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The log for this opening can be found here:
Note: The audio to this video has been blocked to some countries. I don't know which, but blame YouTube and their ridiculous rules regarding copyright.
Friday, 16 May 2014
Video: Today's Sporadic E Opening to The Balkans, Czech Republic & Poland
The log for this opening can be found here:
Note: The audio to this video has been blocked to some countries. I don't know which, but blame YouTube and their ridiculous rules regarding copyright.
Skegness Log: 16-05-14 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1231 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 _SHUMEN_ (Approximate time)
2220km
89.4 1401 ROU Magic FM, Cluj-Napoca (CJ) Presume Cluj. E210 MAGIC_FM 1798km **
88.2 1404 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) 5960 _REGINA_ 1464km
89.1 1405 ROU Pro FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 89,1_F__ 1877km
88.1 1406 BIH BH Radio 1, Tusnica (k10) F001 BHRADIO1 1615km
88.4 1407 MNE Radio Prva, Ulcinj/Mozura (UL) D2DE RADIO___ PR______ 1877km **
89.0 1408 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400 RADIO___ CLASSIC_
NEW_____ etc. 1964km
89.5 1408 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 R-DUBROV 1785km **
87.6 1409 MNE Antena M, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) 30FE ANTENA_M 1841km
87.7 1409 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1 1456km
88.0 1411 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Niksic/Tovic-Sudina Glava (NK) 63C1 Tovic___ Niksic__ 1795km
97.4 1412 MNE Star FM, Cetinje D455 STAR_FM_ **
91.7 1416 BIH Federalni Radio, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) F012 RADIO-F_ 1685km **
91.0 1417 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 Scrolling RDS 1882km **
90.5 1418 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
90.7 1418 MNE Atlas Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D222 _ATLAS__ 1841km **
90.0 1419 BIH Radio Kalman, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) F0F2 *KALMAN* 1685km **
88.7 1420 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Sarajevo/Trebevic (sar) F042 1684km
88.0 1421 SVN Slovenija 1, Krim (lj) 9201 and vocal ID 1295km
102.8 1423 BIH Bobar Radio, Sarajevo/Trebevic (sar) F0A3 *BOBAR*_ 1684km **
103.0 1423 SVN Radio Aktual, Trdinov Vrh (nm) 944E 1356km **
107.8 1425 BIH Radio Kalman, Several transmitters listed F0F2 KALMAN*B **
107.6 1426 ALB Radio Jehona, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 959B O_JEHONA 1882km **
104.6 1428 BIH Soundset Studio 88, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) 1000 STUDIO88 1685km **
105.7 1428 MNE TDI Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D246 T__D__I 1841km **
89.3 1431 BIH Federalni Radio, Vlasic (sbs) F012 1600km **
95.7 1436 BIH Federalni Radio, Sarajevo/Hum (sar) F012 1676km **
96.8 1437 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Pljevlja/Tvrdas (PV) 63C1 ___RCG1_ 1775km **
97.2 1437 HRV Radio Kaj, Ivanscica 2 or Japetic C31F __KAJ___ **
98.7 1439 BIH Radio M, Sarajevo/Grdonj (sar) F079 RADIO_M_ 1678km **
100.1 1440 BIH Radio Breza, Breza/Kolovaj (sar) F064 R.BREZA_ 1654km **
100.3 1440 BIH BH Radio 1, Konjic/Lisin (hgn) F001 BHRADIO1 1661km **
101.0 1441 BIH Radio Bugojno, Bugojno/Gladov (sbs) RBUGOJNO 1612km **
87.6 1442 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) 63C1 ___R__1_ 1793km
91.4 1444 BIH Radio Herceg Bosne, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje/Zekina gruda (sbs) F01B RADIO-__
1629km **
88.1 1451 MNE Radio Cool / Glas Rusije, Podgorica (PG) FFFF SRPSKI__ 1841km **
91.2 1451 BIH Radio Kalman, Konjic/Lisin (hgn) F0F2 ____AN__ 1661km **
87.5 1525 POL PR 1, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3211 ____NK__ 1291km
87.9 1526 POL PR 2, Walbrzych/G.Chelmiec II (DS) 3222 eleci_lu wadzi_lu 1117km
87.8 1527 HRV Radio Zabok, Zabok/Grdenci (kr) C46C _ZABOK__ 1371km
88.0 1528 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1530km
90.5 1528 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417 kultur__ 1530km
88.1 1529 HRV HRT Radio Sljeme, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C31C R-SLJEME 1381km
89.0 1530 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hostálkovice (MO) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1287km **
89.0 1530 POL PR Radio Wroclaw, Bogatynia/G.Wysoka (DS) 3403 1033km **
89.9 1530 BIH Vikom Radio, Bosanska Dubica/Gig (srp) B080 Z_KOM__C 1510km **
89.9 1531 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Udrigovo (srp) F042 RTRS-RRS 1645km
88.3 1533 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1229km
Band 2 Tropospheric:
93.0 0904 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Classical, as web 593km
104.9 0905 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as 104.0 553km
99.0 0907 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web. Almost noise free on peak 684km
107.4 0923 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) IDs between songs. Radio
