It's been a few days since I wrote on the blog. We spent this bank holiday weekend having a little holiday in a caravan in Wales - relaxing and enjoying the good weather. Of course, the portable radio and loop came with us, and I even tried them out in the car on the way home this evening (Monday). We listened to Vuurvogel (1655 kHz) and Professor Sickbok (1640) with really good signals.
While we were in the caravan, we listened a little bit during the night time, and these are some of the stations we heard: Witte Raaf, Witte Tornado, Jan Tabak, Jeneverstoker, Batavia and Vrolijke Mijnwerker.
On Saturday night we fell asleep listening to a really good, strong signal from Batavier on 1625 and when I woke up a little time later he was still going and still sounding good. And that was at a time when conditions were not particularly good.
I didn't make any logs on holiday, but here are a few stations heard this evening and some others heard recently . . .
Monday, May 27, 2013
1620 2254 Bruin Bernard 55544-55555
1652 2254 Jeneverstoker 25422-35433 music programme
1633 2300 Barcelona 55544-55555 qsoing
Monday, May 20, 2013
1568 2030 Daniel 32532 music programme
1654 2039 Vuurvogel 55544 qsoing
1640 2040 Wadloper 45444 music programme
1660 2041 Jan Tabak 54444 qsoing
1659 2046 Zeepiraat 33333 qsoing
1670 2048 Zeepiraat 33333 qsoing
1652 2050 Uniek 34333-45344 qsoing
1646 2052 Vrolijke Mijnwerker 55444 qsoing
1647 2058 Armada 45334 qsoing
1637 2103 Napoleon 34333-44444 music programme
1650 2108 Vligende Schotel 45344 music programme
1633 2109 Barcelona 55444-55555 qsoing
1645 2143 Sluwe Vos 34333 qsoing
1620 2149 Calipso 55544-55555
1647 2210 Majorca 44344 qsoing
1647 2219 Monte Carlo 45344-55344 qsoing
1653 2231 Jeneverstoker 35333 qsoing
1648 2242 Casablanca 45344 qsoing
Sunday, May 19, 2013
1630 2045 Schaduwjager 44444 music programme
1618 2047 Cowboy 35343-45444 music programme
1638 2047 Bluebird 45344 music programme
1647 2048 Witte Tornado 35434 music programme
1671 2048 Viking 35433-45444 music programme
1539 2050 Edelkampioen 33433 music programme
1648 2323 Casablanca 55444 asking for report
1665 2323 Polkaman 34333 music programme
1640 2323 Professor Sickbok 45444-55544 music
programme
1656 2340 Studio 69 24332 qsoing
1645 2345 Pandora 54444-55544 qsoing
1654 2345 Noordzee 44444-54544 music programme
1657 2350 Jeneverstoker 33433 qsoing
Observations
- Conditions on Monday evening seemed pretty good, both when listening in the car on the portable radio and when listening at home with the Lowe HF225 and outdoor loop. Bruin Bernard and Barcelona were both peaking at the maximum 55555, while Jeneverstoker was significantly weaker with his far lower power, but doing a good job nonetheless, and playing some records for a change as he can usually be heard qsoing
- Before we had our holiday, there was a very nice catch of the Zeepiraat. It was a first for me, and very nice to hear a station announcing a broadcasting site of the Mebo 3! The signal was fading around, but was very good on peaks, especially for low power. I posted a couple of recordings on the Am Forum here
- There was another first for me on May 20 when I heard Daniel for the first time - and using 1568. The main MW band is becoming increasingly popular for pirate activity, especially since local and international operators are slowly switching off their MW services. I've heard Edelkampioen using 1512 for his regular broadcasts in the past, and on May 19 he was using 1539, the same frequency Batavia often uses, so this is another channel to keep an ear on
- Low power stations always capture my interest a great deal - to hear a pirate from another country with just a few watts of power is a little special, so it was great to hear Sluwe Vos recently coming in well with just 20 watts of power. I made a recording, which you can download here. As you will hear, the signal was tremendous for the power used and, without the static, reception would have been amazing
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