On Monday 10th February, we were handed the keys to our new property. It was all very short notice, but that's what we expected anyway. Luckily, we had already prepared as much as we could by getting a lot of the packing done in advance. We were then given an official period of two weeks to vacate the old place - plenty of time! This is day ten of fourteen and we are almost done. All that remains is a spot of last-minute tidying at the old place, making sure it's left in a clean condition and then a couple of journeys to the skips and that's the lot!
We took it upon ourselves to do the removals ourselves, excluding the larger and heavier items of course which we trusted to a local "Man With A Van", who did a great job. This saved us a small fortune, although it meant taking about 25 car journeys to transfer the rest of our belongings. The new place is still in town and, as luck would have it, even in the same locator square, so I don't feel the need to create new logbooks from scratch.
Before moving to the new address, we made a few visits to check everything out, not least listening for any amounts of electrical noise which might be a nuisance to our radio listening. I know this is not the best reason for choosing or declining a property, but it's one of the things we considered.
The new place has two rooms less, but they are actually slightly larger. Hmm - that means the carpets won't fit. Damn! Thanks to a little bit of improvisation though we managed to work a way around this. We had a few roll ends and offcuts we'd saved from the last place after the carpet people had fitted them. I am pretty good at fitting carpets so that side of things is nicely taken care of.
To recap. The main reason for our move was the shocking rent increase and bedroom tax, so we have Mr Cameron and Co. to thank. We were getting into a mess with things and they were only going to get worse, so it was a decision we had made a few months ago. We had looked around a few places and had even considered another swap, but we left the old housing association and decided to risk it with a new landlord to increase the possibilities. Another factor which had encouraged us to move was the terrible problems we had endured from our old neighbours for three years.
The new place is a detached bungalow, which means we don't have any neighbours! :O) It seemed to be the right thing to do. It was more affordable too, being slightly smaller. There are gardens all around the new property and, thanks to some clever planning, none of the nearest neighbours' windows look into our property, so we are quite well out of the way.
But what about radio? It's less than a mile from the beach and this shows beautifully across band 2. Continental signals are stronger and, one of the most important things for me, there is no noise across the band either. It's the same for medium wave too! I can hear really weak signals on band 2, lifting out of the noise with the greatest of ease and I have only been using a Triax FM5 one metre above the ground during a few random listening tests. The more 'regular' continentals have all been noise free. In fact it's so quiet, it's been like listening on one of my remote radio camping trips. German transmitters at Aurich, Lingen, Osnabruck, Steinkimmen, Langenburg, Kleve, Aachen, Bonn, Munster and Bremen have all been providing noise-free signals on peak. The big question is, how long will it last? Well, as has often been said, nothing is guaranteed. Noise can appear at any time. We're all living with that ticking time bomb regarding noise these days. I am just keeping my fingers crossed it will last.
Finally, I raised the FM5 to rooftop height this afternoon. The elements are still entangled in the conifers so I need to cut some of this away. Since raising this I found can hear Brocken again! This has been absent for almost two years at the old place due to the noise. How nice to be hearing it again, albeit down in the mush, but it's clear enough. I also think I heard DLR Kultur from Inselberg on 97.2 a few minutes ago. There are other very weak signals I can only guess about so, noise permitting, the new QTH looks like being a lot of radio fun. Fingers crossed it lasts!
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Monday, 10 February 2014
A Word Of Warning About Aerial Contractors & Specialist Antennas
With just two days to go before our house move, I had arranged for a friend to visit and take down my aerial, rotator and mast. This is not a big job as it is easy to climb on the roof of the bungalow with a small set of ladders. I was keen to get this lot removed before we vacated the property in case our old neighbour vandalised anything, which he probably would have done. Click here for an account of the things he got up to while we were living there and you'll understand our concerns.
We had two weeks to vacate the old bungalow after signing for our new one, which meant that we temporarily had two properties, but because of the problems we'd had at the old place, we were just keen to move out the moment we got the keys for the new one, then we could move any the valuables and sleep soundly at our new address.
Unfortunately, high winds and heavy rain prevented my friend from climbing on the roof on the day so he abandoned this until the following day. The next day arrived, with winds much calmer, but here comes another 'unfortunately', as he found he hadn't got the nerve to climb on the roof. This was becoming frustrating, but I'm glad he admitted to this as it's better to be safe than sorry. So this meant I had to get a local aerial contractor to do the job. I found a national company who appeared to be reputable.
Moving ahead to the following morning. Two bods arrived from a local aerial contractors complete with professionally signwritten and well-stocked Transit van. In other words, they looked the part. It was windy again, but the two bods wasted no time and got the ladders up and climbed on to the roof. They scratched their head and tried to work out how best to take everything down. Remembering how Andrew Webster had got the 9.2 and rotator on the mast, I tried to help by shouting up to them, explaining the reverse procedure in order to help the bods. There was silence! Eventually, they grunted. I couldn't hear them. Shouting up to the again (it was windy) they replied, sarcastically, "Yeah mate, we've never taken down a fuck**g aerial before". To say that I am now fearing for the safety of the equipment would be putting it mildly. I tried to communicate with these bods but they were intent on ignoring me. In my head, I am considering a course of action for compensation and I am beginning to accept that I might have to say goodbye to the antenna and the rotator.
