London Calling.

[Andy Richards]

A good Easter Weekend with lots of nice pirate activity!

76m still a bit noisy here,52m OK in the mornings,48m quite good during the day but fades a bit around the middle
of the day but getting useful at night now at least until about 2130 and the Pirates are catching onto this and using it well.

Too many stations on to mention them all individualy.

The weekend kicked off well on Friday evening with good transmissions from Merlin,Magic,Powerline & Underground.

Saturday was a little quiet but Magic was back with another nice show in the morning,MRF did well on low power on 48
in the evening and Skyline,Bogusman & LHH all had nice shows and strong signals but on a noisy 76m band.

Sunday was of course the busiest day.
Starting with a shorter than normal,but still superb,broadcast from Orion.I think he had other things to do......
Star were very good as usual but did ruin Orang Utan's signal for me on 48.As usual my favortite show was Matt Roberts,
who even suggested in his programme that he might dust off his own TX for the next weekend.........
Delta was strong and with nice mod but struggling on 6276.Much better when he moved down to 6250.
Interesting show from Devalon as always.Nice signal too.
Pleased to hear KTL & Rob 007 with the better conditions they were coming through quite well.
Paardenkracht got stronger but he doesn't have the signal he used to.
It all kicked off in the evening again.I was out all afternoon but got back home in time to catch some nice signals &
programmes from Powerline,Cupid & Zodiac.

A bit quiet on the Monday.I guess a lot of people decided to make the most of the good weather.
But nice shows from Saxonia,Northcoast? and Condor.
But again it all kicked off on 48 when the evening came,with Telstar South and some very strong signals & really
nice shows from Mustang,Merlin & Powerline.

The strongest signal of the whole weekend with me was Cupid,quite closely followed by Mustang & Merlin.
After that were very strong signals from Orion,Saxonia,Devalon,Delta,Star,Powerline,Magic,Scotland & Zodiac.




Thursday 21/04/11


3905Khz - 2047-2052 - Radio Saalandse Boer - 35333 - Boston - "More than a Feeling".
3933Khz - 2052-2057 - Radio Tarzan - 45333 - Dutch/German Music.


Good Friday 22/04/11


6290Khz - 1812-1817 - UNID - 23432 - Duran Duran - "Wild Boys".
6295Khz - 2030-2035 - Radio Powerline - 44434 - Dance Music."Move your Ass","Una Paloma Blanca".
6300Khz - 1642-1647 - Radio Merlin Int - 45544 - Lots of instrumentals,then Oldies.
6300Khz - 2055-2100 - Radio Merlin Int - 44434 - Focus - "Sylvia",Spencer Davies Group - "Keep on Running".
6309Khz - 1752-1757 - Magic AM - 35434 - Ashford & Simpson - "Solid as a Rock",Sly & the Family Stone - "Family Affair".
Speaking in Dutch,German,English & French!
6309Khz - 1900-1905 - Magic AM - 44534 - Joe Tex - "Ain't gonna bump no more".CD 1940.
6324Khz - 1702-1703 - UNID - 35444 - Dutch Instrumental Music.
6325Khz - 2150-2155 - Radio Underground - 34433 - Al Stewart - "On the Border".


Saturday 23/04/11


3905Khz - 1950-1955 - Skyline Int Radio - 45333 - Dutch Pop Music.Later Rock.
3931Khz - 1955-2000 - The Bogusman - 45333 - Chatting about the internet & playing "Make it Right".
4026Khz - 2005-2010 - LHH - 45232 - Pop Music.
6295Khz - 2050-2055 - MRF Radio - 34333 - Pop music,Mike Oldfield - "Moonlight Shadow".Only 20 watts.
6300Khz - 1410-1412 - UNID - 35333 - "Man of Action",just closing down.
6305Khz - 0800-0805 - UNID - 44434 - Soft slide guitar instrumentals.Off at 0855 with no announcements.
6309Khz - 0754-0759 - Magic AM - 34333 - Gilbert O'Sullivan,Heart - "Barracuda".Peaking 44434.


