A week of pirate listening

As we start a new week, here's a look at the past week from a British perspective on the Dutch pirate radio scene at the top of the mediumwave band.

It's been a cold few days here with night-time temperatures regularly around -4 degrees. The band has also often been noisy with plenty of static crashes. However, that hasn't prevented me from listening, with the Wellbrook loop antenna pointed towards the Netherlands, the MFJ noise cancelling unit employed to reduce any local interference, and the trusty Lowe HF-225 receiver doing the listening. Here's what I've heard:

Freq Time Station name SINPO (type of broadcast)

Sunday, January 12, 2024

1611 1815 Turftrekker 45444 (m)

1629 1815 Twentana 45444 (m)

1638 1815 Noordzee 35443 (m)

1658 1815 Klaverboer 35443 (t)

1646 1931 Eigen Risico 35333 (m)

1620 1932 King Kong 55444-55555 (m)

1638 2236 Frieloo 25432 (m)

1655 2237 Witte Raaf 25432-35433 (m)

(m) = station was broadcasting a music programme

(q) = station was qsoing
(r) = station asking for a reception report from another station
(t) = station was testing

Friday, January 10, 2024

1615 1522 Al Capone 25322 (m)

1611 1523 Mike 45444 at 1703 (m)

1673 1600 Armada 25332 (m)

1648 1722 Turfsteker 35333 (m)

1630 1741 Las Vegas 35333 (m)

1665 1823 Skippy 24222 (m)

1627 1837 Polkaman 35232-35333 (m)

1620 1840 Twentestad 35333 (m)

1647 1844 Moonbreaker 45344 (m)

1620 1852 Houthakker 25222 (m)

Thursday, January 9, 2024

1658 1620 Romax 24442 (q)

1665 1622 Digitaal 35333-45444 (q)

1611 1631 Eigen Risico 35443 (m)

1620 1730 Luka 35333-45444 (m)

1611 1800 Twentana 35333-45444 (m)

1655 1813 Dikke Bertha 44444 (m)

1512 1844 Marskramer 44444 (m)

1638 1845 Delfzijl 35333 (t)

1611 1930 Monza 35333 (q)

1695 2011 Akenzo 25332 (t)

1620 2029 King Kong (q) 35333 

Observations 

• An interesting one this evening with shortwave regular Akenzo making a return to MW. He can regularly be heard with programmes on the international bands, often using 5800 kHz, but tonight Akenzo made what was his second ever transmission on 1.6 MHz, and his first since October 2017. The signal here wasn't strong, but he was using only 60 watts of power, so actually doing pretty well in the circumstances. Looking forward to hearing from this station on MW as I often enjoy his shortwave broadcasts.

Wednesday, January 8, 2024

1642 1628 Pontiac 45344 (m)

1620 1641 Alabama 45334-55555 (m)

1629 1716 Stem van Twente 25332-35333 (m)

1700 1716 Digitaal 45444 (m)

1638 1742 San Antonio weak signal-25332 (m)

1656 1754 Skywire weak signal (m)

1700 1808 Meteoor 35333 (q) report for Digitaal

1611 1913 Eigen Risico 25222-35333 (m)

1636 1929 Boogschutter 25332 (m)

1656 2006 ZZK 35333 (m)

Tuesday, January 7, 2024

1611 1500 Eigen Risico 25432-35443 (m)

1620 1609 King Kong 25332 (q)

1648 1630 Wilskracht 25322  

1620 1655 Pontiac 45333-55444 (m)

1620 1728 King Kong 45444 (q) report for Pontiac

1665 1730 Twentana 35333 (m)

1638 1731 Dikke Bertha 35333 (m)

1620 1742 Delfzijl 45434 (q)

1627 1755 Polkaman weak signal-25322 (m)

1647 1759 San Antonio weak signal (m)

1620 1812 Meteoor 35443 (q)

1611 1813 Twentana 35333 (m)

1634 1844 The Voice 25332 

1670 1853 Vonkentrekker 25322 (m)

1620 1957 Marianne 35343-45444 (m)

1646 2051 Ijsvogel 45334 (q)

1645 2053 Meteoor 45334 (q)

Observations 

• A busy one today during the late afternoon and into the evening. A good example of how propagation becomes more favourable for hearing these Dutch pirates as the sun goes down could be seen with King Kong. At just after 4pm here in the UK (four minutes before sunset), his signal was listenable but not strong, producing a sinpo of 25332 with me. Fast-forward to less than 90 minutes later and that signal had improved to give an impressive sinpo of 45444. And here's a look inside the set-up at King Kong, thanks to Maurits at https://mgpiraten.blogspot.com:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Happy 2025!

Happy New Year to you all! I expect you thought this blog had closed down as it's been so long since it was updated - but I'm putting that right in 2025 with an aim of regular updates of logs and news from the Dutch pirate scene on MW. 

