102.3 0003 E Radio Galega, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo YL news, as web 1379km **
103.9 0005 E Radio Galega, Ares/Montefaro (GAL-C) OM ad, as 102.3 1251km
104.7 0006 F Europe 1, Brest/le Rody (29) Presumed site. OM, as web 625km
107.7 0019 E Radio Estrada, A Estrada (GAL-PO) OMs talk, as web (This was regular in
Cornwall) 1321km **
107.9 0020 E Radio Líder, Zas/Pico de Meda (GAL-C) Listed inactive but several clear
IDs heard 1315km **
103.5 0023 E Radio Galega, Carballo/Monte Neme (GAL-C) YL on phone, as others 1285km **
95.6 0036 E SER, Meis/Monte Castrove (GAL-PO) Phone in, as web 1362km **
95.0 0042 E Kyoto FM, Vilagarcía de Arousa/M. Xiabre Spanish music, as web.
Unlisted PI FFFFFFFF 1347km **
97.4 0043 E RNE Radio 3, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo Piano music and OM, as web 1379km **
91.8 0047 E Onda Cero, Monforte de Lemos OMs talk, as web 1296km
92.8 0634 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) National weather,
jingle ID 1287km
88.2 0636 E RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) Opera, as 91.6 1287km
91.2 0637 E RNE Radio Clásica, Parada de Sil/M. Meda Opera, as 91.6 1338km **
93.7 0640 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C)
E215 1316km
99.0 0644 E RNE Radio 3, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) OMs, as web
1316km
107.0 0651 G Isle of Wight Radio, Chillerton Down (EN-IOW) Breakfast team, as web 301km
97.1 0701 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) Vocal ID 1316km
100.2 0741 E Radio Galega Música, Serra do Xistral Spanish song, as web 1225km **
101.6 0746 F NRJ, Flers/la Chapelle-Biche (61) Jingle ID after ads 498km
93.4 0751 F RCF, Argentan/Saint-Clair (61) YL and OM, as web 506km
101.4 0754 F Radio Classique, Amiens/Dury TDF (80) Classical, as web 390km
105.3 0801 F France Info, Falaise/Villers-Canivet (14) ID 473km
106.7 0803 F Europe 1, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) French YL, as web 415km
91.4 0806 F France Culture, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) Discussion, as web
415km
92.2 0809 F France Musique, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) OM and classical, as web 646km
105.6 0818 F France Info, Cherbourg-Octeville/Digosville (50) As web 414km
106.5 0822 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Guingamp/Ploumagoar (22) OM, as web 567km
107.9 0827 F RMC, L'Aigle or La Ferté-Macé ID. Noise free
107.5 0829 F RTL, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) OM and ad, as web 415km
** 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)
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
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-09-28 (Tropo: NW France & Galicia)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
102.3 0003 E Radio Galega, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) ++ YL news, as web 1379km
103.9 0005 E Radio Galega, Ares/Montefaro (GAL-C) OM ad, as 102.3 1251km
104.7 0006 F Europe 1, Brest/le Rody (29) Presumed site. OM, as web 625km
107.7 0019 E Radio Estrada, A Estrada (GAL-PO) ++ OMs talk, as web (This was regular in
Cornwall) 1321km
107.9 0020 E Radio Líder, Zas/Pico de Meda (GAL-C) ++ Listed inactive but several
clear IDs heard 1315km
103.5 0023 E Radio Galega, Carballo/Monte Neme (GAL-C) ++ YL on phone, as others 1285km
95.6 0036 E SER, Meis/Monte Castrove (GAL-PO) ++ Phone in, as web 1362km
95.0 0042 E Kyoto FM, Vilagarcía de Arousa/M. Xiabre (GAL-PO) ++ Spanish music,
as web. Unlisted PI: FFFF 1347km
97.4 0043 E RNE Radio 3, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) ++ Piano music and OM,
as web 1379km
91.8 0047 E Onda Cero, Monforte de Lemos (GAL-LU) OMs talk, as web 1296km
92.8 0634 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) National weather,
jingle ID 1287km
88.2 0636 E RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) Opera, as 91.6 1287km
91.2 0637 E RNE Radio Clásica, Parada de Sil/M. Meda (GAL-OU) ++ Opera, as 91.6 1338km
93.7 0640 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Santiago de Compostela/Monte
Pedroso (GAL-C) E215 1316km
99.0 0644 E RNE Radio 3, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) OMs, as web 1316km
107.0 0651 G Isle of Wight Radio, Chillerton Down (EN-IOW) Breakfast team, as web 301km
97.1 0701 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) Vocal ID 1316km
100.2 0741 E Radio Galega Música, Serra do Xistral (GAL-LU) ++ Spanish song, as web 1225km
101.6 0746 F NRJ, Flers/la Chapelle-Biche (61) Jingle ID after ads 498km
93.4 0751 F RCF, Argentan/Saint-Clair (61) YL and OM, as web 506km
101.4 0754 F Radio Classique, Amiens/Dury TDF (80) Classical, as web 390km
105.3 0801 F France Info, Falaise/Villers-Canivet (14) ID 473km
106.7 0803 F Europe 1, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) French YL, as web 415km
91.4 0806 F France Culture, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) Discussion,
as web 415km
92.2 0809 F France Musique, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) OM and classical, as web 646km
105.6 0818 F France Info, Cherbourg-Octeville/Digosville (50) As web 414km
106.5 0822 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Guingamp/Ploumagoar (22) OM, as web 567km
107.9 0827 F RMC, L'Aigle or La Ferté-Macé ID. Noise free
107.5 0829 F RTL, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) OM and ad, as web 415km
The last of the Spanish tropo. Still some reasonable signals but a little weaker after midnight, then quite a lot weaker by dawn. Most of the signals from the previous evening were hanging on, but still no Portugal.a
The "++" in the log are my own references for personal firsts.
