1280 0358 PTR WCMN NotiUno, Arecibo (PR) Lively anns and IDs Weak 6849 km
1400 0400 USA WOND Newstalk-1400, Pleasantville (NJ) 'Fourteen Hundred WOND' call
letters heard mixing CBG Vweak 5673 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-03-23 (FM)
Band 2 Troposhperic:
92.0 1640 F Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) Lots of jingle IDs in promo
288km
93.3 1641 F Rire et Chansons, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) French wit, not as
good as Radio 6 92.0 285km
91.8 1642 F Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck/Cassel (59) French folk music, as web 300km
94.0 1653 G Touch FM, London pirate Vocal ID between aggressive drum and
base **
94.7 1658 G Saint FM, Burnham-on-Crouch/Mayland Hill (EN-ESX) DJ, etc. as web 168km
** Personal First
Some birthday tropo. Nice to hear the conditions up a little.
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.
92.0 1640 F Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) Lots of jingle IDs in promo
288km
93.3 1641 F Rire et Chansons, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) French wit, not as
good as Radio 6 92.0 285km
91.8 1642 F Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck/Cassel (59) French folk music, as web 300km
94.0 1653 G Touch FM, London pirate Vocal ID between aggressive drum and
base **
94.7 1658 G Saint FM, Burnham-on-Crouch/Mayland Hill (EN-ESX) DJ, etc. as web 168km
** Personal First
Some birthday tropo. Nice to hear the conditions up a little.
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.
Saturday, 19 March 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-03-19 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
94.6 1820 D MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Level 42 song then ID 712km
98.4 1827 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) German OM, as web 748km
106.3 1827 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) OM, as web 748km
99.6 1905 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) IDs 612km
105.6 2053 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) Weak and mixing Donnersberg. Pops, as web
917km
107.3 2059 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) ID and news 813km
102.9 2101 D RPR 1., Bad Marienberg (rlp) ID after news 592km
87.7 2106 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) OMs, as 98.0 709km
101.4 2106 F France Bleu Alsace, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) YL and pops, as web 709km
89.6 2116 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Mount Leinster (CW) Irish music (94.0 Na Gael also present).
Well above RDS level but not RDSing 480km
Fleeting bursts of troposhperic activity, the areas propagating moving around quite rapidly. One minute Strasbourg was received weakly, then 15 minutes later, it would be south-east UK stations. Then minutes later, Luxembourg 100.7 lifted up.
Ireland was a surprise, noticed while beamed south-east, horizontally! Swinging the beam around to the west, vertically, brought Mount Leinster in very well, but it would not RDS, in spite of being in the 50s dB.
All gone by local midnight.
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.
94.6 1820 D MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Level 42 song then ID 712km
98.4 1827 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) German OM, as web 748km
106.3 1827 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) OM, as web 748km
99.6 1905 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) IDs 612km
105.6 2053 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) Weak and mixing Donnersberg. Pops, as web
917km
107.3 2059 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) ID and news 813km
102.9 2101 D RPR 1., Bad Marienberg (rlp) ID after news 592km
87.7 2106 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) OMs, as 98.0 709km
101.4 2106 F France Bleu Alsace, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) YL and pops, as web 709km
89.6 2116 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Mount Leinster (CW) Irish music (94.0 Na Gael also present).
Well above RDS level but not RDSing 480km
Fleeting bursts of troposhperic activity, the areas propagating moving around quite rapidly. One minute Strasbourg was received weakly, then 15 minutes later, it would be south-east UK stations. Then minutes later, Luxembourg 100.7 lifted up.
Ireland was a surprise, noticed while beamed south-east, horizontally! Swinging the beam around to the west, vertically, brought Mount Leinster in very well, but it would not RDS, in spite of being in the 50s dB.
All gone by local midnight.
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.
Friday, 18 March 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-03-18 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
106.8 2052 G Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) ID and pops. Weak but noise free 461km
103.7 2056 D NDR Info, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) Phone-in, as web. Good but
no RDS due to enhanced Lille mixing 504km
88.3 2100 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) ID on the hour 565km
93.8 2101 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341 B??????1 565km
93.8 2104 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341 BREMEN_1 565km
91.1 2109 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Very good signal! D381 NDR1_NDS 543km
102.0 2150 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Lingen-Damaschke (nds) D210 __DLF___ 477km
One of several low-level tropo events which have struggled to develop further in the long-lasting high pressure we've had over the last week.
Other minor enhancements have been to Belgium or North Wales. I haven't had a lot of time to listen.
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.
106.8 2052 G Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) ID and pops. Weak but noise free 461km
103.7 2056 D NDR Info, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) Phone-in, as web. Good but
no RDS due to enhanced Lille mixing 504km
88.3 2100 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) ID on the hour 565km
93.8 2101 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341 B??????1 565km
93.8 2104 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341 BREMEN_1 565km
91.1 2109 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Very good signal! D381 NDR1_NDS 543km
102.0 2150 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Lingen-Damaschke (nds) D210 __DLF___ 477km
One of several low-level tropo events which have struggled to develop further in the long-lasting high pressure we've had over the last week.