I start every year with the best of intentions then life takes over and I don't have the time. However, I'm always listening to the band and making notes, so I will try my best to share them with you throughout the months ahead.

So let's update the logbook with the stations I've been hearing, together with my observations. As usual, the antenna at this side is the Wellbrook loop, and I've been using the Lowe HF-225 most recently.

Freq Time Station name SINPO (type of broadcast)

Monday, January 6, 2024

1642 0630 Toulouse 35333-45444 (m)

1611 1632 Eigen Risico 25222 (m)

1611 1730 Luka 35333 (m)

1630 1836 Meteoor 45333-45444 (m)

1700 1900 Black Power 45434-55444 (t)

(m) = station was broadcasting a music programme

(q) = station was qsoing
(r) = station asking for a reception report from another station
(t) = station was testing

Sunday, January 5, 2025

1639 1717 Witte Tornado 35443 (m)

1674 1718 Matrix 45444 (m)

1700 1718 Digitaal 55444-55555 (m)

1612 1722 Eigen Risico 35333-45444 (m)

1653 1735 Mebo 2 25332 

1620 1807 Delfzijl 45444 (t) antenna testing

Observations 

• Today is the day all the Christmas decorations come down in the UK, although some souls fed up with the festivities take them down earlier. What this means is that all those twinkly lights connected to poor quality power supplies get switched off. And the effect - the noise level on our receivers goes down considerably. So this evening it was a pleasure to switch on the Lowe HF-225 and see the noise level had dropped a couple of s points - heaven!
• I enjoy hearing activity at 1700 kHz and above, so it was great to hear Digitaal using the frequency this evening, powering across the North Sea and regularly hitting the maximum sinpo of 55555.
• I’ve noticed the signal from station Eigen Risico has improved considerably over the past few months - maybe a new transmitter or perhaps antenna improvements. Whatever the reason, he was peaking at a sinpo of 45444 tonight on the slightly unusual frequency of 1612 kHz.

Friday, January 3, 2025

1635 1753 Las Vegas 34433 (m)

1665 1753 Mosfet 45444 (q)

1665 1755 Skippy weak signal (q)

1611 1757 Philadelphia 25432 (m)

Thursday, January 2, 2025

1638 1701 Professor Sickbok 45444 (m)

1673 1729 Armada 25332-35333 (m)

1658 1735 Casablanca (Twente) 25332 (m)

1690 1739 Digitaal 45444 (m)

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

1629 1740 Schaduwjager 44333 (m)

Thursday, December 26, 2024

1616 1657 Curacao 25442 (q)

1647 1658 Moonbreaker 35333 (m)

1670 1659 Twentana 35333 (m)

1512 1659 Kameleon 35443 (m)

1611 1725 Brugwachter 35443 (m)

1620 1736 Arona 35333 (m)

1645 1748 Barones 44444 (m)

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

1611 1729 Luka 25322 (m)

1647 1730 Pontiac 45434 (m)

1647 1927 Colombia 35333-45434 (m)

1620 1957 Marianne 45434 (m)

Thursday, December 5, 2024

1638 1623 Professor Sickbok 45434, 55555 at 1637 (m)

1611 1624 Mike 45434 (m)

1476 1637 Blackbeard 35433 (m)

1620 1730 Luka 35333-44444 (m)

1629 1750 Marskramer 45434-55555 (m)

1660 1804 Studio 19 44444 (m)

1642 1816 Joris Driepunter 24322 (m)

1638 1850 Spakenburg 44444-55444 (m)

1611 1916 Al Capone 35443 (m)

Observations 

• There was a new name on the band for me today - Joris Driepunter. One of the great things about the pirate scene these days is that we can quickly find out more about stations, and my pal Maurits at mgpiraten.blogspot.com was able to tell me more, and even shared these photos from the station:

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

1638 0649 Marconist 45444-55555 (m)

1620 1456 Schaduwjager 25442 (q)

1620 1459 Ruimzicht weak signal (q)

1638 1521 Boerenzwaluw weak signal-25432 (q)

1647 1605 Digitaal 45444 (m)

1611 1607 Twentestad 35333-35443 (m)

1636 1641 Torpedojager (Twente) 35333 (r)

1620 1641 Zwarte Bouvier 35333 (m)

1660 1649 Studio 19 45444 (t)

1635 1700 Bonanza 35333-45444 (m)

1647 1731 San Antonio 25322 (m)

1665 1734 Vonkenboer 35333 (m)

1655 1747 Dikke Bertha 55444-55555 (m)

