1320 0544 USA WLQY
Hollywood FL. Presumed with Creole-sounding language. Reaching
good levels at this time but
faded well before the hour. 7110 km
1570 0545 PRU OCU4J Radio Bethel, Lima (lim) Clear "Bethel" ID at
05:45:49. Slow songs. Regular YL vocal drop-ins.
Weak but clear and mixing with a weaker second
Spanish station. 10255 km
A very frustrating morning where conditions seemed very good to
areas like Peru, Florida and the Caribbean, but it was a morning
where so many stations got away.
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
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Skegness Log: 02-10-13 (MW)
1670 0200 CAN CJEU Gatineau QC. No ID, but presumed with children's nursery rhymes 5309 km
920 0300 USA WHJJ Providence RI. ID - The stories Rhode Island are talking about -
Newstalk Nine Twenty, WHJJ Providence 5296 km **
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Mentioning Lewiston Auburn. WCSH ... a ?? station (relay of
TV channel) 5069 km **
1500 0400 PRU OBX4I Radio Santa Rosa, Lima/San Miguel (lim) Clear ID, Radio Santa Rosa,
la primera emissora, .... etc. 10258 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
The geomagnetic forecast gave unsettled conditions overnight. Instead, we had a much bigger disturbance which resulted in a near total wipe-out of North American activity from around 0400. There were many Spanish stations on the band at this time but still plenty of North Americans at 0300. Conditions were interesting with one or two less common stations, as can often be the case at the point when conditions blow-out.
Listening tonight, however, the band seems to be almost devoid of any kind of transatlantic activity with only a few very weak carriers visible.
Wishing the band a speedy recovery. Get well soon! :O)A
Recordings:
920 WHJJ Providence RI
1500 OBX41 Radio Santa Rosa, Lima, Peru
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
920 0300 USA WHJJ Providence RI. ID - The stories Rhode Island are talking about -
Newstalk Nine Twenty, WHJJ Providence 5296 km **
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Mentioning Lewiston Auburn. WCSH ... a ?? station (relay of
TV channel) 5069 km **
1500 0400 PRU OBX4I Radio Santa Rosa, Lima/San Miguel (lim) Clear ID, Radio Santa Rosa,
la primera emissora, .... etc. 10258 km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
The geomagnetic forecast gave unsettled conditions overnight. Instead, we had a much bigger disturbance which resulted in a near total wipe-out of North American activity from around 0400. There were many Spanish stations on the band at this time but still plenty of North Americans at 0300. Conditions were interesting with one or two less common stations, as can often be the case at the point when conditions blow-out.
Listening tonight, however, the band seems to be almost devoid of any kind of transatlantic activity with only a few very weak carriers visible.
Wishing the band a speedy recovery. Get well soon! :O)A
Recordings:
920 WHJJ Providence RI
1500 OBX41 Radio Santa Rosa, Lima, Peru
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
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Skegness Log: 01-10-13 (MW)
1440 0200 USA WHKZ, Warren OH. Mentioning SRN and "The Word" ID. Mixing sports station and Saudi Arabia 5939 km
Just the one today.
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
Just the one today.
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, 30 September 2013
Skegness Log: 30-09-13 (MW)
570 0500 CUB Radio
Reloj, Santa Clara/CTOM1 (vc) Tick, tick, tick, etc. 7387 km
1570 0600 MEX XERF-AM La Poderosa, Ciudad Acuña (coa) Full ID - XERF ... la potencia, ... , etc. 8138 km **
1670 0600 USA WPLA Dry Branch GA. WPLA Dry Branch, Macon ID 6768 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Poor conditions overnight.
Surprised XERF and WPLA don't feature in my Skegness log. For the record, I made the decision to start my log again from scratch when I moved to Skegness as it seems to be very different to my old Nottinghamshire QTH - better for the high latitude path but much worse when signals have to go across land since I am beaming across most of the UK.
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
1570 0600 MEX XERF-AM La Poderosa, Ciudad Acuña (coa) Full ID - XERF ... la potencia, ... , etc. 8138 km **
1670 0600 USA WPLA Dry Branch GA. WPLA Dry Branch, Macon ID 6768 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Poor conditions overnight.
Surprised XERF and WPLA don't feature in my Skegness log. For the record, I made the decision to start my log again from scratch when I moved to Skegness as it seems to be very different to my old Nottinghamshire QTH - better for the high latitude path but much worse when signals have to go across land since I am beaming across most of the UK.
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, 29 September 2013
Skegness Log: 29-09-13 (MW)
1000 0300 USA KOMO Seattle WA. ABC News on the hour on WMVP fade. Has to be KOMO.
Rolling news format. 7591 km
1470 0300 CAN CJVB Vancouver BC. You're listening to Fairchild Radio, Vancouver's
multicultural station. Three pips and YL ID in Chinese 7453 km
After checking conditions at 0500 and 0600 I had almost decided to scrub any earlier top-of-the-hour recordings. 0400 wasn't much better but there were promising signs. I assumed 0300 would be too early for anything out of the ordinary, but how wrong I was, for CJVB's ID was audible with reasonable clarity on 1470 at this time!
