Month: February 2023

18 / 19 Feb on this day…

18 / 19 Feb on this day…
18 Feb 1979. FIN. Radio Mustang starts broadcasts with 30 watts on 6207, 6225 or 6250 kHz SW. The station is also relayed by Radio Bonanza in The Netherlands
18 Feb 1989. GBR. London. 94.3FM. RFM is raided again, suspicions are that BBC Radio London on 94.9 are behind this.
18 Feb 1993. IRL. Dublin. 101.0 FM. RadioActive is noted today with Fergus doing a show.
18 Feb 1996. GBR. London. 1125 kHz MW. Radio Arhus London is on air 0600-0400 19th. The overnight shows involve a large bottle of Old Rosie scrumpy and make for interesting programming!
18 Feb. 2002. GBR. 846 kHz. Enigma TKR closes down today.
19 Feb 1986. GBR Wolverhampton. 6240 kHz SW. Radio Orion makes a brief test transmission today. It is a joint effort between UK Radio and County Radio.
As ever, please feel.free to add to these posts. I will keep them going to the end of February, (and after depending on responses.)
Have a nice day! 🙂

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Historic Logs 19 February

1989 02 19 6874 09 45 Falcon Radio E 24333

1989 02 19 7374 09 50 RWI E pop 33433

1989 02 19 7440 09 48 Radio Marabu International G pop ID 24333

1989 02 19 7440 10 07 RWI E ID 24333

1989 02 19 7440 10 55 Radio Limit International G pop ID 24322

1995 02 19 6207 09 06 Radio Perfekt G mx ID Wuppertal-adr 33443

1995 02 19 6207 11 09 Radio Nord Swe media magazine ID 24433

1995 02 19 6212 11 55 Level One International G ID 44444

1995 02 19 6212 12 28 Radio Unit G 80 watt Mainz-adr 44444

1995 02 19 6235 08 29 JRR International E country ID 33443

1995 02 19 6235 10 50 Laser Hot Hits E station song ID 24433

1995 02 19 6260 08 53 Radio Benelux G Wuppertal-adr ID 45444

1995 02 19 6260 09 35 Radio Central G FR-spot Radio Benelux 45444

1995 02 19 6260 11 16 Level One International G ID 25443

1995 02 19 6271 11 49 SWR Shortwave Rock E rock 24443

1995 02 19 6273 11 19 Flying Dutchman D mx CQ DX 23322

1995 02 19 6290 10 30 XTC E mx ID 33443

1995 02 19 6300 10 32 Radio Pamela E mx ID 23433

1995 02 19 6400 10 55 WNKR E tx ID 24433

1995 02 19 6555 11 11 Radio Brigitte G adr 34444

1995 02 19 7415 10 06 Radio Sparks E DJ Stevie 24433

Remember 16 Feb 17 Feb

Two days worth in one. Working weird shifts can make you forget.
16 Feb. 1961. Offshore. From the Borkum Riff, the Enhlish language service Commercial Neutral Broadcasting Co [CNBC] starts broadcasts 5-7 pm
16 Feb 1992. GBR. Kennington. 1125 kHz from (too high) Hurley House, Radio Argus is on air 8-11.15pm. The signalnis poor and the reel to reel mod sounds muffled, despite recording with high treble.
17 Feb 1993. GBR London. 101.3 FM rave station Eruption FM starts broadcasts today
And thats it, there are entries for after 2000 but not included here.

