elkie Brooks "The Way You Do the Things You Do." SINPO 34333.

6940 0807 Radio Waves Int. ID, country music. SINPO 34333.

6980 0810 Laser Hot Hits. Kate Bush "Never Forever," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

7265 0937 Radio Pacman. Voice only transmission, using 20W, greeting Wizard. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

7265 1005 Trans Europe Radio. Report to Pacman, ID, and off 1007. SINPO 34333.

7425 0907 Crazy Wave Radio. Andy Walker talking, oldies but poor signal. SINPO 24332.

9480 0900 MV Baltic Radio. Signing on, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

Sat Apr 7

3930 2238 Radio Batavia. Toto "Africa", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4015 2225 Laser Hot Hits. Laser 558 recordings, "Boogie Woogie No More." SINPO 44433.

6291 2045 Radio Sallandse Boer. ID and music, only weak here with utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6300 2040 Unid. Funky music, good signal but no ID. SINPO 44433. Maybe CWR testing?

6305 2050 Radio Spaceman. Band closing earlier tonight, only weak signal with splash from 6300. SINPO 23332.

Fri Apr 6

4015 2202 Laser Hot Hits. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6240 2235 Radio Frieloo. Dutch music, ID and email address at 2241. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6295 1810 Radio Spaceman. Shadows "Apache", ID, then Dutch music. Strong. SINPO 54444. Signal still powering out at 2210 - SINPO 54444.

6305 1815 Radio Osaka. Blues rock, fair signal but utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6305 2250 Radio Marconi. Dutch music, ID and greetings. Good signal but quite fady. SINPO 44433.

6325 1850 Radio Waves Int. Long talk, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6585lsb 2215 Unid. Italian music and talk in Italian. Fair-good strength. SINPO 44433.

6925 1818 Radio Black Arrow. ID and greetings, Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This. SINPO 44433.

6930 1820 Irish Music Radio. Oldies and IDs, good signal. SINPO 44433.

6980 2155 Laser Hot Hits. "Let the Music Play," strong but utility QRM. SINPO 53443.

Thurs Apr 5

6295 1523 Misti Radio. "Rock Around the Clock," heard on 6292 at 1536. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6305 1510 Radio Altrex. "Just Leave the Light On" and "Lady in Red." ID and cow noises at 1531. SINPO 34333.

6328 1518 Stress Radio (Black Bandit). Country music, strong signal, off 1537. SINPO 54444.

6980 1545 Laser Hot Hits. Talk Talk "It's My Life." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Radio Saxonia this Easter

Hier das Radio Saxonia Osterprogramm im Überblick:
This is the Easter-schedule of Radio Saxonia in overview:

Freitag,  
06.04.12  08.00 UTC  6.255 kHz.  +

Sonntag, 08.04.12
07.00 UTC  6.255 kHz.
08.00 UTC   9.480 kHz. Via MV Baltic Radio
09.00 UTC   6.255 kHz.
11.00 UTC   9.480 kHz. Via MV Baltic Radio

Montag,  09.04.12
08.00 UTC   9.480 kHz. Via MV Baltic Radio
09.00 UTC   6.255 kHz.  +
11.00 UTC
via MV Baltic Radio 1KW ,  “+” -  700 W Relaystation.

Jede Sendung läuft 1 Stunde / 1-h-program each.

Kontakt / Contact: radiosaxonia@web.de
SRS Deutschland, Saxonia, PF 10 11 45, D-99801 Eisenach

Reports and comments much appreciated, verification by QSL-card
Empfangsberichte und Kommentare werden mit QSL-Karte

bestätigt.
Keep in touch and good listening

Best 73, fffr,

Augustus Rex  

(via Dr Tim Yahoo group)

Wed Apr 4

3910 2010 Radio Festivum. Eurythmics "Here Comes the Rain", then ID jingle. SINPO 34333.

4015 2005 Laser Hot Hits. Talk about the Eurovision Song Contest, Engelbert Humperdinck "Please Release Me" (he's the UK entry this year!). SINPO 54444.

6295 1913 Radio "High Voltage". "Born to be Wild", "Heat is On," then Laser 558 recordings. No ID but operator in pirate chat, said using 20W. Good with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6300 1946 Radio Witte Reus. 60s guitar music, ID and email address, some spalsh from 6295. SINPO 43433.

6980 1951 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James show. Pretenders "Talk of the Town." SINPO 54444.

Tues Apr 3

4015 1935 Laser Hot Hits. Electronic "Get the Message," Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6293 1735 Radio Altrex. ID and chat, Golden Earring. Was on 6290 & 6295 before. SINPO 34333.

