Stunning reception

There were superb propagation conditions on Tuesday with signals arriving in the centre of England before 2pm local time, when I heard Zwarte Piraat and Vrolijke Mijnwerker qsoing with each other. And here are the other stations received:

Freq Time Station name SINPO

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

1645 1356 Zwarte Piraat 25242 (q)

1636 1359 Vrolijke Mijnwerker 25342 (q)

1657 1651 Digitaal 45444 (m)

1611 1710 Derde Man 25332-35333 (m)

1645 1720 Arizona 25222 (m)

1631 1727 Ros Am 55444-55555 (t)

1640 1741 Zwarte Boekaner 45444 (q)

1622 1759 Drukstroomjager 55444-55555 (q)

1620 1808 Admiraal 35433 (q)

1665 1812 Concorde 35443 (m)

1645 1817 Belladonna 45434 (m)

1653 1836 Dageraad 35333 (q)

1650 1847 Baanbreker 44444 (q)

1620 1915 Monza 55444 (t)

1629 1922 Turftrekker 45434 (m)

1617 1933 Marianne 55444 (m)

1638 2256 Bluebird 55444-55555 (m)

1625 2341 Pandora 55444 (m)

(q) = station was qsoing; (m) = station was broadcasting a music programme; (t) station was testing

Observations

• At around 1730 Ros Am was absolutely belting into the UK and sounding as though it was a local station. You can see exactly how I was receiving him on the video below. At the same time, Digitaal was also very strong, as was Drukstroomjager.

    

• During his test broadcast Ros Am played Fleetwood Mac and Go Your Own Way and it took me directly back to December 31 in the early 1990s when I was listening to his New Year’s Eve programme on MW (under a different name back then!). It’s lovely to have such memories and that 30 years on we are still enjoying our hobby. Talking about Ros, he recently received not one, but two reception reports from Newfoundland in Canada when he was heard by two listeners on a DX camp. You can even read part of one of those reports here:

Monday, November 16, 2020

1636 1623 Twentana 35333-45444 (m)

1660 1635 Digitaal 45444 (m)

1615 1739 Ethervogel weak signal (m)

1644 1748 Telefunken 25222 (m)

1620 1804 Admiraal 25322-35333 (q)

1627 1823 Toulouse 45434 (m)

1646 1827 Vrolijke Mijnwerker 45434 (m)

1620 1831 Monza 35333 (q)

1640 1832 Casablanca 45444 (q)

1655 1909 Oldtimer 45444 (m)

1632 1920 Columbia 34333-44444 (q)

1670 1951 Digitaal 35333 (q)

1620 2009 Atlantic 35333 (q)

1646 2013 Digitaal 45434 (q)

Sunday, November 15, 2020

1616 1515 Witte Duif 25332 (m)

1647 1516 Turftrekker 25322 (m)

1665 1517 Dutchman 25322 (m)

1620 1635 Utopia 35333 (m)

1632 1714 De Oudeman 25322 (m)

1621 1820 Sapporo 25222-35333 (m)

1638 1939 Boogschutter 25222 (m)

1625 1945 Blauwe Koe 55444 (m)

1620 2001 Atlantic 33433-44444 (m)

Observations

• Some nice catches for me today. De Oudeman was a new one for me, while Witte Duif and Dutchman aren’t heard so often here, so it was a pleasure to see their signals making it across to England.