Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
91.7 0739 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as web 376km
93.8 0740 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) Rock track, as web 565km
89.6 0747 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) OM, as web 295km
90.5 0753 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) French OM ads, as web 459km
90.8 0754 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) Queens Save Me song, as web 441km
93.5 0757 D WDR 2, Nordhelle (nrw) Ad break, as web 554km
96.1 0759 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) IDs in promo 397km
97.5 0759 BEL VRT Radio 2, Schoten (vlg-ant) Good Morning, Radio 2, Jingle ID and YL news 354km
103.8 0809 D WDR 4, Nordhelle (nrw) YL ID 554km
Well, that's it. DXing officially concludes at this address. My final scan across the band before unplugging the FM5.
The 9.2 comes down today. This wasn't possible over the weekend due to high winds.
I'll be offline for two weeks before Sky broadband is installed at the new address so I'll probably use wi-fi from one of the local coffee shops. It's a pity this couldn't have been arranged with more notice but we had no official confirmation that were moving until last Friday. We have a two week window in which to vacate the old address, which gives us thirteen days more than last time!
See you soon!
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, 10 February 2014
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Skegness Log: 09-02-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
102.5 0035 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pop song, as web 834km **
102.5 0037 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Pops, as web 648km **
102.5 0047 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) German song, as web 648km
102.5 0109 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Gerry And The Pacemakers, as web.
Two second burst 865km **
102.5 0122 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Jack Michaelson's Bad,
as web 834km
102.5 0135 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Eurodisco style, as web 648km
102.5 0144 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) John Paul Young's Love Is
In The Air 648km
102.5 0146 E RNE Radio Nacional, Gamoniteiro (AST-O) Crooning song, as web 1199km **
102.5 0150 D Antenne Thüringen, Ronneburg (Gera) (thü) Toto's Africa, as web 854km **
102.5 0157 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Lady Blah Blah's Alehandro,
as web 834km
102.5 0212 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Fairground Attraction's Perfect
865km
102.5 0219 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Michael Sembello's Maniac,
as web 1247km **
102.5 0220 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) The Beloved's Sweet harmony,
as web 834km
102.5 0229 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) OM DJ, as web 648km
102.5 0232 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web 834km
102.5 0249 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Robbie Williams' Shes
The One, as web. First of three in a four second meteor burst 1247km
102.5 0249 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites. A Romanian
Julio Iglesias, as web **
102.5 0255 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) OM DJ, as web 648km
102.5 0308 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web 834km
102.5 0309 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web 834km
102.5 0313 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Dark pops song, as web 834km
102.5 0322 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Jack Michaelson's Thriller,
as web 834km
102.5 0326 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Jack Michaelson's Thriller,
as web 834km
102.5 0333 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Pops, as web 1247km
102.5 0403 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pop song, as web 834km
102.5 0405 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops song, as web 834km
102.5 0407 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Katy Perry, as web.
Four second burst 1247km
102.5 0409 D Antenne Thüringen, Ronneburg (Gera) (thü) John Farnham's You're
The Voice, as web 854km
102.5 0420 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Robert Palmer song,
as web
102.5 0435 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web 834km
102.5 0438 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites YL song, as web
102.5 0439 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Male presenter,
as web
102.5 0440 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Soft rock song, as web 865km
102.5 0453 E RNE Radio Nacional, Gamoniteiro (AST-O) Spanish OM on phone, as web 1199km
102.5 0454 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Phil Collins' Groovy Kind Of Love,
as web 865km
102.5 0512 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pop song, as web 834km
102.5 0518 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Euro style pop, as web 865km
102.5 0522 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl,
as web. Three second burst 834km
102.5 0540 RUS Radio Mayak, Kaliningrad/Ul. Shevchenko 2 (KA) Bruce Springsteen's
High Hopes, as web 1329km **
102.5 0551 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Robbie Williams' Angels,
as web 1247km
102.5 0623 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Abba's Chiquitita,
as web
102.5 0707 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Pops, as web 648km
102.5 0713 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) German song, as web 648km
102.5 0719 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Partial ID, "Radio Siebenland",
as web 834km
102.5 0720 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Part of promo, as web 648km
102.5 0819 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Cheesy pop track, as web 834km
102.5 0853 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Phil Collins track, as web.
