Band 2 Tropospheric:
97.4 0002 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) D6A4 SWR4_KO_
560km
97.2 0003 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Deep voice OM, as web 739km
95.4 0005 D SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) D3A2 __SWR2__ 592km
94.6 0007 D MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web 712km
94.4 0008 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Scrolling PS with pop names
D361 __hr1___ 647km
93.4 0014 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) ID between pops 712km
92.8 0015 D SWR3, Bad Marienberg (rlp) SWR3 Popnacht ID 592km
92.1 0021 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km
91.8 0023 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Night service. Pops, as web 544km
89.4 0024 D NE-WS 89.4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) Pops, as web 488km
89.2 0026 D NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pops, as 92.1 525km
89.0 0028 D 89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) Pops, as web 712km
87.9 0029 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Classical, as web 739km
105.3 0032 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM, as web 732km
107.9 0032 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical, as web 732km
105.0 0033 D Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) Pops, as web 698km
104.9 0034 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Rap n stuff, as web
innit! 553km
104.8 0035 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops, as web 729km
107.3 0036 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops, as 107.4 729km
103.5 0037 D RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as web 553km
103.0 0118 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) ID, etc. Good but no RDS 564km
88.4 0132 D WDR 2, Bergheim/Glessener Höhe (nrw) Presumed with NDR2 and WDR2
overnight service. Who else could be carrying this? 499km **
107.4 0141 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) D07B R_WUPPER 508km
106.8 0143 D Hit Radio FFH, Driedorf/Höllberg (hes) Jingle ID 604km
92.3 0147 D WDR 2, Sackpfeife (Wittgenstein) [hes] (nrw) NDR2 WDR2 Die Nacht 612km **
104.0 0300 D Radio RST, Tecklenburg (nrw) Time pips, ID on the hour 517km
105.0 0303 D Radio Lippe Welle Hamm, Hamm/Gallberger Weg (nrw) ID Radio Lippe Welle Hamm,
after weather and traffic 534km **
107.7 0303 D 107.7 Radio Hagen, Hagen-Eilpe (nrw) ID after weather and traffic 526km
104.8 0500 D osradio 104,8, Osnabrück/Dörenberg (nds) Time, OS Radio 104.8 ID 531km
91.8 0716 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Pops, as web 703km
91.1 0718 NOR NRK Petre, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) Pops, as 91.8 745km
90.2 0721 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) OM and YL, as web 644km
87.7 0723 D NDR Info, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) OM and YL, as web 627km
89.0 0724 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk-fyn) OM and YL, as 90.2
700km
89.6 0726 D NDR 1 Welle Nord, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Pops, as web 627km
92.9 0727 DNK DR P3, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) YL and pops, as web 644km
94.2 0728 NOR NRK P1, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) OM and YL, as web 703km
95.0 0729 NOR NRK Petre, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) Pops, as 91.8 696km
95.1 0730 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Outdoor interviews, as
90.2 617km
96.1 0732 D NDR Kultur, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) OM, as web 627km
97.2 0733 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Danish pops, as web 617km
98.7 0734 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) F202 703km
99.9 0735 DNK DR P4, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web 617km
101.0 0736 NOR Radio Norge, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Jingle ID and irritating "Ho, Hey"
Lumineers song 703km
101.2 0737 D Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Pops, as web 565km
102.0 0739 NOR Radio Norge, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) Jingle ID after irritating Lumineers
song 696km
102.1 0739 DNK Radio 24syv, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) OM, as web 617km
102.7 0740 DNK Radio 24syv, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) OM and YL, as 102.1
740km
102.8 0742 NOR P4 Radio Hele Norge, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) US OM interview, as web
745km
103.4 0742 DNK Nova, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) Pops, as web 644km
88.3 0744 NOR NRK P2, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) OMs, as web 696km
91.4 0745 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Thisted/Hanstholmvej 46 (njy) Just audible. YL, as 95.1
680km
92.5 0747 NOR NRK P2, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) YL, as web 734km
93.2 0748 D NDR 2, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Pops, as web 627km
93.3 0749 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) YL, as 95.1 740km
96.8 0751 DNK DR P4, Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk-fyn) YL, as web 700km
97.3 0752 NOR NRK P2, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) YL, as web 745km
97.6 0752 NOR NRK P1, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) F201 696km
101.4 0756 D R.SH, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) ID and news 626km
103.0 0804 DNK Radio 24syv, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) YL news, as 102.1
715km
100.6 0806 F France Bleu Picardie, Abbeville/Limeux (80) OM and YL, as web 364km
97.7 0810 DNK DR P4, Ølgod/Baunshøjvej 7/Baunshøj (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web 608km
97.0 0821 NOR NRK Petre, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) Pops, as 91.8 734km
100.3 0824 DNK Radio 24syv, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) OM and YL, as 102.1
644km
104.9 0829 NOR P4 Radio Hele Norge, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) OM and pops, as 102.8
734km
99.6 0910 NOR NRK P2, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) OMs, as 98.7 811km
96.0 0912 NOR NRK P1, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) OM, as 94.2 811km
92.6 0913 NOR NRK Petre, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Hysterical OMs, ID and pops 811km
101.8 0914 NOR Radio Norge, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Pops, as 102.0 811km
91.7 0953 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) OMs, as web 715km
107.0 1008 G Isle of Wight Radio, Chillerton Down (EN-IOW) Pops, as web 301km
107.5 1011 F RTL, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) Two OM IDs 415km
107.9 1012 G Jack FM 2, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Rap song, as web 193km
87.6 1017 F RMC, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) OMs, as web 406km
88.0 1020 F Horizon, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles CV11 (62) ID and web address after
ads 344km
91.1 1022 F Skyrock, Dunkerque/Tour Emery (59) Jingle ID and (c)rap 274km
91.8 1031 F Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck/Kasteel Yvonne (59) Guitar music, as web
300km
92.2 1035 F Fun Radio, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) Ads, as web 275km
92.8 1038 F NRJ, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) Ads, as web 340km
94.4 1049 G Flames Radio, London pirate Shouting OM, as web
89.8 1117 F France Musique, Abbeville/Limeux (80) Classical, as 88.7 364km
87.9 1122 F Fun Radio, Yvetot-Autretot/le Bout du Haut (76) Ads and IDs 390km **
97.2 1407 F France Musique, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) F203 446km
99.7 1408 F France Culture, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) OM, as 98.0 446km
101.3 1408 F France Bleu Picardie, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) YL ID 446km
97.4 1409 F France Culture, Abbeville/Limeux (80) OM, as 98.0 364km
104.5 1744 BEL VBRO, Oostende/Residentie De Mast (vlg-wvl) Dutch music and IDs 278km
105.3 1750 BEL Urgent.fm, Gent/UG Complex Ledeganck (vlg-ovl) Ghost Town song, as web
330km
106.6 1801 F Radio Campus Lille, Lille/Cité Scientifique (59) Alternative music, as web
342km
87.8 1830 F France Bleu Nord, Lille/Wattignies (59) Phil Collins, as 94.7 335km
89.8 1833 F RDL, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) French pops, as 89.6 275km
90.6 1838 G Cyndicut, London pirate Old Skool Rave and ID **
91.1 1857 F France Inter, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) F201 __INTER_ 474km
107.3 1901 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Jingle ID after news 292km
107.4 1902 BEL Family Radio, Ronse/Maarkedal (vlg-ovl) Tentative this site. Jingle ID after
news 348km **
106.9 1904 F Skyrock, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) F214 SKYROCK_ 340km
101.7 1916 BEL Bel RTL, Oignies-en-Thiérache/Rue d'Olloy (wal-nam) Lively discussion, as
web 457km
107.0 2232 D NDR 2, Röbel (mev) Pops, as 87.6 807km
106.9 2233 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Aurich-Haxtum (nds) OM, as web 475km
** Personal First
Recordings:
91.8 Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck 1030 31-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/t957979imbp7f2seaofi7x6p2lddcfag
104.5 VBRO, Oostende 1744 31-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/wegi53hecxhsqpnffl2za3u29qp45tcl
The second day of the tropo and conditions are becoming quite widespread, jumping quickly from one area to another. Sometimes the conditions will die away quite suddenly, only to return a few minutes later. I wonder if this has something to do with the variable amounts of mist and fog we have experienced today.
