Some radio stations I’ve spotted at Helsinki, Finland with my Tecsun PL-600 (and six metre tall home made monopole antenna).
5th AUGUST:
UNID @ 6305 kHz (Free/Pirate radio). From 21:55 UTC and played e.g. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep by Middle Of The Road. SINPO: 35322. (According to IrishPaul & Terry’sRadioBlog this was Radio Quadzilla).
6th AUGUST:
UNID @ 6267 kHz (Free/Pirate radio). From 20:07 UTC and played e.g. We Are The Champions by The Queen and Take Me Home Country Roads by ? (a disco version). Signed off at 20:25 UTC but back on the air at 20:28 UTC with weaker signal. SINPO: 45433. Good reception. (According to IrishPaul & Terry’sRadioBlog this was Radio Mustang).
UNID @ 6284 kHz (Free/Pirate radio). From 20:40 UTC. SINPO: 15221. Quite weak reception. Couldn’t hear any specific songs or ID. (According to IrishPaul & Terry’sRadioBlog this was FRS Holland).
Reflections Europe @ 6295 kHz. From 21:05 UTC. SINPO: 15221. Also quite weak reception. A religious station I guess?
VOA1 @ 5285 kHz. From 21:38 UTC and played e.g. Everybody’s Talking by Harry Nilsson. An odd frequency for VOA? SINPO: 35333.
14. – 20. Logs made at Kangasala
15.8.
Radio Rebelde @ 5025 kHz. From 3:50 UTC. Spanish talking + hit songs I guess. SINPO: 24332.
16.8.
Laser Hot Hits (Free/Pirate radio) @ 6220 kHz. From 20:30 UTC. English talking + playing e.g. Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band, news at 21:00, at 21:10 UTC Imagine by John Lennon, at 21:13 UTC, 21:26 UTC Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes, 21:30 UTC speaking about Radio Caroline + The Day The Music Died (to the tune of American Pie) by Michael Robinson, 21:37 UTC radio jingles, 21:39 UTC (song ?) by Nik Kershaw, 21:48 UTC I think I heard the station ID, 21:52 UTC “all hits radio”. SINPO: 44343.
17.8.
Radio Habana Cuba @ 6000 kHz, from 4:00 UTC. News and nice Cuban music + Mailbag Show. Later a short version of Quantanamera. SINPO: 35333.
18.8.
Radio Deutches 700 @ 3985 kHz. Songs I could identify e.g. 3:42 UTC Physical by Olivia Newton-John, 4:00 UTC News in Deutsch (e.g. terrorist attack in Barcelona; Bayern München and Bayer Leverkusen mentioned), 4:06 UTC Ride Like The Wind by Christopher Cross, 4:11 UTC I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston, 4:22 UTC Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye by The Casinos. SINPO: 34433.
Radio Cairo @ 9800 kHz, 21:54 UTC English programme (something about pilotless aircrafts and aviation). SINPO: 24232.
Radio Belarus @ 3985 kHz, 22:02 UTC, German programme. SINPO: 45444.
19.8.
Bogus Man (according to Lviv_dx) (Free/Pirate radio) @ 6285 kHz. 19:37 UTC polka songs and Dutch schlagers, 19:55 UTC In The Nude by ?, 20:00 UTC My Way by ?, SINPO: 35333.
Zwarte Panther if I heard it correctly (Free/Pirate radio) @ 6265 kHz. 20:07 UTC Losing My Religion by REM, 20:11 UTC Sex On Fire by Kings of Leon, 20:15 UTC Brain Damage/Eclipse by Pink Floyd, 20:35 UTC sounds like a song by Guns’n’Roses, 20:48 UTC Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden, 20:52 UTC Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash, 20:55 UTC Master of Puppets by Metallica, 21:23 UTC Sunshine of Your Love by Cream, 21:27 UTC Du Hast by Rammstein, 21:30 UTC Rock You Like A Hurricane by Scorpions, 21:35 UTC Me And Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin?, 21:39 UTC Ain’t Talking About Love by Van Halen, 21:44 UTC Thank You’s, station ID and last song It’s A Long Way To The Top by AC/DC, 21:48 UTC signing off. SINPO: 35333.
26th AUGUST:
Johnny Tobacco (Free/Pirate Radio) @ 6285 kHz. 22:15 UTC Dutch or German polka song, 22:24 UTC Polka continues after couple of “ordinary” songs, 22:29 UTC Happy Birthday -song, then again polka, 22:32 UTC This is Johnny Tobacco, 22:34 UTC “Boogie-woogie” song, SINPO: 25222. At first it was weak reception. Signal strength varied from 1-2. Then it got better.
27th AUGUST:
Voice of Report of the Week @ 9400 kHz. 16:30 UTC E-mails from listeners: Talking about Blue Öyster Cult, 16:33 UTC a song by Tears For Fears, 16:38 UTC a song by The Clash, 16:41 UTC more mails from listeners (one was a technical worker at a hospital), Talking about “From the Isle of Music” radio show, 16:45 UTC Constant Craving by K.D. Lang, 16:49 UTC a song called Limbo, 16:52 UTC e-mails from listeners (e.g. one was from Ireland), 16:56 UTC a song by Oasis. 17:00 UTC signing off. SINPO: 35333.
Thank You VORW for the QSL card!
THE LEGLESS SCOTSMAN 