Here's a recording of CJVB:
https://app.box.com/s/62cudvxwbuz5tkrjp1r0
KOMO comes in like this. Note the ABC News jingle:
https://app.box.com/s/c38t4fzz0n0a16voez6n
ABC News on 1000 is undoubtedly KOMO, but there were several other interesting stations which did not peak on the hour. A second talk station on 1130 appeared after 0230 but faded out by 0300. I understand KTCN was reported elsewhere in the UK this morning so maybe it was that.
I was also quite interested in the ID on 930, also at 0300: "One Word, One Station" was all I could make out, but I was wondering if this ID pointed to CJCA. It probably wouldn't be CJYQ as their top of the hour is our half past the hour. CFBC were dominant with their country format.
The northerly path is opening up!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, 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
Rolling news format. 7591 km
1470 0300 CAN CJVB Vancouver BC. You're listening to Fairchild Radio, Vancouver's
multicultural station. Three pips and YL ID in Chinese 7453 km
After checking conditions at 0500 and 0600 I had almost decided to scrub any earlier top-of-the-hour recordings. 0400 wasn't much better but there were promising signs. I assumed 0300 would be too early for anything out of the ordinary, but how wrong I was, for CJVB's ID was audible with reasonable clarity on 1470 at this time!
Here's a recording of CJVB:
https://app.box.com/s/62cudvxwbuz5tkrjp1r0
KOMO comes in like this. Note the ABC News jingle:
https://app.box.com/s/c38t4fzz0n0a16voez6n
ABC News on 1000 is undoubtedly KOMO, but there were several other interesting stations which did not peak on the hour. A second talk station on 1130 appeared after 0230 but faded out by 0300. I understand KTCN was reported elsewhere in the UK this morning so maybe it was that.
I was also quite interested in the ID on 930, also at 0300: "One Word, One Station" was all I could make out, but I was wondering if this ID pointed to CJCA. It probably wouldn't be CJYQ as their top of the hour is our half past the hour. CFBC were dominant with their country format.
The northerly path is opening up!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, 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, 28 September 2013
Skegness Log: 28-09-13 (MW)
1360 0400 USA WDRC
Hartford CT. This is the talk of Hartford, WDRC AM and WDRC FM
5381 km
1580 0600 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. On 107.7 and 1580, CKDA ID 5612 km
I didn't concentrate much on my overnight recordings as I decided to spend time elsewhere - on the FM broadcast band where there is currently good tropospheric DX activity.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, 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
1580 0600 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. On 107.7 and 1580, CKDA ID 5612 km
I didn't concentrate much on my overnight recordings as I decided to spend time elsewhere - on the FM broadcast band where there is currently good tropospheric DX activity.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, 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
Skegness Log: 28-09-13 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
105.7 0025 BEL Club FM, Oostkamp (vlg-wvl) Jingle ID and club beats 297km
106.6 0029 F Radio Campus Lille, Lille/Cité Scientifique (59) CAMPUS__ 342km
87.7 0759 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Vocal ID 709km
88.0 0759 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Full toh ID 629km
88.9 0804 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) PS: _RTL.lu_ 574km
90.6 0805 D SWR3, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) Pops, as web 586km
90.7 0806 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Vocal ID 942km
95.8 0807 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Vocal ID and pops 942km
91.6 0808 D SWR3, Koblenz/Naßheck (Waldesch) (rlp) Rock song, as web 591km
92.0 0809 D SWR2, Donnersberg (rlp) Phone in 657km
92.1 0811 F France Inter, Verdun/Septsarges (55) OMs, as web 548km
93.0 0812 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) YL and OM talking, as web 593km
93.3 0813 LUX RTL Radio, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) ID and OM over music 574km
93.4 0814 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Phone in 713km
93.8 0815 D SWR2, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) Interview, as web 586km
94.0 0816 D SWR2, Koblenz/Naßheck (Waldesch) (rlp) OMs, as web 591km
94.8 0817 D SWR3, Linz/Ginsterhahn (rlp) Pops, as web 560km
95.0 0819 F France Musique, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Opera, as web 709km
95.5 0821 D SR 3 Saarlandwelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) German song, as web 629km
97.2 0823 F France Musique, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Opera, as 95.0 446km
97.3 0824 F France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Discussion, as 103.7 709km
97.4 0824 F France Musique, Verdun/Septsarges (55) Opera, as others 548km
98.4 0826 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) News of gas explosion, ID 748km
98.3 0827 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) ID. Three bars, squashing
Belmont! 441km **
99.7 0835 F France Culture, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Old 78, as web 446km
100.4 0838 D Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Pops, as web 748km
101.3 0840 F France Bleu Picardie, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) PS: BLEU.PIC 446km
101.7 0841 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) ID and pops 628km
105.7 0848 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) News, as web 1024km
102.3 0849 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) OM and Classical music, as web 1024km
