Tues Mar 27

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1700. SINPO 34333.

6304: Radio Marconi (tent) playing 60s music @ 1655. ID at sign off at 1657 difficult to hear due to fading. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Alice heard @ 1730 playing schlager, the "Telstar" tune and country music. ID in Dutch and English giving out email address as radioalice @ hotmail.com Good signal but audio slightly distorted. SINPO 44433.

Mon Mar 26

3935: Radio Tornado (v. tent). I can just detect a very weak signal on 3935 @ 2140. If Tornado is still on ID would be via Alfa Lima postings. Another very weak signal detected on 3930 - just caught "0031..." so I guess it's Dutch. I see Marcel on Alfa Lima logged Rob 007 on 3929.8.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 2130. Fair signal but a bit of fading. SINPO 34433.

Sun Mar 25

Conditions bad again today with stations fading in and out of the noise but these are the ones that made it...

5720: Orion Radio heard playing Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat" @ 0835, mentioned On Air AM (who I couldn't hear here). SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop and jingles @ 0845. SINPO 34333.

6265: Premier Radio Int @ 0940 with oldies. Fair but fading out. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Shadowman had strongest signal this morning. Heard @ 0930 playing "Funky Town," followed by ID. SINPO 44433.

6290: Radio Mazda with schlager @ 1115, ID at 1122 spelling out address. SINPO 34433.

6300: Voice of the Netherlands with Beatles songs @ 0950, followed by ID. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Quintus playing rock music @ 0945. SINPO 34333.

6310: Unid station heard playing pop music @ 1235. SINPO 34333.

6327: Radio Zodiac Int playing oldies @ 1100 but suffering utility QRM. SINPO 33333.

6400: Weekend Music Radio didn't fade in until lunchtime, and then signal down on the usual strength. Heard @ 1220 playing Irish music for St Patrick Day's (last weekend). SINPO 34333.

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) heard @ 1000 playing song "Walk on Water." But weak signal which kept disappearing. SINPO 24332.

(updated 1230UTC)

Sat Mar 24

Very poor conditions today with no good reception of any stations so far today. Only by late afternoon did conditions begin to improve.

3940: Cupid Radio heard with rock music @ 2230. Fair signal but some fading. SINPO 34433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1545. SINPO 33433. Also heard @ 2015 with a live show presented by Chris Ise playing dance music. Good signal. 44433. Andy Walker heard @ 2315 pumping out the tunes - signal still coming in well (44433).

6255: KBC v Lithuania blasting in tonight @ 2235 playing the Stars on 45 Beatles remix (remember that from the 70s!). SINPO 55555.

6268: ROZ with 80s pop @ 1450. Fair signal. SINPO 33433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1245 with oldies. Fair peaks but disappearing into the noise. SINPO 24332.

6295: Radio Quintus playing schlager @ 1500. Probably best signal this afternoon - peaking at good levels. SINPO 34333.

6300: Unid station playing country & western music @ 1505. Possibly Radio Blackbird but too much fading to get an ID. SINPO 33433. According to Bermudadreieck's blog, it was Radio Face de Blatte (RFB).

6325: Lycos Radio with schlager @ 1240. Caught an ID but signal poor-fair. SINPO 24332.

6401: Radio RP (tent) with schlager and oldies @ 1540. Signal struggling. SINPO 24332.

(updated 11.15pm)

Fri Mar 23

3927: Unid station heard with non-stop 60s music @ 2140. Fair signal but faded out after 2150. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio booming in again tonight @ 1810 with non-stop pop and jingles - peaking at s9+10db. The live shows from Chris Ise and Andy Walker seem to have dried up recently. Hopefully there'll be some more soon as they were always entertaining. SINPO 44444.

(updated 10.45pm)

Thu Mar 22

3928: Unid station heard @ 2150 with David Bowie "Heroes" and Madonna "Material Girl." SINPO 34333. (Not West Coast, according to station on Alfa Lima forum, who came on at 2230).

3928: West Coast Radio @ 2315 with pop music. SINPO 34333. According to station on Alfa Lima forum only using 5 watts! Also logged in Sweden.

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1815 playing Eurodisco, ID. Good strong signal. SINPO 44444.


6270: Unid station playing schlager @ 1805, competing against co-channel utility. Off with no announcement @ 1817. SINPO 33333.

Wed Mar 21

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1920. On the way out with a SINPO of 34333.

6300: Radio Holland AM with relay of Dutch station Radio Veronica @ 1000. ID just before close down @ 1002, with email address: radiohollandam @ hotmail.com SINPO 34433.

Tue Mar 20

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1945. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

Radio Waves Easter broadcasts

RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL (RWI) & WORLD COMMUNICATION SERVICE (WCS)

On the Easter weekend we will use 9290's relay & our second name of WCS (World Communication Service) with a special QSL card.

The planned dates & times:
Friday Apr 6 from 23.00 to 00.00 UTC (French Service) - it'll be Philippe's birthday
Saturday Apr 7 from 23.00 to 00.00 UTC (Country Music Show)
Sunday Apr 8 from 10.00 to 11.00 UTC (Pirates memories)
Monday Apr 9 from 09.00 to 10.00 UTC (WCS 80s medley)

73s & 88s and have a nice Easter Weekend
Peter HILLS
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL http://go.to/
Country music show, French service, Rock City & Pirate memories...the sounds on short-waves around the world..."on the highway to freedom" with Peter HILLS & Philippe "The terrible twins"

For review and airplay send your promos to:
RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL
BP 130
92504 RUEIL Cedex
FRANCE

(info via swpirates)

Sun Mar 18

Very changeable conditions today with signals fading in and out.

5720: Orion Radio with oldies, mentioning Summer Meeting 2007 @ 0850. SINPO 44433.

5965: European Music Radio via Juelich, Germany heard @ 1350 with the Mailbox programme in English. Signed off at 1400 to be followed on the frequency by Radio Traumland in German. EMR's email address is studio @ emr.org.uk SINPO 55544.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) playing oldies @ 0925. Poor signal (24332).

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 0930. SINPO 34333.

6269: Radio Rainbow heard playing rock music, including Green Day @ 1410. One of the few signals audible here on 48m at this time. SINPO 34433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1515 with Stewart Ross playing music from the 1980s. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Scirocco playing 60s music and giving out hotline number. SINPO 33333.

6285: Radio Blackbird @ 1100 with schlager, some splash from 6290. SINPO 33433.

6290: Radio Mazda @ 0910 with schlager. God signal but some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6295: Radio Northpole playing music from the 60s and 70s. SINPO 33433.

6299: Radio Romeo Echo with oldies and instrumental music, IDs and email address @ 1557. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

6306: Radio Doctor Tim (tent) @ 1725. Schlager heard but weak signal so couldn't clearly ID although caught mention of "Dr Tim." SINPO 24332.

6310: Free Radio Holland heard with schlager and ID @ 1015. SINPO 33333.

6320: Lycos Radio with schlager @ 1210. SINPO 33433.

6324: Radio Waves Int with country music @ 0905. SINPO 34333.

6375: West Coast Radio playing "Stairway to Heaven" @ 0845. SINPO 34433. Also heard @ 1715 on same frequency. Reception very similar to this morning (SINPO 34333).

6400: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 0840 playing recordings of Irish radio plus Radio Norway's long-closed English service. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) with schlager @ 1030. Weak signal (24332).

7490: Radio Borderhunter briefly heard @ 1200 with an excellent signal (45444) but by 1204 the signal had faded out completely!


(updated 6.05pm)

Sat Mar 17

Poor conditions today with a lot of fading.

6220: Mystery Radio with dance music @ 1705. SINPO 43433.

6255: KBC via Sitkunai, Lithuania blasting in tonight. Unlike last Saturday, no fade outs with the station hitting 9+20dB. Heard playing Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round" @ 2220, and an invitation to join the KBC forum. SINPO 55555.

6265: Orion Radio playing rock and pop @ 0920. Good signal but a bit of fading. SINPO 44433.

6273: Laser Hot Hits with 60s music @ 1055. Weak signal that disappeared soo after. SINPO 24432.

6290: Radio Marconi heard playing a Billy Idol song @ 1620. Also announced email address (which couldn't quite catch...radiomarconi@....) and spelt out station name phonetically. Operator said was from north east part of the Netherlands. SINPO 33433.

6299: Radio Romeo Echo heard @ 1335 with polka and oldies. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6325: Lycos Radio heard @ 1005 with polka and schlager, but suffering SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

(updated 10.25pm)

European Music Radio

This Sunday EMR -18th March

1300 to 1400 UTC 5965 KHZ - 100 KW (via Juelich)

1300 - MUSIC PROGRAMME - TOM TAYLOR
1315 - THE RADIO PRESENTER (dj life story) 2nd Part of The Roger Davis story
1330 - MAIL BOX - MIKE TAYLOR
1400 - CLOSE DOWN

Good Listening
73s Tom

Fri Mar 16

6220: Mystery Radio with disco from the 1970s and 80s @ 1830. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

Tues Mar 13

6265: Premier Radio Int heard @ 1900 with ID, email address and playing 70s disco. Beginning to fade out and gone by 1910. SINPO 34433.

6302: Lycos Radio heard with polka and schlager @ 1815, but a poor choice of frequency due QRM from the Western Saraha station on 6300. Good signal strength but reception spoilt by the nearby interference. SINPO 43433.

(updated 7.10pm)

Mon Mar 12

6280: Radio Merlin Int heard @ 1840 with a good signal, playing rock music and comedy sketches. SINPO 44433. Gone by 1900.

6300: Radio Bonofox heard @ 1630 with ID and oldies. SINPO 34333. Went off at 1700 just as the Western Sahara station signed on that frequency.

