Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
103.9 0734 S RIX FM, Södertälje/Ragnhildsborg TM (st) E241 _RIX____ 1260km **
104.5 0734 S RIX FM, Eskilstuna/Hällberga/Teracoms mast (so) Pops, as 103.9 1212km **
105.0 0734 S RIX FM, Trollhättan/Källstorpsvägen 2/Strömslund TM (vg) Pops, as 103.9 939km **
105.5 0734 S RIX FM, Stockholm/Nacka TM (st) Pops, as 103.9 1292km **
102.4 2119 S SR P4, Low power multi-tx Pops, as 102.8 (E224) **
** 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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Saturday, 28 March 2015
Friday, 27 March 2015
Skegness Log: 27-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
91.7 0309 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Štúrovo/Modrý vrch (NI) 5560 RE______ 1419km **
92.6 0314 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D301 ______W_ 859km
92.8 0314 D Bayern 1, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) D311 961km
88.1 0348 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) D7D1 __R_____ 839km
88.5 0349 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Modrý Kamen/Španí Laz (BB) 5960 _REGIN__ 1436km **
88.1 0358 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Zalau/Meses (SJ) EE00 1745km **
88.2 0358 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) As 88.5 1464km **
98.5 0431 SVK Rádio Jemné, Tornala/Škultétyho 5 (BB) 5354 1495km **
103.9 0616 D Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) 140A 922km
90.6 1242 SVN Radio Celje, Mozirje (ce) 9413 _CEL____ 1295km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Just as I was thinking that the meteor scatter was becoming predictable, along comes something different!
I have uploaded videos of my reception of Radio Celje https://youtu.be/6fmqFqTfnEo and Rádio Regina from Modrý Kamen https://youtu.be/1FPV4kSzAX0
The next major shower will be the April Lyrids between April 16 - 25 , peaking on April 23. More info at http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide
I noted with interest the March equinox fireball season, something I did not know about. Again, more info on the page above.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
91.7 0309 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Štúrovo/Modrý vrch (NI) 5560 RE______ 1419km **
92.6 0314 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D301 ______W_ 859km
92.8 0314 D Bayern 1, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) D311 961km
88.1 0348 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) D7D1 __R_____ 839km
88.5 0349 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Modrý Kamen/Španí Laz (BB) 5960 _REGIN__ 1436km **
88.1 0358 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Zalau/Meses (SJ) EE00 1745km **
88.2 0358 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) As 88.5 1464km **
98.5 0431 SVK Rádio Jemné, Tornala/Škultétyho 5 (BB) 5354 1495km **
103.9 0616 D Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) 140A 922km
90.6 1242 SVN Radio Celje, Mozirje (ce) 9413 _CEL____ 1295km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Just as I was thinking that the meteor scatter was becoming predictable, along comes something different!
I have uploaded videos of my reception of Radio Celje https://youtu.be/6fmqFqTfnEo and Rádio Regina from Modrý Kamen https://youtu.be/1FPV4kSzAX0
The next major shower will be the April Lyrids between April 16 - 25 , peaking on April 23. More info at http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide
I noted with interest the March equinox fireball season, something I did not know about. Again, more info on the page above.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Skegness Log: 26-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.0 0348 HOL NPO Radio 2, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Short meteor scatter. Dutch OM,
as 92.6 407km **
92.6 0348 HOL NPO Radio 2, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Short meteor scatter.
Dutch OM, as 88.0 344km **
** Personal 'First' via 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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
88.0 0348 HOL NPO Radio 2, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Short meteor scatter. Dutch OM,
as 92.6 407km **
92.6 0348 HOL NPO Radio 2, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Short meteor scatter.
