Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
105.3 0045 AUT Kronehit, Sankt Pölten/Jauerling (nie) Advert, as web 1182km **
105.3 0113 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German YL, as web 733km **
105.3 0138 D NDR Info, Schwerin (mev) Crooning song, as web. Seven second burst 740km **
105.3 0142 I RMC - Radio Monte Carlo, Romagnese/Monte Calenzone (pv) Italian female
vocalist, as web 1132km **
105.3 0204 F France Info, Marseille/Petite Etoile (13) OM talking about the
UK, as web. Two second burst 1148km **
91.0 0903 HOL Omroep Brabant, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Ad break.
Sudden burst
lifted well above aircraft scatter 334km **
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
105.3 0816 HOL Radio 1, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) YL talk, as web 455km
90.6 0818 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German YL, as 107.1 591km
107.1 0819 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) Almost noise free. German YL 565km
97.5 0830 BEL VRT Radio 2, Schoten (vlg-ant) Pops, as 98.6 354km
97.9 0831 BEL VRT Radio 2, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Pops, as 98.6 431km
100.3 0832 HOL L1 Radio, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) News and ads, L Een ID 443km
93.3 0835 D WDR 2, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Light pops, as web 421km
89.9 0849 F France Musique, Rennes/Saint-Pern (35) Classical, as 88.7, beaming east! 564km
90.0 0850 HOL 100% NL, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Lively song, as 90.2 366km
93.9 0851 D WDR 4, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Light pops, as web 484km
96.3 0855 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Rock song, as web 366km
91.0 0901 HOL Omroep Brabant, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Ad break, as web 334km
** 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:
Triax FM5, one metre AGL
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator (temporarily out of action due to local noise issue)
Thursday, 6 February 2014
Moving House Again
It's only just over three years ago since we last moved. This time we are moving for two reasons.
1. We are struggling to afford to rent the place we are in now.
2. Nobody should have to suffer with neighbours like ours. They have been relentless in their destruction of our property, last week breaking the windows on our car.
Actually, I could add a third reason.
3. There is now so much electrical noise getting into my antennas at the current property that my rooftop antenna has become unusable. This is not a sole reason for moving of course, but it's a problem I will be happy to see the back of.
Our new property does seem a lot quieter, electrically, based on two visits and brief listening sessions yesterday using a modified Degen DE1103, one in session in mid-afternoon, the other mid-evening. In fact, it seems ultra quiet on both medium wave and band 2. I'm sure there will be *some* noise at some point as nobody seems to escape this modern evil anymore, not unless they are very lucky. Time can only tell.
Our neighbours have been something else. Their behaviour has always been erratic. Friendly one minute, aggressive the next. Why they have taken it upon themselves to make our lives a misery we have no idea. We have done nothing to cause this. We even used to be quite good friends at one time and go out socially.
The new location is like an oasis in a sea of urban sprawl. It's a detached property and has gardens all round it. Although it is surrounded by other housing, it is quite enclosed at the end of a footpath and is blocked from view by tall conifers and high fencing. There are fairly long gardens on two sides of the property so there is potential for hiding a few antennas. It's very modern but not as big as our current property. We will miss the open views we have enjoyed across the fields here.
So there are pros and cos, but isn't that always the case?
1. We are struggling to afford to rent the place we are in now.
2. Nobody should have to suffer with neighbours like ours. They have been relentless in their destruction of our property, last week breaking the windows on our car.
Actually, I could add a third reason.
3. There is now so much electrical noise getting into my antennas at the current property that my rooftop antenna has become unusable. This is not a sole reason for moving of course, but it's a problem I will be happy to see the back of.
Our new property does seem a lot quieter, electrically, based on two visits and brief listening sessions yesterday using a modified Degen DE1103, one in session in mid-afternoon, the other mid-evening. In fact, it seems ultra quiet on both medium wave and band 2. I'm sure there will be *some* noise at some point as nobody seems to escape this modern evil anymore, not unless they are very lucky. Time can only tell.
