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Saturday, 2 June 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-06-02 (Es: I HRV)

103.3 0915  I  Radio 24, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) 
               5245 ISORADIO RAI103.3 1841km
104.5 2230  I  Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Altamura/Contrada Murgia di Serraficaia-
               Masseria Franchini (ba) Vocal ID  1813km **
 87.7 2259  I  TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Napoli/Camaldoli-Eremo (na) 5263 1718km
 87.9 2259  I  Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 
               Mr I predict the future, as 88.6  1730km
 88.2 2259  I  Radio 24, Bari/Strada Santa Teresa (ba) 5245 1828km
 88.3 2259  I  Radio Deejay, Molfetta/Contrada Regina Margherita (ba) Vocal ID  1801km
 88.5 2259  I  m2o, Bari/Piazza Aldo Moro, 8-Grand Hotel Leon d´Oro (ba) 5233 1823km
 88.6 2259  I  Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Vico Equense/Monte Faito (na) 5427 _*_RCS_* 1751km
 89.1 2259  I  RAI Radio1, Martina Franca/Masseria Fragneto (RAI) (ta) 5201 *Radio1_ 1885km
 89.5 2259  I  Radio Deejay, Sirolo/Monte Conero (an) Club track, as 92.4  1447km
 89.8 2259  I  Radio Italia Anni 60 (Puglia), Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Nisco-
               Strada Panoramica (ba) 52DD R.IT??IA ??NI_60_ 1839km
 91.1 2259  I  RAI Radio2, Martina Franca/Masseria Fragneto (RAI) (ta) 5202 *Radio2_ 1885km
 91.6 2259  I  Radio Maria, Terlizzi/Località Cardellina (ba) 51CC R.MA??A_ 1806km
 91.7 2259  I  Radio Maria, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) 
               51CC ??????A_ 1709km
 91.8 2259  I  Radio Flor Levante, Terlizzi/Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 76-tetto sede (ba) 
               Vocal ID and Facebook address  1806km **
 92.0 2259  I  Radio Maria, Lecce/Via Cicolella, 3-Confcommercio (le) YL, as others  1959km
 92.1 2259  I  Radio Freccia, Napoli/Via Leonardo Bianchi snc (na) 5293 ??ADIO?? ??RE???? 1718km
 92.4 2259  I  Radio Deejay, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) 5214 1709km
 92.5 2259  I  Ciccio Riccio, Bisceglie/S.S. 16 bis (via Lama di Macina)-
               Zona Industriale (bt) 528D 1796km **
 93.3 2259  I  Radio Deejay, Terlizzi/Località Cardellina (ba) Club track, as 92.4  1806km
 93.3 2300  I  Radio Radicale, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via del Golfo (an) 5210 1435km
 93.6 2300  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Terlizzi/Località Cardellina (ba) 5264 1806km
 93.8 2300  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, Brindisi/Strada provinciale Formosa (br) 5225 1924km **
 94.2 2300  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Molfetta/Strada provinciale Terlizzi-
               Molfetta, km 1 (ba) Lively discussion, as 93.6  1803km
 94.6 2300  I  RAI Radio1, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) 5201 *Radio1_ 1800km
 94.8 2300  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Termoli/Via Martiri della Resistenza, 108 (cb) 
               Lively discussion, as 93.6  1651km **
 95.4 2300  I  Radio Maria, Spinazzola/SS 168-Masseria Epitaffio (bt) YL, as others  1801km **
 95.4 2300  I  RAI Radio2, Vico del Gargano (RAI) (fg) 5202 1709km **
 95.4 2300  I  Radio Mater, Bari/Piazza Giulio Cesare, 13 (ba) 5158 R.?????? 1828km
 95.7 2300  I  Radio Italia Anni 60, Terlizzi/Località Cardellina (ba) OM ID  1806km **
 96.7 2300  I  RAI Radio2, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) 5202 1800km
 97.0 2300  I  Radionorba, Bari/Piazza Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 (ba) 
               5353 1824km
 97.2 2300  I  Radio 24, San Donato di Lecce/Località Occhio di Asino (le) 
               5245 ??????24 1967km
 97.3 2300  I  Radio Logos, Foggia/Via Trinitapoli, km 1.500 (fg) 5AF3 1729km
 97.5 2300  I  Radio Capital, Monopoli/Contrada Aratico- Via delle Querce-
              Traliccio Multireti (ba) Jingle ID  1870km
 98.9 2300  I  Radionorba, Andria/Contrada Montefaraone (bt) 5353 1787km
 99.5 2301  I  Radio Capital, Bari/Via Alessandro Maria Calefati, 95 (ba) 
               5219 ??APITAL 1823km
100.0 2301  I  Radio 105, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Faccilusso (ba) 
               "In The Club" ID  1850km
100.3 2301  I  Radio Capital, Altamura/Contrada Murgia di Serraficaia-
               Masseria Franchini (ba) 5219 ????ITAL 1813km
100.6 2301  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, Barletta/Via XVI Settembre 1959, 6 (bt) 
               Vocal ID  1776km **
100.8 2301  I  Radio 24, Mola di Bari/Masseria Pepe (ba) 5245 1844km **
101.8 2301  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, Monopoli/Contrada Aratico- Via delle Querce-
               Traliccio Multireti (ba) 5225 1870km
102.0 2301 HRV HRT Radio Split, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C31A 1643km
102.5 2301  I  RTL 102.5, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Faccilusso (ba) YL, as 103.1  1850km
102.9 2301  I  RTL 102.5, Fasano/Frazione Selva di Fasano-Viale del Buco (br) 
               YL, as 103.1  1871km
103.0 2301  I  RTL 102.5, Bari/Viale John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 50 Scala A (ba) 
               YL, as 103.1  1825km
103.1 2301  I  RTL 102.5, Terlizzi/Località Cardellina (ba) 5218 RT?????? 1806km
103.3 2301  I  Radio 24, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) 5245 1841km
103.3 2301  I  RAI IsoRadio, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) 
               5209 ISORADIO RAI103.3 1800km
103.9 2301  I  Radio Maria, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Faccilusso (ba) 51CC 1850km
103.9 2301  I  RAI GR Parlamento, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) 5206 1800km
104.0 2301  I  RAI GR Parlamento, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 
               Club track, as 103.9  1711km
104.1 2301  I  Radio 24, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Faccilusso (ba) 5245 1850km
104.2 2301  I  TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) 5263 1797km
104.9 2301  I  Radio 105, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via del Golfo (an) Vocal ID  1435km
105.2 2301  I  Radio 105, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) Vocal ID  1797km
107.6 2301  I  RTL 102.5, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) 
               5218 ????02?? 1709km
107.8 2301  I  Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 
               5220 R_ITALIA 1711km