1615 1831 William Tell 35333 (q) 35 watts

Observations 

• There is something quite special about waking up early in the morning, creeping downstairs to make yourself a coffee and then heading to the radio room to see what signals can be heard. I did that exact thing this morning - unusually for me, I was out of bed at about 5am. It wasn’t until just before 7am here in the UK that I heard the first Dutch pirate of the day, but there was a real sense of excitement. The reason for this is because you tend to get different stations active in the early morning to the ones I am used to hearing in the evening. Some stations confine themselves to certain times of the day, so getting the chance to listen early in the day because winter propagation allows reception is a real treat.
• So I sat listening to a booming signal on 1638 kHz, loud modulation and traditional Dutch music filling my speaker, waiting for the station identification to see who it was I was listening to. After Abba and Eagle had played, down went the music and a voice with a little echo was heard and the station revealed itself to be Radio Marconist.
• As is often the case, once one transmitter is switched on, somebody else will come on the air, and a few minutes later there was also music to be heard a few kilohertz down the band on 1630. There was no identification with this one - just somebody testing, perhaps for a broadcast later in the day. 
• I don’t tend to tune around for the licensed Dutch stations on the main part of the MW band, but I did take the chance this morning and heard several of them - Paradijs on 1467 kHz (100 watts), Seabreeze on 1395 (100 watts) and Monique International on 1332 (100 watts).

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

1647 1554 Digitaal 45444-55555 (m)

1629 1631 Blauwe Fazant 35333 (m)

1611 1700 Noordzee 35433 (m)

1656 1714 Mike 55444-55555 (m)

1629 1751 Luka 34333-44444 (m)

1647 1827 Columbia 34333-44444 (m)

1634 1926 Eigen Risico 35443 (m)

1670 1953 Technical Man 55444-55555 (m)

1620 2001 Marianne 45444 (m)

Monday, December 2, 2024

1638 1626 Professor Sickbok 45444-55555 (m)

1629 1642 Twentana 44444 (m)

1611 1706 Monza 45444-55555 (q)

1611 1708 Mebo 2 25322 (q)

1656 1709 Al Capone 35443 (m)

1647 1739 Moonbreaker 45444 (m)

1611 1743 Stem van Twente 35333 (m)

1638 1831 Bluebird 55444-55555 (m) later on 1629

1620 1840 Gouden Sterre 44444 (r)

Sunday, December 1, 2024

1655 1615 Manolito 45434 (m)

1611 1617 Eigen Risico 35443 (m)

1650 1643 Romax 35443 (m)

1476 1644 Blackbeard 34433 (m)

1636 1647 Mi Amigo 35333 (q) report for Eigen Risico

1647 1720 Digitaal 45444-55555 (m)

1620 1808 Houthakker 35433 (m)

1638 1815 ZZK 35333 (m)

Thursday, November 28, 2024

1620 1810 King Kong 55555 (m)

1665 1834 Vonkenboer 25322 (m)

1629 1948 Marskramer 43433 (m)

1611 2010 Eigen Risico 35443 (m)

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

1620 1841 Meteoor 35433-45444 (m)

1629 1858 Caballero 45444 (q) report for Meteoor

1611 1958 Luka 35433-45444 (m)

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

1647 1637 Digitaal 35443 (m)

1611 1738 Luka 35443 (m)

1512 1758 Kleine Rakker (via Mike) 45444 (m)

1690 1808 Black Power 35443 (m)

1620 1811 Robin Hood 24432 (m)

1611 1850 Spakenburg 35333 (m)

1648 1928 Eigen Risico 25322 (m)

1620 1955 Marianne 35333 (m)

Monday, November 25, 2024

1635 1520 Digitaal 35443

1644 1530 Eigen Risico 25432 (q) report for Digitaal

1645 1536 Baanbreker 25432 (q)

1653 1544 Romax 35443 

1629 1605 Admiraal 35333-45444 (m)

1647 1710 Moonbreaker 35443 (m) 

1638 1742 Dikke Bertha 35333, 45444 at 1900 (m)

1620 1800 Spanningzoeker 25322 (m)

1629 1806 Bluebird 25322-35333 (m)

1620 1816 Schaduwjager 45434 (q) report for Spanningzoeker

1611 1855 Al Capone 35333  (m)

1660 1857 Vonkenboer 24322 (q)

1655 1903 Kristal 45434 (r)

1665 1906 Meteoor 35443 (q)

Sunday, November 24, 2024

1636 1632 Mi Amigo 34433 (m)

1630 1632 Blauwe Fazant 25432, 35433 at 2014 (m)

1620 1633 Alabama 35433-45434 (m)

1639 1920 Witte Tornado 34433-45434 (t)

1646 1937 Turfsteker 34433 (m)

1660 1946 Kristal 45444 (m)

1669 1951 ZZK 35433 (m)

1512 1955 Batavia 35433 (m)

1620 2013 Philadelphia 24322-35433 (m)

Saturday, November 23, 2024

1620 1459 Stem van Twente (m)

1656 1500 Tarzan 35443 (m)

1636 1543 Mi Amigo 25322 (m)

