Band 2 Tropospheric:
93.3 0105 DNK DR P2, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) Classical, as web 740km
96.5 0145 DNK DR P4, København-Gladsaxe/Isbanevej 4 (hvs) Slick Rick song, as 96.8 and
99.9 836km
98.1 0147 DNK DR P4, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) Jingle ID. Noise free 740km
98.5 0148 DNK DR P4, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) Pops, as 98.1 644km
99.0 0149 S SR P3, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Soft pops, as web 1031km
103.4 0151 DNK Nova, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) Pops, as web 644km
103.9 0151 DNK Nova, Næstved - Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl) Pops, as 103.4 782km
103.0 1119 DNK Radio 24syv, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) 9204 __syv___ 715km
99.9 2231 DNK DR P4, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) 9C02 DRP4_SYD 617km
95.1 2232 DNK DR P1, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) 9201 617km
96.8 2234 DNK DR P4, Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk-fyn) Danish pops, as 99.9
700km
91.7 2235 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Danish rap, as 92.6 715km
92.6 2235 DNK DR P3, Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk-fyn) Danish rap with English
words like fukkum in, whatever that means 700km
88.1 2237 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Opera, as 95.1 715km
89.0 2237 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk-fyn) Opera, as 95.1
700km
97.0 2241 S SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E203. YL presenters then rap song 913km
92.4 2244 S SR P2, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E402 Piano music 913km
101.4 2247 S SR P4, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E424 ____P4__ 913km
101.0 2249 S SR P4, Vislanda (Alvesta)/Nydala TM (kb) YL and pops, as 101.4 983km
101.8 2254 S SR P4, Emmaboda/Eriksmåla-Bälshult TM (ka) Pops, as 101.4 1051km
100.3 2310 DNK Radio 24syv, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) YL, as web 644km
102.7 2313 DNK Radio 24syv, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) YL, as web 740km
102.9 2318 S SR P4, Borås/Dalsjöfors-Häglared TM (vg) Relaying SR P3! 948km
97.5 2328 DNK DR P4, Næstved - Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl) Pops, as 99.9 782km
99.6 2329 DNK DR P3, Næstved - Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl) Pops, as 97.2 782km
101.6 2329 DNK Radio 24syv, Næstved - Øverup/Køgevej 291 (sjl) Phone in 782km
102.1 2330 DNK Radio 24syv, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Phone in 617km
** Personal 'First'
My first decent tropo opening to Sweden since moving here, with Swedish lower power outlets opening up at the top of the band. Denmark was also pretty, but I left out some of the more regular Danish tropo regulars regulars.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Skegness Log: 29-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
96.3 0128 G Heart, Bristol/Dundry (EN-BRI) Ads and Heart ID 281km
89.0 1748 G Manx Radio, Snaefell (IOM) The Nations Station, Manx Radio jingle 339km
91.8 1753 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL whispered Petre jingle ID 703km
90.4 1813 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Truskmore (SO) Interview 587km
92.6 1813 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) 2204 587km
87.8 1815 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Clermont Carn (LH) Interview, as 88.2 450km
88.2 1815 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Truskmore (SO) Interview 587km
95.2 1817 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Clermont Carn (LH) 2203 450km
96.0 1818 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Divis (NI-ANT) As 93.1, etc. 446km
97.0 1818 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Interview 450km
97.4 1820 G Cool FM, Black Mountain (NI-ANT) Cool FM Miami promo with United
Airlines, only on Cool FM 446km **
97.8 1823 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Truskmore (SO) Classical, as 98.7 587km
102.7 1826 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Clermont Carn (LH) Irish folk, as web 450km
104.9 1833 G Imagine FM, Stockport/Ratcliffe Towers (EN-GTM) Michael Jackson's Wanna
Be Startin' Sumfink, as web 167km **
106.0 1844 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Three Rock Mountain (D) OM, as 107.4 437km
107.4 1845 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Truskmore (SO) Interview, as web 587km
96.6 1855 G Downtown Radio, Brougher Mountain (NI-TYR) Country music show,
dedication for Bangor listener, as web 530km **
95.6 1859 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) Wexford and other ads, as web
480km
93.2 1904 G Sheffield Live!, Sheffield/Tapton Hill (EN-SYK) OM, as web 125km
100.0 1945 IRL Today FM, Truskmore (SO) Pops, as 100.9 587km
101.2 1949 G Q, Brougher Mountain 2 (NI-FER) Pops, as web 530km **
104.4 1954 IRL Dublin's FM 104, Three Rock Mountain (D) Pops, as web 437km **
94.4 1956 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mullaghanish (CO) Just poking through BBC R4
splatter 653km
97.3 2248 G Forth 1, Craigkelly (Edinburgh) (SC-FIF) Scottish ads, ID and pops, as
web 397km
97.5 2251 G Smooth Radio, Burnhope (EN-DUR) Smooth Love Songs 229km
** Personal 'First'
Recordings:
97.4 Cool FM, Black Mountain 1820 29-09-15 https://app.box.com/s/yegrx21qolowbs61i6w7emsnlmcvi2a0
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
96.3 0128 G Heart, Bristol/Dundry (EN-BRI) Ads and Heart ID 281km
89.0 1748 G Manx Radio, Snaefell (IOM) The Nations Station, Manx Radio jingle 339km
91.8 1753 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL whispered Petre jingle ID 703km
90.4 1813 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Truskmore (SO) Interview 587km
92.6 1813 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) 2204 587km
87.8 1815 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Clermont Carn (LH) Interview, as 88.2 450km
88.2 1815 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Truskmore (SO) Interview 587km
95.2 1817 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Clermont Carn (LH) 2203 450km
96.0 1818 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Divis (NI-ANT) As 93.1, etc. 446km
97.0 1818 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Interview 450km
97.4 1820 G Cool FM, Black Mountain (NI-ANT) Cool FM Miami promo with United
Airlines, only on Cool FM 446km **
97.8 1823 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Truskmore (SO) Classical, as 98.7 587km
102.7 1826 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Clermont Carn (LH) Irish folk, as web 450km
104.9 1833 G Imagine FM, Stockport/Ratcliffe Towers (EN-GTM) Michael Jackson's Wanna
Be Startin' Sumfink, as web 167km **
106.0 1844 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Three Rock Mountain (D) OM, as 107.4 437km
107.4 1845 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Truskmore (SO) Interview, as web 587km
96.6 1855 G Downtown Radio, Brougher Mountain (NI-TYR) Country music show,
dedication for Bangor listener, as web 530km **
95.6 1859 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) Wexford and other ads, as web
480km
93.2 1904 G Sheffield Live!, Sheffield/Tapton Hill (EN-SYK) OM, as web 125km
100.0 1945 IRL Today FM, Truskmore (SO) Pops, as 100.9 587km
101.2 1949 G Q, Brougher Mountain 2 (NI-FER) Pops, as web 530km **
104.4 1954 IRL Dublin's FM 104, Three Rock Mountain (D) Pops, as web 437km **
94.4 1956 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mullaghanish (CO) Just poking through BBC R4
splatter 653km
97.3 2248 G Forth 1, Craigkelly (Edinburgh) (SC-FIF) Scottish ads, ID and pops, as
web 397km
97.5 2251 G Smooth Radio, Burnhope (EN-DUR) Smooth Love Songs 229km
** Personal 'First'
Recordings:
97.4 Cool FM, Black Mountain 1820 29-09-15 https://app.box.com/s/yegrx21qolowbs61i6w7emsnlmcvi2a0
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Monday, 28 September 2015
Skegness Log: 28-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
97.3 1845 G Kohinoor FM, Leicester (EN-LEI) Singing, as web 112km
95.6 1848 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) Wexford Festival promo,
as web 480km
102.0 1850 IRL Beat 102-103 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Ad for car dealership in
Tipperary. ID 480km **
103.1 1852 G IMAN FM, Wincobank VHF (EN-SYK) OMs discussion, as web 79km **
99.6 1937 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Classical, as 98.7 653km
101.8 1937 IRL Today FM, Mullaghanish (CO) YL and OM talking, as 101.4 653km
107.4 1938 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mullaghanish (CO) News, etc. 653km
88.2 1939 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Truskmore (SO) OM presenter, as 89.6 587km
92.6 1939 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) Irish music, as 94.0.