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, 31 October 2015
Friday, 30 October 2015
Skegness Log: 30-11-15 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
92.7 1914 F France Inter, Neufchâtel-en-Bray/Croixdalle (76) F201 PS
logged: __INTER_ 381km
92.1 1924 F France Musique, Laval/Mont Rochard (53) Classical, as 88.7 551km
92.2 1926 F France Musique, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) Classical, as 88.7 646km
97.8 1935 F France Culture, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) As 98.0. (Nothing from Brest on
their freqs) 646km
88.0 1942 F France Culture, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61) OM, as 98.0 498km
91.0 1943 F France Musique, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61) Classical, as 88.7 498km
91.8 1944 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Classical, as 88.7 672km
103.2 1946 F France Bleu Berry, Bourges/Neuvy (18) OM, as web 672km
91.1 2103 F France Inter, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) ID 474km
91.6 2103 D SWR3, Koblenz/Waldesch (rlp) ID 590km
90.6 2104 D hr1, Hardberg (hes) Das wetter im Hessen 712km
89.6 2106 F RDL, Saint-Omer/Racquinghem (62) French music, as web 306km
93.3 2113 F Rire et Chansons, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Le comedy, as le web
285km
95.5 2114 F France Bleu Nord, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Discussion, as web
285km
96.5 2117 F Skyrock, Saint-Omer/Asdoit (62) Phone-in, as 106.9 295km
97.2 2117 F RFM, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Patrice Rushen song, as web 299km
99.0 2121 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Monty Python song, as web
370km
105.9 2124 F Europe 1, Caen/Colombelles (14) Presumed Caen. OMs, as web 442km
105.3 2130 F France Info, Falaise/Villers-Canivet (14) Presumed site based on bearing
and conditions. As 105.2 473km **
102.8 2131 G Diverse FM (Luton CR), Luton/Farley Hill (EN-BEF) ID and jingle ID.
Very diverse beats! 151km **
101.6 2136 F NRJ, Flers/la Chapelle-Biche (61) Jingle ID and ads 498km
87.6 2219 F RMC, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) OMs, as web 406km
87.8 2220 F Mouv', Caen/Colombelles (14) Jazzy music, as web 442km
88.0 2222 F Radio Classique, Calais/246, rue Mollien (62) Classical, as web 266km
89.2 2224 F Radio Cristal, Falaise/Fourneaux-le-Val (14) Adele song, just detectable,
as web 478km **
89.8 2228 F Radio Albatros, Fécamp/Touissant (76) Distinctive classical music, as web
380km **
92.0 2235 F Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) French song, jingle ID
288km
99.0 2247 F Sea FM, Villedieu-les-Poêles/réservoir (50) Jingle ID between pops
486km **
101.4 2251 F NRJ, Caen/Colombelles (14) Pops, as web 442km
103.2 2252 F Radio Cristal, Caen/Colombelles (14) Pops, as web 442km
105.5 2254 F France Info, Caen/Colombelles (14) Presume Caen. Jingle ID 442km
87.8 2259 F Radio Courtoisie, Cherbourg-Octeville/Bélier (50) Gregorian chant, as web
415km
** Personal First
Recordings:
99.0 Sea FM, Villedieu-les-Poêles 2246 30-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/ed5uxlyqoer85ixf9oae3csdjlohaqi4
A nice, tightly focused tropo opening to northern France with some interesting vertical reception.
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.
92.7 1914 F France Inter, Neufchâtel-en-Bray/Croixdalle (76) F201 PS
logged: __INTER_ 381km
92.1 1924 F France Musique, Laval/Mont Rochard (53) Classical, as 88.7 551km
92.2 1926 F France Musique, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) Classical, as 88.7 646km
97.8 1935 F France Culture, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) As 98.0. (Nothing from Brest on
their freqs) 646km
88.0 1942 F France Culture, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61) OM, as 98.0 498km
91.0 1943 F France Musique, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61) Classical, as 88.7 498km
91.8 1944 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Classical, as 88.7 672km
103.2 1946 F France Bleu Berry, Bourges/Neuvy (18) OM, as web 672km
91.1 2103 F France Inter, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) ID 474km
91.6 2103 D SWR3, Koblenz/Waldesch (rlp) ID 590km
90.6 2104 D hr1, Hardberg (hes) Das wetter im Hessen 712km
89.6 2106 F RDL, Saint-Omer/Racquinghem (62) French music, as web 306km
93.3 2113 F Rire et Chansons, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Le comedy, as le web
285km
95.5 2114 F France Bleu Nord, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Discussion, as web
285km
96.5 2117 F Skyrock, Saint-Omer/Asdoit (62) Phone-in, as 106.9 295km
97.2 2117 F RFM, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Patrice Rushen song, as web 299km
99.0 2121 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Monty Python song, as web
370km
105.9 2124 F Europe 1, Caen/Colombelles (14) Presumed Caen. OMs, as web 442km
105.3 2130 F France Info, Falaise/Villers-Canivet (14) Presumed site based on bearing
and conditions. As 105.2 473km **
102.8 2131 G Diverse FM (Luton CR), Luton/Farley Hill (EN-BEF) ID and jingle ID.
Very diverse beats! 151km **
101.6 2136 F NRJ, Flers/la Chapelle-Biche (61) Jingle ID and ads 498km
87.6 2219 F RMC, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) OMs, as web 406km
87.8 2220 F Mouv', Caen/Colombelles (14) Jazzy music, as web 442km
88.0 2222 F Radio Classique, Calais/246, rue Mollien (62) Classical, as web 266km
89.2 2224 F Radio Cristal, Falaise/Fourneaux-le-Val (14) Adele song, just detectable,
as web 478km **
89.8 2228 F Radio Albatros, Fécamp/Touissant (76) Distinctive classical music, as web
380km **
92.0 2235 F Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) French song, jingle ID
288km
99.0 2247 F Sea FM, Villedieu-les-Poêles/réservoir (50) Jingle ID between pops
486km **
101.4 2251 F NRJ, Caen/Colombelles (14) Pops, as web 442km
103.2 2252 F Radio Cristal, Caen/Colombelles (14) Pops, as web 442km
105.5 2254 F France Info, Caen/Colombelles (14) Presume Caen. Jingle ID 442km
87.8 2259 F Radio Courtoisie, Cherbourg-Octeville/Bélier (50) Gregorian chant, as web
415km
** Personal First
Recordings:
99.0 Sea FM, Villedieu-les-Poêles 2246 30-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/ed5uxlyqoer85ixf9oae3csdjlohaqi4
A nice, tightly focused tropo opening to northern France with some interesting vertical reception.
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, 29 October 2015
Skegness Log: 29-10-15 (MW)
1650 0458 CAN CINA Mississauga (ON) CINA ID in pile-up Weak 5683 km **
680 0500 USA WRKO Boston (MA) WRKO Boston ID under CFTR Fair 5239 km **
680 0500 CAN CFTR 680 News, Toronto/Grimsby (ON) Weather then Six Eighty News Toronto ID
Fair 5712 km
730 0500 CAN CKAC Radio Circulation, Montréal/Pointe-Calumet (QC) ID - La journal du
Montreal, Radio Circulation, etc. Fair 5203 km
790 0500 USA WAXY The Ticket, South Miami (FL) Presumed with ESPN Radio ID Fair 7158 km
820 0500 CAN CHAM Funny 820, Hamilton (ON) Funny Eight Twenty is CHAM Hamilton ... a
division of Bell Media ID Weak 5729 km **
1140 0500 USA WQBA La Voz de Miami, Miami (FL) WQBA Miami ID in Spanish accent heard in
pile-up Fair 7147 km
1190 0500 CLM HJCV Radio Cordillera, Bogotá D. C. (bdc) ID on the hour Weak 8566 km
1200 0500 CAN CFGO TSN 1200, Ottawa (ON) The stars of tomorrow, today, TSN Twelve Hundred,
the ... right here ... this is TSN Twelve Hundred, the 67 ... (?) CFGO
AM Ottawa, a Bell Media radio station ID Fair 5334 km
1510 0500 USA WLAC Newsradio 1510, Nashville (TN) ID - WLAC Nahville ... News ... Now.
Under Boston Fair 6686 km
1540 0500 USA KXEL Waterloo (D) (IA) Rush Limbaugh promo. ID - The Voice Of Eastern Iowa,
Newstalk Fifteen Forty, KXEL Waterloo, Cedar falls, Cedar Rapids.
Fair 6547 km
1670 0500 USA WOZN 106.7FM/1670AM The Zone, Madison (WI) Live from ... premiership, Two
calls given, WOZN heard. Difficult under strong blank carrier Weak
6312 km **
650 0502 CAN CKGA Gander (NL) Relay of 590 VOCM Fair 3775 km
1700 0605 USA WRCR AM 1700 Radio Rockland, Spring Valley (NY) WRCR call heard in pile-up,
mentioning Spring Valley. Weak 5516 km **
970 0700 USA WZAN Portland/Sunset Park (ME) Nine Seventy WZAN Portland IDs. CBS News Fair
5105 km
1120 0700 USA KMOX Saint Louis (MO) Muffled ID on fade: The voice of Missouri ... Eleven
Twenty KMOX. Mentioning 102.5 in the ID. Weak 6690 km
1190 0700 USA WOWO Fort Wayne (IN) Mentions of Fort Wayne and Wowo (spoken as if a word)
Weak 6228 km
1280 0700 USA WNAM Neenah-Menasha (WI) WNAM Neenah-Menasha ID just heard in 1278 splash Fair
6179 km
1430 0700 USA WXNT CBS Sports 1430, Indianapolis (IN) ID - WXNT AM Indianapolis, W...
