Thur Dec 29
2058 1656a Viking met Foekje. Polka, reports for Eldorado and Parel uit Twente. S4
2103 1656 Parel uit Twente. Polka, reports for Boemerang and Viking. S3-4
2105 1630 Radio Barones. ‘Good Time Rock ’n’ Roll’, ‘Across the Universe’ (cover), greetings to listeners, ’22 jaren oud en ongetrouwd”, ‘Hey Joe’(cover)... S4-5 R. Barones was on the air on Fri, Sat and Sun as well! Well done!
2217 1676 Albatros Radio. ‘Black Betty’, greetings to listeners, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, phone number and e-mail address, ‘Africa’... S3
2250 1640 Witte Raaf. ‘Mighty Quinn’, ‘Pictures of Matchstick Men’, ‘Nights in White Satin’, hi to other pirates... S3-4
2316 1650 Radio Anton. Old Dutch music (40s? 50s?). ‘Ich Weine in Mein Bier’ (Bobbejaan Schoepen). Off @ 2341. S3
Many good programmes on MW tonight!
Fri Dec 30
0021 3055 ‘Radio hooligans’ from Russia and Ukraine (at least one of them was from Ukraine) QSOing in AM. Barmaley from Bryansk was mentioned several times, but I’m not sure if he was one of the stations I heard. Good signals.
1139 6510 Radio Rising Sun with music and canned IDs. ‘Good Vibrations’, ‘Ebony and Ivory’... S3-4
1151 6930 Irish Music Radio . ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’, ‘Rocking around the Christmas Tree’... Chat between each record. Mentioned the death of Jimmy Savile (BBC, Radio Luxembourg). S2-3
2107 3905 Skyline. Pop music, greetings. ‘Belfast’, ‘Papa Was a Poor Man’, ‘Peggy Sue’... S4-5
2118 3930 Wilskracht. Non-stop music. ‘Painted Black’, ‘Accidentally in Love’, ‘Hand in My Pocket’, ‘We Are the Champions’... ID at 2158. S4 Interesting to hear Wilskracht on short wave!
2351 3940 Borderhunter playing dance music. Poor microphone audio (asked if he sounded good). S5 at first, much weaker after a few minutes (Skyline dropped as well, I think). I see that he was heard extremely well by Terry in Niewfoundland at 0130. (The NA hams on 3910L were very strong here.)
Sat Dec 31
1157 6221 Weekend Music Radio. ‘Modern Girl’. Jack Russel saying the station is still kicking. S3, QRM. I didn’t stay on the frequency, because I guessed the show would become available for download on http://www.wmrscotland.com/ - and I was right!
1206 6280 Good Music Radio, England. ‘Hot Love’, telephone number, ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’... S2, QRM. New station?
1225 6925L Baltic Sea Radio. Pop music and canned IDs (obviously made in connection with the DX tests to Japan). S4
1414 6300 Crazy Wave Radio with Andy Walker and Chris Ise. Slightly stronger than earlier in the day, so I made a 30 minute recording while doing other things (I hope to find time to listen to it soon!).
1447 6325 Radio Osaka. Pop music, greetings to listeners, canned IDs. S3-4
Sun Jan 1
0047 3150 Knopka (?) calling CQ (?). ‘Eto Knopka...’ S3
0057 3334 Radio Bila Hora with a long monologue in Czech, then Czech (I guess) rock music. S3-4, some QRM from a time signal station on 3330. Very interesting station! First time I hear it!
1006 6205 Radio Star Int. with Matt Roberts. Good music and interesting talk between the records! A really good show! I listened to the last bit of Matt’s show today on my mp3 player and was surprised to hear my name. Thanks for the mention, Matt!
I’ll send you an e-mail soon. S3-42200 3935 Radio Batavia. Shadows tune, ‘Caroline’, interesting pre-recorded piece about the Batavi. S4
Thanks for the entertainment, everyone!
RX: Sangean ATS 909
ANT: 50m wire a few cm above the gnd directed towards the English Channel (approximately!) + 10:1 balun. Probably qualifies as a 'BOG' on 48m.
QTH: Grimstad, South Norway
73
Kai
