Band 2 Tropospheric Log: 15-11-12
97.8 0002 F France Culture, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) OM talk, as others 646km
107.2 0033 D WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) YL on phone to OM. As web stream 593km
93.6 0037 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Pops, as web stream. V weak 550km
89.2 0110 F France Culture, Cherbourg-Octeville/Digosville (50) OMs, as 98.0 413km
100.7 0111 F France Bleu Cotentin, Cherbourg-Octeville/Digosville (50) French song, as 94.7 413km
105.7 0119 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) OM YL discussion, as web stream. V weak 1024km
105.6 0130 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Mull Of Kintyre, as web stream 657km
107.1 0131 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Mull Of Kintyre, as web stream 593km
107.1 0134 D Radio TON Ostwürttemberg, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) ID jingle after news. Pops 835km **
98.1 0138 D SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) Bryan Adams, as web stream 835km **
91.1 0140 D SWR2, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) Classical music, as web stream 835km **
97.1 0303 G BBC Radio 1, Les Platons (JER) Club beats, as 98.3 466km **
89.6 0306 G BBC Radio 2, Les Platons (JER) As others 466km **
91.1 0306 G BBC Radio 3, Les Platons (JER) As others 466km **
94.8 0308 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Les Platons (JER) As others 466km **
107.6 0814 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Modern pops, OM YL, as web stream 640km
107.3 0816 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) Neil Diamond song, as web stream 813km
106.9 0817 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) YL, as web stream 942km
88.4 0821 F France Culture, Bar-le-Duc/Willeroncourt (55) OM YL talk, as web stream 607km **
88.3 0823 F France Culture, Longwy/Bois de Châ (54) OMs, as 88.4 554km
88.9 0825 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) Pops, as web stream 574km
97.9 0827 F France Culture, Troyes/les Riceys (10) CULTURE 643km
95.3 0829 F France Inter, Troyes/les Riceys (10) INTER 643km
93.3 0830 F France Musique, Chaumont/Chalindrey (52) MUSIQUE 694km
92.2 0832 D SWR3, Stuttgart/Hoher Bopser (bwü) Stuttgart traffic report. ID 790km
99.0 0835 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Vweak with various pops, as web stream 1081km **
99.0 0840 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) YL as web, mixing pops from ORF3 684km
97.5 0842 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) YL OM lively chat, as web stream 640km
98.4 0843 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) US pop song, as web stream 748km
100.4 0844 D Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Icehouse song, as web stream. Noise free 2 bars 748km
100.6 0848 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Echoey OM, as web stream 834km **
101.7 0852 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Ads, as web stream 628km
102.8 0859 F France Bleu Besançon, Besançon/Montfaucon (25) Local jingle ID after chat 774km **
95.0 0902 F France Musique, Besançon/Montfaucon (25) Classical, as 91.8, etc. 774km **
99.2 0908 F France Inter, Orléans/Traînou (45) OM, as web stream 590km
99.5 0909 F France Inter, Auxerre/Molesmes (89) OM, as 99.2 655km **
106.3 0913 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) OM, as web stream 748km
95.4 0918 SUI DRS2, Säntis (ar) GM OM serious talk, as web stream 917km
94.3 0919 D SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) Rock song, as web stream 813km
93.8 0920 D SWR2, Waldenburg (bwü) YL featuring rap music, as 93.0 786km **
93.0 0922 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) YL featuring rap music, as 93.8 593km
92.7 0926 D hr3, Hardberg (hes) OM promo, ID and pops 712km
92.1 0928 F France Musique, Laval-Evron/Mont Rochard (53) Classical, as 91.8, etc. 550km
90.4 0933 F France Culture, Chaumont/Chalindrey (52) YL and spooky music, as web. Two bars! 694km
96.5 0947 F France Inter, Chaumont/Chalindrey (52) OM with echo against Rouen 694km **
98.5 0957 F France Culture, Sens/Gisy-les-Nobles (89) OMs, as 98.0 577km
99.8 0959 F France Inter, Metz/Luttange (57) OM YL, as 99.6 600km
99.9 1000 F France Inter, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) YLs and pops, as 99.8 646km
101.6 1003 D hr4, Hardberg (hes) Deep voiced OM, as web stream 712km
105.7 1008 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) V weak. YL as web stream 1024km
106.8 1013 D Hit Radio FFH, Driedorf/Höllberg (hes) Pops, as 105.9 605km
101.3 1025 F France Bleu Auxerre, Auxerre/Molesmes (89) Phone in competition, as web stream 655km