(FM call?) Indianapolis. Weak 6369 km **
1580 0700 CAN CKDO Oshawa (ON) Classic Hits CKDO inset between oldies Fair 5613 km
1630 0700 USA KCJJ Iowa City (IA) Pops, then KCJJ News mentioned just after the top of the
hour Weak 6546 km
1640 0700 USA WSJP Relevant Radio, Sussex (WI) Relevant Radio IDs Weak 6237 km **
1700 0700 USA KVNS Brownsville (Villa Nueva) (TX) ID - This is KVNS Brownsville ....Valley.
Sports Seventeen Hundred Weak 8225 km
1650 0701 USA KCNZ 1650 The Fan, Cedar Falls (IA) Fox Sports and 1650 The Fan IDs Fair
6536 km **
** Personal 'First'
More Beverage tests. This time from a run along a line of trees just to the south of town. I haven't created a separate FM List logbook for this as the land falls within my home grid locator anyway - JO03dd. The location is 2 km from home. Once again, I recorded medium wave simultaneously at home on my FDM-S2 and, once again, there was no comparison. 1130 WBBR and 1520 WWKB were the highlights.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Croft Bank, 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:
Microtelecom Perseus SDR
Aerials:
255 metre Beverage, three metres agl, towards 305 degrees.
680 0500 USA WRKO Boston (MA) WRKO Boston ID under CFTR Fair 5239 km **
680 0500 CAN CFTR 680 News, Toronto/Grimsby (ON) Weather then Six Eighty News Toronto ID
Fair 5712 km
730 0500 CAN CKAC Radio Circulation, Montréal/Pointe-Calumet (QC) ID - La journal du
Montreal, Radio Circulation, etc. Fair 5203 km
790 0500 USA WAXY The Ticket, South Miami (FL) Presumed with ESPN Radio ID Fair 7158 km
820 0500 CAN CHAM Funny 820, Hamilton (ON) Funny Eight Twenty is CHAM Hamilton ... a
division of Bell Media ID Weak 5729 km **
1140 0500 USA WQBA La Voz de Miami, Miami (FL) WQBA Miami ID in Spanish accent heard in
pile-up Fair 7147 km
1190 0500 CLM HJCV Radio Cordillera, Bogotá D. C. (bdc) ID on the hour Weak 8566 km
1200 0500 CAN CFGO TSN 1200, Ottawa (ON) The stars of tomorrow, today, TSN Twelve Hundred,
the ... right here ... this is TSN Twelve Hundred, the 67 ... (?) CFGO
AM Ottawa, a Bell Media radio station ID Fair 5334 km
1510 0500 USA WLAC Newsradio 1510, Nashville (TN) ID - WLAC Nahville ... News ... Now.
Under Boston Fair 6686 km
1540 0500 USA KXEL Waterloo (D) (IA) Rush Limbaugh promo. ID - The Voice Of Eastern Iowa,
Newstalk Fifteen Forty, KXEL Waterloo, Cedar falls, Cedar Rapids.
Fair 6547 km
1670 0500 USA WOZN 106.7FM/1670AM The Zone, Madison (WI) Live from ... premiership, Two
calls given, WOZN heard. Difficult under strong blank carrier Weak
6312 km **
650 0502 CAN CKGA Gander (NL) Relay of 590 VOCM Fair 3775 km
1700 0605 USA WRCR AM 1700 Radio Rockland, Spring Valley (NY) WRCR call heard in pile-up,
mentioning Spring Valley. Weak 5516 km **
970 0700 USA WZAN Portland/Sunset Park (ME) Nine Seventy WZAN Portland IDs. CBS News Fair
5105 km
1120 0700 USA KMOX Saint Louis (MO) Muffled ID on fade: The voice of Missouri ... Eleven
Twenty KMOX. Mentioning 102.5 in the ID. Weak 6690 km
1190 0700 USA WOWO Fort Wayne (IN) Mentions of Fort Wayne and Wowo (spoken as if a word)
Weak 6228 km
1280 0700 USA WNAM Neenah-Menasha (WI) WNAM Neenah-Menasha ID just heard in 1278 splash Fair
6179 km
1430 0700 USA WXNT CBS Sports 1430, Indianapolis (IN) ID - WXNT AM Indianapolis, W...
(FM call?) Indianapolis. Weak 6369 km **
1580 0700 CAN CKDO Oshawa (ON) Classic Hits CKDO inset between oldies Fair 5613 km
1630 0700 USA KCJJ Iowa City (IA) Pops, then KCJJ News mentioned just after the top of the
hour Weak 6546 km
1640 0700 USA WSJP Relevant Radio, Sussex (WI) Relevant Radio IDs Weak 6237 km **
1700 0700 USA KVNS Brownsville (Villa Nueva) (TX) ID - This is KVNS Brownsville ....Valley.
Sports Seventeen Hundred Weak 8225 km
1650 0701 USA KCNZ 1650 The Fan, Cedar Falls (IA) Fox Sports and 1650 The Fan IDs Fair
6536 km **
** Personal 'First'
More Beverage tests. This time from a run along a line of trees just to the south of town. I haven't created a separate FM List logbook for this as the land falls within my home grid locator anyway - JO03dd. The location is 2 km from home. Once again, I recorded medium wave simultaneously at home on my FDM-S2 and, once again, there was no comparison. 1130 WBBR and 1520 WWKB were the highlights.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Croft Bank, 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:
Microtelecom Perseus SDR
Aerials:
255 metre Beverage, three metres agl, towards 305 degrees.
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Comparing a Short Beverage Antenna to a Flag Antenna at Home
An audio comparison demonstrating reception differences between a short Beverage antenna out in the wilds and a standard flag antenna used at home. Click here to hear the recording.
Taking advantage of a useful line of trees
It's the first time I have tried a simultaneous DXing exercise, listening both at home and on a Beverage antenna, six miles from home. I knew there would be differences, but even this short Beverage have some surprising results.
The receiver at home was an Elad FDM-S2. The receiver at the field was a Perseus SDR.
Correction: I incorrectly state that the Beverage antenna was 180 metres in length. It was actually 136 metres.
The receiver at home was an Elad FDM-S2. The receiver at the field was a Perseus SDR.
Correction: I incorrectly state that the Beverage antenna was 180 metres in length. It was actually 136 metres.
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Skegness Log: 27-10-15 (FM (Candlesby Hill DX Trip)
Mini-DXpedition Log: Candlesby Hill:
612 1700 TWN Radio Taiwan Int./Radio France Int., Lukang (CH) OM laughing, etc.
As 1098. Under Spain V weak 9683 km
819 1600 TWN BCC News Network, Taitung (TT) Interval signal under Holland V weak
9846 km
891 1500 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Interval signal and ID V weak 9759 km
927 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Taichung (TC) Interval signal under pile-up
V weak 9698 km
972 1800 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Familiar music, OM & YL
ID. Totally dominant a minute later Fair 8742 km
1017 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Hsinchu (HC) Interval signal V weak 9633 km
1044 1500 CHN China Radio Int., Changzhou/SARFT623 (JS) Interval signal heard
V weak 8942 km
1098 1600 TWN R.Taiwan Int./R.Free Asia/Ikuan Tao/RFI, Kouhu (YL) Time signal and
OM ID, including usual RTI News ID Fair 9720 km
1134 1700 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Time signal, music and KBS ID
V weak 8726 km
1143 1500 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Time
signal and clear YL ID Weak 9681 km
1296 1500 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Interval signal under Birmingham/Langley
Mill V weak 9759 km
1557 1500 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Oriental YL, time
signal Fair 9720 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) ID and Yankee
Doodle before programme in other language Fair 9418 km
1593 1500 CHN CNR 1, Changzhou/SARFT623 (JS) Presumed with standard Beijing YL
announcement Fair 8942 km
First mini-DXpedition log from Candlesby Hill, near Skegness, Lincolnshire. This will probably be the last trip there too as the location is slighty too exposed for my personal liking, but it povides two very useful hedgerows.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Mobile, Candlesby Hill, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03be) <75m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Microtelecom Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna:
135 metre Beverage at 44 degrees
612 1700 TWN Radio Taiwan Int./Radio France Int., Lukang (CH) OM laughing, etc.
