Nice scatter conditions to Scandinavia this morning and not a hint of tropo.
97.2 Danmarks Radio 2, Rangstrup, via aircraft scatter at 617 km
91.8 NRK Petre, Bjerkreim, via aircraft scatter at 703 km
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Skegness Log: 27-08-14 (FM)
Band 2 Auroral:
87.8 1803 NOR NRK P1, Hovdefjell (aa) YL news then Brian Ferry, Lets Stick Together, as web
805km **
88.0 1824 NOR NRK1, Gulen or Bagn Music, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode
I have removed a couple of Dutch stations, 87.9 Omroep Zeeland and 88.0 NPO2, from this log as I originally thought they were received via aurora. Their signals peaked to the NNW, the same direction as the aurora at the time, and sounded very scratchy. There was a definite distinction in directivity with their signals fading away completely between N and E and then returning to their regular scatter. After some studies I am still not 100% certain that they could just have been received 'off the back', so I have removed them from the log.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
87.8 1803 NOR NRK P1, Hovdefjell (aa) YL news then Brian Ferry, Lets Stick Together, as web
805km **
88.0 1824 NOR NRK1, Gulen or Bagn Music, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode
I have removed a couple of Dutch stations, 87.9 Omroep Zeeland and 88.0 NPO2, from this log as I originally thought they were received via aurora. Their signals peaked to the NNW, the same direction as the aurora at the time, and sounded very scratchy. There was a definite distinction in directivity with their signals fading away completely between N and E and then returning to their regular scatter. After some studies I am still not 100% certain that they could just have been received 'off the back', so I have removed them from the log.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Skegness Log: 26-08-14 (FM)
Band 2 OIRT:
67.13 1824 RUS Radio Rossii, Sortavala/RTPS (KR) Russian OMs, as web 2025km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
90.7 0918 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) YL, as web 2120km
87.6 0919 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Presume, as 90.7 Chaine 1 received. Arabic/French OM
2120km
88.6 0926 E IB3 Ràdio, Es Mercadal/El Toro (BAL-MN) E2A0 IB3RADIO 1492km
87.9 0928 E RNE Radio Clásica, Bunyola/Alfabia (BAL-ML) Classical, as web 1503km
88.4 0930 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) Presumed. French OM 1872km
87.8 0950 E Catalunya Música, Calonge/Mas Nou (CAT-GI) Classical music, as web 1275km
88.1 0952 E Los 40 Principales, Rocacorba (CAT-GI) E235 40_PRINC 1245km **
87.6 1636 I R101, Cagliari/Palazzo Griffa (ca) 5215 _R_101__ 1688km
88.0 1636 I Radiolina, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Normal Greenbaum song, as 88.2 1513km
88.2 1639 I Radiolina, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) Vocal ID after pops 1689km
88.6 1639 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot)
5264 *_RDS_*_ 1521km
88.9 1639 I RAI Radio1, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ot) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1521km
89.4 1640 I RTL 102.5, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot) 5218 RTL102.5 1521km
87.5 1642 I Radio Maria, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_
1684km
93.3 1642 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Teulada/Su Calcinau (ca) 5220 R_IT__IA 1704km
91.2 1643 F Virgin Radio, Saint-Tropez/Saint-Peire (83) F219 1186km
91.8 1644 F France Inter, Plan-de-la-Tour (83) Vocal ID 1186km **
93.0 1645 I Radio 105 Network, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5211 1678km
93.3 1645 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 __RAI___ 1575km
89.0 1646 I Radio Otto Nove Classics, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 58BD OTTONOVE 1678km
90.7 1646 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) 5201 __RAI___ 1678km
95.5 1647 I Radio Sportiva, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5244 1513km
97.3 1648 I RAI Radio3, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5203 __RAI___ 1575km
99.6 1648 I R101, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5215 _R_101__ 1513km **
101.3 1649 I Radio Capital, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Vocal ID 1513km
103.6 1649 I Radio Studio One, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5495 1678km
104.0 1650 I Radio Studio 2000, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5499 1678km
87.7 1651 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara
(or) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1576km
107.3 1651 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC ____RI__ 1678km
107.6 1651 I Radio Maria, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) OM, as 107.3 1689km **
87.9 1652 I R101, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 5215 1684km
92.2 1655 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Gorraa (bej) Chanting, as web 1976km
88.0 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) Arabic chanting, as others 2016km
97.8 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) Arabic chanting, as web 2039km
92.7 1658 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) Onda Verde programme 1678km
87.9 1706 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Phone in, as web 2071km
87.7 1752 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) Back to back Arabic music, as web 1913km
88.0 1802 E Megaparty FM, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) 1000 _Cheryl_ _Cole___
Megaparty 1605km
87.8 1804 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) Twangy music, as web 2177km
89.3 1805 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E211 __E_1___ 1453km
89.2 1807 E Bay Radio, Dénia/La Segària (VAL-A) Phil Collins track, as web 1594km
87.9 1858 I Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5006 1730km
88.0 1906 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) 5219 1749km
88.4 1907 I Radio Globo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5E29 _GLOBO__ 1730km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Another nice late season opening. It was a bit messy at times with long gaps of nothing, but with lots of little teasers, typical of so many Es openings this summer.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
67.13 1824 RUS Radio Rossii, Sortavala/RTPS (KR) Russian OMs, as web 2025km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
90.7 0918 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) YL, as web 2120km
87.6 0919 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Presume, as 90.7 Chaine 1 received. Arabic/French OM
2120km
88.6 0926 E IB3 Ràdio, Es Mercadal/El Toro (BAL-MN) E2A0 IB3RADIO 1492km
87.9 0928 E RNE Radio Clásica, Bunyola/Alfabia (BAL-ML) Classical, as web 1503km
88.4 0930 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) Presumed. French OM 1872km
87.8 0950 E Catalunya Música, Calonge/Mas Nou (CAT-GI) Classical music, as web 1275km
88.1 0952 E Los 40 Principales, Rocacorba (CAT-GI) E235 40_PRINC 1245km **
87.6 1636 I R101, Cagliari/Palazzo Griffa (ca) 5215 _R_101__ 1688km
88.0 1636 I Radiolina, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Normal Greenbaum song, as 88.2 1513km
88.2 1639 I Radiolina, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) Vocal ID after pops 1689km
88.6 1639 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot)
5264 *_RDS_*_ 1521km
88.9 1639 I RAI Radio1, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ot) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1521km
89.4 1640 I RTL 102.5, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot) 5218 RTL102.5 1521km
87.5 1642 I Radio Maria, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_
1684km
93.3 1642 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Teulada/Su Calcinau (ca) 5220 R_IT__IA 1704km
91.2 1643 F Virgin Radio, Saint-Tropez/Saint-Peire (83) F219 1186km
91.8 1644 F France Inter, Plan-de-la-Tour (83) Vocal ID 1186km **
93.0 1645 I Radio 105 Network, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5211 1678km
93.3 1645 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 __RAI___ 1575km
89.0 1646 I Radio Otto Nove Classics, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 58BD OTTONOVE 1678km
90.7 1646 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) 5201 __RAI___ 1678km
95.5 1647 I Radio Sportiva, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5244 1513km
97.3 1648 I RAI Radio3, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5203 __RAI___ 1575km
99.6 1648 I R101, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5215 _R_101__ 1513km **
101.3 1649 I Radio Capital, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Vocal ID 1513km
103.6 1649 I Radio Studio One, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5495 1678km
104.0 1650 I Radio Studio 2000, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5499 1678km
87.7 1651 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara
(or) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1576km
107.3 1651 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC ____RI__ 1678km
107.6 1651 I Radio Maria, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) OM, as 107.3 1689km **
87.9 1652 I R101, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 5215 1684km
92.2 1655 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Gorraa (bej) Chanting, as web 1976km
88.0 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) Arabic chanting, as others 2016km
97.8 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) Arabic chanting, as web 2039km
92.7 1658 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) Onda Verde programme 1678km
87.9 1706 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Phone in, as web 2071km
87.7 1752 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) Back to back Arabic music, as web 1913km
88.0 1802 E Megaparty FM, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) 1000 _Cheryl_ _Cole___
Megaparty 1605km
87.8 1804 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) Twangy music, as web 2177km
89.3 1805 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E211 __E_1___ 1453km
