Band 2 Sporadic E:
102.5 0051 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Focsani/Magura Odobesti (VN) EE00 2071km **
87.6 0940 HRV Podravski Radio, Durdevac/Micetinac-Veliki Koštanj (kc) C440 PODR??IO 1436km
87.9 0940 HRV Narodni Radio, Nova Gradiška/Slavca (sb) C206 1511km
88.1 0940 SRB Radio Beograd 1, Ovcar (Srb) D2FF RTS_BG_1 Ovcar___ 88,1_MHz 1779km
89.1 0940 SRB TDI Radio, Cacak (Srb) 3034 _T__D__I 1789km
89.9 0940 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Udrigovo (srp) F042 1645km
90.1 0940 SRB Radio Beograd 2/3, Ovcar (Srb) D2F6 90,1_MHZ 1779km
90.7 0940 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Duga Njiva (srp) F042 RTRS-RRS 1592km
90.8 0940 BIH Radio Srebrenik, Srebrenik/Karahum (tuz) F453 ??eb??ni 1622km **
91.0 0940 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bihor/Vârful Curcubata Mare (BH) EE00 1760km
91.7 0940 HRV Radio Koprivnica (RKC), Koprivnica/Jagnjedovec (kc) C30F 1418km
91.8 0940 BIH Radio Tuzlanskog kantona (RTV TK), Srebrenik/Okresanica (tuz) 5100 1624km
92.2 0940 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, RRTS Botev vrah (pld) 8220 ___BNR__ HR.BOTEV 2152km
92.9 0940 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Sofia/Kopitoto-KRTTS Vitoša (sfg) 8220 __BNR___ HR.BOTEV 2056km
93.4 0941 SRB Radio Beograd 1, Maljen or Rosomac D2FF **
93.9 0941 HRV Radio Terezija, Bjelovar/Kamenitovac (bj) C466 1439km
94.3 0941 BIH Obiteljski Radio Valentino, Majevica/Lipik (tuz) F0D1 1623km
94.8 0941 BIH Radio Brcko Distrikt, Brcko/Bimal-Silos (brc) F494 R_BRCKO_ 1626km
95.3 0941 ROU Radio Trinitas, Muntii Bucegi/Vârful Costila (PH) E24D 2003km
96.1 0941 HRV HRT-HR 3, Ivanšcica (vz) C203 1371km
97.0 0941 SRB Radio AS, Loznica (Srb) F0F0 BO??99.3 1674km
97.9 0941 SRB TDI Radio, Kragujevac (Srb) 3033 1813km
100.8 0942 SRB Radio Xanadu, Cacak (Srb) D2F1 __Xanadu 1789km **
100.2 0943 SRB Hit FM, Vrnjacka Banja/Goc (Srb) __HIT_?? 1842km **
105.0 0943 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Zalau/Meses (SJ) EE01 1745km
88.1 0951 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Zalau/Meses (SJ) EE00 1745km
88.3 0951 HRV HRT-HR 1, Vinkovci/Borinci (vu) C201 HRT-HR_1 1590km
89.0 0951 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Debrecen / Pallagi str. (Nagyerdö) (HaB) B201 1626km
89.1 0951 ROU Digi FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 IN?????? 89,1_FM_ 1877km
90.0 0951 ROU Digi FM, Focsani/Magura Odobesti (VN) E059 2071km
90.7 0951 ROU Radio Europa FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E299 1876km
91.4 0951 HNG Dankó Rádió, Debrecen / Pallagi str. (Nagyerdö) (HaB) B206 1626km
91.4 0951 ROU Digi FM, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) E059 IN?? PRO 1953km
92.5 0951 ROU Radio Maria România, Zalau/Meses (SJ) E1CC R.MA??A_ 1745km
92.7 0951 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Tokaj / Nagykopasz (BAZ) B201 _PETOFI_ 1580km
93.0 0951 ROU Radio Trinitas, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) E24D TRINITAS 93,00MHz 1953km
93.6 0952 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Târgu Mures (MS) EE00 RRACTUAL 1877km
94.0 0952 ROU RFI Romania, Craiova (DJ) E000 RFI_94FM 1971km **
94.4 0952 HNG Európa Rádió, Debrecen / High-rise, Petöfi sq. (HaB) B077 1629km
95.8 0952 ROU National FM, Zalau (SJ) 9250 1742km **
96.0 0952 SVK Rádio Vlna, Lucenec/Tánovo (BB) 5218 __VLNA__ 1443km
96.4 0952 ROU Magic FM, Zalau (SJ) E210 ????C_?? 1742km
97.5 0952 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Tokaj / Nagykopasz (BAZ) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1580km
97.7 0952 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Kazincbarcika / Bondor (BAZ) YL, as 97.5 1524km
98.4 0952 SRB Max FM, Jagodina/Durdevo brdo (Srb) 60BB 1839km **
99.7 0953 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Debrecen / Pallagi str. (Nagyerdö) (HaB) 1626km **
100.6 0953 ROU National FM, Târgu Mures (MS) Jingle ID 1877km
101.0 0953 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) EE01 CULTURAL 1805km
101.1 0953 HNG Class FM, Debrecen / Pallagi str. (Nagyerdö) (HaB) B205 1626km
101.4 0953 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Comanesti/Laposi (BC) Classical, as 101.0 2001km
101.6 0953 ROU Digi FM, Zalau/Meses (SJ) Jingle ID 1745km
102.7 0953 ROU Radio Europa FM, Zalau/Meses (SJ) E299 _102,7__ 1745km
102.8 0953 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Bârlad (VS) Classical, as 101.0 2107km
102.9 0953 ROU SRR Radio Târgu Mures, Târgu Mures (MS) EE07 1877km
103.0 0953 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1649km
104.5 0953 ROU Digi FM, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) E059 IN??_PRO 1805km
104.9 0953 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Târgu Mures (MS) EE01 CULTURAL 1877km
105.8 0953 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Bihor/Vârful Curcubata Mare (BH) EE01 CULTURAL
1760km
106.6 0953 ROU Radio Europa FM, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) E299 1805km **
107.9 0953 ROU Digi FM, Bihor/Vârful Curcubata Mare (BH) E059 INFO_PRO 107,9_FM 1760km
104.1 0954 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Muntii Bucegi/Vârful Costila (PH) EE01 CU??????
2003km
105.1 0954 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B202 ??????K_ 1649km
105.5 0954 ROU Radio Partium, Marghita (SM) 5158 Part??m_ Group Analyser also showed correct
Group Analyser also showed correct characters from full PS: "Partium_" 1684km **
87.5 0957 TUR Damla FM (Istanbul), Istanbul/Camlica (mam-ist) V weak but Turkish song clearly
as web stream 2534km
87.7 1004 SVK Fun Rádio, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5340 FUNRADIO 1544km
87.9 1004 ROU SRR Radio Cluj / Kolozsvári Rádió, Satu Mare (SM) EE03 R_CLUJFM 1696km
88.5 1004 ROU Kiss FM, Baia Mare (MM) 515A 1748km
88.6 1004 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Rožnava/Dievcenská skala (KE) 5D60 1499km
89.2 1004 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Trebišov/Bánovce nad Ondavou - silo (KE) 5D60 REGINA_V
1580km
89.3 1004 SVK Rádio Expres, Rimavská Sobota/Paláska (BB) 521D EXPR???? 1476km
89.4 1004 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Negresti-Oas (SM) EE00 RRAC??AL 1729km
90.2 1004 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Telkibánya / Pányok Nagy-hegy (BAZ) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1557km
90.6 1004 HNG Szent István Rádió, Sátoraljaújhely / Magas-hegy (BAZ) B4A3 1581km
90.8 1004 ROU SRR Radio Iasi, Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarau (SV) EE03 IS_90.8_ 1890km
91.0 1004 SVK Rádio Expres, Moldava nad Bodvou/Žarnov (KE) 521D EXPRES__ 1525km
91.8 1004 ROU Digi FM, Bacau/Turn (BC) Pops, as 91.4 2026km **
92.2 1004 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) 5201 _SRO_1__ 1459km
93.4 1005 ROU National FM, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) 9250 National 1844km
94.3 1005 ROU Radio Trinitas, Baia Mare/Vârful Mogosa (MM) E24D 1762km
94.5 1005 SVK Rádio Sever, Žilina/Krížava (ZA) 50B0 _SEVER__ 1363km
94.6 1005 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Aggtelek / Perkupa (BAZ) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1518km
95.4 1005 HNG Szent István Rádió, Encs / near Forró (BAZ) B4A3 SzIstv?? 1551km
96.0 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarau (SV) EE00 RRACTUAL
1890km
96.3 1005 ROU SRR Radio Iasi, Iasi/Pietrarie (IS) EE03 2046km
96.6 1005 SRB Radio Dzenarika, Ivanjica/Šutelj (Srb) D4BE 1801km
97.3 1005 ROU Radio ZU, Bârlad (VS) E2AA 2107km **
98.7 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarau (SV) EE01 CULTURAL
1890km
100.1 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Baia Mare/Vârful Mogosa (MM) EE01 CULTURAL 1762km
100.2 1005 ROU Radio Europa FM, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) E299 _1??,2__ 1953km
100.7 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Vatra Dornei (SV) EE00 1882km **
100.8 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Varatec (MM) EE01 CULTUR?? 1778km
101.1 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Turnu Magurele (TR) Producing echo against 101.0
EE01 CU????AL 2076km **
101.3 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) EE01 CU??URAL 1844km
101.8 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Bacau/Turn (BC) EE01 CULTURAL 2026km **
102.3 1005 ROU Digi FM, Toplita (HR) E059 1916km
103.1 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Iasi/Pietrarie (IS) OM, as others 2046km
103.4 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) EE00 RRACTUAL
1953km
103.5 1005 HNG Class FM, Tokaj / Nagykopasz (BAZ) B205 Class_FM 1580km
103.9 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) Mixing with Bârlad,