Maximum distance received was from the Moaña transmitter at 1379 km.
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.
102.3 0003 E Radio Galega, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) ++ YL news, as web 1379km
103.9 0005 E Radio Galega, Ares/Montefaro (GAL-C) OM ad, as 102.3 1251km
104.7 0006 F Europe 1, Brest/le Rody (29) Presumed site. OM, as web 625km
107.7 0019 E Radio Estrada, A Estrada (GAL-PO) ++ OMs talk, as web (This was regular in
Cornwall) 1321km
107.9 0020 E Radio Líder, Zas/Pico de Meda (GAL-C) ++ Listed inactive but several
clear IDs heard 1315km
103.5 0023 E Radio Galega, Carballo/Monte Neme (GAL-C) ++ YL on phone, as others 1285km
95.6 0036 E SER, Meis/Monte Castrove (GAL-PO) ++ Phone in, as web 1362km
95.0 0042 E Kyoto FM, Vilagarcía de Arousa/M. Xiabre (GAL-PO) ++ Spanish music,
as web. Unlisted PI: FFFF 1347km
97.4 0043 E RNE Radio 3, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) ++ Piano music and OM,
as web 1379km
91.8 0047 E Onda Cero, Monforte de Lemos (GAL-LU) OMs talk, as web 1296km
92.8 0634 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) National weather,
jingle ID 1287km
88.2 0636 E RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) Opera, as 91.6 1287km
91.2 0637 E RNE Radio Clásica, Parada de Sil/M. Meda (GAL-OU) ++ Opera, as 91.6 1338km
93.7 0640 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Santiago de Compostela/Monte
Pedroso (GAL-C) E215 1316km
99.0 0644 E RNE Radio 3, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) OMs, as web 1316km
107.0 0651 G Isle of Wight Radio, Chillerton Down (EN-IOW) Breakfast team, as web 301km
97.1 0701 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) Vocal ID 1316km
100.2 0741 E Radio Galega Música, Serra do Xistral (GAL-LU) ++ Spanish song, as web 1225km
101.6 0746 F NRJ, Flers/la Chapelle-Biche (61) Jingle ID after ads 498km
93.4 0751 F RCF, Argentan/Saint-Clair (61) YL and OM, as web 506km
101.4 0754 F Radio Classique, Amiens/Dury TDF (80) Classical, as web 390km
105.3 0801 F France Info, Falaise/Villers-Canivet (14) ID 473km
106.7 0803 F Europe 1, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) French YL, as web 415km
91.4 0806 F France Culture, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) Discussion,
as web 415km
92.2 0809 F France Musique, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) OM and classical, as web 646km
105.6 0818 F France Info, Cherbourg-Octeville/Digosville (50) As web 414km
106.5 0822 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Guingamp/Ploumagoar (22) OM, as web 567km
107.9 0827 F RMC, L'Aigle or La Ferté-Macé ID. Noise free
107.5 0829 F RTL, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) OM and ad, as web 415km
The last of the Spanish tropo. Still some reasonable signals but a little weaker after midnight, then quite a lot weaker by dawn. Most of the signals from the previous evening were hanging on, but still no Portugal.a
The "++" in the log are my own references for personal firsts.
Maximum distance received was from the Moaña transmitter at 1379 km.
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.
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-09-27 (Tropo: F E G)
105.5 1857 G The Breeze, Beacon Hill/UHF tower (A) (EN-DVN) Wet Wet Wet song, OM ID
405km
95.4 1911 F France Inter, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F201 __INTER_ 604km
104.7 1933 G Island FM, Les Touillets (GUE) C6B2 458km **
107.3 1946 F BFM Business, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) OMs, as web 629km
92.2 1955 E SER Galicia, Vimianzo or A A Estrada 1314km and 1334km respectively
87.7 2001 E SER, Vilalba/Monte Gondaisque (GAL-LU) Sports commentary, as web 1247km **
104.8 2017 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Pontypool (WA-TFN) Presumed site, as 93.1, etc. 93.6 BBC
R Cymru also in 280km **
93.6 2018 G BBC Radio Cymru, Pontypool (WA-TFN) Presumed site. BBC R4 104.8 also in
280km **
91.6 2050 E RNE Radio Clásica, Culleredo/Monte Xalo (GAL-C) Piano music, as web 1277km
92.6 2110 E Radio Voz, A Coruña Phone in, as web 1266km
93.6 2112 F MFM Radio, Brest/Place de Strasbourg (29) Serge Gainsbourg song, as web
626km
94.0 2114 F Mouv', Brest/11 Rue Pierre-Mac-Orlans (29) Awful vocoded rap shite, as web
630km
95.0 2115 F Radio Neptune, Brest/9 Rue Pierre Mac-Orlan (29) Jazz, as web 630km
96.5 2117 F NRJ, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) YLs with childish voices, as web 565km
99.4 2136 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Carhaix-Plouguer/Berrien (29) French song, as web.
