1400 0500 USA WOND Pleasantville (NJ) "Newstalk Fourteen Hundred WOND" ID. AP Network
news jingle after this though unclear if this belonged to WOND (I
thought they took CBS news ?) 5673 km
Surprised to here this given the poor conditions.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 3m x 7m flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Friday, 20 September 2013
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Skegness Log: 18-09-13 (MW)
1590 0500 USA WAKR Akron (OH) Only the gong heard at the toh in the v weak pile-up 5991 km
1640 0500 USA WTNI Biloxi (Gulfport) (MS) WTNI ID and sports 7293 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Poor conditions here overnight. I thought I'd log the Cubans just to get them in the log but I struggled even with them! The Cuban on 1620 identified as "Desde Habana, Cuba" but no obvious ID other than "La Una". I wondered if this was Radio Bayamo as I didn't hear any of the familiar Rebelde cuckoo sounds.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 3m x 7m flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
1640 0500 USA WTNI Biloxi (Gulfport) (MS) WTNI ID and sports 7293 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Poor conditions here overnight. I thought I'd log the Cubans just to get them in the log but I struggled even with them! The Cuban on 1620 identified as "Desde Habana, Cuba" but no obvious ID other than "La Una". I wondered if this was Radio Bayamo as I didn't hear any of the familiar Rebelde cuckoo sounds.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 3m x 7m flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Monday, 16 September 2013
Skegness Log: 16-09-13 (MW)
620 0158 CAN CKCM
Grand Falls (NL) VOCM ID and ads. Not alone 3839 km
1410 0200 USA WPOP Fox Sports Radio, Hartford (CT) 0200:38 - WPOP Hartford ID.
Mostly under presumed CJWI. 5393 km
1500 0200 USA WFED Federal News R., Washington (DC) Federal News Radio Fifteen
Hundred AM and federalnewsradio.com ID 5860 km
1410 0204 CAN CJWI CPAM 1410, Saint-Constant (QC) Ici Emanuel Joulou(?). Vouz
ecoutez CPAM Radio Union pont com. C-Pam. C-pam tu(?) 5191 km **
760 0300 USA WJR Detroit (MI) Newstalk 7-60 WJR ID 6009 km
1300 0300 USA WJMO Praise 1300, Cleveland (OH) Presumed with Gospel over the hour
5981 km
1300 0300 USA WOOD Grand Rapids (MI) Your official weather station Newsradio Wood
(spoken as a word) Thirteen Hundred and 106.9 FM. Fox News.
6111 km
1280 0400 USA WNAM Neenah-Menasha (WI) WNAM, Neenah Menasha. A Cumulus Station. ABC
News 6178 km
1430 0400 CAN CHKT Fairchild Radio, Toronto Island (ON) Two IDs. First by OM, then
YL. AM 14-30 CHKT, Fairchild, Radio Toronto 5668 km **
640 0500 CAN CBN CBC Radio 1, Saint John s (NL) CBC Radio One news jingle. Mixing
second NA 3731 km
860 0500 CAN CJBC SRC Première Chaîne, Toronto/Meadowvale (ON) CBC Premiere Chaine
news jingle and OM 5698 km
890 0500 USA WLS Chicago/Tinley Gardens Park (IL) WLS letters spoken slowly in 891
splatter. Mentioning Chicago. Sung WLS jingle ID. A Cumulus Station
6334 km
900 0500 ? UNID North American accented English OM under Spain. V difficult copy
920 0500 CAN CKNX Wingham (ON) Mid Western Ontario's .... CKNX ID heard vweak in
noise 5771 km
1000 0500 USA WMVP Chicago (IL) You're listening to the all new ESPN One Thousand.
This is WMVP Chicago 6322 km
1040 0500 USA WHO Des Moines/Mitchellville (IA) WHO call letters heard. ABC News
6648 km
1450 0500 USA WPGG Atlantic City (NJ) You're home for .... WPGG .... Atlantic City
weak in 1449 splatter 5670 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Conditions about the same as yesterday.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 3m x 7m flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
1410 0200 USA WPOP Fox Sports Radio, Hartford (CT) 0200:38 - WPOP Hartford ID.
Mostly under presumed CJWI. 5393 km
1500 0200 USA WFED Federal News R., Washington (DC) Federal News Radio Fifteen
Hundred AM and federalnewsradio.com ID 5860 km
1410 0204 CAN CJWI CPAM 1410, Saint-Constant (QC) Ici Emanuel Joulou(?). Vouz
ecoutez CPAM Radio Union pont com. C-Pam. C-pam tu(?) 5191 km **
760 0300 USA WJR Detroit (MI) Newstalk 7-60 WJR ID 6009 km
1300 0300 USA WJMO Praise 1300, Cleveland (OH) Presumed with Gospel over the hour
5981 km
1300 0300 USA WOOD Grand Rapids (MI) Your official weather station Newsradio Wood
(spoken as a word) Thirteen Hundred and 106.9 FM. Fox News.
6111 km
1280 0400 USA WNAM Neenah-Menasha (WI) WNAM, Neenah Menasha. A Cumulus Station. ABC
News 6178 km
1430 0400 CAN CHKT Fairchild Radio, Toronto Island (ON) Two IDs. First by OM, then
YL. AM 14-30 CHKT, Fairchild, Radio Toronto 5668 km **
640 0500 CAN CBN CBC Radio 1, Saint John s (NL) CBC Radio One news jingle. Mixing
second NA 3731 km
860 0500 CAN CJBC SRC Première Chaîne, Toronto/Meadowvale (ON) CBC Premiere Chaine
news jingle and OM 5698 km
890 0500 USA WLS Chicago/Tinley Gardens Park (IL) WLS letters spoken slowly in 891
splatter. Mentioning Chicago. Sung WLS jingle ID. A Cumulus Station
6334 km
900 0500 ? UNID North American accented English OM under Spain. V difficult copy
920 0500 CAN CKNX Wingham (ON) Mid Western Ontario's .... CKNX ID heard vweak in
noise 5771 km
1000 0500 USA WMVP Chicago (IL) You're listening to the all new ESPN One Thousand.
