Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
107.5 0749 D BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Lenny Kravitz
song, as web. Live listening 864km
93.3 0830 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy)
Danish OM, as web. Live listening 740km **
Band 2 Tropospheric:
87.8 0851 D WDR 2, Schwerte/Sommerberg (nrw) ID and web
address 525km
91.8 0852 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Soft pops, as 87.8 544km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
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, 1 October 2014
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Skegness Log: 30-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
91.1 0711 F Skyrock, Dunkerque/Tour Emery (59) Phone-in, as 106.9 274km
93.3 0712 HOL Ujala Radio, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Indian music 320km
95.2 0726 HOL Slam!FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) 82A5 SLAM!F__ 312km
95.4 0731 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Gilze/Prinsenbosch (nbr) Jingle ID 358km
89.4 0947 D NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) Noise free on scatter 488km
103.1 1550 D Radio ffn, Aurich (nds) ID and ads 478km
103.5 1553 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) OM talk, as web 707km
97.8 1555 D NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Ad for Subway, jingle ID pops 477km
94.3 1621 G BBC Radio Scotland, Black Hill (SC-NLA) C415 BBC_Scot 405km
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.
91.1 0711 F Skyrock, Dunkerque/Tour Emery (59) Phone-in, as 106.9 274km
93.3 0712 HOL Ujala Radio, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Indian music 320km
95.2 0726 HOL Slam!FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) 82A5 SLAM!F__ 312km
95.4 0731 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Gilze/Prinsenbosch (nbr) Jingle ID 358km
89.4 0947 D NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) Noise free on scatter 488km
103.1 1550 D Radio ffn, Aurich (nds) ID and ads 478km
103.5 1553 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) OM talk, as web 707km
97.8 1555 D NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Ad for Subway, jingle ID pops 477km
94.3 1621 G BBC Radio Scotland, Black Hill (SC-NLA) C415 BBC_Scot 405km
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.
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Skegness Log: 28-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
89.9 0736 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Jested (LI) OM, as web 1038km **
91.4 0739 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Ads and ID 947km
101.7 0801 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Choir and YL, as web 947km
89.2 0808 POL PR 3, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Adsm as web 1177km **
99.0 0848 CZE CRo Ostrava, Valasské Mezirící/Radhost (MO) ID and interview 1304km **
90.6 0904 POL PR 4, Swieradów-Zdrój/G. Stóg Izerski (DS) Adverts, as web stream. Thanks Konrad DX,
Poland for help. 1053km **
103.8 0915 POL Radio ZET, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Polish YL talk, brief in pile-up. As web
1177km **
100.2 0924 POL PR 3, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Old blues song, as web 1147km **
87.6 0929 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and YL, as web 1219km **
102.0 0932 CZE CRo Dvojka, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web 1219km **
104.5 0934 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web 1219km **
106.5 0935 CZE CRo Brno, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and choir, as web 1219km **
91.1 0948 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) TV Theme. V weak in pile-up
1084km **
103.9 0957 CZE CRo Vltava, Liberec/Jested (LI) Presumed. OM, struggling against Suffolk 1038km **
88.5 1033 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) YL song, as web 1091km **
93.6 1042 POL Radio ZET, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Ad break and pops, as web 1147km **
97.9 1049 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Jested (LI) Beethoven symphony, as web 1038km **
95.9 1053 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Liberec/Jested (LI) YL, as web. Just audible when Humberside dips
down 1038km **
90.5 1121 CZE CRo Hradec Králové, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) Pops and OM, as web 1091km **
89.2 1135 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203. Interesting props. Scatter like signal for
two minutes. Seemingly not MS or Es. Scatter assisted tropo? Rx tuned by Nick Gilly
at the time 1261km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
It's been another of those "Pinch me - did that really just happen?" days. I was lucky to catch some superb ducting to the Czech republic, Austria and Poland - a first timer here. What the reception lacked in signal strength was more than made up for by the reception distances. CRo Ostrava from Valasské Mezirící on 99.0 became the second furthest band 2 tropo catch I have had since living in Skegness.
Videos are available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp As I mentioned yesterday, YouTube may have blocked some of the audio from these videos due to their 'copyright claims' policies. I can re-upload elsewhere if necessary.
I was just too late to catch a nice ID from CRo Ostrava on 99.0, hitting the record button too late, but there is plenty of audio in that video. Hopefully everything is clear enough. Ii included web audio with the weaker signals. PR3 from Wroclaw on 100.2 had a painfully weak signal. If you can hear this against the recording of the web stream then you'll have no problems with any of the other recordings.
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.
89.9 0736 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Jested (LI) OM, as web 1038km **
91.4 0739 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Ads and ID 947km
101.7 0801 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Choir and YL, as web 947km
89.2 0808 POL PR 3, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Adsm as web 1177km **
99.0 0848 CZE CRo Ostrava, Valasské Mezirící/Radhost (MO) ID and interview 1304km **
90.6 0904 POL PR 4, Swieradów-Zdrój/G. Stóg Izerski (DS) Adverts, as web stream. Thanks Konrad DX,
Poland for help. 1053km **
103.8 0915 POL Radio ZET, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Polish YL talk, brief in pile-up. As web
1177km **
100.2 0924 POL PR 3, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Old blues song, as web 1147km **
87.6 0929 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and YL, as web 1219km **
102.0 0932 CZE CRo Dvojka, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web 1219km **
104.5 0934 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web 1219km **
106.5 0935 CZE CRo Brno, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and choir, as web 1219km **
91.1 0948 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) TV Theme. V weak in pile-up
1084km **
103.9 0957 CZE CRo Vltava, Liberec/Jested (LI) Presumed. OM, struggling against Suffolk 1038km **
88.5 1033 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) YL song, as web 1091km **
93.6 1042 POL Radio ZET, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Ad break and pops, as web 1147km **
97.9 1049 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Jested (LI) Beethoven symphony, as web 1038km **
95.9 1053 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Liberec/Jested (LI) YL, as web. Just audible when Humberside dips
down 1038km **
90.5 1121 CZE CRo Hradec Králové, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) Pops and OM, as web 1091km **
89.2 1135 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203. Interesting props. Scatter like signal for
two minutes. Seemingly not MS or Es. Scatter assisted tropo? Rx tuned by Nick Gilly
at the time 1261km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
It's been another of those "Pinch me - did that really just happen?" days. I was lucky to catch some superb ducting to the Czech republic, Austria and Poland - a first timer here. What the reception lacked in signal strength was more than made up for by the reception distances. CRo Ostrava from Valasské Mezirící on 99.0 became the second furthest band 2 tropo catch I have had since living in Skegness.
Videos are available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp As I mentioned yesterday, YouTube may have blocked some of the audio from these videos due to their 'copyright claims' policies. I can re-upload elsewhere if necessary.
I was just too late to catch a nice ID from CRo Ostrava on 99.0, hitting the record button too late, but there is plenty of audio in that video. Hopefully everything is clear enough. Ii included web audio with the weaker signals. PR3 from Wroclaw on 100.2 had a painfully weak signal. If you can hear this against the recording of the web stream then you'll have no problems with any of the other recordings.
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.
Saturday, 27 September 2014
Skegness Log: 27-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
90.2 0723 D NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Phone in, as web 477km
102.1 0746 D RPR 1., Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) ID and pops 550km
107.6 0820 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Ads, as web 788km
107.9 0821 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Close to RDS. Classical 732km
107.3 0823 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OMs talk, as web 729km
106.9 0824 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) OM and YL lively discussion and jingle
ID 843km
105.1 0830 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID and weather 684km
104.8 0831 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OM, as web 729km
107.4 0841 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Probably scatter. Jingle ID
508km
105.6 0843 D MDR JUMP, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Pops, as web. Over Donnersberg 788km
104.9 0846 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Twangy techno, as web 553km
101.7 0848 D hr4, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
101.2 0851 D Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Web address 565km
95.0 0857 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) OM, as web 678km
93.8 0859 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) Toh ID and news 565km
89.5 0902 D hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) News, as web 684km
88.3 0903 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) Overriding Sutton Coldfield 565km
91.8 0914 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Lively pops, as web 313km
92.4 0916 HOL PuurNL, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Lively pops and lively OM DJ, as web 322km
98.0 0924 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 86F0 DECIBEL_ 320km
107.3 0931 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Spandex ad. ID 292km
89.9 0937 HOL Haarlem 105 Radio, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) PhD song, as web 304kmx
107.7 0955 BEL Radio Plus, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Jingle ID. On horizontal beam 328km
93.4 1016 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Status Quo song, as web 712km
104.1 1023 D WDR 4, Olsberg (nrw) Elvis song, as web 592km
106.3 1027 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Brief. Troposcatter? As web 748km
106.4 1028 D WDR Eins Live, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Briefly took over Kiss!! 483km
107.7 1042 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) YL ID, phone caller 1034km
97.2 1058 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL, as web 739km
99.0 1113 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Pops, as web. Mixing with Hoher
Meissner 1080km
94.8 1114 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Soft pop song, as web 1080km
103.6 1118 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Jingle ID between songs 687km
87.9 1126 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Passenger song, as web 739km
90.2 1127 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) OM ID 739km
91.6 1129 D SWR3, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Pops, as web 590km
92.4 1133 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Gloria Gaynor song, as
web 560km
95.4 1136 D SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Operatic Car song, Nissan Dorma, as web 592km
99.6 1141 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Noise free. OM, as web 612km
102.3 1145 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) Classical, as web. 24dB 1024km
107.1 1149 D B5 aktuell, Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as 105.3 865km
106.9 1150 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Jingle and YL news, as 105.3 942km
91.7 1206 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Bangles song, as web 793km
94.2 1209 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Phone caller, as web 793km
105.4 1211 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Joan Jett song, as web 904km
91.4 1214 D Bayern 1, Büttelberg (bay) Light pops and OM ID 812km
92.8 1218 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Rogers and Parton song, as web 904km **
95.3 1220 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web. Mixing with Essex 712km
95.8 1222 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) YL and child phone caller, as web 942km
98.8 1226 D NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) German OM, as web 525km
102.6 1230 D NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) ID and pops 606km
97.5 1256 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) ID in ad break 640km
106.2 1257 D hr3, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Ad break, as web 729km
105.9 1258 D Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) ID and info 647km
105.6 1259 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) ID and news 656km
103.0 1302 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) BFBS News and ID 564km
102.8 1303 D Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) YL ID and pops 717km **
93.0 1310 D BFBS Radio, Braunschweig/Drachenberg (nds) Pops, as 103.0 712km
93.7 1311 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) German OM, as web 1024km
94.4 1313 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Sports commentary, as web 647km
101.6 1314 D hr4, Hardberg (hes) Interview, as 107.3 712km
106.7 1319 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Kalmit (rlp) Pop song, as web. Mixing with Langeberg.