102.8 0850 F France Bleu Picardie, Sailly-Saillisel (80) French pops, as 101.3 391km **
103.2 0853 BEL NRJ, Léglise/Vlessart (wal-lux) Jingle ID between pops 524km
103.5 0856 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and ads 554km
104.0 0857 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Yo rap mutha farmers! 590km
104.9 0858 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) POps, as web 554km
105.3 0900 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Pips and ID on the hour 733km
105.6 0901 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) YL news, as web (Not Donnersberg) 917km
105.9 0902 F France Info, Charleville-Mézières/Sury (08) OM news, as 105.2 479km
106.3 0903 F France Info, Verdun/Septsarges (55) OM news, as 105.9 548km
106.8 0904 F France Info, Metz/Luttange (57) OM, as others 600km
107.1 0905 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Vocal ID 593km
107.3 0905 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Jolly schlager! 729km
107.4 0906 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz/Naßheck (Waldesch) (rlp) More jolly Schlager 591km
107.8 0906 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Paul Youngs Common People, as web 917km
107.9 0907 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classicao, as web 733km
99.9 0918 SUI RTS La Première, Säntis (ar) Clarinet version of Girl From Ipanema, as web 917km
95.4 0921 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) YL, as web 917km
98.7 0927 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) OM ID, then Pink Floyds
"Money", as web 942km
103.0 0928 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) Adele, as web 942km
107.3 0934 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) ID and Cher cover 813km
107.9 0936 BEL AFN Benelux-The Eagle, Chièvres/Air Base (wal-hnt) PSAs in US accents. ID 374km
87.9 0941 F Virgin Radio, Montreuil/le Bois-de-Sel (62) Jingle ID in pile-up 302km
90.6 0946 F Fun Radio, Maubeuge/château d'eau (59) Rap-a-de-doo-dah, as web 406km
92.1 0955 F RTL, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) ID after ads 384km
92.2 0958 F NRJ, Laon/rue Saint-Jean (02) Jingle ID between pops 460km **
105.3 1000 F France Info, Laon/Château d'eau (02) Presumed site as Laon also in on 92.2 459km **
106.7 1026 F Fun Radio, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) I Have A Dream sample in dance song,
as web 334km
107.9 1028 F N'Radio, Soissons/Mont de Belleu (02) N Radio jingle ID between pops. As web 471km **
91.2 1052 F Contact, Abbeville/Behen Blockhaus (80) I Have A Dream track, as web 358km
92.8 1059 F NRJ, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) French Latino beats and jingle ID 341km
93.6 1104 F Rire et Chansons, Laon/rue Saint-Jean (02) Hysterical YL humour, as 93.3 460km **
98.4 1117 F RTL, Dieppe/la Côte Enragée (76) Ads and phone in, as web 364km
98.5 1118 F Transat FM, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Outreau (62) French song, as web 286km
99.2 1122 F Chérie FM, Abbeville/Huchenneville (80) Ads, as web 359km
100.2 1123 F France Bleu Picardie, Amiens/Dury Towercast (80) V weak. 50s song, as 100.6 390km
100.8 1124 F Contact, Lens or Valenciennes Dance pop track, as web
101.6 1128 F RFM, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Jingle ID and Phil Collins track 384km **
101.7 1129 G Flight FM, London pirate Yo DJ. D and B **
97.5 1657 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) POps, as web 640km
98.5 1659 D SWR3, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Pops, as 98.4 550km
99.8 1700 F France Inter, Metz/Luttange (57) OM ID 600km
101.4 1705 F France Bleu Alsace, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Westher forecast, as web 709km
100.1 1715 D RPR 1., Haardtkopf (rlp) German song, as web 593km
107.6 1716 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Pops, as web 640km
107.7 1719 LUX Den Neie Radio (DNR), Blaschette/Kandel (gld) IDs and pops. Scrolling RDS 557km
90.0 1728 D SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Pops, mixing BBC R2, as web 593km
105.0 1734 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) German pop song, as web 923km
105.7 1803 D SWR2, Stuttgart/Hoher Bopser (bwü) ID and classical music 790km
104.2 1940 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Meldrum (SC-ABS) BBC_Gael 501km
95.3 1941 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Meldrum (SC-ABS) As 93.1 501km
94.3 1942 G BBC Radio Scotland, Black Hill (SC-NLA) Live concert, as web 405km
93.8 1943 G BBC Radio Scotland, Durris (SC-ABS) Live Gaelic band, as 94.3, etc. 461km
99.0 1944 G BBC Radio 1, Durris (SC-ABS) As 98.3, etc. 461km
106.8 1944 G Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) Jingle ID 461km
91.6 1945 G BBC Radio 3, Durris (SC-ABS) Piano piece, as 90.9 461km **
89.4 1946 G BBC Radio 2, Durris (SC-ABS) Paul Gambacini 461km **
88.7 1947 G BBC Radio 2, Meldrum (SC-ABS) As 88.8 501km **
102.8 1952 G Star Durham, Burnhope (EN-DUR) Star Radio ID and pops, as 103.2 228km
103.2 1952 G Star Radio, Darlington (EN-NYK) Star Radio ID and pops 200km
103.7 1953 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) BBC Radio Scotland ID by OM 429km
92.7 1954 G BBC Radio Scotland, Forfar (SC-ANG) Presume Forfar as 103.7 in. Two bars 429km
90.6 2103 F Radio 6, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) 70s disco and jingle ID 334km
91.5 2108 F Virgin Radio, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Noise free. Stable. Various
pops and IDs 285km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Another good day of tropo with plenty of signals and plenty of movement. There were some good signals again though they were choppy at times, more so during the evening. I ignored the more regular tropo transmitters.