This is WMVP Chicago 6322 km
1040 0500 USA WHO Des Moines/Mitchellville (IA) WHO call letters heard. ABC News
6648 km
1450 0500 USA WPGG Atlantic City (NJ) You're home for .... WPGG .... Atlantic City
weak in 1449 splatter 5670 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Conditions about the same as yesterday.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 3m x 7m flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Sunday, 15 September 2013
Skegness Log: 14/15-09-13 (MW)
14-09-13:
927 1930 TJK NHK Radio Japan/Voice of Russia, Dushanbe/Yangiyul (dsb) Voice of Russia IDs 5329 km
15-09-13:
1020 0259 USA KDKA Pittsburgh/Allison Park (KDKA Drive) (PA) Rapidfire Newsradio
Ten Twenty KDKA ID heard 5929 km
970 0300 USA WZAN Portland/Sunset Park (ME) WZAN Portland heard in harsh 972 splatter
5104 km
1010 0300 CAN CFRB Newstalk 1010, Toronto/Oakville (ON) This is Newstalk Ten Ten Toronto
5692 km
1030 0300 USA WBZ Boston/Nantasket Beach (MA) WBZ ID heard in mess 5232 km
1200 0300 CAN CFGO The Team 1200, Ottawa (ON) Sportsradio The Team Twelve Hundred ID
5334 km
1290 0300 VEN YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello (cbb) OM lively ID 7637 km
1360 0300 USA WDRC Hartford (N) (CT) Lots of calls in the toh ID, including WDRC. Not alone
on channel 5381 km
1560 0300 USA WQEW Radio Disney, New York/Queens (NY) Radio Disney ID 5537 km
650 0354 USA WSM Nashville/Blaw-Knox Mast (TN) This is the golden ... of ... on 6-50 AM
WSM 6710 km
590 0358 CAN VOCM Saint John s (NL) VOCM's Openline, Backtalk and Nightline. Join The
conversation. Be heard, on the VOCM/CFCB Radio Network 3730 km
680 0400 CAN CFTR 680 News, Toronto/Grimsby (ON) Weather for Ottawa and Niagara Falls.
6-80 News 5711 km
710 0400 USA WOR New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) Mentions of WOR in 711 splatter 5542 km
930 0400 CAN CFBC Saint John (NB) You can sing along with every song, 93 CFBC 4728 km
1130 0400 USA WBBR Bloomberg 1130, New York/Carlstadt [NJ] (NY) Financial news on Bloomberg
Eleven Three Oh 5538 km
1200 0400 USA WXKS Talk 1200, Newton (MA) This is WXKS News. Another call mentioned too.
5251 km
540 0500 CAN CBT CBC Radio 1, Grand Falls (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle 3837 km
580 0500 CAN CFRA Ottawa (ON) Ottawa's only news ... CFRA ID 5332 km
600 0500 CAN CBNA CBC Radio 1, Saint Anthony (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle 3714 km
650 0500 CAN CKGA Gander (NL) Red hot from the VOCM Newsteam, at 5-90 VOCM 3775 km
660 0500 USA WFAN New York/High Island (NY) The Bear. Sports Radio 66 and 1019 FM. WFAN and
WFAN FM, New York. ID 5518 km
700 0500 USA WLW Cincinnati/Tower Drive (D) (OH) Newsradio Seven Hundred WLW ID 6292 km
730 0500 CAN CKAC Radio Circulation, Montréal/Pointe-Calumet (QC) Radio Circulation ID
5203 km
750 0500 CAN CBGY CBC Radio 1, Bonavista Bay (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle
3733 km
770 0500 USA WABC New York/Lodi [NJ] (NY) Ads. Presumed with ABC news. Bad 774 splatter
5535 km
830 0500 USA WCRN Worcester (MA) WCRN letters heard in 828 splash 5301 km
850 0500 USA WEEI Boston/Starr Ridge (MA) Personal First! WEEI heard in 855 splatter
5257 km
880 0500 USA WCBS New York/High Island (NY) WCBS Newstime ID and CBS News jingle 5518 km
930 0500 USA WBEN Newsradio 930, Buffalo/Grand Island (NY) WBEN, it's one o' clock. CBS
News 5689 km
1010 0500 USA WINS New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) This is Ten Ten News. New York's one and
only all news station 5543 km
1080 0500 USA WTIC Hartford (CT) ID - The news never stops. This is the only place to hear
local news twice an hour every hour. WTIC Newstalk 10-80 and wtic.com.
WTIC. WTIC HD Hartford 5390 km
1100 0500 USA WTAM Cleveland (OH) WTAM Newsradio ID heard 5978 km
1120 0500 USA KMOX Saint Louis (MO) Presumed. Sports news. Late CBS News jingle. Possible ID
buried in local 1107 splatter. 6690 km
1140 0500 CAN CBI CBC Radio 1, Sydney (NS) CBC Radio 1 News jingle 4297 km
1180 0500 USA WHAM Rochester/Brook Road (NY) News, weather ... Wham Eleven Eighty 5605 km
1190 0500 USA WLIB New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) This is 11-90 WLIB and WBLS (822?) New York
5543 km
1290 0500 CAN CJBK NewsTalk 1290, London (ON) We are 12-90 CJBK. Canadian Press news
5836 km
1310 0500 CAN CIWW 1310 News, Ottawa (ON) Long list of presenter's names. Ottawa's only all
news radio station. This is Thirteen Ten News. 5332 km
1320 0500 CAN CJMR Oakville (ON) You're listening to .... finest radio stations. CJYE AM
12-50 and CJMR am 13-20 5703 km
1370 0500 USA WDEA Ellsworth (ME) This is AM 13-70 WDEA Ellsworth heard with other network
calls. Rare as right next to local BBC Lincolnshire 1368 4929 km
1390 0500 USA WEGP Presque Isle (ME) WEGP AM 13-90 Presque Isle 4760 km
1400 0500 CAN CBG CBC Radio 1, Gander (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle 3774 km
1430 0500 USA WENE The Team, Endicott (NY) PERSONAL FIRST! 14-30 The Team heard in pile-up
5572 km
1510 0500 USA WUFC NBC Sports Radio Boston, Boston (Waverley) (MA) WUFC NBC Sports Radio
5245 km
1520 0500 USA WWKB ESPN Radio, Buffalo (NY) Buffalo's home for the number 1 brand in
worldwide sports. ESPN 15-20 AM WWKB 5697 km
1540 0500 USA KXEL Waterloo (D) (IA) Newstalk 1540 KXEL Waterloo, Cedar Falls 6546 km
1570 0500 CAN CJLV Radio Laval 1570, Laval (QC) French ID ... soixante-Dix, Laval 5194 km
1610 0500 AIA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley (tvy) Presumed with Caribbean accented
presenter and Gospel music 6629 km
950 0501 CAN CKNB Campbellton (NB) Your community, classic ..... 95 CKNB 4583 km
1690 0501 CAN CHTO Toronto/Scarborough (ON) CHTO and Toronto heard very weakly 5657 km
890 0503 USA WLS Chicago/Tinley Gardens Park (IL) Presumed with ABC news, over Latin station
6334 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I re-built my flag yesterday, with one or two minor modifications, paying particular attention to keeping the two vertical wires as straight and vertical as possible. It seems to have paid off too with some very deep nulls. The direction is currently 350 degrees.