Dutch OM, as 88.0 344km **
** Personal 'First' via 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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Skegness Log: 25-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
89.5 0320 CZE Country Radio, Praha/ul. Vinohradská 2396/184 - Stimbuilding (PR) 2337 COUN____ 1033km **
88.6 0425 I Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 5210 RADIO___ ______LE 1568km
89.1 0425 I Radio Cusano Campus, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 508C CU__NO__ 1568km **
90.3 0425 I Radio Deejay, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5214 ______Y_ 1568km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Meteor scatter has generally been very poor over the last few nights. I have been hoping for signals from Scandinavia and have been beaming north-east with the 9,2 vertical. Still, Italy manages to come through. Also some Irish signals came in on one short burst this morning, but nothing identifiable, apart from Newstalk outlets on 107.0, 107.2, 107.4, 107.6 and 107.8. There was no way of working out which sites they were from, but the Irish station on 104.9 was interesting, playing what I presume was an advert for someone located at 7 (27?) Burn Hill or Bird Hill. I wonder who that was.
Videos of today's new ones:
89.5 Country Radio, Praha: http://youtu.be/6Scvtaksdao
89.1 Radio Cusano Campus, Rocca di Papa: http://youtu.be/Mt6x-iZRBEA
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
89.5 0320 CZE Country Radio, Praha/ul. Vinohradská 2396/184 - Stimbuilding (PR) 2337 COUN____ 1033km **
88.6 0425 I Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 5210 RADIO___ ______LE 1568km
89.1 0425 I Radio Cusano Campus, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 508C CU__NO__ 1568km **
90.3 0425 I Radio Deejay, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5214 ______Y_ 1568km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Meteor scatter has generally been very poor over the last few nights. I have been hoping for signals from Scandinavia and have been beaming north-east with the 9,2 vertical. Still, Italy manages to come through. Also some Irish signals came in on one short burst this morning, but nothing identifiable, apart from Newstalk outlets on 107.0, 107.2, 107.4, 107.6 and 107.8. There was no way of working out which sites they were from, but the Irish station on 104.9 was interesting, playing what I presume was an advert for someone located at 7 (27?) Burn Hill or Bird Hill. I wonder who that was.
Videos of today's new ones:
89.5 Country Radio, Praha: http://youtu.be/6Scvtaksdao
89.1 Radio Cusano Campus, Rocca di Papa: http://youtu.be/Mt6x-iZRBEA
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Sunday, 22 March 2015
Skegness Log: 22-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0204 POL PR 2, Wroclaw/Zórawina (DS) 3222 1164km **
93.7 0417 CZE Radio Helax, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) 2091 ____AX__ 1287km
102.5 0655 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Resita/Semenic (CS) EE00 1801km **
103.8 0655 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) OM, as 102.5 1706km
105.6 0655 ROU SRR Radio Resita, Resita/Semenic (CS) EE03 R_Resita 1801km
106.8 0655 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Arad/Siria (AR) EE01 __LTURAL 1706km
107.8 0655 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B203 1460km
107.3 0656 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Szentes (Cso) B202 __AR__K_ 1596km
104.3 0717 D Radio Mainwelle, Bayreuth/Oschenberg (bay) DC1E ______LL 858km
Band 2 General Scatter:
88.9 1452 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (lux) OM talk, as web 573km
94.0 1454 D SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Classical, as web 590km
99.5 1459 D NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) YL, as web. Just audible mixing with
BBC R1s 707km
101.4 1503 D Radio SAW, Brocken (san) OM news and ID, then swamped by Genk 712km
102.4 1504 D Radio ffn, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Dip in Stoke Holy Cross allowing R FFN ID through
707km
** 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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
87.7 0204 POL PR 2, Wroclaw/Zórawina (DS) 3222 1164km **
93.7 0417 CZE Radio Helax, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) 2091 ____AX__ 1287km
102.5 0655 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Resita/Semenic (CS) EE00 1801km **
103.8 0655 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) OM, as 102.5 1706km
105.6 0655 ROU SRR Radio Resita, Resita/Semenic (CS) EE03 R_Resita 1801km
106.8 0655 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Arad/Siria (AR) EE01 __LTURAL 1706km
107.8 0655 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B203 1460km
107.3 0656 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Szentes (Cso) B202 __AR__K_ 1596km
104.3 0717 D Radio Mainwelle, Bayreuth/Oschenberg (bay) DC1E ______LL 858km
Band 2 General Scatter:
88.9 1452 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (lux) OM talk, as web 573km
94.0 1454 D SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Classical, as web 590km
99.5 1459 D NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) YL, as web. Just audible mixing with
BBC R1s 707km
101.4 1503 D Radio SAW, Brocken (san) OM news and ID, then swamped by Genk 712km
102.4 1504 D Radio ffn, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Dip in Stoke Holy Cross allowing R FFN ID through
707km
** 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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Saturday, 21 March 2015
Skegness Log: 21-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
106.2 0703 S Radio Bohuslän 106,2, Uddevalla/Dalaberg vattentorn (vg) E5C7 928km
Band 2 General Scatter:
100.9 1716 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Reasonable peak out of the
blue. Pops, as web 729km
101.7 1753 D WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) German version of Americano, as 101.3.