1611 1628 Concorde 25322 (m)

1674 1657 Digitaal 45444 (m)

1647 1705 Moonbreaker 34333 (m)

1629 1713 Torpedojager (NWO) 35443 (m)

1620 1713 Balconia 35333 (m)

1638 1824 Dikke Bertha 35333 (m)

1655 1846 Yogi 45434 (m) with Moonshine and De Kat

1670 1847 Vonkentrekker weak signal (m)

Friday, November 22, 2024

1647 1518 Digitaal 45444 (m)

1611 1527 Eigen Risico 25322 (m)

1644 1648 Marconist 35443 (m)

1638 1824 Las Vegas 25432-35433 (m)

1620 1825 Philadelphia 24322 (m)

1611 1825 Luka 25322-35443 (m)

1674 1826 Union weak signal-25322 (m)

1647 1827 Turfsteker 25432 (m)

1611 1907 Turftrekker 45444 (m)

Thursday, November 21, 2024

1611 1339 Lomp Radio (via Mike) 25432 (m)

1636 1353 Eigen Risico 25442 (m)

1620 1457 Schaduwjager 35443-45444 (t)

1638 1457 Spakenburg 25422-35443 (m)

1647 1553 Digitaal 35333-45444 (m)

1646 1655 Eigen Risico 35333-35443 (m)

1629 1707 San Antonio 24432 (m)

1667 1715 Skippy 25322 (m)

1635 1715 Klaverboer 25332-35443 (m)

1620 1752 Bizon 45444-55555 (m)

1629 1804 Robin Hood 25322 (q)

1640 1804 Professor Sickbok 45444 (t)

1629 1807 Luka 35333 (q)

1656 1812 Elko 25322 (q)

1650 1816 Nachtrijder 25332 (m) 

1665 1824 Meteoor 35333-45444 (q)

1636 1922 Eigen Risico 35333 (m)

1660 1923 Studio 19 45444 (m)

1640 2029 Professor Sickbok 45444 (t)

Observations 

• I love it when signals arrive early in the afternoon, and that was the case today when a programme from Lomp Radio could be heard on 1611 kHz at just after 1.30pm here in the UK, relayed via Mike Radio. A few minutes later and Eigen Risico was coming through as well.
• It was good to catch some lower-powered pirates later in the day, including Skippy on 1667 kHz. I made contact with the station operator via WhatsApp and was surprised to hear he was using just 80 watts of power with his antenna standing at only five metres above ground.

Monday, November 20, 2024

1620 1521 Alabama 45554 (m)

1611 1619 Mike 45444 (m)

1629 1719 Uniek 25322-35433 (m)

1647 1722 Stem van Twente 35443 (m)

1656 1744 Skywire 24432 (m)

1636 1753 Boogschutter (Twente) 35433 (m)

1620 1754 Admiraal 45434 (m)

1660 1757 Kristal 45434 (r ) 

1620 1823 Luka 35443 (q)

1620 1826 Mebo 2 25332 (q)

Friday, November 15, 2024

1647 1623 Noordzee 25432-35433 (q)

1645 1624 Baanbreker 25422 (q)

1674 1629 Union weak signal (m)

1611 1646 Luka 25432, 35443 AT 1853  (m)

1647 1741 Turfsteker 33433 (q) report for Noordzee

1638 1754 Koolmees 24332 (m)

Thursday, November 14, 2024

1629 1941 Marskramer 45444 (m)

1638 1941 Mascotte 24432 (m)

1647 1941 Admiraal 44444 (m)

1658 1941 ZZK 44444 (m)

1665 1941 Kleine Man 45444 (m)

1620 2005 Nachtegaal 44444 (m)

1647 2026 Moonlight 35433 (m)

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

1638 1705 Koolmees 35443 (m) 

1647 1708 San Antonio 25432 (m)

1620 1800 Torpedojager NWO 35433 (m)

1670 1903 Vonkentrekker 25322 (m)

1645 1904 Eigen Risico 35443 (m)

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

1629 1450 Spakenburg 25442 (t)

1645 1454 Baanbreker 25322 (q)

1620 1458 Spanningzoeker 25322-35333 (m)

1638 1550 Koolmees 25322 

1647 1630 Digitaal 45444-55555 (m)

1611 1651 Monza 44444 (m)

Monday, November 11, 2024

1616 1558 Al Capone 25322, 45444 at 1712 (m)

1665 1559 Testpiraat from Friesland 35443

1660 1631 Veldwachter 35333 (m)

1638 1650 Noordzee 35433-45444 (m)

1647 1650 Nachtzwerver 35443-45444 (m)

1629 1709 Tarzan 45444-55555 (m)

1675 1720 Pontiac 45444-55555 (m)

1656 1800 San Antonio 24432-35443 (m)

1629 1811 Bluebird 55555 (m)

1665 1814 Veldwachter 35443-45444 (q)

