December logs from Newfoundland

[newfoundland dxer]

Hi everyone:

Sorry for the late posting. I was extremely busy prior to Christmas, and did not have any time to review and post my logs. The few nights that I could listen, I kept very poor, incomplete logs, so it has taken me the past few days to review audio files and bring them up to date.

I also had an antenna connection problem that caused poor signals on many nights. I found and fixed that on Monday, so signals are again at normal levels.

Thanks to all the ops for the great shows. As always, I enjoyed hearing you.

Friday, December 2
3905,1 . . 2221 . Skyline Int. Radio, “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, ID, website, greetings, c/d 0055, 44443
6305,0 . . 2300 . Radio Fox 48, barely audible music with ssb QRM, ID via Iann’s chat

Saturday, December 3
3910,0L . 0044 . Drunk US Hams, someone played “I’ve Been Everywhere”, several obviously drunk singers on top, someone singing “push the ni**ers off the edge man” over and over, many derogatory and racist comments, Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing”, no IDs, s5 to s7 (anyone who says pirates are bad should listen to the US hams sometimes!)
6305,2 . . 0135 . Radio Flying Dutchman, dance music, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, “This is Radio Flying Dutchman from Holland”, 24341
6925,0 . . 0152 . The Crystal Ship (US), weak pop/rock music, fading in and out, ID, “Bunny” parady, Ozzy “Crazy Train”, 23341
6950.8 . . 0203 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), weak pop/rock music, ID via Iann’s chat, c/d 0237, 23341
3905,1 . . 2113 . Skyline Int. Radio, “Driver’s Seat”, “You Ain’t Seen Nothin Yet”, ID, greetings, 23341 to 24342, depending on ham QRM
6200,7 . . 2155 . UNID, slow Dutch music, talk in Dutch?, good signal but terrible het from 6200 that I could not eliminate, narrow filter made voice very hollow and impossible to copy, c/d 2159, 32441
6300,0 . . 2209 . Radio Marconi, techno/dance music, “Wooly Bully”, moved to 6304,9 at 2238, ID, 24442
6925,0 . . 2246 . Trans Europe Radio, weak music, ID and freq, email, barely copiable, 24441
6924,8 . . 2312 . Radio CoolAM (via Captain Morgan Shortwave, US), Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb”, Bowie “Jean Genie”, followed by Captain Morgan show at 2331 “Hurricane”, ID/email, 24441 at first, climbed to 45443

Sunday, December 4
6307,1 . . 0101 . Radio Flying Dutchman, “Sledgehammer”, ID, greetings (thanks!), c/d 0113, 24341
6325,0 . . 0116 . UNID, mellow instrumental music, no announcements heard, very loud signal but audio was very low, 24331
6940,0 . . 2158 . Radio Ronin Shortwave (US), ID/email jingle with a British accent, slow pop songs, c/d 2220 after ID, 33442, annoying ssb QRM
3934,9 . .2312 . Radio Mi Amigo, John Lennon “Happy Christmas (War is Over)” very clear on a peak, faded quickly, ID via Iann’s chat

Tuesday, December 6
6924,1 . . 0157 . Radio CoolAM (via US relay), “She’s So Cold”, jingle ID and email popped out of the noise at 0205, 24341

Friday, December 9
6924,7 . . 0036 . UNID (US?), slow pop music audible under loud ssb QRM, seemed to be an ID at 0041, but completely covered
6325,8 . . 2201 . Radio Caroline Int., ID, “Sweet Home Alabama”, 24341
3930,0 . . 2220 . Hit Mix Team, weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat, 23441, ham QRM, on past 0200
3905,1 . . 2230 . Skyline Int. Radio, calypso music, ID, 33442, ham QRM
6949,4 . . 2250 . Pirate Radio Boston (tent) (US), weak pop music, nothing I could name, loud ssb QRM, tentative ID via HFUnderground.com, 23341

