Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.2 0124 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) Jazzy piece, as web 813km
88.2 0223 SUI Radio SRF 1, Bantiger or Feschel MLTR song, as web
88.2 0419 D NDR Kultur, Marlow (mev) Piano piece, as web 814km
88.2 0430 D NDR Kultur, Marlow (mev) YL talking about Josef Haydn, as web 814km
88.2 0437 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) Folk song, as web 813km
88.2 0459 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) Promo, as web 813km
88.2 0508 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) OM in outside broadcast, as web 813km
88.2 0510 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) German YL, as web 813km
88.2 0512 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) Folk music, as web 813km
88.2 0519 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) YL talk in classroom, as web 813km
88.2 0520 D NDR Kultur, Marlow (mev) Classical, as web 814km
88.2 0524 NOR NRK P1, Skien 1/Vealøs (te) Rod Stewart song, as web 890km
88.2 0543 D NDR Kultur, Marlow (mev) Choral piece, as web 814km
88.2 0600 D NDR Kultur, Marlow (mev) NDR Kultur, nachrichten ID 814km
88.2 0736 HOL Radio 2, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Sensual jazzy female soloist,
as web. One second burst. 443km
88.2 0745 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) German YL, as web 813km
88.2 0748 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) German OM, as web 813km
88.2 0824 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) German OM, as web 813km
88.2 0827 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) German OM, as web. Eight second
meteor burst 813km
88.2 0932 SUI Radio SRF 1, Bantiger or Feschel German YL, as web
88.2 0942 D NDR Kultur, Marlow (mev) Slowly spoken German YL, as web 814km
88.2 1006 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) Musical bed, as web 813km
87.7 2130 SVK Fun Rádio, Kosice/Dubník (KE) Euro disco song, as web 1545km
87.7 2131 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French OM, as web 709km
87.7 2207 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Double bass and piano, as web 905km
87.7 2236 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French song, as web 709km
87.7 2237 SVK Fun Rádio, Kosice/Dubník (KE) Pops, as web. Two second burst 1545km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
91.1 0631 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Albert Hammond song, as web 543km
94.4 0632 D NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen (nds) Classical music, as web 543km
95.2 0633 HOL Slam!FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) Club beats, as web 313km
95.8 0633 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Albert Hammond song, as 91.1 479km
96.1 0634 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) French OM 397km
96.8 0634 HOL 3FM, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Pops, as web 344km
97.0 0636 D WDR 3, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Strings, as web 591km
99.8 0636 D NDR 2, Steinkimmen (nds) Pops, as web 543km
105.5 0637 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 591km
91.4 0641 HOL Radio 4, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Classical music, as web 425km
91.8 0642 HOL Radio 1, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) OM YL talk, as web 408km
92.0 0642 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Talks, maybe OB, as web 494km
92.8 0643 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Light pops, as web 477km
93.8 0645 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) Banging toons, as web 387km
93.9 0646 D WDR 4, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Robbie Williams, as web 484km
96.5 0647 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) German song.
Almost noise free 505km
98.1 0648 D WDR 3, Nordhelle (nrw) Classical. Almost noise free 554km
99.2 0648 D WDR 2, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) German YL 505km
99.8 0648 D NDR 2, Steinkimmen (nds) Paul Young song, as web 543km
104.8 0649 HOL Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Dutch OMs, as web 443km
93.5 0654 D WDR 2, Nordhelle (nrw) Bee Gees song, as web 554km
93.8 0655 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) Pops, as web 565km
87.9 0705 HOL Omroep Zeeland, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) Dutch pop 303km
88.0 0705 HOL Radio 2, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Reggae song, as web 408km
89.9 0706 BEL VRT Klara, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Weather 431km
97.3 0709 D WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Classical piece, as web 421km
97.4 0710 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) OM and
YL talking, as web 560km
99.1 0710 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) French news,
mentioning Charleroi 409km
99.5 0712 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) French YL, as web 459km
100.6 0713 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops,
as 102.1 376km
102.5 0715 HOL Radio 538, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Jason Mraz, as web 361km
97.9 1206 BEL VRT Radio 2, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Dutch sports news, noise
free 431km
101.0 1207 HOL Sky Radio, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Pops, ID 408km
101.2 1208 HOL Sky Radio, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Pops, as 101.0 342km
101.3 1208 D WDR 4, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) 13dB and noise free. German song 505km
It was the turn of 88.2 overnight. There were lots of classical music
bursts but due to shared programming it was not possible to be more
specific which station it was, but both NDR Kultur and Bayern 2 came in
numerous times, including NDR Kultur with an actual vocal ID.
Signals would have been sufficient to produce RDS but I didn't use
Bandicam overnight as this poor computer is being pushed to enough
extremes with dozens of huge audio files as it is (and it's starting to
buckle). What I find amazing is that there are so many different
stations coming through, it's impissible to make any guesses. It seems
that it's mostly the more powerful transmitters are producing the RDS
while the lower powered transmitters are still pushing through with
great ease.
Once again, I have logged ALL instances of identified meteor scatter
just to show the regularity of the signals. Quite amazing stuff.
