It's been a couple of weeks since I updated the logbook here on the blog, so it's time for an update. The antenna at this side is the superb Wellbroook ALA1530 LN, which is usually connected to either the Kenwood R5000, Lowe HF-225, or the superb AOR AR-7030.
Freq Time Station name SINPO Type of broadcast
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
1617 1840 Marianne 44444 music programme
1615 1845 Blauwe Koe 54444 music programme
1637 1846 Concorde weak signal music programme
1647 1846 Barones 45434 music programme
1657 1846 Pecon weak signal qsoing
1640 1848 Batavier weak signal music programme
1630 1849 Schaduwjager 55444 testing
1636 1854 Alabama 45444 music programme
1665 1926 Zeepiraat 35333, 45444 at 1954 qsoing
1662 1929 Meteoor 45444 qsoing
1664 1933 Armada 45444 qsoing
1675 1938 Digitaal 45444 qsoing
1660 1951 Astronaut 25332 qsoing
1645 2105 Vonkenboer 25332 qsoing
1656 2108 Snowman 25222 music programme
Observations
● A very pleasant evening tuning around the band. I’m working full-time from home at the moment but logged off today at about 7.30pm local time, so I moved straight to the radio and was very pleased to find MW alive with pirate activity from the Netherlands. There were some cracking signals as well.
● Marianne was there with his weekly Tuesday broadcast, while Blauwe Koe was coming in very strongly. Although there was only 2kHz between these two stations it was possible to separate them and listen to one or the other. Most of the pirates these days tend to use sound processing and filters that means their audio is quite narrow and doesn’t splatter across the band and so across other stations.
● Barones was also on air tonight, using 1647 kHz and for a bit of fun was relaying Alabama live from his broadcast on 1636 kHz using a web-based SDR!
● There was a nice qso up around 1665, featuring Zeepiraat, Meteoor, Astronaut and Vonkenboer. The signals came up very well at various times, so much so that Meteoor sounded as though he was sitting next to me in the same room, while Zeepiraat - who often actually broadcasts live from a location on the sea - was putting in probably the best signal I’ve ever heard from him. I sent a message to Astronaut when they had all closed down, and he wrote back: “Beautiful MW evening - power stations and qsos across the whole band.” Indeed.
Monday, May 4, 2020
1655 2010 Witte Raaf 45333 testing
1665 2013 Vonkenboer 25222 music programme
1670 2016 Vonkentrekker 25222 music programme
1636 2030 Mustang 45344 music programme
Sunday, May 3, 2020
1617 0535 Noordster 35333 qsoing
1629 0540 Polkaexpress weak signal-25322 music programme
1611 0541 Interpol weak signal-25332 music programme
1642 0558 KJ weak signal qsoing
1630 1716 Twentana 25322, 35443 at 1826 music programme
1615 1716 Alice weak signal, 25342 at 1743 music programme
1640 1738 Klaverboer weak signal music programme
1660 1739 Digitaal 45444 at 1858 music programme
1635 1745 Santana en Cobra 24322 music programme
1611 1825 Saporro 25332 music programme
1671 1827 Viking en Tante Foek 35333 at 2054 music programme
1638 2052 Bluebird 55444 music programme
Observations
● Having a bit more time on my hands than usual because of the coronavirus lockdown, I’ve been spending plenty of hours in the radio room and have powered up various radios I haven’t used for a while. One of those is an old Pye Cambridge International, which was receiving Bluebird loud and clear tonight on 1638 kHz as you can see in the video below:
Saturday, May 2, 2020
1633 0430 Barcelona 35333-45444 music programme
1675 1714 Turftrekker 25322 music programme
1611 1715 Telefunken 24332 music programme
1647 1715 Keizer en Keizerin music programme
1672 2128 Barones 55444 testing new thicker antenna wire
1652 2130 Moby Dick 33333-45444 music programme
1615 2135 Ruimzicht 25322-35333 music programme
1645 2157 Monte Carlo 34333 report for Keizer en Kezierin
1645 2233 Nachtzwerver 35333 qsoing
Friday, May 1, 2020
1638 1814 Concorde 25342 music programme
1620 1816 Anton 35343 music programme
1611 1816 Soto 23322 music programme
1633 1817 Uniek 25332 music programme
1642 1943 Barones 55444 music programme
1615 1943 Blauwe Koe 45444-55555 music programme
1633 1944 Derde Man 34333 music programme
1620 1944 Mi Amigo 34433 music programme
1620 2132 Philadelphia 23332 music programme
Thursday, April 30, 2020
1636 0505 Toulouse 25332-35443 music programme
1636 0515 Noordzee 25332-45444 report for Toulouse
1636 0547 Torpedojager weak signal weekly music programme
1660 1645 Digitaal 25342
1629 1719 Monza 25232 qsoing
1639 1725 Admiraal 25232 qsoing
1631 1845 Concorde weak signal music programme
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
1647 1855 Barones 45444 testing
1638 2129 Bluebird 45444 music programme
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
1617 1955 Marianne 35443 music programme
1638 1956 Blauwe Koe 35443 music programme
1647 2128 Driland 35443 music programme
1656 2131 Snowman 25222-35233 music programme
1620 2131 Philadelphia 25332 music programme
1636 0503 Mi Amigo 25332-35343 music programme
1647 0504 Polydor 25342 music programme
1617 0506 Noordzee 35443 music programme
