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Thursday, 23 February 2017

Skegness Log: 2017-02-23 (MW: Transatlantic)

1230 0550 USA WCMC Wildwood NJ. Oldies, as 1340 WMID web player. V weak  5721 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: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Skegness Log: 2017-02-21 (MW: Transatlantic)

1380 0600 USA WPYR Baton Rouge LA. Presume day power. EWTN ID, but thanks to Rocco 
                   Cotroneo at RealDX for sending the recording of his much clearer ID. My 
                   recording and his are clearly of the same station. Personal first! **
                   V weak  7443 km

** Personal First

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: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Thursday, 16 February 2017

Skegness Log: 2017-02-16 (MW: Transatlantic)

1390 2216  B  ZYI788 Rádio Jornal, Pesqueira (PE) Adverts, jingle and OM in // with web 
              stream at: http://radiojornal.ne10.uol.com.br/aovivo/pesqueira/web.html 
              Personal first!  V weak  7679 km **

** Personal First

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: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Thursday, 9 February 2017

Skegness Log: 2017-02-09 (MW: Transatlantic)

 670 0405 VEN YVLL Radio Rumbos, Caracas (dcf) Radio Rumbos ID with time check. Lively 
                   Latin songs. V weak  7573 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: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Friday, 3 February 2017

Skegness Log: 2017-02-03 (MW: Transatlantic)

 680 0042 PTR WAPA San Juan PR. YL talk, as web Weak  6806 km

** Personal First

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: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Skegness Log: 2017-01-31 (MW: Africa)

 891 2128 LSO LNBS Ultimate Radio, Maseru/Lancer s Gap (msr) Several soul songs, matched against 
                   the South African Kiwi SDR server stream for over an hour. Personal first! 
                   V weak  9541 km **

** Personal First

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: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Monday, 30 January 2017

Skegness Log: 2017-01-30 (Meteor Scatter)

107.2 0512 RUS Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda, Kaliningrad (KA) PI code is 7361, not 7631 as 
               reported in FM List. Received regularly via MS lately. 7361 ??DI???? 1325km
107.7 0516  S  RIX FM, Nyköping/Galgberget Telia RM (so)  E241 ????_F?? 1208km **
107.1 0630 DNK myROCK, Silkeborg/Sorring/Terpvej 37A (mjy) Jingle ID  695km **
103.1 0631 LTU Lietus, Visbutai/LRTC Taurage RTS (Tau)   ????TU?? 1440km
104.8 0631 LTU Žiniu Radijas, Visbutai/LRTC Taurage RTS (Tau)  C158 1440km

** 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.

Sunday, 29 January 2017

Skegness Log: 2017-01-29 (MW: Transatlantic)

1470 0514 USA WWBG Greensboro NC. Thank you to Fredrik Dourén and Alan Doherty (RealDX) for 
                   help with this one. V weak  6266 km **

** Personal First

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: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Friday, 27 January 2017

Skegness Log: 2017-01-27 (Tropo: S)

 89.6 0021  S  SR P1, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) YLs, as 87.7  1031km
 92.1 0022  S  SR P2, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Piano music, as web  1031km
 99.0 0023  S  SR P3, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Pops, as web  1031km
102.1 0024  S  SR P4, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Pops, behind Rangstrup, as 99.0  1031km
 93.6 0029  S  SR P2, Varberg/Rolfstorp-Grimeton TM (ha) Piano music, as web  882km

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

Skegness Log: 2017-01-27 (Tropo: Sweden)

 89.6 0021  S  SR P1, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) YLs, as 87.7  1031km
 92.1 0022  S  SR P2, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Piano music, as web  1031km
 99.0 0023  S  SR P3, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Pops, as web  1031km
102.1 0024  S  SR P4, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Pops, behind Rangstrup, as 99.0  1031km
 93.6 0029  S  SR P2, Varberg/Rolfstorp-Grimeton TM (ha) Piano music, as web  882km

The trailing edge of Thursday evening's tropo.

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.