As 1098. Under Spain V weak 9683 km
819 1600 TWN BCC News Network, Taitung (TT) Interval signal under Holland V weak
9846 km
891 1500 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Interval signal and ID V weak 9759 km
927 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Taichung (TC) Interval signal under pile-up
V weak 9698 km
972 1800 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Familiar music, OM & YL
ID. Totally dominant a minute later Fair 8742 km
1017 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Hsinchu (HC) Interval signal V weak 9633 km
1044 1500 CHN China Radio Int., Changzhou/SARFT623 (JS) Interval signal heard
V weak 8942 km
1098 1600 TWN R.Taiwan Int./R.Free Asia/Ikuan Tao/RFI, Kouhu (YL) Time signal and
OM ID, including usual RTI News ID Fair 9720 km
1134 1700 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Time signal, music and KBS ID
V weak 8726 km
1143 1500 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Time
signal and clear YL ID Weak 9681 km
1296 1500 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Interval signal under Birmingham/Langley
Mill V weak 9759 km
1557 1500 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Oriental YL, time
signal Fair 9720 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) ID and Yankee
Doodle before programme in other language Fair 9418 km
1593 1500 CHN CNR 1, Changzhou/SARFT623 (JS) Presumed with standard Beijing YL
announcement Fair 8942 km
First mini-DXpedition log from Candlesby Hill, near Skegness, Lincolnshire. This will probably be the last trip there too as the location is slighty too exposed for my personal liking, but it povides two very useful hedgerows.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Mobile, Candlesby Hill, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03be) <75m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Microtelecom Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna:
135 metre Beverage at 44 degrees
Monday, 26 October 2015
Skegness Log: 26-10-15 (MW)
Medium Wave Log:
680 0500 USA WRKO, Boston (MA) " ... on WRKO Boston", heard under CFTR Weak 5239 km **
1670 0500 USA WOZN 106.7FM/1670AM The Zone, Madison (WI) "WOZN Madison ... WOZN (?) (somewhere
else!)" Mixing UNID Fox sports station Weak 6312 km **
1700 0500 USA WRCR AM 1700 Radio Rockland, Spring Valley (NY) ID "AM 17 hundred WRCR ... ??
Headline news". Fair 5516 km **
790 0530 USA WAXY The Ticket, South Miami (FL) Miami ads and promos, ESPN ID on the half
hour Fair 7158 km
1180 0530 USA WHAM, Rochester/Brook Road (NY) ID - "Newsradio Wham Eleven Eighty" Good 5605 km
1380 0530 CAN CKPC, Brantford (ON) 13-80 CKPC ID on the half hour. Country music format. Thanks
Odd-Jorgen Sagdahl and Jan Alvestad for help. Fair 5767 km **
1700 0601 USA WJCC Radio Mega, Miami Springs (FL) YL ID "Radio Mega WJCC Seventeen Hundred"
Fair 7128 km **
1640 0602 USA WTNI 96.7 The Champ ESPN Radio, Biloxi (Gulfport) (MS) ESPN Radio ID Weak
7294 km
1660 0602 USA WQLR 1660 The Fan, Kalamazoo (MI) References to The Fan and Fox Sports Weak
6146 km **
1690 0602 CAN CJLO Underground Radio, Montréal (QC) YL "For more information .... visit
cjlo.com". "This has been a CJLO Production". Mixing CHTO Fair 5188 km
1570 0604 MEX XERF-AM La Poderosa, Ciudad Acuña (coa) Lengthy ID by YL, then OM: Call letters,
power, frequency, "La Poderosa" ID, etc. Good 8138 km
1580 0604 CAN CKDO, Oshawa (ON) CKDO jingle between Patrick Hernandez & Elvis songs
Fair 5613 km
1650 0604 USA KCNZ 1650 The Fan, Cedar Falls (IA) Fox Sports. (Better on LSB to avoid
huge signal from CINA) Fair 6536 km **
1630 0605 USA KKGM, Fort Worth (TX) ID - "It's the place for modern gospel music for Dallas Fort
Worth, 16-30 KKGM" Weak 7605 km
1540 0606 USA KXEL, Waterloo (D) (IA) Weather, "15-40 KXEL" ID. Good 6547 km
1630 0606 USA KCJJ, Iowa City (IA) 16-30 KCJJ ID then sung KCJJ jingle Weak 6546 km **
820 0640 CAN CHAM Funny 820, Hamilton (ON) "Funny 8-20" ID and comedy sketches Fair 5729 km **
570 0643 CUB Radio Reloj, Santa Clara/CTOM1 (vc) RR in morse code penetrating the noise. Two
other UNID stations present. One with pops, the other a US talker Vweak 7388 km
970 0653 USA WZAN, Portland/Sunset Park (ME) WZAN IDs after announcements. Mixing another
English station. Fair 5105 km
1320 0654 CAN CJMR, Oakville (ON) Presumed with Indian programming Fair 5703 km
800 0656 CAN VOWR, Saint John (NL) OM VOWR ID between nostalgic toons Fair 3727 km **
890 0656 USA WLS, Chicago/Tinley Gardens Park (IL) ID - "You have a voice .... 89 WLS"
Fair 6334 km
1430 0700 USA WXNT CBS Sports 1430, Indianapolis (IN) WXNT Indinapolis and WZPL(?)
also mentioned in ID Weak 6369 km **
1510 0700 USA WLAC Newsradio 1510, Nashville (TN) "This is Newsradio 15-10 WLAC Nashville Fox
News NOW!" Fair 6686 km
1520 0500 USA KOKC Oklahoma City OK. TENTATIVE. OM and CBS News jingle under WWKB Weak 7413 km
1071 1730 IND All India Radio GOS, Rajkot (GJ) OM ID Fair 6716 km (received at home)
** Personal first
This log is the result of a mobile DX trip, thie files from which I had forgotten.
The band was full of transatlantic signals, with more than one transatlantic station being on many frequencies. This log represents the more interesting catches and regularly heard stations are omitted.
This was another frustrating DX session as most top of the hour recordings didn't happen because of problems with the laptop I was using at the time. Pressing the record button on the Perseus usually resulted in the laptop freezing and in need of a reboot. Still, there are some new stations in the log which I have not received in Skegness before.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
680 0500 USA WRKO, Boston (MA) " ... on WRKO Boston", heard under CFTR Weak 5239 km **
1670 0500 USA WOZN 106.7FM/1670AM The Zone, Madison (WI) "WOZN Madison ... WOZN (?) (somewhere
else!)" Mixing UNID Fox sports station Weak 6312 km **
1700 0500 USA WRCR AM 1700 Radio Rockland, Spring Valley (NY) ID "AM 17 hundred WRCR ... ??
Headline news". Fair 5516 km **
790 0530 USA WAXY The Ticket, South Miami (FL) Miami ads and promos, ESPN ID on the half
hour Fair 7158 km
1180 0530 USA WHAM, Rochester/Brook Road (NY) ID - "Newsradio Wham Eleven Eighty" Good 5605 km
1380 0530 CAN CKPC, Brantford (ON) 13-80 CKPC ID on the half hour. Country music format. Thanks
Odd-Jorgen Sagdahl and Jan Alvestad for help. Fair 5767 km **
1700 0601 USA WJCC Radio Mega, Miami Springs (FL) YL ID "Radio Mega WJCC Seventeen Hundred"
Fair 7128 km **
1640 0602 USA WTNI 96.7 The Champ ESPN Radio, Biloxi (Gulfport) (MS) ESPN Radio ID Weak
7294 km
1660 0602 USA WQLR 1660 The Fan, Kalamazoo (MI) References to The Fan and Fox Sports Weak
6146 km **
1690 0602 CAN CJLO Underground Radio, Montréal (QC) YL "For more information .... visit
cjlo.com". "This has been a CJLO Production". Mixing CHTO Fair 5188 km
1570 0604 MEX XERF-AM La Poderosa, Ciudad Acuña (coa) Lengthy ID by YL, then OM: Call letters,
power, frequency, "La Poderosa" ID, etc. Good 8138 km
1580 0604 CAN CKDO, Oshawa (ON) CKDO jingle between Patrick Hernandez & Elvis songs
Fair 5613 km
1650 0604 USA KCNZ 1650 The Fan, Cedar Falls (IA) Fox Sports. (Better on LSB to avoid
huge signal from CINA) Fair 6536 km **
1630 0605 USA KKGM, Fort Worth (TX) ID - "It's the place for modern gospel music for Dallas Fort
Worth, 16-30 KKGM" Weak 7605 km
1540 0606 USA KXEL, Waterloo (D) (IA) Weather, "15-40 KXEL" ID. Good 6547 km
1630 0606 USA KCJJ, Iowa City (IA) 16-30 KCJJ ID then sung KCJJ jingle Weak 6546 km **
820 0640 CAN CHAM Funny 820, Hamilton (ON) "Funny 8-20" ID and comedy sketches Fair 5729 km **
570 0643 CUB Radio Reloj, Santa Clara/CTOM1 (vc) RR in morse code penetrating the noise. Two
other UNID stations present. One with pops, the other a US talker Vweak 7388 km
970 0653 USA WZAN, Portland/Sunset Park (ME) WZAN IDs after announcements. Mixing another
English station. Fair 5105 km
1320 0654 CAN CJMR, Oakville (ON) Presumed with Indian programming Fair 5703 km
800 0656 CAN VOWR, Saint John (NL) OM VOWR ID between nostalgic toons Fair 3727 km **
890 0656 USA WLS, Chicago/Tinley Gardens Park (IL) ID - "You have a voice .... 89 WLS"
Fair 6334 km
1430 0700 USA WXNT CBS Sports 1430, Indianapolis (IN) WXNT Indinapolis and WZPL(?)
also mentioned in ID Weak 6369 km **
1510 0700 USA WLAC Newsradio 1510, Nashville (TN) "This is Newsradio 15-10 WLAC Nashville Fox
News NOW!" Fair 6686 km
1520 0500 USA KOKC Oklahoma City OK. TENTATIVE. OM and CBS News jingle under WWKB Weak 7413 km
1071 1730 IND All India Radio GOS, Rajkot (GJ) OM ID Fair 6716 km (received at home)
** Personal first
This log is the result of a mobile DX trip, thie files from which I had forgotten.
