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Saturday, 27 September 2014

Skegness Log: 27-09-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 90.2 0723  D  NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Phone in, as web  477km
102.1 0746  D  RPR 1., Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) ID and pops  550km
107.6 0820  D  Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Ads, as web  788km
107.9 0821  D  BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Close to RDS. Classical  732km
107.3 0823  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OMs talk, as web  729km
106.9 0824  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) OM and YL lively discussion and jingle
               ID  843km
105.1 0830  D  Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID and weather  684km
104.8 0831  D  hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) OM, as web  729km
107.4 0841  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Probably scatter. Jingle ID 
               508km
105.6 0843  D  MDR JUMP, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Pops, as web. Over Donnersberg  788km
104.9 0846  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Twangy techno, as web  553km
101.7 0848  D  hr4, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web  684km
101.2 0851  D  Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Web address  565km
 95.0 0857  D  hr-info, Rimberg (hes) OM, as web  678km
 93.8 0859  D  bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) Toh ID and news  565km
 89.5 0902  D  hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) News, as web  684km
 88.3 0903  D  Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) Overriding Sutton Coldfield  565km
 91.8 0914 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Lively pops, as web  313km
 92.4 0916 HOL PuurNL, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Lively pops and lively OM DJ, as web  322km
 98.0 0924 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 86F0 DECIBEL_  320km
107.3 0931 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Spandex ad. ID  292km
 89.9 0937 HOL Haarlem 105 Radio, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) PhD song, as web  304kmx
107.7 0955 BEL Radio Plus, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Jingle ID. On horizontal beam  328km
 93.4 1016  D  Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Status Quo song, as web   712km
104.1 1023  D  WDR 4, Olsberg (nrw) Elvis song, as web  592km
106.3 1027  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Brief. Troposcatter? As web  748km
106.4 1028  D  WDR Eins Live, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Briefly took over Kiss!!  483km
107.7 1042  D  Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) YL ID, phone caller  1034km
 97.2 1058  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL, as web  739km
 99.0 1113 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Pops, as web. Mixing with Hoher
               Meissner  1080km
 94.8 1114 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Soft pop song, as web  1080km
103.6 1118  D  RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Jingle ID between songs  687km
 87.9 1126  D  MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Passenger song, as web  739km
 90.2 1127  D  MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) OM ID  739km
 91.6 1129  D  SWR3, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Pops, as web  590km
 92.4 1133  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Gloria Gaynor song, as
               web  560km
 95.4 1136  D  SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Operatic Car song, Nissan Dorma, as web  592km
 99.6 1141  D  hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Noise free. OM, as web  612km
102.3 1145  D  BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) Classical, as web. 24dB  1024km
107.1 1149  D  B5 aktuell, Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as 105.3  865km
106.9 1150  D  B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Jingle and YL news, as 105.3  942km
 91.7 1206  D  MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Bangles song, as web  793km
 94.2 1209  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Phone caller, as web  793km
105.4 1211  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Joan Jett song, as web  904km
 91.4 1214  D  Bayern 1, Büttelberg (bay) Light pops and OM ID  812km
 92.8 1218  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Rogers and Parton song, as web  904km **
 95.3 1220  D  YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web. Mixing with Essex  712km
 95.8 1222  D  Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) YL and child phone caller, as web  942km
 98.8 1226  D  NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) German OM, as web  525km
102.6 1230  D  NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) ID and pops  606km
 97.5 1256  D  SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) ID in ad break  640km
106.2 1257  D  hr3, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Ad break, as web  729km
105.9 1258  D  Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) ID and info  647km
105.6 1259  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) ID and news  656km
103.0 1302  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) BFBS News and ID  564km
102.8 1303  D  Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) YL ID and pops  717km **
 93.0 1310  D  BFBS Radio, Braunschweig/Drachenberg (nds) Pops, as 103.0  712km
 93.7 1311  D  Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) German OM, as web  1024km
 94.4 1313  D  hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Sports commentary, as web  647km
101.6 1314  D  hr4, Hardberg (hes) Interview, as 107.3  712km
106.7 1319  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Kalmit (rlp) Pop song, as web. Mixing with Langeberg.
