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Loggings => European Pirates and Private Stations => Topic started by: Ray Lalleu on August 10, 2019, 0933 UTC

Title: Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 0813 utc 10 Aug 2019
Post by: Ray Lalleu on August 10, 2019, 0933 UTC
on 6305.05
0813 music          0929 music, 0932 "Grocer Jack (Excerpt...)"    1007 "Maybe tomorrow"
1411 Doors "Riders on the storm", in a R. Caroline recording, 1440 "Hotel California", etc
1922 DJ, R.Stones "Sympathy for the devil"
2144 Peter Sarsted "Where do you go to my lovely", side QRM
2244 weak, ID, then very weak, "I heard it thru the grapevine"
Title: Re: Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 0813 utc 10 Aug 2019
Post by: The Ether Hacker on August 10, 2019, 2132 UTC
SINPO 32322  Signal starting to come in here - some interference from Cupid Radio on 6300 and utility on 6309 khz

2127 Station ID from Paul at Radio Merlin
2127 I got you - Split Enz
2131 Drive - The Cars

(hard to copy with fading into noise and cupid radio and utility on side bands)
Title: Re: Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 0813 utc 10 Aug 2019
Post by: Jock Wilson on August 10, 2019, 2308 UTC
Propagation changed markedly for the better (the skip shortened), so much so that I heard Merlin romping in with SINPO 54544
via the  Weston Super Mare SDR for about 30 minutes after tuning in, up to the arrival of Cupid on 6300. I  had tuned to 6304
in order to eradicate the mildly annoying whistle on 6305 caused by the slight squeeze from the ute on 6310. Why it was there is a mystery
to me given that 6308 USB is supposed to be a distress channel for mariners. The S meter was peaking at S9 +10 when I was recording
Merlin for Paul Watt. (Contributors to Iann's Pirate Chat had previously mentioned that the skip was shortening prior to that time.)