Almost noise free 600km
88.0 2145 E Radio Galega Música, Valga/Monte Xesteiras E4E1 RGMUSICA 1339km
97.1 2151 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) OMs discussion, as web
1316km **
102.1 2153 E Radio Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela Phone in, as web 1316km
88.9 2203 E Cadena 100, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) Pops, as web
1316km **
93.7 2204 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C)
E215 1316km **
93.0 2206 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Full RDS in vertical! F205
BLEU-BZH 604km
99.9 2208 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) YL, as web 1316km
103.1 2212 E RNE Radio Nacional, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) E211
1316km **
87.8 2216 E COPE, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) OMs, as web 1378km
98.1 2225 E RNE Radio Clásica, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) Classical,
as web 1316km
100.6 2231 E SER, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) OM phone in, as web. Not far off
noise free 1378km **
100.9 2231 E Radio Galega, Valga/Monte Xesteiras E4E0 1339km **
106.5 2245 G Sam FM, Bristol/East Dundry (EN-BRI) ID and pops 280km **
90.6 2250 F France Inter, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) Discussion, as web 675km
94.2 2254 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YL, as web 675km
107.2 2258 G The Breeze, Winchester/Crabwood Farm (EN-HPS) OM ID after slushy night time
pops 259km **
87.6 2304 E esRadio, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) ID and jingle. YL talk 1315km **
101.2 2311 G Heart, Kingsbridge/Soar (EN-DVN) Predictable pops, as web 432km
94.0 2318 E Kiss FM, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo Pops, as web 1379km **
91.2 2321 F RMN-FM, Rostronen/Restehouanet (22) Jingle ID and pops 610km
91.4 2325 E Cadena Dial, Meis/Monte Castrove (GAL-PO) Jingle ID and Spanish pops
1362km **
104.6 2331 E Radio Galega, Vimianzo/Monte Sangre (GAL-C) YLs a nattering, as web
1314km **
107.2 2338 E Radio Cerceda, Cerceda (GAL-C) 2EFF RCERCEDA 1284km
96.2 2346 E Radio Galega, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) YL and OM, as web
1315km
92.2 2355 E SER, A Estrada Presume, producing echo against Vimianzo. 1334km **
92.2 2355 E SER, Vimianzo/Monte Sangre Lively chat, as web 1314km
94.2 2358 E Radio Solidaria, Santiago de Compostela Spanish pops, as web 1315km
** 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)
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
405km
95.4 1911 F France Inter, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F201 __INTER_ 604km
104.7 1933 G Island FM, Les Touillets (GUE) C6B2 458km **
107.3 1946 F BFM Business, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) OMs, as web 629km
92.2 1955 E SER Galicia, Vimianzo or A A Estrada 1314km and 1334km respectively
87.7 2001 E SER, Vilalba/Monte Gondaisque (GAL-LU) Sports commentary, as web 1247km **
104.8 2017 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Pontypool (WA-TFN) Presumed site, as 93.1, etc. 93.6 BBC
R Cymru also in 280km **
93.6 2018 G BBC Radio Cymru, Pontypool (WA-TFN) Presumed site. BBC R4 104.8 also in
280km **
91.6 2050 E RNE Radio Clásica, Culleredo/Monte Xalo (GAL-C) Piano music, as web 1277km
92.6 2110 E Radio Voz, A Coruña Phone in, as web 1266km
93.6 2112 F MFM Radio, Brest/Place de Strasbourg (29) Serge Gainsbourg song, as web
626km
94.0 2114 F Mouv', Brest/11 Rue Pierre-Mac-Orlans (29) Awful vocoded rap shite, as web
630km
95.0 2115 F Radio Neptune, Brest/9 Rue Pierre Mac-Orlan (29) Jazz, as web 630km
96.5 2117 F NRJ, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) YLs with childish voices, as web 565km
99.4 2136 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Carhaix-Plouguer/Berrien (29) French song, as web.
Almost noise free 600km
88.0 2145 E Radio Galega Música, Valga/Monte Xesteiras E4E1 RGMUSICA 1339km
97.1 2151 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) OMs discussion, as web
1316km **
102.1 2153 E Radio Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela Phone in, as web 1316km
88.9 2203 E Cadena 100, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) Pops, as web
1316km **
93.7 2204 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C)
E215 1316km **
93.0 2206 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Full RDS in vertical! F205
BLEU-BZH 604km
99.9 2208 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) YL, as web 1316km
103.1 2212 E RNE Radio Nacional, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) E211
1316km **
87.8 2216 E COPE, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) OMs, as web 1378km
98.1 2225 E RNE Radio Clásica, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) Classical,
as web 1316km
100.6 2231 E SER, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) OM phone in, as web. Not far off
noise free 1378km **
100.9 2231 E Radio Galega, Valga/Monte Xesteiras E4E0 1339km **
106.5 2245 G Sam FM, Bristol/East Dundry (EN-BRI) ID and pops 280km **
90.6 2250 F France Inter, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) Discussion, as web 675km
94.2 2254 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YL, as web 675km
107.2 2258 G The Breeze, Winchester/Crabwood Farm (EN-HPS) OM ID after slushy night time
pops 259km **
87.6 2304 E esRadio, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) ID and jingle. YL talk 1315km **
101.2 2311 G Heart, Kingsbridge/Soar (EN-DVN) Predictable pops, as web 432km
94.0 2318 E Kiss FM, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo Pops, as web 1379km **
91.2 2321 F RMN-FM, Rostronen/Restehouanet (22) Jingle ID and pops 610km
91.4 2325 E Cadena Dial, Meis/Monte Castrove (GAL-PO) Jingle ID and Spanish pops
1362km **
104.6 2331 E Radio Galega, Vimianzo/Monte Sangre (GAL-C) YLs a nattering, as web
1314km **
107.2 2338 E Radio Cerceda, Cerceda (GAL-C) 2EFF RCERCEDA 1284km
96.2 2346 E Radio Galega, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) YL and OM, as web
1315km
92.2 2355 E SER, A Estrada Presume, producing echo against Vimianzo. 1334km **
92.2 2355 E SER, Vimianzo/Monte Sangre Lively chat, as web 1314km
94.2 2358 E Radio Solidaria, Santiago de Compostela Spanish pops, as web 1315km
** 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)
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
Skegness Log: 2016-09-27 (Tropo: NW France & Galicia)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
105.5 1857 G The Breeze, Beacon Hill/UHF tower (A) (EN-DVN) Wet Wet Wet song, OM ID 405km
95.4 1911 F France Inter, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F201 __INTER_ 604km
104.7 1933 G Island FM, Les Touillets (GUE) ++ C6B2 458km
107.3 1946 F BFM Business, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) OMs, as web 629km
92.2 1955 E SER Galicia, Vimianzo or A Estrada 1314km and 1334km respectively
(Prob Vimianzo)
87.7 2001 E SER, Vilalba/Monte Gondaisque (GAL-LU) ++ Sports commentary, as web 1247km
104.8 2017 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Pontypool (WA-TFN) ++ Presumed site, as 93.1, etc.
93.6 BBC R Cymru also in 280km
93.6 2018 G BBC Radio Cymru, Pontypool (WA-TFN) ++ Presumed site. BBC R4 104.8
also in 280km
91.6 2050 E RNE Radio Clásica, Culleredo/Monte Xalo (GAL-C) Piano music, as web 1277km
92.6 2110 E Radio Voz, A Coruña (GAL-C) Phone in, as web 1266km
93.6 2112 F MFM Radio, Brest/Place de Strasbourg (29) Serge Gainsbourg song, as web 626km
94.0 2114 F Mouv', Brest/11 Rue Pierre-Mac-Orlans (29) Awful vocoded rap shite,
as web 630km
95.0 2115 F Radio Neptune, Brest/9 Rue Pierre Mac-Orlan (29) Jazz, as web 630km
96.5 2117 F NRJ, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) YLs with childish voices, as web 565km
99.4 2136 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Carhaix-Plouguer/Berrien (29) French song,
as web. Almost noise free 600km
88.0 2145 E Radio Galega Música, Valga/Monte Xesteiras (GAL-PO) E4E1 RGMUSICA 1339km
97.1 2151 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) ++OMs discussion,
as web 1316km
102.1 2153 E Radio Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) Phone in, as web 1316km
88.9 2203 E Cadena 100, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) ++ Pops,
as web 1316km
93.7 2204 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Santiago de Compostela/Monte
Pedroso (GAL-C) ++ E215 1316km
93.0 2206 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Full RDS in vertical!
