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Monday, 20 October 2014

Skegness Log: 20-10-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
101.0 1344  D  Radio Brocken, Dequede (san) George Michael song, as web. Second part of 16
               second burst  761km **

101.0 1441  D  BR Klassik, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Piano piece, as web  942km **
101.0 1447 HRV Radio 101, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) Tablet ad, as web  1381km **

** 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.

Skegness Log: 20-10-14 (MW)

 612 1700 TWN Radio Taiwan International, Lukang (CH) Time pips. Mix of oriental music and
              OM here. Fair  9678 km

 711 1800 TWN BCC Country Network, Tainan (TN) BCC jingle on the hour under France Info V weak
              9754 km

 720 1700 TWN BCC News Network, Taichung (TC) BCC jingle on the hour Vweak  9693 km **
 846 1700 TWN Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Kuanyin=Guanin (TY) Kuanghua ID. Thanks to Mauno Ritola and                   Tony Magon at Real DX for confirmation. V weak  9620 km
 864 1700 TWN BCC News Network, Kaohsiung (KH) Jingle at top of hour Vweak  9817 km **
 891 1700 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Really clear. Jingle and YL ID Weak  9754 km
 927 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Taichung (TC) Personal first. BCC top of the hour jingle.
              Some audio before this. 
Mixing with Tajikistan and a painfully weak Chinese time
              signal. Vweak  9693 km
 **
1107 1700 CHN Xinjiang RGD Kazakh/CNR 8, Ürümqi/Hutubi-XJTS631 (XJ) Music, time pips, ID and
              anthem. Thanks everybody at RealDX for help Weak  6042 km **

1143 1800 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Thanks to Chuck &
              Jari at Real DX for pulling out the ID  Weak  9676 km **
1287 1700 TWN Han Sheng Kuangpo Tientai, Taichung (TCS) Flute music, just audible under Grozny
              V weak 9686 km

1296 1700 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Painfully weak BCC jingle at the top of the hour
              V weak  9754 km

1557 1700 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Sign off and pips Weak  9715 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle signature dominating  Weak
              9410 km


** Personal Skegness 'First'

This was an unexpected and one of my best openings to the far east so far. Reception probably received a boost as it coincided with a sudden rise in geomagnetic activity, which can often produce good results if you are on the band at that very moment.

There is a fair bit of noise across the band but it didn't mask out the above stations. As always, you will need headphones for some of the recordings as they are very weak and sometimes underneath European stations.


Recordings:

 846 unid EE & CC Perhaps Han Sheng 1700 20-10-14
 891 UNID oriental mixing BCC Local, Tainan 1700 20-10-14
 936 unid CHN 1700 20-10-14
 963 unids 1700 20-10-14
 981 CNR1, Multiple Sites 1700 20-10-14
1107 unid CHN 1700 20-10-14
1125 unid 1700 20-10-14
1143 unid 1800 20-10-14
1575 VOA, Ban Phachi 1700 20-10-14
1593 CNR1, Changzhou 1700 20-10-14


I have uploaded a Perseus file: 1700 20-10-14 top of the hour: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vesalcew7bctei4/2014-10-20_165945_170015.wav


There were also a few other unidentified stations. I have posted recordings to Real DX, or maybe somebody here knows the identity of one or two of them.


1700:

Chinese: 639, 738, 756, 801, 846, 819x2, 936, 963, 981x2, 1044, 1107, 1125, 1179, 1287, 1305, 1359, 1377, 1530, 1593.

 657 Asiatic singing (Indian?) under Europe
 684 Oriental language under Europe? Slightly off frecuency too. 
 711 Oriental language. Weak to fair with France Info. Suspect Han Sheng
 765 Oriental lnaguage under Rossii
 774 Oriental language under BBC Leeds
 801 High pitched jingle under Germany
 828 UNID jingle under Europe
 963 Possibly two orientals
1368 Oriental music? Under BBC Lincolnshire
1404 Unrecognised jingle under Radio Cluj


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, 19 October 2014

Skegness Log: 19-10-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
101.2 1133  D  Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) German pops, as web  565km **
101.2 1158  I  R101, Torre de' Busi-Valcava passo (lc) Brooke Fraser song, as web  1053km **
101.2 1212  D  hr3, Habichtswald (hes) Daryl Oates and John Hall song, as web  647km **
101.2 1217  D  MDR JUMP, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Madonna song, as web  881km **
101.2 1249 AUT Ö2 - Radio Oberösterreich, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Latin style party song,
               as web  1080km **

101.8 1718 POL RMF FM, Zakopane or Lezajsk Polish song, as web **
101.8 1744 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Sibiu/Paltinis (SB) Nico and Vinz song, as web
               1890km **

101.8 1831  D  WDR 2, Ederkopf (nrw) Guitar song, as web  592km **
101.8 1843 SRB Radio Beograd 202, Crveni Cot (Voj) Choir and orchestra, as web  1659km **
101.4 2059 CZE CRo Radiozurnál, Ostrava/Hostálkovice (MO) Soulful gospel song, as web  1287km **
101.4 2131  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sassnitz (Rügen) (mev) Sassnitz most likely. Also 100W
               Cham listed. YL, as web  883km **

101.4 2133  S  SR P4, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) Likely Horby. Phone in, as web  913km **
101.4 2140 POL Radio ZET, Suwalki/G.Krzemianucha (PL) Geronimo pop song, as web  1483km **
101.4 2156 SVN Slovenija 3, Plesivec (Urslja Gora) (sg) Moody classical piece, as web
               1282km **

101.4 2217 POL PR Radio Kielce, Kielce/Swiety Krzyz (SK) Gentle pops as web. Part of longer burst
               with multiple stations  1436km **

101.4 2233 HNG Class FM, Györ /  Szabadhegy (Gyo) Queens Radio Ga Ga, as web  1368km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

I am really pleased with today's haul. Despite very brief pings it quickly became clear which stations were coming through. All the above were noted fairly regularly throughout the monitoring periods. All personal firsts as I have never tried these frequencies for meteor 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.