The band was full of transatlantic signals, with more than one transatlantic station being on many frequencies. This log represents the more interesting catches and regularly heard stations are omitted.
This was another frustrating DX session as most top of the hour recordings didn't happen because of problems with the laptop I was using at the time. Pressing the record button on the Perseus usually resulted in the laptop freezing and in need of a reboot. Still, there are some new stations in the log which I have not received in Skegness before.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.
Es Path Symmetry
I've been wanting to write about a visual phenomenon I often see on the FM List Visual Logbooks during Es openings. The problem I have in demonstrating this is that you really need to see this particular display live, as it happens, as the Visual Logbook will quickly fill up with additional propagation paths and the general effect becomes fuzzy and lost as the propagation path moves.
Now, I expect this phenomenon is already widely understood in amateur radio circles. It's just that I have never come across it before and, even after asking a few ham operators, not one of them said they were aware of this effect.
What is it? Well, I can only describe it as a symmetrical propagational pattern, maybe there's even a circular pattern in this too, as you will hopefully see. The best way I can demonstrate this pattern is to show you graphics of the early stages of a few Es openings from this summer. Let's start with a fairly obvious one - yesterday's Es opening:
Note the central region in this propagation 'spread' which covers a circular-ish effect in southern Spain. There is a main band of propagation. Note also the two outer flanks. It's probably not so easy to see the circle, but you should see a kind of elliptical effect. Bear with me on this as it's not so clear once the propagation path has moved around, as it did today, but you can see this effect better with just a few minutes of Es, and also thanks to having a broadband SDR receiver which lets you see this pattern more readily.
Moving on to 2015-06-20:
Another example of symmetry. Even a circle again.
Then 2015-06-14:
And hopefully still as obvious, this more prolonged opening:
This time the opening was fairly stable and you can see two broad paths of reception, with two flanks at either side.Again, roughly symmetrical
There are many better examples of this, but the clarity is lost as the opening continues and the symmetry is buried under an ever-increasing mass of lines. As I say, you really need to take a snapshot over just a few minutes - five or less, then the effect is much, much clearer. I cannot separate the time slots on the daily FM List logbooks, hence using these four images which offer the best examples I could find, but I do see this very pattern with virtually all Es openings.
What does it tell us though? It certainly doesn't say that the areas between the lines, where nothing was received, don't have any radio stations. That's clearly not the case at all.
Perhaps it's possible to get a good idea of the shape of an Es cloud from this.
Hopefully this is of interest - and it's probably something which is already understood, or is SDR technology now showing us something we haven't previously been able to see?
Now, I expect this phenomenon is already widely understood in amateur radio circles. It's just that I have never come across it before and, even after asking a few ham operators, not one of them said they were aware of this effect.
What is it? Well, I can only describe it as a symmetrical propagational pattern, maybe there's even a circular pattern in this too, as you will hopefully see. The best way I can demonstrate this pattern is to show you graphics of the early stages of a few Es openings from this summer. Let's start with a fairly obvious one - yesterday's Es opening:
Note the central region in this propagation 'spread' which covers a circular-ish effect in southern Spain. There is a main band of propagation. Note also the two outer flanks. It's probably not so easy to see the circle, but you should see a kind of elliptical effect. Bear with me on this as it's not so clear once the propagation path has moved around, as it did today, but you can see this effect better with just a few minutes of Es, and also thanks to having a broadband SDR receiver which lets you see this pattern more readily.
Moving on to 2015-06-20:
Another example of symmetry. Even a circle again.
Then 2015-06-14:
And hopefully still as obvious, this more prolonged opening:
This time the opening was fairly stable and you can see two broad paths of reception, with two flanks at either side.Again, roughly symmetrical
There are many better examples of this, but the clarity is lost as the opening continues and the symmetry is buried under an ever-increasing mass of lines. As I say, you really need to take a snapshot over just a few minutes - five or less, then the effect is much, much clearer. I cannot separate the time slots on the daily FM List logbooks, hence using these four images which offer the best examples I could find, but I do see this very pattern with virtually all Es openings.
What does it tell us though? It certainly doesn't say that the areas between the lines, where nothing was received, don't have any radio stations. That's clearly not the case at all.
Perhaps it's possible to get a good idea of the shape of an Es cloud from this.
Hopefully this is of interest - and it's probably something which is already understood, or is SDR technology now showing us something we haven't previously been able to see?
Sunday, 25 October 2015
Skegness Log: 25-10-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.7 1144 E Europa FM, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E2ED EUROPAFM 1591km
87.9 1144 E M80 Radio, Alagón (ARA-Z) E21E 1270km
88.4 1144 E RNE Radio Clásica, Caravaca de la Cruz (MUR-MU) E212 ????CLAS 1680km
88.4 1144 MRC MFM Oriental, Taourirt (otl) 1283 __MFM___ 2102km
90.4 1144 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Carboneras/Mesa del Roldán (AND-AL) E331 1810km
90.6 1144 E Solo Radio, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E1E2 ?H????IN 1630km
91.8 1144 E RNE Radio Nacional, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E211 RNE_1___ 1590km
92.7 1144 E Kiss FM, Albacete (CAM-AB) E2EC KISS_FM_ 1584km
93.6 1144 E RNE Radio Clásica, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E212 RNE-CLAS 1590km
94.4 1144 E RNE Radio Clásica, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) Classical, as 93.6 1762km
94.6 1144 E RNE Radio Nacional, Alpicat (CAT-L) OM, as 94.7 1277km
95.0 1144 E AB 95 FM, Albacete (CAM-AB) IDd as Albacete Noventa y Cinco. E206 AB??????
1584km
95.3 1144 E SER, Lorca (MUR-MU) PI reg logged: E639 __SER___ 1727km
95.4 1144 E Cadena 100, Albacete (CAM-AB) E2CE CAD-100_ 1581km
96.3 1144 E RNE Radio 3, La Muela (ARA-Z) E213 R?dio_?? 1290km
96.6 1144 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Boukhouali (Taourirt) (otl) 1201 SNRT-Nat 2105km
96.9 1144 E Radio María, Madrid/Torre de Valencia (MAD-M) E1CC R.Maria_ 1447km
97.0 1144 E Radio María, Lorca (MUR-MU) OM and YL, as 96.9 1731km
97.1 1144 E RNE Radio Clásica, Águilas (MUR-MU) E212 RN????AS 1748km
97.2 1144 E SER, Caravaca de la Cruz (MUR-MU) EA39 1678km
97.5 1144 E RNE Radio Nacional, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E211 1630km
97.5 1144 MRC Médi 1, Boukhouali (Taourirt) (otl) 1281 2105km
97.8 1144 E Radio Vida, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E080 R._VIDA_ ALBACETE
97.8_FM_ __968___ _353030_ 1591km
99.5 1145 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) E215 RNE_5-AL 1762km
100.3 1145 E SER, Benidorm/Serra Gelada (VAL-A) Slightly different PS to the one listed
E239 __SER___ 1623km
100.7 1145 E Onda Regional Murcia, Cehegín (MUR-MU) PI unlisted in FM List E201 1682km
101.0 1145 MRC MFM Oriental, Oujda/Meghrez (otl) 1283 __MF???? 2057km
101.5 1145 E RNE Radio 3, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E213 1630km
102.4 1145 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E396 ??DI???? ??ST????
1630km
102.9 1145 MRC Médi 1, Oujda/Meghrez (otl) 1281 _MEDI_1_ 2057km
103.9 1145 E RNE Radio 3, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) E213 1762km
104.0 1145 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E396
RADIO___ CASTILLA LAMANCHA RCM_____ 1590km
93.4 1147 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Boukhouali (Taourirt) (otl) 1202 SNRT-Int 2105km
96.4 1147 E Radiolé, Albacete (CAM-AB) Vocal ID 1584km
97.4 1147 E COPE, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E2CA __COPE__ 1591km
88.0 1148 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Vélez-Rubio (AND-AL) E331 1732km
88.1 1148 E Onda Cero, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E2EE ONDACERO 1590km
88.8 1148 E SER, Almería (AND-AL) Briefly over Belmont E239 1812km
89.2 1148 E COPE, Lorca (MUR-MU) Lorca ads E2CA 1729km
89.6 1148 E Los 40 Principales, Albacete-Norte (CAM-AB) E235 CU??EN?? 1579km
89.9 1148 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E215 ??E_???? 1630km
90.8 1148 E M80 Radio, Albacete (CAM-AB) Not the listed PI code E230 1584km
91.1 1148 E Onda Regional Murcia, Caravaca de la Cruz (MUR-MU) E201 1678km
91.2 1148 E RNE Radio Nacional, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) E211 RNE_1___ 1762km
103.2 1149 E Radio Andalucía Información, Almería (AND-AL) E333 1827km
104.8 1149 E Canal Sur Radio, Pechina/Sierra Alhamilla (AND-AL) E332 CANALSUR ALMERIA_
1810km
102.5 1153 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Pechina/Sierra Alhamilla (AND-AL) E331 C.FIESTA 1810km
97.8 1154 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Villanueva de la Jara (CAM-CU) E396 RADIO___
CASTILLA LAMANCHA RCM_____ 1535km
99.9 1154 MRC Médi 1, Zaio (otl) 1281 _MEDI_1_ 2036km
91.8 1155 E Cadena Dial, Baza/Cerro del Jabalcón (AND-GR) Different PI to that in FM List
E237 DIAL____ 1750km
94.0 1155 E RNE Radio Nacional, Munera (CAM-AB) E211 RN?????? 1584km
96.4 1155 E Radio Sierra, La Puerta de Segura/Yelmo (AND-J) FFFF R_????RA ?4??9???