producing slight echo. As others 1844km
103.9 1005 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bârlad (VS) Mixing with Bârlad, producing slight
echo. As others 2107km
104.2 1005 ROU Radio Europa FM, Bacau/Turn (BC) E299 ????PAFM 2026km
104.7 1006 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Comanesti/Laposi (BC) EE00 RRACTUAL 2001km
104.8 1006 ROU Digi FM, Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarau (SV) Pops, as 102.3 1890km
105.3 1006 ROU Digi FM, Baia Mare/Vârful Mogosa (MM) E059 1762km **
105.5 1006 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Tokaj / Nagykopasz (BAZ) B202 _BARTOK_ 1580km
105.9 1006 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Fehérgyarmat/Penyige (SSB) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1665km
106.8 1006 ROU SRR Marosvásárhelyi R, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) EE10 MSVRADIO 1953km
107.8 1006 ROU Digi FM, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) Pops, as 102.3 1844km **
88.5 1008 SVK Rádio Vlna, Snina/Magurica (PO) 5218 1589km
88.7 1008 SVK SRo 3 Rádio Devín, Námestovo/Magurka (ZA) 521B DEVIN___ 1394km
89.0 1008 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1287km
89.1 1008 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Stará Lubovna/Kotník (PO) 5201 1472km
91.2 1008 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Varatec (MM) EE00 1778km
106.2 1008 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Sighetul Marmatiei (MM) Interview with child,
as 102.5 1755km **
106.9 1008 SVK Rádio Košice, Košice/priemyselná zóna Bociar (KE) 535A 1545km **
107.1 1008 SVK Europa 2, Bardejov/Mihálov-stožiar O2 (PO) 534F 1513km **
107.6 1008 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Snina/Magurica (PO) 5202 RADIO_FM 1589km **
106.8 1009 ROU SRR R.Târgu Mures/Marosvásárhelyi R./R.Neumarkt, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR)
EE10 MSVRADIO 1953km
87.9 1018 SVK Rádio Vlna, Dolný Kubín/Kuzminovo (ZA) 5218 ??VL???? 1388km **
88.4 1018 ROU Digi FM, Varatec (MM) E059 1778km
91.7 1018 SVK Rádio Košice, Košice/Heringeš (KE) 535A KO??CE?? 1543km
92.4 1018 SVK Rádio Jemné, Trstená/Príbojec (ZA) 5354 JEMNE___ 1402km
92.6 1018 SVK Rádio Košice, Levoca/Kóta Brezová (PO) 535A 1477km
93.7 1019 CZE Radio Helax, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) 2091 _HEL???? 1287km
93.8 1019 SVK Rádio Best FM, Košice/Heringeš (KE) 5355 BEST_FM_ 1543km
94.0 1019 SVK Rádio Best FM, Prešov/Šibená hora-vodojem (PO) 5355 1525km
94.2 1019 SVK SRo 3 Rádio Devín, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) 521B 1459km
94.4 1019 SVK Rádio Lumen, Košice/Heringeš (KE) 5343 LU?????? 1543km
95.2 1019 SVK Rádio Expres, Košice/Bankov-bana, zásobník (KE) Pops, as 95.3 1538km
95.3 1019 SVK Rádio Expres, Levoca/Úloža (PO) 521D EX??ES__ 1485km **
95.4 1019 SVK Rádio Expres, Low powered multi-tx
96.5 1019 SVK Rádio Expres, Multi-tx 521D
96.6 1019 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5201 _SRO_1__ 1544km
97.4 1019 CZE Country Radio, Trinec/Godula (MO) Vocal ID. Thanks to Franco for spotting ID
1319km **
97.7 1019 SVK Dobré Rádio, Košice/Užhorodská 6 (KE) 50E3 ??????_R 1542km **
98.0 1019 ROU Radio Vocea Sperantei, Negresti-Oas (SM) E2F8 ????VS?? 1729km **
98.5 1019 ROU Radio ZU, Baia Mare/Vârful Mogosa (MM) E2AA Ra?????? 1762km
98.6 1019 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___ 1544km
98.8 1019 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bacau/Turn (BC) YL, as 99.6 2026km **
98.9 1019 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Stará Lubovna/Kotník (PO) 5202 1472km **
99.6 1019 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Suceava/Mihoveni (SV) EE00 RRACTUAL 1917km
100.0 1019 POL PR Radio Kraków, Zakopane/G.Gubalówka (MP) Jingle ID 1426km **
100.3 1019 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5D60 REGINA_V 1544km
100.4 1019 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Námestovo/Magurka (ZA) 5960 1394km
100.6 1019 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Ružomberok/Úložisko (ZA) Violin concerto, as 100.3
1405km **
100.6 1019 HNG Mária Rádió, Telkibánya / Pányok Nagy-hegy (BAZ) Presumed with religious
chanting 1557km
101.1 1019 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Iasi/Pietrarie (IS) EE00 RRACTUAL 2046km
101.2 1019 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Košice/Werferova ul. (KE) Alternative music, as 101.3
1541km **
101.3 1019 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Trebišov/Bánovce nad Ondavou - silo (KE) 5202 1580km
101.6 1019 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Suceava/Mihoveni (SV) OMs play, as 100.1 1917km
101.7 1019 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Bardejov/Stebnická Magura (PO) Alternative music, as 101.3
1509km
101.7 1019 ROU SRR Radio Cluj / Kolozsvári Rádió, Sighetul Marmatiei (MM) EE03 R_CL??FM 1755km
101.8 1019 POL RMF FM, Zakopane/G.Gubalówka (MP) 3F44 1426km
101.9 1019 UKR Zakarpattya FM, Khust/ZFKRRT, gora Tovsta (ZK) 6705 1696km
102.9 1019 SVK Rádio Lumen, Štrbské pleso/Hotel Panoráma (PO) Likely site 5343 ??LU????
1443km **
103.2 1019 POL RMF FM, Szczawnica/G.Prehyba (MP) Ads, as 101.8 1459km
103.7 1019 SVK Europa 2, Prešov/Lysá hora (PO) 534F EUROPA_2 1512km **
104.1 1019 SVK Rádio Kiss, Prešov/FNsP J. A. Reimana - Monoblok (PO) 5352 K_I_??S_ 1527km **
105.7 1020 SVK Rádio Expres, Stará Lubovna/Kotník (PO) 521D EX?????? 1472km
105.8 1020 SVK Rádio Lumen, Námestovo/Magurka (ZA) 5343 1394km
106.2 1020 SVK Rádio Expres, Košice/Makovica (KE) 521D 1550km
106.7 1020 SVK SRo 3 Rádio Devín, Trebišov/Bánovce nad Ondavou - silo (KE) 5561 1580km **
107.5 1020 ROU Radio Europa FM, Muntii Bucegi/Vârful Costila (PH) Pops, as 105.7 2003km
88.0 1025 POL PR 1, Szczawnica/G.Prehyba (MP) 3211 JEDYNKA_ __12:25_ 1459km
88.4 1025 POL Radio Maryja, Bielsko-Biala/G.Magurka (SL) 3232 ????SK?? 1351km
88.9 1025 POL PR 1, Wloszczowa/Dobromierz (SK) YLs, as 88.0 1356km **
89.3 1025 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Bardejov/Mihalov - hotel Bellevue (PO) Screeching violins,
as 89.2 1513km **
89.4 1025 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) 3211 ????:2?? 1406km
90.0 1025 POL PR Radio Kraków, Szczawnica/G.Prehyba (MP) 37FC _KRAKOW_ NIEDZIEL _12:25__
1459km
91.2 1025 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Snina/Magurica (PO) 5201 _SRO_1__ 1589km
93.5 1025 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Bardejov/Stebnická Magura (PO) 5201 ??RO_1?? 1509km
93.8 1025 POL Radio Zlote Przeboje, Szczawnica/G.Prehyba (MP) 32CC 1459km
94.2 1025 ROU Vocea Evangheliei, Suceava/Grigore Ureche (SV) E213 RVE_???? 1924km **
94.7 1025 POL PR 3, Szczawnica/G.Prehyba (MP) 3233 _Polskie __Radio_ _TROJKA_ __12:25_ 1459km
97.0 1025 SVK Rádio Košice, Strážske/komín Chemko (KE) 535A 1570km **
97.1 1025 ROU Radio 21, Suceava/Mihoveni (SV) E05F 1917km
102.0 1026 MDA Radio Moldova Actualitati, Ungheni/SRTV Cetireni (UN) 1201 _RADIO?? MO??OV??
2056km
103.3 1026 SVK Rádio Lumen, Michalovce/Kóta Hôrka (KE) 5343 _LUM???? 1574km **
106.1 1026 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Vaslui (VS) EE00 2076km **
91.1 1041 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1465km
100.8 1041 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Botosani/Saveni (BT) EE00 1948km
100.8 1041 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Botosani/Saveni (BT) EE00 1948km
103.1 1041 POL Radio ZET, Solina/G.Jawor II (PK) 3205 RadioZ?? 1591km
103.8 1041 UKR Lyuks FM, Ivano-Frankivs'k/RPTS Zakhidnyj Polyus, vul. Stepana Bandery, 1 (IF)
1047 __LUX_FM 103,8_FM 1760km **
104.3 1041 MDA Radio Noroc, Floresti (FR) 7250 NO??C_?? 2047km **
104.7 1041 UKR Radio 24, Ivano-Frankivs'k/RPTS Zakhidnyj Polyus, vul. Stepana Bandery, 1 (IF)
1021 RADIO_24 104,7_FM 1760km **
105.4 1041 MDA Radio Micul Samaritean, Trifesti (0) (RZ) YL vocal ID 2094km **
107.4 1041 POL Radio ZET, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3205 1530km
107.6 1041 MDA Hit FM, Balti/Mîndrestii Noi (SG) Jingle ID 2038km
100.7 1042 MDA Radio Micul Samaritean, Balti/Mîndrestii Noi (SG) YL ID 2038km **
104.9 1042 MDA Radio Moldova Actualitati, Balti/Mîndrestii Noi (SG) 1201 _RADIO__ MOLDOVA_
2038km
91.7 1043 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3233 1291km
87.5 1044 POL PR 1, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) YLs, as 88.0 1291km
87.8 1044 POL PR 1, Przemysl/Tatarska Góra (PK) 3211 POLSKIE_ ????DI?? __12:40_ 1592km
88.0 1044 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1530km
90.6 1044 POL PR 2, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3222 Dw?????? 1291km
90.7 1153 ROU Radio Renasterea, Cluj-Napoca 3000 Resterea Na??????
