Radio Boomerang's QSL card

Radio Boomerang has confirmed my audio reception report by QSL card. E-mail: box73@gmx.net

Thank you very much for it! 

Free radio log for 30 July 2012

6070 0149- Radio North Sea International via Radio 150 playing rock, OM singer, ID at 0200, OM talk, E., good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45333

6310 1931- UNID playing song, OM singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35222

Scandinavian Weekend Radio's August and September Transmissions

Scandinavian Weekend Radio has annonced the following broadcast dates:

3.- 4th Aug 2012 "FDXA-Summermeeting Radio" 
and 
31st Aug - 1st Sept 2012


Source: http://www.swradio.net/index2.htm

Free radio log for 29 July 2012

6045 0932- Radio Iceman via Wertachtal, OM talk and read messages from listeners around the world, then Erasure's song is playing, fair signal with noise and fading, sinpo 35333

6095 0928- KBC via Wertachtal playing Oldy, OM singer, good to fair signal with noise and fading, sinpo 35333

This evening conds are not good, noise and crashes on 49 m.b.

6210 1955- Radio Borderhunter, OP talk in E., and song is playing, Europe, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6325 1940- Radio Nachtpiraat, only visible, said that only 20 watts via Iann's Chat, sinpo 15111

6450 1930- Radio Lowland, only visible, song, sinpo 15111

Free radio log for 28 July 2012

6070 2010- Radio 150, OM talk in E., fair signal with noise and fades, sinpo 35333

6095 1051- KBC via Wertachtal playing rock'n'roll, OM singer,  good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45444

6240 1958- Radio Ascona playing dance mx., fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6280 1859- Radio Boomerang, ID is given by OP in Dutch, good signal with little fades and noise, sinpo 45444

6285 1954- Radio Black Bandit playing Oldy, dance mx, fair signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6300 2004-Radio Black Power playing song, OM singer, good signal with ute noise on the same fq, fades, sinpo 42332

6320 1752- Radio Caroline/Rainbow International playing music, fair to poor signal with deep fading and noise, sinpo 35222

6325 1914- Radio Ome Jan playing mainly Dutch songs, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

7600 1952- Radio North Pole (tent.), mx., sinpo 25222

Free radio log for 27 July 2012

6070 1917- RNI via Radio 150, OM talk in E., and mx. is playing, fair signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6285 2322-Borderhunter Radio playing "Calling Mr. Rain", YL singer, ID heard at 2323, good to fair signal with little noise and some fades, sinpo 45344

6307v 2256- BNA Radio playing song, ID jingles, and c/d, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6315 2305- Radio Merlin International playing rap, ID jingles at 2307, 2309- OP talk in E., fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35323(2)

6320 1911- Radio Caroline International playing rock, OM singer, fair signal with deep fading and noise, sinpo 35222

Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 KHz

This Saturday the 28th of July 2012 Hamburger Lokalradio

are on 7265 KHz between 05.00 to 11.00 UTC

Good Listening 

73s Tom

Free radio log for 26 July 2012

6070 1910-Radio 150 playing Oldy, OM singer, good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 44333

6304 1834- Radio Vendor playing mx., then OP talk, poor signal with deep fades and high level of local noise, sinpo 24222, ID via Iann's Chat

6325 1904- Radio Metropolis playing song, OM singer, fair to poor signal with deep fading and local noise, sinpo 34232, ID via Iann's Chat

Free radio log for 25 July 2012

3905 1956- Mustang Radio, OP talk and given out ID, fair signal with local noise and fades, sinpo 35232

6070 1942- R.150, adv., mx., poor signal with fading and noise, sinpo 24333

6282v 1958- UNID playing rock ballad, then dance mx., YL singer, and suddenly c/d at 2005, good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45434

6295 2006- UNID playing song, YL singer, weak signal with deep fading and noise, sinopo 25222

6320 1932- Radio Veronica playing Greek mx., OM singers, fair signal with some fades and noise, sinpo35333

Free radio log for 24 July 2012

6070 1939- Radio 150, OM talk, E., fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6320 1932- Radio Caroline/ Radio Rainbow/ Astra International playing song, OM singer, fair signal with deep fading and high local noise, sinpo 35222

