92.1 0321 DNK Classic FM, VLR, Juelsminde/Hornsyld/Hornumvej 18 (mjy) 676km **
103.2 0509 POL PR Radio Olsztyn, Olsztyn/Pieczewo (WM) 39A1 ??ra???? 1334km
103.7 0708 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) Presumed Forfar. Good Morning
Scotland, as 104.2 430km
104.2 0708 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Meldrum (SC-ABS) Good Morning Scotland
programme, checked against podcast 501km
104.3 0708 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Eitshal (Isle of Lewis) (SC-WIL) Presumed
Eitshal. Good Morning Scotland, as 104.2 707km
104.6 0708 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Oban or Rumster Forest Good Morning
Scotland, as 104.2
104.9 0708 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Rosemarkie (SC-HIL) Good Morning Scotland,
as 104.2 570km
106.0 0708 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Three Rock Mountain (D) Irish news, as others 437km
106.9 0708 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Hollywell Hill (DL) Presumed site. OM news,
as others 544km **
107.2 0708 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) OM news, as others 480km **
107.4 0708 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Truskmore or Mullaghanish OM news, as others
107.6 0708 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Maghera (CE) OM news, as others 604km
107.8 0708 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Cork/Hollyhill (CO) OM news, as others 613km **
104.5 0731 DNK ANR, N.Kongerslev/Kongerslevvej 8 (njy) Pops, as 105.4 750km **
104.6 0731 DNK VLR?, Struer/Treskel 10 (mjy) 9D7E 644km **
105.4 0731 DNK ANR, Hvalpsund/Hestbækvej 22-24 (njy) 9FCF 691km **
105.4 0731 DNK Radio Nordjyske, Aalborg Ø (njy) 9CFF NORD???? 753km **
105.5 0731 S Mix Megapol, Borås/Sandhult Varvhult 1:38 (vg) E243 MEGAPOL_ 939km **
105.6 0731 DNK ANR, Støvring/Vestre Primærvej (njy) 9FCF 733km **
106.0 0731 DNK Nova, Aalborg/Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) 9205 ????VA?? 740km **
107.3 0731 S Mix Megapol, Göteborg/Lärje (vg) EB42 ??GA???? 895km **
107.6 0731 DNK Radio Nordjyske, Arden - Rold skov/Thoruphedevej 17 (njy) Pops,
as 105.4 726km **
107.7 0731 DNK ANR, Farsø/Fabriksvej 1 (njy) Pops, as 105.4 701km **
107.2 0749 RUS Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda, Kaliningrad (KA) 7361 1325km **
** Personal First
The Perseids became more active during the morning of the 12th. I received a surprisingly large number of Danish locals, all of them personal firsts. 105.4 had a punch up between two Danish locals. Each time I played the recording through I managed to squeeze more RDS data out of them. The PI codes of both stations appeared each time. I uploaded a few videos of these to my YouTube channel:
105.6 ANR, Støvring 0731 12-08-17 (160 watts 733 km)
https://youtu.be/fJhB4XLVT2o
105 4 ANR, Hvalpsund & Radio Nordjyske, Aalborg 0731 12-08-17 (Part 1)
https://youtu.be/USrVgpZuZ0U
105 4 ANR, Hvalpsund & Radio Nordjyske, Aalborg 0731 12-08-17 (Part 2)
https://youtu.be/MXQmRm8UpoY
92.1 VLR, Juelsminde 0321 12-08-17 (3 kW 676 km)
https://youtu.be/cL3KhjCnX-k
... and a low powered Swedish station:
105.5 Mix Megapol, Boras 0731 12-08-17 (1.9 kW 939 km)
https://youtu.be/BCSAPoiM8P8
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
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Showing posts with label Videos. Show all posts
Saturday, 12 August 2017
Saturday, 17 June 2017
Skegness Log: 2017-06-17 (Es: F TUR C/SE Europe)
88.4 1718 POL Radio Maryja, Bielsko-Biala/G.Magurka (SL) 3232 TEL_56__ 655-2356
___RADIO MA??JA?? 1351km
90.8 1718 SVK Rádio Košice, Prešov/Lysá (PO) 5330 _KOSICE_ 1512km
87.8 1720 POL PR 1, Przemysl/Tatarska Góra (PK) 3211 __RADIO_ ??DY???? 1592km
87.9 1737 F BFM Business, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F227 __BFM___ 1194km
88.6 1737 F Top FM, Bandol/Vallongue (83) F442 ????_F?? 1182km
89.4 1737 F Radio Orient, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F22B _ORIENT_ 1194km
87.6 1849 POL PR 2, Zamosc/Tarnawatka (LB) 3222 1605km
87.9 1849 POL Radio Plus Lublin, Lublin/Piotrków (LB) Jingle ID 1536km
89.1 1849 POL PR Radio dla Ciebie - RDC, Radom/Wacyn (MW) 393B 1422km
90.7 1849 POL Radio Plus, Radom/komin EC (MW) 321F __RADIO_ __PLUS__ __RADOM_ 1428km
91.6 1856 POL Radio ZET, Ryki/Janiszewska (LB) Web address given 1473km
92.0 1856 POL PR 1, Przysucha/Kozlowiec (MW) 3211 1388km
88.2 1906 ROU Radio Europa FM, Botosani (BT) E299 1947km
88.6 1906 POL PR 2, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) 3222 Dwojka__ 1465km
89.4 1906 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Chris De Burgh dirge, as 90.7 1406km
90.5 1906 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417 Artist info 1530km
92.0 1906 POL PR 3, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3233 1530km
90.7 1908 POL PR 1, Solina/G.Jawor II (PK) 3211 __21:08_ POLSKIE_ __RADIO_ JEDYNKA_ 1591km
87.5 1914 POL PR 1, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3211 ????NK?? 1291km
87.7 1914 SVK Fun Rádio, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5340 FUNRADIO 1544km
88.3 1914 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) OM, as 88.0 1229km
88.4 1914 ROU Digi FM, Varatec (MM) E059 DIGI_FM_ 88.4_FM_ 1778km
88.5 1914 SVK Rádio Vlna, Snina/Magurica (PO) 5218 1589km
90.8 1914 ROU SRR Radio Iasi, Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarau (SV) EE03 IS_90.8_ 1890km
91.1 1914 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) 3211 JEDYNKA_ __21:14_ 1465km
91.7 1914 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3233 _TROJKA_ 1291km
87.7 1935 TUR Slow Türk, Izmir-Bayrakli/Kartepe (ege-izm) 3222 2614km **
89.0 1935 TUR Radyo 35 - Izmir, Izmir-Balcova/Dededagi Teleferik (ege-izm) 3578 2618km **
90.0 1935 TUR Imbat FM - Izmir, Izmir-Bayrakli/Kartepe (ege-izm) 3738 2614km **
90.3 1935 TUR Diyanet Kuran Radyo, Izmir-Bayrakli/Kartepe (ege-izm) 3220 2614km **
90.8 1935 TUR Süper FM, Izmir-Bayrakli/Kartepe (ege-izm) 322E SU?????? 2614km **
91.2 1935 TUR TRT FM, Izmir-Bayrakli/Karatepe (Yaman) (ege-izm) 3201 TRT-FM__ 2614km **
88.0 2123 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1530km
** Personal First
Today's log was a 'luck of the draw' kind of log. I had to go out and leave my FDM-S2 recording by itself. This resulted in a lot of files. Obviously I hadn't planned to go through all them, so I used SDR Console's File Analyser to see which files contained DX. On checking a few it seemed to be mostly the same Polish stations coming through, and not too many of them at that, so I deleted the majority of files and left around 20 or so which looked like they were the most productive.
Whether you would call it luck that I managed to save a file which contained Turkish DX from Izmir, or whether you would call it bad luck that I didn't inspect the files more closely to see if there were more Turkish stations, well, you decide. Personally, I would call it luck that I accidentally hit on these as they were all first timers for me.
This was only a bonus since I was out at the time and, had I not been able to record the DX, etc. Other Turkish stations were also around at this time, all on listed Izmir frequencies, but I couldn't ID them in the few seconds they were available. Videos can be found on my YouTube channel here:
89.0 Radio 35, Izmir 1935 17-06-17 (2618 km)
https://youtu.be/DkakfLcuB_k
90.8 Süper FM, Izmir 1935 17-06-17 (2614 km)
https://youtu.be/cfJ298-7RtQ
91.2 TRT FM, Izmir 1935 17-06-17 (2614 km)
https://youtu.be/Ls4V5CiaoFM
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
___RADIO MA??JA?? 1351km
90.8 1718 SVK Rádio Košice, Prešov/Lysá (PO) 5330 _KOSICE_ 1512km
87.8 1720 POL PR 1, Przemysl/Tatarska Góra (PK) 3211 __RADIO_ ??DY???? 1592km
87.9 1737 F BFM Business, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F227 __BFM___ 1194km
88.6 1737 F Top FM, Bandol/Vallongue (83) F442 ????_F?? 1182km
89.4 1737 F Radio Orient, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F22B _ORIENT_ 1194km
87.6 1849 POL PR 2, Zamosc/Tarnawatka (LB) 3222 1605km
87.9 1849 POL Radio Plus Lublin, Lublin/Piotrków (LB) Jingle ID 1536km
89.1 1849 POL PR Radio dla Ciebie - RDC, Radom/Wacyn (MW) 393B 1422km
90.7 1849 POL Radio Plus, Radom/komin EC (MW) 321F __RADIO_ __PLUS__ __RADOM_ 1428km
91.6 1856 POL Radio ZET, Ryki/Janiszewska (LB) Web address given 1473km
92.0 1856 POL PR 1, Przysucha/Kozlowiec (MW) 3211 1388km
88.2 1906 ROU Radio Europa FM, Botosani (BT) E299 1947km
88.6 1906 POL PR 2, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) 3222 Dwojka__ 1465km
89.4 1906 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Chris De Burgh dirge, as 90.7 1406km
90.5 1906 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417 Artist info 1530km
92.0 1906 POL PR 3, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3233 1530km
90.7 1908 POL PR 1, Solina/G.Jawor II (PK) 3211 __21:08_ POLSKIE_ __RADIO_ JEDYNKA_ 1591km
87.5 1914 POL PR 1, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3211 ????NK?? 1291km
87.7 1914 SVK Fun Rádio, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5340 FUNRADIO 1544km
88.3 1914 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) OM, as 88.0 1229km
88.4 1914 ROU Digi FM, Varatec (MM) E059 DIGI_FM_ 88.4_FM_ 1778km
88.5 1914 SVK Rádio Vlna, Snina/Magurica (PO) 5218 1589km
90.8 1914 ROU SRR Radio Iasi, Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarau (SV) EE03 IS_90.8_ 1890km
91.1 1914 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) 3211 JEDYNKA_ __21:14_ 1465km
91.7 1914 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3233 _TROJKA_ 1291km
87.7 1935 TUR Slow Türk, Izmir-Bayrakli/Kartepe (ege-izm) 3222 2614km **
89.0 1935 TUR Radyo 35 - Izmir, Izmir-Balcova/Dededagi Teleferik (ege-izm) 3578 2618km **
90.0 1935 TUR Imbat FM - Izmir, Izmir-Bayrakli/Kartepe (ege-izm) 3738 2614km **
90.3 1935 TUR Diyanet Kuran Radyo, Izmir-Bayrakli/Kartepe (ege-izm) 3220 2614km **
90.8 1935 TUR Süper FM, Izmir-Bayrakli/Kartepe (ege-izm) 322E SU?????? 2614km **
91.2 1935 TUR TRT FM, Izmir-Bayrakli/Karatepe (Yaman) (ege-izm) 3201 TRT-FM__ 2614km **
88.0 2123 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1530km
** Personal First
Today's log was a 'luck of the draw' kind of log. I had to go out and leave my FDM-S2 recording by itself. This resulted in a lot of files. Obviously I hadn't planned to go through all them, so I used SDR Console's File Analyser to see which files contained DX. On checking a few it seemed to be mostly the same Polish stations coming through, and not too many of them at that, so I deleted the majority of files and left around 20 or so which looked like they were the most productive.
