Saturday, March 09, 2013

Sat Mar 9

4026 0920 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart show. Phil Fearson "What Do I Do," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5770 usb 1832 Over 60 Degree Radio. Talk in English, short test. SINPO 24333.

6205 1720 Radio Grutte Pier. Dutch music, only a few minutes before Iran signed on at 1730. SINPO 34333.

6240 1710 Radio Caroline Int. ID, email address, "We Shall Overcome." SINPO 34333.

6285 1715 Radio Mustang. ID and greetings, Tiffany "I Think We're Alone Now." Strong. SINPO 54444.

6290 1003 Radio Monique. Talk in Dutch, Miami Vice tune. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6290 1747 Radio Malibu. IDs, greetings, dance music. SINPO 34333.

6306 1009 Radio Malibu. Dutch songs, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6306 1702 Skyline Radio Germany. Heart "Barracuda", weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6450 1013 Radio Zwarte Panter. Dutch instrumental, close down. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6553 1015 Radio Pink Panther. Heart "I Only Want to Make Love to You," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6937 0927 Irish Music Radio. Kim Wilde "Kids in America." SINPO 34333. At 1805 heard on new frequency of 6932 with a strong signal. SINPO 54444. At 1817, moved back to 6937. Still 54444.

6950 1900 Bluestar Radio. Dance music, then "Delilah", "She Sells Sanctuary," ID and greetings. Strong. SINPO 54444.

15880usb 1020 Radio Spaceshuttle. Relay of Artem's World Music show, weak but clear. SINPO 24433.

Friday, March 08, 2013

Fri Mar 8

3905 2310 Skyline Radio International. "I Can Hear Music," then Billy Idol "White Wedding." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

4026 2325 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. Songs from Earth & Fire then The Carpenters. Good reception. SINPO 44433.

Radio Merlin closes down

Message posted on Facebook today: "And now for some sad news about Radio Merlin, Due to the loss of our tx site this morning Radio Merlin has been forced to close down. Not sure if any other action will be taken against the station after nearly 9 years of using our tx site it is no more .I wish to thank everyone that has written in and that has tuned into us over the years many thanks so its good bye from us all here at merlin 73s paul watt."

Sad news indeed.

http://www.facebook.com/rmi.shortwave

Radio Spaceshuttle & relays

Hello friends,
 
Radio Spaceshuttle will be on air 9th of March on frequency 15880 kHz USB/AM with programmes of
 
Radio Rainbow at 08 and 12 UTC
HotRadio 09 and 13 UTC
Artem's World Music - 10 and 14 UTC
Radio Spaceshuttle-CoolAM - 11 UTC 
 
Friendly yours,
 
Dick and Spacegirlsarmy ;)

Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Tues Mar 5

4026 2110 Laser Hot Hits. Stewart Ross programme. David Bowie "Jean Genie" then Focus "Sylvia". Good signal. SINPO 54444.

6285 2040 Radio Morning Star. Kinks "Lola", IDs, "Get Up and Boogie." Strong. SINPO 54444.

Heard via Twente SDR receiver

Monday, March 04, 2013

Mon Mar 4

4026 2140 Laser Hot Hits. ELO song then instrumental tune, talk about the other DJs coming up. Good via Twente SDR receiver. SINPO 54444.

Sunday, March 03, 2013

Sun Mar 3

4026 0840 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence show. Deep Dish "Say Hello," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6200 0845 Radio Orang Utan. Peppers "Pepper Box" from the 70s, fair signal, bit of splash from Marabu. SINPO 33333.

6210 0850 Radio Marabu. ABC "Look of Love," good with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6220 1047 Radio Grutte Pier. Oldies, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6245 1638 Radio Python. Stranglers "No More Heroes," QSO wit Sluwe Vos. Weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6245 1640 Sluwe Vos Radio. Phil Collins song, QSO with Python. SINPO 34333.

6260 0835. Unid. Dance music. No IDs, possibly Soundwave testing. SINPO 34333.