105.7 1030 D SWR2, Stuttgart/Hoher Bopser (bwü) Discordant strings, as web stream 790km
107.9 1037 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical, as web stream 732km
107.7 1040 LUX Den Neie Radio (DNR), Blaschette/Kandel (gld) DNR Mit Gud Musik ID 557km
105.3 1048 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL, as 106.9 732km
104.9 1052 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Rap, as web stream 554km
104.8 1054 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pop/rock song, as web stream 729km
107.3 1108 F Radio Classique, Chantilly/Apremont (60) Piano concerto, as web stream 461km **
87.8 1128 F Radio Courtoisie, Cherbourg-Octeville (50) Discussion group, as web stream 414km
107.1 1129 F France Bleu 107.1, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Vocal ID 497km
89.5 1151 F France Culture, Auxerre/Molesmes (89) OM YL, as 88.5 655km
96.2 1152 D SWR2, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) YL talk, as web stream 748km **
105.9 1155 D Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) FFH 648km
105.0 1158 D Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) ID and traffic report 698km
107.6 1208 D B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) ID and chat 871km **
87.9 1214 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) OM on phone, as web stream 739km
87.8 1219 F France Inter, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Echo with second Inter tx 497km
87.8 1220 F France Inter, Several low power txs listed Echo against Paris. Possibilities:
Péronne (80) 400 km
Avesnes-sur-Helpe (59) 421
Wissingnicourt (02) 456 km
Saint-Dié 2 (88) 714 km **
90.6 1223 D hr1, Hardberg (hes) OM YL talking over pops, as web stream 712km
93.9 1242 D SWR2, Bornberg (rlp) Jolly wind section, as web stream 640km
107.7 1244 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) OM YL, ID music, as web stream 1034km
98.6 1309 F France Inter, Épinal/Bois de la Vierge (88) ID after TV review. Almost noise free on peak 704km **
92.4 1310 F France Culture, Épinal/Bois de la Vierge (88) YL, as 98.0 704km **
91.6 1317 F France Musique, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) Classical music, as 91.8, etc. 781km **
98.2 1342 F France Inter, Vittel/Thuillières (88) OM YLs, as web stream 684km **
104.5 1352 F France Info, Bar-le-Duc/Willeroncourt (55) Presume Bar Le Duc as Culture 88.4 is weak to fair 607km **
104.1 1354 D WDR 4, Olsberg (nrw) Noise free stereo, as 103.8 Nordhelle 592km
103.5 1355 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Vocal ID and pops 554km
103.6 1355 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Vocal ID, as 103.5 688km
101.2 1412 D hr3, Habichtswald (hes) Rembrandts and Pet Shop Boys, as web stream 647km
99.4 1419 F France Culture, Sarrebourg/le Donon (57) OMs, as 98.0 704km **
106.8 1422 F France Info, Metz/Luttange (57) OM YL, as web stream 600km
90.7 1426 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Soft rock song, as web stream 942km **
92.1 1430 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Rock song, YL ID and info 707km
94.0 1439 F France Musique, Vittel/Thuillières (88) Screeching strings, as 93.8 684km
94.6 1440 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Murray Head song, as web stream 713km
95.1 1441 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) Peaking above Langenberg briefly, as web stream 835km **
95.8 1444 D WDR 5, Ederkopf (nrw) OM YL talk, as web stream 593km
96.3 1447 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) U2 With Or Without You, as web stream 732km
97.7 1448 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Bee Gees cover song, as web stream 593km
101.8 1452 D WDR 2, Ederkopf (nrw) OM YL talk, as 101.0 593km
103.4 1455 D Antenne 1, Raichberg (bwü) Jingle ID between info 813km **
106.1 1504 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Olsberg (nrw) OM talk, as web stream 592km
106.2 1504 D hr3, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) HR3 Wetter 729km
87.6 1511 F RMC, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) Discussion, as web stream 406km
89.0 1513 F RFI Paris, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) FR YL talking over music, as web stream 497km
92.8 1515 F Music Box, Pontoise/Vaux-sur-Seine (95) Gospel soul, as web atream 475km
93.3 1518 F France Culture, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) YL vocal ID 406km **
93.9 1520 F Vivre FM/R. Campus Paris, Paris/Fort de Romainville (93) OMs talk, as web stream 496km **
94.3 1526 F Radio Orient, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Almost noise free. Asian music, as web stream 497km **
