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Saturday, 24 August 2013

Skegness Log: 23-08-13 (FM)

Band 2 Scatter:
105.5 1401  D  WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw)  591km
105.6 1402  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp)  657km
106.7 1403  D  WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw)  505km
105.7 1404  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds)  543km
107.0 1405  D  WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw)  592km
107.9 1407  D  WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw)  494km
 88.0 1409  D  WDR 5, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw)  538km
 90.6 1410  D  WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw)  591km
 91.1 1410  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds)  543km
 92.0 1411  D  WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw)  494km
 92.1 1411  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds)  707km
 92.4 1411  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz/Ginsterhahn (rlp)  560km
 93.2 1412  D  WDR 2, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw)  591km
 93.5 1413  D  WDR 2, Nordhelle (nrw)  554km
 94.6 1415  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san)  713km
 95.9 1417  D  WDR 3, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw)  484km
 96.5 1418  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw)  505km
 97.0 1418  D  WDR 3, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw)  591km
 97.3 1419  D  WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw)  421km
 97.4 1419  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz/Ginsterhahn (rlp)  560km
 98.1 1421  D  WDR 3, Nordhelle (nrw)  554km
 98.7 1422  D  AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes)  648km
 99.0 1423  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes)  684km
 99.2 1423  D  WDR 2, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw)  505km
 99.6 1424  D  hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes)  612km
 99.8 1424  D  NDR 2, Steinkimmen (nds)  543km
100.0 1424  D  WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw)  494km
100.8 1426  D  WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw)  484km
101.0 1426  D  WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw)  520km
101.3 1426  D  WDR 4, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw)  505km
102.3 1428  D  Radio ffn, Steinkimmen (nds)  543km
102.5 1428  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes)  648km
102.8 1428  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw)  456km
103.3 1431  D  Funkhaus Europa, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw)  505km
103.8 1431  D  WDR 4, Nordhelle (nrw)  554km
104.7 1432  D  WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw)  554km


The noise dropped a notch or two yesterday afternoon and I could hear some weak Germany scatter again when beaming to the east/south-east, but it didn't last. White noise appeared suddenly and squashed the German scatter, arriving in two stages. One bar of noise to begin with, then the noise becoming stronger after two seconds. Maybe it's a computer firing up and bringing in different bits of circuitry in stages.

Yesterday, I discovered I have at least TWO new noise sources. One to the north (a white noise/mush type) and a regular clicking noise (audible over fully quieting stations) to the south-east to compliment my other south-easterly white noise/mush type. Oh, I mustn't forget the various growls, drifting carriers and whistling noises which appear at various points across the band.

Even our neighbours shouted us this morning to report a loss of digital television signals due to interference. They have my Televes DAT45 on their rooftop, pointing straight at Belmont, which is line of sight and visible. Time to bring in OFCOM again. They have already visited me FOUR times this year. Perhaps we can now get something done. The problem is, all these noises are intermittent, so I won't hold my breath.

I started listening at around 09:00 this morning and German stations were coming in well again thanks to a reduction in noise. I was tuned to a near noise free SWR3 from Linz on 94.8 for five minutes when a sudden howling/whistling noise appeared, taking it out completely, along with any other German scatter.
So I am now having interference interfering with the existing interference. Beat that!

Good DX!

John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager

Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator

Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com

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