South Herts Radio to close

Gary Drew writes: "Just a little update for you regards Laser Hot Hits. Some Sunday's the webstream is relayed by Radio Blackbeard on 6266 KHz. Tests of Laser on other wavelengths will be carried out soon.

I am closing South Herts Radio at the end of the year. I have been running this hobby station for 5 and a half years and I want to start a new station later in 2013 trying something new. Plans are being made already and I hope to launch a new internet station with relays from the stream on FM and SW. I will be in partnership with others and I hope it will be on air '24/7' on-line with relays mostly on Sundays.

A new name is being considered and it will be registered for the domain on the web. I'm taking my time to get it right so it may be a good 9 months before it takes to the air so let's hope it's worth the wait."

Gary Drew, BDXC-UK Yahoo Group

More information at: http://www.southhertsradio.com/

Many will know Gary from his soul/funk programmes and his Laser Goes DX shows on Laser Hot Hits.

Sat Dec 1

3907 1700 Radio Activity. Christmas music, "Do They Know It's Christmas" then "Brown Girl in the Ring." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

4026 1045 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence show. Chaka Khan "Eye to Eye" and Kim Wilde "You Came." SINPO 44433.

6304 1000 Radio Vendor. Bryan Adams "Run to You", ID. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6450 1010 Radio Polaris. ID and greetings, Finnish pop. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6937 1005 Irish Music Radio. Frankie Vaughan then Martha & The Vandellas "Dancing in the Street." SINPO 34333.

Fri Nov 30

3905 2320 Skyline International Radio. Instrumental music and close down. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

Thurs Nov 29

4026 2300 Laser Hot Hits. Martin Scott with the mystery year. Bananarama and Belinda Carlisle songs. Good signal but deep fades, via the Twente SDR receiver. SINPO 44433.

SWR 7265 raid

Hallo zusammen,

wenn man davon ausgehen kann, dass der Spuk rund um die 7265 khz in den
 vergangen Wochen von einer Person ausging, dürfte das Ganze wohl nun erst
 einmal ein Ende gefunden haben. Ich habe läuten gehört, dass vor dem Haus
 desjenigen heute die freundlichen Herren von der BNetzA Aussenstelle Krefeld
 mit ihrem VW Bulli vor der Tür gestanden haben und weitere Aussendungen
 (fürs erste) unterbunden haben.

Alles weitere wird jetzt wohl der “Rechtsweg” klären, keine Ahnung, wie da
 Vorgehensweise und Strafen aussehen.

Wenn der Pirat jedenfalls so vorgegangen wäre wie heute morgen “Radio
 Scotland International” auf 6095 (der hat nämlich seine Sendezeit der von
 KBC angepasst, sodass man sich nicht ins Gehege kam), hätten ja vielleicht
 alle was davon gehabt. So wie jetzt war es nur ein Ärgernis für alle
 Beteiligten (inkl demjenigen, der die HHLR Sendungen gejammt hat und nun
 Ärger am Hals hat).

Info via A-DX via Achims Free Radio Desaster

I put this through Google translate:

Hi all,
If it can be assumed that the spook khz around 7265 in the past few weeks, was based on a person, the whole thing is probably only now come to an end. I hear ringing, that before the house day of that the friendly gentlemen by BNetzA outpost Krefeld stood with their VW bus at the door and hav more releases have stopped (for now).

Everything else is now probably clarify the "legal process", no idea how because Procedure and penalties look.

If the pirate would certainly be carried out such as this morning, "Radio Scotland International "in 6095 (the fact has its transmission time of the KBC customized so that you are not in the enclosure) came, had perhaps all of them had what. Just as now, it was just an annoyance for all
The person involved (including that has jammed the HHLR programs and now trouble at the neck has).

Can anyone confirm if the unofficial SWR relay on 7265 kHz has ended?

I wonder what the idea was behind this? Of course, once SWR was alerted to the fact that someone was running an unofficial shortwave relay of their station, its days were numbered!

Pirate broadcast of Sudwestrundfunk

SWR stopped broadcasts on 7265 kHz eight years ago but recently the station has been heard again on 7265 kHz.

Manuel Méndez of Lugo, Spain reports via the DX Listening Digest Yahoo group: "About the German station Südwestrundfunk SWR now on 7265 kHz Short Wave, that I picked it up 25th of November, this station has been out of the air since 2004 in this frequency. I send an e-mail in English to the Station to see if they confirm the come back to the air on Short Wave and here is the reply in German. Below is the English translation with the aid of Google translate."