101.4 1548 F France Bleu Besançon, Besançon/Lomont (25) Local ID and info 783km **
105.1 1555 F FIP, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Jazzy French song, as web stream 497km **
105.9 1556 F RTL 2, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) Jingle ID and pops 497km **
107.0 1610 F Eole, Montbard/Les Justices (21) IDs and pops, as web stream. Almost noise free peaks 676km **
107.2 1616 F Chérie FM, Besançon/Fort de Brégille (25) Grungy love song, ads, phone caller, as web stream 773km **
107.5 1625 F Plein Coeur, Vesoul/la Croix de Cassini (70) Jingle ID and pops 744km **
87.7 1641 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) OM phone in, as 98.0. Noise free! 709km
95.0 1643 F France Musique, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Classical music, as 91.8, etc. 709km **
97.3 1644 F France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) OM talk, as web stream. Over LBC 709km **
101.4 1646 F France Bleu Alsace, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) OM and jingle ID. Phone caller 709km **
88.0 1657 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) ID after traffic report 629km
106.7 1659 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Kalmit (rlp) Pops, as web stream. Langenberg nulled beaming further to south 688km
102.3 1714 D AFN Stuttgart-The Eagle, Stuttgart/Frauenkopf (bwü) Santa Claus Stars and Strips promo, ID 790km **
103.0 1719 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) OM talking over soft music, as web stream 942km **
103.4 1721 F France Info, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) YL correspondent, as web stream 917km
99.8 1723 F France Inter, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) Live concert, as web stream 917km
92.4 1724 F France Musique, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) Jazzy music, as 88.7 917km
89.6 1725 F France Musique, Gex/Montrond (01) Jazz, as 88.7 858km **
99.9 1740 SUI RTS La Première, Säntis (ar) OM and YL political talks, as web stream 917km **
107.8 1740 SUI RSI1, Säntis (ar) Noise free. Italian OM, as web stream 917km
101.5 1742 D RPR 1., Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Almost noise free. ID. Tacolneston nulled a little 590km **
101.6 1745 D Bayern 1, Gelbelsee (bay) YL and OM, old pop song, as web stream. 905km **
101.9 1747 D Antenne Bayern, Prob Heidelstein (Rhon) but Hoher Bogen also here Pops, as web stream **
102.0 1749 D B5 aktuell, Dillberg (bay) Political talk, as web stream 879km **
103.1 1753 D RPR 1., Bornberg (rlp) Move Like Jagger, as 103.5 640km **
88.4 1804 D Bayern 2, Pfaffenberg (bay) OM serious talk, as web stream 713km
93.4 1805 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Jingle ID after traffic report 713km
89.0 1806 D 89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) Rock music, as web stream 713km
89.3 1809 D hr3, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) German pops, in Holme Moss null, as web stream 648km
89.9 1812 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) ID and piano music 707km
89.9 1814 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) ID and piano piece 707km
90.2 1816 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) ID and rock song 739km
91.8 1819 D SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) OM interview, as web stream 813km **
92.3 1820 D WDR 2, Sackpfeife (Wittgenstein) [hes] (nrw) Rock song, ID and phone caller, as web stream 612km **
92.9 1823 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Langenbrand (bwü) Pops, as web stream 755km **
97.1 1845 D SWR3, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Blondie song, as web stream 834km **
97.2 1846 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL talk, as web stream 739km
92.5 1853 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Hosingen/Banert (gld) OM and Luxembourgian song, as 88.9 530km **
97.0 1854 LUX RTL Radio, Hosingen/Banert (gld) Youssou NDour song, as web stream 530km **
93.7 1915 F France Musique, Mende/Truc de Fortunio (48) Shrieking operatics, as web stream 974km
88.0 1931 F Fréquence Horizon, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles CV11 (62) Ad break, ID and Michael Jackson, as web stream 344km
87.7 2207 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Clasical, as 87.9 905km
107.1 2348 D B5 aktuell, Ochsenkopf (bay) YL talk, as web stream 865km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
This was day two of the best tropo I have experienced since moving to Skegness. No fewer than 55 personal firsts were received today! I doubt that figure will ever be beaten in future tropo events.
