Logs, Jan, 12 (evening)

It was an active evening, with good conditions.  It was very nice to hear Aliviabar and Marina for the first time, and the Russian station Radio Europa put in a massive signal on 3930, even killing local hams.  Just a trace from the other new station HetWe Radio, but I believe he was only using 15 watts.

6798,5 . . 1942 . Pink Panther Radio, Four Tops “It’s the Same Old Song”, ID, greetings, 35442
6285,4 . . 1952 . Radio Tango Italia, usual tango music, 25442, relaying Radio Marina at 2025 with “I Believe in Miracles”, “Sweet Dreams (are Made of This)”, ID, 35443
6260,3 . . 2038 . Radio Aliviabar, lots of Dutch music, fading in and out, heard some talk, but always on a low fade, 24431
6220,0 . . 2215 . Sluwe Vos Radio “Convoy”, greetings,  “Camouflage”, ID, email, 34432
6301,2 . . 2246 . UNID, slow  music, had to leave the radio before ID, 24432
6735,0L . 2345 . Cool AM Radio, hard rock with lots of guitar, psychedelic music
3904,5 . . 0002 . HetWe Radio, weak music under very loud hams,
3930,0 . . 0029 . Radio Europa, ID, email, electronic music, 44443“Hark the Herald Angels Sing” at 0125, “Jingle Bells”, “Let It Snow”,

Logs, Jan. 7, 10, 11 & 12 (morning)

Signals have been fairly weak in the evenings, which is fairly normal for winter, but both Premier and Black Arrow were fairly good.  Sunday morning, however, had very good conditions, and there were quite a few stations on early.  Thanks to all.

Jan.  7
3900,0 . . 1939 . Radio Ascona, traces at first, better at 2004 when he moved to 3905, Dutch music, c/d suddenly 2008

Jan. 10
6295,0 . . 2001 . Radio Blauwe Panter, mellow pop, “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”, ID via Iann's chat, 24431
6910,0 . . 2040 . Premier Radio Int., ID, time check, “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”, 34442
3905,0 . . 2322 . Skyline Int. Radio, “Rehab”, weak signal tonight under a ute and hams c/d 2346, 23441
6240,4 . . 2348 . Radio Tango Italia, multilingual ID, tango music, 23442, het from carrier on 6239

Jan. 11
6450,2 . . 1948 . Studio 52, “Love is a Battlefield”, 23441, ute QRM
6204,8 . . 1958 . Radio Goudenster, pop/rock music, c/d 2001, 24441
6300,0 . . 2004 . UNID, played 2 minutes of Haddaway "What is Love", c/d suddenly, 45443
6300,0L . 2006 . Over 60 Degree Radio, blues song, just even with the noise, faded soon after, ID via Iann’s chat,
6220,0 . . 2043 . UNID, dance, c/d 2048 without announcement, 25442
6265,4 . . 2050 . Radio Tango Italia, usual tango music, 24442
6225,0 . . 2055 . UNID, talk and music, s5 signal but extremely low audio, c/d 2058, back on 2114, talk on a peak at 2215, but was distorted
6293,0 . . 2225 . North Pole Radio, polkas, ID, said “from the north part of Belgium”, “low power”, 24331
6270,0 . . 2320 . Radio Black Arrow, slow song, young guest DJ, Stones “Just Another Night”, greetings, 45343
6802,0L . 0119 . Radio Mistero Ghost Planet, weak music, caught ID on a fade up, 25441

Jan. 12

6199,5 . . 0804 . Radio Orang Utan, ID, pop, ute QRM, 23441

6265,0 . . 0809 . Radio Nora, “Put the Load on Fanny”, ID, c/d 0908, 35442

6300,3 . . 0814 . Skyline Radio Germany, punk music, ID, 25441

6380,0 . . 0824 . Radio Altrex, “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”, 25442

6915,0 . . 0830 . Premier Radio Int., ID, “Out of Time”, greetings to Ian in Scotland, email, “I Fought the Law”, 34442

6239,0 . . 0842 . UNID, weak mellow pop music under loud open carrier, 23441

6255,0 . . 0909 . Radio Merlin Int., weak music and talk, had to use lsb to separate from loud ute on 6258, 22441, c/d or faded 0911, ID via Iann's chat

6221,0 . . 0915 . Radio Luxemburg, “Colinda”, “Baby Come Back”, “Born to Be Wild”, jingle ID, 35442

6285,0 . . 0923 . Radio Telstar Int., greetings, ID, punkish pop, 35443

6260,0 . . 0939 . Radio North Pole, dance music just above the noise on peaks, ID via Iann’s chat

6205,0 . . 1003 . Borderhunter Radio, Stones “Satisfaction”, ID, Led Zep :”Black Dog”, greetings, “Hotel California”, 25442

6265,0 . . 1014 . Radio Casanova, weak slow music, then dance beat, just above the noise,  ID via Iann’s chat, 

13980,0L.1022 . Baltic Sea Radio, pop music, ID/email, 25442

12257,1 . 1029 . WR International, ID, email, facebook, snailmail, song from 1964, c/d 1104, 23442, OTHR and ssb QRM

13980,0L.1111 . Baltic Sea Radio, back on, German? pop, ID, dance, ID, country, 35433

Logs, Jan. 1 - 3 (late post due to weather/power outages, etc.)

