Band 2 General Scatter:
93.9 1622 HOL RTV NH, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8618 RTV_NH__ and other scrolling
text 318km
95.5 1624 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) OM on phone to YL, as web 360km
97.1 1627 HOL NPO 3FM, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8203 __3FM___ 3FM_BNN_ 318km
99.1 1630 HOL 100% NL, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Presumed Tjerkgaast. Vocal ID 360km
99.6 1631 HOL Slam!FM, Hoorn/Electronweg (nho) Jingle ID 325km
100.1 1632 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Ijsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) OM and YL,
as web 344km
101.6 1638 HOL NPO Radio 4, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8204 RADIO4NL 318km
101.8 1640 HOL Waterstad FM, Leeuwarden/Ceresweg (fri) Pops, as web. Struggling against
Tournai 369km
103.0 1642 HOL Radio Veronica, Lelystad/Alticom Toren (fle) 83E1 VERONICA 350km
103.5 1642 HOL Radio Veronica, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Presenter ID in phone-in 334km
107.1 1650 HOL Radio Enkhuizen, Enkhuizen/Gerard Brandtweg (nho) 50 Watts! Lily Allen or
soundalike, as web 335km **
102.1 1704 HOL Radio 538, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Vocal ID and ads 341km
98.7 1707 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Pops, Pop and Rock jingle ID 407km
98.5 1709 HOL Freez FM, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Presume Tjerkgaast. Roxy Music track,
as 98.7 360km **
96.6 1713 HOL Radio Veronica, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) OM and pops, as web 303km
95.7 1715 HOL Fresh FM, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Banging beats, as web 320km
95.3 1716 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) End of ad and OM, as web
396km
94.7 1717 HOL NPO Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 8204 RADIO4NL R4_NCRV_
313km
93.8 1719 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and slamming beats 387km
92.9 1721 HOL NPO Radio 2, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8202 RADIO_2_ RADINCRV
(Corrupted PS) 318km
104.6 1732 HOL 100% NL, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 83D3 100%_NL_ 313km
102.7 1736 HOL Radio 538, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 83C7 RADIO538 313km
107.5 1811 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Sounds like a Dutch Benny Hill style
song, as web 296km
104.2 2022 HOL RADIONL, Alkmaar/Alticom Mast (nho) Just audible in noise. Dutch music,
as web 304km
89.3 2040 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Pops,
as web 313km
103.5 2111 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) OM talk, as web 391km
102.3 2120 HOL Radio 538, Multiple sites 83C7
92.1 2128 D Funkhaus Europa, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) ID in live concert 554km
88.3 2137 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) YL vocal ID 565km
96.4 2143 D NDR Info, Aurich (nds) YL, as web 478km
104.9 2143 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) D389 478km
95.8 2145 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) D381 478km
107.1 2154 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) D210 __DLF___ 565km
90.0 2155 D NDR Kultur, Aurich (nds) OM talk, as web. No RDS but slight co-channel noise
478km
87.6 2156 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) German pops, as 98.1 650km
96.4 2158 D NDR Info, Aurich (nds) German OM, as web 478km
96.7 2158 D Funkhaus Europa, Bremen-Walle (bre) Live concert, as web 565km
95.4 2200 D Nordwestradio, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) ID and news 554km
93.8 2201 D bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341 565km
90.3 2207 D NDR 90,3, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km
103.6 2232 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) ID jingle and station promo 650km
104.3 2306 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Pops, as 105.7 477km
103.7 2308 D NDR Info, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) 1.6kW. V weak. Pops, as web
504km
100.8 2310 D Bremen Vier, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) Pops, as 101.2 554km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I have no idea where this tropo came from. Nothing was forecast and
nothing was showing up on the maps. It looks like it was just this
particular area which enjoyed the conditions.
At the time of the opening, the weather was interesting to say the
least. Humidity was high, up around 100%. While the sun was out here,
the sea front was shrouded in sea mist which could be seen blowing in
like smoke from the North Sea, which was invisible unless you were
within a few yards of it. We had taken the dogs to the beach and I had
my Degen DE1103 with me as I wondered if the mist would cause any
enhancement. Belgium and Holland were slightly up but not by much. It
wasn't until returning home that I put the 9.2 vertical and discovered
lots of Dutch signals at good strengths up at around 39dB.
This opening persisted from mid-afternoon until late evening, when I
noticed Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen on 105.7 - on the vertical
9.2! Returning to the horizontal position, there were some good signals
from the Niedersachsen area of Germany.
Around 3am, we were woken by a thunder storm. Time to unplug the aerial!
There were a few thunder storms trundling their way
north-by-north-eastward and had been during the late evening.
I was not DXing alone though as I had been experimenting with some new
software called TeamViewer www.teamviewer.com. This had been recommended
to me by Cedric in France. Andy in Wigan and Dave in Brighton were both
tuning along with me. Quite a weird experience to watch the radio
apparently tuning itself! I will write about TeamViewer in a separate
post as I also wanted to try Chrome Remote Desktop too, both for the
computer and for the mobile. More about that soon.
Time to unplug the aerial again as I hear more thunder. :O{
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Skegness Log: 29-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
103.2 1832 CZE CRo Dvojka, Votice/Mezivrata (ST) Czech YL song, as web 1069km **
106.6 1858 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) German OM/YL song, as web 786km **
94.9 2127 F France Inter, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Brief burst of modern R&B song, as web. Belmont almost nulled with 9.2 672km **
Band 2 General Scatter:
100.4 1223 D WDR 2, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Meatloaf song, as 93.2 538km
107.3 1224 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Dana Winner song, as web 729km
100.9 1225 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Barely audible. Ads, as web.
Mixing Wrotham and Schoten 729km
107.2 1229 D WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 592km
107.0 1230 D WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Ads, as 106.7 592km
105.3 1231 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German OM, as web 732km
90.7 1233 D WDR 4, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Pops, as web 538km
96.4 1421 D NDR Info, Aurich (nds) YL info (traffic?), musical jingle 478km
102.5 1658 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Noise free. German pop song, as web 647km
94.9 2049 G BBC London 94.9, London/Crystal Palace (EN-GTL) Phone in. As web. Belmont down
to 7dB, nulled by 9.2 194km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Meteor Scatter Notes:
I almost nulled BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 94.9 this evening, reducing it to around 7dBf (GTK display). This allowed BBC Radio London to join in every now and again at equal levels. I then recorded a few web streams and was pleased to hear France inter, presumably from the Bourges transmitter, briefly dominate the very weak Bemont via meteor scatter.
Aircraft/General Scatter Notes:
Since I now appear to be able to receive transmitters like Heidelstein, Hoher Meissner, Torfhaus and Kreuzberg Rhon on a regular daily basis, often at noise free levels during scatter peaks, I wonder how useful such loggings are. I know some DXers like to see all loggings as a representation of the conditions, even if they are sometimes on the repetitive side, but I suspect that many DXers do not. In view of the Es season being upon us I will leave out most of these duplicate loggings in future and only post them here occasionally.
For the last few days I have been able to listen to Brocken on 94.6 almost constantly, with regular fading of course. Even some the signal can last many minutes, never quite dropping out completely. This makes me wonder what summertime scatter conditions will bring. Maybe I will be able to increase on my current scatter distance record.
Thinking about scatter, Kenwick Top is spectacular for this with transmitters like Raichburg, Sonneburg and Remda coming in noise free whenever I have visited. I have never heard these via scatter from home and they will now become my 'target' transmitters at home. I may need a lot of luck here due to my location being low down, almost at sea level.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
103.2 1832 CZE CRo Dvojka, Votice/Mezivrata (ST) Czech YL song, as web 1069km **
106.6 1858 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) German OM/YL song, as web 786km **
94.9 2127 F France Inter, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Brief burst of modern R&B song, as web. Belmont almost nulled with 9.2 672km **
Band 2 General Scatter:
100.4 1223 D WDR 2, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Meatloaf song, as 93.2 538km
107.3 1224 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Dana Winner song, as web 729km
100.9 1225 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Barely audible. Ads, as web.
Mixing Wrotham and Schoten 729km
107.2 1229 D WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 592km
107.0 1230 D WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Ads, as 106.7 592km
105.3 1231 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German OM, as web 732km
90.7 1233 D WDR 4, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Pops, as web 538km
96.4 1421 D NDR Info, Aurich (nds) YL info (traffic?), musical jingle 478km
102.5 1658 D hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Noise free. German pop song, as web 647km
94.9 2049 G BBC London 94.9, London/Crystal Palace (EN-GTL) Phone in. As web. Belmont down
to 7dB, nulled by 9.2 194km
Meteor Scatter Notes:
I almost nulled BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 94.9 this evening, reducing it to around 7dBf (GTK display). This allowed BBC Radio London to join in every now and again at equal levels. I then recorded a few web streams and was pleased to hear France inter, presumably from the Bourges transmitter, briefly dominate the very weak Bemont via meteor scatter.
Aircraft/General Scatter Notes:
Since I now appear to be able to receive transmitters like Heidelstein, Hoher Meissner, Torfhaus and Kreuzberg Rhon on a regular daily basis, often at noise free levels during scatter peaks, I wonder how useful such loggings are. I know some DXers like to see all loggings as a representation of the conditions, even if they are sometimes on the repetitive side, but I suspect that many DXers do not. In view of the Es season being upon us I will leave out most of these duplicate loggings in future and only post them here occasionally.
For the last few days I have been able to listen to Brocken on 94.6 almost constantly, with regular fading of course. Even some the signal can last many minutes, never quite dropping out completely. This makes me wonder what summertime scatter conditions will bring. Maybe I will be able to increase on my current scatter distance record.
Thinking about scatter, Kenwick Top is spectacular for this with transmitters like Raichburg, Sonneburg and Remda coming in noise free whenever I have visited. I have never heard these via scatter from home and they will now become my 'target' transmitters at home. I may need a lot of luck here due to my location being low down, almost at sea level.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Monday, 28 April 2014
Skegness Log: 28-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 General Scatter:
99.0 0932 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) German YL, as web 684km
105.1 0935 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
97.3 0937 D WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Classical music, as 97.0 420km
95.8 0939 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Noise free stereo. Pops, as 91.1 478km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
99.0 0932 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) German YL, as web 684km
105.1 0935 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
97.3 0937 D WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Classical music, as 97.0 420km
95.8 0939 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Noise free stereo. Pops, as 91.1 478km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Sunday, 27 April 2014
Skegness Log: 27-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 26-04-14:
87.6 0831 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_. AFs: 106.0 100.3 87.6 99.0 100.9 102.3 1219km
Band 2 General Scatter: 26-04-14:
107.9 0624 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Operatics, as web 732km
105.3 0625 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German OM, as web 732km
107.3 0630 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Dreamy song, as web 729km
90.0 0820 D SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Alphaville Big In Japan, as web 593km
92.1 0852 HOL 100% NL, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Shouting Dutch song, as 90.2 455km
93.0 0853 HOL Radio 10, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Bad Michael Jackson, as 87.7 322km
93.3 0855 HOL Ujala Radio, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Indian music, as web 320km
95.3 0856 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) OMs, as 95.4 396km
97.7 0900 HOL Radio Veronica, Mierlo or Arnhem. Suspect Mierlo Ads, as 96.3 **
96.3 0901 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and news 365km
103.0 1113 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Pops and YL ID. 21dB scatter peak.