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
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Saturday, 1 February 2014
Skegness Log: 01-02-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor
Scatter:
88.3 0202 G BBC Radio 2, Bressay (SC-SHE) BBC News. Several second burst above
Sutton Coldfield 781km **
88.3 0214 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) German OM, numerous bursts,
as web 813km **
88.3 0238 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) Bruce Springsteens High
Hopes, as web 813km
88.3 0246 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) Fairground Attractions Perfect,
as web 813km
88.3 0327 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) George Michael Aretha
Franklin song, as web 813km
88.3 0343 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) Paper Lace Billy Dont Be A
Hero, as web 813km
88.3 0513 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) Scissor Sisters song, as
web 813km
87.6 0713 D BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Concerto, as web 879km **
87.6 0910 D hr3, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Klangkarussel song, as web 612km **
87.6 0945 D Antenne Brandenburg, Frankfurt (Oder) Booßen (brb) Buffalo Soldier,
as web 951km
87.6 0948 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) Katy Perry, as web 1219km
87.6 0956 NOR NRK P1, Nordhue (he) Norwegian OM and YL, as web 1094km
87.6 0957 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Brooke Fraser song, as web 650km
87.6 1006 D BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Sombre classical, as web 879km
87.6 1020 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Five second burst. Pops, as web 650km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
87.7 0602 HOL Radio 10, Lelystad/Alticom Toren (fle) 351km
87.9 0603 HOL Omroep Zeeland, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) 303km
88.2 0603 HOL Radio 2, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) 443km
88.4 0603 HOL Slam!FM, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) 334km
89.2 0603 F France Musique, Reims/TDF Hautvillers (51) 516km
90.3 0605 D WDR 5, Nordhelle (nrw) 554km
90.7 0605 HOL SubLime FM, Ijsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) 344km
91.2 0605 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru) 377km
91.7 0606 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) 376km
91.8 0606 HOL Radio 1, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) 408km
92.0 0606 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) 494km
95.4 0607 F France Inter, Amiens/Saint-Just-en-Chaussée [60] (80) 431km
96.8 0607 F France Inter, Reims/TDF Hautvillers (51) 516km
97.5 0608 BEL VRT Radio 2, Schoten (vlg-ant) 354km
97.8 0608 HOL Radio Veronica, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) 344km
98.0 0608 F France Culture, Lille/Bouvigny le Mont [62] (59) 343km
98.6 0608 BEL VRT Radio 2, Egem (vlg-wvl) 309km
99.1 0608 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) 409km
102.7 0609 BEL RTBF La Première, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) 441km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This is a more complete picture of today's scatter.
I recorded 88.3 and 87.6 overnight for meteor scatter. I included duplicate loggings to show how regular some signals have been.
The aircraft scatter log was based on a quick scan from the bottom to the top of the band including all continentals I heard in a single sweep. This is the first time I haven't included programme details for reasons of quickness.
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
88.3 0202 G BBC Radio 2, Bressay (SC-SHE) BBC News. Several second burst above
Sutton Coldfield 781km **
88.3 0214 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) German OM, numerous bursts,
as web 813km **
88.3 0238 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) Bruce Springsteens High
Hopes, as web 813km
88.3 0246 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) Fairground Attractions Perfect,
as web 813km
88.3 0327 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) George Michael Aretha
Franklin song, as web 813km
88.3 0343 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) Paper Lace Billy Dont Be A
Hero, as web 813km
88.3 0513 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) Scissor Sisters song, as
web 813km
87.6 0713 D BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Concerto, as web 879km **
87.6 0910 D hr3, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Klangkarussel song, as web 612km **
87.6 0945 D Antenne Brandenburg, Frankfurt (Oder) Booßen (brb) Buffalo Soldier,
as web 951km
87.6 0948 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) Katy Perry, as web 1219km
87.6 0956 NOR NRK P1, Nordhue (he) Norwegian OM and YL, as web 1094km
87.6 0957 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Brooke Fraser song, as web 650km
87.6 1006 D BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Sombre classical, as web 879km
87.6 1020 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Five second burst. Pops, as web 650km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
87.7 0602 HOL Radio 10, Lelystad/Alticom Toren (fle) 351km
87.9 0603 HOL Omroep Zeeland, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) 303km
88.2 0603 HOL Radio 2, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) 443km
88.4 0603 HOL Slam!FM, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) 334km
89.2 0603 F France Musique, Reims/TDF Hautvillers (51) 516km
90.3 0605 D WDR 5, Nordhelle (nrw) 554km
90.7 0605 HOL SubLime FM, Ijsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) 344km
91.2 0605 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru) 377km
91.7 0606 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) 376km
91.8 0606 HOL Radio 1, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) 408km
92.0 0606 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) 494km
95.4 0607 F France Inter, Amiens/Saint-Just-en-Chaussée [60] (80) 431km
96.8 0607 F France Inter, Reims/TDF Hautvillers (51) 516km
97.5 0608 BEL VRT Radio 2, Schoten (vlg-ant) 354km
97.8 0608 HOL Radio Veronica, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) 344km
98.0 0608 F France Culture, Lille/Bouvigny le Mont [62] (59) 343km
98.6 0608 BEL VRT Radio 2, Egem (vlg-wvl) 309km
99.1 0608 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) 409km
102.7 0609 BEL RTBF La Première, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) 441km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This is a more complete picture of today's scatter.
I recorded 88.3 and 87.6 overnight for meteor scatter. I included duplicate loggings to show how regular some signals have been.
The aircraft scatter log was based on a quick scan from the bottom to the top of the band including all continentals I heard in a single sweep. This is the first time I haven't included programme details for reasons of quickness.
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
Friday, 31 January 2014
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.
Good Overnight Meteor Scatter: 89 5, 2014-01-20
Quadrantids Meteor Scatter Highlights 03 01 14
Overnight Meteor Scatter - 01 01 14
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
Thursday, 30 January 2014
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
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
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
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
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
Monday, 27 January 2014
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
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
Sunday, 26 January 2014
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
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
Saturday, 25 January 2014
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
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
Friday, 24 January 2014
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 **
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
Thursday, 23 January 2014
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
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
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