I was surprised to hear how clean the band was too, despite the antenna pointing to the south-west corner of the bungalow. The last three seasons here saw S9+10dB of noise across the whole MW. This time it's barely detectable with a noise floor of -120dB. I still found that sticking a couple of chokes inline made a small improvement, removing a little bit of that background 'growl' and eliminating the need for additional noise filtering for the first time.
Conditions were better than I had expected and the whole band was alive with TA signals, extending as far west as Wisconsin with a tentative WNAM on 1280 with ABC News.
I downloaded the latest version of HDSDR and found I could hear more IDs with its cleaner audio than with Perseus. I wish it were possible to loop the playback on HDSDR though - the one really useful thing that's missing.
Notes:
Chicago was in on 780, 890 and 1000 though they weren't logged as I didn't catch any IDs. The respective formats would have been correct though.
There was a second English station on 1130 shortly before 0500. Maybe KWKH judging by the conditions.
Perhaps that's KDHL I am hearing on 920 at 0500 - it's very weak.
1040 had a newstalk station at 0430, presumably WHO. Not bad going considering the conditions!
Even 1230 is producing audio!
There was so much more too. It's all nice and early in the season and I don't think conditions were generally regarded as being anything great either, going by other DXer's reports.
As last year, I will log all TA stations I hear in order to build a complete logbook, though I will only log the common east coasters once.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 3m x 7m flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
927 1930 TJK NHK Radio Japan/Voice of Russia, Dushanbe/Yangiyul (dsb) Voice of Russia IDs 5329 km
15-09-13:
1020 0259 USA KDKA Pittsburgh/Allison Park (KDKA Drive) (PA) Rapidfire Newsradio
Ten Twenty KDKA ID heard 5929 km
970 0300 USA WZAN Portland/Sunset Park (ME) WZAN Portland heard in harsh 972 splatter
5104 km
1010 0300 CAN CFRB Newstalk 1010, Toronto/Oakville (ON) This is Newstalk Ten Ten Toronto
5692 km
1030 0300 USA WBZ Boston/Nantasket Beach (MA) WBZ ID heard in mess 5232 km
1200 0300 CAN CFGO The Team 1200, Ottawa (ON) Sportsradio The Team Twelve Hundred ID
5334 km
1290 0300 VEN YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello (cbb) OM lively ID 7637 km
1360 0300 USA WDRC Hartford (N) (CT) Lots of calls in the toh ID, including WDRC. Not alone
on channel 5381 km
1560 0300 USA WQEW Radio Disney, New York/Queens (NY) Radio Disney ID 5537 km
650 0354 USA WSM Nashville/Blaw-Knox Mast (TN) This is the golden ... of ... on 6-50 AM
WSM 6710 km
590 0358 CAN VOCM Saint John s (NL) VOCM's Openline, Backtalk and Nightline. Join The
conversation. Be heard, on the VOCM/CFCB Radio Network 3730 km
680 0400 CAN CFTR 680 News, Toronto/Grimsby (ON) Weather for Ottawa and Niagara Falls.
6-80 News 5711 km
710 0400 USA WOR New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) Mentions of WOR in 711 splatter 5542 km
930 0400 CAN CFBC Saint John (NB) You can sing along with every song, 93 CFBC 4728 km
1130 0400 USA WBBR Bloomberg 1130, New York/Carlstadt [NJ] (NY) Financial news on Bloomberg
Eleven Three Oh 5538 km
1200 0400 USA WXKS Talk 1200, Newton (MA) This is WXKS News. Another call mentioned too.
5251 km
540 0500 CAN CBT CBC Radio 1, Grand Falls (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle 3837 km
580 0500 CAN CFRA Ottawa (ON) Ottawa's only news ... CFRA ID 5332 km
600 0500 CAN CBNA CBC Radio 1, Saint Anthony (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle 3714 km
650 0500 CAN CKGA Gander (NL) Red hot from the VOCM Newsteam, at 5-90 VOCM 3775 km
660 0500 USA WFAN New York/High Island (NY) The Bear. Sports Radio 66 and 1019 FM. WFAN and
WFAN FM, New York. ID 5518 km
700 0500 USA WLW Cincinnati/Tower Drive (D) (OH) Newsradio Seven Hundred WLW ID 6292 km
730 0500 CAN CKAC Radio Circulation, Montréal/Pointe-Calumet (QC) Radio Circulation ID
5203 km
750 0500 CAN CBGY CBC Radio 1, Bonavista Bay (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle
3733 km
770 0500 USA WABC New York/Lodi [NJ] (NY) Ads. Presumed with ABC news. Bad 774 splatter
5535 km
830 0500 USA WCRN Worcester (MA) WCRN letters heard in 828 splash 5301 km
850 0500 USA WEEI Boston/Starr Ridge (MA) Personal First! WEEI heard in 855 splatter
5257 km
880 0500 USA WCBS New York/High Island (NY) WCBS Newstime ID and CBS News jingle 5518 km
930 0500 USA WBEN Newsradio 930, Buffalo/Grand Island (NY) WBEN, it's one o' clock. CBS
News 5689 km
1010 0500 USA WINS New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) This is Ten Ten News. New York's one and
only all news station 5543 km
1080 0500 USA WTIC Hartford (CT) ID - The news never stops. This is the only place to hear
local news twice an hour every hour. WTIC Newstalk 10-80 and wtic.com.
