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A Amateur Radio Links - a fantastic array of useful links including magazines - and other amateur radio operators' sites http://www.r-clarke.org.uk/ham_link1.htm Amateur Radio Links from the US - a large encyclopedia on line with information on shortwave and direct links to sites and radio schedules http://www.ac6v.com/ Andy Archer's website - great sound, video and pictures from this offshore/BBC broadcaster. So refreshing when a broadcaster launches his own site first spotted by waffler Sept 2005 http://www.adroberts.net/andy/ Anorak Nation news and view on Caroline and all kinds of radio - links to anorak sites Audio UK site with a list of uk dealers but some good basic information about all types of recording analogue and digital. A history of sound. List of No 1 hit tunes, DAB radio and a lot more technical information in easily digestible format http://www.audiouk.com/ Australian Radio - excellent site with jingles, history and a book to buy http://www.waynemac.com American Radio: Early History http://earlyradiohistory.us/ British DX Club, my favourite radio club - been with them since the 1980s B BBC I Player - new in 2007 for both Radio and Television Programmes up to 7 days ago (great way of catching up) BBC and old radio equipment, offshore radio and a whole host of treats from Roger Beckwith BBC Brookmans Park Transmitter station http://www.brookmans.com/history/bbc/wavelengths.shtml BBC Essex - the generous benefactors of a 40th anniversary for offshore radio in 2004 http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/pirate/ Bob Preedy has published a book about 270 check this website for this and much more about Yorkshire Bob Le Roi's mavellous site - offshore scrapbooks (all decades) and Cds on fort based 60s radio etc C Canada - Radio Canada International http://www.rcinet.ca/Scripts/default.asp?l=en Caroline - Looking back on 1976 -1980 Communicator Ship (Laser 558's vessel) web site - still in use for broadcasting http://www.mvcommunicator.com/ Commercial Radio Companies Association - the latest news and information on UK commercial radiohttp://www.crca.co.uk/index_ok.aspx?width=99% D Delta Radio or Lounge from 171 KHz- last update Oct 2000 - unofficial site this project is defunct to my knowledge but he information is still there for the reading DRM uk site (Digital Radio Mondiale is the top quality am signal which will be available in due course) read all about it here http://www.drmradio.co.uk/ Dx site - yet another - American and full of some great offshore bibs and bobs and shortwave stations http://radiodx.com/spdxr/rhc_off_shore_radio_index.htm An excellent American DX site with useful information and also Glenn Hauser's reports http://www.dxing.com/news.htm E Emperor Rosko's site - talented broadcaster F Forts used for offshore broadcasting an excellent site http://www.gulbekian.plus.com/sitemaplinks.html Frequency finder for UK and Irish Radio stations - an interesting new site with lots of technical information and some archive logs of Radio Stations - a site interested in stations and programmes in the true Waffler tradition but more detailed and text based as well! http://mysite.freeserve.com/freq_find/index.html G Geronimo - Radio Geronimo from the 70s and the subsequent Radio Seagull with stacks of archive audio - The waffler used to visit the Harley Street studios at lunch time - also Ronan called him for the station contact prior to Hugh and co going on Seagull! http://www.radiogeronimo.co.uk/ Goon show - excellent site - no audio but scripts and a database of shows based on Roger Wilmut's excellent book http://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/ H Hall of Fame from the Radio Academy, biogs and sound files on offshore radio broadcasters etc Horizon Sales have a good site hosting Radio Caroline Sales and good pictures of the Ross Revenge for wallpaper http://www.horizonmagazine.co.uk/
Isle of Man Radio - the Uk's first local commercial radio station J Jam Jingles site with plenty of samples to download and a history of their jingles - plus a special jam song http://www.jingles.com/jam/collector/jamsong.html
See also section on Jingles after A-Z section K Keith Skues own website http://www.keithskues.co.uk/
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L Laser 558 ship the Communicator - still in use broadcasting http://www.mvcommunicator.com/ M D975 excellent site with pictures of radio masts and other interesting information - also has the Radio Jackie Mast on it - you also have to read about the mans cats and passions for computers with linux on it as well - brace yourself for a treat! http://www.arar93.dsl.pipex.com/mds975/
Media Uk Website full of information on Uk Radio stations and a host of information http://www.mediauk.com/directory/radio/ Music radio stations - site with history of them
N Newspaper Clippings from the sixties - very good indeed take a while to download but genuine! Norman Barrington site - lots of jingles and interesting sound based items from a 70s Caroline jock http://www.normanb.net/ O Ofcom site -now responsible for licensing UK radio and all forms of communication http://www.ofcom.org.uk/ Offshore Radio DJ's nicknames by Hans Knot on the Offshore radio site http://www.offshore-radio.de/HansKnot/nicknames.htm Offshore Echoes Site - English, and plenty of goodies for sale Offshore Radio Site - Martin Van der Ven's famous site - the best! Offshore Pirate Radio 24hrs on line shows plus good sales section http://www.pirateradiosales.co.uk Offshore Radio in the USA in 1934 and lots of old science and mechanical features in a splendid website/blog - all American but a great on line resource of information on old technology - well worth revisiting blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/04/outlaws-may-use-super-stations-at-sea/ On the shortwaves - a historic look at shortwave radio and dxing http://www181.pair.com/otsw/index.html P Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame Site -full list of DJs Propagation guide - regular updates find out if there are going to be any good FM conditions in advance http://www.apritch.myby.co.uk/radioprop.htm R
Radio Eric - home of some excellent information on London Pirate Radio in the 70s,Thameside, Jackie, Clockwork Radio etc etc - some downloads on there as well in MP3 format http:/radio.eric.tripod.com/archive.htm Radio Kitchen - a celebration of shortwave listening with free download of an LP that Mitch Murray the webmaster made some time ago - great listening and a unique site http://theradiokitchen.net/ Radio Rewind a History of Radio 1 from the beginning with announcer and audio clips http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/index.html Radio 10 Gold from Holland on fabulous station and website with internet radio feed Radio 390 site - 2006 live on line from end of march great site Radio 510 relay free radio stations at weekends on shortwave from Italy Radiophonic Workshop at the BBC - a text based site with some interesting and revealing history of staff and techniques etc http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/whitefiles/b2_h/4_radiophonic_workshop/rws/pgs/a_toc.htm If you fancy looking at the main site for the above you will find even more technical facts, poems etc of great interest http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/whitefiles/ Redsands Forts in the Thames Estuary - home of R Invicta and 390 Project redsand have plans for these rusting forts at sea http://www.project-redsand.com/ Roberts Radios - here is a site which can help fix them and also sells them very informative http://www.therobertsradioman.co.uk/index.htm Radio Comedy on line - Radio Ha Ha! Radio Forts from the 60s including Radio Sutch the first http://freespace.virgin.net/line.design/forts/radioforts.htm Radio Goss for detailed news on uk radio and music information etc - now a bloomin' blog. Radio Hub - a magnificent collection of sites by Alan Beck lecturer on the art of Radio http://www.kent.ac.uk/sdfva/radio/ spend some time on this site and you feel almost as if you have attended a radio university! Radio Hub - also contains a radio bibliography http://www.kent.ac.uk/sdfva/rsn/radiobiblio1.html Radio Intel.com is a magnificent site which links to dx stories in the press and also has radio reviews on it - as good and comprehensive as the Offshore Radio Site or Radio Netherlands http://www.radiointel.com/index.htm Radio Jackie back as a legal station with good web streaming on the listen now page http://www.radiojackie.com/ Radio Jackie mast and the tolworth tower - a splendid new site August 2004 http://www.arar93.dsl.pipex.com/mds975/masts/tolworthtower.html Radio London website -really good anorak stuff not just Radio London! Radio London from Holland 0n 1008 KHz the latest information http://www.bigl.co.uk/ Radio Lovers – Old Time Radio Programmes in MP3 and Real Audio format to listen to on line http://www.radiolovers.com/ Radio Netherlands Site - great media news and receiver reviews http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/ Radio Netherlands Weblog for Media News - regular updates in English http://medianetwork.blogspot.com/ Radio North Sea International (part of the 270 site!) Radio One - the unofficial BBC Radio 1 website - great with plenty of audio http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/index.html#THE%20CAST Radio Stations and memorabilia on MDS 975 site with details about crystal sets and all genres of radio including as short history , making aerials and signal meters- plus misc comments on pcs cats etc - good dx section! http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/r/arar93/mds975/index.html Radio Station - New site with maps of the UK and links to local radio station feeds in the uk good www.radiomaps.co.uk Radio Times - includes commercial radio schedules Radios Galore - an interesting site which is more about radio stations and the author believes the future of radio is digital and freeview - launched in 2004 and worth keeping an eye on and already it features stations in Birmingham and areas away from the Waffler deals in. Many links to other sites and some information is in frames which may be difficult to read but worth a look http://www.radiosgalore.co.uk Rajar (audience research figures on line) useful resource http://www.rajar.co.uk/ Resonance FM is the first arts radio station and its programmes are excellent an some on line http://www.resonancefm.com/ Restoration of Radios - mainly pictures of old radios, record players etc very good http://www.radiorestoration.co.uk/ A good site about a wide range or transistor portables from the sixties including the waffler's first GEC Luxembourg portable Retro wow - 50s 60s 70s not all radio related but a page dedicated to radios and tape recorders etc - well worth a lookRetrowow - 50s, 60s and 70s Retro Style and Nostalgia http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/roberts-radios/ Roberts Radio Man - another site bulging with information and he will repair and sell you them http://www.therobertsradioman.co.uk/index.htm S Shortwave Espionage - a brilliant site about spy stations with sound files etc http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page30.html
Soul Radio a history of the UK pirate sounds in the past http://web.ukonline.co.uk/soulies/radio.htm Soundscapes - Hans Knots authorative work on offshore radio well worth a read http://www.soundscapes.info/ Sterling Times (to use a Swinging Radio England expression a "boss site" thousands of links some to very good radio and tv sites and as they say much much more - one the waffler wallows in - nostaligia and history http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/ blow me down there is even one to screwfix! T Today Programme on Radio 4 has a very interesting set of pages - click back to R4 for Home Truth's site!Radio Caroline Tom Lodge from Radio Caroline in the 60s is also known as UMI visit his site
TV and Radio bits - interesting site with lots of audio (if bandwidth limits of site allow. They are in real audio but cover a wide range of radio stations. Small hall of fame and a history of TV and radio development. Good graphics worth a look. Loads of silly stories about a fictional Des and Mick who form a TV station called DMTV, a site in its own right! http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/ http://www.tvradiobits.co.uk/desandmick/desandmick.htm
U Uncle Tony's Webpage - great technical information about tv, radio, phones + pirate radio http://web.onetel.net.uk/~uncletony/index.htm V Vatican Radio - shortwave web site http://www.vaticanradio.org/inglese/enindex.html Vintage Broadcasting site - lots of mp3s of early commercial radio etc http://www.vintagebroadcasting.org.uk Vintage Radio and Mechanical information Offshore Radio in the USA in 1934 and lots of old science and mechanical features in a splendid website/blog - all American but a great on line resource of information on old technology - well worth revisiting blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/04/outlaws-may-use-super-stations-at-sea/
When pirates rules the waves! not the book by Paul Rusling due to be reprinted soon in 2007 but..... the biggest archive of offshore pictures on the web, and interesting text about inland and offshore radio stations http:/www.gunfleet.com/index.html
World Music Radio were back on the shortwaves and internet as well - a good international music station http://www.wmr.dk/ try listening on 5815 KHz or 15810 KHz today or check the website for details of transmission times etc - pity the site and station have died a death at present
Other useful sites - some not radio worth visiting Hints and Things, one of the waffler's favourites : Advice, hints, help, tips and information to make every day life a little easier covering subjects such as music, hobbies, DIY, motoring, gardening, stain removal, recipes, puzzles, health, beauty and much, much more. www.hintsandthings.com BLOGGERS-PARADISE - A FEW GOOD ONES TO WHET YOUR APPETITE Mark Savage is a wordsmith, radio fan and religious commentator it is like a personal letter regularly updated and not all about radio! www.mas59.blogspot.com Mark also has a radio blog worth reading http://www.radiofar-far.blogspot.com/ HI FI AND RECORDING LINKS Mini Disc site with plenty of tips on recording and a lovely story from a dj whose mds survived a floods http://www.minidisc.org Mini Disc site with plenty of good information, none seem to highlight the problem of laser interfering with weak radio on the portable models (not a problem on hi fi mounted machines it is american so do not get excited about offers on line Try FAQ for technical information on discs http://www.t-station.net/index.html JINGLES AND RADIO CLIPS ON LINE (some not so obvious finds) Jam Jingles site with plenty of samples to download and a history of their jingles - plus a special jam song http://www.jingles.com/jam/collector/jamsong.html WUVT jingles on a site which does not seem to link to the main page http://www.tomtwine.com/wuvt/cartrack_mp3.htm LINKS TO RADIO STATIONS ON LINE Radio 390 good nostalgia site with on line station from end of march 2006 WEIRD AND WONDERFUL SITES An alternative view on Uk Life - retro and frank King of the Net (a really silly site from the UK completely smothered in pop ups - none dangerous see if you can click them off and then view the site! PC Pitstop - examines your pc and tells you if there is anything wrong and how to fix it! Zonelab - a free firewall to keep the nasty bugs out of your pc! (I removed download accelerator from this list it contains spyware ads!) PALM ORGANISER/PERSONAL PC GAMES AND USEFUL SOFTWARE Converter for webpages so that you can read them on a Palm Organiser or Personal PC PDA etc - it works in a trice! I have only tried converting text not pictures to a Palm Zire 71 http://online.colum.edu/palmconvert/ Paul Ellams makes excellent cd labelling software for sony minidiscs with infra red facility and a good set of games, my favourite is Air Hockey http://www.ellams.f9.co.uk Jason Goldman makes some excellent games for palm and pocket pc- try his ten pin bowling which is quite easy and also try his pinball game http://jasongoldman.com/ OTHER USEFUL LINKS NOT NECESSARILY RADIO ORIENTATED OR IN ALPHABETIC ORDER An excellent local website which gives a good run down on all things to do with the town of Northwood in Middx, England http://www.northwoodtowncrier.com/ Welcome to my Website - I'm a collector of used stamps from Australia (1913 onward) and New Zealand (1857 onward). I'm happy to swap/exchange as well as sell stamps that are listed on this site http://www.philhately.com/ 10 downing street and a facility to communicate with your Prime Minister also a fabulous archive of speeches and interviews that you can read - some are national and local radio http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp Anorak web site, no not radio but keeping tabs on national tabloids and broadsheets contains an online interactive Friday Quiz on news stories http://www.anorak.co.uk/ On line dictionary, thesaurus, dream definitions etc free http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dict-e Pirate tee shirts and clothes - i have not purchased from here but some nice logos on site http://www.piratemod.com/PirateModMain.htm On line free translation (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and German) from our good friends at google - just cut and paste an entire page from this site into the little slot and it is translated in a few seconds-minutes to the language you desire http://translate.google.com/translate Ordnance Survey Maps - ones you can print off and zoom in on - facts about the UK excellent http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/ Silver Haired surfers - forget the hair colour this contains great information on pcs and viruses etc http://www.silverhairs.co.uk/ Wikipedia is the greatest of web references and if you sign on as a member you can alter add to references. this page below links to various countries versions - choose yours - I have used this for absolutely years and only added this in March 2006 - sorry! Last update 2nd May 2008 |
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