Strongest here yet at 21dB! 564km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
The Czech meteor scatter occurred live while tuning across the band.
Scatter was poor to begin the day but soon improved.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
87.6 0831 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_. AFs: 106.0 100.3 87.6 99.0 100.9 102.3 1219km
Band 2 General Scatter: 26-04-14:
107.9 0624 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Operatics, as web 732km
105.3 0625 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German OM, as web 732km
107.3 0630 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Dreamy song, as web 729km
90.0 0820 D SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Alphaville Big In Japan, as web 593km
92.1 0852 HOL 100% NL, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Shouting Dutch song, as 90.2 455km
93.0 0853 HOL Radio 10, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Bad Michael Jackson, as 87.7 322km
93.3 0855 HOL Ujala Radio, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Indian music, as web 320km
95.3 0856 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) OMs, as 95.4 396km
97.7 0900 HOL Radio Veronica, Mierlo or Arnhem. Suspect Mierlo Ads, as 96.3 **
96.3 0901 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and news 365km
103.0 1113 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Pops and YL ID. 21dB scatter peak.
Strongest here yet at 21dB! 564km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
The Czech meteor scatter occurred live while tuning across the band.
Scatter was poor to begin the day but soon improved.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
Saturday, 26 April 2014
Skegness Log: 26-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E: 26-04-14:
88.0 1012 E Radio Nervión, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E343 RN______ 1130km
88.0 1020 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Unid site Flute music and Spanish OM, as web
87.7 1030 E Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 HI__FM__ 1904km
Band 2 General Scatter: 26-04-14:
88.0 0941 F France Culture, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61) French OM and YL, as 98.0 498km
89.4 0942 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM and YL, as 88.7 604km
95.3 0944 F France Inter, Troyes/les Riceys (10) Very weak but music as 103.7 643km
89.9 0952 F France Musique, Rennes/Saint-Pern (35) OM, as 88.7 564km
89.0 1025 F France Culture, Le Mans/Mayet (72) OMs, as 98.0 599km
107.1 1236 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) German song, as web 593km
The first Es of the season and some aircraft scatter to northern France at last.
Brocken and Torfhaus were quite stable late in the evening with slow and steady fades. This was either tropo or troposcatter.
I decided to leave the meteor scatter DXing alone for a few days as I am sure the amount of web stream recording I have done over the last few weeks will have taken this month's bandwidth well over the 500GB mark!!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
88.0 1012 E Radio Nervión, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E343 RN______ 1130km
88.0 1020 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Unid site Flute music and Spanish OM, as web
87.7 1030 E Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 HI__FM__ 1904km
Band 2 General Scatter: 26-04-14:
88.0 0941 F France Culture, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61) French OM and YL, as 98.0 498km
89.4 0942 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM and YL, as 88.7 604km
95.3 0944 F France Inter, Troyes/les Riceys (10) Very weak but music as 103.7 643km
89.9 0952 F France Musique, Rennes/Saint-Pern (35) OM, as 88.7 564km
89.0 1025 F France Culture, Le Mans/Mayet (72) OMs, as 98.0 599km
107.1 1236 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) German song, as web 593km
The first Es of the season and some aircraft scatter to northern France at last.
Brocken and Torfhaus were quite stable late in the evening with slow and steady fades. This was either tropo or troposcatter.
I decided to leave the meteor scatter DXing alone for a few days as I am sure the amount of web stream recording I have done over the last few weeks will have taken this month's bandwidth well over the 500GB mark!!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.
First Band 2 Es Of The Season!!
The Es season has started!
I have just heard Spain and Algeria at the bottom of band 2.
Where it will go from here is anybody's guess, but it's the same start date as last year! We can only hope that is a good omen!
Good DX!
John
I have just heard Spain and Algeria at the bottom of band 2.
Where it will go from here is anybody's guess, but it's the same start date as last year! We can only hope that is a good omen!
Good DX!
John
Friday, 25 April 2014
Skegness Log: 25-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 25-04-14:
104.5 0008 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Classical music, as web 991km
104.5 0014 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm (rlp) German presenter, as web 649km
104.5 0024 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) YL phone caller, as web 1219km
104.5 0743 SVN Radio Ognjisce, Krvavec (lj) Pops song, as web 1271km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 25-04-14:
89.4 1011 D NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) You Can Leave Your Hat On song,
as web 488km
92.8 1013 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) 6353 MUSIQ3__ 440km
105.3 1015 HOL NPO Radio 1, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Dominating. OM, as web 455km
107.4 1015 D Radio Kiepenkerl, Coesfeld (nrw) Tentative. OM and phone caller, seemingly as
web though unable to
rule out Radio Lippe. Mixing Radio Wuppertal 480km
107.4 1015 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Own programming with OMD song,
as web 508km
107.3 1555 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Schlager, as web 729km
92.4 1610 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) German OM with news
after Linz faded 525km
92.3 1611 D WDR 2, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) [hes] (nrw) German OM after Anderlues faded 612km
91.8 1613 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) More regular than Profondeville lately. German
OM, as web 544km
107.9 1615 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical music, as web. Dominating Munster
732km
100.8 1620 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Guitar song, as web, on Bremen
606km
98.8 1621 D NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) YL, as 90.2 525km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
A very repetitive night of meteor scatter. Just three stations popped up, but repeatedly, over and over again! They were: CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem; Big FM (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm and Frekvence 1, Brno. I did not hear any other station via meteor scatter until shortly after 0700 when Radio Ognjisce, Krvavec broke the monotony.
General scatter continues to bring new stations to my logbook and much of it is noise free.
Radio Kiepenkerl on 107.4 was a possibility earlier today (25th), though I couldn't rule out this being Radio Lippe as the programming on their web stream sounded similar to that of Radio Kiepenkerl's. It definitely wasn't Radio Wuppertal. It would be useful to know if and when these local NRW stations have their own programming, rather than just inserting local IDs and drop-ins.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
104.5 0008 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Classical music, as web 991km
104.5 0014 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm (rlp) German presenter, as web 649km
104.5 0024 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) YL phone caller, as web 1219km
104.5 0743 SVN Radio Ognjisce, Krvavec (lj) Pops song, as web 1271km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 25-04-14:
89.4 1011 D NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) You Can Leave Your Hat On song,
as web 488km
92.8 1013 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) 6353 MUSIQ3__ 440km
105.3 1015 HOL NPO Radio 1, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Dominating. OM, as web 455km
107.4 1015 D Radio Kiepenkerl, Coesfeld (nrw) Tentative. OM and phone caller, seemingly as
web though unable to
rule out Radio Lippe. Mixing Radio Wuppertal 480km
107.4 1015 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Own programming with OMD song,
as web 508km
107.3 1555 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Schlager, as web 729km
92.4 1610 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) German OM with news
after Linz faded 525km
92.3 1611 D WDR 2, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) [hes] (nrw) German OM after Anderlues faded 612km
91.8 1613 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) More regular than Profondeville lately. German
OM, as web 544km
107.9 1615 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical music, as web. Dominating Munster
732km
100.8 1620 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Guitar song, as web, on Bremen
606km
98.8 1621 D NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) YL, as 90.2 525km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
A very repetitive night of meteor scatter. Just three stations popped up, but repeatedly, over and over again! They were: CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem; Big FM (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm and Frekvence 1, Brno. I did not hear any other station via meteor scatter until shortly after 0700 when Radio Ognjisce, Krvavec broke the monotony.
General scatter continues to bring new stations to my logbook and much of it is noise free.
Radio Kiepenkerl on 107.4 was a possibility earlier today (25th), though I couldn't rule out this being Radio Lippe as the programming on their web stream sounded similar to that of Radio Kiepenkerl's. It definitely wasn't Radio Wuppertal. It would be useful to know if and when these local NRW stations have their own programming, rather than just inserting local IDs and drop-ins.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Skegness Log: 24-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 24-04-14:
103.1 0231 POL PR Radio Koszalin, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) Polish soft rock song, as web 1085km **
103.1 0652 D Deutschlandfunk, Erfurt-Haarberg (2kW) or Gießen (630W) German OM talk, as web.
Three second burst **
104.5 2340 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm (rlp) YL phone caller, as web 649km **
104.5 2343 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM phone caller, as web 1219km **
104.5 2356 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Classical rendition of
Beatles song, as web 991km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 24-04-14:
102.6 0957 D NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Adele song, as web 606km
101.2 1011 D Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Pops, as web 565km
97.4 1026 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) German YL and OM, dominating Linz 712km
97.2 1027 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German YL, as Brocken 97.4 739km
98.0 1030 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Dr. Hook song, as web. Over
Lille/Amsterdam 707km
88.3 1202 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) News. Dominating Sutton Coldfield 565km
103.5 1226 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) Noise free scatter. Lively Dutch
phone in at this time 391km
89.9 1537 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Vocal ID in pile-up 707km
92.5 1811 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) German YL, as web, mixing with v weak
BBC R4 739km
93.0 1812 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Classical, as web 593km
94.4 1813 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Caain Sensible, as web 647km
99.0 1816 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Bee Gees song, as web 684km
98.5 1821 D SWR3, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Queen song, as web 550km
103.5 1836 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and traffic 553km
103.5 1838 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Suddenly over Ahrweiller. OM,
as web 707km
107.5 1842 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Gentle song, as web 296km
105.5 1843 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Gentle song, as 107.5 296km
87.7 1845 F RTL, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Phone caller, as web 299km
90.7 1847 BEL VRT Radio 2, Brussegem (vlg-vbr) YL phone caller, as web. alternating with
Ijjselstein 366km
91.6 1850 HOL Radio Veronica, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Europe song and ID 320km
96.3 1852 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch OM, as 91.6 365km
103.6 1857 HOL Radio 10, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 83D2 RADIO_10 320km
104.1 1858 HOL Radio 10, Arnhem/Kema Toren (gel) Sister Sledge, as 103.6, etc. 397km **
104.0 1902 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/The Hotel (bru) Short jingle, some Info after YL news
and ID 377km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
103.1 0231 POL PR Radio Koszalin, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) Polish soft rock song, as web 1085km **
103.1 0652 D Deutschlandfunk, Erfurt-Haarberg (2kW) or Gießen (630W) German OM talk, as web.
