1440 0700 MEX XEEST-AM Quiéreme 14-40, México D.F/Granjas México (dif) Telephone number
aired. Thank you to Henrik Klemetz for listening to my recording and gleaning
this information. I believe this might be a UK FIRST! Weak 8899 km **
1470 0700 MEX XEAI-AM Radio Fórmula 3, México D.F/Granjas Esmeralda (dif)
Forumla de la Noche ID just after the hour. Fair 8904 km
1590 0700 MEX XEVOZ-AM La Mexicana, Los Reyes Acaquilpan (mex) La Mexicana ID, etc. Long
toh ID. Some good signal strengths! Good 8895 km
1650 0700 MEX XEAZR-AM ZER Radio 1650, México D.F. (dif) Zer Radio ID. Another long
toh ID Fair 8898 km
1410 0701 MEX XEBS-AM La Más Perrona, México D.F/Iztacalco (dif) XEBS ID, mentioning La
Más Perron Fair 8901 km **
1380 0713 MEX XECO-AM Romántica 1380, México D.F/Barrio Zapotla (dif) Programme promo for
Sobre Ruedas - in their schedule. Thank you to Mauricio Molano Sánchez for
help. Fair 8900 km **
** Personal First (Skegness)
Possibly the best Mexican night I have ever heard. XEEST 1410 may be a UK First. It's not in the current UK All Time Log.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
Friday, 29 January 2016
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-28 (MW)
680 0117 ALS KBRW, Barrow AK. Clear, YL chat, as web stream. Thanks to Jurgen for the
tip. "All Things Considered" and "NPR" heard. Weak 6061 km
570 0122 GRL KNR, Nuuk=Godthåb/Telegrafoen (sms-nuk) Greenlandic OM, as web V weak 3155 km
850 0122 ALS KICY Nome AK. Tenative. YL talk, as web stream. Too weak to be certain but
conditions fit. No ECNA in at the time. V weak 6876 km
650 0123 GRL KNR, Qeqertarsuaq=Godhavn (qaa-qeq) Greenlandic OM, as 570 Fair 3237 km
850 0700 USA WEEI Boston MA. ID - AM 8-50 WEEI and mention of ESPN Radio Fair 5257 km
1450 0700 USA WPGG Atlantic City NJ. ID - 14-50 WPGG and mention of FM station on 104.9
Weak 5670 km
1640 0700 USA WTNI Biloxi (Gulfport) MS. ESPN Radio spoken, WTNI Biloxi and WXPD Biloxi
heard in mess Weak 7294 km
1400 0800 USA WOND Pleasantville NJ. ID - Newstalk 14 Hundred WOND. Dominant over
CBG V weak 5673 km
972 1700 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Time pips, jingle and ID Weak
8740 km
1557 1700 TWN RTI Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Time pips Fair 9715 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle. Clear and above
Euros Fair 9410 km
This is the first time I have heard KBRW in the early hours of the morning. Signal levels were weak and clarity was less than good, probably only 20/30% of speech was understood, but I heard references to "NPR" and "All Things Considered", the name of the programme aired.
KICY is not definite but it fits with the conditions. I have heard KICY before when KBRW has been received during the late afternoons in 2010. ECNA signals were not taking a hold at this time and the YL speech heard did seem match their web stream. It was very weak.
Noise has become an issue again over the last few days. Lots of spurious carriers and whining noises are present again, mostly across the top half of the band. At 1600 this afternoon I was given a brief reminder of the strong hash which has obliterated medium wave for several weeks this season. It returned for a few seconds right across the top of the hour as if to remind me "I'm still here sucker! Mwahahahahaha".
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
tip. "All Things Considered" and "NPR" heard. Weak 6061 km
570 0122 GRL KNR, Nuuk=Godthåb/Telegrafoen (sms-nuk) Greenlandic OM, as web V weak 3155 km
850 0122 ALS KICY Nome AK. Tenative. YL talk, as web stream. Too weak to be certain but
conditions fit. No ECNA in at the time. V weak 6876 km
650 0123 GRL KNR, Qeqertarsuaq=Godhavn (qaa-qeq) Greenlandic OM, as 570 Fair 3237 km
850 0700 USA WEEI Boston MA. ID - AM 8-50 WEEI and mention of ESPN Radio Fair 5257 km
1450 0700 USA WPGG Atlantic City NJ. ID - 14-50 WPGG and mention of FM station on 104.9
Weak 5670 km
1640 0700 USA WTNI Biloxi (Gulfport) MS. ESPN Radio spoken, WTNI Biloxi and WXPD Biloxi
heard in mess Weak 7294 km
1400 0800 USA WOND Pleasantville NJ. ID - Newstalk 14 Hundred WOND. Dominant over
CBG V weak 5673 km
972 1700 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Time pips, jingle and ID Weak
8740 km
1557 1700 TWN RTI Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Time pips Fair 9715 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle. Clear and above
Euros Fair 9410 km
This is the first time I have heard KBRW in the early hours of the morning. Signal levels were weak and clarity was less than good, probably only 20/30% of speech was understood, but I heard references to "NPR" and "All Things Considered", the name of the programme aired.
KICY is not definite but it fits with the conditions. I have heard KICY before when KBRW has been received during the late afternoons in 2010. ECNA signals were not taking a hold at this time and the YL speech heard did seem match their web stream. It was very weak.
Noise has become an issue again over the last few days. Lots of spurious carriers and whining noises are present again, mostly across the top half of the band. At 1600 this afternoon I was given a brief reminder of the strong hash which has obliterated medium wave for several weeks this season. It returned for a few seconds right across the top of the hour as if to remind me "I'm still here sucker! Mwahahahahaha".
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
Monday, 25 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-25 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
87.6 0930 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Léglise/Vlessart (wal-lux) Jon Anderson Jethro Tull
promo for Classic 21 6354 524km
88.3 0932 BEL VRT MNM, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
6305 __MNM___ 376km
90.8 0939 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam)
6354 CLASS.21 440km
91.2 0940 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
6353 MUSIQ3__ 376km
92.1 0941 F France Inter, Verdun/Septsarges (55) OM, as 103.7 547km
92.3 0941 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt)
6457 VIVACITE 409km
92.5 0942 BEL RTBF La Première, Bruxelles/Bureau TAE Evere (bru) 600W filler tx
6351 377km
94.4 0946 F France Inter, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) OMs, as 103.7 446km
96.1 0949 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) 6351 PREMIERE 396km
99.5 0951 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) 6353 MUSIQ3__ 459km
101.1 0952 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Wavre (wal-bra) 6355 PURE_FM_ AVENER_ _CASTLE_
_IN_THE_ _SNOW_ 396km
101.3 0953 F France Bleu Picardie, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Jingle ID after
French pop song 446km
101.7 0954 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Salue Blitze promo 628km
101.8 0955 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) Promo for Charleroi Expo
6352 VIVACITE 351km
102.8 0955 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Chillin vibes, as web 328km
103.6 0957 BEL Bel RTL, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Phone in, as web 459km
104.0 0957 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/The Hotel (bru) Phone in, as 103.6 377km
105.2 1000 BEL Radio Victoria, Halle (vlg-vbr) Jingle ID after ads 381km
105.9 1005 BEL Maximum FM, Huy/Plaine de la Sarte (Mont-Mosan) (wal-lge) Jingle ID
and pops 448km **
107.5 1010 BEL Family Radio, Nazareth or Duffel Dutch song, as web in pile-up **
107.9 1017 BEL VBRO, Torhout (vlg-wvl) OM ID and station promo 297km
94.6 1041 BEL Radio Maria, Brussel/Albertplein Toren=Bruxelles/Place
Albert (Tour) (bru) Dutch OM, preaching the Word! 378km
105.3 1046 BEL Urgent.fm, Gent/UG Complex Ledeganck (vlg-ovl) Pops, as web. Briefly
over Hulsberg 330km
102.3 1052 HOL Amor FM, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Jingle ID 313km
103.4 1053 BEL Joe FM, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) I'm fairly sure this is Genk and
not Antwerpen 431km **
103.9 1055 HOL NPO 3FM, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Ads, as 96.8 455km
105.9 1059 BEL BRF 2, Raeren/Petergensfeld (wal-lge) ID and promos 487km **
101.7 1107 HOL Sky Radio, Breda/Alticom Mast (nbr) Probably Breda.
