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Monday, 18 May 2020

Holbeach Log: 2020-05-18 (Es: LIE SUI I)

 87.5 1040  I  Radio RTT (Radio Tele Trentino), Trento/Cima Palon (tn) 5340 1105km **
 87.8 1039 LIE Radio FM1, Vaduz/Schlosswald Erbi OM ID and pops 4F04 __??1___ 935km **
 87.9 1040  I  Radio 105, Aviano/Castaldia-Piancavallo (Col del Lovo) (pn) 
               Vocal ID  1176km **
 88.2 1040 LIE Radio SRF 1, Vaduz/Schlosswald Erbi OM interview. As web stream archive. 
               Thank you Franco for help with the programme links.  935km **
 89.0 1040  I  RAI Radio2, Vò/Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5202 *Rad??2_ 1197km **
 89.4 1040 SUI Radio SRF 1, Malix/Malixer Alp (gr) As 88.2. Strongly suspect this tx as 
               other SRF txs off path. Not Gebidem  as 90.8 not present  962km **
 89.9 1040  I  RAI Radio3, Vò/Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5203 *Rad??3_ 1197km **
 91.7 1040 SUI Radio SRF 1, St. Antönien/Hartmisch Alp (gr) OM interview, as 88.2 
               and 89.4  963km **

** Personal first

What a day!

Starting off this morning with low power transmitters in Lichtenstein and Switzerland at the bottom of the band. Italy also appeared with some unusual transmitters from around Trento and Udine. Lichtenstein is a personal first. In fact, I don't recall even seeing Lichtenstein being logged anywhere before, though I'm sure it had been.

Then an opening to Romania later in the afternoon, which I deliberately ignored. It was only a few of the high power Es regulars, but there was some exotic sounding middle eastern stuff at the bottom of the band at the onset of this. It was all too weak/brief.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)

Saturday, 16 May 2020

Holbeach Log: 2020-05-16 (Meteor Scatter)

103.4 1617 POL RMF FM, Lebork/Skórowo Nowe (PM) 3F44 _RMF_FM_ 1134km **
103.5 0534 DNK Radio 4, Årsballe/Aarsballe By 55 (hvs)  9204 971km
103.8 0501 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Șiria (AR)  EE00 RRACTUAL 1706km
103.9 0458 FIN Radio Nova, Turku - Åbo/Kaarina-Kuusisto, Vuolahdentie 137 (vs)  
               6209 ????VA?? 1552km
103.9 0518  I  Radio Padova, Teolo/Monte Madonna (pd)  5360 1192km
103.9 0531 DNK Nova, Næstved/Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl)  9205 __??VA?? 782km
103.9 0540 SVN ARS, Kum (ce)  9203 1317km
103.9 0718  D  Radio SAW, Salzwedel Fleetmark (san)  D3D9 _S?????? 739km
104.1 0531  D  delta radio, Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs)  D3E9 _d????__ 694km
104.1 0745 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH)  EE00 RRACTUAL 1677km
104.1 0748  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) Ad for de SWR4 
               Schlagerparty  717km
104.2 0450 LVA LR 4 Doma Laukums, Ignašani/LVRTC Rezeknes RTS (Rzk) 9244 1763km **
104.7 0532 FIN Radio Nova, Tampere - Tammerfors/Teisko (pi)  6209 1684km
105.1 0726 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB)  B202 ??AR???? 1649km
107.3 0512  D  Ostseewelle, Schwerin (mev)  D379 _OSTSEE_ 739km
107.3 0718  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes)  D364 729km
107.3 0745 CZE CRo Zlín, Uherský Brod/Cerná hora (ZL) V weak. High RDS level! 2E02 1289km
107.4 0718 POL Radio VOX FM, Poznan/Komin EC Karolin (WP) 3209 1121km **
107.5 0450 LVA LR 1, Ignašani/LVRTC Rezeknes RTS (Rzk)  9211 __LR???? 1763km **
107.5 0512 POL PR 24, Lebork/Skórowo Nowe (PM) 3223 _Slowem_ Wszystko __07:12_ 1134km **

** Personal first

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)

Sunday, 10 May 2020

Holbeach Log: 2020-05-10 (Meteor Scatter)

