Logs, Nov. 30-Dec. 1 - Early afternoon listening and the return of mediumwave

It was a very interesting and exciting weekend on the pirate bands.  Winter conditions have arrived, which means that stations are fading in incredibly early on 48 m ... as early as 1630 UTC (which is only 1300 local time).

Winter conditions also mean that European stations are moving to 76 m or mw earlier in the evening.  This is not good for most North American listeners, but I was fortunate to see the return of mediumwave stations this weekend.  Strangely, mw signals did not fade in until 2300 UTC or later, but some signals were s7 and even s9 at times.  I still have considerable local noise on mw, but it was only about s5 this weekend.  It was great to hear many familiar stations again  ... Baro, Relmus, Barcelona, Calipso, Monte Carlo  ... and even a couple new ones ... Keizer en Keizerin and Bluebird (and a little from Akai).

Nov. 29
6284,8 . . 1630 . Focus Int., weak music and talk at this amazingly early time, up to 24442 by 2025 with instrumental jazz and clear ID
6295,4 . . 1706 . Radio Tango Italia, usual tango music, 24441
6305,0 . . 1711 . Mustang Radio, Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone”, “House of the Rising Sun”, ID,  c/d 1730, 45444
6305,2v . 1756 . Long Live Radio, weak music and talk at this time, ... when I returned to he radio at 1938 the signal was up to 33442  clear IDs, c/d 1948
6325,0 . . 1953 . Mustang Radio, “Springsteen “Dancing in the Dark”, Dutch music, Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire”, 44444
1625,0 . . 2028 . Relmus Radio, dance, slow song, country, signal up and down, Donna Summer “I Feel Love” at 2335, ID, greetings to Gino in Italy
1630,1 . . 2128 . Radio Akai and UNID (Greece), 2 stations mixing, one sounded Greek, the other playing rock music, (possibly Akai),
1634,0 . . 2135 . Radio Akai, weak music just at noise level, ID via Iann’s chat
6324,4 . . 2152 . UNID, pop song, c/d 2156 withut announcement, 34443
1611,0 . . 2209 . Calypso Radio, mixing with US station on 1610, greetings, Dutch music, ID, 33441
1629,0 . . 2313 . UNID (Greece?), Greek sounding music and talk by man, had to use lsb to separate from US station on 1630, 23431

Nov. 30
6305,0 . . 1636 . Mustang Radio, “Radar Love”, “Dust in the Wind”, ID, greetings35443
7775,0 . . 1724 . Tower Radio, Dutch music, ID, greetings, 35443
6240,0 . . 1733 . Radio Twentana, lots of Dutch music, ID, 24342
6747,0 . . 1745 . Pioneer AM Radio, dance, 34342, after 1800 had combination program with CoolAM, Cool ID and CCR “Sweet Hitchhiker” at 1835
6284,8 . . 1752 . Focus Int., ID, SMS number, chat by 2 DJs, “The Time of Your Life”, 34342
6270,0L . 1759 . Over 60 Degree Radio, Led Zep “Kashmir”,  24431, splatter from 6260 gradually killed the signal, ID via Iann’s chat
6795,8 . . 1820 . Pink Panther Radio, Queen/Bowie “Under Pressure”, 35442, closing announcements at 2053, ID
6735,0u . 1833 . CoolAM Radio, weak music at noise level, //6747
6290,0 . . 2016 . Radio Waves Int., talk in French, brief bits of music, ID by woman before c/d at 2019, 24442
3904,9 . . 2033 . Radio Alice, Springsteen “Pink Cadilac”, Dutch music, ID, 35442
4026,0 . . 2157 . Laser Hot Hits, ID, dance, audio sounding a little distorted (possibly due to QRM), 24442
6747,0 . . 2232 . Pioneer AM Radio, back on the air, mellow music, ID, 24341
6910,0 . . 2238 . Premier Radio Int., weak music and talk, ID via Iann’s chat, 24341
3935,0 . . 2310 . Radio Underground, mellow music, ID, greetings, 22441, severe ham and ute QRM
1632,9 . . 2326 . Radio Barcelona, female pop, faded after 10 minutes,, 34342, back at 0035 with pop music, talk with echo, ID, Timmy T “One More Try”, polka, “Mockingbird Hill”, 44443
1636,6 . . 2334 . Keizer en Keizerin, Dutch music, talk by woman in Dutch, ID via Iann’s chat, 34342
1648,0 . . 2342 . Radio Monte Carlo, pop music, greetings, tentative ID (confirmed in chat), 32441, severe splatter from 1650 (US)
1615,0 . . 2348 . Radio Barones, “Whiskey in the Jar”, greetings, ID,  c/d 0006, 44342
1625,0 . . 0008 . Relmus Radio, country, greetings, ID, Melissa Ethridge “I’m the Only One”, 45342, faded out but came back at 0145

Dec. 1
6795,9 . . 1758 . Pink Panther Radio, “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”, greetings, c/d 2030, 24442
7620,0 . . 1830 . Sluwe Vos Radio, ID, “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You”, “Lay Your Head Upon My Pillow”, email, “Convoy”, 34443
6245,4 . . 1914 . Radio Tango Italia, usual tango music, 33442
4026,0 . . 1942 . Laser Hot Hits, dance, talk about Christmas, ID, 34432
6910,0 . . 2033 . Premier Radio Int., “I’ve Had the Time of My Life”, ID, time checks, greetings, “Break My Stride”, 34432
3904,9 . . 2049 . UNID, continuous Dutch? music, gave ID after a half hour or so, but was covered by hams, 24441
3900,0 . . 2130 . Spaceshuttle Radio, pop music, talk, just a little too weak for details, ID via Iann’s chat
1625,0 . . 2228 . Relmus Radio, “Scream and Shout”, greetings, instrumental, 35432, “Ballroom Blitz” at 2333
1638,0 . . 0032 . Radio Bluebird, Dutch music, greetings, ID, 24432