£800 fine for man caught running pirate radio station

A father-of-two has been left with a court bill of more than £800 after he admitted running an illegal music radio station from his Northamptonshire home.

Thomas Furniss, from Queen Street in Rushden, said he started broadcasting because of his skills in electronics and was not interested in music or becoming a DJ.

The former Crystal Electronics employee, who was representing himself, said: “It was just a hobby at first because I have always been interested in how electronics work, and I found out on the internet how to do it. I didn’t realise how serious an offence it was.”

Furniss, aged 27, was arrested after someone made a complaint to Ofcom in June about the pirate radio station, named “XS Radio”, which ran from February to July this year. The station was traced to his home in an investigation which cost almost £3,000.

During a hearing at Northampton Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Furniss pleaded guilty to managing, financing, operating and running an unauthorised broadcasting station from his home.

He was given a £280 fine, ordered to pay court costs of £500 and a victim surcharge of £28, and received an order for his laptop and transmitting devices to be forfeited.

Story: Northampton Chronicle

(via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK Yahoo group)

Sat Nov 8

3905 1946 Radio Alice. Rock n roll. SINPO 54444.
6070 0925 Radio Waves Int v Channel 292. Country music, ID, said been on air 31 years. SINPO 45444.
6205 0920 Radio King SW. Oldies, fair peaks. SINPO 24332.
6220 1939 Mystery Radio. Back on the air. Euro-pop and jingles. "Can't You Feel My Heartbeat," utility QRM. SINPO 53443.
6263.5 1643 Radio OZNRH (pres). Mellow jazz. SINPO 24332.
6285 0914 Radio Focus Int. Sheila B Devotion, win a radio competition. SINPO 44333.
6295 1605 Telstar Radio. "You Don't Love Me Anymore," SINPO 54444.
6295 2000 Radio Twentana. Dutch songs, 48m holding up better tonight. SINPO 34333.
6300 0903 Little Feat Radio. Greetings, soul music. SINPO 34333.
6305 1623 Radio Witte Reus. Pop, talk in Dutch. SINPO 34333.
6325 0908 Ronnie AM. Dutch song, greeting listeners, mention Pluto. SINPO 44333.
6385 1609 Radio Zodiac. QSO with Pluto & Phantom, Kraftwerk "The Model." SINPO 44433.
6385 1650 Radio Baken 16. "Loves Unkind," joining the QSO. SINPO 54444.
6803 1613 Radio Pink Panther. Dutch version of "Whisky in the Jar." SINPO 54444.
6925 1628 Trans Europe Radio. "Golden Brown," "Glittering Prize." SINPO 44433.
6950 1955 Radio Enterprise. Euro-pop. SINPO 44433.
6995L 1620 Baltic Sea Radio. "Sweet Caroline," jingle ID/email and off. SINPO 34433.

(via Twente SDR)

Fri Nov 7

6255 1852 Radio Telstar South. Sixties music. SINPO 34333.
6285 1858 Radio Focus Int. Van Morrison song, IDs, competition to win radio. SINPO 44433.
6940 1844 Premier Radio Int. "Boogie People," SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)

Thurs Nov 6

4026 1823 Laser Hot Hits. Dance music, ad for FSN. SINPO 44433.
6290 1704 Radio Rode Adelaar. Dutch songs. SINPO 54444.
6295 1757 Radio Montferland. Kool & The Gang "Celebration. SINPO 34333.
6300 1810 Radio Norton. Music just audible but signals fading. SINPO 24332.

(via Twente SDR)

New 2nd Sunday repeat from EMR

Dear Listeners,
From November 2014 to March 2015 EMR will be on 6190 KHz every 2nd Sunday with a repeat programme from last months Transmission.
The time slot for EMR on 6190 will be 10.00 to 11:00 UTC.

If you live outside the listening area please try the Twente/Netherlands web receiver at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

Good Listening!
73s
Tom

Radio Waves Int celebrates 31 years with special shortwave broadcasts

Dear listeners
We will celebrate during all this month of November our 31st birthday.

