Join the Pirate Hunt 2019 this Easter

The Pirate Hunt (Pongaa piraatti pääsiäisenä) 2019 will be held during Easter 2019 (April 19th - April 21st).

We try to keep the rules simple:

- log as many PIRATE stations as possible between April 19th 0000 UTC and April 21st 2359 UTC

- all bands are accepted but only stations without license are counted (no relays by legal stations). Stations with many names shall be counted only once.

- ID has to be heard or identification should be otherwise confirmed. QSL or recording is not necessary.

-post your full logs on forum (http://bbs.fmdx.tk/index.php?topic=478.0), FMDX.tk Facebook group or by e-mail staff @ radioaktiiviset.info, during or after the contest (but until May 21st, 2019)

- participating is free for anyone and all participants will receive a diploma later

- results will be published in end of May

Pongaa piraatti pääsiäisenä 2019 is organized by a local radio club Sisä-Suomen Radioaktiiviset (Radioactives of Middle Finland)
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Everyone is warmly welcome!

Radioactives/Radioaktiiviset

Mon Mar 4

6230 1650 Coast FM. Kerry Perry "Chained to the Rhythm," Martika "Toy Soldiers," co-channel with Australian weather station. SINPO 33433.
6280 1637 Premier Radio Int. Toploader "Dancing in the Moonlight," Mary Hopkin "Those Were the Days." Signal fading out. SINPO 33333.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

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DXer Beta JBK has done a survey of the number of pirate stations he has heard at his listening post in Finland during the past six months. You can read the results on his website: https://www.betajbk.com/stations-9-2018-2-2019/

Sun Mar 3

*1638 2020 Radio Barones. "Let It Be," German song, closing down. SINPO 54444.
*1638 2035 Radio Alabama. QSO with Barones. SINPO 54444.
5140 1624 Charleston Radio Int. Old-time music. SINPO 34333.
5810 1039 Radio 319 (pres). Archive recording of Radio Mi Amigo in Dutch. SINPO 45444.
6205 1054 Laser Hot Hits. Mike Andrews show. Berlin "Take My Breath Away." SINPO 44433.
6210 0948 Radio King Shortwave. Jingle, soft rock, splash from LHH. SINPO 33433.
6230 0959 Coast FM. Local ads, news headlines, Whitney Houston "How Will I Know." SINPO 44433.
6240 1043 Radio Casanova. ID, greetings, country music. SINPO 44433.
6243 0953 Radio Cuckoo. The Doors "Riders on the Storm," The Clash "London Calling." SINPO 23432.
6270 1029 Radio Focus Int. Faded in now. Atomic Rooster song. SINPO 34333.
6275 1023 Radio Zeewolf. Report to Technical Man, pop. SINPO 34333.
6285 0939 Radio Technical Man. The Fortunes "Caroline," ID. SINPO 44433.
6287 1430 Radio Melkbus. Signing off. SINPO 33433.
6295 0927 Radio Quadzilla. OMD "Electricity." SINPO 33333.
6295 1034 Radio Scotland Int. Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round", talking about the weather. SINPO 55544.
6320 1644 Radio Joey. Dance music. SINPO 55444.
6385 1046 Radio Zwarte Non. "Bye Bye Blondie," then Men At Work "Down Under," IDs. SINPO 34333.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England/ *Stibbington)