Whether you would call it luck that I managed to save a file which contained Turkish DX from Izmir, or whether you would call it bad luck that I didn't inspect the files more closely to see if there were more Turkish stations, well, you decide. Personally, I would call it luck that I accidentally hit on these as they were all first timers for me.
This was only a bonus since I was out at the time and, had I not been able to record the DX, etc. Other Turkish stations were also around at this time, all on listed Izmir frequencies, but I couldn't ID them in the few seconds they were available. Videos can be found on my YouTube channel here:
89.0 Radio 35, Izmir 1935 17-06-17 (2618 km)
https://youtu.be/DkakfLcuB_k
90.8 Süper FM, Izmir 1935 17-06-17 (2614 km)
https://youtu.be/cfJ298-7RtQ
91.2 TRT FM, Izmir 1935 17-06-17 (2614 km)
https://youtu.be/Ls4V5CiaoFM
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
Sunday, 12 June 2016
Low Power / Short Es To Germany: 12-06-16
On June 12th, there was an afternoon opening to the Baltic area with the best reception I have known to Latvia and Lithuania. Belarus and Poland were also received, but the highlight for me was the short skip to Germany, one of my favourite countries to DX.
Several low power transmitters were received from sites I have not logged previously, nor have I even heard of these site. Most had RDS.
Several low power transmitters were received from sites I have not logged previously, nor have I even heard of these site. Most had RDS.
87.8 MDR Aktuell, Stendal Borstel (1kW) 1631 12-06-16 (773 km)
88.4 88vier, Berlin Schöneberg (2kW) 1631 12-06-16 (877 km)
90.5 Sputnik, Jerichow (1kW) 1635 12-06-16 (789 km)
92.1 Radio Cottbus, Guben (1kW) 1635 12-06-16 (978 km)
93.9 Sender KW, Fürstenwalde (3kW) 1630 12-06-16 (926 km)
94.8 BBC World Service, Berlin (4kW) 1630 12-0-16 (864 km)
95.3 Babelsberg Hitradio, Potsdam (630W) 1630 12-06-16 (862 km)
Monday, 6 June 2016
Sunday, 22 November 2015
Skegness Log: 22-11-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
99.1 0400 POL PR 3, Olsztyn/Pieczewo (WM) 3233 ??05???? 1334km
101.7 0400 POL Radio Plus, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 321C 1195km
100.3 0448 S SR P4, Skövde/Åsbotorp 2/Billingen TM (vg) E224 1023km
104.7 0501 I RTL 102.5, Fiorano Modenese & Marano sul Panaro (mo) listed. 5218 RT??????
104.2 0503 POL PR 3, Lublin/Piaski (LB) 3233 __06:0?? _T?????? 1548km
99.1 0602 S SR P3, Bäckefors (Mellerud)/Grönehög TM (vg) E203 969km
101.3 0605 LVA LR 2, Kuldiga (Kul) 9222 __LR-2__ 1434km
101.5 0605 LVA LR 2, Valmiera/LVRTC Valmieras RTS, Rigas iela 95 (Val) 9222 __?????? 1647km **
104.0 0605 LVA LR 1, Valmiera/LVRTC Valmieras RTS, Rigas iela 95 (Val) 9211 1647km **
101.3 0731 S SR P4, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E624 SR????a? 1204km
** Personal First via this mode
A long meteor train started at exactly 07:39:43 and was still trailing away beyond 07:42. Nothing could be identified as all empty frequencies became noise with a only a few few snippets of audio poking through. 104.2 was the only exception to this with a weak talk station (Polish?) which was below RDS levels. This was how the peak sounded: https://app.box.com/s/im0ux354y17cabrakakvoxxued9xp7lq
Other than this, it was a fairly uneventful morning for meteor scatter. There was one other exception though - the conquering of 101.5 (at last!) where there was a surprise visit from LR2 from Valmeira, Latvia. It was only a brief peak of audio riding above a reduced Tacolneston (the null didn't hold overnight this time) but Tacolneston was totally toppled! as can be seen in this video: https://youtu.be/F7wREoZu2nE There were lengthier bursts from other Latvians at this time, lasting several seconds. Latvia on meteor scatter is rare here.
So only one more frequency to go for my meteor scatter target. So I tried to reduce Belmont 98.3 during the evening but couldn't get it below S9+20dB. I will connect the FM3 tomorrow and try again, but this time using the HS Antenna Phaser.
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.
99.1 0400 POL PR 3, Olsztyn/Pieczewo (WM) 3233 ??05???? 1334km
101.7 0400 POL Radio Plus, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 321C 1195km
100.3 0448 S SR P4, Skövde/Åsbotorp 2/Billingen TM (vg) E224 1023km
104.7 0501 I RTL 102.5, Fiorano Modenese & Marano sul Panaro (mo) listed. 5218 RT??????
104.2 0503 POL PR 3, Lublin/Piaski (LB) 3233 __06:0?? _T?????? 1548km
99.1 0602 S SR P3, Bäckefors (Mellerud)/Grönehög TM (vg) E203 969km
101.3 0605 LVA LR 2, Kuldiga (Kul) 9222 __LR-2__ 1434km
101.5 0605 LVA LR 2, Valmiera/LVRTC Valmieras RTS, Rigas iela 95 (Val) 9222 __?????? 1647km **
104.0 0605 LVA LR 1, Valmiera/LVRTC Valmieras RTS, Rigas iela 95 (Val) 9211 1647km **
101.3 0731 S SR P4, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E624 SR????a? 1204km
** Personal First via this mode
A long meteor train started at exactly 07:39:43 and was still trailing away beyond 07:42. Nothing could be identified as all empty frequencies became noise with a only a few few snippets of audio poking through. 104.2 was the only exception to this with a weak talk station (Polish?) which was below RDS levels. This was how the peak sounded: https://app.box.com/s/im0ux354y17cabrakakvoxxued9xp7lq
Other than this, it was a fairly uneventful morning for meteor scatter. There was one other exception though - the conquering of 101.5 (at last!) where there was a surprise visit from LR2 from Valmeira, Latvia. It was only a brief peak of audio riding above a reduced Tacolneston (the null didn't hold overnight this time) but Tacolneston was totally toppled! as can be seen in this video: https://youtu.be/F7wREoZu2nE There were lengthier bursts from other Latvians at this time, lasting several seconds. Latvia on meteor scatter is rare here.
So only one more frequency to go for my meteor scatter target. So I tried to reduce Belmont 98.3 during the evening but couldn't get it below S9+20dB. I will connect the FM3 tomorrow and try again, but this time using the HS Antenna Phaser.
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.
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Low Power Scandinavian Meteor Scatter
These two were a really nice surprise this morning. My Körmer 9.2 antenna was vertical at the time, beaming 60 degrees straight into southern Sweden. These two are low powered transmitters, Radio Øst having only 376 watts. Both stations were stable and strong enough to allow full RDS! You just never know what will be thrown up by meteor scatter.
97.3 R Øst, Sarpsborg (376 watts) 0523 01-02-15 951 km
96.3 Vinyl 96.3, Gävle (1kW) 0523 01-02-15 1311 km
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Recent Meteor Scatter Videos
This is a selection of recent meteor scatter videos, made over the last month, using the Elad FDM-S2 with its own FDM-SW2 software. Note the ultra-sensitive RDS decoding on weak signals, but disregard the signal readout at the top of the screen - I have a 20dB pre-amp inline which, in my view, is very necessary with the FDM-S2. There is no overload as a result of using this.