Almost noise free 420km
104.3 1807 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Brass band music, as web. Nice
noise free peak 612km
107.2 1808 D WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) YL Einslive vocal drop-in 592km
Radio Bohuslän video: http://youtu.be/Q4SbblEzkIE
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
106.2 0703 S Radio Bohuslän 106,2, Uddevalla/Dalaberg vattentorn (vg) E5C7 928km
Band 2 General Scatter:
100.9 1716 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Reasonable peak out of the
blue. Pops, as web 729km
101.7 1753 D WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) German version of Americano, as 101.3.
Almost noise free 420km
104.3 1807 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Brass band music, as web. Nice
noise free peak 612km
107.2 1808 D WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) YL Einslive vocal drop-in 592km
Radio Bohuslän video: http://youtu.be/Q4SbblEzkIE
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Friday, 20 March 2015
Skegness Log: 20-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.9 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Pops, as 90.4 1175km **
90.4 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A203 1199km
91.6 0248 AUT Ö1, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Piano music, as 92.8 1175km **
92.8 0248 AUT Ö1, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A201 __OE_1__ 1199km
** 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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
87.9 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Pops, as 90.4 1175km **
90.4 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A203 1199km
91.6 0248 AUT Ö1, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Piano music, as 92.8 1175km **
92.8 0248 AUT Ö1, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A201 __OE_1__ 1199km
** 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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Thursday, 19 March 2015
Skegness Log: 19-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.2 0305 E RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) E212 ??E?CL?? 1287km **
95.3 0401 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Meldrum (SC-ABS) As BBC R4 (BBC WS overnight) 501km
95.4 0429 E RNE Radio 3, El Cabaco/Peña de Francia (CAL-SA) E213 __di__3_ AFs point
to this site 1488km **
102.4 0536 E Aragón Radio, La Muela (ARA-Z) 940F 1290km **
** 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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
88.2 0305 E RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) E212 ??E?CL?? 1287km **
95.3 0401 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Meldrum (SC-ABS) As BBC R4 (BBC WS overnight) 501km
95.4 0429 E RNE Radio 3, El Cabaco/Peña de Francia (CAL-SA) E213 __di__3_ AFs point
to this site 1488km **
102.4 0536 E Aragón Radio, La Muela (ARA-Z) 940F 1290km **
** 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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Skegness Log: 18-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Auroral:
91.7 0029 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Pops, as web 715km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0540 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Gagnheidi (au) A202 1570km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Iceland is a new country for me on meteor scatter. I didn't expect this to appear. I had left the antenna beaming north-west in the hope of catching some more from the auroral conditions, either straight auroral curtain reflections of auroral Es. This was the only meteor scatter strong enough to produce a PI code for the whole recorded period of 0200 to 0800. Video here: https://youtu.be/B2cdfKOvAVY
I will do the same again in tomorrow's overnight period in case more auroral activity occurs. At the time of typing this I see there is a minor geomagnetic storm in progress, but it is nowhere near as intense as the auroral conditions of the 17th.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
91.7 0029 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Pops, as web 715km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0540 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Gagnheidi (au) A202 1570km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Iceland is a new country for me on meteor scatter. I didn't expect this to appear. I had left the antenna beaming north-west in the hope of catching some more from the auroral conditions, either straight auroral curtain reflections of auroral Es. This was the only meteor scatter strong enough to produce a PI code for the whole recorded period of 0200 to 0800. Video here: https://youtu.be/B2cdfKOvAVY
I will do the same again in tomorrow's overnight period in case more auroral activity occurs. At the time of typing this I see there is a minor geomagnetic storm in progress, but it is nowhere near as intense as the auroral conditions of the 17th.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Skegness Log: 17-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Auroral:
88.4 1805 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Vocal ID heard after news 843km **
90.4 1809 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Pops, as web 843km **
94.2 1814 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YLs and jingle, as web 675km **
94.6 1817 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web 712km **
94.7 1819 G BBC Radio Scotland, Sandale (EN-CUM) Jingle ID and info, as web, beaming
north-east 288km **
91.7 1831 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Old country song, as web 1291km **
93.0 1835 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM and jingle ID,
as web 604km **
97.8 1836 F France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM, as web 604km **
89.4 1837 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Classical, as web 604km **
87.9 1848 F France Inter, Toulouse/Pic du Midi (65) YL phone caller, as web 1136km **
90.6 2317 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km **
105.6 2320 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Schlager, as web 656km **
93.9 2326 G BBC Radio Scotland, Darvel (SC-EAY) Presumed Darvel. Glengorm the only
other real possibility.