Noise free 587km
107.2 1947 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Vweak, as others 480km
105.2 2104 IRL TXFM, Three Rock Mountain (D) ID after news and soul music 437km
93.8 2117 G BBC Radio Scotland, Durris (SC-ABS) C615 461km
94.3 2118 G BBC Radio Scotland, Black Hill (SC-NLA) Vic Galloway show,
as 93.8 405km
93.5 2119 G BBC Radio Scotland, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) YL interview, as 93.8 333km
104.2 2121 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Meldrum (SC-ABS) C316 501km
103.7 2122 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) C316 BBC_Gael 430km
102.8 2123 G Tay FM, Angus (SC-DDC) C6B1 434km
106.8 2125 G Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) CC94 original 461km
99.0 2127 G BBC Radio 1, Durris (SC-ABS) As others 461km
92.7 2128 G BBC Radio Scotland, Forfar (SC-ANG) C415 BBC_Scot 430km
92.3 2130 G BBC Radio 3, Chatton (EN-NBD) Presumed. Producing echo against
Peterborough 299km **
94.5 2130 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Chatton (EN-NBD) Producing echo on 94.5 299km **
90.1 2133 G BBC Radio 2, Chatton (EN-NBD) Presumed. Producing echo against
Peterborough 299km **
103.9 2211 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) C204 333km
101.8 2213 G Heart, Burnhope (EN-DUR) Heart ID between songs 229km
106.1 2221 G Capital FM, Black Hill (SC-NLA) Westlothian Leisure ad, ID 405km **
105.4 2223 G Heart, Winter Hill (EN-GTM) Prince song, as web 196km
100.1 2228 G Classic FM, Angus (SC-DDC) C5A1 Classic_ Scottish ads then back
to national service 434km **
105.5 2258 IRL Today FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Music and OM, as web 450km
90.4 2316 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Truskmore (SO) OM presenter, as 91.8 587km
97.0 2320 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Jingle ID 450km
97.8 2320 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Truskmore (SO) Classical, as 98.7 587km
97.2 2327 G Heart, Blunsdon (EN-WLT) Wiltshire Air Ambulance, Swindon
Borough Council PSAs 224km
89.4 2329 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F203 Starting to improve 604km
95.4 2331 F France Inter, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F201 __INTER_ 604km
97.8 2332 F France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM, as 98.0 604km
** Personal 'First'
A decent evening's opening to the eastern side of Scotland, eastern Ireland and the south-west of England, just touching into Brittany.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
97.3 1845 G Kohinoor FM, Leicester (EN-LEI) Singing, as web 112km
95.6 1848 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) Wexford Festival promo,
as web 480km
102.0 1850 IRL Beat 102-103 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Ad for car dealership in
Tipperary. ID 480km **
103.1 1852 G IMAN FM, Wincobank VHF (EN-SYK) OMs discussion, as web 79km **
99.6 1937 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Classical, as 98.7 653km
101.8 1937 IRL Today FM, Mullaghanish (CO) YL and OM talking, as 101.4 653km
107.4 1938 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mullaghanish (CO) News, etc. 653km
88.2 1939 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Truskmore (SO) OM presenter, as 89.6 587km
92.6 1939 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) Irish music, as 94.0.
Noise free 587km
107.2 1947 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Vweak, as others 480km
105.2 2104 IRL TXFM, Three Rock Mountain (D) ID after news and soul music 437km
93.8 2117 G BBC Radio Scotland, Durris (SC-ABS) C615 461km
94.3 2118 G BBC Radio Scotland, Black Hill (SC-NLA) Vic Galloway show,
as 93.8 405km
93.5 2119 G BBC Radio Scotland, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) YL interview, as 93.8 333km
104.2 2121 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Meldrum (SC-ABS) C316 501km
103.7 2122 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) C316 BBC_Gael 430km
102.8 2123 G Tay FM, Angus (SC-DDC) C6B1 434km
106.8 2125 G Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) CC94 original 461km
99.0 2127 G BBC Radio 1, Durris (SC-ABS) As others 461km
92.7 2128 G BBC Radio Scotland, Forfar (SC-ANG) C415 BBC_Scot 430km
92.3 2130 G BBC Radio 3, Chatton (EN-NBD) Presumed. Producing echo against
Peterborough 299km **
94.5 2130 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Chatton (EN-NBD) Producing echo on 94.5 299km **
90.1 2133 G BBC Radio 2, Chatton (EN-NBD) Presumed. Producing echo against
Peterborough 299km **
103.9 2211 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) C204 333km
101.8 2213 G Heart, Burnhope (EN-DUR) Heart ID between songs 229km
106.1 2221 G Capital FM, Black Hill (SC-NLA) Westlothian Leisure ad, ID 405km **
105.4 2223 G Heart, Winter Hill (EN-GTM) Prince song, as web 196km
100.1 2228 G Classic FM, Angus (SC-DDC) C5A1 Classic_ Scottish ads then back
to national service 434km **
105.5 2258 IRL Today FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Music and OM, as web 450km
90.4 2316 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Truskmore (SO) OM presenter, as 91.8 587km
97.0 2320 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Jingle ID 450km
97.8 2320 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Truskmore (SO) Classical, as 98.7 587km
97.2 2327 G Heart, Blunsdon (EN-WLT) Wiltshire Air Ambulance, Swindon
Borough Council PSAs 224km
89.4 2329 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F203 Starting to improve 604km
95.4 2331 F France Inter, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F201 __INTER_ 604km
97.8 2332 F France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM, as 98.0 604km
** Personal 'First'
A decent evening's opening to the eastern side of Scotland, eastern Ireland and the south-west of England, just touching into Brittany.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Sunday, 27 September 2015
Skegness Log: 27-09-15 (MW)
1010 0458 CAN CFRB Newstalk 1010, Toronto/Oakville (ON) Black Velvet song and Newstalk
Ten Ten ID. 416 area code number Fair 5692 km
1200 0500 CAN CFGO TSN 1200, Ottawa (ON) This is CFGO Ottawa, a Bell Media radio station
Fair 5334 km
1520 0502 USA WWKB ESPN Radio, Buffalo (NY) Worldwide media sports, expert analysis,
breaking news, on ESPN Radio and espnradio.com Fair 5697 km
711 1900 TWN BCC Country Network, Tainan (TN) Interval signal, barely detectable behind
others V weak 9753 km
738 1900 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Pops, ID,
time signal and another ID. As 1143. Weak 9675 km **
891 1900 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) V weak interval signal V weak 9753 km
972 1900 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Almost like a local. ID, etc.
Good 8740 km
1098 1900 CHN CNR 11, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Presume with Beijing time signal ID Good
7136 km
1143 1900 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Pops, ID,
time signal and further ID, as 738 Weak 9675 km
1188 1900 J JOKP NHK Radio 1, Kitami (hok) Interval signal. Running national network.
Thanks to Bjarne Melde at RealDX for checking my recording and confirming.
V weak 8682 km **
1224 1900 TWN BCC Country Network, Kaohsiung (KH) Interval signal V weak 9816 km **
1566 1900 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Booming through with time signal and ID. Good
9067 km
** Personal First
One of the best days of Asiatic DX I can recall. Regulars like Taiwan 1557, Cheju Island 1566 and Thailand 1575 were also thwomping through.
Signals from the far east were largely squashed by 1900 due to the influx of Spanish stations.
Recordings:
738 Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha 1900 27-09-15
https://app.box.com/s/39a0w4y52z25en6ejorm8ua4udb2hwvo
972 HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin 1800 27-09-15
https://app.box.com/s/d7xm37ra9a3isko5fp0pypm0hln26446
1143 Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha 1900 27-09-15
https://app.box.com/s/8ri6mjby3h4082806vn44uwvley5xqin
1188 JOKP NHK-1 Kitami 1900 27-09-15
https://app.box.com/s/4slvkltuaefz0lfg8x94nuwsxbnmx300
Other notes:
1900
603 Oriental time signal
612 Oriental time signal, probably RTI Lukang
630 2 x Chinese time pips, 1 Oriental time signal
666 Oriental time signal
720 Chinese time signal
729 Oriental time signal. Japan?
747 Oriental time signal. Japan?
765 Extremely weak Oriental time signal
774 Extremely weak Oriental time signal
864 Oriental time signal
882 Oriental time signal
927 Oriental time signal
945 Oriental time signal
963 Oriental time signal
972 UNID interval signal behind Dangjin
999 Chinese time signal
1017 Oriental language?
1035 Chinese time signal
1044 Chinese time signal, Oriental time signal
1224 BCC Taiwan plus Oriental time signal
1242 Tentative v v v weak Oriental time signal behind Absolute
1296 Oriental OM? Oriental time signal
1332 Chinese time signal?
1341 Oriental time signal
1359 Chinese time signals
1368 Oriental time signal
1467 Chinese time signal
1584 Oriental interval signal?
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 300 and 030 degrees
Ten Ten ID. 416 area code number Fair 5692 km
1200 0500 CAN CFGO TSN 1200, Ottawa (ON) This is CFGO Ottawa, a Bell Media radio station
Fair 5334 km
1520 0502 USA WWKB ESPN Radio, Buffalo (NY) Worldwide media sports, expert analysis,
breaking news, on ESPN Radio and espnradio.com Fair 5697 km
711 1900 TWN BCC Country Network, Tainan (TN) Interval signal, barely detectable behind
others V weak 9753 km
738 1900 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Pops, ID,
time signal and another ID. As 1143. Weak 9675 km **
891 1900 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) V weak interval signal V weak 9753 km
972 1900 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Almost like a local. ID, etc.
Good 8740 km
1098 1900 CHN CNR 11, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Presume with Beijing time signal ID Good
7136 km
1143 1900 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Pops, ID,
time signal and further ID, as 738 Weak 9675 km
1188 1900 J JOKP NHK Radio 1, Kitami (hok) Interval signal. Running national network.
Thanks to Bjarne Melde at RealDX for checking my recording and confirming.
V weak 8682 km **
1224 1900 TWN BCC Country Network, Kaohsiung (KH) Interval signal V weak 9816 km **
1566 1900 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Booming through with time signal and ID. Good
9067 km
** Personal First
One of the best days of Asiatic DX I can recall. Regulars like Taiwan 1557, Cheju Island 1566 and Thailand 1575 were also thwomping through.
Signals from the far east were largely squashed by 1900 due to the influx of Spanish stations.
