Band 2 Aurora:
87.7 1853 HOL Radio 10, Lelystad/Alticom Toren (fle) Jingle ID and pops 350km **
92.7 2339 G BBC Radio Scotland, Bressay or Forfar Briefly over Sutton Coldfield, as web **
94.3 2341 G BBC Radio Scotland, Black Hill (SC-NLA) As web stream 405km **
94.7 2342 G BBC Radio Scotland, Sandale (EN-CUM) As web stream 288km
Band 2 Auroral Es:
88.0 2202 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Joutseno/Pappilankangas-Valtatie no 6 (ek)
6201 YL????SI 1899km **
87.6 2210 FIN YleX, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) Presumed with
Finnish song 1793km **
89.9 2211 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks)
6201 YLE_YKSI 1793km **
92.7 2213 FIN Iskelmä, Varkaus/Könönpelto-Pitkälänniementie (ps) 62AD KOTI-___ 1907km **
87.7 2218 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
6201 YLE_YKSI 1561km **
88.1 2218 FIN YLE Puhe, Kuopio/Vehmasmäki-Möykkylänmäentie (ps) 6207 1905km **
88.3 2218 FIN YLE Puhe, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi)
OM, as 88.1 1684km **
89.4 2218 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Pieksämäki/Pirttimäki-Kokkomäentie 68 (es) Organ recital,
as 87.7 1867km **
92.0 2218 FIN YLE Puhe, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
6207 1561km **
92.5 2218 FIN YLE Puhe, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) 6207 YL??PUHE 1793km **
92.8 2218 FIN Iskelmä, Kontiolahti/Pyytivaara (pk) Different PS to FM List
6765 ISKELMA* ***REX** 2019km **
90.7 2219 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi)
Organ recital, as 87.7 1684km **
90.2 2220 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Lieksa/Koli-Verkkovaara (pk) Organ recital, as 87.7 2024km **
91.6 2220 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Kuopio/Vehmasmäki-Möykkylänmäentie (ps) Organ recital,
as 87.7 1905km **
90.0 2224 NOR NRK Petre, Gamlemsveten (mr) Club music, as 91.3 1105km **
91.3 2224 NOR NRK Petre, Bremanger (sf) F203 ??????3_ 1009km **
** Personal First via the respective mode
I probably missed the peak of the Auroral Es, which appeared to peak a few minutes before I became aware of them, as indicated by the number of loggings of UK stations made in Finland. Sveriges Radio P1 was also heard on 87.6 and 90.3 via Auroral Es.
A further burst of Auroral Es appeared briefly around midnight, but nothing came up to RDS levels.
Radio 10 from Lelystad on 87.7 was received via aurora. Interesting to monitor this signal while I rotated the antenna from the north-north-east, where Radio 10 peaked, through east where the signal faded completely, then almost to the south-east where it returned via regular scatter. The auroral signal was there when the scatter wasn't. Also, the auroral version of Radio 10 was distorted, whereas the regular scatter version was clean.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
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Sunday, 20 December 2015
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Skegness Log: 18-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Auroral:
91.7 0029 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Pops, as web 715km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0540 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Gagnheidi (au) A202 1570km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Iceland is a new country for me on meteor scatter. I didn't expect this to appear. I had left the antenna beaming north-west in the hope of catching some more from the auroral conditions, either straight auroral curtain reflections of auroral Es. This was the only meteor scatter strong enough to produce a PI code for the whole recorded period of 0200 to 0800. Video here: https://youtu.be/B2cdfKOvAVY
I will do the same again in tomorrow's overnight period in case more auroral activity occurs. At the time of typing this I see there is a minor geomagnetic storm in progress, but it is nowhere near as intense as the auroral conditions of the 17th.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
91.7 0029 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Pops, as web 715km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0540 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Gagnheidi (au) A202 1570km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Iceland is a new country for me on meteor scatter. I didn't expect this to appear. I had left the antenna beaming north-west in the hope of catching some more from the auroral conditions, either straight auroral curtain reflections of auroral Es. This was the only meteor scatter strong enough to produce a PI code for the whole recorded period of 0200 to 0800. Video here: https://youtu.be/B2cdfKOvAVY
I will do the same again in tomorrow's overnight period in case more auroral activity occurs. At the time of typing this I see there is a minor geomagnetic storm in progress, but it is nowhere near as intense as the auroral conditions of the 17th.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Skegness Log: 17-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Auroral:
88.4 1805 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Vocal ID heard after news 843km **
90.4 1809 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Pops, as web 843km **
94.2 1814 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YLs and jingle, as web 675km **
94.6 1817 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web 712km **
94.7 1819 G BBC Radio Scotland, Sandale (EN-CUM) Jingle ID and info, as web, beaming
north-east 288km **
91.7 1831 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Old country song, as web 1291km **
93.0 1835 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM and jingle ID,
as web 604km **
97.8 1836 F France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM, as web 604km **
89.4 1837 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Classical, as web 604km **
87.9 1848 F France Inter, Toulouse/Pic du Midi (65) YL phone caller, as web 1136km **
90.6 2317 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km **
105.6 2320 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Schlager, as web 656km **
93.9 2326 G BBC Radio Scotland, Darvel (SC-EAY) Presumed Darvel. Glengorm the only
other real possibility.
Gentle song, as web 403km **
95.3 2331 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Schwerin (mev) Discussion with piano music,
as web 739km **
92.1 2334 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km **
92.0 2336 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) OM and YL, as web 493km **
91.4 2337 D Berliner Rundfunk 91.4, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Anastacia song,
as web 880km **
91.2 2339 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Dannenberg/Zernien (nds) Sniff and The Tears song,
as web 705km **
91.1 2341 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Sniff and The Tears song, as web 543km **
105.7 2342 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Pops, as web 543km **
105.5 2343 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Beatles, as web 591km **
103.6 2347 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
87.6 2348 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
98.6 0334 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___ 1544km
97.4 0339 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) F1__97__ 1127km
97.0 0411 S SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E203 ____3___ 913km
98.7 0414 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D311 942km
95.4 0417 AUT Ö2 - Radio Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A902 __DI____ 1261km
99.1 0417 AUT Antenne Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A943 1261km
98.5 0432 HRV HRT-HR 2, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C202 1381km
97.3 0448 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
97.7 0448 HRV HRT-HR 3, Papuk/Kapovac (vt) C203 1523km
98.7 0448 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Possibly Bruck German OM, as 99.0 **
94.8 2052 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 ______S_ 1080km
** Personal 'First' via this mode
Meteor Scatter:
I only had time to go through one of my overnight meteor recordings. The auroral event dominated the rest of my radio day. As it happened, there were corrupted files in the first recording so I had to scrub that one.
Aurora:
The auroral activity at the beginning of this evening came from the north-east. Later on in the evening it had moved to the north-north-west. They made a huge impact. When I first tuned to the FM band I was amazed to see signals on all frequencies, but they were mostly a complete mess with lots of distortion, just like you'd hear when narrowing the IF too much. What a mess! There were BBC national transmitters on every frequency, from 88.1 to 94.5. Even Tacolneston was messed up. Belmont was the only transmitter which was left untouched.
Occasionally, a continental station would take over. Each one a high powered transmitter. I knew it must have been a powerful auroral disturbance because I was receiving the Brest and Nantes transmitters, both from the north-east, which was really bizarre to say the least. Beaming south-west, directly towards them, produced only a glimmer of the signals off the back of the beam.
The highlight was when an outlet of France Inter appeared on 87.9. There is uncertainty as to which transmitter I received, but I beleive it was more likely to be Toulouse. Such southerly suroral conditions are quite rare, but even North Africa once saw a visible aurora in their northern skies one year. I forget which. The only real alternative to the Toulouse transmitter, as Nick Gilly pointed out, would be St Brieuc in Brittany, not too far away from Brest and Nantes, but St Brieuc is only 200 watts and that might also be unlikely because of the low power. So which one did I receive? At the same time, DX Maps was showing a French radio ham, half way down the western side of France, working into the auroral conditions. Even a ham in Croatia was able to get in on the action, so I still strongly favour Toulouse, though there is no way of knowing for certain.
Auroral Es:
There were auroral Es just before 2100 but they were very shortlived. Finland appeared on 88.0 but was only audible for two or three minutes.
This Evening's Visible Aurora:
Pah! You can guess the outcome of that one.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
88.4 1805 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Vocal ID heard after news 843km **
90.4 1809 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Pops, as web 843km **
94.2 1814 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YLs and jingle, as web 675km **
94.6 1817 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web 712km **
94.7 1819 G BBC Radio Scotland, Sandale (EN-CUM) Jingle ID and info, as web, beaming
north-east 288km **
91.7 1831 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Old country song, as web 1291km **
93.0 1835 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM and jingle ID,
as web 604km **
97.8 1836 F France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM, as web 604km **
89.4 1837 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Classical, as web 604km **
87.9 1848 F France Inter, Toulouse/Pic du Midi (65) YL phone caller, as web 1136km **
90.6 2317 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km **
105.6 2320 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Schlager, as web 656km **
93.9 2326 G BBC Radio Scotland, Darvel (SC-EAY) Presumed Darvel. Glengorm the only
other real possibility.
Gentle song, as web 403km **
95.3 2331 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Schwerin (mev) Discussion with piano music,
as web 739km **
92.1 2334 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km **
92.0 2336 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) OM and YL, as web 493km **
91.4 2337 D Berliner Rundfunk 91.4, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Anastacia song,
as web 880km **
91.2 2339 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Dannenberg/Zernien (nds) Sniff and The Tears song,
as web 705km **
91.1 2341 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Sniff and The Tears song, as web 543km **
105.7 2342 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Pops, as web 543km **
105.5 2343 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Beatles, as web 591km **
103.6 2347 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
87.6 2348 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
98.6 0334 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___ 1544km
97.4 0339 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) F1__97__ 1127km
97.0 0411 S SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E203 ____3___ 913km
98.7 0414 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D311 942km
95.4 0417 AUT Ö2 - Radio Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A902 __DI____ 1261km
99.1 0417 AUT Antenne Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A943 1261km
98.5 0432 HRV HRT-HR 2, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C202 1381km
97.3 0448 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
97.7 0448 HRV HRT-HR 3, Papuk/Kapovac (vt) C203 1523km
98.7 0448 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Possibly Bruck German OM, as 99.0 **
94.8 2052 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 ______S_ 1080km
** Personal 'First' via this mode
Meteor Scatter:
I only had time to go through one of my overnight meteor recordings. The auroral event dominated the rest of my radio day. As it happened, there were corrupted files in the first recording so I had to scrub that one.
Aurora:
The auroral activity at the beginning of this evening came from the north-east. Later on in the evening it had moved to the north-north-west. They made a huge impact. When I first tuned to the FM band I was amazed to see signals on all frequencies, but they were mostly a complete mess with lots of distortion, just like you'd hear when narrowing the IF too much. What a mess! There were BBC national transmitters on every frequency, from 88.1 to 94.5. Even Tacolneston was messed up. Belmont was the only transmitter which was left untouched.
Occasionally, a continental station would take over. Each one a high powered transmitter. I knew it must have been a powerful auroral disturbance because I was receiving the Brest and Nantes transmitters, both from the north-east, which was really bizarre to say the least. Beaming south-west, directly towards them, produced only a glimmer of the signals off the back of the beam.
The highlight was when an outlet of France Inter appeared on 87.9. There is uncertainty as to which transmitter I received, but I beleive it was more likely to be Toulouse. Such southerly suroral conditions are quite rare, but even North Africa once saw a visible aurora in their northern skies one year. I forget which. The only real alternative to the Toulouse transmitter, as Nick Gilly pointed out, would be St Brieuc in Brittany, not too far away from Brest and Nantes, but St Brieuc is only 200 watts and that might also be unlikely because of the low power. So which one did I receive? At the same time, DX Maps was showing a French radio ham, half way down the western side of France, working into the auroral conditions. Even a ham in Croatia was able to get in on the action, so I still strongly favour Toulouse, though there is no way of knowing for certain.
Auroral Es:
There were auroral Es just before 2100 but they were very shortlived. Finland appeared on 88.0 but was only audible for two or three minutes.
This Evening's Visible Aurora:
Pah! You can guess the outcome of that one.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Skegness Log: 27-08-14 (FM)
Band 2 Auroral:
87.8 1803 NOR NRK P1, Hovdefjell (aa) YL news then Brian Ferry, Lets Stick Together, as web
805km **
88.0 1824 NOR NRK1, Gulen or Bagn Music, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode
I have removed a couple of Dutch stations, 87.9 Omroep Zeeland and 88.0 NPO2, from this log as I originally thought they were received via aurora. Their signals peaked to the NNW, the same direction as the aurora at the time, and sounded very scratchy. There was a definite distinction in directivity with their signals fading away completely between N and E and then returning to their regular scatter. After some studies I am still not 100% certain that they could just have been received 'off the back', so I have removed them from the log.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
87.8 1803 NOR NRK P1, Hovdefjell (aa) YL news then Brian Ferry, Lets Stick Together, as web
805km **
88.0 1824 NOR NRK1, Gulen or Bagn Music, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode
I have removed a couple of Dutch stations, 87.9 Omroep Zeeland and 88.0 NPO2, from this log as I originally thought they were received via aurora. Their signals peaked to the NNW, the same direction as the aurora at the time, and sounded very scratchy. There was a definite distinction in directivity with their signals fading away completely between N and E and then returning to their regular scatter. After some studies I am still not 100% certain that they could just have been received 'off the back', so I have removed them from the log.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
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