** Personal First

A predictable Italian opening, full of predictability. I almost wet myself with the excitement of it all.

I know. How about a game? Let's make this fun. See if you can spot the Croatian!

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)

Antenna:
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

Monday, 28 May 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-05-28 (Es: ALG E I)

 87.7 1604 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) OM mentioning Chlef  1913km
 88.1 1604 ALG Radio Batna, Metlili (5) 2405 2033km
 88.9 1604  I  RAI Radio1, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ss) 5201 1520km
 90.4 1604 ALG Radio Setif, Meghriss (19) 2419 1911km
 91.0 1604  I  Radio Maria, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ss) 51CC 1521km
100.7 1606 ALG Radio Coran & Culture, Kef El Akhal (25) 2206 ??CO???? 1927km
101.8 1606 ALG Chaîne 1, Akfadou (6) 2201 ??AINE_1 1867km

Here is my first sporadic E logbook of 2018.

This was the beginning of one of the worst E season I can remember. This opening brought in only a few of the most regular of regulars, and even they struggled, not one of them achieving full RDS.

What a late start to the season too! This wasn't a problem at the time as my life was turning various corners and I was quite happy not to be missing something exotic, but I made the decision that I would try an experiment this season and record everything with my antenna vertical, purely in the hope of catching something different.

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)

Antenna:
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

Saturday, 21 April 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-04-21 (Tropo: BEL F)

105.0 0814 BEL Radio Media, Ronse/Kluisbergen (vlg-ovl) 
               OMs talk then Dutch song, as web  347km **
106.9 0818 BEL Radio FM Gold, Meulebeke (vlg-wvl) Laid-back OM and oldies, as web stream. 
               Almost noise free.  317km **
107.1 0824 BEL Family Radio (Formerly S-Radio), Oostende/Residentie De Mast (vlg-wvl) 
               OM ID and Dutch music  278km
107.4 0825 BEL Stadsradio Oostende 1, Oostende/Residentie De Mast (vlg-wvl) 
               Jingle ID 6334 278km **
107.6 0827 BEL IRO, Izegem/Lendeleedsestraat (vlg-wvl) Jingle ID and pops  318km
107.5 0837 BEL IRO, Unlisted transmitter Pops, as 107.6  
106.8 0846 BEL X-Ray FM, Torhout (vlg-wvl) Jingle ID and interesting club music  299km **
104.0 0849 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/The Hotel (bru) Discussion, as web  377km
103.6 0852 BEL VBRO, Oostende/Residentie De Mast (vlg-wvl)  637B 278km
105.8 0856 BEL Radio Kompas, Koekelare (Ichtegem/Vinkensveldstraat) (vlg-wvl) 
               63E9 _RADIO__ _KOMPAS_ 295km __100___ PROCENT_ __HITS__ 0495/___ 042.895_
105.7 0902 BEL T.R.O., Oostkamp (vlg-wvl) Jingle: TRO The Music Is Yours 6B89 296km
105.3 0906 BEL Urgent.fm, Gent/UG Complex Ledeganck (vlg-ovl) Pops, as web  330km
104.7 0916 BEL Radio Max, Aalter (vlg-ovl) Dutch pop song, Max jingle 6C21 314km
107.7 0929 BEL Star FM, Unlisted 6219 ????eI?? Jingle and vocal IDs. Dance music.   **
 88.0 1008 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Kortrijk/Diksmuidekaai 6 (vlg-wvl) Jingle ID  327km **
 88.9 1011 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide (vlg-wvl) Dutch pops, as web  294km
104.8 1044 BEL Westradio, Koksijde/Residentie 21 (vlg-wvl) Jingle ID  276km **
106.2 1050 BEL C-Fun, Knokke-Heist (vlg-wvl) Jingle ID  287km **
106.5 1051 BEL Radio Oost West, Tielt/ITC (vlg-wvl) Soft music and OM, as web  316km
106.6 1053  F  Radio Campus Lille, Lille/Cité Scientifique (59) Over Waltham  342km
106.3 1103 BEL Radio Max, Eeklo/Leopoldlaan 88 (vlg-ovl) 
               Full ID before late news. Same as 104.7  308km
105.9 1107 BEL LRM Radio, Bree/Luytenstraat 48 (vlg-lim) News and ads, as web  426km **

