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Sunday, 21 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-21 (Tropo: F)

107.6 0909  F  Légende FM, Plouguernau/Grouanec (29) ID after French song  607km **
106.6 0926  F  Radio Classique, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) Classical, as web  629km **

** 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)

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

Friday, 19 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-19 (MW: Asia)

612 1800  J  JOLK NHK Radio 1, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Time signal and NHK ID. V weak but NHK 
             noted in OM ID and confirmed by Hiroo Nakagawa in Japan.  V weak  9242 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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-18 (MW: Asia Transatlantic)

1070 0243 CLM HJCG Radio Santa Fé, Bogotá D. C. (bdc) OK ID between Latin rhythms 
              Weak  8563 km
1480 0358 USA WGVU Kentwood MI. Real Oldies 14-80 ID and Kinks song Weak  6103 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Voice Of America 
              ID Weak  9410 km
1134 1800 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) KBS 3 Radio ID and time signal. Also 
              audible with ID at 1700. Weak  8723 km
1296 1800 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle signal thingy 
              V weak  9753 km
1413 1958  J  JOIF KBC Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Japanese OM and YL. Time signal 
              on the hour. Drowned out by Moldova on the hour.  Weak  9224 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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-17 (MW: Transatlantic)

1510 2300 USA WWBC Cocoa FL. WWBC Cocoa ID mixing WLAC Weak  6951 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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Saturday, 13 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-13 (MW: Transatlantic)

1500 2314 USA KSTP Saint Paul MN. ESPN 15 Hundred IDs 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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Tuesday, 9 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-09 (Tropo: POL D)

105.8 0833  D  Ostseewelle, Helpterberg (mev) YL ID  881km
107.6 0840  D  Ostseewelle, Garz (Rügen) (mev) YL ID and pops  865km
105.0 0844 POL Radio ZET, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) Pops, as web  1195km
101.7 0848 POL Radio Plus, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) Abbas Dancing Queen, as web  1195km
107.2 0936  D  Deutschlandfunk (Dlf), Warendorf (nrw) YL, as web  534km
103.7 0952 POL PR Radio Gdansk, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) YL, as web  1195km
 95.7 0958 POL PR 1, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) Ads, as web  1195km
 98.4 0959 POL RMF FM, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) Ads and traffic, as web  1195km
 99.9 1001 POL PR 3, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) YL news  1195km
 97.4 1003 POL PR 3, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) OM and YL  1085km
107.9 1015 POL PR 1, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) OM, as web  1085km
 92.5 1017 POL PR Radio Koszalin, Bialogard/Slawoborze (ZP) YL and OM, as web  1017km

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, 6 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-06 (MW: Asia Transatlantic)

 750 0106 USA WSB Atlanta GA. YL with WSB ID, then weather, further IDs. 
              In the clear on CBGY fade. Weak     6725 km
 890 0204 USA WLS Chicago IL. Get news on the hour ... continuous coverage on WLS.  
              Weak  6334 km
 570 0525 CAN CFCB Corner Brook NL. Your VOCM ID between pops.  Fair  3990 km
1680 0559 USA KRJO Monroe LA. KRJO Monroe, more variety and more ... V weak  7325 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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Friday, 5 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-05 (MW: Asia)

1035 1800 CHN CNR1, Multi-tx Time signal and Beijing time ID Weak **

** 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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Thursday, 4 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-04 (MW: Asia Transatlantic)

1470 0600 CAN CJVB Vancouver BC. Mostly at 'time signal' level. Three pips heard at 0500 
              and 0600 and with some Chinese language before the hour at 0600. 
              V weak  7453 km
1188 2000  J  JOKP NHK Radio 1, Kitami (hok) Time signal and Japanese OM before the hour. 
              Killed by Iran. Weak  8682 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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Monday, 1 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-01 (MW: Asia)

1413 1800 CHN UNID Chinese time signal. Audio very poor. Nei Menggu RGD Nongcun Muqu Guangbo 
              logged in Scandinavia but also several  Xinjiang RGD outlets listed here.  
              V weak

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag