News from World Music Radio

 WMR has now added another short wave frequency:

Besides 5840 kHz WMR is now broadcasting on 15805 kHz. Power is 200 W, the aerial is a very simple dipole and propagation on this frequency is somewhat irregular.

Around midday good reception in parts of Southern Europe, and evenings reception is possible in Ireland, parts of England, France, Scotland and Iceland.

Enjoy  🙂

Source: station’s Facebook page

QSL-card from Radio Taiwan Int’l for MW reception

 Fresh and tasty QSL for reception of Chinese broadcast via 300 kW Kouhu TX site on 1557 kHz. Thanks so much!

QSL-card, letter and schedule from JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso

 QSL-card, letter and program schedule have arrived from JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso for reception on 1278 kHz. Thanks a lot!

eQSL from Radio Jodelpiraat

 Got this nice eQSL from Radio Jodelpiraat for outdoor reception of its yodel music show on 6274.8 kHz. Thanks so much for the confirmation!

eQSL from Radio OZ-Viola

 Nice eQSL from the Danish hobby station Radio OZ-Viola for reception of the test transmission on 5825 kHz AM. Thanks so much!

FRS’ annual December broadcast

 Dear FRS & Radio Friends,

Sunday December 30^th FRS-Holland will be on air with its annual Holiday Season broadcast.

The broadcast will be on 7700//58xx  between 08:52- 14:00 UTC/ 09:52- 15:00 CET.

Similar to November 18^th, the full broadcast will be repeated in the afternoon.

More info follows later in December.

FRS-Holland offers you the opportunity to send in your December Greetings to radio friends and relatives.

Your contributions are highly appreciated and will add something special to our programmes!

You can easily produce a little (written) message and send it to [frs/a/frsholland.nl]. It only takes a few minutes of your spare time….

We raffle a radio DVD among those who participate in our December broadcast with their Seasonal greetings.

We’d like to ask you to do it as soon as possible as some shows will be recorded within 10 days.
Don’t hesitate but just do it!

If you have the opportunity to send in an audio (mp3) clip you are more than welcome!

Written messages are also welcome via PO Box 2701, 6049 ZG Herten in the Netherlands.

Join us ringing out 2018….the FRS-Holland staff is looking forward to hear from you…

73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the staff

Source: station’s mailing list

QSL-letter for reception of Radio Moldova Actualităţi

 QSL-letter for tropo reception of Radio Moldova Actualităţi on 103.3 MHz. Thanks to Andrei Luchianciuc for the confirmation!

Pirate Radio Logs 01.11.2018 – 30.11.2018

01.11.2018

21.50 – 6285.0 – Quadzilla Radio (tent.) – 35433 – Some music on peaks
21.58 – 6304.8 – Radio Rainbow Int’l – 34422-34433 – Some song with speech about revolution, 21.59 – IDs, 22.03 – Men At Work – Down Under
22.10 – 6205.0 – Laser Hot Hits (tent.) – 35433 – Pop music
22.34 – 5145.0 – Charleston Radio Int’l – 34433 – Retro music

03.11.2018

00.03 – 6305.0 – Odynn Radio – 35422-45423 – IDs, greetings to listeners, Queen – Under Pressure, 00.13 – Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell
15.17 – 6335.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 45433 – Club dance music non-stop, 15.20 – Jarreau Vandal – Small Talk

04.11.2018

14.39 – 6287.0 – Abu Dhabi Radio – 45434 – Chris Rea – Looking For The Summer, 14.42 – ID, greetings to me (thanks!), 14.43 – ABBA – I Have A Dream
15.34 – 6385.0 – Radio Zeewolf (tent.) – 45444 – Some speech by male voice
15.39 – 6335.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 35433-45444 – Club dance music
17.19 – 6295.0 – Reflections Europe – 42433 – Sermon in English

10.11.2018

15.01 – 6270.0 – Radio Telstar (tent.) – 35422 – Some music on peaks
23.55 – 6290.0 – Abu Dhabi Radio – 55444 – ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man, 00.00 – greetings to me (thanks!), 00.07 – Roy Orbison – You Got It

23.11.2018

23.20 – 6274.0 – Johnny Tobacco – 45434 – ID, greetings to me (thanks!), Manfred Mann – Do Wah Diddy Diddy, 23.23 – Stray Cats – Rock This Town

30.11.2018

21.27 – 6277.0 – Johnny Tobacco – 44433-45444 – Roy Orbison – You Got It, 21.33 – Alan Jackson – Little Bitty

FRS-Holland on air on November 18th

 Following our 38^th Anniversary broadcasts on August 26^th & September 2^nd, FRS will take to the air with a full regular broadcast on Sunday November 18^th.

