It was a fantastic week on the pirate bands. There were stations every night, with Thursday to Sunday nights all very busy. There has been good conditions even to Scandanavia, with Baltic Sea logged 3 nights in a row, and both Fox 48 and Spaceshuttle logged with clear IDs Friday night.
Spaceman had great shows on Saturday and Sunday nights (fading in incredibly early for 76 m !). Wolverine Radio from the US had an incredible signal Sunday morning with one of his themed shows (songs with 'ride' or 'riders' in the title). Wolverine uses usb mode, but somehow manages to make the audio sound just as good as am!
Finally, special thanks for Powerliner and Ba;tic Sea for keeping the band active during the weeknights.
Tuesday, September 13
6303,0 . . 2123-2317 . Radio Powerliner Int., polkas, march, ID and greetings, Hawaiian instrumental, “Smoke on the Water”, an excerpt from Artem’s World of Music (1st show) at 2225, 45443
6930.0L . 2302-2320 . Baltic Sea Radio, “Whiter Shade of Pale”, ID, email, 25442
Wednesday, September 14
6303,0 . . 2123-2317 . Radio Powerliner Int., wide variety of music, from polkas to rock, IDs, greetings to numerous US listeners, 34443, switched to lsb for the last few minutes, 45443, c/d 2317
6930.0u . 2302-2312 . Baltic Sea Radio, Queen “Miracle”, Procol Harum “Whiter Shade of Pale”, ID/email with seagulls in the background, said calling Japan, 35442
Thursday, September 15
6923,5 . . 0103-0117 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), lots of piano music (oldies, maybe from the 40’s?), equal with the noise, 15331
6300,0 . . 2115-2200 . Radio Spaceshuttle Int., lots of jingle IDs, Elvis “Blue Suede Shoes”, greetings (thanks!), 25441
6920,0L . 2210-2214 . Baltic Sea Radio (tent), Queen, c/d 2214 without announcement, 35443 (BSR was on 6930L last night playing Queen)
6933,0L . 2234-0000 . Brazilian pirates and Powerliner, a complete mess … one loud station talking and 3-4 other weak ones with music, cw, talking, chanting. Not sure who was trying to QRM who, but the weak music station out lasted all of them, still going at 0000. Powerliner called for QSO at 2240, but I did not hear a reply.
6970,0 . . 2240-2300 . Laser Hot Hits, moved from 6945, clear freq, ID, unknown pop, 35442
6930,0L . 2243-2244 . Baltic Sea Radio, just caught the ID and c/d, 35443
Friday, September 16
6930.0u . 0136-0145 . Voice of Captain Ron Shortwave (US), very weak music and talk, sounded like a live show but just below the threshold for copy, ID via Iann’s chat, 24341
6570,0 . . 2042-2045 . Radio Powerliner Int., weak music, loud ssb QRM, ID via Iann’s chat, 22441, moved to 6950 briefly
6550,0 . . 2046-2148 . Radio Rising Sun, jingle IDs. greetings (thanks!), c/d 2148, 25441
7575,0 . . 2103-2112 . Radio Trans Europe, Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget About Me”, email, ID, 25441
6240,0 . . 2112-2208 . Radio Spaceshuttle Int., relay of Cool AM, weak music and jingles, later Finnish rock music, moved to 6205 at 2208 25342
3905,0 . . 2123-2200 . Skyline Int. Radio, ID, greetings to listener in Ukraine and yours truly (thanks!), “Born to Be Alive”, 34342
6307,0 . . 2131-2225 . Radio Powerliner Int., “Age of Aquarius”, “Keep on Rockin in the Free World”, 25442
6285,0 . . 2154-2205 . Radio Altrex, Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax”, Nena, talk, could only copy a few words, but one of the was “Altrex”, 24341
6205,0 . . 2208-2342 . Radio Spaceshuttle Int., ID, greetings (thanks!), rock music (Finnish?)25342
6300,0 . . 2221-2240 . Radio Fox 48, weak music, some clear peaks, but nothing I recognized (some sounded non-English), 25331
