Saturday, April 12, 2014

Keeping the logs up to date

Conditions are pretty good this evening and there has been some nice signals. A shame Barcelona and Witte Raaf were both airing music programmes on 1633 kHz at the same time. Listeners outside of the Netherlands can never quite understand this, but there is an explanation. With Witte Raaf broadcasting from Friesland and skip conditions being as they are, Barcelona from the east of the Netherlands was probably unable to receive Witte Raaf with a decent signal and therefore regarded the frequency as clear before he switched on. At distance, however, Witte Raaf is much stronger, which makes for a bit of a mess on 1633 with the stations mixing and taking it in turns to fade up into the foreground, sometimes with one station talking and the music from the other station coming through. You can hear it on this recording . . .



Time to fill in the gaps and get the logbook up to date now 

Saturday, April 12, 2013
1645       2120       Batavier 54444 music programme
1656       2129       Studio 69 44444 music programme
1650       2130       Amigo 33433-44444 music programme
1633       2130       Witte Raaf 42422-54444 music programme
1620       2131       Akai 34333-44444 music programme
1633       2136       Barcelona 42422-54444 music programme
1614       2230       Monte Carlo 45444-55444 music programme
1621       2251       Soerabaya 24222-34333 report for Monte Carlo
1629       2326       Zwarte Boer 25222 qsoing

Thursday, April 10, 2014
1615       1732       Wegpiraat 25342 asking for report
1645       1734       Zwarte Boekanier 54444 music programme
1620       1739       Calipso 54444 music programme
1643       1740       Batavier 45444 music programme with new antenna
1650       1745       Zwarte Boekanier 55444 qsoing

Monday, April 7, 2014
1655       2026       Studio 69 34333 qsoing
1655       2027       Oldtimer 54454 qsoing
1611       2029       Batavier 33333 music programme

Sunday, April 6, 2014
1611       1833       Viking 44444 music programme
1638       1833       Bluebird 54544-55555 music programme
1640       1833       Veronica 42542
1648       1835       Hooiberg 34333-45544 music programme
1665       1837       Polkaman 25432-44444 music programme
1670       1837       Batavier 55444 music programme
1630       1950       Anton 55544-55555 music programme
1615       2111       Piepzender 45434 music programme
1643       2111       Wadloper
1648       2118       Uniek 33433-44444 music programme
1650       2123       Monte Carlo 42542 report for Anton
1629       2125       Kruik 44444 report for Anton
1626       2129       Monte Carlo 45444 report for Anton
1615       2244       Amigo 34333 report for Piepzender



Friday, April 4, 2014
1611       2010       Barones 53544-54444 music programme
1640       2018       Relmus 55444-55555 music programme
1665       2018       Polkaman 35333-35443 music programme
1636       2019       Polidor 33433-45444 music programme
1620       2019       Zwarte Diamond 24332-35333 music programme with new transmitter
1630       2142       Monte Carlo 34333 report for Polidor
1621       2211       Soerabaya 25322-35333
1626       2221       Soerabaya 25322-35333
1624       2255       Hemmeling 45434-55544 asking for report
1638       2300       Bluebird 55544 report for Relmus and music programme

Monday, March 31, 2014
1622       1733       Dageraad 24332 qsoing
1636       2047       Pandora 55544-55555 music programme
1646       2048       Vrolijke Mijnwerker 55444 music programme
1611       2049       Armada 44444 music programme
1620       2050       Batavia 23222-35333
1658       2059       Klaas Snoek 54444 music programme

Saturday, March 29, 2014 (On holiday in Devon with Sony and loop)
1625       1838       King 34433 music programme
1620       1840       Anton 54444 music programme
1660       1841       Klaas Snoek 44444 music programme
1625       1914       Zwarte Arabier 44444-55444 music programme
1611       2230       Barones 54434 music programme
1655       2230       Barones (via Batavier) 44444
1620       2300       Desperado 22222 music programme with 7 watts
1633       2310       Barcelona 55444 qsoing
1640       2315       Veronica 34333 qsoing
1636       2340       Romax 44444 qsoing
1611       0020       Romax 33333 qsoing

Thursday, March 27, 2014
1655       1830       Scorpion 54444 qsoing
1627       1835       Baanbreker 25322 qsoing
1649       1837       Uniek 35333-44444 qsoing
1646       1839       Vrolijke Mijnwerker 55444 qsoing

Monday, March 24, 2014
1645       1906       Zwarte Boekanier 35333 music programme
1638       2116       Bluebird 55444-55555 music programme
1660       2118       Noorderzon 25342 qsoing
1668       2120       Digitaal 35343 qsoing
1645       2121       JB 35443-45444 qsoing
1646       2122       Vrolijke Mijnwerker 55444 qsoing           
1611       2123       Armada 45344 music programme
1651       2127       Turfsteker 34333 qsoing
1636       2129       Noordzee 44444 qsoing
1657       2133       Jan De Roos 55434 music programme
1633       2148       Mustang 55434 qsoing
1656       2158       Noordzee 55444 qsoing
1630       2204       Mustang 54444 qsoing
1660       2208       Overijjsel (via Noorderzon) 23222-35333 music programme
1645       2238       Monte Carlo 44333-44444 qsoing
1660       2246       Jan De Roos 54444
1665       2255       Philadelpha 24222-35333 music programme
1640       2320       Monte Carlo 55444 qsoing
1630       2328       Monte Carlo 44444 qsoing
1647       2338       Monte Carlo 55444 asking for report

Friday, March 21, 2014
1656       1856       Noorderzon 25222 music programme
1629       1858       Calipso 54444 music programme
1620       1859       Sterrekijker 45434-55544 music programme
1636       1900       Keizer en Keizerin 34333-44444 music programme
1646       1927       Zwarte Bizon 45444
1611       2016       Turftrekker 33433-45444 music programme
1647       2051       Armada 55444 music programme


Observations

  • Nice to hear Amigo this evening with a music programme on 1650 kHz. I think he might also have been testing on 1614 kHz a little later, where the signal was even better
  • Studio 69 is not as regular on air as he was a few months ago, but it's always nice to hear his music programmes. It seems he might not enjoy his music as much as his listeners however . . . while he was on air tonight, he was inside his house watching TV with the station running on autopilot!

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