Thurs July 31

4025: Laser Hot Hits @ 1950 with an offshore radio documentary. Good signal peaking at S9+10dB.

6310: Unid station playing instrumental music @ 1910 with long gaps between the music. Someone testing? SINPO 44433.

6310: Shortwave Combination Holland with IDs in Dutch and English @ 2200. Could well have been the station on all evening on 6310 (see above). SINPO 33333.

6400: Another unid with non-stop oldies. Heard @ 1930 playing "Give Me the Night. " Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2040 with Abba "Gimme Gimme Gimme." SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:00UTC)

Wed July 30

3932: Bogusman with a midweek broadcast. Heard @ 1950 playing alternative music, broadcast ended at 1958. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing Rhianna @ 1820. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio heard @ 2025 playing "Every Breath You Take." SINPO 24332.

Tues July 29

4025: Laser Hot Hits with dance music @ 2110. Strong signal. SINPO 54444.

6401: Radio Borderhunter in Luxembourg playing schlager @ 2055. Good signal but slight whistle from weaker station. SINPO 44433. (see comments)

6925u: Spider Radio with oldies @ 2050. SINPO 24332.

Mon July 28

4025: Laser Hot Hits with rock, greeting listeners @ 2040. Good signal, pushing S9+10dB but quite lot of crackle tonight (very humid, here). SINPO 44333.

6310: Shortwave Combination Holland (Radio Lowland, Alice, Marconi & Belfast) heard @ 2140 with oldies and schlager. Also announced special broadcast next weekend. Email: radiolowland @ hotmail.com Fair-good signal. SINPO 43333. To hear recording click here

6400: Unid station playing African music @ 2055. Probably not a pirate at all. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2048 with usual canned ID by woman, then Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." SINPO 34333.

North American log

A log from Joe Wood in Greenback, TN, USA:

6925u Red Radio. 2332-0011+. 25/26 July 08. English. First log of this station. YL announcer with MOR mx. The mx included funk, soul, and pop with the second portion of Meat Loaf this week. I think this was a joint effort with Sycko Radio. Fair.

Sun July 27

Clear blue skies, looks like it's going to be another hot day!

3900: Antonio Radio heard @ 2125 greeting listeners, giving out email address. Good signal but lot of static tonight. SINPO 44333.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with recording of 80s London pirate Tip Top Radio @ 1755. SINPO 44433.

5815: Orion Radio playing Dutch songs @ 0800. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433.

6140: Radio Gloria via Wertchatal signing on @ 1200 and playing "The World is not Enough." Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6220: Radio Marabu via Mystery Radio @ 0825 with oldies. SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int playing a Jimi Hendrix song @ 0900. SINPO 34433.

6280: Radio Mazda with schlager @ 1155. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 4433.

6300: Unid station with good signal @ 0930. Off a few minutes later. SINPO 44444.

6309: Radio Valencia playing oldies @ 0920. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Malaisy with ID jingle @ 1743 and playing Eagles "Hotel California." SINPO 34433.

6400: Radio Nova (tent) playing Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" @ 2120. Weak-fair signal with utility QRM. SINPO 23332.

6430: Radio Victoria @ 0805 with non-stop 60s music. ID finally came at 0830 with email address. SINPO 34433.

6540: Radio Hamamelis with "Eye of the Tiger" @ 0815. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332. ID according to Iann's website. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:25UTC)

Sat July 26

3932: Bogusman heard @ 2040 talking about buying train tickets, playing the usual alternative music. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits playing dance music @ 1910. Some utility QRM and heavy static crashes. SINPO 33333.

6220: Mystery Radio playing "Electric Dreams" @ 1940. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

6276: Radio Dr Tim (tent) with schlager @ 2115. Best in usb due to strong utility on 6275. SINPO 33333 (in usb).

6400: Radio Mordor with rock music @ 1920. Weak-fair signal with deep fading. Sign off at 1933. SINPO 24332. (See comments) For recording click here

6925u: Spider Radio playing "Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now" @ 2035. SINPO 24332.

Fri July 25

3905: Bluestar Radio playing "Live is Life" @ 2055. Good signal. SINPO 44444.

4025: Laser Hot Hits with Steve Roberts @ 2100 with the song " I Can Hear Music." Very good signal - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444.