As 101.2, etc. 349km
99.4 1110 HOL SLAM!, Breda/UWV (nbr) Club music, as 99.6 351km **
97.3 1147 HOL Puur NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch music and ads, as web 334km **
89.3 1157 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho)
Pops, etc. as web 313km
91.8 1205 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Pop stuff, as web 313km
** Personal 'First'
It was purely by accident that I came across this opening. I had switched on the XDR to look for scatter. I didn't expect this - a decent tropo, mostly focusing on the French speaking part of Belgium.
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.
87.6 0930 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Léglise/Vlessart (wal-lux) Jon Anderson Jethro Tull
promo for Classic 21 6354 524km
88.3 0932 BEL VRT MNM, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
6305 __MNM___ 376km
90.8 0939 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam)
6354 CLASS.21 440km
91.2 0940 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
6353 MUSIQ3__ 376km
92.1 0941 F France Inter, Verdun/Septsarges (55) OM, as 103.7 547km
92.3 0941 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt)
6457 VIVACITE 409km
92.5 0942 BEL RTBF La Première, Bruxelles/Bureau TAE Evere (bru) 600W filler tx
6351 377km
94.4 0946 F France Inter, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) OMs, as 103.7 446km
96.1 0949 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) 6351 PREMIERE 396km
99.5 0951 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) 6353 MUSIQ3__ 459km
101.1 0952 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Wavre (wal-bra) 6355 PURE_FM_ AVENER_ _CASTLE_
_IN_THE_ _SNOW_ 396km
101.3 0953 F France Bleu Picardie, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Jingle ID after
French pop song 446km
101.7 0954 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Salue Blitze promo 628km
101.8 0955 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) Promo for Charleroi Expo
6352 VIVACITE 351km
102.8 0955 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Chillin vibes, as web 328km
103.6 0957 BEL Bel RTL, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Phone in, as web 459km
104.0 0957 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/The Hotel (bru) Phone in, as 103.6 377km
105.2 1000 BEL Radio Victoria, Halle (vlg-vbr) Jingle ID after ads 381km
105.9 1005 BEL Maximum FM, Huy/Plaine de la Sarte (Mont-Mosan) (wal-lge) Jingle ID
and pops 448km **
107.5 1010 BEL Family Radio, Nazareth or Duffel Dutch song, as web in pile-up **
107.9 1017 BEL VBRO, Torhout (vlg-wvl) OM ID and station promo 297km
94.6 1041 BEL Radio Maria, Brussel/Albertplein Toren=Bruxelles/Place
Albert (Tour) (bru) Dutch OM, preaching the Word! 378km
105.3 1046 BEL Urgent.fm, Gent/UG Complex Ledeganck (vlg-ovl) Pops, as web. Briefly
over Hulsberg 330km
102.3 1052 HOL Amor FM, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Jingle ID 313km
103.4 1053 BEL Joe FM, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) I'm fairly sure this is Genk and
not Antwerpen 431km **
103.9 1055 HOL NPO 3FM, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Ads, as 96.8 455km
105.9 1059 BEL BRF 2, Raeren/Petergensfeld (wal-lge) ID and promos 487km **
101.7 1107 HOL Sky Radio, Breda/Alticom Mast (nbr) Probably Breda.
As 101.2, etc. 349km
99.4 1110 HOL SLAM!, Breda/UWV (nbr) Club music, as 99.6 351km **
97.3 1147 HOL Puur NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch music and ads, as web 334km **
89.3 1157 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho)
Pops, etc. as web 313km
91.8 1205 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Pop stuff, as web 313km
It was purely by accident that I came across this opening. I had switched on the XDR to look for scatter. I didn't expect this - a decent tropo, mostly focusing on the French speaking part of Belgium.
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.
Saturday, 23 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-23 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
98.5 1858 F France Musique, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) YL, as 88.7 712km
87.9 1859 F France Culture, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) YL, as Alencon 88.0 712km
91.8 2027 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Classical, as 88.7 672km
A small and fairly selective opening to France. Villers-Cotterets and Amiens were also enhanced.
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.
98.5 1858 F France Musique, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) YL, as 88.7 712km
87.9 1859 F France Culture, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) YL, as Alencon 88.0 712km
91.8 2027 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Classical, as 88.7 672km
A small and fairly selective opening to France. Villers-Cotterets and Amiens were also enhanced.
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.
Friday, 22 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-22 (MW)
1270 0259 CAN CJCB Sydney NS. 12-70 CJCB Sydney ID. C&W Weak 4290 km **
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Multiple calls on the hour, including 14-70 WLAM
Weak 5069 km
1660 0359 USA WWRU Jersey City NJ. WWRU Jersey City just heard in noise, another call
given. Long time pip. Weak 5540 km
1440 0400 USA WRED Westbrook ME. WRED call heard in noise Weak 5103 km
1330 0500 USA WRCA Waltham MA. YL, then OM ID 30 secs after the hour Weak 5251 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warick ID by YL Weak 5308 km
1600 0500 USA WUNR Brookline MA. Radio Mexico ID Fair 5251 km
1690 0500 CAN CJLO Montréal QC. Partial YL ID obscured by QSB, You are listening
to .... AM in Montreal Weak 5188 km
1700 0500 USA WRCR Spring Valley NY. AM 17 Hundred WRCR ID Weak 5516 km
1570 0505 CAN CJLV Laval QC. OM ID after news, "Radio Mieux-Être, CJLV AM Quinze
Soixante-Dix" Fair 5194 km
1580 0556 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. Original .... Oshawa Ontario Canada, 107.7 FM ...
Classic Hits CKDO Fair 5613 km
1180 0600 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Mention of WHAM in 1179 splatter Weak 5605 km
1210 0600 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. Inspirational music, briefly heard in three second
Absolute Radio silence. No question this is VOAR. Good 3734 km **
1240 0600 USA WGBB Freeport NY. Presumed with Chinese time pips in brief Absolute Radio
silence. Matches web stream. V weak 5521 km **
1430 0600 USA WENE Endicott NY. The Team ID heard in pile-up Fair 5572 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Your friends at Family Radio. Now Give us your money!
Good 5538 km
1650 0600 CAN CJRS Montréal QC. Radio Shalom ID in mush Fair 5186 km
1680 0600 USA WTTM Lindenwold NJ. ID - 16-80 WTTM Lindenwold Philadephia Fair 5668 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi (pay) Yankee Doodle and Voice Of America
Washington DC ID Fair
** Personal First in Skegness
Local noise gone! Most of the time. For how long, who knows?
This is bizarre. Only yesterday I was going to move the flag back to the far east position as medium wave conditions blew out, which usually renders the North American continent a no-go area. Not this morning, however. Signals were unstable, but quite a bit stronger than they have been during quiet conditions. Everything was east coast, however.
What also amazed me was the amount of activity in the X band! I hardly ever hear anything in the X band lately.
Some usually splattered frequencies had more than one North American station. 1310 1380 1420 1430 & 1500 come to mind.
At 0600, I was very pleased to see decent signals on 1210, 1220, 1230 and 1240 and 1250, all of which produced audio. I just happened to find a quiet spot on Absolute Radio, who had broadcast almost three seconds of dead air! I got two very pleasant surprises in this silence:
1210 had two stations fighting it out. Clearly the dominant one was VOAR with a snippet of inspirational music. Praise the Lord! I can only guess the other was talk station WPHT Philadephia. These two would be regular stations again were it not for the immense splatter produced by Absolute.
1240 was the real gem and, yes, it's an ID based on a time signal. I could hear rather odd Chinese time pips on the hour. They were badly produced and sounded like somebody had been pressing a button to produce the time signal, such was the character and uniqueness of the tones. It had to be a North American station with Chinese ethnic programming. Topaz to the rescue! Four ethnic stations are listed on 1240, only one of which was Chinese. WGBB Freeport NY. I located their web stream and recorded their top of the hour ID. Bingo! The very same time signal in all its disjointed glory!
