Early-evening conditions are some way down as I sit in the radio room at around 1800 and Dutch pirates who would usually be rocking the receiver are nowhere near as strong, and others are struggling to move the meter. So, while all is quiet, I thought I would give you a log update as I've not done one for ages. Here are the stations I've heard this year, together with some observations. All times are in UTC as usual
Friday, January 9, 2015
1648 1626 Luxemburg 25222-35333 testing
1620 1641 Sterrekijker 35333-55544 music programme
Thursday, January 8, 2015
1620 1711 Pontiac 44444 qsoing
1648 1713 Luxemburg 34443 music programme
1620 1716 Monza 44454 qsoing
1620 1721 Digitaal 25452 qsoing
1651 1741 Turfsteker 35333 testing
1615 1744 Karel De Kaper 25332-35333 long music programme
1653 1751 Turfsteker 35333 testing
1622 1800 Dageraad 35333 music programme
1659 1824 Nova 4 55454-55555 asking for report
1635 1835 1604 25322-35433 testing with report for Nova 4
1649 1842 Nova 4 55444 qsoing
1635 1929 Batavier 25222-35333 music programme
1651 2213 Turfsteker 35333 music programme
1625 2247 WDR 35333 music programme
1630 2308 Pandora music programme
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
1620 1718 Jamaica 55444 qsoing
1622 1720 Pontiac 55444 qsoing
1647 1722 Zeewolf 25332 qsoing
1645 1726 Spanningzoeker 55444 qsoing
1622 1802 Digitaal 25322 qsoing
1664 1812 Paradiso weak signal (small traces of audio) qsoing
1625 1812 Wegpiraat 34333
1645 1818 Batavier 25222-35333 music programme
1625 1925 Dageraad 35333 qsoing
1629 1932 Johnny Camaro 35333 music programme
1640 2020 Batavier music programme
1647 2022 Mustang 55444 testing
1638 2314 Calimero 55444 music programme
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| A look inside the transmitter of Wegpiraat |
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| Many thanks for Wegpiraat for sending these images |
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
1631 1816 Wegpiraat 25322-35333 qsoing
1639 1821 Klaverboer qsoing
1638 1826 Osaka 25322-35333 qsoing
1635 1828 Baanbreker 25332 qsoing
1620 1846 Schaduwjager 55444 qsoing
1620 1850 Derdeman 25222 qsoing
1636 1857 Havanna 53544 qsoing
1625 2115 Quintus 35443 music programme
1656 2124 Nachtzwerver 25332-35333 music programme
1627 2130 Sapporo weak signal report for Quintus
1630 2202 Toulouse 55444 asking for report
1630 2204 Marianne 35443 report for Toulouse
1625 2206 Noorderzon 34333 qsoing
1650 2214 Valkenster 35333 music programme
Monday, January 5, 2015
1629 2206 Benjamin 34443-44444 testing
1638 2208 Calimero 55544-55555 music programme
1645 2209 Torpedojager (Twente) 45444 music programme
1630 2252 Monte Carlo 33333-34443 report for Torpedojager
Saturday, January 3, 2015
1636 2057 Keizer en Keizerin 24322 music programme
1648 2120 Moby Dick 35333 music programme
Friday, January 2, 2015
1670 1818 Hooiberg 35443-45444 music programme
1656 2217 Snowman 25222-35333 music programme
1615 2221 Desperado 25222 music programme
1641 2313 Ridiculous weak signal report for Hooiberg
1622 2359 Soerabaya 25232 asking for report
1629 0024 Napoleon 35333-35443 music programme
Thursday,
January 1, 2015
1670 1639 Batavier
25332-35443 music programme
1655 2258 Turfsteker
25232-35333 music programme
1625 2330 Noorderzon
24322-35333 music programme
Observations
- Conditions midweek were pretty good, and there was lots of activity too. The most interesting evening for me was Thursday when I heard no less than three new stations
- WDR from North West Overijjsel was relayed by Noorderzon, who has previously rebroadcast other stations. The signal was perfectly listenable here, and WDR hopes to make further transmissions on MW via this method
- 1604, who I heard broadcasting from Twente with a report for Nova 4, is a name that has been used in the past. Whether this is the return of an old station, a new pirate, or somebody using a different name, I'm not sure. Herman from Radio Zeewolf told me the story of this interesting name, which comes a song about a pigeon returning from a flight - the best pigeon has the number 1604. The name has traditionally been used by pirates as they often keep pigeons somewhere near their transmitter
- The third new one for me on Thursday was Karel De Kaper. This pirate from Friesland has previously used 1512 kHz but was busy with a very long programme on 1615 kHz. I heard him just before 1800, and he was still going strong nearly six hours later. The transmitter power is around 50 watts, and the signal was peaking quite nicely here
- On the subject of low power, it was very interesting to hear Digitaal trying out just ten watts on Wednesday and Thursday. The signal on 1620 kHz was fading around but was pretty good when it peaked. On Wednesday evening, Digitaal was qsoing with Paradiso. I have heard of this station before but never received the signal. This time I was able to detect the carrier and some slight traces of audio, which isn't too bad considering I believe he runs only a few watts of power
- Also with low power (about 55 watts), Luxemburg has been testing over the last few days. It had been a while since I heard him (October 7, 2013 according to my logs), so that was a welcome return. Also logged for the first time in ages during the last few days was Benjamin. He had a visit from his technical man, who made some adjustments to get the equipment working properly and the result was a good signal and strong modulation on 1629 kHz on Monday night
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