Saturday, December 10
3924,9 . . 0003 . Radio Sallandse Boer, Dutch music, talk (weaker than music), ID via Iann’s chat, 23441, ham QRM
6925,0 . . 0010 . Radio Ronin Shortwave (US), Dire Straits, ID, Santana “Oye Como Va”, 25441
6925.0u . 0110 . UNID (US), old big band song (40’s?), c/d without announcement 0113, 44443 (maybe Wolverine based on signal and audio quality)
6924,8 . . 0252 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, parady of “The Night Before Christmas”, “White Christmas”, 24442
15090,0u.1350 . Radio Fox48, “Fox on the Run”, jingle ID/email, 35442
15095,0u.1412 . Radio Fox 48, heavy metal, jingle ID/email, 35432
6305,0 . . 1920 . Radio Alice with Marconi ,“Clap for the Wolfman”, announced as “Radio Marconi in cooperation with Radio Alice”, c/d 0206, 33442
6295,0 . . 1939 . Radio Black Bird, continuous polkas, many instrumental, later Johnny Cash songs, ID, 34442
6550,0 . . 2030 . Radio Rising Sun, very weak pop music, ID via Iann’s chat,
6405,0 . . 2044 . Black Bandit Radio, music barely audible under a very loud utility station, moved to 6420,0 at 2051, instrumental reggae, Dutch polka, ID, greetings, c/d 2056, still some ute QRM, 34442
6325,8 . . 2115 . Radio Caroline, dance music, IDs, 24442
6297.0 . . 2203 . Radio Boomerang, polka, U2 “In the Name of Love”, ID in Dutch and English, 44444
6925,0 . . 2249 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), repeat of his Christmas show from last night, much weaker, 24341
6420,0 . . 2303 . Black Bandit Radio, instrumental version of “California Dreaming”, country, ID, only 34442, very weak for BBR
6924,5 . . 2347 . WFMT, Family Radio (US), instrumental music with lots of bells, IDs, 25442

Sunday, December 11
6304,6 . . 0206 . Radio Marconi, came on immediately after Alice c/d, ID, AC/DC “Thunderstruck”, 44443
5820.0 . . 0828 . Orion Radio, music at first with horrible noise ute on top, 32441, noise ute gone by 0845, but “machine-gun” ute was on and off until 0850, talk by John, ID, 34442
6307,0 . . 0835 . Radio Scotland Int., ID greetings, called for a QSO, “You Spin Me Right Round”, c/d 0840, 44443
6985,0 . . 0903 . Radio Waves Int., (tent), barely audible music, I kept checking past 1000, but no improvement, ID via Iann’s chat
6200,0 . . 0910 . Radio Orang Utan (tent), slow song by woman, 23441, ute QRM
6300,0 . . 0922 . Radio Black Bird, weak music, talk, just too weak for details, ID via Iann’s chat
12257,1 . 1013 . WR Int. (presumed), pop music and talk just equal tot the noise, a little better at 1053 but still no details possible
12830,0L.1043 . Radio Sextant, “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree”, ID via Iann’s chat, 24441
12725,2 . 1120 . Radio Spaceshuttle Int., ID, greetings, email, classical music, 34442, moved to 12715,0 at 1130
15080,0 . 1156 . Trans Europe Radio, theme from old TV show, Black Sabbath “Paranoid”, jingle ID, short test, c/d 1208, 24432
6299,7 . . 2112 . Cupid Radio, AC/DC “Shoot to Thrill”, jingle IDs, greetings and talk, c/d 2207, 24342
6305,3 . . 2129 . Radio Bravo Sierra, very weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat, moved up 1 kHz at 2133
6924,9 . . 2210 . Radio 2012 Int. (US), weak dance music, ID, 24331
3905,0 . . 2302 . Polaris Radio, dance music, jingle ID and email, greetings, 23342

Tuesday, December 13
6924,8 . . 0212 . “Fruitcake Station” (US), songs and skits about fruitcake, no actual ID heard, 35342

Friday, December 16, 2011
3905,0 . . 2130 . Skyline Int. Radio, “Stumblin In”, “On the Road Again”, “Waterloo”, ID, 34442
6305,0 . . 2134 . Radio Tropiq, barely audible music, ID via Iann’s chat

Saturday, December 17
6950,8 . . 0020 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), Christmas show, theme from the “Peanuts” Christmas show, “All You Need is Elves”, “Yellow Snow”, 34332
6315,0 . . 1918 . Oldtimer Radio, polka, pop, ID, 45443
6304,9 . . 1950 . Radio FSM, slow music, jingle ID, 24342
6912,0 . . 2113 . UNID, Coldplay “Speed of Sound”, moved to 6915 at 2127, on past 0000, 35443 at tune in, faded out and back several times, (probably Malta)
6924,6 . . 2133 . Radio Doctor Tim, (US relay?), Christmas carols, ID, 24342
1628,0 . . 2150 . Radio Barones, slow music, talk, too weak to copy, but I could recognize the voice, theme from “Cheers”, 23442, lots of splatter from 1630, audible past 0055 with ID and “Me and Bobby McGee”, c/d 0150
6935,0u . 2220 . Northwoods Radio (US), ID, “Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On”, ID, said live show, Hank Williams song, 35443
6924,9 . . 2240 . Radio 2012 Int. (US), dance/techno music, ID, 25441
4065,0 . . 2350 . Polaris Radio, barely audible music, ID via Iann’s chat