Wuppertal, 100% Wuppertal. Almost noise free 508km
107.6 0929 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Pops and YL, as 104.0 640km
107.0 0936 D WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Decent peaks today. Almost noise free. As 106.7
592km
95.3 0956 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch OMs, as 95.4
396km
98.7 0958 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Ad break, as web 407km
107.3 1036 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) IDs galore, then Dutch music 292km
107.5 1037 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Dutch music, as web 296km
107.1 1039 HOL Radio Schouwen-Duiveland, Zierikzee/Silo Vissersdijk (zee) V weak,
but pops, as web 296km
107.2 1046 BEL Radio Bingo, Roeselare/Zilverberg (vlg-wvl) Vocal ID after ad break 313km
107.9 1049 BEL VBRO, Torhout (vlg-wvl) Phone caller, as 107.3. Presume Torhout 297km
88.4 1103 HOL Slam!FM, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) 82A5 SLAM!FM_ 334km
89.3 1104 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) ID after
news 313km
91.8 1105 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Jingle ID 313km
Unidentified:
92.9 1413 MKD Radio Antena 5?, Unlisted site 4221 St__io__ **
92.5 1415 ? UNID, 3417 92______
100.4 1421 ? UNID, F078
101.7 1424 ? UNID, "Arabesque" said as if ID or programme name. Exotic sounding. Thought
it was Arabic at one point.
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I had to go out this morning and missed most of the opening. I watched remotely, helpless as TeamViewer software just froze while Bulgaria was coming through. This was extremely annoying. After several attempts I finally managed to get CamStudio (I hate it with a passion) t record what was coming in on 87.6. An hour or two later, still connecting remotely, I stopped CamStudio to save the file. Of course it crashed and I lost the lot. So I swore (I did, believe me!) that I would invest in a full and registered version of Bandicam, so I did. That's the last time CamStudio messes up my DXing!
Luckily, my return home saw the Es opening still in progress and it was a decent top-of-the-band opening to the Balkans with quite a few personal firsts, some of which were less than 1kW. A bit of detective work solved most of my unids, though a few remain. Signals were very good, reaching 50dBf at best, without RF or IF boost!
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I made a YouTube video of the highlights at: Click here to watch
There were a few interesting station in there, notably:
11:28 92.5. Mono unid language? PI 3417. Partial PS 92______
15:44 89.9. ??
18:23 101.7. Arabic or similar?
31.19 90.7 Arabic?
The times above are references to the position of the video. Actual times are displayed in the GTK window. Help with these would be really appreciated.
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Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
87.6 1231 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 _SHUMEN_ (Approximate time)
2220km
89.4 1401 ROU Magic FM, Cluj-Napoca (CJ) Presume Cluj. E210 MAGIC_FM 1798km **
88.2 1404 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) 5960 _REGINA_ 1464km
89.1 1405 ROU Pro FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 89,1_F__ 1877km
88.1 1406 BIH BH Radio 1, Tusnica (k10) F001 BHRADIO1 1615km
88.4 1407 MNE Radio Prva, Ulcinj/Mozura (UL) D2DE RADIO___ PR______ 1877km **
89.0 1408 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400 RADIO___ CLASSIC_
NEW_____ etc. 1964km
89.5 1408 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 R-DUBROV 1785km **
87.6 1409 MNE Antena M, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) 30FE ANTENA_M 1841km
87.7 1409 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1 1456km
88.0 1411 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Niksic/Tovic-Sudina Glava (NK) 63C1 Tovic___ Niksic__ 1795km
97.4 1412 MNE Star FM, Cetinje D455 STAR_FM_ **
91.7 1416 BIH Federalni Radio, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) F012 RADIO-F_ 1685km **
91.0 1417 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 Scrolling RDS 1882km **
90.5 1418 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
90.7 1418 MNE Atlas Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D222 _ATLAS__ 1841km **
90.0 1419 BIH Radio Kalman, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) F0F2 *KALMAN* 1685km **
88.7 1420 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Sarajevo/Trebevic (sar) F042 1684km
88.0 1421 SVN Slovenija 1, Krim (lj) 9201 and vocal ID 1295km
102.8 1423 BIH Bobar Radio, Sarajevo/Trebevic (sar) F0A3 *BOBAR*_ 1684km **
103.0 1423 SVN Radio Aktual, Trdinov Vrh (nm) 944E 1356km **
107.8 1425 BIH Radio Kalman, Several transmitters listed F0F2 KALMAN*B **
107.6 1426 ALB Radio Jehona, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 959B O_JEHONA 1882km **
104.6 1428 BIH Soundset Studio 88, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) 1000 STUDIO88 1685km **
