RADIO SCORPIO
RENAMING AND CLOSEDOWN
After these events it seemed to be too risky to restart broadcasts with an own transmitter. For security reasons, we temporarily changed the station's name to Radio Scorpio and contacted various foreign shortwave pirates with the intention to hire airtime. Negotiations with the Belgian station Radio Delmare, which had been broadcasting since autumn 1984 with 1.5 kW on shortwave, were successful. So we were soon able to air a four-hour programme to Europe on every 1st Sunday of the month via Radio Delmare with a strong signal on 6206 kHz.
With this QSL card we confirmed shortwave reception reports of our listeners.
Sticker
Once again listener feedback was very positive. The regular transmissions continued until the end of 1985, when Radio Delmare had to close down temporarily for security reasons. In June 1986 the station returned to 6206 kHz, and also Radio Scorpio was back on the air on 6th July 1986 with regular broadcasts.
EXTRACTS FROM OUR SPECIAL CHRISTMAS BROADCAST ON 7TH DECEMBER 1986 ON 6206 KHZ
Harris
Radio Sylvia team
Brewford T. Justice and Tom Lorenzz
Saying goodbye
EXTRACTS FROM OUR BROADCAST ON 4TH JANUARY 1987 ON 6206 KHZ
"Law & Order" with Brewford T. Justice
"Law & Order" with Brewford T. Justice
Harris
Harris
Unfortunately the Belgian authorities finally silenced Radio Delmare on 17th May 1987. So we were forced to give up these broadcasts. During the following months we contacted the Irish station Radio Ireland International and were soon able to air our regular programmes via their transmitter on 6312 kHz; however, reception in Central Europe was disappointing. Several months later we moved to the Scottish pirate Scottish Free Radio Network on 7423 and 7428 kHz. But the problem remained, reception in the German target area was too poor, and listener feedback declined. We had to face the fact that our radio project no longer made any sense. So we ceased all broadcasting activities at the end of 1989 with a heavy heart.
In the years that followed, we kept coming back to the idea of making a fresh start, but all plans eventually came to nothing - until the internet opened up totally new opportunities for us...
