Log 2023-11-30

Thursday 2023-11-30

Fairly calm ionosphere, Bz dropping: +4 > -4 nT, noise: floor MW=S1, floor SW=S0

1640      14.58     Rode Ster, S5-8, 25 kHz wide audio, other carrier 1641, German and Dutch songs, 15.05: Ned Miller - From a Jack to a King, Michael Holm - Musst du jetzt gerade gehen Lucille, 15.13: greez, id, 15.28: Billy Jo Spears - Sing me an old fashioned Song, Alan Jackson - Little Bitty, 15.36: id, Mary Roos - Ich bin stark nur mit dir

6390      15.18     Witte Reus, S4-6, Queen - Radio Gaga, September - Cry for You (You'll never see me Again), instr. techno, 15.25: greez, id

1623      15.38     unid, S3-5, other carriers 1625 and 1626, country mx, parts of tracks and carrier only, cd 15.40-42, waltz song, instr. polka, " .. In de warme zomerzon"-polka, instr. polka, 15.53: part of Shadows - Apache, more instr. polkas, 15.58: German version of Demis Roussos - Goodbye my Love Goodbye, next: "Drei weisse Birken in meiner Heimat stehen"-song, polka song

1645      15.41     Arona, S4-6, QSO Rode Ster, "Dit is Firma Arona", instr. polka, cd 15.42

6300      16.06     unid, S5-7, 6295 splashing, Blondie - Atomic, 16.09 cd, no id, moved to 6280 ?

6295      16.11     Cuckoo, S4-6, "Contact Radio Cuckoo at", email, version of "Dirty old Town", more Irish songs, 16.27: Spanish and English id-jingles, cuckoo clock chimes, carrier only, cd 16.29

6280      16.14     Mexico, s/on, S5-7, jamming of Sound of Hope on freq,  6278 occ. Russian ann.s, German song, instr. R&R-polka, 16.22: Anita Ward - Ring my Bell, 16.30: English and German id-jingles

6205      16.24     unid, S2-5, 6200 Tibet Peoples BC splashing, occ. ute 6203-06, songs, rock tracks, 16.38: Shirley Bassey - La Vita, cd 16.41, no id, on again later, 16.55: rock tracks covered by the splashes and ute, 17.00: short transmission break, rock tracks

1638      17.03     Moonbreker, S5-8, German and Dutch winter songs, id 17.09, Dutch songs

1665      17.05     Digital, S6-9, ute 1661-64, Dutch songs, e.g. 17.12: Dutch version of "Down by the Riverside", 17.17: greez, Rubettes - Juke Box Jive

1648      17.08     Tarzan, S5-8, 1650 Greek splashing, "This is Radio Tarzan from the north east of the Netherlands", polka song, 17.10: Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia, Dutch song: "Kiss me as You love Me"

1620      17.40     Pontiak, S6-9, id, thanking for reports, instr. techno, carrier only, cd 17.41

1655      17.41     Ijsvogel, S5-7, greez to Frank, several ids and greez, polka songs

Almost G1-peak at 18.30 UTC, Bz erratic: -4 .. +3 nT, noise: floor MW=S2, distorted 180 meter signals in slow and deep fading

1620      19.16     Houthakker, S6-9, other Dutch on freq, CCR - Green River, id 19.17, Don Williams - You're my best Friend

1920      19.20     unid, unassessable, Houthakker on freq, talking, Maywood - Late at Night

1628      19.24     unid, S4-7, other carrier 1626, part of a rap song, part of instr. techno, cd 19.28

1645      19.29     Marskramer, S5-8, 30 kHz wide audio, Dutch songs, 19.49: Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts, 20.07: CCR - Lodi, 20.13: Mark Chesnutt - Brother Jukebox, "Ich bin Lola schwartze Lola"-tango, id 21.36, greez to Birmingham: "I'm a happy man"

1629      19.30     Luka, S4-7, rock tracks, 19.36: Morrissey - Suedehead, 19.41: greez, id 

1656      19.42     Armada, S4-7, 1645 splashing, in QSO, CCR - Have You ever seen the Rain, cd 19.43-50, CCR again, Celine Dion - The Power of Love, 19.53: in QSO, "XX aan de band experimenteel", 19.57: id-jingles in Dutch and English, CCR - Proud Mary

Receiving Rode Ster Radio, 2023-11-30, 15.02 UTC, 1640 kHz