More videos of my meteor scatter catches at: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
93.3 Radio Vaticana Europa America, Cittá del Vaticano 2014-12-03 0542 1542 km
105.1 RTL, Bayonne 2014-12-07 0908 1104 km
91.3 France Inter, Marseille 2014-12-08 0327 1149 km
87.8 VAL 202, Kuk 2014-12-07 0210 1227 km
103.9 Radio SAW, Salzwedel Fleetmark 2014-12-03 0452 739 km
102.5 SRR Radio România Actualităţi, four possible sites 2014-12-03 0456
105.5 Evropa 2, Votice 2014-12-03 0836 1069 km
88.1 BH Radio 1, Tušnica 2014-12-07 0302 1615 km
87.9 Espy FM, Madrid 2014-12-06 0233 1448 km
97.7 Kiss Jižní Čechy, Votice 2014-12-04 2210 1069 km
98.6 Rádio Jemné, Košice 2014-12-04 2258 1544 km
97.4 Frekvence 1, Pardubice 2014-12-04 2230 1127 km
105.1 FM 4, Bad Ischl (600 watts) 2014-12-03 0814 1116 km
103.2 ČRo Dvojka, Votice 2014-12-03 0836 1069 km
97.6 PR 2, Bydgoszcz 2014-12-03 0230 1186 km
93.3 HRT HR 1, Beli Manastir 2014-11-30 0928 1552 km
103.5 Radio 24 Syv, Årsballe 2014-11-28 0849 971 km
105.3 MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Budapest 2014-11-28 1124 1460 km
92.8 SR P2, Östhammar 2014-11-27 1921
100.9 LRT Radijas, Bubiai 2014-11-27 0453 1497 km
106.0 Radio Suomipop, Eurajoki 2014-11-27 0648 1561 km
91.4 Radio Surco, Tomelloso 2014-11-21 0113 1579 km
106.9 PR Radio Pomorza i Kujaw, Brodnica 2014-11-21 2158 1271 km
104.2 AFN The Eagle, Casteau SHAPE 4kW 2014-11-21 0016 386 km
105.4 Sudtirol 1, Brenner 1.5kW via Meteor Scatter 2014-11-19 0132 1052 km
103.5 PR Radio Merkury, Wałcz 2014-11-28 0903 1060 km
87.45 Radio 700, Kall via Meteor Scatter 10-11-14 60 Watts @ 519 km
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Skegness Log: 28-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
89.9 0736 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Jested (LI) OM, as web 1038km **
91.4 0739 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Ads and ID 947km
101.7 0801 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Choir and YL, as web 947km
89.2 0808 POL PR 3, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Adsm as web 1177km **
99.0 0848 CZE CRo Ostrava, Valasské Mezirící/Radhost (MO) ID and interview 1304km **
90.6 0904 POL PR 4, Swieradów-Zdrój/G. Stóg Izerski (DS) Adverts, as web stream. Thanks Konrad DX,
Poland for help. 1053km **
103.8 0915 POL Radio ZET, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Polish YL talk, brief in pile-up. As web
1177km **
100.2 0924 POL PR 3, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Old blues song, as web 1147km **
87.6 0929 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and YL, as web 1219km **
102.0 0932 CZE CRo Dvojka, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web 1219km **
104.5 0934 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web 1219km **
106.5 0935 CZE CRo Brno, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and choir, as web 1219km **
91.1 0948 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) TV Theme. V weak in pile-up
1084km **
103.9 0957 CZE CRo Vltava, Liberec/Jested (LI) Presumed. OM, struggling against Suffolk 1038km **
88.5 1033 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) YL song, as web 1091km **
93.6 1042 POL Radio ZET, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Ad break and pops, as web 1147km **
97.9 1049 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Jested (LI) Beethoven symphony, as web 1038km **
95.9 1053 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Liberec/Jested (LI) YL, as web. Just audible when Humberside dips
down 1038km **
90.5 1121 CZE CRo Hradec Králové, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) Pops and OM, as web 1091km **
89.2 1135 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203. Interesting props. Scatter like signal for
two minutes. Seemingly not MS or Es. Scatter assisted tropo? Rx tuned by Nick Gilly
at the time 1261km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
It's been another of those "Pinch me - did that really just happen?" days. I was lucky to catch some superb ducting to the Czech republic, Austria and Poland - a first timer here. What the reception lacked in signal strength was more than made up for by the reception distances. CRo Ostrava from Valasské Mezirící on 99.0 became the second furthest band 2 tropo catch I have had since living in Skegness.
Videos are available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp As I mentioned yesterday, YouTube may have blocked some of the audio from these videos due to their 'copyright claims' policies. I can re-upload elsewhere if necessary.
I was just too late to catch a nice ID from CRo Ostrava on 99.0, hitting the record button too late, but there is plenty of audio in that video. Hopefully everything is clear enough. Ii included web audio with the weaker signals. PR3 from Wroclaw on 100.2 had a painfully weak signal. If you can hear this against the recording of the web stream then you'll have no problems with any of the other recordings.
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.
89.9 0736 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Jested (LI) OM, as web 1038km **
91.4 0739 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Ads and ID 947km
101.7 0801 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Choir and YL, as web 947km
89.2 0808 POL PR 3, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Adsm as web 1177km **
99.0 0848 CZE CRo Ostrava, Valasské Mezirící/Radhost (MO) ID and interview 1304km **
90.6 0904 POL PR 4, Swieradów-Zdrój/G. Stóg Izerski (DS) Adverts, as web stream. Thanks Konrad DX,
Poland for help. 1053km **
103.8 0915 POL Radio ZET, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Polish YL talk, brief in pile-up. As web
1177km **
100.2 0924 POL PR 3, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Old blues song, as web 1147km **
87.6 0929 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and YL, as web 1219km **
102.0 0932 CZE CRo Dvojka, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web 1219km **
104.5 0934 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web 1219km **
106.5 0935 CZE CRo Brno, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and choir, as web 1219km **
91.1 0948 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) TV Theme. V weak in pile-up
1084km **
103.9 0957 CZE CRo Vltava, Liberec/Jested (LI) Presumed. OM, struggling against Suffolk 1038km **
88.5 1033 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) YL song, as web 1091km **
93.6 1042 POL Radio ZET, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Ad break and pops, as web 1147km **
97.9 1049 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Jested (LI) Beethoven symphony, as web 1038km **
95.9 1053 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Liberec/Jested (LI) YL, as web. Just audible when Humberside dips
down 1038km **
90.5 1121 CZE CRo Hradec Králové, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) Pops and OM, as web 1091km **
89.2 1135 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203. Interesting props. Scatter like signal for
two minutes. Seemingly not MS or Es. Scatter assisted tropo? Rx tuned by Nick Gilly
at the time 1261km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
It's been another of those "Pinch me - did that really just happen?" days. I was lucky to catch some superb ducting to the Czech republic, Austria and Poland - a first timer here. What the reception lacked in signal strength was more than made up for by the reception distances. CRo Ostrava from Valasské Mezirící on 99.0 became the second furthest band 2 tropo catch I have had since living in Skegness.
Videos are available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp As I mentioned yesterday, YouTube may have blocked some of the audio from these videos due to their 'copyright claims' policies. I can re-upload elsewhere if necessary.
I was just too late to catch a nice ID from CRo Ostrava on 99.0, hitting the record button too late, but there is plenty of audio in that video. Hopefully everything is clear enough. Ii included web audio with the weaker signals. PR3 from Wroclaw on 100.2 had a painfully weak signal. If you can hear this against the recording of the web stream then you'll have no problems with any of the other recordings.
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.
Saturday, 27 September 2014
Skegness Log: 27-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
90.2 0723 D NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Phone in, as web 477km
102.1 0746 D RPR 1., Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) ID and pops 550km
107.6 0820 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Ads, as web 788km
107.9 0821 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Close to RDS. Classical 732km
107.3 0823 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OMs talk, as web 729km
106.9 0824 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) OM and YL lively discussion and jingle
ID 843km
105.1 0830 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID and weather 684km
104.8 0831 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OM, as web 729km
107.4 0841 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Probably scatter. Jingle ID
508km
105.6 0843 D MDR JUMP, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Pops, as web. Over Donnersberg 788km
104.9 0846 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Twangy techno, as web 553km
101.7 0848 D hr4, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
101.2 0851 D Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Web address 565km
95.0 0857 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) OM, as web 678km
93.8 0859 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) Toh ID and news 565km
89.5 0902 D hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) News, as web 684km
88.3 0903 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) Overriding Sutton Coldfield 565km
91.8 0914 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Lively pops, as web 313km
92.4 0916 HOL PuurNL, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Lively pops and lively OM DJ, as web 322km
98.0 0924 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 86F0 DECIBEL_ 320km
107.3 0931 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Spandex ad. ID 292km
89.9 0937 HOL Haarlem 105 Radio, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) PhD song, as web 304kmx
107.7 0955 BEL Radio Plus, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Jingle ID. On horizontal beam 328km
93.4 1016 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Status Quo song, as web 712km
104.1 1023 D WDR 4, Olsberg (nrw) Elvis song, as web 592km
106.3 1027 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Brief. Troposcatter? As web 748km
106.4 1028 D WDR Eins Live, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Briefly took over Kiss!! 483km
107.7 1042 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) YL ID, phone caller 1034km
97.2 1058 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL, as web 739km
99.0 1113 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Pops, as web. Mixing with Hoher
Meissner 1080km
94.8 1114 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Soft pop song, as web 1080km
103.6 1118 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Jingle ID between songs 687km
87.9 1126 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Passenger song, as web 739km
90.2 1127 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) OM ID 739km
91.6 1129 D SWR3, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Pops, as web 590km
92.4 1133 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Gloria Gaynor song, as
web 560km
95.4 1136 D SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Operatic Car song, Nissan Dorma, as web 592km
99.6 1141 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Noise free. OM, as web 612km
102.3 1145 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) Classical, as web. 24dB 1024km
107.1 1149 D B5 aktuell, Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as 105.3 865km
106.9 1150 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Jingle and YL news, as 105.3 942km
91.7 1206 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Bangles song, as web 793km
94.2 1209 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Phone caller, as web 793km
105.4 1211 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Joan Jett song, as web 904km
91.4 1214 D Bayern 1, Büttelberg (bay) Light pops and OM ID 812km
92.8 1218 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Rogers and Parton song, as web 904km **
95.3 1220 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web. Mixing with Essex 712km
95.8 1222 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) YL and child phone caller, as web 942km
98.8 1226 D NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) German OM, as web 525km
102.6 1230 D NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) ID and pops 606km
97.5 1256 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) ID in ad break 640km
106.2 1257 D hr3, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Ad break, as web 729km
105.9 1258 D Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) ID and info 647km
105.6 1259 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) ID and news 656km
103.0 1302 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) BFBS News and ID 564km
102.8 1303 D Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) YL ID and pops 717km **
93.0 1310 D BFBS Radio, Braunschweig/Drachenberg (nds) Pops, as 103.0 712km
93.7 1311 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) German OM, as web 1024km
94.4 1313 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Sports commentary, as web 647km
101.6 1314 D hr4, Hardberg (hes) Interview, as 107.3 712km
106.7 1319 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Kalmit (rlp) Pop song, as web. Mixing with Langeberg.