Recordings:
738 Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha 1900 27-09-15
https://app.box.com/s/39a0w4y52z25en6ejorm8ua4udb2hwvo
972 HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin 1800 27-09-15
https://app.box.com/s/d7xm37ra9a3isko5fp0pypm0hln26446
1143 Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha 1900 27-09-15
https://app.box.com/s/8ri6mjby3h4082806vn44uwvley5xqin
1188 JOKP NHK-1 Kitami 1900 27-09-15
https://app.box.com/s/4slvkltuaefz0lfg8x94nuwsxbnmx300
Other notes:
1900
603 Oriental time signal
612 Oriental time signal, probably RTI Lukang
630 2 x Chinese time pips, 1 Oriental time signal
666 Oriental time signal
720 Chinese time signal
729 Oriental time signal. Japan?
747 Oriental time signal. Japan?
765 Extremely weak Oriental time signal
774 Extremely weak Oriental time signal
864 Oriental time signal
882 Oriental time signal
927 Oriental time signal
945 Oriental time signal
963 Oriental time signal
972 UNID interval signal behind Dangjin
999 Chinese time signal
1017 Oriental language?
1035 Chinese time signal
1044 Chinese time signal, Oriental time signal
1224 BCC Taiwan plus Oriental time signal
1242 Tentative v v v weak Oriental time signal behind Absolute
1296 Oriental OM? Oriental time signal
1332 Chinese time signal?
1341 Oriental time signal
1359 Chinese time signals
1368 Oriental time signal
1467 Chinese time signal
1584 Oriental interval signal?
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 300 and 030 degrees
Friday, 25 September 2015
Skegness Log: 25-09-15 (MW)
930 0033 CAN CFBC Country Favorites 93, Saint John (NB) Country music, as web V weak
4728 km
1070 0354 CLM HJCG Radio Santa Fé, Bogotá D. C. (bdc) "Escuchar .... _ _ _ Radio,
____ musical _____ Radio Santa Fe". Thanks Mauricio Molano and Mike Shcherbakov
at RealDX for
help. V weak 8563 km
1390 0502 USA WEGP, Presque Isle (ME) EWTN reference. Religion, etc. Weak 4760 km
891 1800 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Interval signal in noise V weak 9753 km
972 1800 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Clear time signal aid ID -
in English too! Fair 8740 km
1071 1800 IND All India Radio GOS, Rajkot (GJ) Indian music, mixing Iran Fair 6716 km
1566 1800 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Sung FEBC jingle, time signal and ID Good 9067 km
Recordings:
972 HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin 1800 25-09-15 https://app.box.com/s/19tyyhbika7sikgzlg2wxzxr5q10hxk1
1566 HLAZ FEBC, Cheju Island 1800 25-09-15 https://app.box.com/s/ar4hwecko8hkmaqjr3aj0kq1y5lmlf2w
Some observations:
1800
612 RTI presumed - time signal
639 Chinese time signal
738 Chinese time signal
891 Taiwan BCC Local, Tainan
963 Oriental time signal
981 Chinese time signal with Beijing ID, multi-tx
1044 Chinese time signal
1107 Chinese time signal
1134 Oriental time signal, maybe HLKC
1143 Oriental language and time signal - possiby not related
1305 Chinese time signal
1350 Oriental time signal. JOER Etajima?
1359 2 x Chinese time signals. Clear Beijing IDs (echo)
1377 Chinese time signal under Lille
1395 Oriental time signal
1494 Chinese time signals (echo) multi-tx
1521 CRI, Urumqi - thumping!
1539 Oriental time signal. Clear Beijing ID
1566 HLAZ, Cheju Island. Thumping!
1900
1098 Chinese time signal and clear Beijing ID
Signals from the far east were mostly squashed by 1900 was mostly dominated by Spanish stations at 1900.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 300 and 030 degrees
4728 km
1070 0354 CLM HJCG Radio Santa Fé, Bogotá D. C. (bdc) "Escuchar .... _ _ _ Radio,
____ musical _____ Radio Santa Fe". Thanks Mauricio Molano and Mike Shcherbakov
at RealDX for
help. V weak 8563 km
1390 0502 USA WEGP, Presque Isle (ME) EWTN reference. Religion, etc. Weak 4760 km
891 1800 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Interval signal in noise V weak 9753 km
972 1800 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Clear time signal aid ID -
in English too! Fair 8740 km
1071 1800 IND All India Radio GOS, Rajkot (GJ) Indian music, mixing Iran Fair 6716 km
1566 1800 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Sung FEBC jingle, time signal and ID Good 9067 km
Recordings:
972 HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin 1800 25-09-15 https://app.box.com/s/19tyyhbika7sikgzlg2wxzxr5q10hxk1
1566 HLAZ FEBC, Cheju Island 1800 25-09-15 https://app.box.com/s/ar4hwecko8hkmaqjr3aj0kq1y5lmlf2w
Some observations:
1800
612 RTI presumed - time signal
639 Chinese time signal
738 Chinese time signal
891 Taiwan BCC Local, Tainan
963 Oriental time signal
981 Chinese time signal with Beijing ID, multi-tx
1044 Chinese time signal
1107 Chinese time signal
1134 Oriental time signal, maybe HLKC
1143 Oriental language and time signal - possiby not related
1305 Chinese time signal
1350 Oriental time signal. JOER Etajima?
1359 2 x Chinese time signals. Clear Beijing IDs (echo)
1377 Chinese time signal under Lille
1395 Oriental time signal
1494 Chinese time signals (echo) multi-tx
1521 CRI, Urumqi - thumping!
1539 Oriental time signal. Clear Beijing ID
1566 HLAZ, Cheju Island. Thumping!
1900
1098 Chinese time signal and clear Beijing ID
Signals from the far east were mostly squashed by 1900 was mostly dominated by Spanish stations at 1900.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 300 and 030 degrees
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Skegness Log: 22-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
91.6 1702 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Parnitha ERA (att)
ERA News jingle, YL, etc. as 88.6 2445km
92.5 1702 GRC ERA Diktyo Peloponisou - Patra, Patra/Panahaiko (wgr-akh)
ERA News, as 88.6 2336km
87.7 1705 ALB Radio Travel, Fier (fie) 9499 1999km
88.6 1705 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo)
OM correspondent, as 92.8 2105km
89.3 1705 ALB Radio Kontakt, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) Two vocal IDs 1964km
92.2 1705 ALB Radio 1, Mide (shk) FFFF RADIO_1_ NASER_EL KITTAMI_ _Er_Rad_ 1906km
92.8 1705 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Volos/Mt. Pilion (the-mag) 1201 ER____A1 2303km
94.8 1706 GRC ERA 2 Deutero Programma, Volos/Mt. Pilion (the-mag) 1202 2303km
87.6 1711 GRC Laikos 87.6, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 00A8 2208km
88.0 1711 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (ERT Tower) (cmc-tsk)
1201 2207km
95.5 1712 GRC Metropolis 95,5, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) OM ID 2208km
97.3 1712 MKD Makedonsko Radio 1 - Radio Skopje, Veles/Crn Vrv (VA)
4201 _RADIO__ MAKEON-_ __SKA___ __PRVA__ 2027km
102.7 1712 SRB Play Radio, Bitovik (Srb) D25C __B_92_ 1804km
99.1 1713 BIH BN Radio, Rogatica/Tmor (srp) F222 _RTV_BN_ 1720km
101.3 1713 MKD Makedonsko Radio 3 (Treta prog.), Veles/Crn Vrv (VA)
4203 MAKEDON- J.P.____ PROGRAMA TRETA___ 2027km
90.2 1714 SRB Radio K4 Shqip, Golesh=Goleš (Kos) D201 RADIOK4_ 1927km
88.3 1722 GRC Energy 88.3, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima)
That's Entertainment Weller song, ID 2165km
This was a real surprise! Sporadic E in late September! Distances reached 2445 km with the Parnitha transmitter from Greece being received on 91.6. Patra and Volos also appeared at 2336 km and 2303 km, respectively.
There were many Greek stations I could not identify as they were below the RDS threshold.
No personal firsts can be given at the moment as I still have the rest of my summertime Es files to check.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
91.6 1702 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Parnitha ERA (att)
ERA News jingle, YL, etc. as 88.6 2445km
92.5 1702 GRC ERA Diktyo Peloponisou - Patra, Patra/Panahaiko (wgr-akh)
ERA News, as 88.6 2336km
87.7 1705 ALB Radio Travel, Fier (fie) 9499 1999km
88.6 1705 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo)
OM correspondent, as 92.8 2105km
89.3 1705 ALB Radio Kontakt, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) Two vocal IDs 1964km
92.2 1705 ALB Radio 1, Mide (shk) FFFF RADIO_1_ NASER_EL KITTAMI_ _Er_Rad_ 1906km
92.8 1705 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Volos/Mt. Pilion (the-mag) 1201 ER____A1 2303km
94.8 1706 GRC ERA 2 Deutero Programma, Volos/Mt. Pilion (the-mag) 1202 2303km
87.6 1711 GRC Laikos 87.6, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 00A8 2208km
88.0 1711 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (ERT Tower) (cmc-tsk)
1201 2207km
95.5 1712 GRC Metropolis 95,5, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) OM ID 2208km
97.3 1712 MKD Makedonsko Radio 1 - Radio Skopje, Veles/Crn Vrv (VA)
4201 _RADIO__ MAKEON-_ __SKA___ __PRVA__ 2027km
102.7 1712 SRB Play Radio, Bitovik (Srb) D25C __B_92_ 1804km
99.1 1713 BIH BN Radio, Rogatica/Tmor (srp) F222 _RTV_BN_ 1720km
101.3 1713 MKD Makedonsko Radio 3 (Treta prog.), Veles/Crn Vrv (VA)
4203 MAKEDON- J.P.____ PROGRAMA TRETA___ 2027km
90.2 1714 SRB Radio K4 Shqip, Golesh=Goleš (Kos) D201 RADIOK4_ 1927km
88.3 1722 GRC Energy 88.3, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima)
That's Entertainment Weller song, ID 2165km
This was a real surprise! Sporadic E in late September! Distances reached 2445 km with the Parnitha transmitter from Greece being received on 91.6. Patra and Volos also appeared at 2336 km and 2303 km, respectively.