Our neighbours have been something else. Their behaviour has always been erratic. Friendly one minute, aggressive the next. Why they have taken it upon themselves to make our lives a misery we have no idea. We have done nothing to cause this. We even used to be quite good friends at one time and go out socially.
The new location is like an oasis in a sea of urban sprawl. It's a detached property and has gardens all round it. Although it is surrounded by other housing, it is quite enclosed at the end of a footpath and is blocked from view by tall conifers and high fencing. There are fairly long gardens on two sides of the property so there is potential for hiding a few antennas. It's very modern but not as big as our current property. We will miss the open views we have enjoyed across the fields here.
So there are pros and cos, but isn't that always the case?
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Skegness Log: 05-02-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
107.4 0136 POL Radio Zet, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) Polish song, as web. two second burst
1530km **
107.4 0137 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Slow pops,
as web 591km **
107.4 0142 I Radio Suby, Palombara Sabina/Monte Gennaro (rm) Distinctive jazzy
piece, as web 1543km **
107.4 0217 I Radio Suby, Palombara Sabina/Monte Gennaro (rm) More jazz, as web.
Six second burst 1543km
107.4 0239 POL Radio Zet, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) OM, as web. Four second burst 1530km
107.4 0337 I Radio Suby, Palombara Sabina/Monte Gennaro (rm) Jazz version of
Lets face The Music And Dance, as web 1543km
107.4 0617 D Hitradio Ohr, Lahr/Schutterlindenberg (bwü) Trance/rock epic,
as web 752km **
107.4 0711 I Radio Suby, Palombara Sabina/Monte Gennaro (rm) Italian rap, as web
1543km
107.4 0844 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) YL presenter, as web.
On local announcement slot 508km **
107.4 0935 D delta radio, Kaltenkirchen (shs) Rihanna song, as web 647km **
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
87.6 0726 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) New site? Triggerfinger,
as web 288km **
87.9 0729 HOL Omroep Zeeland, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) Mika song, ID 303km
100.0 0747 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) German song, as 101.3 494km
102.5 0755 HOL Radio 538, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Jingle ID after phone caller. Noise free briefly 361km
94.8 0757 HOL Radio 4, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Classical music, as web 408km
107.9 0759 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) ID and news 494km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Poor aircraft scatter conditions today. Perhaps not surprising considering the atrocious weather. The winds didn't batter the east coast too badly overnight but I understand there is a more vigourous storm system working its way across the Atlantic for Saturday.
On the meteor side, one of the NRW local stations was a regular visitor to 107.4, but since there are several stations which carry the same overnight programme it is impossible to know which one/s were received. Radio Wuppertal was spotted later, however, with a local female presenter which wasn't in parallel to the others (Lippe, etc.)
Another one I'm fairly sure I heard several times this morning was Antenna Karnten from Spittal (2.7kW) but the pings were just that little bit too brief to be 100%. Maybe next time.
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:
Triax FM5, one metre AGL
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator (temporarily out of action due to local noise issue)
107.4 0136 POL Radio Zet, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) Polish song, as web. two second burst
1530km **
107.4 0137 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Slow pops,
as web 591km **
107.4 0142 I Radio Suby, Palombara Sabina/Monte Gennaro (rm) Distinctive jazzy
piece, as web 1543km **
107.4 0217 I Radio Suby, Palombara Sabina/Monte Gennaro (rm) More jazz, as web.
Six second burst 1543km
107.4 0239 POL Radio Zet, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) OM, as web. Four second burst 1530km
107.4 0337 I Radio Suby, Palombara Sabina/Monte Gennaro (rm) Jazz version of
Lets face The Music And Dance, as web 1543km
107.4 0617 D Hitradio Ohr, Lahr/Schutterlindenberg (bwü) Trance/rock epic,
as web 752km **
107.4 0711 I Radio Suby, Palombara Sabina/Monte Gennaro (rm) Italian rap, as web
1543km
107.4 0844 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) YL presenter, as web.