6325.0 . . 2240-2320 . Radio Marconi, country, Dutch music, Paul Simon “Call Me Al”, long pauses between songs, signal strength up and down, tx problems or testing?, jingle ID finally at 2314, 35443 at times, barely audible at others
6220,2 . . 2319-2327 . Radio Merlin Int., had been on for a while, but finally faded in with weak music and a female DJ, ID via Iann’s chat
6305,0 . . 2327-0020 . Radio Powerliner Int., Opus “Life is Life”, greetings (thanks!), ID, 45443
6325,0u. . 2347-2359 . UNID (US?), Moody Blues “Ride my Seesaw”, “Voices in the Sky”, “Legend of a Mind”, no announcement, 35443
Saturday, September 17
6298,0 . . 0009-0055 . Radio Fox 48, ID, Kiss “Lick It Up”, 24332
6305,0 . . 0035-0040 . Radio Spaceshuttle Int., email, “London Calling”, jingle IDs, 25331
6924,8 . . 0211-0245 . Captain Morgan Shortwave (US), oldies “Putting on the Ritz”, ID, blues, Twilight Zone theme and c/d 0245, 34332
6485,0 . . 1957-2100 . Premier Radio Int., got some weak music at 1957, faded until 2030, Spandau Ballet “True”, 25331
3898,0 . . 2047-2052 . UNID, very weak music, gone 10 minutes later when I rechecked
3905,0 . . 2052-2310 . Radio Spaceman, Heart “Barracuda”, Stones “Gimme Shelter”, 35443 at 2130, increasing ham QRM after
6422,8 . . 2119-2126 . Radio Oscar Zulu (tent), had been detecting the carrier for quite a while, but finally heard some weak dance music at 2119, had to use lsb and narrow filter to separate from ute on 6425
4085,0 . . 2127-2310 . Overijssel Radio, fading in 2127 with weak music and talk,
6305,0 . . 2134-2141 . Radio Merlin Int., “Sultans of Swing”, 24341
3898,0 . . 2141-2142 . UNID, about 30 seconds of music heard, c/d, 25442
6324.8 . . 2155-2310 . Radio Marconi, Dutch music, dance, “Knock on Wood”, 34332
6300,7 . . 2206-2213 . UNID, pop music, variable audio level, tx cutting in and out, c/d 2213, 25442
6925,0u . 2317-2318 . UNID (US?), heard four Interval Signals from different international broadcasters, 3 of them sounded very familiar, but it has been 30 years since I listened to regular stations, so I can’t name the sources, off without announcement, 45443
Sunday, September 18
6925,0 . . 0006-0045 . Wolverine Radio (US), tuned in 0006 to ID, “Magic Carpet Ride”, “Midnight Rider”, ID 0019, “Riders on the Storm”, 45444
6303,9 . . 0039-0100 . Radio Powerliner Int., low power test, just some traces of music on the peaks,
6950,5 . . 0110-0135 . WAZU (US), ID, email, Blink 182 “All the Small Things”, 35342
6305,1 . . 2003-2230 . Radio Merlin Int., weak music gradually fading in, unfortunately did not improve much, pop music, talk, 25331
6485,0 . . 2015-2021 . Premier Radio Int. (presumed), music and talk under a very loud ute, 32441
6550,0 . . 2021-2100 . Radio Rising Sun, Bonnie Tyler “It’s a Heartache”, jingle IDs, c/d 210023442, had to use narrow filter to eliminate ute just above
6324.8 . . 2031-2048 . Radio Centurion, weak polka? music fading in and out, slow song, “Popcorn”, c/d 2048, 24441
3905,0 . . 2102-2205 . Spaceman Radio, ID, said would c/d soon, Rod Stewart “Stay With Me”, c/d 2205, 35442
6930,0 . . 2202-2206 . Irish Music Radio, Queen “Somebody to Love”, ID, 33442 ssb and cw QRM
3905,0 . . 2206-2207 . MRF Radio, barely audible talk and music, assuming it was a report to Spaceman, ID via Iann’s chat
Monday, September 19
4015,0 . . 0003-0030 . Laser Hot Hits, dance, ID, “The Pina Colada Song”, 35443
6925,0u . 0054-0104 . UNID, very weak music, SSTV at 0103, 14341
3935,0 . . 0107-0140 . Radio Armadillo, America “You Can Do Magic”, ID, 14341 to 12341
Cheers, Terry
Dick (Do it)