Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
90.6 0353 DNK R.Sydhavsøerne, Stubbekøbing/Vestre Havn 5 (sjl) 9987 788km **
91.4 0353 LTU XFM, Klaipeda (Kla) 9140 __FM____ 1371km **
97.3 0513 NOR R Øst, Sarpsborg/Stikkaåsen (of) F056 951km
96.3 0514 S Vinyl 96.3, Gävle/Johannesbergs 13 (ga) E0A8 1311km
100.0 0722 IRL Today FM, Truskmore or Crosshaven Presumed. Advert: "Only in for Tuesdays
Irish Independent, before you make up your mind ..." **
100.1 0722 IRL Today FM, Clonmel (TA) Presumed. Advert: "Only in for Tuesdays Irish Independent,
before you make up your mind ..." 547km **
100.3 0722 IRL Today FM, Dungarvan/Carronadavderg (WD) Presumed. Advert: Only in for Tuesdays
Irish Independent, before you make up your mind ...". Other Irish accented male
QRM 557km **
100.6 0722 IRL Today FM, Maghera (CE) Presumed. Advert: Only in for Tuesdays Irish Independent,
before you make up your mind ..." 604km **
100.9 0722 IRL Today FM, Kippure (WW) Presumed. Advert: Only in for Tuesdays Irish Independent,
before you make up your mind ...". Mixing Irish OM with fantastic offer ad.
444km **
101.0 0722 IRL Today FM, Cork/Spur Hill (CO) Presumed. Advert: Only in for Tuesdays Irish
Independent, before you make up your mind ..." 615km **
101.3 0722 IRL Today FM, Greystones/Bellevue (WW) Presumed. Advert: Only in for Tuesdays Irish
Independent, before you make up your mind ..." 428km **
101.4 0722 IRL Today FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Presumed. Advert: Only in for Tuesdays Irish
Independent, before you make up your mind ..." 480km **
101.7 0722 IRL Today FM, Achill Island/Minaun Heights (MO) Presumed. Advert: Only in for
Tuesdays Irish Independent, before you make up your mind ..." 689km **
102.0 0722 IRL Beat 102-103 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Presumed. "When we go through tough times"
OM/YL public service announcement. 480km **
102.4 0722 IRL Beat 102-103 FM, Clonmel (TA) Presumed. "When we go through tough times..."
OM/YL public service announcement. 547km **
102.8 0722 IRL Beat 102-103 FM, Carrickpherish (WD) Presumed. "When we go through tough
times..." OM/YL public service announcement. 513km **
103.1 0722 IRL Beat 102-103 FM, Forth Mountain or Corbally Wood. Presumed. "When we go through
tough times..." OM/YL public service announcement **
103.8 0722 NOR P4 R Hele Norge, Mosvik/Skavlen (nt) Ad for Staples and P4 ID. Thanks Arvid
Husdal
and Sven Jacobson for help 1329km
102.4 0739 POL PR 1, Warszawa/Raszyn (MW) 3211 ____:3__ 1388km
107.2 0756 POL Radio Maryja, Kielce/Swiety Krzyz (SK) Caught just right with vocal ID. Presumed
Radio Zet also in on 105.3 at the time. 1436km
103.2 0807 POL PR Radio Olsztyn, Olsztyn/Pieczewo (WM) 3031 1334km
** Personal 'First'
The beam was north-easterly this morning and the 9.2 was vertical. Most of the loggings resulted from one long meteor burst and I never expected to hear Ireland quite like this, presumably through backscatter. I have stated the loggings of Today FM and Beat 102-103 as "Presumed", but I think it's fairly safe to assume that these stations are definitely Today FM and Beat 102-103, despite not giving IDs or producing RDS. I am informed that the news bulletins on the hour are shared by more than one network and so won't provide any clues, but the adverts and PSAs, all being in parallel on the respective frequencies, nails things down 100%. I have saved a copy of the file which contains this meteor burst so if anybody would like a copy to listen to then please email me. In no other mode of propagation would I have ever expected to hear sites like Clonmel, Dungarvan, Carrickpherish and Achill Island. Just amazing!
Also on the same meteor burst, the two Scandinavians I received yesterday, Radio Øst and Vinyl 96.3, came in again today! So just why is it that so many of these transmitters, received via meteor scatter, are so regular and even predictable? Is it because the transmitter is less efficient at radiating the signal toward the listener at ground level and therefore is allowing a lot of radiation to travel upwards? Or is it because of the ionisation is more precise as a shower enters/burns up in the atmosphere? Either way, there does seem to be a degree of predictability. I suspect it may be due to the latter reason so, if this is the case, over a period of time I would expect to see this predictability being directly related to the individual shower. It's all become a fascinating new area of the hobby to me.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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Receiver:
Elad FDM-S2
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software: Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console & RDS Spy via VAC.
Rotator:
**Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
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