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Sunday, 4 November 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-11-04 (MW: Transatlantic)

1420 0033 USA WOC Davenport IA. Now, here's another hour of ... at from the WOC Studios ... 
              Frequent mentions of the Tri Cities area.  Weak  6490 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

Saturday, 3 November 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-11-03 (MW: Transatlantic)

 680 2122 USA KBRW Barrow AK. Rap documentary, as web. Just breaking through the noise.  
             V weak  6061 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, 2 November 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-11-02 (MW: Transatlantic)

1280 0630 USA WWTC Minneapolis MN. ID - 12-80 The Patriot. Many thanks Jan Alvestad, Andrew 
              Brade and Neil Kazaross at RealDX for listening and confirmation.  
              V weak  6387 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

Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-31 (MW: Asia Transatlantic)

1290 0600 CAN CFRW Winnipeg MB. TSN 12-90 IDs V weak  6221 km **
 930 0613 CAN CJCA Edmonton AB. AM Nine Thirty The Light ID between Christian songs. 
              V weak  6687 km
1060 0629 CAN CKMX Calgary AB. Presumed with comedy sketches. Still no ID. V weak  6919 km
 680 0700 CAN CJOB Winnipeg MB. Newsradio Six Eighty CJOB ID. Fair peaks! Weak  6228 km
1160 0700 USA KSL Salt Lake City UT. ID and ABC News Weak  7733 km **
1278 1900  J  JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) YL RKB Radio ID. Dominant! 
              Weak  9226 km
 891 2000 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle V weak  9753 km
1296 2000 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle V weak  9753 km
1430 2301 USA KZQZ St. Louis MO. Fair peaks! News items at this time. KZQZ ID and then 
              oldies until power down at 23:29. Sung jingle IDs at 23:11 and 23:21.
              Fair  6713 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, 30 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-30 (MW: Asia)

1134 1659 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) YL HLKC ID Weak  8723 km
 927 1800 TWN BCC Country Network, Taichung (TC) Top of the hour jingle down in the noise 
              V weak  9692 km
1017 1800 TWN BCC Country Network, Hsinchu (HC) Top of the hour jingle V weak  9628 km
1296 1800 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle heard in the pile-up 
              V weak  9753 km
 891 1900 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle V weak  9753 km
1278 2100  J  JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Surprise peak! RKB Radio ID, time 
              signal, then OM shouts News Headlines. Weak  9226 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, 29 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-29 (MW: Transatlantic)

 770 0326 CAN CHQR Calgary AB. Initially spotted at 03:26. No IDs but lots of fade-ins 
              and mostly above WABC. Many mentions of Calgary and Alberta and .ca web 
              addresses. CHQR's offset, but still no IDs. (Grrr!) Has to be CHQR. 
              Weak  6934 km
 750 0509 CAN CKJH Melfort SK. CK750.com announcement at 05:09:21 between rock oldies 
              Weak  6354 km
 660 0522 CAN CFFR Calgary AB. 6-60 News IDs. Calgary news and mention of 660news.com 
              Weak  6940 km
1060 0548 CAN CKMX Calgary AB. Presumed with non-stop comedy. Weak but clear peaks between 
              0448 and 0730.  Weak  6919 km
1140 0608 CAN CHRB High River A.) Pops. Southern Alberta's Community Radio, AM 11-40. 
              Weak  6915 km
 930 0610 CAN CJCA Edmonton AB. Christian music then OM ID AM 9-30 The Light 
              V weak  6687 km
1510 0631 USA KCKK Littleton CO. Back to back rock music. Very weak at this point, but 
              mention of 93.7 heard. V weak  7442 km
 950 0639 CAN CFAM Altona MB. Presumed with gentle music, as 1250 CHSM. Offset 949.9997 
              V weak  6315 km
 680 0645 CAN CJOB Winnipeg MB. CJOB IDs in pile-up Weak  6228 km
1250 0948 CAN CHSM Steinbach MB. Presumed with gentle music, as 950 CFAM. Offset 1249.9999
              Weak  6228 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, 27 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-27 (MW: Transatlantic)

1420 0600 USA WOC Davenport IA. "Newstalk 14-20 WOC Davenport." then "Tri Cities news 
              leader."? V weak  6490 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, 26 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-26 (MW: Transatlantic)

1350 0102 USA KRNT Des Moines IA. 1350 ESPN Des Moines sports leader. KRNT ID. 
              V weak  6670 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

Thursday, 25 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-25 (MW: Transatlantic)

1300 0300 USA WOOD Grand Rapids MI. Newsradio Wood ID Weak  6112 km
1040 0600 USA WHO Des Moines IA. WHO call letters clearly heard between splatter.  
              Weak  6649 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

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