Logs 23 Oct. - 13 Nov., from Dunlo, PA, USA (LARGE REPORT!!)

[Dave Valko]

First of all, I have to apologize for this report being so LARGE!! As I haven't been able to get caught up until now (well, caught up for the most part anyway!!), I wasn't able to send out any regular reports. The following loggings are in date order except those on micro-DXpeditions to the SGLs remote site which are in freq order. Hopefully I'll be able to start reporting on a more consistent basis in the future!!

(Sorry for any typo's!!)

23 OCTOBER 2011: LHH 4015 was quite poor and 6970 was totally absent when I awoke and checked at 0600. But 6200 Orang Utan was mainly fair for home reception. The QSB and noise didn't seem as bad as last week. So I decided to go up to the SGLs. I was really disappointed with the lack of activity. Only 6 stations heard in 2 and a half hours. Had trouble finding the reflective tacks at first. I almost went back to the Jeep for the compass but then found the marked trees. It was down to freezing but I was comfortable.

RX: Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp.
ANT: 315' Beverage (BOG) at 50°.
QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26
Duration: 0645-0915 UTC
Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 164, A Index = 2, K Index = 0 X-Ray flux = B9 R1 radio blackouts. 9 Mhz MUF south of Iceland
WX: Didn’t document it but the temp was down around 30° F.

4015 LHH 0647 long Techo Dance song, then M anncr at 0653 but too much noise to copy. Steady strength but really noisy. (23 Oct.)

5800.47 FRSH 0758 instru. mx. 0759 usual "Close Encounters" theme and ID routine. 0800 live IDs w/freq, sked, and pgm lineup. Rock/Pop mx w/song anmnts. 0813 rpt acknowledgements, then into "Ventura Highway". Good signal. (23 Oct.)

5815.03 Orion R. Looked like it just came on thre air at 0658:27. Polka start at 0659:23, then Percy Faith at 0701, and right into mx. Sounded like canned SP ID at 0707, and then free radio ads. Live ID, etc. by John at 0709. Pretty nice signal at this time. "...Orion R. is broadcasting from the Netherlands...". 0735 canned ID, "Off-Shore Echoes" ad, and live anmnts. 0747 "Crazy on You" by Heart. 0749 live voice-over anmnts. 0805:20 live anmnt over 'Om-pah' instru. Still pretty nice signal at 0813. 0826 Reggae song. Much better than at home last weekend. (23 Oct.)

6200 R. Orang Utan Really lively Polka at 0700. 0702 "Hang On Sloopy". 0705 "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer. 0710 live voice-over anmnts including phone 0031-623792500. 0719 "The Air That I Breathe". 0727 "Roxanne". 0729:25 live anmnts including ID. 0738:25 nice clear ID "R. Orang Utan from the northeast part of the Netherlands", then into "I'm a Believer". Some SSB traffic at 0743. Went off at 0816:50 at song end w/out warning. (Oct. 23)

6255 UNID. Getting a definite signal here at 0703, and definitely mx a min. later 0704:15. 0706:50 M anncr. More mx hrd on peak at 0708:30. Dropped down. Looks like it went off at 0750:00. Heavy UTE QRM. Don't know if this was an actual Pirate or what. (23 Oct.)

6298.78 Magic AM Signal showed up here at 0856:57. Definite Rock mx at 0859:35. 0906:10 strongest during peak. UTE QRM from 6296 and also from the machine gun UTE. Just a little too weak and too late. (23 Oct.)

6304.8 UNID. Ext. weak signal here coming on at 0851:06. Found when zoomed in on 6298.78. Too weak for any chance for audio. Someone here?? (23 Oct.)

6934.97 Mike R. Came on at 0814:02 and up with Allman Brothers a minute later. 0818 canned ID jingles, then into "Drivers Seat". 0821 rpt acknowledgements over song. 0823 "More Than a Feeling" by Boston. 0833 "Radar Love". 0838 Polka and some voice-over anmnts. e-mail. "Bye bye". Off at 0839:54. Good of course. (23 Oct.)

6970 LHH So weak almost no audio to speak of at the start. Getting better between 0710-0720. Pop mx. 0720 M anncr between songs reading from listener letter. 0733:25 M anncr, and again at 0746. Almost no audio by 0845. Some CW QRM from 6968. (23 Oct.)

7600 FRSH Huge signal here. 0832 Rock mx. 0835 song anmnts, jingle CD ad, ID, Swedish listener acknowledgement, and song anmnt, then said song. 0844 John Mellancamp "ROCK in the USA". Ment of "FRSH Magazine". Came home and set up the NRD-535D to record at 0946, and finally lost audio in morning fade at around 1025. (23 Oct.)

At home:

15065.23 Cupid R. 1504 anmnt w/e-mail addr phonetically and ment of "closing down after this song". (23 Oct.)

15795 R. Borderhunter 1534 Rock-a-Billy song. Jingle, then live ID anmnts. Into "Breaking the Law". 1539 more anmnts. Techno instru. 1544 "I Was Made For Loving You". 1548 said the Sun was shining and the ground was a little bit frozen. Gave mailing addr. 1601 "Jump" by Van Halen. 1610 mentioned doing a low power test. Went into SSTV xmsn at 1622. Low power test at 1626:15 down to 30 watts. 1634:25 power anmnt and into Abba. 1641 closing anmnts. 1642:05 off. Came back on in USB 30 seconds later with 30 watts then boosted it to 100 watts. 1644 continually lowered power down to 1 watt in less than a minute and was still hearing him about 80% copy. Came back up to 100 watts again at 1645:25. 1646:10 AM mode but modulation was muffled and distored. Went down to 1 watt then in AM but most readable in USB. Had trouble in AM mode modulation. Didn't know what the problem was. Switched back to USB at 1649 and was stronger with more punch. Then went to 10 watts in AM again at 1650, but still having modulation problem. Went down to below 3 watts and was able to copy at 3 watts (listening in USB), but then disappeared. Said Terry also noted the AM modulation was distorted. 1656 switched from USB to AM w/50 watts for a short time before closing at 1657. (23 Oct.)

15055.02 R. Tropiq Found here after seeing in Iann's chat that he was on. Strains of mx right off at 1552. 1554:45 mx during very brief peak. Went off at 1558:20. Didn't hear any anmnts and not quite strong enough to recognize songs, but definitely there and audible. Getting some weird wideband local noise. Hrd at home on Perseus. (23 Oct.)

6304.91 R. Black Power 2303 end of song and canned jingle, then live M anncr w/ment of Holland and ID. Rock mx. 2306 remake of “Morning Has Broken”. “Nobody plays a better variety of music” jingle, then back to mx. Nice to hear BP again. (29 Oct.)

6300 UNID. 2312 signal hrd briefly w/what sounded like a recorded pgm possibly on Pirate radio. As strong as R. Black Power. Someone one the air for a short test?? (29 Oct.)

6290U R. Underground Saw in Iann’s chat that he was on here in USB. Found definite mx at 2318, and again on peaks at 2322, and 2325. M anncr at 2326, and from 2331:55 to 2332:25. At 0016 hrd mx again. Returned again at 0037. Found tlk at 0038. Sounded like a ment of “UTC” at 0040. Finally went back to mx at 0042. 0051 peak w/”Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now” by Starship. Song ended at 0054. Long strange Rap song with what sounded like a repetitive scream from 0055-0105 (record 0059) and again 0108-0111, although the middle segment could have still been the same song. 0114 sounded like the song “Jane” by Starship. 01150-0133 screaming Rap song again. 0133:15 clear robotic repeating “R. Underground” IDs followed by heavy ‘distant’ echo ID, and then more repeating robotic IDs to 0134. Must have gone off at that point as I didn’t hear any more audio. Occas. severe UTE QRM. (29-30 Oct.)

6898U Malta R. Rock mx at 0018, then remake of the Moody Blues song “Simple Game” 0019-0022. Another song started and was stopped and had deadair. 0023 unrecognized Oldie and voice-over ID w/greetings at 0024. Greetings to R. True North, R. Sierra Bravo, R. Victoria, etc. Freq was varying at this time. 0025-0027 another old Motown-like song. 0027-0031 “Remember Me” by Diana Ross. 0031-0033 song by The Jacksons. 0034 another Motown song, then went off the air at 0035. Huge signal!! Clear and no QSB. Very surprised this is a Europirate. (30 Oct.)

30 OCTOBER 2011: I was hesitant to go to the effort and drive up to the SGLs with all the snow we got from the storm yesterday. It seems there hasn't been a lot of early morning activity lately anyway. But I figured I might as well give it a go. It looked like there wasn't as much snow at the SGLs as at home. The parking lot wasn't plowed, but it wasn't a problem. There was a lot of snow clinging to the trees, some of which ended up on myself while laying out the BOG. Conditions turned out to be only fair, just like I experienced at home when I awoke. However it was pretty quiet. QSB was moderate. I was glad I went as I heard 3 new stations; R. Nachtpiraat, R. Rising Sun, and Baltic Sea R., and also WRI for the first time in many years. A decent amount of activity this morning.

RX: Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp.
ANT: 315' Beverage (BOG) at 50°.
QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26
Duration: 0700-0950 UTC
Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 123, A Index = 1, K Index = 1
WX: Mostly cloudy. Chilly, upper 20’s F.

4026 LHH 0701 Rock mx. Abt normal strength. 0710 Dance remake medley including one of "Sugar Sugar". 0713 song anmnts, then back to mx. Didn't seem like much fading and very quiet. (30 Oct.)

5815.03 Orion R. On at 0755 and mx instru. mx start, faded down and brought back up. Polka. 0800 canned ID and Percy Faith. 0804 more IDs, then AM forum and Off-Shore Echoes ads. 0808 Dr. Tim News ad. 0809 live EG and Dutch voice-over anmnts w/ID and freq. 0813 "We Love the Pirate Stations" by Trinity. Signal dropped off after 0815. 0828 canned ID and e-mail anmnt, then more live anmnts w/greetings to R. Saxonia. Difficult copy after 0830, but suddenly picked up at 0845 w/"This Thing Called Love". 0850 Polka. 0855 canned anmnt then John w/live anmnt including ID, a little laughing. Just a little signal and basically inaudible by 0922. Usual decent strength at beginning with machine gun UTE QRM at times. (30 Oct.)