Easter Sunday 24/04/11


4026Khz - 2143-2148 - LHH - 44333 - Pop Music.
5800Khz - 0725-0730 - Radio Star Int - 25433 - Classical Music.Same as 6205.
5815Khz - 0713-0718 - Orion Radio - 45434 - Soft Music.Early closedown.
6200Khz - 0738-0743 - Radio Orang Utan - 23432 - Ram Jam - "Black Betty".Strong splash fron Star.
6205Khz - 0720-0725 - Radio Star Int - 45434 - Classical Music.
6250Khz - 0952-0957 - Delta Radio - 44434 - Rock Music.Greetings to Dave in UK.Moved down from 6276.Much better.
6250Khz - 1200-1205 - Delta Radio - 45434 - Pop/Rock Music.About to Close Down.
6265Khz - 0847-0852 - Radio Devalon Int - 45434 - Danny & the Juniors - "At the Hop".Pirate DX programme.CD 0930.
6276Khz - 0753-0758 - Delta Radio - 43434 - Boston - "More than a Feeling",Cheap Trick - "I Want you to want me".
Strong utility interference.
6283Khz - 1002-1007 - Radio Scotland Int - 45434 - Soft Rock.Later The Clash - "London Calling".
6285Khz - 2150-2155 - Radio Powerline - 44434 - ELP.Later Krafwerk - "Das Model".Said he had a broken antenna?!!
6300Khz - 0730-0735 - Radio Merlin Int - 45434 - Eric Clapton - "Let it Grow".
6305Khz - 1015-1020 - Radio Paardenkracht? - 24432 - Bob Marley.
6305Khz - 1125-1130 - Radio Paardenkracht - 34433 - Pop Music.Abba?
6305Khz - 2200-2205 - Cupid Radio - 54434 - New Wave Music.Later Kid Rock.
6325Khz - 2155-2200 - Radio Zodiac Int - 44434 - Talking over Rock Music.
6375Khz - 0935-0940 - KTL Radio - 24333 - Cream - "I Feel Free".
6400Khz - 1100-1105 - UNID - 35333 - Accordian Music,Freddie Mercury - "Living on my Own".
6406Khz - 0944-0949 - UNID - 44433 - Soft Rock song,Kid Rock?
6425Khz - 0930-0935 - Radio Rob 007 - 25333 - Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Clare".
6452Khz - 1020-1025 - Trans Europe Radio - 25432 - Boston - "More than a Feeling",Golden Earing - "Radar Love".


Easter Monday 25/04/11


4026Khz - 2255-2300 - LHH - 35333 - Pop Music.
6215Khz - 1045-1050 - UNID - 25332 - Music & talk.
6238Khz - 1750-1755 - KTL Radio? - 25332 - Dance Music.Later talk & Steely Dan.Static crashes.
6255Khz - 0820-0825 - Radio Saxonia - 45534 - Mainly in German.The Swinging Blue jeans - "Hippy Hippy Shake",
Dusty Springfield - "I Only want to be with you".CD 0907.
6255Khz - 2045-2050 - Telstar South - 33433 - Wizzard - "See my Baby Jive",Telstar Theme Tune.
6282Khz - 0844-0849 - Radio Scotland Int? - 45534 - "Give me your Love".Off by 0855.
6295Khz - 0715-0720 - Radio Northcoast? - 35533 - Dance Music.Later Black Cherry - "Play that Funky music",
Chic - "Le Freak",James Brown - "Sex Machine".
6295Khz - 1002-1007 - UNID - 35433 - Instrumental,Dutch Song.
6295Khz - 2050-2055 - Radio Powerline - 45434 - Pet Shop Boys,Human League.Very strong.CD at 2143.
6295Khz - 2143-2144 - MRF Radio - 34433 - With quick report for Powerline.
6300Khz - 0832-0837 - Radio Mustang? - 25533 - Pop Music.
6300Khz - 1415-1420 - Radio Mustang? - 35333 - Music.
6300Khz - 1745-1750 - Radio Northcoast? - 35333 - Bronski Beat,Queen - "We are the Champions".Static crashes.
Off at 1750.
6305Khz - 2100-2105 - Radio Merlin Int - 44434 - Oldies."Good News Week","Everyone's gone to the Moon".
6310Khz - 0900-0905 - Radio Condor - 34533 - Dance/Techno Music.Very slight het.
6324Khz - 2055-2100 - Radio Mustang - 54434 - Mix of music.Back on full power & very strong.
Slight utility interference.CD 2202.
6377Khz - 1040-1045 - Radio Dutchwing? - 25432 - Music.Radio ? @hotmail.com.
6400Khz - 0935-0940 - UNID - 25432 - Pop/Dance Music.
6410Khz - 1035-1037 - UNID - 34332 - Music.
6414Khz - 0945-0950 - Radio Northpole? - 35433 - Eurythmics,Level 42.
6425Khz - 0910-0914 - Radio Baken 16 - 35533 - In QSO.
6425Khz - 0917-0921 - Radio Rob 007 - 25533 - In QSO.
6425Khz - 0921-0925 - Radio Scotland Int - In QSO.
6425Khz - 0940-0942 - Radio Powerline - 35533 - In QSO.


Andy Richards.

[JoJo]

Hello Andy, thanks for the big list and log, much appreciated. Indeed other things to do, sorry