6306: Radio Shadowman doing a short test @ 1905, playing a few pieces of music, ID, off (faded out?) by 1910. Strong signal. SINPO 44444.

(updated 7.15pm)

Free radio wikipedia

Jonny of the Swedish Report Service has launched his latest project - a free radio wikipedia. The idea is that it will build up into a free radio resource listing stations past and present, offshore and land-based.

As he only unveiled it yesterday the wikipedia is looking rather empty but hopefully in time stations will visit and enter information about themselves. Free radio fans can also edit and add their own information, if they so wish.

If you want to visit the site, click on the Swedish Report Service link on this page or go to www.srs.pp.se

Sun Mar 11

Conditions very variable today with a lot of fading.

5725: Orion Radio heard @ 0835 playing oldies and reading listeners' messages. SINPO 44433.

6215: Radio Merlin Int playing reggae music @ 1020. SINPO 44433.

6239: Britain Radio International's signal struggling a bit today. Heard @ 1000 with Roger Davis. SINPO 34433.

6260: Radio Thunderbird @ 0910 with oldies, IDs in German in English. SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing oldies @ 0905. SINPO 34433.

6275: Radio Scirocco giving out hotline number and playing Black Sabbath @ 0850. SINPO 34333.

6275: Radio Scotland Int in QSO with Scirocco @ 1100. SINPO 44433.

6280: Radio Golfbreker with polka and schlager @ 1225, echo on voice. SINPO 24332.

6290: West Coast Radio heard @ 1105 in a Skype conversation on air in Dutch. SINPO 33433.

6293: Skyline International Radio in QSO with Shadowman and West Coast @ 1055. SINPO 34433.

6299: Radio Romeo Echo playing schlager @ 0955. Email address: romeoecho @ home.nl SINPO 34333.

6303: Antonio Radio with polka, schlager and giving out hotline and email address @ 1430. SINPO 33433.

6305: Radio Mazda heard @ 1130 playing schlager. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6305: Radio Zodiac playing a Snow Patrol song @ 1215, mentioning Dave from England. SINPO 34333.

6308: Radio Scotland Int heard @ 1310 calling Zodiac. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Borderhunter was one of the strongest stations on 48m this morning. Heard playing "Born to be Wild" @ 0855. Went off briefly before returning. SINPO 44444.

6375: West Coast Radio heard playing rock music @ 0915. SINPO 34433.

6400: Weekend Music Radio @ 0830 with talk about the lunar eclipse, reading more old radio loggings. SINPO 44433.

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) with schlager @ 1025. SINPO 34433.

(updated 2.45pm)

Sat Mar 10

3904: Bogusman is probably the most active UK pirate on shortwave at the moment. On again tonight, heard @ 2005 playing a song "Bedside Radio" then some more tales about the life of Bogusman. SINPO 44433.

3922: Radio Boomerang heard testing @ 1740, playing a mix of dance and schlager music. ID in English and Dutch @ 1755. Good signal (44444).

3925: Radio Boomerang very strong @ 2010 playing rock music. SINPO 54444.

6255: KBC v Lithuania @ 2215 - but almost a complete fade out on 48 metres so instead of the usual very strong signal, only poor-fair! SINPO 24332. By the time the station came to sign off @ 2300 the signal had recovered to 44433.

6260: Delta Radio playing 80s music @ 1420. SINPO 34433.

6275: Radio Nevada playing 70s rock and pop @ 1810, followed by ID and hotline number in Dutch. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard thanking listeners and playing 60s music @ 1005. SINPO 34433.

6290: Radio Mazda in QSO with WCR @ 1115. SINPO 33433.

6290: Lycos Radio playing @ 1510, polka and schlager, ID. SINPO 34433.

6300: West Coast Radio heard @ 1050 playing "Electric Avenue" and "Kids in America." SINPO 34433.

6301: Unid station playing rock music. Heard with Creedance Clearwater Revival @ 1425. Deep fades. SINPO 34433. It could be Extreme Radio, logged by Achim. Too much fading here to get clear ID.

6310: Orion Radio playing polka @ 0905. SINPO 34333.

6325: Radio Merlin Int @ 0855 playing 50s and 60s music. Best signal heard from RMI. SINPO 34433 strengthening to 44433 by 1100. Email address: radiomerlin @ blueyonder.co.uk
and mailing address is: 60 Long John, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP3 9LP, England.

6400: Weekend Music Radio slightly off normal 6401 frequency (6399.8kHz to be exact). Heard @ 1800 with Jack reading shortwave logs from 1978. Strong signal (44433). Was it the hoax station or has WMR adjusted its frequency?

9290: Radio City v Latvia signing on @ 0900 with ID, email address and 60s song "Flowers in the Rain."

(updated 10.15pm)

Fri Mar 9

3927: West Coast Radio heard @ 2305 with a fair-good signal but some SSB chattering away in the background. Playing some slow music. SINPO 33433.

