Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
102.5 0649 E RNE Radio Nacional, Quirós/Gamoniteiro (AST-O) E211 RNE_1___ 1200km
103.0 0649 POR RFM, Serra da Marofa (gua) Brief music, as 104.0 1473km **
104.0 0649 POR RFM, Guarda/P.Vento (gua) 8231 1517km **
104.1 0719 POR RFM, Porto/Monte da Virgem (prt) Vlcal ID 1497km **
104.7 0742 I RTL 102.5, Fiorano Modenese (mo) or Marano sul Panaro (mo) 5218.
Both txs in Modena (mo)
102.4 0744 E Factory FM, Madrid (MAD-M) E850 FACTORY_ 1448km **
103.0 0744 E Unika FM, Villaviciosa de Odón/Pinares Llanos (MAD-M) E42C UNIKA_FM 1458km
107.2 0744 E Fiesta FM, Madrid (MAD-M) E033 ____2___ 1448km **
102.4 0745 E Onda Cero, Zaldiaran (PVA-VI) E2EE ONDA__RO. AFs point to this tx 1174km **
104.9 0745 E RNE Radio Nacional, Villadiego (CAL-BU) E211 RNE_1___ 1216km **
Band 2 Tropospheric:
102.1 0038 F RCF, Lannion/Porz al Lan (22) YLs, as web 564km **
101.6 0044 F Skyrock, Lannion/Croaz Dibenn (22) Dr Dre song, as web 553km **
99.0 0050 F Radio Bonheur, Lannion/Pradic Glaz (22) French pops, as web 554km
96.5 0056 F NRJ, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) Club music, as web 565km **
93.6 0101 F MFM Radio, Brest/Place de Strasbourg (29) French song, as web 626km **
89.0 0108 F RCF, Brest/Croas ar Vossen (29) French YL, as web 624km
107.3 0112 F BFM Business, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) French OMs talking business, as web 629km
100.8 0113 F MFM Radio, Landerneau/Léavéan (29) French song, as web 611km **
99.4 0115 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Carhaix-Plouguer/Berrien (29) Local Breton music,
as web 600km
101.8 0116 F Skyrock, Brest/le Rody (29) Modern R and B stuff, as web 625km **
98.1 0120 F RTL 2, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) French slow pops, as web 565km **
95.0 0124 F Radio Neptune, Brest/9 Rue Pierre Mac-Orlan (29) Jazz, as web 630km **
87.8 0137 F Radio Courtoisie, Cherbourg-Octeville/Bélier (50) French OM, as web 415km
104.7 0145 F Europe 1, Brest/le Rody (29) Discussion, as web 625km **
104.3 0146 F RTL, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) Ads, as web 629km
105.5 0148 F France Info, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) French OM, as 105.2 629km **
105.9 0149 F RFM, Brest/le Rody (29) Earth Wind and Fire song, as web 625km **
92.0 0209 F Radio Kerne, Douarnenez/Kermeur (29) Rock track, as web 656km **
106.5 0224 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Guingamp/Ploumagoar (22) Romantic song, as web 567km **
92.4 0232 F RMC, Brest/11 Rue Pierre-Mac-Orlans (29) French OMs, as web 630km **
100.2 0235 F Radio Nova, Brest/11 Rue Pierre-Mac-Orlans (29) Pops, as web 630km **
95.9 0238 F France Musique, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) Plinky plonky
violin music, as web 415km **
91.4 0239 F France Culture, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) French OM,
as web 415km **
94.0 0251 F Mouv', Brest/Lescaouidic (29) Rap track, as web 629km **
105.3 0511 F France Info, Multi-tx Echo, so more than one tx. Antenna vertical so no
Lille on 105.2
95.1 0518 F Variation, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) Acoustic song, as web 565km **
93.3 0531 F France Culture, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) YL, as web 406km
102.9 0540 F RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Callac/Maël-Pestivien (22) Sounds like Balkan music.
Accordion and signing, as web 588km **
Unidentified:
95.2 0440 F UNID. French talks. Web address/ID for RFI (Radio France International)
** Personal 'First'
There was a big increase in signals from the Brest transmitter late evening yesterday, reading 58dBf on the XDR-GTK software. Take off 20dB for the pre-amp of course but that is still a healthy signal, the kind of strength where it's time to flip the antenna to vertical to look for local stations. Brest disappeared once the 9.2 was vertical, but it must have grown even stronger shortly after this as it managed to push through clearly despite the wrong polarisation.
After midnight, once vertical, local Breton stations started to appear, bringing me my largest personal haul from the region. The band started to resemble Land's End! I knew I was in for a long, sleepless night. Daylight was well upon me before I finally pulled the plug and even then I left the FDM-S2 recording.
Having holidayed in Brittany several times over the last 15 years or so I have become sort of familiar with some of the stations over there. Hearing the beautiful Breton music on Radio Kreiz Breizh and Radio Kerne is a joy. They both have web streams, but to hear them live via a tropo is just amazing, even if the signals were mostly quite weak.
Needless to say when I awoke at midday this morning I was bleary eyed, extremely lethargic and totally incoherent. I have discovered a new use for matchsticks! The problem for me though is that it usually takes two days for the effects of a lack of sleep to catch up on me.
I didn't expect to hear any meteor scatter as the band was full of inland UK stations by local sunrise, nevertheless, there was some activity and I uploaded some videos of this to https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Hopefully somebody knows who relays RFI (Radio France International) on 95.2 overnight. This one is a real mystery.
Zzzzzz!
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
Receiver:
Elad FDM-S2
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod.
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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
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