F205 BLEU-BZH 604km
99.9 2208 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) YL, as web 1316km
103.1 2212 E RNE Radio Nacional, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C)
++ E211 1316km
87.8 2216 E COPE, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) OMs, as web 1378km
98.1 2225 E RNE Radio Clásica, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C)
Classical, as web 1316km
100.6 2231 E SER, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) ++ OM phone in, as web. Not far
off noise free 1378km
100.9 2231 E Radio Galega, Valga/Monte Xesteiras (GAL-PO) ++ E4E0 1339km
106.5 2245 G Sam FM, Bristol/East Dundry (EN-BRI) ++ ID and pops 280km
90.6 2250 F France Inter, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) Discussion, as web 675km
94.2 2254 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YL, as web 675km
107.2 2258 G The Breeze, Winchester/Crabwood Farm (EN-HPS) ++ OM ID after slushy
night time pops 259km
87.6 2304 E esRadio, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) ++ ID and jingle. YL talk 1315km
101.2 2311 G Heart, Kingsbridge/Soar (EN-DVN) Predictable pops, as web 432km
94.0 2318 E Kiss FM, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) ++ Pops, as web 1379km
91.2 2321 F RMN-FM, Rostronen/Restehouanet (22) Jingle ID and pops 610km
91.4 2325 E Cadena Dial, Meis/Monte Castrove (GAL-PO) ++ Jingle ID and Spanish
pops 1362km
104.6 2331 E Radio Galega, Vimianzo/Monte Sangre (GAL-C) ++ YLs a nattering, as web 1314km
107.2 2338 E Radio Cerceda, Cerceda (GAL-C) 2EFF RCERCEDA 1284km
96.2 2346 E Radio Galega, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) YL and OM,
as web 1315km
92.2 2355 E SER, A Estrada (GAL-PO) ++ Presume, producing echo against Vimianzo. 1334km
92.2 2355 E SER, Vimianzo/Monte Sangre (GAL-C) Lively chat, as web 1314km
94.2 2358 E Radio Solidaria, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) Spanish pops, as web 1315km
An impressive Spanish opening. The Hep and F5LEN got this one just about spot on, showing a finger of tropo pointing almost straight at me then out across the North Sea, over the Netherlands and into Northern Germany, allowing record-breaking distances for some.
The first indication of tropo came from Brest. It was weak at first then increased in strength to a whopping S9+50dB within an hour. It stayed at this strength throughout most of the evening!
Galicia appeared shortly afterwards, again quite weak to begin with, but some transmitters increased to S9+30dB, producing a fair amount of RDS.
I was hoping for Portugal but it didn't happen this time. To be honest, I was surprised I was placed so nicely in the firing line for any of this! Usually, such impressive Spanish DX is reserved for the south or the west side of England.
Luckily, the noise I get from the South-West was absent for the duration of this tropo but, unluckily, the South of England was well enhanced too, giving a lot of channel blocking from the likes of Wenvoe, Rowridge, Wrotham, even Llangollen to the west. But it was nice to hear The Breeze for the first time though.
Many personal firsts were received. If you see "++" in the log, those are my notes which indicate a personal first, but there are others in there which I haven't checked. I am back at the same position I was at this time one year ago - well behind with FM tropo and Es SDR files. There's a fair bit of catching up to do.
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.
105.5 1857 G The Breeze, Beacon Hill/UHF tower (A) (EN-DVN) Wet Wet Wet song, OM ID 405km
95.4 1911 F France Inter, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F201 __INTER_ 604km
104.7 1933 G Island FM, Les Touillets (GUE) ++ C6B2 458km
107.3 1946 F BFM Business, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) OMs, as web 629km
92.2 1955 E SER Galicia, Vimianzo or A Estrada 1314km and 1334km respectively
(Prob Vimianzo)
87.7 2001 E SER, Vilalba/Monte Gondaisque (GAL-LU) ++ Sports commentary, as web 1247km
104.8 2017 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Pontypool (WA-TFN) ++ Presumed site, as 93.1, etc.
93.6 BBC R Cymru also in 280km
93.6 2018 G BBC Radio Cymru, Pontypool (WA-TFN) ++ Presumed site. BBC R4 104.8
also in 280km
91.6 2050 E RNE Radio Clásica, Culleredo/Monte Xalo (GAL-C) Piano music, as web 1277km
92.6 2110 E Radio Voz, A Coruña (GAL-C) Phone in, as web 1266km
93.6 2112 F MFM Radio, Brest/Place de Strasbourg (29) Serge Gainsbourg song, as web 626km
94.0 2114 F Mouv', Brest/11 Rue Pierre-Mac-Orlans (29) Awful vocoded rap shite,
as web 630km
95.0 2115 F Radio Neptune, Brest/9 Rue Pierre Mac-Orlan (29) Jazz, as web 630km
96.5 2117 F NRJ, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) YLs with childish voices, as web 565km
99.4 2136 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Carhaix-Plouguer/Berrien (29) French song,
as web. Almost noise free 600km
88.0 2145 E Radio Galega Música, Valga/Monte Xesteiras (GAL-PO) E4E1 RGMUSICA 1339km
97.1 2151 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) ++OMs discussion,
as web 1316km
102.1 2153 E Radio Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) Phone in, as web 1316km
88.9 2203 E Cadena 100, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) ++ Pops,
as web 1316km
93.7 2204 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Santiago de Compostela/Monte
Pedroso (GAL-C) ++ E215 1316km
93.0 2206 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Full RDS in vertical!