1672km
87.6 1156 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benidorm/Serra Gelada (VAL-A) E211 1623km
87.6 1156 E Candil Radio, Huércal de Almería (AND-AL) EB02 Candil__ 1822km
89.0 1156 E Canal Fiesta Radio, La Puerta de Segura/Yelmo (AND-J) E331 C.Fi???? 1672km
89.5 1156 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Macael-Cantera de la Alta (AND-AL) Fiesta music, as 89.0
1773km
89.6 1156 MRC Médi 1, Nador (otl) PS different to FM List 1281 _M?????? 2016km
89.6 1156 E Onda Cero, Melilla (MEL-ML) E2EE ONDACERO 2002km
92.2 1156 E SER, Melilla (MEL-ML) Different PS to FM List E239 SER_____ 2002km
88.0 1200 E SER, Tarancón (CAM-CU) Different PS to FM List E239 __SER___ 1483km
90.6 1200 E Cadena Dial, Villacarrillo (AND-J) E274 1804km
91.4 1200 E Radio Surco, Tomelloso (CAM-CR) E206 R.SURCO_ 1579km
92.2 1200 E SER, Las Pedroñeras (CAM-CU) Top of the hour ID 1538km
92.6 1200 E RNE Radio Nacional, Baza/Cerro del Jabalcón (AND-GR) Full ID on the hour
1750km
97.1 1200 E M80 Radio, Las Pedroñeras (CAM-CU) E230 M80RADIO LAMANCHA TFNO:600 5595____
1541km
89.3 1204 E Radiolé, Linares/La Esperanza (AND-J) E226 RA??OL?? 1700km
89.8 1204 E RNE Radio Clásica, Herencia Navajo (CAM-CR) Presumed with classical 1566km
90.0 1204 E RNE Radio Clásica, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) Presumed with classical
1740km
91.6 1204 E Radio Andalucía Información, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E333 1740km
92.0 1204 E Onda Cero, Granada/San Gabriel (AND-GR) E2EE 1800km
98.6 1205 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Valdepeñas/Cabeza de Buey (CAM-CR) E396 RCM_____
1637km
99.5 1205 E Europa FM, Granada/San Gabriel (AND-GR) E2ED 1800km
100.6 1208 E Canal Sur Radio, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E332 1740km
101.4 1208 E Radio Alhendín FM, Cerro de las Eras (AND-GR) E088 1811km
102.8 1208 E Radio Radio Network, Las Gabias (AND-GR) 22DE 1809km
90.0 1210 E RNE Radio Clásica, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E212 RNE-CLAS 1740km
93.3 1212 E Kiss FM, La Guardia/Peña de San Cristóbal (AND-J) E2EC KISS_FM_ 1742km
93.8 1212 E Radiolé, Alhaurin el Grande/Sierra de Mijas (AND-MA) Jinglel ID 1879km
94.2 1212 E COPE, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E2CA __COPE__ 1740km
96.0 1212 E RNE Radio 3, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E213 Radio_?? 1740km
98.6 1212 MRC MFM Oriental, Al Hoceïma/Palomas (tht) 1283 __MFM___ 2022km
95.3 1213 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, Al Hoceïma/Palomas (tht) 1B01 2022km
88.5 1215 MRC Médi 1, Al Hoceïma/Palomas (tht) Presumed with Arab/French OM 2022km
91.1 1215 E RNE Radio Clásica, Illora/Monte Parapanda (AND-GR) E212 RN?????? 1791km
Unidentified:
93.2 1148 E? PI: F0F0. PI search suggests Radio Maria from the Canaries ?? I doubt
conditions would have supported this.
107.4 1149 E PI: 0218
102.3 1153 MRC SNRT Quran, ? FM List PI search suggests this is AOE 1204 SNRT-Cor
90.4 1156 E PI: E7E5 Rap music
93.2 1200 E PI: FF28 TROPIC@L
An unexpected Es opening to Spain and Morocco! I understand this is the third Es opening this week. I was by the receiver during one of the other openings and I did not receive anything. The other I was out. Unusual to have so many Es openings so far away from the main season.
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.
87.7 1144 E Europa FM, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E2ED EUROPAFM 1591km
87.9 1144 E M80 Radio, Alagón (ARA-Z) E21E 1270km
88.4 1144 E RNE Radio Clásica, Caravaca de la Cruz (MUR-MU) E212 ????CLAS 1680km
88.4 1144 MRC MFM Oriental, Taourirt (otl) 1283 __MFM___ 2102km
90.4 1144 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Carboneras/Mesa del Roldán (AND-AL) E331 1810km
90.6 1144 E Solo Radio, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E1E2 ?H????IN 1630km
91.8 1144 E RNE Radio Nacional, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E211 RNE_1___ 1590km
92.7 1144 E Kiss FM, Albacete (CAM-AB) E2EC KISS_FM_ 1584km
93.6 1144 E RNE Radio Clásica, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E212 RNE-CLAS 1590km
94.4 1144 E RNE Radio Clásica, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) Classical, as 93.6 1762km
94.6 1144 E RNE Radio Nacional, Alpicat (CAT-L) OM, as 94.7 1277km
95.0 1144 E AB 95 FM, Albacete (CAM-AB) IDd as Albacete Noventa y Cinco. E206 AB??????
1584km
95.3 1144 E SER, Lorca (MUR-MU) PI reg logged: E639 __SER___ 1727km
95.4 1144 E Cadena 100, Albacete (CAM-AB) E2CE CAD-100_ 1581km
96.3 1144 E RNE Radio 3, La Muela (ARA-Z) E213 R?dio_?? 1290km
96.6 1144 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Boukhouali (Taourirt) (otl) 1201 SNRT-Nat 2105km
96.9 1144 E Radio María, Madrid/Torre de Valencia (MAD-M) E1CC R.Maria_ 1447km
97.0 1144 E Radio María, Lorca (MUR-MU) OM and YL, as 96.9 1731km
97.1 1144 E RNE Radio Clásica, Águilas (MUR-MU) E212 RN????AS 1748km
97.2 1144 E SER, Caravaca de la Cruz (MUR-MU) EA39 1678km
97.5 1144 E RNE Radio Nacional, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E211 1630km
97.5 1144 MRC Médi 1, Boukhouali (Taourirt) (otl) 1281 2105km
97.8 1144 E Radio Vida, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E080 R._VIDA_ ALBACETE
97.8_FM_ __968___ _353030_ 1591km
99.5 1145 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) E215 RNE_5-AL 1762km
100.3 1145 E SER, Benidorm/Serra Gelada (VAL-A) Slightly different PS to the one listed
E239 __SER___ 1623km
100.7 1145 E Onda Regional Murcia, Cehegín (MUR-MU) PI unlisted in FM List E201 1682km
101.0 1145 MRC MFM Oriental, Oujda/Meghrez (otl) 1283 __MF???? 2057km
101.5 1145 E RNE Radio 3, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E213 1630km
102.4 1145 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E396 ??DI???? ??ST????
