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Post by **Andy Richards** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 19:45 pm

Got up as normal.Made myself a strong cup of coffee,lit my first cigarette of the day and turned my radio on.........
BRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRG!!!!! - NOISE!!!!

It was about 0830,so I tuned to 5815,knowing full well that Orion would be on.He is like a little Dutch Big Ben.
Regular as clockwork!!
Heard nothing with all the noise...........

Tuned across 48m .......
BRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRG!!!!! - NOISE!!!!

But I kept trying.By 0850 I could hear Orion.Strong but a lot of local noise.By 0930 the noise was less and I could now get Orion and Magic over the noise,but nothing else.By 1000 Mystery were "just" coming through too.

At 1030 I gave up.Went out and got the Sunday newspapers.
I love my Pirate radio but BRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRGRRRG!!!!! - NOISE!!!! Is too much!

I got back and was just about to settle down and read the papers and thought to myself,let's try the radio one LAST time.

Glad I did.Steaming great signal from Borderhunter!Flattening the noise!By 1100 the noise had gone and loads more stations started to come in!!

Geronimo SW were strong on 6210 but huge on 6250!!I guess the big rig was being tested on 6250,I have not seen any other logs for Geronimo SW on 6250 yet,but they were as strong as Borderhunter here!

Scirocco was being squeezed by good signals from Northpole on 6315 and Magic on 6325 but was OK when they both closed down.He played some very unusual but interesting music.
Northpole played some great 60's music and Magic was as slick and smooth as usual,with announcements in English,German & Dutch.

Marconi had a very good signal up on 6425 and Checkpoint was even stronger using his 500w rig through Radio Lowland's aerial.

So,in the end it was a pretty good Sunday.My noise problem is strange though.I live in a quiet suburb of London.
No industry or warehouses here,just houses and lots of open spaces.The nearest industry is about 5km away.
The noise is not coming from my house and I couldn't hear any machines making a noise at my neighbours.
With all the snow here it is even more quiet than normal!
So what can cause a noise like that which disappears gradually?

Sunday 10/01/10

5815Khz - 0850-0855 - Orion Radio - 44232 - German song.Later French song.
5815Khz - 0930-0935 - Orion Radio - 45434 - Dutch instrumental."Tina,Tina".Closed at 1005.
5815Khz - 1255-1300 - Radio Titanic? - 34333 - Country & Western Music.
6205Khz - 1250-1255 - Radio Bluestar? - 34433 - Dutch & Techno Music.
6210Khz - 1055-1100 - Radio Geronimo SW - 45433 - Dave Scott playing Atomic Rooster & Stiltskin.
6210Khz - 1135-1140 - Radio Geronimo SW - 34433 - New Zealand Dave playing Rock Music.(Repeat of 6250 Prog).
6210Khz - 1320-1325 - Time Radio? - 24433 - Rock song,Chic - "Le Freak".
6220Khz - 1005-1010 - Mystery Radio - 33232 - Pop Music.
6220Khz - 1410-1415 - Mystery Radio - 44434 - Donna Summer - "I Feel Love".
6250Khz - 1120-1125 - Radio Geronimo SW - 55444 - New Zealand Dave playing Rock Music.
6260Khz - 1045-1050 - Radio Borderhunter - 55444 - Techno tune,Coldplay.Later Deep Purple & AC/DC.
6315Khz - 1100-1105 - Radio Northpole Int - 44333 - "Blackberry Way","Whiter Shade of Pale".
6320Khz - 1110-1115 - Radio Scirocco - 33333 - "Spin me like a record",CCR.Interference from 6315.
6320Khz - 1150-1155 - Radio Scirocco - 35334 - Much better now that 6315 & 6325 had closed.
6325Khz - 0924-0929 - Magic AM - 45444 - Men at Work,U2.Talking in English,German & Dutch.
6400Khz - 1105-1110 - Radio Shadow? - 35333 - Dutch Music.
6425Khz - 1155-1200 - Radio Marconi - 45433 - New Order?Later REO Speedwagon.Closed at 1415.
6425Khz - 1415-1420 - Checkpoint Radio - 45434 - Country & Western Music.Report for Marconi.500 watts.

Andy Richards.

Post by **JoJo** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 18:14 pm

Hello Andy, haha nice written/wroten ( what is correct)
To bad the sunday start with noise on your radio, but I am glad it got better later. Thanks for the logs!

Post by **Andy Richards** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 22:51 pm

Hi John,

Your English is fine,we can understand whichever way you write.

But if you want to be precise,"Well written" is correct.

You cannot say "Wroten" in English.

But this is where the similarity between English,German,Dutch and some
Scandinavian languages can make it more confusing!

Andy.

Dave Scott · Post by **Dave Scott** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 21:25 pm

Thanks Andy
The new 220W tx was on air on Sunday on both 6210 and 6250. Chris the operator said that temperatures were so low that some of the equipment was playing up a little which is why he flipped frequencies a couple of times.
Back on air in a couple of weeks all being well and the presenter team is expanding soon too.
73s Dave Scott - Geronimo SW

Post by **Andy Richards** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 22:34 pm

Hi Dave,

Interesting that the signal on 6250 was MUCH stronger than 6210.

Andy.

Post by **JoJo** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 22:28 pm

thanks Andy, for the correction. Yes that's the different in Language; to make it more easy;)
Oops snowing again in Holland