Programmes will commence at 08:52 UTC/ 09:52 CET and will last four hours. Close down will be at 13:00 UTC/ 14:00 CET after which the complete programmes will see a full repeat until just after 17:00 UTC/ 18:00 CET.

Attention: in the morning / early afternoon programmes will be aired at 7700//9300 kHz. During the second run starting just after 13:00 UTC/ 14:00 CET, the 31 mb frequency could be changed into 93xx kHz (will be announced later, also listen to FRS Magazine/ FRS goes DX for updated info).

Tune in next Sunday…the best in music, many interesting (radio) related items and DX news. It will be worth while to tune in! Reports but moreover: personal comments are more than welcome.

P.O.Box 2702 in 6049 ZG Herten, the Netherlands or by e-mail: frs/a/frsholland.nl

FRS-HOLLAND Programme Schedule for Sunday November 18th 2018
UTC Time	NAME PROGRAMME	CET Time
08:52	Station-opening: ID’s & Theme tune.	09:52
09:02	FRS Magazine- Peter Verbruggen Music from the 1980- 2018 period,  preview on FRS Goes DX,  Day Calendar November 18th, August/ Sept. mail .	10:02
10:00	German Show- Jan van Dijk Jan mainly focuses on new music and features the “Forgotten pirate” and “Uplink” (an interesting Free Radio website items. August/Sept. mail from (mainly) German listeners.	11:00
11:00	Musical Express- Bert van Leer Music from 70s/80s plus radio related item & August/ Sept. mail.	12:00
11:45	FRS goes DX- Peter Verbruggen The latest  news from the wonderful world of radio: News from around the world & Short wave free radio news.	12:45
12:15- 13:00	Radiowaves- Dave Scott Classic 70s rock show with some rare tracks and of course two landbased free radio recordings from the past.	13:15- 14:00

Programmes will be reapeated starting at approx. 13:05 UTC/ 14:05 CET.

We are looking to have your company upcoming Sunday…..!

Source: station’s website

eQSL from Radio Mazda

 Got this non-detailed eQSL from Radio Mazda for reception on 6240 kHz. Thanks to station’s operator for it!

eQSLs Radio Emmeloord

 Two blank eQSLs for reception of Radio Emmeloord relay via Nauen on 6095 kHz. Non-detailed verification, but thanks anyway, it’s better than nothing.

eQSL Voice of America (via Thailand)

 Got this nice eQSL for the recent reception on 1575 kHz. Paper QSL is also promised. Thanks a lot, Adisak!

Universe Radio – 7440 kHz

 Hello Universe friends!

Tomorrow, the 4^th of November, it is once again Shortwave time. Starting at 10.00 UTC we will be broadcasting on 7.440 kHz, the new Channel 292 frequency.

We will hope that you all will join us in a great day of oldies, hits and indie music!

10.00 – 11.00 Hello Europe
11.00 – 13.00 The Record Attic
13.00 – 15.00 Full Throttle
15.00 – 17.00 The Panic Show

7.440 kHz or www.universeradio.nl

Best regards, met vriendelijke groet,

Michiel Bouwmeester
Wilhelminalaan 51
4872 BW Etten-Leur

+31683949249
www.universeradio.nl

Source: station’s mailing list

Radio Waves International 1983-2018

 We are celebrating during this month of November 2018 our 35th birthday on the air.

Via Radio Channel 292 on 6070 kHz on Saturday morning 06.00 to 07.00 UTC & Sunday evening from 18.00 to 19.00 UTC. Special qsls are available.

73’s
thanks for your support
Peter HILLS & Philippe

Source: SW-Pirates mailing list

QSL-card from Radio Cuckoo

 Big surprise in my post box: beautiful real QSL-card from Radio Cuckoo. Thanks a lot!

Global HF Weekend, November 2-4, 2018

 The Global HF Weekend is coming up November 2-4, 2018. The GHFW occurs the 1st weekend in April and the first weekend in November every year. The idea is that it's a set time for listeners and stations to try testing to different parts of the world. Over the past few years, the high frequencies have not been great for propagation between Europe and North America, but stations have still been able to reach other continents by operating at other times, etc.

An interesting twist this year is that some hardcore DXers will be listening over the weekend from Prince Edward Island. These guys primarily DX on medium wave and their logs are phenomenal. They literally logged at least 30 countries on medium wave. They also actually heard a number of pirates on the band, including Radio Calypso, Monte Carlo Radio, Bluebird Radio, Radio Doctor Einstein, Witte Tornado and the Lady, and Polkaman. I wonder how many pirates from Europe or North America will test anywhere from 1611 up to about 1720 or 1730 kHz for this DXpedition? Whoever does so has a great chance to be heard in PEI, Canada.