There were many Greek stations I could not identify as they were below the RDS threshold.
No personal firsts can be given at the moment as I still have the rest of my summertime Es files to check.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Monday, 21 September 2015
Skegness Log: 21-09-15 (MW)
1140 0400 CUB Radio Rebelde, Multi-tx National Anthem and Havana ID V weak
1180 0400 CUB Radio Rebelde, Multi-tx National Anthem and Havana ID Fair
1620 0400 CUB Radio Rebelde, Multi-tx National Anthem and Havana ID V weak
Dismal! And it was a struggle to hear these!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
1180 0400 CUB Radio Rebelde, Multi-tx National Anthem and Havana ID Fair
1620 0400 CUB Radio Rebelde, Multi-tx National Anthem and Havana ID V weak
Dismal! And it was a struggle to hear these!
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Skegness Log: 20-09-15 (MW)
1200 0324 USA WXKS Bloomberg 1200, Newton (MA) Bloomberg Radio ID Fair 5251 km
750 0330 VEN YVKS RCR 750 Radio Caracas, Caracas (dcf) Mention of Trasnocho Hípico,
etc. Thanks Andrew Brade for help. V weak 7574 km **
1470 0339 USA WLAM r:WLVP 8-70 News, Lewiston (ME) Good Time Oldies 14-70 WLAM ID
Weak 5069 km
1430 0400 USA WKOX Mia 1430, Everett (MA) Muffled 14-30 WKOX ID. Listed only 1kW
at night. https://app.box.com/s/3iuk0xxcmapdg455z5ohgjdf7lijeicn V weak
5236 km
1190 0424 CLM HJCV Radio Cordillera, Bogotá D.C. (bdc) OM shouting ID between Latin
songs Weak 8566 km **
** Personal First in Skegness
Not a bad night at all with many frequencies yielding a second North American station. Of note were 1010 1130 1500 and 1520.
I didn't start recording until well after 0300 so I don't know what conditions were like before this. Two solar shocks were received overnight, the second one around 0420, roughly the time conditions strarted to take a dive. North America had started to disappear by this time and there was brief influx of South American signals with some fair levels from a Latin music station in the Spanish language on 890, usually a difficult channel. 1060 had a lively Latin station, as did 1070 - almost certainly Radio Santa Fe with IDs mentioning Bogota.
By 0430, ALL reception, including European, took a dive, maybe because of the solar shock. It was like a partial short-wave fade-out. Nothing was left on transatlantic routes by 0500. I didn't bother to check the Asiatic path later in the afternoon because of the now badly deteriorated conditions.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
750 0330 VEN YVKS RCR 750 Radio Caracas, Caracas (dcf) Mention of Trasnocho Hípico,
etc. Thanks Andrew Brade for help. V weak 7574 km **
1470 0339 USA WLAM r:WLVP 8-70 News, Lewiston (ME) Good Time Oldies 14-70 WLAM ID
Weak 5069 km
1430 0400 USA WKOX Mia 1430, Everett (MA) Muffled 14-30 WKOX ID. Listed only 1kW
at night. https://app.box.com/s/3iuk0xxcmapdg455z5ohgjdf7lijeicn V weak
5236 km
1190 0424 CLM HJCV Radio Cordillera, Bogotá D.C. (bdc) OM shouting ID between Latin
songs Weak 8566 km **
** Personal First in Skegness
Not a bad night at all with many frequencies yielding a second North American station. Of note were 1010 1130 1500 and 1520.
I didn't start recording until well after 0300 so I don't know what conditions were like before this. Two solar shocks were received overnight, the second one around 0420, roughly the time conditions strarted to take a dive. North America had started to disappear by this time and there was brief influx of South American signals with some fair levels from a Latin music station in the Spanish language on 890, usually a difficult channel. 1060 had a lively Latin station, as did 1070 - almost certainly Radio Santa Fe with IDs mentioning Bogota.
By 0430, ALL reception, including European, took a dive, maybe because of the solar shock. It was like a partial short-wave fade-out. Nothing was left on transatlantic routes by 0500. I didn't bother to check the Asiatic path later in the afternoon because of the now badly deteriorated conditions.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Graveyard DXing
St Helen's Church, West Keal, Lincolnshire
Ah, of course! You're thinking I am talking about DXing 'the graveyard channels' on medium wave. Right? Wrong!
OK then, it's got to be something to do with a 'graveyard shift' perhaps? Nope!
So what have I been up to involving graveyards? Well, of course you can rule out actual DXing inside a graveyard, yes? WRONG! I am officially laying claim to being the first DXer who has put up a band 2 beam in a graveyard! It's true. The question is .... am I really the first?
It took me several attempts to pluck up the courage to do this, but I eventually I just had to try it. Why? Because one of my nearest DX hilltops happens to have a church on it. Churches are open to the public? OK, the vicar might have been curious, maybe even dismayed had he seen me putting up a Triax FM3 in his grounds, which is exactly what I did.
All this happened under the cover of darkness, which wasn't actually planned. I was late getting to the church and the last dregs of daylight had almost disappeared. I had planned to arrive sooner, but other things took precedence. I didn't stick around for long though. it was just too dark and I couldn't even see the antenna after a while. The wildlife around the church grounds was indeed quite creepy and various creatures were squawking and fluttering in the trees around me. Surprisingly, this did not deter me. I have been to this location many times before and have sometimes heard an absolute racket from the wildlife in the nearby wooded areas.
The location, St Helen's Church in West Keal. This has to be one of the best VHF DX locations around here. It sits part way down a hillside at the southern end of this ridge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Reception of France is simply stunning, with virtually the whole of the northern half of France coming through on band 2 - main transmitters of course, but there are also plenty of vertical, low power stations too from the northern tip of France and beyond which come through. I could imagine very regular reception of the Paris area up there but I need to clean up my power supply situation in order to dig deep for those very weak signals. This has been a long-standing problem and one which has been getting worse. The current mains inverter throws out too much noise across band 2, even with the antenna being 20 metres away from it, so I really need to find a quieter one and probably even stick a choke inline, should any of the noise be travelling down the outside of the coax feed from the antenna. Reception to the west, north and east, is blocked by the hills here, plus the church itself, so this definitely is the place to be should Spanish tropo spring up.
This is one of the most stunning church locations around here with superb views across the Fens to the south. It's definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.
Saturday, 19 September 2015
Skegness Log: 19-09-15 (MW)
1400 0300 CAN CBG CBC Radio 1, Gander (NL) CBC promo, News jingle Fair 3775 km
Lots of North American signals overnight, but they all faded just right for their top of the hour IDs. Typical!
I'm sure I hear CBC Radio on 1140. I thought they had moved to FM and vacated their MS outlet in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Can anybody advise?
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Lots of North American signals overnight, but they all faded just right for their top of the hour IDs. Typical!
I'm sure I hear CBC Radio on 1140. I thought they had moved to FM and vacated their MS outlet in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Can anybody advise?
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Friday, 18 September 2015
Skegness Log: 18-09-15 (MW)
750 0300 CAN CBGY CBC Radio 1, Bonavista Bay (NL) CBC Radio news jingle in noise Vweak 3733 km
1510 0500 USA WMEX, Boston (Waverley) (MA) Fifteen Ten WMEX Boston ID Weak 5245 km
1520 0500 USA WWKB ESPN Radio, Buffalo (NY) ESPN Radio IDs Weak 5697 km
1540 0500 CAN CHIN, Toronto Island (ON) Usual Your Ideas Matter ID Weak 5669 km
Transatlantic signals were best around midnight, then signals gradually tapered off. I wasn't aware of this at the time but there was a minor blow-out around midnight, which was probably responsible for briefly beefing up the reception at that time before gradually reducing it.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
1510 0500 USA WMEX, Boston (Waverley) (MA) Fifteen Ten WMEX Boston ID Weak 5245 km
1520 0500 USA WWKB ESPN Radio, Buffalo (NY) ESPN Radio IDs Weak 5697 km
1540 0500 CAN CHIN, Toronto Island (ON) Usual Your Ideas Matter ID Weak 5669 km
Transatlantic signals were best around midnight, then signals gradually tapered off. I wasn't aware of this at the time but there was a minor blow-out around midnight, which was probably responsible for briefly beefing up the reception at that time before gradually reducing it.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Thursday, 17 September 2015
Skegness Log: 17-09-15 (MW)
1575 1700 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle
signature tune well down in the noise V weak 9410 km
1071 1753 IND All India Radio GOS, Rajkot (GJ) OM in Indian language and Indian
song. Good signal! Good 6716 km
590 2306 CAN VOCM, Saint John s (NL) Phone-in, as web V weak 3730 km
1560 2312 USA WFME Family Radio, New York/Queens (NY) Jesus Christ, etc.
As web Weak 5538 km
1660 2319 PTR WGIT Faro de Santidad, Canóvanas (PR) OM lively shouting, presume
with sports, as web Fair 6806 km **
1600 2321 USA WUNR, Brookline (MA) Spanish music, as web Weak 5251 km
1130 2332 USA WBBR Bloomberg 1130, New York/Carlstadt [NJ] (NY) Dow news Weak 5539 km
1010 2337 USA WINS 1010 WINS, New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) NY ads and phone-in,
as web Weak 5543 km
** Personal first
The first North American reception in this very disturbed season and this after about two weeks of listening! I doubt things will be quiet for long but hopefully we'll get a few days of this.