Sat Mar 2

*1629 2012 Radio Blauwe Koe. Ultravox "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes." SINPO 43433.
*1647 2047 Radio Keizer & Keizerin. Schlager. SINPO 43433.
*1661 2035 Radio Viking en Tante Foekje. Schlager. SINPO 34333.
3905 1744 Radio Fox 48. Deep Purple "Black Knight" & "Child in Time." SINPO 34333.
3920 1444 Mike Radio. Move from 5050. Al Stewart "Year of the Cat," utility QRM. SINPO 23332.
3927 1749 Crazy Wave Radio. ELO "Turn to Stone," Glen Fry "The Heat is On." SINPO 34333.
5050 1405 Mike Radio. Electronic music then Spandau Ballet "Gold." SINPO 34433.
5780 1429 Radio Harmony. Oscar Rabin "That's My Desire," Patsy Cline "Crazy." SINPO 44433.
5802 1727 Free Radio Victoria. Shakin Stevens "This Ole House," Ozzy Osborne "No More Tears." SINPO 34333.
5810 1356 Radio 319. Wax "Building A Bridge to Your Heart." SINPO 55444.
6205 1345 Laser Hot Hits. Andrea Triana "Playing With Fire," Human League "Don't You Want Me." SINPO 55544.
6230 1424 Coast FM. Local ads, Daft Punk "Get Lucky." SINPO 54444.
6286 1330 Radio Altrex. "Watching the Girls Go By," ID, greetings, "We Love the Pirate Stations." SINPO 34333.
6290 1720 Radio Mustang. Etta James "I Just Want to Make Love to You." Strong signal. SINPO 55444.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England/ *Stibbington)

Fri Mar 1

3920 1651 Misti Radio. Kinks "Waterloo Sunset," moved at 1652 to 3905 to avoid utility, closed at 1700. SINPO 33433.
5780 1700 Radio Harmony. Freddy Fender "Take Her A Message," strong but signal fading out. SINPO 55544.
6205 1628 Laser Hot Hits. Robert Plant "29 Palms," Doobies "Music is the Doctor." SINPO 55544.
6230 1640 Coast FM. Tenerife ads, OMC "How Bizarre." co-channel Australian weather station VMC audible underneath. SINPO 54444.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Thurs Feb 28

1645  2044 Yogi & Dr Einstein Radio. Barry Sadler "The Greet Berets,"  greetings, Searchers "Sweets for My Sweet." SINPO 44433.
1652 2033 Radio B4. "Somewhere Between Me & You," then "I Can Help." SINPO 34333.
1655 2142 Radio Vrolijke Mijnwerker. Schlager. SINPO 54444.
3905 1738 Enjoy Radio. Scorpions "Winds of Change," Robbie Williams "Angels." SINPO 54444.
4843 1629 Misti Radio. Procol Harum "Whiter Shader of Pale," Kinks "Waterloo Sunset." SINPO 33433.
5135 1805 Charleston Radio Int. Sounds from yesteryear, slight frequency shift to avoid utility on 5140. SINPO 44333.
5810 1820 Radio 319 (pres). Archive recordings of Radio Luxembourg's English service, signal starting to fade. SINPO 55444.
6205 1809 Laser Hot Hits. Mandy's show with Crash Test Dummies "Afternoons & Coffeespoons," Wang Chung "Dance Hall Days."  Faded a few minutes later. SINPO 55544.
6230 1812 Coast FM. Belle Stars "Sign of the Times." Strong but then suddenly faded out. SINPO 54444.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Wed Feb 27

1646 2130 Radio Vrolijke Mijnwerker. Country music, chat in Dutch and ID 2046. SINPO 444433.
1653 2110 Radio Bandung. Schlager, talk in Dutch and IDs. SINPO 34333.
3920 1719 Mike Radio. U2 "Without or Without You." SINPO 44433.
6205 1734 Laser Hot Hits. Berlin "Take My Breath Away," Dollar "Mirror Mirror." SINPO 55444.
6230 1729 Coast FM. Meghan Trainor "All About That Bass," Spanish news headlines and Tenerife ads, splash from utilities on 6225 & 6235.  SINPO 53433.
6270 1712 Radio Melkbus. Move from 6290. Toto "Hold the Line." SINPO 34333.
6290 1702 Radio Melkbus. Derek & The Dominoes "Layla," T Rex "Get It On," splash from 6295. SINPO 33333.
6295 1707 Radio Tesla. Billy Joel "Uptown Girl," ID. SINPO 43433.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Tues Feb 26

