Log 2023-10-29

Sunday 2023-10-29, local time UTC+2, sunrise 5.40 UTC, sunset 14.30 UTC

Ionosphere disturbed after last night's G2-storm, daytime G1-G2-peaks at 9.30-10.30 UTC, Bz erratic: -7 .. +2 nT, noise: floor SW=S0, daytime static crashes from Denmark +S1

6290      08.24     Deltracks, S4-6, "Retro Hits", rock, cd 8.30

6300      08.26     unid, S2-4, "On shortwave, we are XX", 8.31: female id-jingle, email, Golden Earring - Radar Love, Pussycat - Mississippi, vanished into D-layer absorption

6290      08.37     unid / Weekend Music, S4-6, moved from 6280 after the cd of Deltracks, hosting, id, 8.39: Eric Clapton - Lay down Sally, id, hosting, ELO - Mr. Bluesky

6020      08.46     Casanova, S4-6, Dutch songs, 8.50: greez, Dutch country tracks, 8.57: good morning wishes to Kristal, Mijnwerker, DB, Mondeo, 8.59: Alexander Curly - I'll never drink Again,  9.06: "You will love Radio Casanova, and Radio Casanova loves you" 

6255      11.30     Monique, S5-7, 6250 Echo Of  Hope + jamming splashing, "Summertime now", "This is the sound of Radio Monique International on 6255", hosting, 11.33: Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday

6270      11.38     Ronalisa, S3-5, big band mx, 11.40: laser gun whistles between the tracks: Van Halen - Jump, Genesis - Land of Confusion,  Nick Kamen - I Promised Myself, whistling polka, "You're tuned to the Ronalisa Radio, we're going to change frequency to 6390", cd 11.49

6390      11.51     Ronalisa, S3-5, Hawaii guitar polka, laser gun whistle, techno

6281      11.55     Mordor, S7-9, id-jingle, instr. techno, 11.58: id, ZZ Top - Gimme all your Lovin', 12.00-01 covered by another carrier on freq, 12.03: Europe - The final Countdown, 12.04-05 covered by another carrier on freq, 12.06 moved to 6282, later back to 6281, and jammed by strong ute 6276-6282

Disturbed ionosphere, Bz erratic: -6 .. +3 nT, noise: floor SW=S0, floor MW=S1, occ. static crashes from the Netherlands, France +S1

6400      15.30-16.30: Intense QSO:ing of Baken 16 (S5-7), Misti (S5-7), Witte Reus (S4-6) and Dokkum DX (S4-6)

6380      16.53     unid ? / Kiss AM, S4-6, 6385 covering, Marathonians - Come on Boys come on Girls, Toto - Love isn't always on Time, "To receive a QSL send your reception report to Kiss AM", email "The music of the 80's, Kiss AM", 17.12: Lou Reed - Walk on on the wild Side, 17.22: "On AM we are KISS"

6385      16.58     unid, S7-9, 6380 splashing, reggae, cd 16.59-17.00, on 6385,1 in LSB, 17.03: "test, 1,2,3, hello", 17.05: Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do, Guns N' Roses - Paradise City, 17.11: "test, 1,2,3, hello hello", song: "Guardian Angel", cd 17.12

6295      17.23     unid / Weekend Music, S5-9, talking about listening to pirate stations, 17.25: id, Patrick Juvet - I Love America, id, hosting, Ray Parker Jr. - Jack and Jill (Back up the Hill)

6210      17.53     King SW, S4-7, surrounded by occ. utes, rock, 17.56: id-jingle, 18.02: Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine, cd 18.33, S5-8

G2-peaks at 19-19.30 UTC, Bz very erratic: -6 .. +5 nT, noise level up: floor SW=S1, occ. static crashes from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands +S1, SW signals in fast fading, floor MW=S2, also 180 meter signals in fast fading, Greek and Russian stations dominating

6183      19.31     Gringo Radio, S5-8, country mx, Jimmy Clanton - Venus in Blue Jeans, "Music on XX", 19.39: Bobby Fuller Four - I fought the Law (and the Law Won), "Gringo Radio Station", Baccara - Yes Sir I can Boogie, Bobby Rydell - Wild One, country rock, 19.55: "Gringo Radio Station", 20.00 onwards covered by 6180 Deutscher Wetterdienst and 6195 VOA Botswana splashes, 19.07: "Gringo Radio Station", 20.12: Jim Reeves - I Missed Me, after cd of DW also 6180 R. Nacional da Amazonia (B), 180 kW covering with S7-S9+5

6275      19.52     unid / Skyline Radio Germany, S8-S9+5, instr. big band mx, pirate waltz performed by a child singing, waltz song, 19.59-20.00: carrier only, Radio Veronica, Radio Noord, Radio Syd, Radio Antwerpen and other station's id-jingles, 20.02 id, cd 20.05

6940      20.17     pres. Zeppelin, S5-8, Louis Armstrong - Blueberry Hill - Hello Dolly - Kiss of Fire, more Armstrong's tracks

6290      20.47     unid, S3-6, occ. ute 6290-93, rock tracks, 20.48: Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man , 20.55: vanished into storm noise and ute

5880      21.11     pres. Rock Revolution, S4-7, Oasis - Champagne Supernova 

5140      21.18     pres. Charleston, S4-7

1627      21.24     unid, s/on, S8-S9+5, "Jonge blonde zeeman"-song, "Why can't We live in Peace", big band mx , Dutch song "Talant talant", 21.40 song: "Ich lieb dich nicht", Dutch song, instr. polka, clarinet+band waltz, 21.49: polka songs, 30^, instr. polka, "Zomer op een Amsterdamse straat ... buenos noches mi amigo"-song, Flippers - Liebe die wie Feuer brennt

1636      21.32     Sterre, S6-9, other carrier 1635 covering, Dutch songs, 21.36: "Dit is Radio de Sterre", waltz song, 21.37: greez to Marianne, 20.38: greez to Klavenboer, song: "Rolling home to my Kiki", cd 21.40, but which one of the several Sterre-stations ?

Receiving Radio Mordor, 2023-10-29, 11.56 UTC, 6281 kHz Receiving Unid, 2023-10-29, 17.02 UTC, 6385,1 LSB Receiving Gringo Radio, 2023-10-29, 19.44 UTC, 6183 kHz