Winding down on a Saturday night

It is the early hours of Sunday morning as I write these words and I'm having a listen to the pirates on MW and SW after a day at work. Tower has just closed down on 1611 and I am currently tuned to Bluestar on 1625, who has just taken a live telephone call from Tante Foek. She can often be heard singing along to tunes on 1671 kHz, but did tonight's singing via the telephone line! Moby Dick is still going strong just up the band, and a little higher is Polkaman on 1665. There is a fair bit of static to contend with tonight as various parts of Europe are battered by rain, but signals are coming through well and it is easy listening. 

Saturday, May 11, 2013

1611       2319       Tower 44444-55444 music programme

1625       2320       Bluestar 45333-55444 music programme

1638       2320       Bluebird 44444 music programme

1648       2320       Moby Dick 45444-55555 music programme

1665       2320       Polkaman 24222-34333 music programme

Friday, May 10, 2013

1638       2057       Bluebird 33433 music programme

1643       2058       Wadloper 54444 music programme

1647       2058       Armada 54444 music programme

1656       2058       Studio 69 35443-45444 music programme

1512       2058       Winnetou en Verona 44454 music programme

1683       2107       Bravo Sierra 25232-34333 music programme

1539       2115       Batavia 22432-33433 music programme  

1629       2211       Calipso 55555 music programme

1650       2242       Jeneverstoker 35343 qsoing

1643       2243       Monte Carlo 34443 qsoing

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

1670       2129       Korenklopper 45434 music programme 

1656       2129       Studio 69 44444 music programme

1652       2129       Uniek 34333-45444 music programme

1636       2130       Barcelona 55444 qsoing

1635       2134       Mi Amigo 34333 qsoing

1683       2137       Bravo Sierra 24222 music programme

1620       2140       Batavia 45434 music programme

1632       2140       Barcelona 55444 qsoing

1645       2156       Spakenburg 45444 qsoing

1620       2251       Valencia 34333 asking for report

1665       2252       Majorca 35343-45344 qsoing

1650       2343       Monte Carlo 33433 qsoing

Observations

• On Friday night one of the best signals came from Wadloper. He was busy on 1643 for some hours, along with his good friend Relmus, who sent me a couple of photos from the transmission site. Interesting how the power had doubled by the time the broadcast came to an end!

• Just like Wadloper, Studio 69 operates from Friesland. Sometimes he uses around 25 watts and on other occasions has somewhat more power. Friday night was one of those with a power boost. Take a listen to his great signal here
• There was a nice surprise on Friday when I heard Batavia on 1539. He uses this frequency quite often for his music programmes, but I've never managed to hear his signal on the channel before. There were some legal stations audible most of the time, but Batavia's signal peaked up very nice at one point, and I made a recording, which you can listen to here
• Calipso is always incredibly strong here and right around Europe. Friday night was no exception as he hit the magic 55555 sinpo while using a new inverted L antenna - the same type as that used by Radio Barones

• On Wednesday evening it was good to hear Mi Amigo for the first time in a good while. Also busy with a programme at the same time was Korenklopper. For those who would like to catch his broadcasts, it's always worth checking out the area just above where most of the Dutch pirates operate - 1670-1700 is his favourite part of the band
• I sent Uniek a recording of his Wednesday broadcast as the signal was so good. In return I had another superb qsl in my inbox