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Saturday 30th December 2023 Update Saturday lunchtime, 1300UTC. Great signals via KISS AM today on 6230, on air since around 0900 until around 1300 today, Sat. Many thanks for this airtime. And a superb armchair copy here. Featured in the show was various bits of music, including Alex Harvey Band, and some Dutch bands playing English, eg Kayak, Pussycat, Golden Earing. We also played some Scottish folk music seeing as it is New Year. We seemed to over run with the music as the airchecks of KISS FM Monaghan closedown in 1988 had to be cut short, so as the show fits into the 2 hour time slot on Shortwave Gold. Apologies for that. Such was the amazing closedown, with Tom Hardy thumping the desk, and so on, we may do that again in full next week, maybe along with some of the other closedowns. Anyone who feels nostalgic for KISS programme that can relive that on the dxarchive, the full day is there.. Also the voice of the lovely Susan Charles and Dennis Murray, and Miles Johnstone and others were heard.... Nick Richards was also somewhere around. (Naming the offshore presenters) Memories of 35 years ago this week. We
had another play from 15/1700 on 6300 via KISS AM, which was followed
by KISS FM Monaghan recordings of 35 years ago tonight.... Are we going
up to 6pm again, 35 years on. We will see in 45m from now. Friday 29th December 2023 The show for this weekend is linked below. Frequencies for this week include 6160 and 3975. I would like to also thank our friends at KISS AM in Ireland for the airtime on 6300 over the last two weeks. Due to being very busy over the Christas period, the pipe dream of live shows on boxing day came to nothing. Maybe next time. But thanks also to our friends at that transmitter who were prepared to host the live. . We have also started to reply to the little backlog of QSL requests this week. Do bear with us., WMR SHOW - Recorded 29th December 2023
Friday 22nd December 2023 The show for this weekend is linked below as usual. Due to extra workload this week, both working late and working to get the house squared up for visitors this Christmas, Friday night's first play from Shortwave Gold on 3975 was limited to the first hour, repeated twice. The full two hours is now recorded and uploaded here. It has been a long work week my dear friends of SW, and yet another week has gone by with no QSLs sent out. Please be aware that the reports / QSLs will all be sent out ASAP, and please accept my apology for the delays., Last weekend, a signal appeared on Sunday afternoon for a few plays on our usual 6300kHz channel. This was done by a friend of WMR, and for the efforts, we offer our many thanks. It really was appreciated, and was most unexpected. WMR SHOW - Recorded 22nd December 2023
Friday 15th December 2023 The show for this week is linked below. Last week was the last broadcast from our primary service on 6300 until towards the end of January, so shows are aired for now only on 6160 and/or 3975 via Shortwavegold in Germany. Many thanks lads for your continued support. There were reports this last week of WMR being relayed on MW 1494 and after checking a recording, sure, we hear a signal this past Tuesday night on 1494kHz, suspect relay from Blackbeard?? I am unsure if this is a regular thing or a one off. No one has contacted us here at WMR to let us know, but a rather enthusiastic report came in for the signal, much to my surprise. Further correspondence welcome. WMR SHOW - Recorded 15th December 2023
Saturday 9th December 2023 The show for this week is linked below and has a short recording of SAQ, who are on the air on Christmas eve on 17.2 kHz. Also some retune announcements from Clyde, Forth and Downtown, and a couple of songs from the Mi Amigo at Christmas 1979. Apologies for forgetting to upload this file last night. I fell asleep!!! WMR SHOW - Recorded 8th December 2023
Friday 1st December 2023 The show for this week is linked below. A day early this week due to a very busy, and over stretched weekend coming up here at the QTH. This week we have a poor as it turned out, recording of Deckie on RTE2 in an evening in June 1980, Radio Sweden clip, some Radio Zodiac airchecks from 1978, and a Community Radio Youghal ID from the same tape the Zodiac recordings were on. There are also a few recordings of the waterfall art. We also have a sample of the QSL PDF for winter 2023 Sample QSL winter 2023, 20 page pdf WMR SHOW - Recorded 30th November 2023 =================================== Friday 24th November 2023 The show for this week is linked below, and includes some waterfall art, aired every half hour approx, as an experiment. So if you have an SDR Play, or an Elad, or Perseus SDR, or even if you listen on line, widen the waterfall display and see if you can see anything. It is kind of experimental. The American station pictured at Halloween with