Band 2 Tropospheric:
87.6 2017 E Onda Vasca, Bermeo (PVA-BI) V weak OM talk, as web 1106km **
87.7 2059 E Gestiona Radio, Santander (CNT-S) Phone in, as web 1119km **
87.9 2038 E Kiss FM, Ares (GAL-C) Rod Stewart song, as web 1250km
88.0 2014 E Radio Nervión, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) Spanish music, as web 1130km
88.7 2103 E Cadena 100, Ares/Montefaro (GAL-C) Rap song, as web 1251km
89.2 2342 E Onda Cero, A Coruña (GAL-C) E2EE ____CERO 1363km **
89.9 2250 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Gijón/Pico del Sol (AST-O) YL on phone, as 105.0
1157km **
91.1 2249 E Cadena Dial, Oviedo/Monte Naranco (AST-O) YL and OM discussion, as web 1178km **
91.6 2339 E RNE Radio Clásica, Culleredo/Monte Xalo (GAL-C) Classical music, as web
1277km
92.1 2043 E Radio Galega Música, Monte Meda (GAL-OU) Vocal ID 1338km **
92.2 2004 E UNID, ? Spanish football commentary
92.6 2006 E Radio Voz, A Coruña (GAL-C) E0C5. Vocal ID 1266km
92.8 2337 E Cadena 100, Oviedo/Monte Naranco (AST-O) Pops, as web 1178km **
93.0 2118 E RNE Radio Clásica, Liérganes/Peña Cabarga (CNT-S) Classical piece, as wen
1128km **
93.4 2008 E SER, A Coruña (GAL-C) Football commentary, as web 1265km **
93.6 1940 E COPE, Ribadeo/O Mondigo (GAL-LU) OM and YL, as web 1205km
94.2 2149 E Radio Marca, Santander (CNT-S) Two OMs talk, as web 1129km **
94.4 2314 E RNE Radio 3, Gamoniteiro (AST-O) Rock song, as web 1200km
94.8 2118 E Onda Vasca, San Sebastián=Donostia (PVA-SS) OM, as web 1105km **
95.0 2335 E Europa FM, Ares/Montefaro (GAL-C) Presumed with lively discussion over dance
beats 1251km
95.2 2240 E Onda Cero, Oviedo/Pico El Faro (AST-O) OMs, as web 1185km **
96.5 2115 E Éxito Radio, Santander (CNT-S) Boing! Ads, as web 1119km **
96.5 2239 E SER, Gijón/Pico del Sol (AST-O) OMs, as web 1157km **
96.9 2051 E RNE Radio Nacional, Liérganes/Peña Cabarga (CNT-S) OMs, as web 1128km
97.5 2224 E Los 40 Principales, Oviedo/Monte Naranco (AST-O) ID and Far Away song 1178km **
97.6 2331 E M80 Radio, A Coruña/Peñamoa (GAL-C) E230 M80RADIO 1266km **
97.8 2329 E COPE, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganguren (PVA-BI) Ads, as web 1125km
98.0 2308 E MegaStar FM, San Sebastián=Donostia/Monte Ulía (PVA-SS) Bangin toonz, as web
1105km **
98.5 2233 E RNE Radio Clásica, Gijón/Pico del Sol (AST-O) Intense Spanish music, as web
1157km **
99.2 2235 E RNE Radio Nacional, Gijón/Pico del Sol (AST-O) Talk and pops, as web 1157km **
99.6 2218 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Oviedo/Monte Naranco (AST-O) OM, as web 1178km **
99.9 2027 E MegaStar FM, A Coruña (GAL-C) Spanish pops, as web 1363km **
100.4 2205 E RNE Radio Nacional, Culleredo/Monte Xalo (GAL-C) OM, as web 1277km
101.2 2328 G Heart, Kingsbridge/Soar (EN-DVN) Ads, as web 432km **
101.3 2110 E MegaStar FM, Ares/Montefaro (GAL-C) Jingle ID between pops 1251km **
101.7 2354 F Europe 1, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) YL, as web 1104km **
102.5 2202 E RNE Radio Nacional, Gamoniteiro (AST-O) Electronic jingle. Mixing another Spanish
station 1200km **
102.9 2053 E RNE Radio 3, Liérganes/Peña Cabarga (CNT-S) OM, as web 1128km **
103.6 2132 E Cadena 100, Gijón (AST-O) Pops, as web 1164km **
103.7 2321 E Cadena 100, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) Spanish music, as web 1130km **
103.9 2011 E Radio Galega, Ares/Montefaro (GAL-C) Discussion, as web 1251km
104.1 2200 E Melodía FM, Oviedo/Pico El Faro (AST-O) Jingle ID at the top of the hour. Pops
1185km **
104.8 2228 E Radio Galega, A Coruña/Peñamoa (GAL-C) E4E0 R.GALEGA 1264km **
105.0 2049 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Liérganes/Peña Cabarga (CNT-S) OM Phone caller, as web
1128km
105.2 2257 E esRadio, Gijón (AST-O) References to El Sexo show. Thanks Konrad DX for help
1156km **
106.3 1946 E Radio Galega Música, Ares/Montefaro (GAL-C) Spanish pops, as web 1251km
106.3 2130 E Radio Mix FM, Mazcuerras-Riaño de Ibio (CNT-S) Ads and jingle ID 1145km **
107.8 2125 E Valle de Buelna FM, Los Corrales de Buelna/Monte Gedo (CNT-S) Back to back pops,
as web 1146km **
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
100.3 1257 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) German pop song, as web 677km **
100.3 1431 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Ochsenkopf (bay) German OM talk, as web 865km **
Unidentified:
93 6 unid Spain or France 0122 23-10-14. http://youtu.be/qCk79kL7ug0
Heard with back to back music. It's an odd format so this might give it away, knowing the
approximate reception area.
** Personal Skegness 'First'
An evening of spectacular tropospheric DX to northern Spain and south-west France! Definitely my best to this area so far. Furthest distance was the La Coruna transmitter at 1363 km, not a million miles from the Portuguese border.
There were also LOTS of Spanish stations I couldn't identify due to their brief nature. Beaming south-west in vertical polarisation produces a full band of English stations from the Midlands, so the Spanish stations often had quite a fight on their hands.
I had to be extremely careful how I rotated the antenna too as the neighbour's tree is now greatly restricting movement in that direction. After some minor damage, which has since been rectified, I managed to get the antenna vertical and discovered that this was where the action was. Surprisingly, no Spanish tropo was available when the antenna was horizontal. I wanted to flip back to horizontal later on when I discovered local outlets from Bayonne, but it was the early hours of the morning by that time and the G-5500 rotator makes quite a racket. Sound travels well at night, so I kept the antenna vertical. Horizontal to the south-west is a noisy direction for me anyway so I probably wouldn't have benefited much horizontally anyway. I still don't understand why vertical is much quieter in this direction.
Videos of many of the above catches can be seen on my YouTube page: www.youtube.com/g1vvp
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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