I've been suffering with some increased noise levels on MW just recently which has been bothering me, so I did some investigating on Thursday afternoon. It turns out that my loop wasn't operating at full capacity due to a short in the coax cable which had water sloshing around inside it. I dried the cable off a little bit as a temporary measure but will be installing a new cable as soon as possible.
Here are the Dutch MW pirates heard at our location in England during the last few days. The antenna has been the Wellbrook ALA1530LP, and the receiver the Lowe HF225:
Thursday, January 4, 2018
1629 1520 Polka Express 25322 qsoing
1625 2315 Batavier 35443 music programme
1620 2319 Curacao 25222 qsoing
1643 2322 Ros Am 55444 testing with non-stop music
1617 2322 Monte Carlo 24322 qsoing
1636 2327 Odynn 25222-35443 music programme
1615 2335 Monte Carlo 45444 qsoing
1625 2345 Verona 25222 asking for report
Observations
- I've seen a few logs elsewhere for Polka Express, so it was good to catch him myself today. He was qsoing with various other stations this afternoon, but I was trying to sort my antenna problems at the time!
- Odynn was trying out a new sound processor this evening with his 100 watt transmitter. There was a nice bass on the audio and his signal was peaking up very well. Here are a few sound clips from the broadcast:
- 1643 was on air for some time but without any ID. I'm quite sure this was Ros Am testing. The signal was excellent. More programmes please!
- When you hear Monte Carlo and his signal is lower than it usually would be, it's often the case that his antenna is lower than it usually is. That was the case on 1617 kHz tonight. A few minutes later and he was much stronger on 1615 during his qso with Curacao. Presumably he had pressed the button and raised the mast
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
1620 1840 Moonbreaker 25222
1650 2103 Marianne 34333 music programme
Monday, January 1, 2018
1635 0059 Bandoeng 45444 music programme
1660 0059 Driland 34333-45444 music programme
1625 0105 Odynn 25332-35333 music programme
1611 1757 Rebel (Drenthe) weak signal-24332 music programme
1640 1757 Veronica 35333 music programme
1620 1807 Musky weak signal music programme
1637 1812 Dikke Betta 45333-45444 music programme
1647 1813 Armada 35333 music programme
1645 1818 Oldtimer 35333-45444 music programme
1615 2101 Bluebird 45444 music programme
1648 2201 Pereboom 44434 report for Oldtimer
Sunday, December 31, 2017
1629 0825 Vriendschap weak signal qsoing
1629 0830 Mike 25322 qsoing
1633 0841 Noordzee weak signal qsoing
1650 1815 Zwarte Panter 45444 music programme
1620 1820 Desperado 33433 music programme
1671 1820 Viking en Tante Foek 25332-35333 music programme
1656 1837 Digitaal 45444 music programme
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