Come the afternoon I moved the flag antenna over to the far east position. Hardly anything from that area was audible, but VOA Thailand still managed to put in a decent signal. Nothing stops that transmitter getting out!
So, a very pleasant return to medium wave DXing!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Multiple calls on the hour, including 14-70 WLAM
Weak 5069 km
1660 0359 USA WWRU Jersey City NJ. WWRU Jersey City just heard in noise, another call
given. Long time pip. Weak 5540 km
1440 0400 USA WRED Westbrook ME. WRED call heard in noise Weak 5103 km
1330 0500 USA WRCA Waltham MA. YL, then OM ID 30 secs after the hour Weak 5251 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warick ID by YL Weak 5308 km
1600 0500 USA WUNR Brookline MA. Radio Mexico ID Fair 5251 km
1690 0500 CAN CJLO Montréal QC. Partial YL ID obscured by QSB, You are listening
to .... AM in Montreal Weak 5188 km
1700 0500 USA WRCR Spring Valley NY. AM 17 Hundred WRCR ID Weak 5516 km
1570 0505 CAN CJLV Laval QC. OM ID after news, "Radio Mieux-Être, CJLV AM Quinze
Soixante-Dix" Fair 5194 km
1580 0556 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. Original .... Oshawa Ontario Canada, 107.7 FM ...
Classic Hits CKDO Fair 5613 km
1180 0600 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Mention of WHAM in 1179 splatter Weak 5605 km
1210 0600 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. Inspirational music, briefly heard in three second
Absolute Radio silence. No question this is VOAR. Good 3734 km **
1240 0600 USA WGBB Freeport NY. Presumed with Chinese time pips in brief Absolute Radio
silence. Matches web stream. V weak 5521 km **
1430 0600 USA WENE Endicott NY. The Team ID heard in pile-up Fair 5572 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Your friends at Family Radio. Now Give us your money!
Good 5538 km
1650 0600 CAN CJRS Montréal QC. Radio Shalom ID in mush Fair 5186 km
1680 0600 USA WTTM Lindenwold NJ. ID - 16-80 WTTM Lindenwold Philadephia Fair 5668 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi (pay) Yankee Doodle and Voice Of America
Washington DC ID Fair
** Personal First in Skegness
Local noise gone! Most of the time. For how long, who knows?
This is bizarre. Only yesterday I was going to move the flag back to the far east position as medium wave conditions blew out, which usually renders the North American continent a no-go area. Not this morning, however. Signals were unstable, but quite a bit stronger than they have been during quiet conditions. Everything was east coast, however.
What also amazed me was the amount of activity in the X band! I hardly ever hear anything in the X band lately.
Some usually splattered frequencies had more than one North American station. 1310 1380 1420 1430 & 1500 come to mind.
At 0600, I was very pleased to see decent signals on 1210, 1220, 1230 and 1240 and 1250, all of which produced audio. I just happened to find a quiet spot on Absolute Radio, who had broadcast almost three seconds of dead air! I got two very pleasant surprises in this silence:
1210 had two stations fighting it out. Clearly the dominant one was VOAR with a snippet of inspirational music. Praise the Lord! I can only guess the other was talk station WPHT Philadephia. These two would be regular stations again were it not for the immense splatter produced by Absolute.
1240 was the real gem and, yes, it's an ID based on a time signal. I could hear rather odd Chinese time pips on the hour. They were badly produced and sounded like somebody had been pressing a button to produce the time signal, such was the character and uniqueness of the tones. It had to be a North American station with Chinese ethnic programming. Topaz to the rescue! Four ethnic stations are listed on 1240, only one of which was Chinese. WGBB Freeport NY. I located their web stream and recorded their top of the hour ID. Bingo! The very same time signal in all its disjointed glory!
Come the afternoon I moved the flag antenna over to the far east position. Hardly anything from that area was audible, but VOA Thailand still managed to put in a decent signal. Nothing stops that transmitter getting out!
So, a very pleasant return to medium wave DXing!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
Skegness Log: 2016-01-22 (MW)
1270 0259 CAN CJCB Sydney NS. 12-70 CJCB Sydney ID. C&W Weak 4290 km
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Multiple calls on the hour, including 14-70 WLAM Weak 5069 km
1660 0359 USA WWRU Jersey City NJ. WWRU Jersey City just heard in noise, another call given. Long time pip. Weak 5540 km
1440 0400 USA WRED Westbrook ME. WRED call heard in noise Weak 5103 km
1330 0500 USA WRCA Waltham MA. YL, then OM ID 30 secs after the hour Weak 5251 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warick ID by YL Weak 5308 km
1600 0500 USA WUNR Brookline MA. Radio Mexico ID Fair 5251 km
1690 0500 CAN CJLO Montréal QC. Partial YL ID obscured by QSB, You are listening to .... AM in Montreal Weak 5188 km
1700 0500 USA WRCR Spring Valley NY. AM 17 Hundred WRCR ID Weak 5516 km
1570 0505 CAN CJLV Laval QC. OM ID after news, Radio Mieux-Être, CJLV AM Quinze Soixante-Dix Fair 5194 km
1580 0556 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. Original .... Oshawa Ontario Canada, 107.7 FM ... Classic Hits CKDO Fair 5613 km
1180 0600 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Mention of WHAM in 1179 splatter Weak 5605 km
1210 0600 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. Inspirational music, briefly heard in three second Absolute Radio silence. No question this is VOAR. Good 3734 km
1240 0600 USA WGBB Freeport NY. Presumed with Chinese time pips in brief Absolute Radio silence. Matches web stream. Vweak 5521 km
1430 0600 USA WENE Endicott NY. The Team ID heard in pile-up Fair 5572 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Your friends at Family Radio. Now Give us your money! Good 5538 km
1650 0600 CAN CJRS Montréal QC. Radio Shalom ID in mush Fair 5186 km
1680 0600 USA WTTM Lindenwold NJ. ID - 16-80 WTTM Lindenwold Philadephia Fair 5668 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi (pay) Yankee Doodle and Voice Of America Washington DX ID Fair
** Personal First (Skegness)
Local noise gone! Most of the time. For how long, who knows?
This is bizarre. Only yesterday I was going to move the flag back to the far east position as medium wave conditions blew out, which usually renders the North American continent a no-go area. Not this morning, however. Signals were unstable, but quite a bit stronger than they have been during quiet conditions. Everything was east coast, however.
What also amazed me was the amount of activity in the X band! I hardly ever hear anything in the X band lately.
Some usually splattered frequencies had more than one North American station. 1310 1380 1420 1430 & 1500 come to mind.
At 0600, I was very pleased to see decent signals on 1210, 1220, 1230 and 1240 and 1250, all of which produced audio. I just happened to find a quiet spot on Absolute Radio, who had broadcast almost three seconds of dead air! I got two very pleasant surprises in this silence:
1210 had two stations fighting it out. Clearly the dominant one was VOAR with a snippet of inspirational music. Praise the Lord! I can only guess the other was talk station WPHT Philadephia. These two would be regular stations again were it not for the immense splatter produced by Absolute.
1240 was the real gem and, yes, it's an ID based on a time signal. I could hear rather odd Chinese time pips on the hour. They were badly produced and sounded like somebody had been pressing a button to produce the time signal, such was the character and uniqueness of the tones. It had to be a North American station with Chinese ethnic programming. Topaz to the rescue! Four ethnic stations are listed on 1240, only one of which was Chinese. WGBB Freeport NY. I located their web stream and recorded their top of the hour ID. Bingo! The very same time signal in all its disjointed glory!
Come the afternoon I moved the flag antenna over to the far east position. Hardly anything from that area was audible, but VOA Thailand still managed to put in a decent signal. Nothing stops that transmitter getting out!