1617 2103 Radio Marianne. Dutch songs. SINPO 44433.
3920 1740 Mike Radio. Take That "Relight My Fire," Santana "She's Not There," talking about the summer weather in Holland. SINPO 54444.
5140 2050 Charleston Radio Int. Old-time music. SINPO 34333.
6230 1631 Coast FM. Mariah Carey "Fantasy," Bruno Mars song. SINPO 44433.
6290 1732 Unid. Dutch songs, Studio Denakker jingles. SINPO 34333.
6295 1620 Radio Fox 48. Koto "Dragon's Legend," Abba "SOS." SINPO 34333.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Mon Feb 25

5140 2154 Charleston Radio Int. Old-time music. SINPO 34333.
7726 1833 Zeppelin Radio (pres). Kate Bush "Running Up the Hill," Gary Moore "Spanish Guitar." SINPO 33333.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Radio Pirana to broadcast from South America in CW mode

Greetings from South America. This evening from 21.00 UTC and until approx 11.00 UTC
tomorrow, we will air our beacon transmitter of 10 watts from somewhere in the southern part of south America.

Frequency is just around 6930 kHz CW. The msg. is transmitted in 10 WPM. This beacon will be on and off in the same sched the next weeks. When the beacon is not on the reason will be that we are on with AM broadcast around the same frequency with 100w carrier power. We are now preparing the transmitter that we hope to have on air in the coming
days.

73 Jorge R. García
Radio Piraña Int.

rpi@radiopirana.com

www.radiopiraña.com

(Info: SW Pirates Yahoo group)

Radio Europe eQSL

Radio Europe from Italy sent me this eQSL after recent reception of the station on 6875 kHz. Email address is radioeurope@iol.it

Sun Feb 24

3920 1722 Mike Radio. "Hello Mary Lou," Koto "Crockets Theme," ID, greetings. SINPO 55444.
5140 1515 Charleston Radio Int. Old-time music. SINPO 34333.
5770 1140 Radio Pamela (pres). Mink de Ville "Spanish Stroll," Motorhead "Ace of Spades." SINPO 23432.
5780 1737 Radio Harmony. Carpenters "Superstar." SINPO 55544.
6205 1031 Laser Hot Hits. Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run." SINPO 54444.
6210 1018 Radio King Shortwave. Pet Shop Boys "Always on My Mind." SINPO 33433.
6230 1007 Radio Casanova. Kenny Rogers "Rosie Don't Take Your Love to Town," splash from unid station on 6239 which then moved to 6236 then 6235. SINPO 53443.
6230 1750 Coast FM. Total Access Top 40 show. SINPO 54444.
6243 1730 Radio Cuckoo. REM "Losing My Religion," ID. SINPO 34333.
6270 1024 Radio Dolfijn. Instrumental music. SINPO 44433.
6270 1150 Panda Radio. CW McCall "Convoy," SINPO 44433.
6275 1450 KR1. Move from 6285, jingles. SINPO 54444.
6280.5 1458 Radio Illegal. Rolling Stones "Angie," email address and off. SINPO 23332.
6285 1445 KR1. Two men chatting in Dutch, "Man of Action," strong CW QRM from 6286.5. SINPO 42442.
6320 1715 Radio Joey. Dance version of "Tarzan Boy", some French SSB QRM. SINPO 54444.
6450 1510 Radio Readymix. Heavy rock. SINPO 44433.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Sat Feb 23

3905 1923 Radio Fox 48. Aerosmith "Dude Looks Like A Lady." SINPO 24332.
3945 1913 Free Radio Victoria. Herman Brood "Sleeping Bird," Londonbeat "I've Been Thinking About You," good peaks. SINPO 34333.
5140 1610 Charleston Radio Int. Music from 1920s to 40s. SINPO 34333.
5780 1357 Radio Harmony. Gladys Knight & The Pips "The Way We Were," jingle. SINPO 55444.
6205 1349 Laser Hot Hits. Odyssey "Going Back to My Roots." SINPO 44433.
6220 1647 Radio Casanova. Instrumental music. SINPO 34333.
6270 1554 Misti Radio. Nena "99 Red Balloons," greetings. SINPO 24332.
6280 1600 Radio Dolfijn. Elvis Presley "In the Ghetto," Terry Jacks "Seasons in the Sun." SINPO 24332.
6290 1742 Radio Fox 48. Procol Harum "Whiter Shade of Pale," SINPO 24332. Switched to 6295 at 1750. SINPO 24332.
6300 1657 Radio Parade. ID/email address, Joe Cocker "With A Little Help from My Friends." SINPO 34333.