102.4 0743 CZE CRo Plzen, Klatovy/Barák (PL) 2608 999km
103.6 0545 EST Raadio 2, Pikareinu/Valgjärve raadio- ja telemast (Plv) 22E2 ??ADIO_2 1730km
103.9 0649 DNK Nova, Næstved/Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl) 9205 ??NO???? 782km
104.7 0714  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Oschatz/Collmberg (sac) Pops, as 105.2 105.6 
               and 106.9  887km
105.8 0507  D  Ostseewelle, Helpterberg (mev) D379 881km

** Personal first

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)

Friday, 8 May 2020

Holbeach Log: 2020-05-08 (Meteor Scatter)

103.3 0653 AUT FM 4, Schladming 1/Hauser Kaibling (ste) A213 1148km
103.4 0752 AUT Life Radio (Tirol), Inzing/Rangger Köpfl (tir)  AA40 1012km
104.8 0700 EST Vikerraadio, Pärnu/Tammiste/Pärnu RTJ, Tammiste tee 12 (Pae) YL news, 
               as others  1614km
105.7 0700 EST Klassikaraadio, Pikareinu/Valgjärve raadio- ja telemast (Plv) 
               22E3 ????SI?? 1730km
107.3 0648 CZE CRo Zlín, Uherský Brod/Cerná hora (ZL) 1kW 2E02 R-ZLIN__ 1289km
107.3 0700 EST Klassikaraadio, Pärnu/Tammiste/Pärnu RTJ, Tammiste tee 12 (Pae) News, 
               as 105.7  1614km
107.3 0848  D  AFN Bavaria-The Eagle, Katterbach Ansbach (bay)  D04E 834km
107.5 0726  D  Radio Gütersloh, Oelde-Stromberg (nrw) DA9B 555km

** Personal first

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)

Thursday, 7 May 2020

Holbeach Log: 2020-05-07 (Tropo: D)

 93.60 0034  D  Radio Osnabrück, Bad Rothenfelde (nds) Barry White song, as web  539km **
103.80 0003  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Barsinghausen (nds)  D389 ANTENNE_ 620km
104.00 0000  D  MDR Kultur, Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) Gong and Bayerischer Rundfunk ID D3C3 839km
105.80 0007  D  Ostseewelle, Helpterberg (mev) Pops, as 107.3  881km
106.50 0012  D  oldenburg eins, Oldenburg-Wahnbek (nds) Music, as web  527km
106.70 0008  D  NDR Info, Nienburg/Postmast (nds) Jazzy pops, as web  598km **
106.90 0013  D  Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Aurich-Haxtum (nds) 1kW relay. OM, as web  475km
107.00 0015  D  NDR 2, Röbel (mev) Pops, as 87.6  807km
107.40 0016  D  MDR Kultur, Magdeburg/Burg Kapaunberg (san) Piano music, as web  782km
107.50 0022  D  Radio Nordseewelle, Wilhelmshaven (nds) OM ID drop-in between pops  518km **
107.60 0019  D  Radio 21, Bremen-Walle (bre) Rock song, as web  565km

** Personal first

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)

Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Holbeach Log: 2020-05-06 (Tropo: D DNK)