687km
106.8 1320 D Hit Radio FFH, Driedorf/Höllberg (hes) Pops, as 105.1 604km
96.3 1322 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Pops, as web 732km
88.0 1323 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Pops, as web 629km
95.2 1334 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Piano music, plinking above the noise. As web
793km
95.5 1335 D hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) OM, as web 684km
97.4 1711 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_ 39dB 712km
101.4 1716 D Radio SAW, Brocken (san) D3D9 _S_A_W__ 38dB 712km
94.6 1717 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) D4D1 MDR_S-AN 712km
89.0 1719 D 89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) D0DB 89.0_RTL 712km
100.9 1726 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops and ID 729km
107.8 1732 D MDR Figaro, Brocken (san) D3C3 __IG__O_. RDSing at 24dB! 712km
89.5 1806 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) Strange OM, as web 1024km
98.4 1815 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Slowly spoken jingle ID. ads 748km
98.5 1823 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) D313 ____RN__ 1024km
101.9 1832 D Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) ID and adverts 729km
105.7 1838 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) D315 B5_Akt__ 1024km
96.0 1848 D Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) OM ID between slow pops 865km
87.6 1913 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) V v weak with Indeep song, as web 650km
92.1 1919 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D382 _NDR-2__ 707km
103.5 1928 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D210 __DLF___ 707km
98.0 1930 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D381 NDR1_NDS 707km
100.3 1935 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) Planet Club In The Mix 677km
99.0 1954 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) D361 684km
106.3 1958 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Jingle ID 707km
93.6 2007 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Roy Orbison song and ID 550km
89.9 2016 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Classical 707km
107.1 2021 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) ID and phone caller 593km
97.7 2027 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Pops and OM, as web 593km
96.7 2028 D hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Piano music, as web. Over KLFM 647km
105.6 2104 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) German OM, as web 917km
107.8 2106 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Italian OM, as web 917km
107.3 2110 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Chasseral (be) Pops, as 107.8 823km
95.4 2113 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) OM, as web 917km
99.5 2133 D NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Barry White song, as web 707km
104.6 2136 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Drum and bass music, as web 1080km
107.3 2206 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) ID and night service. Producing slight echo
against Heidelberg 813km
105.0 2208 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Pops, as web 922km
90.7 2211 D Bayern 1, Ochsenkopf (bay) Pops, as web. 107.1 also in 865km
91.8 2212 D SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) Classical, as web 813km
94.3 2219 D SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) Pops, as web 813km
97.3 2226 HOL Shrik Van Gammelke, Weerselo (Ov) Dutch music, as web. On horizontal beam!
105.3 2309 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM, as 105.7 732km
91.5 2315 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) D3C2 M_R_____ 712km
103.2 2322 D Antenne Bayern, Ochsenkopf (bay) Whispered ID between songs 865km
91.0 2328 D hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Robbie Williams song, as web 612km
104.3 2329 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German song, as web 612km
101.0 2347 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Pops, as web 519km
87.7 2351 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as 87.9 904km
100.3 2354 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as web 865km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This was one of the most bizarre tropos I have known, as the videos should demonstrate. Instead of signals being stable, as you would expect with tropo ducting, they were up and down like yo-yos. A signal might have faded in from nothing, gone up to RDS levels, then back down into the noise in less than half a minute. Brocken and Torfhaus provided the most consistent signal strengths, but even they were subject to this choppiness.
I logged most of the German transmitters I received in this opening to give a complete picture of what happened, but I missed out some NRW transmitters which were also coming in at enhanced levels, such as Langenberg, Aachen, Teutoburger Wald, Bonn & Munster. Other regular continentals from northern France, Belgium and Holland were also up to 40dB most of the time, yet again suffering this strange fluttery effect.
Since my daily Vimeo upload is ten files and I have many more than that, I have uploaded my videos of the pick of today's DX to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA I know there is at least one video which has had its audio muted. I hope there aren't any more. If you have any problems hearing the audio please let me know.
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.