Six second burst 834km
102.5 0900 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) ID on the hour 834km
102.5 1008 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Romanian OM,
as web. Twelve second burst
102.5 1014 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Local song, as web.
Thirteen second burst
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
88.6 1115 HOL 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Spice Girls song, as web 408km
102.8 1116 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM, as web 456km
102.0 1117 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Lingen-Damaschke (nds) OM and YL, as 102.8 477km
98.1 1120 D WDR 3, Nordhelle (nrw) German YL, as web 554km
104.1 1127 BEL Joe FM, Egem (vlg-wvl) 90s rock roll track, as web 309km
102.9 1128 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Jack Michaelson song,
as web 354km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Thank you Tim Bucknall in Congleton for suggesting 102.5 for an overnight meteor session. This was a VERY productive frequency. To emphasize this, I logged all stations identified next their web streams (I recorded 17 overnight). Again, it's a little repetitive, but hopefully it paints a clear picture of what's happening. Tim was curious to learn if I would receive Kaliningrad and I am very pleased to report that I did indeed receive this rare 'country'. Bruce Springsteen's "High Hopes" appeared at 0540 and I was able to confirm that this was exactly the same as the Radio Mayak web stream which I recorded throughout the entire night. Ten hours of each stream were recorded in total. That's 170 hours of audio. I decided to have one last big blow out before tomorrow's move. Just about everything is packed and ready to go.
All this was possible, despite the garden FM5 receiving some noise over the last 24 hours, more so than it has done previously. Things are really getting bad here. I just hope the move to the new property proves to be far less noisy. At least I will have a greater choice of places to mount the 9.2.
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)
102.5 0035 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pop song, as web 834km **
102.5 0037 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Pops, as web 648km **
102.5 0047 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) German song, as web 648km
102.5 0109 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Gerry And The Pacemakers, as web.
Two second burst 865km **
102.5 0122 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Jack Michaelson's Bad,
as web 834km
102.5 0135 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Eurodisco style, as web 648km
102.5 0144 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) John Paul Young's Love Is
In The Air 648km
102.5 0146 E RNE Radio Nacional, Gamoniteiro (AST-O) Crooning song, as web 1199km **
102.5 0150 D Antenne Thüringen, Ronneburg (Gera) (thü) Toto's Africa, as web 854km **
102.5 0157 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Lady Blah Blah's Alehandro,
as web 834km
102.5 0212 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Fairground Attraction's Perfect
865km
102.5 0219 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Michael Sembello's Maniac,
as web 1247km **
102.5 0220 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) The Beloved's Sweet harmony,
as web 834km
102.5 0229 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) OM DJ, as web 648km
102.5 0232 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web 834km
102.5 0249 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Robbie Williams' Shes
The One, as web. First of three in a four second meteor burst 1247km
102.5 0249 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites. A Romanian
Julio Iglesias, as web **
102.5 0255 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) OM DJ, as web 648km
102.5 0308 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web 834km
102.5 0309 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web 834km
102.5 0313 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Dark pops song, as web 834km
102.5 0322 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Jack Michaelson's Thriller,
as web 834km
102.5 0326 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Jack Michaelson's Thriller,
as web 834km
102.5 0333 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Pops, as web 1247km
102.5 0403 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pop song, as web 834km
102.5 0405 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops song, as web 834km
102.5 0407 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Katy Perry, as web.
Four second burst 1247km
102.5 0409 D Antenne Thüringen, Ronneburg (Gera) (thü) John Farnham's You're
The Voice, as web 854km
102.5 0420 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Robert Palmer song,
as web
102.5 0435 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web 834km
102.5 0438 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites YL song, as web
102.5 0439 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Male presenter,
as web
102.5 0440 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Soft rock song, as web 865km
102.5 0453 E RNE Radio Nacional, Gamoniteiro (AST-O) Spanish OM on phone, as web 1199km
102.5 0454 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Phil Collins' Groovy Kind Of Love,
as web 865km
102.5 0512 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pop song, as web 834km
102.5 0518 D NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Euro style pop, as web 865km
102.5 0522 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl,
as web. Three second burst 834km
102.5 0540 RUS Radio Mayak, Kaliningrad/Ul. Shevchenko 2 (KA) Bruce Springsteen's
High Hopes, as web 1329km **
102.5 0551 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Robbie Williams' Angels,
as web 1247km
102.5 0623 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Abba's Chiquitita,
as web
102.5 0707 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Pops, as web 648km
102.5 0713 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) German song, as web 648km
102.5 0719 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Partial ID, "Radio Siebenland",
as web 834km
102.5 0720 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Part of promo, as web 648km
102.5 0819 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Cheesy pop track, as web 834km
102.5 0853 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Phil Collins track, as web.
