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Friday, 25 April 2014

Skegness Log: 25-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 25-04-14:
104.5 0008 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Classical music, as web  991km
104.5 0014  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm (rlp) German presenter, as web  649km
104.5 0024 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) YL phone caller, as web  1219km
104.5 0743 SVN Radio Ognjisce, Krvavec (lj) Pops song, as web  1271km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 25-04-14:
 89.4 1011  D  NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) You Can Leave Your Hat On song,
               as web  488km
 92.8 1013 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) 6353 MUSIQ3__  440km
105.3 1015 HOL NPO Radio 1, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Dominating. OM, as web  455km
107.4 1015  D  Radio Kiepenkerl, Coesfeld (nrw) Tentative. OM and phone caller, seemingly as 

               web though unable to
               rule out Radio Lippe. Mixing Radio Wuppertal  480km
107.4 1015  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Own programming with OMD song,
               as web  508km
107.3 1555  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Schlager, as web  729km
 92.4 1610  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) German OM with news
               after Linz faded  525km
 92.3 1611  D  WDR 2, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) [hes] (nrw) German OM after Anderlues faded  612km
 91.8 1613  D  WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) More regular than Profondeville lately. German
               OM, as web  544km
107.9 1615  D  BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical music, as web. Dominating Munster 
               732km
100.8 1620  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Guitar song, as web, on Bremen   
               606km
 98.8 1621  D  NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) YL, as 90.2  525km


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A very repetitive night of meteor scatter. Just three stations popped up, but repeatedly, over and over again! They were: CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem; Big FM (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm and Frekvence 1, Brno. I did not hear any other station via meteor scatter until shortly after 0700 when Radio Ognjisce, Krvavec broke the monotony.

General scatter continues to bring new stations to my logbook and much of it is noise free.

Radio Kiepenkerl on 107.4 was a possibility earlier today (25th), though I couldn't rule out this being Radio Lippe as the programming on their web stream sounded similar to that of Radio Kiepenkerl's. It definitely wasn't Radio Wuppertal. It would be useful to know if and when these local NRW stations have their own programming, rather than just inserting local IDs and drop-ins.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.

Thursday, 24 April 2014

Skegness Log: 24-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 24-04-14:
103.1 0231 POL PR Radio Koszalin, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) Polish soft rock song, as web  1085km **
103.1 0652  D  Deutschlandfunk, Erfurt-Haarberg (2kW) or  Gießen (630W) German OM talk, as web.
               Three second burst **
104.5 2340  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm (rlp) YL phone caller, as web  649km **
104.5 2343 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM phone caller, as web  1219km **
104.5 2356 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Classical rendition of
               Beatles song, as web  991km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 24-04-14:
102.6 0957  D  NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Adele song, as web  606km
101.2 1011  D  Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Pops, as web  565km
 97.4 1026  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) German YL and OM, dominating Linz  712km
 97.2 1027  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German YL, as Brocken 97.4  739km
 98.0 1030  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Dr. Hook song, as web. Over
               Lille/Amsterdam  707km
 88.3 1202  D  Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) News. Dominating Sutton Coldfield  565km
103.5 1226 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) Noise free scatter. Lively Dutch
               phone in at this time  391km
 89.9 1537  D  NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Vocal ID in pile-up  707km
 92.5 1811  D  MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) German YL, as web, mixing with v weak
               BBC R4  739km
 93.0 1812  D  SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Classical, as web  593km
 94.4 1813  D  hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Caain Sensible, as web  647km
 99.0 1816  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Bee Gees song, as web  684km
 98.5 1821  D  SWR3, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Queen song, as web  550km
103.5 1836  D  RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and traffic  553km
103.5 1838  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Suddenly over Ahrweiller. OM,
               as web  707km
107.5 1842 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Gentle song, as web  296km
105.5 1843 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Gentle song, as 107.5  296km
 87.7 1845  F  RTL, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Phone caller, as web  299km
 90.7 1847 BEL VRT Radio 2, Brussegem (vlg-vbr) YL phone caller, as web. alternating with
               Ijjselstein  366km
 91.6 1850 HOL Radio Veronica, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Europe song and ID  320km
 96.3 1852 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch OM, as 91.6  365km
103.6 1857 HOL Radio 10, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 83D2 RADIO_10  320km
104.1 1858 HOL Radio 10, Arnhem/Kema Toren (gel) Sister Sledge, as 103.6, etc.  397km **
104.0 1902 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/The Hotel (bru) Short jingle, some Info after YL news
               and ID  377km


** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Skegness Log: 23-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 23-04-14:
 97.7 0119  D  DasDing (SWR), Reutlingen (bwü) Plinky plonky techno track, as web  811km **
 97.7 0121  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) OM talk, as web  593km **
 97.7 0138  I  RAI Radio 2, Multi-tx. Monte Peglia most likely Jazzy music, as web **
 97.7 0146  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Berlin most likely tx of
               several. Three second burst  880km **
 97.7 0342  G  BBC Radio 1, Multi-tx Brief enhancement // Manningtree **

Band 2 General Scatter: 23-04-14:
 98.1 0835  D  NDR 2, Aurich (nds) Briefly dominating Nordhelle  478km
 98.6 0836  D  WDR 5, Olsberg (nrw) Dominating Egem  592km
 87.6 0837  D  hr3, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Aerosmith track, as web  612km


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At 0211 on the 23rd I heard a meteor burst lasting two and a half minutes. It was a jumble of noise with DLF being the only recognisable station, lifting out of the mess for a couple of seconds.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Skegness Log: 22-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 22-04-14:
104.7 0507 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Nagykanizsa/Újudvar (Zal) Vocal ID  1398km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 22-04-14:
 90.2 1154  D  MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, as web. Briefly mixing with Lingen  739km

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Catching up with the loggings after a few busy days.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.

FM Band - Spectral Scan

Using the XDR-GTK software, I made a spectral scan of the FM band here, beaming 100 degrees.



Monday, 21 April 2014

Skegness Log: 21-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 21-04-14:
103.9 0115  D  Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Pops song, as web  922km **
103.9 0204 SVN Slovenija 3, Kum (ce) Piano music, as web. Four second burst  1317km **
103.9 0627  D  Antenne Thüringen, Dingelstädt (thü) Pops, as web  706km **
103.9 0651 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Psunj (sb) Pop/choral piece, as web 
               1500km **
103.9 1256 CZE CRo Vltava, Liberec/Jested (LI) Shrill classical music, as web  1038km **

104.7 2352 HNG Class FM, Kékes (Hev) Pops, as web  1504km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 21-04-14:
107.9 0759  G  Jack FM 2, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) ID and news  193km
 87.8 0837 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Clermont Carn (LH) OM discussion, as web  450km
 94.0 0838 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mount Leinster (CW) Gaelic OM  480km
 93.5 0839 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Kippure (WW) Gaelic OM, as 94.0  444km
105.1 0847  G  Inspire FM, Luton (EN-BEF) Asian OM, as web. Occasionally topping Capital  
               151km
107.5 0917 HOL Radio Eenhoorn, Menaam/Mieddyk (fri) V weak on scatter. Pops, as web.
               Cross-fading Scheldemond FM  356km
107.5 0917 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) ID and pops. V weak on scatter  296km


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After several days of scatter from Brocken, Torfhaus and Inselberg, all reception has now gone after a front moved through this evening. Even Lille is not getting through. Sutton Coldfield has also disappeared and Belmont has dropped a few dB. This would normally make things good for meteor scatter, but even that seems to be down. So much for a possible peak. Perhaps things will recover over the next few hours.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.

Sunday, 20 April 2014

Skegness Log: 20-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 20-04-14:
 91.8 0142  D  MDR JUMP, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Pop song, as web  1006km **
 91.8 0153  D  WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Pops, as web. Two second burst  544km **
 91.8 0301 SVN Slovenija 1, Krvavec (lj) News about Ljubljana in two second burst  1271km **
 91.8 0357  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Zeitz (san) Growly voiced singer, as web. Three second burst  842km **
 91.8 0542  F  France Musique, Several transmitters listed Bourges or Vannes, but others listed   **
 90.2 0952  D  MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Sudden burst while listening live via scatter  739km
 97.4 1634  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Sudden burst while listening live  560km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 20-04-14:
 91.8 0735  D  WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Are We Human/Dancers song, as web  544km
 97.3 0939 HOL Firma Bak oe n ei, Twente Dutch pirate. Dutch pops, as web **
106.3 0949  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Shrieking noises (opera?),
               as web. Noise free scatter!  592km
105.3 0950  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German OM, as web  732km
 97.2 0951  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German OM and ID jingle  739km
 90.2 0952  D  MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, as web. V weak  739km
104.2 0953  D  Landeswelle Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Pink song, as web. V weak  739km
100.4 0955  D  WDR 2, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Coldplay, as web. Noise free  538km
104.6 1000 HOL 100% NL, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Dutch YL news, as web.
               Over Tournai  313km
 97.4 1631  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) Long fade-in/out over Linz  712km
102.9 1749  D  RPR 1., Bad Marienberg (rlp) REM Everybody Hurts, as web  592km
103.5 1751  D  RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) REM, as 102.9  553km
103.5 1811  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) YL talking over strange music,
               as web  707km


** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.

Skegness Log: 19-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 19-04-14:
105.4 0113  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Mister Mister song, as web  904km **
105.4 0616  I  Südtirol 1, Brenner=Brennero/Zirog Alm=Zirago (bz) Vocal ID. Thanks W4WDX for help with this  1052km **
105.4 0656  D  Radio Siegen, Aue/Hohe Hessel (nrw) Toyota ad, as web. 13 second burst  586km **
105.4 0719 POL Radio Zet, Siedlce/Losice (MW) Madonna Learn To Say Goodbye, as web  1512km **
 87.6 0921 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203. Unattended reception. 30dB peak  1219km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 19-04-14:
 87.7 1356  D  NDR Info, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) First time on scatter. German OM, as web, on Radio 10 fade  627km **
 87.9 1357  D  NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) German OM, as 87.7  599km


** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2, 5.5 m AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.

Saturday, 19 April 2014

105.4 MHz - Sudtirol 1 Reception via April Lyrids


This was completely unexpected. But then, meteor scatter largely is. You have to be patient and it's pot luck with what comes through. Occasionally you might be lucky and catch a real gem. That's what happened today at 06:16 GMT when a FIFTEEN second burst appeared while I was tuned to 105.4. I happened to be recording the frequency when the signal appeared, and there was even a vocal identification by the male presenter!

Once again, had it not been for W4WDX, who heard my clip, I don't think I would have realised that this was an Italian station in the north-east of Italy. I just assumed it might have been Austria, but there was no station listed with the name "Sud Tirol Eins".

Here is a recording, as it happened. Note the identification seven seconds into this recording. W4WDS has translated to English:

Click here to listen to the recording

German: "Das ist ihr neuer Hit, der sicher bald schon die Südtirol 1 Charts erstürmen wird."
English: "This is their new hit, which is going to storm the Südtirol 1 Charts soon."

Good DX!

John

Friday, 18 April 2014

Skegness Log: 18-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 18-04-14:
107.7 0040  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) Jazzy music, as web  571km
107.7 0058  D  Die Neue 107,7, Stuttgart-Frauenkopf (bwü) Nazareth song, as web  790km
107.7 0137  D  Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as web  1034km
107.7 0528  D  R.SA, Fichtelberg (Erzgebirge) (sac) Holly Johnson song, as web  918km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 18-04-14:
104.2 0724 BEL AFN PowerNet, Casteau-Shape (wal-hnt) Item on baseball. US accents.   386km
 89.2 0737  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Scatter. Noise free pops, as web  525km
 89.2 0750  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Very fluttery in multiple aircraft
               scatter. Pops, as web  525km
 98.4 0923 HOL NPO Radio 1, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch YL and OM, as web  424km
 93.0 0933  D  SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Opera, as web  593km
100.3 0935  D  Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) English ID jingle and pops on Radio
               L1 fade  677km **
 94.4 0947  D  hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Fleetwood Mac song, as web. Above
               Swingate  647km
 94.0 0949  D  SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Opera, as web  590km
 94.6 0950  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Modern Talking song, ID and ELO
               song  712km
 92.1 0952  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Soft rock song, as web  707km
 98.0 0952  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web  707km
103.6 0956  D  RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Olly Murs, YL ID  687km
102.3 0958  D  Radio ffn, Steinkimmen (nds) Ellie Goulding, as web. Easy at the side of
               Lincs FM  543km
 91.8 1011  D  WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Light pops, as web  544km
107.3 1013  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) German song, as web  729km
 92.4 1021  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Valerie song,
               as web. Noise free  560km
 91.0 1022  D  hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German YL, as web  612km
107.4 1031  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Pops, as web. Local
               programming at this time  508km
 95.3 1317  D  YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pink song, as web  712km
 99.0 1321  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops and OM/YL chat, as web. Almost noise free when
               peaked  684km
 89.5 1342  D  hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web  684km
 87.6 1343  D  NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Caro Emerald song, as web  650km
 97.7 1441  D  YOU FM (hr), Rimberg (hes) Club song, as web  678km
106.3 1550  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Crooning, as web  592km
105.3 1600  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM ID and news  732km
107.9 1601  D  BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL news, over Munster  732km
 97.2 1607  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German YL news, as web  739km
103.5 1611  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) German OM, as web  707km


** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode

The G-5500 rotator is now connected and aligned. Still really pleased with reception here. As I had hoped, the noise I get to the south is greatly reduced now the 9.2 is on the roof. It appears to be something in a nearby property. the one nearest the 9.2. At the most I am receiving the noise at 9 or 10dBf (GTK scale - no boosts), which is negligible. Background noise in all other directions is at 4 or 5dBf so very quiet. Phew!

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 with Yaesu G-5500 rotator.