90.2 0723 D NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Phone in, as web 477km
102.1 0746 D RPR 1., Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) ID and pops 550km
107.6 0820 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Ads, as web 788km
107.9 0821 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Close to RDS. Classical 732km
107.3 0823 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OMs talk, as web 729km
106.9 0824 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) OM and YL lively discussion and jingle
ID 843km
105.1 0830 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID and weather 684km
104.8 0831 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OM, as web 729km
107.4 0841 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Probably scatter. Jingle ID
508km
105.6 0843 D MDR JUMP, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Pops, as web. Over Donnersberg 788km
104.9 0846 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Twangy techno, as web 553km
101.7 0848 D hr4, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
101.2 0851 D Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Web address 565km
95.0 0857 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) OM, as web 678km
93.8 0859 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) Toh ID and news 565km
89.5 0902 D hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) News, as web 684km
88.3 0903 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) Overriding Sutton Coldfield 565km
91.8 0914 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Lively pops, as web 313km
92.4 0916 HOL PuurNL, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Lively pops and lively OM DJ, as web 322km
98.0 0924 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 86F0 DECIBEL_ 320km
107.3 0931 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Spandex ad. ID 292km
89.9 0937 HOL Haarlem 105 Radio, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) PhD song, as web 304kmx
107.7 0955 BEL Radio Plus, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Jingle ID. On horizontal beam 328km
93.4 1016 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Status Quo song, as web 712km
104.1 1023 D WDR 4, Olsberg (nrw) Elvis song, as web 592km
106.3 1027 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Brief. Troposcatter? As web 748km
106.4 1028 D WDR Eins Live, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Briefly took over Kiss!! 483km
107.7 1042 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) YL ID, phone caller 1034km
97.2 1058 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL, as web 739km
99.0 1113 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Pops, as web. Mixing with Hoher
Meissner 1080km
94.8 1114 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Soft pop song, as web 1080km
103.6 1118 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Jingle ID between songs 687km
87.9 1126 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Passenger song, as web 739km
90.2 1127 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) OM ID 739km
91.6 1129 D SWR3, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Pops, as web 590km
92.4 1133 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Gloria Gaynor song, as
web 560km
95.4 1136 D SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Operatic Car song, Nissan Dorma, as web 592km
99.6 1141 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Noise free. OM, as web 612km
102.3 1145 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) Classical, as web. 24dB 1024km
107.1 1149 D B5 aktuell, Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as 105.3 865km
106.9 1150 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Jingle and YL news, as 105.3 942km
91.7 1206 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Bangles song, as web 793km
94.2 1209 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Phone caller, as web 793km
105.4 1211 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Joan Jett song, as web 904km
91.4 1214 D Bayern 1, Büttelberg (bay) Light pops and OM ID 812km
92.8 1218 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Rogers and Parton song, as web 904km **
95.3 1220 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web. Mixing with Essex 712km
95.8 1222 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) YL and child phone caller, as web 942km
98.8 1226 D NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) German OM, as web 525km
102.6 1230 D NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) ID and pops 606km
97.5 1256 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) ID in ad break 640km
106.2 1257 D hr3, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Ad break, as web 729km
105.9 1258 D Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) ID and info 647km
105.6 1259 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) ID and news 656km
103.0 1302 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) BFBS News and ID 564km
102.8 1303 D Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) YL ID and pops 717km **
93.0 1310 D BFBS Radio, Braunschweig/Drachenberg (nds) Pops, as 103.0 712km
93.7 1311 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) German OM, as web 1024km
94.4 1313 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Sports commentary, as web 647km
101.6 1314 D hr4, Hardberg (hes) Interview, as 107.3 712km
106.7 1319 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Kalmit (rlp) Pop song, as web. Mixing with Langeberg.
687km
106.8 1320 D Hit Radio FFH, Driedorf/Höllberg (hes) Pops, as 105.1 604km
96.3 1322 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Pops, as web 732km
88.0 1323 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Pops, as web 629km
95.2 1334 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Piano music, plinking above the noise. As web
793km
95.5 1335 D hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) OM, as web 684km
97.4 1711 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_ 39dB 712km
101.4 1716 D Radio SAW, Brocken (san) D3D9 _S_A_W__ 38dB 712km
94.6 1717 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) D4D1 MDR_S-AN 712km
89.0 1719 D 89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) D0DB 89.0_RTL 712km
100.9 1726 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops and ID 729km
107.8 1732 D MDR Figaro, Brocken (san) D3C3 __IG__O_. RDSing at 24dB! 712km
89.5 1806 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) Strange OM, as web 1024km
98.4 1815 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Slowly spoken jingle ID. ads 748km
98.5 1823 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) D313 ____RN__ 1024km
101.9 1832 D Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) ID and adverts 729km
105.7 1838 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) D315 B5_Akt__ 1024km
96.0 1848 D Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) OM ID between slow pops 865km
87.6 1913 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) V v weak with Indeep song, as web 650km
92.1 1919 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D382 _NDR-2__ 707km
103.5 1928 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D210 __DLF___ 707km
98.0 1930 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D381 NDR1_NDS 707km
100.3 1935 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) Planet Club In The Mix 677km
99.0 1954 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) D361 684km
106.3 1958 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Jingle ID 707km
93.6 2007 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Roy Orbison song and ID 550km
89.9 2016 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Classical 707km
107.1 2021 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) ID and phone caller 593km
97.7 2027 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Pops and OM, as web 593km
96.7 2028 D hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Piano music, as web. Over KLFM 647km
105.6 2104 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) German OM, as web 917km
107.8 2106 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Italian OM, as web 917km
107.3 2110 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Chasseral (be) Pops, as 107.8 823km
95.4 2113 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) OM, as web 917km
99.5 2133 D NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Barry White song, as web 707km
104.6 2136 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Drum and bass music, as web 1080km
107.3 2206 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) ID and night service. Producing slight echo
against Heidelberg 813km
105.0 2208 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Pops, as web 922km
90.7 2211 D Bayern 1, Ochsenkopf (bay) Pops, as web. 107.1 also in 865km
91.8 2212 D SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) Classical, as web 813km
94.3 2219 D SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) Pops, as web 813km
97.3 2226 HOL Shrik Van Gammelke, Weerselo (Ov) Dutch music, as web. On horizontal beam!