Six second burst 834km
102.5 0900 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) ID on the hour 834km
102.5 1008 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Romanian OM,
as web. Twelve second burst
102.5 1014 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Local song, as web.
Thirteen second burst
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
88.6 1115 HOL 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Spice Girls song, as web 408km
102.8 1116 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM, as web 456km
102.0 1117 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Lingen-Damaschke (nds) OM and YL, as 102.8 477km
98.1 1120 D WDR 3, Nordhelle (nrw) German YL, as web 554km
104.1 1127 BEL Joe FM, Egem (vlg-wvl) 90s rock roll track, as web 309km
102.9 1128 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Jack Michaelson song,
as web 354km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Thank you Tim Bucknall in Congleton for suggesting 102.5 for an overnight meteor session. This was a VERY productive frequency. To emphasize this, I logged all stations identified next their web streams (I recorded 17 overnight). Again, it's a little repetitive, but hopefully it paints a clear picture of what's happening. Tim was curious to learn if I would receive Kaliningrad and I am very pleased to report that I did indeed receive this rare 'country'. Bruce Springsteen's "High Hopes" appeared at 0540 and I was able to confirm that this was exactly the same as the Radio Mayak web stream which I recorded throughout the entire night. Ten hours of each stream were recorded in total. That's 170 hours of audio. I decided to have one last big blow out before tomorrow's move. Just about everything is packed and ready to go.
All this was possible, despite the garden FM5 receiving some noise over the last 24 hours, more so than it has done previously. Things are really getting bad here. I just hope the move to the new property proves to be far less noisy. At least I will have a greater choice of places to mount the 9.2.
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)
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Skegness Log: 08-02-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
105.1 0610 F France Info, Perpignan/Pic de Neulos (66) Presume Perpignan as this is
a regular via MS on their other frequencies 1202km **
105.1 0708 F France Info, Perpignan/Pic de Neulos (66) French YL, as web 1202km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
89.0 0915 BEL VRT MNM, Schoten (vlg-ant) ID and ads 354km
93.8 0917 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dance music, as 88.2 387km
94.7 0917 HOL Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Classical music,
as 94.8. No Lille 313km
** 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)
105.1 0610 F France Info, Perpignan/Pic de Neulos (66) Presume Perpignan as this is
a regular via MS on their other frequencies 1202km **
105.1 0708 F France Info, Perpignan/Pic de Neulos (66) French YL, as web 1202km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
89.0 0915 BEL VRT MNM, Schoten (vlg-ant) ID and ads 354km
93.8 0917 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dance music, as 88.2 387km
94.7 0917 HOL Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Classical music,
as 94.8. No Lille 313km
** 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)
Some Tropo For The Weekend, Sir?
Tropo Anybody?
This is the Hepburn Tropo Forecast map for 0600 today. As you will note, there are no colours (no tropo activity expected) on the map AT ALL! It's the first tropo-lacking map I have ever seen in years of watching the William Hepburn forecasts for on north-western Europe!
A few days ago, Nick Gilly in Whitchurch, Hapmshire told me about another of these maps showing zero colours. He commented it was the first totally grey map he too had seen on the site.
There are usually some colours somewhere. It shows how disturbed conditions are currently.
Roll on summer!