Free radio log for 23 July 2012

6070 1931- Radio 150 playing rock, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6240 1918- Radio Rainbow International playing rock, OM singer, fair signal with fades and local noise, sinpo 35333

6800 1920-1928c/d UNID playing folk instrumental music, looks like Romanian or Bulgarian, good to fair signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45333

Free radio log for 22 July 2012

6045 0923- XVRB via Wertachtal playing Johnny Hallyday, good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45444

6070 1901- Radio 150 playing Oldies, OM singer, fair to good signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6095 0927- KBC via Wertachtal playing song, YL singer, good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45444

6140 0930- Radio Gloria International, ID heard, and song is playing, OM singer, fair signal with noise and deep fading, sinpo 35323(2)

6280 1843- UNID playing music, fair to poor signal with deep fading and local noise, sinpo 35222

6305 0141- Radio TRX (tent.), OP talk in E., given out info about tx's power, then song is playing, OM singer: "My heart is open door...I love you...", good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45333

6335 1839- UNID playing rock, OM singer, non-stop music: instrumental & dance, good to fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 45333

6450 1714- Radio Lowland playing music, poor signal with very deep fading and high level of noise, sinpo 25111

Free radio log for 21 July 2012

6070 1806- Radio 150 playing rock, OM singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo35232(3)

6095 1407- KBC via Wertachtal playing rock, OM singer, "Magic", good signal with some fades and atmospheric noise, sinpo 45343(4)

6285 1937- UNID, OP talk in E., given out ID, but very quickly, then song is playing, OM singer, and c/d at 1939/40, good signal with fades and local noise, sinpo 45333

6295 1943- UNID playing music, weak signal with deep fading and high level of local noise, sinpo 25222

6310 1809- UNID, only visible, high level of noise and fades, sinpo 15111

6320 1950- Radio Veronica playing dance folk song, good signal with fades and noise, sinpo 45333

6925 1953- The Crystal Ship, USA Pirate, (see comment) playing rock, poor signal with high level of noise and fades, sinpo 34222

7265 0533- Hamburgerlocal Radio playing LA-song, YL singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

Free radio log for 20 July 2012

6070 1908- Radio 150 playing rock'n'roll, OM singer, E., fair signal with fades and local noise, sinpo 35232

6280 1855- Radio Luxemburg playing song, OM singer, fair to poor signal with fades and high level of local noise, sinpo 25222

6320 1900- Radio Caroline International playing dance music, fair signal with noise and fades, sinpo 35232(3)

HH Lokalradio, MV Baltic Radio and Radio Gloria this weekend

Saturday, 21st of July

05.00 to 11.00 UTC, Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 KHz

Sunday, 22nd. of July

09.00 to 10.00 UTC, Radio Gloria on 6140 KHz ( 100 KW via Issoudun )

09.00 to 10.00 UTC, Radio Gloria on 6005 KHz ( 1 KW via Kall )

15.00 to 17.00 UTC, Radio Gloria on 7265 KHz ( 1 KW via Gohren )

Important Information:

MV Baltic Radio we be testing over this weekend on 9480 KHz on the following time slots:

After 1100 UTC on Saturday and on Sunday up to 15.00 UTC  

Good Listening            73s Tom

Free radio log for 18 July 2012

6070 1913- Radio 150 playing records of old offshore programs, Oldies, good to fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 45333

6240 1923- Radio Caroline/Radio Rainbow International playing dance mx, ID heard, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6325 1921- Nachtpiraat playing rock, OM singer, fair signal with noise and fades, ID via Iann's Chat, sinpo 35333

EMR News and Information!

In August 2012 EMR will be Transmitting on 49, 41 and 31 metres via MV Baltic Radio / Hamburger

Local Radio and Radio 700 from Germany, we will also have a NEW design QSL for listeners who

send in correct reception reports via email.