6305 1730 Radio Tarzan. Country rock, ID and greetings, good signal. SINPO 44433.

6325 1750 Top Radio. Dutch music. Weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6325 1920 Radio Skywire. Johnny Cash "Walked the Line", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6450 1740 Radio Merlin Int. "Let's All Chant" Michael Zager Band. SINPO 44433.

6980 1925 Laser Hot Hits. Britney Spears "Criminal," SINPO 44333.

Sun Apr 1

4015 1920 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. Whitney Houston "Where Do Broken Hearts Go." SINPO 34333.

6240 1911 Radio Focus Int. ID jingle, Ultravox "Vienna." SINPO 44444.

6325 1900 Radio Underground. Reggae, SSB QRM. SINPO 43433. Moved to 6304 at 1906, talking about the HF global pirate weekend. SINPO 44444.

6375 1842 Radio Caroline Int. IDs and pop music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6420 1837 Unid. "Telstar" tune, good signal, off with no ID, QRM with 6423. SINPO 43433.

6423 1830 Radio Oscar Zulu. Moody Blues "Whiter Shade of Pale." QRM from 6420. SINPO 43443.

6930 1846 IMR. Calvin Harris & Rihanna song, occasional bursts of utility. SINPO 43443.

6980 1853 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. Lightning Seeds "Pure" (which according to a listener was a secret code record used by Caroline to signify a successful tender delivery!). Good signal. SINPO 44444.

Sat Mar 31

4015 1615 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James show. Dollar "Give Me Some Kind of Magic", then Van Morrison song. SINPO 44433.

6208 1830 Unid. The Cure "A Forest", then Blur song. Strong signal but some utility splash. Maybe Armadillo. SINPO 54444.

6240 0900 Radio Focus International. "Shout to the Top", ID jingle, Prince "Purple Rain." Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6300 1555 Radio Tower. Instrumental music, ID and giving out email address. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6305 0845 Radio Altrex. IDs and chat, oldies. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6305 1640 Radio Osaka. "Mexican Girl," weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6420 1707 Radio Tidalwave. ID and greetings, giving out email address, "Big In Japan." Strong but fady. SINPO 54433.

6510 0908 Radio Rising Sun. Murray Head "One Night in Bangkok", weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6930 0913 Irish Music Radio. ID, then Elton John "Crocodile Rock." SINPO 34333.

6980 0918 Laser Hot Hits. The Police "Don't Stand So Close To Me." SINPO 34333.

Global HF pirate weekend

19 stations have signed up for this weekend's global HF pirate weekend (March 31/April 1) when operators switch on their transnmitters and tune to the higher frequencies to see how far their signals will travel. It is organised by Harri in Finland and there is much more on his blog at: http://hkdx2.blogspot.com

Fri Mar 30

3905 2219 Skyline International Radio. ID and greetings, Michael Jackson "Beat It." SINPO 44433.

3930 2225 Polaris Radio. ID, greetings, mention this blog (thanks), music by Dutch group. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

4015 1750 Laser Hot Hits. Belinda Carlisle "Circle in the Sand," SINPO 44433.

6240 1738 Rado Focus Int. New station on the air, "Knock on Wood", then "Shout to the Top," ID jingle and giving out email address: focus (@) live.co.uk. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6300 1733 Radio Paardenkracht. ID, QSO with Radio Rob. SINPO 34333.

6930 1744 Irish Music Radio. ID and links between records, "Sugar Candy Kisses." SINPO 34333.

6980 1747 Laser Hot Hits. Jonah Lewie "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties," SINPO 44433.

Wed Mar 28

4015 1840 Laser Hot Hits. Genesis song. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6300 1755 Unid. Flash & The Pan "Waiting for a Train." No ID heard, strong. SINPO 54444.

6325 1800 Unid. Blackbyrds "Walking in Rhythm," fair. SINPO 34333.

6375 1835 Radio Tina. ID, Abba "Dancing Queen" fair. SINPO 34333.

6980 1840 Laser Hot Hits. Diana Ross "My Old Piano." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Tues Mar 27

4015 1925 Laser Hot Hits. Altered Images from the 80s with "Don't Talk to Me About Love." SINPO 34333.

6305 1725 Radio Tarzan. Paul Young "Love of the Common People," good signal. SINPO 44433. Still going strong at 1930.

6980 1735 Laser Hot Hits. Another frequency change. Paul Stuart programme. Talking about there being no beer, playing Gary Numan and George McRae songs. SINPO 34333.

Sun Mar 25

4015 0835 Laser Hot Hits. Martin Scott programme. Cathy Dennis "Fallen," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5820 0815 Orion Radio with Radio Tina. Dutch music, good signal. SINPO 44444.