88.0 1218 LTU LRT Radijas, Truikiai/LRTC Plungės RRS (Plu) C321 Radi??s_ 1418km **
92.5 1218 LTU ZIP FM, Klaipeda - Giruliai (Kla) CA94 ??????M_ 1368km **
88.2 1219 LTU ZIP FM, Bubiai/LRTC Šiauliu RTS (Sia) CA94 _ZIP_FM_ 1497km
89.5 1219 LVA Radio TEV, Aizpute (Azp) 906A RadioTEV 1409km
91.4 1219 LTU XFM, Klaipeda (Kla) 9140 RADIJAS_ X-FM____ 91,4_MHZ 1371km
92.6 1219 LTU LRT Opus, Rokiskis (Rok) C333 occo???? 1649km
93.3 1219 S SR P2, Malmö/Jägersro TM (sn) E402 SR?????? 866km **
95.2 1219 LVA Latgolys Radeja (Latgales Radio), Daugavpils/ LVRTC Daugavpils RTS, Drujas
iela 38a (Dau) 9407 Latgales Radio___ 95,2MHz_ 1708km **
96.3 1219 LTU LRT Radijas, Rokiskis (Rok) C321 ??dioj?? 1649km **
97.0 1219 LTU Žiniu Radijas, Bubiai/LRTC Šiauliu RTS (Sia) C158 Auksta__ klase___ ________
-ZINIU__ RADIOJAS _15:19__ 1497km **
90.7 1221 LVA LR 1, Riga/Zakusala/LVRTC Rigas RTS, Zakusalas krastmala1 (Rig) 9211 __LR-1__
1565km
91.2 1221 LTU Radiocentras, Telsiai - Tryskiai (Tel) CA45 _-_RC_-_ CASSIDY_ 1463km
91.5 1221 LVA LR 2, Riga/Zakusala/LVRTC Rigas RTS, Zakusalas krastmala1 (Rig) 9222 __LR-2__
1565km
87.9 1222 S SR P1, Malmö/Jägersro TM (sn) E201 866km
90.8 1229 DNK DR P1/DR P2, København-Gladsaxe/Isbanevej 4 (hvs) YL. Thanks to Sven Jacobson
for help with this. 836km
87.6 1249 LVA LR 3 Klasika, Valmiera/LVRTC Valmieras RTS, Rigas iela 95 (Val) 9233 1647km
88.1 1307 EST Star FM, Paide, Pärnu tn. 13 (Jae) 2301 ST______ 1680km
89.0 1311 ? UNID, ? CBF2 Lithuania or Latvia? Probably a mis-code
88.0 1404 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Joutseno/Pappilankangas-Valtatie no 6 (ek) 6201 YLE_YKSI 1899km
89.5 1404 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Pernaja - Pernå/Loviisa-Malmgård, Myrskyläntie 394 (uu) YL,
as 88.0 1745km
90.0 1404 FIN Radio Rock, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) Presumed with
lively ad and rock 1808km
91.4 1404 FIN YLE Puhe, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6207 YL??PUHE
1808km
92.8 1404 FIN YleX, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6202 __YLEX__ 1808km
95.0 1405 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Pernaja - Pernå/Loviisa-Malmgård, Myrskyläntie 394 (uu) 6203
1745km **
96.9 1405 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) YL and OM,
as 98.5 1808km
98.5 1405 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Joutseno/Pappilankangas-Valtatie no 6 (ek) 6203 YLESUOMI 1899km
99.5 1405 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6205
YLE_VEGA 1808km
102.7 1405 FIN The Voice, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 62AB _VOICE__
1808km
103.8 1405 FIN Radio Nova, Joutseno/Pappilankangas-Valtatie no 6 (ek) 6209 1899km
87.9 1406 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) YL, as 88.0 1665km
88.5 1406 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) YL, as
88.0 1808km
103.2 1406 FIN Radio SuomiPOP, Fiskars/Raasepori-Fiskari, Flacsjöntie (uu) Vocal ID in station
promo 1603km
105.7 1406 FIN Radio Nova, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6209 __NOVA__
1808km
88.7 1717 POL PR 2, Ryki/Janiszewska (LB) 3222 ????ka?? 1473km
89.9 1717 POL Radio Freee, Lublin/Raabego (LB) 3007 1523km
91.6 1717 POL Radio ZET, Ryki/Janiszewska (LB) Jingle ID3205 Artist info 1473km
87.9 1719 POL Radio eR, Lublin/Piotrków (LB) 308B Scrolling PS 1536km
88.3 1719 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Luts'k/VFKRRT, vul. Slovats'kogo, 12 (VO) Ukranian ballad,
as 87.8 1725km **
88.5 1719 UKR Radio Shanson, Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) Presumed with Ukrainian
ballad 1803km **
89.1 1719 POL PR Radio dla Ciebie - RDC, Radom/Wacyn (MW) 3B3B __R_D_C_ _89,1_FM 1422km
89.3 1719 POL RMF FM, Lublin/Piaski (LB) 3F44 _Muzyka_ 1548km
90.6 1719 UKR Radio Pyatnytsya (Pyatnitsa), Luts'k/hotel Luches'k, prosp. Vidrodzhennya, 1 (VO)
Presumed with Ukrainian pops, as 91.1 1729km **
90.7 1719 POL Radio Plus, Radom/Komin CM Pólnoc (MW) 321F __PLUS__ ????DOM_ 1427km
90.8 1719 POL PR 1, Lublin/Piaski (LB) 3211 ++RA???? ????NK?? 1548km **
91.5 1719 UKR Radio ERA FM, Luts'k/VFKRRT, vul. Slovats'kogo, 12 (VO) Presume. OM talking
about Ukraine over music 1725km
92.1 1719 POL Radio ZET, Wlodawa/Zolnierzy WiN (LB) Jingle ID 1581km
90.7 1720 POL Radio Plus, Radom/Komin CM Pólnoc (MW) 321F __PLUS__ 1427km
91.6 1723 POL Radio ZET, Ryki/Janiszewska (LB) 3205 RadioZET 1473km
90.5 1724 POL PR 3, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3233 1512km
87.8 1726 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) Music, as web 1803km
90.0 1728 UKR Radio 24, Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) 1021 1021 RADIO_24 1803km
91.8 1729 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kovel'/TOV Telemerezhi Ukrainy, vul. Vidrodzhennya, 1g (VO)
Ukrainian pops, as 87.8 1665km
91.1 1805 UKR Radio Pyatnytsya (Pyatnitsa), Zhytomyr/TRK Efir, vul. Shchorsa, 236 (ZH)
Presumed with Ukrainian ballad 1964km **
87.6 1923 GRC Laikos 87.6, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 00A8 2208km
92.5 1924 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Valašské Mezirící/Radhošt (MO) 232F R-??RN?? 1304km
88.6 1927 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) Proto Programme ID
2105km
88.0 1928 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (ERT Tower) (cmc-tsk) Presumed.
Greek YL, as 88.6. (Laikos in on 87.6) 2207km
88.6 1928 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo) Advert or promo, as
88.0 2105km
90.0 1929 SVK SRo 3 Rádio Devín, Rožnava/Dievcenská skala (KE) 521B DEVIN___ 1499km
92.9 1929 ALB Radio Klan, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5E0F KL??____ 1964km
93.6 1929 HRV Totalni FM Split, Labinštica (st) Jingle ID 1578km
96.9 1929 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) 5960 REGINA_S 1459km
97.3 1929 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Rožnava/Dievcenská skala (KE) 5201 _SRO_1__ 1499km
98.9 1929 ROU SRR Radio Târgu Mures, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) EE07 TG_MURES 1953km
102.3 1932 HNG Dankó Rádió, Miskolc / Avas (BAZ) OM Vocal ID 1541km **
103.1 1932 SVK SRo 3 Rádio Devín, Modrý Kamen/Španí Laz (BB) 521B 1436km
103.6 1932 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) 5201 _SRO_1__ 1464km
104.0 1932 SVK Fun Rádio, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5340 FUNRADIO 1392km
104.7 1932 HNG Class FM, Kékes (Hev) Jingle IDs 1504km
105.1 1932 SVK Rádio Vlna, Banská Štiavnica/Sitno (BB) 5218 __VL??__ 1402km
107.6 1932 ROU Digi FM, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) E059 1677km
107.3 1933 CZE CRo Brno, Uherský Brod/Cerná hora (ZL) 2A0F R-BRNO__ 1289km
87.8 1949 SVN Val 202, Kuk (go) 9202 VAL_202_ 1227km
88.1 1949 BIH BH Radio 1, Tušnica (k10) F201 BH?????? 1615km
89.4 1951 ROU Magic FM, Cluj-Napoca (CJ) E210 1798km
88.0 1952 SVN Slovenija 1, Krim (lj) 9201 1295km
90.5 1952 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
90.8 1952 SVN Slovenija 1, Kuk (go) 9201 __PRVI__ 1227km
91.3 1952 HRV HRT-HR 1, Labinštica (st) C201 1578km
91.8 1952 I Radio Capital, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) 5219 1281km
92.4 1952 HRV HRT-HR 2, Lastovo (du) OMs, as 93.3 1682km
92.7 1952 HRV HRT-HR 1, Murter/Raduc (si) C201 HRT-HR?? 1525km
93.3 1952 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) 1374km
93.4 1952 SVN Radio 1, Koper 2 (kp) 9657 PS reg logged: _ENA???? 1282km **
97.1 1952 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Miskolc / Avas (BAZ) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1541km
** Personal First
Unidentified/Unlisted:
97.3 0941 HRV Radio Kaj?, Unlisted site C31F
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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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, 9 August 2015
Saturday, 8 August 2015
Skegness Log: 08-08-15 (FM)
Band 2 Troposhperic:
107.7 0410 BEL Radio Plus Gent, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) 60D4 328km
107.4 0411 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) D07B 508km
105.0 0418 HOL Castricum 105, Castricum/De Loet (nho) ++ YL jingle ID between pops 299km
102.7 0459 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Nordhelle (nrw) D210 __DLF___ 553km
102.8 0459 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) D210 __DLF___ 456km
103.0 0459 D BFBS Germany, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Vocal ID 564km
103.1 0459 D Radio ffn, Aurich (nds) D388 ????n_?? 478km
103.3 0459 D Funkhaus Europa, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) D496 __WDR___ FUNKHAUS _EUROPA_ 504km
103.7 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 420km
103.8 0459 D WDR 4, Nordhelle (nrw) D394 553km
104.0 0459 HOL Radio 10, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) Jingle ID and news 304km
104.5 0459 D Radio 21, Leer (nds) Norderney ferry news. Thanks John Marsyla for help. 473km
104.7 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 553km
104.9 0459 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) D389 ANTENNE_ 478km
105.1 0459 D BFBS Germany, Rheinberg/AEZ Asdonkshof (nrw) Pops and ID, as 103.0 461km **
105.3 0459 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Norden (nds) Vocal ID 459km
105.5 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) D391 591km
105.6 0459 D delta radio, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Vocal ID 626km
105.7 0459 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Jingle ID 543km
105.9 0459 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Jingle ID 525km
106.7 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 504km
107.0 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Adele, as 106.7 592km
107.1 0459 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) Vocal IDD210 565km
107.2 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) Adele, as 106.7 592km
107.6 0459 D Radio K.W., Wesel-Büderich (nrw) Vocal ID and news 456km **
107.9 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 493km
103.6 0500 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Vocal ID 650km
104.0 0600 D Radio RST, Tecklenburg (nrw) Vocal ID 517km
102.8 0759 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) 60B2 328km
103.5 0759 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Possible scatter, rather than tropo. Vocal ID 553km
105.7 0759 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) D389 ANTENNE_ 543km
107.7 0959 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) Vocal ID 571km
98.7 2022 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) OM and talk, as web 703km
103.6 2028 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Jingle ID 650km
105.6 2029 D delta radio, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Ollyuno Mursmars song and ID 626km
104.3 2058 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Pops, as 105.7 477km
106.8 2059 D alster radio 106!8, Hamburg-Rahlstedt (ham) Alster Radio rock und pop promo 656km
97.2 2114 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web 617km
98.8 2300 D NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Classical, as web 525km
Personal First
Quite an intense early morning tropo, focusing in and around NRW/NDS.