F205 BLEU-BZH 604km
99.9 2208 E COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) YL, as web 1316km
103.1 2212 E RNE Radio Nacional, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C)
++ E211 1316km
87.8 2216 E COPE, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) OMs, as web 1378km
98.1 2225 E RNE Radio Clásica, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C)
Classical, as web 1316km
100.6 2231 E SER, Moaña/Monte Faro Domaio (GAL-PO) ++ OM phone in, as web. Not far
off noise free 1378km
100.9 2231 E Radio Galega, Valga/Monte Xesteiras (GAL-PO) ++ E4E0 1339km
106.5 2245 G Sam FM, Bristol/East Dundry (EN-BRI) ++ ID and pops 280km
90.6 2250 F France Inter, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) Discussion, as web 675km
94.2 2254 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YL, as web 675km
107.2 2258 G The Breeze, Winchester/Crabwood Farm (EN-HPS) ++ OM ID after slushy
night time pops 259km
87.6 2304 E esRadio, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) ++ ID and jingle. YL talk 1315km
101.2 2311 G Heart, Kingsbridge/Soar (EN-DVN) Predictable pops, as web 432km
94.0 2318 E Kiss FM, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) ++ Pops, as web 1379km
91.2 2321 F RMN-FM, Rostronen/Restehouanet (22) Jingle ID and pops 610km
91.4 2325 E Cadena Dial, Meis/Monte Castrove (GAL-PO) ++ Jingle ID and Spanish
pops 1362km
104.6 2331 E Radio Galega, Vimianzo/Monte Sangre (GAL-C) ++ YLs a nattering, as web 1314km
107.2 2338 E Radio Cerceda, Cerceda (GAL-C) 2EFF RCERCEDA 1284km
96.2 2346 E Radio Galega, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) YL and OM,
as web 1315km
92.2 2355 E SER, A Estrada (GAL-PO) ++ Presume, producing echo against Vimianzo. 1334km
92.2 2355 E SER, Vimianzo/Monte Sangre (GAL-C) Lively chat, as web 1314km
94.2 2358 E Radio Solidaria, Santiago de Compostela (GAL-C) Spanish pops, as web 1315km
An impressive Spanish opening. The Hep and F5LEN got this one just about spot on, showing a finger of tropo pointing almost straight at me then out across the North Sea, over the Netherlands and into Northern Germany, allowing record-breaking distances for some.
The first indication of tropo came from Brest. It was weak at first then increased in strength to a whopping S9+50dB within an hour. It stayed at this strength throughout most of the evening!
Galicia appeared shortly afterwards, again quite weak to begin with, but some transmitters increased to S9+30dB, producing a fair amount of RDS.
I was hoping for Portugal but it didn't happen this time. To be honest, I was surprised I was placed so nicely in the firing line for any of this! Usually, such impressive Spanish DX is reserved for the south or the west side of England.
Luckily, the noise I get from the South-West was absent for the duration of this tropo but, unluckily, the South of England was well enhanced too, giving a lot of channel blocking from the likes of Wenvoe, Rowridge, Wrotham, even Llangollen to the west. But it was nice to hear The Breeze for the first time though.
Many personal firsts were received. If you see "++" in the log, those are my notes which indicate a personal first, but there are others in there which I haven't checked. I am back at the same position I was at this time one year ago - well behind with FM tropo and Es SDR files. There's a fair bit of catching up to do.
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.
Monday, 26 September 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-09-26 (MW East Asia)
1377 2100 CHN CNR 1, Xingyang/SARFT554 (HE) Zhongguo Zhi Sheng IDs, thanks Jari Savolainen
at RealDX for spotting these. Fair 8306 km
1422 2100 CHN Taiyuan RGD, Taiyuan (SX) TENTATIVE. Jari Savolainen at RealDX
think this is possibly Taiyuan RGD but no IDs heard. Language is
Mandarin Chinese - thanks to Tony Magon at RealDX for this. Weak 7996 km
I am not including 1422 in my master log as there is some uncertainty about this. It looks like it's the same station reported by Jan Edh on the 23rd.
I am surprised to be hearing such good signals from East Asia with conditions being so disturbed. This must be how it is. I've never really studied Asia under these conditions. The South Korean regulars on 972, 1170 & 1566 were completely absent! The Taiwan Fisheries station on 738 and 1143 were both doing quite well this evening. So it seems there's always something of interest from Asia, no matter what the indices.
I haven't bothered with overnight recordings in view of the recent disturbance, but it's probably time to swing the flag towards South America now with this disturbance becoming more sustained.
Here are recordings of the above:
1377 CNR 1, Xingyang: https://youtu.be/NQAFfvjsdDg
1422 TENTATIVE Taiyuan RGD, Taiyuan: https://youtu.be/C36kPGU3YHo
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
at RealDX for spotting these. Fair 8306 km
1422 2100 CHN Taiyuan RGD, Taiyuan (SX) TENTATIVE. Jari Savolainen at RealDX
think this is possibly Taiyuan RGD but no IDs heard. Language is
Mandarin Chinese - thanks to Tony Magon at RealDX for this. Weak 7996 km
I am not including 1422 in my master log as there is some uncertainty about this. It looks like it's the same station reported by Jan Edh on the 23rd.
I am surprised to be hearing such good signals from East Asia with conditions being so disturbed. This must be how it is. I've never really studied Asia under these conditions. The South Korean regulars on 972, 1170 & 1566 were completely absent! The Taiwan Fisheries station on 738 and 1143 were both doing quite well this evening. So it seems there's always something of interest from Asia, no matter what the indices.
I haven't bothered with overnight recordings in view of the recent disturbance, but it's probably time to swing the flag towards South America now with this disturbance becoming more sustained.