the witches etc, seemed to have some kind of a sub carrier, so the art was being aired separately..... This is for pure AM.... This was how it looked on AM on Sunday, using an SDRPLAY receiver and basic 40m dipole. Also featuring in todays show is popular 70s sw pirate, European Music Radio. This was a recording from the original EMR C180, which has never been aired on the web or anything...... Thank you to our hard working relay facilities for their continued support for WMR. A move was made last week from 6295 to 6300, during Sunday, because of some QRM. Signals were absolutely perfect, like MW, until at whatever time it was, it was like someone switching off a light. Amazing... WMR SHOW - Recorded 24th November 2023 ===================================
Friday 17th November 2023 The show for this week is mainly music, with a feature in the middle on Radio Impact, a very professional SW pirate station from 1979 / 80. During the show I mentioned hearing some Irish folk music on 1323. It turned out to be an Irish music show on the IRRS, Italy. Also apologies for no Dave Anderson show as promised. Although we had a bit of a get together at the WMR studio last weekend, there was no time for programming, due to touring around old haunts in Scotland on the Sunday.... Maybe next time.. Hopefully you will have good reception this weekend. WMR SHOW - Recorded 17th November 2023 =================================== Friday 10th November 2023 The show for this weekend features the Radio North DX test on 846kHz in 2009, Radio GSV Voice overs, and a clip of Mike Jame from early in 1980 with a recording made for 270m MW to Glasgow. Whether this was a practise to get used to the mixer, or whether someone was going to come up with a mw site and transmitter at some point is anybody's guess... This weeks show is linked below. Apologies for the wrong date being published on the web site last week. Not noticed till this week. It was the right show that was linked though..... WMR SHOW - Recorded 10th November 2023 Last weekend we had superb signals in both Saturday evening and Sunday evening, and within 5 minutes there was a complete fade out. We had been hit with Auroral conditions and even a rarely seen STEVE was reported. A cousin of normal Aurora. Nice for astronomical observations, bad for radio propagation!! QSL PDFs - Currently we have visitors at WMR and anyway there are a few more images to add to the e qsl, so please bear with us a few days longer, while a larger pdf is made up. We should get the mail replied to this coming week. It has backed up again for a few weeks.. ===================================
Friday 3rd November 2023 The show for this weekend is linked below. It is dedicated to the memory of Paul Bentley, a true friend of Free Radio, Broadcaster, and presenter. He was also known to the TOP BAND NET on 1933 and 1920, and was a regular there in the evenings over the years. I have not spoken to Paul face to face since probably 1992!!!! Although I have of course spoken to him many times on the phone, Skype, and radio waves. WMR SHOW - Recorded 3rd November 2023
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WINTER SCHED FOR WMR VIA SHORWAVE GOLD Due to the wintertime conditions there has been a rehash of the frequency sched for Shortwave Radio in Germany. 6160 leaves the airwaves early now due to QRM from high power stations. As a result, the WMR programmes have been rescheduled..... WMR is now running as following: Friday: 21:00 to 23:00 UTC on 3975 Saturday: 16:00 to 18:00 UTC and 21:00 to 23:00 UTC on 3975 Sunday: 12:00 to 14:00 UTC on 6160 and 16:00 UTC to 18:00 UTC on 3975 As always, many thanks for the airtime fellows. So much appreciated.
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HALLOWEEN 2023 There was some interesting stations heard at halloween, 31st October to 1st November. Not least, XFM on 6850. Not only did they have a powerhouse signal on their 6850 frequency, but they had some kind of a sub carrier with a load of very cool graphics that show up on the waterfall display!! A sample is shown below, and also links to view a few others. This page is cluttered enough without adding another 6 or so images to it....... XFM Via Mix Radio 6850 around 0050 1st November 2023 XFM Via Mix Radio 6850 around 0232 inc sign off 1st November 2023
A FEW OTHER IMAGES OF THE WATERFALL
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Saturday 28th October 2023 The show for this weekend has been altered slightly at the start during the bagpipes, to include an announcement about the death of our good friend Paul from Radio North, EI7JM, Paul used to be heard almost nightly on the top band nets on 1933 or 1920...... The updated show is using the same link as below from Friday.... Also remember this weekend may see some extra North American activity, as it is almost halloween. Check 6.8 / 6.9 region of the band....
Friday 27th October 2023 The show for this weekend 27th October is linked below. Many thanks to all concerned with the airtime. This weeks show includes a feature on poor old Mike James who died a year ago mid week next week. We will prob have another few airchecks of Mike next weekend. There may be a technical issue at 6160 this weekend, but 3975 is on...... There will also be a slight update to the show tomorrow with a late item of news that came to us just as the show was being uploaded to Germany. I will still keep the show 2 hours, but the item of news will go in the middle of an instrumental at the end. The sad news is that Paul Bentley / Burbank of Radio North has died. Paul made up one of the jingle / liner packages for WMR, and used to be heard on Radio Fax. He also used to be on / ran WABC from County Donegal.... Paul was often heard on the ham bands of an evening.... EI7JM on the 1933 net on top band. He had been ill for some time. Finally thanks to the operator of 6280 for a few hours of airtime last weekend. Also around 7705 on Sunday. THat was an old friend testing some equipment out...... 6280 was 150 watts, and possibly an ex WMR TX???
WMR SHOW - Recorded 27th October 2023
Saturday 21st October 2023 The show for this weekend 21st October is linked below. Once again many thanks to all concerned with the airtime. Apologies for being a day late in this upload. We had a stressful Friday evening working against the clock due to losing about 40m of programme. This was due to a windows reboot for no real reason on the recording PC, and luckily I had saved the show at 1 hour and 8 mins, This was after another recovery from a crash, which luckily that part of the file was recovered. So guess who needs to make sure theres a different and reliable PC connected up for next weekend!!! I hope with losing the programming, I have not managed to play the same tune twice or anything. There was no time to listen thru to make sure it was ok!!! But after all was done, we had enough time to upload the file for the first airing via Germany 6160. This weeks show includes some clips of some strong MW stations coming through from ASIA, as well as current recordings from Skull n Bones Radio System, and Johnny Tobacco last week. And some chatter and music as usual. One report compared the chatter to a religious station!!!
WMR SHOW - Recorded Friday 20th October 2023
Friday 13th October 2023 The show for this weekend, 13th October is linked below. Many thanks to all concerned with the airtime. This weeks show includes quite a number of features this week. Clips of Radio Sunshine, sw piratefrom 1978, Radio Carousel, Dundalk, and Time Radio from sw 1974.
WMR SHOW - Recorded 13th October 2023
Friday 6th October 2023 The show for this weekend, 6th October is linked below. Many thanks to all concerned with the airtime. Apologies for being a little brief on the web site this last little while. But we have plenty to say on the actual shows!!!! This weeks show includes quite a number of features this week. Clips of Radio Mercury with Steve York and Marc Bolland. Radio Seagull with Tony Allan from 1973. Radio RSA 25790 in 1979, Radio Moscow comments on Korean Aircraft shooting down in 1986, Radio Northsea with James Harding (LBP)
WMR SHOW - Recorded 6th October 2023
Friday 29th September 2023 The show for this weekend at the end of September / beginning of October is linked below. Many thanks to all concerned with the airtime. So much appreciated guys.
WMR SHOW - Recorded 29th September 2023
Friday 22nd September 2023 The show for this weekend has a few radio recordings, as well as music and radio related chatter. Some of the features include a few clips of International Broadcasters, as well as a clip of Mike Johns on Radio Woodstock back in September 1980. NB: Excuse the blooper when talking about Chris Rainbow. The show was recorded and uploaded before I noticed the deliberate error. Chris obviously did "Gime me what I cry for". Not sure where the concentration was during that link lol...!!! Although not yet sent out, the e-QSL has been updated and pages added. A sample is posted below. There should be time over the weekend to get the mail caught up with again. Best regards and good DX WMR SHOW - Recorded 22nd September 2023
Thursday 14th September 2023 The show for this weekend is a day early this time as I have a wedding tomorrow, Friday. So it is going to be a busy few days. Of course I have packed a portable radio just to monitor SW. 6290 is not expected on air this weekend.... Finally, I have updated the e-QSL as the info section was written in June. But there are also some other photos stuck in. It is around 16 pages now. WMR SHOW - Recorded 14th September 2023
Saturday 9th September 2023 The show for this weekend is a day late in being uploaded due to other commitments last night. Apologies. The file was sent as usual to Shortwave Gold however for Friday night and the first play. Thank you fellas..... Now I have to announce that an anon mail arrived yesterday also, stating that 6290 will be off air for a couple of weeks. So nothing to worry about if there is nothing appears on 6290 for a few weeks. Thank you so much for letting us know. I never picked up the mail till after the show was recorded for this weekend so 6290 is still announced.... Just allow me a moment to respectfully thank everyone involved in airing WMR since APRIL / MAY and giving us a chance to return to the airwaves. It has been such a great summer of broadcasting.. And getting back into the habit of doing shows again. A few weeks worth of E=QSLs are backed up again, to respond to. Again, don't worry, the replies will be dealt with soonest. Some updates are also foreseen on the 12 page e QSL, and especially an update on the information sheet page. Thank you for your patience in that respect. WMR SHOW - Recorded 8th September 2023
Friday 1st September 2023 The show for today features a mystery station called Radio Sunshine from Glasgow from 1983, and ERI with WMR station founder, Stewart Scott. Both recordings have some audio limitations. But compared to some of the stuff we have played as features recently.....lol.... Thanks to all concerned for a superb weekend of broadcasting last weekend. Lets hope for another of the same this early September 2023... WMR SHOW - Recorded 1st September 2023
Friday 25th August 2023 The show today has a Scottish rock theme, and a few airchecks from Lee Alvin at ABC Europe from 1975. Also Phil Dixon on South Dublin Radio in 1982.... WMR SHOW - Recorded 25th August 2023
Friday 18th August 2023 The show today plays a few airchecks of John Dawson on WMR from 1981, as well as commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Ross Revenge sailing proudly into the knock deep and beginning the 80s phase of Caroline. The first airing of the show this weekend went out Friday night an hour earlier on the SHORTWAVE GOLD frequencies of 6160 and 3975.. 2000/2200 UTC WMR SHOW - Recorded 18th August 2023
Friday 11th August 2023 The second weekend in August, mid August already. Lets hope this upload is in plenty time....... Best wishes to all... WMR SHOW - Recorded 11th August 2023
Friday 4th August 2023 The first weekend in August, and a little later than normal uploading. We expect our German friends this week to air the show Friday and Saturday 2100 to 2300 UTC, same both nights. Good idea chaps. WMR SHOW - Recorded 4th August 2023
Saturday 29th July 2023 The problem with the cache on the server sorted itself out last night thankfully and the non corrupt version of the WMR show uploaded fine. Apologies for any inconvenience. Tonight on the MW band, there is an up and coming show from "Jack" for Radio Daniella from Dublin, This should be aired from 2100-2300 UTC on probably 1197kHz tonight. The freq of 1233 has had some QRM on there and 1206 is earmarked for the Radio London broadcast from Essex, till August 14th. The Radio Daniella show is linked below. Radio Daniella, Dublin 29th July 2023
Friday 28th July 2023 July 28th and we ask ourselves where the month has gone. The summer seems to drift away so very quickly. Below is a link to a slightly disjointed show today, featuring more interval signals, and some clips of QSOs on the Echo Charlie band. Many of the calls heard are from another era and are long long gone from the world of SW. I wonder if any of them still listen to SW radio? NB:MESSAGE TO OUR FRIENDLY RELAY STATIONS. I HOPE THE GOOD FILE HAS JUST NOT KICKED IN AT 1900 UTC, AND WILL SHORTLY. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME KIND OF A FILE CORRUPTION ON THE UPLOADED FILE, DESPITE IT PLAYING OK ON THE UPLOAD PC. REPLACED TWICE WITH A WORKING FILE. FINGERS CROSSED.... WMR SHOW - Recorded 28th July 2023
Friday 21st July 2023 July seems to have come and almost gone here pretty quickly. But again thank you to our friendly relays for your invaluable assistance you have given to WMR. The show for this week includes some musical gems, as well as features from ABC Europe with Danny Thomas, and James Harding from 1978. There is also a report from 1979 from Glen Hauser, and some old SW International broadcasters interval signals. There are quite a number of outstanding E QSL requests from the last few weeks, which I thought would have been replied to by now, but things can be hectic here at WMR. Weather forecast for the whole weekend this week is pretty obsene, and it seems like a good time to send out the e QSLs. Thank you all for your patience.
WMR SHOW - Recorded 21st July 2023
Friday 14th July 2023 Mid July already and another WMR show is here for this coming weekend. Today's show features some classic tracks, mixed with radio and music chatter. We also play a clip of AWR DX show which used to be on the air on a Sunday morning on 9670kHz via Sines, Portugal. There is a memory from Skyport Radio as well. Some bits and pieces to upload here on the web site, as time permits, but first of all, the show for mid July is linked below. WMR SHOW - Recorded 14th July 2023
Friday 7th July 2023 Well another week come and gone and another show recorded for this weekend hopefully. Thank you to our friendly relay stations for the invaluable help again this coming weekend, well done chaps. WMR SHOW - Recorded 7th July 2023
Sunday 2nd July 2023 The primary service on 6290 was on around 1000 GMT today, and signals are very armchair most of the time. We keep hearing from old friends, and another one came in from Holland from Otto who wa there for our first transmissions and even visited the studio back in the 1980's I guess?? Or very early 90's.
Saturday 1st July 2023 Our so called primary service on 6290 was on the air by 1130 GMT, till sign off at 2135 not long after the Dutch station that came on top of us signed off. Our German friends, dare I say as usual, had WMR on via 6160 and 3975 from 21/2300, an hour later than the Friday night broadcast. And finally for the broadcasting logs, the 2230/0030 transmission took place this Saturday night on 6955, instead of 6950. A tune around the KIWI SDR receivers between 2230 and 2300 brought in listenable signals in Brazilia, mid Russia, Northern Iceland, Northern Sweden, Kuwait, and weak signals in Bangladesh area, Thailand, and Southern Australia..!! Last weekend a very listenable signal was being heard in Bonaire, as well as being heard in Trinidad. The primary service was already off air by this time to compare, but laser was nowhere near that strength in I think it was the Northern Swedish SDR,
Friday 30th June 2023 So here we are at the end of June and going into early July already. Where does the time go. I have uploaded a show hopefully for this weekend again. I have a load of other logs and comments to make for the last couple of weeks, but below is a link to the show. Thank you very much to our friends a the relay stations for the amazing weekend of short wave broadcasting last weekend..... Tonight courtesy of our German friends at Shortwave Gold, WMR was heard from 2000/2200 GMT on 6160 and 3975kHz.... WMR SHOW - Recorded 30th June 2023
Sunday 25th June 2023 A few notes for this past weekend's broadcasting.
6160 - Shortwave Gold, Germany.. 6160 and 3975. Friday 2000 - 2200 GMT, Saturday 2100 - 2300 GMT.
6950 - Powerhouse relay on a Saturday night. 2230 - 0030 GMT
6290 - Primary service Friday night 1940 - 2140 GMT Saturday on air by 1215 GMT Sunday on air about 1010 GMT
Friday 23rd June 2023 Some further notes still to be updated on last weekends entries, but anyway, here is the mid summer show from WMR recorded on Friday 23rd June 2023. As always, thank you so much to our friendly relay stations in advance. More later, but here is the show to begin with. Some time will be taken over this weekend for replying to station mail, of which there is quite a lot!! WMR SHOW - Recorded 23rd June 2023
Sunday 18th June 2023 The 6290 primary service was early on the air today about 0740 GMT until about 1940......
Saturday 17th June 2023 Well again Saturday became the big day for our signals to be aired via the primary 6295 transmitter. Signals were good at HQ here, but later as evening came in, signals were just fantastic till sign off around 2200 UTC.. There was a freq change maybe around 1900 to 6290 to avoid a bit of QRM from 6297. We noted Laser also moved from 6205 to 6240 to avoid qrm on 6209. Shortwave Gold on 6160 and 3975 relayed WMR 2100 - 2300 GMT. Again great signals from both frequencies. 6950 - What can I say about this unid signal that appeared again at 2230 - 0030 GMT. I took some time to have a listen around the world on the KIWI SDR network. I was surprised by listenable signals in far flung places like Bonaire, Kuwait, Brasilia. Poor but readable in Cyprus, Bangladesh area, and as darkness fell on the East Coast of North America, signals were good in Florida, NH, MA, etc. Signals were booming in on SDRs in UK, Norway, and poland, as well as an area many miles south of Moscow. Mighty impressed. Depending how long 6290 is on for on Sunday we might give the SDRs a try, though often the sign off is a bit earlier.... before the darkness path comes in properly..
Friday 16th June 2023 Almost mid summers day already and here is another show ready for the airwaves of Europe. Today the two hour show features Radio West from Mullingar, Ireland in 1987, and Ecos Del Torbes from Venezuela which used to boom in on 4900. There is also a poor recording of The Happy Station with Tom Mayers. As usual, there are some musical gems intersperced with radio chatter... Best of dx during this extended heatwave here in Scotland. Thank you to our German friends at Shortwave Gold for the first airing on Friday night. As stated on air, signals at night time in mid summer on SW are superb. 2000 - 2200 GMT WMR SHOW - Recorded 16th June 2023
Sunday 11th June 2023 Our 6295 frequency affectionately known as the primary service was on the air by 0800 GMT today on 6294.6/7 again. Sign off this Sunday was around 1945 GMT. Geez, we have had an amazing amount of broadcast hours in the last few weeks...!! I am humbly in debted to all the relay stations. By the way, it would be helpful if you want a full data QSL from WMR, to include full data in your email to WMR. Rather than just using the date the email was sent or the time the email was sent as a guide. During the current heatwave, I have been using a spare PC out in the garden to reply to mail, while enjoying the sun, and have simply copied and pasted a text file from the emails. The web PC with the email has not been the machine used to create the pdf reply during this unusual great spell of weather. Thanks.
Saturay 10th June 2023 The so called primary service of WMR came on the air around 1400 GMT today, Saturday with the current show. Well done you guys. Signal was up to the usual high standards and booming in at WMR HQ by sign off at 2200 GMT. There was a pause in the transmission at 1800 GMT, When it came back on air, frequency had been adjusted to 6295 bang on. (From 6294.6 / 7). Our friends at Shortwave Gold aired the show at 2100 - 2300 GMT, on 6160 and 3975. Thanks again you fellows. And finally for Saturday, as in the previous weeks, the unid transmission came on 6950kHz with the same solid signal as before. A report has come in from MA, USA from an old listener from the past, but SINPO was 45444..!!! So 6950 is really hammering out as well.....
Friday 9th June 2023 New show now uploaded for the weekend of 9th, 10th, 11th June 2023. Thanks to our German friends on 6160, the first play this weekend was on Friday night 2000 - 2200 GMT. As ever, much appreciated chaps. I have also updated the listen again page with the new shows, rather than scrolling through endless text to find them. WMR SHOW - 9th - 11th June 2023
Thursday 8th June 2023 As if to commemorate our 43rd anniversary, the mystery transmitter is on the air tonight on the usual 6295 frequency. It has probably been on air from at least 1515 GMT. Signal is booming as usual, and is very much appreciated by us here at WMR. It went off about 1920GMT. QSLs are being replied to this evening, with the new design e-qsl pdf, see sample below. There should be a multiple emailing either tonight or in the morning. Your patience has been appreciated.
Wednesday 7th June 2023 After a bit of head scratching about some simple basic operational stuff that I haven't done in years, and since forgotten, the final PDF QSL is now being used to reply to WMR mail. I have uploaded a sample here to show what is being used this year.
Saturday 3rd JUNE 2023 As mentioned yesterday, such has been the volume of transmissions during May, a detailed log of known transmissions should be kept, and noted what was on where. Even after a month on air, I had to look through logs and the web etc to try and piece this all together. I think most of the logs below are accurate. Please be advised that Scotland is right in the middle of some kind of a well deserved heat wave, so the new design QSLs have been a little slow to come forth. The weather is too good to sweat it out over a hot computer. But we are getting to them, and hope the pdf will be worth the wait. Apologies again. There is certainly something very special about summer nights and short wave props on 6mHz is superb, and giving armchair listening quality.
WMR LOGS IN 2023 Below are known dates and times noted of the relays of WMR over the various transmitters relaying the new shows since mid May 2023. Saturday / Sunday 29th / 30th April 2023: 6284kHz on air much of the day and evening with old shows. ==================================== Saturday / Sunday 6th / 7th May 2023: 6295kHz. Or rather around 6294.7kHz. On air much of the day and evening. Booming signal with old programmes. ==================================== Saturday / Sunday 13th / 14th May 2023: 6295kHz. On air most of the day and evening though there was some static in the air due to lightning. 6305kHz was used for the last bit on Sunday night, 14th, noted signing off around 2030. New 1 hour test show recorded 14th May wasn't aired this weekend.. 6925 Heard on the 14th May on the Eastern States of North America middle of the day (in Europe), around 1450 - 1600 UTC via a US pirate called TRI.... This was an airing of the new show. ==================================== Friday / Saturday / Sunday 19th / 20th / 21st May 2023: 6295kHz. Noted on Friday night with the first airing of the new test show which was recorded on 14th May. Also heard during Saturday and Sunday with the new 2023 programme only. No old shows.. 6160 / 3975kHz - A nice surprise Friday night around 1800 - 1900 was a relay via the transmitters of SW Gold in Germany on 3975 and 6160kHz, of the first test programme. 6950kHz on 20th May 2023 heard in the USA, audible from about 21:50 to 23:50. Initially this was thought to be the same operator as the 6295 signal, perhaps even moving freq, but on 27th May both transmitters were on the air and not in parallel. The logs suggest the 6295 channel closed around 2200UTC. 6950 was on with the 1 hour test programme for a couple of plays. ==================================== Friday / Saturday / Sunday 26th / 27th / 28th May 2023: 6295kHz was on the air Friday night, Saturday and Sunday 6950kHz - Saturday night, 27th May, 6950 was on the air again from around 2150 - 2350 GMT, with a signal that was being heard across the Atlantic in the States, as well as Columbia. It was also heard at 40 over s9 in Poland!! The signal at the WMR HQ was also really very very strong. Power and location unknown, but thanks very much to the unid station for the very powerful relay. 6160 / 3975kHz aired a relay of the previous weeks show on Friday night, 26th May, and again with an airing of the new show on Sunday night 28th May from 2000 - 2200 GMT. In fact this almost synced up with 6295, whether by chance or maybe the unid relay station read about that coming on air?? Great signals from both stations.. ====================================
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on air by about 1400 GMT Saturday. Sign off 2258 GMT. (Continous looping
of current show recorded Friday 2nd June) 6160 / 3975 from Shortwave Gold / Shortwave Radio in Germany. Saturday around 1600 - 1800 ,and again 2000 - 2200. On Sunday night from 2000 - 2200 the 6160 transmitter carried the show from last week, while the 3975 transmitter carried the current show!!! Phew. All these airings..!!! All times GMT / UTC/Z (Multiple one off plays of shows) 6950Khz was on the air again this Saturday, 2230 - 0030 approx. Booming signal again.... and being again reported across the Atlantic. (One off play of shows) Thank you again to the various relay operators, who's efforts are so much appreciated. In fact I feel very humbled at the efforts you guys have went to for the cause of WMR. I hope we can continue this kind of unusual broadcasting. Very unusual..!!
==================================== Thursday June 8th 2023 6295 on the air from around 1515 GMT?? Great signal at tune in here around 1700 UTC/ GMT. Great signal to listen to while writing out the QSL pdf's. It went off around 1920GMT.
Friday night - 6160 / 3975 on the air from our friends in Germany at Shortwave Radio, 2000 - 2200 GMT. Todays new programme aired. Great signals again. Saturday around 1400, 6295 noted with this weekend's show, signing of at 2200 GMT. A nice touch at 1800 when a pause in the transmission took place, and the signal came back on 6295, rather than 6294.7ish. Cool. Shortwave Gold also took the show again from 2100 - 2300 GMT. Both 6160 and 3975 kHz well in parallel. The other unid relay station came on the air again at 2230 - 0030 GMT and again signals were going out all over the place. SINPO 45444 in Ma in the States can hardly be classed as bad. Sunday and the primary service of 6295 was on the air by 0800 GMT, and off around 1945 GMT. Remember we try and stick to GMT / UTC time. An hour behind the UK in summer time.
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Friday 2nd JUNE 2023 And once again WMR had a very successful few days of transmissions last weekend, thanks to our relay friends. This was really appreciated guys. I shall list the frequencies and times known shortly, but first off here is a new show hopefully for this weekend, the first weekend in June 2023. WMR is commemorating 43 years on the air during this broadcast..... WMR SHOW - 2nd - 4th June 2023
26th MAY 2023 Again WMR had a great weekend of broadcasting last weekend via the unidentified relay station. The broadcast was well heard Saturday and Sunday, and the new 2 hour show that was uploaded on Sunday was noticed and also broadcast. The freq of 6295 was used although later on Saturday night a transmitter did appear on 6950kHz. Can this be assumed to have been the same operator?? The new show was also aired again on Friday 26th. Many thanks for this relay whoever you are and it really is very much appreciated. Also on Friday 2000 - 2200 the Shortwave Gold relay again took place on 6160 and // 3975kHz... Again, this airtime is very much appreciated. The only thing with this set up is that I have no idea what type of compression / proccessing is done with the audio, and am unsure if the audio should have some eq on the music, or be fully compressed and proccessed. In the past it was always better that recorded shows were recorded flat and raw, with processing done at the playout system at the transmitter. Is the mic really better with slight echo or none?? We have tried to have that slight 60s sounding slight reverb for years, and thought it sounded not too bad. There have been a fairly large number of emails coming in over the last few weeks and for this we are also greatful and many thanks for your interest. We have a new E QSL to arrange / design, so please be patient just a little while longer, and you will all have your e-QSL. These come in the form of a pdf with a few extra pages of scans of past QSLs and stickers, and even an artists impression of the transmitter from 1992. There will also be of course the much desired QSL part. So a new design is required and being prepared. Below is a link to a new 2 hour show, a little rushed and stressed with other stuff during the recording, but it should sound reasonable. A bit out of practice you understand....!! Jack... May 26th 2023
21st MAY 2023 Another weekend of some superb signals from the fake WMR, but on Friday night he was airing the new show uploaded last weekend to this web site. So that makes the mystery operator a friend of WMR I would say. So below is a new 2 hour show recorded on 21st May. Time ran out on Saturday for recording as part of the studio equipment had been used for a disco on Friday night, and the venue / premises was locked up until 6pm on Saturday for picking the gear up. But another pleasant surprise was the guys at 6160 / 3975 Shortwave Gold / Shortwave Radio (new name??). The show was aired on their transmitters on Friday night. Do they want any more shows from WMR??? Who knows. I have not been in touch with either the guys at 6160, or the fake WMR, so what the future plans are I have no idea as yet... For the first time since the fake WMR came on the air at the end of April, I have checked the email. We have had a fair amount of email reports, which will be acknowledged in due course. Also many thanks to the operator in the States that aired the new show last weekend as well.... Good grief we are creating a bit of interest!!!!! All thanks to the fake WMR for coming on air and giving us a kick up the arse!!! It is although the fake WMR doesn't want to do his own shows and wants to stay anon, And here am I happy to record more shows but currently no tx site. (Not looked too hard though this last little while, busy old life and all that..lol..) So this arrangement might just work !! Below is a link to todays 2 hour show, music and chatter only, no features this time around. Hopefully next time there will be a mailbox section as well as maybe some old recordings featured. Audio is unproccessed, with no eq on the music, and I am assuming it is proccessed at the tx site. But seeing as there has been no contact with the operators, we can't really be sure..!!! What a unique and odd way of operating, but it seems to be working!!!! Jack.... 21st May..
14th MAY 2023 This weekend has been the 3rd weekend that the fake WMR has been on the air. It was heard Saturday and Sunday 29th and 30th April on 6284kHz, and this last two weeks on 6295 ish. Last weekend the signal really was booming out. 6295 is a great channel since Reflections Europe seem to be off air for now. Last weekend, the signal was superb armchair quality most of the late afternoon and evening. The fake WMR has been on the air since 2000, and often popped up at this time of year. This year we thought we would try a little experiment and see if the fake WMR wants to stick out new shows. So for a trial, there is a link below to a new show, recorded on 14th May 2023, There has never been any communcation with the operator of this transmitter, so he may not be interested. But if he is, then I would guess this would turn the fake WMR into a real WMR!! In actual fact, the fake WMR did broadcast current shows in the past, but only after they had their first airing via the WMR transmitters. (These WMR transmitters are in quite a state of disrepair at this time, and need a bit of work done to make them work again, as did the studio recently!!) So the only difference this time is they have not been aired by WMR first. Confused?? Not nearly as much as I will be if these shows get an airing and listeners start to want a QSL from an unknown location....lol...
3rd NOVEMBER 2022 Apologies for the lack of transmissions over the last few years. It has been a particularly hectic few years. Back sometime though. It is with great sadness I have to bring you this obituary for Mike James, who died around the 1st of the month. Jack.... November 2022. RIP old friend. See our TRIBUTE TO MIKE JAMES . For some audio of Neil / Mike, scroll down the listen again page. Is it really so long since he made shows at WMR?? See our listen again page.
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