Of course, others will be listening on shortwave, and I'm looking forward to hearing who might turn up. I plan to be updating this blog with information about the weekend and also about Halloween coming up. If any stations send schedules to me, I'll post them here without station names for security reasons.

A. Yoder

Source: Hobby Broadcasting Blog

Thanks also to André (Cool AM) for the GHFW promo:

eQSL from Radio Sovereign

 This nice eQSL and very interesting and kind letter with many details about the station have arrived from Radio Sovereign. Many thanks to the station’s operator for it!

Pirate Radio Logs 13.10.2018 – 28.10.2018

13.10.2018

17.30 – 6285.0 – Radio Tower – 45433-45444 – Greetings to me (thanks!), 17.31 – Alphaville – Forever Young, 17.39 – Mariska Veres – Loving You, 18.18 – IDs
17.58 – 6305.0 – Radio Black ??? (not Bandit) (Johnny Tobacco) – 45433 – Edith Piaf – Non, je ne regrette rien, 18.00 – Chris Isaak – Wicked Game, greetings to listeners
19.07 – 6380.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 45444 – Clear ID, email address announcement, 19.13 – Al Massrieen – Sah
19.20 – 6325.9 – Technical Man (tent.) – 45433 – Schlager songs non-stop, 19.24 – De Heikrekels – Hartje Van Goud
22.26 – 6284.0 – Abu Dhabi Radio – 45433-55544 – Helen Shapiro – Walkin’ Back To Happiness, 22.28 – ID, greetings to me (thanks!), 22.49 – Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again, 22.51 – CD
22.41 – 5140.0 – Charleston Radio Int’l – 44444 – John Hendrik – Ich bin so scharf auf Erika

15.10.2018

16.35 – 6380.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l (tent.) – 45433 – Yolanda Be Cool – Cool Like

20.10.2018

14.27 – 6376.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 45433 – Mr Joseph – Floating Island
15.00 – 6265.0 – Radio Zwarte Panter – 33433-43433 – Some music on peaks, CW QRM, 16.10 – ID, 16.13 – Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting
16.00 – 6320.0 – Radio Joey (tent.) – 45433 – Temple One – Show Me the Stars
16.18 – 6335.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 35433 – Club dance music, 16.27 – ID.
16.30 – 6290.0 – UNID – 54434 – Oompie Koerier – Dan gaat de hemel voor je open, 16.33 – Armand – Op de Tandem Naar Marokko
20.18 – 5140.0 – Charleston Radio Int’l – 35433-45433 – Oldies music
22.52 – 6305.0 – Bingo Radio – 55444-55545 – ID, greetings to listeners, 22.54 – Frerik De Swetser – Iderien Wurdt Bekend, 23.08 – ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man

21.10.2018

00.45 – 6330.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 45433 – Weiss (UK) – Man Gone
20.15 – 6287.0 – UNID – 45444 – Terri Clark – You’re Easy on the Eyes
20.18 – 6295.0 – Reflections Europe – 45433 – Sermon in English

25.10.2018

19.23 – 6230.0 – Coast FM – 34333 – Aerosmith – Dude, slight QRM from co-channel VMW Wiluna
19.26 – 6205.0 – Laser Hot Hits (tent.) – 35333 – Some pop music
20.47 – 6335.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 45444-55544 – Bhonstro – I Luh Yu, 20.50 – Air Tycoon – Young Athenian Lovers, 21.05 – CD
21.09 – 6240.0 – Radio Mazda – 35433 – Identification by male voice, then – some brass orchestra music, 21.15 – The Cats – Maribaja

26.10.2018

21.21 – 6335.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 45444 – Nymano – Kathmandu, 21.26 – Recess – Microdilla
21.58 – 6230.0 – Coast FM – 45433 – Architechs – Body Groove
22.49 – 6305.0 – Johnny Tobacco – 55444 – Dixie Aces – La Golondrina, 22.53 – greetings to me (thanks!), ID

27.10.2018

16.27 – 6335.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 45444 – E-Clip & Egorythmia – Highest Technology, 16.31 – Ace Ventura – Acidcore
18.22 – 6326.0 – Radio Technical Man (tent.) – 45444 – Real McCoy – Love And Devotion, 18.27 – The Selecter – On My Radio
19.02 – 6290.0 – Radio Joey (tent.) – 35433-45433 – Club dance music
19.13 – 5140.0 – Charleston Radio Int’l – 44433 – Retro music non-stop
20.35 – 6240.0 – Radio Mazda – 43433 – The Cats – One Way Wind, 21.18 – greetings to me (thanks!), 21.23 – Berlin – Take My Breath Away
20.50 – 6305.0 – UNID – 44444 – Instrumental version of A House of Rising Sun
20.58 – 6205.0 – Laser Hot Hits (tent.) – 35433 – Some pop music
21.04 – 6275.0 – UNID – 45444-55544 – Shania Twain – Man! I Feel Like A Woman! 21.08 – Terri Clark – Two More Bottles of Wine
21.27 – 6950.0 – Radio Quadzilla – 35422-35433 – Paul & Paula – Hey Paula
23.17 – 7725.7 – Zeppelin Radio (tent.) – 25422 – Weak music on peaks