So, a very pleasant return to medium wave DXing!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Multiple calls on the hour, including 14-70 WLAM Weak 5069 km
1660 0359 USA WWRU Jersey City NJ. WWRU Jersey City just heard in noise, another call given. Long time pip. Weak 5540 km
1440 0400 USA WRED Westbrook ME. WRED call heard in noise Weak 5103 km
1330 0500 USA WRCA Waltham MA. YL, then OM ID 30 secs after the hour Weak 5251 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warick ID by YL Weak 5308 km
1600 0500 USA WUNR Brookline MA. Radio Mexico ID Fair 5251 km
1690 0500 CAN CJLO Montréal QC. Partial YL ID obscured by QSB, You are listening to .... AM in Montreal Weak 5188 km
1700 0500 USA WRCR Spring Valley NY. AM 17 Hundred WRCR ID Weak 5516 km
1570 0505 CAN CJLV Laval QC. OM ID after news, Radio Mieux-Être, CJLV AM Quinze Soixante-Dix Fair 5194 km
1580 0556 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. Original .... Oshawa Ontario Canada, 107.7 FM ... Classic Hits CKDO Fair 5613 km
1180 0600 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Mention of WHAM in 1179 splatter Weak 5605 km
1210 0600 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. Inspirational music, briefly heard in three second Absolute Radio silence. No question this is VOAR. Good 3734 km
1240 0600 USA WGBB Freeport NY. Presumed with Chinese time pips in brief Absolute Radio silence. Matches web stream. Vweak 5521 km
1430 0600 USA WENE Endicott NY. The Team ID heard in pile-up Fair 5572 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Your friends at Family Radio. Now Give us your money! Good 5538 km
1650 0600 CAN CJRS Montréal QC. Radio Shalom ID in mush Fair 5186 km
1680 0600 USA WTTM Lindenwold NJ. ID - 16-80 WTTM Lindenwold Philadephia Fair 5668 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi (pay) Yankee Doodle and Voice Of America Washington DX ID Fair
** Personal First (Skegness)
Local noise gone! Most of the time. For how long, who knows?
This is bizarre. Only yesterday I was going to move the flag back to the far east position as medium wave conditions blew out, which usually renders the North American continent a no-go area. Not this morning, however. Signals were unstable, but quite a bit stronger than they have been during quiet conditions. Everything was east coast, however.
What also amazed me was the amount of activity in the X band! I hardly ever hear anything in the X band lately.
Some usually splattered frequencies had more than one North American station. 1310 1380 1420 1430 & 1500 come to mind.
At 0600, I was very pleased to see decent signals on 1210, 1220, 1230 and 1240 and 1250, all of which produced audio. I just happened to find a quiet spot on Absolute Radio, who had broadcast almost three seconds of dead air! I got two very pleasant surprises in this silence:
1210 had two stations fighting it out. Clearly the dominant one was VOAR with a snippet of inspirational music. Praise the Lord! I can only guess the other was talk station WPHT Philadephia. These two would be regular stations again were it not for the immense splatter produced by Absolute.
1240 was the real gem and, yes, it's an ID based on a time signal. I could hear rather odd Chinese time pips on the hour. They were badly produced and sounded like somebody had been pressing a button to produce the time signal, such was the character and uniqueness of the tones. It had to be a North American station with Chinese ethnic programming. Topaz to the rescue! Four ethnic stations are listed on 1240, only one of which was Chinese. WGBB Freeport NY. I located their web stream and recorded their top of the hour ID. Bingo! The very same time signal in all its disjointed glory!
Come the afternoon I moved the flag antenna over to the far east position. Hardly anything from that area was audible, but VOA Thailand still managed to put in a decent signal. Nothing stops that transmitter getting out!
So, a very pleasant return to medium wave DXing!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
Monday, 18 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-18 (MW)
650 1942 GRL KNR-Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa, Qeqertarsuaq=Godhavn (qaa-qeq) Country song,
as web V weak 3237 km **
680 1945 USA KBRW, Barrow (AK) Country music, as web V weak 6061 km
1280 2151 CAN CFMB Radio Montréal, Montréal/Saint-Mathieu (QC) Pops, as web Weak 5190 km **
** Personal First (Skegness)
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
as web V weak 3237 km **
680 1945 USA KBRW, Barrow (AK) Country music, as web V weak 6061 km
1280 2151 CAN CFMB Radio Montréal, Montréal/Saint-Mathieu (QC) Pops, as web Weak 5190 km **
** Personal First (Skegness)
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
Sunday, 17 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-17 (FM)
Band 2 Scatter:
87.6 1143 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Stevie Wonder song, as
web. Peaking east on the vertical. Odd. 288km
105.7 1222 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Still managing to peak noise
free despite freezing temperatures outside. 543km
94.6 1359 D MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Scattering away, very weak but
still there 712km
97.2 1413 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Scatter. Danish rap,
as web 617km
97.2 1415 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Classical, as 96.5.
V weak 739km
98.0 1417 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Above noise and clear
on scatter. As web 707km
100.0 1418 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) Noise free scatter, as 101.3 493km
Not bad scatter conditions for the time of year. A crisp and sunny day here with temperatures hovering just above freezing. Not the kind of reception I expected for this kind of winter weather.
I wasn't aware of any conditions like this until I switched on my FDM-S2 to catch up with some more old Es files.
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.
87.6 1143 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Stevie Wonder song, as
web. Peaking east on the vertical. Odd. 288km
105.7 1222 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Still managing to peak noise
free despite freezing temperatures outside. 543km
94.6 1359 D MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Scattering away, very weak but
still there 712km
97.2 1413 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Scatter. Danish rap,
as web 617km
97.2 1415 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Classical, as 96.5.
V weak 739km
98.0 1417 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Above noise and clear
on scatter. As web 707km
100.0 1418 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) Noise free scatter, as 101.3 493km
Not bad scatter conditions for the time of year. A crisp and sunny day here with temperatures hovering just above freezing. Not the kind of reception I expected for this kind of winter weather.
I wasn't aware of any conditions like this until I switched on my FDM-S2 to catch up with some more old Es files.
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.
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-13 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1550 I Radio Maria, Vigo di Cadore or Enemonzo Suspect Enemonzo. 51CC R.??????
87.7 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Plješivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1 1456km
88.1 1550 BIH BH Radio 1, Tušnica (k10) F201 BHRADIO1 1615km
88.2 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden Seceda, Unlisted site Partial ID and news, as 92.6
88.5 1550 HRV Rovinj FM, Golaš (pa) C48F ????nj?? 1324km
89.0 1550 I Radio Maria, Valle di Cadore/Monte Rite (bl) Praise be the Lord! As 87.6 1138km
89.1 1550 SVN Radio Ognjišce, Postojna 1 (po) 942F OGNJIS?? 1293km
89.6 1550 HRV Radio Centar - studio Porec, Porec/Debeli Rt (pa) C439 ????OL?? 1304km
90.0 1550 I Radio Marilù, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 538A 1163km
90.2 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Limski kanal (pa) C201 HR??HR_1 1319km
90.5 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
90.7 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Cabar (ri) C202 HRT-HR_2 1330km
90.8 1550 I Easy Network, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5361 1163km
91.1 1550 I RAI Radio1, Belluno/Col Visentin (RAI) (bl) 5201 __RAI___ 1165km
91.3 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Mirkovica (ri) C201 HRT-HR_1 1374km
91.4 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Pula/Veli Vrh (pa) OM and Queen song, 87.7 1343km
91.7 1550 I Radio Company, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5350 COMPANY_ 1163km
91.8 1550 I Radio Company, Valle di Cadore/Monte Rite (bl) Jingle ID 1138km
92.3 1550 I RMC - Radio Monte Carlo, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5213 __RMC_?? 1163km
92.5 1550 BIH Federalni Radio, Tušnica (k10) F209 RADIO-F. 1615km
92.6 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden, Seceda (bz) Partial ID, presumably in
Ladin language5432 ??AD???? 1092km
92.8 1550 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Trebinje/Leotar (srp) Vocal ID.
No apparent RDS 1763km
93.3 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) C202 HRT-HR_2 1374km
93.4 1550 I m2o, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5233 1163km
93.5 1550 SVN Val 202,
Krim (lj) 9202 1295km
93.6 1550 I Radio 24, Jesolo/Via Ca' Gamba, 50-Ristorante Pizzeria Ca' Gamba (ve)
5245 RADIO_24 1229km
94.3 1550 I Radio 105, Jesolo/Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 15-Acqualandia (ve)
5211 __105___ 1228km
94.7 1550 BIH BH Radio 1, Drvar/Velika Visoka (k10) F001 ?RA???? 1524km
94.7 1550 BIH Radio Bihac, Bihac/Maskare (usk) 5158 1461km
95.5 1550 I RAI Radio3, Belluno/Col Visentin (RAI) (bl) 5203 1165km
96.5 1550 SVN Slovenija 3, Krim (lj) 9203 __ARS___ 1295km
97.0 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv)
5370 MONELLA_ 1162km
97.65 1550 I Radio Gelosa, Venezia/Municipalità di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve)
5379 1211km
97.7 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Unlisted site 5370 MO??LL??
