London Calling.

[Andy Richards]

Beautiful morning in London,not a cloud in the clear blue sky but cold.Nice day!

Nice day for reception again too.

Laser continue to have a good solid signal all day with me,better at night.

I notice that UK DXer is getting a very strong signal from Atlantic,but they are not so good with me.

Borderhunter were a great signal here as usual,but there is something wrong with the music mod.
I don't know what music inputs he uses,CD player,Turntable,MP3 player or computer,but one or some of the music inputs have inferior quality to the others.For example,the techno at the start of the broadcast sounded very narrow and "tinny" to me.yet the Pop,Rock and Rock'n'Roll later sounded great.
Nice mix of music as usual.

The mod from Black Bandit is perfect.I was very pleasantly surprised to hear him playing music like Rammstein and Pink Floyd.Not the sort of music I expected from him.
Great stuff!

Merlin had another long solid signal here.Jackie Frost was entertaining as usual and the music was varied and interesting throughout the broadcast.

6425 was QSO channel today and I struggled to keep up with all the stations chatting.Certainly more than I logged.One of them was Baken 16.
Baken 16 is getting stronger and stronger.A year ago I struggled to hear him but he is now becoming a powerful broadcaster.(Again!):-)

Strongest signals with me were Black Bandit and Borderhunter.With strong signals from Laser,Merlin,Scotland and Baken 16.

To end with a non-Pirate subject.Who's awful transmitter is relaying Father Stair's programmes on 6160?
Terrible carrier hum and bleeding right across the 48 and 49m bands!!
This is the sort of station the authorities should be closing down..........but I bet they are legit!
There are other bad ones too,Egypt,India and others.
Close them all down I say!
There isn't a Pirate on SW with a signal anywhere near as bad as these.......

Friday 22/10/10

4025Khz - LHH - 45434 - Playing Keane.

Saturday 23/10/10

4025Khz - 0810-0815 - LHH - 44333 - Pop Music.
4025Khz - 1915-1920 - LHH - 45444 - Non Stop Music.
6375Khz - 0805-0810 - Black Bandit Radio - 44423 - Instrumentals.Rapid fading.Nice mod as usual.CD 0819.

Sunday 24/10/10

4025Khz - 0805-0810 - LHH - 35333 - Pop Music.
4025Khz - 1135-1140 - LHH - 45333 - Procul Harem - "Pandora's Box".
6140Khz - 0913-0918 - Radio Gloria Int - 55444 - "Lost in Space".
6200Khz - 0718-0723 - Radio Orang Utan - 35433 - Simon & Garfunkel - "Cecilia".
6200Khz - 1021-1025 - UNID - 45433 - Playing Robert Miles.With report for Pacman.
6205Khz - 0810-0815 - Radio Borderhunter - 45434 - Techno Music.Narrow,tinny mod.
6205Khz - 1005-1010 - Radio Borderhunter - 55434 - Rock'n'Roll Music.Much improved mod.CD at 1016.
6280Khz - 1124-1129 - Top Radio - 34333 - Dutch Instrumental Music.
6285Khz - 0723-0728 - UNID - 34433 - "Centrefold".Some utility interference.
6310Khz - 0712-0717 - UNID - 35433 - Pop Music.Later Zager & Evans - "In the year 2525".Flattened at 0720
by Italian station.
6325Khz - 0728-0733 - Radio Merlin Int - 34433 - Jackie Frost playing Spandau Ballet - "Gold".
6325Khz - 1129-1134 - Radio Merlin Int - 45434 - Apollo 440 - "Can't stop the Rock".
6375Khz - 0735-0740 - Black Bandit Radio - 35433 - Playing Rammstein - "Die Sonne" & "Mutter".
6375Khz - 0753-0758 - Black Bandit Radio - 55434 - Pink Floyd(Or Dave Gilmore or Roger Waters!)CD at 0831.
6375Khz - 1025-1030 - UNID - 33322 - Music.
6400Khz - 0905-0910 - Radio Waldmeister - 24332 - The Police - "Don't stand so close to me".
6425Khz - 0743-0748 - Radio Universe - 33432 - Oldies.
6425Khz - 0845-0850 - Radio Universe? - 34433 - "If you can't give me love".
6425Khz - 0955-0956 - Radio Scotland Int - 45433 - Albert with a bad cold with report for Universe.
6425Khz - 0958-0959 - UNID - 34433 - With report for Universe & Scotland.
6425Khz - 1000-1005 - Radio Baken 16 - 45433 - With report for Universe,Scotland & others.
6960Khz - 0748-0753 - Atlantic Radio - 35333 - Very old tunes.

Andy Richards.

[merlin]

thanks for the logs only 30 watts today blew the tx up three times this morning .Jakies programes was only 10 watts.cheers andy