Sorry for the very late post,  but we have been having some fun with winter here in Newfoundland.

On Friday, the temperatures dropped to about -15C with high winds.  Our power utility had several generators down for maintenance (doh!), so they had to start rotating blackouts. (Our power system on the island of Newfoundland is isolated from the rest of North America.)  Then came a blizzard Friday night with 40 cm+ of snow, and at 9 am Saturday, there was a fire at major electrical distribution link which plunged almost the entire eastern half of the island into darkness.  We were one of the lucky ones ... only 13 hours with out power.  (Although the temperature in our bedroom was 6C when the power came back on at 10:30 pm.)  Some people went 30+ hours without power.

Last night, the main generating plant cut out again, but we were lucky again, and were back on in an hour.

Today, however, the weather is calling for major freezing rain overnight tonight and heavy rain tomorrow.  Flooding worries have caused me to second a second day digging through the snow, and concerns about the freezing rain has sent me scrambling to stock up on batteries, candles, canned food, gas, whiskey and other essentials.  If the freezing rain brings down the electrical transmission lines from our major hydroelectric station on the south coast, we could be in darkness for days.  (It happened in the early 80's, took 5 days to repair.)

Hopefully, I will be back on the radio tomorrow if all goes well.

Jan. 1

6289,0 . . 1945 . Odynn Radio, instrumental, greetings, ID, country/rock, P4P promo, 35342

6300,0 . . 1955 . Radio Nachtpiraat, Dutch music, pop, dance, 34432

6294,8 . . 2001 . Radio Digitaal, 80’s pop, talk just a bit too weak to copy, fading up and down, ID via Iann’s chat, c/d 2025, 24431

6905,0 . . 2011 . Premier Radio Int., “Come On Eileen”, ID, Tina Turner “Simply the Best”, 34433

6450,4 . . 2040 . Short Wave Combination Holland, weak music, even with noise ute, ID via Iann’s chat, 23431, still on 2300 under ute, 22441

6295,0 . . 2226 . Radio Powerliner Int., Dutch music, ID, 34443, moved to 6290, c/d 2324

Jan. 2

6299,8 . . 1950 . UNID, weak music and talk, just too weak for details, 14441

1638,0 . . 2336 . Bluebird Radio, Dutch music, greetings, ID, fading in and out, 24431

1635,5 . . 0143 . UNID, continuous music, including polkas, pop and Greek sounding songs, 25432

Jan. 3

6290,8 . . 1846 . Radio Norton, weak music, ID via Iann’s chat, c/d 1901, 15341

6285,4 . . 1958 . Radio Tango Italia, instrumental, 25342

6905,0 . . 2006 . Premier Radio Int., “Rehab”, moved to 6910 at 2008, “Addicted to Love”, then back to 6905, “Jammin”,34443

1636,8 . . 2126 . Wadloper Radio, music and talk, fading in and out ,“Smoke on the Water”, 24431

Logs, Dec. 30 & 31

Dec. 30
6910,0 . . 1719 . Premier Radio Int. pop music, talk with Irish accent, 23441 at this early time
6746,9 . . 1740 . Pioneer AM Radio, weak music, c/d 1749, ID via Iann’s chat
6940,0 . . 1805 . Trans Europe Radio, “Don’t Leave Me This Way”, 80’s pop, ID, greetings, email, “She Blinded Me With Science”, 24442
6798,5 . . 1850 . Pink Panther Radio, Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax”, 33442, ute QRM
7489,8 . . 1912 . Voice of the Netherlands, techno/dance music, barely audible at first but improved to 23442 by c/d 1925
6910,0 . . 2013 . Premier Radio Int., Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax”, talk by 2 djs and female guests, (recording of last show of Premier Radio, December 30, 1988), 23442

Dec. 31
6320,0 . . 1848 . Radio Tarzan, rock music, greetings, ID, 24341, up to 34342 by 1945 with Dutch pop
6300,0 . . 1916 . UNID,  “Have You Ever Seen the Rain”, “Whiter Shade of Pale”, on past 2100 with pop, but voice was lower than music, and I couldn’t quite copy, 24441
6295,0L . 2000 . Over 60 Degree Radio, operatic music, ID, dance, 24441
6905,0 . . 2011 . Premier Radio Int., Donovan “Mellow Yellow”, ID, greetings, c/d 2059, 35443
6260,0 . . 2129 . Cupid Radio, dance music, c/d 2133, ID via Iann’s chat, 33441
1625,0 . . 2137 . Radio Barones, talk in Dutch, faded but came back with greetings, 25431
1635,0 . . 2141 . Radio Oliebollenbakker, “Lay Down Sally”, greetings, ID, “Perfect Strangers”, 25432
6300,0 . . 0357 . Radio Powerliner Int., weak music, caught greetings and ID, very poor conditions at this time, 24431