89.2 1807 E Bay Radio, Dénia/La Segària (VAL-A) Phil Collins track, as web 1594km
87.9 1858 I Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5006 1730km
88.0 1906 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) 5219 1749km
88.4 1907 I Radio Globo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5E29 _GLOBO__ 1730km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Another nice late season opening. It was a bit messy at times with long gaps of nothing, but with lots of little teasers, typical of so many Es openings this summer.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
Skegness Log: 26-08-14 (FM)
OIRT Sporadic E:
67.13 1824 RUS Radio Rossii, Sortavala/RTPS (KR) Russian OMs, as web 2025km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
90.7 0918 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) YL, as web 2120km
87.6 0919 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Presume, as 90.7 Chaine 1 received. Arabic/French OM
2120km
88.6 0926 E IB3 Ràdio, Es Mercadal/El Toro (BAL-MN) E2A0 IB3RADIO 1492km
87.9 0928 E RNE Radio Clásica, Bunyola/Alfabia (BAL-ML) Classical, as web 1503km
88.4 0930 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) Presumed. French OM 1872km
87.8 0950 E Catalunya Música, Calonge/Mas Nou (CAT-GI) Classical music, as web 1275km
88.1 0952 E Los 40 Principales, Rocacorba (CAT-GI) E235 40_PRINC 1245km **
87.6 1636 I R101, Cagliari/Palazzo Griffa (ca) 5215 _R_101__ 1688km
88.0 1636 I Radiolina, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Normal Greenbaum song, as 88.2 1513km
88.2 1639 I Radiolina, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) Vocal ID after pops 1689km
88.6 1639 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot)
5264 *_RDS_*_ 1521km
88.9 1639 I RAI Radio1, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ot) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1521km
89.4 1640 I RTL 102.5, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot) 5218 RTL102.5 1521km
87.5 1642 I Radio Maria, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1684km
93.3 1642 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Teulada/Su Calcinau (ca) 5220 R_IT__IA
1704km
91.2 1643 F Virgin Radio, Saint-Tropez/Saint-Peire (83) F219 1186km
91.8 1644 F France Inter, Plan-de-la-Tour (83) Vocal ID 1186km **
93.0 1645 I Radio 105 Network, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5211 1678km
93.3 1645 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 __RAI___ 1575km
89.0 1646 I Radio Otto Nove Classics, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 58BD OTTONOVE 1678km
90.7 1646 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) 5201 __RAI___ 1678km
95.5 1647 I Radio Sportiva, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5244 1513km
97.3 1648 I RAI Radio3, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5203 __RAI___ 1575km
99.6 1648 I R101, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5215 _R_101__ 1513km **
101.3 1649 I Radio Capital, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Vocal ID 1513km
103.6 1649 I Radio Studio One, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5495 1678km
104.0 1650 I Radio Studio 2000, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5499 1678km
87.7 1651 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara
(or) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1576km
107.3 1651 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC ____RI__ 1678km
107.6 1651 I Radio Maria, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) OM, as 107.3 1689km **
87.9 1652 I R101, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 5215 1684km
92.2 1655 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Gorraa (bej) Chanting, as web 1976km
88.0 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) Arabic chanting, as others 2016km
97.8 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) Arabic chanting, as web 2039km
92.7 1658 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) Onda Verde programme 1678km
87.9 1706 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Phone in, as web 2071km
87.7 1752 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) Back to back Arabic music, as web 1913km
88.0 1802 E Megaparty FM, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) 1000 _Cheryl_ _Cole___
Megaparty 1605km
87.8 1804 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) Twangy music, as web 2177km
89.3 1805 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E211 __E_1___ 1453km
89.2 1807 E Bay Radio, Dénia/La Segària (VAL-A) Phil Collins track, as web 1594km
87.9 1858 I Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5006 1730km
88.0 1906 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) 5219 1749km
88.4 1907 I Radio Globo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5E29 _GLOBO__ 1730km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Continuing our bizarre Es season. It's been better at either end and mostly rubbish in the middle. Nothing makes sense anymore!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
67.13 1824 RUS Radio Rossii, Sortavala/RTPS (KR) Russian OMs, as web 2025km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
90.7 0918 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) YL, as web 2120km
87.6 0919 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Presume, as 90.7 Chaine 1 received. Arabic/French OM
2120km
88.6 0926 E IB3 Ràdio, Es Mercadal/El Toro (BAL-MN) E2A0 IB3RADIO 1492km
87.9 0928 E RNE Radio Clásica, Bunyola/Alfabia (BAL-ML) Classical, as web 1503km
88.4 0930 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) Presumed. French OM 1872km
87.8 0950 E Catalunya Música, Calonge/Mas Nou (CAT-GI) Classical music, as web 1275km
88.1 0952 E Los 40 Principales, Rocacorba (CAT-GI) E235 40_PRINC 1245km **
87.6 1636 I R101, Cagliari/Palazzo Griffa (ca) 5215 _R_101__ 1688km
88.0 1636 I Radiolina, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Normal Greenbaum song, as 88.2 1513km
88.2 1639 I Radiolina, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) Vocal ID after pops 1689km
88.6 1639 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot)
5264 *_RDS_*_ 1521km
88.9 1639 I RAI Radio1, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ot) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1521km
89.4 1640 I RTL 102.5, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot) 5218 RTL102.5 1521km
87.5 1642 I Radio Maria, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1684km
93.3 1642 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Teulada/Su Calcinau (ca) 5220 R_IT__IA
1704km
91.2 1643 F Virgin Radio, Saint-Tropez/Saint-Peire (83) F219 1186km
91.8 1644 F France Inter, Plan-de-la-Tour (83) Vocal ID 1186km **
93.0 1645 I Radio 105 Network, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5211 1678km
93.3 1645 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 __RAI___ 1575km
89.0 1646 I Radio Otto Nove Classics, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 58BD OTTONOVE 1678km
90.7 1646 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) 5201 __RAI___ 1678km
95.5 1647 I Radio Sportiva, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5244 1513km
97.3 1648 I RAI Radio3, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5203 __RAI___ 1575km
99.6 1648 I R101, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5215 _R_101__ 1513km **
101.3 1649 I Radio Capital, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Vocal ID 1513km
103.6 1649 I Radio Studio One, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5495 1678km
104.0 1650 I Radio Studio 2000, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5499 1678km
87.7 1651 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara
(or) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1576km
107.3 1651 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC ____RI__ 1678km
107.6 1651 I Radio Maria, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) OM, as 107.3 1689km **
87.9 1652 I R101, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 5215 1684km
92.2 1655 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Gorraa (bej) Chanting, as web 1976km
88.0 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) Arabic chanting, as others 2016km
97.8 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) Arabic chanting, as web 2039km
92.7 1658 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) Onda Verde programme 1678km
87.9 1706 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Phone in, as web 2071km
87.7 1752 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) Back to back Arabic music, as web 1913km
88.0 1802 E Megaparty FM, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) 1000 _Cheryl_ _Cole___
Megaparty 1605km
87.8 1804 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) Twangy music, as web 2177km
89.3 1805 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E211 __E_1___ 1453km
89.2 1807 E Bay Radio, Dénia/La Segària (VAL-A) Phil Collins track, as web 1594km
87.9 1858 I Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5006 1730km
88.0 1906 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) 5219 1749km
88.4 1907 I Radio Globo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5E29 _GLOBO__ 1730km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Continuing our bizarre Es season. It's been better at either end and mostly rubbish in the middle. Nothing makes sense anymore!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
Skegness Log: 26-08-14 (MW)
1098 1900 CHN CNR 11, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Time pips and Beijing
ID Weak 7136 km
1566 1900 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Time signal and anthem Weak 9067 km
972 2000 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Korean time signal behind Germany
Weak 8740 km
1134 2000 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Korean time signal Vweak 8724 km
1350 2000 J JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Familiar time signal, as 1413
Vweak 9252 km
1413 2000 J JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Familiar time signal Vweak 9225 km
1557 2000 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Time signal Weak 9715 km
Really surprised to hear Japan so earlyin the season. Hopefully it's a good sign.
