Meteor Scatter Videos on my YouTube Channel

Since putting the FM5 on the garden I have been able to enjoy noise-free reception across FM. This has enabled the reception of some very weak signals which would have otherwise been buried under mountains (up to 30 dBf - XDR-GTK software) of noise.

Reception has been so good, it has been like being on a DX trip to a remote location. There's simply zero noise. So many signals can fade in from nowhere, via scatter modes, which otherwise wouldn't have stood a chance on my rooftop antenna, which is now receiving so much noise it has become unusable.

To demonstrate, I have taken some recordings from the computer using Bandicam software. Here are the pick of the bunch, but many more can be viewed on my YouTube page.

89.0 Radio Impuls, Ostrava, via meteor scatter:  2014-01-26

Good Overnight Meteor Scatter: 89 5, 2014-01-20

Quadrantids Meteor Scatter Highlights 03 01 14

Overnight Meteor Scatter - 01 01 14

Skegness Log: 30-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 90.2 1334  D  MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Part of jingle ID  739km **
 90.2 1409  D  Radio Teddy, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Boy band song, as web  881km **
 90.2 0725  I  Radio Maria, Three transmitters listed Prayer. Mention of "Le Lodi"
               programme. Thanks FM Franco for help.

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

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

Aerial:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Triax FM5, one metre AGL

Skegness Log: 29-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.1 1034  I  RAI Radio1, Several listed including three high power OM news, as web.
               Frequent bursts **
 88.1 1250 SRB Radio Beograd 1, Ovcar (Srb) Don McLean song, as web  1779km **
 88.1 1306 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Monte San Salvatore (ti) Sades Paradise, as
               web stream  1010km **
 88.1 1312  G  BBC Radio 2, Several Sites possible Maybe North Hesssary Tor?
               A fluttery Jeremy Vine!   **
 87.6 2111  D  Antenne Brandenburg, Frankfurt (Oder) Booßen (brb) Neil Diamonds
               "I Am I Said", as web. Two second burst  951km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Poor meteor scatter yesterday but much better today. It's been 'pings' rather than 'bursts' but there were a few longer ripples of activity lasting up to about five seconds during the last few hours of the day.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

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

Aerial:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Triax FM5, one metre AGL

Skegness Log: 27-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.5 0023 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Innsbruck 1/Patscherkofel (tir) Israel Kamakawiwoole
               song, as web  1030km **
 95.8 1258  I  RAI Radio3, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) Presume Trieste.
               Italian YL, as web  1278km **
 95.8 1313  D  Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) End of song and OM, as web  942km **
 95.8 1348  D  WDR 5, Ederkopf (nrw) Country song, as web  593km **
 95.8 1545  D  RBB Radio Eins, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) YL phone caller,
               several seconds.   881km **
 93.4 2118  D  RBB infoRADIO/Sorbisches Prog., Cottbus Calau (brb) OM, as web.
               Several short bursts  935km **
 93.4 2142  D  delta radio, Hamburg/Heinrich-Hertz-Turm (ham) Vocal ID. Thanks
               pe1etr, Jurgen and Konrad DX for confirmation. Matches jingle ID 100%
               on recorded jingle ID.  642km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

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

Aerial:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Triax FM5, one metre AGL

Skegness Log: 26-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 91.2 0104 AUT Ö1, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) Frequent pings of jazz, as web  1262km **
 95.4 0148 AUT Ö2 - Radio Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) German song, as web  1262km **
 89.0 1001 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hostálkovice (MO) 2203 ____ULS_  1287km **
 89.0 1225  F  France Culture, Le Mans/Mayet (72) YL, as web. Three short bursts  599km **
 89.0 1259  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) German pop song, as web  713km **
 89.0 1304  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) German OM, as web  834km **
 99.1 1420 AUT Antenne Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) Taylor Swift song, as web.
               Several short pings over the last hour  1262km **

Band 2 Tropospheric:
101.7 1422 BEL AFN PowerNet, Everberg (vlg-vbr) Brief noise free peak. US OM  386km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

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

Aerial:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Triax FM5, one metre AGL