Asiatic DX was also starting to surface in the afternoon with many familiar oriental time signals being heard in the noise.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 300 degrees
signature tune well down in the noise V weak 9410 km
1071 1753 IND All India Radio GOS, Rajkot (GJ) OM in Indian language and Indian
song. Good signal! Good 6716 km
590 2306 CAN VOCM, Saint John s (NL) Phone-in, as web V weak 3730 km
1560 2312 USA WFME Family Radio, New York/Queens (NY) Jesus Christ, etc.
As web Weak 5538 km
1660 2319 PTR WGIT Faro de Santidad, Canóvanas (PR) OM lively shouting, presume
with sports, as web Fair 6806 km **
1600 2321 USA WUNR, Brookline (MA) Spanish music, as web Weak 5251 km
1130 2332 USA WBBR Bloomberg 1130, New York/Carlstadt [NJ] (NY) Dow news Weak 5539 km
1010 2337 USA WINS 1010 WINS, New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) NY ads and phone-in,
as web Weak 5543 km
** Personal first
The first North American reception in this very disturbed season and this after about two weeks of listening! I doubt things will be quiet for long but hopefully we'll get a few days of this.
Asiatic DX was also starting to surface in the afternoon with many familiar oriental time signals being heard in the noise.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 300 degrees
Monday, 14 September 2015
Skegness Log: 14-09-15 (MW)
1190 0300 ARG LR9 Radio América, Buenos Aires (df) National anthem.
Plenty of Once Noventa America IDs. Clear with fair peaks between
0200 and 0400+. Fair 11286 km
1270 0301 ARG LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata (ba) ID and news
jingle Weak 11285 km **
** Personal first
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Plenty of Once Noventa America IDs. Clear with fair peaks between
0200 and 0400+. Fair 11286 km
1270 0301 ARG LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata (ba) ID and news
jingle Weak 11285 km **
** Personal first
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Friday, 11 September 2015
Skegness Log: 11-09-15 (MW)
1400 0300 GRD Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou/Tarleton Point (cpm)
Presumed with the usual religious programming Weak 7032 km
1610 0300 AIA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley (tvy)
Presumed with usual religious programming Weak 6629 km
1190 0400 ARG LR9 Radio América, Buenos Aires (df) Tentative.
Very weak but "America" heard in ID sequence. Not 100% sure as several
things happening on the frequency. Vweak 11286 km **
1540 0400 BAH ZNS-1 Radio Bahamas, Nassau/South Beach (npr) Presumed with a mention
of the constitution of The commonwealth of The Bahamas ... Vweak 7003 km
1290 0402 VEN YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello (cbb) Vocal ID Weak 7637 km
** Personal first
Radio Buenos Aires was again heard clearly on 1350 between 0300 and 0400. Several snippets of south American audio were heard on other frequencies too, including 980, 1200 and 1380.
I have never concentrated my efforts on the South American continent since living in Skegness, always focusing on North America and the far east.
What was of more interest this morning was the Argantine national anthem, heard on 1190 at 0300. This may be Radio America again, but Henrik Klemetz at Real DX suggested it 'might' be Radio Nacional Tucuman. There were two stations on the frequency at the time. I will have to watch this frequency more closely.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Presumed with the usual religious programming Weak 7032 km
1610 0300 AIA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley (tvy)
Presumed with usual religious programming Weak 6629 km
1190 0400 ARG LR9 Radio América, Buenos Aires (df) Tentative.
Very weak but "America" heard in ID sequence. Not 100% sure as several
things happening on the frequency. Vweak 11286 km **
1540 0400 BAH ZNS-1 Radio Bahamas, Nassau/South Beach (npr) Presumed with a mention
of the constitution of The commonwealth of The Bahamas ... Vweak 7003 km
1290 0402 VEN YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello (cbb) Vocal ID Weak 7637 km
** Personal first
Radio Buenos Aires was again heard clearly on 1350 between 0300 and 0400. Several snippets of south American audio were heard on other frequencies too, including 980, 1200 and 1380.
I have never concentrated my efforts on the South American continent since living in Skegness, always focusing on North America and the far east.
What was of more interest this morning was the Argantine national anthem, heard on 1190 at 0300. This may be Radio America again, but Henrik Klemetz at Real DX suggested it 'might' be Radio Nacional Tucuman. There were two stations on the frequency at the time. I will have to watch this frequency more closely.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Skegness Log: 08-09-15 (MW)
740 2327 B ZYH446 Rádio Sociedade da Bahia, Salvador/Ilha de Itaparica (BA)
Portuguese OM sports commentary, as web Vweak 8230 km
A promising start with lots of carriers and some audio arriving on 10 kHz channels by 2200. Latin rhythms were clearly audible on 1350 by this time, but that signal only peaked briefly, not to return.
I left the software recording overnight and was hoping to have heard more, but I accidentally left a laptop power supply on overnight. This psu doesn't cause interference elsewhere, though I now know not to leave this one on again overnight. I also forgot to de-activate the timer on my FDM-S2 and so it started recording band 2 at 0300 for meteor scatter. Oh well. Better luck next time. :)
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Portuguese OM sports commentary, as web Vweak 8230 km
A promising start with lots of carriers and some audio arriving on 10 kHz channels by 2200. Latin rhythms were clearly audible on 1350 by this time, but that signal only peaked briefly, not to return.
I left the software recording overnight and was hoping to have heard more, but I accidentally left a laptop power supply on overnight. This psu doesn't cause interference elsewhere, though I now know not to leave this one on again overnight. I also forgot to de-activate the timer on my FDM-S2 and so it started recording band 2 at 0300 for meteor scatter. Oh well. Better luck next time. :)
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 225 degrees
Skegness Log: 08-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Troposhperic:
91.8 1155 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Pops, as web 703km
98.7 1206 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL, as web 703km
94.2 1207 NOR NRK P1, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL and OM, as web 703km
97.3 1209 NOR NRK P2, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) OM and YL, as 94.2 745km
91.1 1213 NOR NRK Petre, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) YL, as 91.8 745km
102.8 1218 NOR P4 Radio Hele Norge, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) OM and YL, as web 745km
103.7 1220 G BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) Gaelic YL, as 104.2 430km
95.0 1224 NOR NRK Petre, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) Pops, as 91.8 696km
97.6 1225 NOR NRK P1, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) YL, as web 696km
99.0 1247 NOR NRK Petre, Bergen/Ulriken (ho) Pops, as web 860km
94.8 1319 NOR NRK P2, Bergen/Ulriken (ho) OM, as web 860km
101.0 1326 NOR Radio Norge, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Aha song, as web 703km
92.6 1603 NOR NRK Petre, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Petre ID and pops 811km
96.0 1606 NOR NRK P1, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) YL and phone caller, as web 811km
101.4 1608 NOR Radio Norge, Gulen/Bråsviksåta (sf) Pops, as web 923km
101.8 1609 NOR Radio Norge, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Pops, as 101.4 811km
102.5 1610 NOR Radio Norge, Bergen/Ulriken (ho) Pops, as 101.4 860km
93.8 1653 G BBC Radio Scotland, Durris (SC-ABS) Scottish politics 461km
99.6 2133 NOR NRK P2, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) YL, as 97.3 811km
106.8 2342 G Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) CC94 Aberdeen ads and jingle ID 461km
102.8 2343 G Tay FM, Angus (SC-DDC) C6B1 _Tay____ 434km
** Personal 'First'
It seems a long time since there has been any decent tropo ... and it's s STILL a long time since there has been any decent tropo. Some of these were a struggle. The unusual exception was Radio Tay on 102.8 with RDS, though still weak. All the other signals were weak at best with the majority of the Norwegians being well down in the noise.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Monday, 7 September 2015
Skegness Log: 07-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.4 0407 F France Culture, Bar-le-Duc/Willeroncourt (55) OM, as 89.0 607km
88.6 0407 F France Culture, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) OM, as 89.0 781km
88.7 0407 F France Culture, Nancy/Malzéville (54) OM, as 89.0 642km **
89.0 0407 F France Culture, Vittel/Thuillières (88) F202 _C______
Presumed site. Metz in AF list 684km **
89.4 0407 F France Musique, Épinal/Bois de la Vierge (88)
Classical, as 92.7 704km **
91.6 0407 F France Musique, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) Classical, as 92.7 781km
91.7 0407 F France Musique, Nancy/Malzéville (54) Presumed site.