Thurs July 24

4025: Britain Radio Int via LHH heard @ 1935 with Roger Davis talking about a radio meeting and thanking Laser for their support. Good signal but some fading. SINPO 44433. It's good to hear BRI coming in well on shortwave.

6925u: Spider Radio playing "I Just Called to Say I Love You" @ 2050. Fair signal. SINPO 34333.

Wed July 23

4025: Laser Hot Hits now moved to this frequency. Good signal @ 2035, with Stewart Ross playing Gerry Rafferty. Signal peaking at S9+10dB, some fading. SINPO 44433.

4032: Laser Hot Hits heard @ 1855 with soft rock music. Good signal, some utility QRM but no sign of the strong utility that totally blocked the frequency yesterday evening. SINPO 43333.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2042 with Iggy Pop "The Passenger." Signal 5-6 tonight. SINPO 34333.

(updated 20:45UTC)

Tues July 22

5050: Unid station heard in the tropical bands @ 1955 with non-stop dance music. No ID at the top of the hour - as you would expect from a licensed station. Good signal but who is it? SINPO 44333. Update: Still going @ 2145 - SINPO 34333.

Reports on SW Pirates and Alfa Lima report hearing African music later so could have been Tanzania testing, and not a pirate.

Mon July 21

4032: Laser Hot Hits with songs by Shampoo and Tori Amos @ 1845, a recording from Laser's FM days. Good signal - peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44433.

5815: Radio Telstar South playing 60s music @ 2045. SINPO 34333.

6925u: Spider Radio with Gary Numan's song "Cars" @ 2055. Fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

North American logs

Here's a few weekend logs from Joe Wood in Greenback, Tennessee, USA:

6925u Northwoods Radio. 0134-0202*. Sat 19 July. English. A show featuring biting political satire and rhetoric. Several IDs. Nicely done show. F-G.

6925u Radio Jamba International. 0221-0226. Sat 19 July. English. OM with hypnosis routine repeated in segments. Several IDs. Fair.

6925u Radio El Loco (t). 0234. Sat 19 July. I never caught a clear ID on this one. The show consisted of announcers doing comedy with one of thespeaking with a Spanish accent. Fair.

Sun July 20

3900: Radio Black Arrow @ 2040 playing the Animals. Weak-fair signal and quite a lot of crackle and fading. SINPO 34333.

4032: Laser Hot Hits with a Bryan Adams song @ 1640. SINPO 43433.

5815: Orion Radio playing "Dancing in the City" @ 0750. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6140: European Music Radio via Wertchatal heard @ 1200 with Paul Graham playing 60s music. Good signal but quite a lot of fading. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 1630. SINPO 34433.

6265: Premier Radio Int with Abba "SOS" @ 0855. Signal slowly improving. SINPO 33433.

6275: Unid station with schlager @ 0800 but utility QRM on same frequency. SINPO 33433. (Not Calypso - see comments)

6280: Radio Brandaris Int with polka and ID @ 0840. SINPO 34333.

6310: Radio Malaisy with pop and jingle IDs @ 1620. SINPO 34433.

6400: Radio Pionier (tent) with schlager @ 1255 and ID and hotline number. Weak-fair signal with deep fading. SINPO 24332.

(updated 21:00UTC)

Sat July 19

3900: Radio Spaceman playing rock music @ 2135. Usual strong signal. SINPO 54444.

3927: Delta Radio from Gelderland with dance music @ 2130. signal peaking at S9+10dB, ID at 2142. SINPO 44444.

4032: Laser Hot Hits playing a song by the Nightcrawlers @ 0910. Fair-good signal. SINPO 34433.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music. Fair-good signal (S8-9) @ 2050. SINPO 34333.

6325: Unid station heard @ 2100 with schlager. Good signal - peaking at S9+10dB but faded before ID heard. SINPO 44444.

9290: Radio Casablanca via Latvia with German pop and folk music @ 1105. SINPO 44433.

(updated 21:40UTC)

Fri July 18

3905: Radio Boomerang with non-stop rock and pop music @ 2020. Strong signal - S9+10dB. SINPO 54444. ID from Franja DX.

4032: Laser Hot Hits playing Bryan Ferry @ 2035. Good signal but some SSB QRM. SINPO 43433.

6306: Unid station heard @ 2050 with talk in German. Deep fading and some morse QRM making IDing difficult. SINPO 23332.

