Mon Dec 24

3905 1503 Radio Alice. Fun Boy Three "It Aint What You Do." SINPO 34333.
4090 1357 Radio Mazda. Creedence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising," greetings, ID. SINPO 34333.
5780 1018 Radio Harmony. Jazz tune. SINPO 34333.
5800 1344 Sunshine Radio. Average White Band "Pick Up the Pieces,"  announced test transmission on 5800. SINPO 55544.
6205 1025 Laser Hot Hits. The Police "Don't Stand So Close," REM "Orange Crush." SINPO 55544.
6264 1009 Radio Cuckoo. Boney M "Mary's Boy Child," Rolling Stones "Goodbye Ruby Tuesday." SINPO 44444.
6270 1200 Radio Focus Int. Question Mark & The Mysterions "96 Tears," Heptones "Book of Rules." Signal currently very good but unfortunately propagation seems to change by the minute and within 10 minutes  signal beginning to fade again. SINPO 55544. However signal good on the Emerald SDR in Ireland.
6290 1403 Radio Ronalisa. Rock music, ID jingle. SINPO 33333.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Matrix Radio eQSL

Matrix Radio sent me this eQSL for reception of its broadcast on 6850 kHz yesterday. Email is doctor.radio@yandex.com. Many thanks.

FRS Holland to end year with five hour broadcast

Dear FRS-Holland Friends,

Season's Greetings from FRS-Holland.
On Sunday December 30th FRSH will ring out 2018 with a 5 hour broadcast.
All details can be found on our site:

http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/115-season-s-greetings-christmas-eve-s-broadcast.html

Sun Dec 23

1638 2114 Radio Igloo. Broder David "Shoreline." SINPO 54444.
5140 1420 Charleston Radio Int. Music from 1920s to 40s. SINPO 34333.
*5780 1056 Harmony Radio. Easy listening music. SINPO 45444.
5882 1231 Radio 319. Radio Mi Amigo recording, off. SINPO 55444.
6115 1041 Radio Scotland Int.  Move from 6305. Simple Minds "East At Easter." SINPO 55544.
6180 0952 Speedwing Radio. Christmas music. SINPO 34333.
*6205 1051 Laser Hot Hits.  Mandy playing Stooshe "Black Heart," then Travis. SINPO 54444.
6217 1220 Radio Altrex. Pop, ID and off. SINPO 34333.
6240 0957 Radio Klabautermann. Schlager. SINPO 54444.
6240 1403 Radio AC DC. Rock music. SINPO 44433.
6256 1414 Radio Zwarte Panter. Dutch music. SINPO 54444.
6264 0942 Radio Cuckoo. Joe Cocker "With A Little Help From My Friends," SINPO 54444.
6270 0934 Premier Radio Int. Jona Lewie "Stop the Cavalry." SINPO 44433.
6275 1224 Radio Batavia. Instrumental version of "Watching the Girls Go By," ID, Cliff Richard "Power to All Our Friends." SINPO 55444.
6280 1002 Radio 102. Bing Crosby "White Christmas," SINPO 34333.
6280 1036 Radio Laguna. Reading reception reports SINPO 34333.
6290 0947 Radio Enterprise. "Jingle Bell Rock," SINPO 34333.
6305 1018 Radio Scotland Int. Ultravox "The Voice," ID greetings, Simple Minds "81, 82, 83, 84." SINPO 55544.
6320 1011 Radio 102. Move from 6280. David Bowie "Absolute Beginners." SINPO 34333.
6325 1407 Radio Joey. Billy Ocean "Caribbean Queen," Marillion "Lavender Blue." SINPO 54444.
6385 1030 Radio Orion 2000. Travelling Wilburys "It's Alright," ID/email. SINPO 34333.
*6450 1046 Radio Readymix. Heavy rock, co-channel utilty. SINPO 43433.
6850 0938 Radio Matrix. The Who "I'm Free," email address and off. SINPO 43433.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England/ *Barneys web SDR)

Bogusman raided

MW Free Radio (Wizard Radio) reports on his Twitter feed: "News reaching us that British
shortwave pirate Bogusman was today raided by
Ofcom after transmitting on international distress frequency
6312 kHz. More to follow..."

Source: MW Free Radio on Twitter

Bogusman & The Ghoul have been some of the most regular of the British shortwave pirates with broadcasts most weekends and recently been testing at the top  end of medium wave. But it shows stations need to careful what frequencies they broadcast on. 

Sat Dec 22

#1621 2122 Radio Blauwe Koe. Tears for Fears "Shout," chat in DT, greetings. SINPO 44433.
#1655 2128 Radio Witte Reus. "Last Christmas," ID jingle in EG/DT, "Do They Know It's Christmas." SINPO 44433.
*3924 2102 Continental Radio. Slade "Merry Christmas Everybody," ID/email address. SINPO 24332.
5140 1501 Charleston Radio Int. Old-time music, utility on 5141. SINPO 33333.
5675 1344 Blue Moon Radio (pres). Wolf Gang "The King & All of His Men," Dave Edmunds "Girls Talk." SINPO 45444.
5780 1352 Harmony Radio. Carpenters "On Top of the World," ID jingle. SINPO 55544.
5800 1441 Sunshine Radio. "Don't Worry Be Happy," "Top Gear" theme. SINPO 45444.
6205 1358 Laser Hot Hits. Rob Walker talking about Post Office queues, Robert Palmer "Mercy Mercy Me." SINPO 54444.
6217 1448 Radio Altrex. Move from 6268. "Let's Hang on to What We Got," SINPO 34333.
6245 1312 Radio Jingle Bells. Slade "Merry Christmas Everybody." SINPO 44433.
6256 1307 Radio Zwarte Panter. Dutch songs. SINPO 54444.
6268 1331 Radio Altrex. "You're No Good," ID, greetings, "Dancing in the Street." SINPO 34333.
6280 1323 Radio States of Unrest. Email address, rock. SINPO 44444.
6290 1456 Radio Zwarte Non. Jim Croce "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song," SINPO 24332.
6320 1317 Radio Underground. Greg Lake "I Believe in Father Christmas," Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Power of Love." SINPO 55444.
6423 1327 Studio 52. Mud "Tiger Feet." SINPO 44444.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England/ *Devon SDR/ #Stibbington SDR)

Fri Dec 21

1440 2116 Paradise FM. Lynryd Skynyrd "Freebird," mixing with Saudi Arabia. SINPO 33433.
1629 2103 Radio Turftrekker. "Rock n Roll Queen," "Keep On Loving You," ID, greetings. SINPO 44333.
*3920 1555 Radio 319. Bryan Ferry "Don't Stop the Dance," ID jingle at 1600. SINPO 44433.
*6232 2130 Radio Jingle Bells. Festive German music, het from Sound of Hope on 6230. SINPO 23432.
*6245 2142 Radio Jingle Bells. Move from 6232. SINPO 24432.

(via Kiwi SDR, Cambs/ *SW England SDR)

Free Radio Bumbelstock eQSL

Free Radio Bumbelstock was heard back on the air after a long absence this week. He sent me this great eQSL for a reception report. Many thanks.

Radio Igloo to repeat programme

The Radio Igloo Show no 3 was broadcast on December 10th, but unfortunately the frequency 1638 kHz was occupied and we had to change to 1633. Because of this some listeners missed our show.

Now we have decided to rebroadcast it on Sunday December 23rd at 22.00-22.45 CET (21.00-21.45 UTC). Hopefully 1638 is free otherwise we will choose a free frequency nearby.

The Radio Igloo Team wishes you a good reception and  a Merry Christmas.

Wed Dec 19

1619 1749 Radio Weg Piraat. Stranglers "Always the Sun," QSO. SINPO 44433.
1620 1746 Radio Mustang. Polka, greeting stations. SINPO 54444.
1629 1757 Radio Schaduwjager. Joining in the QSO. SINPO 55444.
1645 1800 Radio Astronaut. Talk in Dutch, ID, country music, off. SINPO 24332.
*4004 1805 Free Radio Bumbelstock. Back on the air, piano music, talk by woman in German, then live with greetings to me and yodelling music. SINPO 24432.
*6290 1411 Radio Fox 48. A version of "Popcorn," then Iron Maiden. SINPO 33433.

(via Kiwi SDR, Cambs/ *SW England SDR)

Radio Oz-Viola QSL

I received this eQSL from new Danish low powered station Radio Oz-Viola, which has been testing on weekend afternoons, using 5825 kHz, just down from fellow Danish station World Music Radio on 5840 kHz.

Sun Dec 16

*4090 1941 Radio Mazda. Dutch songs, ID, greetings. SINPO 44433.
*5140 1450 Charleston Radio Int. Music from 1920s to 1940s. SINPO 34333.
5675 1026 Blue Moon Radio. Faces "Ooh La La," comment on Irish Paul's blog said he would testing here today. SINPO 45444.  Confirmed by station - see comments.
5785 1031 Harmony Radio. "Sonny Boy", "Mama Never Told Me." SINPO 54444.
*5800 1440 Charity Radio via relay. Two DJs chatting, ZZ Top "Tush." SINPO 44433.
5880 1009 Radio Scotland Int. "Dragon Slayer," "Man of Action," ID, greetings. SINPO 55544.
5880 1035 Mike Radio. Report to RSI, Boney M "Ma Baker." SINPO 55444.
5900 1016 Radio 319. Blondie "Denis Denis," Damned "Eloise." SINPO 55444.
6205 1115 Laser Hot Hits. Dance music. SINPO 55444.
6210 0957 Radio King Shortwave. Song "Where Do We Go," splash from LHH. SINPO 33433.
6220 1045 Radio Stansiya Russian Hooligans (tent). Russian rock. SINPO 33433.
6260 1101 Mike Radio. "I've Been Waiting for A Girl Like You," talking about conditions. SINPO 55444.
6265 1054 Radio Laguna. "Friday on My Mind," ID. SINPO 34333.
6270 1100 Radio Laguna. Moved to avoid splash from 6260. SINPO 34333.
6270 0942 Premier Radio Int (pres). Radio Nova FM recordings, Dexys Midnight Runners, Kate Bush. SINPO 44433.
6278 1005 Radio Black Bandit. Abba "Dancing Queen." SINPO 55444.
6290 1105 Radio Zeewolf. Kenny Rogers "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town." SINPO 44433.
6305 1050 Radio Merlin Int. Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody," Troggs "Love Is All Around." SINPO 44433.
6385 1128 Radio Zwarte Non. "Do They Know It's Christmas," ID. SINPO 33433.
6450 1125 Radio Readymix. Heavy rock, covered by STANAG utility. SINPO 32432.
6875 1038 Radio Europe. Jazz, covered by wide utility. SINPO 32432.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England/ *Kiwi SDR, Devon)

