Shortwave DX blog

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Sun May 15

5805 1642 Radio Focus Int. David Bowie song. SINPO 34333.
6262 1737 Radio Akenzo. Electro then rock music. SINPO 44433.
6263 1626 Telstar Radio Int. Art Garfunkel "Bright Eyes." SINPO 34333.
6285 1620 Radio Focus Int. Rolling Stones "Paint it Black." SINPO 54444.
6305 1615 Radio Merlin Int. David Lee show. Rock music. SINPO 34333.

(via Central England SDR)

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Sat May 14

4015 1702 Laser Hot Hits. Pilot "Magic," SINPO 24332.
5805 1634 Radio Focus Int. Contact details, Chiffons "I Wonder Why." SINPO 34333.
6205 1645 Coast FM v relay. "Sweet Family," ID jingle. SINPO 34333.
6285 1625 Radio Focus Int. Florence & The Machine. SINPO 34333.
6920 1655 Key Channel Radio. Oldies. SINPO 24332.

(via Twente SDR)

Pirate radio recordings

Radio Felix

Radio Uniek

Radio Antony (NL)

Unidentified Greek on shortwave

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Thurs May 12

4015 2055 Laser Hot Hits. Simon & Garfunkel "The Boxer". SINPO 44333.
4026 2059 Laser Hot Hits. Not good with utility QRM. SINPO 32332.
5805 2040 Radio Focus Int. The Who "Baba O'Reilly." SINPO 44433.
5815 2035 Little Feat Radio. Oldies, ID, testing. SINPO 44433.
5835 2045 Laser Hot Hits. "Pictures of Matchstick Men," SINPO 44333.
6205 2030 Coast FM v relay. Babybird "You're Gorgeous," SINPO 44333.
6214U 2050 Radio Barraquda (pres). Clips of many rock tunes. SINPO 44444.
6255 2023 Unid. Peter Sarstedt "Where Do You Go To My Lovely." SINPO 33333.
6285 2015 Radio Focus Int. Hooray & The Henrys then Dire Straits. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)

Key Channel Radio this Saturday

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Tues May 10

3930U 1956 IBC. Pop //6970. SINPO 24332.
4015 2022 Laser Hot Hits. Morris Minor & the Majors "Another Boring B side." SINPO 44433.
4026 2028 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies, best in narrow filter to avoid utility. SINPO 23332.
5835 2014 Laser Hots Hits. Dionne Warwick "Heartbreaker." SINPO 24332.
6205 2004 Coast FM v relay. Pop, jingles. SINPO 34333.
6214U 2009 Radio Barraquda (pres). Rock. SINPO 44433.
6280 2045 Radio Witte Reus. "You're Better off Alone." SINPO 24332.
6290 1946 Radio Goofy. Greek music, jingles. SINPO 44433.
6300 1940 Radio Mazda. "Veronica," "Yellow Bird." SINPO 34333.
6970U 1952 IBC. Dire Straits, ID, Italian talk, off 2000. SINPO 44444.

(via Twente SDR)

Sunday, May 08, 2016

Sun May 8

Bad conditions so no short skip...

4015 1839 Laser Hot Hits. Chris Farlowe "Out of Time," SINPO 34333.
4026 1843 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies. SINPO 23332.
5805 1850 Radio Focus Int (pres). Weak signal. SINPO 24332.
5835 1855 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies, slight het from carrier. SINPO 23332.
6205 1859 Horizon FM via relay. Tenerife ads, news, pop. SINPO 34333.
6285 1905 Radio Focus Int. Rolling Stones "Paint it Black," comedy clips. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)

Saturday, May 07, 2016

Sat May 7

4015 1827 Laser Hot Hits. Hermans Hermits. SINPO 34333.
4026 1831 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies. SINPO 23332.
5805 1607 Radio Focus Int. The Who "Baba O'Reilly", also running on 6285. SINPO 34333.
5835 1620 Laser Hot Hits. OMD "Electricity." SINPO 24332.
6205 1600 Horizon FM via relay. Tenerife ads, pop. SINPO 24332.
6214U 1932 Minipower Radio. Sylvester "Do You Want to Funk." SINPO 34433.
6285 1550 Radio Focus Int. Prince "1999." SINPO 34333.
6290 1755 Radio Caroline Int. Oldies, jingles. SINPO 34333.
6305 1745 Radio Merlin Int. "Pretty Woman", "Children of the Revolution." SINPO 54444.
6335 1937 Radio Lowland. Abba "Boom A Boomerang," greetings. SINPO 44333.
6423 1946 Studio 52. ID, BZN. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)

Studio Northlight eQSL

Studio Northlight sent me this eQSL for their recent broadcast via Channel 292. The operator was in Iann's pirate chat recently and said he had received 70 reception reports for this broadcast and was working his way through them all. Thanks for the QSL!

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Wed May 4

4015 1950 Laser Hit Hits. "Treat 'Em Like A Lady," SINPO 54444.
5835 1944 Laser Hot Hits. Soft rock. SINPO 33333.
6205 1936 Coast FM via relay. Pop music and jingles. SINPO 44433.
6300 2018 Radio Relmus (tent). Koto "Dragons Legend." (ID in Iann's chat). SINPO 44433.
6970U 1926 Cool AM v IBC. Rock n roll. SINPO 55544.
7690U 2004 Marconi Radio Int. DX show in English. SINPO 24432.

(via Twente SDR)

New low-power medium wave licences in Netherlands

Stig Hartvig Nielsen posts on WRTH Facebook page 3 May:

Today Dutch minister Kamp has made it public that the Medium Wave band now will be open for low power stations operating with a power of max. 100 Watt. Full story here (in Dutch): http://radio.nl/810349/groen-licht-voor-laagvermogen-uitzendingen-op-am

One of the first stations to go on the air under the new legislation may be the long time pirate – Atlantis Radio 1521 – in Friesland. They got a license (?) from Commissariaat voor de Media in March 2016, and they recently purchased a new 75 W AM transmitter (300 W PEP). The format is golden oldies – and the station can be heard online here: http://www.atlantisradio.eu/radio/ - and more details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/RadioAtlantis1521KHz/

Info: British DX Club (BDXC-UK) http://www.bdxc.org.uk

Marconi Radio International on air today

As from Wednesday, 4 May 2016 Marconi Radio International will start a regular service according to the following schedule:

On Wednesdays, from 1800 to 1900 UTC, from 2000 to 2100 UTC, and from 2200 to 2300 UTC on 7690 kHz USB mode (alternative frequencies: 7700 and 7790 kHz).

The power is in the region of 100 watts. We have standardized our transmissions: there are now only broadcasts 60 minutes long. The first half hour is always a DX programme in English (Italian Shortwave Panorama) followed by mailbag (or DX) show in Italian or non-stop music interspersed with announcements in English, Italian, German, Spanish and Catalan.

MRI encourages reception reports from listeners. Audio clips (mp3-file) of our broadcasts are welcome! We QSL 100%. IOur electronic mail address is: marconiradiointernational@gmail.com - Please don’t forget to include your postal address as some lucky listeners will also receive a printed QSL card.

Last but not least, we need your help! If you use social networks, please post an announcement on Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our potential audience.

We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions.

Best 73's

--
Marconi Radio International (MRI)

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Tues May 3

3930U 1920 IBC. Italian talk, also on 6970. SINPO 24332.
4015 1925 Laser Hot Hits. Queen "I Want to Break Free," SINPO 54444.
4026 1932 Laser Hot Hits. Pop, splash from utility covering 4021-4024 kHz, SINPO 43333.
5835 1938 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies. SINPO 34333.
6205 1948 Coast FM via relay. Pop and jingles, utility splash. SINPO 53443.
6290 1725 Hitmix Radio. Schlager & polka. SINPO 44433.
6970U 1715 IBC. Abba "Winner Takes It All," Italian talk. SINPO 45444.

(via Twente SDR)

Monday, May 02, 2016

Mon May 2

4026 1742 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies. SINPO 23332.
5835 1738 Laser Hot Hits. Sade. SINPO 24332.
6205 1715 Coast FM Tenerife via relay. Non-stop pop and jingles. SINPO 34333.
6230 1725 Radio GSV. Rock, ID, greetings, occasional utility QRM. SINPO 33333.
6260 1746 Radio Ronalisa. New Order "Blue Monday," testing new antenna. SINPO 44433.

(via Twente SDR)

Sunday, May 01, 2016

Sun May 1

4015 1724 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew show, also 6212. SINPO 34333.
4026 1729 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence show. Oldies. SINPO 24332.
5835 1734 Laser Hot Hits. Dave Simpson playing Bryan Ferry. SINPO 24332.
6212 1700 Laser Hot Hits via Blackbeard. Gary Drew show. Jazz funk. SINPO 34333.
6235 1650 Radio Pandora. Chat, oldies. SINPO 24332.
6262 1642 Hitmix Radio. Irene Cara "What A Feeling." SINPO 44433.
6300 1625 Radio Pioneer. Oldies. SINPO 33333.
6325 1716 Radio Goofy. Oldies. SINPO 34333.
6330 1633 Radio Orion 2000. Travelling Wilberries. SINPO 44433.
6380 1638 Radio Panda. Oldies. SINPO 24332.

(via Twente SDR)

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Sat Apr 30

3460L 2145 Radio Condoon. "Are You Going to San Francisco." SINPO 24332.
4015 1818 Laser Hot Hits. New frequency. 10CC "I'm Mandy Fly Me," utility QRM. SINPO 43433.
4026 1823 Laser Hot Hits. Separate programme, not as strong. SINPO 34333.
4035 2208 TRX Radio. Blues music. SINPO 44433.
5835 1830 Laser Hot Hits. Weakest of the three on Twente at this time. SINPO 24332.
5896.5U 2239 Radio Barraquda. Elvis Presley, ID. SINPO 34443.
6205 2220 Energy FM via relay. Dance music. SINPO 44444.
6213 1840 Radio Merlin Int. Pink Floyd. SINPO 44433.
6226 1906 Bubblegum Radio. Eurythmics, then Billy Joel. SINPO 44433.
6239 2230 Unid. New Order "Truth Faith", mention 'test transmission,' sounded Irish but no ID. SINPO 54444.
6240 1658 Radio Casanova. Dutch songs. SINPO 54444.
6267 1900 Radio Johnny Tobacco. Pan pipes music. SINPO 55444.
6280 1650 Free Radio Victoria. Roger Whitaker, then Sam Cooke "Working on a Chain Gang." SINPO 54444.
6290 1655 Radio Ronalisa. Polka. SINPO 44333.
6307 1743 Radio Caroline-Rainbow. Middle Eastern music. SINPO 34333.
6320 1800 Radio Joey. Dance music. SINPO 55444.
6330 1730 Radio Lowland. Police "Every Little Thing." SINPO 44333.
6425 1754 Misti Radio. Polka. SINPO 34333.
6450 1916 Radio Astronaut. Dutch songs. SINPO 34333.
6850 1704 Radio Bandido. Soft rock. SINPO 44433.

(via Twente SDR)

Friday, April 29, 2016

Fri April 29

4029 1815 Laser Hot Hits. Bill Lovelady "Ready for It Now." SINPO 44433.
5835 1738 Laser Hot Hits. Bronski Beat "Why." SINPO 24332.
6205 1731 Energy FM via relay. Dance music, jingles. SINPO 44433.
6228 1755 Misti Radio. Crazy World of Arthur Brown "Fire." SINPO 24332.
6280 1708 Radio Jan Rommel (Abu Dhabi). Country music, IDs. SINPO 55444.
6290 1647 Radio Goofy. Rock song, ID jingle. SINPO 34333.
6290 2140 Crazy Radio Berlin. IDs in German/English, pop, sign off. SINPO 44433.
6300 1700 Radio Pioneer. Dutch songs. SINPO 44433.
6300 2203 Radio Sallandse Boer. "Have You Seen the Rain" SINPO 24332.
6323 1655 Radio Mercury via PRRS (Pirate Radio Relay Service). Queen "I Want It All." SINPO 44433.
6396 1748 Radio GSV. Oldies. SINPO 34333.
6747 1804 Radio Pioneer. Yazoo, bursts of utility QRM. SINPO 33333.
6940 1723 Radio Orion 2000. Oldies, jingles. SINPO 44444.

(via Twente SDR)

Thursday, April 28, 2016

New Zealand's Radio Hauraki pirate Chris Parkinson dies

Radio New Zealand reports:

Radio Hauraki co-founder Chris Parkinson has died at the age of 74. He was one of the four original directors of the country's first pirate radio station, which broke the government monopoly on radio broadcasting in the 1960s.

Broadcaster Chris Parkinson was a co-founder of pirate radio station Hauraki. The original Radio Hauraki broadcast from a boat moored in the Hauraki Gulf outside the three-mile territorial limit. Its popularity eventually persuaded the government to relax the regulations around radio broadcasting, allowing other private stations to begin transmission.

Chris Parkinson went on to become involved with talk station Radio Pacific, and worked in the Australian radio industry. His voice was regarded as the one of the best in broadcasting. He was the recipient of many awards during his career, including the Pater Award for the Golden Voice of Australasia in 1987.

Mr Parkinson was also the well-known continuity voice for TVNZ News and Current Affairs, and other programs throughout the 1990s. He died in Auckland.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/302539/radio-hauraki-pirate-dies

(Mike Terry via RadioAnoraksUk Yahoo group)

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Wed April 27

4029 2050 Laser Hot Hits. Alexander O'Neal "Criticise." SINPO 44433.
5835 2055 Laser Hot Hits. Running a minute behind 4029, talk about emails bouncing. SINPO 34333.
6205 2045 Energy FM via relay. Dance music. SINPO 44444.
6300 2040 Hitmix Radio. Scorpions "Winds of Change" SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)