1665 1817 Meteoor 45444 (q)

1638 1820 Admiraal 44444 (t)

1653 1826 Romax 44444 (q)

1656 1837 Skywire 35333 (q)

1659 1842 Romax 44444 (q)

1620 1847 Gouden Sterre 45444 (m)

1647 1908 De Klok 24322-34433 (q)

Sunday, November 10, 2024

1621 1516 Turftrekker 35443 (t)

1643 1532 Casablanca (Twente) 35443 (m)

1655 1534 Manolito 45444 (m)

1665 1601 Josje Power 45444 (m)

1620 1607 King Kong 45444 (m)

1640 1629 Professor Sickbok 45444-55555 (m)

1647 1630 Rona Lisa 34433 (m)

1611 1712 Noordzee 33333 (m)

1674 1809 Noordzee 35333 (m)

1665 1819 Matrix 45444 (m)

1611 1859 Eigen Risico 43443-45444 (m)

1629 1923 Turftrekker 45444-55555 (m)

1655 1948 Turfsteker 35333 (m)

1620 2020 Houthakker 34333 (m)

Friday, November 8, 2024

1611 1604 Arona 35333, 45444 at 1635 (m)

1649 1622 Romax 35443 (t)

1643 1713 Digitaal 55555 (q) report for Arona 

1611 1756 Luka 44444 (m)

1675 1757 Union 25432 (m)

1629 1803 Turftrekker 45444-55555 (m)

1656 1809 Elko 25322 (m)

1640 1823 Brugwachter 45444 (t)

1638 1827 Dikke Bertha 45444-55555 (m)

1645 1829 Baanbreker 34443 (q)

1648 1833 Brugwachter 45444 (q)

Thursday, November 7, 2024

1629 1556 Blauwe Fazant 35333

1647 1610 Digitaal 55555

1620 1648 Interpol 45444 (m)

1638 1730 Casablanca (Twente) 35433-45444 (m)

1675 1748 Black Power 45444-55555 (t)

1620 1811 Mebo 2 35333 (q)

1611 1823 Monza 44444-55555 (m)

1646 1827 Eigen Risico 35443-45444 (m)

1660 1827 Caballero 45444-55555 (m)

1652 1838 Turfsteker 34443 (m)

1611 1840 Mebo 2 24322 (q) report for Monza

1640 1856 Nachtrijder 23322-33433 (m)

1665 1905 Meteoor 45444-55555 (q)

1630 1946 Columbia 44444 (m)

1629 1953 Marskramer 44444 (m) Later 55555

1646 1959 Nachtrijder 35343 (q) 

1620 2009 Zorro 34333-55555 (m)

1653 2010 Turfsteker 35443 (m)

1640 2039 Columbia 44444-55555 (m)

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

1611 1734 Mike 45434 (m)

1620 1734 Stem van Twente 34433 (m)

1629 1734 Twentana 45444 (m)

1625 1741 Uniek 23432 (m)

1674 1746 Black Power 45444 (t)

1675 1802 Meteoor 45444 (q)

1653 1803 Blauwe Hond weak signal (m)

1647 1812 Stem van Twente 34433 (m)

1665 1813 Vonkentrekker 35433 (m)

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

1647 1647 Digitaal 45444-55555 (m)

1638 1649 Noordzee 35333 (m)

1611 1654 Zwarte Boer 24432 (m)

1635 1740 Bonanza 35333 (m)

1645 1820 Eigen Risico 44444 (m)

1660 1841 Studio 19 44444 (m)

1611 1943 Brugwachter 34433 (t)

Monday, November 4, 2024

1648 1521 Eigen Risico weak signal-25422 (m)

1638 1523 Nachtzwerver 25432-35443 (q)

1656 1523 Skywire weak signal-25432 (m)

1611 1524 Arona 25432 (m)

1652 1552 Romax weak signal-25422 

1629 1730 Bluebird 45444-55555 (m)

1611 1736 Al Capone 35443 (m)

1620 1805 Rood Hood 25432-35443 (m)

1611 2148 Alabama 55555 (m)

Sunday, November 3, 2024

1656 1640 Tarzan 45444 (m)

1647 1641 Digitaal 45444-55555 (m)

1620 1703 Philadelphia (m)

1630 1720 Brugwachter 45444 (q)

1647 1820 Rona Lisa 35333 (m)

1629 1821 Mondeo 35443-45444 (m)

1638 1957 Schaduwjager 35333

1655 2040 Turfsteker 35443 (m)

1647 2049 Rona Lisa 44444 (m)

1637 2049 Casablanca (Twente) 25322-35443 (m)

1611 2112 Atlantic 34333-44444 (t)

Friday, November 1, 2024

1665 1532 Josje Power 25332 (m)

1635 1652 Drukstroomjager 55444-55555 (m)