Sat Dec 15

*1629 1800 Odynn Radio. Dutch songs. SINPO 34333.
*1638 2115 Radio Barones. Dutch music, ID, greetings, ID as "Baro Weekend Radio." SINPO 45444.
*1640 1807 Radio Turfsteker (tent). "Is This  The Way to Amarillo," "Amazing Grace." SINPO 34333.
*1647 1816 Radio Keizer & Keizerin. Dutch songs. SINPO 34333.
*1660 1749 Radio Digital. "Rose in Spanish Harlem," "Puppet on a String," ID, greetings. SINPO 45444.
5740 1335 Unid. Punk music then "Gimme Some Loving," utility QRM. Off with no ID. SINPO 33333.
5785 1350 Radio Harmony. Tony Martin "It's Magic," then "Let There Be Love." SINPO 55444.
5825 1315 Radio Oz Viola. New low-powered licensed station from Denmark. Instrumental music, occasional canned IDs. SINPO 24332.
6205 1310 Laser Hot Hits. Back on the air. Electronic "Get the Message," Blow Monkeys "Digging Your Scene." SINPO 54444.
6390 1453 Radio Tidalwave. Phil Oakley & Giorgio Moroder "Together in Electric Dreams, greetings, ID. SINPO 54444.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England/ *via Kiwi SDR, Cambs)

Fri Dec 14

1629 1725 Radio Spanningzoeker. "One Way Ticket," ID, off before returning for QSO. SINPO 35333.
1630 1733 Radio Rebecca. QSO with Spanningzoker, Dutch music. SINPO 24332.
1647 2253 Radio Nachtzwerver. Slade "Merry Christmas Everybody," Queen "Thank God It's Christmas." SINPO 34333.
*6290 1545 Radio Fox 48. Dance music, polka. SINPO 34333.

(via Kiwi SDR, Cambs/ *Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Pirate Radio Recordings

Empire Radio


Radio Black Arrow


Radio Pandora (UK)


Continental Radio


Shortwave Combination Holland (Barbecue Radio)

Thurs Dec 13

1611 1701 Radio Batavia. Talk in Dutch, Dutch music, splash from 1602. SINPO 33433.
1620 1713 Radio Pontiac. ID, instrumental music. SINPO 44444.
5785 1510 Radio Harmony. Nat King Cole "Sweet Lorraine," then a version of "Light My Fire." SINPO 54444.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Wed Dec 12

*1638 2130 Radio Twentana. Polka & Dutch songs. SINPO 34333.
5785 1538 Radio Harmony. Easy listening, signal just hanging on. SINPO 23332.
6285 1543 Radio Fox 48. Europop & schlager, good peaks, some SSB QRM. SINPO 34333.
6301 1525 Werner Schlagerwelt. Heino songs, utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England/ *Degen DE1103 & Tecsun loop)

Tues Dec 11

1621 1951 Radio Blauwe Koe. Dutch music, splash from 1625. SINPO 33433.
1625 1947 Radio Marianne. ID, yodelling music. SINPO 43433.

(via Emerald SDR, Ireland)

Mon Dec 10

*1633 2123 Radio Igloo (via Dutch relay). Swedish comedy and music. SINPO 44433.
5785 1542 Harmony Radio.  Easy listening. Signal suddenly dropped from SINPO 45433 to 25332.

(via Kiwi SDR, Devon/ *Grundig YB400 with Tecsun loop)

Tune in to Radio Igloo tonight

Tonight from 22.00-22.45 CET (21.00-21.45 UTC) Radio Igloo will be on air with a new mixed music-programme. This time with music from a selected part of the world.

The frequency will be 1638 kHz  and reception reports are highly appreciated, and we love audio clips.

Send your reports to:   radioigloo@gmail.com and correct reports will be verified with a brand new e-QSL.

Greetings from the Igloo-studio

The Radio Igloo team

(Although it doesn't say so in this release, the Igloo transmission will probably be via a Dutch medium wave pirate and should be received well across Europe)