Logs Jan. 30

It was a fairly quiet night, but Technical Man had a great show with a nice music mix.

6209,9 . . 1943 . Radio Technical Man, Dutch music, ID, 25441, up to 45443 by 2007 with Ace of Base “Beautiful Life”, c/d 2120
6286,1 . . 2100 . UNID (Focus?), weak music, talk with British accent, 24441
3905,0 . . 2120 . Radio Arcadia, very weak music, was just starting to fade in, then c/d, ID via Iann’s chat
6965,0 . . 2240 . UNID, continuous Greek music, no announcements heard, 24442

Logs, Jan 18-29

Jan. 18
6279,9 . . 2000 . Radio Johnny Tobacco (tent), Hawaiian music, old country, long breaks between songs, 45444, moved to 6275 at 2007, 44443, Irish jig at 2018, moved to 6265 briefly, then off suddenly, no ID heard
6285,0 . . 2010 . Radio Monique, 80’s pop, Bowie, Clash “London Calling”, 25441, moved to 6325 at 2034
6280,0 . . 2100 . Radio Johnny Tobacco, “I’m a Country Boy”, lots of country, ID 2127,  25442, c/d 2130

Jan. 23 - very poor conditions this evening
6280,0 . . 1930 . UNID (Johnny Tobacco?), Spanish music, country, long pauses between songs, c/d 1943, no ID heard, 25332
6380,0 . . 1945 . Lowland Radio, very weak music, ID via Iann’s chat, c/d 2003
3940,0 . . 2039 . Radio Alice, ID, country music, 25441
6305,0 . . 2118 . TRX Radio, 50’s music, fading in and out, ID via Iann’s chat, 15441, (weakest signal ever from TRX)


Jan. 29 - a busy Friday night, and decent conditions :-)
6265,0 . . 2036 . Mustang Radio, dance, ID, greetings, Europe “Rock the Night”, Scorpions “Send Me an Angel”, Abba “The Winner Takes It All”, 45444, c/d 2156
6255,1 . . 2158 . UNID, very weak music, short announcement by man in possibly a Latin language, few seconds of music, and c/d,
6285,0 . . 2235 . Little Feat Radio, music at noise level, ID popped out of the noise, signal was improving just as I had to leave the radio for supper, 25441
6989,0 . . 2343 . Radio Johnny Tobacco, “Dragonslayer”, instrumentals, ID, c/d 0007, 25442 at start up to 45443 at end (seemed to increase power)
6320,0 . . 2358 . Radio Zomerzon. “November Rain”, 23441, some utility QRM
6975,1 . . 0009 . UNID, weak music, eastern European (Greek/Balkan?), no announcements heard 24441
4026,0 . . 0054 . Laser Hot Hits, dance, ID, good signal tonight, 44443

Thanks to all the stations!

Logs, January 17

The pirate bands have been pretty quiet at night.   Winter conditions, I presume.

I did hear a few signals last night:

6802,8 . . 1940 . Pink Panther Radio, ID, “Born to Be Alive”, closing announcements, email, c/d 2003, 24331
3929,9 . . 2007 . Radio Batavia, operatic music, ID, 25341, up to 34342 by 2100 with pop
4026,0 . . 2030 . Laser Hot Hits (presumed), mellow music, signal affected by wide-band noise ute, 22341
6305,0 . . 2045 . TRX Radio, "Take This Job and Shove It", “King of the Road”, IDs, lots of classic country, 34442

Thanks for the shows!

Download your free 2016 Calender - Pirate Radio Europe

Happy New Year!  Here is my little gift for all pirate radio fans.  

I have constructed a 2016 calender featuring QSLs from over 40 European pirate stations from 17 different countries.  It also lists national holidays for all countries where pirate stations or fans are commonly found.

I thought that this might be more useful than my usual Christmas card. :-)  Simply staple the top and tear off a page each month.

Here is a sample page (low resolution):

The calendar can be downloaded in Word format from box.com by using this link:  

2016 Pirate Radio Europe Calender

PDF Format:

I had to scan each page as a separate pdf file.  Sorry.  Here is the link for each page.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

(If anyone can combine these into one pdf file, it would be greatly appreciated.)

Let me know if you like the calender and use it.  

December logs and QSLs from Radio 42 and Zender Akenzo

First of all, I would like to wish all pirate operators and listeners a belated Merry Xmas and my best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.