Tues July 15

4032: Britain Radio Int via LHH playing Counting Crows @ 1750, followed by promos for Offshore Echos and the BRI website. Fair-good signal but a bit of utility QRM. SINPO 33433.

5805: Radio Telstar South with 60s and 70s music @ 2035. SINPO 34333.

6308: Unid station playing 70s disco @ 1635, occasionally saying "hello, hello" into the mic (sounded Dutch). Sudden off at 1647. SINPO 34433.

6400: Radio Pionier playing a song by Mika @ 1650, off few minutes later. Fair signal. SINPO 34433.

(updated 20:40UTC)

Pirate radio documentary

Pirates of the Airwaves, ITV1 Yorkshire, July 10 (now on Google Video)

The activities of non-licenced radio stations presently broadcasting throughout West Yorkshire, UK, following Leeds station Radio Frequency. These latter-day pirates have fallen foul of media regulator Ofcom for their refusal to end their transmissions. Tony Blackburn, himself a radio pirate in the 1960s, offers an insight into this type of lawbreaking, with comment from a Scarborough MP who set up his own station 40 years ago.

The documentary has been uploaded to Google video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6913287523754352609&hl=en

(via Mike Barraclough, anoraksuk)

Sun July 13

3900: Radio East Coast Holland playing Status Quo @ 1850 followed by ID and email address. Good signal. SINPO 44433. To hear recording click here

3900: Radio Spaceman heard @ 2230 with some polka. Very strong signal - peaking at S9+30dB. SINPO 54444.

3900: Skyline International Radio with a report for Spaceman @ 2237. SINPO 34333.

4032: Britain Radio Int via LHH playing "Dancing in the City" @ 0915. SINPO 34433.

5805: Radio Telstar South with jingles and playing 60s music @ 1935. SINPO 34433.

5815: Orion Radio playing rock music @ 0805 with fair-good signal, off at 0910. SINPO 34433.

6215: Radio King Shortwave (tent) with a weak signal, heard @ 0825 with a Roxy Music song. SINPO 24332.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop @ 0830. SINPO 34433.

6255: Britain Radio Int heard @ 0920. Signal struggling at the moment. SINPO 24332.

6255: Radio Altrex playing a song by OMD @ 1945. Fair-good signal. SINPO 44333.

6277: Camping Radio (pres) relaying Radio L'Arboc. Heard @ 2000 with time pips and woman talking in presumed Catalan - in parallel with internet feed. SINPO 33333.

6280: Radio Brandaris Int with instrumental music and signing off @ 0815. SINPO 34433.

6300: Delta Radio from Gelderland back on today. Heard @ 0923 with ID and playing dance music. Surprisingly good signal, considering the poor conditions. SINPO 44433.

6305: Radio Mazda with polka, schlager and country and western @ 1145. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6310: Unid station with oldies, heard @ 1210 playing "Some Girls Will." Splash from Mazda. SINPO 33433.

6310: Free Radio Holland (tent) @ 0810 with oldies. Weak signal. SINPO 23432.

6310: Radio Condor with dance music @ 0955. Weak signal here - I can only just hear him. SINPO 23432.

6925u: Spider Radio @ 2010 with oldies. SINPO 24332.

(updated 22:40UTC)

Sat Jul 12

3900: Radio Spaceman playing rock music @ 1815. Strong signal peaking at S9+20dB. SINPO 54444.

3905: Radio Zanussi with schlager @ 1820. Weak signal suffering splash from 3900. SINPO 23432. See comments

3910: Radio Optimod @ 1940 playing Dire Straits. Good signal, peaking at S9+10dB. SINPO 44444.

3934: Radio Ramona with rock music and IDs @ 2020. Weak signal with fair peaks. SINPO 24332.

4032: Laser Hot Hits moved back to this frequency. Heard @ 0920 playing dance music. Good signal. SINPO 44433.

6220: Mystery Radio with pop music @ 1945. Coming in well. SINPO 44433.

6255: Radio Altrex playing a song from 10CC @ 1955. SINPO 33333.

6280: Radio Merlin Int now faded in, heard @ 0935 playing dance music with two DJs chatting over the music. SINPO 44433.

6310: Delta Radio with "Axel F" @ 2015. Good signal. SINPO 44333.

6925u: Spider Radio with rock music @ 2040. SINPO 24332.

(updated 20:40UTC)