1655 2124 Barones 55444-55555 music programme
1640 2141 Casablanca 45434-55555 testing
1635 2219 Nachtrijder 25232 report for Casablanca
Observations
● It was King’s Day in the Netherlands, so I got up nice and early to see who was on air, thinking the Dutch bank holiday might have brought a few more pirates out to play than on a typical morning. Although Mi Amigo, Polydor and Noordzee were all audible over here, I thought there might have been a bit more activity. It was quiet during the evening too, although I had a rare catch of low-power pirate Nachtrijder, and Barones was absolutely powering in on 1655 kHz with his new antenna system as you can see on this short video:
Sunday, April 26, 2020
1616 0433 Telefunken 24322-34333 music programme
1617 0657 Noordster 35443 qsoing
1647 2234 Alabama 44444 music programme
1665 2236 Vonkentrekker 25222 music programme
1620 2253 Philadelphia 24232 music programme
Saturday April 25, 2020
1633 0430 Barcelona 35333-44544 music programme
1647 1742 Keizer en Keizerin 25332 music programme
1617 1743 Simplex weak signal music programme
1660 1744 Digitaal 35333 qsoing
1656 1752 Nachtzwerver weak signal qsoing
1640 1801 Yogi Bear 25332 music programme
1656 1808 Interpol 25332-5333 qsoing
1632 2023 Barones 44444 music programme
1653 2025 Batavier 25332-35443 music programme
1648 2039 Digitaal 45434 music programme
1615 2057 Quintus 24432 music programme
1647 2149 Monte Carlo 45434 music programme
1647 2230 Nachtzwerver 35333 report for Monte Carlo
Friday, April 24, 2020
1620 2230 Philadelphia weak signal-34333 music programme
1650 2238 Vonkenboer 35333 qsoing
1640 2252 Monte Carlo 35443 qsoing
Thursday, April 23, 2020
1642 1740 Marskramer 34443 at 1813, 45444 at 2159 music programme
1633 2120 Concorde 35333-35443 music programme
1645 2148 Monte Carlo 33443 asking for report
1640 2213 Monte Carlo 35333 report for Marskramer
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
1617 1821 Black Molly 24222-35333 music programme from Almelo
1635 1951 Bluebird 54444-55555 music programme
1642 1951 Turftrekker 44444 report for Sapporo
1645 1956 Vonkenboer 25332 qsoing
1646 2012 Vrolijke Mijnwerker 35333 qsoing
1647 2045 Spakenburg 35333-45444 music programme
1615 2119 Spanningzoeker 55444-55555 antenna test
1647 2135 Professor Sickbok 45444 report for Spakenburg
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
1636 0430 Vriendschap 35333 music programme
1633 0625 Schaduwjager 45444 report for Vriendschap
1635 1810 Barones 45444 modulation test
1617 1830 Marianne 34443-44444 music programme
1660 1849 Meteoor 35333 qsoing
1670 1850 Digitaal 35333 music programme
1660 1857 Zee Piraat 25232 qsoing
1670 2207 De Kat 24322 music programme
1620 2215 Philadelphia 24322 music programme
Monday, April 20, 2020
1655 1806 Oldtimer 35333 music programme
1635 1807 Bluebird 45444 music programme
Sunday, April 19, 2020
1632 0635 Noordzee 35443 music programme
1645 0642 Belladonna weak signal-25442 qsoing
1646 0650 Jeneverstoker weak signal qsoing
1640 0658 Quintus weak signal-25442 music programme
1645 1649 Barones weak signal music programme
1660 1851 Vonkenboer weak signal music programme
1632 2147 Polkaman 25222 music programme
1646 2153 Jeneverstoker 35333 music programme
1640 2229 Casablanca 45444 report for Jeneverstoker
Observations
● During winter the propagation is such that MW signals from the Netherlands are audible here in England from around 2pm local time, and sometimes earlier - I once heard Schaduwjager at 11.30 and have heard Havanna (two of the higher powered stations) at around 10am. Those times are much later during the spring and summer months, so it was a nice surprise to catch Barones coming through on 1645 kHz today at 5.49pm local time (1649 UTC), some two and a half hours before sunset. Sure, the signal was weak, but the music was clearly audible at times, as was the unmistakable voice of Baro on the microphone. By 1820 UTC the signal was perfectly listenable. It was a busy day for Baro . . . if I’d have been out of bed earlier this morning I would have caught the breakfast show he did from 0545 Dutch time (0345 UTC!)
Saturday, April 18, 2020
1615 2227 Alice 35443 music programme
1632 2233 Polkaman 24332 music programme
Thursday, April 16, 2020
1636 0622 Vriendschap 25222-35443 music programme
1634 1810 Marskramer 34333 music programme
1630 1812 Napoleon 25222-35343 music programme
1645 1925 Barones 45434 music programme
1657 2105 Vrolijke Mijnwerker 25222-34333 music programme
1655 2211 Monte Carlo 34333 report for Mijnwerker
1647 2227 Professor Sickbok 25232 qsoing
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
1633 0528 Barcelona 35433 music programme
1632 0548 Noordzee 25222 music programme
1635 1838 Bluebird 45434-55555 music programme
1611 1838 Veluwse Ster 34333-44444 music programme
1645 1839 Casablanca (Twente) 25332-35333 music programme
1657 1857 Digitaal 35333-45444 music programme
1615 1901 Blauwe Koe 43443-44444 testing
1611 2120 Technical Man 44444 music programme
1645 2152 Monte Carlo 35443 qsoing
1645 2154 Vonkenboer 25222 qsoing
David thanks voor de mooi rapporten gr de blauwekoe
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