105.7 1428 MNE TDI Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D246 T__D__I 1841km **
89.3 1431 BIH Federalni Radio, Vlasic (sbs) F012 1600km **
95.7 1436 BIH Federalni Radio, Sarajevo/Hum (sar) F012 1676km **
96.8 1437 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Pljevlja/Tvrdas (PV) 63C1 ___RCG1_ 1775km **
97.2 1437 HRV Radio Kaj, Ivanscica 2 or Japetic C31F __KAJ___ **
98.7 1439 BIH Radio M, Sarajevo/Grdonj (sar) F079 RADIO_M_ 1678km **
100.1 1440 BIH Radio Breza, Breza/Kolovaj (sar) F064 R.BREZA_ 1654km **
100.3 1440 BIH BH Radio 1, Konjic/Lisin (hgn) F001 BHRADIO1 1661km **
101.0 1441 BIH Radio Bugojno, Bugojno/Gladov (sbs) RBUGOJNO 1612km **
87.6 1442 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) 63C1 ___R__1_ 1793km
91.4 1444 BIH Radio Herceg Bosne, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje/Zekina gruda (sbs) F01B RADIO-__
1629km **
88.1 1451 MNE Radio Cool / Glas Rusije, Podgorica (PG) FFFF SRPSKI__ 1841km **
91.2 1451 BIH Radio Kalman, Konjic/Lisin (hgn) F0F2 ____AN__ 1661km **
87.5 1525 POL PR 1, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3211 ____NK__ 1291km
87.9 1526 POL PR 2, Walbrzych/G.Chelmiec II (DS) 3222 eleci_lu wadzi_lu 1117km
87.8 1527 HRV Radio Zabok, Zabok/Grdenci (kr) C46C _ZABOK__ 1371km
88.0 1528 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1530km
90.5 1528 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417 kultur__ 1530km
88.1 1529 HRV HRT Radio Sljeme, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C31C R-SLJEME 1381km
89.0 1530 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hostálkovice (MO) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1287km **
89.0 1530 POL PR Radio Wroclaw, Bogatynia/G.Wysoka (DS) 3403 1033km **
89.9 1530 BIH Vikom Radio, Bosanska Dubica/Gig (srp) B080 Z_KOM__C 1510km **
89.9 1531 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Udrigovo (srp) F042 RTRS-RRS 1645km
88.3 1533 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1229km
Band 2 Tropospheric:
93.0 0904 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Classical, as web 593km
104.9 0905 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as 104.0 553km
99.0 0907 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web. Almost noise free on peak 684km
107.4 0923 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) IDs between songs. Radio
Wuppertal, 100% Wuppertal. Almost noise free 508km
107.6 0929 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Pops and YL, as 104.0 640km
107.0 0936 D WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Decent peaks today. Almost noise free. As 106.7
592km
95.3 0956 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch OMs, as 95.4
396km
98.7 0958 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Ad break, as web 407km
107.3 1036 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) IDs galore, then Dutch music 292km
107.5 1037 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Dutch music, as web 296km
107.1 1039 HOL Radio Schouwen-Duiveland, Zierikzee/Silo Vissersdijk (zee) V weak,
but pops, as web 296km
107.2 1046 BEL Radio Bingo, Roeselare/Zilverberg (vlg-wvl) Vocal ID after ad break 313km
107.9 1049 BEL VBRO, Torhout (vlg-wvl) Phone caller, as 107.3. Presume Torhout 297km
88.4 1103 HOL Slam!FM, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) 82A5 SLAM!FM_ 334km
89.3 1104 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) ID after
news 313km
91.8 1105 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Jingle ID 313km
Unidentified:
92.9 1413 MKD Radio Antena 5?, Unlisted site 4221 St__io__ **
92.5 1415 ? UNID, 3417 92______
100.4 1421 ? UNID, F078
101.7 1424 ? UNID, "Arabesque" said as if ID or programme name. Exotic sounding. Thought
it was Arabic at one point.
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I had to go out this morning and missed most of the opening. I watched remotely, helpless as TeamViewer software just froze while Bulgaria was coming through. This was extremely annoying. After several attempts I finally managed to get CamStudio (I hate it with a passion) t record what was coming in on 87.6. An hour or two later, still connecting remotely, I stopped CamStudio to save the file. Of course it crashed and I lost the lot. So I swore (I did, believe me!) that I would invest in a full and registered version of Bandicam, so I did. That's the last time CamStudio messes up my DXing!
Luckily, my return home saw the Es opening still in progress and it was a decent top-of-the-band opening to the Balkans with quite a few personal firsts, some of which were less than 1kW. A bit of detective work solved most of my unids, though a few remain. Signals were very good, reaching 50dBf at best, without RF or IF boost!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I made a YouTube video of the highlights at: Click here to watch
There were a few interesting station in there, notably:
11:28 92.5. Mono unid language? PI 3417. Partial PS 92______
15:44 89.9. ??
18:23 101.7. Arabic or similar?
31.19 90.7 Arabic?