We will operate this year with only our low power txs of  around 20 watts on several bands 48 , 41 & 26mb with a special QSL on each band. If you reach all bands another QSL will be set up for you as a GOLD QSL .

We will operate on 41 & 26 mb from Sat November 8th until Tuesday November 11th afternoon. We can just invite you to keep listening.

No IRC or USD needed to get a reply - also emails are welcome at rwaves@free.fr

Have a nice month of listening.

Without listeners like you our radio could'nt exist after 31 years.

73s the terrible twins

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RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL
BP 130
92504 RUEIL Cedex
(France)

for UPS or Fedex ask us an alternative postal adress.
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http://www.wrwi.fr

"the terrible twins"
Philippe & Peter HILLS

(via SW Pirates Yahoo group)

Tues Nov 4

4026 2042 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew show. Greeting FSN, "Keep the Home Fires Burning." SINPO 54444.
6940 2025 Premier Radio Int. Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street," Al Stewart "Year of the Cat," ID jingle. SINPO 44333.
7621U 2057 Eldorado Radio. Reggae music. SINPO 34433.

(via Twente SDR)

Mon Nov 3

4026 2010 Laser Hot Hits. Tina Charles "I Love to Love," then Boston. SINPO 34333. (via Twente SDR)

Sun Nov 2

4026 1750 Laser Hot Hits. Bonnie Tyler "Holding Out for Hero". SINPO 24332.
5995 0955 Radio Face de Blatte. "Somebody's Watching Me." SINPO 44433.
6235 1759 Technical Man. Electro music, ID.  SINPO 54444.
6241 1509 Halloween Radio. Dance mx, spooky sounds, muffled audio. SINPO 34333.
6255 1730 Radio Telstar South. Bowie"Rock n Roll Suicide." SINPO 44433.
6280 1610 Radio Merlin Int. Female DJ giving out address, oldies. SINPO 44333.
6285 0945 Bogusman. Chat and alternative music. SINPO 44444.
6285 1534 Radio Night Pirate. Dutch songs, ID, greetings. SINPO 44433.
6288 1745 Radio Rode Adelaar. Country & Dutch songs. SINPO 54444.
6306 1505 Radio Joey. "Get Fresh at the Weekend," SINPO 54444.
6325 1531 Radio AC DC. "Rawhide," then Status Quo, sudden off. SINPO 44433.
6385 1737 Bogusman. Another helping of Mr Bogusma. Talk about Stephen Hawkin, Be Bop Deluxe. SINPO 54444.
6390 0950 Radio Altrex. Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Wanna Fun." SINPO 34333.
6396 0918 Weekend Music Radio. Shakin' Stevens song, Jack talk about the hoax WMR station. SINPO 34333.
6940 1539 Radio Enterprise. "Let's Get Physical," ID, echo on voice. SINPO 54444.
6950 1519 Laser Hot Hits v Blackbeard. "All Night With You," then Communards "So Cold the Night." SINPO 44433.
7300 0914 Radio Arcadia. Easy listening music. SINPO 34333.
7480 0905 Skyline Radio Germany. Talk in German, rock. SINPO 34333.
7500 0900 Crazy Wave Radio. Rock, greetings. SINPO 54444.
7700 0935 FRS Holland. Repeat of last week's broadcast. "RadioAfrica," also on 9300. SINPO 54444.
9300 0940 FRS Holland. Unfortunately utility QRM on this frequency. SINPO 42432.

(via Twente SDR)

Dutch shortwave pirate raided on air

Radio Grote Verzierder was raided while broadcasting according to information on the SWC Holland website.