687km
106.8 1320 D Hit Radio FFH, Driedorf/Höllberg (hes) Pops, as 105.1 604km
96.3 1322 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Pops, as web 732km
88.0 1323 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Pops, as web 629km
95.2 1334 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Piano music, plinking above the noise. As web
793km
95.5 1335 D hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) OM, as web 684km
97.4 1711 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_ 39dB 712km
101.4 1716 D Radio SAW, Brocken (san) D3D9 _S_A_W__ 38dB 712km
94.6 1717 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) D4D1 MDR_S-AN 712km
89.0 1719 D 89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) D0DB 89.0_RTL 712km
100.9 1726 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops and ID 729km
107.8 1732 D MDR Figaro, Brocken (san) D3C3 __IG__O_. RDSing at 24dB! 712km
89.5 1806 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) Strange OM, as web 1024km
98.4 1815 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Slowly spoken jingle ID. ads 748km
98.5 1823 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) D313 ____RN__ 1024km
101.9 1832 D Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) ID and adverts 729km
105.7 1838 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) D315 B5_Akt__ 1024km
96.0 1848 D Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) OM ID between slow pops 865km
87.6 1913 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) V v weak with Indeep song, as web 650km
92.1 1919 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D382 _NDR-2__ 707km
103.5 1928 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D210 __DLF___ 707km
98.0 1930 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D381 NDR1_NDS 707km
100.3 1935 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) Planet Club In The Mix 677km
99.0 1954 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) D361 684km
106.3 1958 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Jingle ID 707km
93.6 2007 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Roy Orbison song and ID 550km
89.9 2016 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Classical 707km
107.1 2021 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) ID and phone caller 593km
97.7 2027 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Pops and OM, as web 593km
96.7 2028 D hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Piano music, as web. Over KLFM 647km
105.6 2104 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) German OM, as web 917km
107.8 2106 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Italian OM, as web 917km
107.3 2110 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Chasseral (be) Pops, as 107.8 823km
95.4 2113 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) OM, as web 917km
99.5 2133 D NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Barry White song, as web 707km
104.6 2136 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Drum and bass music, as web 1080km
107.3 2206 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) ID and night service. Producing slight echo
against Heidelberg 813km
105.0 2208 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Pops, as web 922km
90.7 2211 D Bayern 1, Ochsenkopf (bay) Pops, as web. 107.1 also in 865km
91.8 2212 D SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) Classical, as web 813km
94.3 2219 D SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) Pops, as web 813km
97.3 2226 HOL Shrik Van Gammelke, Weerselo (Ov) Dutch music, as web. On horizontal beam!
105.3 2309 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM, as 105.7 732km
91.5 2315 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) D3C2 M_R_____ 712km
103.2 2322 D Antenne Bayern, Ochsenkopf (bay) Whispered ID between songs 865km
91.0 2328 D hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Robbie Williams song, as web 612km
104.3 2329 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German song, as web 612km
101.0 2347 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Pops, as web 519km
87.7 2351 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as 87.9 904km
100.3 2354 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as web 865km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This was one of the most bizarre tropos I have known, as the videos should demonstrate. Instead of signals being stable, as you would expect with tropo ducting, they were up and down like yo-yos. A signal might have faded in from nothing, gone up to RDS levels, then back down into the noise in less than half a minute. Brocken and Torfhaus provided the most consistent signal strengths, but even they were subject to this choppiness.
I logged most of the German transmitters I received in this opening to give a complete picture of what happened, but I missed out some NRW transmitters which were also coming in at enhanced levels, such as Langenberg, Aachen, Teutoburger Wald, Bonn & Munster. Other regular continentals from northern France, Belgium and Holland were also up to 40dB most of the time, yet again suffering this strange fluttery effect.
Since my daily Vimeo upload is ten files and I have many more than that, I have uploaded my videos of the pick of today's DX to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA I know there is at least one video which has had its audio muted. I hope there aren't any more. If you have any problems hearing the audio please let me know.
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.
90.2 0723 D NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Phone in, as web 477km
102.1 0746 D RPR 1., Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) ID and pops 550km
107.6 0820 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Ads, as web 788km
107.9 0821 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Close to RDS. Classical 732km
107.3 0823 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OMs talk, as web 729km
106.9 0824 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) OM and YL lively discussion and jingle
ID 843km
105.1 0830 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID and weather 684km
104.8 0831 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OM, as web 729km
107.4 0841 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Probably scatter. Jingle ID
508km
105.6 0843 D MDR JUMP, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Pops, as web. Over Donnersberg 788km
104.9 0846 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Twangy techno, as web 553km
101.7 0848 D hr4, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
101.2 0851 D Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Web address 565km
95.0 0857 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) OM, as web 678km
93.8 0859 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) Toh ID and news 565km
89.5 0902 D hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) News, as web 684km
88.3 0903 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) Overriding Sutton Coldfield 565km
91.8 0914 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Lively pops, as web 313km
92.4 0916 HOL PuurNL, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Lively pops and lively OM DJ, as web 322km
98.0 0924 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 86F0 DECIBEL_ 320km
107.3 0931 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Spandex ad. ID 292km
89.9 0937 HOL Haarlem 105 Radio, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) PhD song, as web 304kmx
107.7 0955 BEL Radio Plus, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Jingle ID. On horizontal beam 328km
93.4 1016 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Status Quo song, as web 712km
104.1 1023 D WDR 4, Olsberg (nrw) Elvis song, as web 592km
106.3 1027 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Brief. Troposcatter? As web 748km
106.4 1028 D WDR Eins Live, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Briefly took over Kiss!! 483km
107.7 1042 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) YL ID, phone caller 1034km
97.2 1058 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL, as web 739km
99.0 1113 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Pops, as web. Mixing with Hoher
Meissner 1080km
94.8 1114 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Soft pop song, as web 1080km
103.6 1118 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Jingle ID between songs 687km
87.9 1126 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Passenger song, as web 739km
90.2 1127 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) OM ID 739km
91.6 1129 D SWR3, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Pops, as web 590km
92.4 1133 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Gloria Gaynor song, as
web 560km
95.4 1136 D SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Operatic Car song, Nissan Dorma, as web 592km
99.6 1141 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Noise free. OM, as web 612km
102.3 1145 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) Classical, as web. 24dB 1024km
107.1 1149 D B5 aktuell, Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as 105.3 865km
106.9 1150 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Jingle and YL news, as 105.3 942km
91.7 1206 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Bangles song, as web 793km
94.2 1209 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Phone caller, as web 793km
105.4 1211 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Joan Jett song, as web 904km
91.4 1214 D Bayern 1, Büttelberg (bay) Light pops and OM ID 812km
92.8 1218 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Rogers and Parton song, as web 904km **
95.3 1220 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web. Mixing with Essex 712km
95.8 1222 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) YL and child phone caller, as web 942km
98.8 1226 D NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) German OM, as web 525km
102.6 1230 D NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) ID and pops 606km
97.5 1256 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) ID in ad break 640km
106.2 1257 D hr3, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Ad break, as web 729km
105.9 1258 D Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) ID and info 647km
105.6 1259 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) ID and news 656km
103.0 1302 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) BFBS News and ID 564km
102.8 1303 D Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) YL ID and pops 717km **
93.0 1310 D BFBS Radio, Braunschweig/Drachenberg (nds) Pops, as 103.0 712km
93.7 1311 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) German OM, as web 1024km
94.4 1313 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Sports commentary, as web 647km
101.6 1314 D hr4, Hardberg (hes) Interview, as 107.3 712km
106.7 1319 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Kalmit (rlp) Pop song, as web. Mixing with Langeberg.
687km
106.8 1320 D Hit Radio FFH, Driedorf/Höllberg (hes) Pops, as 105.1 604km
96.3 1322 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Pops, as web 732km
88.0 1323 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Pops, as web 629km
95.2 1334 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Piano music, plinking above the noise. As web
793km
95.5 1335 D hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) OM, as web 684km
97.4 1711 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_ 39dB 712km
101.4 1716 D Radio SAW, Brocken (san) D3D9 _S_A_W__ 38dB 712km
94.6 1717 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) D4D1 MDR_S-AN 712km
89.0 1719 D 89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) D0DB 89.0_RTL 712km
100.9 1726 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops and ID 729km
107.8 1732 D MDR Figaro, Brocken (san) D3C3 __IG__O_. RDSing at 24dB! 712km
89.5 1806 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) Strange OM, as web 1024km
98.4 1815 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Slowly spoken jingle ID. ads 748km
98.5 1823 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) D313 ____RN__ 1024km
101.9 1832 D Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) ID and adverts 729km
105.7 1838 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) D315 B5_Akt__ 1024km
96.0 1848 D Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) OM ID between slow pops 865km
87.6 1913 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) V v weak with Indeep song, as web 650km
92.1 1919 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D382 _NDR-2__ 707km
103.5 1928 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D210 __DLF___ 707km
98.0 1930 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D381 NDR1_NDS 707km
100.3 1935 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) Planet Club In The Mix 677km
99.0 1954 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) D361 684km
106.3 1958 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Jingle ID 707km
93.6 2007 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Roy Orbison song and ID 550km
89.9 2016 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Classical 707km
107.1 2021 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) ID and phone caller 593km
97.7 2027 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Pops and OM, as web 593km
96.7 2028 D hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Piano music, as web. Over KLFM 647km
105.6 2104 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) German OM, as web 917km
107.8 2106 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Italian OM, as web 917km
107.3 2110 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Chasseral (be) Pops, as 107.8 823km
95.4 2113 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) OM, as web 917km
99.5 2133 D NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Barry White song, as web 707km
104.6 2136 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Drum and bass music, as web 1080km
107.3 2206 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) ID and night service. Producing slight echo
against Heidelberg 813km
105.0 2208 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Pops, as web 922km
90.7 2211 D Bayern 1, Ochsenkopf (bay) Pops, as web. 107.1 also in 865km
91.8 2212 D SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) Classical, as web 813km
94.3 2219 D SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) Pops, as web 813km
97.3 2226 HOL Shrik Van Gammelke, Weerselo (Ov) Dutch music, as web. On horizontal beam!