Friday, 7 February 2014
Skegness Log: 07-02-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
105.2 0119 D Radio Arabella, München-Ismaning (bay) Donna Lewis song, as web 970km **
105.2 0334 D Radio Arabella, München-Ismaning (bay) Paul McCartney and Michael
Jackson song, as web 970km
105.2 0422 D Radio Arabella, München-Ismaning (bay) Rolling Stones Satisfaction,
as web. Two successive bursts 970km
105.2 0530 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) Ellie Goulding song,
as web 755km **
105.2 0616 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) Part of Big FM jingle
heard 755km
105.2 0636 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) Different Ellie
Goulding song, as web. Four second burst 755km
105.2 0730 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) OM talking over music,
as web 951km **
105.2 0743 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) Black Eyed Sprouts
song, as web. Four second burst 755km
105.2 0807 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) Swedish Bungalow
Mafia, as web 951km
93.8 1213 D SWR2, Waldenbyrg or Saarburg William Tell Overture, as web **
105.3 1240 HNG MR 3 Bartok Radio, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) Distinctive classical
music, as web 1461km **
105.5 2133 F France Info, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) French OM on phone, as web 1104km **
105.5 2146 F France Info, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) French YL, as web 1104km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I discovered a great little tool this morning (for people who can't handle basic arithmetic like me) by the name of Time Calculator.
After realising I had made a couple of errors with my time calculations I searched for something which did it for me - accurately! This is the problem I have found. When I begin my overnight recordings in WaveLab, I name the file according to the date and the start time of that particular recording. All meteor bursts are clearly visible along the timeline, which has hours and minutes marked along it. You can in fact change the start time in WaveLab to something meaningful, thus producing the actual correct time along the timeline, but this has never worked for me. So "00:00" might correspond to a correct time of 01:45" and therefore "02:15" will correspond to "04:00", as examples. The problem is, as I quickly discovered this morning, that my calculations were going wrong and I was out by an hour, etc. If I had two brains cells I might be better at this (or dangerous, as they say), but this little web calculator does the calculations for you. You enter the actual start time of the recording and then you enter the hours and minutes given on the timeline which correspond to a meteor burst. I think I will be using this regularly now.
Two days to the house move! The 9.2 antenna should be coming down today providing the weather stays calm. I might be out of action for a short while, but I will try to do what I did when we moved here and put up an FM3 on day one and try a quick bandscan, time permitting (Jane insists!)
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)
105.2 0119 D Radio Arabella, München-Ismaning (bay) Donna Lewis song, as web 970km **
105.2 0334 D Radio Arabella, München-Ismaning (bay) Paul McCartney and Michael
Jackson song, as web 970km
105.2 0422 D Radio Arabella, München-Ismaning (bay) Rolling Stones Satisfaction,
as web. Two successive bursts 970km
105.2 0530 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) Ellie Goulding song,
as web 755km **
105.2 0616 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) Part of Big FM jingle
heard 755km
105.2 0636 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) Different Ellie
Goulding song, as web. Four second burst 755km
105.2 0730 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) OM talking over music,
as web 951km **
105.2 0743 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) Black Eyed Sprouts
song, as web. Four second burst 755km
105.2 0807 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) Swedish Bungalow
Mafia, as web 951km
93.8 1213 D SWR2, Waldenbyrg or Saarburg William Tell Overture, as web **
105.3 1240 HNG MR 3 Bartok Radio, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) Distinctive classical
music, as web 1461km **
105.5 2133 F France Info, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) French OM on phone, as web 1104km **
105.5 2146 F France Info, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) French YL, as web 1104km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I discovered a great little tool this morning (for people who can't handle basic arithmetic like me) by the name of Time Calculator.
After realising I had made a couple of errors with my time calculations I searched for something which did it for me - accurately! This is the problem I have found. When I begin my overnight recordings in WaveLab, I name the file according to the date and the start time of that particular recording. All meteor bursts are clearly visible along the timeline, which has hours and minutes marked along it. You can in fact change the start time in WaveLab to something meaningful, thus producing the actual correct time along the timeline, but this has never worked for me. So "00:00" might correspond to a correct time of 01:45" and therefore "02:15" will correspond to "04:00", as examples. The problem is, as I quickly discovered this morning, that my calculations were going wrong and I was out by an hour, etc. If I had two brains cells I might be better at this (or dangerous, as they say), but this little web calculator does the calculations for you. You enter the actual start time of the recording and then you enter the hours and minutes given on the timeline which correspond to a meteor burst. I think I will be using this regularly now.
Two days to the house move! The 9.2 antenna should be coming down today providing the weather stays calm. I might be out of action for a short while, but I will try to do what I did when we moved here and put up an FM3 on day one and try a quick bandscan, time permitting (Jane insists!)
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
Skegness Log: 06-02-14 (FM)
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)
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)
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)
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