6045 0935 Iceman Radio via Wertachtal. ID jingle, rock n roll. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6095 0925 KBC via Wertachtal. America "Ventura Highway," strong. SINPO 54444.

6140 0905 Radio Gloria via Wertachtal. The Verve song, then Johnny Depp song. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6215 0820 Radio King Shortwave (tent). "More than A Woman to Me," modulation seems to be getting worse. SINPO 34332.

6375 1835 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingles, pop/dance music. SINPO 34333.

6420 0930 Radio Tidalwave. Dutch music, utility QRM from 6425. SINPO 43433.

6930 0825 Irish Music Radio. ID, then The Who "My Generation." SINPO 44433.

6985 0830 Laser Hot Hits. Adele song, it seems the station moved to avoid Galei Zahal which has returned to 6973. SINPO 44433.

7630 0950 Free Radio Victoria. Rod Stewart "Maggie May," ID, then Manfred Mann "Blinded By the Light." SINPO 44433.

9480 1007 European Music Radio via MV Baltic Radio. Black Sabbath "Paranoid," weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

Radiofax shows online

Andy Burnham (ex of Radiofax) writes: “We are approaching the 20th anniversary of the closedown of the shortwave station Radiofax later this year and I have taken on the task of uploading archive programmes from my weekly technical programme Sparks and others, from the early programmes, going right up until the closedown in September 1992.

“I am finding some fascinating stuff in these programmes, the period of the early 1990s when digital technologies were just starting to take off, but before the Internet took hold is often overlooked so I’m hoping to redress the balance a little.

“I’m hoping to restart the uploads over the weekend - I’m working on it now - but I thought I must get in touch in the hope you can add a mention from the Media Network blog before it closes. I will be adding more over the coming weeks and months, much like Jonathan Marks is doing on his Media Network archive blog.”

Andy Sennitt of Media Network adds: The URL is www.radiofax.org and I have added it to the list of links on the right of this page. Radiofax was featured a number of times on Media Network, and of course the team included the late Bob Tomalksi, who was a friend of the programme and sadly passed away in 2001. I often wonder what Bob would have made of all the changes that have taken place in international broadcasting in the first decade of this century.

Radiofax was an unlicensed station that believed in producing quality programming rather than just playing records. Programmes included science, technology and media news.Co-founders Andy Burnham and Trevor Brook fought a valiant campaign to get a licence to broadcast on shortwave. The case even reached the International Court of Human Rights.

Info via Radio Netherlands Media Network

This was one of the final items posted to the Media Network weblog which closed yesterday. I for one will be sorry to see it go. It was a great source for news from the world of shortwave and radio in general.

Sat Mar 24

3905 1700 Radio Spaceman. 10CC "I'm Not In Love," good signal. SINPO 44433. By 1900 very good - 54444.

4015 0850 Laser Hot Hits. Country rock, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

4026 1827 Unid. Toto "Hold the Line", non-stop oldies, earlier were offshore recordings. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6095 0925 KBC via Wertachtal. Emperor Rosko with country music. SINPO 44433.

6300 1710 Radio Witte Reus. Signing off, off at 1712. SINPO 34333.

6300 1750 Radio Tarzan. Dutch music ID, splatter from what is possibly's Cairo's transmitter putting out S9+40db noise on 6283. SINPO 43433. Moved to 6305 at 1753 - SINPO 44433.

6315 0948 Radio Altrex. Weak signal heard through the noise. SINPO 24332.

6325 0935 Radio Black Bandit. Greeting Pluto, country music, occasional strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6375 1853 Radio Caroline Int. ID jingle, pop/dance music, signal good tonight. SINPO 44433.

6420 1805 Radio Tidalwave. IDs and greetings, Robert Plant song, utility splash. SINPO 53443.

6450 1740 Radio Universe. Human League "Don't You Want Me Baby," co-channel QRM. SINPO 53443.

6510 1825 Radio Rising Sun. Oldies, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6930 0840 Irish Music Radio. Rock n roll megamix, Theme from A Team, ID jingle. SINPO 34333.

6985 0830 Laser Hot Hits. Change of frequency, Dave Simpson show. Eagles "What Do I Do With My Heart." SINPO 44433.

7625 1800 Radio Northpole. Oldies, good signal. SINPO 44433.

9305usb 1740 Radio FSM. Greetings, ID, New Order song, then off. Fair signal but clear. SINPO 35443.

New pirate radio forum

There's a new UK pirate radio forum, which is mainly focused on London FM pirates, but also has a lot of other more general pirate radio categories. It seems to be quite popular with more 1,300 posts already so worth a visit. The address is: http://www.radionecks.com/index.php