105.3 2309 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM, as 105.7 732km
91.5 2315 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) D3C2 M_R_____ 712km
103.2 2322 D Antenne Bayern, Ochsenkopf (bay) Whispered ID between songs 865km
91.0 2328 D hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Robbie Williams song, as web 612km
104.3 2329 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German song, as web 612km
101.0 2347 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Pops, as web 519km
87.7 2351 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as 87.9 904km
100.3 2354 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as web 865km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This was one of the most bizarre tropos I have known, as the videos should demonstrate. Instead of signals being stable, as you would expect with tropo ducting, they were up and down like yo-yos. A signal might have faded in from nothing, gone up to RDS levels, then back down into the noise in less than half a minute. Brocken and Torfhaus provided the most consistent signal strengths, but even they were subject to this choppiness.
I logged most of the German transmitters I received in this opening to give a complete picture of what happened, but I missed out some NRW transmitters which were also coming in at enhanced levels, such as Langenberg, Aachen, Teutoburger Wald, Bonn & Munster. Other regular continentals from northern France, Belgium and Holland were also up to 40dB most of the time, yet again suffering this strange fluttery effect.
Since my daily Vimeo upload is ten files and I have many more than that, I have uploaded my videos of the pick of today's DX to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA I know there is at least one video which has had its audio muted. I hope there aren't any more. If you have any problems hearing the audio please let me know.
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.
Friday, 26 September 2014
Skegness Log: 26-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
97.2 0958 HOL NPO Radio 2, Eys/Alticom Toren (lim) Pushing through on the horizontal today. Good
scatter conditions 462km
97.8 1052 G BBC Radio 1, Pendle Forest (EN-LNC) Fading up and down. Never noticed this one
until now. 188km **
95.5 1056 G BBC Radio Lancashire, Hameldon Hill (EN-LNC) North-west issues, as web stream
186km **
98.7 1316 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Very weak. Probably scatter. OM talk, as web
703km
97.2 2034 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL, as web 739km
105.3 2035 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL, as web 732km
107.9 2037 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Clasical, as web 732km
107.4 2048 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Nostalgia OM, as web 590km
107.1 2049 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Jazzy nostalgia, as 107.4 593km
105.9 2051 D Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Pops, as web 647km
105.6 2052 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) German singer, as web 656km
104.0 2057 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) VJingle ID and rap 590km
92.4 2104 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) OM ID after news 560km
93.0 2105 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) YL, as web 593km
94.0 2105 D SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) YL and OM, as 93.0 590km
93.6 2111 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Nostalgia, as 107.4 550km
99.1 2117 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Light pops, as web 656km
107.3 2141 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Instrumental song, as web 729km
104.8 2200 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) News 729km
105.0 2229 D Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) ID and traffic report 698km
102.9 2233 D RPR 1., Bad Marienberg (rlp) Jingle ID between pops 592km
90.6 2243 D SWR3, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) Pop Nacht, as web 586km
101.6 2250 D hr4, Hardberg (hes) Traffic beep, as web 712km
96.3 2253 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Great oompah mix of Happy pop song, as web 732km
94.8 2256 D SWR3, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Pops, as web 560km
89.6 2306 F France Culture, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) French song, as 98.0 474km
91.1 2306 F France Inter, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) As 103.7 474km
107.6 2309 G Vibe FM, Watford/YMCA (EN-HTS) Ad for Fun World in Watford 173km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
The Hepburn forecast might have been a little overzealous regarding the index figures. Tropo to Denmark and Norway was predicted but there was only very weak scatter.
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.