1656 1708 Tarzan 45444-55555 (m)

1620 1712 Philadelphia 25332 (m)

1636 1742 Gouden Sterre 45444 (m)

1629 1753 Mustang 44444 (m)

1616 1753 Noordzee 44444 (m)

1512 1830 Kameleon 44444 (m)

1629 1836 Elko 24332 (q) report for Mustang

1476 1856 Blackbeard 44444 (m)

Thursday, October 31, 2024

1642 1916 Marskramer 45444 (m)

1629 1916 Nachtzwerver 45444 (m)

1611 1917 Noordzee 34443-45444 (m)

1656 2125 Technical Man 45444-55555 (m)

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

1620 1535 Mosfet 25442

1638 1544 Balconia 35453 (m)

1611 1603 Arona 25332 (m)

1629 1643 Twentana 35333-45444 (t) 

1648 1723 Pontiac 55444 (q)

1611 1725 Monza 45444 (q)

1638 1841 Kleine Beer 25332-35333 (m)

1656 1847 Piet Ampere 45434 (t)

1625 1857 Polkaman 34433 (m)

1629 1942 Turftrekker 44444-55555 (t)

1647 1942 Balconia 45444 (t)

1620 1944 Uniek 24422 (m)

1611 2012 Spakenburg 45444-55555 (m)

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

1620 1533 Boerenzwaluw weak signal-25422 (m)

1629 1548 Professor Sickbok 35443, 45444 at 1648 (m)

1611 1620 Mike 35443, 55555 at 1736 (m)

1638 1621 Bonanza 35333 (m)

1656 1628 Tarzan 35443, 45444 at 1731 (m)

1665 1645 Digitaal 45444 (m)

1674 1711 Black Power 45444-55555 (t)

1647 1736 Moonbreaker 45444 (m)

1674 1739 Skippy 25322 report for Black Power (q)

1620 1822 Luka 35333 (q) 

1629 1844 Luka 35333-45444 (m)

1620 1929 Marianne 44444 (m)

1665 1956 Vonkenboer 25222-35333 (t)

1638 2010 Turftrekker 45444 (t)

Monday, October 28, 2024

1660 1707 Romax 35443-45444 (m)

1647 1707 Twentana 45444 (m)

1629 1707 Interpol 35433-45444 (q)

1620 1708 Stem van Twente 35443 (m)

1629 1709 Digitaal 45444 (q)

1611 1724 Al Capone 35443 (m)

1620 1725 Pontiac 55444-55555 (m)

1629 1726 Bluebird 45444-55555 (m)

1620 1803 Schaduwjager 55555 (q) report for Pontiac

1620 1818 Luka 35433-45444 (q)

Sunday, October 27, 2024

1665 1715 Matrix 35443-45444 (m)

1627 1725 Eigen Risico 35433 (q)

1638 1734 Luka 25332-45444 (m)

1620 1737 Blauwe Fazant 25332-35333 (m)

1611 1741 Alice 25422 (m)

1629 1757 Mondeo 35443 (m)

1656 1828 Tarzan 45444 (m)

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

1620 1625 Zwarte Bouvier 24332, 34443 at 1732 (m)

1653 1632 Blauwe Hond 24422 (m)

1660 1639 Mosfet 45444-55555 (m)

1642 1652 Noordzee 35443 (m)

1660 1703 Meteoor 45444 (q)

1660 1707 Caballero 45444-55555 (q)

1629 1708 Robin Hood 24332, 34443 at 1727 (q)

1647 1710 Moonbreaker 45434 (q)

1680 1735 Digitaal 55444-55555 (t)

1611 1738 Monza 44444 (q) report for Bouvier

1620 1830 Marianne 44444 (m)

Monday, October 21, 2024

1611 0634 Black Power 24332 (m)

1685 0659 Digitaal 35333 (m)

1611 0807 Noordster 25322 (m)

1636 0816 Mi Amigo 25322 (q) report for Noordster

1645 0825 Ijsvogel weak signal (q)

1620 1633 Schaduwjager 44444 (q)

1629 1637 Bluebird 45444, 55555 at 1830 (m)

1620 1637 Luka 24332 (q)

1640 1638 Casablanca 45544 (q)

1640 1659 Luka 25332 (q)

1638 1712 Dikke Bertha 45444, 55555 at 1830 (m)

1685 1713 Digitaal 45434 (m)

1647 1738 Nachtzwerver 35333 (m)

1660 1754 Studio 19 25322-35333 (m)

1670 1831 Vonkentrekker 25322 (m)

Observations 

• I was out of bed early this morning and thought it would be a good time to turn on the radio to see if early propagation conditions have returned in my favour. And to my delight, there were signals to be heard from the Netherlands. Black Power was spinning some tunes on 1611 kHz and half an hour later at just before 8am local time here in the UK, Digitaal switched on his transmitter to play some music on 1685 kHz. What was most surprising is that at 0935 local time I could still hear stations with Noordster qsoing with Mi Amigo and Ijsvogel. A very interesting start to the day and a reminder that there will be more and more opportunities to hear stations during the morning over the months ahead. 