105.3 2309 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM, as 105.7 732km
91.5 2315 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) D3C2 M_R_____ 712km
103.2 2322 D Antenne Bayern, Ochsenkopf (bay) Whispered ID between songs 865km
91.0 2328 D hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Robbie Williams song, as web 612km
104.3 2329 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German song, as web 612km
101.0 2347 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Pops, as web 519km
87.7 2351 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as 87.9 904km
100.3 2354 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as web 865km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This was one of the most bizarre tropos I have known, as the videos should demonstrate. Instead of signals being stable, as you would expect with tropo ducting, they were up and down like yo-yos. A signal might have faded in from nothing, gone up to RDS levels, then back down into the noise in less than half a minute. Brocken and Torfhaus provided the most consistent signal strengths, but even they were subject to this choppiness.
I logged most of the German transmitters I received in this opening to give a complete picture of what happened, but I missed out some NRW transmitters which were also coming in at enhanced levels, such as Langenberg, Aachen, Teutoburger Wald, Bonn & Munster. Other regular continentals from northern France, Belgium and Holland were also up to 40dB most of the time, yet again suffering this strange fluttery effect.
Since my daily Vimeo upload is ten files and I have many more than that, I have uploaded my videos of the pick of today's DX to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA I know there is at least one video which has had its audio muted. I hope there aren't any more. If you have any problems hearing the audio please let me know.
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.
Saturday, 20 September 2014
Skegness Log: 20-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
88.9 ???? HRV HRT-HR 1, Dubrovnik/Srd (du) YL as 87.7 1758km
91.3 ???? HRV HRT-HR 1, Labinstica (st) C201 HRT-HR_1 1578km
87.6 1356 HRV Podravski Radio, Durdevac/Micetinac-Veliki Kostanj (kc) Unattended. C440 1436km
87.7 1356 I RAI Radio1, Poggiu Rasu/Caprera - La Maddalena (RAI) (ot) Presumed site. Heard here
before and fits with conditions. RAI 1 bumper. Thanks FM Franco for help 1495km
87.9 1357 I R101, Cammarata/Monte Cammarata (ag) 5215 _R_-_101 2007km
89.0 1358 I RAI Radio1, Alcamo/Monte Bonifato (RAI) (tp) Presumed site. Fits conditions. Thanks
FM Franco for help 1949km
91.1 1358 I RAI Radio1, Cammarata/Monte Cammarata (RAI) (ag) Football commentary. Thanks
FM Franco for help. 2007km
89.5 1400 F France Culture, Cervione/Alistro (20B) As 98.0 1389km
89.5 1401 I RTL 102.5, Cammarata/Monte Cammarata (ag) 5218 RTL102.5 2007km
91.8 1401 I RTL 102.5, Mango/Frazione San Donato (cn) As 89.5 1102km **
88.0 1404 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Punta Umbría (AND-H) E215 RNE_5-H_ 1862km
88.4 1406 E RNE Radio Nacional, Almonaster la Real (AND-H) Presumed with mentions of RNE 1783km
87.6 1407 E COPE, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CA __COPE__. Badajoz in radiotext 1683km
87.9 1407 E Canal Extremadura Radio, Mérida/Cerro de San Serván (EXT-BA) E30A Canal_EX 1670km
89.8 1425 I Radio Kiss Kiss, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5225 KISSKISS 1711km **
87.9 1426 F France Culture, Porto Vecchio/Punta di a Varra (20A) As 98.0 1449km
90.2 1426 F RMC, Porto Vecchio/Punta di a Varra (20A) Ads, as web 1449km
88.1 1434 BIH BH Radio 1, Tuznica (k10) F001 BHRADIO1 1615km
89.0 1434 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400 -_ANET__ RADIO___
89_FM___ THE_BEST RADIO___ FOR_____ CLASSIC_ ROCK..._ 1964km
87.7 1435 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1 1456km
89.5 1435 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 R_DUBROV 1785km
88.5 1436 HRV Radio Dalmacija, Celevac (zd) C31E DALMATIA 1499km
89.6 1436 HRV HRT-HR 1, Promina/Cavnovka (si) YL, as 87.7 1547km
97.5 1438 HRV HRT-HR 2, Otocac/Stipanov Gric (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1439km
90.5 1439 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
98.5 1439 HRV HRT-HR 2, Dubrovnik/Srd (du) C202 HRT-HR_2 1758km **
91.0 1445 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 09-2__1_ PRRANAMI (Corrupted PS) 1882km
90.4 1448 ALB Albania FM, Tiranë (Tirana) (tir) Vocal ID and Arabic music! Thanks Reijo Alapiha
for help 1960km **
92.0 1449 HRV Narodni Radio, Celevac (zd) C206 NARODNI_ 1499km
93.6 1449 I RAI Radio2, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) OM. Thanks FM Franco for help
1278km **
95.2 1450 ALB Radio Maria Italia, Tiranë (Tirana)/Dajt (tir) Presumed. Ave Mavis 1964km **
95.8 1450 I RAI Radio3, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) Thanks FM Franco 1278km **
98.1 1451 HRV HRT-HR 2, Celevac (zd) C202 HRT-HR_2 1499km **
98.9 1451 HRV HRT-HR 2, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C202 HRT-HR_2 1643km
107.9 1452 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C205 -_HKR_-_ 1643km
102.0 1453 HRV HRT Radio Split, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C31A R-SP____ 1643km **
89.1 1455 BIH Federalni Radio, Capljina/Crno brdo (hgn) F209 RADIO-F. 1693km
92.5 1456 BIH Federalni Radio, Tuznica (k10) F209 1615km
89.1 1458 I Radio Fantasy, Sagrado/Frazione San Martino del Carso-Monte San Michele (go)
Vocal ID 1247km **
89.2 1500 HRV Radio Otok Krk - O.K., Krk/Kras (ri) C456 RADIO-OK 1366km
90.6 1500 SVN Radio 1, Sempeter pri Gorici (go) 9357 RADIO_1_ 1250km **
93.2 1501 HRV Otvoreni Radio, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) Vocal ID 1785km **
90.7 1503 I RAI Radio1, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI) (le) 5201
__RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1982km
101.0 1503 HRV HRT Radio Split, Labinstica (st) C31A 1578km **
102.3 1503 I RTL 102.5, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) Vocal ID 1281km **
93.7 1504 I RTL 102.5, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) Jingle ID 1865km **
88.4 1505 I Radio Romantica, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) 561E ____NTIC 1281km
88.6 1505 HRV Radio Sibenik, Sibenik/Kamenar (si) C314 SIBENIK PI:C314 PS:_SIBENIK 1549km
89.4 1505 I Radio Deejay, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) Brief Deejay ID I missed the first
time. Thanks FM Franco for help 1281km
91.2 1507 SVN Radio Ognjisce, Tinjan (kp) 942F OG__ISCE 1289km
93.3 1507 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) C202 HR__HR_2 1374km
93.6 1507 HRV Totalni FM, Labinstica (st) C30B ____LNI_ 1578km
90.8 1508 I Radio Dara-inBlu, Brindisi-centro (br) Presumed. Possible ID amid fade. Ads
1923km
87.8 1510 HRV Radio Dalmacija, Brac/Vidova Gora (st) Info and ID. RDS not working today 1625km
88.2 1529 ALB Radio 7, Fier (fie) 4D7F 1999km
91.0 1531 HRV Radio 057, Zadar/Bili brig (zd) Presumed. Zadar promo. Zadar mentioned three
times. Thanks FM Franco for help 1482km **
92.4 1537 HRV HRT-HR 2, Lastovo (du) C202 HRT-HR_2 1682km
92.7 1537 HRV HRT-HR 1, Murter/Raduc (si) C201 HRT-HR_1 1525km **
87.6 1541 HRV HRT-HR 2, Ugljan/Sv. Mihovil (zd) C202 HRT-HR_2 1481km
89.3 1542 HRV Novi Radio, Ugljan/Sv. Mihovil (zd) C30C 1481km **
90.5 1543 HRV Nautic Radio Vis, Vis-Komisa/Sveti Duh (st) Jingle ID 1618km
93.8 1548 GRC NERIT 3 trito programma, Kerkira/Mt. Pantokratoras (ion-ker) NERIT Sport ID -
confirmed by Arvid Husdal - thanks 2098km **
90.4 1554 I Radio Deejay, Brindisi-centro (br) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1923km
92.8 1555 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Brindisi-centro (br) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1923km
97.5 1557 I Studio 100 Radio, Brindisi-centro (br) Vocal ID in promo 1923km **
89.4 1602 I Kiss Kiss Italia, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 531F
KKITALIA 1982km
89.9 1603 I Radio Maria, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 51CC R.MARIA_
1982km
87.9 1605 I Radio 105 Network, Bari/Piazza Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 (ba) 5211
__105___ 1824km
88.3 1605 I Radio 24, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5245
1894km
89.1 1605 I RAI Radio1, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5201 __RAI___ 1885km
91.1 1607 I RAI Radio2, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5202 _R__IO2_ __RAI___ 1885km
91.7 1607 I Radio Venere (Puglia), Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le)
5D4A ______RE 1982km
102.0 1610 I Ciccio Riccio, Mesagne (br) Vocal ID 1920km
104.1 1610 I Radio 24, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Iazzitello (ba) 5245 1848km **
105.3 1611 I Radio 105 Network, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) Vocal ID 1796km
108.0 1612 I Love FM, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) Simply Red song, as web 1796km
104.1 1613 I Virgin Radio, Brindisi (br) 5241 1921km **
103.6 1614 I Radio Capital, Brindisi (br) Jingle ID 1921km **
97.3 1615 I TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Iazzitello (ba)
5263 __NS____ 1848km
99.5 1615 I Radio Capital, Bari/Via Alessandro Maria Calefati, 95 (ba) 5219 _CAPITAL. AFs
suggest Bari, as opposed to Andria 1823km **
95.5 1616 I RAI Radio2, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI) (le) 5202
_RADIO__ 1982km
97.0 1616 I Radionorba, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 5353 Presuming Corato, usually heard here.