 87.6 2349  D  NDR Info, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) As web. NDR2 removed by beaming 
                slightly further south.  525km
 87.7 2025  D  Radio Ostfriesland, Emden (nds) Bob Marley song, as web  458km
 87.8 1933  D  Radio Jade, Wilhelmshaven (nds) Light pops, back to back, as web. 
                Noise free  518km
 87.8 2026  D  NDR Kultur, Visselhövede (nds) YL talk, as 89.9  620km
 89.0 1933  D  Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Jever (nds) Choral/Gregorian chant type singing, 
                as web  505km
 89.4 2119  D  MDR Kultur, Dequede (san) Easy-listening music, as web  761km
 89.8 2353  D  Energy Bremen, Bremen-Walle (bre) Pops, as web  565km
 90.6 2335  D  Radio Nordseewelle, Aurich (nds) 1888 NORDSE?? 
                478km **
 90.7 2334  D  NDR Info, Dannenberg/Zernien (nds) Music, as 95.0  705km
 92.6 2008 DNK DR P3, Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk) Jingle and pops  700km
 92.9 2021  D  N-JOY, Steinkimmen (nds) OM and YL talk. 1kW filler tx  543km
 93.3 2024  D  NDR Kultur, Dannenberg/Zernien (nds)  D383 705km
 94.2 2034  D  N-JOY, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) OM and YL, as others  650km
 94.6 2101  D  NDR Kultur, Cuxhaven/Holter Höhe (nds) Middle eastern music, as web  555km
 95.0 2331  D  NDR Info, Bremen-Walle (bre) Music, as web  565km
 96.5 2110  D  delta radio, Ahrensburg (shs) Pop, Delta Radio promo  661km **
 97.3 2115  D  N-JOY, Wilhelmshaven (nds) Pops, as web  518km
103.7 2054  D  NDR Info, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) OM and music, 
                as others  504km
104.8 2039  D  Radio Teddy, Bremen-Walle (bre) Jingle ID and rock song  565km
105.8 2113  D  HAMBURG ZWEI, Ahrensburg (shs) Pops, as web  661km **
107.5 2122  D  Deutschlandfunk (Dlf), Uelzen/Sprakensehl (nds) OMs, as web  684km
107.6 2123  D  Radio 21, Bremen-Walle (bre) Blues, as web  565km

** Personal first

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)

Sunday, 3 May 2020

Holbeach Log: 2020-05-03 (Meteor Scatter)

 94.8 1033 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Budapest/Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) OM ID  1460km
 95.3 1034 SVN Val 202, Nanos (po) 9202 1284km
 96.1 1232 HRV HRT-HR 3, Ivanšcica (vz) As 97.7  1371km
 97.4 1034  D  SWR3, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D3A3 859km

** Personal first

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)

Friday, 1 May 2020

Holbeach Log: 2020-05-01 (Es: CNR)

 87.7 1109 CNR RNE Radio Clásica, Puerto del Rosario/Temejereque (LPM-FU) Jazz piano, 
               as web stream.  2974km **

** Personal first

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)

Thursday, 30 April 2020

Skegness / Holbeach Log: 2020 April

1140 0457 2020-04-03 CLM Radio Paisa, Medellín (ant) OM ID and lively Latin music  
                         8515 km **
1140 0459 2020-04-03 CLM Radio Panamericana, Girardot (cun) OM ID atop Radio Paisa  
                         8641 km **
1200 0459 2020-04-03 CLM La Voz de la Raza, Medellín (ant) OM IDs La Voz de la Raza. 
                         Offset up at 1200.1721  8502 km **
1250 0500 2020-04-03 CLM Capital Radio, Mosquera/Estado Solido Sender (cun) OM IDs. Thanks 
                         Simon Beavan, SkywavesDX.org for recording comparison. Hugely 
                         difficult channel here.      8566 km **
1350 0459 2020-04-03 PNR BBN Radio, Río Abajo/Via Cincuentenario (pnm) OM BBN ID  8527 km
1380 0500 2020-04-11 USA WOTE Clintonville WI. Pile-up. OM mentioning Winsconsin, The 
                         Franchise and Sportsradio 94.5.   via Jaguar (direct) 6155 km
1470 0459 2020-04-02 USA KYYW Abilene TX OM "This is Newstalk 14-70 KYYW"  7788 km
1470 0500 2020-04-04 USA WAZN Watertown MA Morse code ID, also weak at 04:00  5251 km
1520 0459 2020-04-03 CLM Su Presencia Radio, Bogotá D. C. (bdc) OM ID - "Escuchar, Su 
                         Presencia Radio"  8555 km
1560 0501 2020-04-03 CLM Santa María de la Paz, Medellín (ant) Several OM IDs  8510 km **
1570 0459 2020-04-11 USA WUBG Methuen MA. OM ID - 105.3 K-Love, WUBG Methuen, 
                         W(MV?)X Boston  5225 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 E-Type Pro
Antennas: Skegness: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag
  Holbeach: 123m mini-Beverage at 37 degrees
  190m Beverage at 306 degrees

Sunday, 26 April 2020

Holbeach Log: 2020-04-26 (Meteor Scatter)

 91.6 0629 HRV Radio Marija, Vinkovci/Ul.Matije Gupca 130-Silos PIK (vu)  C47A 1596km

** Personal first

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)