The best catch today was one which got away - B5 Aktuell on 106.9, I think from the Brotjacklriegel transmitter, which would have been a tropo first for me. The Grunten transmitter of B5 Aktuell also uses 106.9 and was heard earlier, along with other stations from the Grunten transmitter. Tonight, I am assuming this was Brotjacklriegel because none of the other Grunten stations were audible this time. I thought the antenna beam was slightly further towards the east too, though the difference in bearing would be negligible. The other Brotjacklriegel stations were on blocked frequencies, ironically, blocked by other German stations, though I think I heard Bayern 1 on 92.1. Alas, it was just too weak for any certainty. So Brotjacklriegel got away on this occasion.
Recordings:
92.8 NRJ, Bethune 1059 28-09-13
88.0 Frequence Horizon, Bethune 1036 28-09-13
107.9 N Radio, Soissons 1028 28-09-13
107.9 AFN, Chievres 0936 28-09-13
102.8 France Bleu Picardie, Sailly-Saillisel 0848 28-09-13
98.3 RTBF Vivacite, Profondeville 0827 28-09-13
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
105.7 0025 BEL Club FM, Oostkamp (vlg-wvl) Jingle ID and club beats 297km
106.6 0029 F Radio Campus Lille, Lille/Cité Scientifique (59) CAMPUS__ 342km
87.7 0759 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Vocal ID 709km
88.0 0759 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Full toh ID 629km
88.9 0804 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) PS: _RTL.lu_ 574km
90.6 0805 D SWR3, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) Pops, as web 586km
90.7 0806 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Vocal ID 942km
95.8 0807 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Vocal ID and pops 942km
91.6 0808 D SWR3, Koblenz/Naßheck (Waldesch) (rlp) Rock song, as web 591km
92.0 0809 D SWR2, Donnersberg (rlp) Phone in 657km
92.1 0811 F France Inter, Verdun/Septsarges (55) OMs, as web 548km
93.0 0812 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) YL and OM talking, as web 593km
93.3 0813 LUX RTL Radio, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) ID and OM over music 574km
93.4 0814 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Phone in 713km
93.8 0815 D SWR2, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) Interview, as web 586km
94.0 0816 D SWR2, Koblenz/Naßheck (Waldesch) (rlp) OMs, as web 591km
94.8 0817 D SWR3, Linz/Ginsterhahn (rlp) Pops, as web 560km
95.0 0819 F France Musique, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Opera, as web 709km
95.5 0821 D SR 3 Saarlandwelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) German song, as web 629km
97.2 0823 F France Musique, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Opera, as 95.0 446km
97.3 0824 F France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Discussion, as 103.7 709km
97.4 0824 F France Musique, Verdun/Septsarges (55) Opera, as others 548km
98.4 0826 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) News of gas explosion, ID 748km
98.3 0827 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) ID. Three bars, squashing
Belmont! 441km **
99.7 0835 F France Culture, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Old 78, as web 446km
100.4 0838 D Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Pops, as web 748km
101.3 0840 F France Bleu Picardie, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) PS: BLEU.PIC 446km
101.7 0841 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) ID and pops 628km
105.7 0848 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) News, as web 1024km
102.3 0849 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) OM and Classical music, as web 1024km
102.8 0850 F France Bleu Picardie, Sailly-Saillisel (80) French pops, as 101.3 391km **
103.2 0853 BEL NRJ, Léglise/Vlessart (wal-lux) Jingle ID between pops 524km
103.5 0856 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and ads 554km
104.0 0857 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Yo rap mutha farmers! 590km
104.9 0858 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) POps, as web 554km
105.3 0900 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Pips and ID on the hour 733km
105.6 0901 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) YL news, as web (Not Donnersberg) 917km
105.9 0902 F France Info, Charleville-Mézières/Sury (08) OM news, as 105.2 479km
106.3 0903 F France Info, Verdun/Septsarges (55) OM news, as 105.9 548km
106.8 0904 F France Info, Metz/Luttange (57) OM, as others 600km
107.1 0905 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Vocal ID 593km
107.3 0905 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Jolly schlager! 729km