6220: Mystery Radio with a live programe from Chris Ise @ 2120, playing dance music. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

Thurs Mar 8

3927: Cupid Radio heard signing on @ 1905 with Antonio Radio and Radio Whitesnake in the studio - the Three Musketeers, before playing the rock song "Poison." Good signal here but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with fair signal. Usual pop and jingles @ 1855. SINPO 34433.

Greek harmonics

GREECE. More pirates with strong signals noted at 1600 UT on 4702 and 4869 kHz and the 90 meter band is almost full with demodulated Greek songs and talks; some of those are harmonix. Also at 0600 UT on 6266 kHz Feb 24th. The spur of 6210 kHz [ERA5 15630 minus 9420] goes on.

(Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, wwdxc BC-DX Feb 26 via DXLD)

Tues Mar 6

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1630. SINPO 44444.

6300: Unid Dutch station with non-stop schlager @ 1755, often just snatches of records before going onto another song. Good signal - still going @ 1850 but beginning to fade a bit. SINPO 44433.

6325: Radio Merlin Int heard @ 1500 testing new antenna, playing rock and pop music. Fair signal here. SINPO 34333.

(updated 6.50pm)

Radio Six's shortwave break

Changes to Radio Six International schedule

Our current schedule of shortwave transmissions via Ulbroka, Latvia on 9290 kHz will end on March 10th, when the last edition of the present series of the "Tony Currie Show" will include listeners' requests on that day. Email your requests to letters @ radiosix.com

But we're not abandoning shortwave - this hiatus is purely for operational reasons and we will resume regular shortwave transmissions in June.

For the meantime our broadcasts continue 24/7 on http://www.radiosix.com and between 0600 and 0700 GMT via World FM in Wellington, NZ on 88.5; and from 0000 to 0600 GMT via Radio Tatras International in Poprad, Slovakia on 94.2/94.8 plus Astra satellite (Sky channel 0195) and Hotbird (12.523 GHz Horizontal).

We've never had a reception report from Hotbird, and would appreciate it if anyone could confirm reception of our programmes on that outlet. A QSL card will be issued; please email reports to letters @ radiosix.com

Regards
TONY CURRIE, Programme Director, Radio Six International

(via WORLD OF RADIO 1348, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Sun Mar 4

Very wet and windy here today. Conditions not so good...

5725: Orion Radio playing Donovan "Mellow Yellow" @ 0855. Good signal but some rapid fading. SINPO 44433.

5965: MV Baltic Radio v Juelich signing on @ 1300 in German and English. Announced will be moving to 6045 for next month's broadcast. Today's programme dedicated to international women's day. Very strong (55555).

6216: Radio King Shortwave (tent) @ 1020 with oldies. Weak with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0915. SINPO 34433. Heard @ 1140 with live programme presented by Chris Ise.

6239: Britain Radio Int @ 0900 playing oldies, ads for the BRI and Gaz Links websites. SINPO 33433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing "Can You Feel the Force?" @ 1005, station said starting later today. SINPO 34433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits (via JRRI?) with a sponsored programme and ad for Laser mugs @ 1000. SINPO 34433.

6275: Jolly Roger Radio Int relaying the Outlaws for Peace country music show @ 1520. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Scirocco @ 1045 with schlager, IDs in Dutch, German and English. SINPO 33433.

6280: Radio Robbie playing schlager, IDs @ 1330. SINPO 33333.

6290: Free Radio Holland heard with programme with Mike Radio, @ 0905, playing schlager, ID. SINPO 34433.

6295: Radio Northpole @ 0910 with reports for Antonio Radio and Radio Scotland. SINPO 33433.

6299: Antonio Radio with report to Radio Scotland Int @ 0850. Later heard with own programme. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Scotland Int in QSO with Antonio @ 0852. SINPO 44433.

6300: Unid station playing non-stop 60s music @ 1515. Went off suddenly @ 1520, before returning 10 minutes later with 80s music. SINPO 34433.

6325: Lycos Radio playing schlager @ 1025, ID. SINPO 34333.

6329: Radio Kilo Tango Lima (KTL) with short broadcast @ 1550. Playing oldies, announced email address ktl48 @ hotmail.com SINPO 33433.

6379: West Coast Radio playing rock and pop @ 1340. Utility QRM. SINPO 33433. At 1350, moved to 6376, which is a clearer channel (SINPO 34433).

6401: Weekend Music Radio @ 0845 with oldies, talk about former pirate Prince Terry. Good signal but some ute QRM. SINPO 43433.

6540: Radio Brigitte (pres) heard with non-stop schlager @ 1510. SINPO 34433.

(updated 4pm)

Sat Mar 3

3925: Radio Quintus heard @ 2035 playing an Elvis song for Jari in Finland. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

3931: Bogusman @ 1930 talking about losing weight, cycling etc. plus playing alternative music. SINPO 44433.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) playing the Beatles @ 0850. Weak-fair signal. SINPO 23432.

6220: Mystery Radio playing pop, jingles @ 1900. SINPO 44433.