1630km
102.9 1145 MRC Médi 1, Oujda/Meghrez (otl) 1281 _MEDI_1_ 2057km
103.9 1145 E RNE Radio 3, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) E213 1762km
104.0 1145 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E396
RADIO___ CASTILLA LAMANCHA RCM_____ 1590km
93.4 1147 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Boukhouali (Taourirt) (otl) 1202 SNRT-Int 2105km
96.4 1147 E Radiolé, Albacete (CAM-AB) Vocal ID 1584km
97.4 1147 E COPE, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E2CA __COPE__ 1591km
88.0 1148 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Vélez-Rubio (AND-AL) E331 1732km
88.1 1148 E Onda Cero, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E2EE ONDACERO 1590km
88.8 1148 E SER, Almería (AND-AL) Briefly over Belmont E239 1812km
89.2 1148 E COPE, Lorca (MUR-MU) Lorca ads E2CA 1729km
89.6 1148 E Los 40 Principales, Albacete-Norte (CAM-AB) E235 CU??EN?? 1579km
89.9 1148 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E215 ??E_???? 1630km
90.8 1148 E M80 Radio, Albacete (CAM-AB) Not the listed PI code E230 1584km
91.1 1148 E Onda Regional Murcia, Caravaca de la Cruz (MUR-MU) E201 1678km
91.2 1148 E RNE Radio Nacional, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) E211 RNE_1___ 1762km
103.2 1149 E Radio Andalucía Información, Almería (AND-AL) E333 1827km
104.8 1149 E Canal Sur Radio, Pechina/Sierra Alhamilla (AND-AL) E332 CANALSUR ALMERIA_
1810km
102.5 1153 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Pechina/Sierra Alhamilla (AND-AL) E331 C.FIESTA 1810km
97.8 1154 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Villanueva de la Jara (CAM-CU) E396 RADIO___
CASTILLA LAMANCHA RCM_____ 1535km
99.9 1154 MRC Médi 1, Zaio (otl) 1281 _MEDI_1_ 2036km
91.8 1155 E Cadena Dial, Baza/Cerro del Jabalcón (AND-GR) Different PI to that in FM List
E237 DIAL____ 1750km
94.0 1155 E RNE Radio Nacional, Munera (CAM-AB) E211 RN?????? 1584km
96.4 1155 E Radio Sierra, La Puerta de Segura/Yelmo (AND-J) FFFF R_????RA ?4??9???
1672km
87.6 1156 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benidorm/Serra Gelada (VAL-A) E211 1623km
87.6 1156 E Candil Radio, Huércal de Almería (AND-AL) EB02 Candil__ 1822km
89.0 1156 E Canal Fiesta Radio, La Puerta de Segura/Yelmo (AND-J) E331 C.Fi???? 1672km
89.5 1156 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Macael-Cantera de la Alta (AND-AL) Fiesta music, as 89.0
1773km
89.6 1156 MRC Médi 1, Nador (otl) PS different to FM List 1281 _M?????? 2016km
89.6 1156 E Onda Cero, Melilla (MEL-ML) E2EE ONDACERO 2002km
92.2 1156 E SER, Melilla (MEL-ML) Different PS to FM List E239 SER_____ 2002km
88.0 1200 E SER, Tarancón (CAM-CU) Different PS to FM List E239 __SER___ 1483km
90.6 1200 E Cadena Dial, Villacarrillo (AND-J) E274 1804km
91.4 1200 E Radio Surco, Tomelloso (CAM-CR) E206 R.SURCO_ 1579km
92.2 1200 E SER, Las Pedroñeras (CAM-CU) Top of the hour ID 1538km
92.6 1200 E RNE Radio Nacional, Baza/Cerro del Jabalcón (AND-GR) Full ID on the hour
1750km
97.1 1200 E M80 Radio, Las Pedroñeras (CAM-CU) E230 M80RADIO LAMANCHA TFNO:600 5595____
1541km
89.3 1204 E Radiolé, Linares/La Esperanza (AND-J) E226 RA??OL?? 1700km
89.8 1204 E RNE Radio Clásica, Herencia Navajo (CAM-CR) Presumed with classical 1566km
90.0 1204 E RNE Radio Clásica, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) Presumed with classical
1740km
91.6 1204 E Radio Andalucía Información, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E333 1740km
92.0 1204 E Onda Cero, Granada/San Gabriel (AND-GR) E2EE 1800km
98.6 1205 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Valdepeñas/Cabeza de Buey (CAM-CR) E396 RCM_____
1637km
99.5 1205 E Europa FM, Granada/San Gabriel (AND-GR) E2ED 1800km
100.6 1208 E Canal Sur Radio, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E332 1740km
101.4 1208 E Radio Alhendín FM, Cerro de las Eras (AND-GR) E088 1811km
102.8 1208 E Radio Radio Network, Las Gabias (AND-GR) 22DE 1809km
90.0 1210 E RNE Radio Clásica, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E212 RNE-CLAS 1740km
93.3 1212 E Kiss FM, La Guardia/Peña de San Cristóbal (AND-J) E2EC KISS_FM_ 1742km
93.8 1212 E Radiolé, Alhaurin el Grande/Sierra de Mijas (AND-MA) Jinglel ID 1879km
94.2 1212 E COPE, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E2CA __COPE__ 1740km
96.0 1212 E RNE Radio 3, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E213 Radio_?? 1740km
98.6 1212 MRC MFM Oriental, Al Hoceïma/Palomas (tht) 1283 __MFM___ 2022km
95.3 1213 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, Al Hoceïma/Palomas (tht) 1B01 2022km
88.5 1215 MRC Médi 1, Al Hoceïma/Palomas (tht) Presumed with Arab/French OM 2022km
91.1 1215 E RNE Radio Clásica, Illora/Monte Parapanda (AND-GR) E212 RN?????? 1791km
Unidentified:
93.2 1148 E? PI: F0F0. PI search suggests Radio Maria from the Canaries ?? I doubt
conditions would have supported this.
107.4 1149 E PI: 0218
102.3 1153 MRC SNRT Quran, ? FM List PI search suggests this is AOE 1204 SNRT-Cor
90.4 1156 E PI: E7E5 Rap music
93.2 1200 E PI: FF28 TROPIC@L
An unexpected Es opening to Spain and Morocco! I understand this is the third Es opening this week. I was by the receiver during one of the other openings and I did not receive anything. The other I was out. Unusual to have so many Es openings so far away from the main season.
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.
Skegness Log: 25-10-15 (MW)
711 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Tainan (TN) Interval signal just peeping through
the noise Vweak 9753 km
1566 1700 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) FEBC jingle and time pips. YL ID Fair 9067 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle theme in Radio
Farda gap Weak 9410 km
972 1900 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Time signal and ID Weak 8740 km
East Asia gently returns to medium wave this afternoon. But of all these, only VOA Thailand has been heard consistently over the last few days. Listen for the Yankee Doodle theme behind Radio Farda. 1700 is currently the most favourable time.
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.
the noise Vweak 9753 km
1566 1700 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) FEBC jingle and time pips. YL ID Fair 9067 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle theme in Radio
Farda gap Weak 9410 km
972 1900 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Time signal and ID Weak 8740 km
East Asia gently returns to medium wave this afternoon. But of all these, only VOA Thailand has been heard consistently over the last few days. Listen for the Yankee Doodle theme behind Radio Farda. 1700 is currently the most favourable time.
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, 24 October 2015
Skegness Log: 24-10-15 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
92.0 0259 D Radio PSR, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Full toh ID 881km
88.0 0300 D BR Klassik, Gelbelsee (bay) Bayerischer Rundfunk ID and gong. 905km **
88.4 0300 D Bayern 2, Pfaffenberg (bay) YL ID 712km
91.1 0300 D SWR2, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert from BRF 835km
91.8 0300 D SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert 813km
92.2 0300 D SWR3, Stuttgart-Degerloch (bwü) SWR3 overnight service 789km
92.6 0300 D SWR2, Blauen (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert 793km
92.8 0300 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk ID 904km
92.9 0300 D UNID, SWR1, Langenbrand or Mühlacker SWR1 ID
93.8 0400 D SWR2, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) SWR2 ID 586km
94.3 0400 D SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) SWR3 ID PI logged: D3A3 813km
94.8 0400 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) ORF Radio Salzburg ID.
