European Free Radio Report for week ending April 8, 2007

[curious george]

Continued good long skip conditions this weekend to the USA, although noise levels were also a bit high. WMR made it over again in the evening, as did WNKR with only 10 watts. A nice Easter present was hearing two new Dutch stations, Extreme Radio and MRF Radio. Thanks to all these stations for having late evening transmissions, which makes it possible for us to hear them.

PIRATE (Europe-England). 5825, WNKR, 2209-2358 Apr 6, Surprised to hear this 10 watt transmission so early, but heard some talk and ID from Andy Walker. Re-check at 2332 with some solid details: "Venus in Furs", then the start of a new program from Dave Martin. I heard Dave play "White Room", "Kashmir" and "Sweet Home Alabama". It was fairly easy to recognize what he was playing. SINPO 24342. (Maroti-NY)

PIRATE (Europe-England). 5825, WNKR, 2336-2338 Apr 7, Not as strong as the previous evening, perhaps the battery was running down? "Stairway to Heaven" when I tuned them in. Faded out a few minutes later. (Maroti-NY)

PIRATE (Europe-NL). 6265.1, Cupid Radio, 2257-2342 Apr 7, Song from Blink 182, greetings to US listeners. Black Sabbath and "Paranoid". SINPO 34433. (Maroti-NY)

PIRATE (Europe-NL). 6306.5, MRF Radio, 0003-0019 Apr 8, While a group of us were on a Messenger chat, MRF decided to come on the air. Transmission started with several ID's and the station e-mail address of mrfradio@hotmail.com. Ballad with male vocals that I didn't recognize. At 0011 "All Right Now" by the Free. ID and e-mail address given again at 0019 close-down. 15 watt homemade MOSFET transmitter. SINPO 14332. (Maroti-NY)

PIRATE (Europe-NL). 6329.44, Extreme Radio, 2233-2255 Apr 7, A new station for me. Played "Money" by Pink Floyd at 2235, followed by pre-recorded ID, then an AC/DC song. Rap/hip-hop song at 2246, and another ID before closing down. SINPO 23332. Operator said he was using a 30 watt R&S-010 transmitter. (Maroti-NY)

PIRATE (Europe-Scotland). 6400.1, WMR, 2135-2235 Apr 7, Heard Mike's show first, played "20th Century Boy" and some radio station audio clips. Signal peaked to S6-S7 around 2215 UTC. Later Jack Russel read my e-mails to him. (Maroti-NY)