Getting better every day

As I write this on Tuesday evening, Radio Barones is booming out of the speakers here in the radio room. He was closing down at 2300, but that time has long since gone! I wonder what time he will close down now? Another hour or two maybe?! Take a listen to the reception and a nice, long recording by clicking here

Conditions on MW got steadily better throughout the evening and it's great to start hearing stations with a good strength again. Yesterday signals were arriving here from the Netherlands from around 2000, which is earlier than of late. Let's hope this trend continues. Here are the stations heard over the last few days . . .

Tuesday, July 17, 2012
1620       2106       Barones 55544 music programme
1645       2115       Spakenburg 34533 qsoing
1653       2118       Batavier 32532-44544 music programme
1651       2118       Uniek 32532-35543 music programme
1652       2123       Monte Carlo 32542 qsoing
1640       2124       Toulouse 33533 qsoing
1630       2130       Anton 43533-54534 qsoing
1639       2211       Barcelona 44544-55544 qsoing
1647       2224       Monte Carlo 44544 qsoing
1629       2236       Calipso 54544 report for Barones
1636       2248       Jack Sparrow 34433 qsoing
1653       2249       Jeneverstoker 34433 qsoing
1640       2258       Monte Carlo 55544 qsoing

1647       2321       Casablanca 45534 qsoing 

1655       0005       Monte Carlo 55544 qsoing 

Monday, July 16, 2012
1654       2015       Batavier 45544 music programme

1660       2015       Centraal 35543 music programme

1621       2016       Black Power 33533-44444 testing

1631       2020       Vrije Vogel music programme

1629       2030       Calipso music programme           

1645       2037       Polderman asking for report

1620       2118       Utopia 44434 report for Black Power

Sunday, July 15, 2012

1620       2230       Barones music programme

1656       2236       Golfbreker 35333 qsoing

1646       2236       Casablanca 54534 qsoing

1650       2240       Vrolijke Mijnwerker 55544 qsoing

1638       2240       Witte Tornado music programme

1653       2246       Jeneverstoker 24432 qsoing

1651       2304       Uniek 24332-34333 qsoing

Observations

• Uniek was doing well on Tuesday evening with just 90 watts of power. He was competing with Batavier for a while and with some qso stations, but once the frequency was clear he started to come through much better
• On Monday we heard a new station, perhaps called Radio Polderman, although we are not 100 per cent sure
• Black Power was testing on Monday and was followed on the frequency by Utopia who gave a report and then followed up with a music programme
• On Sunday, Golfbreker was coming through loud and clear. Take a listen to the reception here