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Wednesday 15 May 2013

Skegness Log: 15-05-13

Sporadic E:
 87.7 1019 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) 8201 ANTENA_1. Unattended  1770km
 87.6 1042  E  COPE, Córdoba/Lagar de la Cruz (AND-CO) E2CA __COPE__  1736km
 88.0 1056 POR Mega Hits, Sintra (lis) 8011 MEGA___S  1759km
 88.1 1057 POR Radio Regional Sanjoanense, São João da Madeira (avo) 809F  1511km **
 89.0 1102 POR Rádio 5, Póvoa de Varzim (prt) 805B RADIO_5_  1467km
 87.9 1103  F  Radio Maritima, Istres/Colline Saint-Etienne (13) F436  1123km
 87.7 1147 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) OM, as web  1913km
 90.8 1148 ALG Radio Relizane, Aïn N'sour (48) Phone in, as web  1913km
 87.8 1152 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) OM, as web  2176km
 87.6 1156 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Arabic chanting, as web  2120km
 87.7 1300  E  Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 HIT_FM_  1904km
 87.9 1300 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Rabat (SNRT) (rsz) 1002 SNRT-INT  2212km
 89.1 1301  E  Woman FM, New Andalucian network E201 WOMAN_FM
 88.2 1303  E  Sol Radio, Sevilla (AND-SE) E230   1819km **
 89.0 1305  E  Onda Guillena Radio, Guillena (AND-SE) E300 ONDA____ GUILLENA  1803km **
 89.2 1305  E  Europa FM, Sevilla (AND-SE) E2ED EUROPAFM  1819km
 89.4 1306  E  Los 40 Principales, San Fernando (AND-CA) E035 CUARENTA  1905km
 89.6 1306  E  Radio Betis, Sevilla (AND-SE) Vocal ID  1820km **
 90.0 1307  E  RNE Radio 5, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E215 RNE_5-SE  1818km
 88.0 1310  E  RNE Radio 5, Punta Umbría (AND-H) E215 RNE_5-H_  1861km
 87.9 1314  E  Canal Extremadura Radio, Mérida/Cerro de San Serván (EXT-BA) E30A Canal_EX  1670km
 88.8 1315  E  Cadena 100, La Guardia/Peña de San Cristóbal (AND-J) E2CE Vocal ID  1741km **
 89.0 1316  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Antequera (AND-MA) E211 RNE_1___  1833km
 89.1 1316  E  Cadena 100, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CE  1683km
 89.5 1320  E  Canal Fiesta Radio, Almonaster la Real/Sierra de Aracena (AND-H) E331 C.Fiesta  1783km
 89.5 1320  E  Onda Cero, Cáceres/Sierra de Portanchito (EXT-CC) E2EE ONDACERO  1605km
 90.4 1321  E  Onda Cero, Mérida (EXT-BA) E2EE ONDACERO  1662km
 92.7 1324  E  Europa FM, Olivenza (EXT-BA) E2ED EUROPAFM  1705km **
 89.6 1325 POR RFM, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8231 __RFM___  1893km
 93.4 1326 POR RDP Antena 2, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8202  1893km
 87.6 1346 POR RDS, Seixal (set) 8042 ___RDS__  1769km
 88.2 1346 POR Ultra FM, Vila Franca de Xira (lis) 80E8 ULTRA_FM  1731km
 89.0 1349 POR Rádio Comercial, Leiria/Maunça (lei) 8203 COMRCIAL  1649km
 91.2 1350 POR Rádio Clube de Sintra, Sintra (lis) 803A  1759km
 90.4 1354 POR Rádio Nostalgia, Lisboa/Monsanto (lis) 8059 NSTALGIA  1760km
 89.5 1355 POR TSF Rádio Notícias, Lisboa/Monsanto (lis) 8343 _T_S_F__  1760km
 90.0 1355 POR Mega Hits, Coimbra (coi) 844E MEGAHITS  1586km **
 90.2 1355 POR Rádio Renascença, Guarda/P.Vento (gua) 8221 ___RR___  1516km
 88.7 1357 POR RDP Antena 2, Serra de Montejunto (lis) 8202 ANTENA_2  1710km
 89.2 1357 POR NFM, Amarante (prt) 844B (not 804B). As web  1466km **
 87.8 1358 POR Rádio Montemuro, Cinfães (vrl) 849C MONTMURO  1482km
 88.1 1358 POR Benedita FM, Alcobaça (lei) 80ED BENEDITA  1665km **
 87.6 1359 POR Rádio Popular Afifense, Viana do Castelo (vcs) 80AB AFIFENSE  1446km
 87.9 1403 POR RDP Antena 1, Lousã/Trevim (coi) 8201 ANTEAN_1  1588km
 87.6 1412  E  Los 40 Principales, Ourense/Seminario (GAL-OU) E04A _87_6___. Unattended  1348km
 87.6 1414  E  RNE Radio 5, Marbella/Castillejos (AND-MA) E215 RNE_5-MA. Unattended  1884km
 87.7 1415  E  Europa FM, Alcalá de Henares (MAD-M) E5ED EUROPAFM. Unattended  1439km **
 87.6 1442  E  Radio Castilla La Mancha, Almadén/Cerro de la Virgen del Castillo (CAM-CR) E396 LA__O___. Unattended  1647km
 87.7 1442  E  Euskadi Irratia, Azkoitia (PVA-SS) E301 EUSKADI1. Unattended  1129km

Sporadic E unidentified/Site Unknown, etc.:
 87.7 1021  ?  UNID, ? C2B7. 73% BER. Unattended
 88.8 1304  E  Radiole?, Cadiz? E278. Unlisted FM List but listed on Radiole website as Cadiz
 88.0 1312  E  Radiole?, ? E278. Unlisted

Meteor Scatter:
 97.5 0910  F  France Musique, Limoges/les Cars (87) Clasical music. Long noise free burst on teh XDR, as 97.0  835km


** Personal Skegness 'First'

Not a bad day with Spain and Portugal dominating for a few hours. Conditions never attempted to advance up the band though.

I would have had some recordings too but the computer locked up when I tried installing a new RTL dongle. Some very odd things happened to my laptop and my desktop computers when I tried, and failed to, install the drivers. In the end I lost my entire recording of today's sporadic E event and a few prize IDs.

Yes, I have another dongle but I don't think I'll bother with it for a while. It was supposed to be an RTL2832U/R280T type. Actually, it might be, but there is no indication of this anywhere on it. I didn't expect miracles for £4 from eBay China though. It doesn't have the Belling Lee socket as I had expected, only a tiny push-on mini-whip connection.

Good DX!

John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL. Ref. Google Altitude Maps
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings

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

Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/hc8holzs8sn32sil9fyj
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator

Software:
RDS Spy v0.99 www.rdsspy.com

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