Radio Batavia taken off the air by the navy (With audio)

Every now and then I scan the airwaves with my Kenwood TS-590S for some chill music and this last sunday I stumbled upon 5890 kHz AM where radio Batavia was playing its oldie tunes.

The DJ was a dutchmen telling us he was transmitting from his big ship on a very harsh North Sea.
Just after explaining how proud he was of his new huge antenna system that reached the whole of Europe, (and it has to be big on 5890 kHz!) he reported an unknown ship on the horizon.
Binoculars scanned the horizon revealing it was the navy and it headed their way fast. A radio contact with the approaching ship confirmed the navy was coming their way to board the ship.
A light panic became audible in his voice.

I started the recording at that moment.

Radio Batavia taken off the air (recording).

After a while the music stopped , the DJ stated he would be back in the future and the signal was off the air.

The airwaves are as exciting as ever.

How to expand the transmit frequencies on a Kenwood TM-D710GE (aka Mars cap)

The Kenwood TM-D710GE originally comes with a large receive range of 118 MHz all the way up to 1300 MHz. (Interrupted from 524 MHz to 800 MHz) It has a small transmit range of 144 to 146 MHz and 430 to 440 MHz.
To expand the transmit range from 136 to 174 MHz and from 400 to 470 MHz you will have to turn off the radio, then open the set with 8 screws and remove the resistor labeled W601.
With the front of the radio facing you it is on the lower left hand corner. Closest to the control head on the left hand side of the radio.

The green wire in older radios

In the popular youtube videos doing this mod on older versions of the radio this is a green wire.

After removing the resistor and turning the transceiver on it will reset to the default settings so it is a good idea to save all settings and memory banks beforehand to a file. This can be done with both MCP-6A or CHIRP.

Here are some more hints and tricks concerning this radio.