97.2 0958 HOL NPO Radio 2, Eys/Alticom Toren (lim) Pushing through on the horizontal today. Good
scatter conditions 462km
97.8 1052 G BBC Radio 1, Pendle Forest (EN-LNC) Fading up and down. Never noticed this one
until now. 188km **
95.5 1056 G BBC Radio Lancashire, Hameldon Hill (EN-LNC) North-west issues, as web stream
186km **
98.7 1316 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Very weak. Probably scatter. OM talk, as web
703km
97.2 2034 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL, as web 739km
105.3 2035 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL, as web 732km
107.9 2037 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Clasical, as web 732km
107.4 2048 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Nostalgia OM, as web 590km
107.1 2049 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Jazzy nostalgia, as 107.4 593km
105.9 2051 D Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Pops, as web 647km
105.6 2052 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) German singer, as web 656km
104.0 2057 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) VJingle ID and rap 590km
92.4 2104 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) OM ID after news 560km
93.0 2105 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) YL, as web 593km
94.0 2105 D SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) YL and OM, as 93.0 590km
93.6 2111 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Nostalgia, as 107.4 550km
99.1 2117 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Light pops, as web 656km
107.3 2141 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Instrumental song, as web 729km
104.8 2200 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) News 729km
105.0 2229 D Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) ID and traffic report 698km
102.9 2233 D RPR 1., Bad Marienberg (rlp) Jingle ID between pops 592km
90.6 2243 D SWR3, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) Pop Nacht, as web 586km
101.6 2250 D hr4, Hardberg (hes) Traffic beep, as web 712km
96.3 2253 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Great oompah mix of Happy pop song, as web 732km
94.8 2256 D SWR3, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Pops, as web 560km
89.6 2306 F France Culture, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) French song, as 98.0 474km
91.1 2306 F France Inter, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) As 103.7 474km
107.6 2309 G Vibe FM, Watford/YMCA (EN-HTS) Ad for Fun World in Watford 173km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
The Hepburn forecast might have been a little overzealous regarding the index figures. Tropo to Denmark and Norway was predicted but there was only very weak scatter.
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, 24 September 2014
Skegness Log: 24-09-14 (MW)
950 0122 CAN CKNB, Campbellton (NB) 95 CKNB call letters spoken slowly between songs Weak 4583 km
930 0200 CAN CFBC Country Favorites 93, Saint John (NB) This is 93 CFBC Saint John. Country music Fair 4728 km
1060 0200 USA WQOM, Natick (DC) (MA) Ten Sixty WQOM, your something radio station. Muffled ID in narrow
bandwidth due to 1053 splatter Weak 5266 km
1520 0200 USA WWKB ESPN Radio, Buffalo (NY) 1520 AM WWKB Buffalo ID Weak 5697 km
590 0259 CAN VOCM, Saint John s (NL) VOCM ID Weak 3730 km
620 0259 CAN CKCM, Grand Falls (NL) VOCM ID Weak 3839 km
750 0300 CAN CBGY CBC Radio 1, Bonavista Bay (NL) CBC News jingle in splatter Weak 3733 km
880 0300 USA WCBS WCBS Newsradio 880, New York/High Island (NY) New York news items. CBS News
jingle eight seconds after the hour. Obviously WCBS. Weak 5518 km
1010 0300 USA WINS, New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) Dominating CFRB for a change. Ten Ten Wins ID Fair 5543 km
1400 0300 CAN CBG CBC Radio 1, Gander (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle penetrating local noise Weak 3774 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
930 0200 CAN CFBC Country Favorites 93, Saint John (NB) This is 93 CFBC Saint John. Country music Fair 4728 km
1060 0200 USA WQOM, Natick (DC) (MA) Ten Sixty WQOM, your something radio station. Muffled ID in narrow
bandwidth due to 1053 splatter Weak 5266 km
1520 0200 USA WWKB ESPN Radio, Buffalo (NY) 1520 AM WWKB Buffalo ID Weak 5697 km
590 0259 CAN VOCM, Saint John s (NL) VOCM ID Weak 3730 km
620 0259 CAN CKCM, Grand Falls (NL) VOCM ID Weak 3839 km
750 0300 CAN CBGY CBC Radio 1, Bonavista Bay (NL) CBC News jingle in splatter Weak 3733 km
880 0300 USA WCBS WCBS Newsradio 880, New York/High Island (NY) New York news items. CBS News
jingle eight seconds after the hour. Obviously WCBS. Weak 5518 km
1010 0300 USA WINS, New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) Dominating CFRB for a change. Ten Ten Wins ID Fair 5543 km
1400 0300 CAN CBG CBC Radio 1, Gander (NL) CBC Radio 1 news jingle penetrating local noise Weak 3774 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Skegness Log: 23-09-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
93.7 1716 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D314 Bayern1S (corrupted PS?). Suddenly over Holme moss
at 37dB!! Live listening 1024km
Band 2 Tropospheric:
103.2 1043 D hr4, Habichtswald (hes) German song. First time via scatter 647km
104.0 1057 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Soft German pops, as web 799km
107.8 1058 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Italian OM, as web 917km
105.6 1059 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) Pops, as web 917km
95.4 1106 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) German YL, as web 917km
88.0 1107 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) German pops, as web 629km
100.4 1117 D Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Pops, as web 748km
94.0 1118 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) YL, as web 748km **
98.5 1633 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) OM and YL, as web 1024km
105.7 1638 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) OM, as web 1024km
102.3 1645 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) Barely audible between Lincs and an enhanced Heart
(102.4) 1024km
Unidentified:
A classical music station which kept appearing on 107.8 throughout the afternoon. It wasn't DLR Kultur or Figaro.
** Personal Skegness 'First'
104.0 SWR4, Feldberg was the first German station to appear via tropo, then followed by Gottelborner Hohe and Hornisgrinde. Signals were very weak throughout this all too brief tropo.
It was a coincidence that Wendelstein suddenly appeared on 93.7 via a good meteor burst while it was being received by tropo elsewhere at that time. I guessed Bayern1S pointed to the Sudbayern service but I see this is listed as "Oberbayern", so I wonder if this is a corrupted PS.
