Sun Dec 15

4026  1710 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart px. Steps, then Jim Reeves "Silver Bells," strong but sounds like carrier underneath. SINPO 54444.
6045 0944 EMR via Nauen. Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart," then Feeder, also on 9480. SINPO 55555.
6205 1030 Radio Tina. Schlager. SINPO 34333.
6207 1630 Radio Caroline-Rainbow. Talk about democracy, "You Don't Own Me." SINPO 54444.
6215 1017 Radio King SW. Lotus Eaters "First Picture of You." SINPO 44433.
6240 0930 Radio Technical Man. Electro mx, white noise jamming. SINPO 53443.
6255 1110 Radio Merlin Int. Rock mx. SINPO 34333.
6255 1637 Radio Telstar South. Recordings of RNI. SINPO 54444.
6265 0933 Radio Devalon. "Rock n Roll Christmas," blocked by jammer 6265, 0934. SINPO 34333.
6285 0936 Radio Devalon. Moved to avoid jammer. Jammer followed, Devalon forced to close.
6285 1645 Radio Underground. "Going Down to Liverpool," ID, greetings. SINPO 54444.
6291 0939 Radio Norton. Also jammed, by carrier on 6290. Dutch mx. SINPO 42332.
6305 1113 Radio Technical Man. IDs, pop, white noise jamming. SINPO 53443.
6450 0922 Radio Universe. "Keep on Running," "Train to Memphis." SINPO 54444.
6450 1100 Radio Poema. ID, greetings, country mx. SINPO 44333.
6450 1116 NMD Radio. QSO with Poema, ID jingle, electro mx. SINPO 44433.
6796 1105 Pink Panther Radio. ID, greetings, Golden Earring. SINPO 54444.
6910 0919 Premier Radio. "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day," splash from utility on 6905 (real one this time, not a jammer). SINPO 43433.
6930 1718 U Boat 66 Radio. Bob Marley "Jamming." SINPO 54444.
7490 0915 Radio East Coast Holland. Move from 7495. "Radar Love." SINPO 54444.
7495 0914 RECH. Alice Cooper "School's Out," then white noise jamming. SINPO 54444.
9480 0948 EMR via MV Baltic. Feeder, Talk Talk. SINPO 55544.
9480 1000 Radio Geronimo SW v MVB. Stewart Ross px. "Spaceman." SINPO 55544.
11401 0955 Radio Waves Int. Country mx. SINPO 3433.
18980L 1055 Baltic Sea Radio. ID jingle, German song. SINPO 45444.

(via Twente SDR)

Sat Dec 14

A new disturbing development .... someone has decided to jam stations either by use of white noise or switching a strong carrier on 1kHz away to create a strong het. Why? So much for Christmas spirit! 

3905 2120 Radio Alice. Bee Gees "Massachusetts," ID jingle. SINPO 44333.
4026 0942 Laser Hot Hits. 80s music. Fair. SINPO 34333.
4026 1722 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Norris with a live show. Greetings to Laser crew, dance mx. SINPO 54444.
6200 1630 Radio Technical Man. Dance mx, QRM legal stations 6200/6195. SINPO 53443.
6210 1548 Radio Tina. "Pump Up The Jam." SINPO 54444.
6215 0953 Radio King SW. "In the Year 2525", good signal but occasionally completely covered by utility QRM (or deliberate jamming). SINPO 44433.
6215 1623 Carmen Radio. ID jingle, ambient music, some splash from utility 6220. SINPO 53433.
6240 1601 Radio Saturnus. Rock mx, jammed. SINPO 52442.
6255 1616 Radio Casanova. "Love Goes Where My Rosemary Goes," ID. SINPO 54444.
6255 1705 Radio Merlin Int. Rock mx, some splash from 6260, strong peaks. SINPO 43433.
6265 1642 Radio Tango Italia. Tango mx. SINPO 34333.
6280 1715 Radio Tango Italia. Move from 6265. SINPO 34333.
6290 1544 Radio Odynn. The Doors "Riders of the Storm", then jammer came alongside. SINPO 44433.
6294 1639 Radio Mustang. Rock mx, splash 6306. SINPO 53443.
6305 1015 Radio Altrex. Oldies. SINPO 34333.
6305 1524 Radio Tidalwave. ID, Simple Minds, jammed. SINPO 52442.
6306 1633 Radio Groenteboertje. Dance mx. SINPO 55444.
6324 1548 Radio Underground. Artem's World Music. Jammed. SINPO 52442.
6450 1523 Radio Lowland. ID, "Driver Street", off. SINPO 44433.
6796 0922 Radio Mistero Ghost Planet. ID, music then covered by utility QRM. SINPO 24332.
6930U 1540 Over 60 Degree Radio. Artem's World Music px. SINPO 34433.
6950 0928 Radio Coax. Bee Gees "Tragedy," ID, greetings, fair peaks. SINPO 24332.
6975 1020 Radio Ronalisa. Instr mx, dance mx. SINPO 54444.