** Personal First

It seems like a long time since I have had tropo this good. When was the last big tropo? I honestly don't remember.

Belgium was the main contender and signals were good from the regulars. Going vertical brought in several new locals at the top of the band.

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

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-02-22 (MW: Transatlantic)

1560 0720 USA KGOW TX. Presumed, with YL in presumed Vietnamese!  Fair  7808 km **

** Personal First

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

Sunday, 18 February 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-02-18 (MW: Transatlantic)

1480 0503 PTR WMDD Fajardo PR. Mention of Fajardo and Puerto Rico. Possibly WMDD
              call is there too. 
Thanks to Fredrik Dourén RealDX for help. V weak  6790 km

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, 15 February 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-02-15 (MW: Transatlantic)

1640 0559 USA WSJP Sussex WI. Live ... with Father ... on Relevant Radio. V weak, in the 
                   mush. V weak 6237 km

** Personal First

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

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-02-14 (MW: Transatlantic & Asia)

1490 0223 USA WBAE Portland ME. ID - Maine's Talk Radio .... 14-90 WBAE  5098 km **
1360 0400 USA WDRC Hartford CT. Tricky copy in 1368 splatter. Yes - Manx Radio Splatters 
                   like hell! Heard WDRC Hartford mentioned but also other stations on 
                   network mentioned. Not alone. Weak  5381 km
1150 0559 CAN CKOC Hamilton ON. Mention of TSN Sports, CKOC AM ID. Also mentioning Bell 
                   Media.  Weak  5736 km **
1413 1800  J  JOIF KBC Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Time signal.   9224 km

** Personal First

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, 13 February 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-02-13 (MW: Transatlantic)

 570 0100 CAN CFCB Corner Brook NL. Throughout the morning with pops, as 590 VOCM  3990 km
 580 0429 CAN CFRA Ottawa ON. Newstalk 5-80 CFRA ID Weak  5333 km
 670 0454 USA WSCR Chicago IL. " ... number one sports station in Chicago, Sportsradio 6-70 
                   The Score. 670thescore.com Chicago's sports station." **
                   https://youtu.be/cW2O9zpCtSA Weak  6318 km
 720 0503 USA WGN  Chicago IL. Competing nicely with BBC. No ID as such but who else? 
                   https://youtu.be/kvNa_d4m84Y Fair  6310 km
1510 2329 USA WRRD Waukesha WI. Lively OM in English with Newstalk 15-10 WRRD ID. 
                   Signing off. Best on USB. Weak  6242 km **

** Personal First

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, 9 February 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-02-09 (MW: Transatlantic)

1500 2318 USA KSTP Saint Paul MN. Promo for The Ride With Reusse show and KSTP ESPN 15 
                   Hundred ID. Mentions of the Twin Cities. Almost fair levels! 
                   Weak  6364 km **

** Personal First

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, 8 February 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-02-08 (MW: Transatlantic)

1480 0130 USA WLMV Madison WI. La Movida ID and lively Latin music Weak  6312 km **
1150 0159 USA WHBY Kimberly WI. Promo for the Dave Ramsey Show on WHBY. Legal ID includes 
              Milwaukee sports team, splattered to bits by 1152. Fair  6157 km
1370 0200 USA WDEA Ellsworth ME. This is AM 13-70 WDEA Ellsworth. A Townsquare Media 
              Station. Fair  4929 km

** Personal First

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