The times above are references to the position of the video. Actual times are displayed in the GTK window. Help with these would be really appreciated.
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Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Video: Live FM DXing During Sporadic E Event: 16-05-14
This is the first time I have made a recording of a live DXing session during a sporadic E event. I thought I would add it to my blog for others to see.
This was a good opening to the Balkans and possibly Turkey, including reception of Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia. Also heard were the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania, Romania and Poland. This was quite a haul and I received many personal 'firsts', including several low powered local stations.
Some unusual reception was experienced during this opening when conditions may have extended into Turkey. Note the Turkish language on 92.5 at 11 minutes and 28 seconds in the video. The PI code of 3417 would appear to confirm that this was a Turkish station, but the PI code is not known and so the station remains unidentified.
Apologies to those who are unable to hear the audio in this recording as YouTube have blocked it in certain countries due to brief instances of 'copyright' music appearing.
This was a good opening to the Balkans and possibly Turkey, including reception of Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia. Also heard were the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania, Romania and Poland. This was quite a haul and I received many personal 'firsts', including several low powered local stations.
Some unusual reception was experienced during this opening when conditions may have extended into Turkey. Note the Turkish language on 92.5 at 11 minutes and 28 seconds in the video. The PI code of 3417 would appear to confirm that this was a Turkish station, but the PI code is not known and so the station remains unidentified.
Apologies to those who are unable to hear the audio in this recording as YouTube have blocked it in certain countries due to brief instances of 'copyright' music appearing.
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Skegness Log: 15-05-14 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
97.0 0655 S SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) Lively Swedish YL, as web 913km **
91.8 0702 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL news over music, as web 703km **
97.2 0724 S SR P3, Uddevalla/Herrestad TM (vg) Lively OM YL, as web 922km **
97.2 0733 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) OM ID jingle 739km **
87.9 0813 S SR P1, Malmö, Örebro or Östersund. OM YL banging around, as web
89.6 0849 S SR P1, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Swedish YL and music, as web 1031km **
Band 2 Tropospheric:
93.3 0550 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) OM phone caller, as web
740km
91.8 0554 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) V weak on scatter. YL pop song,
as web 703km
98.7 0648 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Norwegian YL, as web. Scatter at 703km 703km
97.0 0654 NOR NRK Petre, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) OM phone in, as web. Tropo or scatter?
734km
97.2 0725 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) OMs, as web. Via scatter
617km
87.9 0852 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Piano music, as web 739km
87.9 1444 D NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) Jingle ID and info 599km
100.1 1504 D RPR 1., Haardtkopf (rlp) OM ID after news 593km
102.1 1718 DNK R.24/7, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Danish OM. Seemingly via
scatter. 617km
98.0 2029 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Housey Housey, as 97.6 320km
107.5 2031 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) V weak. Light pops, as web 296km
105.5 2034 BEL Topradio, Staden/Stadenberg (vlg-wvl) Bang bang thump thump techNO thank you,
as web 299km
99.4 2036 BEL Topradio, Gent/IVAGO Proeftuinstraat 43 (vlg-ovl) Bang bang, as web 333km
96.1 2039 HOL FunX, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Reggae, as web 320km
96.3 2039 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Phone caller, as 96.6 365km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This morning's meteor scatter was done live. Bursts were frequent so it quickly became clear which stations or transmitters were coming through.
It seems that the morning tropo from Denmark and Norway was not tropo at all, but aircraft scatter, no doubt helped along by the high pressure, but it continued for the rest of the day, up and down, apart from the Norwegians, which fizzled out completely by mid-afternoon.
There was an enhancement come the evening, however, with Belgium and Holland increasing in strength slightly.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
97.0 0655 S SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) Lively Swedish YL, as web 913km **
91.8 0702 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL news over music, as web 703km **
97.2 0724 S SR P3, Uddevalla/Herrestad TM (vg) Lively OM YL, as web 922km **
97.2 0733 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) OM ID jingle 739km **
87.9 0813 S SR P1, Malmö, Örebro or Östersund. OM YL banging around, as web
89.6 0849 S SR P1, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Swedish YL and music, as web 1031km **
Band 2 Tropospheric:
93.3 0550 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) OM phone caller, as web
740km
91.8 0554 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) V weak on scatter. YL pop song,
as web 703km
98.7 0648 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Norwegian YL, as web. Scatter at 703km 703km
97.0 0654 NOR NRK Petre, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) OM phone in, as web. Tropo or scatter?