107.4 0906 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz/Naßheck (Waldesch) (rlp) More jolly Schlager 591km
107.8 0906 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Paul Youngs Common People, as web 917km
107.9 0907 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classicao, as web 733km
99.9 0918 SUI RTS La Première, Säntis (ar) Clarinet version of Girl From Ipanema, as web 917km
95.4 0921 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) YL, as web 917km
98.7 0927 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) OM ID, then Pink Floyds
"Money", as web 942km
103.0 0928 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) Adele, as web 942km
107.3 0934 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) ID and Cher cover 813km
107.9 0936 BEL AFN Benelux-The Eagle, Chièvres/Air Base (wal-hnt) PSAs in US accents. ID 374km
87.9 0941 F Virgin Radio, Montreuil/le Bois-de-Sel (62) Jingle ID in pile-up 302km
90.6 0946 F Fun Radio, Maubeuge/château d'eau (59) Rap-a-de-doo-dah, as web 406km
92.1 0955 F RTL, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) ID after ads 384km
92.2 0958 F NRJ, Laon/rue Saint-Jean (02) Jingle ID between pops 460km **
105.3 1000 F France Info, Laon/Château d'eau (02) Presumed site as Laon also in on 92.2 459km **
106.7 1026 F Fun Radio, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) I Have A Dream sample in dance song,
as web 334km
107.9 1028 F N'Radio, Soissons/Mont de Belleu (02) N Radio jingle ID between pops. As web 471km **
91.2 1052 F Contact, Abbeville/Behen Blockhaus (80) I Have A Dream track, as web 358km
92.8 1059 F NRJ, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) French Latino beats and jingle ID 341km
93.6 1104 F Rire et Chansons, Laon/rue Saint-Jean (02) Hysterical YL humour, as 93.3 460km **
98.4 1117 F RTL, Dieppe/la Côte Enragée (76) Ads and phone in, as web 364km
98.5 1118 F Transat FM, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Outreau (62) French song, as web 286km
99.2 1122 F Chérie FM, Abbeville/Huchenneville (80) Ads, as web 359km
100.2 1123 F France Bleu Picardie, Amiens/Dury Towercast (80) V weak. 50s song, as 100.6 390km
100.8 1124 F Contact, Lens or Valenciennes Dance pop track, as web
101.6 1128 F RFM, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Jingle ID and Phil Collins track 384km **
101.7 1129 G Flight FM, London pirate Yo DJ. D and B **
97.5 1657 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) POps, as web 640km
98.5 1659 D SWR3, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Pops, as 98.4 550km
99.8 1700 F France Inter, Metz/Luttange (57) OM ID 600km
101.4 1705 F France Bleu Alsace, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Westher forecast, as web 709km
100.1 1715 D RPR 1., Haardtkopf (rlp) German song, as web 593km
107.6 1716 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Pops, as web 640km
107.7 1719 LUX Den Neie Radio (DNR), Blaschette/Kandel (gld) IDs and pops. Scrolling RDS 557km
90.0 1728 D SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Pops, mixing BBC R2, as web 593km
105.0 1734 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) German pop song, as web 923km
105.7 1803 D SWR2, Stuttgart/Hoher Bopser (bwü) ID and classical music 790km
104.2 1940 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Meldrum (SC-ABS) BBC_Gael 501km
95.3 1941 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Meldrum (SC-ABS) As 93.1 501km
94.3 1942 G BBC Radio Scotland, Black Hill (SC-NLA) Live concert, as web 405km
93.8 1943 G BBC Radio Scotland, Durris (SC-ABS) Live Gaelic band, as 94.3, etc. 461km
99.0 1944 G BBC Radio 1, Durris (SC-ABS) As 98.3, etc. 461km
106.8 1944 G Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) Jingle ID 461km
91.6 1945 G BBC Radio 3, Durris (SC-ABS) Piano piece, as 90.9 461km **
89.4 1946 G BBC Radio 2, Durris (SC-ABS) Paul Gambacini 461km **
88.7 1947 G BBC Radio 2, Meldrum (SC-ABS) As 88.8 501km **
102.8 1952 G Star Durham, Burnhope (EN-DUR) Star Radio ID and pops, as 103.2 228km
103.2 1952 G Star Radio, Darlington (EN-NYK) Star Radio ID and pops 200km
103.7 1953 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) BBC Radio Scotland ID by OM 429km
92.7 1954 G BBC Radio Scotland, Forfar (SC-ANG) Presume Forfar as 103.7 in. Two bars 429km
90.6 2103 F Radio 6, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) 70s disco and jingle ID 334km
91.5 2108 F Virgin Radio, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Noise free. Stable. Various
pops and IDs 285km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Another good day of tropo with plenty of signals and plenty of movement. There were some good signals again though they were choppy at times, more so during the evening. I ignored the more regular tropo transmitters.