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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
107.7 0410 BEL Radio Plus Gent, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) 60D4 328km
107.4 0411 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) D07B 508km
105.0 0418 HOL Castricum 105, Castricum/De Loet (nho) ++ YL jingle ID between pops 299km
102.7 0459 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Nordhelle (nrw) D210 __DLF___ 553km
102.8 0459 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) D210 __DLF___ 456km
103.0 0459 D BFBS Germany, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Vocal ID 564km
103.1 0459 D Radio ffn, Aurich (nds) D388 ????n_?? 478km
103.3 0459 D Funkhaus Europa, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) D496 __WDR___ FUNKHAUS _EUROPA_ 504km
103.7 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 420km
103.8 0459 D WDR 4, Nordhelle (nrw) D394 553km
104.0 0459 HOL Radio 10, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) Jingle ID and news 304km
104.5 0459 D Radio 21, Leer (nds) Norderney ferry news. Thanks John Marsyla for help. 473km
104.7 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 553km
104.9 0459 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) D389 ANTENNE_ 478km
105.1 0459 D BFBS Germany, Rheinberg/AEZ Asdonkshof (nrw) Pops and ID, as 103.0 461km **
105.3 0459 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Norden (nds) Vocal ID 459km
105.5 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) D391 591km
105.6 0459 D delta radio, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Vocal ID 626km
105.7 0459 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Jingle ID 543km
105.9 0459 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Jingle ID 525km
106.7 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 504km
107.0 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Adele, as 106.7 592km
107.1 0459 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) Vocal IDD210 565km
107.2 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) Adele, as 106.7 592km
107.6 0459 D Radio K.W., Wesel-Büderich (nrw) Vocal ID and news 456km **
107.9 0459 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 493km
103.6 0500 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Vocal ID 650km
104.0 0600 D Radio RST, Tecklenburg (nrw) Vocal ID 517km
102.8 0759 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) 60B2 328km
103.5 0759 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Possible scatter, rather than tropo. Vocal ID 553km
105.7 0759 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) D389 ANTENNE_ 543km
107.7 0959 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) Vocal ID 571km
98.7 2022 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) OM and talk, as web 703km
103.6 2028 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Jingle ID 650km
105.6 2029 D delta radio, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Ollyuno Mursmars song and ID 626km
104.3 2058 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Pops, as 105.7 477km
106.8 2059 D alster radio 106!8, Hamburg-Rahlstedt (ham) Alster Radio rock und pop promo 656km
97.2 2114 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web 617km
98.8 2300 D NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Classical, as web 525km
Personal First
Quite an intense early morning tropo, focusing in and around NRW/NDS.
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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Kenwick Top DX Trip: 08-08-15
Chris, aka "Sniffingmoose", visited Skegness on the 8th and we took an afternoon trip to Kenwick Top, just up the road from here. Although the 'summit' of this hill is not particularly high at 93 metres above sea level, it provides excellent continental scatter in favourable conditions. Some have described it as 'mindblowing'. On an average day, the Berlin transmitter of BB Radio can be heard clearly on 107.5 MHz. A distance of around 820 km.
Ian Kelly and I visited a couple of weeks earlier during poor conditions, but managed to hear the Forfar transmitter of BBC Radio Scotland on 92.7 at 420 km. Thankfully, our trip on the 8th coincided with high pressure and so some ducting was taking place.
Equipment in use was a Sony XDR-F1HD with the Konrad modification, a laptop running the XDR-GTK software and a Triax FM5 on a 10m telescopic mast - extended to about half its maximum height due to missing sections.
Pick of the bunch has to be good reception of Sveriges P3 from Norrköping at 1150 km. We found this by accident as we had been looking for NRK P3 from Bjerkreim on 91.8, which produced only a very weak signal, fluttering in and out rapidly, so we checked for NRK P2 from the same transmitter on 98.7, but the frequency was virtually empty. In a matter of one second, a signal suddenly blasted through producing full RDS "E203 SR_P3___". We had assumed this to be meteor scatter, but the signal stayed there for the duration of our visit, which was probably just under three hours.
Chris brought along his excellent Roberts Sport portable DAB receiver and was amazed to receive no less than four Norwegian DAB multiplexes. Quoting from his post to Skywaves:
"Yes considering conditions were supposed to be flat, I thought from my point of view Kenwick to was Excellent, with Norway and Sweden and Denmark coming through. 98.7 was the best frequency. Also swinging the beam north brought in East coast Scottish signals such as BBC Nationals from Forfar and a good catch was the Edinburgh Local Forth 1 on 97.3.
In addition I was surprised to hear Norway on DAB as well. After, I did a scan on my Roberts Sports DAB radio with only the headphone lead as the antenna brought in 4 Norway DAB MuX's 2 of them were the new DAB+ which my radio cannot decode the others were Norway's National DAB service and their regional service from Agder Rogaland. on block 13F.I did not take a formal log but I thought what a superb location for the North and East and a great afternoon DX"
Well, conditions were definitely enhanced, but not overly so. Little continental DX was available at my home QTH immediately before and after the trip, but some very weak Norwegian, Danish and German tropo did materialise an hour or so after I returned home.
Another big surprise at Kenwick Top was Forth 1 from Craigkelly (Edinburgh local) on 97.3, fluttering in and out very rapidly. We caught a reference to their website, forth1.com. In addition to this, a wealth of Scottish transmitters were received, such as Forfar, Ashkirk, Black Hill, Meldrum and Durris, some with full RDS.
Denmark also produced a reliable, if choppy signal on 97.2 and 99.9 from its Rangstrup transmitter.
Although Germany was almost non-existent when we first arrived at Kenwick Top, it appeared in force a couple of hours later.
Driving away from Kenwick Top towards Theddlethorpe, we continued to receive 13F from Norway, well down the hill and almost to the levels.
Ian Kelly and I visited a couple of weeks earlier during poor conditions, but managed to hear the Forfar transmitter of BBC Radio Scotland on 92.7 at 420 km. Thankfully, our trip on the 8th coincided with high pressure and so some ducting was taking place.
Equipment in use was a Sony XDR-F1HD with the Konrad modification, a laptop running the XDR-GTK software and a Triax FM5 on a 10m telescopic mast - extended to about half its maximum height due to missing sections.
The flat plains of the Fenlands, looking east from Kenwick Top
Pick of the bunch has to be good reception of Sveriges P3 from Norrköping at 1150 km. We found this by accident as we had been looking for NRK P3 from Bjerkreim on 91.8, which produced only a very weak signal, fluttering in and out rapidly, so we checked for NRK P2 from the same transmitter on 98.7, but the frequency was virtually empty. In a matter of one second, a signal suddenly blasted through producing full RDS "E203 SR_P3___". We had assumed this to be meteor scatter, but the signal stayed there for the duration of our visit, which was probably just under three hours.
Chris brought along his excellent Roberts Sport portable DAB receiver and was amazed to receive no less than four Norwegian DAB multiplexes. Quoting from his post to Skywaves:
"Yes considering conditions were supposed to be flat, I thought from my point of view Kenwick to was Excellent, with Norway and Sweden and Denmark coming through. 98.7 was the best frequency. Also swinging the beam north brought in East coast Scottish signals such as BBC Nationals from Forfar and a good catch was the Edinburgh Local Forth 1 on 97.3.