Sunday, December 18
6925.0 . . 0057 . UNID, Bowie, “Modern Love”, The Who “Eminence Front”, REM “It’s the End of the World as We Know It”, off without announcement, 35343
1655,0 . . 0110 . Radio Batavier, “Sweet Home Alabama”, a nice fade-in, unfortunately faded out for talk, ID via Iann’s chat
7600,0 . . 1340 . Free Radio Service Holland, I was too late tuning in to FRSH, so I only got some very weak music and talk, barely audible with weak rtty QRM
9480,0 . . 1346 . Radio Saxonia, “I’m Not in Love”, talk , Beatles, talk over instrumental music, 24442, killed by US station WTWW sign on at 1158,
6300,4 . . 1728 . Radio Marconi, “Baby Please Don’t Go”, tx cutting out several times, 24442
6326,0 . . 1748 . Radio Rockefeller, “Dancing in the Dark”, “Tunnel of Love”, greetings, ID, polkas, ID and email at 1916, c/d, 1919, 25441
6325,0 . . 1919 . UNID, mellow music and talk, heard after Rockefeller c/d, too weak to copy, 24341
6510,0 . . 1942 . Radio Rising Sun, weak music, ID popped up at 1943,
6965,8 . . 2016 . Channel Z Radio, ID, “Hocus Pocus”, c/d 2020, 14 watt test, 14441
6964,9 . . 2022 . Channel Z Radio, “Sweet Child of Mine”, ID, “Fox on the Run”, 25 watt test, 24442, up to 34443 by 2045
6955,2 . . 2127 . WMPR (US), electronic Christmas music, ID, 24442
6516,0 . . 2213 . UNID, (Greek), Greek music and talk with echo effect, I suspect a harmonic of a mw pirate (heard before near this freq), 34342

Monday, December 19
6924,0u . 2335 . Voice of Korea Relay (US), someone, presumably a pirate, played a commentary from North Korea’s English program announcing Kim’s death, 44443

Tuesday, December 20
6925,0 . . 0139 . Radio Ronin Shortwave (US), all Doors songs, “Cars Hiss By My Window”, “Waiting for the Sun”, “Moonlight Drive” and many more, ID and email, 44333 at tune in, faded almost completely by 0205, but back at 0220

Wednesday, December 21
6205,0 . . 2117 . Christmas Fresh Sound, barely audible music, ID via Iann’s chat
3905,3 . . 2147 . Radio Sallendse Boer, “Unchain My Heart”, talk in Dutch, ID, 25441
3905,0 . . 2305 . Radio Polaris, music fading in and out, strong ham QRM, ID via Iann’s chat

Friday, December 23
6299,0 . . 1859 . Radio Rainbow Int., “You Can’t Hurry Love”, ID, 25441
6300,0 . . 1919 . UNID, on with dance, then polka, covered Rainbow, c/d 1926 with no announcement heard, 34442
3905,1 . . 1940 . Skyline Int. Radio, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, ID, greetings, 24341
6925,0 . . 2122 . WHYP (US), ID and talk about station history, B52s? “Merry Christmas”, skit, “Christmas Polka”, c/d 2222, 25442 whypradio@gmail.com
6934,9 . . 2246 . Radio Appalachia (US), barely audible music, ID via Iann;s chat
6925,0u . 2254 . Thinking Man Radio (US), “Stray Cat Strut”, ID, “Stop in the Name of Love”, 25442
6306,1 . . 2323 . Radio Marconi, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, lots of Xmas music, ID, 34343
6924,1 . . 2332 . Fruittcake Station? (US), very weak music and talk, known as the “Fruitcake Station” in the US because it features skits and songs about fruitcake, but with no actual ID, 24441

Saturday, December 24
6924,6 . . 0037 . WFMT, Family Radio (US), ID, percussion music, 34342
6920,0 . . 0120 . “Sura Radio”, Cactus/Malta with a new name, ID, theme from “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, 24442
6925,0u . 0159 . Wolverine Radio , IS, ID, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, usual great quality signal, 44444