WTIC. WTIC HD Hartford 5390 km
1100 0500 USA WTAM Cleveland (OH) WTAM Newsradio ID heard 5978 km
1120 0500 USA KMOX Saint Louis (MO) Presumed. Sports news. Late CBS News jingle. Possible ID
buried in local 1107 splatter. 6690 km
1140 0500 CAN CBI CBC Radio 1, Sydney (NS) CBC Radio 1 News jingle 4297 km
1180 0500 USA WHAM Rochester/Brook Road (NY) News, weather ... Wham Eleven Eighty 5605 km
1190 0500 USA WLIB New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) This is 11-90 WLIB and WBLS (822?) New York
5543 km
1290 0500 CAN CJBK NewsTalk 1290, London (ON) We are 12-90 CJBK. Canadian Press news
5836 km
1310 0500 CAN CIWW 1310 News, Ottawa (ON) Long list of presenter's names. Ottawa's only all
news radio station. This is Thirteen Ten News. 5332 km
1320 0500 CAN CJMR Oakville (ON) You're listening to .... finest radio stations. CJYE AM
12-50 and CJMR am 13-20 5703 km
1370 0500 USA WDEA Ellsworth (ME) This is AM 13-70 WDEA Ellsworth heard with other network
calls. Rare as right next to local BBC Lincolnshire 1368 4929 km
1390 0500 USA WEGP Presque Isle (ME) WEGP AM 13-90 Presque Isle 4760 km
1400 0500 CAN CBG CBC Radio 1, Gander (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle 3774 km
1430 0500 USA WENE The Team, Endicott (NY) PERSONAL FIRST! 14-30 The Team heard in pile-up
5572 km
1510 0500 USA WUFC NBC Sports Radio Boston, Boston (Waverley) (MA) WUFC NBC Sports Radio
5245 km
1520 0500 USA WWKB ESPN Radio, Buffalo (NY) Buffalo's home for the number 1 brand in
worldwide sports. ESPN 15-20 AM WWKB 5697 km
1540 0500 USA KXEL Waterloo (D) (IA) Newstalk 1540 KXEL Waterloo, Cedar Falls 6546 km
1570 0500 CAN CJLV Radio Laval 1570, Laval (QC) French ID ... soixante-Dix, Laval 5194 km
1610 0500 AIA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley (tvy) Presumed with Caribbean accented
presenter and Gospel music 6629 km
950 0501 CAN CKNB Campbellton (NB) Your community, classic ..... 95 CKNB 4583 km
1690 0501 CAN CHTO Toronto/Scarborough (ON) CHTO and Toronto heard very weakly 5657 km
890 0503 USA WLS Chicago/Tinley Gardens Park (IL) Presumed with ABC news, over Latin station
6334 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I re-built my flag yesterday, with one or two minor modifications, paying particular attention to keeping the two vertical wires as straight and vertical as possible. It seems to have paid off too with some very deep nulls. The direction is currently 350 degrees.
I was surprised to hear how clean the band was too, despite the antenna pointing to the south-west corner of the bungalow. The last three seasons here saw S9+10dB of noise across the whole MW. This time it's barely detectable with a noise floor of -120dB. I still found that sticking a couple of chokes inline made a small improvement, removing a little bit of that background 'growl' and eliminating the need for additional noise filtering for the first time.
Conditions were better than I had expected and the whole band was alive with TA signals, extending as far west as Wisconsin with a tentative WNAM on 1280 with ABC News.
I downloaded the latest version of HDSDR and found I could hear more IDs with its cleaner audio than with Perseus. I wish it were possible to loop the playback on HDSDR though - the one really useful thing that's missing.
Notes:
Chicago was in on 780, 890 and 1000 though they weren't logged as I didn't catch any IDs. The respective formats would have been correct though.
There was a second English station on 1130 shortly before 0500. Maybe KWKH judging by the conditions.
Perhaps that's KDHL I am hearing on 920 at 0500 - it's very weak.
1040 had a newstalk station at 0430, presumably WHO. Not bad going considering the conditions!
Even 1230 is producing audio!
There was so much more too. It's all nice and early in the season and I don't think conditions were generally regarded as being anything great either, going by other DXer's reports.
As last year, I will log all TA stations I hear in order to build a complete logbook, though I will only log the common east coasters once.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 3m x 7m flag at 350 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; HDSDR v2.63; Mestor
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Another RTL 2832 Dongle (E4000 Variant)
I finally got round to installing my new RTL 2832 (E4000) dongle today. Well, it was 'new' about four months ago but I didn't want to risk upsetting the smooth operation of RDS Spy during the Es season, so I decided to wait until it was all over. But I am sure many people in the UK would agree that this year's Es season is probably far from over! Even at the end of August there are still days of strong and sustained band-wide Es openings.
With a DX trip looming I decided I needed to take action and get this thing working. Amazingly, the installation completed in less than a minute. This is indeed unexpected as the last RTL dongle I installed took many days of trying and failing. That was the FC01 variant. That one was a poor performer though. The gain was poor and there was evidence of overload, though the use of different software applications improved some of the issues to a degree. Knowing that each RTL dongle performed differently gave me some reassurance. What if I had got a bad one? Since they are so cheap to order from online resources such as eBay and Amazon I decided to buy another.
This E4000 variant performs like a dream. There is no overload and the gain is more than adequate. It 'seems' to perform as well as my XDR-F1HD though I haven't done a side-by-side comparison. It's 'very close' at the very least. Whether the E4000 is simply a better performer than the FC01 I have no idea. They will probably all vary no matter which model you choose, but at only a few £s each you don't have much to lose. Buy a few and choose the best one because, if you get a good one of these, you have a very capable DX machine for very little money!
I love being able to tune between the 10kHz steps and slide the IF bandwidth in and out to suit. Digging in between stronger signals becomes easy. You can see all the weak signals on the waterfall scale even though they are just below audio level. I love how easy it is to record a chunk of IF bandwidth too- something which used to drain the resources of the laptop when using the FC01 dongle. That's not a problem anymore. My laptop is only has a simple Celeron mobile chip too and so won't be able to handle too much and it didn't seem keen to run SDR Console v2 smoothly, which needs a lot more processing power. I need to check my settings in case I have something wrong, but SDR# works perfectly for now.
In the future I will experiment with HD-SDR and RDS Spy *IF* my laptop can handle the necessary 192 kHz sampling rate.
The future of FM DXing is looking much brighter with the introduction of these dongles. I wonder what is around the corner?
With a DX trip looming I decided I needed to take action and get this thing working. Amazingly, the installation completed in less than a minute. This is indeed unexpected as the last RTL dongle I installed took many days of trying and failing. That was the FC01 variant. That one was a poor performer though. The gain was poor and there was evidence of overload, though the use of different software applications improved some of the issues to a degree. Knowing that each RTL dongle performed differently gave me some reassurance. What if I had got a bad one? Since they are so cheap to order from online resources such as eBay and Amazon I decided to buy another.
