Wed Dec 7

4029 2136 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart show. Gladys Knight  "Licence to Kill," good to strong signal, just able avoid utility on 4024.5. SINPO 44433. (via Twente SDR)

Broadcasts from KCR and Marconi Radio Int

Also look out for Marconi Radio Int tomorrow afternoon. In an email they say:
"Please be advised that tomorrow, Thursday, 8 December 2016, Marconi Radio International will be
on the air from 1315 to 1615 UTC on 7700 kHz USB Mode with a power of 100 watts.

Reception reports with audio clips (mp3-file) are welcome and confirmed by QSL verification. Some
lucky listeners will also receive our printed QSL card, so don't forget to include your postal address. E-mail: marconiradiointernational (at) gmail.com

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

Best 73's

Marconi Radio International (MRI)

Mon Dec 5

4029 1817 Laser Hot Hits. Goldie "Making Up Again," the Cars "You Might Think I'm Cracy," some utility QRM. SINPO 53443. (via Twente SDR)

David Bowie Radio eQSL

David Bowie Radio sent this great eQSL. Thanks Sigfrido.

Sun Dec 4

3902 1700 Radio Kachelboer. Dutch music. SINPO 24332.
3920 1708 Mike Radio. Rock music, off 1712. SINPO 34333.
3935 1645 Radio Underground. Dance music. SINPO 44433.
4029 1625 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. Paul McCartney "With A Little Luck." SINPO 44333.
6205  0930 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies. SINPO 24332.
6205 1612 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew show. Archie Bell & The Drells "Don't Let Dance Get You Down," SINPO 44433.
6240 0950 Radio Mazda. Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way." SINPO 24332.
6252 0925 Radio Thunderbird. German talk, jingles. SINPO 34333.
6260 0945 Radio Waves Int. ID, oldies. SINPO 24332.
6285 1312 Bogusman. Songs by The Trees and Melic, signal not great today. SINPO 34333.
6305 0939 Radio Merlin Int. "Playing With the Queen of Hearts." SINPO 44433.
6950 0920 Radio Enterprise. Salsa music. SINPO 34333.
7300 0915 Radio U Boat 66. "Leaving on a Jet Plane." SINPO 35333.

(via Twente SDR)

Sat Dec 3

*3895 2146 Technical Man. IDs in Dutch & English, pop, great signal. SINPO 55444.
*3905 2135 Radio Wilskracht. ID, "Let's Groove Tonight." SINPO 34333.
*3926 2141 Radio Lesbos. IDs, Greek music. SINPO 44333.
*4029 1625 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew show. Curtis Heston then Loose Ends, utility QRM. SINPO 43433.
*4035 2155 TRX Radio. Louis Armstrong "Wonderful World." SINPO 44333.
6205 1615 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew with Was Not Was then After Dark. SINPO 45444.
6235 1403 Radio Casanova. ID, "Queen of Hearts." SINPO 34333.
6270 1400 Radio Zwarte Panter. Dutch songs. SINPO 44433.
6285 1435 Telstar Radio. Kraftwerk "Radioactivity," ID, greetings. SINPO 44433.
6320 1426 Radio Joey. Techno, some SSB QRM. SINPO 43433.
6335 1415 Radio Blacklake. Dire Straits "Money for Nothing," SINPO 44433.
6385.5 1455 Radio Witte Reus. Greetings, electro music. SINPO 44433.
6450 1420 Piet Piraat. Dutch music, only using 4W. SINPO 24332.
6803 1410 Radio Pink Panther. Oldies. SINPO 34333.

(via Barneys SDR, near London/ *via Twente SDR) 

Fri Dec 2

*3975 1650 David Bowie Radio. "Starman". SINPO 24332.
*4029 1630 Laser Hot Hits. Dance music, some utility interference. SINPO 43433.
6040 1450 Eighties Radio. IDs  and 80s music, some weaker co-ch QRM but totally blocked at 1500 by Romania. SINPO 43433.
6335 1522 Radio Blacklake. Dutch songs. SINPO 45333.
6735 1505 Radio Pioneer. "Wooden Heart," SINPO 35443.

(via Barneys SDR, near London/ *via Twente SDR)

Thurs Dec 1

4029 1705 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew with his soul and funk show. SINPO 34333. (via Twente SDR)

Radio Lesbos eQSL

Many thanks Radio Lesbos for sending this eQSL. The station has been heard a few times in the 48 and 76 metre bands.

Mon Nov 28

3975 1853 David Bowie Radio. "Ashes to Ashes," believed to be transmitting from Italy. SINPO 24332.
4029 1840 Laser Hot Hits. Bananarama "Only Your Love," some SSB QRM but the strong utility seems to have gone. SINPO 33333. (via Twente SDR)

Bogusman and Blacklake eQSLs

Bogusman sent me this great eQSL for my log of his station yesterday afternoon via the Twente SDR. Not heard on Barney's SDR in UK.

Radio Blacklake is a new station for me - but a quick reply for reception yesterday.

Thanks very much.