               687km
106.8 1320  D  Hit Radio FFH, Driedorf/Höllberg (hes) Pops, as 105.1  604km
 96.3 1322  D  Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Pops, as web  732km
 88.0 1323  D  SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Pops, as web  629km
 95.2 1334  D  MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Piano music, plinking above the noise. As web 
               793km
 95.5 1335  D  hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) OM, as web  684km
 97.4 1711  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_ 39dB  712km
101.4 1716  D  Radio SAW, Brocken (san) D3D9 _S_A_W__ 38dB  712km
 94.6 1717  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) D4D1 MDR_S-AN  712km
 89.0 1719  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) D0DB 89.0_RTL  712km
100.9 1726  D  Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops and ID  729km
107.8 1732  D  MDR Figaro, Brocken (san) D3C3 __IG__O_. RDSing at 24dB!  712km
 89.5 1806  D  Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) Strange OM, as web  1024km
 98.4 1815  D  SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Slowly spoken jingle ID. ads  748km
 98.5 1823  D  Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) D313 ____RN__  1024km
101.9 1832  D  Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) ID and adverts  729km
105.7 1838  D  B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) D315 B5_Akt__  1024km
 96.0 1848  D  Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) OM ID between slow pops  865km
 87.6 1913  D  NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) V v weak with Indeep song, as web  650km
 92.1 1919  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D382 _NDR-2__  707km
103.5 1928  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D210 __DLF___  707km
 98.0 1930  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D381 NDR1_NDS  707km
100.3 1935  D  Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) Planet Club In The Mix  677km
 99.0 1954  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) D361  684km
106.3 1958  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Jingle ID  707km
 93.6 2007  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Roy Orbison song and ID  550km
 89.9 2016  D  NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Classical  707km
107.1 2021  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) ID and phone caller  593km
 97.7 2027  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Pops and OM, as web  593km
 96.7 2028  D  hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Piano music, as web. Over KLFM  647km
105.6 2104 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) German OM, as web  917km
107.8 2106 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Italian OM, as web  917km
107.3 2110 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Chasseral (be) Pops, as 107.8  823km
 95.4 2113 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) OM, as web  917km
 99.5 2133  D  NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Barry White song, as web  707km
104.6 2136 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Drum and bass music, as web  1080km
107.3 2206  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) ID and night service. Producing slight echo
               against Heidelberg  813km
105.0 2208  D  Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Pops, as web  922km
 90.7 2211  D  Bayern 1, Ochsenkopf (bay) Pops, as web. 107.1 also in  865km
 91.8 2212  D  SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) Classical, as web  813km
 94.3 2219  D  SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) Pops, as web  813km
 97.3 2226 HOL Shrik Van Gammelke, Weerselo (Ov) Dutch music, as web. On horizontal beam!
105.3 2309  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM, as 105.7  732km
 91.5 2315  D  MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) D3C2 M_R_____  712km
103.2 2322  D  Antenne Bayern, Ochsenkopf (bay) Whispered ID between songs  865km
 91.0 2328  D  hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Robbie Williams song, as web  612km
104.3 2329  D  hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German song, as web  612km
101.0 2347  D  WDR 2, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) Pops, as web  519km
 87.7 2351  D  MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Classical, as 87.9  904km
100.3 2354  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Ochsenkopf (bay) YL, as web  865km


** Personal Skegness 'First'

This was one of the most bizarre tropos I have known, as the videos should demonstrate. Instead of signals being stable, as you would expect with tropo ducting, they were up and down like yo-yos. A signal might have faded in from nothing, gone up to RDS levels, then back down into the noise in less than half a minute. Brocken and Torfhaus provided the most consistent signal strengths, but even they were subject to this choppiness.

I logged most of the German transmitters I received in this opening to give a complete picture of what happened, but I missed out some NRW transmitters which were also coming in at enhanced levels, such as Langenberg, Aachen, Teutoburger Wald, Bonn & Munster. Other regular continentals from northern France, Belgium and Holland were also up to 40dB most of the time, yet again suffering this strange fluttery effect.

Since my daily Vimeo upload is ten files and I have many more than that, I have uploaded my videos of the pick of today's DX to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA I know there is at least one video which has had its audio muted. I hope there aren't any more. If you have any problems hearing the audio please let me know.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.

Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.

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