Things got worse. They decided to lower the mast with the aerial and rotator still on it. I was now getting worried as this would result in the reflectors resting on the roof and possibly getting bent with the huge weight. The mast includes an aluminium scaffolding pole, a weighted (for balance) Korner 9.2 antenna and a Yaesu G-5500 rotator. This alone is approaching the weight of an adult. The fact that the whole structure was extremely top heavy caused me even more concern.
For some inexplicable reason, they took the reflectors off the 9.2, leaving the directors still mounted through the rotator. Then they REMOVED the bolts on the TK brackets while the bod on the ladder took the entire weight in ONE HAND! The other bod is still on the roof steadying the whole lopsided structure which is now being lowered groundward. The bod on the roof is about to let go! It got worse still. The bod on the ladder shouted me to grab the bottom of the scaffolding pole while he lowered it to me! WHAAAAAT? Not only am I now VERY concerned for the equipment, but I am also concerned for our loves as my wife and I attempt to grab the bottom of the pole!
With middle bod holding the bottom of the scaffolding pole, Jane and I stretch hard to grab the bottom of the pole, which is now about six feet above the ground.
Don't ask me how but, somehow, the whole structure was gradually lowered down and reached the ground. All I can say is that the middle bod must have had immense strength and an outstanding skill of balance, using just the one hand, that he managed to guide everything down safely. I then uttered a MASSIVE sigh of relief! This could have so easily gone wrong.
Needless to say, I will NOT be using Aerial Solutions for any future aerial jobs.
We had two weeks to vacate the old bungalow after signing for our new one, which meant that we temporarily had two properties, but because of the problems we'd had at the old place, we were just keen to move out the moment we got the keys for the new one, then we could move any the valuables and sleep soundly at our new address.
Unfortunately, high winds and heavy rain prevented my friend from climbing on the roof on the day so he abandoned this until the following day. The next day arrived, with winds much calmer, but here comes another 'unfortunately', as he found he hadn't got the nerve to climb on the roof. This was becoming frustrating, but I'm glad he admitted to this as it's better to be safe than sorry. So this meant I had to get a local aerial contractor to do the job. I found a national company who appeared to be reputable.
Moving ahead to the following morning. Two bods arrived from a local aerial contractors complete with professionally signwritten and well-stocked Transit van. In other words, they looked the part. It was windy again, but the two bods wasted no time and got the ladders up and climbed on to the roof. They scratched their head and tried to work out how best to take everything down. Remembering how Andrew Webster had got the 9.2 and rotator on the mast, I tried to help by shouting up to them, explaining the reverse procedure in order to help the bods. There was silence! Eventually, they grunted. I couldn't hear them. Shouting up to the again (it was windy) they replied, sarcastically, "Yeah mate, we've never taken down a fuck**g aerial before". To say that I am now fearing for the safety of the equipment would be putting it mildly. I tried to communicate with these bods but they were intent on ignoring me. In my head, I am considering a course of action for compensation and I am beginning to accept that I might have to say goodbye to the antenna and the rotator.
Things got worse. They decided to lower the mast with the aerial and rotator still on it. I was now getting worried as this would result in the reflectors resting on the roof and possibly getting bent with the huge weight. The mast includes an aluminium scaffolding pole, a weighted (for balance) Korner 9.2 antenna and a Yaesu G-5500 rotator. This alone is approaching the weight of an adult. The fact that the whole structure was extremely top heavy caused me even more concern.
For some inexplicable reason, they took the reflectors off the 9.2, leaving the directors still mounted through the rotator. Then they REMOVED the bolts on the TK brackets while the bod on the ladder took the entire weight in ONE HAND! The other bod is still on the roof steadying the whole lopsided structure which is now being lowered groundward. The bod on the roof is about to let go! It got worse still. The bod on the ladder shouted me to grab the bottom of the scaffolding pole while he lowered it to me! WHAAAAAT? Not only am I now VERY concerned for the equipment, but I am also concerned for our loves as my wife and I attempt to grab the bottom of the pole!
With middle bod holding the bottom of the scaffolding pole, Jane and I stretch hard to grab the bottom of the pole, which is now about six feet above the ground.
Don't ask me how but, somehow, the whole structure was gradually lowered down and reached the ground. All I can say is that the middle bod must have had immense strength and an outstanding skill of balance, using just the one hand, that he managed to guide everything down safely. I then uttered a MASSIVE sigh of relief! This could have so easily gone wrong.
Needless to say, I will NOT be using Aerial Solutions for any future aerial jobs.
Skegness Log: 10-02-14 (FM)
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)
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)
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)
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