Classical, as 92.7 642km **
92.4 0407 F France Culture, Épinal/Bois de la Vierge (88) F202 704km **
92.7 0407 F France Musique, Bar-le-Duc/Willeroncourt (55) F203 MUSUQU__ 607km **
93.3 0409 POL RMF FM, Bydgoszcz/Trzeciewiec (KP) 3F44 _R______ 1186kmz
88.7 0414 D Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D312 942km
90.7 0414 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311 Bayern_1 942km
88.3 0419 HRV HRT-HR 1, Vinkovci/Borinci (vu) C201 __T_____ 1590km
89.2 0419 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203 1261km
91.2 0419 AUT Ö1, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A201 1261km
89.5 0422 HNG Music FM, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B418 1460km
88.5 0424 D SWR2, Geislingen/Oberböhringen (bwü) Presumed with classical,
as 89.2 832km **
89.2 0424 D SWR2, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D3A2 __SW____ 859km
92.6 0424 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D301 SW______ 859km
92.8 0424 D Bayern 1, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) D311 __uy____ 961km
88.3 0452 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 __06:52_ 1229km
89.4 0452 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) 3211 __06____ 1406km
90.3 0452 POL PR 3, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3233 _TROJKA_ 1229km
90.5 0452 CZE CRo Hradec Králové, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) 280A 1091km
91.7 0456 D MDR Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D6F1 MD______ 793km
92.5 0456 D MDR Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) ONJ, as 91.7 739km
94.2 0500 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 __RA____ 1136km
97.4 0500 I RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1136km
97.3 0510 F France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F201 709km
97.3 0523 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
94.6 0526 POL RMF FM, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3F44 scrolling PS 1127km
96.4 0526 POL PR 3, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3233 _TROJK__ 1127km
95.3 0527 POL RMF FM, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3F44 _muzyka_ 1229km
96.0 0527 POL RMF FM, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Pops, as 94.3 1406km
96.6 0527 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5201 _____1__ 1544km
96.9 0527 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) 5960 1459km
98.6 0527 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___ 1544km
94.3 0530 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 __MF__M_ 1289km
95.4 0530 POL RMF FM, Tarnów/Góra Sw. Marcina (MP) Pops, as 94.3 1467km **
97.3 0530 POL Radio ZET, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3205 Radi____ 1289km
97.6 0539 SVK Rádio Anténa Rock, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5345 1392km
94.6 0540 SVN Radio SI, Tinjan (kp) 933A 1289km **
93.9 0542 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B201 _P__OFI_ 1405km
94.7 0542 D Bayern 3, Hoher Bogen (bay) D313 BA______ 975km
94.7 0552 S SR P3, Vislanda (Alvesta)/Nydala TM (kb) Pops, as 97.2 983km
95.4 0552 S SR P3, Halmstad/Oskarström/Teracoms mast Fjällgime (ha) Pops, as 97.2 899km
96.0 0552 S SR P3, Västervik/Fårhult TM (ka) Pops, as 97.2 1132km **
97.2 0552 S SR P3, Visby/Follingbo TM (go) E203 ____3___ 1238km
102.9 0603 D Radio PSR, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D3C8 843km
104.9 0603 D Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) D3D9 843km
103.8 0612 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) EE00 1706km
104.0 0617 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Sassnitz (Rügen) (mev) D210 883km **
101.7 0639 POL Radio Plus, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 321C __PL__+_ 1195km
103.7 0639 POL PR Radio Gdansk, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 309C ____HA__ 1195km
105.0 0639 POL Radio ZET, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 3205 1195km
103.6 0643 POL PR Radio Merkury, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3755 __RA____ 1060km
104.1 0728 POL Radio ZET, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) 3205 _0______ 1406km
107.4 0728 POL Radio ZET, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) Pops, as 104.1 1530km
107.8 0728 POL Radio ZET, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Pops, as 104.1 1465km
102.9 0750 POL Radio ZET, Przysucha/Kozlowiec (MW) 3205 ____oZ__ 1388km **
103.4 0750 POL Radio ZET, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Annie Lummox, as 102.9 1291km
104.0 0750 D MDR Figaro, Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) D3C3 __MD__O_ 839km
104.7 0750 POL PR 2, Zagan/Wichów (LU) 3222 Ra______ 1037km **
104.8 0750 POL PR 2, Przysucha/Kozlowiec (MW) 3222 Radio___ 1388km
102.8 0812 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Beli Manastir (os) C317 ____IJ__ 1552km
102.9 0812 CZE Radio Impuls, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1084km
105.0 0812 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B202 1405km
107.2 0812 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B203 1405km
107.3 0812 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D364 729km
107.6 0812 D B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) Vocal ID 871km
107.8 0812 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) OM,
as 107.2 1460km
106.8 0817 POL Radio Maryja, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3232 1127km
107.9 0817 POL Radio Maryja, Suwalki or Ryki 3232
** Personal 'First'
Using the 9.2 horizontally, to the south-east.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
88.4 0407 F France Culture, Bar-le-Duc/Willeroncourt (55) OM, as 89.0 607km
88.6 0407 F France Culture, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) OM, as 89.0 781km
88.7 0407 F France Culture, Nancy/Malzéville (54) OM, as 89.0 642km **
89.0 0407 F France Culture, Vittel/Thuillières (88) F202 _C______
Presumed site. Metz in AF list 684km **
89.4 0407 F France Musique, Épinal/Bois de la Vierge (88)
Classical, as 92.7 704km **
91.6 0407 F France Musique, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) Classical, as 92.7 781km
91.7 0407 F France Musique, Nancy/Malzéville (54) Presumed site.
Classical, as 92.7 642km **
92.4 0407 F France Culture, Épinal/Bois de la Vierge (88) F202 704km **
92.7 0407 F France Musique, Bar-le-Duc/Willeroncourt (55) F203 MUSUQU__ 607km **
93.3 0409 POL RMF FM, Bydgoszcz/Trzeciewiec (KP) 3F44 _R______ 1186kmz
88.7 0414 D Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D312 942km
90.7 0414 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311 Bayern_1 942km
88.3 0419 HRV HRT-HR 1, Vinkovci/Borinci (vu) C201 __T_____ 1590km
89.2 0419 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203 1261km
91.2 0419 AUT Ö1, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A201 1261km
89.5 0422 HNG Music FM, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B418 1460km
88.5 0424 D SWR2, Geislingen/Oberböhringen (bwü) Presumed with classical,
as 89.2 832km **
89.2 0424 D SWR2, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D3A2 __SW____ 859km
92.6 0424 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D301 SW______ 859km
92.8 0424 D Bayern 1, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) D311 __uy____ 961km
88.3 0452 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 __06:52_ 1229km
89.4 0452 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) 3211 __06____ 1406km
90.3 0452 POL PR 3, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3233 _TROJKA_ 1229km
90.5 0452 CZE CRo Hradec Králové, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) 280A 1091km
91.7 0456 D MDR Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D6F1 MD______ 793km
92.5 0456 D MDR Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) ONJ, as 91.7 739km
94.2 0500 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 __RA____ 1136km
97.4 0500 I RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1136km
97.3 0510 F France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F201 709km
97.3 0523 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
94.6 0526 POL RMF FM, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3F44 scrolling PS 1127km
96.4 0526 POL PR 3, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3233 _TROJK__ 1127km
95.3 0527 POL RMF FM, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3F44 _muzyka_ 1229km
96.0 0527 POL RMF FM, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Pops, as 94.3 1406km
96.6 0527 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5201 _____1__ 1544km
96.9 0527 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) 5960 1459km
98.6 0527 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___ 1544km
94.3 0530 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 __MF__M_ 1289km
95.4 0530 POL RMF FM, Tarnów/Góra Sw. Marcina (MP) Pops, as 94.3 1467km **
97.3 0530 POL Radio ZET, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3205 Radi____ 1289km
97.6 0539 SVK Rádio Anténa Rock, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5345 1392km
94.6 0540 SVN Radio SI, Tinjan (kp) 933A 1289km **
93.9 0542 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B201 _P__OFI_ 1405km
94.7 0542 D Bayern 3, Hoher Bogen (bay) D313 BA______ 975km
94.7 0552 S SR P3, Vislanda (Alvesta)/Nydala TM (kb) Pops, as 97.2 983km
95.4 0552 S SR P3, Halmstad/Oskarström/Teracoms mast Fjällgime (ha) Pops, as 97.2 899km
96.0 0552 S SR P3, Västervik/Fårhult TM (ka) Pops, as 97.2 1132km **
97.2 0552 S SR P3, Visby/Follingbo TM (go) E203 ____3___ 1238km
102.9 0603 D Radio PSR, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D3C8 843km
104.9 0603 D Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) D3D9 843km
103.8 0612 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) EE00 1706km
104.0 0617 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Sassnitz (Rügen) (mev) D210 883km **
101.7 0639 POL Radio Plus, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 321C __PL__+_ 1195km
103.7 0639 POL PR Radio Gdansk, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 309C ____HA__ 1195km
105.0 0639 POL Radio ZET, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 3205 1195km
103.6 0643 POL PR Radio Merkury, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3755 __RA____ 1060km
104.1 0728 POL Radio ZET, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) 3205 _0______ 1406km
107.4 0728 POL Radio ZET, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) Pops, as 104.1 1530km
107.8 0728 POL Radio ZET, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Pops, as 104.1 1465km
102.9 0750 POL Radio ZET, Przysucha/Kozlowiec (MW) 3205 ____oZ__ 1388km **
103.4 0750 POL Radio ZET, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Annie Lummox, as 102.9 1291km
104.0 0750 D MDR Figaro, Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) D3C3 __MD__O_ 839km
104.7 0750 POL PR 2, Zagan/Wichów (LU) 3222 Ra______ 1037km **
104.8 0750 POL PR 2, Przysucha/Kozlowiec (MW) 3222 Radio___ 1388km
102.8 0812 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Beli Manastir (os) C317 ____IJ__ 1552km
102.9 0812 CZE Radio Impuls, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1084km
105.0 0812 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B202 1405km
107.2 0812 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B203 1405km
107.3 0812 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D364 729km
107.6 0812 D B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) Vocal ID 871km
107.8 0812 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) OM,
as 107.2 1460km
106.8 0817 POL Radio Maryja, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3232 1127km
107.9 0817 POL Radio Maryja, Suwalki or Ryki 3232
** Personal 'First'
Using the 9.2 horizontally, to the south-east.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Sunday, 6 September 2015
Skegness Log: 06-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Troposhperic:
95.6 1148 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) Ads, OM and Annies Song song.
As web 480km
105.2 1201 IRL TXFM, Three Rock Mountain (D) Irish accented YL news.
Checked web stream and 100% // 437km
100.3 1205 IRL Nova 100, Three Rock Mountain (D) Ad break, as web 437km
92.6 1210 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) Gaelic OM, as 94.0 587km
87.5 1250 G Merseyland Alternative Radio, Somewhere in Merseyland!
