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Showing posts with label Unidentified DX Loggings. Show all posts

Friday, 16 June 2017

Reception of Armenia in Skegness?

It's one of those things, as with all the most interesting reception - and it never seems to fail for me! "Was it?", "Wasn't it?" Well, I am 99% convinced that it was!

Last year, I adjusted my record of having received Cape Verde by marking the entry in capitals thus: "TENTATIVE". I'm almost 100% certain back then that what I received on 93.9 was indeed Cape Verde, backed up by hearing the same music I heard on their web stream, but the signal I received was so weak and badly splattered that I couldn't be absolutely certain. I hate that uncertainty with loggings, but the received audio and the surrounding facts and figures for the time of my reception seemed to back it up perfectly.

With my Armenian reception, the audio I received on 87.5 was clearly that of a lady speaking in quite a monotone voice and it sounded identical to that of their web stream. The station was Hayastani Azgain Radio 1 from Jiliza. The language caught my attention to begin with and not something I had heard before. There was also the fact that I had managed to check the audio from all the relevant web streams on that frequency , i.e. all Turkish web streams, Cyprus, Lebanon, Ukraine, etc., all of which were distinctively different. Just about all of them were playing music of one kind or another and none of them had a woman talking. The fact that the lady on the Armenian web stream had the very same monotone style of speech as the audio from their web stream nailed this for me.

Then I studied the propagation paths in place at the time. The Es MUF map was a solid mass of yellows, reds and purples, covering most of the European mainland and extending nicely in the direction of Armenia. Double-hop activity was prevalent at the time and I had logged Adana in Turkey not long before this. There had been several hours of Afghan TV reception at carrier level in northern Europe around the time of my reception. Propagation lower down on the ham frequencies also suggested that the path may have been open, though more so on 10m than 6m. Finally, when I looked at the propagation path symmetry of my reception around that time, it showed a classic pattern of the kind I always see during my Es reception.

Adding all this together appears to back up the fact that this was Armenia, apart from one thing - the one thing which was lacking. The fact that I did not hear a station ID. Nor did I have the Armenian web stream running at the same time as my reception, though there was only five or ten seconds in it. My Armenian reception had just faded when I found the matching web stream. Nonetheless, this was the only stream I found where there was a female voice and one which sounded IDENTICAL.

The woman was talking in a language I did not recognise. The signal was very weak, but surprisingly stable. I could hear the speech quite clearly at times and this lasted for two, maybe three minutes at most.

Did I get a recording? No! I was too busy checking web streams to be bothered with recording. In any case, my new motherboard still has problems whereby I cannot record audio from web streams, so I wouldn't have been able to demonstrate that side of things at least, but a recording would have been useful. I must get this fixed as soon as possible.

Concluding, in the same way I always do with this type of reception, I have to say that the logging will have the usual big, fat TENTATIVE badge slapped on it due to the lack of concrete evidence, but everything surrounding this reception held up sufficiently to convince me that this was almost certainly Armenia. The lack of ID or RDS data just adds that little bit of "Could it have been something else?" uncertainty. I could dispute that, but then we're back to square one. Make up your own minds, but the 16th June was truly a special day for sporadic E reception and one of the best I have known.

There are many files I still have to check from the 16th and I am now at that stage where I am starting to get well behind with these, so the annual catch-up process has begun!

Good DX!

Sunday, 12 June 2016

Recordings: Unidentified Middle East DX from May 29th - Help please!

It's been two weeks since the spell of incredible double-hop some of us experienced on May 29th and there are a few stations I haven't been able to identify. I'll paste links to recordings of those stations. I would be really grateful if anybody can throw some light on these.

Thank you - John.

========================================================================

89.9 possibly Baghdad? 1319 29-05-16

88.3 unid language 1330 29-05-16 (Arabic?)

88.3 unid Arabic 1343 29-05-16

88.0 unid language 1302 29-05-16

91.1 Brief Arabic or similar 1327 29-05-16

87.7 Brief Arabic (audio looped) 1324 29-05-16

93.3 unid language and unid music stations 1324 29-05-16

93.3 More unid eastern music over Turkey 1322 29-05-16

87.7 unid language 1303 29-05-16

92.8 unid accented English station mixing TRT Van. Baghdad? 1330 29-05-16 (Maybe Farsi cuts in briefly)

92.5 Possibly Arabic 1343 29-05-16

91.4 unid language 1343 29-05-16

91.1 young person's Koran 1343 29-05-16

92.5 Possibly Arabic 1330 29-05-16

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Skegness Log: 03-09-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 97.5 2333  S  SR P3, Skövde/Billingen TM (vg) 30 second burst. Pops, as web. Live listening
               1023km **