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.
93.7 1716 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D314 Bayern1S (corrupted PS?). Suddenly over Holme moss
at 37dB!! Live listening 1024km
Band 2 Tropospheric:
103.2 1043 D hr4, Habichtswald (hes) German song. First time via scatter 647km
104.0 1057 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Soft German pops, as web 799km
107.8 1058 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Italian OM, as web 917km
105.6 1059 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) Pops, as web 917km
95.4 1106 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) German YL, as web 917km
88.0 1107 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) German pops, as web 629km
100.4 1117 D Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Pops, as web 748km
94.0 1118 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) YL, as web 748km **
98.5 1633 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) OM and YL, as web 1024km
105.7 1638 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) OM, as web 1024km
102.3 1645 D BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) Barely audible between Lincs and an enhanced Heart
(102.4) 1024km
Unidentified:
A classical music station which kept appearing on 107.8 throughout the afternoon. It wasn't DLR Kultur or Figaro.
** Personal Skegness 'First'
104.0 SWR4, Feldberg was the first German station to appear via tropo, then followed by Gottelborner Hohe and Hornisgrinde. Signals were very weak throughout this all too brief tropo.
It was a coincidence that Wendelstein suddenly appeared on 93.7 via a good meteor burst while it was being received by tropo elsewhere at that time. I guessed Bayern1S pointed to the Sudbayern service but I see this is listed as "Oberbayern", so I wonder if this is a corrupted PS.
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: 23-09-14 (MW)
680 0200 CAN CFTR 680 News, Toronto/Grimsby (ON) Call letters heard in 684 Spanish splatter
Weak 5711 km
1010 0300 CAN CFRB Newstalk 1010, Toronto/Oakville (ON) Heard Ten Ten Toronto in 1008 splash
Fair 5692 km
1540 0300 CAN CHIN Toronto (ON) My ideas still matter! Weak 5668 km
Poor and worse. Struggling to hear the above.
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
Weak 5711 km
1010 0300 CAN CFRB Newstalk 1010, Toronto/Oakville (ON) Heard Ten Ten Toronto in 1008 splash
Fair 5692 km
1540 0300 CAN CHIN Toronto (ON) My ideas still matter! Weak 5668 km
Poor and worse. Struggling to hear the above.
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
Two Flags For The Price Of One!
Being a greedy DXer I like to have it both ways - I like to have an antenna towards Asia and another towards the Americas. :O) That's not easily achievable at the new QTH. Although we have lots more garden space than at our last QTH, the gardens are narrower. Well, you can't have everything. Or can you?
Flag antennas are usually fixed, with the vertical sections being anchored. Moving the flag is not one of the easiest exercises in the world. OK, it's not the most difficult either, but it takes a good hour or more, Sod's Law permitting, for me to relocate my flag.
Some DXers have constructed their flag antennas on a large wooden frame and plonked them on a rotator. Nice if you have that kind of room. No section of our garden is quite wide enough to achieve that, so I had a good think about how I could have two flags for the price of one. This part was actually quite simple, but I wanted to experiment by having an additional wire connected in order to make the moving part simpler and assess its impact on directivity.
Some basic info to recap. The flag antenna, also called a 'ewe' and sometimes a 'pennant', is a unidirectional antenna with a low reception angle. It's been a must-have for medium wave DXing for me for years and out-performs the loop, the ALA1530 and even has similar reception characteristics to those of a Beverage. The front lobe is fairly wide, accepting a good 50 or so degrees spread, but the rear null is also wide, and usefully consistent across the whole medium wave.
My existing flag was pointing at 28 degrees, based on figures obtained from Google Earth maps. 28 degrees points straight at Japan from here. I needed a second flag at around 300 degrees for west coast North america. Providing I could permanently anchor one end of the flag to the wooden garden fence, I could make the other (feed) end by ensuring it can be lifted from its moorings and carried to another mooring point in the desired direction. That bit was easily achieved. But what about the connections?
The use of a few banana plugs and sockets would make the job much easier, only I didn't have any. Time to call in that infamous duo Bodgitt & Scarper. Connections aside, I wondered if I could have two base wires connected at the same time in order to make the move simpler. The existing 28 degree base wire was buried behind plants and bushes, so I left that in place and affixed an additional base wire to the other anchoring point. This made no difference in the reception and directivity AT ALL! I used my usual checkpoint, semi-local BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on 1026 kHz. I can get this right down in the noise. The null was unaffected by the second base wire. From all measurements and recordings taken I could not see any differences whether the second base wire was connected or not. So now, moving the flag to its North American direction could be easier than ever! All I had to do was lift one end of the flag from its moorings and plonk it in the other. 30 seconds and two simple connections later and my Asiatic flag becomes a North American flag.
A DXer recently asked me what effect the base wire had when it was lifted off the ground and how did this affect reception when the base wire was lying on the ground. Well, the answer is another simple one. It is only the vertical sections of the flag which have the pick-up. The directional effect is achieved by phasing the vertical sections against each other. The horizontal sections are not supposed to receive anything, so it doesn't matter if the top wire sags a little, etc. I tested this further by lifting the base wire slightly above the height of the bottom of the vertical sections and I didn't notice any difference. I even extended the bottom wire so I could direct it in some grooves in the concrete path on the garden so it could be hidden and, again, it made no difference.