6282 1145 Radio Borderhunter. "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town," ID then "Rose Garden." Strong. SINPO 54444.

6285 0952 Radio Scotland Int. Short test, ID, greetings, then off. SINPO 54444.

6285 1645 Radio Osaka. "Speedy Gonzales" then Dutch song. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6291 1750 Radio Caroline Int. Greek music, splash from Reflections Europe (6295). SINPO 22332.

6294 0948 Free Radio Victoria. ID, Dire Straits and Coldplay songs. Fair. SINPO 34333.

6307 1720 Radio Skywire. "Won't Back Down", "Sunday Bloody Sunday," ID finally at 1805 and giving out email address. SINPO 34333.

6311 1220 Radio Pandora. ID, contact details,  bluegrass music. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6324 1813 Radio Underground. Electro music, ID and greetings, Dutch music, mic problems. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6325 0918 Radio Merlin Int. Madness "Night Boat to Cairo." Good with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6449 1007 Radio Zeewolf. Renee & Renato "Save Your Love for Me," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6450 1208 Radio Powerliner. Polka, ID, QSO. SINPO 34333.

6450 1233 Radio Black Arrow. ELO "Here is the News," QSO. SINPO 34333.

6553 1700 Radio Pink Panther. Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall," good signal. SINPO 44333.

6937 0935 IMR. David Grey song, then Kate Bush "Hounds of Love," female DJ. SINPO 44433.

6960 0939 Atlantic Radio. ID jingle, MGMT "Time to Pretend." Fair signal, doesn't seem to be as strong as last time they were on. SINPO 34333.

7265 1200 MV Baltic Radio. Signing on then Rod Stewart "You Wear It Well." SINPO 34333.

7330 1157 Radio Joystick via Issouden. Signing off, strong. SINPO 54444.

Spanish 'pirates' taken off air

THE oldest radio station on the Costa del Sol has been forced to shut down.
Radio fans are upset after discovering that the 24-year-old (English language) station Coastline FM will be taken off the air tonight (Feb 28)  at 6pm.
Bosses at the radio station, based in the Axarquia, admitted that they had been forced to take the decision after being ordered to stop transmitting by the Junta.

Full story: http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2013/02/28/oldest-expat-radio-station-forced-off-air-by-junta/

Source: Garry Stevens free radio board

Comment under the Olive Press story from Roy Sandgren said: "Hi, about 4,500 FM stations in Spain, Mallorca, Canarias have to switch-off if they don’t have any legal licence of broadcasting."

Saturday, March 02, 2013

Sat Mar 2

4026 1025 Laser Hot Hits. Cher "Just Like Jesse James," fair reception. SINPO 34333. 

6210 0955 Radio Soundwave. Pilot "Magic", fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6210 1608 Radio Marabu. Talk in German, jingles, rock and alternative music. Good. SINPO 44433.

6240 1800 Radio Grutte Pier. Dance music, weak-fair with strong ute QRM on 6238, best off-tuning in narrow filter. SINPO 223332.

6251 1823 Sluwe Vos Radio. "Voyage Voyage", ID jingles, bursts of utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6285 1535 Radio Osaka. Dutch songs, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6291 1657 Radio Caroline Int. Pop/dance music, ID jingles. Far signal. SINPO 34333.

6295 1530 Radio Flying Dutchman. Instrumental song, Dutch talk, greetings, Scandinavian song. Fair-good. SINPO 44433.

6306 1540 Skyline Radio Germany. Weak signal, music and talk just audible. SINPO 24332.

6325 1525 Radio Baken 16. "American Pie," QSO. SINPO 34333.

6395 1620 Radio Underground. Electronic music, ID and greetings, strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6449 1720 Radio Zeewolf. Country and Dutch music, fair. SINPO 34333.

6450 1005 Radio Zwarte Panter. Dutch songs, fair-good. SINPO 44433.

6452 1805 Radio Lowland. CCR "Have You Ever Seen the Rain," strong. SINPO 54444.