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 88.0 2239 NOR NRK P1, Gulen/Bråsviksåta (sf) AC DC song, as web  923km
 91.8 2234 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Royksopps Eple. Petre jingle  703km
 92.0 1917  F  Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) Ad break, promo, ID  288km
 92.7 1920  F  Skyrock, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Fringhem (62) OMs conversation, as 96.5 and 106.9 
               289km
 93.3 1909  F  Rire et Chansons, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Elton John song and French
               humour  285km
 93.8 1921  F  Contact, Saint-Omer/Tatinghem (62) Ads and local Saint Omer ID  297km
 94.2 2319 NOR NRK P1, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Oldie, as web  703km
 94.6 1013  G  BBC Radio Berkshire, Henley-on-Thames (EN-OXF) OM interview, as web  198km
 94.8 2237 NOR NRK P1, Halden 1/Høyåsmasten (of) Norwegian OM song, as web  958km
 96.5 1924  F  Skyrock, Saint-Omer/Asdoit (62) Promo and IDs  295km
 98.7 2350 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) F202 _NRK_P2_  703km
 99.8 1914  F  Mona FM, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) YL announcement, as web  339km
104.7 1911  F  France Inter, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) F201 __INTER_  266km
105.3 1902 BEL Urgent.fm, Gent/UG Complex Ledeganck (vlg-ovl) Guitar wanking, as web  330km
105.8 1743 BEL Radio Kompas, Koekelare (Ichtegem/Vinkensveldstraat) (vlg-wvl)
               63E9 __OM_____ Jingle ID  295km **
106.2 1806  F  France Bleu Nord, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) F20A BLEUNORD  266km
106.5 0748  G  Signal 107, Shrewsbury/Shelton Water (EN-SHP) Lionel Richie song, as web  215km
107.3 1903 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Brugge adverts  292km
107.6 0753  G  107.6 Juice, Liverpool/Anglican Cathedral (EN-MER) Tweeting while sat on the
               toilet! As web  221km
107.6 1855 BEL Stadsradio I.R.O, Izegem/Lendeleedsestraat (vlg-wvl) Echoey OM phone in, as web 
               318km
107.6 1857 BEL Hit FM, Koksijde (vlg-wvl) Hit FM News  276km


Unidentified:
101 7 unid French adverts 2026 03-09-14


I first thought this was Bel RTL from Oignies-en-Thiérache but what I heard did not quite match up to the web stream, although it was very close. I am still not convinced either way. It was definitely not Banquise FM from Isbergues. Any help appreciated. Hopefully there will be some clues in the adverts. There is an ID in here too but the narrowing of the XDR made it difficult to hear.

** Personal Skegness 'First'

The tropo still doesn't match up to the tropo maps in terms of intensity.


Videos:
 92 0 Radio 6, Boulogne Sur Mer 1016 03-09-14
 92 7 Skyrock, Boulogne Sur Mer 2020 03-09-14
 93 3 Rire Et Chansons, Dunkerque 2009 03-09-14
 93 8 Contact, St Omer 2021 03-09-14
 96 5 Skyrock, St Omer 2024 03-09-14
 98 6 VRT2, Egem 1840 03-09-14
104 7 France Inter, Calais 2011 03-09-14
105 8 Radio Kompas, Koekelare 1754 03-09-14
106 2 France Bleu Nord, Calais 1906 03-09-14
107 3 VBRO, Diksmuide 2002 03-09-14
107 6 Hit FM, Koksijde 1959 03-09-14


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.

Friday, 29 August 2014

Skegness Log: 29-08-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.6 2235 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_. Radiotext and AFs. 37dBf  1219km

