As well as evening listening, I’ve managed to get
to the radio a couple of times before sunrise and have been pleased to hear
numerous stations. Here’s how the log list is shaping up:
Saturday,
January 4, 2020
1645 0648 Rietvink
35333-45444 music programme
1633 0650 Alabama
45444-55444 report for Barcelona
1633 0652 Barcelona
55444 qsoing
1652 0703 Eigen
Risico 35333 report for Rietvink
1614 0719 Eigen
Risico 35333 music programme
1633 0735 Polka
Express 35333 music programme
1614 0829 Eigen
Risico weak signal report for
Polka Express
1636 1707 Mi
Amigo 35433 music programme
1647 1708 Keizer
en Keizerin 35333-45444 music
programme
1615 1726 De
Klap 25222-35333 music programme
1634 1801 Barones
54444 music programme
1630 1817 Friese
Piraat 24332-34333 music
programme
1655 1831 Turfsteker
35443 testing
1672 1912 Vonkenboer
25332 qsoing
1673 1915 De
Klok 25332 qsoing
1640 2320 Mi
Amigo 45444 qsoing
1635 2320 Pandora
55544-55555 music programme
1646 2321 Monte
Carlo 45444-55544 qsoing
1638 0016 Bluebird
55544 report for Pandora
Observations
● I arrived at the radio just a little too late to
hear any of Radio Barcelona’s
regular Saturday morning broadcast on 1633 kHz, which kicks off very early.
However, I heard Alabama giving a
report, and then heard Barcelona return to the airwaves to give a report back.
Both stations were coming in very strong, very loud and very clear
● Eigen Risico (Own Risk) was busy this morning reporting to
various stations. First, he came up when Rietvink
closed down; he then gave a report to Alabama, and then came up on 1614
when Polka Express closed down. By
that time the sun was up here in England and the propagation had changed making
reception difficult
● There were some super signals on the band
tonight, with Barones sounding
awesome on 1634 for a lengthy music programme. There was loads of depth to his
modulation, and the same goes for Pandora
who closed the night on 1635. Monte
Carlo and low-power Turfsteker were
also doing very well, as you can hear from the recordings above
● It was good to hear Friese Piraat for the first time in a while. He sent over some
pictures while he was broadcasting:
Friday, January 3, 2020
1632 0645 Bootsman 24222-35333 music programme
1617 0652 Blauwe Piraat 24222 report for Bootsman
1615 0655 Eigen Risico 35333 report for Bootsman
1640 0706 Zeelandia 34333 report for Bootsman
1633 0708 Noordzee 35333-45344 music programme
1645 0736 Rietvink 35443 asking for a report
1644 0750 Wilskracht 25222-35333 report for Noordzee
1614 1651 Eigen Risico 35333 music programme
1630 1731 Admiraal 35443 music programme
1645 1740 Zwolse Vliegenvanger 45333-45444 testing
1616 1745 Blauwe Piraat 25222 qsoing
1652 1746 Turfsteker 25222 music programme
1647 1747 Armada weak signal-35323 qsoing
1611 1754 Zwarte Boer weak signal music programme
1638 1757 Admiraal weak signal qsoing
Observations
● The day started with Bootsman on 1632 kHz and then lots of stations coming up on the
band with reports, including Zeelandia,
who is a rare catch for me
● A new name to my ears was Zwolse Vliegenvanger. Apparently he was active during the 1970s,
80s and 90s. Welcome back!
● Conditions on the band during the early evening
were not great, but Armada was much
weaker here than usual before becoming stronger a few minutes later. He sent me
a message to let me know he was experimenting with antennas, first trying a T
design and later an inverted V. Very interesting to hear what a big difference
there was between the two, although in the Netherlands other stations reported
he was his usual strength with both antennas
Thursday, January 2, 2020
1638 2212 Spanningzoeker 45434-55444 testing
1630 2215 Meteoor 45433-45444 qsoing
1645 2216 Curacao 25222-35333 music programme
1620 2220 Ruisbreker 24222 music programme
1638 2221 Morgenster 25222 qsoing
1635 2231 Electron 25222 qsoing
1645 2305 Meteoor 45444 report for Curacao
1635 2307 Pandora 45444 music programme
1645 2318 Alabama 55444 qsoing
Great start to 2020.
ReplyDeleteAn inspiration - I must dust the radio and get on chat!