Could be Bari also 1796km
93.9 1617 I Mondoradio Tutti Frutti, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le)
5A99 _RADIO__ _RUTTI__. Jingle ID 1982km **
94.2 1617 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Molfetta (ba) Noisy signal due to co-channel QRM.
Pops as 94.5. 1802km
94.5 1617 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio
(le) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1982km
92.5 1618 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Alberobello/Contrada Curcio Rubini (ba) Vocal ID
1873km
90.8 1619 I Radionorba, Alberobello (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1871km
87.6 1622 I Radio Capital, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) Jingle ID 1848km
Unidentified:
94.7 1617 I UNID, ? 5B3B. Low modulation Coldplay (the lower the better!)
92.2 1446 ? Arabic.
89.8 1506 ? Arabic
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Did that really happen? Not only was this an out of season opening, it wouldn't have been out of place in the middle of summer! It's the best out of season Es opening I have personally known, but it was an odd opening at the start. I first realised that Es were around when I noticed C440 on 87.6 on my display at 1356. Snippets of Italy appeared on 87.6, then it jumped to Spain, then back to Italy again, gradually improving and spreading back to the Balkans.
Videos:
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1356 (Croatia, Italy & Spain)
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1425 (Italy)
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1433 (Balkans & Arabic)
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1527 (Italy & Balkans)
There is one more video, showing a few remaining Italians, which I am unable to upload it due to exceeding my weekly Vimeo upload limit.
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.
88.9 ???? HRV HRT-HR 1, Dubrovnik/Srd (du) YL as 87.7 1758km
91.3 ???? HRV HRT-HR 1, Labinstica (st) C201 HRT-HR_1 1578km
87.6 1356 HRV Podravski Radio, Durdevac/Micetinac-Veliki Kostanj (kc) Unattended. C440 1436km
87.7 1356 I RAI Radio1, Poggiu Rasu/Caprera - La Maddalena (RAI) (ot) Presumed site. Heard here
before and fits with conditions. RAI 1 bumper. Thanks FM Franco for help 1495km
87.9 1357 I R101, Cammarata/Monte Cammarata (ag) 5215 _R_-_101 2007km
89.0 1358 I RAI Radio1, Alcamo/Monte Bonifato (RAI) (tp) Presumed site. Fits conditions. Thanks
FM Franco for help 1949km
91.1 1358 I RAI Radio1, Cammarata/Monte Cammarata (RAI) (ag) Football commentary. Thanks
FM Franco for help. 2007km
89.5 1400 F France Culture, Cervione/Alistro (20B) As 98.0 1389km
89.5 1401 I RTL 102.5, Cammarata/Monte Cammarata (ag) 5218 RTL102.5 2007km
91.8 1401 I RTL 102.5, Mango/Frazione San Donato (cn) As 89.5 1102km **
88.0 1404 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Punta Umbría (AND-H) E215 RNE_5-H_ 1862km
88.4 1406 E RNE Radio Nacional, Almonaster la Real (AND-H) Presumed with mentions of RNE 1783km
87.6 1407 E COPE, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CA __COPE__. Badajoz in radiotext 1683km
87.9 1407 E Canal Extremadura Radio, Mérida/Cerro de San Serván (EXT-BA) E30A Canal_EX 1670km
89.8 1425 I Radio Kiss Kiss, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5225 KISSKISS 1711km **
87.9 1426 F France Culture, Porto Vecchio/Punta di a Varra (20A) As 98.0 1449km
90.2 1426 F RMC, Porto Vecchio/Punta di a Varra (20A) Ads, as web 1449km
88.1 1434 BIH BH Radio 1, Tuznica (k10) F001 BHRADIO1 1615km
89.0 1434 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400 -_ANET__ RADIO___
89_FM___ THE_BEST RADIO___ FOR_____ CLASSIC_ ROCK..._ 1964km
87.7 1435 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1 1456km
89.5 1435 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 R_DUBROV 1785km
88.5 1436 HRV Radio Dalmacija, Celevac (zd) C31E DALMATIA 1499km
89.6 1436 HRV HRT-HR 1, Promina/Cavnovka (si) YL, as 87.7 1547km
97.5 1438 HRV HRT-HR 2, Otocac/Stipanov Gric (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1439km
90.5 1439 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
98.5 1439 HRV HRT-HR 2, Dubrovnik/Srd (du) C202 HRT-HR_2 1758km **
91.0 1445 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 09-2__1_ PRRANAMI (Corrupted PS) 1882km
90.4 1448 ALB Albania FM, Tiranë (Tirana) (tir) Vocal ID and Arabic music! Thanks Reijo Alapiha
for help 1960km **
92.0 1449 HRV Narodni Radio, Celevac (zd) C206 NARODNI_ 1499km
93.6 1449 I RAI Radio2, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) OM. Thanks FM Franco for help
1278km **
95.2 1450 ALB Radio Maria Italia, Tiranë (Tirana)/Dajt (tir) Presumed. Ave Mavis 1964km **
95.8 1450 I RAI Radio3, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) Thanks FM Franco 1278km **
98.1 1451 HRV HRT-HR 2, Celevac (zd) C202 HRT-HR_2 1499km **
98.9 1451 HRV HRT-HR 2, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C202 HRT-HR_2 1643km
107.9 1452 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C205 -_HKR_-_ 1643km
102.0 1453 HRV HRT Radio Split, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C31A R-SP____ 1643km **
89.1 1455 BIH Federalni Radio, Capljina/Crno brdo (hgn) F209 RADIO-F. 1693km
92.5 1456 BIH Federalni Radio, Tuznica (k10) F209 1615km
89.1 1458 I Radio Fantasy, Sagrado/Frazione San Martino del Carso-Monte San Michele (go)
Vocal ID 1247km **
89.2 1500 HRV Radio Otok Krk - O.K., Krk/Kras (ri) C456 RADIO-OK 1366km
90.6 1500 SVN Radio 1, Sempeter pri Gorici (go) 9357 RADIO_1_ 1250km **
93.2 1501 HRV Otvoreni Radio, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) Vocal ID 1785km **
90.7 1503 I RAI Radio1, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI) (le) 5201
__RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1982km
101.0 1503 HRV HRT Radio Split, Labinstica (st) C31A 1578km **
102.3 1503 I RTL 102.5, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) Vocal ID 1281km **
93.7 1504 I RTL 102.5, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) Jingle ID 1865km **
88.4 1505 I Radio Romantica, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) 561E ____NTIC 1281km
88.6 1505 HRV Radio Sibenik, Sibenik/Kamenar (si) C314 SIBENIK PI:C314 PS:_SIBENIK 1549km
89.4 1505 I Radio Deejay, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) Brief Deejay ID I missed the first
time. Thanks FM Franco for help 1281km
91.2 1507 SVN Radio Ognjisce, Tinjan (kp) 942F OG__ISCE 1289km
93.3 1507 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) C202 HR__HR_2 1374km
93.6 1507 HRV Totalni FM, Labinstica (st) C30B ____LNI_ 1578km
90.8 1508 I Radio Dara-inBlu, Brindisi-centro (br) Presumed. Possible ID amid fade. Ads
1923km
87.8 1510 HRV Radio Dalmacija, Brac/Vidova Gora (st) Info and ID. RDS not working today 1625km
88.2 1529 ALB Radio 7, Fier (fie) 4D7F 1999km
91.0 1531 HRV Radio 057, Zadar/Bili brig (zd) Presumed. Zadar promo. Zadar mentioned three
times. Thanks FM Franco for help 1482km **
92.4 1537 HRV HRT-HR 2, Lastovo (du) C202 HRT-HR_2 1682km
92.7 1537 HRV HRT-HR 1, Murter/Raduc (si) C201 HRT-HR_1 1525km **
87.6 1541 HRV HRT-HR 2, Ugljan/Sv. Mihovil (zd) C202 HRT-HR_2 1481km
89.3 1542 HRV Novi Radio, Ugljan/Sv. Mihovil (zd) C30C 1481km **
90.5 1543 HRV Nautic Radio Vis, Vis-Komisa/Sveti Duh (st) Jingle ID 1618km
93.8 1548 GRC NERIT 3 trito programma, Kerkira/Mt. Pantokratoras (ion-ker) NERIT Sport ID -
confirmed by Arvid Husdal - thanks 2098km **
90.4 1554 I Radio Deejay, Brindisi-centro (br) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1923km
92.8 1555 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Brindisi-centro (br) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1923km
97.5 1557 I Studio 100 Radio, Brindisi-centro (br) Vocal ID in promo 1923km **
89.4 1602 I Kiss Kiss Italia, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 531F
KKITALIA 1982km
89.9 1603 I Radio Maria, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 51CC R.MARIA_
1982km
87.9 1605 I Radio 105 Network, Bari/Piazza Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 (ba) 5211
__105___ 1824km
88.3 1605 I Radio 24, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5245
1894km
89.1 1605 I RAI Radio1, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5201 __RAI___ 1885km
91.1 1607 I RAI Radio2, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5202 _R__IO2_ __RAI___ 1885km
91.7 1607 I Radio Venere (Puglia), Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le)
5D4A ______RE 1982km
102.0 1610 I Ciccio Riccio, Mesagne (br) Vocal ID 1920km
104.1 1610 I Radio 24, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Iazzitello (ba) 5245 1848km **
105.3 1611 I Radio 105 Network, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) Vocal ID 1796km
108.0 1612 I Love FM, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) Simply Red song, as web 1796km
104.1 1613 I Virgin Radio, Brindisi (br) 5241 1921km **
103.6 1614 I Radio Capital, Brindisi (br) Jingle ID 1921km **
97.3 1615 I TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Iazzitello (ba)
5263 __NS____ 1848km
99.5 1615 I Radio Capital, Bari/Via Alessandro Maria Calefati, 95 (ba) 5219 _CAPITAL. AFs
suggest Bari, as opposed to Andria 1823km **
95.5 1616 I RAI Radio2, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI) (le) 5202
_RADIO__ 1982km
97.0 1616 I Radionorba, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 5353 Presuming Corato, usually heard here.