6075 R. Rossii No chance for Crazy Wave R. here, reported by ukDXer, Iann, Achim, because of a strong R. Rossii 0800-0900+. 0719 Jazz mx. Long tlk by W in RS to 0724 followed by instru. mx. 0725 promos w/just simple R. Rossii IDs. Feature w/sound bites from live event to 0733. Round-table discussion after that to 0756. 0758 R. Rossii ID and promos. 5+1 long time ticks at ToH, IDs. After nx, poss. ment of “Musika Kamchatka”, then clear ment of Kamchatka at 0810:30. Into pgm of variety of Russian mx (folk, Pop, etc.) to 0858. (30 Oct.)

6199.98 R. Orang Utan 0715 anmnts ending w/hotmail e-mail and ID, then start of song and a couple jingles. Then into "The Reflex" by Duran Duran. 0720 "Princes" by Spin Doctors. 0728 pleasant Dutch song. 0724 "The Air That I Breathe". 0729 "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals. More anmnts at 0732:25 w/phone number. 0737 "Walking on the Moon" by The Police. 0740 long live anmnts again w/phone and ending w/song anmnt. 0747 "Popcorn". Gradually fading. Signal barely showing up in the display when I stopped recording at 0922. Strong but modulation seemed a bit low. (30 Oct.)

6209.98 Misti R. Signal came on here at 0838:32. Strains of mx at 0842, then definite mx at 0847, again 0851-0855 on short peaks. 0852:15 carnival-like instru. version of an oldie song. Much too weak. Looked like he went off at 0902:12. (ID tnx to Iann and Achim's blogs) (30 Oct.)

6219.97 R. Merlin Int. 0802 signal here, then mx up at 0803 "Dancing Queen" by Abba, then "Knowing Me Knowing You", "Take a Chance On Me", "Mama Mia" at 0815, 0818 "Lay Your Hands On Me". 0829 "I Have a Dream". 0842 sounded like another Abba song. Anmnts finally at 0849. Unable to copy as it faded too much. Seemed like deadair at 0858 then 0859:20 echo "R - M - I" slow jingle, then more mx. Of course still going at 0922. (30 Oct.)

6294.98 R. Nachtpiraat Back on again at 0812:50. Mx at 0814. Dance mx beat 0817. M anncr at 0819:45 for abt 45 seconds but UTE was right on top. Into really fast beat mx at 0821. Nice brief peaks at 0822. M again at 0823:03 in the clear but again unreadable. Mx at 0824. Went off at 0832:50. (ID per ukDXer and Iann's blogs) (30 Oct.)

6295.09 R. Nachtpiraat (pres.) Carrier back on at 0740:45. "Blues Brothers" mx again start up at 0744. 0747 into "I Can Dream About You". Geting hammered by the machine gun UTE at this time. Off at 0751:21. Not quite as strong as Orang Utan. (30 Oct.)

6295.11 R. Nachtpiraat Signal on at 0720:04. 0723 instru. mx from "The Blues Brothers". 0726 "Love Child" by The Supremes, finally clear at 0727. Then went off at 0728:18. Usual UTEs here causing difficulty. (ID tnx to Irish Pauls blog) (30 Oct.)

6300.67 R. Bonofox Came on the air at 0819:20. Mx start 0821. Sounded like a lively Dutch song at 0824. "Pretty Woman" at 0825-0828 but SSB traffic QRM. Then what sounded like a Schlager. 0836:40 M anncr but imposs. to copy. 0841 "Bad Moon Rising" by CCR. 0849:20 anmnt but no chance. 0850 peaking w/Polka. Went off abruptly at 0852:25. (ID tnx to ukDXer blog) (30 Oct.)

6304.81 R. Altrex?? Signal showed up here at 0855:20. Couldn't be sure of any audio. Went off at 0911:33 (30 Oct.)

6425 No chance for R. Pioneer, as reported by ukDXer, and Irish Paul, at any time due to massive UTE on the freq. (30 Oct.)

6550 R. Rising Sun On the air at 0820:55. Rock mx start at 0822:40, and cnaned ID at 0822:55 sounding like "R. Rising ??, shortwave". Dropping down after 0830 and losing sync after 0840. Still getting strains of mx of peaks at 0855, and still visible in the display at 0922 when I stopped recording. Seemed like Rock mx throughout when it was audible. Tnx logging in Achim's blog. (30 Oct.)

6900L Baltic Sea R. Xmsn start at 0855:23 w/"We Rock You by Queen". 0856:45 Seagull SFX and W w/ID anmnt sounding like "(something repeated twice)...?? program ?? Baltic Sea...This is the Baltic Sea R. ?? broadcast ?? send your reception report ?? balticseapirate@gmail.com balticseapirate@gmail.com. ??". Unfortunately the anmnt was skipping as though it was on a dirty CD. It couldn't have been the Perseus as the rest of the recording at the same time was fine. 0857-0900 "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones. 0900:50 canned ID by M "Baltic Sea R." and e-mail by W. 0901-0904 "Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum. 0904:50 Seagulls and canned ID anmnt same as at 0856 "Hello Japan, Hello Japan, many greetings from the Baltic Sea to DXers in Japan. This is the Baltic Sea R....(e-mail repeated)", then closing anmnt "While we are closing down, remember every reception report ?? balticseapirate@gmail.com, balticseapirate@gmail.com. This is the Baltic Sea R. Thank you for listening". And end of xmsn at 0905:40. Not a very long broadcast but am very happy to log this new stn. Fair signal for so late in the morning. Tnx log in Achim's blog. (30 Oct.)

6915.20 R. Nachtpiraat (pres.) Signal popped on at 0845:25, then Blues Brothers instru. again a minute later. (see below) (30 Oct.)

6920 R. Geronimo Shortwave On the air at 0815:22. 0819 audio up w/Blues song. 0831 jingle heavy on the SFX then more Rock mx. 0839 live song anmnts and ment of "shortwave bands". "Shortwave listeners do it with more wire" jingle and "This is Geronimo Shortwave..." ID, and phone, and e-mail geronimoshortwave@hotmail.com. Upcoming pgm rundown. E-mail request. Into "Feels Like the First Time" by Foreigner. 0845 song anmnt and ID. More mx and anmnts between songs. Weaker but still able to ID at 0903. Ment of QSL. 0914 sounded like some tlk on DXing. 0917 "Lido Suffle" by Boz Scaggs. Still good enough on peaks at 0922 to recognize songs. (30 Oct.)

6940.19 R. Nachtpiraat (pres.) 0848 watched a signal come up here from below (see 6915.02) tuning all around and settling on this freq. Then caught "The Blues Brothers mx again!! at 0849 to 0852. Obvously the same that was on 6295 earlier. Nice peak at 0855:25 w/song I recognized but don't know the title. 0856 "American Woman" by Guess Who. M anncr very briefly at 0859:50 sounding like the one on 6295. Kind of noisy here. 0907:15 M anncr w/morning greeting and more. 0909:05 ment of radio ending anmnt. Couldn't copy any more than that. Sudden peaks at 0915. 0916 apparent novelty song like "Popcorn" but it wasn't. 0918:40 anmnt but just couldn't copy. Off at 0919:50. (30 Oct.)

6970 LHH 0721 mx w/QRM from CW on 6968. 0732 peaking w/ment of the Web site and into "Reeling In the Years" by Steely Dan. 0736 song anmnt and e-mail addr and back to mx. Dropped down by 0753 w/song by Ten Years After. 0820 "Stay With Me" by The Faces. Still there at 0922 end of recording. (30 Oct.)

12257.11 WRI First time noted in years. M anncr at 0923. Seemed like nostalgic tlk. Into "Nothings Going to Stop Us Now" by Starship at 0926. Peaking nicely at 0929:05. 0929:55 M anncr w/song annmnt, happy birthday to Grace Slick, "Its 9:30" TC, jingle, then oldie. 0933 "The Mighty Quin" by Manfred Mann. Fading. 0936 anmnt and tlk about the artist. 0938:00 ID and phone number. 0949 sync having trouble locking on. Really heavy fades. (30 Oct.)

At home:

6299.8 Cupid R. Hrd here at 0807 w/definite carrier and poss. strains of audio. Mx noted 2 minutes later. Just a little too weak. Confirmed later in Iann’s chat that it was Cupid. Hrd past 0900. (5 Nov.)

6324.18 R. Black Bandit Big signal. Mx at 0853, deadair at 0854, back to mx at 0855. 0858 recognized M anncr then off at 0859:25. (5 Nov.)

15060.16 R. Scotland Int. Mx and ID (“Radio Sierra India”) at 1201:30. 1204:50 ID, greetings, power, e-mail radioscotland@hotmail.com and ment of 19mb. 1208 more ID anmnts. Kind of weak but at readable level. (5 Nov.)

21890.2 R. Oscar Zulu (ROZ) 1235 op in Iann’s chat said was a low power test at 25 watts. Definite mx at 1237. W vclist at 1238 briefly. 1239:50 M anncr but way too weak to copy. Getting better w/peaks at 1241. Another peak at 1250. Drifting up. Nice to hear this one again even if it wasn’t that good. (5 Nov.)

21489.93 R. Black Arrow 1405 Techno mx. Anmnt at 1415. Anmnt again at 1424 but unreadable as it faded. 1029 ID barely readable, then into Aerosmith song. 1435 instru. by Darude and voice-over/ID, e-mail addr, ment of USA. Too weak. (5 Nov.)

24000.5 Shoreline R. 1438 “Just Like I Fantasized” by Robert Cray then repeating IDs “This is Shoreline R.” in electronic voice followed by live M w/e-mail addr shorelineradio@hotmail.com Peak at 1439, a few more unreadable anmnts as it faded. Horrible QRM from unmodulated signal on low side. (5 Nov.)

15009.14 Old Time R. 1443 fairly strong carrier and mx. Terry said “The Winner Takes It All” by Abba at 1446. Anmnt at 1447:50 by deep-voice M anncr. Couldn’t copy. Another unreadable anmnt at 1449:25, 1513, 1515, 1522:50, and 1525:10 in which there was a ment of music. Drifting up to 15009.21 by 1455. Fast Dance mx at 1543. 1545:40 ID w/ment of “meterband”, e-mail addr oldtime48@gmail.com More short anmnts at 1547 but local QRM then. (5 Nov.)

26050U R. Altrex Tlk at 1504 after change from 26020. ID 1507:40. 1509:13 peak w/tlk abt Jon in GA. Said couldn’t play mx. 1510:05 nice IDs. (5 Nov.)

15800.03 R. Powerliner Int. Just bits of mx at 1528. Just too weak oddly enough. (5 Nov.)

23990.44 R. Shoreline Here at 1535 w/mx after move around 1530. Went off at 1536 after Jon in GA suggested 24010. (5 Nov.)

24007:45 R. Shoreline Found on this freq after he went off at 1536 on 23990.44. Said this freq was the max of the xmtr!! Moved again down to 24000.37 at 1541. (5 Nov.)

6299.63 R. Marconi Techno Dance mx at 0044. Fairly strong and fady. Went off w/out warning at 0050:50. ID per Terry’s logging. (6 Nov.)

12257.10 WRI 1147 Strains of mx at times. Pulsing UTE QRM. Almost strong enough to recognize song at 1153. Better in USB. Still a little audio past 1200 and getting better by 1205. Some local buzzing QRM. Freq seemed to drift up and back down several times. (6 Nov.)

21880 Free R. Victoria Getting a little mx at peak at 1250. OldDXer in chat said he thought FRV. Finally a little more mx again at 1310-1314 w/"Tainted Love" by Softcell. A little more mx coming up again 1321. Nothing but a small spike at times with the Perseus after 1405. Did get some Dance mx at 1426. (6 Nov.)

21489.93 R. Black Arrow 1405 Techno mx. 1408 greetings to US listeners and played “Legs” by ZZ Top, and message to Terry. Unreadable anmnt at 1415, then a little more readable at 1418 w/IDs and poss. ment of shortwave. 1419 acoustic song. 1420 ment of previous days conditions and IDs. 1421 Darude song w/voice-over anmnts giving greetings to many listeners including his “big friend” Gertie. Slowly getting better and went off when it was at its best at 1425:07!! (6 Nov.)

20795 R. Borderhunter Tried this freq first. s/on at 1455:07. Little Techno mx at 1458, but basically just strains of audio at times. Still going at 1505. Just too weak and the peaks weren't strong. Clear freq though. (6 Nov.)

23990.41 R. Shoreline Finally getting some audio at 1516 w/Beach Boys (end of “Good Vibrations”), then into remake of "Man After Midnight" originally by Abba at 1519. 1521 end of e-mail anmnt then next song. Dropped out after 1524. (6 Nov.)

15480 R. Borderhunter On at 1529 then Johnny Cash remake of "One" originally by U2. 1534 several canned ID jingles. "Johnny B Goode" and nice live ID and ment of 19mb and beaming to the USA at 1537. Remake of "House of the Rising Sun" followed by "So Far Away" by Dire Straites, then Elvis. 1549 song anmnt and e-mail. 1553 ID "Rockin the airwaves. Lets do it again. This is Borderhunter R.". Then Kiss song. 1554 more anmnts. Really nice during peak at 1157 anmnt. (6 Nov.)

15380 R. Powerliner Int. "Revolution" by The Beatles, then ID at 1545. Sounded like another anmnt at 1548. 1550 "Rock-n-Roll Music" by The Beatles. Couldn't copy anything more. Audio right at threshold and only readable when it peaked. (6 Nov)

15149U R. Fox 48 Definitely getting some music at 1549. 1554:30 anmnt between songs but just not readable. Still getting some mx at 1557. Not quite strong enough. (6 Nov.)

21460 Cupid R. Pop and Dance mx. ID anmnt over mx at t-in 1559. Ment of listeners. Few more anmnts 1605, and nice peak at 1606. "Pretty strong signal in the USA". Tlk abt the equipment and said he had an audio problem. 1608 good peak and ment of "Dimbulb" in NH. Then SSTV. Humongous peak at 1618:15. Nice ID jingle at 1621 and live anmnt including report acknowledgements. Fady signal. (6 Nov)

21550L Baltic Sea R. Way too much splatter QRM from 21540 at 1416. Clear after 1600. Getting a little music at 1603. Seagulls at 1603:55. Then Dance mx. Peak 1607:40. 1617:10 seagulls and ID by W. Dropped out again and didn't get anything after that. (6 Nov)

15045 R. Shadow Just a really small spike rising above the noise floor every so often at 1638. Terry had audio though. Almost strong enough on peaks at 1644. (6 Nov)

21890.34 UNID. Probably R. Oscar Zulu (ROZ) Getting mx at 1406. Sounded kind of like Jazz at 1408. Then apparently went off the air at 1410. No anmnts noted. (12 Nov.)

11401 R. Waves Int. 1847 definite carrier. Ran an MD on this to 2117 and only got poss. wisps of audio around 2020 and 2048. Just not strong enough. QRM from occas. short SSB xmsns. (12 Nov.)

6324.78 R. Centurion Signal here as early as 2121. Still a carrier at 2226 but just too weak. (12 Nov.)

6310.24 R. Paardenkracht M anncr at 2145 and into mx. More anmnts at 2158. Recognized his voice. Anmnt at 2201 sounded like “…listening to the station…This is Paardenkracht broadcasting…”, then back to mx. Getting better. (12 Nov.)