Good Listening

73s  Tom

Free radio log for 17 July 2012

6240 1926- Hit Radio, OM talk and dance mx. is playing, fair signal with high level of noise and fades, sinpo 35232

6290 1918- Radio Flying Dutchman playing song, fair signal with deep fading and local noise, cw qrm, sinpo 33222

6420 1953- Radio Mustang playing rock, OM singer, weak signal with fades and noise, sinpo 25333

Free radio log for 16 July 2012

6304 1851- Magic AM playing song, then OP talk in E., fair signal with noise and fades, sinpo 35232

Free radio log for 15 July 2012

3955 0120- Radio 700 playing song, OM singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6070 0443- Radio 150 playing Oldy, YL singer in E., relaying Radio Caroline old programs, ID's Radio Caroline, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35343(4)

6095 1547- KBC via Wertachtal playing Peter Frampton "Baby, I love your way", Carlos Santana "Black magic woman", good signal with little fades and noise, co-channel, sinpo 44444

6304 1948- Magic AM, OP talk, weak signal with deep fading and noise, sinpo 25222

6325 1920- Radio Ronin playing rock, OM singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35232

Free radio log for 14 July 2012

6070 1904- Radio 150 playing song, OM singer, E., fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6283 1850- Radio Luxemburg playing song, OM singer, weak signal with high level of local noise and deep fading, sinpo 25222

6320 1909- Radio Caroline International playing song, fair signal with deep fading and local noise, qrm cw, sinpo 34322(3)

EMR on air this weekend

European Music Radio will be on the air this Sunday 15th July on 6005 kHz via Radio 700 transmitting from Kall-Krekel in Germany, with 1 kW of power.

The schedule is :

- 08:00 to 09:00 UTC
- 16:00 to 17:00 UTC

Reports are welcomed at : studio@emr.org.uk

(source : Tom Taylor)

QSL from Transport Radio

Transport Radio from Netherlands had confirmed my audio reception report by QSL card. Thank you very much for it!

Free radio log for 12 July 2012

6240 1939- UNID relaying Radio Veronica (Bulgarian FM station), mx., fair to poor signal with deep fades and high level of local noise and qrm ute noise, sinpo 23322

6283v 1944- Cupid Radio (see comment) playing Oldies, E., good to fair signal with high level of local noise, fades, sinpo 45232

6320 2004- UNID playing folk songs, fair signal with local noise and fades, sinpo 35333

Free radio log for 10 July 2012

6070 1930- Radio 150, Rohrbach, OM talk in English, fair signal with local noise and fades, sinpo 35333

Free radio log for 9 July 2012

6320 1842- Radio Caroline International playing dance mx., OM singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6325 1850- UNID, only visible, mx., sinpo 15221

Free Radio log for 8 July 2012

6300 2110- Radio Flying Dutchman playing song, poor signal with strong qrm ute, noise and fades, sinpo 25232, this fq is always occupied by ute noise, what is it?

6325 2046- Radio Merlin International playing song, OM singer, poor signal with fades and local noise, sinpo 25222

6525 0029- Radio Mustang playing Beatles, ID heard at 0030, OP talk in E., good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45343(4)

11980 0705- Radio Dniprova Khvyla relaying 1st UKR program, News read by OM, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

Free radio log for 7 July 2012

5895 1845- Radio Nord Revival, Sala, 10kW, playing rock'n'roll, OM talk in Swedish, good to fair signal with noise and fades, sinpo 45333

6070 1933- Radio 150 playing rock, fair signal with noise and fades, sinpo 35333

6095 1549- KBC via Wertachtal playing rock'n'roll, OM singer, E., good to fair signal with co-channel, noise and fades, sinpo 33333

6320 1927- Radio Caroline International playing song, OM singer, fair signal with high level of local noise and fades, sinpo 35232

Free Radios DX Night 6 July 2012

This evening and night the conditions were not great. Local noise and fades were high with deep fadings. But I have picked up 10 free radios.