To read the report go here: www.swcholland.com/index.php?n=252

Sat Nov 1

3915 2030 Radio Alice. ID, dance music. SINPO 54444.
3940 2100 Crazy Wave Radio. Rock. SINPO 34333.
4026 1642 Laser Hot Hits. Joan Armatrading, then Japan. SINPO 34333.
4890 2110 Radio Arcadia. Mellow jazz. SINPO 24332.
4900L 2105 Radio Minipower. Moved from 5825. Disco. SINPO 34433.
5825L 2055 Radio Minipower. Kool & The Gang "Let's Groove Tonight." SINPO 44433.
6240 1637 Hitmix Radio. Talk in German, BZN. SINPO 44433.
6263.5 1425 Radio OZNRH (tent). Mellow jazz, occasional bursts of utility. SINPO 23332.
6282 2040 Radio Enterprise. Iron Maiden, ID jingle, good peaks, fading. SINPO 34433.
6300 1615 Radio Black Power. Dance music. SINPO 54444.
6305 1417 Radio Merlin Int. Sweet "Jailbreaker," ID. SINPO 34333.
6803 1434 Radio Pink Panther. Dutch songs. SINPO 54444.
6955 1610 Trans Europe Radio. "Come Up and See Me," "If I Had Words," closing down." SINPO 44433.
6975L 2050 Over 60 Degree Radio. Blues music. SINPO 34433.

(via Twente SDR)

Thurs Oct 30

4026 1855 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies. SINPO 34333.
6270 1708 Free Radio Bumblestock. ID, instrumental music, best on narrow filter due to nearby strong utility. SINPO 33333.
6290 1748 Radio Odynn. "Thunderstruck" AC DC, testing new transmitter but band fading out. SINPO 34333.
6325 1847 Little Feat Radio. Barry White song, then Joe Walsh "Life's Been Good." SINPO 44433.

(via Twente SDR)

Radio Merlin Int Halloween show

Radio Merlin Halloween show starts at 18:00 GMT Friday 31/10/2014 with Paul Hamound on 6305khz to Europe and 6925 KHz AM to southern South America (Chile and Central Argentina) also on stream and our web site http://mixlr.com/rmi-shortwave http://radiomerlininternational.weebly.com

Line up for Halloween
17:00 John
18:00 Paul Hamound
20:00 David Lee
21:30 Paul Watt
23:30 Nellie
01:30 Antony
03:00 Neil Crow
04:30 Crystal

(Info: Radio Merlin Int Facebook page)

FRS Holland to repeat broadcast

Dear FRS Friends,

Last Sunday propagation conditions were not the best (lots of static noise). On top of that there was a total fade out on SW just before 12 CET and it took more than 2 hours before the signal had fully recovered. And if that's not enough...our afternoon stream was affected by a technical break.
Taking all this into consideration, we have decided to give it another try next Sunday November 3rd, same times, same frequencies! Despite the low power, 9301 kHz was doing fairly well last Sunday.
Keep an eye on it as it was sometimes stronger than 7700!

On Sunday November 3rd FRS-Holland will be on air  with a full broadcast (repeat Oct. 26th) between 08:52- 15:00 UTC. Frequencies will be 7700// 9300 kHz.

Internet Stream
That same day between 14:52- 21:00 UTC/15:52- 22.00 CEST will see a full repeat on the internet. Check on your computer < http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u >.  

QSLs
There is a backlog as far as QSL cards is concerned. Next few weeks we will try to anser all mails/
letters which haven't been handled so far. That's a promise!

73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the FRS Team (Jan, Paul, Roger, Dave, Brian, Bobby & Peter)

FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands

e-mail: [frs@frsholland.nl]
future website: [ www.frsholland.nl]

Wed Oct 29

4026 1835 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart show. Fat Boy Slim "Praise You," greeting Dr Tim and talking about conditions on 48 metres. SINPO 44433. (via Twente SDR)

Tues Oct 28

4026 2010 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew with 80s soul & funk. SINPO 44433.
6849 2000 Radio GSV. Blues rock. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)

Radio Mi Amigo this Sunday

From 2nd November we (Radio Mi Amigo) will be on shortwave every sunday for 8 hours:
0700-1100 UTC (8-12 CET) on 49m = 6005 khz
1100-1500 UTC (12-16 CET) on 41m = 7310 khz

Our programmes are in English, Deutsch and Nederlands.

Also you can win on every Sunday great prizes as DVDs, Mi Amigo pens, Mi Amigo lighters, Mi Amigo postcards and also a brand new tablet pc.

So, don't forget to tune in !!