On local announcement slot 508km **
107.4 0935 D delta radio, Kaltenkirchen (shs) Rihanna song, as web 647km **
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
87.6 0726 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) New site? Triggerfinger,
as web 288km **
87.9 0729 HOL Omroep Zeeland, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) Mika song, ID 303km
100.0 0747 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) German song, as 101.3 494km
102.5 0755 HOL Radio 538, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Jingle ID after phone caller. Noise free briefly 361km
94.8 0757 HOL Radio 4, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Classical music, as web 408km
107.9 0759 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) ID and news 494km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Poor aircraft scatter conditions today. Perhaps not surprising considering the atrocious weather. The winds didn't batter the east coast too badly overnight but I understand there is a more vigourous storm system working its way across the Atlantic for Saturday.
On the meteor side, one of the NRW local stations was a regular visitor to 107.4, but since there are several stations which carry the same overnight programme it is impossible to know which one/s were received. Radio Wuppertal was spotted later, however, with a local female presenter which wasn't in parallel to the others (Lippe, etc.)
Another one I'm fairly sure I heard several times this morning was Antenna Karnten from Spittal (2.7kW) but the pings were just that little bit too brief to be 100%. Maybe next time.
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:
Triax FM5, one metre AGL
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator (temporarily out of action due to local noise issue)
Skegness Log: 04-01-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
107.6 0027 D Ostseewelle, Garz (Rügen) (mev) OM talking over music, as web 865km **
107.6 0239 ROU Pro FM, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) Brief burst of Romanian pop song. as web 1678km **
107.6 0241 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) German OM talking, as web.
Two second burst 640km **
107.6 0251 SVN Radio Koper, Tinjan (kp) Female singer throughout seven second burst,
as web 1289km **
107.6 0251 POL Radio eM, Katowice/Kosztowy (SL) Jazzy synth at beginning of
three second burst 1333km **
107.6 0251 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Pop song, as web.
Three second burst 789km **
107.6 0252 D B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) German OM, as web 871km **
107.6 0515 I Radio Company, Aviano/Castaldia-Piancavallo (Col del Lovo) (pn)
Back To Black song, as web 1176km **
107.6 1026 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Pops, as web 789km
107.6 1031 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) YL talking over musical bed,
as web 640km
107.6 1031 D B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) OM news, as web 871km
107.6 1102 D Radio Lausitz, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Terence River Trent Near Derby's
Sign Your Name, as web. Four second burst 1006km **
107.6 1142 D Radio Lausitz, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Toto's Africa, as web 1006km
107.6 1157 D Radio Lausitz, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Lorde's Royal song, as web 1006km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
88.5 0843 F France Culture, Bourges/Neuvy (18) French YL, as 98.0 672km
89.0 0844 F France Culture, Le Mans/Mayet (72) French YL, as 88.5 599km
91.2 0845 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
Classical music, as web 377km
89.6 0846 F France Culture, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) French YL, as 98.0 474km
91.8 0847 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Classical music, as 88.7 672km
94.0 0847 F France Culture, Rouen/Grand-Couronne (76) French song, as 98.0 426km
95.4 0848 F France Inter, Amiens/Saint-Just-en-Chaussée [60] (80) French OM, as 103.7
431km
96.1 0848 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) French OM, as web 397km
96.6 0849 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) Pops, as web 409km
92.2 0853 HOL Omrop Fryslân Radio, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Dutch OM, as web 365km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This is becoming more and more addictive. Two sessions recorded this morning, both focusing on 107.6. I omitted most of the repetition today.
Big FM from Bornberg was the dominant station, although Antenne Thuringen and B5 Aktuell appeared frequently.
Despite recording 20+ of the highest powered streams again I found several stations popping up which were not in parallel with any of them.
A mystery classical music station was also quite frequent. I suspect this will be Hungary's Bartok, which I did not record.
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:
Triax FM5, one metre AGL
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator (temporarily out of action due to local noise issue)
107.6 0027 D Ostseewelle, Garz (Rügen) (mev) OM talking over music, as web 865km **
107.6 0239 ROU Pro FM, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) Brief burst of Romanian pop song. as web 1678km **
107.6 0241 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) German OM talking, as web.