Gentle song, as web 403km **
95.3 2331 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Schwerin (mev) Discussion with piano music,
as web 739km **
92.1 2334 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km **
92.0 2336 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) OM and YL, as web 493km **
91.4 2337 D Berliner Rundfunk 91.4, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Anastacia song,
as web 880km **
91.2 2339 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Dannenberg/Zernien (nds) Sniff and The Tears song,
as web 705km **
91.1 2341 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Sniff and The Tears song, as web 543km **
105.7 2342 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Pops, as web 543km **
105.5 2343 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Beatles, as web 591km **
103.6 2347 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
87.6 2348 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
98.6 0334 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___ 1544km
97.4 0339 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) F1__97__ 1127km
97.0 0411 S SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E203 ____3___ 913km
98.7 0414 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D311 942km
95.4 0417 AUT Ö2 - Radio Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A902 __DI____ 1261km
99.1 0417 AUT Antenne Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A943 1261km
98.5 0432 HRV HRT-HR 2, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C202 1381km
97.3 0448 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
97.7 0448 HRV HRT-HR 3, Papuk/Kapovac (vt) C203 1523km
98.7 0448 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Possibly Bruck German OM, as 99.0 **
94.8 2052 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 ______S_ 1080km
** Personal 'First' via this mode
Meteor Scatter:
I only had time to go through one of my overnight meteor recordings. The auroral event dominated the rest of my radio day. As it happened, there were corrupted files in the first recording so I had to scrub that one.
Aurora:
The auroral activity at the beginning of this evening came from the north-east. Later on in the evening it had moved to the north-north-west. They made a huge impact. When I first tuned to the FM band I was amazed to see signals on all frequencies, but they were mostly a complete mess with lots of distortion, just like you'd hear when narrowing the IF too much. What a mess! There were BBC national transmitters on every frequency, from 88.1 to 94.5. Even Tacolneston was messed up. Belmont was the only transmitter which was left untouched.
Occasionally, a continental station would take over. Each one a high powered transmitter. I knew it must have been a powerful auroral disturbance because I was receiving the Brest and Nantes transmitters, both from the north-east, which was really bizarre to say the least. Beaming south-west, directly towards them, produced only a glimmer of the signals off the back of the beam.
The highlight was when an outlet of France Inter appeared on 87.9. There is uncertainty as to which transmitter I received, but I beleive it was more likely to be Toulouse. Such southerly suroral conditions are quite rare, but even North Africa once saw a visible aurora in their northern skies one year. I forget which. The only real alternative to the Toulouse transmitter, as Nick Gilly pointed out, would be St Brieuc in Brittany, not too far away from Brest and Nantes, but St Brieuc is only 200 watts and that might also be unlikely because of the low power. So which one did I receive? At the same time, DX Maps was showing a French radio ham, half way down the western side of France, working into the auroral conditions. Even a ham in Croatia was able to get in on the action, so I still strongly favour Toulouse, though there is no way of knowing for certain.
Auroral Es:
There were auroral Es just before 2100 but they were very shortlived. Finland appeared on 88.0 but was only audible for two or three minutes.
