This weekend saw some great evening conditions, particularly Friday and Saturday nights. 48m was even skipping well into the US on Saturday night (I know Bravo Sierra was heard by several Americans, despite relatively low power). Unfortunately, Sunday morning was almost completely useless. Some details from LHH and Merlin (I guess because they are closer), but Orion was the only Dutch station logged Sunday morning, barely.
Fortunately, there were lots of stations on the air in the evenings, which made for some very enjoyable listening. One reason I like listening to pirates (besides the lack of commercials, hi) is the wide variety of music. There was 50’s music from Free Radio Victoria and Bravo Sierra, country from Black Bandit and Alice, nice old blues from TRX, older rock from Mike, Skyline and Mustang, pop from Powerliner and Experience, dance from Black Arrow and Relmus and a Springsteen marathon from Marconi. And not just music … I got a rare chance to listen to a couple of Bogusman’s little stories ( a unique, but very interesting character).
As a dxer, I admit that I like to hear as many stations as possible, but I would not spend so much time listening if the programming was not so good. Thanks to everyone for the great shows!
Friday, March 25
15805,0 . . 1730-1815 . Mike Radio, rock music, ID, email, greetings (thanks!), 24431
15090,0 . . 1733-1800 . Radio Black Arrow, dance music, ID, greetings (Thanks!), “Mr. Vain”, 24432
15069,9 . . 1957-2030 . Radio Experience, “I Think We’re Alone Now”, ID and email on a peak at 2020, 24331
6374,8 . . 2015-2020 . Radio Carline Int. , barely audible music and talk, gone at 2030 recheck, ID via Iann’s chat
6300,0 . . 2025-2045 . Radio Pluto, barely audible music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat
6325,0 . . 2046-2225 . Free Radio Victoria, 50’s music “Running Bear/Little White Dove”, ID, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, 24332
6305,0 . . 2139-2143 . UNID, old blues music, 34443 but low modulation and a strange “crackling” sound, c/d without announcement at 2143, carrier came back on twice for a few seconds, tx problems? (possibly TRX?)
6305,0 . . 2212-0200 . Radio Powerliner Int. , dance music, talk in Dutch, relay of FM pirate, weak at first, ID at 2320, jumped to 44333 by 2350, Dave Barry “Mama”, Scorpions “Winds of Change”
3905,0 . . 2248-2345 . Skyline Int. Radio, Rolling Stones “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”, Bryan Adams “Summer of ‘69”, 33442
3800,0u . 2332-2337 . UNID, fast rock music, QRM from about 10 hams, c/d after song at 2337
Saturday, March 26
6308,2 . . 0008-0035 . Radio Marconi, several Springsteen songs, ID 0022, “Dancing in the Dark”, 44333
6325,0 . . 0036-0034 . Radio Bonte Koe, weak music, jingle ID, 24331, back at 0111-0119, moved to 6905,0 at 0119 where he was barely audible, then to 6375,0 at 0125, where I could only detect a carrier.
6935,0 . . 0044-0200 . Mike Radio, Europe “Rock the Night”, IDs, Boston “Don’t Look Back”, IDs, Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water”, 34443
6525,6 . . 0145-0155 . .Wizard Radio, just a few notes of GnR “Sweet Child of Mine” on 2 peaks, ID via Iann’s chat
6325,0 . . 1954-2030 . Mustang Radio, dance, Bonnie Tyler “It’s a Heartache”, ID 2008, 34442
6304,8 . . 2030- 0200 . Radio Bravo Sierra, (plus second station), 2 signals mixing evenly, up to s5 by 2200, seemed like a mix of polka, pop, and country, second station c/d about 2330, leaving BS in the clear, got a couple nice fade-ins with 50’s music, “Only the Lonely” at 0115, heard several songs at 0130: Madonna "True Blue",Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street", Al Stewart "On the Border", Supertramp "It's Raining Again", S&G"Mrs. Robinson", 34332 at peak
6510,0 . . 2100-0130 . Radio Pink Panther, just traces of music on fade-ins, ID via Iann’s chat
3931,6 . . 2121-2230 . Radio Bogusman, long talks by the op, about 80% copy, unknown pop songs, Glass Tiger “Some Day” at 2123, ID 2127, 33342
3906,5 . . 2130-2230 . Radio Alice, country music, faded up to 34342 by 2145, dance music later, talk at 2227, heard “Radio Lowland:, sounded like Jos at the mic
, Alice ID via Iann’s chat, 244316325,0 . . 2300-2315 . Trans Europe Radio, Pat Benetar “Love is a Battlefield”, ID, email, greetings (thanks!), 34332
6375,0 . . 2309-2330 . Polaris Radio, very weak music (dance?), just above the noise, ID via Iann’s chat
6310,9L . 2319-2325 . Radio Fox 48, a rare reception of the elusive Fox
, “Love Hurts” at 2320, weak ssb QRM, unfortunately, faded quickly, 24331, ID via Iann’s chat6420,0 . . 2344-2355 . Radio Powerliner Int. , weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat
6325,0 . . 2349-0015 . Polaris Radio, moved here from 6375, signal was little better, ID 2355, 34332
3930,0 . . 2357-0125 . Radio Batavia, pop music, just caught an ID at 2359, variable ham QRM, 23431
Sunday, March 27
6300,0 . . 0003-0020 . Radio Powerliner Int. , pop music, IDs, 44333, except for a loud ute every few minutes that would kill the signal, c/d 0020
4095,0 . . 0007-0055 . TRX Radio, jingle ID, nice old blues music, incredibly clear signal, 55444
1714,8 . . 0031-0038 . Radio Happy Miner, very weak talk for the first minute, heard “This is Radio” clearly, and think the rest was “Happy Miner from the Netherlands” (I have listened to the audio file twenty times, and I think this is correct), music, more talk at 0035 for a minute, then music, and more talk before 0038 c/d.
Note: I think there were a lot of QSOs around 1715 this night. I could detect many carriers, including a very strong one on 1713,2 (Doc said Kristal). This is a good, free frequency here, but mw conditions were fairly noisy this night.
6300,0 . . 0103-0130 . TRX Radio, usual jingle IDs, great blues music, same great signal as 4095, 55444
6304,8 . . 0733-0815 . Radio Merlin Int. , “I Would Walk 5000 Miles”, Jackie Frost at the mic, 24331
5820,0 . . 0744-0750 . Orion Radio Nederland, music and talk, fading up and down, recognized John’s voice on a peak, but could not copy, the only Dutch station I copy get any signal from this morning!
6220,0 . . 0756-0805 . Laser Hot Hits, weak pop music and talk, 24341
6304,2 . . 1919-1932 . Radio Marconi, just weak music and talk at this early time, I could recognize the voice on a couple fade-ins, but could not copy, c/d before the band really faded in,
6305,0 . . 2028-2033 . Radio Powerliner Int. , I returned to the radio to hear talk and short pieces of music, I think he was reporting to Marconi, c/d 2033, 24341
6305,0 . . 2120-2230 . Radio Powerliner Int. , back on the air, better signal at this time, Abba ”Chicitita”, ID, email, Stones “Get Off of My Cloud”, Flock of Seagulls “Run So Far Away”, Pet Shop Boys “It’s a Sin, 34342
3905,0 . . 2125-2130 . Skyline Int. Radio, just fading in (late for 76 m), music and talk, bad QRM from ute on 3903, c/d soon after
6450,0 . . 2132-2155 . Black Bandit Radio, ID, Springsteen “Human Touch”, 44433
6374,9 . . 2138-2225 . Radio Baken 16, “Dragonslayer”, 24332
3932,0 . . 2156-2225 . Radio Baken 16 (//6375), pop music, “Baker Street” at 2220, 24342
5804,8 . . 2202-2210 . Radio Telstar South, very weak music, talk was a little louder, recognized Telstar’s distinctive voice on a fade up, 24341
Tuesday, March 29
1625,0 . . 0129-0200 . Relmus Radio , weak music fading in and out, dance music came in clear at 0148, ID and greetings (thanks!) at 0150
Cheers, Terry
QTH: Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Canada
Receiver: JRC NRD-525
Antenna: 75 m long wire, 30 m from my house
Abbreviations and references:
(US) = United States
IS = Interval Signal
u = usb (upper side band)
L = lsb (lower side band)
d = dsb (dual side band, suppressed carrier)
v = variable
tent = tentative
pos = possible
QRM = interference
QSO = conversation
ham = licensed radio amateur operator
c/d = close down (transmitter off)
op = operator
ute = utility station
rtty = radioteletype
othr = over the horizon radar
rfi = radio frequency interference (noise caused by electrical sparking, usually in power lines)
Iann's chat = http://www.easyshopdiscountzone.com/rad ... e/english/
HFU = http://www.hfunderground.com