Three second burst **
104.5 2340 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm (rlp) YL phone caller, as web 649km **
104.5 2343 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM phone caller, as web 1219km **
104.5 2356 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Classical rendition of
Beatles song, as web 991km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 24-04-14:
102.6 0957 D NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Adele song, as web 606km
101.2 1011 D Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Pops, as web 565km
97.4 1026 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) German YL and OM, dominating Linz 712km
97.2 1027 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German YL, as Brocken 97.4 739km
98.0 1030 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Dr. Hook song, as web. Over
Lille/Amsterdam 707km
88.3 1202 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) News. Dominating Sutton Coldfield 565km
103.5 1226 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) Noise free scatter. Lively Dutch
phone in at this time 391km
89.9 1537 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Vocal ID in pile-up 707km
92.5 1811 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) German YL, as web, mixing with v weak
BBC R4 739km
93.0 1812 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Classical, as web 593km
94.4 1813 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Caain Sensible, as web 647km
99.0 1816 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Bee Gees song, as web 684km
98.5 1821 D SWR3, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Queen song, as web 550km
103.5 1836 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and traffic 553km
103.5 1838 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Suddenly over Ahrweiller. OM,
as web 707km
107.5 1842 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Gentle song, as web 296km
105.5 1843 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Gentle song, as 107.5 296km
87.7 1845 F RTL, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Phone caller, as web 299km
90.7 1847 BEL VRT Radio 2, Brussegem (vlg-vbr) YL phone caller, as web. alternating with
Ijjselstein 366km
91.6 1850 HOL Radio Veronica, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Europe song and ID 320km
96.3 1852 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch OM, as 91.6 365km
103.6 1857 HOL Radio 10, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 83D2 RADIO_10 320km
104.1 1858 HOL Radio 10, Arnhem/Kema Toren (gel) Sister Sledge, as 103.6, etc. 397km **
104.0 1902 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/The Hotel (bru) Short jingle, some Info after YL news
and ID 377km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Skegness Log: 23-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 23-04-14:
97.7 0119 D DasDing (SWR), Reutlingen (bwü) Plinky plonky techno track, as web 811km **
97.7 0121 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) OM talk, as web 593km **
97.7 0138 I RAI Radio 2, Multi-tx. Monte Peglia most likely Jazzy music, as web **
97.7 0146 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Berlin most likely tx of
several. Three second burst 880km **
97.7 0342 G BBC Radio 1, Multi-tx Brief enhancement // Manningtree **
Band 2 General Scatter: 23-04-14:
98.1 0835 D NDR 2, Aurich (nds) Briefly dominating Nordhelle 478km
98.6 0836 D WDR 5, Olsberg (nrw) Dominating Egem 592km
87.6 0837 D hr3, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Aerosmith track, as web 612km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
At 0211 on the 23rd I heard a meteor burst lasting two and a half minutes. It was a jumble of noise with DLF being the only recognisable station, lifting out of the mess for a couple of seconds.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
97.7 0119 D DasDing (SWR), Reutlingen (bwü) Plinky plonky techno track, as web 811km **
97.7 0121 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) OM talk, as web 593km **
97.7 0138 I RAI Radio 2, Multi-tx. Monte Peglia most likely Jazzy music, as web **
97.7 0146 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Berlin most likely tx of
several. Three second burst 880km **
97.7 0342 G BBC Radio 1, Multi-tx Brief enhancement // Manningtree **
Band 2 General Scatter: 23-04-14:
98.1 0835 D NDR 2, Aurich (nds) Briefly dominating Nordhelle 478km
98.6 0836 D WDR 5, Olsberg (nrw) Dominating Egem 592km
87.6 0837 D hr3, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Aerosmith track, as web 612km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
At 0211 on the 23rd I heard a meteor burst lasting two and a half minutes. It was a jumble of noise with DLF being the only recognisable station, lifting out of the mess for a couple of seconds.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Skegness Log: 22-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 22-04-14:
104.7 0507 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Nagykanizsa/Újudvar (Zal) Vocal ID 1398km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 22-04-14:
90.2 1154 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, as web. Briefly mixing with Lingen 739km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Catching up with the loggings after a few busy days.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
104.7 0507 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Nagykanizsa/Újudvar (Zal) Vocal ID 1398km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 22-04-14:
90.2 1154 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, as web. Briefly mixing with Lingen 739km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Catching up with the loggings after a few busy days.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
FM Band - Spectral Scan
Using the XDR-GTK software, I made a spectral scan of the FM band here, beaming 100 degrees.
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Monday, 21 April 2014
Skegness Log: 21-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 21-04-14:
103.9 0115 D Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Pops song, as web 922km **
103.9 0204 SVN Slovenija 3, Kum (ce) Piano music, as web. Four second burst 1317km **
103.9 0627 D Antenne Thüringen, Dingelstädt (thü) Pops, as web 706km **
103.9 0651 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Psunj (sb) Pop/choral piece, as web
1500km **
103.9 1256 CZE CRo Vltava, Liberec/Jested (LI) Shrill classical music, as web 1038km **
104.7 2352 HNG Class FM, Kékes (Hev) Pops, as web 1504km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 21-04-14:
107.9 0759 G Jack FM 2, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) ID and news 193km
87.8 0837 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Clermont Carn (LH) OM discussion, as web 450km
94.0 0838 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mount Leinster (CW) Gaelic OM 480km
93.5 0839 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Kippure (WW) Gaelic OM, as 94.0 444km
105.1 0847 G Inspire FM, Luton (EN-BEF) Asian OM, as web. Occasionally topping Capital
151km
107.5 0917 HOL Radio Eenhoorn, Menaam/Mieddyk (fri) V weak on scatter. Pops, as web.
Cross-fading Scheldemond FM 356km
107.5 0917 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) ID and pops. V weak on scatter 296km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
After several days of scatter from Brocken, Torfhaus and Inselberg, all reception has now gone after a front moved through this evening. Even Lille is not getting through. Sutton Coldfield has also disappeared and Belmont has dropped a few dB. This would normally make things good for meteor scatter, but even that seems to be down. So much for a possible peak. Perhaps things will recover over the next few hours.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
103.9 0115 D Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Pops song, as web 922km **
103.9 0204 SVN Slovenija 3, Kum (ce) Piano music, as web. Four second burst 1317km **
103.9 0627 D Antenne Thüringen, Dingelstädt (thü) Pops, as web 706km **
103.9 0651 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Psunj (sb) Pop/choral piece, as web
1500km **
103.9 1256 CZE CRo Vltava, Liberec/Jested (LI) Shrill classical music, as web 1038km **
104.7 2352 HNG Class FM, Kékes (Hev) Pops, as web 1504km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 21-04-14:
107.9 0759 G Jack FM 2, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) ID and news 193km
87.8 0837 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Clermont Carn (LH) OM discussion, as web 450km
94.0 0838 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mount Leinster (CW) Gaelic OM 480km
93.5 0839 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Kippure (WW) Gaelic OM, as 94.0 444km
105.1 0847 G Inspire FM, Luton (EN-BEF) Asian OM, as web. Occasionally topping Capital
151km
107.5 0917 HOL Radio Eenhoorn, Menaam/Mieddyk (fri) V weak on scatter. Pops, as web.
Cross-fading Scheldemond FM 356km
107.5 0917 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) ID and pops. V weak on scatter 296km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
After several days of scatter from Brocken, Torfhaus and Inselberg, all reception has now gone after a front moved through this evening. Even Lille is not getting through. Sutton Coldfield has also disappeared and Belmont has dropped a few dB. This would normally make things good for meteor scatter, but even that seems to be down. So much for a possible peak. Perhaps things will recover over the next few hours.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
Sunday, 20 April 2014
Skegness Log: 20-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 20-04-14:
91.8 0142 D MDR JUMP, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Pop song, as web 1006km **
91.8 0153 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Pops, as web. Two second burst 544km **
91.8 0301 SVN Slovenija 1, Krvavec (lj) News about Ljubljana in two second burst 1271km **
91.8 0357 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Zeitz (san) Growly voiced singer, as web. Three second burst 842km **
91.8 0542 F France Musique, Several transmitters listed Bourges or Vannes, but others listed **
90.2 0952 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Sudden burst while listening live via scatter 739km
97.4 1634 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Sudden burst while listening live 560km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 20-04-14:
91.8 0735 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Are We Human/Dancers song, as web 544km
97.3 0939 HOL Firma Bak oe n ei, Twente Dutch pirate. Dutch pops, as web **
106.3 0949 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Shrieking noises (opera?),
as web. Noise free scatter! 592km
105.3 0950 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German OM, as web 732km
97.2 0951 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German OM and ID jingle 739km
90.2 0952 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, as web. V weak 739km
104.2 0953 D Landeswelle Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Pink song, as web. V weak 739km
100.4 0955 D WDR 2, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Coldplay, as web. Noise free 538km
104.6 1000 HOL 100% NL, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Dutch YL news, as web.
Over Tournai 313km
97.4 1631 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) Long fade-in/out over Linz 712km
102.9 1749 D RPR 1., Bad Marienberg (rlp) REM Everybody Hurts, as web 592km
103.5 1751 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) REM, as 102.9 553km
103.5 1811 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) YL talking over strange music,
as web 707km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
91.8 0142 D MDR JUMP, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Pop song, as web 1006km **
91.8 0153 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Pops, as web. Two second burst 544km **
91.8 0301 SVN Slovenija 1, Krvavec (lj) News about Ljubljana in two second burst 1271km **
91.8 0357 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Zeitz (san) Growly voiced singer, as web. Three second burst 842km **
91.8 0542 F France Musique, Several transmitters listed Bourges or Vannes, but others listed **
90.2 0952 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Sudden burst while listening live via scatter 739km
97.4 1634 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Sudden burst while listening live 560km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 20-04-14:
91.8 0735 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Are We Human/Dancers song, as web 544km
97.3 0939 HOL Firma Bak oe n ei, Twente Dutch pirate. Dutch pops, as web **
106.3 0949 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Shrieking noises (opera?),
as web. Noise free scatter! 592km
105.3 0950 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German OM, as web 732km
97.2 0951 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German OM and ID jingle 739km
90.2 0952 D MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, as web. V weak 739km
104.2 0953 D Landeswelle Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Pink song, as web. V weak 739km
100.4 0955 D WDR 2, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Coldplay, as web. Noise free 538km
104.6 1000 HOL 100% NL, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Dutch YL news, as web.
Over Tournai 313km
97.4 1631 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) Long fade-in/out over Linz 712km
102.9 1749 D RPR 1., Bad Marienberg (rlp) REM Everybody Hurts, as web 592km
103.5 1751 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) REM, as 102.9 553km
103.5 1811 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) YL talking over strange music,
as web 707km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
Skegness Log: 19-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 19-04-14:
105.4 0113 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Mister Mister song, as web 904km **
105.4 0616 I Südtirol 1, Brenner=Brennero/Zirog Alm=Zirago (bz) Vocal ID. Thanks W4WDX for help with this 1052km **
105.4 0656 D Radio Siegen, Aue/Hohe Hessel (nrw) Toyota ad, as web. 13 second burst 586km **
105.4 0719 POL Radio Zet, Siedlce/Losice (MW) Madonna Learn To Say Goodbye, as web 1512km **
87.6 0921 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203. Unattended reception. 30dB peak 1219km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 19-04-14:
87.7 1356 D NDR Info, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) First time on scatter. German OM, as web, on Radio 10 fade 627km **
87.9 1357 D NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) German OM, as 87.7 599km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2, 5.5 m AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
105.4 0113 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Mister Mister song, as web 904km **
105.4 0616 I Südtirol 1, Brenner=Brennero/Zirog Alm=Zirago (bz) Vocal ID. Thanks W4WDX for help with this 1052km **
105.4 0656 D Radio Siegen, Aue/Hohe Hessel (nrw) Toyota ad, as web. 13 second burst 586km **
105.4 0719 POL Radio Zet, Siedlce/Losice (MW) Madonna Learn To Say Goodbye, as web 1512km **
87.6 0921 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203. Unattended reception. 30dB peak 1219km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 19-04-14:
87.7 1356 D NDR Info, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) First time on scatter. German OM, as web, on Radio 10 fade 627km **
87.9 1357 D NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) German OM, as 87.7 599km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2, 5.5 m AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
Saturday, 19 April 2014
105.4 MHz - Sudtirol 1 Reception via April Lyrids
Once again, had it not been for W4WDX, who heard my clip, I don't think I would have realised that this was an Italian station in the north-east of Italy. I just assumed it might have been Austria, but there was no station listed with the name "Sud Tirol Eins".
