Logs from Newfoundland, August 15-23

[newfoundland dxer]

Hi everyone:

It was a busy week on the pirate bands, despite being summer with holidays and other distractions. There has been someone to listen to every night!

There were many very loud shows from Mustang and Black Bandit, Baltic Sea has had some nice tests on 7200, and Powerliner has jumped the pond several times with both his big tx and the little 7 watt rig. It was nice to hear Scotland for the first time in a while, and also nice to get a weak signal from Sextant for the first time. Friday and Saturday nights were both extremely busy, but only PL and Mustang kept it going late into the night.

Monday, August 15
6940,0 . . 0015-0030 . Laser Hot Hits, ID, “Der Kommisar”, 34342
6204,2 . . 1910-1927 . Shortwave Gold, possibly a new station, weak music and talk until killed by Iran on 6205 at 1927, 24441 (weak signal, but 1910 is my earliest reception since April)
6325,0 . . 1932-2135 . Radio Black Power, techno, “Summertime Blues”, jingle ID, extended live version of Dire Straits “Money for Nothing”, 34442
6420,0 . . 1955-2001 . Radio Mustang, Tina Turner?, c/d abruptly at 2001 (tx problems), ID via Iann’s chat, 24442
6290,0 . . 2105-2156 . Radio Mustang, Prince “Purple Rain”, ID, greetings, talk about the tx (“no more smoke”), Springsteen “Glory Days”, c/d 2156, 34442

Tuesday, August 16
6925,0 . . 2124-2318 . Mustang Radio, AC/DC ‘Thunderstruck”, Police “Spirits in the Material World”, ID, greetings, c/d 2318, came back on a few minutes later, 45433
6510,0 . . 2143-2200 . Radio Pink Panther, dance, talk, rock song, jingle ID, greetings (thanks!), up to 25332 before c/d at 2200
3934,9 . . 2208-2300 . Relmus Radio, Stray Cats “Rock This Town”, “I Want Candy”, ID, greetings (thanks!), 34443

Wednesday, August 17
6305,0 . . 2030-2102 . Radio Zodiac, rock music, ID and email by op, and in jingle, 24442
6425,0 . . 2035-2045 . Black Bandit Radio (presumed), under a s9 ute on 6425, but loud enough that I could hear splatter around 6420 on peaks,
6420,0 . . 2045-2130 . Black Bandit Radio (presumed), moved from 6425, CCR, bits of old country songs, John Fogerty “Old Man Down the Road”, 34443
6940,0 . . 2200-2215 . Laser Hot Hits, Steely Dan “Do It Again”, talk, ID, 33442, ute QRM
6303,9 . . 2352-2358 . Radio Powerliner Int., Dutch music, jingle ID, low power test, 24341

Thursday, August 18
6305,0 . . 0005-0102 . Radio Powerliner Int., using the big tx now, ID, greetings, Van Halen, “Runnin With the Devil”, “Boys of Summer”, c/d 0102, 34443
6420,0 . . 2120-2145 . Black Bandit Radio, old country, Dutch music, DP “Child in Time”, Scorpions “Winds of Change”, 35443
6920,0 . . 2135-2330 . Radio Mustang, ID, greetings (thanks!), email, “Only You”, “Kung Foo Fighting”, 45444

Friday, August 19
6324,9 . . 1930-1945 . Radio Marconi, started to fade in at 1930, dnace music, talk, too weak to copy but I recognized the op’s voice, c/d 1945
6925,0 . . 2005-2110 . Trans Europe Radio, short test, barely audible music, ID via Iann’s chat, 24331
6374,7 . . 2010-2056 . Black Bandit Radio, old country, 34443
6485,0 . . 2030-2130 . Premier Radio, Europe “Final Countdown”, Men at Work “Land Downunder”, ID on a peak, 24331
6420,0 . . 2053-2105 . Black Bandit Radio, “Pour Me Another Tequila Sheila”, Hawaiian sounding song, 34443
6324,8 . . 2148-2216 . Radio Marconi, Dutch music, ID, email, 34443
7000,0lsb.2157-2215 . Baltic Sea Radio, rap and dance music, (listener in Ukraine said Russian rap), ID via Iann’s chat, c/d 2215, 34443, back at 2240 with Michael Jackson,
3905,1 . . 2218-2310 . Skyline Int. Radio, “Ring of Fire”, ID and greetings (thanks!), “Rollin on the River”, 34342
3921,9 . . 2228-2237 . UNID, weak pop music and talk, c/d 2237, (reported as Sallandse Boer by Achim), 24441
6210,0 . . 2241-2250 . Radio Altrex, weak pop music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat, 24331
6300,0 . . 2351-0130 . Radio Powerliner Int., relaying Dutch FM pirate “Tiger”, Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin”, talk in Dutch, ID in English, SMS number, thanking PLI for the relay at 0114, 34443
6950,0 . . 0018-0050 . UNID, mostly talk by 2 men and a woman with US accents, some short musical bridges, heard mentions of “democracy, (maybe the same show as heard on 6966,3 last Saturday, which was definitely from Europe), 14341 (Note: others have logged this as WBNY. I do not think it was WBNY, but a regular right-wing talk show. I have never heard a woman announcer on WBNY.)

Saturday, August 20
6950,0 . . 2027-2100 . UNID, same US talk show as last night, 24341, heard again 2135 at 24342
6290,7 . . 2040-2050 . Radio Rainbow Int, barely audible music, ID via Iann’s chat
6325,0 . . 2102-2310 . Radio Marconi . polkas,Deep Purple “My Woman from Tokyo”, c/d 2310,34342
6305,0 . . 2114-2120 . Radio Underground, very weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat, 23441
6419,1 . . 2123-2330 . Studio 52, barely audible at first, up to 23441 at 2230 with Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin” jingle ID, ute QRM,
6310,0u . 2128-2134 . Radio Sextant, very weak music mixing with ssb voice QRM, ID via Iann’s chat, 23331
6291,0 . . 2140-2220 . Radio Scotland Int., AC/DC “Hells Bells”, ID, 45443
6375,0 . . 2153-2230 . Black Bandit Radio, Swedish song, Japanese? Song, Hawaiian, 34443
6300,0 . . 2205-2222 . UNID, Sweet “Ballroom Blitz”, “Locomotion”, c/d 2222 without announcement, 45443
6930,0 . . 2215-2225 . Irish Music Radio, ID, Buddy Holly “Peggy Sue”, 23441 ssb QRM
6905,0 . . 2331-0106 . Mustang Radio, Whitesnake “Is This Love”, ID, Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”, c/d 0106, 34443

Sunday, August 21
7200.0u . 0020-0111 . Baltic Sea Radio, ID, rap music, Japanese pop song, jingle ID with a line of “Sailing”, email, 33432
6660,0L . 0124-0134 . Radio Yip Yip, short test with 25 watts, heard just a few seconds of an old, slow song, also heard 0200-0204 on 6590L with cw and sstv (I am not set up for sstv).
6510,0 . . 2109-2122 . Radio Pink Panther, weak music and talk, could only catch few words, ID via Iann’s chat, c/d 2122, 24331
6303,8 . . 2125-2320 . Radio Powerliner Int., barely audible music at start, “Valerie” at 2215, and greetings (thanks!), , second ID and announced 10 watts, 24341
6420,0 . . 2147-2158 . Black Bandit Radio, Swedish country music, Japanese music, 33442
6296,0 . . 2315-0033 . Wizard Radio, reggae, IDs, greetings (thanks!), announced 35 watts, got a few nice peaks with almost perfect copy, 34443 (except for occasional s7 ute), moved to 6373,9 briefly at 2328 but returned to 6296 within a minute, c/d 0033

Monday, August 22
6944,8 . . 0138-0148 . Radio Ronin Shortwave (US) (tent), very weak music, no details, c/d 0148, ID via HF Underground
6420,0 . . 2056-2110 . Black Bandit Radio, old country, 34442
7200,0u . 2237-2300 . Baltic Sea Radio, pop music audible with bad splatter from 7210, ID via Iann’s chat, 23441, heard again 0002 and 0124 at the same level

Tuesday, August 23
6950.9 . . 0009-0020 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US) (tent) “Do You Know What I Mean”, faded then c/d 0020, 24341
6325,0 . . 2135-2157 . UNID, polka and country music, no ID heard, severe QRM from a ute on 6324, but I was able to notch most of it out, 33442
6930,0 . . 2215-2345 . UNID, barely audible music on peaks, I think too weak for IMR
6940,0 . . 2230-2240 . Laser Hot Hits, Tom Petty “Learning to Fly”, ID, Supertramp “Give a Little Bit”, 34432

Cheers, Terry

[Caroline]

Hi Terry (and dog),

many thanks for your log of us at saturday, 20th of August at 6290,7 kcs!!!
Power was only 25watts.

Best wishes to you,
Rado Caroline/Rainbow International.