Take tonight, for example, I switched the radios on at about 2100 UTC and could find only two pirate stations on MW. A look back at the logs from corresponding Monday in 2016 show that I heard seven pirates between 2100 and 2200 UTC.
Who can blame pirates for enjoying the weather and watching the football with a beer - I've been doing similar. But, on the up side, when the World Cup is over and the temperatures begin to drop, I'd say the bands will light up again with activity.
Here's a look at the stations I've heard recently:
Freq Time Station SINPO
Monday, July 2, 2018
1635 2150 Bluebird 55444 music programme
1665 2150 Rebel 25222 music programme
Observations
- Nice to hear Bluebird playing some English music on his show tonight. His signal was very strong as usual on the peaks, although there was plenty of static to contend with at times
- Rebel was doing well on 1665. He has 50 watts of power and was breaking through very nicely at times, although he too was suffering from static, which is very much a sympton of the very dry weather we're experiencing
1625 2035 Marianne 55444
music programme
1645 2035 Oldtimer 45444
music programme
Thursday, June 21, 2018
1625 2022 Pandora 35433
music programme
1629 2023 Turftrekker
44444 music programme
1620 2208 Anton 45444
music programme
1611 2208 Polkaman
33222-33333 music programme
1635 2223 Monte Carlo
45333-45444 report for Anton
1635 2232 Vonkenboer
25222 qsoing
Sunday, June 17, 2018
1655 2155 Snowman 35343
music programme
1611 2246 Polkaman
32322-34343 music programme
Observations
- Interesting to hear Polkaman trying out a new frequency tonight. He's been using 1665 kHz for as long as I can remember!
