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Radio Scotland International

Radio Scotland International QSL

Logs – Sunday, 15th February

Frequency (kHz) Time (UTC) SINPO Notes
Orion Radio 5810 08:41 33333 AM Forum website advert. Dutch music.
Radio Scotland 6205 09:22 44444 “Rasputin” (Boney M)
Radio Borderhunter 6205 12:10 44333 “Love is a Stranger” (Eurythmics)
Mystery Radio 6220 08:39 45444 Pop music.
Radio Paardenkracht 6310 09:39 44444 “Rock and Roll Part 1” (Gary Glitter). 34333 at 10:30. “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts) at 10:44.
UNID 6313 08:44 23332 Polka.

Logs – Monday, 2 February

Frequency (kHz) Time (UTC) SINPO Notes
Delta Radio 6220 11:08 24332 “Whatever You Want” (Status Quo). ID jingle played many times.
Mystery Radio 6220 21:31 33333  

Logs – Sunday, 1 February

Frequency (kHz) Time (UTC) SINPO Notes
UNID 1640 11:29 45444 Talk, dutch music and then off. Unusual to hear a Dutch MW pirate with such a strong signal at this time.
Relmus Radio 1662 17:00 44333 “I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight” (Cutting Crew).
Skyline Radio International (tent) 3910 8:45 33333 Dutch music.
Radio Scotland International 5791 8:56 55444 Music. Off at 8:57.
Shortwave Cowboys 5800 8:58 33333 “Eye of the Tiger” (Survivor) at 9:25. Later 23222.
Radio Borderhunter 6210 9:01 55444 “London Calling” (The Clash) at 9:09. “Go Your Own Way” (Fleetwood Mac) at 10:07.
Mystery Radio 6220 8:39 33333 Music.
Radio Brandaris 6305 11:31 45444 “Ghostbusters” (Ray Parker Jr). ‘Low power’.
UNID 6307 12:14 14221 Canned laughter.
Radio Waves International 6325 9:04 23332 Country music. Still there at 12:35.

Logs – Saturday, 31 January

Frequency (kHz) Time (UTC) SINPO Notes
Radio Orban 1640 20:45 45333 “The Day Before You Came” (Abba) at 21:03.
Mystery Radio 6220 16:31 33333 Dance music
Radio Altrex 6285 9:14 34333 “Wuthering Heights” (Kate Bush). At 10:46, “Paranoid” (Black Sabbath) – SINPO 34232.
Radio Alice 6309 15:37 44433 Testing a new antenna. “Baggy Trousers” (Madness) at 15:47.
Playback International 6870 10:36 22332 Usual ID jingle, jazz. Persistent utility interference.

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Logs – Sunday, 25 January

Frequency (kHz) Time (UTC) SINPO Notes
Bogusman 3932 12:19 45444 Same programme as yesterday. Better reception.
Bogusman 3932 16:02 45444 On again with a different programme. “Another Night Time Flight” (Blue)
Radio Scotland 5791 9:24 34333 “No More Mr Nice Guy” (Alice Cooper)
Orion Radio 5810 8:42 44444 “Let’s Groove” (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Shortwave Cowboys 5810 10:35 34232 “The Power of Love” (Celine Dion)
Radio Saturnus 6255 9:22 34333
UNID 6265 9:17 44333 Soon started to fade out. “My Girl” (Madness).
Radio Brandaris 6305 11:01 45333 Experimental transmission. Mostly instrumental music.

Logs – Saturday, 24 January

Frequency (kHz) Time (UTC) SINPO Notes
Radio Napolean 1647 23:03 44444 Later 32232. “Call Me” (Blondie)
Radio Barones 1675 22:14 45343 “House of the Rising Sun” (The Animals)
Bogusman 3932 15:30 44333 Talk about the credit crunch. Usual eclectic mix of music.
Radio Scotland 5791 10:09 45444 Closing down, “Two Can Play That Game”.
Misti Radio 6210 10:23 14231 Heard ID and email address through the noise.
UNID 6215 9:19 24232 Oldies.
Radio Altrex 6260 9:12 33333 “Firestarter” (Prodigy). 20 watts.

Recent QSLs

Radio Altrex
6265kHz, email message with QSLs in 18 days. radioaltrex{-at-}live{-dot-}nl
Radio Armada
1665kHz, e-QSL and info letter in 3 days. radioarmada{-at-}gmail{-dot-}com
Atlantic 2000 International
6220kHz (via Mystery Radio), QSL-card and info sheet in 25 days. atlantic2000international{-at-}gmail{-dot-}com
Radio Bluebell
6220kHz (via Mystery Radio), QSL-card and info sheet in 44 days, v/s Pete Myers. Address: SRS Germany, PO Box 101145, 99801 Eisenach, Germany
Radio Boomerang
6305kHz, e-card and info letter in 6 days. box73{-at-}gmx{-dot-}net
Radio Calypso
1658kHz, e-card and photos in 4 days. calypso104{-at-}hotmail{-dot-}com
Radio Fox 48
3905 kHz, e-card in 1 day. radiofox48{-at-}hotmail{-dot-}com
Radio Free London
6400 kHz, email in 26 days, v/s Roger Dale. This was for their 40th birthday broadcast. They had been inactive since about 2003. rfl6400{-at-}hotmail{-dot-}com
Radio Lowland
6325kHz, e-card in 6 hours. radiolowland{-at-}hotmail{-dot-}com
Misti Radio
6240kHz, email message with an e-card (of a Peruvian mountain) in 8 hours. misty.shortwave{-at-}gmail{-dot-}com
Radio Mistletoe
3910kHz, e-card in 2 days, v/s Kris Kringle. radiomistletoe{-at-}live{-dot-}com
Playback International
5800kHz, e-card and 3 page history of radio in 10 days. playbackinternational{-at-}googlemail{-dot-}com
Radio Quintus
6285kHz, e-QSL in 7 days. radioquintus{-at-}hotmail{-dot-}com
Radio Relmus
1650kHz, email message and photos in 1.5 days. relmusfm{-at-}hotmail{-dot-}com
Time Radio
6210kHz, e-card in 2 days. timeradio.shortwave{-at-}gmail{-dot-}com

Many thanks to all the stations above.

Logs – 18 January

Frequency (kHz) Time (UTC) SINPO Notes
WNKR 1476 20:57 14321 DJ with London accent, music.
Orion Radio 5815 9:33 35323 Dutch pop. Off at 10:39.
Shortwave Cowboys 5815 10:40 34232 “I’d Do Anything for Love” (Meatloaf)
Geronimo Shortwave 5830 11:00 34333 British DX Club advert. “Burning Heart” (Survivor). Initially fair reception, but had faded out 15 minutes later.
Misti Radio (tent) 6210 11:09 24131 Just audible under the noise.
Mystery Radio 6220 8:30 44333