Here is a recording, as it happened. Note the identification seven seconds into this recording. W4WDS has translated to English:
Click here to listen to the recording
German: "Das ist ihr neuer Hit, der sicher bald schon die Südtirol 1 Charts erstürmen wird."
English: "This is their new hit, which is going to storm the Südtirol 1 Charts soon."
Good DX!
John
Friday, 18 April 2014
Skegness Log: 18-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 18-04-14:
107.7 0040 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) Jazzy music, as web 571km
107.7 0058 D Die Neue 107,7, Stuttgart-Frauenkopf (bwü) Nazareth song, as web 790km
107.7 0137 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as web 1034km
107.7 0528 D R.SA, Fichtelberg (Erzgebirge) (sac) Holly Johnson song, as web 918km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 18-04-14:
104.2 0724 BEL AFN PowerNet, Casteau-Shape (wal-hnt) Item on baseball. US accents. 386km
89.2 0737 D NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Scatter. Noise free pops, as web 525km
89.2 0750 D NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Very fluttery in multiple aircraft
scatter. Pops, as web 525km
98.4 0923 HOL NPO Radio 1, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch YL and OM, as web 424km
93.0 0933 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Opera, as web 593km
100.3 0935 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) English ID jingle and pops on Radio
L1 fade 677km **
94.4 0947 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Fleetwood Mac song, as web. Above
Swingate 647km
94.0 0949 D SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Opera, as web 590km
94.6 0950 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Modern Talking song, ID and ELO
song 712km
92.1 0952 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Soft rock song, as web 707km
98.0 0952 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km
103.6 0956 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Olly Murs, YL ID 687km
102.3 0958 D Radio ffn, Steinkimmen (nds) Ellie Goulding, as web. Easy at the side of
Lincs FM 543km
91.8 1011 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Light pops, as web 544km
107.3 1013 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) German song, as web 729km
92.4 1021 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Valerie song,
as web. Noise free 560km
91.0 1022 D hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German YL, as web 612km
107.4 1031 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Pops, as web. Local
programming at this time 508km
95.3 1317 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pink song, as web 712km
99.0 1321 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops and OM/YL chat, as web. Almost noise free when
peaked 684km
89.5 1342 D hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
87.6 1343 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Caro Emerald song, as web 650km
97.7 1441 D YOU FM (hr), Rimberg (hes) Club song, as web 678km
106.3 1550 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Crooning, as web 592km
105.3 1600 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM ID and news 732km
107.9 1601 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL news, over Munster 732km
97.2 1607 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German YL news, as web 739km
103.5 1611 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) German OM, as web 707km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
The G-5500 rotator is now connected and aligned. Still really pleased with reception here. As I had hoped, the noise I get to the south is greatly reduced now the 9.2 is on the roof. It appears to be something in a nearby property. the one nearest the 9.2. At the most I am receiving the noise at 9 or 10dBf (GTK scale - no boosts), which is negligible. Background noise in all other directions is at 4 or 5dBf so very quiet. Phew!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 with Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
107.7 0040 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) Jazzy music, as web 571km
107.7 0058 D Die Neue 107,7, Stuttgart-Frauenkopf (bwü) Nazareth song, as web 790km
107.7 0137 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as web 1034km
107.7 0528 D R.SA, Fichtelberg (Erzgebirge) (sac) Holly Johnson song, as web 918km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 18-04-14:
104.2 0724 BEL AFN PowerNet, Casteau-Shape (wal-hnt) Item on baseball. US accents. 386km
89.2 0737 D NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Scatter. Noise free pops, as web 525km
89.2 0750 D NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Very fluttery in multiple aircraft
scatter. Pops, as web 525km
98.4 0923 HOL NPO Radio 1, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch YL and OM, as web 424km
93.0 0933 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Opera, as web 593km
100.3 0935 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) English ID jingle and pops on Radio
L1 fade 677km **
94.4 0947 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Fleetwood Mac song, as web. Above
Swingate 647km
94.0 0949 D SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Opera, as web 590km
94.6 0950 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Modern Talking song, ID and ELO
song 712km
92.1 0952 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Soft rock song, as web 707km
98.0 0952 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km
103.6 0956 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Olly Murs, YL ID 687km
102.3 0958 D Radio ffn, Steinkimmen (nds) Ellie Goulding, as web. Easy at the side of
Lincs FM 543km
91.8 1011 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Light pops, as web 544km
107.3 1013 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) German song, as web 729km
92.4 1021 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Valerie song,
as web. Noise free 560km
91.0 1022 D hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German YL, as web 612km
107.4 1031 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Pops, as web. Local
programming at this time 508km
95.3 1317 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pink song, as web 712km
99.0 1321 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops and OM/YL chat, as web. Almost noise free when
peaked 684km
89.5 1342 D hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
87.6 1343 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Caro Emerald song, as web 650km
97.7 1441 D YOU FM (hr), Rimberg (hes) Club song, as web 678km
106.3 1550 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Crooning, as web 592km
105.3 1600 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM ID and news 732km
107.9 1601 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL news, over Munster 732km
97.2 1607 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German YL news, as web 739km
103.5 1611 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) German OM, as web 707km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
The G-5500 rotator is now connected and aligned. Still really pleased with reception here. As I had hoped, the noise I get to the south is greatly reduced now the 9.2 is on the roof. It appears to be something in a nearby property. the one nearest the 9.2. At the most I am receiving the noise at 9 or 10dBf (GTK scale - no boosts), which is negligible. Background noise in all other directions is at 4 or 5dBf so very quiet. Phew!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 with Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Skegness Log: 17-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 17-04-14:
104.9 0101 D Hitradio Ohr, Offenburg (bwü) OM news with musical bed. (Not news other German)
751km **
104.9 0142 D Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) Acoustic song, as web 843km **
104.9 0208 AUT Antenne Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) Pops, as web
1199km **
104.9 0237 POL Radio ESKA, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Pops, as web 1147km
104.9 0256 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as web 553km **
104.9 0608 AUT Kronehit, Schärding 2/Schardenberg-Aussichtsturm (obe) Eminem song, as web
1056km **
107.7 2319 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as web 1034km **
107.7 2354 D Die Neue 107,7, Stuttgart-Frauenkopf (bwü) Creedence Clearwater Revival,
as web 790km **
107.7 2356 D Hit Radio FFH, Hohes Lohr (hes) German YL, as web 639km **
107.7 2359 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) German OM, as web 571km **
Band 2 General/Aircraft Scatter: 17-04-14:
104.3 0722 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German music, as web 612km
101.2 0723 D Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) X Fading with Habichtswald 565km
101.2 0723 D hr3, Habichtswald (hes) Fluttery but peaking above noise, as web 647km
101.1 0725 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Wavre (wal-bra) Subs song, as web, over Holme Moss 396km
107.0 0728 D WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 592km
87.8 0729 D WDR 2, Schwerte/Sommerberg (nrw) Ads, as 93.3 525km
89.4 0731 HOL Radio Oost, Hengelo/Novec mast (Hazenweg) (ove) Kate Bush, as web 445km
102.8 0746 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) OM, as Lingen 102.0 456km
101.7 0748 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Pops and ID 628km
89.2 0750 D NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Very fluttery in multiple aircraft
scatter. Pops, as web 525km
87.9 0753 D NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) Just making it through. V weak German OM,
as web 599km
104.0 0815 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Fluttery. Peaking noise free 590km
105.9 1432 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Murray Head song,
as 105.7 525km
105.1 1434 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
104.1 1436 D WDR 4, Olsberg (nrw) Occasionally above BBC R Sheffield. As 101.3 592km
103.5 1438 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as web 553km
103.4 1439 D Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Howard Jones song, as web
525km
94.8 1440 D SWR3, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Pops, as web 560km
95.8 1441 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Ralph McTell song, as web. Noise free
peak 478km
98.0 1445 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Jonathan Richman's Egyptian
Reggae, as web. Over Lille 707km
90.0 1730 D SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Rosana song, as web 593km
106.9 1733 D Radio Euskirchen, Schleiden/Broicher Höhe (nrw) Wamdue Project, as web.
V weak 514km
105.4 1740 D Radio Siegen, Aue/Hohe Hessel (nrw) Followed this several times today.
As web stream. V weak. 586km **
97.2 1843 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Gentle classical music, as web
739km
105.3 1845 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) ID and traffic 732km
93.6 1909 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Twangy music, as web 550km
93.4 1912 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) V weak song, as web. Scatter! 712km
92.8 1913 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Out of the mush in seconds. Briefly
clear and noise free, as web 477km
105.2 1918 D Radio RST, Schöppingen (nrw) Atomic Kitten song, as web. Own programming
at this time. Clear above Lille 482km **
105.5 1922 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Noise free scatter 591km
107.6 1926 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Rap song, as 104.0 640km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
The 9.2 is really doing the business, but I really ought to lower it slightly as it is swaying quite noticeably, even in the gentle breeze. I won't lower it too much, but it looks quite imposing up there on the roof at almost three metres above the rooftop. It is actually quite easy to raise and lower it as necessary.
The two NRW firsts were a pleasant surprise, as was Pfaffenberg. I was almost certain I could hear the latter on scatter when I had just moved in to the last QTH, i.e. before all the noise started. I guess it must have been Pfaffenberg all along. There are other bits and pieces across the band too which I hope to identify here at the new QTH. It's a relief to have the 9.2 installed before the Es season, but I still haven't had time to install the rotator cables, so the antenna remains fixed to the ESE for another day. This job is at the top of my To Do list for tomorrow.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2, currently fixed east-south-east.
