Skegness Log: 26-08-13 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
107.5 0757 BEL VBRO, Poperinge (vlg-wvl) Dutch music  304km
107.6 0759 BEL Contact Dance, Assenede/Stroomstraat (vlg-ovl) Club music, Vocal ID drop in, ads  316km **
106.9 0804  F  Skyrock, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) F214 SKYROCK_. Three bars  341km
105.0 0819 HOL Origineel FM, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) U2 song, as web  303km
105.3 0820 HOL Radio 1, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) OM Phone in  455km
 98.4 0824 HOL 538, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) YL with ID. 50 watts! Nearly noise free  303km **
 93.3 0842 HOL Ujala Radio, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Indian music  321km
 93.6 0843 HOL Wild FM, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Rap song, as web  321km
 93.8 0844 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) Pops, as web  387km
 95.7 0848 HOL Fresh FM, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Had to beam NE to null strong Egem. 321km **
 95.9 0850 HOL Fresh FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) As 95.7  313km
 96.1 0852 HOL FunX, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Rap song, as web  321km
 96.6 0919 HOL RADIONL, Leeuwarden/Ceresweg (fri) Local vocal ID  369km **
 98.7 0925 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) 8353 Jingle ID  408km
100.5 0928 HOL Q-music, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) Presumed site. Belmont nulled  318km **
101.8 0932 HOL Waterstad FM, Leeuwarden/Ceresweg (fri) Michael Jackson song, as web  369km **
102.1 0936 HOL 538, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) As others  342km
103.5 0939 HOL Radio Veronica, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Police, as 103.0  334km
 90.1 1011 HOL Slam!FM, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) OM talking about Knightrider, as web  318km
104.0 1200 HOL Radio 10 (AVR), Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) Ads, ID on hour. Only on H beam!  305km **
107.6 1855 BEL Hit FM, Koksijde (vlg-wvl) 6334  276km
 88.9 1907 BEL Club FM, Diksmuide (vlg-wvl) Pop song, as web  294km **
 99.7 1913  F  Radio Métropolys, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Jingle ID between pops  299km **
102.3 1927  F  NRJ, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) F220  299km

** Personal Skegness 'First'


Recordings:
99.7 Radio Metropolys, St Omer 1913 26-08-13
https://app.box.com/s/2jt4t7uixxjj0llv6ecm

96.6 Radio NL, Leeuwarden 0919 26-08-13
https://app.box.com/s/ax8oywia13mc47yct8n2

98.4 Radio 538, Goes (50 watts) 0824 26-08-13
https://app.box.com/s/8vj2b7riuan5t61blhat

107.6 Contact Dance, Assenede 0759 26-08-13
https://app.box.com/s/x6ppt07w17h0f8pnukpm


It's called "tempting fate". I shout "NOISE" and it disappears. But of course it returned an hour or two later and killed the tropo, yet it's as if the XDR has lost sensitivity.

As per OFCOM's readings, the noise begins around 50 MHz, peaks very strongly between 74 and 75 MHz then gradually reduces in strength and finally disappeares just below 300 MHz. But that was the original noise. I have more now.

It's possible that the noise could be radiating from the old lady's house two doors away as I was able to check with our immediate neighbours this morning who hadn't changed a thing, i.e. they had been running their BT PLT, computer and plasma TV before and after the noise came on. I need to do some snooping with a portable.


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