Could be Bari also 1796km
93.9 1617 I Mondoradio Tutti Frutti, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le)
5A99 _RADIO__ _RUTTI__. Jingle ID 1982km **
94.2 1617 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Molfetta (ba) Noisy signal due to co-channel QRM.
Pops as 94.5. 1802km
94.5 1617 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio
(le) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1982km
92.5 1618 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Alberobello/Contrada Curcio Rubini (ba) Vocal ID
1873km
90.8 1619 I Radionorba, Alberobello (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1871km
87.6 1622 I Radio Capital, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) Jingle ID 1848km
Unidentified:
94.7 1617 I UNID, ? 5B3B. Low modulation Coldplay (the lower the better!)
92.2 1446 ? Arabic.
89.8 1506 ? Arabic
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Did that really happen? Not only was this an out of season opening, it wouldn't have been out of place in the middle of summer! It's the best out of season Es opening I have personally known, but it was an odd opening at the start. I first realised that Es were around when I noticed C440 on 87.6 on my display at 1356. Snippets of Italy appeared on 87.6, then it jumped to Spain, then back to Italy again, gradually improving and spreading back to the Balkans.
Videos:
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1356 (Croatia, Italy & Spain)
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1425 (Italy)
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1433 (Balkans & Arabic)
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1527 (Italy & Balkans)
There is one more video, showing a few remaining Italians, which I am unable to upload it due to exceeding my weekly Vimeo upload limit.
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.
Monday, 15 September 2014
Kenwick Top DX Trip: 15-09-14
It's been a week of teasing tropo. True enough there were some good catches, but the conditions reminded me of this summer's sporadic E season: Just when reception starts to build, it falls away again! Kenwick Top had been calling out my name for a while but I wanted to wait until all hints of tropospheric activity had passed. I wanted conditions to be just right as my plan is make more regular trips to this summit, so the band needed to be as flat as possible in order to assess how things are up there in a worst case scenario.
First things first. No radio trip would be complete without one or two famous Faulkner fiascos and this trip had its fair share. I forgot several cables, the all-important antenna clamp. antenna base, a couple of plugs and sockets, etc. Yes, it was a familiar Faulkner field trip, full of foul-ups and faux-pas. Perhaps I could be excused on this occasion ...
A couple of hours before leaving home I developed a migraine. My second within a week. I have been a life-long sufferer and my migraines always lead to loss of vision with those infamous nauseating zig-zag light displays in my eyes. Sometimes I suffer numbness in my limbs and once I even lost the ability to speak. Migraines are, after all, mini strokes. Thankfully, a dose of soluble co-codamol tablets stop those evil headaches and I can sometimes continue with regular activities within an hour of taking the medicine, though it feels like my head is in a bowl of pea soup.
A brief rest left me with little time to pack the equipment in the car, connect and test it, as I usually do before playing radio. This way I forget a lot less. I was on the verge of calling it off, but I did not want to let down my friend Phil who was coming along with me to get first hand experience of my radio activities. Phil is not a radio enthusiast but I knew he would at least find it half-interesting as he too is a self-confessed geek.
Now quite late, I dropped Jane, my wife, into town to meet her friend Emma, then Phil and I sped to Kenwick Top. With a bit of luck we would have at least half an hour to do some listening before I had to dash back home.
Kenwick Top is a local high spot, some 20 miles north-west of my home in Skegness and a half-hour drive. It is on the edge of the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds and has a sea view from north-east through to south-east. Although it's hardly mountainous at only 91 metres above sea level, it is one of the highest spots for miles around and the take-off makes it a prime DX hotspot with superb reception in all directions. The only drawback is its close proximity to the Belmont mast, just a few miles to the west, and the signal levels will de-sensitise some receivers.
After bodging up my receiving station (and that's no exaggeration!) everything was working 100%. Phew! My foresight into taking along copious amounts of gaffa tape was commendable, though I say so myself, as it held together so many things which would otherwise have fallen apart. Time to fire up the XDR-GTK software and Bandicam (screen recording software) so I can record the whole session.
With conditions well below average and this being an evening DX session (aircraft scatter is usually less frequent during the evenings) I was more than pleased with the results. Some of the regular nearer continental stations were struggling or absent altogether, while some of the more distant scatter stations were received quite well. You can hear Antenna Thuringen from Remda on 107.6 very clearly. You can also hear HR4 from Heidelstein in Bavaria on 107.3 and Brocken's MDR1 is clear on 94.6, plus many other continental goodies. There is also a tentative BB Radio from Berlin on 107.5 (currently seeking verification of this), which will be a Kenwick Top aircraft scatter distance record if confirmed.
One minor drawback with Kenwick Top is the additional stations from inland which can be heard there. The band has more English activity than at my home location.
The video above contains over half an hour of pure unadulterated DX footage. But let this serve as a warning to those DXers who are brave enough to venture to new heights to get their DX kicks - things just aren't the same when you return home to your domestic DX dial. Oh, if only they were!
John Faulkner
Kenwick Top, Lincolnshire. 91m asl
Equipment:
Receiver: Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Software: Konrad XDR-GTK
Aerial: Triax FM5 on 10m mast
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Skegness Log: 10-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
89.6 2259 G Tru Flavas, London pirate 1037 T_FLAVAS and loads of scrolling PS **
92.2 2255 G Metro Love Radio, London pirate 0900 metro___ love____ *MLR*___ www.____
metro___ love___ .com____
92.4 2254 G USD FM, London pirate Jazzy soulful stuff, asweb
95.6 1045 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) OM, as web 480km
96.4 2236 G 96.4 The Eagle, Guildford/Hog's Back (EN-SUR) Eagle Radio jingle and ads 223km
100.3 1051 IRL Nova 100, Three Rock Mountain (D) Country song, as web 437km **
102.7 1213 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Clermont Carn (LH) Thanks to BBC Leeds being on a fade.
Gaelic, as 94.0 450km **
104.6 2239 G BBC Surrey, Guildford/Hog's Back (EN-SUR) BBC South programme 223km
104.8 1101 IRL iRadio, Slieve Glah (CN) Twangy guitar song, as web 511km **
105.6 2247 G Playback UK, London pirate Drum and treble, as web **
105.7 0658 G Ipswich Community Radio, Ipswich/Suffolk College (EN-SFK) Talking about food
allergies, as web 134km
105.8 0702 BEL Radio Kompas, Koekelare (Ichtegem/Vinkensveldstraat) (vlg-wvl) Newsreader over long
drone, as web 295km
105.8 0704 G Absolute Radio, London/Crystal Palace (EN-GTL) Riding over Capital 194km **
106.0 1058 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Three Rock Mountain (D) OM, as 107.4 437km
106.8 2243 G Jack FM, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Jacktivities promo "on Jack Oxfordshire" 193km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
The unstable tropo continues.
Another nice lift to Ireland during the late morning and to the London area during the late evening, but it's a strange tropo this time. Signals are good for a short time, then they dip right back and stay at low level for most of the time. RDS has been a struggle too, requiring more signal than usual. In the same way we've had a teasing E season this year, this has been a teasing tropo.
A few videos:
89 6 Tru Flavas, London Pirate 2300 10-09-14
91 8 Live FM UK, London Pirate 2306 10-09-14
95 6 South East Radio, Mount Leinster 1046 10-09-14
96 4 Eagle Radio, Guildford 2236 10-09-14
102 5 Galaxy, London Pirate 2303 10-09-14
104 8 iRadio, Slieve Glah 1135 10-09-14
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.
89.6 2259 G Tru Flavas, London pirate 1037 T_FLAVAS and loads of scrolling PS **
92.2 2255 G Metro Love Radio, London pirate 0900 metro___ love____ *MLR*___ www.____
metro___ love___ .com____
92.4 2254 G USD FM, London pirate Jazzy soulful stuff, asweb
95.6 1045 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) OM, as web 480km
96.4 2236 G 96.4 The Eagle, Guildford/Hog's Back (EN-SUR) Eagle Radio jingle and ads 223km
100.3 1051 IRL Nova 100, Three Rock Mountain (D) Country song, as web 437km **
102.7 1213 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Clermont Carn (LH) Thanks to BBC Leeds being on a fade.
Gaelic, as 94.0 450km **
104.6 2239 G BBC Surrey, Guildford/Hog's Back (EN-SUR) BBC South programme 223km
104.8 1101 IRL iRadio, Slieve Glah (CN) Twangy guitar song, as web 511km **
105.6 2247 G Playback UK, London pirate Drum and treble, as web **
105.7 0658 G Ipswich Community Radio, Ipswich/Suffolk College (EN-SFK) Talking about food
allergies, as web 134km
105.8 0702 BEL Radio Kompas, Koekelare (Ichtegem/Vinkensveldstraat) (vlg-wvl) Newsreader over long
drone, as web 295km
105.8 0704 G Absolute Radio, London/Crystal Palace (EN-GTL) Riding over Capital 194km **
106.0 1058 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Three Rock Mountain (D) OM, as 107.4 437km
106.8 2243 G Jack FM, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Jacktivities promo "on Jack Oxfordshire" 193km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
The unstable tropo continues.
Another nice lift to Ireland during the late morning and to the London area during the late evening, but it's a strange tropo this time. Signals are good for a short time, then they dip right back and stay at low level for most of the time. RDS has been a struggle too, requiring more signal than usual. In the same way we've had a teasing E season this year, this has been a teasing tropo.
