Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 10-04-14:
92.2 0026 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) Poprad
Presumed. Rock guitar,
as web. Three second burst 1459km **
92.2 0048 D SWR3, Stuttgart/Hoher Bopser (bwü) Peter Bjorn and John song, as web 789km **
92.2 0217 F France Musique, Nice/Mont Chauve (06) Presumed Nice. Violin concerto, as web
1160km **
92.2 0450 SUI Radio Cité Genève, Mont Salève/Téléphérique [F 74] (ge) Three second burst of
sad French song, as web 885km **
91.4 2122 F France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) Chance burst while listening to
Troyes via scatter 643km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 10-04-14:
91.0 2002 F Le Mouv', Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) ID after promo 338km
88.0 2003 D WDR 5, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) OM news, as 90.6 538km
104.7 2004 D WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 553km
93.2 2006 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Soft rock track, as web 365km
89.6 2119 D WDR 5, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) German OM, as web 519km
91.4 2121 F France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) French OM and gentle music, as 88.7
643km
102.8 2126 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Jazzy stuff, as web 328km
100.7 2127 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) Operaticals, as web. Noise
free 573km
99.5 2128 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Orchestra, as web 459km
97.6 2129 HOL Radio Decibel, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 86F0 DECIBEL_ 313km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
Meteor Notes:
* Lots of bursts tonight.
* SRo 1 Radio Slovensko was the most regular burster.
* There were lots of interesting Slavic languages here.
* I recorded a 28 streams in total, which I think is more than I have ever done simultaneously.
It was a bad night for web streams switching off however. About eight to ten of them did so.
Other than that, I moved the FM5 to the opposite side of the bungalow
this evening, at the most northerly corner, trying it one metre above
the ground and then at five metres. It made very little difference to
reception as that side of the garden is more 'open' and has slightly
more distance between us and the nearest property. It also has a better
take-off across the middle of some long gardens gardens between
neighbouring streets.
What I also noticed is that there is a reduction in the noise I get to
the south and this has almost gone now. I am tempted to install the 9.2
on this side of the bungalow, but I think it would be more out of the
way where I had originally planned - on the south-west side. I still
don't have the necessary written permission to install this yet, but I
have been assured it will be with me next week. We'll see!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Skegness Log: 09-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 09-04-14:
106.0 1114 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Distinctive music, as web
881km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
106.0 proved to be a difficult channel as Tournai had improved and blocked the channel for a good part of the night.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
106.0 1114 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Distinctive music, as web
881km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
106.0 proved to be a difficult channel as Tournai had improved and blocked the channel for a good part of the night.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Skegness Log: 08-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 08-04-14:
106.5 0239 AUT Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) OM with distinctive voice,
as web 917km **
106.5 0301 CZE CRo Brno, Brno/Kojál (JM) Squeaky voiced OM news, as web 1219km **
106.5 0554 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) New Seekers song,
as web 843km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
Bregenz 1 was the frequent burster during the earlier part of the morning. This was less frequent by sunrise with Brno and Leipzig Wiederau taking over.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
106.5 0239 AUT Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) OM with distinctive voice,
as web 917km **
106.5 0301 CZE CRo Brno, Brno/Kojál (JM) Squeaky voiced OM news, as web 1219km **
106.5 0554 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) New Seekers song,
as web 843km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
Bregenz 1 was the frequent burster during the earlier part of the morning. This was less frequent by sunrise with Brno and Leipzig Wiederau taking over.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Monday, 7 April 2014
Skegness Log: 07-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 07-04-14:
97.5 0012 AUT Ö1, Linz 1/Lichtenberg (obe) Classical music, as web 1111km **
97.5 0038 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) German OM over song, as web 640km **
97.5 0452 DNK DR P4, Næstved - Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl) Simply Red song, as web 782km **
97.5 0748 D MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) German OM talk, as web 768km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
97.5 was tonight's chosen frequency. There was a big increase in the number of MS pings too. Unsurprisingly, regular bursters were Ö1 from Linz (100kW) and SWR3 from Bornberg (25kW), often appearing together in the same burst! Next to that, 5kW MDR Info from Suhl was also quite regular.
