Skegness Log: 13-05-13

Sporadic E:
 69.08 1401 BLR BR Radio Brest, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) News, as web  1730km **
 66.08 1406 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Svislach=Svislac (HR) Stringed instrumental, as web  1581km **
 66.98 1406 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Hrodna/RTPS Vul. Gorkogo (HR) OM & local pops, as web  1551km **
 67.88 1410 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) Rock song, as web  1730km **
 69.83 1417 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Lozova/TFKRRT (TE) OM and YL, as web  1794km **
 70.52 1418 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Odesa/OORTPTS (OD) OM YL, as web  2287km **
 70.64 1419 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Mizhhir'ya/ZFKRRT (ZK) OM YL, as others  1697km **
 71.03 1421 UKR UR Radio Lad, Lozova/TFKRRT, vul. Pol'ova, 13 (TE) Presumed  1794km **
 71.75 1421 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Lozova/TFKRRT (TE) Pops, as web stream  1794km **
 72.89 1422 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM) Ukraine pops, as web  1907km **
 66.98 1424 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kirovohrad/KFKRRT, vul. Sadova, 88 (KH) OM, as web  2282km **
 67.04 1425 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy zamok, 9 (LV) OM, as others  1674km **
 67.70 1427 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT (KM) OM YL, as web  1887km
 68.24 1429 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Antopil'/RFKRRT (RI) Piano music, as web  1804km **
 68.84 1431 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kirovohrad/KFKRRT (KH) Disco music, OM, as web  2282km **
 68.99 1432 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', L'viv/LFKRRT (LV) YL, over music, as web  1674km
 88.00 1434 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211  1530km
 90.50 1435 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417  1530km
 87.80 1438 POL PR 1, Przemysl/Tatarska Góra (PK) OM, as web  1593km
 87.80 1439 UKR Rivne FM, Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) Guitar track, as web  1804km **
 69.68 1455 BLR BR Radio Brest, Brest/Rakitnica (BR) Pops, as web  1593km **
 68.72 1459 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Svislach=Svislac (HR) Rock music, as web  1581km **
 68.51 1500 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kyiv/KFKRRT (KY) Time pips and news, as web  2077km
 67.22 1503 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Smyatanichy/RTPS (GO) YL, as web  1891km **
 66.32 1506 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) OM  YL, as web  1730km **
 68.39 1508 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Geranyony/RTPS (HR) YL, as web  1659km **
 72.20 1509 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Cherkasy/CHFKRRT (CK) YL and music, as web  2223km **
 70.64 1510 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Cherkasy/CHFKRRT (CK) OM over music, as web  2223km **
 72.86 1512 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Kyiv/KFKRRT, vul. Dorogozhyts'ka, 10 (KY) OM, as web  2077km
 68.96 1545 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Babrujsk/RTPS Yasny Les (MA) Classical, as web  1922km **
 68.00 1606 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Smyatanichy/RTPS (GO) Classical, as web  1891km **
 67.10 1608 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) Classical, as 68.00  1730km **
 71.30 1719 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kyiv/KFKRRT (KY) Ukraine song, as web  2077km
 88.00 1742 ROU Kiss FM, Bârlad (VS) 515A and club music  2108km
 87.90 1801 ROU SRR Radio Cluj, Satu Mare (SM) Radio Cluj ID. Tnx Christian  and Reijo  1696km **
 67.73 1829 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Yalta (KR) (TENTATIVE) YL and music, as web  2628km **

Tropospheric:
102.80 0833 BEL Zen FM, Gent (vlg-ovl) Ambient music fading noise free in horizontal  327km
104.30 0837  D  hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German pop song, as web  612km
104.70 0838  D  WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) YL over music, as 103.8  554km
107.90 0840  D  WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Pops, as 106.7, etc.  494km
 99.00 1005 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Vocal ID and pops  371km
 97.20 1319  F  France Musique, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Classical, as 88.7  446km
 98.70 1321  D  AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) US accents  648km
100.00 1323  D  WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) OM, then music, as 101.3  494km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Scatter improved a little for me around mid-morning and late afternoon.

It was also a good day for DX in the OIRT band with sustained signals for much of the afternoon. After complaining of S9+40dB of noise across the OIRT band I discovered the signals were actually able to overcome most of this when tuning in narrowband FM.

Meteor scatter was good, particularly earlier in the day. with frequent, very short, sharp bursts for much of the day.

As posted earlier, it seems I wasn't the only one who reported hearing UR 1 from Yalta today. The FMList shows Matthias Mayer in Germany also logged it one minute earlier, but I have reservations.

The frequency on which I heard UR 1 was 67.74 and not 67.73 as it appears in the log - supposedly the correct frequency for Yalta. FM List corrects the frequency if you insert an incorrect adjacent frequency. So, for starters, we have to assume that Yalta was 0.01 MHz high.

When I thought I'd had UR 1 Yalta earlier there was also a powerful signal from UR 1's Khmel'nyts'kyy (is it really spelt like that?) transmitter on 67.70 which was spreading widely in wideband FM mode on the Icom IC7000. On switching this to narrowband FM I could cleanly separate UR 1 67.74 from 67.70. I wondered if 67.74 might have been a product of some sort from 67.70.

The second time I heard UR 1 on 67.74 I forgot to check 67.70 to see if it was that. So next time I hear 67.70 I will attempt to rle it out by tuning to 67.74 to see if it is still present.

For now, I will put this log on hold until I next hear Khmel'nyts'kyy on 67.70.

Recordings:
87.9 SRR Radio Cluj, Satu Mare 1801 13-05-13: https://www.box.com/s/39bcg8huww6vciay1i3p
88.0 Kiss FM, Barlad 1800 13-05-13: https://www.box.com/s/h183vm4qrz6jyunee0l3

Good DX!

John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager

Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator

Software:
RDS Spy v0.99