Samantha Sang dirge, as web **
96.1 1331 G BBC Radio Cumbria, Morecambe Bay (EN-CUM)
Ambleside traffic news. ID 258km
** Personal 'First'
Quite a poor tropo to the west and Ireland this morning with only weak signals. Kippure (not logged above) was the exception with noise-free signals on 98.7, Lyric FM and on 100.9, Today FM. Neither were quite strong enough for RDS.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
95.6 1148 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) Ads, OM and Annies Song song.
As web 480km
105.2 1201 IRL TXFM, Three Rock Mountain (D) Irish accented YL news.
Checked web stream and 100% // 437km
100.3 1205 IRL Nova 100, Three Rock Mountain (D) Ad break, as web 437km
92.6 1210 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) Gaelic OM, as 94.0 587km
87.5 1250 G Merseyland Alternative Radio, Somewhere in Merseyland!
Samantha Sang dirge, as web **
96.1 1331 G BBC Radio Cumbria, Morecambe Bay (EN-CUM)
Ambleside traffic news. ID 258km
** Personal 'First'
Quite a poor tropo to the west and Ireland this morning with only weak signals. Kippure (not logged above) was the exception with noise-free signals on 98.7, Lyric FM and on 100.9, Today FM. Neither were quite strong enough for RDS.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Saturday, 5 September 2015
Skegness Log: 05-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
89.2 0408 E Onda Cero, A Coruña (GAL-C) E2EE ON?????? 1264km
87.7 0442 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Plješivica (gs) C201 1456km
90.5 0442 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202 1456km
93.3 0442 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) Pops, as 90.5 1374km **
91.2 0443 E RNE Radio 3, Burgos/San Bartolomé (CAL-BU) E213 (with presumed
Clasica on 90.3) 1240km **
92.2 0443 E RNE Radio 3, Multi-tx OM speech, as 91.2 **
98.0 0542 I PrimaRadio-inBlu, Rocchetta Palafea (at) 5B63 PRIMA_R. 1105km
98.0 0551 E MegaStar FM, San Sebastián=Donostia/Monte Ulía (PVA-SS) E2DC ??St?? 1105km
103.0 0637 E Unika FM, Villaviciosa de Odón/Pinares Llanos (MAD-M) E42C UNIKA_FM 1458km
104.1 0637 E SER, Segovia (CAL-SG) E239 __SER___ 1399km
104.9 0637 E RNE Radio Nacional, Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo (MAD-M)
E211 RNE_1___ 1413km **
105.3 0714 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Meldola/Frazione
Valdinoce-Il Botteghino (fc) 5220 1328km
107.9 0734 I Radio 24, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5245 1568km
103.0 0752 I Radio Verona, Verona/Torricelle (Via Santa Giuliana) (vr) 54F8 1150km
** Personal 'First'
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
89.2 0408 E Onda Cero, A Coruña (GAL-C) E2EE ON?????? 1264km
87.7 0442 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Plješivica (gs) C201 1456km
90.5 0442 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202 1456km
93.3 0442 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) Pops, as 90.5 1374km **
91.2 0443 E RNE Radio 3, Burgos/San Bartolomé (CAL-BU) E213 (with presumed
Clasica on 90.3) 1240km **
92.2 0443 E RNE Radio 3, Multi-tx OM speech, as 91.2 **
98.0 0542 I PrimaRadio-inBlu, Rocchetta Palafea (at) 5B63 PRIMA_R. 1105km
98.0 0551 E MegaStar FM, San Sebastián=Donostia/Monte Ulía (PVA-SS) E2DC ??St?? 1105km
103.0 0637 E Unika FM, Villaviciosa de Odón/Pinares Llanos (MAD-M) E42C UNIKA_FM 1458km
104.1 0637 E SER, Segovia (CAL-SG) E239 __SER___ 1399km
104.9 0637 E RNE Radio Nacional, Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo (MAD-M)
E211 RNE_1___ 1413km **
105.3 0714 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Meldola/Frazione
Valdinoce-Il Botteghino (fc) 5220 1328km
107.9 0734 I Radio 24, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5245 1568km
103.0 0752 I Radio Verona, Verona/Torricelle (Via Santa Giuliana) (vr) 54F8 1150km
** Personal 'First'
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Friday, 4 September 2015
Skegness Log: 04-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.0 0400 E Radio Nervión, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E343 1130km
88.1 0449 E Onda Cero, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón or Sanlúcar de Barr. E2EE **
91.0 0450 POL RMF FM, Warszawa/Raszyn (MW) Pops, as 88.2 1388km **
93.6 0522 E Los 40 Principales, Segovia or Salamanca E235 CUARENTA **
93.8 0522 E Cadena 100, Palencia (CAL-P) E2CE CAD-100_ 1291km **
94.7 0522 E Los 40 Principales, Palencia (CAL-P) Pops, as 93.6 1291km **
96.8 0522 E Radio María, Palencia (CAL-P) So obviously Radio Maria but no RDS.
Fits the conditions 1296km **
98.1 0522 E M80 Radio, Valladolid/Cuesta Redonda (CAL-VA) E230 ____AD__ 1335km **
98.0 0524 I Radio Subasio, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 53FD 1434km
95.8 0545 E RNE Radio 3, Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo (MAD-M) Group Analyser
gives "Ra" repeatedly. Too weak for RDS. Fits with Navacerrada 98.8 1413km
98.8 0545 E RNE Radio Clásica, Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo (MAD-M)
E212 __E_CL__ 1413km **
103.9 0606 I RAI Radioquattro - Trieste, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts)
5404 Presumed tx 1278km
103.9 0611 F France Bleu La Rochelle, Saintes/le Clone-Flanquet (17)
F20A BL__.L__ 835km **
101.7 0622 I Radio Sportiva, Multi-tx 5244
102.0 0622 I Radio 105 Network, Multi-tx 5211
104.6 0622 I Radio 24, Multi-tx OM on phone, as 105.0 **
105.0 0622 I Radio 24, Multi-tx 5245 RA____24 **
104.2 0624 I Rete Sport, Multi-tx 5148 ??????__ **
103.8 0630 POL VIA - Katolickie Radio Rzeszów, Rzeszów/Magdalenka (PK) 3401 08:3____ 1540km **
105.1 0636 I R101, 5215 Multi-tx **
104.0 0708 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB)
E396 CAST__LA 1590km
103.8 0729 CVA Radio Vaticana Africa-Asia, Cittá del Vaticano/Palazzina
Leone XIII (cva) Vatican Radio interval signal 1542km **
105.0 0729 CVA Radio Vaticana 105 Live, Cittá del Vaticano/Palazzina
Leone XIII (cva) 4104 1542km
105.3 0729 I Dimensione Suono Due, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5E49 1568km
104.1 0741 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na)
5495 AN______ 1730km
107.8 0741 I Radio Radicale, Vico Equense/Monte Faito (na) 5210 ______LE 1751km **
** Personal 'First'
The meteor bursts resembled sporadic E at times.
Unfortunately, I had to delete the last hour'#s worth of files due to needing the hard drive space for medium wave recordings.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
88.0 0400 E Radio Nervión, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E343 1130km
88.1 0449 E Onda Cero, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón or Sanlúcar de Barr. E2EE **
91.0 0450 POL RMF FM, Warszawa/Raszyn (MW) Pops, as 88.2 1388km **
93.6 0522 E Los 40 Principales, Segovia or Salamanca E235 CUARENTA **
93.8 0522 E Cadena 100, Palencia (CAL-P) E2CE CAD-100_ 1291km **
94.7 0522 E Los 40 Principales, Palencia (CAL-P) Pops, as 93.6 1291km **
96.8 0522 E Radio María, Palencia (CAL-P) So obviously Radio Maria but no RDS.
Fits the conditions 1296km **
98.1 0522 E M80 Radio, Valladolid/Cuesta Redonda (CAL-VA) E230 ____AD__ 1335km **
98.0 0524 I Radio Subasio, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 53FD 1434km
95.8 0545 E RNE Radio 3, Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo (MAD-M) Group Analyser
gives "Ra" repeatedly. Too weak for RDS. Fits with Navacerrada 98.8 1413km
98.8 0545 E RNE Radio Clásica, Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo (MAD-M)
E212 __E_CL__ 1413km **
103.9 0606 I RAI Radioquattro - Trieste, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts)
5404 Presumed tx 1278km
103.9 0611 F France Bleu La Rochelle, Saintes/le Clone-Flanquet (17)
F20A BL__.L__ 835km **
101.7 0622 I Radio Sportiva, Multi-tx 5244
102.0 0622 I Radio 105 Network, Multi-tx 5211
104.6 0622 I Radio 24, Multi-tx OM on phone, as 105.0 **
105.0 0622 I Radio 24, Multi-tx 5245 RA____24 **
104.2 0624 I Rete Sport, Multi-tx 5148 ??????__ **
103.8 0630 POL VIA - Katolickie Radio Rzeszów, Rzeszów/Magdalenka (PK) 3401 08:3____ 1540km **
105.1 0636 I R101, 5215 Multi-tx **
104.0 0708 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB)
E396 CAST__LA 1590km
103.8 0729 CVA Radio Vaticana Africa-Asia, Cittá del Vaticano/Palazzina
Leone XIII (cva) Vatican Radio interval signal 1542km **
105.0 0729 CVA Radio Vaticana 105 Live, Cittá del Vaticano/Palazzina
Leone XIII (cva) 4104 1542km
105.3 0729 I Dimensione Suono Due, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5E49 1568km
104.1 0741 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na)
5495 AN______ 1730km
107.8 0741 I Radio Radicale, Vico Equense/Monte Faito (na) 5210 ______LE 1751km **
** Personal 'First'
The meteor bursts resembled sporadic E at times.