6255: KBC via Lithuania living up to its name "the Mighty KBC" with another massive signal @ 2255, playing oldies before sign off at 2300. SINPO 55555.

6276: Laser Hot Hits playing oldies @ 1025. SINPO 33433.

6280: Radio Scirocco with rock and pop @ 0905. Announced hotline number in Dutch and English. SINPO 34333.

6300: Orion Radio heard @ 0820 playing polka. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6325: Lycos Radio with schlager, ID in English @ 0915 and email address. SINPO 34333.

9290: Latvia Today via Ulbroka @ 0855 talking about investment in Latvia. Off 0900. SINPO 45544.

9290: Radio Joystick via Ulbroka signing on @ 0900 with Charlie Prince in German playing dance music. SINPO 45544.

(updated 11.05pm)

Weekend relays

This weekend relays on 9290 khz (Ulbroka, Latvia)

March 3:
Radio Six Int 07.00 - 08.00UTC
Latvia Today 08.00 - 09.00UTC
Radio Joystick 09.00 - 11.00UTC
Radio Casablanca 11.00 - 12.00UTC

March 4
Latvia Today 13.00 - 14.00UTC

MV Baltic Radio is on Sunday (via Juelich, Germany)
1300 UTC on 5965 kHz

Good listening
Tom Taylor

Fri Mar 2

6305: West Coast Radio heard @ 0940 playing Paul Simon and the Eurythmics. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433. At 1105, was heard in short QSO with Dr Tim from Germany (Dr Tim was very weak here, only IDed through West Coast).

Thurs Mar 1

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2025 with SINPO 34433. Pop and jingles.

Checked 6300 for Radio Whitesnake @ 2155 but no signal here, I'm afraid.

Wed Feb 28

6220: Mystery Radio. Tuning in a bit later this evening and reception not so good. Lot of noise around 6220 and signal only fair @ 2135. Usual programming. SINPO 33333.

Radio Pirana International

Hola Amigos!

This evening Radio Piraña Internaciónal will be on air from our South American location and we will continue until Monday 5th of March, 09.00 UTC but will be off on local daytime.

Schedule is as follows:
Frequency is 6307 kHz.
20 watts of power into a half wave inverted V dipole at 24 m height.
From 22.00 to at least 09.00 UTC until Monday morning.
Saturday and Sunday extended to aprox. 11.00 UTC

Jorge R. García
Radio Piraña Internaciónal--
Porfavor siempre responder a: rpi@radiopirana. com

(info via swpirates Yahoo! group)

Tues Feb 27

6220: Mystery Radio really strong this evening - signal S9+10dB here. I wonder if they have increased power or propagation is just very good today. Usual pop. SINPO 54444.

Mon Feb 26

6220: Mystery Radio coming in well again this evening. Heard @ 1745 with pop and jingles. SINPO 44433.

Sun Feb 25

Better conditions today:

3925: Bogusman heard @ 1845 with a very good signal (S9+10dB), and the usual indie music and reflections on life. SINPO 54444.

5725: Orion Radio coming in very well this morning. Heard @ 0825 greeting listeners. SINPO 45444.

6205: Radio RTN from Germany with a poor-fair signal @ 1010. Playing oldies. SINPO 23432.

6210: Bogusman heard @ 1200 playing the Cocteau Twins and the Cure plus talk about more of his cycling trips. Good signal here. SINPO 44444.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) @ 0920 suffering splash from Mystery Radio. SINPO 33433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0925. SINPO 33433.

6220: FRS Holland via Mystery Radio heard signing on @ 1405 with Peter Verbruggen at the start of a four hour programme. Fair signal, some local QRM. SINPO 33433. Heard @ 1615 with the FRS Goes DX Show with lots of legal and pirate radio news. This was followed by a documentary on offshore radio jingles. SINPO improved to 43433. Gave two email addresses: frs @ frsholland.nl or frs.holland @ hccnet.nl Also the station can be contacted at the PO Box 2702, Herten address.

6239: Britain Radio International heard @ 1110 with the Flashback Years. SINPO 34433.

6260: Delta Radio playing 80s music @ 1330. Gave email address as: deltapirat @ hotmail.com SINPO 34433.

6270: Radio Borderhunter made a welcome return today after some time off the air. Heard @ 1100 reading report from Rick in Finland. SINPO 44433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1115 giving out mailing address, but suffering strong splash from Borderhunter. SINPO 32432.

6280: Unid station playing schlager @ 1105. Sudden off. SINPO 43433.

6285: Radio Blackbird playing rock music @ 0945. SINPO 34433.

6285: Unid station @ 1355 playing rap music. Het caused by North Korea on same frequency. SINPO 33433.

6295: Delta Radio (Gelderland) playing music by The Stranglers @ 1345. Strong signal (44444). Different to the other Delta Radio on 6260. Moved to 6300 @ 1400. Still strong (44444).