3915 2334- UNID, OP talk (?), poor signal with deep fading and noise, sinpo 25222

5895 1934- Radio Northern Star via Radio Nord Revival's TX., 10kW, playing ABBA "Dancing Queen", good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45344(3)

6070 1929- Radio 150, OM talk in E, and rock is playing, OM singer, fair signal with noise and fades, sinpo 35333

6280 2317- Radio Bogusman (tent.), OP talk in E., fair signal but deep fading and high level of local noise, sinpo 35222

6290 2328- Radio Focus International, OP talk, then song, poor signal with fades and noise, sinpo 25222

6300 2311- Radio Witte Reus playing dance mx., poor signal with strong qrm ute(?), fadea and noise, sinpo 22222

6320 2009- Radio Caroline International playing dance mx., fair signal with noise and fades, sinpo 35232

6325 2316- Radio Borderhunter playing rock, OM singer, good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45333

6525 2318- Radio Mustang playing rock, Guns N' Roses, good signal with some fades and noise, sinpo 45333

7630 2003- Free Radio Victoria, OP talk, then song, OM singer, fair signal with dee fading and noise, sinpo 35222

Hamburger Lokalradio & MV Baltic Radio on 7265 KHz

Saturday 07th. of July 2012 - Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 KHz

05.00 UTC    Radio Tropical in Spanisch - Portugiesisch
06.00 UTC    Literatursendung in Englisch
06.30 UTC    World OF Radio - DX-Sendung von Glenn Hauser - USA
07.00 UTC    Radio Nostalgie
08.00 UTC    Schwarz auf weiss - Literatursendung
09.00 UTC    Wissenschafts-Forum
10.00 UTC    Literatur - Features

-------------------------------

Sunday 08th, of July 2012 - MVBR on 7265 KHz

09.00 UTC   MVBR . Repeat Broadcast

-------------------------------

Sunday 15th. of July 2012 – EMR & MV Baltic Radio on 7265 KHz

06.00 to 07.00 UTC --  EMR Transmission for the DX Listeners                 
08.00 to 09.00 UTC --  EMR Transmission for the Local + DX Listeners
09.00 to 10.00 UTC --  MVBR  repeat broadcast       
10.00 to 11.00 UTC --  EMR Transmission for local Listeners to G?hren

Good Listening 

73s Tom

Radio Northern Star test transmission 6-7 July 2012

Starting on Friday July 6th 0330 UTC/GMT (0530 Norwegian Time/CET) Radio Nord Revival in Sweden will be relaying the programmes of Radio Northern Star in a long test transmission on Shortwave 5895 kHz in the 49 meter band with a power of 10 kW. The test will last until Saturday morning July 7th. We welcome written reception reports to Radio Northern Star, Box 100, N5331 RONG, NORWAY. Email may also be used: 1000@northernstar.no. For listeners outside Scandinavia we would also like recordings of the transmission, but please do not send large files as attachments to emails. If you want to send large files, send them on a CD to the address above. Be sure to include return postage if you'd like regular mail replies. Correct reports will be answered by QSL letter. Radio Northern Star is an independent commercial radio station broadcasting on the web and available broadcasting platforms. Our website may be found here: http://www.northernstar.no

via http://www.bclnews.it/portal/news.asp#news_25

Free radio log for 4 July 2012

6070 1834- Radio 150 playing Oldy, OM singer, then OM talk in E., fair signal with splashes from 6065, fades and noise, sinpo 33333, 1839- Radio Vatican, strong splashes, no audiable

Free radio log for 3rd July

6320 1952- UNID playing dance mx., OM singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

7600 1950- Lightning Radio playing song, OM singer, fair signal with deep fadinga and noise, sinpo 35222

The real story of XVRB radio station's name

In Mexico call signs of radio stations begin with the letter X. When Mexico, the United States of America and Canada were discussing the use of AM radio frequencies, about a century ago, Mexico wasn't very happy to get only 5 frequencies on the medium wave band. In comparison: The US got about 50 (and that's a lot more!) and also Canada came away with quite a lot more clear channel frequencies, definitive more than the Mexicans.

 

Being angry about this, the Mexicans demanded two things:

• no power limits on their transmitters/frequencies
• all five channels should be clear channels, so these frequencies were not about to be used by Canada or America

The reason for this? Mexico feared interference of other radio stations from the US (and from Canada, of course).