Whether there are any differences on paper when making these adjustments to the base wire I do not know. Perhaps somebody could model this. There may be something of course, but I did not observe any detrimental effects while carrying out these experiments. Also bear in mind I am not a 'techie' so my apologies if I have stated anything incorrectly above. I am a Bodgitt & Scarper man and proud of it! If it's help together with sellotape and it works well I don't care too much.
BUT ... since the vertical elements of the flag are the crucial part, ensure these really are properly vertical and straight as this is what helps you achieve those nice deep nulls. You will benefit by NOT employing Bodgitt & Scarper tactics on this part.
To clarify, this is one flag antenna and not two. I merely move one side of the flag to a different location in order to make the most of two different directions. 355 and 028 degrees are fairly close for an antenna with such a wide forward lobe, but there is a clear difference in reception, so this has been a worthwhile exercise.
Asian flag antenna at 028 degrees North American feed at 355 degrees
Flag antennas are usually fixed, with the vertical sections being anchored. Moving the flag is not one of the easiest exercises in the world. OK, it's not the most difficult either, but it takes a good hour or more, Sod's Law permitting, for me to relocate my flag.
Some DXers have constructed their flag antennas on a large wooden frame and plonked them on a rotator. Nice if you have that kind of room. No section of our garden is quite wide enough to achieve that, so I had a good think about how I could have two flags for the price of one. This part was actually quite simple, but I wanted to experiment by having an additional wire connected in order to make the moving part simpler and assess its impact on directivity.
'Portable' Asia feed on the left. Fixed resistor box on the right. Click to enlarge
Some basic info to recap. The flag antenna, also called a 'ewe' and sometimes a 'pennant', is a unidirectional antenna with a low reception angle. It's been a must-have for medium wave DXing for me for years and out-performs the loop, the ALA1530 and even has similar reception characteristics to those of a Beverage. The front lobe is fairly wide, accepting a good 50 or so degrees spread, but the rear null is also wide, and usefully consistent across the whole medium wave.
My existing flag was pointing at 28 degrees, based on figures obtained from Google Earth maps. 28 degrees points straight at Japan from here. I needed a second flag at around 300 degrees for west coast North america. Providing I could permanently anchor one end of the flag to the wooden garden fence, I could make the other (feed) end by ensuring it can be lifted from its moorings and carried to another mooring point in the desired direction. That bit was easily achieved. But what about the connections?
The use of a few banana plugs and sockets would make the job much easier, only I didn't have any. Time to call in that infamous duo Bodgitt & Scarper. Connections aside, I wondered if I could have two base wires connected at the same time in order to make the move simpler. The existing 28 degree base wire was buried behind plants and bushes, so I left that in place and affixed an additional base wire to the other anchoring point. This made no difference in the reception and directivity AT ALL! I used my usual checkpoint, semi-local BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on 1026 kHz. I can get this right down in the noise. The null was unaffected by the second base wire. From all measurements and recordings taken I could not see any differences whether the second base wire was connected or not. So now, moving the flag to its North American direction could be easier than ever! All I had to do was lift one end of the flag from its moorings and plonk it in the other. 30 seconds and two simple connections later and my Asiatic flag becomes a North American flag.
A DXer recently asked me what effect the base wire had when it was lifted off the ground and how did this affect reception when the base wire was lying on the ground. Well, the answer is another simple one. It is only the vertical sections of the flag which have the pick-up. The directional effect is achieved by phasing the vertical sections against each other. The horizontal sections are not supposed to receive anything, so it doesn't matter if the top wire sags a little, etc. I tested this further by lifting the base wire slightly above the height of the bottom of the vertical sections and I didn't notice any difference. I even extended the bottom wire so I could direct it in some grooves in the concrete path on the garden so it could be hidden and, again, it made no difference.
Whether there are any differences on paper when making these adjustments to the base wire I do not know. Perhaps somebody could model this. There may be something of course, but I did not observe any detrimental effects while carrying out these experiments. Also bear in mind I am not a 'techie' so my apologies if I have stated anything incorrectly above. I am a Bodgitt & Scarper man and proud of it! If it's help together with sellotape and it works well I don't care too much.
BUT ... since the vertical elements of the flag are the crucial part, ensure these really are properly vertical and straight as this is what helps you achieve those nice deep nulls. You will benefit by NOT employing Bodgitt & Scarper tactics on this part.
Keep the supports absolutely vertical if you can
To clarify, this is one flag antenna and not two. I merely move one side of the flag to a different location in order to make the most of two different directions. 355 and 028 degrees are fairly close for an antenna with such a wide forward lobe, but there is a clear difference in reception, so this has been a worthwhile exercise.
Monday, 22 September 2014
Skegness Log: 22-09-14 (MW)
730 0400 CAN CKAC Radio Circulation, Montréal/Pointe-Calumet (QC) CKAC ID on the hour Weak
5203 km
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
5203 km
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
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