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Historic Logs 18 February

1990 02 18 6240 10 28 Rainbow Radio Germany G mx ID 45444

1990 02 18 6290 10 35 Radio East Coast Commercial E Oldie ID 24433

1990 02 18 6305 10 33 Radio Karibu G independent 33443

1990 02 18 6310 10 29 Radio Chaos G pop ID 34443

1990 02 18 7489 11 18 Radio Atlantis E pop ID 34443

1995 02 18 7125 12 01 Radio Sparks E ID px of 7-Jan-95 43443

1996 02 18 6200 10 50 Radio Caroline F F adr 45434

1996 02 18 6215 09 35 Radio Laguna NDW-mix 35444

1996 02 18 6241 09 23 Radio Perfekt German country letters ID 23433

1996 02 18 6241 10 12 Radio Perfekt ID 35443

1996 02 18 6254 12 09 Radio Brigitte German ID QSO 34444

1996 02 18 6259 09 20 CWR SRS-news 34444

1996 02 18 6260 09 38 Transatlantic Radio E ID 24322

1996 02 18 6260 10 20 Speedwing Radio soul station ID 45444

1996 02 18 6260 11 50 IMR E ID 24433

1996 02 18 6270 12 01 IMR German ID QSO Transatlantic Brigitte 24333

1996 02 18 6475 09 51 RFL E Free Radio show ID not // 6400 24433

1996 02 18 7415 10 30 Radio Amazonia German ID logs 24433

Historic Logs 17 February

A look in the archive

1991 02 17 6231 10 37 Radio Mercury E ID pop test 24322

1991 02 17 6240 12 54 Radio Pluto D pop ID 34433

1991 02 17 6275 10 05 WNKR E pop ID 33433

1991 02 17 6289 10 22 Radio Carrier Wave E pop ID 34444

1991 02 17 6300 15 23 Radio Mike E ID 24333

1991 02 17 6315 12 50 November Lima E ID CQ 45444

1991 02 17 6315 13 21 Radio Santana E Oldie ID 45444

1991 02 17 7290 08 02 Radio Mona Lisa E Oldie ID 45444

1991 02 17 7294 09 58 Radio Europe E mx ID adr 24333

1991 02 17 11401 08 04 KNMS E ID 34444

1991 02 17 11401 09 05 RWI E ID 34444

1991 02 17 11401 10 15 Radio Perfekt G pop ID Wuppertal-adr 34444

1996 02 17 6200 10 20 Radio Caroline F F rock ID 34333

1996 02 17 6240 11 10 Radio Pandora E jingle 24333

1996 02 17 6254 11 20 Radio Brigitte E ID 34444

1996 02 17 6266 11 50 UK Radio E pop phone adr 24322

Daily waterfalls of pirate activity in the 6800 – 7000 kHz 43 meter band

Daily waterfalls of pirate activity in the 6800 – 7000 kHz 43 meter band

This is something I have been working on for some time… daily waterfalls of the entire 43 meter band, showing all activity, with annotations (done manually by me) for interesting (pirate, utility, etc.) transmissions.

I plan on generating and annotating an image daily, they will be available here: https://radiohobbyist.org/waterfalls/

Here’s the first one, activity from roughly 1200z 15 – 16 February 2023, yesterday:

The URL of the image is here:
https://radiohobbyist.org/waterfalls/15-16Feb2023.png

On this day… 15 Feb.

On this day… 15 Feb.
15 Feb. 1964. Offshore. Mi Amigo departs El Ferrol Spain for Greenore Ireland. It will have to wait outside the harbour while the Frederica AKA Caroline is ready to depart
15 Feb. 1981. GBR. 6240 kHz SW. Radio Atlanta International is heard today, running 15 watts into a half wave dipole.
15 Feb 1987
+ GBR London. 94.3 FM. RFM gets a third rig (50watts) and a band 3 link. A successful broadcast is made.
+ GBR Wirral. Radio Julie is raided today. The second time in a fortnight.
15 Feb. 1990. GBR London. 98.1 FM. Fantasy FM is noted today on a new frequency
And thats it for today!

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On this Valentines Day…

On this Valentines Day…
14 Feb 1987. GBR London. The roof of Twyford House, the former RFM block has a new security lock and door. The new boick selected is too for for the mains link to work.
14 Feb 1993. GBR London. 01.10 someone takes down the 819 rig from the Blick and the 24 hour service of Radio Srgus comes to an end for now. 17.30. 104.4 FM. Radio Argus is back with live programmes after sorting the aerial out.
14. FEB 1999. GBR London. 1593 Khz MW. Radio Argus gets a new DJ today. An editor of Forum Magazine! Miss Demeanour joins the station.
And thats it for the moment. I am sure there were more Valentines Day broadcasts put out so if you have details, please let me know.

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