Sehr geehrter Herr Méndez,
der SWR betreibt seit 2004 keinen Kurzwellensender mehr. Zudem besitzen wir für diese ehemalige SWR-Frequenz auch keine Lizenz mehr. Momentan wird aber unser SWR3-Programm auf der Frequenz 7265 kHz ohne unsere Erlaubnis unrechtmäßig ausgestrahlt. Die Bundesnetzagentur ist über diesen Umstand bereits informiert und wir prüfen, ob wir rechtliche Schritte gegen Unbekannt ergreifen.
Für weitere Fragen stehen wir gerne zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Udo Merzig

Dear Mr. Méndez,
SWR operates since 2004 no more with the short-wave transmitter. In addition, we have this former SWR frequency without license. Currently, however, our SWR3 program is broadcast illegally on the 7265 kHz frequency without our permission. The German Federal Network Agency has been informed of this fact and we check if we can take legal action against the unknown people who are transmitting our program.
 For further questions please contact us.
 Sincerely yours
 Udo Merzig

(via Hard-Core DX mailing list)

Harald Khul adds on the BDXC Yahoo group: "Hamburger Lokalradio is testing on 6190 kHz and 7265 kHz. However, there was a jamming station trying to interfer with these tests. Also the program of Westdeutscher Rundfunk WDR4 has been used for deliberate jamming of Hamburger Lokalradio on 6190 kHz and 7265 kHz."

( Via BDXC Yahoo group)

Sun Nov 25

4026 0935 Laser Hot Hits. Crosby Nash then Bryan Ferry songs. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5835 0955 Radio Thunderbird. Bob Dylan "Like A Rolling Stone," ID jingle. Fair with good peaks. SINPO 34333.

6180 0950 Radio Altrex. "Another Day in Paradise" (not the Phil Collins version). Fair reception. SINPO 34333.

6195 0833 Borderhunter Radio. Art Garfunkel "Bright Eyes", ID and greetings, Shakin' Stevens. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6205 0838 Radio Orang Utan. Jingles and oldies. SINPO 34333.

6205 1650 Borderhunter Radio. ID jingles, Dutch song then Madness. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6214 0900 Radio King SW. Jean Michel Jarre music, bad modulation. SINPO 34332.

6215 1517 Radio Witte Reus. ID jingles and off. SINPO 34333.

6215 1548 Radio Telstar. Fleetwood Mac song, ID. Fair. SINPO 34333.

6240 0843 RWI. The Fortunes "Caroline" then "Do You Wanna Dance." Fair. SINPO 34333.

6240 1556 Radio Underground. Altered Images "I Could Be Happy", ID and greetings, then Dutch songs. SINPO 44433.

6285 0855 Radio Focus Int. Lenny Kravitz "Are You Going My Way," then Ike & Tina Turner "Nutbush City Limits." SINPO 44433.

6300 1047 Top Radio. ID jingles, Abba "I Do I Do I Do", good signal. SINPO 44433.

6307 1534 Radio Joey. Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper" then Sherbert "Howzat." Weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6324 1510 Radio Zodiac. Rock music, fair. SINPO 34333.

6325 1105 Radio Sonic. Bob Marley "Is This Love," ID. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6375 0850 Radio Rockefeller. Dutch songs, good signal. SINPO 44433.

6375 1009 Radio Ascona. Dutch music, ID and greetings, QSO with Rockefeller. SINPO 34333.

6450 1500 Radio Readymix. Dutch songs. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6450 1544 Radio Lowland. Polka, ID and off. SINPO 34333.

6555 1700 Radio Joey. Men At Work "Who Can It Be Now", weak. SINPO 24332.

6937 0940 IMR. Dan Hartman "Instant Replay," fair. SINPO 34333.

9480 0945 Radio Atlantic 2000 via MV Baltic. The Stranglers "Always the Sun." Weak with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

9480 1020 Radio Gloria via MV Baltic. "Bang Bang", talk in German. Fair reception. SINPO 34333.

Sat Nov 24

4015 1010 Laser Hot Hits. Tony James show. The Doors "Light My Fire," then Eric Carmen song, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6207 1610 Radio Underground. "Fanfare for the Common Man," ID and greetings. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6214 1615 Radio Sluwe Vos. Kraftwerk "Radioactivity", said closing down soon. SINPO 54444.

6266 1620 Radio Blackbeard. Dance music, ID, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6285 0945 Radio Focus Int. Hazel O'Connor "Eighth Day," ID and contact details. SINPO 44433.

