What a weekend!!! Friday night was terrible, but Saturday and Sunday were incredibly good. There was a huge number of stations on the air, conditions were wide open, and I was getting details and IDs from almost every station.
On Sunday afternoon, I was searching through 27-28 MHz for music pirates and was surprised to find a couple Irish church services. I have since discovered that is actually legal to transmit church services on the CB band in Ireland, but I left the logs in anyway, since they demonstrate the improving conditions on the higher bands. I also heard a station playing bluegrass on 21356, Cupid was received on 15070 and 21460, and FSM was heard decently on 11320 and 11440, so the sunspots are having some effect.
There were too many good shows and good signals to mention them all, but it was really nice to hear Borderhunter back on the air, as well as Trans Europe, Universe and Telstar, whom I have not heard in a while.
US activity was up a bit this weekend, as well. The current “pirate war” in the US is still unresolved, but ops are taking to the airwaves anyway. Hopefully, this will continue.
Friday, September 30
6305,0 . . 2151 . Radio Powerliner Int., polkas, weak for most of the night, up to 34343 by 2230 with IDs, greetings, c/d 2236
6550,0 . . 2156 . Radio Rising Sun, weak pop music fading in and out, ID via Iann’s chat, 25441
3905,0 . . 2208 . Skyline Int. Radio, “Kung Fu Fighting”, ID, 34342
Saturday, October 1
6924,9 . . 0102 . Radio Free Mars (US), Elton John “I’m Still Standing”, talk in a very raspy voice, dance, 24341
6970,0 . . 1905 . Laser Hot Hits, ID, laser effects, Bee Gees “I Started a Joke”, 25442
6240,1 . . 1959 . Radio Caroline Int., pop music, jingle ID, 24442
6300,0 . . 2013 . Radio Powerliner Int., on at 2013 with polka, ID, greetings, “Bang a Gong”, 33443
6925,0L . 2019 . Baltic Sea Radio?, just caught a few seconds of music, cut in and out a few times and c/d, 34443
6960,0 . . 2024 . UNID, continuous psychedelic dance music for a couple hours, no announcements heard, 35443
6940,0 . . 2059 . Trans Europe Radio, Human League “Don't You Want Me Baby”, ID, greetings, “Sweet Dreams are Made of These”, 25442
6375.0 . . 2114 . Radio Doctor Einstein, rock music, almost covered by a het from a very loud open carrier on 6374,6
6950,0 . . 2131 . Baltic Sea Radio?, pop music, 25342, moved to 6945L at 2145 with Finnish music,
6930,0 . . 2148 . Irish Music Radio, Bruce Springsteen, “Hungry Heart”, ID, 35443
6305,1 . . 2156 . Radio Merlin Int., weak music fading in and out, recognized Jackie Frost’s voice on a peak (regular Merlin presenter), 14331
6990,5 . . 2210 . Lightning Radio (presumed), some music occasionally on peaks, 15331
6930.0L . 2224 . Baltic Sea Radio, mixing with IMR, “Whiter Shade of Pale”, “Hello Japan” jingle ID, 33442
6324,7 . . 2227 . Radio Marconi, dance music, Scorpions “Winds of Change”, ID, 34443
6290,0 . . 2235 . Radio Borderhunter, Abba “Dancing Queen”, ID, “Rock Around the Clock”, “Johnny Be Good”, 35442
6300,0 . . 2256 . Radio Universe, dance music, ID, 24442
6925,0u . 2346 . UNID, music, loud but very distorted, 44443
4015,0 . . 0055 . Laser Hot Hits “Der Kommisar”, ID, 34332
Sunday, October 2
6925,0u . 0013 . Wolverine Radio (US), “I Know What Boys Like”, “Our Lips are Sealed”, 45444 (Wolverine manages to put out perfectly clear, clean audio in usb!)
6290.0u . 0043 . Radio Underground Int., instrumental music, ID, greetings, robotic jingle ID, “We’ve Got to Get Out of This Place”, “When the Levee Breaks”,34442
6924,8 . . 0050 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), several Hendrix songs, ID/email, 24331
7500.0L . 0150 . Baltic Sea Radio, dance music, ID via Iann’s chat, 25441
27991,3 . 1655 . UNID, church service, preacher with a Irish accent, 34443, faded or c/d after about 5 minutes
27825,4 . 1708 . UNID, similar show as 27991 (maybe the same), distorted audio, 34443
27356,2 . 1719 . UNID, bluegrass music, listened to 5 songs, no announcements heard, but lots of voice QRM (Italian and American) so I may have missed one, 22441
15070,2 . 1737 . Cupid Radio, 80’s pop, ID, greetings, announced would move to 21460 or 21480, c/d 1750, 35432
21460,5 . 1755 . Cupid Radio, just a carrier at first, faded in for 20 minutes around 1830 with unknown pop, IDs, 25442
11320,1 . 1844 . Radio FSM, greetings, ID, Sam Cooke “Wonderful World”, relay of CoolAM Radio, Laura Branigan “Self Control”, 25442, moved to 11440 at 2005
6420,0 . . 1912 . Radio Mustang, dance music, ID, greetings, Scorpions “Winds of Change”, 25442 very early fade in
6284,8 . . 1959 . Radio Telstar South, oldies, could not copy talk, but recognized the voice, 25441, up to 24442 before c/d at 2103
11440,2 . 2005 . Radio FSM, ID, greetings, pop, 25442
6550,0 . . 2012 . Radio Rising Sun, weak pop music, ID via Iann’s chat, 24331
6930,0 . . 2032 . Irish Music Radio, classical music, ID, female DJ, pop, 35442
6420,0 . . 2105 . Black Bandit Radio, ID, greetings, said was using about 1 kW, “Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart”, incredible signal, 44444
6219,7 . . 2142 . Radio Caroline, weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat, 24441
6940,0L . 2218 . UNID (Brazil?), weak music under several QSOs, 33441
6925.0u . 2221 . Mash Up Radio (US or Canada?), mashed up version of “Staying Alive” with rap, IDs, played Radio Canada Int.’s interval signal several times before c/d at 2233, 34333
6303,8 . . 2235 . Radio Powerliner Int., “Whiter Shade of Pale”, ID, said low power, (presumably his 10 watt rig, always on this exact freq), 24442
6925.0u . 2323 . Mash Up Radio (US or Canada?), mash up of “Sweet Dreams”, ID and off 2325, 45443
6924,7 . . 2359-0049 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), lots of great blues, IDs between most songs,
Monday, October 3
5815,4 . . 0043 . Radio Hercules, very weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat, 24331
6925,0 . . 0145 . Radio Free Euphoria (US), Beatles “Help”, ID, “Up in Smoke”, talk by Capt Ganja, 34443
Cheers, Terry