104.9 0101 D Hitradio Ohr, Offenburg (bwü) OM news with musical bed. (Not news other German)
751km **
104.9 0142 D Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) Acoustic song, as web 843km **
104.9 0208 AUT Antenne Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) Pops, as web
1199km **
104.9 0237 POL Radio ESKA, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Pops, as web 1147km
104.9 0256 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as web 553km **
104.9 0608 AUT Kronehit, Schärding 2/Schardenberg-Aussichtsturm (obe) Eminem song, as web
1056km **
107.7 2319 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as web 1034km **
107.7 2354 D Die Neue 107,7, Stuttgart-Frauenkopf (bwü) Creedence Clearwater Revival,
as web 790km **
107.7 2356 D Hit Radio FFH, Hohes Lohr (hes) German YL, as web 639km **
107.7 2359 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) German OM, as web 571km **
Band 2 General/Aircraft Scatter: 17-04-14:
104.3 0722 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German music, as web 612km
101.2 0723 D Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) X Fading with Habichtswald 565km
101.2 0723 D hr3, Habichtswald (hes) Fluttery but peaking above noise, as web 647km
101.1 0725 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Wavre (wal-bra) Subs song, as web, over Holme Moss 396km
107.0 0728 D WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 592km
87.8 0729 D WDR 2, Schwerte/Sommerberg (nrw) Ads, as 93.3 525km
89.4 0731 HOL Radio Oost, Hengelo/Novec mast (Hazenweg) (ove) Kate Bush, as web 445km
102.8 0746 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) OM, as Lingen 102.0 456km
101.7 0748 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Pops and ID 628km
89.2 0750 D NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Very fluttery in multiple aircraft
scatter. Pops, as web 525km
87.9 0753 D NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) Just making it through. V weak German OM,
as web 599km
104.0 0815 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Fluttery. Peaking noise free 590km
105.9 1432 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Murray Head song,
as 105.7 525km
105.1 1434 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
104.1 1436 D WDR 4, Olsberg (nrw) Occasionally above BBC R Sheffield. As 101.3 592km
103.5 1438 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as web 553km
103.4 1439 D Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Howard Jones song, as web
525km
94.8 1440 D SWR3, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Pops, as web 560km
95.8 1441 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Ralph McTell song, as web. Noise free
peak 478km
98.0 1445 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Jonathan Richman's Egyptian
Reggae, as web. Over Lille 707km
90.0 1730 D SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Rosana song, as web 593km
106.9 1733 D Radio Euskirchen, Schleiden/Broicher Höhe (nrw) Wamdue Project, as web.
V weak 514km
105.4 1740 D Radio Siegen, Aue/Hohe Hessel (nrw) Followed this several times today.
As web stream. V weak. 586km **
97.2 1843 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Gentle classical music, as web
739km
105.3 1845 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) ID and traffic 732km
93.6 1909 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Twangy music, as web 550km
93.4 1912 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) V weak song, as web. Scatter! 712km
92.8 1913 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Out of the mush in seconds. Briefly
clear and noise free, as web 477km
105.2 1918 D Radio RST, Schöppingen (nrw) Atomic Kitten song, as web. Own programming
at this time. Clear above Lille 482km **
105.5 1922 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Noise free scatter 591km
107.6 1926 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Rap song, as 104.0 640km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
The 9.2 is really doing the business, but I really ought to lower it slightly as it is swaying quite noticeably, even in the gentle breeze. I won't lower it too much, but it looks quite imposing up there on the roof at almost three metres above the rooftop. It is actually quite easy to raise and lower it as necessary.
The two NRW firsts were a pleasant surprise, as was Pfaffenberg. I was almost certain I could hear the latter on scatter when I had just moved in to the last QTH, i.e. before all the noise started. I guess it must have been Pfaffenberg all along. There are other bits and pieces across the band too which I hope to identify here at the new QTH. It's a relief to have the 9.2 installed before the Es season, but I still haven't had time to install the rotator cables, so the antenna remains fixed to the ESE for another day. This job is at the top of my To Do list for tomorrow.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Körner 9.2, currently fixed east-south-east.
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Skegness Log: 16-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 16-04-14:
104.9 2329 POL Radio ESKA, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Pops, as web 1147km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 16-04-14:
99.0 1646 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID and Bruno Mars song 684km
92.1 1647 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km
106.3 1649 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Soft pops, as web 592km
104.9 1810 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and German rap 553km
99.6 1812 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German OM, as web 612km
103.0 1812 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Chat and pops. Almost noise free 564km
98.7 1817 D AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Military ads 647km
97.3 1821 D WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Classical, as web 420km
94.4 1823 D NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen (nds) Piano music, as web 543km
93.6 1824 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) French song, as web 550km
92.0 1827 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Noise free 493km
90.2 1832 D NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German YL over piano music, as web 477km
88.3 1840 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) Peaking above Sutton Coldfield, as web 565km
107.1 1843 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Jolly song, as web 593km
105.6 1844 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Jolly song, as 107.1 656km
102.3 1915 D Radio ffn, Steinkimmen (nds) REM song, as web 543km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
The Körner 9.2 is on the roof of the bungalow at last! The permissions letter came through yesterday, but the aerial contractor who was coming today let me down. As luck wouldhave it, I found somebody else who was free this afternoon. The 9.2 is approximately two metres above the roof, perhaps slightly higher than at the last address.
The rotator is not connected at the moment due to problems drilling large enough holes through the brickwork to feed the control cables through. Even the aerial contractor did not succeed with his SDS drill, so I am forced to use a couple of external connection boxes and run the dreaded CAT5 cable into the room. This is just thin enough to squeeze through. The 9.2 is currently fixed east-south-east.
Reception of Hoher Meißner, Torfhaus and Brocken were almost noise free on scatter peaks during the late afternoon.early evening. Bielefeld on 103.0 has also been received as well as I have ever heard it, practically noise free when lifting up.
Providing I don't get any more internet disconnections tonight I will be monitoring 104.9 for meteor scatter.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
104.9 2329 POL Radio ESKA, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Pops, as web 1147km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 16-04-14:
99.0 1646 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID and Bruno Mars song 684km
92.1 1647 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km
106.3 1649 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Soft pops, as web 592km
104.9 1810 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and German rap 553km
99.6 1812 D hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German OM, as web 612km
103.0 1812 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Chat and pops. Almost noise free 564km
98.7 1817 D AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Military ads 647km
97.3 1821 D WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Classical, as web 420km
94.4 1823 D NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen (nds) Piano music, as web 543km
93.6 1824 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) French song, as web 550km
92.0 1827 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Noise free 493km
90.2 1832 D NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German YL over piano music, as web 477km
88.3 1840 D Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) Peaking above Sutton Coldfield, as web 565km
107.1 1843 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Jolly song, as web 593km
105.6 1844 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Jolly song, as 107.1 656km
102.3 1915 D Radio ffn, Steinkimmen (nds) REM song, as web 543km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
The Körner 9.2 is on the roof of the bungalow at last! The permissions letter came through yesterday, but the aerial contractor who was coming today let me down. As luck wouldhave it, I found somebody else who was free this afternoon. The 9.2 is approximately two metres above the roof, perhaps slightly higher than at the last address.
The rotator is not connected at the moment due to problems drilling large enough holes through the brickwork to feed the control cables through. Even the aerial contractor did not succeed with his SDS drill, so I am forced to use a couple of external connection boxes and run the dreaded CAT5 cable into the room. This is just thin enough to squeeze through. The 9.2 is currently fixed east-south-east.
Reception of Hoher Meißner, Torfhaus and Brocken were almost noise free on scatter peaks during the late afternoon.early evening. Bielefeld on 103.0 has also been received as well as I have ever heard it, practically noise free when lifting up.
Providing I don't get any more internet disconnections tonight I will be monitoring 104.9 for meteor scatter.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Skegness Log: 14-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 14-04-14:
100.7 0117 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) Classical, as web 573km **
100.7 0147 D Sputnik (MDR), Klötze (san) Sam Smith song, as web 732km **
100.7 0519 D WDR 4, Ederkopf (nrw) Beatles Tickt To Ride, as web 592km **
100.7 0614 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Meppen (1kW) or Freiberg Niederschöna (320W) German lady on the phone, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
An interesting meteor session with Dudelange producing the most prominent pings. Klotze was also quite frequent. There were several classical stations too but there were salso networked night services to contend with so not all could be identified. Notably MDR Figaro had the same programming as BR Klassik, and SRF2 Kultur had the same programming as Radio Rumantsch. WDR4 and SWR4 also shared a common service, the same for Sveriges P4 regionals Gavleborg & Blekinge - I definitely heard one of these, but which one?
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
100.7 0117 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) Classical, as web 573km **
100.7 0147 D Sputnik (MDR), Klötze (san) Sam Smith song, as web 732km **
100.7 0519 D WDR 4, Ederkopf (nrw) Beatles Tickt To Ride, as web 592km **
100.7 0614 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Meppen (1kW) or Freiberg Niederschöna (320W) German lady on the phone, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
An interesting meteor session with Dudelange producing the most prominent pings. Klotze was also quite frequent. There were several classical stations too but there were salso networked night services to contend with so not all could be identified. Notably MDR Figaro had the same programming as BR Klassik, and SRF2 Kultur had the same programming as Radio Rumantsch. WDR4 and SWR4 also shared a common service, the same for Sveriges P4 regionals Gavleborg & Blekinge - I definitely heard one of these, but which one?
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Sunday, 13 April 2014
Skegness Log: 13-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 14-04-14:
100.2 0008 POL RMF FM, Bialystok/Krynice (PL) Roxette track, as web 1506km **
100.2 0009 D Antenne Bayern, Gelbelsee (bay) Yael Naim song, as web 905km **
100.2 0020 SVN Radio Aktual, Krim (lj) Four second burst of Slavic song, as web 1295km **
100.2 0041 D RBB Kulturradio, Belzig (brb) Sombre classical piece, as web 831km **
100.2 0100 E RNE Radio 3, Montserrat (CAT-B) Banging techno, as web 1289km **
100.2 0311 D R.SH, Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs) Godawful Alexandra Burke song, as web 694km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 14-04-14:
87.6 0926 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Ads and promos, as web. Just
about noise free, briefly 288km
100.0 0931 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Noise free. Nice scatter today 493km
100.0 0931 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Noise free. Nice scatter today 493km
105.5 0933 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Noise free. As 106.7 591km
103.0 0935 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Almost noise free on scatter, despite the
FM5 being 1m above the ground 564km
93.6 0941 BEL Club FM, Koolskamp/Watertoren (vlg-wvl) Club and pop, as web. Noise free peaks
309km
93.4 0951 HOL Radio Rijnmond, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Noise free
peak. Outside Broadcast 313km
93.4 0952 F Nostalgie, Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) Ads, as web, suddenly over Rijnmomd 338km
90.2 1517 D NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Classical music, as web 477km
101.8 1520 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Aurich (nds) YL and OM, as web 478km
105.7 1524 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) ID and pops 543km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
I had decided to let the XDR rest for a few nights so it was bright and fresh for the April Lyrids. Then I realised that meteor activity was quite active just before midnight last night, so I decided to tackle 100.2. Bursts were much more frequent than on previous nights, though things did taper off a bit towards dawn. I guess the earlier increase might be related to the Lyrid meteor shower, which is due to peak over the next week or so.
All MS stations logged above were heard numerous times.
Daytime scatter was good with Bielefeld coming in with the best signal I have had here this year, yet the FM5 is still only 1 metre above the ground.
More info on the Lyrids, taken from the AMS Meteors page: http://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-shower-calendar
Lyrids: Active from April 16th to 25th 2014.
The Lyrids are a medium strength shower that usually produces good rates for three nights centered on the maximum. These meteors also usually lack persistent trains but can produce fireballs. These meteors are best seen from the northern hemisphere where the radiant is high in the sky at dawn. Activity from this shower can be seen from the southern hemisphere, but at a lower rate.