The best catch today was one which got away - B5 Aktuell on 106.9, I think from the Brotjacklriegel transmitter, which would have been a tropo first for me. The Grunten transmitter of B5 Aktuell also uses 106.9 and was heard earlier, along with other stations from the Grunten transmitter. Tonight, I am assuming this was Brotjacklriegel because none of the other Grunten stations were audible this time. I thought the antenna beam was slightly further towards the east too, though the difference in bearing would be negligible. The other Brotjacklriegel stations were on blocked frequencies, ironically, blocked by other German stations, though I think I heard Bayern 1 on 92.1. Alas, it was just too weak for any certainty. So Brotjacklriegel got away on this occasion.
Recordings:
92.8 NRJ, Bethune 1059 28-09-13
88.0 Frequence Horizon, Bethune 1036 28-09-13
107.9 N Radio, Soissons 1028 28-09-13
107.9 AFN, Chievres 0936 28-09-13
102.8 France Bleu Picardie, Sailly-Saillisel 0848 28-09-13
98.3 RTBF Vivacite, Profondeville 0827 28-09-13
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, 27 September 2013
Skegness Log: 27-09-13 (MW)
1520 0544 USA KKXA
Snohomish WA. Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy, then ID - The
only
music you need - the all new Classic Country 15-20 KXA Briefly equal
with WWKB 7538 km
1320 0600 CAN CHMB Vancouver BC. V weak Chinese YL. CNR style time pip, OM ID and news
jingle 7457 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Conditions improving further! Nice to have these two west coasters in the bag. Thankto Mark Borthwick for the KKXA tip.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, 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
music you need - the all new Classic Country 15-20 KXA Briefly equal
with WWKB 7538 km
1320 0600 CAN CHMB Vancouver BC. V weak Chinese YL. CNR style time pip, OM ID and news
jingle 7457 km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Conditions improving further! Nice to have these two west coasters in the bag. Thankto Mark Borthwick for the KKXA tip.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, 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
Skegness Log: 27-09-13 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
87.8 1031 F France Inter, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Phone caller, as 103.7 497km
89.0 1033 F RFI Paris, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) YL, as web 497km
94.3 1040 F Radio Orient, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Asian music, as web, then ads 497km
92.1 1042 F Le Mouv', Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Scissor Brothers, as web 497km
96.9 1044 F Voltage, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) In the mix, ID and OM 497km **
97.4 1048 F Rire et Chansons, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Toto song, as web 497km
100.3 1051 F NRJ, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) French pops, as web 497km **
102.3 1055 F Ouï FM, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Rock song, as web 497km **
103.1 1057 F RMC, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) OM talk, sd web 497km **
103.5 1058 F Virgin Radio, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Pops, as web 497km **
104.3 1059 F RTL, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Presume Paris. OM ID 497km
104.7 1059 F Europe 1, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Paris adverts, ID. TWO bars! 497km **
105.1 1102 F FIP, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Pop song, as web. TWO bars! 497km
105.5 1103 F France Info, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) As 105.2 497km
105.9 1104 F RTL 2, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Rock song, jingle ID 497km
107.1 1106 F France Bleu 107.1, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Weather, as web 497km
107.5 1107 F Africa No.1, Paris/Fort de Romainville (93) African French OM and phone in, as web 496km **
90.4 1109 F Nostalgie, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Nostalgie jingle, v weak 497km **
101.1 1111 F Radio Classique, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Violin concerto, as web 497km **
101.9 1120 F Fun Radio, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Brief appearance. Ad break, as web 497km **
88.2 1126 F Générations, Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest (93) Blurred Lines song,
as web 498km **
92.8 1129 F Music Box, Pontoise/Vaux-sur-Seine (95) Country style song, as web 475km
93.3 1130 F France Culture, Beaumont-sur-Oise/les Sablons (95) OM YL, as 98.0 466km **
87.6 1133 F France Inter, Beaumont-sur-Oise/les Sablons (95) Tentative. V difficult xf RTL Nostalgie.
Deep voiced OM, as web. V difficult copy 466km **
95.4 1536 F RTL, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) Adverts, as web 377km **
98.0 1604 F ID FM, Paris-Nord/Sannois (95) French rap, as web. xf unid English, not
BBC Three Counties 484km **
99.2 1614 F Chérie FM, Abbeville/Huchenneville (80) Jingle ID between songs 359km **
105.1 1631 F Résonance, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) OMs lively discussion, then pop music, as web 377km **
106.0 1637 F RTL, Montargis/Pannes (45) OM serious discussion, as web 595km **
89.2 1646 F NRJ, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) Club beats and accordeon, as web 377km **
89.8 1648 F Canal FM Sambre Avesnois, Avesnes-sur-Helpe/Pont-sur-Sambre (59) Accordeon music and
French YL, as web 405km **
88.9 1655 F Contact, Noyon/Maison Rouge (60) Dance songs and jingle ID 456km **
101.5 1754 G Radio Plus, Coventry/Mercia House (EN-WMD) Pops and ID. V difficult under
Tacolneston 148km **
102.5 1801 G Galaxy, London pirate Soulful oldies, as web **
87.7 1819 F France Bleu Nord, Valenciennes/Château d'eau (59) OMs and YL discussion, as web.