98.1 1550 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Venezia/Municipalità
di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve) 5220 R_ITALIA 1211km
98.5 1550 I Radio Deejay, Mestre-Marghera/via Rampa Cavalcavia (ve) 5214 1211km
98.7 1550 I RAI Radio3, Multi-tx 5203 __RAI___ _RADIO3_
98.7 1550 I SorRrisO, Unlisted site 5372 Sorrriso
99.05 1550 I MC2 - Monte Carlo 2, Venezia/Piazzale Roma-Garage San Marco-Traliccio 1 (ve)
Presume due to offset. Light pops. 1218km
96.0 1551 I Radio Company, Bassano del Grappa/Frazione Rubbio-Via Monte Caina (vi)
5350 COMPANY_ 1155km
96.5 1551 I Radio Capital, Auronzo di Cadore/Monte Agudo (bl) 5219 _CAPITAL 1133km
101.0 1551 D BR Klassik, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D314 942km
101.1 1551 I Radio Venezia (La radio che balla), Venezia/Municipalità
di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve) 5A7E 1211km
101.3 1551 I Radio Padova, Belluno/Col Toront (bl) 5360 1165km
103.0 1551 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D3A3 ??????__ 942km
103.5 1551 I Radio Venezia (Un amore di radio), Mestre-Marghera/via Rampa
Cavalcavia (ve) 53C1 __RADIO_ VENEZIA_ BALLA___ 1211km
103.7 1551 I Radio Fiemme 104, Cavalese/Alpe Cermis (tn) 5316 1109km
104.1 1551 I Radio Mater, Vico del Gargano (fg) 5158 1708km
104.2 1551 I Radio Birikina, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv) 536E __?????? 1162km
104.6 1551 I m2o, Vico del Gargano/San Menaio (fg) 5233 ??_DUE_O 1706km
104.7 1551 I Radio Radicale, Valdobbiadene or Belluno 5210
103.8 1552 I Arancia Network, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an)
5571 AranciA_ 1435km
103.9 1552 D Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) 140A _SEEFUNK __RSF___ 922km
104.0 1552 I Radio Linea Numero Uno, Fermo/Capodarco (fm) Vocal ID. Change in PI5388 1485km
104.6 1552 D Donau 3 FM, Biberach an der Riß (bwü) DA08 872km
104.7 1552 I RAS Ö1, Penegal=Cima Penegal or Kronplatz=Plan de Corones A201
104.9 1552 I Radio 105, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 5211 __?????? 1435km
105.0 1552 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) D30B RADIO7__ 922km
105.5 1552 I ERF Südtirol, Montan=Montagna/Elsenhof 1 (bz) 5F54 _E?????? 1092km
106.0 1552 I AFN Vicenza-The Eagle, Bassano del Grappa/Frazione Rubbio-Via Monte Caina (vi)
9978 AFNEAGLE 1155km
106.2 1552 D Donau 3 FM, Riedlingen/Österberg (bwü) Manfred Mann track, as 104.6 848km
106.9 1552 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D315 B5_akt__ 942km
107.0 1552 I Radio Maria, Belluno/Col Toront (bl) Presumed with usual religious
bollocks 1165km
107.3 1552 I R101, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 5215 ??????__ 1435km
107.7 1552 I Radio Maria, Ancona/Località Paterno-Via del Cimitero (an) Is the pope
catholic? 51CC R.MARIA_ 1434km
91.4 1553 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Cavalese/Alpe Cermis (tn) Jingle ID 1109km
91.7 1553 I Radio Maria, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) 51CC R.??????
1709km
93.3 1553 AUT Ö1, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) A201 917km
94.0 1553 D Bayern 3, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Presumed, with low-mod pops, as 95.8 907km
94.9 1553 D SWR2, Waldburg (bwü) D3A2 __SWR2__ 893km
95.8 1553 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Presumed with low-mod pops 942km
98.0 1553 I Radio Subasio, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 53FD 1434km
100.1 1553 D Freies Radio Freudenstadt, Glatten (bwü) 150E 778km
100.4 1553 D B5 aktuell, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Presumed, with talks about Bayerns SPD 907km
102.1 1553 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Untertauern/Radstadt-Kranabeth (sal) A203 1132km
102.5 1553 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) D30B 834km
87.6 1554 D BR Klassik, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) D314 907km
88.0 1554 I Radio Studio 24, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an)
PI reg logged: 57D6 1435km
88.3 1554 I RAI Radio1, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5201 1445km
88.4 1554 I Radio Company, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv) 5350 CO??ANY_ 1162km
88.7 1554 D Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D312 ????rn?? 942km
88.9 1554 I Radio Deejay, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5214 1711km
89.0 1554 I RAI Radio2, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5202 ??????__ 1197km
89.2 1554 I Radio Ottanta, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 535A 1163km
89.6 1554 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) A203 917km
90.7 1554 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311 Bayern_1 942km
91.1 1554 I RAI Radio1, Breguzzo (RAI) (tn) Really this site? The only one showing on-path.
5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1088km
91.2 1554 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Waldburg (bwü) DA04 893km
91.7 1554 I Radio Maria, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) Ave Maria, etc. 1711km
92.3 1554 I RAI Radio3, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5203 1445km
92.3 1554 I Radio Maria, Sannicandro Garganico (fg) Choir, as others 1695km
92.4 1554 I Radio Deejay, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) Discussing the
word masturbating!!5214 _D????Y_ 1709km
92.6 1554 I Arancia Network, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 5571 AranciA_ 1434km
92.9 1554 I Rai Südtirol, Grödental=Val Gardena (RAS) (bz) 5404 1093km
95.9 1554 I Radio Viva FM, Terlago/Cima Paganella (tn) 53C1 ??????M_ 1095km
103.1 1557 I Radio 60 70 80, Monterubbiano/Contrada Sant Andrea (fm) Vocal ID in
conversation 1492km
105.5 1557 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 522F 1435km
106.8 1557 I Radionorba, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5353 1711km
106.9 1557 I Radio Maria, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) Er, religious
stuff, as others 1435km
107.0 1557 I Radio Kiss Kiss, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5225 1711km
107.2 1557 I R101, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) Pops, as 107.3 1711km
107.8 1557 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg)
5220 ??????IA 1711km
87.6 1604 I Radio Capital, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) 5219 1848km
87.7 1604 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5495 R.IT??IA 1272km
87.8 1604 I Radio Onda Libera, Gubbio/Castiglione Altobrando (pg) 5363 1415km
88.3 1604 I Radio Maria, Matera unid (mt) Your no repeat popeday!51CC R.MARIA_ 1850km
88.6 1604 I Radio Capital, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo) 5219 1272km
89.1 1604 I Radio Linea, Vocal ID radiolinea.it
89.5 1604 I RAI Radio1, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1256km
90.1 1604 I Radio 105, Modigliana/Monte Trebbio (fc) 5211 __105___ 1308km
90.3 1604 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Cesena/Monte Cavallo (fc) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1328km
90.5 1604 I Radio Maria, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo) Your All Maria
Lunchbreak 51CC R.MARIA_ 1272km
91.1 1604 I Radio Gamma (Savignano), Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
Cavallo (fc) 5843 1328km
91.3 1604 I Radio Virgilio Classics, Virgilio/Via Arnaldo da Brescia, 27 (mn) 5058 1171km
91.4 1604 I RMC - Radio Monte Carlo, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5213 __RMC___ 1272km
91.7 1604 I RAI Radio2, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1256km
92.8 1604 I Radio Studio Delta, Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
Cavallo (fc) 53FB Radio___ (plus phone number/s) 1328km
93.0 1604 I Radio Gamma (Savignano), Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5843 R_GAMMA_ 1272km
93.2 1604 I RTL 102.5, Gubbio/Castiglione Altobrando (pg) 5218 RTL1???? 1415km