Here are recordings of the above:
1377 CNR 1, Xingyang: https://youtu.be/NQAFfvjsdDg
1422 TENTATIVE Taiyuan RGD, Taiyuan: https://youtu.be/C36kPGU3YHo
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
Sunday, 25 September 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-09-25 (MW Transatlantic)
1120 0500 USA KMOX Saint Louis MO. Newsradio 11-20 KMOX, mentioning 102.5 KEZK.
Fair 6690 km
1080 0555 USA WTIC Hartford CT. Riding well over the Euros. Faded on the hour of course
Fair 5390 km
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
Fair 6690 km
1080 0555 USA WTIC Hartford CT. Riding well over the Euros. Faded on the hour of course
Fair 5390 km
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
Saturday, 24 September 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-09-24 (MW Transatlantic & East Asia)
750 0259 VEN YVKS RCR 750 Radio Caracas, Caracas (dcf) RCR ID 02:59:34 Weak 7574 km
700 0300 USA WLW Cincinnati OH ... on Newsradio Seven Hundred WLW at 03:00:51 Weak 6293 km
920 0300 USA WHJJ Providence RI Newsradio 9-20 WHJJ ID heard Weak 5296 km
1120 0300 USA KMOX Saint Louis MO Ads. CBS News. Newsradio 11-20 KMOX ID 0306 Fair 6690 km
1150 0300 CAN CKOC Hamilton ON ID - CKOC AM ... TSN 11-50 ... Bell Media. Mucho splatter
Weak 5736 km
1510 0500 USA KGA Sports Radio 1510, Spokane (WA) Presumed. "Fox Sports Trending ... Now!" **
ID over WMEX. Also mixing second sports station (presume KCKK) Weak 7375 km
1540 0600 USA KXEL Waterloo IA Newstalk 15-40 KXEL Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Cedar
Rapids Weak 6547 km
1224 2000 TWN BCC Country Network, Kaohsiung (KH) BCC top of the hour jingle V weak 9816 km
** Personal 'First'
- Added 1510 KGA in view of recent news of format update, 27-09-16.
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
700 0300 USA WLW Cincinnati OH ... on Newsradio Seven Hundred WLW at 03:00:51 Weak 6293 km
920 0300 USA WHJJ Providence RI Newsradio 9-20 WHJJ ID heard Weak 5296 km
1120 0300 USA KMOX Saint Louis MO Ads. CBS News. Newsradio 11-20 KMOX ID 0306 Fair 6690 km
1150 0300 CAN CKOC Hamilton ON ID - CKOC AM ... TSN 11-50 ... Bell Media. Mucho splatter
Weak 5736 km
1510 0500 USA KGA Sports Radio 1510, Spokane (WA) Presumed. "Fox Sports Trending ... Now!" **
ID over WMEX. Also mixing second sports station (presume KCKK) Weak 7375 km
1540 0600 USA KXEL Waterloo IA Newstalk 15-40 KXEL Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Cedar
Rapids Weak 6547 km
1224 2000 TWN BCC Country Network, Kaohsiung (KH) BCC top of the hour jingle V weak 9816 km
** Personal 'First'
- Added 1510 KGA in view of recent news of format update, 27-09-16.
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
Friday, 23 September 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-09-23 (MW Transatlantic & East Asia)
680 0300 USA WRKO WRKO, Boston (MA) On WRKO Boston heard in pile-up Weak 5239 km
1120 0306 USA KMOX Saint Louis (MO) KMOX call given several times at end of news bulletin
Weak 6690 km
970 0400 USA WZAN Portland/Sunset Park (ME) WZAN Portnald, AM 9-70. ESPN ID Weak 5105 km
1320 0400 CAN CJMR Oakville (ON) CJMR, the ... obscured by static Weak 5703 km
640 0500 CAN CBN CBC Radio 1, Saint John s (NL) CBC News Weak 3731 km
740 0500 CAN CHCM Marystown (NL) As 590 VOCM programming Fair 3915 km
1290 0500 USA WKBK Keene (NH) WKBK call heard in pile-up. CBS News Weak 5276 km
1400 0500 USA WOND News Talk 1400 WOND, Pleasantville (NJ) WOND call heard under CBG
Weak 5673 km
660 0501 USA WFAN Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM, The Fan, New York/High Island (NY) The Fan
Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM, WFAN and wfan.com Fair 5519 km
1310 0502 CAN CIWW 1310 News, Ottawa (ON) This is the Thirteen Ten News weather update
Fair 5332 km
1100 0600 USA WTAM Newsradio WTAM 1100, Cleveland (OH) WTAM ID. Faded a little for the hour
but fair before. Weak 5979 km
1590 0600 USA WARV WARV Providence, RI 1590 AM, Warwick (RI) Life Changing Radio WARV ID
Weak 5308 km
1134 1800 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Time signal and YL KBC ID Weak 8723 km
1143 2000 KOR Radio Free Korea, unknown Top of the hour routine, including distinctive
"News" ID. Dominant over BEL3 Weak 9999 km
1278 2000 J JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) YL RKB ID at exactly 20:00:27.