6296 1635 Radio Verona. Dutch music, good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6304 1725 Radio Vendor. Dutch songs, ID at 1732. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6920 1018 Misti Radio. ID and contact details, greetings, fair signal. SINPO 34333. 

6920 1625 Trans Europe Radio. Getting in the mood with Christmas music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6937 1000 IMR. Jeff Beck "Hi Ho Silver Lining," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Fri Nov 23

3905 1830 Skyline International Radio. Midnight Oil "Beds Are Burning," ID and greetings. SINPO 34333. 

4026 1748 Laser Hot Hits. John Miles "It's Only Yesterday," good signal. SINPO 44433.

6295 1713 Radio Mustang. Kraftwerk, ID then rock music. Strong. SINPO 54444.

Thurs Nov 22

3905 1725 Radio Activity. Neil Young song, ID and greetings, "Heard It Through the Grapevine." Weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6289 1812 Radio Rainbow Int. Band Aid "We Are the World", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6296 1625 Radio Verona. Dutch music, ID and said closing down, polka. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6449 1710 Studio 52. "Japanese Boy", ID, then REM. SSB QRM. SINPO 43333.

DeLuxe FM again on shortwave

On 24th of November, DeLuxe FM radio show on Ems-Vechte-Welle FM-radio, which was launched on 28th November 1997 on that radio station, will celebrate its 15th anniversary on air ! :-)
And forget the perfect worldwide internet live stream:
Let's return to the good old radio roots with static noise and fading - this special show will be on air on RADIO 700's short wave frequencies beside regular FM-broadcast on Ems-Vechte-Welle FM-radio:

Time: GMT (Germany: +1h):
14:00 - 15:00h: MW 1.593 kHz
15:00 - 16:00h: SW 6.085 kHz (49m)
16:00 - 17:00h: SW 6.005 kHz (49m)
17:00 - 18:00h: SW 3.955 kHz (75m)
19:03 - 20:00h: regulary on Ems-Vechte-Welle FM radio:

Livestream: http://www.emsvechtewelle.de/

Up to 20.000 Watt are fired into atmosphere and depending on propagation and atmospheric condition, worlwide terrestrial reception should be possible with world receivers and SW-supporting car radios. Buy a world receiver or take grandpa's good old SW-supporting tube radio from the attic ! :-)
If you can't catch any terrestrial signal in your part of world, you can use ordinary internet stream in mp3-quality between 19:03 - 20:00h GMT-time (Germany: 20:03-21:00h).
In case you receive any signal, you should make a video and link it on following radio page:
http://www.facebook.com/deluxefm

A video with that reception from your part of world would be excellent ! :-) Good luck ! :-)
Fingers crossed for that unique experiment...! ;-)

Regards,
Mathias Volta

Source: Shortwave DXing from Bulgaria

Wed Nov 21

4026 2305 Laser Hot Hits. Good signal via the Twente SDR receiver. Gary Drew show with soul and funk. SINPO 44433.

Also heard via Twente, Radio Nordsee on 1633  at 2315 with "Yesterday Man." SINPO 55444. Also mention Barcelona in Dutch announcements, QSO between 2 stations.

Tues Nov 20

4026 2255 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart show. Abba "Fernando" and Clout "Substitute." SINPO 34333. 

6210 1655 Radio Witte Reus, Relmus & Batavier. Joint broadcast between the three stations. Coldplay and Meat Loaf songs, ID, greetings. Fair-good. SINPO 34333.

6291 1705 Radio Antigoon/Babyradio. Fair signal some utility QRM. Pop music. SINPO 33333.

6325 1725 Radio Golf Victor. ID and greetings, Dutch songs. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

Mon Nov 19

3905 lsb 1828 Misti Radio. ID and music. Weak signal. SINPO 24332. 

6275 1645 Radio Omejan. Instrumental music, then Boney M "Rasputin," using 10W, testing antenna. SINPO 34333.

6280 1755 Radio Luxemburg. "Angel of the Morning" then "Lying in the Arms of Mary." Very good signal. SINPO 54444.

6289 1815 Radio Rainbow Int. Pat Benatar "Love is A Battlefield" then The Clash, also Pirates for Peace jingles. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6300 1700 Radio Twentana. Instrumental music, ID then Dutch music, some SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6305 1415 Radio Osaka. Dutch music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6550 1730 Radio Zomerzon. Grace Jones, then Sniff & The Tears, ID. SINPO 44333.