6553 1010 Radio Pink Panther. Transmitter fixed, Bee Gees "How Deep Is Your Love?" SINPO 34333.

6937 1015 IMR. Taylor Dean "Tell It to My Heart," ID then Beatmasters "I Can't Dance to That."

6960 1020 Atlantic Radio. Back on the air, non-stop music with occasional ID jingles. SINPO 34333.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Thurs Feb 28

4026 2125 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Norris reading report from Norway, Ultravox "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes." SINPO 44433 via Twente SDR receiver.

Man fined $10,000 for operating on 14.312 MHz

The ARRL reports on the latest enforcement action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect amateur radio spectrum
The ARRL say: "On February 25, the FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) in the amount of $10,000 to Jared A. Bruegman, ex-KC0IQN, of Bolivar, Missouri. The FCC said that Bruegman “apparently and willfully violated Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by operating an unlicensed radio transmitter on the frequency 14.312 MHz in Bolivar, Missouri.”

Bruegman -- who does not currently hold an Amateur Radio license -- was operating in the phone portion of the 20 meter band that is assigned to the Amateur Radio Service on a primary basis; his Amateur Radio license expired in 2010. As a former Technician class licensee, he did not have privileges to operate in that portion of the 20 meter band when he held an Amateur Radio license.

Read the full ARRL story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-issues-10-000-fine-to-missouri-man-for-unlicensed-operation-on-14-312-mhz

(via Southgate Amateur Radio News)

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Radio Pioneer & Norton QSLs

 
 
Here are a couple of QSLs received recently from Dutch stations, Radio Norton and Radio Pioneer. Thanks very much!

Wed Feb 27

4026 2130 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. ELO "Rain is Falling," peaking at S9+20dB via Twente SDR receiver. SINPO 54444.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Mon Feb 25

4026 2138 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence show. Flock of Seagulls "Wishing I Had A Photograph of You," then Thompson Twins. Strong signal via Twente SDR receiver. SINPO 54444.

MW Pirate Review

If you are interested in the Dutch medium wave pirates a good site to check out is Wizard's medium wave free radio blog, where he regularly posts logs, recordings and other interesting material. I'm always impressed with his success at pulling in the signals from the Netherlands.

In a recent posting he mentioned he also has a YouTube page where you can listen to some of his catches. The address is http://www.youtube.com/mwpiratereview

His blog can be found at: http://mwfreeradio.blogspot.co.uk/

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Sun Feb 24

4026 0935 Laser Hot Hits. Manic Street Preachers "Design for Life," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5780 0855 Radio Focus Int. "I Saw the Light" then Style Council "Reach for the Top", also on 6285 with different programme. SINPO 34333.

5800 0900 FRS Holland. FRS Magazine with Peter Verbruggen, Adamski "Killer," also on 6070, 7685. SINPO 34333.

6045 0925 Radio Iceman via Media Broadcast. ID, then "It Takes Two," strong. SINPO 55444.

6070 0920 FRS Holland (via Radio 6150?). "Is this Love," weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6201 1032 Radio Likedeeler. Spelling out name, rock music. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6210 1241 Radio Borderhunter. IDs and greetings, 10cc "Dreadlock Holiday." SINPO 54444.

6210 1700 Sluwe Vos Radio. "Convoy", ID and greetings. Fair. SINPO 34333.

6218 0945 Radio King SW. Oldies, poor modulation. SINPO 34332.

6245 1122 Radio AC DC. Rock music, fair signal. SINPO 34333.Moved to 6210 at 1140 to avoid QRM. SINPO 34333.

6285 0930 Radio Focus Int. Offshore radio documentary. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6300 0915 Radio Waldmeister. Oldies, fair  signal. SINPO 34333.

6306 1100 Radio Python. Magic Numbers song, weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6306 1613 BZN Radio. Cliff Richard "Congratulations", BZN songs. SINPO 34333.

6325 1127 Radio Norton. Dutch instrumental music, weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6326 1638 Radio Veronica. Middle Eastern sounding pop music, canned IDs. SINPO 34333.