Sunday, October 20, 2024

1665 1652 Matrix 35333-45444 (m)

1685 1733 Digitaal 45444-55555 (m)

1645 1814 Barones 35333-45444 (m)

1625 1825 Akai 34433 (m)

1635 1938 Eigen Risico 35333 (m)

1625 2012 Alice 24222-35333 (m)

1638 2115 Nachtzwerver 35333-45444 (m)

1625 2217 Akai 35333 (q)

1620 2240 Philadelphia 25222 (q)

1629 2243 Blauwe Fazant 25322-35333 (q)

Saturday, October 19, 2024

1665 1647 Digitaal 25442 (m)

1655 1655 Manolito 25442 (m)

1611 1712 King Kong 35443, 55444 at 1832 (m)

1620 1728 Uniek 25322 (m)

1629 1728 Luka 25322-35333 (m)

1640 1802 Mi Amigo 35443, 55555 at 1831 (t)

1652 1815 Uitzendkracht 45454 (t)  testing in FM mode!

1670 1835 Viking en Tante Foeke 55444-55555 (m)

Friday, October 18, 2024

1620 1555 Philadelphia weak signal (m)

1629 1559 Las Vegas 25432 (m)

1635 1602 Bonanza 25442 (m)

1654 1603 Romax 25442 (t)

1611 1629 Stem van Twente 25422 (m)

1648 1702 Turfsteker 24222-35333

1611 1705 Luka 35433 (m)

1640 1707 Concorde 25422 (m) 50 watts

1656 1712 Piet Ampere 45444

1670 1747 Vonkentrekker 25332-35333 (m)

1660 1759 Studio 19 45434 (q) report for Piet Ampere

1647 1800 Oldtimer 44444 (m)

Thursday, October 17, 2024

1620 1628 Schaduwjager 25432 (t)

1620 1645 Alabama 45444, 55555 at 1808 (m)

1620 1658 King Kong 54444 (m) 

1638 1702 Twents Accent 25332-35333 (t) new station testing

1635 1735 Rodester 44444 (r)

1642 1737 Marskramer 45444 (m)

1629 1738 Admiraal 44444 (t)

1636 1751 Gouden Sterre 45444 (q)

1632 1753 Rodester 45444 (q) report for Admiraal

1660 1836 Ijsvogel 45444 (m)

1647 1943 Turfsteker 34443 (m

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

1611 1656 Noordzee 35443 (m)

1629 1659 Professor Sickbok 45444 (m) with Gouden Sterre

1647 1700 Moonbreaker 35443, 55555 at 1727 (m)

1620 1702 Pecon 25342 (t) 100 watt test

1476 1708 Blackbeard 34433 (m)

1638 1751 Luka 35333-45444 (m)

Monday, October 14, 2024

1665 1557 Digitaal 25442, 45444 at 1630 (m)

1656 1641 Romax 35433 (q)

1629 1644 Bluebird 45444-55555 (m)

1611 1648 San Antonio 25332-35433 (m)

1620 1652 Robin Hood 35443 (m)

1645 1653 Eigen Risico 35443-45444 (m)

1653 1702 Simplex 35333 (t) audio test

1656 1702 Skywire 24432-35433 (q)

1625 1725 Akai 32432 (q)

1620 1807 Houthakker 25432-35433 (m)

Sunday, October 13, 2024

1665 1733 Matrix 45444 (m)

1647 1735 Noordzee 35443 (m)

1638 1735 Eigen Risico 35333-45444 (m)

1629 1736 Mondeo 35443 (m)

1620 1800 King Kong 55555 (m)

1686 1801 Digitaal 45444 (m)

Friday, October 11, 2024

1674 1727 Union 25342 (m)

1629 1730 Torpedojager (NWO) 35443 (m)

1665 1745 Meteoor 35333-45444 (q)

1629 1754 Spanningzoeker 45444 (q)

1628 1756 Mebo 2 25322 (q)

1626 1759 Vliegende Drent 35443 (q) 

1665 1801 807 35433 (q)

1647 1802 Rona Lisa 25322-35333 (m)

1636 1808 Boogschutter 25322 (m)

Thursday, October 10, 2024

1665 1649 Digitaal 45444 (m)

1629 1649 Torpedojager (NWO) 35443 (m)

1620 1651 Casablanca (Twente) 25432

1611 1652 Waterman 25442 (m)

1647 1652 San Antonio weak signal (m)

1636 1723 Pontiac 45434 (m)

1629 1746 Luka 43433 (m)

1642 1827 Marskramer 44433 (m)

1645 1837 Nachtrijder 22322 (t)