Skegness Log: 25-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 89.4 1243  F  France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F203  604km
 89.9 1245  F  France Musique, Rennes/Saint-Pern (35) F203  564km
 95.4 1250  F  France Inter, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F201 __INTER_  604km
 94.2 1251  F  France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) Talk, as 98.0  675km
 90.6 1252  F  France Inter, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) OM, as 103.7  675km
 89.2 1253  F  France Culture, Cherbourg-Octeville/Digosville (50) OM, as 98.0  413km
100.7 1256  F  France Bleu Cotentin, Cherbourg-Octeville/Digosville (50)
               French song, ID, France Bleu Le Weekend. Noise free  413km
 95.6 1311  F  France Musique, Caen/Mont Pinçon (14) F203 MUSIQUE_  469km
 91.5 1312  F  France Culture, Caen/Mont Pinçon (14) F202 _CULTURE  469km
 93.8 1425  F  France Inter, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) Michel Polnareff song, as 103.7  712km
 91.8 1426  F  France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) As 88.7  672km
 89.0 1429  F  France Culture, Le Mans/Mayet (72) Om, as 98.0  599km
 92.6 1430  F  France Inter, Le Mans/Mayet (72) OMs, as 103.7  599km
 97.0 1430  F  France Musique, Le Mans/Mayet (72) Classical, as 88.7  599km
 97.8 1431  F  France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Never matching the strength
               of the other Brest outlets  604km
 98.1 1431  F  France Culture, Chartres/Montlandon (28) OM, as 98.0  531km
 94.6 1433  F  France Inter, Chartres/Montlandon (28) OM, as 103.7  531km
 87.9 1436  F  France Culture, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) OM, as 98.0  712km

I didn't start to listen to the radio until after midday, so I don't know if I missed much before.

Nice to see RDS with these weak/fair signals, something which I never report much of, unless I have been using the KT6040. Traditionally, tropo DXing is done with the XDR-F1HD here, which is very poor with RDS, but the GTK software really comes into its own now.

Tropo conditions didn't take off in any great way here. No Spanish stations were heard. Nothing from the SW of France either. Mostly it was just a small enhacement to the bigger TDF outlets in NW France.

88.2 was monitored for meteor scatter overnight but no RDS stored.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

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

Aerial:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Triax FM5, one metre AGL

Skegness Log: 24-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:

 89.2 1053 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) Jingle ID  1262km **

 89.2 1331  D  NDR Kultur, Schwerin (mev) Piano concerto, as web. NOT France Musique  740km **

 89.2 1427  I  RAI Radio1, Pescara/San Silvestro (RAI) (pe) Presume Pescara. Long burst.
               Guitar song, as web  1576km **

 89.2 1512 POL PR 3, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Rock song, as web  1178km **

 89.2 2227  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Blauen (bwü) Bob Seger song, as web  793km **

 89.2 2337  D  SWR2, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) YL and classical music, as web  859km **

** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.

Receivers:

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

Aerial:

Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator

Triax FM5, one metre AGL

Skegness Log: 23-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.8 1456 POL PR 3, Zagan/Wichów (LU) 3233  1037km **

** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode

I have observed a decline in MS activity today. My chosen frequency to record overnight was 102.0, but it did not reveal much. After recording other reliable frequencies it soon became clear that meteor activity has fallen (here at least) by a large degree. I would estimate by 70 or 80%.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.

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

Aerial:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Triax FM5, one metre AGL

Skegness Log: 22-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
103.6 1208  F  France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F405 BLEUPROV. Good MS
               burst. 40dB. 0% BER. 18 AFs and partial radiotext  1149km **

Band 2 Tropo/Scatter:
103.6 1224 BEL NRJ, New site? Jingle ID, ads and mention of Liege **

** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode

The largest MS burst received here so far happened while listening live early this afternoon. I wasn't recording but RDS Spy caught the details.

Does anybody knoe the site for the Belgian NRJ outlet on 103.6?

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.

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

Aerial:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Triax FM5, one metre AGL

Skegness Log: 21-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 97.2 0653  F  France Musique, Perpignan/Pic de Neulos (66) Classical music, above
               and // co-channel Hirson  1202km
105.9 1234  D  MDR Info, Oschatz/Collmberg (sac) OM talk on long burst, as web  887km **
105.9 1643 POL RMF FM, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Pops, as web. Several bursts  1291km **
 97.2 1841 SVK SRo 3 Rádio Devín, Zilina/Krízava (ZA) 521B  1363km
 97.2 1847  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL talk, as web  739km **

Band 2 Tropo/Scatter:
 97.2 1716 HOL Radio 2, Eys/Alticom Toren (lim) ID and pops  462km
102.9 1903 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Detroit Emeralds track, as web  354km
100.3 1904 HOL L1 Radio, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Sports commentary, as web  443km

** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.

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

Aerial:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Triax FM5, one metre AGL