This E4000 variant performs like a dream. There is no overload and the gain is more than adequate. It 'seems' to perform as well as my XDR-F1HD though I haven't done a side-by-side comparison. It's 'very close' at the very least. Whether the E4000 is simply a better performer than the FC01 I have no idea. They will probably all vary no matter which model you choose, but at only a few £s each you don't have much to lose. Buy a few and choose the best one because, if you get a good one of these, you have a very capable DX machine for very little money!
I love being able to tune between the 10kHz steps and slide the IF bandwidth in and out to suit. Digging in between stronger signals becomes easy. You can see all the weak signals on the waterfall scale even though they are just below audio level. I love how easy it is to record a chunk of IF bandwidth too- something which used to drain the resources of the laptop when using the FC01 dongle. That's not a problem anymore. My laptop is only has a simple Celeron mobile chip too and so won't be able to handle too much and it didn't seem keen to run SDR Console v2 smoothly, which needs a lot more processing power. I need to check my settings in case I have something wrong, but SDR# works perfectly for now.
In the future I will experiment with HD-SDR and RDS Spy *IF* my laptop can handle the necessary 192 kHz sampling rate.
The future of FM DXing is looking much brighter with the introduction of these dongles. I wonder what is around the corner?
Skegness Log: 31-08-13 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.8 1101 E Si Ràdio, Torrent/Perentxissa=Calicanto (VAL-V) E504 1527km
I was by the radio for this morning's Es, watching the MUF rising, but this was the only station which made it through in the end.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
87.8 1101 E Si Ràdio, Torrent/Perentxissa=Calicanto (VAL-V) E504 1527km
I was by the radio for this morning's Es, watching the MUF rising, but this was the only station which made it through in the end.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
Friday, 30 August 2013
Skegness Log: 30-08-13 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1647 E RNE Radio 5, Marbella/Castillejos (AND-MA) E215 RNE_5-MA 1884km
88.0 1648 E RNE Radio 5, Alhaurin el Grande/S. Mijas/Mte Viego (AND-MA) E215 RNE_5-MA 1879km
87.7 1652 E Europa FM, Priego de Cordoba (AND-CO) E2ED EUROPAFM 1778km
87.7 1657 E Europa FM, Alcalá de Henares (MAD-M) E5ED EUROPAFM. Unattended 1439km
87.5 1659 E Dynamis Radio, Alcorcón/Poligono Urtinsa (MAD-M) 7878 1458km
88.0 1700 E Radio Nervión, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E343 1130km
92.7 1701 E Radio Marca, Fuenlabrada/Polígono Niño del Remedio (MAD-M) B002 R.MARCA_ 1463km
87.6 1720 POR Rádio Popular Afifense, Viana do Castelo (vcs) 80AB AFIFENSE 1446km
88.0 1720 E Radio Galega Música, Valga/Monte Xesteiras (GAL-PO) E4E1 RGMUSICA 1338km
87.5 1721 E RKM Radio Solidaria, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) E240 RKM vocal ID 1315km **
89.3 1723 POR Rádio Comercial, Esposende (bra) 8203 COMRCIAL 1460km
89.6 1724 POR RDP Antena 2, Valença do Minho/Monte do Faro (vcs) 8202 1404km **
90.8 1724 E Radio Galega Música, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) E4E1 __MU____ 1378km **
88.0 1726 POR RDP Antena 2, Braga/Sameiro (bra) 8202 __TENA__ 1445km
88.9 1728 E COPE, Soria (CAL-SO) E2CA 1282km **
89.0 1728 POR Rádio 5, Póvoa de Varzim (prt) 805B RADIO_5_ 1467km
88.9 1729 POR RDP Antena 1, Monchique/Fóia (agv) 8201 ANTENA_1 1890km
90.4 1730 POR Rádio Nostalgia, Lisboa/Monsanto (lis) 8059 NSTALGIA 1760km
91.1 1731 E Radio Líder, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) E304 Vocal ID 1378km **
92.1 1732 E RNE Radio Clásica, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) E212 1378km **
93.3 1733 E Europa FM, Ourense/Seminario (GAL-OU) E2ED EUROPAFM 1348km
93.4 1734 E SER, La Coruña (GAL-C) E4E0 1264km
93.7 1734 POR Rádio Renascença, Porto/Monte da Virgem (prt) 8221 __RR____ 1496km
93.9 1735 POR RDP Antena 2, Fundão/Serra da Gardunha (cab) 8202 1566km
94.7 1736 POR RDP Antena 1, Guarda/P.Vento (gua) 8201 1516km **
95.9 1736 POR Rádio Sines, Sines (set) 80BF _R-S__ES 1830km
96.8 1738 POR Rádio Comercial, Grândola (set) 8203 __MR__AL 1802km
87.6 1739 POR RDS, Seixal (set) 8042 ___RDS__ 1769km
87.7 1739 POR Rádio Onda Livre, Macedo de Cavaleiros (bgc) 84D3 ONDALIVR 1403km
88.1 1740 POR Rádio Comercial, Monchique/Fóia (agv) Jingle ID 1890km
88.5 1741 POR Rádio Clube de Arganil, Arganil (coi) 84E7 1571km
89.7 1741 POR RAL-Rádio Antena Livre, Abrantes (san) 807F 1658km
92.5 1743 POR RCB-Rádio Cova da Beira, Fundão/Serra da Gardunha (cab) 84AE 1566km
93.4 1743 POR RDP Antena 2, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8202 1893km
94.1 1744 POR Diana FM, Évora (evo) 808A DIANA_EV 1739km
99.2 1744 POR RDP Antena 1, Grândola (set) 8201 ANTENA_1 1802km
90.2 1746 POR Rádio Renascença, Guarda/P.Vento (gua) 8221 ___RR___ 1516km
90.6 1746 POR RDP Antena 2, Grândola (set) 8202 __TEAN__ 1802km
91.5 1747 POR RDP Antena 2, Monchique/Fóia (agv) As 90.2 1890km
92.6 1748 E RNE Radio Clásica, Pedrafita do Cebreiro/Alto Poio (GAL-LU) E212 RNE-CLAS 1285km **
94.7 1750 POR Rádio Voz do Sorraia, Coruche (san) 80EA ____RA__ 1716km
96.4 1751 POR RDP Antena 1, Fundão/Serra da Gardunha (cab) 8201 1566km
87.5 1752 E Cadena Nostalgia, Dos Hermanas/Montequinto (AND-SE) FFFF Cadena Nostalgia in radiotext 1824km
89.2 1754 E Europa FM, Sevilla (AND-SE) E2ED EUROPAFM 1819km
87.6 1757 POR Rádio Imagem, Fornos de Algodres (gua) 80C9 IMAGEM__ 1512km
91.6 1758 POR RDP Antena 2, Manteigas (gua) 8202 1535km **
87.8 1802 E Onda Valencina, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E011 RV____FM 87.8__FM 1818km
87.7 1803 E Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 HIT_FM__ 1904km
91.1 1804 MRC Médina FM, Tanger (ttn) 111B MEDINAFM 1991km
92.0 1808 POR Rádio Beira Interior, Castelo Branco/Castelo (cab) 806B 1596km
93.9 1810 POR Rádio Mirasado, Alcácer do Sal (set) 80CA 1777km
94.3 1810 E Radio Andalucía Información, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E333 1819km
94.8 1811 E M80 Radio, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E21E M80RADIO 1819km
95.3 1811 E Éxito Radio, La Algaba (AND-SE) 5320 1811km **
96.7 1812 POR Rádio Tagide, Abrantes (san) 80DB R.TAGIDE 1658km **
97.1 1813 E Los 40 Principales, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E035 CUARENTA 1819km
100.6 1814 POR Rádio Amália, Setúbal (set) 8407 _AMALIA_ 1773km
100.7 1817 E Los 40 Principales, Barbate (AND-CA) E072 CO______ 1946km
101.6 1819 POR RDP Antena 3, Elvas/Vila Boim (ple) 8204 1690km
103.8 1820 POR RDP Antena 1, Elvas/Vila Boim (ple) Vocal ID 1690km
104.8 1823 E Onda Cero, Badajoz (EXT-BA) E777 ONDACERO 1682km
106.1 1824 POR M80 Rádio, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8332 1893km
107.1 1824 POR M80 Rádio, Monchique/Fóia (agv) Pops, as 106.1 1890km
107.4 1825 POR TSF Rádio Notícias, Lousã/Trevim (coi) 8343 1588km
105.5 1827 E Kiss FM, Burgos (CAL-BU) E2EC 1237km **
102.4 1831 POR RDP Antena 3, Serra do Mendro (bej) Rock song, as 105.0 1770km
105.0 1831 POR RDP Antena 3, Montargil (ple) 8203 1694km
88.0 1833 POR Mega Hits, Sintra (lis) 8011 MEGAFM-S 1759km
87.9 1835 POR RDP Antena 1, Lousã/Trevim (coi) 8201 1588km
87.7 1838 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) 8201 1770km
Unidentifieds:
89.3 1656 ? UNID, ? 8930.Light pops
93.2 1809 E? UNID, ? FFFF
87.6 1903 ? UNID, ? E747. Last station to fade out
** Personal Skegness 'First'
A sustained top-of-the-band Es opening to Spain and Portugal today, with a touch of Morocco and Italy thrown in too!
I missed the Baltic Es this morning as I was starting to organise the radio gear for a DX trip.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
87.6 1647 E RNE Radio 5, Marbella/Castillejos (AND-MA) E215 RNE_5-MA 1884km
88.0 1648 E RNE Radio 5, Alhaurin el Grande/S. Mijas/Mte Viego (AND-MA) E215 RNE_5-MA 1879km
87.7 1652 E Europa FM, Priego de Cordoba (AND-CO) E2ED EUROPAFM 1778km
87.7 1657 E Europa FM, Alcalá de Henares (MAD-M) E5ED EUROPAFM. Unattended 1439km
87.5 1659 E Dynamis Radio, Alcorcón/Poligono Urtinsa (MAD-M) 7878 1458km
88.0 1700 E Radio Nervión, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E343 1130km
92.7 1701 E Radio Marca, Fuenlabrada/Polígono Niño del Remedio (MAD-M) B002 R.MARCA_ 1463km
87.6 1720 POR Rádio Popular Afifense, Viana do Castelo (vcs) 80AB AFIFENSE 1446km
88.0 1720 E Radio Galega Música, Valga/Monte Xesteiras (GAL-PO) E4E1 RGMUSICA 1338km
87.5 1721 E RKM Radio Solidaria, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) E240 RKM vocal ID 1315km **
89.3 1723 POR Rádio Comercial, Esposende (bra) 8203 COMRCIAL 1460km
89.6 1724 POR RDP Antena 2, Valença do Minho/Monte do Faro (vcs) 8202 1404km **
90.8 1724 E Radio Galega Música, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) E4E1 __MU____ 1378km **
88.0 1726 POR RDP Antena 2, Braga/Sameiro (bra) 8202 __TENA__ 1445km
88.9 1728 E COPE, Soria (CAL-SO) E2CA 1282km **
89.0 1728 POR Rádio 5, Póvoa de Varzim (prt) 805B RADIO_5_ 1467km
88.9 1729 POR RDP Antena 1, Monchique/Fóia (agv) 8201 ANTENA_1 1890km
90.4 1730 POR Rádio Nostalgia, Lisboa/Monsanto (lis) 8059 NSTALGIA 1760km
91.1 1731 E Radio Líder, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) E304 Vocal ID 1378km **
92.1 1732 E RNE Radio Clásica, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) E212 1378km **
93.3 1733 E Europa FM, Ourense/Seminario (GAL-OU) E2ED EUROPAFM 1348km
93.4 1734 E SER, La Coruña (GAL-C) E4E0 1264km
93.7 1734 POR Rádio Renascença, Porto/Monte da Virgem (prt) 8221 __RR____ 1496km
93.9 1735 POR RDP Antena 2, Fundão/Serra da Gardunha (cab) 8202 1566km
94.7 1736 POR RDP Antena 1, Guarda/P.Vento (gua) 8201 1516km **
95.9 1736 POR Rádio Sines, Sines (set) 80BF _R-S__ES 1830km
96.8 1738 POR Rádio Comercial, Grândola (set) 8203 __MR__AL 1802km
87.6 1739 POR RDS, Seixal (set) 8042 ___RDS__ 1769km
87.7 1739 POR Rádio Onda Livre, Macedo de Cavaleiros (bgc) 84D3 ONDALIVR 1403km
88.1 1740 POR Rádio Comercial, Monchique/Fóia (agv) Jingle ID 1890km
88.5 1741 POR Rádio Clube de Arganil, Arganil (coi) 84E7 1571km
89.7 1741 POR RAL-Rádio Antena Livre, Abrantes (san) 807F 1658km
92.5 1743 POR RCB-Rádio Cova da Beira, Fundão/Serra da Gardunha (cab) 84AE 1566km
93.4 1743 POR RDP Antena 2, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8202 1893km
94.1 1744 POR Diana FM, Évora (evo) 808A DIANA_EV 1739km
99.2 1744 POR RDP Antena 1, Grândola (set) 8201 ANTENA_1 1802km
90.2 1746 POR Rádio Renascença, Guarda/P.Vento (gua) 8221 ___RR___ 1516km
90.6 1746 POR RDP Antena 2, Grândola (set) 8202 __TEAN__ 1802km
91.5 1747 POR RDP Antena 2, Monchique/Fóia (agv) As 90.2 1890km
92.6 1748 E RNE Radio Clásica, Pedrafita do Cebreiro/Alto Poio (GAL-LU) E212 RNE-CLAS 1285km **
94.7 1750 POR Rádio Voz do Sorraia, Coruche (san) 80EA ____RA__ 1716km
96.4 1751 POR RDP Antena 1, Fundão/Serra da Gardunha (cab) 8201 1566km
87.5 1752 E Cadena Nostalgia, Dos Hermanas/Montequinto (AND-SE) FFFF Cadena Nostalgia in radiotext 1824km
89.2 1754 E Europa FM, Sevilla (AND-SE) E2ED EUROPAFM 1819km
87.6 1757 POR Rádio Imagem, Fornos de Algodres (gua) 80C9 IMAGEM__ 1512km
91.6 1758 POR RDP Antena 2, Manteigas (gua) 8202 1535km **
87.8 1802 E Onda Valencina, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E011 RV____FM 87.8__FM 1818km