In addition I was surprised to hear Norway on DAB as well. After, I did a scan on my Roberts Sports DAB radio with only the headphone lead as the antenna brought in 4 Norway DAB MuX's 2 of them were the new DAB+ which my radio cannot decode the others were Norway's National DAB service and their regional service from Agder Rogaland. on block 13F.I did not take a formal log but I thought what a superb location for the North and East and a great afternoon DX"
Close-up of above photo: You can just make out a ship on the North Sea, from Kenwick Top
Well, conditions were definitely enhanced, but not overly so. Little continental DX was available at my home QTH immediately before and after the trip, but some very weak Norwegian, Danish and German tropo did materialise an hour or so after I returned home.
Another big surprise at Kenwick Top was Forth 1 from Craigkelly (Edinburgh local) on 97.3, fluttering in and out very rapidly. We caught a reference to their website, forth1.com. In addition to this, a wealth of Scottish transmitters were received, such as Forfar, Ashkirk, Black Hill, Meldrum and Durris, some with full RDS.
Denmark also produced a reliable, if choppy signal on 97.2 and 99.9 from its Rangstrup transmitter.
Although Germany was almost non-existent when we first arrived at Kenwick Top, it appeared in force a couple of hours later.
Driving away from Kenwick Top towards Theddlethorpe, we continued to receive 13F from Norway, well down the hill and almost to the levels.
DXing from Kenwick Top using a Triax FM5
Very obviously 'photoshopped' to show the approximate height of the mast when fully extended
Friday, 7 August 2015
Skegness Log: 07-08-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
94.0 0012 I Radio Deejay, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) 1648 5214 1959km
99.8 0029 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt)5264 1851km **
88.3 1012 I Radio Margherita, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 5242
MARGHRTA 1982km
87.5 1244 I Radio Radicale, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara (ta) 5210 RADIO_*_ RADICALE
1894km
87.7 1244 I Radio Radicale, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) OM, as 87.5 1865km
87.7 1244 I Radio Capital, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5219 1384km
87.9 1244 I Radio 105, Bari/Piazza Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 (ba) 5211
__105___ 1824km
88.1 1244 I Radio Deejay, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5214 1865km
88.2 1244 I Radio 24, Bari/Viale Luigi Einaudi, 25 (ba) 5245 O_?? 1825km
88.3 1244 I Radio 24, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta)
Strong! 5245 RADIO_24 1894km
88.5 1244 I m2o, Bari/Via Principe Amedeo (ba) 5233 _M_DUE_O 1823km
88.9 1244 I Radio Maria, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta)
51CC 1894km
89.1 1244 I RAI Radio1, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1885km
89.1 1244 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Bari/Viale Unitá d´Italia 17 (ba) 5264 1824km
89.3 1244 I Radio Radicale, Bari/Piazza Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 (ba) QRG
listed as 89.35 in FM List 5210 RADICA?? 1824km
89.5 1244 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 522F
__CU???? 1384km
90.1 1244 I Radio Deejay, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta)
Strong! 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1894km
90.4 1244 I Radio Vera 24, Bari/Viale Ennio Quinto, 6/B (ba) 50EF *_VERA_* 1823km
90.7 1244 I RAI Radio1, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI) (le)
Radio Clash song, as others 1982km
90.8 1244 I Radionorba, Alberobello (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1871km
91.1 1244 I RAI Radio2, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_
1885km
91.4 1244 I Radio Sound (Bari), Adelfia (ba)5000 SOUND___ 1836km **
91.5 1244 I Radio Evangelo (Bari), Bari/Via Magna Grecia (ba) 3000 _RADIO__ EVANGELO 080_
38699__ INFORMA_ etc. 1825km
91.7 1244 I Radio Deejay, Martina Franca/Masseria Fragneto (ta) 5214 ??EEJAY_ 1884km
92.3 1244 I Radio Margherita (Radio TaGi One), Bari/Viale Japigia (ba) 5242 MARGHRTA
1825km
92.5 1244 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Alberobello/Contrada Curcio Rubini (ba) 5264
1873km
92.6 1244 I RAI Radio1, Bari/Via Eroi di Dogali (RAI) (ba) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1821km
92.9 1244 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico
Zona H (ta) Vocal ID 1894km
93.4 1244 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Gallipoli (le) Ads and ID 1975km **
93.3 1245 I Radio Deejay, Strada provinciale Molfetta-Terlizzi (ba) 5214 1804km **
93.6 1245 I Radio Selene, Terlizzi (ba) 5A49 1806km
94.8 1245 I ReteOtto, Martina Franca/Strada Porcile Palesi (ta) Vocal ID 1884km **
95.4 1245 I Radio Maria, Spinazzola/SP 32-Masseria Epitaffio (bt) 51CC ????RI?? 1801km
96.5 1245 I Radio Capital, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5219 _CAPITAL 1711km
96.7 1245 I RAI Radio2, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) 5202 ??ADIO2_ 1800km
97.0 1245 I Radionorba, Bari/Viale Ennio Quinto, 6/B (ba)5353 R-NORBA_ 1823km **
97.3 1245 I TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Iazzitello (ba)
5263 ??BUON?? 1848km
98.5 1245 I Radiosa, Tricarico or Matera 5446
98.6 1245 I Kiss Kiss Italia (Radio Europa 1), Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 531F
KK????IA 1865km
98.9 1246 I Radionorba, Andria/Contrada Montefaraone (bt) Vocal ID after ads 1787km
99.2 1246 I RAI Radio3, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) 5203 ????IO3_ 1800km
99.5 1246 I Radio Capital, Andria/Contrada Montefaraone (bt) 5219 1787km
100.2 1246 I Radio Capital, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 5219 ??????AL 1851km
100.3 1246 I Radio Capital, Altamura (ba)5219 _C?????? 1835km **
100.6 1246 I Ciccio Riccio, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 528D 1796km
100.8 1246 I Radio Carina, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 53AD R.CARINA 1851km **
101.8 1246 I Radio 24, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 5245 ??DIO_?? 1851km
102.6 1246 I RTL 102.5, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) OM ID and pops, as 103.1
1851km
102.7 1246 I RTL 102.5, Modugno/Zona industriale-Via Murari (ba) Tentative site. Pops, as
103.1 1821km **
103.1 1246 I RTL 102.5, Terlizzi/Contrada Traccia Cardellina (ba)5218 1806km **
103.3 1246 I RAI IsoRadio, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) Likely Spinazzola 5209
??I1???? 1800km **
103.6 1246 I TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Altamura or Matera 5263
103.9 1246 I RAI GR Parlamento, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba)5206 __RAI___ __GRPR__ 1796km **
103.0 1248 I RTL 102.5, Bari/Viale John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 50 Scala A (ba) 5218 RT??02.5
1825km
103.2 1248 I Puntoradio (Martina Franca), Martina Franca/Piazza Roma (ta) 5A0E PU??ORAD
1884km
103.4 1248 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Pianar (bl) 5220 ??IT???? 1135km
103.7 1248 I Radio 103 (Rutigliano), Rutigliano/Corso Cairoli, 13/A-tetto sede (ba) 5083
RADIO103 1840km
104.0 1248 I Tele Radio Padre Pio, Bari/Via Camillo Rosalba (ba) 5458 PADREPIO 1825km
105.0 1248 I Radio Capital, Vieste/Frazione Chiesiola-Strada Chiesola (fg) 5219 _CAPITAL
1720km **
105.3 1248 I RTL 102.5, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5218
RTL102.5 1894km
105.5 1248 I Radionorba, Bari/Strada vicinale San Giorgio Martire (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1823km
105.5 1248 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta)
52DD 1894km
105.9 1248 I Radionorba, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1865km
106.6 1248 I Radionorba, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5353
R-NORBA_ 1894km
106.9 1248 I Radio Capital, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 5219
_CAPITAL 1982km
107.2 1248 I Radionorba, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 5353
R-NORBA_ 1982km
107.3 1248 I R101, Modugno/Zona industriale-Via Murari (ba) 5215 1821km
107.4 1248 I Radio 105, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5211 1865km
107.9 1248 I Love FM, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5A71 LOVE_FM_ 1865km
87.7 1321 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Plješivica (gs) C201 1456km
88.4 1322 BIH Nes Radio, Banja Luka/Željeznicka Kolonija (srp) F37F 1538km
88.6 1324 HRV City Radio 88.6, Velika Gorica/Kravarsko (zg) C418 __CITY__ __RADIO_ 1411km
89.3 1324 BIH Federalni Radio, Vlašic (sbs) F209 RADIO-F. 1600km
90.5 1324 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
87.8 1325 SVN Val 202, Kuk (go) 9202 1227km
93.6 1325 BIH Big Radio 1, Banja Luka/Krcmarice (srp) F41F __BIG_1_ 1540km
97.8 1325 I Radio Azzurra Marsala, Marsala/Madonna dell'Alto Olivo (tp) 5001 _RADIO__
_AZZURRA _MARSALA TEL.0923 _989466_ 1945km
97.0 1326 BIH BH Radio 1, Vlašic (sbs) F201 1600km
94.3 1327 BIH Obiteljski Radio Valentino, Majevica/Lipik (tuz) F0D1 **ORV**_ 1623km
94.4 1327 SVN Rock Maribor, Maribor 6/Tezno (mb) 9861 1320km **
96.1 1327 HRV HRT-HR 3, Ivanšcica (vz) C203 1371km
97.2 1327 HRV Radio Kaj, Ivanšcica 2 (vz) C31F 1371km **
