I was curious about just how well the signal was getting out & I started checking SDRs around the world. The X-FM signal ranged from barely audible to very good at these locations (in no particular order): SW England; Rio Grande da Serra, Brazil; Bjargtangar, Iceland; Kongfjord, Norway; Carlow, Ireland; Wrexham, Wales (carrier); Anasco, Puerto Rico; Maui, HI; & Bonaire SDR. I didn't stay up for the sign off to see if the signal made it into New Zealand, Australia, or Japan, but maybe?
On Sunday, conditions were good and European pirates were broadcasting during the greyline propagation hours. Nice combination! Here are a few loggings via my own receiver:
Mustang Radio: 6265, 4/21, ca.
2324+ Shoutout, I think to BLW in Alabama, who turned in. Into
Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama” and I think he said hi to me
over part of the song. Depeche Mode “People Are People” &
Blondie “Call Me.” Thanks to Radio Star & me for logging it
on HFU, thanks to everyone for reports. There were some stretches of
instrumental music and a string of pre-recorded Mustang Radio IDs at
the end of the program
Radio Voyager: 6950, 4/21, 2310+ Pink Floyd “Us
and Them,” then a jazz song with lots of improvisational piano. An
announcement or ID by a woman, then a male computer voice with the
Radio Voyager e-mail address. A song with a woman singer, maybe
Motown or soul?
Blue Moon Radio: 6850, 4/21, 2314+ The signal was very
weak but audible. I could hear music throughout, without many
problems of deep fading. But aside from the signal being too weak for
me to know the words, I just didn’t know any of the songs. HF
Underground DXer Skipmuck heard a lot of the songs and mentioned that
they were being played on a loop. My guess is that was just for the
night and that it switched back to live programming this morning. I
checked the Twente web receiver the next day and listened to the
station again. One thing from listening on Twente is that your
music levels sound good, but the mic levels are really weak. Even
though the signal is very good in the Netherlands, I had to turn the
audio output up about the whole way to be able to understand the
announcer. The operator said he's using "25 watts and a half
wave dipole. Over the past few days we have received reports from
throughout Europe, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Russia, and east coast of
USA."