Noise free 1080km
95.3 0400 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) PI logged: D366 712km
95.8 0400 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) PI logged: D313 942km
95.8 0400 D WDR 5, Ederkopf (nrw) Full ID on the hour 592km
96.5 0400 D SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) SWR3 ID 786km
96.8 0400 D Bayern 1, Hoher Bogen (bay) Bayern Eins ID 975km
97.3 0400 F France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Vocal ID 709km
97.5 0400 D MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) MDR Info ID 768km
97.8 0400 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) SWR Eins Baden
Württemberg ID 717km
98.1 0400 D SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) SWR3 ID 835km
98.6 0400 D WDR 5, Olsberg (nrw) WDR Funf ID 592km
98.8 0400 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) SWR Eins Baden Württemberg ID 786km
99.0 0400 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) OE3 ID 1080km
99.1 0400 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) D3A1 SWR1_R?_ 656km
88.4 0500 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) MDR Figaro ID 843km
89.1 0500 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Radio Zurnal ID on the hour 947km
89.8 0500 D MDR JUMP, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Full ID on the hour 904km
90.0 0500 D SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Full ID on the hour 593km
90.4 0500 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Full ID on the hour 843km **
90.7 0500 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311 942km
91.5 0500 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) PI logged: D3C2 PS logged: MDR_JUMP 712km
91.6 0500 D Bayern 2, Hoher Bogen (bay) Full ID on the hour 975km
92.1 0500 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) PI logged: D382 PS logged: _NDR_2__ 707km
93.8 0600 D SWR3, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Full ID on the hour 799km
94.2 0600 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Full ID on the hour 793km
94.8 0600 D Bayern 1, Bamberg/Geisberg (bay) Full ID on the hour 826km **
95.0 0600 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) Full ID on the hour 678km
95.2 0600 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Full ID on the hour 793km
95.9 0600 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbiet (rlp) Full ID on the hour 685km
96.0 0600 D Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) PI logged: D312 865km
96.3 0600 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Full ID on the hour 732km
96.7 0600 D hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Full ID on the hour. Clobbering semi-local
KLFM 647km
87.6 0700 D BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Full ID on the hour 878km
92.0 0700 D SWR2, Donnersberg (rlp) Full ID on the hour 656km
94.7 0800 D Bayern 3, Hoher Bogen (bay) Full ID on the hour 975km
96.9 0800 D MDR JUMP, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Still dominating Viking FM 793km
98.5 0800 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) Full ID on the hour 1024km
98.7 0800 D AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) D04E AFNEAGLE
D04E AFNEAGLE 647km
90.3 1006 F France Musique, Sarrebourg/le Donon (57) OM, as 88.7 704km **
88.2 1008 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) YL, as web 812km
93.4 1018 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Harry Chapin song, as web 712km
92.7 1019 D hr3, Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web 712km
92.5 1021 D MDR Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Suddenly over Manningtree 739km
91.7 1022 D MDR Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Tepid Chocolate song, as 92.5 793km
106.9 1027 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) OM, as 105.3 942km
105.7 1028 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) OM, as 105.7 1024km
98.4 1030 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) ID and Stephan Hauer 748km
100.9 1035 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D368 729km
91.4 1039 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Wet Wet Wet song, as web 947km
105.0 1046 D Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) Jingle ID 698km
104.1 1047 CZE Frekvence 1, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Just hiding behind UNID 947km
101.9 1053 D Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) D318 Swamping Peterborough 729km
100.3 1054 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) Planet Radio promo 677km
99.0 1057 F France Culture, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) I was convinced I heard this
yesterday but just assumed I was imagining it. Choppy signal but
clear. Several 30 second slow fade-ins/outs, as 98.0 in Hoher Meissner
fade. 1149km **
99.0 1114 F France Bleu Périgord, Bergerac/Audrix (24) YL, as web 921km
** Personal 'First'
I am so glad I made several top of the hour recordings overnight. Had I not done this I would not have logged two new Bavarian sites: Gelbelsee and Bamberg.
Plzen was still instantly RDSing at 0300 and 0400. Austria also peaked nicely at 0400. There were still plenty of few strong signals around, but my biggest surprise was the reception of France Culture, Marseille, on 99.0! I was so sure I heard this yesterday but for some reason I couldn't log it. I thought it was my imagination or some tropo-like meteor burst. The signal returned three times this morning and for about 30 seconds each time. Clearly not meteor scatter at all. The tropo maps did not suggest this path would be available to me, but then this was the super-tropo which nobody forecast! Even more surprising was the return of France Bleu Perigord from Bergerac, also on 99.0, which came back to dominate 99.0 shortly afterwards.
May we have another tropo like this very soon!
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.
92.0 0259 D Radio PSR, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Full toh ID 881km
88.0 0300 D BR Klassik, Gelbelsee (bay) Bayerischer Rundfunk ID and gong. 905km **
88.4 0300 D Bayern 2, Pfaffenberg (bay) YL ID 712km
91.1 0300 D SWR2, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert from BRF 835km
91.8 0300 D SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert 813km
92.2 0300 D SWR3, Stuttgart-Degerloch (bwü) SWR3 overnight service 789km
92.6 0300 D SWR2, Blauen (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert 793km
92.8 0300 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk ID 904km
92.9 0300 D UNID, SWR1, Langenbrand or Mühlacker SWR1 ID
93.8 0400 D SWR2, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) SWR2 ID 586km
94.3 0400 D SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) SWR3 ID PI logged: D3A3 813km
94.8 0400 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) ORF Radio Salzburg ID.
Noise free 1080km
95.3 0400 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) PI logged: D366 712km
95.8 0400 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) PI logged: D313 942km
95.8 0400 D WDR 5, Ederkopf (nrw) Full ID on the hour 592km
96.5 0400 D SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) SWR3 ID 786km
96.8 0400 D Bayern 1, Hoher Bogen (bay) Bayern Eins ID 975km
97.3 0400 F France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Vocal ID 709km
97.5 0400 D MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) MDR Info ID 768km
97.8 0400 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) SWR Eins Baden
Württemberg ID 717km
98.1 0400 D SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) SWR3 ID 835km
98.6 0400 D WDR 5, Olsberg (nrw) WDR Funf ID 592km
98.8 0400 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) SWR Eins Baden Württemberg ID 786km
99.0 0400 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) OE3 ID 1080km
99.1 0400 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) D3A1 SWR1_R?_ 656km
88.4 0500 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) MDR Figaro ID 843km
89.1 0500 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Radio Zurnal ID on the hour 947km
89.8 0500 D MDR JUMP, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Full ID on the hour 904km
90.0 0500 D SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Full ID on the hour 593km
90.4 0500 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Full ID on the hour 843km **
90.7 0500 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311 942km
91.5 0500 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) PI logged: D3C2 PS logged: MDR_JUMP 712km
91.6 0500 D Bayern 2, Hoher Bogen (bay) Full ID on the hour 975km
92.1 0500 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) PI logged: D382 PS logged: _NDR_2__ 707km
93.8 0600 D SWR3, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Full ID on the hour 799km
94.2 0600 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Full ID on the hour 793km
94.8 0600 D Bayern 1, Bamberg/Geisberg (bay) Full ID on the hour 826km **
95.0 0600 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) Full ID on the hour 678km
95.2 0600 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Full ID on the hour 793km
95.9 0600 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbiet (rlp) Full ID on the hour 685km
96.0 0600 D Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) PI logged: D312 865km
96.3 0600 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Full ID on the hour 732km
96.7 0600 D hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Full ID on the hour. Clobbering semi-local
KLFM 647km
87.6 0700 D BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Full ID on the hour 878km
92.0 0700 D SWR2, Donnersberg (rlp) Full ID on the hour 656km
94.7 0800 D Bayern 3, Hoher Bogen (bay) Full ID on the hour 975km
96.9 0800 D MDR JUMP, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Still dominating Viking FM 793km
98.5 0800 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) Full ID on the hour 1024km
98.7 0800 D AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) D04E AFNEAGLE
D04E AFNEAGLE 647km
90.3 1006 F France Musique, Sarrebourg/le Donon (57) OM, as 88.7 704km **
88.2 1008 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) YL, as web 812km
93.4 1018 D Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Harry Chapin song, as web 712km
92.7 1019 D hr3, Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web 712km
92.5 1021 D MDR Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Suddenly over Manningtree 739km
91.7 1022 D MDR Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Tepid Chocolate song, as 92.5 793km
106.9 1027 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) OM, as 105.3 942km
105.7 1028 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) OM, as 105.7 1024km
98.4 1030 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) ID and Stephan Hauer 748km
100.9 1035 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D368 729km
91.4 1039 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Wet Wet Wet song, as web 947km
105.0 1046 D Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) Jingle ID 698km
104.1 1047 CZE Frekvence 1, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Just hiding behind UNID 947km
101.9 1053 D Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) D318 Swamping Peterborough 729km
100.3 1054 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) Planet Radio promo 677km
99.0 1057 F France Culture, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) I was convinced I heard this
yesterday but just assumed I was imagining it. Choppy signal but
clear. Several 30 second slow fade-ins/outs, as 98.0 in Hoher Meissner
fade. 1149km **
99.0 1114 F France Bleu Périgord, Bergerac/Audrix (24) YL, as web 921km
** Personal 'First'
I am so glad I made several top of the hour recordings overnight. Had I not done this I would not have logged two new Bavarian sites: Gelbelsee and Bamberg.
Plzen was still instantly RDSing at 0300 and 0400. Austria also peaked nicely at 0400. There were still plenty of few strong signals around, but my biggest surprise was the reception of France Culture, Marseille, on 99.0! I was so sure I heard this yesterday but for some reason I couldn't log it. I thought it was my imagination or some tropo-like meteor burst. The signal returned three times this morning and for about 30 seconds each time. Clearly not meteor scatter at all. The tropo maps did not suggest this path would be available to me, but then this was the super-tropo which nobody forecast! Even more surprising was the return of France Bleu Perigord from Bergerac, also on 99.0, which came back to dominate 99.0 shortly afterwards.
May we have another tropo like this very soon!
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, 23 October 2015
Skegness Log: 23-10-15 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
99.8 0921 F France Inter, Metz/Luttange (57) Lively French chat, as 103.7 599km
106.8 0922 F France Info, Metz/Luttange (57) OM, as 105.2 599km
106.2 0923 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Italian phone caller, as 107.8 892km
106.3 0924 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Jingle ID 707km
98.4 0929 F France Culture, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL, as 98.0 842km
92.4 0933 F France Musique, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) Classical, as 88.7 917km
87.7 0934 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) YL and OM, as 98.0. Noisy 709km
88.2 0935 F France Culture, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) YL, as 98.0 853km
99.9 0936 SUI RTS La Première, