News about free radio stations on shortwave and mediumwave, and free radio logs from Newfoundland, Canada.

Wednesday 19 June 2013

Logs, June 18 & 19, QSLs from Orgasm Int., Echo 1, & Northsea Int.

June 18
6910,0L . 2327 . Baltic Sea Radio, Beach Boys “Fun, Fun, Fun”, ID, email, Spice Girls “Wannabe”, 24441
6250,0 . . 2335 . Shortwave Gold, Hall & Oates “She’s a Maniac”, ID, 44443, occasional ute QRM

June 19
6250,0 . . 2203 . Shortwave Gold, CCR “Proud Mary”, ID, 33442, ute and ssb QRM
6290,6 . . 2236 . Radio Caroline Int., pop music, ID, 33442, ssb QRM

Three new QSLs in the past few days, all for relays.

The first is from Radio Echo 1, heard via CoolAM Radio


The next was also relayed by CoolAM ... Radio Orgasm Int.



And finally, a n/d card from Radio Northsea Int., for a report on their relay by Radio Spaceshuttle Int.


Thanks to all!

Saturday 15 June 2013

Logs, June 14 - a busy Friday!

6325,8 . . 2113 . Radio Yellow Submarine, dance, jingle ID, 24341

6250,0 . . 2118 . Radio Flying Dutchman, pop, ID, greetings, email, instrumental, 24441

6393,5 . . 2121 . Radio Underground, Abba “Fernando”, talk, c/d 2242, 24342

6303,0 . . 2133 . Radio Anode, Abba “Eagle”, ID, 25442

6285,0 . . 2200 . Free Radio Victoria, ID, “Peggy Sue”, c/d 2241, 25442

6293,0 . . 2208 . Radio Scotland Int., “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”, ID, greetings to Powerliner on 6303, c/d 2220, 45443

6210,0 . . 2213 . Sluwe Vos Radio, rap, ID, email, greeting, 25442

6293,0 . . 2221 . Radio Pluto, brief voice report to Scotland, 25341

6293,0 . . 2222 . Radio Powerliner Int., polka, report to Scotland, talk in Dutch, 35343, QSO with Pluto and Scotland, followed by a long show, c/d 0007

6304,8v . 2227 . Radio Morningstar, oldie, ID, greetings, said was 60 watts, 24342

3905,0 . . 2250 . Skyline Int. Radio, ID, “Sweet Home Alabama”, greetings, 24341

6267,0 . . 2302 .Radio Black Arrow, ID, greetings, Gilbert O’Sullivan “Get Down”, 34343

6735,0u . 2318 . Radio Orgasm Int. (via CoolAM Radio), pop, jingle ID, just above the noise, 25441, followed at 2336 by CoolAM Radio show, IDs, “Dancing With Tears In My Eyes”, then  Echo 1 Radio at 0036 with ID, cw, inice mellow instrumental tune

4926,0 . . 0000 . Laser Hot Hits, oldie “I’ll Be There?”, ID, 33341, usual ute QRM

6925,0 . . 0130 . Northwoods Radio, old instrumental jazz, talk by op, loon call, ID, more jazz, 35332

Thursday 13 June 2013

Logs, June 13 and QSL from Radio Verona

6299,8v . 2308 . Radio Morningstar, oldies, ID, greetings, country, c/d 2342, 24341

4026,0 . . 2355 . Laser Hot Hits, dance,  ID, clip of “Dragonslayer” with talk, 33341,ute QRM and usual summer static crashes

I received this  QSL from Radio Verona today.  Lovely knobs!  Thanks!


Wednesday 12 June 2013

Logs, June 12

6925,1 . . 2335 .Radio Free Whatever, pop, ID, still going when I got back from supper at 0010, lots of good, but unknown, music (op was giving song names but couldn't catch a complete one), 24332

4026,0 . . 0028 . Laser Hot Hits, “Sound of Silence”, female DJ with very high pitched voice, 33442, ute QRM

6210,0 . . 0037 . Shortwave Gold, B52s (unknown song), ID, 34442

6975,5 . . 0057 . Boombox Radio, instrumental pop/jazz, multiple IDs, reggae, c/d 0106, 35442

6925,0 . . 0128 . UNID, “Secret Agent Man”, Beatles “Revolution”, had to leave the radio but came back at 0149 to catch one bar of “Twilight Zone” (not sure it’s the ame staion, but I think so), 24331

Tuesday 11 June 2013

Logs, June 11

Conditions were quite good on 48 m tonight with low noise levels.  Not a busy night, but one mystery was the station on 6925,3.  No announcements, but it was logged much weaker by US listeners than here, so it may have been someone from Europe testing?

6975,5 . . 2342 . Boom Box Radio, dance, ID, 44443

6925,3 . . 2350 . UNID, music (French or Italian?), c/d midsong at 2356 without announcement, 33442, ssb QRM

6210,0 . . 0015 . Shortwave Gold, dance, ID, instrumental, 44443

6925,3 . . 0118 . UNID, 90 seconds of music, quite loud but audio was very distorted, 34443

4026,0 . . 0135 . Laser Hot Hits, pop song from 1981, ID, conversation by 2 guys about free radio, 33441, ute QRM,

Sunday 9 June 2013

Logs, June 9

15810,0 . 1205 . Radio Northsea Int., Kinks “Lola”, ID, Deep Purple “Black Knight”,  25442  (seems a relay by Spaceshuttle, according to their website: http://www.radio-northsea.de/start/Kurzwelle_en.php)

6285,0 . . 2202 . Free Radio Victoria, said was closing, country song and c/d 2205, 24442

6256,9 . . 2209 . Mi Amigo Int., ID, Bob Seger “Still the Same”, 24441, up to 34442 by 2300, still going 0155

6207,1 . . 2219 . Radio Caroline Int., very weak music, ID, email, 23441

6308,7 . . 2232 . Radio Marabu, pop, jingle ID, talk in German, had to use lsb mode due to loud ute on 6309, 32441

9295,0 . . 2250 . Focus Int. (presumed), Beatles “Carry That Weight”, “For Your Love”, talk much lower than music, 25442

6300,0 . . 2338 . Radio Morningstar, very weak music, caught ID on a peak, ID, 24341

4026,0 . . 0150 . Laser Hot Hits, pop, ID,  peaking at s7 but ute QRM anf very fast fading, 33432

Saturday 8 June 2013

Logs, June 8 - good conditions again :-)

6300,0 . . 2051 . Radio Black Power, CCR, Flock of Seagulls “I Ran”, ID, 25442, up to 35442 at 2230

9295,0 . . 2141 . Focus Int., British pop, ID, ssb QRM, 23441

6295,0 . . 2144 . Bogusman Radio, ID, pop, 35443, very wide signal

6399,9 . . 2201 . Radio Caroline Int., pop, jingle ID, dance, DJ with echo, 23442

6210,0 . . 2237 . Shortwave Gold, “Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll”, ID, 33442

6286,0 . . 2241 . Radio Powerliner Int., ID, greetings, dance, “Cars”, 24442

6249,8 . . 2302 . Radio Flying Dutchman, Dutch music, ID, greetings, “Baby Come Back”, 35442

6299,9 . . 2330 . Radio Zodiac, hard rock, greetings, ID, Doobies “Listen to the Music”, 34442

6735,0u . 0024 . Radio Ronin Shortwave (via CoolAM Radio), ID, email, Joplin “Mercedes Benz”, Carly Simon “Nobody Does it Better”, 25442, followed at 0118 by several minutes of CoolAM jingle IDs, restart of Ronin show with Stones IS, Jefferson Airplane “Somebody to Love”

9295,0 . . 0012 . Focus Int., ID, reggae, 23441, ssb QRM

6925,0u . 0138 . UNID, song from Iron Maiden, c/d, 23442

Logs, June 7 - very poor conditions

Last night was one of those rare nights when signals from Europe really didn't make it here.  I am no expert on propagation, but I suspect it was a combination of a high A index and the aurora, which was below Newfoundland and dipped even further south in the Atlantic.

Although I could detect numerous carriers, only 3 stations had any audio here.

6210,0 . . 2219 . Shortwave Gold, pop, jingle IDs, 23341

6325,0 . . 2302 . Odynn Radio, weak talk and music, a little to weak for details, c/d 2306 after instrumental music (Dutch national anthem), ID via Iann’s chat, 14241

6308,7 . . 2337 . Radio Marabu, very weak pop music, ID via Iann’s chat, 14341

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Logs, June 4

6995,0u . 2324 . UNID, opera, no announcement, 33552 (presumed freebander getting musical)

6295,0 . . 2335 . Radio Tina, very weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat, 14331

6210,0 . . 0020 . Shortwave Gold, Simply Red “Stars”, ID, email, 34342, occasional loud ute

4026,0 . . 0050 . Laser Hot Hits, weak pop music ad talk, poor signal tonight and lots of noise, some ute QRM, 23341

Monday 3 June 2013

Logs, June 3 (4 UTC) and QSL from Hard Tack Radio

6919,5 . . 0010 . Pseudo Radio, punk music, IDs, old or fake? ads, 25432

6210,0 . . 0025 . Shortwave Gold, pop,ID, 35432

4026,0 . . 0105 . Laser Hot Hits, ID, Police “Can’t Stand Losing You”, 34332, some ute