Other minor enhancements have been to Belgium or North Wales. I haven't had a lot of time to listen.
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.
Monday, 14 March 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-03-16 (MW)
1270 0557 USA WRLZ Radio Luz, Eatonville (FL) Back end of ID "... doce setenta, La Estación
del Pueblo". Thanks to Fredrik Dourén at RealDX for help. Weak 6975 km **
1310 0600 USA WLOB, Portland (ME) Sung jingle, OM ID - WLOB Portland wlobradio.com
Fair 5100 km
1430 0600 USA WKOX Mia 1430, Everett (MA) "14-30 WKOX Everett ... an i-Heart Radio Station".
Thanks to Paul Crankshaw at RealDX for spotting the ID Fair 5236 km
** Personal First
A good morning, but not the best one for hearing IDs with stations fading on the hour, etc., but there were a lot of interesting things happening. 1340 had a station with a fair to good signal, but the splatter from adjacent 1341 kept it at bay. 1340 is an extremely difficult frequency.
1460 had a US station with EWTN religious programming. There are two possibilities there.
1490 had a partial top of the hour ID which seemed to suggest a religious format as I'm sure I could hear "(We are)? The Love W1 (the one)? .... ".
There were Latin stations all over the place. This would have been a big log had I been able to identify everything heard, but that's medium wave for you.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
del Pueblo". Thanks to Fredrik Dourén at RealDX for help. Weak 6975 km **
1310 0600 USA WLOB, Portland (ME) Sung jingle, OM ID - WLOB Portland wlobradio.com
Fair 5100 km
1430 0600 USA WKOX Mia 1430, Everett (MA) "14-30 WKOX Everett ... an i-Heart Radio Station".
Thanks to Paul Crankshaw at RealDX for spotting the ID Fair 5236 km
** Personal First
A good morning, but not the best one for hearing IDs with stations fading on the hour, etc., but there were a lot of interesting things happening. 1340 had a station with a fair to good signal, but the splatter from adjacent 1341 kept it at bay. 1340 is an extremely difficult frequency.
1460 had a US station with EWTN religious programming. There are two possibilities there.
1490 had a partial top of the hour ID which seemed to suggest a religious format as I'm sure I could hear "(We are)? The Love W1 (the one)? .... ".
There were Latin stations all over the place. This would have been a big log had I been able to identify everything heard, but that's medium wave for you.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Saturday, 12 March 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-03-12 (MW)
1700 0500 USA KVNS Brownsville TX. Fox Sports Weak 8225 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Friday, 11 March 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-03-12 (MW)
1380 0359 USA KRCM Beaumont TX. ID before the hour. Other IDs also heard between 0331 and 0359.
(Using their daytime power at night.) Thanks to everybody who confirmed the IDs.
V weak 7764 km **
** Personal First
Glad I caught this one before they fix their night time transmitter power-down problem is fixed.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
(Using their daytime power at night.) Thanks to everybody who confirmed the IDs.
V weak 7764 km **
** Personal First
Glad I caught this one before they fix their night time transmitter power-down problem is fixed.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-03-09 (MW)
1520 0159 CLM HJLI Su Presencia, Bogotá. "Su Presencia 15-20 AM" ID. Thank you Mauricio
Molano at RealDX for spotting the ID for me. V weak 8555 km **
** Personal First
Heard a few times when I lived in Nottinghamshire when it was called Radio Libertad, this is the first time I've heard this in Skegness.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
Molano at RealDX for spotting the ID for me. V weak 8555 km **
** Personal First
Heard a few times when I lived in Nottinghamshire when it was called Radio Libertad, this is the first time I've heard this in Skegness.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
Saturday, 5 March 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-03-05 (MW)
1150 0600 USA WHBY Kimberly WI. News-Talk 11-50 WHBY ID Fair 6176 km
1270 0600 USA WXYT Detroit MI. This is WXYT .... WXYT Detroit Weak 6028 km
1540 0600 USA KXEL, Waterloo IA. ID - "The voice of eastern Iowa, News-Talk 15-40
KXEL Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids ... Fox News Radio, I'm Carl ... "
Fair 6547 km
A slight improvement here this morning.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
1270 0600 USA WXYT Detroit MI. This is WXYT .... WXYT Detroit Weak 6028 km
1540 0600 USA KXEL, Waterloo IA. ID - "The voice of eastern Iowa, News-Talk 15-40
KXEL Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids ... Fox News Radio, I'm Carl ... "
Fair 6547 km
A slight improvement here this morning.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-03-01 (MW)
1270 0628 CAN CJCB, Sydney (NS) "Lots of country and lots of fun too. This is Cape Breton's country music station, 12-70 CJCB" Fair 4290 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
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