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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

1648       2005       Caldera 23322-34443 qsoing

1640       2010       Jonny Pecon 44444 qsoing

1655       2010       Relmus 45434-55544 testing new modulator

1646       2011       Mustang 45444-55444 qsoing

1658       2018       Test Piraat 33422 qsoing

1655       2100       Turfsteker qsoing

1637       2112       Casablanca (not Emmen) qsoing

1654       2115       Vuurvogel 55444 testing
1620       2120       Kolibrie 33543 music programme

1633       2310       Barcelona 45434-55444 music programme

1647       2311       Bluebird 35433-45434 music programme

1656       2320       Romax 35443 testing

1665       2326       Polkaman 23322-34333 music programme

1615       2353       Napoleon 45444 music programme

1636       0011       Arrianne 45544 report for Barcelona

1655       0036       Jeneverstoker 24332-34333 qsoing

1639       0043       Veronica 33433-33443 qsoing

1636       0050       Pandora 55544 qsoing

1648       0056       Casablanca 43443 (later 45444) qsoing

Monday, February 25, 2013

1647       1600       Bluebird 24442 qsoing

1650       1605       Zwarte Boekanier 35443 qsoing

1655       1610       Vuurvogel 25342 qsoing

1625       2110       Melkbus 24432-35433 music programme

1644       2120       Vrolijke Mijnwerker 55544-55555 music programme

1648       2125       Caldera 23432-34443 music programme

1663       2147       Readymix 34333-35433 music programme

1638       2235       Calipso 55444 music programme

1647       2330       Noordzee 35433-454444 report for Mijnwerker

1647       2332       Casablanca 44444 report for Mijnwerker

Observations

• Propagation conditions are not at their peak right now for listening to the Dutch MW pirates here in England. However, there was plenty to listen to on Tuesday evening. You saw the pictures of Relmus's new modulator a couple of days ago, and he was testing it out on 1655. By the end of the test, the modulation was booming and sounding great
• Vuurvogel has been busy in the last few weeks and we have heard him qsoing several times. On Tuesday night, however, he appeared to be testing a much bigger transmitter which was blasting a very strong signal into our location. He was also talking in English with the ID of Radio Firebird International - and that voice sounds very famous. I remember it on my radio many years ago with some tremendous late-night programmes
• Kolibrie was a new one for me and was on air with a long music programme. We made a nice recording that will be one of the many featured on the next MW Pirate Review which will be available to download in March
• Napoleon signed on very late and played some music into the early hours which was a nice surprise. He has used 1615 a couple of times recently and it is a good frequency
• There was a late-night qso into the early hours of Wednesday morning that featured Dutch stations Arrianne, Pandora, Casablanca, Polkaman, Jeneverstoker, Veronica, Bluebird and Barcelona, several of whom were also chatting to Radio Jaguar from Serbia