97.3 1327 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
98.7 1327 SVN Radio 1, Majšperk/Jelovice (mb) PI reg logged: 9442 1339km
102.0 1329 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Psunj (sb) C317 1500km
87.5 1647 I Radio Maria, Vietri sul Mare/Iaconti (sa) 51CC 1756km
87.9 1647 I RAI Radio1, Mercogliano/Monte Vergine (RAI) (av) 5201 1735km **
88.0 1647 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) Vocal ID 1749km
88.6 1647 I Radio Maria, Sant' Agata de' Goti/Laiano (bn)51CC R.MARIA_ 1708km **
89.0 1647 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Barrea (aq) 5225 1627km **
89.2 1647 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Vietri sul Mare/Iaconti (sa) 5225 1756km
89.9 1647 I m2o, Curinga/Località Collitto-Monte Contessa (cz) 5233 _M??UE?? 2009km
90.1 1647 I Radio Capital, Cascia/Monte Pozzoni (pg) 5219 1496km **
90.3 1647 I RAI Radio2, Mercogliano/Monte Vergine (RAI) (av) 5202 ??RAI___ 1735km **
90.4 1647 I R101, Castelpetroso/Monte Patalecchia (is) 5215 ??_1???? 1660km **
90.75 1647 I RAI GR Parlamento, Maddaloni/Monte San Michele (ce) 5206 1709km
91.0 1647 I Radio Delta 1, Roccaraso (aq) 1623km **
91.2 1647 I Radio Maria, Monte Stella (sa) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1816km
91.6 1647 I Radio Deejay, Cocullo/Monte della Selva (aq) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1587km **
92.0 1647 I RTL 102.5, Colli a Volturno/Via Santa Giusta (is) Vocal ID 1646km **
92.2 1647 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Palena/Località Piazzete (ch) 5225 ??SS???? 1616km **
92.3 1647 I RAI Radio3, Mercogliano/Monte Vergine (RAI) (av) 5203 ??RA???? 1735km **
92.4 1647 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Bonifati/Frazione Torrevecchia (cs) 5225 ??????SS 1969km
92.8 1647 I m2o, Monte Stella (sa) 5233 1816km
93.0 1647 I RAI GR Parlamento, Mercogliano/Monte Vergine (RAI) (av) 5206 1735km **
93.0 1647 I Radio Maria, Barrea (aq)51CC ??MARIA_ 1627km **
87.7 1648 I R101, Prezza/Monte San Còsimo (aq) 5215 _R-101__ 1591km
88.0 1648 I Radio Radicale, Carsoli/Castello (aq) 5210 ??DI??LE 1552km **
88.3 1648 I Radio Ciak due mari, Tiriolo/Monte Tiriolo (cz) 53A0 2004km **
89.4 1648 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Omignano Monte Stella (C) (sa) Vocal ID 1816km
94.4 1648 I Radio Ciao, Cocullo/Monte della Selva (aq) 59E4 R_CIAO__ 1587km **
94.7 1648 I Radio Azzurra, Rossano (cs) 5360 ??????RA 1953km **
95.3 1648 I Radio 24, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) 5245 ??DIO_?? 1959km
95.4 1648 I Radio Subasio, Giovi/Via Bottiglieri (sa) 53FD SU??SIO_ 1762km
95.9 1648 I R101, Jacurso/Monte Contessa (cz) 5215 _101__ 2009km
96.5 1648 I Radio 105, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) 5211 ??????__ 1959km
97.1 1648 I Radio 105, Jacurso/Monte Contessa (cz) Rap, as 96.5 2009km
98.7 1648 I Radio Deejay, Diamante/Contrada Felicetto (cs) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1903km
99.0 1649 I Radio Deejay, Pescara/Strada Vicinale-Masseria Farina (pe) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1576km
99.0 1649 I Radionorba, Spinoso (pz) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1858km **
99.5 1649 I ARC Rete 101, Guardia dei Lombardi (av) 5478 ARC_RETE __71282_ 1757km
100.7 1649 I RAI Radio1, Motta Montecorvino/Monte Sambuco (RAI) (fg) 5201 RADIO1__ 1698km
102.1 1649 I Radio Alfa, Vietri sul Mare or Monte Stella **
103.8 1649 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Nocara/Timpa Massa (cs) Guessing this site
5220 1896km
104.6 1650 I Radio Maria, Spinoso (pz)51CC R.??RIA_ 1858km **
105.7 1650 I R101, Spinoso/Monte Raparo (pz) 5215 1863km **
93.2 1702 I Radio Deejay, Bari/Via Principe Amedeo (ba)5214 _DEE??Y_ 1823km **
87.6 1710 I Radio Capital, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) 1848km
87.8 1710 I Ritmo 80, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) 5A72 ????O_?? ??R_?????? 1797km
89.0 1710 I Radio Capital, Barletta/Via Renato Coletta, 24 (bt) Pops, as 87.6 1776km
89.4 1710 I Kiss Kiss Italia, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 531F
1982km
90.2 1710 I Radio Puglia, Bari/Strada Santa Teresa (ba) 1828km
90.8 1710 I Radio Dara-inBlu, Brindisi-centro (br) 506F ??DARA_* 1923km
91.4 1710 I Radio Sportiva, Casarano (le) 5244 1989km **
91.6 1710 I Ciccio Riccio, Brindisi (br) 528D *CICCIO* *RICCIO* 1921km
92.0 1710 I Radio Maria, Lecce/Via Cicolella, 3-Confcommercio (le) 51CC 1959km **
92.3 1710 I R101, Brindisi (br)5215 ??????__ 1921km **
87.5 1712 I Radio Sportiva, Lecce/Via Cicolella, 3-Confcommercio (le) 5244 SPORTIVA 1959km
87.7 1712 I Radio Venere (Puglia), Lecce/Via Cicolella, 3-Confcommercio (le) 524A 1959km
90.4 1712 I Radio Deejay, Brindisi-centro (br) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1923km
106.0 1925 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada
Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5220 1894km **
Unidentified/Unlisted:
104.75 1246 I Kiss Kiss Italia, Unlisted frequency 531F
88.3 1647 I UNID, ? 53A0
101.2 1649 I UNID, ? 5080 ????ER??
** Personal 'First'
Another thoroughly enjoyable Italian session! I really enjoyed doing the detective work on this one. At first, it seemed impossible to marry the transmitter sites to the stations. Whatever area of Italy was coming through was not one of the more traditionally received parts. After spending too long on one file, playing it through several times, I realised that it was central parts of Italy was receiving. Further files and reception of some of the more local stations in these provinces confirmed this, but lots of stations 'got away' thanks to the usual multiple transmitters per frequency scenario. Nice to hear provinces such as L'Aquila, Avellino, Caserta and Isernia. These are rarely heard.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
94.0 0012 I Radio Deejay, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) 1648 5214 1959km
99.8 0029 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt)5264 1851km **
88.3 1012 I Radio Margherita, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 5242
MARGHRTA 1982km
87.5 1244 I Radio Radicale, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara (ta) 5210 RADIO_*_ RADICALE
1894km
87.7 1244 I Radio Radicale, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) OM, as 87.5 1865km
87.7 1244 I Radio Capital, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5219 1384km
87.9 1244 I Radio 105, Bari/Piazza Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 (ba) 5211
__105___ 1824km
88.1 1244 I Radio Deejay, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5214 1865km
88.2 1244 I Radio 24, Bari/Viale Luigi Einaudi, 25 (ba) 5245 O_?? 1825km
88.3 1244 I Radio 24, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta)
Strong! 5245 RADIO_24 1894km
88.5 1244 I m2o, Bari/Via Principe Amedeo (ba) 5233 _M_DUE_O 1823km
88.9 1244 I Radio Maria, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta)
51CC 1894km
89.1 1244 I RAI Radio1, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1885km
89.1 1244 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Bari/Viale Unitá d´Italia 17 (ba) 5264 1824km
89.3 1244 I Radio Radicale, Bari/Piazza Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 (ba) QRG
listed as 89.35 in FM List 5210 RADICA?? 1824km
89.5 1244 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 522F
__CU???? 1384km
90.1 1244 I Radio Deejay, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta)
Strong! 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1894km
90.4 1244 I Radio Vera 24, Bari/Viale Ennio Quinto, 6/B (ba) 50EF *_VERA_* 1823km
90.7 1244 I RAI Radio1, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI) (le)
Radio Clash song, as others 1982km
90.8 1244 I Radionorba, Alberobello (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1871km
91.1 1244 I RAI Radio2, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_
1885km
91.4 1244 I Radio Sound (Bari), Adelfia (ba)5000 SOUND___ 1836km **
91.5 1244 I Radio Evangelo (Bari), Bari/Via Magna Grecia (ba) 3000 _RADIO__ EVANGELO 080_
38699__ INFORMA_ etc. 1825km
91.7 1244 I Radio Deejay, Martina Franca/Masseria Fragneto (ta) 5214 ??EEJAY_ 1884km
92.3 1244 I Radio Margherita (Radio TaGi One), Bari/Viale Japigia (ba) 5242 MARGHRTA
1825km
92.5 1244 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Alberobello/Contrada Curcio Rubini (ba) 5264
1873km
92.6 1244 I RAI Radio1, Bari/Via Eroi di Dogali (RAI) (ba) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1821km
92.9 1244 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico
Zona H (ta) Vocal ID 1894km
93.4 1244 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Gallipoli (le) Ads and ID 1975km **
93.3 1245 I Radio Deejay, Strada provinciale Molfetta-Terlizzi (ba) 5214 1804km **
93.6 1245 I Radio Selene, Terlizzi (ba) 5A49 1806km
94.8 1245 I ReteOtto, Martina Franca/Strada Porcile Palesi (ta) Vocal ID 1884km **
95.4 1245 I Radio Maria, Spinazzola/SP 32-Masseria Epitaffio (bt) 51CC ????RI?? 1801km
96.5 1245 I Radio Capital, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5219 _CAPITAL 1711km
96.7 1245 I RAI Radio2, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) 5202 ??ADIO2_ 1800km