6299: Antonio Radio giving out his hotline number, playing the Beatles "Help" @ 1000. SINPO 33433.

6300: Radio Scirocco suffering co-channel QRM @ 0930. SINPO 32432. Moved to 6290. Logged @ 0955 with better reception. SINPO 33433.

6306: Radio Kilohertz playing schlager @ 1335, followed by ID. SINPO 33433.

6311: Radio Paardenkracht heard with Abba songs @ 0900. SINPO 34433.

6325: Lycos Radio playing polka @ 0855, followed by ID. SINPO 34433.

6326: Radio Zodiac @ 1220 giving out his contact details and playing rock music. SINPO 44444.

6375: West Coast Radio heard @ 0915 with "Play that Funky Music" by Wild Cherry, jingles. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6401: Weekend Music Radio @ 0910 talking about the America top 40 on Radio Nova, some utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6524: Radio Ramona heard with relay of the American pirates show @ 1055. Good signal here today. SINPO 44433.

(updated 6.50pm)

Sat Feb 24

Conditions not so good today with a longer skip.

3908: Cupid Radio heard playing Radiohead @ 2305, followed by ID and greeting Jari in Finland. SINPO 33433.

3925: West Coast Radio heard @ 2330 with oldies, sounded like Genesis. Poor signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

3927: Unid. Weak signal heard @ 2105 playing polka, suffering utility QRM. SINPO 23432.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) playing oldies @ 0915, SSB QRM. SINPO 33433.

6210: RNI WS heard @ 1610 playing rock music, off @ 1704. Suffering from utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

6220: Radio Eastside (tent) heard playing dance music @ 0910. Couldn't get clear ID here, ID from Achim's blog (see links). SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio booming in this afternoon. Good signal @ 1600 with non-stop pop. SINPO 44444.

6255: KBC via Lithuania in a 60s mood tonight with lots of music from that decade. Heard @ 2210 playing the Troggs and Procul Harum. Super signal - 9+30dB! (SINPO 55555).

6275: Studio Nevada @ 1615 with schlager followed by ID in Dutch and German before signing off. Good signal. SINPO 43433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1130. Sponsored show consisting of high energy disco from the 1970s & 1980s. SINPO 34433.

6300: Radio Scirocco heard @ 1350 with QSO with West Coast Radio. SINPO 34433.

6300: On Air AM from eastern Germany with DJ T Rex playing rock and pop @ 1420. Fair signal here. SINPO 34433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio heard @ 1815 with Jack Russell talking about Radio Nova. Surprised WMR hasn't faded out by now. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

9290: Latvia Today via Ulbroka. Heard @ 0835 with talk about Latvia's growing conomy. SINPO 55544.

(updated 11.45pm)

Britain Radio International

We have been unable to produce any new programmes during Jan/Feb due to various non-radio commitments.

The replacement flashback show will be broadcast again this Sunday (25th), however a new show will go out during the 2nd/4th Sundays in March.

There will be two interesting Radio Caroline features, one by Tom Anderson remembering March 20th 1980 when the Mi-Amigo lost its fight with the sea, also a tour of the Ross Revenge last year with Rick Wakeman, the DJ profile for this month will be Robbie Dale.

We hope to be on air this Sunday with a test to North America/Europe starting approx 6.30am UK time (0630UTC) using either 6235kz/ 6240khz/6250khz, probably our usual channel 6240khz is the most likely one.

There could be further early Sunday morning tests during March.

Roger Davis

(info via Alfa Lima forum)

Radio Odyssey

Hi everybody,

Radio Odyssey (from Greece) will be on air this weekend, trying a new frequency: 13955 KHz.

The schedule is:
08:00 Sat, 24-2 13955 KHz Japan, Pacific
14:30 Sat, 24-2 13955 KHz North America, Europe
04:30 Sun, 25-2 6310 KHz Omni

Your reception reports are welcome!

E-mail: odyssey.greece @ yahoo.gr

(info via Alfa Lima forum)

Thurs Feb 22

6220: Mystery Radio with a good signal again this evening. Just got dark in last half hour here, and Mystery coming in S9 @ 1800. Non-stop stop pop music. SINPO 44433.

FRS Holland

Hello FRS Friends,

Next Sunday, February 25th, FRS-Holland will take to the airwaves between 1400- 1800UTC.

Frequency will be 6220 kHz/48 metres.

More info follows! Have a great Carnival (for those celebrating it).

73s,
Peter V.

(info via Dr Tim's Pirate News)

I guess programme will be via Mystery Radio. Let's hope for good reception on Sunday afternoon.

Wed Feb 21

6220: Mystery Radio heard @ 1840 with a live show from Chris Ise, playing music from the 80s and 90s. Good signal here but a bit of local QRM. SINPO 43433.

Tues Feb 20

6220: Mystery Radio coming in well @ 2130, playing non-stop pop. Some fading. SINPO 44433.