Briefly over RTL 381km **
87.9 1821 F Fun Radio, Yvetot-Autretot/le Bout du Haut (76) ID in adverts 389km
104.1 1935 F RTL, Abbeville-Mareuil 2 (80) OMs conversation and ID 356km **
107.5 2110 G Sovereign Radio, Eastbourne/Butts Brow (EN-ESU) Jingle ID and pops 262km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
WHAT IS HAPPENING? The tropo season got underway with a BANG here on Monday (23rd) but it keeps on going! I never expected any of this today!
Today's opening began with the Reims transmitter in NE France blasting through with its national TDF outlets on 89.2, 97.8 and 98.8 during the late morning, so I flipped the 9.2 into vertical, expecting to hear local networks from Reims, but heard Paris stations instead - in excess of 20 of them! Some of them were hitting two bars on the XDR-F1HD. After a necessary trip into town I returned to find conditions had fallen away a little, but they began to recover by the early evening - the same time we had some friends round. They didn't leave until 1am so I missed virtually all of the evening's tropo conditions. Grrrrr!
At the time of compiling this report (2am) I have Lille locals slamming through with THREE bars and instant RDS! I need to get some sleep at some point. When? :O)
Recordings:
105.1 unid 1937 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/137ft39m47kv9lcfzn7g
101.5 Radio Plus, Coventry 1753 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/z4ysmbj9a0bs9arc8pib
95.5 BBC Somerset, Mendip 1718 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/vb4zaxet9mu92m4t3xev
95.4 RTL, Fecamp 1713 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/l68iwov1rsmh0l0h0cic
88.9 Contact, Noyon 1656 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/enh1xifcmdc0ojk1ehyl
89.8 Canal Sambre, Avesnes 1645 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/dfcula0p4uzc8g4mxvqd
105.1 FIP, Paris 1641 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/glsdk8wsptfcq374l0gg
99.2 Cherie FM, Abbeville 1613 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/z548twyc3qp7m048vo17
107.1 France Bleu 107.1, Paris 1135 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/zab2arbjdfs1pf7hkas8
101.9 Fun Radio, Paris 1129 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/8qopk4piclawgqmno87v
101.1 Radio Classique, Paris 1109 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/cnusfa79210cn29qhmo4
90.4 Nostalgie, Paris 1108 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/6ezf7j909kfc3nsb3in6
105.9 RTL2, Paris 1103 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/kj71ymg3j8g7fj5mjulg
104.7 Europe 1, Paris 1100 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/ubbatsx64eqaa3dktsw3
96.9 Voltage, Paris 1044 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/vtla0mtaqtf2g8li68du
One final piece of news which will be of interest to those looking for free clud storage, I discovered yesterday that box.net now give you 10GB storage as standard to free account holders. That's quite amazing! They don't seem to mind you having more than one account either - I have been running two for several years now.
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 1031 F France Inter, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Phone caller, as 103.7 497km
89.0 1033 F RFI Paris, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) YL, as web 497km
94.3 1040 F Radio Orient, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Asian music, as web, then ads 497km
92.1 1042 F Le Mouv', Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Scissor Brothers, as web 497km
96.9 1044 F Voltage, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) In the mix, ID and OM 497km **
97.4 1048 F Rire et Chansons, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Toto song, as web 497km
100.3 1051 F NRJ, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) French pops, as web 497km **
102.3 1055 F Ouï FM, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Rock song, as web 497km **
103.1 1057 F RMC, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) OM talk, sd web 497km **
103.5 1058 F Virgin Radio, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Pops, as web 497km **
104.3 1059 F RTL, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Presume Paris. OM ID 497km
104.7 1059 F Europe 1, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Paris adverts, ID. TWO bars! 497km **
105.1 1102 F FIP, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Pop song, as web. TWO bars! 497km
105.5 1103 F France Info, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) As 105.2 497km
105.9 1104 F RTL 2, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Rock song, jingle ID 497km
107.1 1106 F France Bleu 107.1, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Weather, as web 497km
107.5 1107 F Africa No.1, Paris/Fort de Romainville (93) African French OM and phone in, as web 496km **
90.4 1109 F Nostalgie, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Nostalgie jingle, v weak 497km **
101.1 1111 F Radio Classique, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Violin concerto, as web 497km **
101.9 1120 F Fun Radio, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Brief appearance. Ad break, as web 497km **
88.2 1126 F Générations, Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest (93) Blurred Lines song,
as web 498km **
92.8 1129 F Music Box, Pontoise/Vaux-sur-Seine (95) Country style song, as web 475km
93.3 1130 F France Culture, Beaumont-sur-Oise/les Sablons (95) OM YL, as 98.0 466km **
87.6 1133 F France Inter, Beaumont-sur-Oise/les Sablons (95) Tentative. V difficult xf RTL Nostalgie.