Two second burst 640km **
107.6 0251 SVN Radio Koper, Tinjan (kp) Female singer throughout seven second burst,
as web 1289km **
107.6 0251 POL Radio eM, Katowice/Kosztowy (SL) Jazzy synth at beginning of
three second burst 1333km **
107.6 0251 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Pop song, as web.
Three second burst 789km **
107.6 0252 D B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) German OM, as web 871km **
107.6 0515 I Radio Company, Aviano/Castaldia-Piancavallo (Col del Lovo) (pn)
Back To Black song, as web 1176km **
107.6 1026 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Pops, as web 789km
107.6 1031 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) YL talking over musical bed,
as web 640km
107.6 1031 D B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) OM news, as web 871km
107.6 1102 D Radio Lausitz, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Terence River Trent Near Derby's
Sign Your Name, as web. Four second burst 1006km **
107.6 1142 D Radio Lausitz, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Toto's Africa, as web 1006km
107.6 1157 D Radio Lausitz, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Lorde's Royal song, as web 1006km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
88.5 0843 F France Culture, Bourges/Neuvy (18) French YL, as 98.0 672km
89.0 0844 F France Culture, Le Mans/Mayet (72) French YL, as 88.5 599km
91.2 0845 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
Classical music, as web 377km
89.6 0846 F France Culture, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) French YL, as 98.0 474km
91.8 0847 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Classical music, as 88.7 672km
94.0 0847 F France Culture, Rouen/Grand-Couronne (76) French song, as 98.0 426km
95.4 0848 F France Inter, Amiens/Saint-Just-en-Chaussée [60] (80) French OM, as 103.7
431km
96.1 0848 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) French OM, as web 397km
96.6 0849 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) Pops, as web 409km
92.2 0853 HOL Omrop Fryslân Radio, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Dutch OM, as web 365km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This is becoming more and more addictive. Two sessions recorded this morning, both focusing on 107.6. I omitted most of the repetition today.
Big FM from Bornberg was the dominant station, although Antenne Thuringen and B5 Aktuell appeared frequently.
Despite recording 20+ of the highest powered streams again I found several stations popping up which were not in parallel with any of them.
A mystery classical music station was also quite frequent. I suspect this will be Hungary's Bartok, which I did not record.
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:
Triax FM5, one metre AGL
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator (temporarily out of action due to local noise issue)
Monday, 3 February 2014
Skegness Log: 03-02-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0259 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Discussion, as web.
Five second burst 709km
87.7 0301 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Discussion, as web 709km
87.7 0310 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French discussion,
as web 709km
87.7 0349 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as web 905km **
87.7 0350 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French YL, as web 709km
87.7 0351 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Discordant chorus,
as web 709km
87.7 0355 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Harpsichord, as web 905km
87.7 0356 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) Slavic song, near beginning of 1 minute
and 20 second meteor burst 1456km **
87.7 0356 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French OM at head of
1 minute and 20 second meteor burst. As web 709km
87.7 0357 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as web. Ending the 1 minute
and 20 second meteor burst 905km
87.7 0359 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Accordion music,
as web 709km
87.7 0400 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Accordion music,
as web 709km
87.7 0408 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as web 905km
87.7 0409 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as web 905km
87.7 0417 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Piano music, as web 709km
87.7 0421 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Piano, as web 709km
87.7 0425 SVK Fun Rádio, Kosice/Dubník (KE) Techno beats, as web 1545km
87.7 0426 SVK Fun Rádio, Kosice/Dubník (KE) Techno beats, as web. Five second burst
1546km
87.7 0434 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French OM, as web 709km
87.7 0500 E RAC 1, Barcelona/Collserola (CAT-B) OM starting news, as web 1311km
87.7 0513 S SR P1, Halmstad/Oskarström-Slättåkra TM (ha) Reporting on Danish
matter, as web 900km **
87.7 1021 D Bayern 1, Passau (500W) or Weiler (100W) German Enya-ish song, as web.