734km
97.2 0725 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) OMs, as web. Via scatter
617km
87.9 0852 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Piano music, as web 739km
87.9 1444 D NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) Jingle ID and info 599km
100.1 1504 D RPR 1., Haardtkopf (rlp) OM ID after news 593km
102.1 1718 DNK R.24/7, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Danish OM. Seemingly via
scatter. 617km
98.0 2029 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Housey Housey, as 97.6 320km
107.5 2031 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) V weak. Light pops, as web 296km
105.5 2034 BEL Topradio, Staden/Stadenberg (vlg-wvl) Bang bang thump thump techNO thank you,
as web 299km
99.4 2036 BEL Topradio, Gent/IVAGO Proeftuinstraat 43 (vlg-ovl) Bang bang, as web 333km
96.1 2039 HOL FunX, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Reggae, as web 320km
96.3 2039 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Phone caller, as 96.6 365km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This morning's meteor scatter was done live. Bursts were frequent so it quickly became clear which stations or transmitters were coming through.
It seems that the morning tropo from Denmark and Norway was not tropo at all, but aircraft scatter, no doubt helped along by the high pressure, but it continued for the rest of the day, up and down, apart from the Norwegians, which fizzled out completely by mid-afternoon.
There was an enhancement come the evening, however, with Belgium and Holland increasing in strength slightly.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Skegness Log: 14-05-14 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1740 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1219km
88.1 1742 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Petrosani/Parâng (HD) FF00. Presume Petrosani
1877km
89.0 1742 ROU Radio ZU, Bucuresti (BU) E2AA Radio_ZU 2107km
91.2 1744 ROU Magic FM, Three sites. Probably Alexandria. E210 MAGIC_FM
87.6 1746 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 ___BNR__ _SHUMEN_ 2220km
91.8 1750 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Alexandria (TR) Jingle ID 2091km **
88.4 1808 MRC MFM Oriental, Taourirt (otl) Vocal ID 2102km
91.6 1809 MRC Radio Mars, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) ID in ad break 2397km
92.9 1810 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) Arabic OM, as web 2397km **
94.0 1812 MRC Aswat, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) Phone caller, as web 2397km
89.2 1813 MRC MFM Oriental, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) 1283 __MFM____. Jingle ID too!
2397km **
89.8 1813 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) French OM talking about
Morocco 2397km
90.6 1814 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Boumalne-Dadès (smd) Arabic OMs, as web
2475km **
91.1 1816 MRC Médina FM, Tanger (ttn) Phone in, as web 1991km
91.7 1841 MRC Radio Mars, Tétouan (ttn) Arabic OM, as web 2007km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
106.9 1107 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) or Brotjacklriegel OM ID
98.7 1308 G BBC Radio 1, Perhaps Melvaig. Snippet of BBC R1 presenters, as 98.3 **
87.7 1903 E Europa FM, Alcalá de Henares (MAD-M) E5ED 1439km **
Band 2 General Scatter:
103.5 0504 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and pops 553km
106.3 0510 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) SWR4 ID sung in song 592km
107.6 0512 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) YL in ads, as web 640km
103.0 0517 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) OM ... Call, text or email BFBS 564km
107.3 0538 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) german YL song, as web 729km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Mixing the propagation modes today!
I have uploaded some more videos to my YouTube channel, demonstrating scatter from stations like HR4, Heidelstein on 107.3.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
87.6 1740 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1219km
88.1 1742 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Petrosani/Parâng (HD) FF00. Presume Petrosani
1877km
89.0 1742 ROU Radio ZU, Bucuresti (BU) E2AA Radio_ZU 2107km
91.2 1744 ROU Magic FM, Three sites. Probably Alexandria. E210 MAGIC_FM
87.6 1746 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 ___BNR__ _SHUMEN_ 2220km
91.8 1750 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Alexandria (TR) Jingle ID 2091km **
88.4 1808 MRC MFM Oriental, Taourirt (otl) Vocal ID 2102km
91.6 1809 MRC Radio Mars, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) ID in ad break 2397km
92.9 1810 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) Arabic OM, as web 2397km **
94.0 1812 MRC Aswat, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) Phone caller, as web 2397km
89.2 1813 MRC MFM Oriental, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) 1283 __MFM____. Jingle ID too!
2397km **
89.8 1813 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) French OM talking about
Morocco 2397km
90.6 1814 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Boumalne-Dadès (smd) Arabic OMs, as web
2475km **
91.1 1816 MRC Médina FM, Tanger (ttn) Phone in, as web 1991km
91.7 1841 MRC Radio Mars, Tétouan (ttn) Arabic OM, as web 2007km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
106.9 1107 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) or Brotjacklriegel OM ID
98.7 1308 G BBC Radio 1, Perhaps Melvaig. Snippet of BBC R1 presenters, as 98.3 **
87.7 1903 E Europa FM, Alcalá de Henares (MAD-M) E5ED 1439km **
Band 2 General Scatter:
103.5 0504 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and pops 553km
106.3 0510 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) SWR4 ID sung in song 592km
107.6 0512 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) YL in ads, as web 640km
103.0 0517 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) OM ... Call, text or email BFBS 564km
107.3 0538 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) german YL song, as web 729km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Mixing the propagation modes today!
I have uploaded some more videos to my YouTube channel, demonstrating scatter from stations like HR4, Heidelstein on 107.3.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Denmark & Norway Via Scatter
I always assumed it must be possible from this coast, but until this morning I had never heard it myself, though I once briefly had Norway via aircraft scatter at my previous Skegness address.