97.0 1245 I Radionorba, Bari/Viale Ennio Quinto, 6/B (ba)5353 R-NORBA_ 1823km **
97.3 1245 I TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Iazzitello (ba)
5263 ??BUON?? 1848km
98.5 1245 I Radiosa, Tricarico or Matera 5446
98.6 1245 I Kiss Kiss Italia (Radio Europa 1), Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 531F
KK????IA 1865km
98.9 1246 I Radionorba, Andria/Contrada Montefaraone (bt) Vocal ID after ads 1787km
99.2 1246 I RAI Radio3, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) 5203 ????IO3_ 1800km
99.5 1246 I Radio Capital, Andria/Contrada Montefaraone (bt) 5219 1787km
100.2 1246 I Radio Capital, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 5219 ??????AL 1851km
100.3 1246 I Radio Capital, Altamura (ba)5219 _C?????? 1835km **
100.6 1246 I Ciccio Riccio, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 528D 1796km
100.8 1246 I Radio Carina, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 53AD R.CARINA 1851km **
101.8 1246 I Radio 24, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 5245 ??DIO_?? 1851km
102.6 1246 I RTL 102.5, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) OM ID and pops, as 103.1
1851km
102.7 1246 I RTL 102.5, Modugno/Zona industriale-Via Murari (ba) Tentative site. Pops, as
103.1 1821km **
103.1 1246 I RTL 102.5, Terlizzi/Contrada Traccia Cardellina (ba)5218 1806km **
103.3 1246 I RAI IsoRadio, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) Likely Spinazzola 5209
??I1???? 1800km **
103.6 1246 I TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Altamura or Matera 5263
103.9 1246 I RAI GR Parlamento, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba)5206 __RAI___ __GRPR__ 1796km **
103.0 1248 I RTL 102.5, Bari/Viale John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 50 Scala A (ba) 5218 RT??02.5
1825km
103.2 1248 I Puntoradio (Martina Franca), Martina Franca/Piazza Roma (ta) 5A0E PU??ORAD
1884km
103.4 1248 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Pianar (bl) 5220 ??IT???? 1135km
103.7 1248 I Radio 103 (Rutigliano), Rutigliano/Corso Cairoli, 13/A-tetto sede (ba) 5083
RADIO103 1840km
104.0 1248 I Tele Radio Padre Pio, Bari/Via Camillo Rosalba (ba) 5458 PADREPIO 1825km
105.0 1248 I Radio Capital, Vieste/Frazione Chiesiola-Strada Chiesola (fg) 5219 _CAPITAL
1720km **
105.3 1248 I RTL 102.5, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5218
RTL102.5 1894km
105.5 1248 I Radionorba, Bari/Strada vicinale San Giorgio Martire (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1823km
105.5 1248 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta)
52DD 1894km
105.9 1248 I Radionorba, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1865km
106.6 1248 I Radionorba, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5353
R-NORBA_ 1894km
106.9 1248 I Radio Capital, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 5219
_CAPITAL 1982km
107.2 1248 I Radionorba, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 5353
R-NORBA_ 1982km
107.3 1248 I R101, Modugno/Zona industriale-Via Murari (ba) 5215 1821km
107.4 1248 I Radio 105, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5211 1865km
107.9 1248 I Love FM, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5A71 LOVE_FM_ 1865km
87.7 1321 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Plješivica (gs) C201 1456km
88.4 1322 BIH Nes Radio, Banja Luka/Željeznicka Kolonija (srp) F37F 1538km
88.6 1324 HRV City Radio 88.6, Velika Gorica/Kravarsko (zg) C418 __CITY__ __RADIO_ 1411km
89.3 1324 BIH Federalni Radio, Vlašic (sbs) F209 RADIO-F. 1600km
90.5 1324 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
87.8 1325 SVN Val 202, Kuk (go) 9202 1227km
93.6 1325 BIH Big Radio 1, Banja Luka/Krcmarice (srp) F41F __BIG_1_ 1540km
97.8 1325 I Radio Azzurra Marsala, Marsala/Madonna dell'Alto Olivo (tp) 5001 _RADIO__
_AZZURRA _MARSALA TEL.0923 _989466_ 1945km
97.0 1326 BIH BH Radio 1, Vlašic (sbs) F201 1600km
94.3 1327 BIH Obiteljski Radio Valentino, Majevica/Lipik (tuz) F0D1 **ORV**_ 1623km
94.4 1327 SVN Rock Maribor, Maribor 6/Tezno (mb) 9861 1320km **
96.1 1327 HRV HRT-HR 3, Ivanšcica (vz) C203 1371km
97.2 1327 HRV Radio Kaj, Ivanšcica 2 (vz) C31F 1371km **
97.3 1327 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
98.7 1327 SVN Radio 1, Majšperk/Jelovice (mb) PI reg logged: 9442 1339km
102.0 1329 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Psunj (sb) C317 1500km
87.5 1647 I Radio Maria, Vietri sul Mare/Iaconti (sa) 51CC 1756km
87.9 1647 I RAI Radio1, Mercogliano/Monte Vergine (RAI) (av) 5201 1735km **
88.0 1647 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) Vocal ID 1749km
88.6 1647 I Radio Maria, Sant' Agata de' Goti/Laiano (bn)51CC R.MARIA_ 1708km **
89.0 1647 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Barrea (aq) 5225 1627km **
89.2 1647 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Vietri sul Mare/Iaconti (sa) 5225 1756km
89.9 1647 I m2o, Curinga/Località Collitto-Monte Contessa (cz) 5233 _M??UE?? 2009km
90.1 1647 I Radio Capital, Cascia/Monte Pozzoni (pg) 5219 1496km **
90.3 1647 I RAI Radio2, Mercogliano/Monte Vergine (RAI) (av) 5202 ??RAI___ 1735km **
90.4 1647 I R101, Castelpetroso/Monte Patalecchia (is) 5215 ??_1???? 1660km **
90.75 1647 I RAI GR Parlamento, Maddaloni/Monte San Michele (ce) 5206 1709km
91.0 1647 I Radio Delta 1, Roccaraso (aq) 1623km **
91.2 1647 I Radio Maria, Monte Stella (sa) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1816km
91.6 1647 I Radio Deejay, Cocullo/Monte della Selva (aq) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1587km **
92.0 1647 I RTL 102.5, Colli a Volturno/Via Santa Giusta (is) Vocal ID 1646km **
92.2 1647 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Palena/Località Piazzete (ch) 5225 ??SS???? 1616km **
92.3 1647 I RAI Radio3, Mercogliano/Monte Vergine (RAI) (av) 5203 ??RA???? 1735km **
92.4 1647 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Bonifati/Frazione Torrevecchia (cs) 5225 ??????SS 1969km
92.8 1647 I m2o, Monte Stella (sa) 5233 1816km
93.0 1647 I RAI GR Parlamento, Mercogliano/Monte Vergine (RAI) (av) 5206 1735km **
93.0 1647 I Radio Maria, Barrea (aq)51CC ??MARIA_ 1627km **
87.7 1648 I R101, Prezza/Monte San Còsimo (aq) 5215 _R-101__ 1591km
88.0 1648 I Radio Radicale, Carsoli/Castello (aq) 5210 ??DI??LE 1552km **
88.3 1648 I Radio Ciak due mari, Tiriolo/Monte Tiriolo (cz) 53A0 2004km **
89.4 1648 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Omignano Monte Stella (C) (sa) Vocal ID 1816km
94.4 1648 I Radio Ciao, Cocullo/Monte della Selva (aq) 59E4 R_CIAO__ 1587km **
94.7 1648 I Radio Azzurra, Rossano (cs) 5360 ??????RA 1953km **
95.3 1648 I Radio 24, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) 5245 ??DIO_?? 1959km
95.4 1648 I Radio Subasio, Giovi/Via Bottiglieri (sa) 53FD SU??SIO_ 1762km
95.9 1648 I R101, Jacurso/Monte Contessa (cz) 5215 _101__ 2009km
96.5 1648 I Radio 105, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) 5211 ??????__ 1959km
97.1 1648 I Radio 105, Jacurso/Monte Contessa (cz) Rap, as 96.5 2009km
98.7 1648 I Radio Deejay, Diamante/Contrada Felicetto (cs) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1903km
99.0 1649 I Radio Deejay, Pescara/Strada Vicinale-Masseria Farina (pe) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1576km
99.0 1649 I Radionorba, Spinoso (pz) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1858km **
99.5 1649 I ARC Rete 101, Guardia dei Lombardi (av) 5478 ARC_RETE __71282_ 1757km
100.7 1649 I RAI Radio1, Motta Montecorvino/Monte Sambuco (RAI) (fg) 5201 RADIO1__ 1698km
102.1 1649 I Radio Alfa, Vietri sul Mare or Monte Stella **
103.8 1649 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Nocara/Timpa Massa (cs) Guessing this site
5220 1896km
104.6 1650 I Radio Maria, Spinoso (pz)51CC R.??RIA_ 1858km **
105.7 1650 I R101, Spinoso/Monte Raparo (pz) 5215 1863km **
93.2 1702 I Radio Deejay, Bari/Via Principe Amedeo (ba)5214 _DEE??Y_ 1823km **
87.6 1710 I Radio Capital, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) 1848km
87.8 1710 I Ritmo 80, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) 5A72 ????O_?? ??R_?????? 1797km
89.0 1710 I Radio Capital, Barletta/Via Renato Coletta, 24 (bt) Pops, as 87.6 1776km
89.4 1710 I Kiss Kiss Italia, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 531F
1982km
90.2 1710 I Radio Puglia, Bari/Strada Santa Teresa (ba) 1828km
90.8 1710 I Radio Dara-inBlu, Brindisi-centro (br) 506F ??DARA_* 1923km
91.4 1710 I Radio Sportiva, Casarano (le) 5244 1989km **
91.6 1710 I Ciccio Riccio, Brindisi (br) 528D *CICCIO* *RICCIO* 1921km
92.0 1710 I Radio Maria, Lecce/Via Cicolella, 3-Confcommercio (le) 51CC 1959km **
92.3 1710 I R101, Brindisi (br)5215 ??????__ 1921km **
87.5 1712 I Radio Sportiva, Lecce/Via Cicolella, 3-Confcommercio (le) 5244 SPORTIVA 1959km
87.7 1712 I Radio Venere (Puglia), Lecce/Via Cicolella, 3-Confcommercio (le) 524A 1959km
90.4 1712 I Radio Deejay, Brindisi-centro (br) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1923km
106.0 1925 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada
Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5220 1894km **
Unidentified/Unlisted:
104.75 1246 I Kiss Kiss Italia, Unlisted frequency 531F
88.3 1647 I UNID, ? 53A0
101.2 1649 I UNID, ? 5080 ????ER??