93.2 1604 I Radio Pico Classic, Mirandola/Crocicchio Zeni-Via Serafina, 12 (mo) 53F3 1205km
94.5 1604 I Radio Subasio, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 53FD SUBASIO_ 1435km
93.3 1607 CVA Radio Vaticana Europa-America, Cittá del Vaticano/Palazzina
Leone XIII (cva) 4101 1542km
93.4 1607 I Radio Zeta - L'Italiana, Sant'Oreste/Monte Soratte- Eremo Santa
Maria delle Grazie (rm) Jingle ID 1513km
93.6 1607 I Radio Mater, Ancona/Località Paterno-Via del Cimitero (an) 5158 1434km
93.6 1607 I RAI GR Parlamento, Viano/Querceto-Ca' del Vento (RAI) (re) Interesting
non-standard PS name 5206 RAIGR-PR 1211km
93.8 1607 I RAI Radio1, Cetona/Monte Cetona (RAI) (si) 5201 1422km
94.3 1607 I Radio Subasio, Sant'Oreste/Monte Soratte- Eremo Santa Maria delle
Grazie (rm) Jingle ID 1513km
94.7 1607 I Radio Capital, Cetona/Monte Cetona (si) 5219 ??AP???? 1422km
94.8 1607 I Radio Maria, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 51CC ??MARI?? 1568km
95.3 1607 I Radio Dimensione Musica, Frascati/Villa Tuscolana (rm) 50D0 ??im??s. 1562km
95.5 1607 I Radio Capital, Monte Compatri/Frazione Pratarena, Via Sirio, 9 (rm)
5219 ????IT?? 1564km
96.5 1607 I Radio Capital, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5219 1711km
97.3 1607 I Radio Logos, Foggia (fg) Unusually high RDS level for such a noisy,
weak signal 5000 ??510347 1728km
97.5 1607 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Frascati/Villa Tuscolana (rm)
5220 R_ITALIA 1562km
97.7 1607 I Radio Città Futura, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 53DE 1568km
98.1 1607 I Radiosei, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5298 1568km
97.1 1608 I Radio Radicale, Maranello/Torre Maina-Via Vandelli, 573 (mo)
5210 1232km
97.4 1608 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Calvi dell’Umbria/Monte San
Pancrazio (tr) 5220 R_ITALIA 1499km
97.7 1608 I RAI Radio2, Monte Peglia (RAI) (tr) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1446km
97.8 1608 I Simply Radio, Subiaco/Località San Biagio (rm) 6158 1571km
98.5 1608 I RAI Radio3, Viano/Querceto-Ca' del Vento (RAI) (re) 5203 1211km
99.5 1608 I Radio Stella (Modena), Serramazzoni/Monte Tagliato (mo) 584E R.?????? 1230km
99.7 1608 I RAI Radio3, Monte Peglia (RAI) (tr) 5203 1446km
87.5 1612 I Malvisi Network, Pellegrino Parmense/Monte Canate (pr) 532A _MALVISI 1165km
87.6 1612 I Virgin Radio, Milano/Via Valenza, 5 (mi) 5241 1068km
87.8 1612 I Radio Radicale, Vernasca/Frazione Vigoleno-Località Costa [29.3] (pc)
5210 RA?????? 1158km
87.9 1612 I Radio Radicale, Milano/Piazza Velasca-Torre Velasca (mi) OM, as 87.8
1068km
88.1 1612 I Elleradio, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 54A5 1568km
88.3 1612 I Radio Maria, Civitavecchia/Monte Paradiso (rm) Traffic and travel, or
maybe not 1500km
88.6 1612 I Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 5210 1568km
89.0 1612 I Radio Maria, Milano/Via San Galdino, 5-Traliccio Diner (mi) Frally sodding
Donna, pina di bloody grazie, and other brainwashing nonsense 1065km
90.2 1612 I Radio Maria, Serramazzoni/Monte Faeto-Via Monte Cusna 416 (mo)
Radio Maria Top Ten at Ten 1232km
90.6 1612 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Civitavecchia/Monte Paradiso (rm)
5264 *_?????? 1500km
92.4 1612 I RTL 102.5, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5218 1568km
92.7 1612 I Tele Radio Stereo, Rocca di Papa (rm) 5343 ___OLE_ ___06___ etc. 1568km
92.9 1612 I Radio Radio, Canepina/Poggio Nibbio (vt) Vocal ID 1487km
Unidentified/Unlisted:
88.3 1550 ? UNID, ? 952E
107.6 1552 I UNID, ? 568F
94.6 1553 I UNID, ? 5200 SP______
98.5 1608 I UNID, ? 5371
88.2 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden Seceda, Unlisted site Partial ID and news, as 92.6
97.7 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Unlisted site 5370 MO??LL??
98.7 1550 I SorRrisO, Unlisted site 5372 Sorrriso
Wow! What is happening? Another superb opening which would have been more in keeping with mid-simmer.
I have the gift! Yes, I have discovered that Sod's Law can work in reverse. On THREE occasions this year, I have sat down at the computer, with the intention of going through some more sporadic E files from the summer. On ALL three occasions, I switched on the radio to find the FM band full of Es, thus preventing me from catching up. I would have ignored these openings were they only scraping the bottom of the band, but they have all been substantial Es events. The first was on January 1st when auroral Es took over the band. Then came January 3rd with a solid opening to the French Riviera. Then came this one. Good, solid signals and, at times, very congested 'soupy' mess from north-east Italy, Austria and south-east Germany. Throw in a bit of Balkan activity and you have an impressive mid-winter Es opening. Luckily, I was well placed for this one.
Signals were good and many strong locals got toppled. Belmont 93.1 was a surprise as that is usually unshiftable. BBC Lincolnshire and Lincs FM were wiped out at times too.
Many personal firsts were recorded as this opening favoured the extreme north-east of Italy - an area which has generally eluded me over the years. I have never heard Venice before, until today! Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing Venice in any other logs, though I'm sure it must have been reported before. It's certainly a rare one here.
Then to top it all off I had sporadic E to Germany! It's the sort of reception you might hear once in the summer here, but never in winter. German stations were on almost every other frequency, but most were too weak for RDS.
I heard what I presumed was the Ladin language on several frequencies, 97.4, 97.8, 104.7 come to mind, but I may have been confusing this with other languages, Romantch for instance, or maybe Austrian German.
This opening was so good and so out of character for the time of year that I have uploaded the best of the files to my Mediafire account. See here:
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.
87.6 1550 I Radio Maria, Vigo di Cadore or Enemonzo Suspect Enemonzo. 51CC R.??????
87.7 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Plješivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1 1456km
88.1 1550 BIH BH Radio 1, Tušnica (k10) F201 BHRADIO1 1615km
88.2 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden Seceda, Unlisted site Partial ID and news, as 92.6
88.5 1550 HRV Rovinj FM, Golaš (pa) C48F ????nj?? 1324km
89.0 1550 I Radio Maria, Valle di Cadore/Monte Rite (bl) Praise be the Lord! As 87.6 1138km
89.1 1550 SVN Radio Ognjišce, Postojna 1 (po) 942F OGNJIS?? 1293km
89.6 1550 HRV Radio Centar - studio Porec, Porec/Debeli Rt (pa) C439 ????OL?? 1304km
90.0 1550 I Radio Marilù, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 538A 1163km
90.2 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Limski kanal (pa) C201 HR??HR_1 1319km
90.5 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
90.7 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Cabar (ri) C202 HRT-HR_2 1330km
90.8 1550 I Easy Network, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5361 1163km
91.1 1550 I RAI Radio1, Belluno/Col Visentin (RAI) (bl) 5201 __RAI___ 1165km
91.3 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Mirkovica (ri) C201 HRT-HR_1 1374km
91.4 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Pula/Veli Vrh (pa) OM and Queen song, 87.7 1343km
91.7 1550 I Radio Company, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5350 COMPANY_ 1163km
91.8 1550 I Radio Company, Valle di Cadore/Monte Rite (bl) Jingle ID 1138km
92.3 1550 I RMC - Radio Monte Carlo, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5213 __RMC_?? 1163km
92.5 1550 BIH Federalni Radio, Tušnica (k10) F209 RADIO-F. 1615km
92.6 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden, Seceda (bz) Partial ID, presumably in
Ladin language5432 ??AD???? 1092km
92.8 1550 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Trebinje/Leotar (srp) Vocal ID.