5814.94 R. Zodiac Came on at 2202. Mx at 2203:40. Long anmnts 2204:40 to 2208. Really quick fading. Threshold copy of mx. 2214 and 2219 more anmnts. Unreadable though. T/out 2227. (12 Nov.)

6306 R. Fox 48 Noted a weak carrier here at 2210 which turned out to be the Fox. Much too weak for audio. (12 Nov.)

6984.93 R. Tropiq Carrier noted here at 2217. Still there at 2255 but no audio to speak of. Off at 2303 check, but was there a minute or 2 earlier. ID per Iann’s chat. (12 Nov.)

6305.21 Mazda R. Int. Big signal found here at 2221. 2229 “Sultans of Swing”. ID at 2256:10 and gave e-mail radiomazda@hotmail.com “Man of Action” at 2301 and closing anmnt, then off at 2302:20. (12 Nov.)

6325.2 R. Fox 48 Moved here when Centurion went off around 2250. Only carrier noted again. Moved up to 6325.97 at 2300. Switched to LSB and was able to catch ID jingle at 2233:50. Another ID at 2339:05. (12 Nov.)

6305 Russia UNID. 2313-2314 Flute mx mixing w/Test R. This was a Russian stn per guys in Iann’s chat, but I can’t recall and didn’t write down the stn name. (12 Nov.)

6303U Test R. 2317 came down to this freq. Found w/Dance mx. Switched to LSB. 2228 “Sandstorm” by Darude. “Testing 1,2,3,4” anmnt at 2229. Short anmnt at 2329:55. 2331:05 counting down again. Mx still audible at 2340 in LSB. 2351 remake of “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”. 2354 “Cry Just a Little” by Shakin Stevens. Glad to hear this new stn. (12 Nov.)

6288.04 R. Jampie Westerbeek Besides unrecognizable mx, hrd anmnts at 2336:30, 2337:25, 2340:05 to 2342:30. Signal wasn’t too bad but I couldn’t copy any IDs. Drifting up to 6288.08 by 2346. (12 Nov.)

6296.9 R. Altrex 2243 just strains of mx. Dimbulb in NH got ID a few minutes prior. Hrd an ID jingle myself at 2348. Weak but clear. (12 Nov.)

13 November 2011: Noted audio on LHH 6970 and 4026 before I left. They seemed a little better than usual. Also something on 6919. Conditions overall were a little better than they've been the last few weekends. Signal levels were stronger. Fading wasn't as much of a factor either. There was a noticeable improvement in conditions with stronger signals and peaks between 0820-0835. The morning fade didn't seem as abrupt, indicating the grayline is lowering in latitude. The MUF was 8 mhz just south of Iceland. Fortunately it was fairly warm and comfortable. No snow on the ground, so it was a breeze laying out the BOG. The Police came up at 1006 and asked if I saw anyone in a red car drive through. When I said no, they left without a word. I didn't appreciate the spotlight in my face but I can understand the reason.

RX: Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp.
ANT: 315' Beverage (BOG) at 50°.
QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26
Duration: 0645-1020 UTC
Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 169, A Index = 2, K Index = 0 X-ray Flux = B7 No storms
WX: Partly to mostly cloudy. Warm, upper 40’s F.

At 0807, I heard 7 stations on at the same time.

4026 LHH 0848 "Hold Me" by Fleetwood Mac, then "Dance Hall Days". 0657 M anncr voice-over anmnt very briefly. Didn't seem to be quite as strong as at home. (13 Nov.)

5800.06 UNID. Signal on at 0934:40. Sounded like the audio finally came up with mx at 0941:50. Came back later at 1005 and could only muster a small spike. Looked like it was still there at 1016. Just too late. Tnx Achim blog log. (13 Nov.)

5815.03 Orion R. Signal on at 0751:53, and mx start at 0754:18. Awesome signal at the start. 0758 Polka. 0800 Percy Faith. Canned ID and right into mx. 0808 ad and live voice-over anmnts w/ID, greetings to R. Saxonia and said he'd be on around 0900. Report acknowledgement. Unfortunately it really trailed off after 0800. "Help" by The Beatles, "Lucky Star" by Madonna, 0816 AM Forum ad, and 0823 Off-Shore Echos ad. Picked up after 0820 and live ID and greetings anmnt at 0820:15. Said Saxonia and KBC would be on at 0900. Canned ID again and live anmnts over the om-pah Polka. Fading badly by 0900. Barely getting audio at 0930, but could still hear John w/anmnt at 0936. (13 Nov.)

6199.98 R. Orang Utan Nice signal at 0700 w/"It Never Rains in Southern California". ID jingle at 0704 wiped out by the awful machine gun UTE. "Do You Wanna Dance". 0710 "I Hear You Knocking". 0714:40 ID anmnt w/rpt request w/mailing addr, then song anmnt, and hello to me, then "I Put My Old Jeans On". 0718:50 another anmnt, song for me. Into "Rosemary". 0725 Polka. 0729:10 morning greetings. 0733 "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. "The Monkey of the Netherlands" at 0753. Gave phone at 0756. 0817 Pepperbox. Like Orion R., this got better in the 0820-0825 time frame w/DT anmnt at 0824:30. Went off at 0916:30. (13 Nov.)