 

When in the US some people were not allowed in the airwaves anymore (religious broadcasters, 'miracle healers', fortune tellers etc.), they went over the Mexican border. First of them was Dr. Brinkley, who claimed he could give man their sexual powers back, by implanting goates glands into their scrotum. (So: He operated upon men to change their own dear testicals for goat's ones...) Of course that didn't work, but Mr. Brinkley was quite succesful in the US before his radio broadcasts became forbidden. (He advertised his 'skills' on the radio.) After a ban was put on his broadcasts, he went over the Mexican border and filed for a permit to broadcast to the US from just over the Mexican border.

 

Because of the fact, that Mexico wasn't to be held to transmitter power restrictions, all five clear channels included, Mr. Brinkley put up quite a powerful transmission site: About 150,000 watts (ahum.....on a clear channel dear friends...... Now that's a lot of power in the thirty's of last century).

 

The Mexican X-call sign of his radio station was XER (some more on Dr. Brinkley can be found here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley)

 

After World War II, the border blasters ('blasting' from the border with a lot of HF energy of hundred thousands of watts) became very famous in their own way. At the end of the fifties, some guy named Robert Smith (better known as Mr. Wolfman Jack) heard about the Mexican stations. To cut a long story short: He tried and succeeded to get a grip on a few of X stations. He was a succes, playing Rock 'n' Roll records at first, but later soul music was added. The most important thing about Wolfman Jack was, he was succesful in learning black and white young people to have respect for each other, just by playing so called 'race records': Rhythm 'n' Blues, Rock 'n' Roll (being an offspring of R&B) and of course soul, wich came later on.

 

(more information about that story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfman_Jack)

 

One of the stations Wolfman Jack operated was XERB, just over the border near Los Angeles ('The Mighty 1090'). Of course, we couldn't get that station call because of the fact XERB is still in operation today, so we changed it to XVRB; sounding the same, but just a little different from the other Mexican station ID's. Free to use in Europe, where X-callsigns don't exist.

 

The reason for that was that we want to pay tribute to the beautiful work Mr. Wolfman Jack did: He tried to unite people from different races with music and he succeeded doing that. So: XVRB is not an abbreviation, but a non-existing Mexican call sign, used in Europe to look a little different from other European shortwave radiostations. Easy to be found and remembered by it's listeners and yes indeed....who the hell are these people.... (well...justus... :o)

 

We think music still can change the world, the way we are living today. Small emphasis is put on the elderly people (in this case: DX-ers from about 40 years and older), by playing 'their' music on SW: Rhythm 'n' Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, fifties, sixties, soul..... The XVRB team noticed a long time ago people in Europe like to live with each other on this planet, but politics seems to divide the people in Europe where it should unite in European countries. (We only have one planet. We should be friendly to each other. Lots of people you can be friends with....right?)

 

Especially the older people seem to become the victim of this process. They just don't understand why money matters replace human matters a little bit too much, nowadays. The result of that is, that their needs are not taking care of in today's radio, for example. Leaving all other and politics aside: This should be regarded to as a problem. Radio is for people, why radiostations all over Europe just don't think off their elderly listeners anymore is because of the money. We don't like it that way (see our website www.xvrb.org).

 

XVRB Is about music, the good old radio days and (very important): People who want to share their fun in DX-ing, where a lot of shortwave radio stations already disappeared. This is the reason why XVRB will stay privately funded. Maybe, one day, we will have to rely on our listeners, donating some euro's...who knows. But at the moment we can do what we want to do for our listeners all over Europe. And we like it that way :o)

 

We are not a religious organisation by the way. The XVRB team is just spreading some music and fun, but there's an idea behind it......as I just wrote to you :o)

Mike Wilson

The XVBR Team
dx@xvrb.org
www.xvrb.org

Free radio log for 1st July 2012

It was pleasant and quite surprised to hear Radio Nord Revival this morning again.

5895 0330- Radio Nord Revival playing song, Oldy, OM singer in E., then at 0332 ID heard in E. by male voice: "This is Radio Nord Revival...", fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333

6140 0901- MV Baltic Radio via Issoudun, IS, ID heard, OM ann. in E, and rock song is playing, OM singer, fair signal with fades and noise, sinpo 35333