Logs from Newfoundland, Oct. 28 - Nov. 1

[newfoundland dxer]

Hi everyone:

Like everyone on this side of the pond, I was looking forward to Halloween weekend with great anticipation. After all, it is traditionally THE weekend of the year for the US side.

Unfortunately, I arrived home on Friday night to find extremely loud, but intermittent, local noise (rfi). I would get a second or two of clear reception, then a monstrous roar for 5-10 seconds. I listened for a couple of hours, and even logged some details from Grutte Pier who was using only 30 watts, but the noise eventually drove me away. (Logs for Friday are given as s-levels only, representing the signal strength between noise bursts … it was hard to judge a SINPO)

Saturday was worse. Noise was constant and louder, s9+20, and I tracked the source to the power pole in front of my house. No logs Saturday.

Sunday, the noise was gone! I was one extremely happy listener.

The highlight of the weekend was Halloween Radio, who kept popping up all over the band from various relay stations. I didn’t recognize much of the music on the program, but I enjoyed it. Thanks also to Pumpkin Patch Radio and Capt. Morgan for the Halloween-themed shows.

There were the usual great signals from Black Bandit, Mustang, Oldtimer and Powerliner, but low power station Witte Reus also had a couple very clear peaks.


Friday, October 28
6310,4 . . 2035 . Radio Grutte Pier, Haddaway “What is Love”, ID via Iann’s chat, only 30 watts!, s5
6920,0 . . 2130 . Trans Europe Radio, pop music, ID via Iann’s chat, s3
6305,0 . . 2139 . Radio Powerliner Int., Stevie Nicks “Rooms on Fire”, ID, freq, email, hotline number, s7
6925,0 . . 2313 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), Jimmy Hendrix, TZ theme, Adams Family theme, spooky sound effects, ID, s9
6950,0 . . 2335 . Halloween Radio, music, Halloween sound effects, ID, s3 at tune in, s5 after 0000
6924,6 . . 2341 . WFMT (Family Radio) (US), electronic music, short talks but couldn’t piece any details together, s3

Sunday, October 30
6220,0 . . 1914 . Radio Merlin Int., pop music, DJ Crystal, ID, 25342
6325,0 . . 1936 . Black Bandit Radio, couple of Johnny Cash tunes, greetings to Fox 48, recognized the voice, 45443
6420,0 . . 1956 . Radio Mustang, “Dragonslayer”, ID, email, “You Spin Me Right Round”, 45443
6310,0 . . 2011 . Oldtimer Radio, Dutch music, ID, “The Israelites”, 44433
7475,0 . . 2026 . Trans Europe Radio, brief test, very weak pop music, ID via, Iann’s chat, c/d 2029, 24341
6305,0 . . 2034 . Radio Powerliner Int., “Do you Really Want to Hurt Me”, Scorpions “Still Loving You”, ID, greetings, 44443
6930,0 . . 2049 . Irish Music Radio, “Got to get You Into My Life”, ID by Ma nd W, Stones “Paint it Black”, later on 6930,9 , 34332
6550,0 . . 2054 . Radio Rising Sun, very weak pop music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat,24331
6925,0u . 2155 . Pumpkin Patch Radio, “Bo Jangles”, closing announcements, email, electronic music, c/d 2203, 44443
6321,0 . . 2206 . Black Bandit Radio, dance music, pop, finally IDed, said he would rather play country, which he did, 54444
6850,2 . . 2233 . Halloween Radio, barely audible music, ID via email, 15331
6305,5 . . 2329 . Radio de Witte Reus, talk by op about choosing the wrong record, greetings, hip hop, 35443, faded out but came back for a nice, but brief peak at 0040 with dance music, “Dragonslayer”
6285.0u . 2341. Halloween Radio, ID, snailmail and email addresses, Halloween noises, pop music, c/d 0107, 34342
6324,7 . . 2344 . Radio Centurion, weak pop music for a minute, then faded to barely audible, ID via Iann’s chat, 14331

Monday, October 31
6990,5 . . 0025 . Lightning Radio (presumed), weak music barely above the noise, (Lightning puts in a carrier here often, but audio is very rare), 14341
6950,7 . . 0118 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), “Monster Mash”, Adams Family theme, sound effects, ID, 45433

Tuesday, November 1
6955,1 . . 0043 . Malta Radio, Arabic sounding flute music, oldie, op talking and singing over music, ID, 35432
4031,8 . . 0109 . Halloween Radio, barely audible at first, up to 35443 by 0135, ID, snailmail and email addresses, pop
4026,0 . . 0145 . Laser Hot Hits, Blondie “Call Me”, ID (moved back to old 4026, but still announced freqs as 4015 and 6970), 45443
6925,0u . 0148 . Renegade Radio, talk by op, ID, “Monster Mash”, 25331

Cheers, Terry