Here are three recordings of this morning's scatter. Unfortunately, the web audio did not come through in the Norwegian videos, but you should be able to hear the Norwegian presenters quite clearly.
Here are three recordings of this morning's scatter. Unfortunately, the web audio did not come through in the Norwegian videos, but you should be able to hear the Norwegian presenters quite clearly.
Danmarks Radio 3, Rangstrup. Distance 617 km
NRK Petre, Bjerkreim. Distance 703 km
NRK Petre, Bjerkreim. Distance 703 km
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Skegness Log: 13-05-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
92.0 0722 POL PR Radio Szczecin, Szczecin/Kolowo (ZP) Village People song, as web. Three
second burst 953km **
92.0 0747 AUT Ö1, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Talk about American music, as web 1247km **
87.6 0944 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 1219km
87.7 1016 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Long burst. OM, as 98.0 709km
95.0 1016 F France Musique, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Long burst. Classical, as 88.7
709km **
88.6 1308 CZE CRo Vltava, Klatovy/Doubrava (PL) 232D 984km
96.6 1329 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Jazzy music, as web 843km **
96.6 1333 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Bratislava or Kosice OM on phone, as web **
96.6 1334 POL Radio Zet, Lebork/Skórowo Nowe (PM) Simply Red song, as web 1134km **
96.6 1336 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Percussive classical piece, as web
892km **
96.6 1336 CZE Radio Impuls, Praha/Mahlerovy sady (PR) Local song, as web 1031km **
96.6 1413 POL RMF FM, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) Banging Techno song, as web. Three second
burst 1060km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
The Es were close today but never close enough, and since meteor scatter was prevalent I concentrated on that. The Es season seems to have got off to a very good start again this year, but the main concentrations have been in central and eastern parts of Europe. Hopefully it will be the turn of the UK again soon.
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 elevation/azimuth rotator.
92.0 0722 POL PR Radio Szczecin, Szczecin/Kolowo (ZP) Village People song, as web. Three
second burst 953km **
92.0 0747 AUT Ö1, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Talk about American music, as web 1247km **
87.6 0944 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 1219km
87.7 1016 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Long burst. OM, as 98.0 709km
95.0 1016 F France Musique, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Long burst. Classical, as 88.7
709km **
88.6 1308 CZE CRo Vltava, Klatovy/Doubrava (PL) 232D 984km
96.6 1329 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Jazzy music, as web 843km **
96.6 1333 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Bratislava or Kosice OM on phone, as web **
96.6 1334 POL Radio Zet, Lebork/Skórowo Nowe (PM) Simply Red song, as web 1134km **
96.6 1336 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Percussive classical piece, as web
892km **
96.6 1336 CZE Radio Impuls, Praha/Mahlerovy sady (PR) Local song, as web 1031km **
96.6 1413 POL RMF FM, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) Banging Techno song, as web. Three second
burst 1060km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
The Es were close today but never close enough, and since meteor scatter was prevalent I concentrated on that. The Es season seems to have got off to a very good start again this year, but the main concentrations have been in central and eastern parts of Europe. Hopefully it will be the turn of the UK again soon.
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 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Monday, 12 May 2014
Skegness Log: 12-05-14 (FM)
OIRT Band Sporadic E:
67.10 1447 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) YL singin, as web 1729km
67.88 1448 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) YL and OM, as web 1729km
68.30 1448 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Bragin/RTPS (GO) YL singing, as web 2018km
68.45 1450 BLR BR Gomel FM, Zhlobin/Vul. K.Marksa 1A (GO) Presumed. Pops and ads 1973km
66.08 1518 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Svislach=Svislac (HR) YL, as web 1580km **
68.12 1519 BLR BR Radio Hrodna, Slonim/RTPS Novaja Straga (HR) YL ID and anns over lively
music 1670km
69.26 1520 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Geranyony/RTPS (HR) YL talking over guitar music,
as web 1658km
69.92 1524 BLR BR Gomel FM, Bragin/RTPS (GO) English pop song, as web 2018km
70.22 1524 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Salihorsk/RTPS Dubei (MI) Commentary, as web 1807km
66.20 1526 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Gomel/RTPS Vul. Pushkina 8 (GO) English pops, as web
2049km
66.44 1527 BLR BR Gomel FM, Smyatanichy/RTPS (GO) Ads, as 69.92 1890km
67.76 1528 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Gomel/RTPS Vul. Pushkina 8 (GO) ID and Russian talk. Tnx
Vladimir Doroshenko for help 2049km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
99.6 0021 NOR NRK P2, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Brass ensemble, as web 811km **
99.6 0039 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German OM, as web 612km **
99.6 0202 D Rockland Sachsen-Anhalt, Naumburg (san) Seven Nation Army track, as web
814km **
99.6 0258 I RAI Radio3, Presume Bertinoro, but other low powers also listed Slow
classical piece, as web **
99.6 0313 S SR P3, Örebro or Ånge Rolling Stones Start Me Up, as web. Four second burst **
99.6 0637 D Bayern 3, Hohe Linie (bay) Soft rock song, as web 943km **
87.7 1442 POL PR 1, Konin/Zólwieniec (WP) 3211 ______A_ 1211km
Band 2 Tropospheric/Scatter:
103.5 0806 D RPR 1, Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as 102.1 553km
102.1 0807 D RPR 1, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Pops, as web 550km
94.3 0809 F Skyrock, Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) Pushing through on horizontal 338km
88.0 1631 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) OM ID after info 629km
101.7 1633 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Whispered OM ID and pops. Noise free
on A/S 628km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the 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 elevation/azimuth rotator.