Saturday, 18 October 2014

Skegness Log: 18-10-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 92.3 2004  G  BBC Radio 3, Rumster Forest (SC-HIL) Presumed site. OM discussion  620km **
 92.3 1857 NOR NRK P2, Skien 1/Vealøs (te) Opera, as web  889km **

** 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.

Skegness Log: 18-10-14 (MW)

 540 0100 CAN CBT Grand Falls NL. CBC News jingle heard in Euro pile-up Weak  3837 km
 700 0400 USA WLW Cincinnati OH. ID - Newsradio 700 WLW Weak  6292 km
1180 0600 CUB Radio Rebelde, Multi-tx. Rebelde cuckoo. ID. Over US station Good

More blow-outs and deteriorating conditions. These three got through this morning but the far east almost disappeared in the afternoon/early evening.

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

Friday, 17 October 2014

Skegness Log: 17-10-14 (MW)

 927 1700 TJK NHK Radio Japan, Dushanbe/Yangiyul (dsb) Time pips, short interval signal and
              vocal ID V weak  5329 km


Conditions still trying hard to recover but not quite getting there.

The time signal from JOIF was clearly heard on 1413 kHz yet again this evening, but still not strong enough for vocal identification. This one is a constant tease!

A Chinese time signal was heard on 1134 at 2000. Interesting to see that the Chinese transmitters on this frequency look like being lower powered, though not all have their powers stated. As a wild guess, perhaps this could be Tongchuan RGD with 10kW.

1359 had FIVE Chinese time signals at 2100, two of which were a couple of seconds past the top of the hour. One of those before the hour is slightly lower in pitch, as if it's a tape playing which has slowed down slightly.

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

Skegness Log: 17-10-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 89.3 1912 POL RMF FM, Koszalin or Lublin Madonnas La Isla Bonita, as web **
 91.5 2054  G  BBC Radio 3, Keelylang Hill (SC-ORK) Presumed site. Frequent bursts  681km **
 93.7 1722 CZE Radio Helax, Ostrava/Hostálkovice (MO) Distinctive pop song, as web  1287km **

** 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.

Thursday, 16 October 2014

Skegness Log: 16-10-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 90.0 0004 SVN Slovenija 1, Plesivec (Urslja Gora) (sg) Shnia-ish Country song, as web  1282km **
 90.0 0009  S  SR P1, Norrköping/Kolmården-Krokek Orrbergen TM (og) Usual waves  1174km **
 90.0 0016 POL PR Radio Kraków, Szczawnica/G.Prehyba (MP) Polish YL, as web  1459km **
 90.0 0212  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Röbel (mev) Rock concert, as web  807km **

** 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, 15 October 2014

Skegness Log: 15-10-14 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 87.7 1109 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) OMs and phone caller, as web  1913km
 88.9 1115  E  Radio Marca, Sierra de Carrascoy (MUR-MU) OM talk, as web  1706km
 89.2 1117  E  COPE, Lorca (MUR-MU) YL, as web  1729km
 87.6 1138  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Marbella/Castillejos (AND-MA) YL talk, as 87.9  1884km
 87.9 1138  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) YL and OM, as web  1740km

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
102.1 0239  D  sunshine live, Mudau (bwü) Electro music, as web  732km **
102.1 0257  D  Radio Chemnitz, Chemnitz-Reichenhain (sac) Olly Murs song, as web  903km **
102.1 0516  D  RPR 1., Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Bruno Mars song, as web  550km **
102.1 0541  D  WDR 2, Olsberg (nrw) Proclaimers song, as web  592km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Yet another surprise out-of-season Es opening!

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, 14 October 2014

Skegness Log: 14-10-14 (MW)

1600 0100 USA WUNR Brookline (MA) Spanish OM on the hour. English OM ID WUNR Boston 30 seconds
              past the hour Fair  5251 km

1330 0330 USA WRCA Waltham (MA) Caught a mention of 13-30 WRCA at precisely the bottom of the
              hour Weak  5251 km

1500 0400 USA WFED Federal News R., Washington (DC) Federal News Radio ID heard in mush Weak
              5860 km

1050 0400 USA WEPN ESPN Deportes, New York/East Rutherford [NJ] (NY) Clear ESPN Deportes Radio
              (Spanish) ID in 1053 splash Fair     5541 km **

1190 0400 USA WLIB New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) This is your home for gospel, inspiration and
              information, 11-90 WLIB and WBLS 832 New York Fair  5543 km


** Personal Skegness 'First'

Good DX!

John, 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