London Calling.

[Andy Richards]

Strange and changeable conditions this weekend.
Certainly on Sunday morning most signals were weaker than normal and noise levels were fairly high.
Unusualy worse on 52m than 48m.
We still had a few "Non stop no ID Music stations",but in the main there was a lot of good radio.
Too many to mention them all,so what I will do is highlight the more unusual or surprising stations,
but not before I say,great broadcasts from Underground,Skyline,LHH,Alice,Orion and Victoria.
I didn't hear any Irish stations on Sunday though.

I can't remember when Bogusman was last on the air,but it's been a little while and it was great to
hear him back on air and with The Ghoul too.

From my logs I reckon the last time Magic AM was on the air was 26/12/10 and my log says his mod
was poor.No such problems today.Nice signal,superb mod and as usual a great show.Nice to hear him say
"No Polkas" on his station........as he played Rammstein!Great stuff from the heart of Amsterdam!

There was a UK station on 6265 late this afternoon.From the accents they were from the north of England.
Very good programme but I didn't get an ID.Does anyone know who this was?
I would like to hear more from these guys as they were very good.

But the broadcast of the day has to go to Merlin.
From 0630 UTC till 1808 UTC,over 11.5 hours of great music and a signal that seemed to get stronger as
the day went on!Obviously I didn't listen to the whole transmission but kept tuning back in all day.And I didn't
here the same song twice!Shame on the legal stations.............well done Merlin!

I have to add that as I post,Marconi has moved up to Merlin's frequency of 6305 and is putting out an excellent signal
at 1935 UTC.

Friday 25/03/11

3905Khz - 2147-2152 - Radio Underground - 34332 - Mix of Music.
3905Khz - 2250-2255 - Skyline Int Radio - 45333 - Mainly Country Rock.
3915Khz - 2152-2157 - UNID - 34332 - Mix of Music.
4026Khz - 2258-2303 - LHH - 45434 - Johnny Hates Jazz.

Saturday 26/03/11

3906Khz - 1930-1935 - Radio Alice - 35433 - Dutch Music & Oldies.
3932Khz - 1835-1845 - The Bogusman - 45333 - Playing British Sea Power and slagging off Absolute Radio.
Later The Ghoul.
4026Khz - 1845-1850 - LHH - 45333 - Dance/Disco Music.
6220Khz - 1850-1855 - LHH - 24332 - Stranglers,Offshore Echoes ad.Not same prog as 4026.
6280Khz - 1358-1403 - UNID - 35444 - Oldies.Non-stop Music.
6300Khz - 1103-1108 - UNID - 45434 - Country song,Free - "Alright now".
6305Khz - 1855-1900 - UNID - 23332 - Dutch & German songs.
6375Khz - 1055-1057 - Radio Baken 16 - 25433 - Dance Music.In QSO.
6960Khz - 1058-1103 - Atlantic Radio - 25332 - Pop Music,Oldies.

Sunday 27/03/11

3905Khz - 1732-1737 - Skyline Int Radio - 35433 - Dutch song,Clapton - "Cocaine".
5820Khz - 0835-0840 - Orion Radio - 45333 - Dutch Music.Mix of music later.CD at 0933.
6245Khz - 0920-0925 - Radio Continental - 23332 - Rock'n'Roll Music.
6265Khz - 0945-0950 - UNID - 35333 - Modern Rap/RnB Music.Saturnus?
6265Khz - 1713-1718 - UNID - 34433 - Pop Music.Northern UK station.
6294Khz - 1025-1030 - Free Radio Victoria - 35333 - Instrumental then oldies.
6300Khz - 1723-1728 - Radio Marconi - 54434 - Disco/Pop Music.Bowie - "Heroes".
6305Khz - 0840-0845 - Radio Merlin Int - 45333 - Jackie Frost playing "Brown Eyed Girl" & "Pretty Woman".
Later Paul Watt.
6305Khz - 1705-1710 - Radio Merlin Int - 44433 - Mix of Music.
6305Khz - 1750-1755 - Radio Merlin Int - 44434 - Apollo 440 - "Can't stop the Rock".Closed with a few Pirate tunes at 1808.
6324Khz - 0910-0915 - Magic AM - 45333 - "Umbrella" & "Sympathy for the Devil".Later Rammstein - "Du Hast".
6325Khz - 1055-1100 - Radio Powerline Int - 35333 - Instrumentals.CD at 1148.
6375Khz - 0955-1000 - Radio Black Power - 45434 - "I want to know what love is".In QSO with Baken 16 & maybe others.
6450Khz - 1745-1750 - UNID - 35332 - Pop Music & Chat.


Andy Richards.

[JoJo]

Hello Andy, thanks again for the log.

[Ray Lalleu]

Well, very good signal and programme from R.MERLIN.

And I didn't
here the same song twice!

..but I heard "No milk today" 3 times !

Ray

[irishpaul]

Hi Andy,
Here In Ireland at 16.55 utc on 6265 I heard Radio Pandora.
he was airing a recording of radio Britannia fm from 1995 featuring himself and someone called Ken.
maybe this is the station you heard on 6265.

73's paul

[uk-pandora]

hi andy,radio pandora was on 6.264.4 from 15 15 till 18 15. 2 ,one hour show,was aired. then a old fm recording from 1995,(dont that sound old ) radio britiania a fm station, that i often did shows on with ken crescendo. he is still about on am. glad you enjoyed the joint prog . i have a some recordings, might air them. thanks for your log. steve stjhon.