Sunday, December 25
6925,0u . 0005 . Eccentric Radio (US), instrumental jazz version of “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”, “Santa Baby”, 24442
6925,0u . 0150 . Wolverine Radio (US), blues style Christmas songs, ID, unusually weak signal for Wolverine, only 24342
6304,6 . . 1903 . Radio Marconi, “Some Kinda Wonderful”, greetings, 25331
6300,0 . . 1922 . Radio Boomerang, instrumental music, ID in Dutch and English, c/d 1932, 45343
6450,6 . . 2056 . Radio Uncle Sam, polkas, ID, barely copiable, 24331

Monday, December 26
6320,0 . . 2030 . Delta Radio, slow Dutch song, instrumental polkas, ID, c/d 2043, 34432
6306,0 . . 2113 . Radio Powerliner Int., very weak pop music and talk, ID via Rick’s blog http://pirateradiolog.blogspot.com
3923,0 . . 2126 . Radio Mistletoe, “12 Days of Christmas”, numerous IDs and email, 34442
3930,0 . . 2228 . Radio Dr. Tim, Christmas show, “Santa Baby”, cw greetings,ID, SSTV, 24442

Tuesday, December 27
6950,0 . . 0036 . UNID (US), very mellow and unusual synthesizer music, no ID heard here, 24442 (possibly Wolverine?)
6924,0u . 2044 . Radio Fox 48, “Fox on the Run”, ID via Iann’s chat, 24332
6420,0 . . 2100 . Radio Tidalwave, U2 “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, ID, email, “Radio Gaga”, “Born to be Wild”, c/d 2155, 34442
6299,5 . . 2156 . Cupid Radio, dance music, ID, greetings, 45443, good signal but voice was a little muffled
6304,0 . . 2215 . Radio Powerliner Int., Peter Tosh “Johnny Be Good”, only15 watts!, 23441, splatter from Cupid
3930,2 . . 2234 . Radio Wilskracht, weak music, under hams most of the time, no announcement heard, ID via Iann’s chat, 23441
6934,1 . . 2308 . UNID, very repetitive techno music, fading in and out, announcement heard around 2340 but too weak to copy, 25441
6924,3 . . 2344 . UNID (US?), very weak music and talk, possible the Fruitcake station again

Wednesday, December 28
6305,0 . . 1830 . Radio Witte Reus, started to fade in 1830, up to 24442 by 1915, “Sunday, Bloody Sunday”, “Don’t You Forget About Me”, ID, celebrating his birthday on the air and thanking listeners for their birthday wishes, up to 35443 by 2100, c/d 0120, back 0124 with music and goodbyes, c/d again 0126
6305,2 . . 1930 . Radio Sallandse Boer, came on on top of Witte Reus, slightly louder signal, but terrible het, c/d after a few minutes, 33441
6524,7 . . 1945 . UNID, polkas, dance, c/d 2028 without announcement heard, 35442
6510,0 . . 2030 . Radio Rising Sun, oldies, ID, heard past 0230, 25441
6970,0 . . 2115 . Laser Hot Hits, documentary about 80’s radio pirates, ID, 34442, ssb QRM
6300,0 . . 2217 . Radio Scotland Int., “Dragonslayer”, ID, greetings, dance, c/d 2231, 34433
6300,0 . . 0024 . Radio Powerliner Int., ELO “All Over the World”, IDs, email, Deep Purple “Child in Time”, greetings, c/d 0202, 35443

Thursday, December 29
6326,0 . . 2022 . Radio Caroline Int.,, dance music, ID, 24342
6385,3 . . 2033 . Radio Grutte Pier (presumed), heard a minute of polka music, then c/d
6418,4 . . 2050 . Radio Uncle Sam, instrumental music, greetings, c/d 2055, 33442

Cheers, Terry

[Caroline]

Hi Terry and dog,

many thanks for such logs of us there!!!
Its always nice to see/read it....

Best wishes to you, your dog and your family for the next year 2012 from us !!!!!!

Radio Caroline International.

[federer_11]

What equipment you're using?

73 from Bulgaria and Happy New 2012 Year!

[Glowbug]

(anyone who says pirates are bad should listen to the US hams sometimes!)

No kidding!

The weekend on 80M sees the ratings go from "PG" to "NC-17" pretty quick!

Cheers!

[JoJo]

Thanks for the logs, Terry.

[newfoundland dxer]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Federer: I use a Japan Radio Co NRD-525 receiver. My antenna is a 75 m long wire located in a wooded area behind my house, connected to my radio by 30 m of coax that has the sheild grounded at each end.

Cheers, Terry