All infos, programme lineup and many more you find at: www.radiomiamigo.es/shortwave

Keep shortwave alive

best regards from the Costa Blanca
Cpt. Kord

Sun Oct 26

3930 1735 Free Radio Victoria. Dutch songs. SINPO 34333.
4026 1740 Laser Hot Hits. Dance music. SINPO 34333.
5926 0953 Time Radio. "Don't Look Back," SINPO 44433.
6205 0945 Laser Hot Hits via Magic 6205. "Anyone Who Had a Heart," fair peaks. SINPO 24332.
6237 1710 Radio Deutsche Schallplattensender. German songs. SINPO 54444.
6250 0836 Radio Casanova. Rubettes "Sugar Baby Love," SINPO 44433.
6255 1715 Radio Telstar South. Peter Sarstedt song. SINPO 544444.
6260 0832 Radio Northpole. Lighthouse Family. SINPO 34333.
6286 1745 Radio Telstar. "Whole Lotta Shakin Going On," greetings. SINPO 54444.
6290 1705 Radio Rode Adelaar. Dutch songs. SINPO 54444.
6295 0835 Radio Quadzilla. Oldies. SINPO 24332.
6305 1750 Radio Supersound. Oldies. SINPO 44433.
6320 0853 Radio Montferland. Sade song. SINPO 54444.
6325 1700 Radio Jan Keizer. Another name for Black Bandit. Dutch songs. SINPO 54444.
6396 1721 Weekend Music Radio. Talking about Alvin Stardust, "Red Dress". SINPO 44433.
6425 1730 Radio Ronalisa. Oldies/ SINPO 34333.
6805 0920 Sundown Radio. "In the Summertime." SINPO 44433.
6940 1655 Radio Enterprise. "All of My Love," greetings. SINPO 54444.
6950 1650 Laser Hot Hits v Blackbeard. Martin Scott comlplaining about EU, Calvin Harris song. SINPO 44433.
7480 0845 Skyline Radio Germany. Oldies. SINPO 24332.
7700 0900 FRS Holland. Signing on for five-hour broadcast. Peter Verbruggen. Also on 9300. SINPO 54444.
9300 0905 FRS Holland. Parallel with 7700. SINPO 44433.
15700 1644 Laser Hot Hits v Magic 6205. "I Feel Like Buddy Holly," "I Won't Runaway." Show also on 6950 & 6205. SINPO 54444.

(via Twente SDR)

Sat Oct 25

3912 1820 Radio Alice. Dutch songs, strong peaks. SINPO 44433.
4026 0820 Laser Hot Hits. Only weak signal, music just about audible. SINPO 24332.
6205 0807 Laser Hot Hits (via Magic 6205). Gary Drew show. Chaka Khan "I Feel for You." SINPO 44433.
6240 1615 Free Radio Bumbelstock. Brass Band music, ID. SINPO 34333.
6244 1803 Radio Tango Italia. Move from 6255.  ID, guitar music. SINPO 33333.
6255 1610 Radio Tango Italia. "Ode to Joy," IDs. SINPO 34333.
6255 1700 Radio Telstar South. Sixties music. offshore radio chat, co-channel with another station (Tango Italia?). SINPO 43433.
6267 1751 Radio New World. Wings "Silly Love Song." SINPO 44433.
6286 1655 Radio Telstar Int. Rock n roll, greeting listeners. SINPO 54444.
6286 1830 Radio Experience. Techno. SINPO 34333.
6295 1826 Top Radio. Bryan Adams "Everything I Do." SINPO 34333.
6296 1648 Radio Joey. "Rollin' on the River," "Smoke on the Water." SINPO 44433.
6306 1605 Tower Radio. Dutch songs. SINPO 54444.
6380 0755 Little Feat Radio. KLF "Justified & Ancient," ID. SINPO 34333.
6396 0801 Radio GSV. Adele, then Amy Winehouse. SINPO 34333.
6422 1746 Radio Altrex. Oldies. SINPO 24332.
9985L 1759 Baltic Sea Radio. Stray Cats "rock this Town," ID. SINPO 44444.

(via Twente SDR)

Article on US pirate radio

This is on American technology website Radio World:

http://www.radioworld.com/default.aspx?tabid=75&entryid=10258