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
1566 1900 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Time signal and anthem Weak 9067 km
972 2000 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Korean time signal behind Germany
Weak 8740 km
1134 2000 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Korean time signal Vweak 8724 km
1350 2000 J JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Familiar time signal, as 1413
Vweak 9252 km
1413 2000 J JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Familiar time signal Vweak 9225 km
1557 2000 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Time signal Weak 9715 km
Really surprised to hear Japan so earlyin the season. Hopefully it's a good sign.
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
Monday, 25 August 2014
Skegness Log: 25-08-14 (MW)
738 2200 CHN Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Ürümqi/Hutubi-XJTS631 (XJ)
Presumed with Chinese time
signal Vweak 6042 km
1359 2200 CHN Chinese time signal Vweak
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
signal Vweak 6042 km
1359 2200 CHN Chinese time signal Vweak
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
Sunday, 24 August 2014
Back To Medium Wave DXing!
Around this time of year I turn some of my radio attentions towards the medium wave band, though I have never started quite this early. Usually it's mid September or even October when I get around to constructing my flag antenna. I just fancied trying things a little earlier this year as we are in a new property and I wanted to know if the band was quiet here. Walking around the garden, listening to a portable radio, my Degen DE1103, showed that the band is very quiet indeed. Will a flag be equally as quiet though?
This season I was thinking about running two flag antennas. One for the North American continent and one for the far east. One corner of the garden seemed perfect for these flags and it was my plan to devise some system where I can have a movable flag. Two pairs of supports could be fixed along two fences which would allow me to lift the flag out of one set and into another. That was the plan.
Nervously, I began to construct the supports for the flag and fixed them to the fence. "Nervous"? Yes, very. It's because I have had so many problems with neighbours in the past that I have become really conscious of my hobby and everything about it when it comes to almost any aspect hobby that I begin to look over my shoulders to see who might be watching. Accounts of my many problems on this matter are documented elsewhere in this blog.
Back to the construction. As I fixed the supports for the North American flag to the fence I spotted something I had missed. A telephone wire, coming down from a telegraph pole outside the front of a neighbouring property and into the roof, was going to be right in the way of the North American flag. This flag would be ten feet high off the ground and would actually touch the cable, running parallel with it for a couple of metres. Would this telephone cable cause any interference? I placed my DE1103 near the wire and listened with disappointment as the radio gave out a horrible growl, right across the whole of medium wave. Bang goes the North American flag!
Undeterred, I proceeded with the construction of the far east flag, which would be about four or five metres away from the telephone cable. I had this up and running in no time and went to the shack to make the final connections. Switching on the Perseus revealed a superbly quiet medium wave band. Long wave was also fabulously electrically quiet. There was no need to insert my ferrite chokes as I was forced to at the previous address due to the excessive electrical noise I experienced there.
Time for a quick tune around the medium wave band. I adjusted the variable resistor to get a null on 1026 kHz, the frequency of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. This transmitter is roughly on the back end of the flag's 'beam' and I managed to eliminate it completely, leaving what I presumed to be Tabriz, Iran, completely dominating the frequency. 1521 had a clear signal from CRI, Urumqi, China. This was actually producing a stronger signal than was my local station, BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 1368!
So far so good. Fingers crossed now that conditions pick up and give us all some good medium wave DX.
This season I was thinking about running two flag antennas. One for the North American continent and one for the far east. One corner of the garden seemed perfect for these flags and it was my plan to devise some system where I can have a movable flag. Two pairs of supports could be fixed along two fences which would allow me to lift the flag out of one set and into another. That was the plan.
Nervously, I began to construct the supports for the flag and fixed them to the fence. "Nervous"? Yes, very. It's because I have had so many problems with neighbours in the past that I have become really conscious of my hobby and everything about it when it comes to almost any aspect hobby that I begin to look over my shoulders to see who might be watching. Accounts of my many problems on this matter are documented elsewhere in this blog.
Back to the construction. As I fixed the supports for the North American flag to the fence I spotted something I had missed. A telephone wire, coming down from a telegraph pole outside the front of a neighbouring property and into the roof, was going to be right in the way of the North American flag. This flag would be ten feet high off the ground and would actually touch the cable, running parallel with it for a couple of metres. Would this telephone cable cause any interference? I placed my DE1103 near the wire and listened with disappointment as the radio gave out a horrible growl, right across the whole of medium wave. Bang goes the North American flag!
Undeterred, I proceeded with the construction of the far east flag, which would be about four or five metres away from the telephone cable. I had this up and running in no time and went to the shack to make the final connections. Switching on the Perseus revealed a superbly quiet medium wave band. Long wave was also fabulously electrically quiet. There was no need to insert my ferrite chokes as I was forced to at the previous address due to the excessive electrical noise I experienced there.
Time for a quick tune around the medium wave band. I adjusted the variable resistor to get a null on 1026 kHz, the frequency of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. This transmitter is roughly on the back end of the flag's 'beam' and I managed to eliminate it completely, leaving what I presumed to be Tabriz, Iran, completely dominating the frequency. 1521 had a clear signal from CRI, Urumqi, China. This was actually producing a stronger signal than was my local station, BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 1368!
So far so good. Fingers crossed now that conditions pick up and give us all some good medium wave DX.