6240 Misti R. Came on the air at 0804:20 and mx abt 15 seconds later. Dutch mx at 0807. 0812 Polka. 0819 "Brown-Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison. 0822 SSB traffic. Really nice peak at 0823:30. 0825 "Hang On Sloopy". Another peak 0827:15, and 0830:45. "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae at 0831. Remake of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" at 0836. Another Peak coming up out of the mud at 0840:50. Finally anmnt at 0843:40 w/poss. morning greeting. Starting to lose sync. Still in at 0850 w/bits of mx and a brief peak at 0901. Went off at 0904:30. (13 Nov.)

6294.92 R. Altrex Came on at 0900:10 and UTEs immediately blasted it out. Mx coming through between UTE bursts at 0906. Finally clear at 0909 and peaking but it didn't last long. Dance song 0911. Faded then. Still getting a signal on 6294.82 at 0933 and 6294.77 at 1016. 6295 is a bad freq here. (13 Nov.)

6299.97 R. Pluto Slid down here from 6302.97 at 0756:07. Nice ID over remake of "I Want to Kiss You All Over" at 0757:45 "Anyway this is R. Pluto with 20 watts of power. I'm going to make now ?? QSO station... Good morning everyone. R. Pluto, 6300 in the 48 meterband. The last record and signing out here...". Another nice ID 0800:45 and asking for QSO stations and said would be listening. 0803:25 more anmnts seemingly acknowledging listener, said was going to QSO, IDs, etc. ID and song anmnt 0805:05. 0805 "Theres Something Going On" by Frida. Really faded by the final anmnt at 0809, and went off at 0809:34. (see below) (13 Nov.)

6299.97 R. Pluto QSO w/RSI 0816:06 signal on and mx immediately. 0817.25 to 0821:55 DT voice-over anmnts. Couldn't copy much as the signal was weak. Ment of Achim and Altrex, "...closing now...". 0822:14 off. Back on 0831:30 w/mx and anmnt 0832:25 - 0837:25. Clear ID at 0836 and tnx for rpt. Off at 0838:28. (13 Nov.)

6299.97 R. Pluto Signal on at 0902:10, same as before. Mx just coming through. 0911:00 anmnt w/morning greeting and ID. 0912:55 anmnt w/ment of "...10 o'clock on 6305...", and rpt acknowledgement. More anmnts at 0917 w/ment of Pluto. Anmnts were much stronger than the mx. Gone at 0921:00. (13 Nov.)

6300.1 R. Scotland Int. Killer signal at 0810. DT anmnt 0812:05 ID. Hello to McQueen and Lowland, Achim, and Altrex. Said was closing down, ID, and song anmnt. Off at 0815:46. Came back on 6300.07 at 0825:40 and mx by Rolling Stones. 0827:20 ID in DT. 0829:35 said was "This is Scotland in QSO with Pluto", ment of Altrex, and said had to turn up the heat in the studio. Got reports from last weekend from Japan and New Zealand. Off at 0831:07. (13 Nov.)

6302.97 R. Pluto Move here at 0754:50 and continuing w/unrecognizable mx. Vacated this freq then at 0756:07 for 6299.97. (13 Nov.)

6303.97 R. Pluto Moved here from 6305 at 0754:10 and heard what sounded like an ID jingle in the brief 40 seconds he was on this freq. Moved to 6302.97 at 0754:50. (13 Nov.)

6305 R. Pluto Huge signal coming on here at 0728:53 and Dance mx almost immediately. Deadair then into the Pretenders at 0733. 0734:30 ID anmnt by ruined by Perseus. "Good morning everyone, this is R. Pluto on 6305...This is R. Pluto, good morning all, ?? shortwave ??". 0739:40 ID anmnt again. "...broadcasting on shortwave radio to Europe" and said was using "20 watts of power". Pause then a little DT and EG. Nice peak during DT anmnt at 0745-0746 and mentioned Lowland, Klaus, and ID w/"low power". 0748 Rap song. Another brief ID 0750:20 "Good morning. This is R. Pluto in the 48 meterband shortwave 6305". At 0754:10, changed freq to 6303.97, no doubt to avoid R. Sonic on 6309.84. (13 Nov.)

6305.21 R. Mazda Signal on at 0923:15 and mx start about 35 seconds later. Nonstop Dutch songs. Pretty nice signal. Stronger on 0933 peaks. 0939 Polka. Still getting mx at 1000. M anncr at 1005 but unreadable, although it sounded like he gave the e-mail addr. 1008:30 M anncr again. Lively Polka at 1013. Still getting some audio at 1021 w/what seemed like another anmnt. Anmnts came a little too late. (13 Nov.)

6309.84 R. Sonic Came on sometime between 0741 and 0745. Mx finally started at 0750:50. A little stronger than 6305 Pluto. Constant clicking of some sort on the freq. 0753:20 anmnt w/ID, morning greeting, and ment of 48 mb. 0757.20 "Good morning Europe. This is R. Sonic ?? station ?? weekend ?? R. Sonic. Send your report to...". 0757:48 freq suddenly jumped up to 6310.35. 0758:15 greeting and ID again. Like other signals, was getting some nice peaks in the 0820-0830 period. Huge signal on peak at 0832. More anmnts at 0842 but had faded. 0843:10 someone tuned across the freq and all around the 6280-6320 area for 10 seconds. Apparent closing anmnts at 0847. Went off around 0850:10. Didn't recognize any songs but sounded like some live mx by The Band or somesuch for a while. (13 Nov.)