A few videos:
89 6 Tru Flavas, London Pirate 2300 10-09-14
91 8 Live FM UK, London Pirate 2306 10-09-14
95 6 South East Radio, Mount Leinster 1046 10-09-14
96 4 Eagle Radio, Guildford 2236 10-09-14
102 5 Galaxy, London Pirate 2303 10-09-14
104 8 iRadio, Slieve Glah 1135 10-09-14
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.
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Skegness Log: 09-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
88.2 0909 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Truskmore (SO) OM, as 91.8 587km
89.0 1723 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Den Haag/Alticom Toren (zho) Familiar pop song, as 89.3 296km
89.1 1215 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Kippure (WW) OM, as 89.6 444km
89.6 0823 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Mount Leinster (CW) RTE GA8 sports promo 480km
90.0 1144 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Mullaghanish (CO) OMs and pops, as 89.6 653km
91.3 0823 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Kippure (WW) OM, as 91.8 444km
91.8 0756 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Breakfast Republic on 2FM 480km
92.2 1150 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Pops, as 91.8 653km
92.6 0908 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) Irish phone caller, as 94.0 587km
93.5 0822 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Kippure (WW) Gaelic child, as 94.0 444km
94.4 1152 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mullaghanish (CO) Irish YL phone caller, as 94.0 653km
95.2 0814 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Bolero, as 99.2 450km
95.5 0855 G BBC Radio York, Olivers Mount (EN-NYK) Not another royal baby (their quote not mine), as web 133km
95.6 1207 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) YL news, as web. Funeral news. ID 480km **
95.8 1142 IRL LM FM, Collon/Mount Oriel (LH) Pops, as web. Underneath Merseyside 458km **
96.0 0817 G BBC Radio Derby, Buxton (EN-DRB) What do you want to demolish in Derby? As 95.3 150km **
96.0 0849 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Divis (NI-ANT) As 93.1, etc. 446km **
96.1 0838 G BBC Radio Cumbria, Morecambe Bay (EN-CUM) royal something or other. Who cares? As web 258km
97.0 1205 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Clermont Carn (LH) YL news, as 91.8 450km
97.3 0806 G Kohinoor FM, Leicester (EN-LEI) Indian music, as web 112km
97.3 0853 G Forth 1, Craigkelly (Edinburgh) (SC-FIF) Storm Queen song, as web 397km
97.8 0908 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Truskmore (SO) Classical, as 99.2 587km
98.7 1119 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Kippure (WW) Classical, as 99.2 444km
99.2 0824 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Country song, as web 480km
99.6 1151 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Operaticals, as 99.2 653km
100.0 1121 IRL Today FM, Truskmore (SO) Alan Partridge ID 587km
101.4 0825 IRL Today FM, Mount Leinster (CW) royal baby. Whoopie doo! 480km
101.8 1146 IRL Today FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Silly radio ad and ID 653km
102.4 0829 G Touch FM, Burton-on-Trent (EN-SFS) Tony Hill on Touch FM 135km **
103.4 0836 G Sun FM, High Haining (EN-NBD) Sunderland area whats ons, as web 222km **
103.5 0922 G Star Northallerton, Northallerton (EN-NYK) Pops, as web 176km **
105.2 0800 IRL TXFM, Three Rock Mountain (D) TX FM News 437km **
105.5 0805 IRL Today FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Talking about health services in Ireland 450km
105.7 1244 G Heart, Presely (WA-PEM) Presumed tx. Cardiff area ads. Beam was clearly SW and not W 363km **
106.4 1112 G High Peak Radio, Buxton (EN-DRB) Jingle ID between pops 150km **
106.5 1106 G Signal 107, Shrewsbury/Shelton Water (EN-SHP) Jingle ID between pops 215km
106.8 1202 IRL Radio Sunshine, Three Rock Mountain (D) ID and YL news 437km **
106.9 0914 G BFBS, Catterick/Garrison (EN-NYK) BFBS IDs 192km **
107.2 0942 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Interview 480km
107.4 0940 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Truskmore (SO) Interview 587km
107.4 1152 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Burbling against Truskmore 653km
107.5 0911 G Smooth Radio, Fenham (EN-TYW) Simply Red, as web 241km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Very pleased with today's haul. Tim Bucknall still has the credit of hearing Radio 4 from Divis on 96.0 here while tuning my XDR remotely a week or two ago. I heard and logged it for the first time myself today. BBC Radio Ulster from Divis on 94.5 has no chance here with such a strong signal from Peterborough when beaming west-ish.
Videos:
88 2 RTE Radio 1, Truskmore 1100 09-09-14
90 0 RTE Radio 1, Mullaghanish 1136 09-09-14
95 4 BBC Newcastle, Pontop Pike 0905 09-09-14
95 6 South East Radio, Mount Leinster 1211 09-09-14
100 0 Today FM, Truskmore 1121 09-09-14
101 8 Today FM, Mullaghanish 1146 09-09-14
103 4 Sun FM, High Haining 0918 09-09-14
103 5 Star Radio, Northallerton 0923 09-09-14
105 3 Seaside Radio, Withernsea 0930 09-09-14
106 4 High Peak Radio, Buxton 1111 09-09-14
106 8 Radio Sunshine, Three Rock Mountain 1202 09-09-14
106 9 BFBS, Catterick Garrison 0914 09-09-14
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.
88.2 0909 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Truskmore (SO) OM, as 91.8 587km
89.0 1723 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Den Haag/Alticom Toren (zho) Familiar pop song, as 89.3 296km
89.1 1215 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Kippure (WW) OM, as 89.6 444km
89.6 0823 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Mount Leinster (CW) RTE GA8 sports promo 480km
90.0 1144 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Mullaghanish (CO) OMs and pops, as 89.6 653km
91.3 0823 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Kippure (WW) OM, as 91.8 444km
91.8 0756 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Breakfast Republic on 2FM 480km
92.2 1150 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Pops, as 91.8 653km
92.6 0908 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) Irish phone caller, as 94.0 587km
93.5 0822 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Kippure (WW) Gaelic child, as 94.0 444km
94.4 1152 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mullaghanish (CO) Irish YL phone caller, as 94.0 653km
95.2 0814 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Bolero, as 99.2 450km
95.5 0855 G BBC Radio York, Olivers Mount (EN-NYK) Not another royal baby (their quote not mine), as web 133km
95.6 1207 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) YL news, as web. Funeral news. ID 480km **
95.8 1142 IRL LM FM, Collon/Mount Oriel (LH) Pops, as web. Underneath Merseyside 458km **
96.0 0817 G BBC Radio Derby, Buxton (EN-DRB) What do you want to demolish in Derby? As 95.3 150km **
96.0 0849 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Divis (NI-ANT) As 93.1, etc. 446km **
96.1 0838 G BBC Radio Cumbria, Morecambe Bay (EN-CUM) royal something or other. Who cares? As web 258km
97.0 1205 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Clermont Carn (LH) YL news, as 91.8 450km
97.3 0806 G Kohinoor FM, Leicester (EN-LEI) Indian music, as web 112km
97.3 0853 G Forth 1, Craigkelly (Edinburgh) (SC-FIF) Storm Queen song, as web 397km
97.8 0908 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Truskmore (SO) Classical, as 99.2 587km
98.7 1119 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Kippure (WW) Classical, as 99.2 444km
99.2 0824 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Country song, as web 480km
99.6 1151 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Operaticals, as 99.2 653km
100.0 1121 IRL Today FM, Truskmore (SO) Alan Partridge ID 587km
101.4 0825 IRL Today FM, Mount Leinster (CW) royal baby. Whoopie doo! 480km
101.8 1146 IRL Today FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Silly radio ad and ID 653km
102.4 0829 G Touch FM, Burton-on-Trent (EN-SFS) Tony Hill on Touch FM 135km **
103.4 0836 G Sun FM, High Haining (EN-NBD) Sunderland area whats ons, as web 222km **
103.5 0922 G Star Northallerton, Northallerton (EN-NYK) Pops, as web 176km **
105.2 0800 IRL TXFM, Three Rock Mountain (D) TX FM News 437km **
105.5 0805 IRL Today FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Talking about health services in Ireland 450km
105.7 1244 G Heart, Presely (WA-PEM) Presumed tx. Cardiff area ads. Beam was clearly SW and not W 363km **
106.4 1112 G High Peak Radio, Buxton (EN-DRB) Jingle ID between pops 150km **
106.5 1106 G Signal 107, Shrewsbury/Shelton Water (EN-SHP) Jingle ID between pops 215km
106.8 1202 IRL Radio Sunshine, Three Rock Mountain (D) ID and YL news 437km **
106.9 0914 G BFBS, Catterick/Garrison (EN-NYK) BFBS IDs 192km **
107.2 0942 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Interview 480km
107.4 0940 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Truskmore (SO) Interview 587km
107.4 1152 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Burbling against Truskmore 653km
107.5 0911 G Smooth Radio, Fenham (EN-TYW) Simply Red, as web 241km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Very pleased with today's haul. Tim Bucknall still has the credit of hearing Radio 4 from Divis on 96.0 here while tuning my XDR remotely a week or two ago. I heard and logged it for the first time myself today. BBC Radio Ulster from Divis on 94.5 has no chance here with such a strong signal from Peterborough when beaming west-ish.
Videos:
88 2 RTE Radio 1, Truskmore 1100 09-09-14
90 0 RTE Radio 1, Mullaghanish 1136 09-09-14
95 4 BBC Newcastle, Pontop Pike 0905 09-09-14
95 6 South East Radio, Mount Leinster 1211 09-09-14
100 0 Today FM, Truskmore 1121 09-09-14
101 8 Today FM, Mullaghanish 1146 09-09-14
103 4 Sun FM, High Haining 0918 09-09-14
103 5 Star Radio, Northallerton 0923 09-09-14
105 3 Seaside Radio, Withernsea 0930 09-09-14
106 4 High Peak Radio, Buxton 1111 09-09-14
106 8 Radio Sunshine, Three Rock Mountain 1202 09-09-14
106 9 BFBS, Catterick Garrison 0914 09-09-14
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.
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.
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.
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