I also received this interesting QSL from Hard Tack Radio, a US station that focuses on the American Civil War.  Interesting pic of General Sideburn ..er, I mean Burnside. ;-)



Logs, June 2

9295,0 . . 0814 . Focus Int., Moody Blues “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere”, 25431

9295,0 . . 1900 . Focus Int., fading in and out, caught ID on a peak, CSN&Y “Teach Your Children” at
1941, 25431, up to 24342 at 2305 with Bonnie Tyler “It’s a Heartache”, c/d 0010

6245,0 . . 2117 . Radio Technical Man, “Macarena”, up to 35443 at 2240 with Petty “Into the Great Wide Open”, “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”, polka

6210,0 . . 2131 . Shortwave Gold, “Kung-Fu Fighting”, ID, 25431

6940,0 . . 2256 . Irish Music Radio (presumed), pop, tentative ID, bad static crashes on this band tonight,
25341

3905,0 . . 2252 . Radio Baken 16, very weak talk and music on a noisy band, c/d 2314, ID via Iann’s chat

6305,1 . . 2340 . Radio Merlin Int., weak music and talk with a British accent, ID via Iann’s chat, 14341

4026,0 . . 0011 . Laser Hot Hits, ID, email, The Fray “How to Save a Life”, 25341

6950,0 . . 0031 . Radio Ronin Shortwave, IS, ID, instrumental movie theme, faded out, and back in 0105 just in time for an ID, email and c/d 0106, 25342 at peak

6925,4 . . 0246 . The Crystal Ship (tent), Doors “Light My Fire”, “Break on Through”, “Wake Up”, “Unknown Soldier”, “Moonlight Drive”, tent. ID, 32341 ute QRM

Sunday 2 June 2013

Logs, June 1

Conditions were better than Friday night, with several stations putting in decent signals.  Borderhunter had the best signal of the night, and SW Gold, Tower, Scotland and Trans Europe were fairly clear.  Of course, the late sunsets are making reception more challenging (local sunset now at 2320 UTC).

9295,0 . . 1833 . Focus Int., fading in and out, oldie, lots of talk,  ID, 14321, still on 0100 with “Popcorn”, ID,  25442

6210,0 . . 2033 . Shortwave Gold, ID, dance, 24442, up to 35443 at 0045

6801,0 . . 2052 . Radio Tower, instrumental music, lots of talk in Dutch, ID, polka, 25442, up to 35442 at 2250 with “You Keep Me Hanging On”,

6289,9 . . 2114 . Radio Karbiet, weak music and talk fading in and out, ID via Iann’s chat, c/d 2302, 14441

6745,2 . . 2127 . Radio Pioneer, Dutch music, ID, c/d 2146, 25441

6540,2 . . 2143 . Free Radio Victoria, weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat, 24441

6920,0 . . 2149 . Trans Europe Radio, “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”, ID, greetings,  25442

6295,0 . . 2255 . Radio Scotland Int., Abba, ID, greetings, 35442, good signal but low audio on the music, c/d 2307

6290,0 . . 2314 . Borderhunter Radio, CCR “Fortunate Son”, Steppenwolf “Born to be Wild”, clip of radio ship being boarded, ID, greetings, lots of 80’s hits, 45443

6325,0 . . 2340 . Radio Centurion, weak music fading in and out, ID via Iann’s chat, c/d 0001, 14441

6925,0u . 0012 . Hard Tack Radio, ID, email, instrumental, 33441, bad ute QRM

Saturday 1 June 2013

Logs, May 31

It was a fairly busy night on sw for a Friday.  Unfortunately, signals were not loud, so not many details for some stations.

6210,0 . . 2043 . Shortwave Gold, K.C. & the Sunshine Band “Get Down Tonight”, ID, 25441, up to 34442 by 2300

6745,2 . . 2051 . Radio Pionier, weak music, ID via Iann’s chat, c/d at 2105 recheck, 15441

6305,5 . . 2102 . Radio Verona, music and talk, under utility, c/d 2152, 32441

6324,2 . . 2105 . Radio Underground, Dutch music, ID, talk with echo, “These Boots are Made for Walking”, 25441

6219,7 . . 2122 . Radio Kilohertz, very weak music and talk, c/d 2124, ID via Iann’s chat, reportedly only 15 watts!, 15441

6449,0 . . 2134 . Studio 52, Dutch music, country, ID, 25442

6744,9 . . 2213 . Radio Morningstar, oldies, greetings, 15441

6285,0 . . 2245 ,  NMD Radio, “You Spin me Right Round”,  still on at 2315 when I got back from supper , Stones “Last Time”, ID, 25442

6735,0u . . 0003 . CoolAm Radio, ID, pop, 15441