BetaJBK DXing

Tuesday 2024-12-31, New Year's Eve Fairly calm ionosphere, Bz: 0 .. +5 nT, noise: floor SW=S0, floor MW=S1 6290      13.32     Action, S5-7, 6292 amateurs, techno, disco, 13.40: "Radio Action", 13.44: "Radio Action", Eagles - Hotel California 6260      13.45     Scotland, S4-6, occ. ute 6260-70, rock, 13.46: "RSI, Radio Scotland International on 6260", rock, 13.50: id, email, Dance 2 Trance - Power of American Natives, id, Deep Purple - Highway Star 5800       14.07     ContiKenzo, S3-5, Akenzo talking, also Hitmix Radio, 14.10: "The crazy pirates from the north east of the Netherlands",  16.00: S7-9 6325      15.29     Black Power, S7-9, John Mellencamp - Hurts so Good, Hollies - I'm Alive, rock tracks, 15.46: "Caballero en Black Power" 6295      15.36     JT, S7-9, 30 kHz wide audio, occ ute 6295-6305, Dutch rock, Dutch songs, ...

Monday 2024-12-30 Unsettled ionosphere, Bz: -3 .. 0 nT, several R3-R1 radio blackouts during last night and morning, latest R1s: (M1.8) at 10 UTC, (M3.5) at 14.30 UTC, (M5.0) at 17 UTC, noise: floor SW=S0, static crashes from eastern Mediterranean +S1, floor MW=S1 6275      15.09     Action, S7-9, disco, 15.11: "Radio Action, Radio Action", disco tracks, 15.25: Fischer Z - So Long, "Radio Action" 6295      15.13     XTC, S3-5, occ. ute 6295-6310, English hosting, rock, hosting, 15.19: id, rock 6260      15.17     unid, S2-5, occ. ute 6258-61, talking, cd 15.20 5800      15.28     unid / unid, S3-5, occ. Russian ann.s on freq, ute 5780-5820, "Hula hula hula la la la"-polka, "Dit is XX Radio", rock tracks, 15.35: Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker, cd 15.43-49, rock  15.52: Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime moi non plus, 15.56: "For your information, XX AM",...

Sunday 2024-12-29 Several R1-R2 radio blackouts during daytime, latest R2 (M7.0) at 15 UTC, fairly calm ionosphere, Bz: +3 .. +7 nT, noise: floor SW=S0, R1 radio blackouts at 17 UTC (M3.3), 18.30 UTC (M3.3) and at 20.30 (M1.1) 6290      14.58     Flux AM, S5-7, occ. ute 6291-6301, Dutch song, "Send your report to Flux AM", email, Dutch song. 15.03: "This is Flux AM broadcasting from the Netherlands", Dutch song, "Flux AM, the Netherlands" 5840      15.08     ContiKenzo, S6-8, Akenzo talking, instr. R&R , 15.10: "Hello, test, 1,2", id, hosting, instr. techno, 15.13: "Contikenzo Boys, the crazy pirates from the north east of the Netherlands" 6325      15.18     Weekend Music, S4-6, hosting, id, rock 1625      15.21     unid, S3-6, instr. polka, cd 15.23 1645      15.23     unid, S1-5, 1638 splashing, instr. polkas, Dutch songs,...

Saturday 2024-12-28 Calm ionosphere, +2 .. +5 nT, latest R1 (M4.6) radio blackout at 11.30 UTC, elevated proton flux almost back to calm values, noise: floor SW=S0, static crashes from Türkiye +S1 6290      14.49     Ronalisa, S4-7, rock tracks, polkas, 14.54: "Right on the German border, Radio Ronalisa", cd-ann., instr. polka, 14.57: greez to Paul with S5-7, 14.58: cd-ann, Dutch song, instr. waltz 6275      15.02     Pirana, S4-7, rock songs, 15.10: instr. whistling rock, instr. rock, 15.14: Latin American rhythms+song, disco tracks, 15.27: Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi, 15.32: Latin American rhythms+song, 15.33: "This is Radio Pirana International in a secret place in Europe", id-jingle, email, Abba - Dancing Queen 6393      15.17     unid, S3-6, occ. ute 6394-6404, "Dit is Baken 16" ?? or "Dit is niet Baken 16" ??, Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters, Mr. Mister - Broken Wings, Ryan Paris - La Dolce ...

Friday 2024-12-27 Fairly calm ionosphere, Bz: -2 .. +3 nT, elevated proton flux weakening, noise: floor SW=S0, floor MW=S1 6280      14.48     Solar R., S4-6, rock, 14.52: Dutch hosting, id, disco 6295      14.53     Ronalisa, S5-7, French song, instr. polka, 14.55: "On SW you're listening to Radio Ronalisa", email, Chris Andrews - Pretty Belinda 6393      14.58     unid, S2-4, ute 6394-97, rock tracks, ass. Pandora (UK) 5870      15.13     Pirana, S4-7, ute 5871-74, Eagles - Hole in the World, Latin American rhythms+song, rock tracks, 15.29: Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi, 15.33: "Radio Pirana" 6260      15.36     Intersound, S3-5, occ. ute 6260-70, rock version of "Oh Holy Night", rock, 15.38: talking, rock version of a Christmas carol, hard rock, 15.45: "This is Intersound Radio", Dutch talking, 15.46: rock version "Oh Holy Night", 15.51...

Thursday 2024-12-26, Boxing Day Calm ionosphere, Bz: -1 .. +2 nT, noise: floor SW=S0 6195      09.40     Speedwing, S1-4, German hosting, Chic - Le Freak, id, rock  6270      09.44     unid, S1-3, rock tracks 6020      09.51     Casanova, S3-6, greez to Paul, "Bella Bella Marie"-song 6170      09.55     Delta, S5-7, Dutch version of "Western Wind", id-jingle, Eddie Money - Take me Home Tonight (Be my Baby), Gunter hosting 6300      10.10     West Finland, S7-9, Sibelius - Finlandia Hymn, 10.11: techno version of The Hymn, 10.14: id-jingle, Movetron - Romeo ja Julia Radio West Finland, 2024-12-26, 10.14 UTC, 6300 kHz >> 6207      10.31     Obelix, S7-9, instr. polka, 10.33: Happy New Year wishes, id, mx Obelix Radio, 2024-12-26, 10.33 UTC, 6207 kHz >> Calm ionosphere, Bz:- 2 .. +2 nT, somewha...

Wednesday 2024-12-25, Christmas Day Unsettled ionosphere, latest G1-peaks at 6.30 and 9 UTC, Bz: 0 .. +3 nT, latest R1 (M4.9) radio blackout at 4.30 UTC, noise: floor SW=S0 1611      06.45     Noordster, S6-8, QSO Palingvisser, instr. polka 1629      06.48     unid, S6-8, Dutch song, 6.53: Drafi Deutscher - Marmor Stein und Eisen Brich, Dutch version of "Then I kissed Her" 6325      08.05     Weekend Music, S4-6 6300      09.15     Cuckoo, S4-6, jazz, 9.17: id, email, Tom Jones - She's a Lady 6290      09.20     unid, 3-5, Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, polka song, ass. Ronalisa's all-Christmas Music Show 5834      09.25     Mike, S5-7, Clout - Substitute, "Diesel Fahren macht viel Spass"-song, 09.39: id-jingle, Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling, Roger Whittaker - We wish You a Merry Christmas, CCR - Keep o...