This Evening's Visible Aurora:
Pah! You can guess the outcome of that one.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
88.4 1805 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Vocal ID heard after news 843km **
90.4 1809 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Pops, as web 843km **
94.2 1814 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YLs and jingle, as web 675km **
94.6 1817 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web 712km **
94.7 1819 G BBC Radio Scotland, Sandale (EN-CUM) Jingle ID and info, as web, beaming
north-east 288km **
91.7 1831 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Old country song, as web 1291km **
93.0 1835 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM and jingle ID,
as web 604km **
97.8 1836 F France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM, as web 604km **
89.4 1837 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Classical, as web 604km **
87.9 1848 F France Inter, Toulouse/Pic du Midi (65) YL phone caller, as web 1136km **
90.6 2317 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km **
105.6 2320 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Schlager, as web 656km **
93.9 2326 G BBC Radio Scotland, Darvel (SC-EAY) Presumed Darvel. Glengorm the only
other real possibility.
Gentle song, as web 403km **
95.3 2331 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Schwerin (mev) Discussion with piano music,
as web 739km **
92.1 2334 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km **
92.0 2336 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) OM and YL, as web 493km **
91.4 2337 D Berliner Rundfunk 91.4, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Anastacia song,
as web 880km **
91.2 2339 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Dannenberg/Zernien (nds) Sniff and The Tears song,
as web 705km **
91.1 2341 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Sniff and The Tears song, as web 543km **
105.7 2342 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Pops, as web 543km **
105.5 2343 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Beatles, as web 591km **
103.6 2347 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
87.6 2348 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
98.6 0334 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___ 1544km
97.4 0339 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) F1__97__ 1127km
97.0 0411 S SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E203 ____3___ 913km
98.7 0414 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D311 942km
95.4 0417 AUT Ö2 - Radio Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A902 __DI____ 1261km
99.1 0417 AUT Antenne Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A943 1261km
98.5 0432 HRV HRT-HR 2, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C202 1381km
97.3 0448 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
97.7 0448 HRV HRT-HR 3, Papuk/Kapovac (vt) C203 1523km
98.7 0448 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Possibly Bruck German OM, as 99.0 **
94.8 2052 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 ______S_ 1080km
** Personal 'First' via this mode
Meteor Scatter:
I only had time to go through one of my overnight meteor recordings. The auroral event dominated the rest of my radio day. As it happened, there were corrupted files in the first recording so I had to scrub that one.
Aurora:
The auroral activity at the beginning of this evening came from the north-east. Later on in the evening it had moved to the north-north-west. They made a huge impact. When I first tuned to the FM band I was amazed to see signals on all frequencies, but they were mostly a complete mess with lots of distortion, just like you'd hear when narrowing the IF too much. What a mess! There were BBC national transmitters on every frequency, from 88.1 to 94.5. Even Tacolneston was messed up. Belmont was the only transmitter which was left untouched.
Occasionally, a continental station would take over. Each one a high powered transmitter. I knew it must have been a powerful auroral disturbance because I was receiving the Brest and Nantes transmitters, both from the north-east, which was really bizarre to say the least. Beaming south-west, directly towards them, produced only a glimmer of the signals off the back of the beam.
The highlight was when an outlet of France Inter appeared on 87.9. There is uncertainty as to which transmitter I received, but I beleive it was more likely to be Toulouse. Such southerly suroral conditions are quite rare, but even North Africa once saw a visible aurora in their northern skies one year. I forget which. The only real alternative to the Toulouse transmitter, as Nick Gilly pointed out, would be St Brieuc in Brittany, not too far away from Brest and Nantes, but St Brieuc is only 200 watts and that might also be unlikely because of the low power. So which one did I receive? At the same time, DX Maps was showing a French radio ham, half way down the western side of France, working into the auroral conditions. Even a ham in Croatia was able to get in on the action, so I still strongly favour Toulouse, though there is no way of knowing for certain.
Auroral Es:
There were auroral Es just before 2100 but they were very shortlived. Finland appeared on 88.0 but was only audible for two or three minutes.
This Evening's Visible Aurora:
Pah! You can guess the outcome of that one.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
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