Sun Nov 27

*4029 1545 Laser Hot Hits. Savage Garden, strong utility on 4030. SINPO 42442.
5800 0936 Laser Hot Hits. Oldies, weak signal. SINPO 25332.
6205 0920 Laser Hot Hits. Paul Stuart show. "Run to You," then "Fergus Sings the Blues/" SINPO 44433.
6210 0955 Radio King Shortwave. Oldies, low modulation, good peaks. SINPO 33333.
6210 1438 Radio Komintern. Russian talk and music. SINPO 23432.
6235 0930 Mike Radio. Dutch music, jingles. SINPO 44433.
6240.5 1524 Radio Lesbos (tent). Greek music, blocked by another station on 6241 at 1528. SINPO 33333.
6250 0915 Radio Casanova. "No Milk Today," ID, greetings, SINPO 44433.
6265 1400 Radio Python. The The. SINPO 54444.
6267 1512 Radio Johnny Tobacco. Country music. SINPO 44433.
*6285 1352 Bogusman. Wire "Dot Dash," jingle, then into The Ghoul show. No signal on Barneys! SINPO 54444.
*6285 1530 Bogusman. Talking about seagulls, RJW selection, Plastic Bertrand "Ca Plas Pour Moi." SINPO 54444.
6320 1447 Delta Radio. "Message to You Rudi," ID jingle, then The Cult "She Sells Sanctuary." SINPO 34333.
6325 1153 Radio Blacklake. Johnny Cash "I'm Going to Jackson." SINPO 34333.
6386 1505 Radio Orion 2000. Desmond Dekker "The Israelites," jingles. SINPO 34333.

(via Barneys Web SDR (near London)/ *via Twente SDR)

Laser Hot Hits relay on 1494 seems to getting out well. I heard it at home at 1800 using my Degen 1103 portable, with a boost from a Tecsun AN200 loop antenna. SINPO 34333. With shortwave being so unreliable at the moment it seems to be the best way to get the signal out.

Sat Nov 26

Bad conditions with 48m shutting down for short skip soon after 1500!

6210 1410 Radio Komintern. Soviet era music, Russian talk, fair signal. SINPO 35333.
6307 1425 Radio Goofy. IDs, dance music. SINPO 34333.
6325 1434 Hitmix Radio. Relay of Dutch legal station Radio Sterren. SINPO 34333.
7700U 1535 Marconi Radio Int. Italian talk. SINPO 25432.

(via Twente SDR)

1494 1840 Laser Hot Hits. Bangles "Manic Monday," ID jingle. SINPO 33333.

(via KiwiSDR, Northampton)

Fri Nov 25

3905 2010 Skyline International Radio. AC DC, ID, Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face." SINPO 34333. (via Twente SDR)

Pirate radio recordings

Radio Zodiac

Mike Radio

Radio Stove Farmer

Radio Batavia

Panda Radio eQSL

Panda Radio sent this great eQSL for a test transmission on Saturday. He was trying out different antennas but  found the 16m antenna was working best. His setup is 15w carrier (30%) about 50w PEP with usable SWR.  Thanks for the eQSL.

Special announcement for Artem's World Music N30

My dear colleagues and friends,

As you maybe know my next show will be N30. Unfortunately I had no special celebration on 10, 20 and 25…. So I am planning something special for N30.

All my listeners and operators who play my shows on the air know that it is dedicated to World Music. So if you are able to record a greeting for my show N30 n your native language, it will be great.

You also could remind me of music I maybe played or maybe you just want to hear, so ask me for a singer, group or just a region of the World and I’ll try to do my best!

Special attention: we have a lot of English speaking listeners, but English is different from part to part of the World so if your native language is English, please turn your local accent on as much as it is possible. Sure, it will be great

The plan is to produce new show before Christmas 2016!
If I’d collect as much different and exotic languages as possible, it will be greeeeeeaaaaat!
Thank you in advance for support!

Yours truly,
Incredible Artem

His email address is arpro (@) mail.ru

Sat Nov 19

*4029 1544 Laser Hot Hits. Wilson Phillips "Hold On" RTTY QRM. SINPO 53443.
6205 1520 Laser Hot Hits. Gary Drew show. Love Unlimited Orchestra. SINPO 44433.
6260 1533 Radio Waves Int. ID, oldies, co-channel QRM. SINPO 33333.
6285 1445 Straightline Radio Austria. Oldies. SINPO 24332.
6321 1455 Radio Lesbos. Greek music, IDs, not sure if actually broadcasting from Greece! SINPO 24332.
6380 1526 Radio Panda. Talk about antenna, Peter Gabriel, good peaks. SINPO 33333.
*7615 1610 Radio Latino. Salsa music, utility splash. SINPO 33333.

(via Barneys web SDR, UK/ *via Twente SDR)

Test broadcast via Channel 292 this Wednesday

Dear friends,


Christmas is near, and our schedule shows, that the holidays are really crowded. Due to the conditions during the winter, some stations moved to daylight hours:
http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/

Some new or well known programs can be heard (again), too: Hobart Radio from Australia, from Sweden the Swedish DX Federation, from Germany SM Radio Dessau, and Blueman Radio is one more. Surely these stations would be happy to get your reports!

And we have a request, not only for the listeners in German speaking areas:
Starting in 2017, a new station from the northern part of Germany wants to fill shortwave with life for some hours per day. They are still looking for a good partner to bring their program on air with a good and strong signal.

To check this, they will run a test program this coming week on Wednesday the 23rd, at 1400 CET = 1300 UTC on 6070 kHz.

We know that for a lot of listeners this will not be a good time to tune in, but all the others, who are able to listen, should send reception reports to the address mentioned in the program. Please let them know how good and strong (as we hope) you receive our signal!

If this test for them shows a positive result, it would be a big step forward for our station; maybe we even could run a second frequency in the 49 meter band.

We count on you!!
Channel 292

Thurs Nov 17

4029 1723 Laser Hot Hits. Simply Red, then the Saturdays. SINPO 34333.
6287 1708 Straightline Radio Austria. Oldies, electronic voice IDs. SINPO 34333.

(via Twente SDR)