There were quite a few bursts from unidentified German language stations which I hadn't recorded. I can only presume that they were low powered Austrian or Swiss transmitters. Germany, Switzerland and Austria has become of particular interest lately and I endeavour to record all German language streams to be certain I am logging the correct station, but all Swiss station's web streams simultaneously dropped out after only eight minutes of recording on this occasion - at precisely 00:13:35 GMT in fact. I also tend not to record the stations with flea powered transmitters, i.e. 50 watts or less. Perhaps I should.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
97.5 0012 AUT Ö1, Linz 1/Lichtenberg (obe) Classical music, as web 1111km **
97.5 0038 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) German OM over song, as web 640km **
97.5 0452 DNK DR P4, Næstved - Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl) Simply Red song, as web 782km **
97.5 0748 D MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) German OM talk, as web 768km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
97.5 was tonight's chosen frequency. There was a big increase in the number of MS pings too. Unsurprisingly, regular bursters were Ö1 from Linz (100kW) and SWR3 from Bornberg (25kW), often appearing together in the same burst! Next to that, 5kW MDR Info from Suhl was also quite regular.
There were quite a few bursts from unidentified German language stations which I hadn't recorded. I can only presume that they were low powered Austrian or Swiss transmitters. Germany, Switzerland and Austria has become of particular interest lately and I endeavour to record all German language streams to be certain I am logging the correct station, but all Swiss station's web streams simultaneously dropped out after only eight minutes of recording on this occasion - at precisely 00:13:35 GMT in fact. I also tend not to record the stations with flea powered transmitters, i.e. 50 watts or less. Perhaps I should.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Skegness Log: 06-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 06-04-14:
96.5 0028 D SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) Maroon 5 song, as web 786km **
96.5 0105 F France Culture, Carcassonne/Pic de Nore (11) Presumed Carcassonne. French
OM, as web 1093km **
96.5 0122 F France Inter, Rouen or Chaumont Unusual singing, as web **
96.5 0237 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Helpterberg (mev) Raucus brass music, as web 881km **
96.5 0804 D Bayern 2, Brotjacklriegel (bay) OM and musical bed, as web 1021km **
Band 2 Scatter: 06-04-14:
99.0 1623 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Presumed. Dutch ads with .be
web addresses. 370km
102.8 1625 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM, as 101.8 456km
104.6 1626 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) 6354 BONAMASS (corrupted scrolling
PS) Good peak. 351km
104.8 1628 HOL NPO Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Noise free. Dutch OM 443km
89.5 1630 BEL VRT Klara, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Classical, as 89.9 376km
89.9 1630 BEL VRT Klara, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Classical, as 89.5 431km
97.9 1631 BEL VRT Radio 2, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Pops, as 98.6. Dominating Sutton
Coldfield 431km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
96.5 0028 D SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) Maroon 5 song, as web 786km **
96.5 0105 F France Culture, Carcassonne/Pic de Nore (11) Presumed Carcassonne. French
OM, as web 1093km **
96.5 0122 F France Inter, Rouen or Chaumont Unusual singing, as web **
96.5 0237 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Helpterberg (mev) Raucus brass music, as web 881km **
96.5 0804 D Bayern 2, Brotjacklriegel (bay) OM and musical bed, as web 1021km **
Band 2 Scatter: 06-04-14:
99.0 1623 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Presumed. Dutch ads with .be
web addresses. 370km
102.8 1625 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM, as 101.8 456km
104.6 1626 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) 6354 BONAMASS (corrupted scrolling
PS) Good peak. 351km
104.8 1628 HOL NPO Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Noise free. Dutch OM 443km
89.5 1630 BEL VRT Klara, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Classical, as 89.9 376km
89.9 1630 BEL VRT Klara, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Classical, as 89.5 431km
97.9 1631 BEL VRT Radio 2, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Pops, as 98.6. Dominating Sutton
Coldfield 431km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Saturday, 5 April 2014
Skegness Log: 05-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 05-04-14:
95.5 0012 D SR 3 Saarlandwelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Bee Gees song, as web 629km **
95.5 0629 D BR Klassik, Büttelberg (bay) Piano concerto, as web 812km **
95.5 0706 F France Musique, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL news, as web. 842km **
95.5 0721 D hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) Talking about Baroque music, as web 684km **
Band 2 Scatter: 05-04-14:
102.5 1613 BEL Q-Music, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Suddenly over Radio 538 431km
102.5 1613 HOL Radio 538, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Dutch OM, as web 360km
102.9 1614 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Commodores Brick House, as web 354km
100.8 1629 D WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) ID and verkehrsservice 483km
101.0 1630 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Verkehrsservice, as 100.8 519km
105.5 1631 D WDR Eins Live, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 519km
103.1 1635 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as web 376km
103.5 1649 HOL Radio Veronica, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Briefly over Essex with
pops, as web 334km
103.5 1655 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) End of song and OM ID 391km
99.8 1656 D NDR 2, Steinkimmen (nds) Fade in. Soft rock song, as web 543km
93.5 1657 D WDR 2, Nordhelle (nrw) Marillion song, as web 553km
90.6 1659 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km
93.2 1659 D WDR 2, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Marillion song, as 93.5 591km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
95.5 was interesting overnight in that the overwhelming majority of pings and bursts were from SR3, Gottelborner Hohe. Of the few which were not SR3 (four or five pings) they were from a mystery classical music station and one I did not record. Other transmitters started to come in after 0600, France Musique being the most consistent, very likely the Clermont Ferrand transmitter.