(via Twente SDR)

Fri Dec 13

3910 2317 Skyline International Radio. Johnny Cash. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.
4026 2330 Laser Hot Hits. Dance mx. Weak. SINPO 24332.

(via Twente SDR)

Wed Dec 11

4026 2310 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart show. Sheila B Devotion "Singing in the Rain", Anneka "Japanese Boy," talk about reception conditions, plug for Iann's pirate chat. SINPO 44433. (via Twente SDR)

Tues Dec 10

4026 2150 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence px. Nik Kershaw and Erasure songs. SINPO 34333. (via Twente SDR)

Radio Karbiet QSL

This QSL was for reception in April. I sent a follow-up at the weekend and received a QSL by return. Many thanks. You can hear a clip of Karbiet on the recordings panel on the right.

Sun Dec 8

4026 0912 Laser Hot Hits. Stewart Ross px. Pat Benatar "Love is a Battlefield." SINPO 54444.
4026 1703 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Norris with a live show. Greetings, Slade. SINPO 54444.
5995 0904 RFB. Kraftwerk "Tour de France," ID, address. SINPO 54444.
6140 1014 Radio Scotland Int. "You Should Be Dancing," greetings. SINPO 54444.
6190 0929 MV Baltic Radio. ID in EG & GM, tourist info in EG. SINPO 55544.
6215 0830 Radio King SW. Soft rock. SINPO 44433.
6240 1011 Radio Saturnus. Blues rock. SINPO 44333.
6255 1607 Radio Telstar South. Simon & Garfunkel "The Boxer." SINPO 54444.
6286 0820 Radio Focus Int. Dexys Midnight Runners song. SINPO 54444.
6305 0920 Bogusman. Talk about putting clocks back, Au Pairs "Diet." SINPO 54444.
6306 1633 Radio Verona. Instr mx, ID and off, ute QRM. SINPO 43333.
6325 1645 Radio Groenteboertje. Dance music, talk in Dutch, very strong. SINPO 54444.
6375 1625 Radio Mustang. CCR "Who'll Stop the Rain," ID. SINPO 54444.
6390 1103 Radio Altrex. Madonna "Like a Prayer." SINPO 34333.
6395 1001 Radio Scotland Int. Said closing to avoid causing QRM to Pluto on 6400. SINPO 54444.
6400 1002 Radio Pluto. "I Was Made for Loving You." SINPO 34333.
6450 1612 Radio Lowland. "Silence is Golden," utility QRM. SINPO 43333.
6796 1620 Radio Pink Panther. Band Aid "Do they KNow It's Christmas", some SSB QRM. SINPO 43333.
6808 1006 Sundown Radio. Greeting listeners, instr mx. SINPO 54444.
6910 0945 Premier Radio Int. Europe "The Final Countdown", strong utility splash from 6905. SINPO 24332.
6915 0948 Premier Radio Int. Moved from 6910, "Fairytale of New York," some SSB QRM. SINPO 3333.
6975 0953 Radio Ronalisa. ID jingle, country mx. SINPO 44433.
7310 0941 Radio Atlantic 2000 v Radio 700. Talk in FR, Suzy Quatro "If You Can't Give Me Love." SINPO 55555.
7310 1050 FRS Holland v R700. The Beatles "We can work it Out," Capital Cities "Safe & Sound." SINPO 54444.
7480 0909 Crazy Wave Radio. Short test, German song. SINPO 54444.

(via Twente SDR)

Some medium wave DX

Here's a few stations I heard at home in the west of England using a Degen 1103 portable with Tecsun AN-200 loop:

1611 1945 Radio Calipso. Dutch songs, ID, greetings, polka. SINPO 44433.
1620 2013 Radio Twentana. Dutch music. SINPO 24332.
1629 2019 Radio Al Capone. Polka, "Safety Dance." SINPO 34333.
1648 2002 Radio Casablanca. Dutch mx. ID. SINPO 34333.
1654 2053 Radio Kristel. Rammstein, then polka, ID. SINPO 34333.