Friday, 22 August 2014
Skegness Log: 22-08-14 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.7 1156 SRB Radio Novi Sad 1, Novi Sad/Iriski Venac (Voj) D2F3 RTV_RNS1 1668km
88.6 1156 HNG Lánchíd Rádió, Siklós (Bar) B99F LANCHID_ 1523km
90.0 1157 SRB Radio Marija, Novi Sad (Voj) 61CC R.MARIJA 1659km
90.2 1157 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Nagykanizsa/Újudvar (Zal) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1398km
90.6 1158 AUT Ö1, Rechnitz/Hirschenstein (bur) A201 __OE_1__ 1307km
91.6 1158 SRB Fokus Radio, Smederevo (Srb) D288 FOKUS___ 1768km
92.2 1158 SRB Radio 021, Novi Sad/Petrovaradin (Voj) D084 1662km
92.5 1158 SRB Radio B92, Beograd/Torlak (Srb) D25C __B_92__ 1739km
93.4 1159 SRB Radio Boom 93, Pozarevac/Cacalica (Srb) 606F BO___9__ Jingle ID 1788km
94.3 1200 HNG Ozone FM, Baja / Gabonatároló (grain silo) (BaK) B355 OZONE_FM. Jingle ID
1540km
95.2 1201 SRB Radio AS FM, Backa Topola (Voj) D3AF _AS_FM__ 1608km **
95.8 1201 SRB Radio AS FM, Novi Sad (Voj) YL news over music, as 95.2 1659km **
97.8 1201 SRB Radio Trend, Backa Topola (Voj) D0EE trend___ 1608km **
87.9 1202 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Rechnitz/Hirschenstein (bur) A203 __OE_3__ 1307km
88.4 1204 HNG Nyugat Rádió, Szombathely / T-Com tower (Vas) Jingle ID 1329km
88.5 1205 SRB Radio AS FM, Vrbas (Voj) D3AF _AS_FM__ 1625km
89.4 1205 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Csávoly (BaK) B201 _PETOFI_ 1551km
87.6 1208 MNE Antena M, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) 30FE ANTENA_M 1841km
88.6 1209 MNE Radio D, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D450 1841km
88.9 1209 SRB Radio Beograd 1, Subotica/Crveno Selo (Voj) D2FF RTS_BG_1 1591km
91.3 1210 ROU Pro FM, Timisoara/Urseni (TM) E059 PRO_FM__ 1715km
92.6 1212 GRC Akroama FM 92.6, Alexandreia/Meliki (Agathia) (cmc-ima) Pops. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2176km **
87.6 1218 GRC Laikos 87.6, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 00A8 CHALKI__ __8_7_6_ 2208km
88.0 1218 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 1201 2208km
89.0 1221 GRC 89 Rainbow, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 102A 2208km
89.4 1222 GRC ARENA 89,4, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Greek phone in. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2208km **
90.2 1227 SRB Radio K4 Shqip, Goles (Kos) US accented OM ID - "The No Boundaries Station,
Radio K4" 1927km **
90.4 1227 GRC 904 Aristera sta FM, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Greek YL. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2208km **
90.5 1228 MKD Makedonsko Radio 2 (Vtora prog.), Stip/Turtel (EA) Jingle ID 2071km
91.6 1229 GRC Diva Radio, Kozani/Metaxas (wmc-koz) Soft Greek music. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2187km **
93.3 1229 MKD Makedonsko Radio 1 - Radio Skopje, Stip/Turtel (EA) 4201 2071km
91.1 1230 CZE CRo Radiozurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F 1084km
87.6 1233 SRB Bum Radio, Kraljevo (Srb) 8000 *B___M__ 1821km
87.6 1235 BUL BNR Horizont, Lom/RRS Lom (mnt) 8210 __BNR___ HORIZONT 1969km
87.5 1239 SRB Fokus Radio, Sabac/Cer (Srb) D288 FOKUS___ RADIO___ 1685km
88.5 1243 ROU Pro FM, Resita/Semenic (CS) E059 PRO_FM__ 1801km
89.1 1244 SRB Radio TDI Central, Cacak (Srb) 3034 1789km
91.1 1245 HNG Sirius Rádió, Kiskunfélegyháza/toronyház (BaK) B955 _V_G__A_ SUVE__S_
__VETOS_ __SKOLS_ 1563km **
87.6 1246 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Györ / Szabadhegy (Gyo) B203 KOSSUT__ 1368km
87.9 1246 HNG Európa Rádió, Szeged / Rókus, Telekom tower (Cso) B077_RADIO__ 1610km
88.3 1246 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Mezökovácsháza (Bek) OM, as 87.6 1648km **
89.3 1247 ROU Radio Europa FM, Arad (AR) E299 EUROPAFM 1685km
90.3 1248 ROU Radio Trinitas, Timisoara (TM) E24D ______AS 1713km
91.6 1248 HNG Dankó Rádió, Szentes (Cso) B206 _DANKO__ 1596km
92.0 1248 AUT Ö1, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) A201 __OE_1__ 1247km
92.9 1250 AUT Radio Arabella (Wien), Wien 4/Donauturm (wie) AC56 ARAB__LA 1254km **
93.4 1250 HNG Radio Dabas, Dabas (Pes) B058 DABAS___ 1500km
93.5 1251 SVK Rádio Lumen, Stúrovo/Jesenského 68 (NI) 5343 __ME____ 1426km **
93.6 1251 HNG Gong Rádió, Nagykörös / Water tower (Pes) B996 1537km **
94.3 1251 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Szolnok / Besenyszögi út (JNS) B203 KO____H_ 1558km
94.3 1252 SVK Fun Rádio, Bratislava/Kamzík (BA) 5340 FUNRADIO 1300km
95.2 1253 ROU Radio Trinitas, Faget (TM) E24D 1762km
97.5 1253 HNG Mária Rádió, Dabas (Pes) Presumed with typical Maria religious monotony
1500km **
97.9 1254 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Karcag (JNS) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1597km **
98.5 1254 ROU Pro FM, Petrosani/Parâng (HD) E059 __,5_F__ 1877km
98.8 1254 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Szentes (Cso) B201 ______I_ 1596km
101.8 1255 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Sibiu/Paltinis (SB) EE00 RRACTUAL 1890km
102.4 1255 ROU Radio Vocea Sperantei, Ineu (AR) E2F8 1707km
103.7 1256 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Stúrovo/Modrý vrch (NI) 5202 RADIO_FM 1419km **
88.1 1257 HNG InfoRádió, Budapest - Nagyvárad tér (Bud) B990. OM info. Budapest in elsewhere
1468km **
88.3 1257 HNG Maria R, Komárom or Cegléd B1CC
89.5 1257 HNG Music FM, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B418 MUSIC_FM 1460km
89.9 1257 HNG Dankó Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B206 Presumed site 1649km **
91.0 1257 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bihor/Vârful Curcubata Mare (BH) EE00
RRACTUAL 1760km
91.2 1257 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Nitra/Zobor (NI) 5201 _SRO_1__ 1356km **
91.7 1257 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Stúrovo/Vrch Belá (NI) 5560 REGINA__ 1416km
92.1 1257 SVK Rádio SiTy, Galanta/ul. Matúskovská cesta s silo (TT) Web address given and
pops 1341km **
92.4 1258 ROU Pro FM, Sibiu/Paltinis (SB) E059 1890km **
92.5 1258 HNG Magyar Katolikus Rádió, Esztergom / Aranyhegy I. (KoE) B0AA KATRADIO 1428km **
92.7 1258 SVK Rádio Expres, Nové Zámky or Zarnovica 521D ESPRES__ **
93.6 1259 CZE CRo Brno, Hodonín/Babí lom (JM) 2A0F R-BRNO__ 1252km **
96.1 1300 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) Vocal ID 1677km
97.1 1300 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Miskolc / Avas (BAZ) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1541km
88.1 1302 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Petrosani/Parâng (HD) EE00 1877km
88.2 1302 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) 5960 __EGINA_ 1464km
89.0 1302 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Debrecen / Pallag (HaB) B201 ____OFI_ 1626km **
89.4 1303 ROU Magic FM, Cluj-Napoca (CJ) E210 MAGIC_FM 1798km
90.7 1303 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kékes (Hev) B202 _BARTOK_ 1504km
91.7 1304 ROU RFI Romania, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) E22C 1805km
88.6 1307 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Rosnava/Dievcenská skala (KE) 5D60 1499km
89.1 1307 ROU Pro FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 PRO_FM__ 1877km
89.0 1310 GRC Radio Drininoupoli, Ioannina/Liggiades (epi-ioa) Commercial break, including