6449 1627 Studio 52. Dutch songs, ID through the pirate chatroom. SINPO 44433.

6450 0910 Radio Universe. "Railroad Man" then "Pretty Flamingo." SINPO 44333.

6450 1118 Radio Zwarte Panter.  Polka, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6735 Hot Radio (formerly Cool AM). Rolling Stones special. Fair via Twente SDR receiver. SINPO 34333.

6745 1045 Radio Pink Panther via Radio Pioneer. Goombay Dance Band "Seven Tears," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6937 0940 IMR. Human League "Love Action." Fair. SINPO 34333.

7685 0902 FRS Holland. FRS Magazine, also on 5800, 6070. SINPO 55444.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Sat Feb 23

4026 0925 Laser Hot Hits. Four Tops then Robert Plant songs, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

5780 0905 Radio Focus Int. Offshore radio documentary, not parallel to 6285. SINPO 34333.

6207 1557 Radio Morning Star. Country music, using 12W. SINPO 24332.

6210 0915 Radio Quintus. Polka, ID and greetings. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6215 1628 Radio Klabautermann. German music, fair signal but some utility splash. SINPO 33333.

6216 1110 Radio King SW (tent). Kim Wilde "You Came", modulation sounding a bit better this week. SINPO 34333.

6235 1128 Sluwe Vos Radio. Dance music, ID jingle, utility splash from 6230. SINPO 33333. Heard on 6250 at 1153 - SINPO 34333.

6243 1427 Radio AC DC. Lynryd Skynrd "Sweet Home Alabama", fair signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6250 1555 Radio Flying Dutchman. Donna Summer "I Feel Love", utility & SSB QRM. SINPO 43433.

6265 1513 Cupid Radio. ID, greetings, dance tune, then Joan Jett "I Love Rock n Roll." SINPO 54444.

6285 0910 Radio Focus Int. The Alarm "68 Guns" and Nena "99 Luftballons." Strong, not parallel to 5780. SINPO 54444.

6294 1559 Free Radio Victoria. Alan Parsons Project, ID, then Dire Straits. SINPO 44433.

6295 0957 Radio Osaka. Rock n roll, fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6299 1437 Radio Underground. Jean Michel Jarre music, ID. Strong. SINPO 54444.

6300 1604 Radio Contact. A-Ha "The Sun Always Shines On TV," canned IDs, fair-good signal. SINPO 34333.

6306 1155 Radio Malibu. Techno music, ID and greetings. Fair. SINPO 34333.

6307 1740 Radio Witte Reus. Jazz-type music, fair signal but signals starting to fade. SINPO 34333.

6313 1611 Radio Digitaal. Toto "Africa," good with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6320 1520 Radio Mustang. Dance music, strong. SINPO 54444.

6325 1133 Radio Zodiac. IDs and email address, rock music, good audio. SINPO 34333.

6430 1525 Radio Zwarte Panter. Country music, good signal. SINPO 44433. Heard on 6450 at 1540 - stronger. SINPO 54444.

6430 1535 Radio Sallandse Boer. Report to Zwarte Panter, country music. SINPO 54444.

6450 0952 Radio Readymix. Shocking Blue "Venus", fair-good but SSB QRM. SINPO 33333.

6553 0930 Radio Pink Panther. Demis Roussos "For Ever and Ever," ID and greetings. SINPO 34333.

6745 0935 Radio Pioneer. Dutch music, weak-fair signal. SINPO 24332.

6745 1417 Radio Pink Panther. Eddie Grant "Give Me Hope." SINPO 34333.

6904 1018 Misti Radio. Oldies, weak signal. SINPO 24332.

6937 1005 IMR. "Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache," fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Thurs Feb 21

4026 1803 Laser Hot Hots. Dave Norris programme. "Castles in the Sky," chatting with female DJ. Good signal but whistle from carrier on 4025. SINPO 43433. Whistle stopped 1820 ... improved to 44444. 