Radiant: 18:04 +34° - ZHR: - Velocity: 30 miles/sec (medium - 48.4km/sec) - Parent Object: C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
100.2 0008 POL RMF FM, Bialystok/Krynice (PL) Roxette track, as web 1506km **
100.2 0009 D Antenne Bayern, Gelbelsee (bay) Yael Naim song, as web 905km **
100.2 0020 SVN Radio Aktual, Krim (lj) Four second burst of Slavic song, as web 1295km **
100.2 0041 D RBB Kulturradio, Belzig (brb) Sombre classical piece, as web 831km **
100.2 0100 E RNE Radio 3, Montserrat (CAT-B) Banging techno, as web 1289km **
100.2 0311 D R.SH, Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs) Godawful Alexandra Burke song, as web 694km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 14-04-14:
87.6 0926 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Ads and promos, as web. Just
about noise free, briefly 288km
100.0 0931 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Noise free. Nice scatter today 493km
100.0 0931 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Noise free. Nice scatter today 493km
105.5 0933 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Noise free. As 106.7 591km
103.0 0935 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Almost noise free on scatter, despite the
FM5 being 1m above the ground 564km
93.6 0941 BEL Club FM, Koolskamp/Watertoren (vlg-wvl) Club and pop, as web. Noise free peaks
309km
93.4 0951 HOL Radio Rijnmond, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Noise free
peak. Outside Broadcast 313km
93.4 0952 F Nostalgie, Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) Ads, as web, suddenly over Rijnmomd 338km
90.2 1517 D NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Classical music, as web 477km
101.8 1520 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Aurich (nds) YL and OM, as web 478km
105.7 1524 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) ID and pops 543km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
I had decided to let the XDR rest for a few nights so it was bright and fresh for the April Lyrids. Then I realised that meteor activity was quite active just before midnight last night, so I decided to tackle 100.2. Bursts were much more frequent than on previous nights, though things did taper off a bit towards dawn. I guess the earlier increase might be related to the Lyrid meteor shower, which is due to peak over the next week or so.
All MS stations logged above were heard numerous times.
Daytime scatter was good with Bielefeld coming in with the best signal I have had here this year, yet the FM5 is still only 1 metre above the ground.
More info on the Lyrids, taken from the AMS Meteors page: http://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-shower-calendar
Lyrids: Active from April 16th to 25th 2014.
The Lyrids are a medium strength shower that usually produces good rates for three nights centered on the maximum. These meteors also usually lack persistent trains but can produce fireballs. These meteors are best seen from the northern hemisphere where the radiant is high in the sky at dawn. Activity from this shower can be seen from the southern hemisphere, but at a lower rate.
Radiant: 18:04 +34° - ZHR: - Velocity: 30 miles/sec (medium - 48.4km/sec) - Parent Object: C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Friday, 11 April 2014
Skegness Log: 11-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 11-04-14:
93.6 0046 I RAI Radio2, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) Distinctive female vocals,
as web 1278km **
93.6 0103 SUI Radio SRF 1, Beatenberg or Port Valais Hall and Oates song, as web **
93.6 0122 POL Radio Zet, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Eighties syndrum track, as web 1147km **
93.6 1056 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Soulful German YL song,
as web 550km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
There was another marked increase in meteor activity overnight, though most of it was only micosecond pings. "3205" had lodged itself onto the XDR-GTK display when I awoke.
RAI Due and Radio Zet were the chief bursters on 93.6 overnight, with Radio SRF1 taking a close third place.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
93.6 0046 I RAI Radio2, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) Distinctive female vocals,
as web 1278km **
93.6 0103 SUI Radio SRF 1, Beatenberg or Port Valais Hall and Oates song, as web **
93.6 0122 POL Radio Zet, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Eighties syndrum track, as web 1147km **
93.6 1056 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Soulful German YL song,
as web 550km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
There was another marked increase in meteor activity overnight, though most of it was only micosecond pings. "3205" had lodged itself onto the XDR-GTK display when I awoke.
RAI Due and Radio Zet were the chief bursters on 93.6 overnight, with Radio SRF1 taking a close third place.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Skegness Log: 10-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 10-04-14:
92.2 0026 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) Poprad Presumed. Rock guitar,
as web. Three second burst 1459km **
92.2 0048 D SWR3, Stuttgart/Hoher Bopser (bwü) Peter Bjorn and John song, as web 789km **
92.2 0217 F France Musique, Nice/Mont Chauve (06) Presumed Nice. Violin concerto, as web
1160km **
92.2 0450 SUI Radio Cité Genève, Mont Salève/Téléphérique [F 74] (ge) Three second burst of
sad French song, as web 885km **
91.4 2122 F France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) Chance burst while listening to
Troyes via scatter 643km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 10-04-14:
91.0 2002 F Le Mouv', Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) ID after promo 338km
88.0 2003 D WDR 5, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) OM news, as 90.6 538km
104.7 2004 D WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 553km
93.2 2006 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Soft rock track, as web 365km
89.6 2119 D WDR 5, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) German OM, as web 519km
91.4 2121 F France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) French OM and gentle music, as 88.7
643km
102.8 2126 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Jazzy stuff, as web 328km
100.7 2127 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) Operaticals, as web. Noise
free 573km
99.5 2128 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Orchestra, as web 459km
97.6 2129 HOL Radio Decibel, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 86F0 DECIBEL_ 313km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
Meteor Notes:
* Lots of bursts tonight.
* SRo 1 Radio Slovensko was the most regular burster.
* There were lots of interesting Slavic languages here.
* I recorded a 28 streams in total, which I think is more than I have ever done simultaneously.
It was a bad night for web streams switching off however. About eight to ten of them did so.
Other than that, I moved the FM5 to the opposite side of the bungalow this evening, at the most northerly corner, trying it one metre above the ground and then at five metres. It made very little difference to reception as that side of the garden is more 'open' and has slightly more distance between us and the nearest property. It also has a better take-off across the middle of some long gardens gardens between neighbouring streets.
What I also noticed is that there is a reduction in the noise I get to the south and this has almost gone now. I am tempted to install the 9.2 on this side of the bungalow, but I think it would be more out of the way where I had originally planned - on the south-west side. I still don't have the necessary written permission to install this yet, but I have been assured it will be with me next week. We'll see!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
92.2 0026 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) Poprad Presumed. Rock guitar,
as web. Three second burst 1459km **
92.2 0048 D SWR3, Stuttgart/Hoher Bopser (bwü) Peter Bjorn and John song, as web 789km **
92.2 0217 F France Musique, Nice/Mont Chauve (06) Presumed Nice. Violin concerto, as web
1160km **
92.2 0450 SUI Radio Cité Genève, Mont Salève/Téléphérique [F 74] (ge) Three second burst of
sad French song, as web 885km **
91.4 2122 F France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) Chance burst while listening to
Troyes via scatter 643km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 10-04-14:
91.0 2002 F Le Mouv', Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) ID after promo 338km
88.0 2003 D WDR 5, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) OM news, as 90.6 538km
104.7 2004 D WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 553km
93.2 2006 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Soft rock track, as web 365km
89.6 2119 D WDR 5, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) German OM, as web 519km
91.4 2121 F France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) French OM and gentle music, as 88.7
643km
102.8 2126 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Jazzy stuff, as web 328km
100.7 2127 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) Operaticals, as web. Noise
free 573km
99.5 2128 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Orchestra, as web 459km
97.6 2129 HOL Radio Decibel, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 86F0 DECIBEL_ 313km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
Meteor Notes:
* Lots of bursts tonight.
* SRo 1 Radio Slovensko was the most regular burster.
* There were lots of interesting Slavic languages here.
* I recorded a 28 streams in total, which I think is more than I have ever done simultaneously.
It was a bad night for web streams switching off however. About eight to ten of them did so.
Other than that, I moved the FM5 to the opposite side of the bungalow this evening, at the most northerly corner, trying it one metre above the ground and then at five metres. It made very little difference to reception as that side of the garden is more 'open' and has slightly more distance between us and the nearest property. It also has a better take-off across the middle of some long gardens gardens between neighbouring streets.
What I also noticed is that there is a reduction in the noise I get to the south and this has almost gone now. I am tempted to install the 9.2 on this side of the bungalow, but I think it would be more out of the way where I had originally planned - on the south-west side. I still don't have the necessary written permission to install this yet, but I have been assured it will be with me next week. We'll see!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Skegness Log: 09-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 09-04-14:
106.0 1114 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Distinctive music, as web
881km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
106.0 proved to be a difficult channel as Tournai had improved and blocked the channel for a good part of the night.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
106.0 1114 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Distinctive music, as web
881km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
106.0 proved to be a difficult channel as Tournai had improved and blocked the channel for a good part of the night.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Skegness Log: 08-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 08-04-14:
106.5 0239 AUT Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) OM with distinctive voice,
as web 917km **
106.5 0301 CZE CRo Brno, Brno/Kojál (JM) Squeaky voiced OM news, as web 1219km **
106.5 0554 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) New Seekers song,
as web 843km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
Bregenz 1 was the frequent burster during the earlier part of the morning. This was less frequent by sunrise with Brno and Leipzig Wiederau taking over.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
106.5 0239 AUT Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) OM with distinctive voice,
as web 917km **
106.5 0301 CZE CRo Brno, Brno/Kojál (JM) Squeaky voiced OM news, as web 1219km **
106.5 0554 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) New Seekers song,
as web 843km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
Bregenz 1 was the frequent burster during the earlier part of the morning. This was less frequent by sunrise with Brno and Leipzig Wiederau taking over.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Monday, 7 April 2014
Skegness Log: 07-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 07-04-14:
97.5 0012 AUT Ö1, Linz 1/Lichtenberg (obe) Classical music, as web 1111km **
97.5 0038 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) German OM over song, as web 640km **
97.5 0452 DNK DR P4, Næstved - Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl) Simply Red song, as web 782km **
97.5 0748 D MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) German OM talk, as web 768km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
97.5 was tonight's chosen frequency. There was a big increase in the number of MS pings too. Unsurprisingly, regular bursters were Ö1 from Linz (100kW) and SWR3 from Bornberg (25kW), often appearing together in the same burst! Next to that, 5kW MDR Info from Suhl was also quite regular.
There were quite a few bursts from unidentified German language stations which I hadn't recorded. I can only presume that they were low powered Austrian or Swiss transmitters. Germany, Switzerland and Austria has become of particular interest lately and I endeavour to record all German language streams to be certain I am logging the correct station, but all Swiss station's web streams simultaneously dropped out after only eight minutes of recording on this occasion - at precisely 00:13:35 GMT in fact. I also tend not to record the stations with flea powered transmitters, i.e. 50 watts or less. Perhaps I should.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
97.5 0012 AUT Ö1, Linz 1/Lichtenberg (obe) Classical music, as web 1111km **
97.5 0038 D SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) German OM over song, as web 640km **
97.5 0452 DNK DR P4, Næstved - Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl) Simply Red song, as web 782km **
97.5 0748 D MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) German OM talk, as web 768km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
97.5 was tonight's chosen frequency. There was a big increase in the number of MS pings too. Unsurprisingly, regular bursters were Ö1 from Linz (100kW) and SWR3 from Bornberg (25kW), often appearing together in the same burst! Next to that, 5kW MDR Info from Suhl was also quite regular.