Trailing end of a 7 second burst in which Strasbourg was mostly
dominant **
87.7 2115 D NDR Info, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Slow jazz type piece, as web 627km **
87.7 2133 S SR P1, Halmstad/Oskarström-Slättåkra TM (ha) Swedish YL in busy
room, as web 900km
87.7 2135 SVK Fun Rádio, Kosice/Dubník (KE) Rock song, as web 1545km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
88.6 0804 HOL 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Ad break clonks in noise 408km
89.6 0805 F RDL-Radio Dallas Loisirs, Saint-Omer/Racquinghem (62) YL news, as web 306km
89.6 0806 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) Suddenly over RDS 295km
90.2 0807 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch song, as web 334km
91.3 0807 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) OM,
as web 313km
91.4 0807 HOL Radio 4, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Classical music, as web 425km
91.8 0808 HOL Radio 1, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) YL, as web 408km
92.2 0809 HOL Omrop Fryslân Radio, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Katy Perry, roaring, as web
365km
92.6 0809 HOL Radio 2, Ijsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) DJ ID 344km
92.8 0810 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) Classical 441km
93.2 0810 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) French song, as web 365km
93.9 0811 HOL Radio Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) OM on phone,
as web 318km
94.2 0812 BEL VRT Radio 1, Schoten (vlg-ant) OM over music, as 95.7 354km
94.7 0813 HOL Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Classical, no Lille 313km
95.2 0813 HOL Slam!FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) Club track, as web 313km
95.3 0814 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch woman on
phone, as 91.3 397km
95.4 0815 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Gilze/Prinsenbosch (nbr) Dutch womam on phone, as 95.3
359km
95.8 0816 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Pops, ovr UNID classical 479km
96.8 0818 HOL 3FM, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) OM phone caller, as web 344km
97.6 0819 HOL Radio Decibel, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) M People song,
DJ ID, as web 313km
99.5 0819 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Violins, as 92.8 459km
100.0 0820 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Elton John song, as 101.3 494km
103.8 0821 HOL Radio 10, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Michael Jackson,
as 87.7 313km
104.6 0822 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) Ads in French 351km
104.7 0822 F France Inter, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) OM shouting about Montreal,
as 103.7 266km
106.0 0823 BEL RTBF La Première, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) French discussion, as web
351km
106.7 0823 D WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) Suddenly out of the noise 505km
107.5 0828 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Just making it through
in the noise, as web 296km
107.9 0830 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Almost noise free, as 106.7 494km
107.1 1110 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) German OM, as web 565km
I included all meteor loggings from the first hour of my recording. Note how many times the same three transmitters are received. There would easily have been around 100 entries of duplicates from Strasbourg, Chemnitz and Kosice. Pings and bursts were fast and furious from these transmitters for the first hour or two of the night, but there were still plenty of bursts from unidentified stations and I recorded 20 streams overnight. The methods I use are now becoming much simpler to organise regarding the sample rate conversions from the various web streams. Is this all a bit OTT? Yes, quite probably, but it's good fun at the moment.
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:
Triax FM5, one metre AGL
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator (temporarily out of action due to local noise problem)
87.7 0259 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Discussion, as web.