(via Kiwi SDR, Devon)

Fri Feb 22

1637 1819 Radio DB. QSO with Radio Concorde. SINPO 44433.
1637 1823 Radio Concorde. Replying to DB. SINPO 24332.
5135 1814 Charleston Radio Int. Old-time music, move to avoid utility on 5140. SINPO 34333.
5802 1636 Radio 319. Old recordings from Radio Luxembourg's English service. SINPO 54444.
6205 1627 Laser Hot Hits. The Cure "Close to Me," suffering from strong RTTY on 6204 plus SSB QRM. SINPO 42432.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Radio Telefunken Int eQSL

Radio Telefunken Int sent me this eQSL for reception last Sunday on 6270 kHz. Email address is swradiorti@gmail.com. Thanks for the QSL.

Thurs Feb 21

1635 2132 Radio Pandora. Earth & Fire "Weekend," ID, greetings. SINPO 44433.
1660 2138 Radio Kristal. "Yellow Sun of Ecuador," schlager. SINPO 44433.
1665 1745 Radio Armada. Johnny Cash "A Thing Called love." SINPO 33333.
5140 2152 Charleston Radio Int. Old-time music. SINPO 34333.
6375 1708 Radio Discovery. Nick Kamen "I Promised Myself," Hava Naquila "Party Animals," ID jingle. SINPO 54444.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Wed Feb 20

4070 1919 Continental Radio (tent). Schlager, "Captain Stardust", woman talking in Dutch, giving out number for reactions. SINPO 44433.
5780 1647 Radio Harmony. Nana Mouskouri "Only Love," Roger Whittaker "The Last Farewell." SINPO 55444.
6205 1700 Laser Hot Hits. Ian Lawrence with Laser Dance. Chemical Brothers "Set In Stone," some SSB QRM from Scottish fishermen. SINPO 43433.
6270 1630 Radio Klabautermann. Kraftwerk "Trans Europe Express," greetings, said signing off soon. SINPO 34333.
6290 1636 Radio Fox 48. Status Quo "Marguerita Time," CW splash from 6286.5. SINPO 33333. Moved to 6295 at 1643, SINPO 34333.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

Tues Feb 19

1617 2015 Radio Marianne. Dutch songs, strong signal. SINPO 54444.
1660 2055 Radio Kristal. Dutch songs, ID. SINPO 54444.
1670 2038 Melkbus Radio. Greetings, ID/email, Sniff n the Tears "Drivers Seat." SINPO 33333.
5140 2045 Charleston Radio Int. Old-time music. SINPO 34333.
5780 1635 Radio Harmony. "Aint Misbehaving," then Luton Girls Choir "Someday My Heart Will Awake." SINPO 55544.
6205 1644 Laser Hot Hits. Drake "Hold On We're Going Home," Sam Smith "Dancing With A Stranger." SINPO 54444.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)

New eQSL from The Ghoul

The Ghoul was heard on 1617 kHz on Saturday evening. A weak signal with QRM from the Dutch pirates. But good to hear him on the air again.

Mon Feb 18

3900 2302 Radio Batavia. Tavares "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel," Abba "SOS," off mid-record. SINPO 44433.
3935 2307 Radio Monique. Nik Kershaw "Wouldn't It Be Good,"  Talking Heads "There She Was."SINPO 33333.
5140 2318 Charleston Radio Int. Old-time music. SINPO 24332.
6205 1700 Laser Hot Hits. Fatback Band "I Found Loving," faded a few minutes later. SINPO 55444.
6375 1647 Radio Discovery. Annie Lennox "No More I Love Yous," also song "Shotgun Wedding," RTTY QRM. SINPO 53443.

(via Kiwi SDR, SW England)