No apparent RDS 1763km
93.3 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) C202 HRT-HR_2 1374km
93.4 1550 I m2o, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5233 1163km
93.5 1550 SVN Val 202,
Krim (lj) 9202 1295km
93.6 1550 I Radio 24, Jesolo/Via Ca' Gamba, 50-Ristorante Pizzeria Ca' Gamba (ve)
5245 RADIO_24 1229km
94.3 1550 I Radio 105, Jesolo/Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 15-Acqualandia (ve)
5211 __105___ 1228km
94.7 1550 BIH BH Radio 1, Drvar/Velika Visoka (k10) F001 ?RA???? 1524km
94.7 1550 BIH Radio Bihac, Bihac/Maskare (usk) 5158 1461km
95.5 1550 I RAI Radio3, Belluno/Col Visentin (RAI) (bl) 5203 1165km
96.5 1550 SVN Slovenija 3, Krim (lj) 9203 __ARS___ 1295km
97.0 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv)
5370 MONELLA_ 1162km
97.65 1550 I Radio Gelosa, Venezia/Municipalità di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve)
5379 1211km
97.7 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Unlisted site 5370 MO??LL??
98.1 1550 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Venezia/Municipalità
di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve) 5220 R_ITALIA 1211km
98.5 1550 I Radio Deejay, Mestre-Marghera/via Rampa Cavalcavia (ve) 5214 1211km
98.7 1550 I RAI Radio3, Multi-tx 5203 __RAI___ _RADIO3_
98.7 1550 I SorRrisO, Unlisted site 5372 Sorrriso
99.05 1550 I MC2 - Monte Carlo 2, Venezia/Piazzale Roma-Garage San Marco-Traliccio 1 (ve)
Presume due to offset. Light pops. 1218km
96.0 1551 I Radio Company, Bassano del Grappa/Frazione Rubbio-Via Monte Caina (vi)
5350 COMPANY_ 1155km
96.5 1551 I Radio Capital, Auronzo di Cadore/Monte Agudo (bl) 5219 _CAPITAL 1133km
101.0 1551 D BR Klassik, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D314 942km
101.1 1551 I Radio Venezia (La radio che balla), Venezia/Municipalità
di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve) 5A7E 1211km
101.3 1551 I Radio Padova, Belluno/Col Toront (bl) 5360 1165km
103.0 1551 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D3A3 ??????__ 942km
103.5 1551 I Radio Venezia (Un amore di radio), Mestre-Marghera/via Rampa
Cavalcavia (ve) 53C1 __RADIO_ VENEZIA_ BALLA___ 1211km
103.7 1551 I Radio Fiemme 104, Cavalese/Alpe Cermis (tn) 5316 1109km
104.1 1551 I Radio Mater, Vico del Gargano (fg) 5158 1708km
104.2 1551 I Radio Birikina, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv) 536E __?????? 1162km
104.6 1551 I m2o, Vico del Gargano/San Menaio (fg) 5233 ??_DUE_O 1706km
104.7 1551 I Radio Radicale, Valdobbiadene or Belluno 5210
103.8 1552 I Arancia Network, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an)
5571 AranciA_ 1435km
103.9 1552 D Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) 140A _SEEFUNK __RSF___ 922km
104.0 1552 I Radio Linea Numero Uno, Fermo/Capodarco (fm) Vocal ID. Change in PI5388 1485km
104.6 1552 D Donau 3 FM, Biberach an der Riß (bwü) DA08 872km
104.7 1552 I RAS Ö1, Penegal=Cima Penegal or Kronplatz=Plan de Corones A201
104.9 1552 I Radio 105, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 5211 __?????? 1435km
105.0 1552 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) D30B RADIO7__ 922km
105.5 1552 I ERF Südtirol, Montan=Montagna/Elsenhof 1 (bz) 5F54 _E?????? 1092km
106.0 1552 I AFN Vicenza-The Eagle, Bassano del Grappa/Frazione Rubbio-Via Monte Caina (vi)
9978 AFNEAGLE 1155km
106.2 1552 D Donau 3 FM, Riedlingen/Österberg (bwü) Manfred Mann track, as 104.6 848km
106.9 1552 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D315 B5_akt__ 942km
107.0 1552 I Radio Maria, Belluno/Col Toront (bl) Presumed with usual religious
bollocks 1165km
107.3 1552 I R101, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 5215 ??????__ 1435km
107.7 1552 I Radio Maria, Ancona/Località Paterno-Via del Cimitero (an) Is the pope
catholic? 51CC R.MARIA_ 1434km
91.4 1553 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Cavalese/Alpe Cermis (tn) Jingle ID 1109km
91.7 1553 I Radio Maria, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) 51CC R.??????
1709km
93.3 1553 AUT Ö1, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) A201 917km
94.0 1553 D Bayern 3, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Presumed, with low-mod pops, as 95.8 907km
94.9 1553 D SWR2, Waldburg (bwü) D3A2 __SWR2__ 893km
95.8 1553 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Presumed with low-mod pops 942km
98.0 1553 I Radio Subasio, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 53FD 1434km
100.1 1553 D Freies Radio Freudenstadt, Glatten (bwü) 150E 778km
100.4 1553 D B5 aktuell, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Presumed, with talks about Bayerns SPD 907km
102.1 1553 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Untertauern/Radstadt-Kranabeth (sal) A203 1132km
102.5 1553 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) D30B 834km
87.6 1554 D BR Klassik, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) D314 907km
88.0 1554 I Radio Studio 24, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an)
PI reg logged: 57D6 1435km
88.3 1554 I RAI Radio1, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5201 1445km
88.4 1554 I Radio Company, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv) 5350 CO??ANY_ 1162km
88.7 1554 D Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D312 ????rn?? 942km
88.9 1554 I Radio Deejay, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5214 1711km
89.0 1554 I RAI Radio2, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5202 ??????__ 1197km
89.2 1554 I Radio Ottanta, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 535A 1163km
89.6 1554 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) A203 917km
90.7 1554 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311 Bayern_1 942km
91.1 1554 I RAI Radio1, Breguzzo (RAI) (tn) Really this site? The only one showing on-path.