87.7 1803 E Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 HIT_FM__ 1904km
91.1 1804 MRC Médina FM, Tanger (ttn) 111B MEDINAFM 1991km
92.0 1808 POR Rádio Beira Interior, Castelo Branco/Castelo (cab) 806B 1596km
93.9 1810 POR Rádio Mirasado, Alcácer do Sal (set) 80CA 1777km
94.3 1810 E Radio Andalucía Información, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E333 1819km
94.8 1811 E M80 Radio, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E21E M80RADIO 1819km
95.3 1811 E Éxito Radio, La Algaba (AND-SE) 5320 1811km **
96.7 1812 POR Rádio Tagide, Abrantes (san) 80DB R.TAGIDE 1658km **
97.1 1813 E Los 40 Principales, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E035 CUARENTA 1819km
100.6 1814 POR Rádio Amália, Setúbal (set) 8407 _AMALIA_ 1773km
100.7 1817 E Los 40 Principales, Barbate (AND-CA) E072 CO______ 1946km
101.6 1819 POR RDP Antena 3, Elvas/Vila Boim (ple) 8204 1690km
103.8 1820 POR RDP Antena 1, Elvas/Vila Boim (ple) Vocal ID 1690km
104.8 1823 E Onda Cero, Badajoz (EXT-BA) E777 ONDACERO 1682km
106.1 1824 POR M80 Rádio, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8332 1893km
107.1 1824 POR M80 Rádio, Monchique/Fóia (agv) Pops, as 106.1 1890km
107.4 1825 POR TSF Rádio Notícias, Lousã/Trevim (coi) 8343 1588km
105.5 1827 E Kiss FM, Burgos (CAL-BU) E2EC 1237km **
102.4 1831 POR RDP Antena 3, Serra do Mendro (bej) Rock song, as 105.0 1770km
105.0 1831 POR RDP Antena 3, Montargil (ple) 8203 1694km
88.0 1833 POR Mega Hits, Sintra (lis) 8011 MEGAFM-S 1759km
87.9 1835 POR RDP Antena 1, Lousã/Trevim (coi) 8201 1588km
87.7 1838 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) 8201 1770km
Unidentifieds:
89.3 1656 ? UNID, ? 8930.Light pops
93.2 1809 E? UNID, ? FFFF
87.6 1903 ? UNID, ? E747. Last station to fade out
** Personal Skegness 'First'
A sustained top-of-the-band Es opening to Spain and Portugal today, with a touch of Morocco and Italy thrown in too!
I missed the Baltic Es this morning as I was starting to organise the radio gear for a DX trip.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Skegness Log: 29-08-13 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1030 E RNE Radio 5, Marbella/Castillejos (AND-MA) E215 and toh ID 1884km
87.9 1100 E RNE Radio 5, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E215 Vocal ID. Presumed site 1740km
87.7 1112 E Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 1904km
89.4 1113 E Los 40 Principales, San Fernando (AND-CA) E235 CUAR____ 1905km
87.6 1119 MRC Médi 1, Settat/Regraga (cho) 1281 MEDI_1__ 2331km
87.6 1136 E COPE, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CA __COPE__ Badajoz in radiotext 1683km
87.7 1136 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) 8201 1770km
89.1 1137 E Cadena 100, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CE _CAD____ 1683km
89.6 1147 POR RFM, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8231 __RF____ 1893km
87.6 1156 POR RDS, Seixal (set) 8042 ____DS__. Unattended 1769km
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
87.6 1030 E RNE Radio 5, Marbella/Castillejos (AND-MA) E215 and toh ID 1884km
87.9 1100 E RNE Radio 5, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E215 Vocal ID. Presumed site 1740km
87.7 1112 E Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 1904km
89.4 1113 E Los 40 Principales, San Fernando (AND-CA) E235 CUAR____ 1905km
87.6 1119 MRC Médi 1, Settat/Regraga (cho) 1281 MEDI_1__ 2331km
87.6 1136 E COPE, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CA __COPE__ Badajoz in radiotext 1683km
87.7 1136 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) 8201 1770km
89.1 1137 E Cadena 100, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CE _CAD____ 1683km
89.6 1147 POR RFM, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8231 __RF____ 1893km
87.6 1156 POR RDS, Seixal (set) 8042 ____DS__. Unattended 1769km
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Skegness Log: 28-08-13 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.8 1147 I Ritmo 80, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 5A72 RITMO_80. Unattended 1796km
87.7 1148 I Radio Radicale, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5210 ___O____. Unattended 1865km
87.7 1224 I Radio Venere, Lecce or Specchia 5B4A R-VENERE. Specchia with this PI?. Unattended
87.7 1319 E Europa FM, Alcalá de Henares (MAD-M) E5ED __ROPA__. Unattended 1439km
87.6 1331 E COPE, Three sites E2CA __COPE__. Unattended. AFs: 88.6, 91.6, 101.1, 103.6 (Filler)
87.7 1341 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) 8201. Unattended 1770km
87.8 1404 F Radio Star, Orange/le Vieux Télégraphe (84) F440. Unattended 1064km
87.7 1406 F Rire Et Chansons, Nice or Cannes F226 _RIRE__
87.7 1406 F Le Mouv', Bordeaux/Bouliac (33) F208 LE_MOUV. Unattended 928km **
87.7 1426 F France Culture, La Mûre/Château Vieux (38) F202
__UL__RE. Presumably La Mure with AFs of: 99.0,
99.1, 87.7, 88.5, 89.2, 90.1, 102.5 (Filler),
95.0, 96.7, 90.5, 92.7 1005km **
87.6 1640 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 SHUMEN__ 2220km
Band 2 Tropospheric:
107.1 0007 F Rire et Chansons, Abbeville/Huchenneville (80) kool and The Gang, as web 359km
95.4 0726 F RTL, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) French pop song, as web 377km **
107.9 0812 G Jack 2, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Two bars and noise free 193km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Seems I missed a good Es opening today. :O( By coincidence I heard the Es just starting as I was about to switch off the radio and go into town. There was no way I could delay my visit so I had to miss the opening. I left RDS Spy running instead and auto-logged a few stations.