6375.29 UNID. Dutchwing?? Came on the air at 0719:35. Dance mx started 2 minutes later. Big signal at this time. 0724 Polka. Audio level too low. Seemed to lower the power at 0726, came back up strong, then deadair. 0728 lowered again, then back up, went off briefly and came back on. Mx started again at 0733:00 w/instru. mx and an S-9 strength!! Strongest signal on the band at this time. 0734 Dutch C&W-like song. Deadair again at 0745, and went off at 0748 but came back at 0749. Pleasant Dutch song at 0751:10. Went off again 0816-0818. Audio a little stronger but distorted on nice peak at 0822:20. Audio finally up to full strength at 0832:10 and great peak. Faded after 0835. Still in at 0847 but weak and hardly any audio, and losing sync by 0850. Went off from 0858-0900. Stronger on return w/mx noted. Pretty steady freq. Still barely visible in the display at 1016. Never did hear any anmnts. Had to be a couple 100 watts. Reported as UNID. on Irish Pauls blog and Ricks Pirate Radio blog. (13 Nov.)

6929.95 Mike R. Huge signal on at 0814:20, and mx start at 0818:35 w/T-Rex. Incredible signal pushing the meter into the red at 0820. ID jingle at 0824:20 then mx from "The Blues Brothers". Sounded pretty nice opening up the bandwidth and adding some bass by changing the SRS Premium Sound settings. 0827:30, 0830:05 ID jingles. 0830 "California Girls" by The Beach Boys. Allman Brothers and live ID anmnt at 0841. Gave date and time. mikeradio@live.nl 0844 Into "More than anFeeling" by Boston. 0847 DT and EG closing anmnts. Seemed in a hurry to go off. Gone at 0847:35. (13 Nov.)

6930.04 Irish Music R. On the air at 0855:20 and "Can't Touch This" Rap song almost immediately. 0857:40 W anncr "Carol" w/song anmnt and jingles. 0858-0902 remake of "What a Wonderful World". 0902:20 W w/song anmnnts, then "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole 0902-0906. 0906 more live anmnts. 0906-0909 "Me and Mrs. Jones". 0909 W anncr again w/song anmnts. 0909-0914 "Playing Piano in the Dark". 0914 song anmnt, Carols e-mail addr, and rpt request. 0915-0918 Dance song. 0918:30 canned ID, 6930 khz, and e-mail addr. 0919:30 jingle. 0919-0923 "As Long As You Love Me" by Back Street Boys. 0923 jingle and M anncr w/"IMR" ID. 0928-0931 "I've Had the Time of My Life" remake. 0931 electronic deep voice jingle, live M w/ID, then "Go tell a friend" jingle, then live song anmnts. Still getting nice audio at 1001. Weaker but still in at 1020. (13 Nov.)

6970 LHH Huge signal at 0707. Not nearly as good at 0720. 0722 song anmnts. 0746 jingle "16 hit songs an hour. This is Laser Hot Hits". "I'm sitting here freezing my nuts off right now" at 0759 anmnt. Faded badly by 0810, but came back up like all other stns this morning after 0820. 0838:50 more live anmnts w/ID after "Who Loves You" by The 4 Seasons. Tlk about world economy. Quiz w/TV show melody. 0840 tremendous signal at this time. 0848 end of Pretenders song then song anmnts and ID. Not as strong as 6930 but readable at 1002. Audio just above threshold at 1020. (13 Nov.)

6985.24 RWI Signal came up from below at 0730:15. Then sounded like mx very weakly. Definite mx at 0751. Had to narrow the bandwidth and notch out one of the offending UTEs from 6986. UTEs disappeared after about 0803 but the signal had faded. Plainly audible at 0827 and 0833 peaks, but audio level still low. Drifting down to 6985.0 by 0900. Signal strength, low audio, and QRM all made it impossible. (13 Nov.)

12257.13 WRI Definitely a signal here and almost getting some audio at 0944. After changing the laptop battery, came back and caught end of anmnt mentioning 11 o'clock, then into "Happy Jack" by The Who. 0949 more anmnts. Tlk w/ment of NBC TV. Nice ID at 0952:40 and into mx, and peaking 0953. Almost totally gone a minute later!! 0955 more song anmnts, ment of CD in the car. TC and date. Really fady signal. (13 Nov.)

Well that's all for the moment. Sorry to bore you with so many loggings!!

[ulx2]

Hello Dave!

Russian UNID on 6305 at 23.13 (12.11.2011) was Радиостанция "Чёрные земли" /Radio Tchyornyye Zemli (transl. Radio Black Acres or Radio Black Lands). Were Russian pop-songs, North Korean song and several IDs in Russian, probably synthesised by text-to-speech software (female voice). However I think that was NOT Russian station.

73s!

Alexandr,
Kiev, Ukraine.

[JoJo]

Hello dave,

thanks fro the logs, much appreciated

[federer_11]

Great logs! 73 from Bulgaria!