Propagation was a little volatile with signals changing quite quickly, but there was some super reception available which served as a timely taster of what we can expect as the days start to become shorter and the autumn arrives.
Earlier on Sunday I had been looking back at a post on the blog from a few months ago when I mentioned that Radio Sylvania and Dolfijn were back on air. I asked which old station might be the next to return to the airwaves. Well, today I heard the Smokkelkapitein, who has used various names down the years but has not been too active in recent times. His signal was also very fine here - you can listen to how I was receiving him on this soundclip also featuring Zwarte BMW, Monaco, Barones, Relmus, Columbia, Zwarte Panter and Zender Johan:
And here are my latest logs:
Sunday, August 14, 2016
1620 0415 Zonnester 35433-45444 music programme
1646 1753 Zwarte Bizon weak signal qsoing
1630 1756 Meteoor weak signal qsoing
1611 1814 Zwarte Panter (Oldenzaal) weak signal, 45444 at 1942
1647 1942 Relmus 35343-45444 music programme
1620 1942 Monaco 45344 qsoing
1620 1945 Blauwe Piraat 25222 qsoing
1629 1945 Zwarte BMW 45444 qsoing
1632 1955 Barones 45444-55555 music programme
1622 1956 Monaco 35433-45444 qsoing
1645 2014 Zwarte BMW 44444 qsoing
1665 2014 Noorderzon 25222-35333 music programme
1620 2017 Smokkelkapitein 55444 qsoing
1638 2027 Vrolijke Mijnwerker 34333 qsoing
1641 2125 Turftrekker 55444-55555
1620 2125 Columbia 44444 music programme1620 2207 Monte Carlo 44333 report for Columbia
1611 2214 Zender Johan 55444 qsoing
1610 2222 Monte Carlo 34333 qsoing
Saturday, August 13, 2016
1636 1935 Keizer en Keizerin 25222 music programme
1648 1940 Moby Dick 35333 music programme
Friday, August 12, 2016
1641 2324 Casablanca 45434 qsoing
1611 2324 Barones 54444 music programme
1620 2333 Soerabaya 24222 qsoing
1622 2335 Jeneverstoker 34333 qsoing
Observations
- Nice to hear Soerabaya on Friday evening for the first time in a while. He's on holiday from work at the moment so perhaps we will hear more from him in the coming days
- Sunday was the first time I heard Monaco, but his voice was very familiar and one I've listened to many times. I even met him on one of my visits to the Netherlands a few years back
- If you've listened to the recordings above you will have heard Relmus coming in loud and clear. Not bad at all considering he was using only 120 watts - a far cry from when running high power
- Zwarte Panter (Oldenzaal) was a Sunday night regular some months back, so perhaps he'll be back on 1611 with a weekly programme now. His signal was peaking really well here
- I don't hear Columbia too often so it was a surprise to catch him on the band tonight playing a selection of English records with international announcements too
- Turftrekker was playing non-stop music on 1641 kHz, presumably testing his modulation which was particularly powerful, along with a powerhouse signal
- Barones signed on with a report for the Zwarte BMW before launching into one of his lengthy entertaining transmissions on Sunday evening, through into the early hours of Monday morning. Along with Nooderzon on 1665, they were the last stations left on air when all the others had signed off for the night
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