religious ad. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli for help 2159km **
89.1 1310 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Stará Lubovna/Kotník (PO) 5201 1472km
87.6 1322 GRC Radio Stagon, Kalampaka/Koromilia (the-tri) 6000 __STAGON 2198km **
89.2 1322 GRC Rhythmos FM, Kalampaka/Koromilia (the-tri) Dance pops. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2198km **
89.0 1325 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400 1964km
88.3 1326 GRC Energy 88.3, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima) 1083 Energy jingle 2165km
90.2 1327 GRC Pavlios Logos, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima) OMs, as web 2165km
89.1 1330 GRC Kozmos, Kozani/Metaxas (wmc-koz) Kozmos ID. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli for help
2187km **
88.2 1334 ALB Radio 7, Fier (fie) 4D7F 1999km
88.1 1343 GRC Radio Enigma, Florina/Kleidi (wmc-flo) Greek pops. Thank you Thanos Stauroupoli
for help 2111km **
87.9 1348 GRC Kosmos, Patra/Panahaiko (wgr-akh) Presume Patra tx. Kosmos jingle ID. Thanks
to Janpeter for help 2336km **
89.1 1357 BIH Federalni Radio, Capljina/Crno brdo (hgn) F209 __DIO-__. New PI? 1693km **
89.5 1357 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 __DUBROV 1785km
89.9 1357 MKD Radio Slobodna Makedonija, Ohrid/Gorenicka Cuka (SW) 4223 jan_____ Thanks
Janpeter van Dijk. for help 2027km 92.5 1359 BIH Federalni Radio, Tuznica (k10)
F209 RADIO-F. 1615km **
92.9 1359 ALB Radio Klan, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5E0F KLAN____ 92.9_MHz 1964km
95.0 1400 ALB Top Albania Radio, Cardhak (kol) Vocal ID 2078km **
96.4 1401 ALB Radio Spektrum, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) Vocal IDs in ad break. Presume
former Radio Real 1964km **
97.7 1402 ALB Radio 7, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 4D7F Radiod-_ __16:0__ POSITIVE
1964km **
99.5 1403 ALB Radio Tirana, Tiranë (Tirana)/Dajt (tir) 5158 ____RE__ 1964km
105.1 1404 GRC NERIT Kosmos, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) Reggae music. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2105km **
105.4 1404 MKD Kanal 77, Ohrid/Gorenicka Cuka (SW) 42C9 __DI*__ French Nostalgie jingle. Thanks
to Janpeter for help 2027km **
88.2 1406 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Rota (Peljesac) (du) C315 1691km
88.4 1406 MNE Radio Prva, Ulcinj/Mosura (UL) D2DE __VA____. Vocal ID 1877km
90.5 1407 BIH Kupreski Radio, Listani, Kupres or Travnik F077 KUPRESKI
90.7 1407 MNE Atlas Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D222 _ATLAS__ 1841km
91.0 1407 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 __DIO___ Radio Tirane Online ID 1882km
93.3 1408 BIH Radio Studio N, Ivovik/Borova glava (k10) F493 STUDIO_N 1613km
89.2 1413 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Kavala/Mt Pangaion (emc-kav) Kalispera ... Proto
Programma ID, as 88.6 2239km
87.8 1416 BIH BH Radio 1, Capljina/Crno brdo (hgn) Pops, as 88.1 1693km
91.4 1419 BIH Radio Herceg Bosne, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje/Zekina gruda (sbs) F01B RADIO-HB 1629km
91.6 1420 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Parnitha (ERA/NERIT) (att) Greek music. Thanks
Thanos Stauroupoli for help 2445km **
92.5 1428 MNE Radio Delfin, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) 620D -DELFIN- 1793km **
88.6 1434 MNE Radio D, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D450 1841km
88.6 1434 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) Ads, as web 2105km **
98.1 1436 HRV HRT-HR 2, Celevac (zd) Traffic news in English, as 98.9 1499km **
98.9 1436 HRV HRT-HR 2, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C202 ____HR_2 Zagreb traffic news in English
1643km **
87.8 1437 I Radio Maria, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) Choir 1959km **
88.5 1437 I RAI Radio1, Unsure which site 5201
96.5 1437 I Radio 105 Network, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) 5211 __105___.
AFs point to this site 1959km **
90.6 1444 GRC NERIT 3 trito programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) YL and Greek music,
as 88.6. Thank you Thanos Stauroupoli for help 2105km **
89.4 1449 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Luzzi/Serra Filetta (cs) Vocal ID 1960km **
89.5 1449 I Radio Radicale, Bergamo or Vitulano-Camposauro? 5210 RADIO_*_
92.2 1450 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, RRTS Botev vrah (pld) 8220 ______EV 2152km
88.1 1451 SRB Radio Beograd 1, Ovcar (Srb) D2FF RTS_BG_1 1779km
88.2 1451 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Belogradcik/RRTS Karneva livada (vdn) Jazz, as 92.2 1950km
90.4 1452 I Radio Potenza Centrale, Unlisted site 530B RP__EN__ **
87.6 1453 I Radio Potenza Centrale, Rapone or Savoia di Lucania 530B RPZCENTR
89.9 1454 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Udrigovo (srp) F042 1645km
92.6 1456 I Radio Studio 5, Unsure which site Vocal ID
92.8 1501 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Trebinje/Leotar (srp) Vocal ID 1763km **
104.0 1504 GRC Kanali 3, Florina/Kleidi (wmc-flo) OM YL in ads, as web. Thank you Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2111km **
92.1 1506 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Bjelasica/Zekova glava 63C1 RCG1____ 1830km
88.3 1507 HRV HRT-HR 1, Vinkovci/Borinci (vu) C201 HRT-HR_1 1590km
88.0 1513 SRB AFN Balkans, Pristina (Kos) Presume, with AFN ID 1930km **
92.5 1517 MNE Radio Fatih, Podgorica (PG) 3417 92____Hz 1841km
92.9 1518 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Sofia/Kopitoto-KRTTS Vitosa (sfg) 8220 2056km
87.6 1519 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) Gentle song, as 88.0 1793km
88.0 1519 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Niksic/Tovic-Sudina Glava (NK) 63C1 1795km
88.1 1526 I Radio Linea Numero Uno, Pineto/Colle Morino (te) 5588 LINE__n1 1549km **
89.5 1526 I RTL 102.5, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5218 RTL102.5 1671km
Unidentified/Unlisted:
89.0 1330 GRC Kosmos, unlisted. Jingle ID
87.9 1348 GRC Kosmos, unlisted. Jingle ID
89.9 1357 ? UNID, ? 4223 jan_____
105.4 1404 ? Nostalgie, ? 42C9 __DI*__ French Nostalgie jingle
88.6 1417 BIH UNID, Relay of BH Radio 1 (Does Omladinski Radio X relay BH Radio 1?)
91.2 1432 ? UNID, F28A
** Personal Skegness 'First'
My overnight MS recording became corrupted when saving, reducing the file length from 8 hours to just 50 minutes. Nothing could be matched up, other than shared overnight German programming.
On the Es front though, WOW! What a day! The propagation maps looked like something from the middle of summer! Signals lasted a good three hours plus with the Balkan countries dominating most of the time. Slovakia made a good presence at times and the Czech Republic and Austria poked their way through. Greece and Albania also kept trying to take control and there was one moment were Albanian signals took over across the band. But there was very little RDS and the Greek stations were mostly impossible to trace due to a shortage of web streams. Arabic signals were heard at times and one can only wonder where they were coming from. Double hop from the Middle East? There certainly weren't many Tunisian or Algerian possibilities. Conditions didn't really seem to swing that way anyway. Certainly this was one of the more interesting Es openings of the whole season!
