High Frequency Friday

No summertime blues, but great free radio action instead! When the twilight falls, it's time to hear what's on the radio!

6285kHz: Radio Black Arrow, 1837UTC, AM, 35333, Started at 1837UTC by playing soft music, sent greetings to Silveri at 1844UTC, ID 1847UTC, played Black Betty (great piece of music!), White Room, Rock Me Now, etc. 30.5.2014

6240kHz: Radio Experience, 1851UTC, AM, 33333, Playing Baggy Trousers, periodical QRM from 6235kHz USB, Billie Jean: classic! 30.5.2014

3905kHz: Skyline Radio, 1859UTC, AM, 35343, Playing good mood music! :-) Honky Tonk Blues etc. from the sixties! 30.5.2014

6306kHz: Radio Verona, 1909UTC, AM, 25333, Playing something like german "schlager"-songs? Lots of those! ID at 1957UTC. 30.5.2014

6981kHz: Unid, 1950UTC, AM, 34332, Music station having quite strong carrier, but a bit low audio modulation, at least to my ears. 30.5.2014

Thank you, Mighty Pirates! :-)

QSL from Mustang Radio

Thank you Herman for the great looking Mustang Radio QSL! :-)

Summer's in the air!

Summer conditions on shortwaves! Had to be patient and wait all the way until 1930UTC before the signals started to come through properly on the lower bands... But when the D-layer fog finally cleared, there were lots of great pirates to be heard! :-)

13910kHz: Unid, 1958UTC, LSB, 25443, Plays Paranoid, then commercials from Turku(!), continues with Finnish songs, then Rock This Town, ID 1608UTC but did not copy it, continued with Johnny be Goode. 16.5.2014

6306kHz: Radio Joey, 1816UTC, AM, 24222, Apache, then some techno-beat. Deep fading, not so easy. 16.5.2014

6236kHz: Radio Telstar International, 1827UTC, AM, 24222, I Just Can't Get Enough. Deep fading here too, so challenging conditions. Icing on the cake is done by S9+20dB utility on 6237 at 1829UTC for a moment. Continues with ragga beat. ID 1835UTC. I Can't Stand the Rain. 16.5.2014

6290kHz: Rode Adelaar, 1840UTC, AM, 22222, Let's Twist Again, What a Wonderful World it Would Be, ID 1846UTC, Only the Lonely…, playing nice oldies! 16.5.2014

6322kHz: Mustang Radio, 1918UTC, AM, 45224, Something Stupid Like I Love You…, audio dropped out 1921UTC. Pity, was the strongest signal this evening so far! Audio came back 1925UTC with same song again. :-) ID 1940UTC and no surprise: it;s Mustang who has the strongest signal on the band, once again! :-) 16.5.2014

6400kHz: Radio Mazda, 1945UTC, AM, 45224, Wooly Bully, Mr Tamburine Man, ID 1949UTC, Here Come the Night… very nice classics and good signal! 16.5.2014

Thank you all for the great free radio shows!!!

QSL from Radio Alice

Very nice genuine Pirate style QSL received..., many thanks Radio Alice!

QSLs from Odynn Radio

Many thanks Mark for sending these spectacular Odynn Radio QSL cards! They are much appreciated:

Smooth Saturday on the Airwaves

Much better conditions today than yesterday, so instead of static the ether is sizzling with fabulous Pirate signals! Smooth surfing to your favourite free station:

6285kHz: Radio Telstar International, 1813UTC, AM, 35433, Playing reggae mix, ID 1818UTC, good style and good music! :-) 10.5.2014

6450kHz: Studio 52, 1838UTC, AM, 24432, First playing polka, then "Camouflage". Signal not strong, but not much interference either, so quite readable! Forward, march, with a Can-Can-Polka! 10.5.2014

6325kHz: Rode Adelaar, 1905UTC AM, 43434, ID 1908UTC, continuing with Carma Chameleon. Nearly played a polka (yess!!!), but quickly changed to a slow song (pity! ;-) The Eagle flies on! 10.5.2014

6390kHz: Unid, 1915UTC, AM, 33434, Utility on 6392kHz so need to listen on LSB, which works well though! I Feel Love, great classic! ID 1921UTC but did not catch what it was. 10.5.2014

6201kHz: Radio Joey, 1925UTC, AM, 34434, Nice clear signal. Keep on Loving You, Driver's Seat, Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow. Good music and young sounding DJ! ;-) 10.5.2014

3905kHz: Radio Alice, 1952UTC, AM, 44444, Older songs, German I assume. Very clear audio and good modulation, a pleasure to listen! ID 2003UTC. 10.5.2014

6376kHz: Mustang Radio, 2009UTC, AM, 55445, Signal again like the transmitter would be on my roof… ;-) Showman Mustang plays techno! ID 2014UTC. 10.5.2014

6395kHz: Sluwe Vos Radio, 2040UTC, AM, 35434, … Like They Do on the Discovery Channel, ID 2044UTC, We Didn't Start the Flame War… Great Party Music, thank you Sluwe! :-) 10.5.2014

Thunderstorms on the Airwaves

Rough weather kept many Pirates (and listeners) at bay? Despite plenty of crakling on the loudspeaker, some stations managed to come through the storm with good music!

6803kHz: Pink Panther Radio, 1726UTC, AM, 35343, ID 1727UTC, playing Substitute by Clout. 9.5.2014

3905kHz: Skyline Radio, 1812UTC, AM, 35333. 9.5.2014

6290kHz: Radio Verona, 1822UTC, AM, 24222, Yodeling song. 9.5.2014

Better luck and conditions next time I hope!