67.10 1447 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) YL singin, as web 1729km
67.88 1448 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) YL and OM, as web 1729km
68.30 1448 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Bragin/RTPS (GO) YL singing, as web 2018km
68.45 1450 BLR BR Gomel FM, Zhlobin/Vul. K.Marksa 1A (GO) Presumed. Pops and ads 1973km
66.08 1518 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Svislach=Svislac (HR) YL, as web 1580km **
68.12 1519 BLR BR Radio Hrodna, Slonim/RTPS Novaja Straga (HR) YL ID and anns over lively
music 1670km
69.26 1520 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Geranyony/RTPS (HR) YL talking over guitar music,
as web 1658km
69.92 1524 BLR BR Gomel FM, Bragin/RTPS (GO) English pop song, as web 2018km
70.22 1524 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Salihorsk/RTPS Dubei (MI) Commentary, as web 1807km
66.20 1526 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Gomel/RTPS Vul. Pushkina 8 (GO) English pops, as web
2049km
66.44 1527 BLR BR Gomel FM, Smyatanichy/RTPS (GO) Ads, as 69.92 1890km
67.76 1528 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Gomel/RTPS Vul. Pushkina 8 (GO) ID and Russian talk. Tnx
Vladimir Doroshenko for help 2049km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
99.6 0021 NOR NRK P2, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Brass ensemble, as web 811km **
99.6 0039 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German OM, as web 612km **
99.6 0202 D Rockland Sachsen-Anhalt, Naumburg (san) Seven Nation Army track, as web
814km **
99.6 0258 I RAI Radio3, Presume Bertinoro, but other low powers also listed Slow
classical piece, as web **
99.6 0313 S SR P3, Örebro or Ånge Rolling Stones Start Me Up, as web. Four second burst **
99.6 0637 D Bayern 3, Hohe Linie (bay) Soft rock song, as web 943km **
87.7 1442 POL PR 1, Konin/Zólwieniec (WP) 3211 ______A_ 1211km
Band 2 Tropospheric/Scatter:
103.5 0806 D RPR 1, Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as 102.1 553km
102.1 0807 D RPR 1, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Pops, as web 550km
94.3 0809 F Skyrock, Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) Pushing through on horizontal 338km
88.0 1631 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) OM ID after info 629km
101.7 1633 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Whispered OM ID and pops. Noise free
on A/S 628km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the 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 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Skegness Log: 11-05-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.6 1141 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 1219km
Band 2 Tropospheric/Scatter:
89.7 2001 D WDR 3, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Screechy classical, as web, over a nulled
Tacolneston 493km
Continuing with my mission to reduce all Belmont outlets to nothing, I removed Lincs FM almost completely today. This was the most difficult one to remove. A bit of playing around with the direction and polarisation of the 9.2 did the trick, but the beamwidth of the null was extremely tight. It was interesting to hear the signal from Lincs FM fading in and out on aircraft scatter. We live only a couple of miles from a local airfield and I suspect it's the local planes which are causing this effect as much as the high altitude passenger planes. I even observed the signal flutter in and out rather abruptly as a pigeon (or duck?) flew past the antenna!
I recorded meteor scatter on 102.2 but none of it was in parallel with any of the web streams I recorded. It was the same with the meteor scatter I recorded on 88.8 yesterday.
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 elevation/azimuth rotator.
87.6 1141 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 1219km
Band 2 Tropospheric/Scatter:
89.7 2001 D WDR 3, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Screechy classical, as web, over a nulled
Tacolneston 493km
Continuing with my mission to reduce all Belmont outlets to nothing, I removed Lincs FM almost completely today. This was the most difficult one to remove. A bit of playing around with the direction and polarisation of the 9.2 did the trick, but the beamwidth of the null was extremely tight. It was interesting to hear the signal from Lincs FM fading in and out on aircraft scatter. We live only a couple of miles from a local airfield and I suspect it's the local planes which are causing this effect as much as the high altitude passenger planes. I even observed the signal flutter in and out rather abruptly as a pigeon (or duck?) flew past the antenna!
I recorded meteor scatter on 102.2 but none of it was in parallel with any of the web streams I recorded. It was the same with the meteor scatter I recorded on 88.8 yesterday.