Observations 

• It's always fascinating to see how different pirates arrange their studios. Here's a look behind the scenes in the Waterman studio, thanks to mgpiraten.blogspot.com:

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

1611 1636 Stem van Twente 25442 (m)

1655 1649 Manolito 44444 (m)

1672 1656 Caballero 45444-55555 (m)

1620 1713 King Kong 44444 (q)

1638 1725 Dikke Bertha 35333-55555 (m)

1611 1749 Columbia 35333-45444  (m)

1648 1819 Perenboom 35333-45444(m)

1611 1913 Spakenburg 45444-55555 (m)

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

1611 1632 Noordzee 25432 (m)

1638 1638 Marconist 35443, 45454 at 1723 (m)

1620 1651 Mike 35433, 45444 at 1744 (m)

1636 1711 Meteoor 35443 (q)

1636 1715 Brugwachter 35333 (q)

1647 1717 Oldtimer 44444 (m)

1629 1742 Luka 35333 (m)

1655 1838 Manolito 44444 (m)

1620 1917 Marianne 34433-44444  (m)

Monday, October 7, 2024

1629 1632 Twentana 35443 (m)

1636 1632 Eigen Risico 25332 (m)

1647 1632 Moonbreaker 25332-35443 (m)

1660 1651 Studio 19 35443 (m)

1611 1705 Atlantis 45444 (t)

1665 1707 Noordzee 35443 (m)

1665 1708 Casablanca (Twente) 25332 (q) report for Noordzee

1629 1800 Bluebird 35333, 45444 at 1830 (m)

1512 1801 Kameleon 44444 (m)

1476 1809 Blackbird 45434 (m)

1494 1809 Coast FM 34333 (Irish relay)

1665 1813 Vonkentrekker 25332 (m)

Sunday, October 6, 2024

1665 1730 Matrix 25342 (m)

1647 1730 Rona Lisa 25332 (m)

Saturday, October 5, 2024

1629 1606 Tarzan 35443 (m)

1611 1617 Mosfet 45454 (q)

1620 1630 King Kong 45444 (m)

1655 1634 Manolito 35333-55555 (m)

1647 1737 Romax 33433 (m) *two stations on the frequency

1636 1748 Mi Amigo 35433 (m)

1627 1749 Turftrekker 45444 (m)

1647 1755 ZZK 43433 (m)

1665 1851 Twentana 55444-55555 (m)

1629 2220 Blauwe Koe 45444-55555 (m)

1652 2222 Moby Dick 45444-55555 (m)

1616 2314 Hemmeling 45444 (t) 

Friday, October 4, 2024

1655 1744 Dikke Bertha 55444 (m)

1611 1745 Casablanca (Twente) 25332-35333 (m)

1636 1800 Boogschutter 24332 (m)

Thursday, October 3, 2024

1647 1645 Moonbreaker 25322 (m)

1629 1646 Professor Sickbok 35333, 45444 at 1718 (m)

1620 1646 Alabama 35443, 45444 at 1718 (m)

1642 1718 Marskramer 45444 (m)

1476 1752 Blackbeard 44444 (m)

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

1665 1633 Digitaal 45454 (m)

1620 1636 Mosfet 45454 (m)

1629 1636 Twentana 35333, 45454 at 1735 (m)

1620 1645 King Kong 45454 (q) report for Mosfet

1611 1651 Casablanca 25322 (m)

1636 1733 Eigen Risico 34443-44444 (m)

1656 1737 ZZK 24442-35443 (m)

1611 1747 Luka 35443 (m)

1494 1810 Coast FM 44534 relay from Ireland

1670 1810 Melkbus 35443 (m)

1642 1826 Drukstroomjager 55444 (t)

1620 1830 Philadelphia 25332 (m)

1647 1841 Armada 35333 (t)

1646 1846 Turfsteker 35443 (t)

1665 1926 Armada 34333 (m)

1655 1937 Kristal 45434 (m)

1611 1938 Zwarte Boer 34333 (q) report for Twentana

1629 1939 Tarzan 45444 (m)

1648 1946 Drukstroomjager 44444-55555

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

1629 1705 Luka 25332-35333 (m)

1653 1706 Romax 25442 (q)

1646 1715 The Voice 25332 (q)

1647 1720 Scotland 35443-45444 (q)

1665 1724 Black Power 35443-45444 (q)

1620 1726 Robin Hood weak signal (m)

1665 1727 Meteoor 35443 (q)

1640 1736 Casablanca 35333-45444 (q)

1675 1759 Black Power 35443-45444 (m)

1645 1822 Nachtrijder 25332 (t)

1665 1823 Vonkentrekker 25332 (m)

1620 1834 Marianne 45444 (m)

1623 2129 Polkaman 25332 (m)

1636 2147 Eigen Risico 35333-45444 (m)