3 weeks of logs from Newfoundland

[newfoundland dxer]

Hi everyone:

I finally had a chance to review my audio files for the past few weeks. There were quite a few new and interesting stations logged during this period, including new stations from Holland (Bravo Sierra, Royal, Tarzan and Full Pull all on March 5) and Wizard Radio from the UK on March 19. I heard a possible Brazilian pirate on March 12 and two new Greek stations (Sylvana and Line) on March 19.

Overall, good conditions in the evenings, but poor this morning.

Friday, March 4
6305,0 . . 2232-2348 . Radio TRX, continuous blues songs, ID at 2312, 34342
6220,0 . . 2325-2349 . Radio Powerliner Int., ID, greetings, early Pink Floyd, Dutch music, 34332, occasional ssb QRM,
6926,7 . . 2349-0006 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), Black Sugar, ID 0003, Under the Boardwalk, c/d 0006

Saturday, March 5
6315,0 . . 1835-1946 . UNID, continuous mellow country music, ID jingle at 1945 sounded like “___ Family (or funny) Radio”, ID given in Dutch? and English I think, but very distorted, 24342
6306,0 . . 1840-1901 . Radio Royal, barely audible music on peaks, moved to 6307,8 by 1908, was just starting to fade in, but c/d soon after, ID via Iann’s chat
6304,8 . . 1908-0010 . Radio Bravo Sierra, mostly at noise level (and initially under Royal), but heard “Our House (In the Middle of the Street)” at 2035 and Roxette “Listen to Your Heart” at 2205, 23431 at best
4075,0 . . 1927-2103 . Black Bandit Radio, barely audible music at first (extremely early for 76m here), usual old country music, improved to 44332 by 2100 with talk and ID
6325,0 . . 2029-2225 . Radio Pink Panther, mostly at noise level with some weak music o peaks, ID via Iann’s chat
3900,0 . . 2048-2130 . Radio Quintus, Dutch music, weak but clear signal at 2048, but covered by ham QRM by 2130, 24341 at start, ID via Iann’s chat
3930,0 . . 2055-0000 . Radio Batavia, barely audible music at 2055, variable ham QRM, improved to 24431 at 2255 when I had about 5 minutes of ham silence, ID via Iann’s chat
6310,0 . 2235-2239 . Radio Pluto, short test, music, ID, greetings (thanks!), said “low power”, 34342
3933,5u . 2301-2302 . Radio Tarzan, end of pop song, “A very good day, you are listening to Radio Tarzan from the Dutch”, few seconds of dance music and c/d, 33443
3900,0 . . 2315-2320 . Radio Full Pull, very weak music between hams, ID via Iann’s chat
3940,0 . . 2307-2338 . UNID (maybe Underground?), weak music, yodelling rock song at 2308,

Sunday, March 6
6220,0 . . 0022-0035 . Radio Powerliner Int., barely audible music, moved to 6300,0 at 0054 (slightly better), 5820,0 at 0107 (barely audible), 6220,0usb at 0119 (some clear peaks but did not recognize songs) and 6220,0am 0123-0154, heard ID and talk at 0135
4084,9 . . 2057-2101 . Central Radio Int. , weak music and talk, tent ID 2058, pop, c/d 2101, 24341
3905,0 . . 2103-2145 . Overijssel Radio, Dutch music and talk, too weak for details, ID via Iann’s chat
3930,0 . . 2143-2150 . UNID, barely audible music during a break in the hams

Monday, March 7
6924,8 . . 0028-0055. Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), "Abracadabra", ID 0032, funky version of "You Can't Always Get What You Want", ID, "Rehab", couple songs I did not recognize, Who "Won't Get Fooled Again" at 0051, 34332

Friday, March 11
3905,0 . . 2239-2335 . Skyline International Radio, Deep Purple, “Child in Time”, ID, Metallica “Enter Sandman”, greetings, 44342
3940,0 . . 2257-2335 . Radio Continental, Dutch music, talk in Dutch with clear ID, reggae, 23342