There were quite a few bursts from unidentified German language stations which I hadn't recorded. I can only presume that they were low powered Austrian or Swiss transmitters. Germany, Switzerland and Austria has become of particular interest lately and I endeavour to record all German language streams to be certain I am logging the correct station, but all Swiss station's web streams simultaneously dropped out after only eight minutes of recording on this occasion - at precisely 00:13:35 GMT in fact. I also tend not to record the stations with flea powered transmitters, i.e. 50 watts or less. Perhaps I should.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Skegness Log: 06-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 06-04-14:
96.5 0028 D SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) Maroon 5 song, as web 786km **
96.5 0105 F France Culture, Carcassonne/Pic de Nore (11) Presumed Carcassonne. French
OM, as web 1093km **
96.5 0122 F France Inter, Rouen or Chaumont Unusual singing, as web **
96.5 0237 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Helpterberg (mev) Raucus brass music, as web 881km **
96.5 0804 D Bayern 2, Brotjacklriegel (bay) OM and musical bed, as web 1021km **
Band 2 Scatter: 06-04-14:
99.0 1623 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Presumed. Dutch ads with .be
web addresses. 370km
102.8 1625 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM, as 101.8 456km
104.6 1626 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) 6354 BONAMASS (corrupted scrolling
PS) Good peak. 351km
104.8 1628 HOL NPO Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Noise free. Dutch OM 443km
89.5 1630 BEL VRT Klara, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Classical, as 89.9 376km
89.9 1630 BEL VRT Klara, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Classical, as 89.5 431km
97.9 1631 BEL VRT Radio 2, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Pops, as 98.6. Dominating Sutton
Coldfield 431km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
96.5 0028 D SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) Maroon 5 song, as web 786km **
96.5 0105 F France Culture, Carcassonne/Pic de Nore (11) Presumed Carcassonne. French
OM, as web 1093km **
96.5 0122 F France Inter, Rouen or Chaumont Unusual singing, as web **
96.5 0237 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Helpterberg (mev) Raucus brass music, as web 881km **
96.5 0804 D Bayern 2, Brotjacklriegel (bay) OM and musical bed, as web 1021km **
Band 2 Scatter: 06-04-14:
99.0 1623 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Presumed. Dutch ads with .be
web addresses. 370km
102.8 1625 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM, as 101.8 456km
104.6 1626 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) 6354 BONAMASS (corrupted scrolling
PS) Good peak. 351km
104.8 1628 HOL NPO Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Noise free. Dutch OM 443km
89.5 1630 BEL VRT Klara, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Classical, as 89.9 376km
89.9 1630 BEL VRT Klara, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Classical, as 89.5 431km
97.9 1631 BEL VRT Radio 2, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Pops, as 98.6. Dominating Sutton
Coldfield 431km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Saturday, 5 April 2014
Skegness Log: 05-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 05-04-14:
95.5 0012 D SR 3 Saarlandwelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Bee Gees song, as web 629km **
95.5 0629 D BR Klassik, Büttelberg (bay) Piano concerto, as web 812km **
95.5 0706 F France Musique, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL news, as web. 842km **
95.5 0721 D hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) Talking about Baroque music, as web 684km **
Band 2 Scatter: 05-04-14:
102.5 1613 BEL Q-Music, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Suddenly over Radio 538 431km
102.5 1613 HOL Radio 538, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Dutch OM, as web 360km
102.9 1614 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Commodores Brick House, as web 354km
100.8 1629 D WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) ID and verkehrsservice 483km
101.0 1630 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Verkehrsservice, as 100.8 519km
105.5 1631 D WDR Eins Live, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 519km
103.1 1635 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as web 376km
103.5 1649 HOL Radio Veronica, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Briefly over Essex with
pops, as web 334km
103.5 1655 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) End of song and OM ID 391km
99.8 1656 D NDR 2, Steinkimmen (nds) Fade in. Soft rock song, as web 543km
93.5 1657 D WDR 2, Nordhelle (nrw) Marillion song, as web 553km
90.6 1659 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km
93.2 1659 D WDR 2, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Marillion song, as 93.5 591km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
95.5 was interesting overnight in that the overwhelming majority of pings and bursts were from SR3, Gottelborner Hohe. Of the few which were not SR3 (four or five pings) they were from a mystery classical music station and one I did not record. Other transmitters started to come in after 0600, France Musique being the most consistent, very likely the Clermont Ferrand transmitter.
All general scatter was received with the FM5 horizontal. I re-positioned this vertically during the afternoon but it killed off all the scatter, with the exception of Langenberg. Back in horizontal again and the Dutch scatter returned. When my one metre high FM3 and FM5 were vertical at the last QTH I noticed the same lack of scatter. Vertical really does not work well on band 2 when low down.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
95.5 0012 D SR 3 Saarlandwelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Bee Gees song, as web 629km **
95.5 0629 D BR Klassik, Büttelberg (bay) Piano concerto, as web 812km **
95.5 0706 F France Musique, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL news, as web. 842km **
95.5 0721 D hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) Talking about Baroque music, as web 684km **
Band 2 Scatter: 05-04-14:
102.5 1613 BEL Q-Music, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Suddenly over Radio 538 431km
102.5 1613 HOL Radio 538, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Dutch OM, as web 360km
102.9 1614 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Commodores Brick House, as web 354km
100.8 1629 D WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) ID and verkehrsservice 483km
101.0 1630 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Verkehrsservice, as 100.8 519km
105.5 1631 D WDR Eins Live, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 519km
103.1 1635 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as web 376km
103.5 1649 HOL Radio Veronica, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Briefly over Essex with
pops, as web 334km
103.5 1655 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) End of song and OM ID 391km
99.8 1656 D NDR 2, Steinkimmen (nds) Fade in. Soft rock song, as web 543km
93.5 1657 D WDR 2, Nordhelle (nrw) Marillion song, as web 553km
90.6 1659 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km
93.2 1659 D WDR 2, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Marillion song, as 93.5 591km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS
95.5 was interesting overnight in that the overwhelming majority of pings and bursts were from SR3, Gottelborner Hohe. Of the few which were not SR3 (four or five pings) they were from a mystery classical music station and one I did not record. Other transmitters started to come in after 0600, France Musique being the most consistent, very likely the Clermont Ferrand transmitter.
All general scatter was received with the FM5 horizontal. I re-positioned this vertically during the afternoon but it killed off all the scatter, with the exception of Langenberg. Back in horizontal again and the Dutch scatter returned. When my one metre high FM3 and FM5 were vertical at the last QTH I noticed the same lack of scatter. Vertical really does not work well on band 2 when low down.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Friday, 4 April 2014
Skegness Log: 04-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 04-04-14:
94.0 0037 F France Musique, Vittel/Thuillières (88) Jazzy classical piece, as web
684km **
94.0 0238 D Bayern 3, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Michael Sembellos Maniac, as web 907km **
94.0 0256 F France Culture, perhaps Bergerac. Strange twangy music, as web **
94.0 0800 G BBC Radio 4, Limavady most likely off the back. Corrie Corfield reading
the News **
Band 2 Scatter: 04-04-14:
91.7 0846 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Nice noise free
peak. OM talking about chocolate! 376km
97.5 0857 BEL VRT Radio 2, Schoten (vlg-ant) Dutch OM, as web 354km
97.8 0857 HOL NPO Radio 2, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Ad break 322km
99.5 0858 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Classical music, as web 459km
100.0 0858 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) German OM ID in ads 493km
100.3 0858 HOL L1 Radio, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Punt NL web address in ad 443km
102.0 0859 BEL VRT MNM, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Dutch ads 431km
90.2 0900 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and news 334km
90.7 0900 HOL SubLime FM, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Fiat ad, punt NL
address, ads running over the hour 344km
90.8 0901 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) ID - RTBF
Classic 21 Ecoutez Original. Noise free 440km
91.0 0902 HOL Slam!FM, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) OM ID. Not the usual Omroep Brabant
360km
91.1 0903 HOL Slam!FM, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Fast talking OM news, as
91.0 341km
91.4 0903 HOL NPO Radio 4, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Classical music 424km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Another "one metre high DX session"! Maybe I should class this as an ultralight log? It was quite a rapid-fire session though with lots of Dutch stations coming up very suddenly on aircraft scatter, some leaping out well above the noise. I have noticed a scatter good peak around this time before.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
94.0 0037 F France Musique, Vittel/Thuillières (88) Jazzy classical piece, as web
684km **
94.0 0238 D Bayern 3, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Michael Sembellos Maniac, as web 907km **
94.0 0256 F France Culture, perhaps Bergerac. Strange twangy music, as web **
94.0 0800 G BBC Radio 4, Limavady most likely off the back. Corrie Corfield reading
the News **
Band 2 Scatter: 04-04-14:
91.7 0846 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Nice noise free
peak. OM talking about chocolate! 376km
97.5 0857 BEL VRT Radio 2, Schoten (vlg-ant) Dutch OM, as web 354km
97.8 0857 HOL NPO Radio 2, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Ad break 322km
99.5 0858 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Classical music, as web 459km
100.0 0858 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) German OM ID in ads 493km
100.3 0858 HOL L1 Radio, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Punt NL web address in ad 443km
102.0 0859 BEL VRT MNM, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Dutch ads 431km
90.2 0900 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and news 334km
90.7 0900 HOL SubLime FM, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Fiat ad, punt NL
address, ads running over the hour 344km
90.8 0901 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) ID - RTBF
Classic 21 Ecoutez Original. Noise free 440km
91.0 0902 HOL Slam!FM, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) OM ID. Not the usual Omroep Brabant
360km
91.1 0903 HOL Slam!FM, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Fast talking OM news, as
91.0 341km
91.4 0903 HOL NPO Radio 4, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Classical music 424km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Another "one metre high DX session"! Maybe I should class this as an ultralight log? It was quite a rapid-fire session though with lots of Dutch stations coming up very suddenly on aircraft scatter, some leaping out well above the noise. I have noticed a scatter good peak around this time before.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Skegness Log: 03-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 03-04-14:
107.5 0025 D BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Pops, as web 864km
107.5 0035 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) OM traffic in six
second burst, as web 743km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter: 03-04-14:
88.6 0850 HOL NPO 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) U2 song, as web 407km
91.1 0855 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Diana Ross song, as web 543km
95.4 0900 F France Inter, Amiens/Saint-Just-en-Chaussée [60] (80) YL, as 103.7 431km
96.1 0901 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) OM, as web 396km
96.6 0907 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) Pops, as web.
Noise free peak 409km
101.2 0914 HOL Sky Radio, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Pops, as web 341km
101.8 0915 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Aurich (nds) German OM, as web 478km
106.7 1050 D WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) ID jingle between songs 504km
104.8 1051 HOL NPO Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Dutch OM, as web 443km
91.1 1055 HOL Slam!FM, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Pops, as web 341km
95.2 1055 HOL Slam!FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) Pops, as 91.1 312km
91.0 1057 F Le Mouv', Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) Brief peak. Discussion, as web 338km
92.8 1731 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) Noise free peak
440km
93.2 1732 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
Lee Dorsey song, as web 376km
103.1 1734 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Retro sounding disco
track, as web 376km
104.0 1736 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Club track, as web 590km
100.4 1738 HOL Q-music, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Pops,as 100.7 407km
100.8 1739 D WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Almost noise free 483km
100.9 1740 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Schoten (vlg-ant) Rock track, as 102.1 354km
101.0 1740 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Same YL, as 100.8 519km
107.9 1741 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Acoustic track, as 106.7 493km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, five meters AGL.