Not only was there sporadic E today but I also caught the tail end of the overnight tropo which fizzled out around 09:00 but not before leaving me with another new site in Fécamp.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
87.8 1147 I Ritmo 80, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 5A72 RITMO_80. Unattended 1796km
87.7 1148 I Radio Radicale, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5210 ___O____. Unattended 1865km
87.7 1224 I Radio Venere, Lecce or Specchia 5B4A R-VENERE. Specchia with this PI?. Unattended
87.7 1319 E Europa FM, Alcalá de Henares (MAD-M) E5ED __ROPA__. Unattended 1439km
87.6 1331 E COPE, Three sites E2CA __COPE__. Unattended. AFs: 88.6, 91.6, 101.1, 103.6 (Filler)
87.7 1341 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) 8201. Unattended 1770km
87.8 1404 F Radio Star, Orange/le Vieux Télégraphe (84) F440. Unattended 1064km
87.7 1406 F Rire Et Chansons, Nice or Cannes F226 _RIRE__
87.7 1406 F Le Mouv', Bordeaux/Bouliac (33) F208 LE_MOUV. Unattended 928km **
87.7 1426 F France Culture, La Mûre/Château Vieux (38) F202
__UL__RE. Presumably La Mure with AFs of: 99.0,
99.1, 87.7, 88.5, 89.2, 90.1, 102.5 (Filler),
95.0, 96.7, 90.5, 92.7 1005km **
87.6 1640 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 SHUMEN__ 2220km
Band 2 Tropospheric:
107.1 0007 F Rire et Chansons, Abbeville/Huchenneville (80) kool and The Gang, as web 359km
95.4 0726 F RTL, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) French pop song, as web 377km **
107.9 0812 G Jack 2, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Two bars and noise free 193km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Seems I missed a good Es opening today. :O( By coincidence I heard the Es just starting as I was about to switch off the radio and go into town. There was no way I could delay my visit so I had to miss the opening. I left RDS Spy running instead and auto-logged a few stations.
Not only was there sporadic E today but I also caught the tail end of the overnight tropo which fizzled out around 09:00 but not before leaving me with another new site in Fécamp.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Skegness Log: 27-08-13 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
88.0 0651 F Horizon, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles CV11 (62) YL natter, as web 344km
88.2 0652 F Radio Classique, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) OM on phone, as web 339km
89.2 0654 F RTL 2, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) Pops, as web 339km
92.0 0654 F Virgin Radio, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) Pops, as web 339km
96.0 0656 F RFM, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) Pops, as 97.2 339km
93.0 0701 HOL Radio 10 (AVR), Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Jingle ID after ads 323km
102.9 2315 F Nostalgie, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) Jingle ID 334km
104.8 2321 F Europe 1, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Discussion, as web 384km **
92.1 2322 F RTL, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Boz Scaggs song, as web 384km **
92.8 2323 F NRJ, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) ID in ads 341km
98.4 2330 F RMC, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) OM and YL, as web 275km
101.6 2336 F RFM, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Murray Head, as web 384km **
101.7 2337 F Banquise FM, Isbergues/Molinghem (62) Hard club music, as web 318km
106.6 2339 F Radio Campus Lille, Lille/Cité Scientifique (59) Rap song, as web 342km
106.7 2340 F Fun Radio, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) Phone in, as web 334km
88.3 2345 BEL Q-Music, Oostvleteren/Elzendamme (vlg-wvl) Q is good for you jingle 295km
89.9 2350 F RFM, Douai/LAM (59) Jingle ID and pops 363km **
91.5 2359 F Virgin Radio, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Pops, as web 285km
Unidentified:
104.7 2318 BEL City Music, Unlisted site. Jingle ID and pops. Three bars **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Some good signals from nearby continentals. At last, Cambrai and Douai logged here for the first time. Could never understand why these two never made it before considering their location.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
88.0 0651 F Horizon, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles CV11 (62) YL natter, as web 344km
88.2 0652 F Radio Classique, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) OM on phone, as web 339km
89.2 0654 F RTL 2, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) Pops, as web 339km
92.0 0654 F Virgin Radio, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) Pops, as web 339km
96.0 0656 F RFM, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) Pops, as 97.2 339km
93.0 0701 HOL Radio 10 (AVR), Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Jingle ID after ads 323km
102.9 2315 F Nostalgie, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) Jingle ID 334km
104.8 2321 F Europe 1, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Discussion, as web 384km **
92.1 2322 F RTL, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Boz Scaggs song, as web 384km **
92.8 2323 F NRJ, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) ID in ads 341km
98.4 2330 F RMC, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) OM and YL, as web 275km
101.6 2336 F RFM, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Murray Head, as web 384km **
101.7 2337 F Banquise FM, Isbergues/Molinghem (62) Hard club music, as web 318km
106.6 2339 F Radio Campus Lille, Lille/Cité Scientifique (59) Rap song, as web 342km
106.7 2340 F Fun Radio, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) Phone in, as web 334km
88.3 2345 BEL Q-Music, Oostvleteren/Elzendamme (vlg-wvl) Q is good for you jingle 295km
89.9 2350 F RFM, Douai/LAM (59) Jingle ID and pops 363km **
91.5 2359 F Virgin Radio, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Pops, as web 285km
Unidentified:
104.7 2318 BEL City Music, Unlisted site. Jingle ID and pops. Three bars **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Some good signals from nearby continentals. At last, Cambrai and Douai logged here for the first time. Could never understand why these two never made it before considering their location.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com
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