Videos of the above DX:
Sporadic E. 22-08-14 1223 (Austria, Balkans, etc): https://vimeo.com/104180509
Sporadic E. 22-08-14 1443 (Balkans): https://vimeo.com/104180510
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
87.7 1156 SRB Radio Novi Sad 1, Novi Sad/Iriski Venac (Voj) D2F3 RTV_RNS1 1668km
88.6 1156 HNG Lánchíd Rádió, Siklós (Bar) B99F LANCHID_ 1523km
90.0 1157 SRB Radio Marija, Novi Sad (Voj) 61CC R.MARIJA 1659km
90.2 1157 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Nagykanizsa/Újudvar (Zal) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1398km
90.6 1158 AUT Ö1, Rechnitz/Hirschenstein (bur) A201 __OE_1__ 1307km
91.6 1158 SRB Fokus Radio, Smederevo (Srb) D288 FOKUS___ 1768km
92.2 1158 SRB Radio 021, Novi Sad/Petrovaradin (Voj) D084 1662km
92.5 1158 SRB Radio B92, Beograd/Torlak (Srb) D25C __B_92__ 1739km
93.4 1159 SRB Radio Boom 93, Pozarevac/Cacalica (Srb) 606F BO___9__ Jingle ID 1788km
94.3 1200 HNG Ozone FM, Baja / Gabonatároló (grain silo) (BaK) B355 OZONE_FM. Jingle ID
1540km
95.2 1201 SRB Radio AS FM, Backa Topola (Voj) D3AF _AS_FM__ 1608km **
95.8 1201 SRB Radio AS FM, Novi Sad (Voj) YL news over music, as 95.2 1659km **
97.8 1201 SRB Radio Trend, Backa Topola (Voj) D0EE trend___ 1608km **
87.9 1202 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Rechnitz/Hirschenstein (bur) A203 __OE_3__ 1307km
88.4 1204 HNG Nyugat Rádió, Szombathely / T-Com tower (Vas) Jingle ID 1329km
88.5 1205 SRB Radio AS FM, Vrbas (Voj) D3AF _AS_FM__ 1625km
89.4 1205 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Csávoly (BaK) B201 _PETOFI_ 1551km
87.6 1208 MNE Antena M, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) 30FE ANTENA_M 1841km
88.6 1209 MNE Radio D, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D450 1841km
88.9 1209 SRB Radio Beograd 1, Subotica/Crveno Selo (Voj) D2FF RTS_BG_1 1591km
91.3 1210 ROU Pro FM, Timisoara/Urseni (TM) E059 PRO_FM__ 1715km
92.6 1212 GRC Akroama FM 92.6, Alexandreia/Meliki (Agathia) (cmc-ima) Pops. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2176km **
87.6 1218 GRC Laikos 87.6, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 00A8 CHALKI__ __8_7_6_ 2208km
88.0 1218 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 1201 2208km
89.0 1221 GRC 89 Rainbow, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 102A 2208km
89.4 1222 GRC ARENA 89,4, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Greek phone in. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2208km **
90.2 1227 SRB Radio K4 Shqip, Goles (Kos) US accented OM ID - "The No Boundaries Station,
Radio K4" 1927km **
90.4 1227 GRC 904 Aristera sta FM, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Greek YL. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2208km **
90.5 1228 MKD Makedonsko Radio 2 (Vtora prog.), Stip/Turtel (EA) Jingle ID 2071km
91.6 1229 GRC Diva Radio, Kozani/Metaxas (wmc-koz) Soft Greek music. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2187km **
93.3 1229 MKD Makedonsko Radio 1 - Radio Skopje, Stip/Turtel (EA) 4201 2071km
91.1 1230 CZE CRo Radiozurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F 1084km
87.6 1233 SRB Bum Radio, Kraljevo (Srb) 8000 *B___M__ 1821km
87.6 1235 BUL BNR Horizont, Lom/RRS Lom (mnt) 8210 __BNR___ HORIZONT 1969km
87.5 1239 SRB Fokus Radio, Sabac/Cer (Srb) D288 FOKUS___ RADIO___ 1685km
88.5 1243 ROU Pro FM, Resita/Semenic (CS) E059 PRO_FM__ 1801km
89.1 1244 SRB Radio TDI Central, Cacak (Srb) 3034 1789km
91.1 1245 HNG Sirius Rádió, Kiskunfélegyháza/toronyház (BaK) B955 _V_G__A_ SUVE__S_
__VETOS_ __SKOLS_ 1563km **
87.6 1246 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Györ / Szabadhegy (Gyo) B203 KOSSUT__ 1368km
87.9 1246 HNG Európa Rádió, Szeged / Rókus, Telekom tower (Cso) B077_RADIO__ 1610km
88.3 1246 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Mezökovácsháza (Bek) OM, as 87.6 1648km **
89.3 1247 ROU Radio Europa FM, Arad (AR) E299 EUROPAFM 1685km
90.3 1248 ROU Radio Trinitas, Timisoara (TM) E24D ______AS 1713km
91.6 1248 HNG Dankó Rádió, Szentes (Cso) B206 _DANKO__ 1596km
92.0 1248 AUT Ö1, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) A201 __OE_1__ 1247km
92.9 1250 AUT Radio Arabella (Wien), Wien 4/Donauturm (wie) AC56 ARAB__LA 1254km **
93.4 1250 HNG Radio Dabas, Dabas (Pes) B058 DABAS___ 1500km
93.5 1251 SVK Rádio Lumen, Stúrovo/Jesenského 68 (NI) 5343 __ME____ 1426km **
93.6 1251 HNG Gong Rádió, Nagykörös / Water tower (Pes) B996 1537km **
94.3 1251 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Szolnok / Besenyszögi út (JNS) B203 KO____H_ 1558km
94.3 1252 SVK Fun Rádio, Bratislava/Kamzík (BA) 5340 FUNRADIO 1300km
95.2 1253 ROU Radio Trinitas, Faget (TM) E24D 1762km
97.5 1253 HNG Mária Rádió, Dabas (Pes) Presumed with typical Maria religious monotony
1500km **
97.9 1254 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Karcag (JNS) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1597km **
98.5 1254 ROU Pro FM, Petrosani/Parâng (HD) E059 __,5_F__ 1877km
98.8 1254 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Szentes (Cso) B201 ______I_ 1596km
101.8 1255 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Sibiu/Paltinis (SB) EE00 RRACTUAL 1890km
102.4 1255 ROU Radio Vocea Sperantei, Ineu (AR) E2F8 1707km
103.7 1256 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Stúrovo/Modrý vrch (NI) 5202 RADIO_FM 1419km **
88.1 1257 HNG InfoRádió, Budapest - Nagyvárad tér (Bud) B990. OM info. Budapest in elsewhere
1468km **
88.3 1257 HNG Maria R, Komárom or Cegléd B1CC
89.5 1257 HNG Music FM, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B418 MUSIC_FM 1460km
89.9 1257 HNG Dankó Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B206 Presumed site 1649km **
91.0 1257 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bihor/Vârful Curcubata Mare (BH) EE00
RRACTUAL 1760km
91.2 1257 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Nitra/Zobor (NI) 5201 _SRO_1__ 1356km **
91.7 1257 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Stúrovo/Vrch Belá (NI) 5560 REGINA__ 1416km
92.1 1257 SVK Rádio SiTy, Galanta/ul. Matúskovská cesta s silo (TT) Web address given and
pops 1341km **
92.4 1258 ROU Pro FM, Sibiu/Paltinis (SB) E059 1890km **
92.5 1258 HNG Magyar Katolikus Rádió, Esztergom / Aranyhegy I. (KoE) B0AA KATRADIO 1428km **
92.7 1258 SVK Rádio Expres, Nové Zámky or Zarnovica 521D ESPRES__ **
93.6 1259 CZE CRo Brno, Hodonín/Babí lom (JM) 2A0F R-BRNO__ 1252km **
96.1 1300 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) Vocal ID 1677km
97.1 1300 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Miskolc / Avas (BAZ) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1541km
88.1 1302 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Petrosani/Parâng (HD) EE00 1877km
88.2 1302 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) 5960 __EGINA_ 1464km
89.0 1302 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Debrecen / Pallag (HaB) B201 ____OFI_ 1626km **
89.4 1303 ROU Magic FM, Cluj-Napoca (CJ) E210 MAGIC_FM 1798km
90.7 1303 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kékes (Hev) B202 _BARTOK_ 1504km
91.7 1304 ROU RFI Romania, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) E22C 1805km