For me, one of the most impressive parts of today's tropo was when I rotated the FM5 to the vertical plane. Because there was such widespread tropo to France I thought the possilibities would be very interesting. Going vertical enabled be to hear lots of lower powered French vertcals which I wouldn't have heard in horizontal. It wasn't just the nearer French stations which came through. I was amazed by the reception of Eole and Plein Coeur, two stations I had not previously heard, nor even known! Many stations simply 'got away', there were so many of them. I didn't even bother checking Belgium and Holland, which were also greatly enhanced. How much can you do?
The highlight was reception of Austria's Hitradio O3 on 99.0 though it wasn't handed to me on a plate: I was convinced I was hearing this after midnight on the 15th but it was extremely weak and there was so much splatter from BBC Radio 1 on 98.9 I could never get enough of a window on 99.0. The signal was so weak I just wasn't convinced enough. I usually like to hear at least a couple of songs in parallel with the station's web stream to be certain. Come 08:35 however I was clearly hearing songs from Hitradio 03, but signals were still very weak. I checked with their web stream once more and, after hearing two songs which were definitely those of Hitradio 03's and not HR1's, I was satisfied my reception was 100%.
Luck was on my side regarding being at home for this magnificent tropo as Crystal, our Rottweiler, gave birth to ten pups over the weekend so we have had a few days away from work to help look after them. This has meant no going out!
Recordings:
100.4 Radio Regengogen, Hornisgrinde 0843 15-11-12
102.8 France Bleu Besancon, Besancon-Montfaucon 0857 15-11-12
107.7 DNR Blaschette 1040 15-11-12
106.9 B5 Aktuell, Grunten 1044 15-11-12
105.9 Hit Radio FFH, Grosse Feldberg 1155 15-11-12
107.1 Radio TON, Aalen 1200 15-11-12
107.6 B5 Aktuell, Huhnerberg 1206 15-11-12
98.6 France Inter, Epinal 1308 15-11-12
107.7 Antenne Bayern, Hochries 1326 14-03-12
103.6 RPR1, Kalmit 1457 15-11-12
103.4 Antenne 1, Raichberg 1454 15-11-12
106.3 HR3, Heidelstein (Rhon) 1504 15-11-12
93.3 France Culture, Le Havre 1517 15-11-12
101.4 France Bleu Besancon, Besancon-Lomont 1547 15-11-12
105.9 RTL2, Paris Tour Eifel 1554 15-11-12
107.0 Eole, Montbard 1608 15-11-12
107.5 Plein Coeur, Vesoul 1624 15-11-12
106.9 B5 Aktuell, Grunten 1712 15-11-12
102.3 AFN The Eagle, Stuttgart 1714 15-11-12
101.5 RPR1, Koblenz 1743 15-11-12
92.3 WDR2, Sackpfeife (Wittgenstein) 1819 15-11-12
92.9 SWR1, Langenbrand 1826 15-11-12
A couple of other recordings of interest:
A snippet of Swiss reception on 107.8. This is Rete Uno from Santis:
107.8 Rete Uno, Santis, peaking around mid afternoon
Finally, to demonstrate how I separated France Inter's Chaumont Chalindrey transmitter from France Inter's Rouen transmitter on 96.5: The following recording demonstrates how rotating the FM5 from south-east to south enabled me to separate the two transmitters. If it wasn't for the split-second time lag between the two I wouldn't have been able to do this.
96.5 France Inter, Chaumont Chalindrey > Rouen > Chaumont Chalindrey 0935 15-11-12
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Triax FM5, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.97
VAC v4.10
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