London Calling.

[Andy Richards]

I thought conditions were bad last week.But they were even worse this weekend!

Really terrible noise here.Besides Gloria only Geronimo were strong enough to listen to and enjoy,at least for a while.
Golfbreker? rose above the noise for a while but the rest were all drowning in it.

I hope things improve soon,meanwhile it's off to MW for me...............


Saturday 24/04/10

4025Khz - 2055-2100 - Laser Hot Hits - 34433 - Disco/Dance Music.

Sunday 25/04/10

6140Khz - 0900-0905 - Radio Gloria Int - 55434 - "Gloria".
6265Khz - 0905-0910 - Radio Geronimo SW - 45333 - Led Zep,Bad Co.
6300Khz - 0915-0920 - Radio Golfbreker? - 44333 - Dutch Music.
6310Khz - 0933-0938 - UNID - 34333 - Oldies.The Monkees - "I'm a believer".
6420Khz - 0830-0835 - Studio 52? - 34232 - "Garden of Roses",mainly Country Music.Later G'n'R - "Paradise City".


Andy Richards.

[Dave Scott]

Thanks Andy for the Geronimo log. There was a later transmission on 5825 which came in better here, although still struggling against the variable conditions and high band noise.

Brigitte, Altrex and Sonic all put in a fairly decent signal here, but apart from that a pretty terrible day on SW.

Geronimo back in a week or 3! e-qsl's (new design) available from geronimoshortwave@hotmail.com

73's Dave

[Johnno]

Noise was unbelievable here too! All over the bands.
It sounded man made. I unplugged everything in the house to no avail. Nearest house is 500 meters away (nobody wants to live any closer to me ) so I don't think it's the neighbours.
Even the stronger signals, 6210 and 6300 weren't able to overcome the noise even with reasonable signals.[/i][/u]

[Andy Richards]

I wondered if it was just local at first too and tried different aerials and radios.I even walked down the garden with a portable!But the noise was everywhere.

No escape on MW either.....................that was noisy too!!



Andy Richards.

[Open Sky Radio]

I heard tell it was caused by the volcanic dust now circling the planet at high altitude. It it statically charged.

[Andy Richards]

The thought had crossed my mind...............the timing is perfect.

But there is also the complete lack of sunspot activity to think about.

A quick "Google" will show you that volcanic dust has indeed effected
radio propagation before.

Any opinions?


Andy Richards.