88.6 1307 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Rosnava/Dievcenská skala (KE) 5D60 1499km
89.1 1307 ROU Pro FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 PRO_FM__ 1877km
89.0 1310 GRC Radio Drininoupoli, Ioannina/Liggiades (epi-ioa) Commercial break, including
religious ad. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli for help 2159km **
89.1 1310 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Stará Lubovna/Kotník (PO) 5201 1472km
87.6 1322 GRC Radio Stagon, Kalampaka/Koromilia (the-tri) 6000 __STAGON 2198km **
89.2 1322 GRC Rhythmos FM, Kalampaka/Koromilia (the-tri) Dance pops. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2198km **
89.0 1325 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400 1964km
88.3 1326 GRC Energy 88.3, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima) 1083 Energy jingle 2165km
90.2 1327 GRC Pavlios Logos, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima) OMs, as web 2165km
89.1 1330 GRC Kozmos, Kozani/Metaxas (wmc-koz) Kozmos ID. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli for help
2187km **
88.2 1334 ALB Radio 7, Fier (fie) 4D7F 1999km
88.1 1343 GRC Radio Enigma, Florina/Kleidi (wmc-flo) Greek pops. Thank you Thanos Stauroupoli
for help 2111km **
87.9 1348 GRC Kosmos, Patra/Panahaiko (wgr-akh) Presume Patra tx. Kosmos jingle ID. Thanks
to Janpeter for help 2336km **
88.5 1349 GRC Iera Mitropoli Patron, Patra (wgr-akh) Choir. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli
for help 2332km **
89.4 1349 GRC Skai Patras, Patra (wgr-akh) Greek OM talk. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli for help
2332km **
88.3 1351 HRV Radio Dalmacija, Dubrovnik/Velika Petka (du) C31E DALMATIA 1756km
88.1 1356 BIH BH Radio 1, Tuznica (k10) F001 1615kmfor help 2332km **
89.4 1349 GRC Skai Patras, Patra (wgr-akh) Greek OM talk. Thanks Thanos Stauroupoli for help
2332km **
88.3 1351 HRV Radio Dalmacija, Dubrovnik/Velika Petka (du) C31E DALMATIA 1756km
89.1 1357 BIH Federalni Radio, Capljina/Crno brdo (hgn) F209 __DIO-__. New PI? 1693km **
89.5 1357 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 __DUBROV 1785km
89.9 1357 MKD Radio Slobodna Makedonija, Ohrid/Gorenicka Cuka (SW) 4223 jan_____ Thanks
Janpeter van Dijk. for help 2027km 92.5 1359 BIH Federalni Radio, Tuznica (k10)
F209 RADIO-F. 1615km **
92.9 1359 ALB Radio Klan, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5E0F KLAN____ 92.9_MHz 1964km
95.0 1400 ALB Top Albania Radio, Cardhak (kol) Vocal ID 2078km **
96.4 1401 ALB Radio Spektrum, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) Vocal IDs in ad break. Presume
former Radio Real 1964km **
97.7 1402 ALB Radio 7, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 4D7F Radiod-_ __16:0__ POSITIVE
1964km **
99.5 1403 ALB Radio Tirana, Tiranë (Tirana)/Dajt (tir) 5158 ____RE__ 1964km
105.1 1404 GRC NERIT Kosmos, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) Reggae music. Thanks Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2105km **
105.4 1404 MKD Kanal 77, Ohrid/Gorenicka Cuka (SW) 42C9 __DI*__ French Nostalgie jingle. Thanks
to Janpeter for help 2027km **
88.2 1406 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Rota (Peljesac) (du) C315 1691km
88.4 1406 MNE Radio Prva, Ulcinj/Mosura (UL) D2DE __VA____. Vocal ID 1877km
90.5 1407 BIH Kupreski Radio, Listani, Kupres or Travnik F077 KUPRESKI
90.7 1407 MNE Atlas Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D222 _ATLAS__ 1841km
91.0 1407 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 __DIO___ Radio Tirane Online ID 1882km
93.3 1408 BIH Radio Studio N, Ivovik/Borova glava (k10) F493 STUDIO_N 1613km
89.2 1413 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Kavala/Mt Pangaion (emc-kav) Kalispera ... Proto
Programma ID, as 88.6 2239km
87.8 1416 BIH BH Radio 1, Capljina/Crno brdo (hgn) Pops, as 88.1 1693km
91.4 1419 BIH Radio Herceg Bosne, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje/Zekina gruda (sbs) F01B RADIO-HB 1629km
91.6 1420 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Parnitha (ERA/NERIT) (att) Greek music. Thanks
Thanos Stauroupoli for help 2445km **
92.5 1428 MNE Radio Delfin, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) 620D -DELFIN- 1793km **
88.6 1434 MNE Radio D, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D450 1841km
88.6 1434 GRC NERIT 1 proto programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) Ads, as web 2105km **
98.1 1436 HRV HRT-HR 2, Celevac (zd) Traffic news in English, as 98.9 1499km **
98.9 1436 HRV HRT-HR 2, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C202 ____HR_2 Zagreb traffic news in English
1643km **
87.8 1437 I Radio Maria, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) Choir 1959km **
88.5 1437 I RAI Radio1, Unsure which site 5201
96.5 1437 I Radio 105 Network, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) 5211 __105___.
AFs point to this site 1959km **
90.6 1444 GRC NERIT 3 trito programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) YL and Greek music,
as 88.6. Thank you Thanos Stauroupoli for help 2105km **
89.4 1449 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Luzzi/Serra Filetta (cs) Vocal ID 1960km **
89.5 1449 I Radio Radicale, Bergamo or Vitulano-Camposauro? 5210 RADIO_*_
92.2 1450 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, RRTS Botev vrah (pld) 8220 ______EV 2152km
88.1 1451 SRB Radio Beograd 1, Ovcar (Srb) D2FF RTS_BG_1 1779km
88.2 1451 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Belogradcik/RRTS Karneva livada (vdn) Jazz, as 92.2 1950km
90.4 1452 I Radio Potenza Centrale, Unlisted site 530B RP__EN__ **
87.6 1453 I Radio Potenza Centrale, Rapone or Savoia di Lucania 530B RPZCENTR
89.9 1454 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Udrigovo (srp) F042 1645km
92.6 1456 I Radio Studio 5, Unsure which site Vocal ID
92.8 1501 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Trebinje/Leotar (srp) Vocal ID 1763km **
104.0 1504 GRC Kanali 3, Florina/Kleidi (wmc-flo) OM YL in ads, as web. Thank you Thanos
Stauroupoli for help 2111km **
92.1 1506 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Bjelasica/Zekova glava 63C1 RCG1____ 1830km
88.3 1507 HRV HRT-HR 1, Vinkovci/Borinci (vu) C201 HRT-HR_1 1590km
88.0 1513 SRB AFN Balkans, Pristina (Kos) Presume, with AFN ID 1930km **
92.5 1517 MNE Radio Fatih, Podgorica (PG) 3417 92____Hz 1841km
92.9 1518 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Sofia/Kopitoto-KRTTS Vitosa (sfg) 8220 2056km
87.6 1519 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) Gentle song, as 88.0 1793km
88.0 1519 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Niksic/Tovic-Sudina Glava (NK) 63C1 1795km
88.1 1526 I Radio Linea Numero Uno, Pineto/Colle Morino (te) 5588 LINE__n1 1549km **
89.5 1526 I RTL 102.5, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5218 RTL102.5 1671km
Unidentified/Unlisted:
89.0 1330 GRC Kosmos, unlisted. Jingle ID
87.9 1348 GRC Kosmos, unlisted. Jingle ID
89.9 1357 ? UNID, ? 4223 jan_____
105.4 1404 ? Nostalgie, ? 42C9 __DI*__ French Nostalgie jingle
88.6 1417 BIH UNID, Relay of BH Radio 1 (Does Omladinski Radio X relay BH Radio 1?)