Dominant Weak 9226 km
1350 2000 J JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Presumed. Time signal. Swamped
by Iam Radio, but Japanese YL regained domination. No ID heard. Weak 9251 km
The nights are getting longer now and it's nice to see 0600 opening up. Japan is also becoming a regular visitor this season with four stations providing almost regular evening listening. Signals this season are much better with clear audio and dominance over most European and UK stations. Frequencies are: 1188 JOKP; 1278 JOFR; 1350 JOER and 1413 JOIF.
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
1120 0306 USA KMOX Saint Louis (MO) KMOX call given several times at end of news bulletin
Weak 6690 km
970 0400 USA WZAN Portland/Sunset Park (ME) WZAN Portnald, AM 9-70. ESPN ID Weak 5105 km
1320 0400 CAN CJMR Oakville (ON) CJMR, the ... obscured by static Weak 5703 km
640 0500 CAN CBN CBC Radio 1, Saint John s (NL) CBC News Weak 3731 km
740 0500 CAN CHCM Marystown (NL) As 590 VOCM programming Fair 3915 km
1290 0500 USA WKBK Keene (NH) WKBK call heard in pile-up. CBS News Weak 5276 km
1400 0500 USA WOND News Talk 1400 WOND, Pleasantville (NJ) WOND call heard under CBG
Weak 5673 km
660 0501 USA WFAN Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM, The Fan, New York/High Island (NY) The Fan
Sports Radio 66 and 101.9 FM, WFAN and wfan.com Fair 5519 km
1310 0502 CAN CIWW 1310 News, Ottawa (ON) This is the Thirteen Ten News weather update
Fair 5332 km
1100 0600 USA WTAM Newsradio WTAM 1100, Cleveland (OH) WTAM ID. Faded a little for the hour
but fair before. Weak 5979 km
1590 0600 USA WARV WARV Providence, RI 1590 AM, Warwick (RI) Life Changing Radio WARV ID
Weak 5308 km
1134 1800 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Time signal and YL KBC ID Weak 8723 km
1143 2000 KOR Radio Free Korea, unknown Top of the hour routine, including distinctive
"News" ID. Dominant over BEL3 Weak 9999 km
1278 2000 J JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) YL RKB ID at exactly 20:00:27.
Dominant Weak 9226 km
1350 2000 J JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Presumed. Time signal. Swamped
by Iam Radio, but Japanese YL regained domination. No ID heard. Weak 9251 km
The nights are getting longer now and it's nice to see 0600 opening up. Japan is also becoming a regular visitor this season with four stations providing almost regular evening listening. Signals this season are much better with clear audio and dominance over most European and UK stations. Frequencies are: 1188 JOKP; 1278 JOFR; 1350 JOER and 1413 JOIF.
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
Thursday, 22 September 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-09-22 (MW Transatlantic & East Asia)
1143 1859 KOR Radio Free Korea, unknown site. Same top of the hour sequence I heard two days
ago. No sign of Taiwan Fisheries. Weak
711 1900 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC) Kuang Hua ID heard under Murcia
Weak 9626 km
1278 1900 J JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Jingle and YL ID. Peaks nicely over
UK one minute after the hour Weak 9226 km
675 2100 QAT QMC Radio Qatar, Al-Arish (msm) OM ID Fair 5135 km **
1017 2100 CHN China Radio Int./CNR 8, Changchun/SARFT523 (JL) CRI Interval signal, xd Free
Radio 80s and UNID East Asian 8011 km
1323 2100 CHN China Radio Int., Multi-tx Interval signal. Unidentified language. Weak
** Personal First
I have been hearing Qatar on 675 for the last few evenings and I didn't realise that it hasn't been reported in the UK before. I have a multitude of stations from the Middle East here during the evening hours. I ought to investigate these stations more closely.
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
ago. No sign of Taiwan Fisheries. Weak
711 1900 TWN Han Sheng GD Kuanghua zhi Sheng, Hsinfeng (HC) Kuang Hua ID heard under Murcia
Weak 9626 km
1278 1900 J JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Jingle and YL ID. Peaks nicely over
UK one minute after the hour Weak 9226 km
675 2100 QAT QMC Radio Qatar, Al-Arish (msm) OM ID Fair 5135 km **
1017 2100 CHN China Radio Int./CNR 8, Changchun/SARFT523 (JL) CRI Interval signal, xd Free
Radio 80s and UNID East Asian 8011 km
1323 2100 CHN China Radio Int., Multi-tx Interval signal. Unidentified language. Weak
** Personal First
I have been hearing Qatar on 675 for the last few evenings and I didn't realise that it hasn't been reported in the UK before. I have a multitude of stations from the Middle East here during the evening hours. I ought to investigate these stations more closely.
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
Wednesday, 21 September 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-09-21 (MW East Asia)
1098 2000 CHN CNR 11, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Pips, time check and Zhongyang renmin guangbo
diantai ID Fair 7136 km
Not a lot happening this eveng apart from the usual South Korean giants (972 & 1566) but this one stood out a mile with fair signals.
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
diantai ID Fair 7136 km
Not a lot happening this eveng apart from the usual South Korean giants (972 & 1566) but this one stood out a mile with fair signals.
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 Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp
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