All general scatter was received with the FM5 horizontal. I re-positioned this vertically during the afternoon but it killed off all the scatter, with the exception of Langenberg. Back in horizontal again and the Dutch scatter returned. When my one metre high FM3 and FM5 were vertical at the last QTH I noticed the same lack of scatter. Vertical really does not work well on band 2 when low down.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
95.5 0012 D SR 3 Saarlandwelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Bee Gees song, as web 629km **
95.5 0629 D BR Klassik, Büttelberg (bay) Piano concerto, as web 812km **
95.5 0706 F France Musique, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL news, as web. 842km **
95.5 0721 D hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) Talking about Baroque music, as web 684km **
Band 2 Scatter: 05-04-14:
102.5 1613 BEL Q-Music, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Suddenly over Radio 538 431km
102.5 1613 HOL Radio 538, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Dutch OM, as web 360km
102.9 1614 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Commodores Brick House, as web 354km
100.8 1629 D WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) ID and verkehrsservice 483km
101.0 1630 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Verkehrsservice, as 100.8 519km
105.5 1631 D WDR Eins Live, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 519km
103.1 1635 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as web 376km
103.5 1649 HOL Radio Veronica, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Briefly over Essex with
pops, as web 334km
103.5 1655 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) End of song and OM ID 391km
99.8 1656 D NDR 2, Steinkimmen (nds) Fade in. Soft rock song, as web 543km
93.5 1657 D WDR 2, Nordhelle (nrw) Marillion song, as web 553km
90.6 1659 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km
93.2 1659 D WDR 2, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Marillion song, as 93.5 591km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
95.5 was interesting overnight in that the overwhelming majority of pings and bursts were from SR3, Gottelborner Hohe. Of the few which were not SR3 (four or five pings) they were from a mystery classical music station and one I did not record. Other transmitters started to come in after 0600, France Musique being the most consistent, very likely the Clermont Ferrand transmitter.
All general scatter was received with the FM5 horizontal. I re-positioned this vertically during the afternoon but it killed off all the scatter, with the exception of Langenberg. Back in horizontal again and the Dutch scatter returned. When my one metre high FM3 and FM5 were vertical at the last QTH I noticed the same lack of scatter. Vertical really does not work well on band 2 when low down.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Friday, 4 April 2014
Skegness Log: 04-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 04-04-14:
94.0 0037 F France Musique, Vittel/Thuillières (88) Jazzy classical piece, as web
684km **
94.0 0238 D Bayern 3, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Michael Sembellos Maniac, as web 907km **
94.0 0256 F France Culture, perhaps Bergerac. Strange twangy music, as web **
94.0 0800 G BBC Radio 4, Limavady most likely off the back. Corrie Corfield reading
the News **
Band 2 Scatter: 04-04-14:
91.7 0846 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Nice noise free
peak. OM talking about chocolate! 376km
97.5 0857 BEL VRT Radio 2, Schoten (vlg-ant) Dutch OM, as web 354km
97.8 0857 HOL NPO Radio 2, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Ad break 322km
99.5 0858 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Classical music, as web 459km
100.0 0858 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) German OM ID in ads 493km
100.3 0858 HOL L1 Radio, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Punt NL web address in ad 443km
102.0 0859 BEL VRT MNM, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Dutch ads 431km
90.2 0900 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and news 334km
90.7 0900 HOL SubLime FM, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Fiat ad, punt NL
address, ads running over the hour 344km
90.8 0901 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) ID - RTBF
Classic 21 Ecoutez Original. Noise free 440km
91.0 0902 HOL Slam!FM, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) OM ID. Not the usual Omroep Brabant
360km
91.1 0903 HOL Slam!FM, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Fast talking OM news, as
91.0 341km
91.4 0903 HOL NPO Radio 4, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Classical music 424km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Another "one metre high DX session"! Maybe I should class this as an ultralight log? It was quite a rapid-fire session though with lots of Dutch stations coming up very suddenly on aircraft scatter, some leaping out well above the noise. I have noticed a scatter good peak around this time before.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
94.0 0037 F France Musique, Vittel/Thuillières (88) Jazzy classical piece, as web
684km **
94.0 0238 D Bayern 3, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Michael Sembellos Maniac, as web 907km **
94.0 0256 F France Culture, perhaps Bergerac. Strange twangy music, as web **
94.0 0800 G BBC Radio 4, Limavady most likely off the back. Corrie Corfield reading
the News **
Band 2 Scatter: 04-04-14:
91.7 0846 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Nice noise free
peak. OM talking about chocolate! 376km
97.5 0857 BEL VRT Radio 2, Schoten (vlg-ant) Dutch OM, as web 354km
97.8 0857 HOL NPO Radio 2, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Ad break 322km
99.5 0858 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Classical music, as web 459km
100.0 0858 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) German OM ID in ads 493km