91.2 1432 ? UNID, F28A
** Personal Skegness 'First'
My overnight MS recording became corrupted when saving, reducing the file length from 8 hours to just 50 minutes. Nothing could be matched up, other than shared overnight German programming.
On the Es front though, WOW! What a day! The propagation maps looked like something from the middle of summer! Signals lasted a good three hours plus with the Balkan countries dominating most of the time. Slovakia made a good presence at times and the Czech Republic and Austria poked their way through. Greece and Albania also kept trying to take control and there was one moment were Albanian signals took over across the band. But there was very little RDS and the Greek stations were mostly impossible to trace due to a shortage of web streams. Arabic signals were heard at times and one can only wonder where they were coming from. Double hop from the Middle East? There certainly weren't many Tunisian or Algerian possibilities. Conditions didn't really seem to swing that way anyway. Certainly this was one of the more interesting Es openings of the whole season!
Videos of the above DX:
Sporadic E. 22-08-14 1223 (Austria, Balkans, etc): https://vimeo.com/104180509
Sporadic E. 22-08-14 1443 (Balkans): https://vimeo.com/104180510
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
Thursday, 21 August 2014
Skegness Log: 21-08-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
93.0 0043 S SR P1, Emmaboda/Eriksmåla-Bälshult TM (ka) Overnight running water
effects 1051km **
93.0 0207 D BFBS Radio, Braunschweig/Drachenberg (nds) Presumed with English OM
talking about "forces world" 712km **
93.0 0219 POL RMF FM, Katowice/Kosztowy (SL) Pitbull song, as web 1333km **
93.0 0232 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Hoyerswerda (sac) Andre van duin Luv song, as web 967km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
There was a 90 second long burst at 05:15:13 this morning. A separate (leader?) burst also occurred at 05:15:09. During the longer burst I heard FR David's "Words" and various other bits and pieces, but nothing was in parallel with any of the recorded web audio streams. MS can be so contrasting and challenging sometimes. You can have a really long burst like this and identify nothing, yet a brief snippet of an oldie or an unusual song you recognise can bring forth a result or two.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
93.0 0043 S SR P1, Emmaboda/Eriksmåla-Bälshult TM (ka) Overnight running water
effects 1051km **
93.0 0207 D BFBS Radio, Braunschweig/Drachenberg (nds) Presumed with English OM
talking about "forces world" 712km **
93.0 0219 POL RMF FM, Katowice/Kosztowy (SL) Pitbull song, as web 1333km **
93.0 0232 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Hoyerswerda (sac) Andre van duin Luv song, as web 967km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
There was a 90 second long burst at 05:15:13 this morning. A separate (leader?) burst also occurred at 05:15:09. During the longer burst I heard FR David's "Words" and various other bits and pieces, but nothing was in parallel with any of the recorded web audio streams. MS can be so contrasting and challenging sometimes. You can have a really long burst like this and identify nothing, yet a brief snippet of an oldie or an unusual song you recognise can bring forth a result or two.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Skegness Log: 20-08-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
92.9 0109 SVN Slovenija 1, Nanos (po) Slovenian cover of Edwin Collins song, as web 1284km **
92.9 0132 POL Radio ZET, Gryfice/Trzyglowska (ZP) YL soft rock song, as web 985km **
92.9 0140 POL RMF FM, Wroclaw/Zórawina (DS) Chris Reas Road To Hell, as web. Part of 18 second
MS burst. 1164km **
92.9 0140 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Eisleben (san) German pop song, as web. In middle of
18 second burst 781km **
92.9 0149 G BBC R4, Unsure which site Frequent bursts. BBC WS "Click" programme, as podcast. Rothesay? **
92.9 0410 DNK DR P3, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) Modern soul track, as web
644km **
92.9 2141 F France Musique, Besançon, Chamonix or Montpellier Jazz, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
92.9 used to be a good frequency for meteor scatter when I lived in the North Midlands. It's the first time I have tried it here and there were many, many bursts and pings all night. France Musique was the most frequent burster. I don't know which transmitter was being received as there are three main possibilities. The France Musique stream switched off early overnight so I had to wait until this evening to hear that. Montpellier would be the most likely candidate.
There was an 18 second burst at 0140 in which three stations were identified after matching them to their web streams: RMF FM from Wroclaw; MDR 1 Radio Sachsen Anhalt from Eisleben and Radio Zet from Gryfice. Interesting to note that none of these transmitters were exactly inline with each other as I had expected.
I was surprised how often BBC Radio 4 was heard via MS. Since most of the transmitters are too close, I have to assume that Rothesay looks like a good bet. This was mostly heard with BBC World Service programming and I caught a BBC Radio 4 ID during one burst around 0800.
Many more stations were heard whose streams I didn't record, including a couple of unidentified German language stations. Since these didn't match up with the recorded streams (I recorded all streams from Germany itself) I have to assume they must have been flea powered transmitters from Austria or Switzerland.
I think I'll try 93.0 tonight.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
92.9 0109 SVN Slovenija 1, Nanos (po) Slovenian cover of Edwin Collins song, as web 1284km **
92.9 0132 POL Radio ZET, Gryfice/Trzyglowska (ZP) YL soft rock song, as web 985km **
92.9 0140 POL RMF FM, Wroclaw/Zórawina (DS) Chris Reas Road To Hell, as web. Part of 18 second
MS burst. 1164km **
92.9 0140 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Eisleben (san) German pop song, as web. In middle of
18 second burst 781km **
92.9 0149 G BBC R4, Unsure which site Frequent bursts. BBC WS "Click" programme, as podcast. Rothesay? **
92.9 0410 DNK DR P3, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) Modern soul track, as web
644km **
92.9 2141 F France Musique, Besançon, Chamonix or Montpellier Jazz, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
92.9 used to be a good frequency for meteor scatter when I lived in the North Midlands. It's the first time I have tried it here and there were many, many bursts and pings all night. France Musique was the most frequent burster. I don't know which transmitter was being received as there are three main possibilities. The France Musique stream switched off early overnight so I had to wait until this evening to hear that. Montpellier would be the most likely candidate.
There was an 18 second burst at 0140 in which three stations were identified after matching them to their web streams: RMF FM from Wroclaw; MDR 1 Radio Sachsen Anhalt from Eisleben and Radio Zet from Gryfice. Interesting to note that none of these transmitters were exactly inline with each other as I had expected.
I was surprised how often BBC Radio 4 was heard via MS. Since most of the transmitters are too close, I have to assume that Rothesay looks like a good bet. This was mostly heard with BBC World Service programming and I caught a BBC Radio 4 ID during one burst around 0800.
Many more stations were heard whose streams I didn't record, including a couple of unidentified German language stations. Since these didn't match up with the recorded streams (I recorded all streams from Germany itself) I have to assume they must have been flea powered transmitters from Austria or Switzerland.
I think I'll try 93.0 tonight.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
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