Saturday, March 12
6933,0L . 0115-0252 . UNID (Brazil?), lots of rock music, mostly just playing 10-15 seconds of each, talk by at least 2 (maybe 3) men in Portuguese, lots of laughter, some very bad karaoke, sounded like a live party!, I have uploaded an audio file of first half hour (clearest): http://www.mediafire.com/?edfsw8xgzije6gq. Any assistance with an ID would be appreciated!
Note: The remaining logs for this day were made with almost no antenna! My 75 m long wire had been cut and was hanging to the ground, but I did not discover this until Sunday!
3905,0 . . 2121-2310 . Overijssel Radio, barely audible music and tlak, ID via Iann’s chat
6450,0 . . 2124-2141 . Black Bandit Radio, very weak country music and talk, could just recognize the op’s voice at 2140, 14331
6925.0u . 2210-2215 . Voice of KAOS (US), traditional version of “Whiskey in the Jar”, ID, “Cockles and Mussels (Molly Malone)”, 34332
6924,5 . . 2321-2330 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), ID, “Hey Joe”, “Jumping Jack Flash”, 24332 at start, faded by 2330

Sunday, March 13
6307.0 . . 2035-2220 . Radio Powerliner Int. , polkas, ID, jazz, greetings (thanks!), jazzish version of “Wonderwall”, polkas, Black Sabbath “Paranoid”, Boston “Don’t Look Back”, 24342
6375,0 . . 2132-2137 . Black Bandit Radio, Springsteen “Human Touch”c/d at 2140 recheck
6325,8 . . 2145-2200 . Radio Experience, Heart “What About Love”, “All I Want to Do Is Make Love To You”, ID, 23431, rtty QRM

Wednesday, March 16
4026,0 . . 0022-0027 . Laser Hot Hits, decent signal tonight, clear pop music on peaks, ID, 24332
6220,0 . . 0027-0032 . Laser Hot Hits, much weaker than 4026, talk and pop, 13331, ssb QRM
6905,0 . . 0033-0115 . UNID, continuous music, vocals sounded like Spanish or similar, no ID heard but I suspect it was Cactus Jack, 24431
6930,2 . . 0126-0217 . Northern Relay Service (Canada?) (tent), mostly under the noise, but a couple fade-ins of music and talk, but too weak for details. This station is reportedly on Canada’s west coast.

Thursday, March 17
6924,9 . . 0047-0050 . UNID (US), mellow woodwind music, c/d without announcement at 0050, 24342

Friday, March 18
6959,6 . . 2100-2330 . Atlantic Radio, Bryan Adams “Cuts Like a Knife”, Lovin Spoonfull “Summer in the City”, 24331
6304,9 . . 2141-2230 . Radio Bravo Sierra, dance music, 80’s pop, 24331
6325,0 . . 2149-2200 . Radio Pink Panther, “Born To Be Alive”, 24332 on a peak
6310,0 . . 2202-2230 . TRX Radio, blues mx, ID, 34332
6306,3 . . 2241-2354 . Radio Marconi, Kiss “I Was Made for Loving You”, ID, greetings (thanks!), U2 “Sunday, Bloody Sunday”, 44443
6300,0 . . 2326-0028 . Radio Powerliner Int. , “Hang on Snoopy”, ID “Summer in the City”, ID, greetings (thanks!), email, 34443
6293,0u . 2357-0009 . Wolverine Radio (US), country song,country/blues song “Come Back Baby?”, “Blue Bayou”, Abba “Dancing Queen” ID, 44443

Saturday, March 19
6525,6 . . 0038-0050 . Wizard Radio, GnR “Sweet Child of Mine”, tx cut out a couple times, got a very nice peak at 0046, 23431
6293.0 . . 0059-0107 . Wolverine Radio (US), “You Just Keep Me Hangin On”, Monkees “Last Train to Clarkesville”, “Good Vibrations”, c/d, 24431
6293.0L . 0120-0121 . Wolverine Radio (US), “Caroline”, ID and c/d
6949,2 . . 0149-0152 . Radio Ronin Shortwave (US), comedy sketch with sirens, ID and c/d 0152, 24331
6289,3 . . 1939-1957 . Mustang Radio. “What’s Going On”, polka, ID, c/d 1957, 24332
6299,8 . . 1959-2230 . Radio Bravo Sierra, weak music on peaks, but nothing I could ID tonight, possibly Dutch music?, 14331.
11401,0 . .2032-2041 . Radio Waves Int. (tent), very weak country music and talk in French, RWI was on at this time, per email from Dr. Tim, faded at 2041, 14431
6325,0 . . 2130-2135 . Radio Pink Panther, dance, country, faded in for about 5 minutes, then down to noise level again, QRM from an open carrier on 6324,0, 23432
3905,0 . . 2141-2156 . Overijssel Radio, barely audible talk and music, ID via Iann’s chat
3922,0 . . 2200-2335 . Borderhunter Radio, polkas, ID, greetings (thanks!), “Shake, Rattle and Roll”, “Breaking the Law”, lots of Dutch music tonight, 44443 at start, but increasing ham QRM
4095,0 . . 2228-2240 . TRX Radio, country music, including “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed”, ID, s7 but low audio, 44432
6305,0 . . 2320-2334 . TRX Radio, country music, ID, also low audio, 34332
1715,0 . . 2334-0026 . Radio Line, Radio Sylvana and 3rd station (Greece), QSO, I could hear Sylvana at 24332, Line was a little weaker, and the 3rd station was barely audible. Many thanks to B52 for assistance with the IDs, and to Sylvana for greetings (in English) and IDs heard at 0011, 0017 and 0024

Sunday, March 20
3940,0 . . 0033-0039 . Radio Underground, barely audible music under a huge ham pile-up, suddenly at 0034 the hams went quiet just long enough for me to hear “Radio Underground International, 3-9-4-0 kHz, Good morning”, and the hams started again, incredibly lucky timing!
6935,4 . . 0039-0050 . Radio Appalachia (US), barely audible music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat.
6925.0u . 0112-0120 . Wolverine Radio (US), big band music (1940’s?), “My Sppecial Angel”, ID, 44443
6290,0 . .0740-0845 . Radio Quintus, Dutch music, “Good Morning, you are listening to Radio Quintus”. 24432, occasional loud ute
6935,0 . . 0750-0900 . Mike Radio, ID, email, greetings (thanks!), Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”, 24342 at first, fading by 0900
5820,0 . . 0758-0850 . Orion Radio Nederland, barely audible music, unusually weak signal for Orion,
6200,1 . . 0825-0835 . Radio Orang Utan (presumed), just occasional traces of music on peaks, no details but first time receiving any audio from Orang Utan, ID via Iann’s chat
6282,0 . . 0840-0845 . Radio Shadow, just some hints of music, no details, ID via Iann’s chat
6215.0 . . 1956-2015 . UNID , loud Arab language station, but weak western music underneath, perhaps a pirate.
6304,8 . . 2033-2255 . Radio Bravo Sierra, very weak music poking above the noise every few minutes, no details, ID via Iann’s chat
6912,0 . . 2050-2301 . Cactus Jack Radio, Phil Collins “Easy Lover”, splatter from WYFR on 6915 getting louder until it covered the signal around 2015. WYFR c/d at 2145, when I could hear weak music. Changed to usb mode at 2202, rap music, much better signal with 34332, moved to 6905,0 at 2207, Spanish sounding rap song, IDs 2218, ELO, “Rock and Roll is King” at 2223, Johnny Mathis

Cheers, Terry

QTH: Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Canada
Receiver: JRC NRD-525
Antenna: 75 m long wire, 30 m from my house

Abbreviations and references:
(US) = United States
IS = Interval Signal
u = usb (upper side band)
L = lsb (lower side band)
d = dsb (dual side band, suppressed carrier)
v = variable
tent = tentative
pos = possible
QRM = interference
QSO = conversation
ham = licensed radio amateur operator
c/d = close down (transmitter off)
op = operator
ute = utility station
rtty = radioteletype
othr = over the horizon radar
rfi = radio frequency interference (noise caused by electrical sparking, usually in power lines)
Iann's chat = http://www.easyshopdiscountzone.com/rad ... e/english/
HFU = http://www.hfunderground.com

[JoJo]

Hello Terry, thanks fro the log, much appreciated!