100.3 0858 HOL L1 Radio, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Punt NL web address in ad 443km
102.0 0859 BEL VRT MNM, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Dutch ads 431km
90.2 0900 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and news 334km
90.7 0900 HOL SubLime FM, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Fiat ad, punt NL
address, ads running over the hour 344km
90.8 0901 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) ID - RTBF
Classic 21 Ecoutez Original. Noise free 440km
91.0 0902 HOL Slam!FM, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) OM ID. Not the usual Omroep Brabant
360km
91.1 0903 HOL Slam!FM, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Fast talking OM news, as
91.0 341km
91.4 0903 HOL NPO Radio 4, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Classical music 424km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Another "one metre high DX session"! Maybe I should class this as an ultralight log? It was quite a rapid-fire session though with lots of Dutch stations coming up very suddenly on aircraft scatter, some leaping out well above the noise. I have noticed a scatter good peak around this time before.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Skegness Log: 03-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 03-04-14:
107.5 0025 D BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Pops, as web 864km
107.5 0035 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) OM traffic in six
second burst, as web 743km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter: 03-04-14:
88.6 0850 HOL NPO 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) U2 song, as web 407km
91.1 0855 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Diana Ross song, as web 543km
95.4 0900 F France Inter, Amiens/Saint-Just-en-Chaussée [60] (80) YL, as 103.7 431km
96.1 0901 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) OM, as web 396km
96.6 0907 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) Pops, as web.
Noise free peak 409km
101.2 0914 HOL Sky Radio, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Pops, as web 341km
101.8 0915 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Aurich (nds) German OM, as web 478km
106.7 1050 D WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) ID jingle between songs 504km
104.8 1051 HOL NPO Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Dutch OM, as web 443km
91.1 1055 HOL Slam!FM, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Pops, as web 341km
95.2 1055 HOL Slam!FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) Pops, as 91.1 312km
91.0 1057 F Le Mouv', Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) Brief peak. Discussion, as web 338km
92.8 1731 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) Noise free peak
440km
93.2 1732 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
Lee Dorsey song, as web 376km
103.1 1734 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Retro sounding disco
track, as web 376km
104.0 1736 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Club track, as web 590km
100.4 1738 HOL Q-music, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Pops,as 100.7 407km
100.8 1739 D WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Almost noise free 483km
100.9 1740 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Schoten (vlg-ant) Rock track, as 102.1 354km
101.0 1740 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Same YL, as 100.8 519km
107.9 1741 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Acoustic track, as 106.7 493km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, five meters AGL.
107.5 0025 D BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Pops, as web 864km
107.5 0035 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) OM traffic in six
second burst, as web 743km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter: 03-04-14:
88.6 0850 HOL NPO 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) U2 song, as web 407km
91.1 0855 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Diana Ross song, as web 543km
95.4 0900 F France Inter, Amiens/Saint-Just-en-Chaussée [60] (80) YL, as 103.7 431km
96.1 0901 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) OM, as web 396km
96.6 0907 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) Pops, as web.
Noise free peak 409km
101.2 0914 HOL Sky Radio, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Pops, as web 341km
101.8 0915 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Aurich (nds) German OM, as web 478km
106.7 1050 D WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) ID jingle between songs 504km
104.8 1051 HOL NPO Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Dutch OM, as web 443km
91.1 1055 HOL Slam!FM, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Pops, as web 341km
95.2 1055 HOL Slam!FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) Pops, as 91.1 312km
91.0 1057 F Le Mouv', Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) Brief peak. Discussion, as web 338km
92.8 1731 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) Noise free peak
440km
93.2 1732 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
Lee Dorsey song, as web 376km
103.1 1734 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Retro sounding disco
track, as web 376km
104.0 1736 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Club track, as web 590km
100.4 1738 HOL Q-music, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Pops,as 100.7 407km
100.8 1739 D WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Almost noise free 483km
100.9 1740 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Schoten (vlg-ant) Rock track, as 102.1 354km
101.0 1740 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Same YL, as 100.8 519km
107.9 1741 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Acoustic track, as 106.7 493km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, five meters AGL.