5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1088km
91.2 1554 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Waldburg (bwü) DA04 893km
91.7 1554 I Radio Maria, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) Ave Maria, etc. 1711km
92.3 1554 I RAI Radio3, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5203 1445km
92.3 1554 I Radio Maria, Sannicandro Garganico (fg) Choir, as others 1695km
92.4 1554 I Radio Deejay, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) Discussing the
word masturbating!!5214 _D????Y_ 1709km
92.6 1554 I Arancia Network, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 5571 AranciA_ 1434km
92.9 1554 I Rai Südtirol, Grödental=Val Gardena (RAS) (bz) 5404 1093km
95.9 1554 I Radio Viva FM, Terlago/Cima Paganella (tn) 53C1 ??????M_ 1095km
103.1 1557 I Radio 60 70 80, Monterubbiano/Contrada Sant Andrea (fm) Vocal ID in
conversation 1492km
105.5 1557 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 522F 1435km
106.8 1557 I Radionorba, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5353 1711km
106.9 1557 I Radio Maria, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) Er, religious
stuff, as others 1435km
107.0 1557 I Radio Kiss Kiss, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5225 1711km
107.2 1557 I R101, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) Pops, as 107.3 1711km
107.8 1557 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg)
5220 ??????IA 1711km
87.6 1604 I Radio Capital, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) 5219 1848km
87.7 1604 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5495 R.IT??IA 1272km
87.8 1604 I Radio Onda Libera, Gubbio/Castiglione Altobrando (pg) 5363 1415km
88.3 1604 I Radio Maria, Matera unid (mt) Your no repeat popeday!51CC R.MARIA_ 1850km
88.6 1604 I Radio Capital, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo) 5219 1272km
89.1 1604 I Radio Linea, Vocal ID radiolinea.it
89.5 1604 I RAI Radio1, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1256km
90.1 1604 I Radio 105, Modigliana/Monte Trebbio (fc) 5211 __105___ 1308km
90.3 1604 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Cesena/Monte Cavallo (fc) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1328km
90.5 1604 I Radio Maria, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo) Your All Maria
Lunchbreak 51CC R.MARIA_ 1272km
91.1 1604 I Radio Gamma (Savignano), Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
Cavallo (fc) 5843 1328km
91.3 1604 I Radio Virgilio Classics, Virgilio/Via Arnaldo da Brescia, 27 (mn) 5058 1171km
91.4 1604 I RMC - Radio Monte Carlo, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5213 __RMC___ 1272km
91.7 1604 I RAI Radio2, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1256km
92.8 1604 I Radio Studio Delta, Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
Cavallo (fc) 53FB Radio___ (plus phone number/s) 1328km
93.0 1604 I Radio Gamma (Savignano), Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5843 R_GAMMA_ 1272km
93.2 1604 I RTL 102.5, Gubbio/Castiglione Altobrando (pg) 5218 RTL1???? 1415km
93.2 1604 I Radio Pico Classic, Mirandola/Crocicchio Zeni-Via Serafina, 12 (mo) 53F3 1205km
94.5 1604 I Radio Subasio, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 53FD SUBASIO_ 1435km
93.3 1607 CVA Radio Vaticana Europa-America, Cittá del Vaticano/Palazzina
Leone XIII (cva) 4101 1542km
93.4 1607 I Radio Zeta - L'Italiana, Sant'Oreste/Monte Soratte- Eremo Santa
Maria delle Grazie (rm) Jingle ID 1513km
93.6 1607 I Radio Mater, Ancona/Località Paterno-Via del Cimitero (an) 5158 1434km
93.6 1607 I RAI GR Parlamento, Viano/Querceto-Ca' del Vento (RAI) (re) Interesting
non-standard PS name 5206 RAIGR-PR 1211km
93.8 1607 I RAI Radio1, Cetona/Monte Cetona (RAI) (si) 5201 1422km
94.3 1607 I Radio Subasio, Sant'Oreste/Monte Soratte- Eremo Santa Maria delle
Grazie (rm) Jingle ID 1513km
94.7 1607 I Radio Capital, Cetona/Monte Cetona (si) 5219 ??AP???? 1422km
94.8 1607 I Radio Maria, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 51CC ??MARI?? 1568km
95.3 1607 I Radio Dimensione Musica, Frascati/Villa Tuscolana (rm) 50D0 ??im??s. 1562km
95.5 1607 I Radio Capital, Monte Compatri/Frazione Pratarena, Via Sirio, 9 (rm)
5219 ????IT?? 1564km
96.5 1607 I Radio Capital, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5219 1711km
97.3 1607 I Radio Logos, Foggia (fg) Unusually high RDS level for such a noisy,
weak signal 5000 ??510347 1728km
97.5 1607 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Frascati/Villa Tuscolana (rm)
5220 R_ITALIA 1562km
97.7 1607 I Radio Città Futura, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 53DE 1568km
98.1 1607 I Radiosei, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5298 1568km
97.1 1608 I Radio Radicale, Maranello/Torre Maina-Via Vandelli, 573 (mo)
5210 1232km
97.4 1608 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Calvi dell’Umbria/Monte San
Pancrazio (tr) 5220 R_ITALIA 1499km
97.7 1608 I RAI Radio2, Monte Peglia (RAI) (tr) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1446km
97.8 1608 I Simply Radio, Subiaco/Località San Biagio (rm) 6158 1571km
98.5 1608 I RAI Radio3, Viano/Querceto-Ca' del Vento (RAI) (re) 5203 1211km
99.5 1608 I Radio Stella (Modena), Serramazzoni/Monte Tagliato (mo) 584E R.?????? 1230km
99.7 1608 I RAI Radio3, Monte Peglia (RAI) (tr) 5203 1446km
87.5 1612 I Malvisi Network, Pellegrino Parmense/Monte Canate (pr) 532A _MALVISI 1165km
87.6 1612 I Virgin Radio, Milano/Via Valenza, 5 (mi) 5241 1068km
87.8 1612 I Radio Radicale, Vernasca/Frazione Vigoleno-Località Costa [29.3] (pc)
5210 RA?????? 1158km
87.9 1612 I Radio Radicale, Milano/Piazza Velasca-Torre Velasca (mi) OM, as 87.8
1068km
88.1 1612 I Elleradio, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 54A5 1568km
88.3 1612 I Radio Maria, Civitavecchia/Monte Paradiso (rm) Traffic and travel, or
maybe not 1500km
88.6 1612 I Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 5210 1568km
89.0 1612 I Radio Maria, Milano/Via San Galdino, 5-Traliccio Diner (mi) Frally sodding
Donna, pina di bloody grazie, and other brainwashing nonsense 1065km
90.2 1612 I Radio Maria, Serramazzoni/Monte Faeto-Via Monte Cusna 416 (mo)
Radio Maria Top Ten at Ten 1232km
90.6 1612 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Civitavecchia/Monte Paradiso (rm)
5264 *_?????? 1500km
92.4 1612 I RTL 102.5, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5218 1568km
92.7 1612 I Tele Radio Stereo, Rocca di Papa (rm) 5343 ___OLE_ ___06___ etc. 1568km
92.9 1612 I Radio Radio, Canepina/Poggio Nibbio (vt) Vocal ID 1487km
Unidentified/Unlisted:
88.3 1550 ? UNID, ? 952E
107.6 1552 I UNID, ? 568F
94.6 1553 I UNID, ? 5200 SP______
98.5 1608 I UNID, ? 5371
88.2 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden Seceda, Unlisted site Partial ID and news, as 92.6
97.7 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Unlisted site 5370 MO??LL??
98.7 1550 I SorRrisO, Unlisted site 5372 Sorrriso
Wow! What is happening? Another superb opening which would have been more in keeping with mid-simmer.
I have the gift! Yes, I have discovered that Sod's Law can work in reverse. On THREE occasions this year, I have sat down at the computer, with the intention of going through some more sporadic E files from the summer. On ALL three occasions, I switched on the radio to find the FM band full of Es, thus preventing me from catching up. I would have ignored these openings were they only scraping the bottom of the band, but they have all been substantial Es events. The first was on January 1st when auroral Es took over the band. Then came January 3rd with a solid opening to the French Riviera. Then came this one. Good, solid signals and, at times, very congested 'soupy' mess from north-east Italy, Austria and south-east Germany. Throw in a bit of Balkan activity and you have an impressive mid-winter Es opening. Luckily, I was well placed for this one.
Signals were good and many strong locals got toppled. Belmont 93.1 was a surprise as that is usually unshiftable. BBC Lincolnshire and Lincs FM were wiped out at times too.
Many personal firsts were recorded as this opening favoured the extreme north-east of Italy - an area which has generally eluded me over the years. I have never heard Venice before, until today! Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing Venice in any other logs, though I'm sure it must have been reported before. It's certainly a rare one here.
Then to top it all off I had sporadic E to Germany! It's the sort of reception you might hear once in the summer here, but never in winter. German stations were on almost every other frequency, but most were too weak for RDS.
I heard what I presumed was the Ladin language on several frequencies, 97.4, 97.8, 104.7 come to mind, but I may have been confusing this with other languages, Romantch for instance, or maybe Austrian German.
This opening was so good and so out of character for the time of year that I have uploaded the best of the files to my Mediafire account. See here:
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.
Skegness Log: 2016-01-13 (MW)
680 1825 USA KBRW, Barrow (AK) YL speech, as web. Regognised by the speech intonation only
as signal very weak (-110 dB on the Perseus). Then beats of two songs, as web
also. V weak 6061 km
Nice to hear Alaska again, even if it was painfully weak. Something tells me this is going to become something of a regular for many DXers now Holland have vacated 675.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
as signal very weak (-110 dB on the Perseus). Then beats of two songs, as web
also. V weak 6061 km
Nice to hear Alaska again, even if it was painfully weak. Something tells me this is going to become something of a regular for many DXers now Holland have vacated 675.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
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