Sun Nov 18

4026 1010 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart show. Greeting other Laser DJs, "Tales of the Unexpected" theme tune then Pulp "Do You Remember the First Time." SINPO 34333. 

5800 0902 FRS Holland. FRS DX show, talk about Radio Caroline. Good signal. SINPO 44433. Parallel with 7600.

6005 0935 EMR via Radio 700. Echo & The Bunnymen "The Killing Moon", reading listeners' letters, parallel 7265 not heard. SINPO 34333.

6205 0835 Radio Orang Utan. Hot Chocolate "Everyone's A Winner" and Chicory Tip "Son of My Father." SINPO 34333.

6205 1552 Radio Zeewolf. CCR "Bad Moon Rising", good signal. SINPO 44433.

6213 0855 Radio King SW.  Usual bad modulation. SINPO 24332.

6220 0840 Radio Waves Int. Soft rock, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6240 1527 Radio AC-DC. ID, rock music. SINPO 34333.

6240 1550 Radio Atlantis. ID jingles, Arabic sounding pop music, some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6266 1515 Laser Hot Hits via Blackbeard. "Bridge over Troubled Water", weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6270 1644 Radio Merlin Int. Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper," greetings, talk about all the utility around. SINPO 54444.

6280 1210 Radio Sallandse Boer. New Oder "Blue Monday," good signal with strong peaks, audio a bit muddy though. SINPO 444333.

6282 1510 Radio Luxemburg. "Creatures of the Night," then ZZ Top. Strong. SINP 54444.

6285 1100 Top Radio. Bryan Adams "Everything I Do," ID jingles, splash from Bogusman. SINPO 43333.

6287 0940 Radio Scotland Int. IDs and greetings, Rammstein then Rolling Stones. SINPO 54444.

6289 1550 Radio Rainbow Int. ID and greetings, splash Reflection Europe (6295) and utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6295 1050 Bogusman. Reading listeners' emails, alternative music, excellent signal today. SINPO 54444.

6304 1630 Radio Underground. "Crocketts Theme", IDs and greetings to Artur, talk about his English breakfast QSL. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6305 0845 Radio Merlin Int. Pretenders "Breakfast in Bed" and Musical Youth "Pass the Duchie," ID, greetings. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6320 1255 Radio Ronex. Dutch music, ID jingle. SINPO 24332.

6324 1110 Radio Underground. "Going Down to Liverpool", instrumental music, ID and greetings. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6324 1500 Radio Zodiac. IDs, greetings, oldies. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6375 1105 Radio Witte Reus. "Dragon's Slayer", Barones recordings. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6375 1533 Radio Powerliner. QSO with Baken 16, Delta, Titanic. SINPO 44433.

6450 1540 Radio Universe. The Beatles song, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6555 1547 Radio Pink Panther. "Sealed With A Kiss" then "Seasons in the Sun." Good. SINPO 44433.

6937 1020 IMR. Robert Miles "One on One." Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

7600 0900 FRS Holland. Sign on then Peter Verbruggen with FRS Goes DX. Also on 5800. SINPO 55444.

Sat Nov 17

4015 1009 Laser Hot Hits. Reading report from the Netherlands, early Bee Gees song. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6214v 0910 Radio King Shortwave. Modulation seems to be getting worse and frequency drifting. Oldies. SINPO 34332.

6241 0837 Radio Klabautermann. Neil Diamond "Sweet Caroline," then Pet Shops "Go West," fair-good signal but occasional utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6266 1630 Radio Blackbeard. ID and email address, pop. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6276 0845 Radio Luxemburg. Procul Harem "Whiter Shade of Pale," strong. SINPO 54444.

6284 1639 Radio Odynn. Blondie "Call Me," good signal. SINPO 44433.

6285 0855 Radio Altrex. Cliff Richard "Congratulations," ID. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6291 1714 Radio Atlantis. Pop and dance music, in clear now Mustang signed off. SINPO 24332. By 1800, signal better, up to SINPO 34333.

6295 1245 Top Radio. "Hippy Hippy Shake", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," ID jingles. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6295 1625 Mustang Radio. Fiction Factory "Feels Like Heaven," very strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6295 1719 Radio Spaceshuttle. ID, "Popcorn." Weak. SINPO 24332.

6305 1250 Radio Verona. Dutch songs, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6324 1634 Radio Underground. Afrika Bambata "Planet Rock", ID and chat. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6449 1645 Studio 52. ID and email address, dance music. SINPO 34333.