Sun Feb 18

5725: Orion Radio greeting listeners and playing a Creedence Clearwater Revival song @ 0900. Fair signal today but on clear channel. SINPO 34433.

5725: Flux AM trying this 52m frequency. Heard @ 1055 with schlager and jingles. SINPO 34433.

6205: Radio Thunderbird with jingles and playing a Beach Boys song @ 1005. SINPO 34433.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) @ 1050. Weak signal so can't be sure. SINPO 24332.

6220: Radio Atlantis with a good signal @ 0925 playing instrumental music. SINPO 44444.

6239: Radio Kilohertz from Germany heard @ 1115 playing rock n roll. SINPO 34433.

6246: Unid German station. Poor signal with fair peaks but couldn't catch ID. Playing rock music @ 0915. SINPO 23432.

6258: Unid station playing oldies @ 1100. Sounded like might be having mic problems. SINPO 34433.

6260: Premier Radio Int on this frequency to avoid Bonofox. Heard with 70s music @ 0910. SINPO 34433.

6265: Radio Bonofox with ID and playing a Billy Ocean song @ 0850. SINPO 34433.

6292: Antonio Radio @ 1015 with email, ID and 60s music. SINPO 34333.

6305: Radio Quintus heard with a good signal @ 0850 playing rock music. SINPO 44444.

6324: Radio Waves Int with country music. In the clear @ 0920 after Saturnus signed off. SINPO 34433.

6327: Radio Saturnus @ 0855 greeting Martin in Eisenach, playing Robbie Williams "Rudebox." SINPO 43433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio playing 70s music @ 0905. SINPO 44433.

6540: Radio Brigitte @ 1010 with ID and dance music. SINPO 34433.

(updated 11.35pm)

Sat Feb 17

6216: King Shortwave (tent) with oldies and rock @ 0905. Poor-fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6220: Mystery Radio with non-stop pop @ 1535. SINPO 44433.

6255: KBC via Lithuania with the usual excellent signal @ 2230. SINPO 55555.

6275: Unid station playing schlager, polka @ 0850. SINPO 34433.

6275: Radio Kentucky Int @ 1445 with schlager, frequent IDs and giving hotline number. Good signal but weak station (Laser) underneath causing het. SINPO 43433.

6276: Laser Hot Hits @ 1555 completely squashed by Kentucky. Managed to ID Laser in usb. SINPO 32432.

6280: West Coast Radio heard @ 1450 playing "Love's Unkind." SINPO 34333.

6290: Free Radio Holland playing oldies, schlager @ 0840. Gave email address as freeradioholland @ hotmail.com SINPO 34433.

6305: Radio Quintus @ 1455 greeting listeners in Germany and playing "Those Boots Were Made For Walking." Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6308: Radio Universe from Greece heard @ 2330 playing 80s pop. Also mention Radio Odyssey and talk in Greek and English. Clear channel. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Orion with schlager and oldies @ 0845. SINPO 33433.

6310: Radio Odyssey from Greece heard @ 1845 with ID by woman then into Led Zepellin "Whole Lotta Love." Fair signal here. SINPO 33333.

6320: Radio Lycos @ 0835 playing schlager. Some ute QRM. SINPO 33433.

6324: Radio Waves Int heard with ID and song "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" @ 1545. Fair signal on a clear channel. SINPO 34433.

9290: Latvia Today via Ulbroka signing off @ 0857. SINPO 45544.

(updated 11.40pm)

Fri Feb 16

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1815 playing pop. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6310: Radio Odyssey (tent) heard @ 1845 with oldies but lot of noise and fading on this frequency making it difficult to get clear ID. SINPO 33333.

Pirate recordings

The Medium Wave Circle is pleased to announce the release of its latest CDs.

It's an 80+ hour triple CD set of British landbased pirate stations recorded between 1983 and 1991. The first two CDs are all London stations such as well remembered R Jackie, R Sovereign, Horizon FM, LWR etc, and many long forgotten weekend hobby pirate stations.

The third CD consists of recordings of stations from Liverpool, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex etc.

Back in the 1980s, pirate stations offered a bigger variety of formats than they do today. On these recordings, you will find stations broadcasting rock, rock & roll, pop, oldies, easy listening, r & b, reggae, soul, jazz etc.

A full itinerary, prices and ordering details can be found on our website at: http://www.mwcircle.org

(Medium Wave Circle DX Club via radioanoraksuk)

Wed Feb 14

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1815 with non-stop pop and jingles. Bit of local QRM . SINPO 33433.

Radio Rainbow

Radio Rainbow has moved to 6250, 24 hours a day according to message left on this blog.

Unfortunately I can't hear anything on 6250 at present (1130UTC), apart from occasional utilities, to confirm it. Not hearing anything on 6300 either!

If 6250 is the new frequency then RRI might face co-channel QRM during parts of the day from North Korea and Iran who are both listed as using this frequency.

Tues Feb 13

6220: Mystery Radio @ 1730 with non-stop pop. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

Mon Feb 12

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2135 with pop music. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

Sun Feb 11

6220: Mystery Radio @ 2120 playing pop, with jingles. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6225: Radio Atlantis heard playing schlager and rock @ 0920. Splash from utility on 6230. SINPO 43443. Later heard @ 1020 on 6220 with good signal (44444).

6240: Britain Radio Int v JRRI heard @ 1000 with Roger Davis playing music, mainly from 60s and 70s. SINPO 44433.

6240: Laser Hot Hits v JRRI playing blues and gospel music @ 1225. SINPO 44433.

6260: Radio Thunderbird came on with IDs and playing oldies @ 0925. Fair signal but faded out. SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing oldies @ 0950. SINPO 34433.

6265: Delta Radio with a good signal @ 1335 playing 80s music. Email address given as deltapirate @ hotmail.com SINPO 44433.

6269: Radio Rainbow heard @ 1010 talking in English about its use of frequencies, in particular 6300, and playing oldies. Fair signal here but squeezed between Premier Radio and Laser. SINPO 33433.

6275: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 0955 with 60s music. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Golfbreker playing schlager @ 1040, echo on voice. SINPO 34433.

6292: Antonio Radio with polka and schlager, gave out hotline number. Heard @ 1005 with SINPO 34333.

6296: Flux AM playing Scissor Sisters "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" @ 1100, jingle ID. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6296: Radio Zodiac @ 1220 with report to WCR who came back on same frequency. SINPO 44433.

6302: Radio Robbie playing oldies and giving out holtine number @ 0925. SINPO 34433.

6302: Radio Scirocco heard with schlager, spelling out email address @ 1035 but splash from WCR on 6305.

6305: West Coast Radio playing rock and pop @ 1045. Good signal here (44433).

6310: Radio Bonofox with oldies, ID and email address @ 1105. SINPO 33433.

6315: Radio Tornado playing dance music @ 1245. SINPO 33433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio playing recordings of 80s Scottish pirate Radio Woodstock @ 1200. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6525: Radio Ramona with an American pirate radio programme @ 1015. SINPO 34333.

6540: Radio Brigitte (tent) with schlager @ 1110. SINPO 33433.

(updated 9.20pm)

Sat Feb 10

Not bad conditions today with many stations heard:

3908: Cupid Radio heard playing rock music @ 2300, greeting Mike from Norway. Some local QRM. SINPO 33433.

3927: Delta Radio heard @ 2200 greeting listeners in Germany in German, playing schlager. SINPO 44433.

6216: King Shortwave (tent) with oldies @ 0920. Poor-fair signal (33433).

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1505. SINPO 44333. Also heard @ 2020 with a live programme from Chris Ise and Andy Walker. SINPO 34333.

6255: KBC via Lithuania. Usual massive signal. Heard @ 2205 playing a Rolling Stones track. SINPO 55555.

6265: Radio Robbie @ 1500 with ID in Dutch and schlager. SINPO 34333.

6268: ROZ playing rock music from Golden Earring and Status Quo @ 1150. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

6276: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1015 with one of its sponsored shows. Station has now arranged relays via North American pirates and is interested in hearing from listeners there. SINPO 34333.

6280: Radio Whitesnake testing a new antenna. Heard @ 1245 giving out hotline number in Dutch, English and German. SINPO 34333.

6285: Radio Blackbird with polka and schlager @ 0910. ID saying "from north eastern part of the Netherlands." SINPO 33433.

6290: Orion Radio testing his transmitter, playing The Kooks @ 0850. Good signal here (44433). At 0908 noted on 6300, greeting Jaroslav. Signal remained good (44433). Mentioned would be back on 5725 tomorrow.

6290: Flux AM with polka and schlager. First heard @ 1205, ID at 1228 in Dutch and English. Good signal but some occasional utility QRM. SINPO 43433.

6300: Radio Merlin Int @ 1430 playing oldies, frequent IDs, good peaks but co-channel QRM. SINPO 43433.

6304: Unid station heard @ 1035 playing Queen's "Radio Ga Ga," no IDs heard. Good signal but some fading (44433).

6308: Radio Odyssey from Greece playing 80s music from Madonna, Cutting Crew etc @ 1815, with IDs by man and woman. Fair signal but on clear channel. SINPO 34433.

6320: Lycos Radio @ 1240 heard with polka, announcing hotline. SINPO 33433.

6401: Weekend Music Radio (pres) @ 1250 playing country music. Good signal but rapid fading. SINPO 44433.

6524: Radio Ramona heard testing @ 1025 with oldies and jingles. SINPO 33433.

6540: Radio Brigitte with ID, oldies and schlager @ 1435. SINPO 34433.

9290: Latvia Today via Ulbroka @ 0855 talking about Latvian history. Off 0900. SINPO 45444.

9290: Radio City v Ulbroka signing on @ 0900, playing oldies. Gave email address as: citymorecars @ yahoo.ca SINPO 45444.

(updated 11.05pm)