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 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Saturday, 10 May 2014
Skegness Log: 10-05-14 (FM)
OIRT Band Sporadic E:
67.82 1556 UKR Svitle radio Emmanuyil, L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy zamok, 9 (LV) Gregorian chant
and OM, as web 1674km
68.99 1556 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy zamok, 9 (LV) Music, as web 1674km
67.04 1557 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy zamok, 9 (LV) Presumed Lviv but
not UR1 anymore 1674km
66.59 1653 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Horishnya Vyhanka/TFKRRT, vul. Televizijna (TE) Local
music, as web 1826km **
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1544 SVN Radio MMR, Pecarovci (ms) 9456 1334km
87.6 1544 HRV Podravski Radio, Durdevac/Micetinac-Veliki Kostanj (kc) C440 PO__RADIO 1436km
87.6 1545 SRB Bum Radio, Kraljevo (Srb) 8000 1821km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
102.3 1325 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein or Ochsenkopf OM and piano music, as web **
Band 2 Tropospheric/Scatter:
94.6 0748 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) ID between pops 712km
92.1 0753 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) ID between pops 707km
89.4 1519 D NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) Brief but noise free peak. Pops,
as web 488km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the mode
Sporadic E Notes:
More teasing Es today! I first noticed some wonderful Gypsy music on 88.7. I thought it was France Musique at first until I checked their stream. Then I realised that the bottom of the band had opened. It seems the Es had reached up to 102.3 at one point, sadly while I was in town. I had left the XDR recording meteor scatter there.
The OIRT band had a few signals too. I heard several stations I could not trace to begin with. I first wondered if double hop was involved as I could not find any web parallels to the DX, but I quickly realised that the stations were probably old familiar Ukraine transmitters which are now carrying Russian services.
Meteor Scatter Notes:
I tried to null all my Belmont frequencies this afternoon, in the hope that I might reduce their signals enough to allow meteor scatter to override them. I heard several meteor bursts over 88.8. It is my ambition to identify meteor scatter on every frequency across band 2. So far I am up around 110 frequencies so there is still a long way to go. This may be a little too ambitious, but I managed to get all Belmont frequencies down below 20dB this afternoon, with the exception of Lincs FM on 102.2 which I could only reduce to 30dB. Belmonts on 90.9 and 93.1 were relatively easy to reduce. I didn't try 98.3, which was almost 100% nullable at the last QTH, or 100.5. 94.9 has already produced Bourges on meteor scatter.
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 elevation/azimuth rotator.
67.82 1556 UKR Svitle radio Emmanuyil, L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy zamok, 9 (LV) Gregorian chant
and OM, as web 1674km
68.99 1556 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy zamok, 9 (LV) Music, as web 1674km
67.04 1557 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy zamok, 9 (LV) Presumed Lviv but
not UR1 anymore 1674km
66.59 1653 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Horishnya Vyhanka/TFKRRT, vul. Televizijna (TE) Local
music, as web 1826km **
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1544 SVN Radio MMR, Pecarovci (ms) 9456 1334km
87.6 1544 HRV Podravski Radio, Durdevac/Micetinac-Veliki Kostanj (kc) C440 PO__RADIO 1436km
87.6 1545 SRB Bum Radio, Kraljevo (Srb) 8000 1821km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
102.3 1325 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein or Ochsenkopf OM and piano music, as web **
Band 2 Tropospheric/Scatter:
94.6 0748 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) ID between pops 712km
92.1 0753 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) ID between pops 707km
89.4 1519 D NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) Brief but noise free peak. Pops,
as web 488km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the mode
Sporadic E Notes:
More teasing Es today! I first noticed some wonderful Gypsy music on 88.7. I thought it was France Musique at first until I checked their stream. Then I realised that the bottom of the band had opened. It seems the Es had reached up to 102.3 at one point, sadly while I was in town. I had left the XDR recording meteor scatter there.
The OIRT band had a few signals too. I heard several stations I could not trace to begin with. I first wondered if double hop was involved as I could not find any web parallels to the DX, but I quickly realised that the stations were probably old familiar Ukraine transmitters which are now carrying Russian services.
Meteor Scatter Notes:
I tried to null all my Belmont frequencies this afternoon, in the hope that I might reduce their signals enough to allow meteor scatter to override them. I heard several meteor bursts over 88.8. It is my ambition to identify meteor scatter on every frequency across band 2. So far I am up around 110 frequencies so there is still a long way to go. This may be a little too ambitious, but I managed to get all Belmont frequencies down below 20dB this afternoon, with the exception of Lincs FM on 102.2 which I could only reduce to 30dB. Belmonts on 90.9 and 93.1 were relatively easy to reduce. I didn't try 98.3, which was almost 100% nullable at the last QTH, or 100.5. 94.9 has already produced Bourges on meteor scatter.
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 elevation/azimuth rotator.
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