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Skegness Log: 02-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 02-04-14:
107.8 0013 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Laid back pop song, as web 917km **
107.8 0137 POL Radio Zet, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Polish song, as web 1465km **
107.8 0703 D BB Radio, Frankfurt (Oder) Booßen (brb) Eight second burst. YL phone
caller with music behind, as web 951km **
93.3 1625 POL RMF FM, Bydgoszcz/Trzeciewiec (KP) Polish ads, as web. Three second
burst 1186km **
93.3 1742 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) YL interview, as web 1552km **
107.5 2314 D BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Adele song, as web. Listening live 864km **
107.5 2326 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) OM talk and traffic,
as web 743km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL.
107.8 0013 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Laid back pop song, as web 917km **
107.8 0137 POL Radio Zet, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Polish song, as web 1465km **
107.8 0703 D BB Radio, Frankfurt (Oder) Booßen (brb) Eight second burst. YL phone
caller with music behind, as web 951km **
93.3 1625 POL RMF FM, Bydgoszcz/Trzeciewiec (KP) Polish ads, as web. Three second
burst 1186km **
93.3 1742 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) YL interview, as web 1552km **
107.5 2314 D BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Adele song, as web. Listening live 864km **
107.5 2326 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) OM talk and traffic,
as web 743km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL.
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Common Sense Prevails
Following a visit from the planning officer from the new housing association, permission has, thankfully, been granted from the 9.2. Phew! However, after the gentleman had left I discovered that the G-5500 rotator had not been included in his notes. I doubt this will be a problem but will get in touch with the planning department tomorrow to add this.
It seems the neighbour complaint was simply because they were worried that the FM5 I had been using temporarily would collapse into her property and cause damage or injury. As I explained in my previous blog entry this is just not likely to happen due to the trees. The planning officer saw this and took photos of the conifers, so I presume the neighbour is going to be asked to cut down or remove the conifers. Conifers are not allowed in these properties it seems.
I have been instructed not to go ahead with the installation until I have received official written permission. I have also been told that I need to provide proof of insurance cover and have the 9.2 fitted by a professional aerial installer, providing a receipt. Everything is covered this way. Luckily I know a good company whose price is very reasonable.
It's things like this which make me feel slightly disillusioned about the whole hobby. While DXing is straight-forward enough, the hobby is considered slightly off the beaten track by most people and downright weird to some. I dread to think what the neighbours will think to a rotating aerial once it is erected. Will it attract unwanted attention? This was highlighted very nicely at the previous address. Even children would stop me in the street to ask what the aerial was and what I was listening to with it. That makes a change from people thinking I am a spy or working for the police - yes, that happens too. The problem I have is that it all leaves me feeling quite isolated and 'different'. An unwanted centre of attention.
I wish I could just enjoy the hobby without having to worry what people think. I know I shouldn't let this bother me, but it does bother me as what I am doing is publicly visible and some people seem slightly scared by it. Or they see me as some kind of freak. I have known so many other hobbyists suffer this problem. Hopefully it will just make people leave me alone ;O)
It seems the neighbour complaint was simply because they were worried that the FM5 I had been using temporarily would collapse into her property and cause damage or injury. As I explained in my previous blog entry this is just not likely to happen due to the trees. The planning officer saw this and took photos of the conifers, so I presume the neighbour is going to be asked to cut down or remove the conifers. Conifers are not allowed in these properties it seems.
I have been instructed not to go ahead with the installation until I have received official written permission. I have also been told that I need to provide proof of insurance cover and have the 9.2 fitted by a professional aerial installer, providing a receipt. Everything is covered this way. Luckily I know a good company whose price is very reasonable.
It's things like this which make me feel slightly disillusioned about the whole hobby. While DXing is straight-forward enough, the hobby is considered slightly off the beaten track by most people and downright weird to some. I dread to think what the neighbours will think to a rotating aerial once it is erected. Will it attract unwanted attention? This was highlighted very nicely at the previous address. Even children would stop me in the street to ask what the aerial was and what I was listening to with it. That makes a change from people thinking I am a spy or working for the police - yes, that happens too. The problem I have is that it all leaves me feeling quite isolated and 'different'. An unwanted centre of attention.
I wish I could just enjoy the hobby without having to worry what people think. I know I shouldn't let this bother me, but it does bother me as what I am doing is publicly visible and some people seem slightly scared by it. Or they see me as some kind of freak. I have known so many other hobbyists suffer this problem. Hopefully it will just make people leave me alone ;O)
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