28.10.2018

14.50 – 6310.0 – Radio Pioneer (tent.) – 45433 – Some pop music
15.30 – 6335.0 – Chaos Radio Int’l – 45433 – Some pop song with female vocal, 15.40 – Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank
18.31 – 7725.7 – Zeppelin Radio (tent.) – 34433-45444 – Piano music, 22.21 – George Martin & His Orchestra – And I Love Her
19.45 – 6290.0 – Abu Dhabi Radio – 45433-45444 – ID, greetings to listeners
20.00 – 6270U – Mike Radio – 35433-45444 – Some pop music, 20.02 – Percy Faith – Crunchy Granola Suite, ID, 20.06 – André Brasseur – The Kid, 20.09 – greetings to me (thanks!)
20.32 – 6295.0 – Reflections Europe – 33422-33433 – Sermon in English
22.14 – 5140.0 – Charleston Radio Int’l – 34433 – Retro music
22.16 – 6205.0 – Laser Hot Hits (tent.) – 35422-35433 – Some pop music

QSL Radio Free Asia

 QSL for the relay via Lampertheim, Germany. Thanks a lot!

eQSL Sonnet Radio Europe

 Just got this nice eQSL from Sonnet Radio Europe for reception of broadcast via Channel 292 on 6070 kHz. Thank you very much, Mike and Terry!

QSL for FM reception of WDR 2

 These nice QSL-card, sticker and frequency schedule have recently arrived from Westdeutscher Rundfunk for reception of WDR 2 on 93.5 MHz. Thanks a lot!

Peace Party & SAQ Transmission on October 24

 A roaring machine, morse code and Irish folk music – celebrate the UN Day of October 24 at the World Heritage Site Grimeton!

Man’s quest for contacts and faster relationships between each other is tireless. A proof of this are the many attempts made to put a telegraph cable on the bottom of the Atlantic before the seemingly impossible project was finally landed – the connection between Europe and America was established, from Ireland to Newfoundland, and opened for telegram traffic in August 1866 .

We celebrate this great event in international relations by sending out a peace message to the world with the long-wave transmitter SAQ and then a concert in the Irish folk spirit with the Varberg band Green Hill.

Evening program

18.00 The world heritage opens
18.30 (16.30 UTC) all visitors are greeted welcome  and the long wave transmitter SAQ is started
19.00 (17.00 UTC) a peace message is sent out*
19.15 (ca) concert with Green Hill

Free entrance. Arrive in time as there are limited amount of seats.

Welcome!

The transmission is on 17,2 kHz CW.

You can also watch a live video stream of the transmission on www.alexander.n.se.

No QSL-cards will be given this time and no List of Reports will be constructed but we accept shorter Listeners Report to e-mail info/a/alexander.n.se.

*The world heritage site Grimeton is a living cultural heritage. All transmissions with the long-wave transmitter SAQ are therefore preliminary and may be cancelled with short notice.

Source: station’s mailing list.

Tropo catches 9.10.2018 – 11.10.2018

That was fantastic tropo with distances up to 1600 km!

eQSL VORW Radio International

 Thanks to John for the nice eQSL for reception via Okeechobee, Florida! The broadcast seemed to be unplanned, since the frequency is not mentioned in program’s schedule at this time/day of week.

Current transmission schedule:

Thursday 1000 UTC   5950 kHz                       To Mexico
Thursday 2000 UTC   7780 kHz, 5950 kHz             To North America
Thursday 2200 UTC   5950 kHz, 9955 kHz             To South America
Friday   0000 UTC   7730 kHz, 9395 kHz, 5950 kHz   To North America
Friday   0100 UTC   5850 kHz, 7780 kHz             To Europe and North America
Friday   0400 UTC   7730 kHz                       To Western North America
Friday   2100 UTC   9955 kHz                       To South America
Saturday 0100 UTC   5130 kHz                       To Eastern North America
Sunday   0000 UTC   4840 kHz                       To North America
Sunday   2200 UTC   7570 kHz                       To North America

QSL from Český rozhlas Radiožurnál for FM reception

 These nice QSL-card and keychain were received from CRo1 Radiožurnál for reception on 89.1 MHz (transmitter in Plzeň/Krašov). Many thanks! The color of souvenir is actually bright green, but it turns white and blue on photo after scanning 😯  Hmm… interesting effect.