OIRT Sporadic E:
 68.24 0817 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) Jingle ID 
                1803km
 66.53 0818 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) OM, as web 
                1803km
 67.46 0818 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) Phone
                caller, as web  1803km
 69.68 0820 BLR BR Radio Brest, Brest/Rakitnica (BR) Pops, as web  1593km
 70.91 1754 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Vinnytsya/VFKRRT, vul. Maksymovycha, 23 (VI) OM and
                YL, as web  1992km
 71.75 1755 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Lozova/TFKRRT, vul. Pol'ova, 13 (TE) Ad break, as web  1793km
 71.93 1755 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Balanivka/VFKRRT (VI) YL, as web  2096km
 73.55 1756 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Horodok/KHFKRRT, vul. Radyans'ka, 1a (KM) OM and YL,
                as web  1871km **
 73.73 1757 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM) As others  1907km **
 67.70 1758 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT, prosp. Myru, 43 (KM) OM, as web 
                1887km
 69.35 1759 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Vesternychany/OORTPTS, vul. Voroshylova, 115a (OD) Jingle
                ID  2139km **
 69.83 1759 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Lozova/TFKRRT, vul. Pol'ova, 13 (TE) Local music, as web 
                1793km
 69.92 1800 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Pervomais'k/MFKRRT, Pidgornyans'ke shose, 13 (MY)
                ID and news, as web  2209km **
 70.46 1800 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT, prosp. Myru, 43 (KM) News,
                as web  1887km
 70.76 1801 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM) YL news, as web  1907km
 71.69 1801 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Vinnytsya/VFKRRT, vul. Maksymovycha, 23 (VI) YL news,
                     as web  1992km
 72.89 1802 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM) OM news, as web  1907km
 66.98 1803 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kirovohrad/KFKRRT, vul. Sadova, 88 (KH) YL news, as web 
                2282km
 67.82 1804 UKR Svitle radio Emmanuyil, L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy zamok, 9 (LV) Religious talk,
                over piano music, as web  1674km
 68.48 1818 MDA RFE/RL, Straseni/STRV (ST) Vocal ID  2105km **
 70.31 1820 MDA RFE/RL, Edinet/SRTV (ED) OMs, as other frequency  1966km

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 90.2 1808 MDA Radio Noroc, Nisporeni (NS) Dance music, as web  2083km **
 88.0 1812 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 __DYNKA_. AFs point to this tx  1530km
 88.6 1812 POL PR 2, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) 3222  1465km
 87.6 1814 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236  2220km


** Personal Skegness 'First'

I wonder why we don't have more openings to Moldova on band 2, considering the distance. It's the same as southern Italy or the regular Algerian stations for most of us in the UK, so why the relative absence? Yet another mystery of sporadic E.


Two unidentifieds from this opening:


https://app.box.com/s/8tt95vhgbyciflll56ju
https://app.box.com/s/uc5rdphe0memrlm7suy


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.

Friday, 22 August 2014

Skegness Log: 22-08-14 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 87.7 1156 SRB Radio Novi Sad 1, Novi Sad/Iriski Venac (Voj) D2F3 RTV_RNS1  1668km
 88.6 1156 HNG Lánchíd Rádió, Siklós (Bar) B99F LANCHID_  1523km
 90.0 1157 SRB Radio Marija, Novi Sad (Voj) 61CC R.MARIJA  1659km
 90.2 1157 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Nagykanizsa/Újudvar (Zal) B203 KOSSUTH_  1398km
 90.6 1158 AUT Ö1, Rechnitz/Hirschenstein (bur) A201 __OE_1__  1307km
 91.6 1158 SRB Fokus Radio, Smederevo (Srb) D288 FOKUS___  1768km
 92.2 1158 SRB Radio 021, Novi Sad/Petrovaradin (Voj) D084  1662km
 92.5 1158 SRB Radio B92, Beograd/Torlak (Srb) D25C __B_92__  1739km
 93.4 1159 SRB Radio Boom 93, Pozarevac/Cacalica (Srb) 606F BO___9__ Jingle ID  1788km
 94.3 1200 HNG Ozone FM, Baja / Gabonatároló (grain silo) (BaK) B355 OZONE_FM. Jingle ID 
               1540km
 95.2 1201 SRB Radio AS FM, Backa Topola (Voj) D3AF _AS_FM__  1608km **
 95.8 1201 SRB Radio AS FM, Novi Sad (Voj) YL news over music, as 95.2  1659km **
 97.8 1201 SRB Radio Trend, Backa Topola (Voj) D0EE trend___  1608km **
 87.9 1202 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Rechnitz/Hirschenstein (bur) A203 __OE_3__  1307km
 88.4 1204 HNG Nyugat Rádió, Szombathely / T-Com tower (Vas) Jingle ID  1329km
 88.5 1205 SRB Radio AS FM, Vrbas (Voj) D3AF _AS_FM__  1625km
 89.4 1205 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Csávoly (BaK) B201 _PETOFI_  1551km
 87.6 1208 MNE Antena M, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) 30FE ANTENA_M  1841km
 88.6 1209 MNE Radio D, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D450  1841km
 88.9 1209 SRB Radio Beograd 1, Subotica/Crveno Selo (Voj) D2FF RTS_BG_1  1591km
 91.3 1210 ROU Pro FM, Timisoara/Urseni (TM) E059 PRO_FM__  1715km

 92.6 1212 GRC Akroama FM 92.6, Alexandreia/Meliki (Agathia) (cmc-ima) Pops. Thanks Thanos
               Stauroupoli for help  2176km **

 87.6 1218 GRC Laikos 87.6, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 00A8 CHALKI__ __8_7_6_  2208km
 88.0 1218 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 1201  2208km
 89.0 1221 GRC 89 Rainbow, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 102A  2208km

 89.4 1222 GRC ARENA 89,4, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Greek phone in. Thanks Thanos
               Stauroupoli for help  2208km
 **
 90.2 1227 SRB Radio K4 Shqip, Goles (Kos) US accented OM ID - "The No Boundaries Station,
               Radio K4"  1927km **

 90.4 1227 GRC 904 Aristera sta FM, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Greek YL. Thanks Thanos
               Stauroupoli for help  2208km
 **
 90.5 1228 MKD Makedonsko Radio 2 (Vtora prog.), Stip/Turtel (EA) Jingle ID  2071km
 91.6 1229 GRC Diva Radio, Kozani/Metaxas (wmc-koz) Soft Greek music. Thanks Thanos
               Stauroupoli for help  2187km
 **
 93.3 1229 MKD Makedonsko Radio 1 - Radio Skopje, Stip/Turtel (EA) 4201  2071km
 91.1 1230 CZE CRo Radiozurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F  1084km
 87.6 1233 SRB Bum Radio, Kraljevo (Srb) 8000 *B___M__  1821km
 87.6 1235 BUL BNR Horizont, Lom/RRS Lom (mnt) 8210 __BNR___ HORIZONT  1969km
 87.5 1239 SRB Fokus Radio, Sabac/Cer (Srb) D288 FOKUS___ RADIO___  1685km
 88.5 1243 ROU Pro FM, Resita/Semenic (CS) E059 PRO_FM__  1801km
 89.1 1244 SRB Radio TDI Central, Cacak (Srb) 3034   1789km
 91.1 1245 HNG Sirius Rádió, Kiskunfélegyháza/toronyház (BaK) B955 _V_G__A_ SUVE__S_
               __VETOS_ __SKOLS_   1563km **
 87.6 1246 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Györ /  Szabadhegy (Gyo) B203 KOSSUT__  1368km
 87.9 1246 HNG Európa Rádió, Szeged / Rókus, Telekom tower (Cso) B077_RADIO__  1610km
 88.3 1246 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Mezökovácsháza (Bek) OM, as 87.6  1648km **
 89.3 1247 ROU Radio Europa FM, Arad (AR) E299 EUROPAFM  1685km
 90.3 1248 ROU Radio Trinitas, Timisoara (TM) E24D ______AS  1713km
 91.6 1248 HNG Dankó Rádió, Szentes (Cso) B206 _DANKO__  1596km
 92.0 1248 AUT Ö1, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) A201 __OE_1__  1247km
 92.9 1250 AUT Radio Arabella (Wien), Wien 4/Donauturm (wie) AC56 ARAB__LA  1254km **
 93.4 1250 HNG Radio Dabas, Dabas (Pes) B058 DABAS___  1500km
 93.5 1251 SVK Rádio Lumen, Stúrovo/Jesenského 68 (NI) 5343 __ME____  1426km **
 93.6 1251 HNG Gong Rádió, Nagykörös / Water tower (Pes) B996  1537km **
 94.3 1251 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Szolnok / Besenyszögi út (JNS) B203 KO____H_  1558km
 94.3 1252 SVK Fun Rádio, Bratislava/Kamzík (BA) 5340 FUNRADIO  1300km
 95.2 1253 ROU Radio Trinitas, Faget (TM) E24D  1762km
 97.5 1253 HNG Mária Rádió, Dabas (Pes) Presumed with typical Maria religious monotony 
               1500km **
 97.9 1254 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Karcag (JNS) B203 KOSSUTH_  1597km **
 98.5 1254 ROU Pro FM, Petrosani/Parâng (HD) E059 __,5_F__  1877km
 98.8 1254 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Szentes (Cso) B201 ______I_  1596km
101.8 1255 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Sibiu/Paltinis (SB) EE00 RRACTUAL  1890km
102.4 1255 ROU Radio Vocea Sperantei, Ineu (AR) E2F8  1707km
103.7 1256 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Stúrovo/Modrý vrch (NI) 5202 RADIO_FM  1419km **
 88.1 1257 HNG InfoRádió, Budapest - Nagyvárad tér (Bud) B990. OM info. Budapest in elsewhere 
               1468km **
 88.3 1257 HNG Maria R, Komárom or Cegléd B1CC
 89.5 1257 HNG Music FM, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B418 MUSIC_FM  1460km
 89.9 1257 HNG Dankó Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B206 Presumed site  1649km **
 91.0 1257 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bihor/Vârful Curcubata Mare (BH) EE00
               RRACTUAL  1760km
 91.2 1257 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Nitra/Zobor (NI) 5201 _SRO_1__  1356km **
 91.7 1257 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Stúrovo/Vrch Belá (NI) 5560 REGINA__  1416km
 92.1 1257 SVK Rádio SiTy, Galanta/ul. Matúskovská cesta s silo (TT) Web address given and
               pops  1341km **
 92.4 1258 ROU Pro FM, Sibiu/Paltinis (SB) E059  1890km **
 92.5 1258 HNG Magyar Katolikus Rádió, Esztergom / Aranyhegy I. (KoE) B0AA KATRADIO  1428km **
 92.7 1258 SVK Rádio Expres, Nové Zámky or Zarnovica 521D ESPRES__ **
 93.6 1259 CZE CRo Brno, Hodonín/Babí lom (JM) 2A0F R-BRNO__  1252km **
 96.1 1300 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) Vocal ID  1677km
 97.1 1300 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Miskolc / Avas (BAZ) B203 KOSSUTH_  1541km
 88.1 1302 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Petrosani/Parâng (HD) EE00  1877km
 88.2 1302 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) 5960 __EGINA_  1464km
 89.0 1302 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Debrecen / Pallag (HaB) B201 ____OFI_  1626km **
 89.4 1303 ROU Magic FM, Cluj-Napoca (CJ) E210 MAGIC_FM  1798km
 90.7 1303 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kékes (Hev) B202 _BARTOK_  1504km
 91.7 1304 ROU RFI Romania, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) E22C  1805km
 88.6 1307 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Rosnava/Dievcenská skala (KE) 5D60  1499km
 89.1 1307 ROU Pro FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 PRO_FM__  1877km