It has been a busy month, so not as much listening time as I would have liked.  As well, conditions have been noisy, so just a few logs to post:

Dec. 3
6280,0 . . 2355 . UNID, country music, polkas, talk a little too weak to copy, c/d 0041, 25441

Dec. 4
6285,0 . .1820 . Mike Radio, Billy Idol “Rebel Yell”, Alice Cooper “Poison”, 35443, switched to usb at 1840,  very nice sound, Jeff Wayne “Eve of the War”, jingle ID, 45444
6280,0 . . 2005 . Lowland Radio, barely audible music, ID via Iann’s chat,

Dec. 5
6985,3 . . 2014 . QBC Int. (presumed), indie pop, 25441
3905,0 . . 2049 . Skyline Int. Radio, “To All the Girls I Loved Before”, ZZ Top “La Grange”, greetings, ID, 45443, c/d 2210
6280,0 . . 0008 . Radio Johnny Tobacco, old country “Crying in My Beer”, greetings, 45443

Dec. 26
6239,8 . . 1950 . UNID, barely audible music on peaks
6286,5 . . 2000 . Focus Int. (tent). “White Christmas”, talk with British accent, 25341
3904,9 . . 2058 . Radio Alice, lots of Dutch music, Abba “Super Trooper” at 2200, ID and email, 35442
3910,0 . . 2153 . UNID, weak music, 25341-23341. variable ham QRM (Focus?)
6290,0 . . 2314 . UNID, country music, 24341

Dec. 27

6395,0 . . 2009 . UNID, pop music just at the noise level

Dec. 28

1645,0 . . 2100 . Oliebollenbaker Radio, pop music, “Fox on the Run” at 2208, ID, greetings, 24331, still going 0050 with Metallica “Nothing Else Matters”, said would c/d, email

4855,0u . 2106 . Radio Barraquda, Italian music, 35442, still going 2315 with “Rock Around the Clock” and Johnny Be Good”, 35443

1625,0 . . 2117 . Radio Vrolijke Mijnwerker, very weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat

Dec. 29

6285,0 . . 2011 . Radio Quadzilla, polkas, 25341

4026,0 . . 2117 . Laser Hot Hits, Prince “Little Red Corvette”, ID, 24441 

4855.0u . 2256 . Radio Barraquda, Michael Jackson, 35442

1625,0 . . 2330 . Radio Barones, just poking through a high noise level, able to tell talk from music but no details, ID via Iann’s chat

And thanks to Radio 42 and Zender Akenso for these recent QSLs:

Logs, Nov. 28

It was an enjoyable night on the pirate bands.  A couple new stations, and some old friends.  Thanks to all for the shows.

6402,0 . . 1934 . Radio Ascona, Dutch music, ID, greetings, short test, c/d 1941, 35443
6395,9 . . 1943 . Radio 42, mellow pop, jingle ID, "Play that Funky Music", 24441
6235,4 . . 1954 . Radio Technical Man, dance, start and stop, ID, REO Speedwagon, c/d 2137, 35443
6260,0 . . 2019 . Radio 6260, pop, ID, email voiceoftheworldradio@hotmail.com, “Suspicious Minds”, c/d 2130, 33442
6209,9 . . 2039 . UNID, mellow instrumental, British pop/punk, 25442
6304,8 . . 2130 . Radio Marabu, pop music, jingle IDs, ute QRM, 33442
6270,0 . . 2345 . Black Bandit Radio, mostly instrumentals, greetings, a few old country, 45444
6985,2 . . 0201 . QBC (presumed), mellow pop music poking out of the noise and QRM,

Logs, Nov. 15-27

It seems that winter conditions have arrived in Europe, which means that short skip on 48m is disappearing around 1800-1900 UTC.  Of course, this is just when signals start to fade in here.  A bit frustrating to hear stations closing down just as they start to fade in, but this is all part of the fun of listening from 4000 km away.

Sunday, Nov. 15
5799,9 . . 1959 . Zender Akenzo, email, ID, greetings, nice show of Dutch music and classic pop/rock,  “Summer Nights” from Grease,  Heart “Barracuda”, Whitesnake “Here I Go Again”, c/d 2118, 45443
6305,1 . . 2132 . Focus Int. Al Stewart “On the Border”, ID, 33442
6985,2 . . 2136 . QBC (presumed), barely audible pop music, 15331
4026,0 . . 2203 . Laser Hot Hits, poor signal on a very noisy band tonight, bits of pop music and talk by man and woman, 24341

Saturday, Nov. 21      (I lost these logs on a computer shutdown, but here is what I can remember)
6245,0 . . 1929 . Radio AC/DC, hard rock music, talk just a little to weak to copy, strangely, the signal faded as it got dark, 25442
6290,5 . . 1947 . Radio Ascona, ID, 35443

Wednesday, Nov. 25
1644,9 . . 2115 . Radio Wadloper with Relmus, Stray Cats, ID, greetings, Eagles “Lyin Eyes”, 25331
6305,0 . . 2148 . TRX Radio,  “Lucille”, more oldies, Teresa Brewer “Music! Music! Music!”, ID, 35443

Friday, Nov. 27
6270,0 . . 2338 . Stress Radio, mellow Dutch music and polkas, ID, 45443
6304,8 . . 0002 . Radio Marabu, pop music, jingle IDs, nasty ute QRM, 33442