Unfortunately, I had to delete the last hour'#s worth of files due to needing the hard drive space for medium wave recordings.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Skegness Log: 03-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.3 0401 I RAI Radio1, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an)
Italian OM, as Monte Venda 88.1 1445km **
90.3 0401 I RAI Radio2, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an)
YL, as Monte Venda 89.0 1445km **
96.1 0501 I Radio 105 Network, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5211 1568km
96.3 0501 I Radio 105 Network, Canepina/Poggio Nibbio (vt) Likely tx - inline with Rocca di Papa at this time. YL, as 96.1 1487km **
94.7 0513 I RAI Radio1, Genova (unlisted) 5601. Thank you Hannu for help **
98.0 0536 I PrimaRadio-inBlu, Rocchetta Palafea (at) 5B63 PRIMA_R. 1105km **
104.7 0601 I Radio Toscana, Multi-tx 5AA7 RTOSCANA **
104.9 0601 E RNE Radio Nacional, Villadiego (CAL-BU) E211 ____1___.
AFs point to CAM region 1216km
105.1 0611 I Radio Radicale, Monte Amiata (Seggiano) (gr) 5210 1414km **
105.8 0808 POL Muzyczne Radio, Jelenia Góra/G.Baraniec (DS) 3656 MU____NE 1090km **
102.9 0813 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Lezajsk/Giedlarowa (PK) 3417 __ls____ 1549km **
104.2 0819 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Fontechiari and Mattinata
listed Pops, as 105.3 **
105.3 0819 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Meldola (fc)
5220 R_IT____ 1328km
103.1 0844 I Radio Monte Kanate, Pellegrino Parmense/Monte Canate (pr)
58A6 57______ 1165km **
107.75 0844 I Radio Incontro, Buti/Monte Serra (pi) 5001 1286km **
** Personal 'First'
Videos:
98.0 Prima Radio in Blu, Rocchetta Palafea 0536 03-09-15 (1105 km) https://youtu.be/hB-q594FG1w
104.7 Radio Toscana, Multi-tx 0601 03-09-15 https://youtu.be/Hx-a2YSWmIE
105.1 Radio Radicale, Monte Amiata (Seggiano) 0611 03-09-15 (1414 km) https://youtu.be/QDgznRG9SgQ
105.8 Muzyczne Radio, Jelenia Góra 0808 03-09-15 (1090 km) https://youtu.be/eVMGrTIvdo8
103.1 Radio Monte Kanate, Pellegrino Parmense 0844 03-09-15 (1165 km) https://youtu.be/C4O60dIQK5E
107.75 Radio Incontro, Buti 0844 03-09-15 (1286 km) https://youtu.be/6Z4VUM9oRlI
My Körner 9.2 antenna was vertical tonight, beamed approximately 150 degrees. Nice to hear so many interesting personal firsts too. I didn't bother to log the more regular catches, but to be honest there weren't many regulars anyway!
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
88.3 0401 I RAI Radio1, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an)
Italian OM, as Monte Venda 88.1 1445km **
90.3 0401 I RAI Radio2, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an)
YL, as Monte Venda 89.0 1445km **
96.1 0501 I Radio 105 Network, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5211 1568km
96.3 0501 I Radio 105 Network, Canepina/Poggio Nibbio (vt) Likely tx - inline with Rocca di Papa at this time. YL, as 96.1 1487km **
94.7 0513 I RAI Radio1, Genova (unlisted) 5601. Thank you Hannu for help **
98.0 0536 I PrimaRadio-inBlu, Rocchetta Palafea (at) 5B63 PRIMA_R. 1105km **
104.7 0601 I Radio Toscana, Multi-tx 5AA7 RTOSCANA **
104.9 0601 E RNE Radio Nacional, Villadiego (CAL-BU) E211 ____1___.
AFs point to CAM region 1216km
105.1 0611 I Radio Radicale, Monte Amiata (Seggiano) (gr) 5210 1414km **
105.8 0808 POL Muzyczne Radio, Jelenia Góra/G.Baraniec (DS) 3656 MU____NE 1090km **
102.9 0813 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Lezajsk/Giedlarowa (PK) 3417 __ls____ 1549km **
104.2 0819 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Fontechiari and Mattinata
listed Pops, as 105.3 **
105.3 0819 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Meldola (fc)
5220 R_IT____ 1328km
103.1 0844 I Radio Monte Kanate, Pellegrino Parmense/Monte Canate (pr)
58A6 57______ 1165km **
107.75 0844 I Radio Incontro, Buti/Monte Serra (pi) 5001 1286km **
** Personal 'First'
Videos:
98.0 Prima Radio in Blu, Rocchetta Palafea 0536 03-09-15 (1105 km) https://youtu.be/hB-q594FG1w
104.7 Radio Toscana, Multi-tx 0601 03-09-15 https://youtu.be/Hx-a2YSWmIE
105.1 Radio Radicale, Monte Amiata (Seggiano) 0611 03-09-15 (1414 km) https://youtu.be/QDgznRG9SgQ
105.8 Muzyczne Radio, Jelenia Góra 0808 03-09-15 (1090 km) https://youtu.be/eVMGrTIvdo8
103.1 Radio Monte Kanate, Pellegrino Parmense 0844 03-09-15 (1165 km) https://youtu.be/C4O60dIQK5E
107.75 Radio Incontro, Buti 0844 03-09-15 (1286 km) https://youtu.be/6Z4VUM9oRlI
My Körner 9.2 antenna was vertical tonight, beamed approximately 150 degrees. Nice to hear so many interesting personal firsts too. I didn't bother to log the more regular catches, but to be honest there weren't many regulars anyway!
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Skegness Log: 02-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
91.9 0402 POL PR Radio Merkury, Konin/Zólwieniec (WP)
PI logged: 3755 PS logged: ____61__ 1211km **
89.0 0415 I RAI Radio2, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd)
PI logged: 5202 1197km
89.9 0415 I RAI Radio3, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd)
PI logged: 5203 PS logged: __AD____ 1197km
91.3 0432 F France Inter, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13)
PI logged: F201 1149km
89.4 0434 F France Inter, Montpellier/Sainte-Baudille (34) OM, as 90.4 1072km
90.4 0434 F France Inter, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63)
PI logged: F201 842km **
90.7 0434 F France Musique, Multi-tx Suspect Orleans **
91.8 0434 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18)
PI logged: F203 672km
92.9 0434 F France Musique, Montpellier/Sainte-Baudille (34)
PI logged: F203 1072km **
88.2 0443 E RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU)
PI logged: E212 PS logged: ____CL__ 1287km
103.6 0625 F France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13)
PI logged: F405 1149km
** Personal 'First'
Tonight, the antenna was horizontal and pointing at approximately 200 degrees.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
91.9 0402 POL PR Radio Merkury, Konin/Zólwieniec (WP)
PI logged: 3755 PS logged: ____61__ 1211km **
89.0 0415 I RAI Radio2, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd)
PI logged: 5202 1197km
89.9 0415 I RAI Radio3, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd)
PI logged: 5203 PS logged: __AD____ 1197km
91.3 0432 F France Inter, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13)
PI logged: F201 1149km
89.4 0434 F France Inter, Montpellier/Sainte-Baudille (34) OM, as 90.4 1072km
90.4 0434 F France Inter, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63)
PI logged: F201 842km **
90.7 0434 F France Musique, Multi-tx Suspect Orleans **
91.8 0434 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18)
PI logged: F203 672km
92.9 0434 F France Musique, Montpellier/Sainte-Baudille (34)
PI logged: F203 1072km **
88.2 0443 E RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU)
PI logged: E212 PS logged: ____CL__ 1287km
103.6 0625 F France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13)
PI logged: F405 1149km
** Personal 'First'
Tonight, the antenna was horizontal and pointing at approximately 200 degrees.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Skegness Log: 01-09-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
90.7 0424 E Radio María, Madrid (MAD-M) E1CC 1444km **
92.4 0424 E Radiolé, Madrid/Parque de la Almudena (MAD-M) E238 1447km **
96.1 0521 IRL Midwest Radio, Kiltimagh (MO) 241E 626km
94.7 0552 E Gaztea, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E303 1130km **
105.0 0628 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Liérganes/Peña Cabarga (CNT-S) E515 1128km
100.5 0631 F France Bleu Gascogne, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) F207 1104km **
103.1 0848 F France Bleu Armorique, Rennes/Saint-Pern (35) F207 564km
** Personal 'First'
At last some meteor action after a few days of nothing. For the last few days I have had the antenna vertical and beaming west for Ireland, but without success. I repositioned the 9.2 horizontal this morning and beamed to the south-west. This brought in a few new catches.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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.
90.7 0424 E Radio María, Madrid (MAD-M) E1CC 1444km **
92.4 0424 E Radiolé, Madrid/Parque de la Almudena (MAD-M) E238 1447km **
96.1 0521 IRL Midwest Radio, Kiltimagh (MO) 241E 626km
94.7 0552 E Gaztea, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E303 1130km **
105.0 0628 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Liérganes/Peña Cabarga (CNT-S) E515 1128km
100.5 0631 F France Bleu Gascogne, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) F207 1104km **
103.1 0848 F France Bleu Armorique, Rennes/Saint-Pern (35) F207 564km
** Personal 'First'
At last some meteor action after a few days of nothing. For the last few days I have had the antenna vertical and beaming west for Ireland, but without success. I repositioned the 9.2 horizontal this morning and beamed to the south-west. This brought in a few new catches.
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:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
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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