6210 1605 Radio Goudenster. Polka, IDs and greetings in Dutch and English. SINPO 34333.

6245 1619 Radio Morning Star. Country music, weak-fair. SINPO 24332. Heard on 6250 at 1705. Utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6265 1555 Radio Python. Testing new transmitter, using 10W, The Killers "Smile Like You Mean It." Weak-fair. SINPO 24332.

6285 1655 Radio Black Arrow. Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls," ID and greetings. Good-strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6290 1550 Radio Malibu. Dutch music, fair. SINPO 34333.

6295 Radio Digitaal. Dutch country music, good signal, few IDs. SINPO 44433.

6304 1540 Radio Vendor. OMD "Joan of Arc" then Dutch song. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6985 1645 Lightning Radio. Florence & The Machine song, ID jingle, fair via Twente SDR receiver. SINPO 34333.

FRS Holland this Sunday

Dear FRS Friends,
The Free Radio Service Holland have planned a full 5-hour broadcast this upcoming Sunday, February 24th. In preparation to that, we tested on 7685 kHz last Sunday February 17th: results were satisfactory and we are confident next Sunday a good signal will be aired over the European airwaves.

Next Sunday FRS-Holland will be on air between 08:52-14:00 UTC/ 09:52- 15:00 CET. The broadcast is on 5800//7600 kHz and on 6070 kHz/ 49 metres as well.  Programme line-up includes all FRS presenters (except Paul Graham) and consists of FRS Magazine, the German Service, FRS Goes DX , Radio Waves and the FRS Golden Show. Ingredients....great music, DX News (also in the German Show!), letters, the day calendar and a number of  radio related items. In addition we pay tributes to two FR persons who recently passed away (German Show, FRS Goes DX part 2). It will be worth while. FRS-Holland brings true free radio into your receiver! Tune in....  Radio entertainment on a Sunday!

Internet Stream
That same day between 14:52-20:00 UTC/15:52- 21.00 CET will see a full repeat on the Internet. Check on your computer < http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u >. For mobile devices there is a 24 kbps mono stream: [helios.cloudnl.net:8000/frsh24.m3u] or [ http://nednl.net:8000/frsh24.m3u].

FRS News
Still available: FRS News #36 special 30th Anniversary edition. FRS News #36 is all about our 30th anniversary. In contains no less than 24 pages in colour. In the past months FRS-Holland has been working very hard to produce this booklet covering 30 Years of FRS-Holland. It contains several photos and of course much information. This is a true collector's item and no doubt it makes an interesting read! We never produced something similar in the past.  In case you are interested …you can obtain a hard-copy of our specially produced 30Years of FRS-Holland booklet for 5 euro/ 7 US dollars in cash. Send your order to FRSH, POBox 2702, 6049 BE Herten, the Netherlands or do it via mail to frs@frsholland.nl

Email address
Please only use frs@frsholland.nl for your mails.

QSL card
For this broadcast we feature our  brandnew QSL Series entitled ‘FRS Through the Years’ QSL Series. This series will consist of at least 4 concecutive QSL cards. No doubt getting a hard copy (by writing to POB 2702)  is preferable to obtaining a e-QSL !! The hard copy is a large, full coloured one printed on high quality 200 grs paper….

Good listening next Sunday! We count on your support....

73s,
Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the FRS Team: Jan van Dijk, Paul Graham, Dave Scott, Brian, Bobby Speed & Roger Davis

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Wed Feb 20

4026 1840 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence talking about 80s compilation albums, a version of "Rawhide" then "Lean on Me." SINPO 34333. 

6264 1725 Radio Zeewolf. Rock n roll, then Simple Minds song, poor signal with utility QRM. SINPO 23332. 

6282 1655 Radio Digitaal. Cher "If I Could Turn Back Time", IDs in Dutch, some slight utility QRM. Good with strong peaks. SINPO 44433.

6285 1550 Odynn Radio. ID, instrumental and Dutch music. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6295 1558 Radio Altrex. Dutch songs, moo sounds. SINPO 34333.