Five second burst 709km
87.7 0301 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Discussion, as web 709km
87.7 0310 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French discussion,
as web 709km
87.7 0349 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as web 905km **
87.7 0350 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French YL, as web 709km
87.7 0351 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Discordant chorus,
as web 709km
87.7 0355 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Harpsichord, as web 905km
87.7 0356 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) Slavic song, near beginning of 1 minute
and 20 second meteor burst 1456km **
87.7 0356 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French OM at head of
1 minute and 20 second meteor burst. As web 709km
87.7 0357 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as web. Ending the 1 minute
and 20 second meteor burst 905km
87.7 0359 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Accordion music,
as web 709km
87.7 0400 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Accordion music,
as web 709km
87.7 0408 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as web 905km
87.7 0409 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as web 905km
87.7 0417 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Piano music, as web 709km
87.7 0421 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Piano, as web 709km
87.7 0425 SVK Fun Rádio, Kosice/Dubník (KE) Techno beats, as web 1545km
87.7 0426 SVK Fun Rádio, Kosice/Dubník (KE) Techno beats, as web. Five second burst
1546km
87.7 0434 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French OM, as web 709km
87.7 0500 E RAC 1, Barcelona/Collserola (CAT-B) OM starting news, as web 1311km
87.7 0513 S SR P1, Halmstad/Oskarström-Slättåkra TM (ha) Reporting on Danish
matter, as web 900km **
87.7 1021 D Bayern 1, Passau (500W) or Weiler (100W) German Enya-ish song, as web.
Trailing end of a 7 second burst in which Strasbourg was mostly
dominant **
87.7 2115 D NDR Info, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Slow jazz type piece, as web 627km **
87.7 2133 S SR P1, Halmstad/Oskarström-Slättåkra TM (ha) Swedish YL in busy
room, as web 900km
87.7 2135 SVK Fun Rádio, Kosice/Dubník (KE) Rock song, as web 1545km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
88.6 0804 HOL 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Ad break clonks in noise 408km
89.6 0805 F RDL-Radio Dallas Loisirs, Saint-Omer/Racquinghem (62) YL news, as web 306km
89.6 0806 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) Suddenly over RDS 295km
90.2 0807 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch song, as web 334km
91.3 0807 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) OM,
as web 313km
91.4 0807 HOL Radio 4, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Classical music, as web 425km
91.8 0808 HOL Radio 1, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) YL, as web 408km
92.2 0809 HOL Omrop Fryslân Radio, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Katy Perry, roaring, as web
365km
92.6 0809 HOL Radio 2, Ijsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) DJ ID 344km
92.8 0810 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) Classical 441km
93.2 0810 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) French song, as web 365km
93.9 0811 HOL Radio Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) OM on phone,
as web 318km
94.2 0812 BEL VRT Radio 1, Schoten (vlg-ant) OM over music, as 95.7 354km
94.7 0813 HOL Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Classical, no Lille 313km
95.2 0813 HOL Slam!FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) Club track, as web 313km
95.3 0814 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch woman on
phone, as 91.3 397km
95.4 0815 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Gilze/Prinsenbosch (nbr) Dutch womam on phone, as 95.3
359km
95.8 0816 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Pops, ovr UNID classical 479km
96.8 0818 HOL 3FM, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) OM phone caller, as web 344km
97.6 0819 HOL Radio Decibel, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) M People song,
DJ ID, as web 313km
99.5 0819 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Violins, as 92.8 459km
100.0 0820 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Elton John song, as 101.3 494km
103.8 0821 HOL Radio 10, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Michael Jackson,
as 87.7 313km
104.6 0822 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) Ads in French 351km
104.7 0822 F France Inter, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) OM shouting about Montreal,
as 103.7 266km
106.0 0823 BEL RTBF La Première, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) French discussion, as web
351km
106.7 0823 D WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) Suddenly out of the noise 505km
107.5 0828 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Just making it through
in the noise, as web 296km
107.9 0830 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Almost noise free, as 106.7 494km
107.1 1110 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) German OM, as web 565km
I included all meteor loggings from the first hour of my recording. Note how many times the same three transmitters are received. There would easily have been around 100 entries of duplicates from Strasbourg, Chemnitz and Kosice. Pings and bursts were fast and furious from these transmitters for the first hour or two of the night, but there were still plenty of bursts from unidentified stations and I recorded 20 streams overnight. The methods I use are now becoming much simpler to organise regarding the sample rate conversions from the various web streams. Is this all a bit OTT? Yes, quite probably, but it's good fun at the moment.
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:
Triax FM5, one metre AGL
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator (temporarily out of action due to local noise problem)
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Skegness Log: 02-02-14 (FM)
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
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
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
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