Deep voiced OM, as web. V difficult copy 466km **
95.4 1536 F RTL, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) Adverts, as web 377km **
98.0 1604 F ID FM, Paris-Nord/Sannois (95) French rap, as web. xf unid English, not
BBC Three Counties 484km **
99.2 1614 F Chérie FM, Abbeville/Huchenneville (80) Jingle ID between songs 359km **
105.1 1631 F Résonance, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) OMs lively discussion, then pop music, as web 377km **
106.0 1637 F RTL, Montargis/Pannes (45) OM serious discussion, as web 595km **
89.2 1646 F NRJ, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) Club beats and accordeon, as web 377km **
89.8 1648 F Canal FM Sambre Avesnois, Avesnes-sur-Helpe/Pont-sur-Sambre (59) Accordeon music and
French YL, as web 405km **
88.9 1655 F Contact, Noyon/Maison Rouge (60) Dance songs and jingle ID 456km **
101.5 1754 G Radio Plus, Coventry/Mercia House (EN-WMD) Pops and ID. V difficult under
Tacolneston 148km **
102.5 1801 G Galaxy, London pirate Soulful oldies, as web **
87.7 1819 F France Bleu Nord, Valenciennes/Château d'eau (59) OMs and YL discussion, as web.
Briefly over RTL 381km **
87.9 1821 F Fun Radio, Yvetot-Autretot/le Bout du Haut (76) ID in adverts 389km
104.1 1935 F RTL, Abbeville-Mareuil 2 (80) OMs conversation and ID 356km **
107.5 2110 G Sovereign Radio, Eastbourne/Butts Brow (EN-ESU) Jingle ID and pops 262km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
WHAT IS HAPPENING? The tropo season got underway with a BANG here on Monday (23rd) but it keeps on going! I never expected any of this today!
Today's opening began with the Reims transmitter in NE France blasting through with its national TDF outlets on 89.2, 97.8 and 98.8 during the late morning, so I flipped the 9.2 into vertical, expecting to hear local networks from Reims, but heard Paris stations instead - in excess of 20 of them! Some of them were hitting two bars on the XDR-F1HD. After a necessary trip into town I returned to find conditions had fallen away a little, but they began to recover by the early evening - the same time we had some friends round. They didn't leave until 1am so I missed virtually all of the evening's tropo conditions. Grrrrr!
At the time of compiling this report (2am) I have Lille locals slamming through with THREE bars and instant RDS! I need to get some sleep at some point. When? :O)
Recordings:
105.1 unid 1937 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/137ft39m47kv9lcfzn7g
101.5 Radio Plus, Coventry 1753 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/z4ysmbj9a0bs9arc8pib
95.5 BBC Somerset, Mendip 1718 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/vb4zaxet9mu92m4t3xev
95.4 RTL, Fecamp 1713 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/l68iwov1rsmh0l0h0cic
88.9 Contact, Noyon 1656 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/enh1xifcmdc0ojk1ehyl
89.8 Canal Sambre, Avesnes 1645 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/dfcula0p4uzc8g4mxvqd
105.1 FIP, Paris 1641 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/glsdk8wsptfcq374l0gg
99.2 Cherie FM, Abbeville 1613 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/z548twyc3qp7m048vo17
107.1 France Bleu 107.1, Paris 1135 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/zab2arbjdfs1pf7hkas8
101.9 Fun Radio, Paris 1129 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/8qopk4piclawgqmno87v
101.1 Radio Classique, Paris 1109 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/cnusfa79210cn29qhmo4
90.4 Nostalgie, Paris 1108 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/6ezf7j909kfc3nsb3in6
105.9 RTL2, Paris 1103 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/kj71ymg3j8g7fj5mjulg
104.7 Europe 1, Paris 1100 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/ubbatsx64eqaa3dktsw3
96.9 Voltage, Paris 1044 27-09-13
https://app.box.com/s/vtla0mtaqtf2g8li68du
One final piece of news which will be of interest to those looking for free clud storage, I discovered yesterday that box.net now give you 10GB storage as standard to free account holders. That's quite amazing! They don't seem to mind you having more than one account either - I have been running two for several years now.
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, 26 September 2013
Skegness Log: 26-09-13 (MW)
1510 0500 USA WLAC
Nashville TN. Newsradio 15-10 WLAC, dominant over WUFC at 0500.
Fox News Radio 6686 km
1530 0500 USA WCKY Cincinnati OH. This is WCKY BY YL on the hour. Equal levels Euros 6332 km
1590 0500 USA WAKR Akron OH. Distinctive Gong chime on the hour in pile-up 5991 km
Improving conditions. Nice to hear WCKY in with the Euros at 0500.
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
1530 0500 USA WCKY Cincinnati OH. This is WCKY BY YL on the hour. Equal levels Euros 6332 km
1590 0500 USA WAKR Akron OH. Distinctive Gong chime on the hour in pile-up 5991 km
Improving conditions. Nice to hear WCKY in with the Euros at 0500.
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
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