** Personal 'First'
Another thoroughly enjoyable Italian session! I really enjoyed doing the detective work on this one. At first, it seemed impossible to marry the transmitter sites to the stations. Whatever area of Italy was coming through was not one of the more traditionally received parts. After spending too long on one file, playing it through several times, I realised that it was central parts of Italy was receiving. Further files and reception of some of the more local stations in these provinces confirmed this, but lots of stations 'got away' thanks to the usual multiple transmitters per frequency scenario. Nice to hear provinces such as L'Aquila, Avellino, Caserta and Isernia. These are rarely heard.
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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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, 6 August 2015
Skegness Log: 06-08-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
92.9 2033 ALB Radio Klan, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5E0F 1964km
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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
92.9 2033 ALB Radio Klan, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5E0F 1964km
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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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, 2 August 2015
This Season's Sporadic E / Scatter / General Band Assessment and Other Stuff!
Here in Skegness, the sporadic E season didn't get going until mid June. Openings had mostly been sparse, with poor signals and very much 'bottom of the band'. The same poor conditions seem to have been felt elsewhere in the UK too, whereas band 2 DXers in eastern parts of Europe had openings more consistent with an average Es season.
Once we'd cleared the 20th June, things took off in a big way with the more familiar cross-band 'soup' you'd expect from more intense Es propagation. Signals were strong at times, but still not as strong as those experienced in the 2014 season. I base this on signal measurements taken on the Konrad XDR-GTK software. The strongest Es signals this year were from the Italians (usually the case), giving an approximate 7dB down compared with the strongest Italian signals from the 2014 season.
It wasn't all bad. In fact it was a season of contrasts. I feel like I have just been through my worst and best sporadic E season ever. Conversely, the 17th July saw my first 'double-hop' Es into the Middle East, with Istanbul stations reaching the top of the band. I thought I had moved to Istanbul! Signals actually reached GOOD levels with instant RDS right up to 108.0 MHz. Cyprus and Lebanon also made their debut appearance this year.
Had it not been for my Elad FDM-S2 SDR receiver, I could easily have missed most, if not all of those exotic catches. I had to go out during the peak of the conditions and left the FDM-S2 recording the bottom of the band which, in this case, is 87.4 to 93.4 MHz.
The Elad FDM-S2 has been nothing short of revolutionary and, without this, I would certainly have seen my smallest annual Es logbook ever, but the opposite has been true, with hundreds of loggings made on many days. This major advancement in receiving technology comes at a cost though - and I am not referring to the price. I have written elsewhere about the pros and cons of band 2 SDR DXing, but the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, the main disadvantage being the huge number of recordings which result. These are going to take me until Christmas to go through, so if anybody is wondering where my logs are this season, I am almost two months behind with these and will post as I have finished going through each day's files.
Aside from sporadic E, tropo and scatter has been hugely disappointing this season. There have been a few nice tropo surprises along the way, but most of the enhancements felt in East Anglia and the south-east of England have missed me completely. "So near and yet so far", as the saying goes. Good continental conditions have frequently been right on my doorstep, but never quite made it over the threshold and into the shack. The boundary seems to have been set in The Wash, the large bay immediately to the south of Skegness.
Scatter has been considerably down compared to last year with very few days of anything close to normal. But why? One of those annual variations I suppose.
Speaking of the weather, The Wash has had a very definite blocking effect on things this summer. The heavy rain and severe storms which have frequented this side of England this summer have just stopped or fizzled out completely after reaching The Wash. I often wonder exactly what effect The Wash has on DXing. I know parts of The Wash usually freeze over in the winter due to the waters being so shallow. In fact this part of the North Sea is shallow too and is only around 50 metres deep off our coast.
We haven't had a summer this year. Officially the sunniest coast in the UK, the east coast has probably seen more days of cloud than sun. I can recall an entire week when no sun was visible at all. Temperatures have often been around 15 degrees C. In the event of any heat arriving, the atmosphere just becomes unbearably humid as it mixes with the cooler air. When the rest of the country were enjoying their hottest July day on record with temperatures into the mid 30s (in the south-east of England), Skegness reached 27 C. I don't mind this, personally, as I don't like hot weather.
Summer 2015 has been a season of unseasonably high winds too. I have raised my antenna on a number of occasions, only to have to lower it again the following day due to high winds which have not been forecast. High winds have been another feature, hardly ever letting up. The real problem has been sudden violent gusts, the likes of which I have never experienced before. A powerful gust will appear very suddenly and we are sure we have felt the bungalow move. Venturing out reveals tree branches in the roads and the odd litter bin lying in the path of traffic. We have had a few trees blown down in the the more severe winds.
We simply don't have a local weather forecast here. What happens this side of the Lincolnshire Wolds is rarely predicted with accuracy in any weather forecast. It sounds like an exaggeration, but after having a radio friend staying here for a week recently, he too commented on how unusual our weather has been.
Rounding it all off, it's been a year of mixed fortunes, which is usually true to form, but without any real extremes, apart from the glorious sporadic E conditions of July 17th. But maybe even these were more 'normal' than we might think since the Elad FDM-S2 receiver misses very little.
Good DX!
Once we'd cleared the 20th June, things took off in a big way with the more familiar cross-band 'soup' you'd expect from more intense Es propagation. Signals were strong at times, but still not as strong as those experienced in the 2014 season. I base this on signal measurements taken on the Konrad XDR-GTK software. The strongest Es signals this year were from the Italians (usually the case), giving an approximate 7dB down compared with the strongest Italian signals from the 2014 season.
It wasn't all bad. In fact it was a season of contrasts. I feel like I have just been through my worst and best sporadic E season ever. Conversely, the 17th July saw my first 'double-hop' Es into the Middle East, with Istanbul stations reaching the top of the band. I thought I had moved to Istanbul! Signals actually reached GOOD levels with instant RDS right up to 108.0 MHz. Cyprus and Lebanon also made their debut appearance this year.
Had it not been for my Elad FDM-S2 SDR receiver, I could easily have missed most, if not all of those exotic catches. I had to go out during the peak of the conditions and left the FDM-S2 recording the bottom of the band which, in this case, is 87.4 to 93.4 MHz.
The Elad FDM-S2 has been nothing short of revolutionary and, without this, I would certainly have seen my smallest annual Es logbook ever, but the opposite has been true, with hundreds of loggings made on many days. This major advancement in receiving technology comes at a cost though - and I am not referring to the price. I have written elsewhere about the pros and cons of band 2 SDR DXing, but the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, the main disadvantage being the huge number of recordings which result. These are going to take me until Christmas to go through, so if anybody is wondering where my logs are this season, I am almost two months behind with these and will post as I have finished going through each day's files.
Aside from sporadic E, tropo and scatter has been hugely disappointing this season. There have been a few nice tropo surprises along the way, but most of the enhancements felt in East Anglia and the south-east of England have missed me completely. "So near and yet so far", as the saying goes. Good continental conditions have frequently been right on my doorstep, but never quite made it over the threshold and into the shack. The boundary seems to have been set in The Wash, the large bay immediately to the south of Skegness.
Scatter has been considerably down compared to last year with very few days of anything close to normal. But why? One of those annual variations I suppose.
Speaking of the weather, The Wash has had a very definite blocking effect on things this summer. The heavy rain and severe storms which have frequented this side of England this summer have just stopped or fizzled out completely after reaching The Wash. I often wonder exactly what effect The Wash has on DXing. I know parts of The Wash usually freeze over in the winter due to the waters being so shallow. In fact this part of the North Sea is shallow too and is only around 50 metres deep off our coast.
We haven't had a summer this year. Officially the sunniest coast in the UK, the east coast has probably seen more days of cloud than sun. I can recall an entire week when no sun was visible at all. Temperatures have often been around 15 degrees C. In the event of any heat arriving, the atmosphere just becomes unbearably humid as it mixes with the cooler air. When the rest of the country were enjoying their hottest July day on record with temperatures into the mid 30s (in the south-east of England), Skegness reached 27 C. I don't mind this, personally, as I don't like hot weather.
Summer 2015 has been a season of unseasonably high winds too. I have raised my antenna on a number of occasions, only to have to lower it again the following day due to high winds which have not been forecast. High winds have been another feature, hardly ever letting up. The real problem has been sudden violent gusts, the likes of which I have never experienced before. A powerful gust will appear very suddenly and we are sure we have felt the bungalow move. Venturing out reveals tree branches in the roads and the odd litter bin lying in the path of traffic. We have had a few trees blown down in the the more severe winds.
We simply don't have a local weather forecast here. What happens this side of the Lincolnshire Wolds is rarely predicted with accuracy in any weather forecast. It sounds like an exaggeration, but after having a radio friend staying here for a week recently, he too commented on how unusual our weather has been.
Rounding it all off, it's been a year of mixed fortunes, which is usually true to form, but without any real extremes, apart from the glorious sporadic E conditions of July 17th. But maybe even these were more 'normal' than we might think since the Elad FDM-S2 receiver misses very little.
Good DX!
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Skegness Log: 29-07-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
88.1 1042 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) A202 _R____2_ 1648km
93.3 1042 ISL Suðurland FM, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif Tentative / Presumed.
PI AF65. Thanks pe1etr for help 1648km
90.4 1043 ISL X-ið 977, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) A206 ____ID__ 1648km
92.4 1044 ISL RÚV Rás 1, Esju/Skálafell (ho) A201 RU______ 1745km
87.6 1137 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) French OM YL, as web stream 1927km
** Personal 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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
88.1 1042 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) A202 _R____2_ 1648km
93.3 1042 ISL Suðurland FM, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif Tentative / Presumed.
PI AF65. Thanks pe1etr for help 1648km
90.4 1043 ISL X-ið 977, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) A206 ____ID__ 1648km
92.4 1044 ISL RÚV Rás 1, Esju/Skálafell (ho) A201 RU______ 1745km
87.6 1137 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) French OM YL, as web stream 1927km
** Personal 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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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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