107.5 0025 D BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Pops, as web 864km
107.5 0035 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) OM traffic in six
second burst, as web 743km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter: 03-04-14:
88.6 0850 HOL NPO 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) U2 song, as web 407km
91.1 0855 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Diana Ross song, as web 543km
95.4 0900 F France Inter, Amiens/Saint-Just-en-Chaussée [60] (80) YL, as 103.7 431km
96.1 0901 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) OM, as web 396km
96.6 0907 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) Pops, as web.
Noise free peak 409km
101.2 0914 HOL Sky Radio, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Pops, as web 341km
101.8 0915 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Aurich (nds) German OM, as web 478km
106.7 1050 D WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) ID jingle between songs 504km
104.8 1051 HOL NPO Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Dutch OM, as web 443km
91.1 1055 HOL Slam!FM, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Pops, as web 341km
95.2 1055 HOL Slam!FM, Alphen aan den Rijn/Alticom Toren (zho) Pops, as 91.1 312km
91.0 1057 F Le Mouv', Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) Brief peak. Discussion, as web 338km
92.8 1731 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) Noise free peak
440km
93.2 1732 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
Lee Dorsey song, as web 376km
103.1 1734 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Retro sounding disco
track, as web 376km
104.0 1736 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Club track, as web 590km
100.4 1738 HOL Q-music, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Pops,as 100.7 407km
100.8 1739 D WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Almost noise free 483km
100.9 1740 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Schoten (vlg-ant) Rock track, as 102.1 354km
101.0 1740 D WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Same YL, as 100.8 519km
107.9 1741 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Acoustic track, as 106.7 493km
** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, five meters AGL.
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Skegness Log: 02-04-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 02-04-14:
107.8 0013 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Laid back pop song, as web 917km **
107.8 0137 POL Radio Zet, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Polish song, as web 1465km **
107.8 0703 D BB Radio, Frankfurt (Oder) Booßen (brb) Eight second burst. YL phone
caller with music behind, as web 951km **
93.3 1625 POL RMF FM, Bydgoszcz/Trzeciewiec (KP) Polish ads, as web. Three second
burst 1186km **
93.3 1742 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) YL interview, as web 1552km **
107.5 2314 D BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Adele song, as web. Listening live 864km **
107.5 2326 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) OM talk and traffic,
as web 743km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL.
107.8 0013 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Laid back pop song, as web 917km **
107.8 0137 POL Radio Zet, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Polish song, as web 1465km **
107.8 0703 D BB Radio, Frankfurt (Oder) Booßen (brb) Eight second burst. YL phone
caller with music behind, as web 951km **
93.3 1625 POL RMF FM, Bydgoszcz/Trzeciewiec (KP) Polish ads, as web. Three second
burst 1186km **
93.3 1742 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) YL interview, as web 1552km **
107.5 2314 D BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Adele song, as web. Listening live 864km **
107.5 2326 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) OM talk and traffic,
as web 743km **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.
Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL.
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Common Sense Prevails
Following a visit from the planning officer from the new housing association, permission has, thankfully, been granted from the 9.2. Phew! However, after the gentleman had left I discovered that the G-5500 rotator had not been included in his notes. I doubt this will be a problem but will get in touch with the planning department tomorrow to add this.
It seems the neighbour complaint was simply because they were worried that the FM5 I had been using temporarily would collapse into her property and cause damage or injury. As I explained in my previous blog entry this is just not likely to happen due to the trees. The planning officer saw this and took photos of the conifers, so I presume the neighbour is going to be asked to cut down or remove the conifers. Conifers are not allowed in these properties it seems.
I have been instructed not to go ahead with the installation until I have received official written permission. I have also been told that I need to provide proof of insurance cover and have the 9.2 fitted by a professional aerial installer, providing a receipt. Everything is covered this way. Luckily I know a good company whose price is very reasonable.
It's things like this which make me feel slightly disillusioned about the whole hobby. While DXing is straight-forward enough, the hobby is considered slightly off the beaten track by most people and downright weird to some. I dread to think what the neighbours will think to a rotating aerial once it is erected. Will it attract unwanted attention? This was highlighted very nicely at the previous address. Even children would stop me in the street to ask what the aerial was and what I was listening to with it. That makes a change from people thinking I am a spy or working for the police - yes, that happens too. The problem I have is that it all leaves me feeling quite isolated and 'different'. An unwanted centre of attention.
I wish I could just enjoy the hobby without having to worry what people think. I know I shouldn't let this bother me, but it does bother me as what I am doing is publicly visible and some people seem slightly scared by it. Or they see me as some kind of freak. I have known so many other hobbyists suffer this problem. Hopefully it will just make people leave me alone ;O)
It seems the neighbour complaint was simply because they were worried that the FM5 I had been using temporarily would collapse into her property and cause damage or injury. As I explained in my previous blog entry this is just not likely to happen due to the trees. The planning officer saw this and took photos of the conifers, so I presume the neighbour is going to be asked to cut down or remove the conifers. Conifers are not allowed in these properties it seems.
I have been instructed not to go ahead with the installation until I have received official written permission. I have also been told that I need to provide proof of insurance cover and have the 9.2 fitted by a professional aerial installer, providing a receipt. Everything is covered this way. Luckily I know a good company whose price is very reasonable.
It's things like this which make me feel slightly disillusioned about the whole hobby. While DXing is straight-forward enough, the hobby is considered slightly off the beaten track by most people and downright weird to some. I dread to think what the neighbours will think to a rotating aerial once it is erected. Will it attract unwanted attention? This was highlighted very nicely at the previous address. Even children would stop me in the street to ask what the aerial was and what I was listening to with it. That makes a change from people thinking I am a spy or working for the police - yes, that happens too. The problem I have is that it all leaves me feeling quite isolated and 'different'. An unwanted centre of attention.
I wish I could just enjoy the hobby without having to worry what people think. I know I shouldn't let this bother me, but it does bother me as what I am doing is publicly visible and some people seem slightly scared by it. Or they see me as some kind of freak. I have known so many other hobbyists suffer this problem. Hopefully it will just make people leave me alone ;O)
Körner 9.2 Installation Halted
After all the problems we had with aerials and neighbours at our last address, I had hoped for better things here. It seems this may not be the case. Neighbours! Damn neighbours!
After already being granted verbal permission to erect the 9.2 antenna, our new local housing association planning department telephoned me yesterday to halt today's installation of my 9.2, on the grounds that my temporary FM5 antenna had fallen into a neighbour's garden. Let me assure you it most certainly had not. The neighbour in question has a small row of very tall conifer trees which would not allow such a thing to happen. These are actually higher than my FM5. Maybe I should complain that the same conifers have spread several feet into our garden. So much so, in fact, that there is no room for me to rotate my FM5 aerial easily where it is. Even the planning officer wondered if this was a slight exaggeration on the part of the neighbour if she was only concerned that the FM5 might fall into her garden. That's not how the complaint was received, however. Either way, it couldn't possibly have fallen anywhere as it was pressed firmly against the bungalow wall by the trees.
This neighbour has always seemed friendly, and even spoke to us this morning, but she obviously did not wish to confront us face to face about this matter.
So, our new planning officer said I would now have to go via East Lindsey District Council's Planning Department and obtain written permission to have my 9.2 erected, which he doubted they would approve. This would cost me £72. It actually costs around £400 should it need to go to the Public Notice stage, after which they could still refuse permission and not have to refund the fee, but such planning applications would usually be necessary only for larger structures, such as tall lattice towers, etc. I am really surprised to be referred to the local council.
The new planning officer also decided that he needed to check whether there might be a local covenant which restricts aerials at the new property. Personally, I would very much doubt this to be the case as many of the bungalows around here have unusually large masts for their television aerials, some as high as 20 feet above the rooftops. I would consider it very unfair if I were refused, so I hope common sense wins in the end.
After his visit, I telephoned ELDC and described the nature of my request, giving the physical size of the 9.2 antenna, including details about the rotator, etc., and the officer there said this was not an 'unusual' request and was classed as a "De Minimis" issue and so would not need written permission. I had not heard of this expression before, but it basically means that this is a simple domestic matter which does not require full planning permission. Phew! The officer referred me back to the local housing officer, who is now due to visit us later today as a result and will either grant or refuse permission for my 9.2 and the rotator, based on how he sees it.
If permission is refused then I am not even allowed to have a free-standing FM aerial. If this happens then I will need to take the matter further as I cannot see that it is reasonable for the planning department to disallow something as simple as an FM radio antenna, though I wonder if I may have to scale things down and use something like an FM3.
Somewhat dismayed.
After already being granted verbal permission to erect the 9.2 antenna, our new local housing association planning department telephoned me yesterday to halt today's installation of my 9.2, on the grounds that my temporary FM5 antenna had fallen into a neighbour's garden. Let me assure you it most certainly had not. The neighbour in question has a small row of very tall conifer trees which would not allow such a thing to happen. These are actually higher than my FM5. Maybe I should complain that the same conifers have spread several feet into our garden. So much so, in fact, that there is no room for me to rotate my FM5 aerial easily where it is. Even the planning officer wondered if this was a slight exaggeration on the part of the neighbour if she was only concerned that the FM5 might fall into her garden. That's not how the complaint was received, however. Either way, it couldn't possibly have fallen anywhere as it was pressed firmly against the bungalow wall by the trees.
This neighbour has always seemed friendly, and even spoke to us this morning, but she obviously did not wish to confront us face to face about this matter.
So, our new planning officer said I would now have to go via East Lindsey District Council's Planning Department and obtain written permission to have my 9.2 erected, which he doubted they would approve. This would cost me £72. It actually costs around £400 should it need to go to the Public Notice stage, after which they could still refuse permission and not have to refund the fee, but such planning applications would usually be necessary only for larger structures, such as tall lattice towers, etc. I am really surprised to be referred to the local council.
The new planning officer also decided that he needed to check whether there might be a local covenant which restricts aerials at the new property. Personally, I would very much doubt this to be the case as many of the bungalows around here have unusually large masts for their television aerials, some as high as 20 feet above the rooftops. I would consider it very unfair if I were refused, so I hope common sense wins in the end.
After his visit, I telephoned ELDC and described the nature of my request, giving the physical size of the 9.2 antenna, including details about the rotator, etc., and the officer there said this was not an 'unusual' request and was classed as a "De Minimis" issue and so would not need written permission. I had not heard of this expression before, but it basically means that this is a simple domestic matter which does not require full planning permission. Phew! The officer referred me back to the local housing officer, who is now due to visit us later today as a result and will either grant or refuse permission for my 9.2 and the rotator, based on how he sees it.
If permission is refused then I am not even allowed to have a free-standing FM aerial. If this happens then I will need to take the matter further as I cannot see that it is reasonable for the planning department to disallow something as simple as an FM radio antenna, though I wonder if I may have to scale things down and use something like an FM3.
Somewhat dismayed.
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