Sat Dec 7

4026 1015 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew px. 80s soul & funk. SINPO 44333.
4026 1627 Laser Hot Hits. The signal strength varies a lot during the day. At this time S9+20dB on Twente SDR. Erasure "Chorus." SINPO 54444.
6210 1525 Radio Luxemburg. Dutch songs. SINPO 54444.
6215 0955 Radio King SW. Soft rock. Audio sounding a lot better. SINPO 44433.
6240 1515 Radio Flying Dutchman. ID, said closing soon, "Pretty Woman," Roy Orbison. SINPO 54444.
6265 0941 Radio Nora. ID, instr mx, "Guitar Ma." SINPO 54444.
6265 1533 Supersound Radio. ID jingles, Deep Purple "Black Nights." SINPO 44433.
6280 1540 Radio Tjakka. Lots of greetings to listeners, oldies. SINPO 44433.
6286 1003 Radio Focus Int. Boston "More than a Feeling," Ryan Adams song. SINPO 54444.
6291 1554 Radio Norton. ID, Dutch mx. SINPO 34333.
6305 0905 Radio Pluto. Talking Heads "Psycho Killer", ID. SINPO 44433.
6306 0936 Radio Verona. On after Pluto cd. Dutch mx, jingles. SINPO 44433.
6324 1520 Radio Malibu. Dutch mx. SINPO 44433.
6375 1545 Radio Caroline-Rainbow. ID jingle, techno mx. SINPO 44433.
6720 1600 Cool AM. Weak signal, beginning to fade. SINPO 24332.
6940 0922 Radio Coax. ID, greetings, dance mx. SINPO 34333.
7775 1605 Tower Radio. Dutch songs. SINPO 44433.

(via Twente SDR)

Fri Dec 6

3905 2135 Skyline Radio Int. ID, greets, "Capt Scarlett," "Forever Young." Good peaks. SINPO 34333.
4026 2145 Laser Hot Hits. Dance mx, weak. SINPO 24332.
6205 2150 Radio Tango Italia. Tango mx, ID jingle. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)

FRS Holland on 41 metres this Sunday

Next Sunday, December 8th, FRS-Holland will conduct a test broadcast on 7310 kHz/ 41 metres.
The test will last for two hours between 10:00-12:00 UTC/ 11:00- 13:00 CET. We are understandably curious what reception is like in your particular area. Therefore we do hope as many listeners as possible will be tuning our way and send a reception report, either via e-mail or snail mail. Correct reception reports will be verified with our station QSL. You can truly help us by sending in your reception report!

Our next full broadcast will be over the Holiday Season: on Sunday December 29th FRS-Holland will continue a long time tradition, ringing out 2013. It was in the early 1980s that we started with December Xmas broadcasts. Only very few times in the past 33 years, FRS was absent in December.
In the past years we have seen a  decline in the number of listeners willing to participate in our Seasonal broadcast.

We call on you as a faithful FRS friend and listener to take part this year…
We’d like to 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' New Year’s  greeting.

It can be written or taped (cassette, CD, MD or MP3 file), it’s up to you! Send your message to P.O.Box 2702, 6049 ZG Herten in the Netherlands or do it the ‘quick and easy ‘way by sending an e-mail to <frs@frsholland.nl >. 

On December 29th FRSH will be on 7600//5800 kHz & 6070 kHz for at least 5 hours.

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

QSL from Shortwave Rock

Many thanks!

First Dutch pirate fined under new policy

The first FM pirate raided under the new Telecom Agency policy, has been fined . 'Club AA' from Gramsbergen  was fined nearly € 10,000, reported the pirate site etherpiraten.com
Since 1 November the pirate no longer gets a warning. And so a pirate who is raided can expect a letter after a few weeks .
In a recent judgment, the court endorsed the new policy of Telecom Agency, so the chances of success for a pirate when challenging his fine is not very good.

Until a year and a half ago the popular pirate frequencies 97.0 and 94.5 MHz from the north eastern provinces of Overijssel and Drenthe had almost permanently ( 7 days a week , 24 hours a day) extremely powerful pirates on air, with huge heavy transmitters and towers which caused serious interference to the reception of legal Dutch and German stations.Powerful Twente pirates with high masts which used a frequency 97.0, meant the reception of the 3FM station Lopik ( 96.8 ) and that of Radio NL Zwolle ( 97.2 ) and the broadcast station in the German Nordhorn Deutschland, Radio Kultur on 97.1 were made ​​completely unusable .

 Now it has become clear that Radiocommunications Agency is serious this time it is virtually silent on the pirate front. Pirates teams with powerful FM transmitters and high masts, which until recently were on air,  are nowhere to be seen.
If there a fixed transmitter, then the (minimal ) fine is € 2,500. When using mobile transmission equipment ( eg a mobile phone mast) the basic fine is € 5,000 .
 The maximum fine that a pirate can get is € 45,000 .In the case of Club AA Gramsbergen  the calculation of the fine was  € 9,928. This pirate was raided on Saturday, November 9, so after the new policy Telecom Agency. Two and a half weeks later the letter with intention to impose the penalty was sent .

(Radio.nl translated into English by Google Translate)

Read the original in Dutch at http://radio.nl/785146/eerste-piratenboete-onder-nieuwe-beleid-bekend

See also: http://shortwavedx.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/dutch-telecom-agency-to-get-tough-with.html

Tues Dec 3

4026 2143 Laser Hot Hits. Reading from report Canada, current pop. SINPO 34333.
6285 2150 Radio Tango Italia. Tango mx, strong peaks.  SINPO 44433.

(via Twente SDR)

Mon Dec 2

4026 2015 Laser Hot Hits. Only a weak signal, music just audible but not loud enough to identify. SINPO 24332. (via Twente SDR)

Sat Nov 30

4026 1745 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart px. Peter Kent "Real Good Feeling," talk about weather. SINPO 54444.
6215 1000 Radio King SW. Oldies, audio still on low side but seems to be  better than last week. SINPO 44433.
6240 0920 Radio Twentana. Dutch songs. SINPO 34333.
6246 1725 Radio Tango Italia. Tango mx, jingle ID. SINPO 44333.
6255 1717 Radio Telstar South. The Beatles "I Am the Walrus," Veronica jingles. SINPO 54444.
6270L 1735 Over 60 Degree Radio. Move from 6290. Finnish mx. SINPO 24432.
6290L 1732 Over 60 Degree Radio. Sparks "This Town Ain't Big Enough," splash 6285. SINPO 23432.
6285 0929 Radio Focus Int. Contact details, Billy Idol Dancing With Myself." SINPO 54444.
6305 1709 Radio Mustang. Bob Dylan "Like A Rolling Stone," ID. SINPO 54444.
6796 1011 Pink Panther Radio. Village People "YMCA", SINPO 54444.
6940 0945 Radio Coax. ID, reggae song. SINPO 34333.
7775 0954 Radio Tower. The Cure "Caterpillar," ID, greetings. SINPO 55544.
9510 0939 European Music Radio v IRRS. "Classical Gas", Alice Cooper "Poison," giving out details of future broadcasts, off 0945. SINPO 55555.

(via Twente SDR)

Thurs Nov 28

4026 2145 Laser Hot Hits. Songs from Uberman and Mercury Rev, ads for FSN News, Offshore Echoes. SINPO 54444.

(via Twente SDR)

Pirate radio round-up from North America

FCC sniffs out FM, shortwave & CB stations; Chicago’s unsolved Max Headroom mystery ... read all about on Radio Survivor's latest blog posting.

http://radiosurvivor.com/2013/11/27/pirate-radio-round-up-fcc-sniffs-out-fm-shortwave-chicagos-unsolved-max-headroom-mystery/

Tues Nov 26

4026 2052 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews px. Reading report from Greece, Roger Hodgson song. SINPO 54444.

European Music Radio this Friday night - Saturday Morning

29 Nov 2013 on 7290 kHz from 19:00-19:45 UTC
29 Nov 2013 on 1368kHz from 19:00-19:45 UTC via Challenger Radio in Italy
Repeat Transmission:
30 Nov 2013 on 9510kHz from 09:00-09:45 UTC
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27 Dec 2013 on 7290 kHz from 19:00-19:45 UTC
27 Dec 2013 on 1368kHz from 19:00-19:45 UTCvia Challenger Radio in Italy
Repeat Transmission:
28 Dec 2013  on 9510kHz from 09:00-09:45 UTC
All reports to:  studio@emr.org.uk    Thank you! 
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All Saturdays and Wednesdays the programs of HLR.
06.00 - 09.00 UTC, program in Spanish, English, German on 7265 KHz
09.00 - 12.00 UTC, program in German on 6190 KHz
12.00 - 16.00 UTC, program in German, Spanish, English on 7265 KHz

Good Listening!
73s
Tom