 89.0 1310 GRC Radio Drininoupoli, Ioannina/Liggiades (epi-ioa) Commercial break, including
               religious ad. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli for help  2159km
 **
 89.1 1310 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Stará Lubovna/Kotník (PO) 5201  1472km
 87.6 1322 GRC Radio Stagon, Kalampaka/Koromilia (the-tri) 6000 __STAGON  2198km **

 89.2 1322 GRC Rhythmos FM, Kalampaka/Koromilia (the-tri) Dance pops. Thanks Thanos
               Stauroupoli for help  2198km
 **
 89.0 1325 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400  1964km
 88.3 1326 GRC Energy 88.3, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima) 1083 Energy jingle  2165km
 90.2 1327 GRC Pavlios Logos, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima) OMs, as web  2165km
 89.1 1330 GRC Kozmos, Kozani/Metaxas (wmc-koz) Kozmos ID. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli for help
               2187km **

 88.2 1334 ALB Radio 7, Fier (fie) 4D7F  1999km
 88.1 1343 GRC Radio Enigma, Florina/Kleidi (wmc-flo) Greek pops. Thank you Thanos Stauroupoli
               for help  2111km **

 87.9 1348 GRC Kosmos, Patra/Panahaiko (wgr-akh) Presume Patra tx. Kosmos jingle ID. Thanks
               to Janpeter for help  2336km **

 88.5 1349 GRC Iera Mitropoli Patron, Patra (wgr-akh) Choir. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli
               for help  2332km **

 89.4 1349 GRC Skai Patras, Patra (wgr-akh) Greek OM talk. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli for help
               2332km **

 88.3 1351 HRV Radio Dalmacija, Dubrovnik/Velika Petka (du) C31E DALMATIA  1756km
 88.1 1356 BIH BH Radio 1, Tuznica (k10) F001  1615km
 89.1 1357 BIH Federalni Radio, Capljina/Crno brdo (hgn) F209 __DIO-__. New PI?  1693km **
 89.5 1357 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 __DUBROV  1785km
 89.9 1357 MKD Radio Slobodna Makedonija, Ohrid/Gorenicka Cuka (SW) 4223 jan_____ Thanks
               Janpeter van Dijk. for help  2027km 92.5 1359 BIH Federalni Radio, Tuznica (k10)
               F209 RADIO-F.  1615km **
 92.9 1359 ALB Radio Klan, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5E0F KLAN____ 92.9_MHz  1964km
 95.0 1400 ALB Top Albania Radio, Cardhak (kol) Vocal ID  2078km **
 96.4 1401 ALB Radio Spektrum, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) Vocal IDs in ad break. Presume
               former Radio Real  1964km **
 97.7 1402 ALB Radio 7, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 4D7F Radiod-_ __16:0__ POSITIVE 
               1964km **
 99.5 1403 ALB Radio Tirana, Tiranë (Tirana)/Dajt (tir) 5158 ____RE__  1964km

105.1 1404 GRC NERIT Kosmos, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) Reggae music. Thanks Thanos
               Stauroupoli for help  2105km **

105.4 1404 MKD Kanal 77, Ohrid/Gorenicka Cuka (SW) 42C9 __DI*__ French Nostalgie jingle. Thanks
               to Janpeter for help  2027km **

 88.2 1406 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Rota (Peljesac) (du) C315  1691km
 88.4 1406 MNE Radio Prva, Ulcinj/Mosura (UL) D2DE __VA____. Vocal ID  1877km
 90.5 1407 BIH Kupreski Radio, Listani, Kupres or Travnik F077 KUPRESKI
 90.7 1407 MNE Atlas Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D222 _ATLAS__  1841km
 91.0 1407 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 __DIO___ Radio Tirane Online ID  1882km
 93.3 1408 BIH Radio Studio N, Ivovik/Borova glava (k10) F493 STUDIO_N  1613km
 89.2 1413 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Kavala/Mt Pangaion (emc-kav) Kalispera ... Proto
               Programma ID, as 88.6  2239km
 87.8 1416 BIH BH Radio 1, Capljina/Crno brdo (hgn) Pops, as 88.1  1693km
 91.4 1419 BIH Radio Herceg Bosne, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje/Zekina gruda (sbs) F01B RADIO-HB  1629km

 91.6 1420 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Parnitha (ERA/NERIT) (att) Greek music. Thanks
               Thanos Stauroupoli for help  2445km **

 92.5 1428 MNE Radio Delfin, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) 620D -DELFIN-  1793km **
 88.6 1434 MNE Radio D, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D450  1841km
 88.6 1434 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) Ads, as web  2105km **
 98.1 1436 HRV HRT-HR 2, Celevac (zd) Traffic news in English, as 98.9  1499km **
 98.9 1436 HRV HRT-HR 2, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C202 ____HR_2 Zagreb traffic news in English 
               1643km **
 87.8 1437  I  Radio Maria, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) Choir  1959km **
 88.5 1437  I  RAI Radio1, Unsure which site 5201
 96.5 1437  I  Radio 105 Network, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) 5211 __105___.
               AFs point to this site  1959km **

 90.6 1444 GRC NERIT 3 trito programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) YL and Greek music,
               as 88.6. Thank you Thanos Stauroupoli for help  2105km **

 89.4 1449  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, Luzzi/Serra Filetta (cs) Vocal ID  1960km **
 89.5 1449  I  Radio Radicale, Bergamo or Vitulano-Camposauro? 5210 RADIO_*_
 92.2 1450 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, RRTS Botev vrah (pld) 8220 ______EV  2152km
 88.1 1451 SRB Radio Beograd 1, Ovcar (Srb) D2FF RTS_BG_1  1779km
 88.2 1451 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Belogradcik/RRTS Karneva livada (vdn) Jazz, as 92.2  1950km
 90.4 1452  I  Radio Potenza Centrale, Unlisted site 530B RP__EN__ **
 87.6 1453  I  Radio Potenza Centrale, Rapone or Savoia di Lucania 530B RPZCENTR
 89.9 1454 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Udrigovo (srp) F042  1645km
 92.6 1456  I  Radio Studio 5, Unsure which site Vocal ID
 92.8 1501 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Trebinje/Leotar (srp) Vocal ID  1763km **

104.0 1504 GRC Kanali 3, Florina/Kleidi (wmc-flo) OM  YL in ads, as web. Thank you Thanos
               Stauroupoli for help  2111km **

 92.1 1506 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Bjelasica/Zekova glava 63C1 RCG1____  1830km
 88.3 1507 HRV HRT-HR 1, Vinkovci/Borinci (vu) C201 HRT-HR_1  1590km
 88.0 1513 SRB AFN Balkans, Pristina (Kos) Presume, with AFN ID  1930km **
 92.5 1517 MNE Radio Fatih, Podgorica (PG) 3417 92____Hz  1841km
 92.9 1518 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Sofia/Kopitoto-KRTTS Vitosa (sfg) 8220  2056km
 87.6 1519 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) Gentle song, as 88.0  1793km
 88.0 1519 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Niksic/Tovic-Sudina Glava (NK) 63C1  1795km
 88.1 1526  I  Radio Linea Numero Uno, Pineto/Colle Morino (te) 5588 LINE__n1  1549km **
 89.5 1526  I  RTL 102.5, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5218 RTL102.5  1671km

Unidentified/Unlisted:
 89.0 1330 GRC Kosmos, unlisted. Jingle ID
 87.9 1348 GRC Kosmos, unlisted. Jingle ID
 89.9 1357  ?  UNID, ? 4223 jan_____
105.4 1404  ?  Nostalgie, ? 42C9 __DI*__ French Nostalgie jingle
 88.6 1417 BIH UNID, Relay of BH Radio 1 (Does Omladinski Radio X relay BH Radio 1?)
 91.2 1432  ?  UNID, F28A


** Personal Skegness 'First'


My overnight MS recording became corrupted when saving, reducing the file length from 8 hours to just 50 minutes. Nothing could be matched up, other than shared overnight German programming.

On the Es front though, WOW! What a day! The propagation maps looked like something from the middle of summer! Signals lasted a good three hours plus with the Balkan countries dominating most of the time. Slovakia made a good presence at times and the Czech Republic and Austria poked their way through.  Greece and Albania also kept trying to take control and there was one moment were Albanian signals took over across the band. But there was very little RDS and the Greek stations were mostly impossible to trace due to a shortage of web streams. Arabic signals were heard at times and one can only wonder where they were coming from. Double hop from the Middle East? There certainly weren't many Tunisian or Algerian possibilities. Conditions didn't really seem to swing that way anyway. Certainly this was one of the more interesting Es openings of the whole season!


Videos of the above DX:
Sporadic E. 22-08-14 1223 (Austria, Balkans, etc): https://vimeo.com/104180509
Sporadic E. 22-08-14 1443 (Balkans): https://vimeo.com/104180510


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.

Friday, 16 May 2014

Skegness Log: 16-05-14 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 87.6 1231 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 _SHUMEN_ (Approximate time) 
               2220km
 89.4 1401 ROU Magic FM, Cluj-Napoca (CJ) Presume Cluj. E210 MAGIC_FM  1798km **
 88.2 1404 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) 5960 _REGINA_  1464km
 89.1 1405 ROU Pro FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 89,1_F__  1877km
 88.1 1406 BIH BH Radio 1, Tusnica (k10) F001 BHRADIO1  1615km
 88.4 1407 MNE Radio Prva, Ulcinj/Mozura (UL) D2DE RADIO___ PR______  1877km **
 89.0 1408 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400 RADIO___ CLASSIC_
               NEW_____ etc.  1964km
 89.5 1408 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 R-DUBROV  1785km **
 87.6 1409 MNE Antena M, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) 30FE ANTENA_M  1841km
 87.7 1409 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1  1456km
 88.0 1411 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Niksic/Tovic-Sudina Glava (NK) 63C1 Tovic___ Niksic__   1795km
 97.4 1412 MNE Star FM, Cetinje D455 STAR_FM_ **
 91.7 1416 BIH Federalni Radio, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) F012 RADIO-F_  1685km **
 91.0 1417 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 Scrolling RDS  1882km **
 90.5 1418 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2  1456km
 90.7 1418 MNE Atlas Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D222 _ATLAS__  1841km **
 90.0 1419 BIH Radio Kalman, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) F0F2 *KALMAN*  1685km **
 88.7 1420 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Sarajevo/Trebevic (sar) F042  1684km
 88.0 1421 SVN Slovenija 1, Krim (lj) 9201 and vocal ID  1295km
102.8 1423 BIH Bobar Radio, Sarajevo/Trebevic (sar) F0A3 *BOBAR*_  1684km **
103.0 1423 SVN Radio Aktual, Trdinov Vrh (nm) 944E  1356km **
107.8 1425 BIH Radio Kalman, Several transmitters listed F0F2 KALMAN*B   **
107.6 1426 ALB Radio Jehona, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 959B O_JEHONA  1882km **
104.6 1428 BIH Soundset Studio 88, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) 1000 STUDIO88  1685km **
105.7 1428 MNE TDI Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D246 T__D__I  1841km **
 89.3 1431 BIH Federalni Radio, Vlasic (sbs) F012  1600km **
 95.7 1436 BIH Federalni Radio, Sarajevo/Hum (sar) F012  1676km **
 96.8 1437 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Pljevlja/Tvrdas (PV) 63C1 ___RCG1_  1775km **
 97.2 1437 HRV Radio Kaj, Ivanscica 2 or Japetic  C31F __KAJ___   **
 98.7 1439 BIH Radio M, Sarajevo/Grdonj (sar) F079 RADIO_M_  1678km **
100.1 1440 BIH Radio Breza, Breza/Kolovaj (sar) F064 R.BREZA_  1654km **
100.3 1440 BIH BH Radio 1, Konjic/Lisin (hgn) F001 BHRADIO1  1661km **
101.0 1441 BIH Radio Bugojno, Bugojno/Gladov (sbs) RBUGOJNO  1612km **
 87.6 1442 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) 63C1 ___R__1_  1793km
 91.4 1444 BIH Radio Herceg Bosne, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje/Zekina gruda (sbs) F01B RADIO-__ 
               1629km **
 88.1 1451 MNE Radio Cool / Glas Rusije, Podgorica (PG) FFFF SRPSKI__  1841km **
 91.2 1451 BIH Radio Kalman, Konjic/Lisin (hgn) F0F2 ____AN__  1661km **
 87.5 1525 POL PR 1, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3211 ____NK__  1291km
 87.9 1526 POL PR 2, Walbrzych/G.Chelmiec II (DS) 3222 eleci_lu wadzi_lu  1117km
 87.8 1527 HRV Radio Zabok, Zabok/Grdenci (kr) C46C _ZABOK__  1371km
 88.0 1528 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_  1530km
 90.5 1528 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417 kultur__   1530km
 88.1 1529 HRV HRT Radio Sljeme, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C31C R-SLJEME  1381km
 89.0 1530 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hostálkovice (MO) 2203 _IMPULS_  1287km **
 89.0 1530 POL PR Radio Wroclaw, Bogatynia/G.Wysoka (DS) 3403  1033km **
 89.9 1530 BIH Vikom Radio, Bosanska Dubica/Gig (srp) B080 Z_KOM__C  1510km **
 89.9 1531 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Udrigovo (srp) F042 RTRS-RRS  1645km
 88.3 1533 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 JEDYNKA_  1229km

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 93.0 0904  D  SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Classical, as web  593km
104.9 0905  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as 104.0  553km
 99.0 0907  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web. Almost noise free on peak  684km
107.4 0923  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) IDs between songs. Radio
               Wuppertal, 100% Wuppertal. Almost noise free  508km
107.6 0929  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Pops and YL, as 104.0  640km
107.0 0936  D  WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Decent peaks today. Almost noise free. As 106.7 
               592km
 95.3 0956 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch OMs, as 95.4 
               396km
 98.7 0958 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Ad break, as web  407km
107.3 1036 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) IDs galore, then Dutch music  292km
107.5 1037 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Dutch music, as web  296km
107.1 1039 HOL Radio Schouwen-Duiveland, Zierikzee/Silo Vissersdijk (zee) V weak,
               but pops, as web  296km
107.2 1046 BEL Radio Bingo, Roeselare/Zilverberg (vlg-wvl) Vocal ID after ad break  313km
107.9 1049 BEL VBRO, Torhout (vlg-wvl) Phone caller, as 107.3. Presume Torhout  297km
 88.4 1103 HOL Slam!FM, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) 82A5 SLAM!FM_  334km
 89.3 1104 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) ID after
               news  313km
 91.8 1105 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Jingle ID  313km

Unidentified:
 92.9 1413 MKD Radio Antena 5?, Unlisted site 4221 St__io__ **
 92.5 1415  ?  UNID,  3417 92______
100.4 1421  ?  UNID,  F078
101.7 1424  ?  UNID,  "Arabesque" said as if ID or programme name. Exotic sounding. Thought
               it was Arabic at one point.


** Personal Skegness 'First'

I had to go out this morning and missed most of the opening. I watched remotely, helpless as TeamViewer software just froze while Bulgaria was coming through. This was extremely annoying. After several attempts I finally managed to get CamStudio (I hate it with a passion) t record what was coming in on 87.6. An hour or two later, still connecting remotely, I stopped CamStudio to save the file. Of course it crashed and I lost the lot. So I swore (I did, believe me!) that I would invest in a full and registered version of Bandicam, so I did. That's the last time CamStudio messes up my DXing!

Luckily, my return home saw the Es opening still in progress and it was a decent top-of-the-band opening to the Balkans with quite a few personal firsts, some of which were less than 1kW. A bit of detective work solved most of my unids, though a few remain. Signals were very good, reaching 50dBf at best, without RF or IF boost!

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I made a YouTube video of the highlights at: Click here to watch
There were a few interesting station in there, notably:


11:28  92.5. Mono unid language? PI 3417. Partial PS 92______
15:44  89.9. ??
18:23 101.7. Arabic or similar?
31.19  90.7  Arabic?

The times above are references to the position of the video. Actual times are displayed in the GTK window. Help with these would be really appreciated.
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Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.