6550 1650 Radio Pink Panther. Bananarama "Really Saying Something", fair. SINPO 34333.

6937 1014 IMR. The Beatles "Love Me Do" then Yazoo "Only You." Fair. SINPO 34333.

FRS Holland news

Following our October 28th broadcast three weeks ago, FRS-Holland will again take to the air on Sunday November 18th. Between 09:00- 10:30 UTC both 30 min. editions of FRS goes DX will be repeated as well as the FRS Golden Show. The latter suffered from heavy interference from a legal station on 7600 kHz during the October broadcast.

Our next full broadcast will be over the Holiday Season. Either on Sunday December 23rd or on Sunday December 30th FRS-Holland will continue a long time tradition.
And that means we invite you- the listener– to participate. Forward your very own personal Season's Greetings to the Free Radio Service Holland and we will make sure it’ll be read out during our broadcast.
You can dedicate your greetings to friends etc. but you can also make a 'general' NY Greeting. It can be written or (preferably!) taped (cassette, CD, MD or MP3 file) and send to P.O.Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten in the Netherlands. Of course the easy & quick way  is by sending an e-mail to . You can add something special to our December broadcast by participating. So….don't hesitate and take part in the FRS Seasonal Party that day. It'll be great fun. Make sure your contribution reaches us in time....before December 9th.  We are looking forward hearing from you !!! Tune in December...it’ll be worth while!!! Go and tell your friends...

In December FRSH will be on 7600//5800 kHz for at least 5 hours. Pxs will be presented by Jan van Dijk doing the German show. Dave Scott will be playing classic rock and has a few interesting radio related items. We are very happy that Roger Davis (Britain Radio Int.) has joined the FRS ranks.
He will be hosting his debut show....it'll be another classic FRS Golden Show with great (and rare!) 60s/ 70s stuff as well as a feature on a landbased pirate radio station from years gone by. Peter Verbruggen will look back to what happened in the past (Day Calendar) en plays a mix of 80s/90s/00s records in FRS Magazine. He will also host FRS Goes DX with the latest news from the wonderful world of wireless . During the programmes we will read out October mail and Season's Greetings. There also is the Phrase that Pays’. FRS will most likely commence at 07.52 UTC/ 08.52 CET . Most likely that day FRS will likely also be heard via the Internet. Very soon we will inform you about the definitive date: December 23rd or December 30th....

Good listening next Sunday!

73s, Peter V. (on behalf of the FRS staff)

FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands
e-mail: < frs@frsholland.nl>

EMR & Radio City

Radio City will be on the air on Saturday 17th: 
19.00 to 20.00 UTC – R. City  on 7290 kHz  via IRRS   citymorecars@yahoo.ca
20.00 to 21.00 UTC – R. City  on 1485 kHz  via R. Merkurs in Riga (every Saturday evening)

EMR:
Sunday 18st November 2012:
NO Transmissions on 9480 KHz this weekend
09.00 to 10.00 UTC -- EMR   on 6005 KHz  via  R.700    studio@emr.org.uk
09.00 to 10.00 UTC -- EMR   on 7265 KHz  via  MVBR   studio@emr.org.uk
11.00 to 12.00 UTC -- EMR   on 7265 KHz  via  MVBR   studio@emr.org.uk

EMR’s internet broadcasts are at the following times:
0900, 1400, 1700, 2000 on Sunday and Monday:

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).

Good Listening 
73s,  Tom

Fri Nov 16

 3905 2335 Skyline International Radio. "Stand By Your Man", ID and greetings, then "Ring of Fire." SINPO 34333.

4026 2345 Laser Hot Hits. Laser Goes DX with Gary Drew with DX news, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6055 2125 Radio Waves Int via Lithuania. Special birthday transmission. "La Bamba", IDs and jingles. Strong signal although splash from strong station on 6050. SINPO 53443.

RWI birthday shows

November 1983 - November 2012 = 29th birthday on the airwaves.

The BIG RWI 29th birthday shows on the airwaves
Special broadcasts Relay from Lithuania (North of Europe)

Schedule special 29th birthday on the airwaves:
Beaming to Europe on Friday, November 16, 2012 21:00-23:00 UTC 6055 kHz 100kW 259°
Beaming to America on Sunday, November 18, 2012 02:00-04:00 UTC 7415 kHz 100kW 310°
Beaming to Asia on Sunday, November 18, 2012 13:00-15:00 UTC 9895 kHz 100kW 79°

(via SW Pirates yg)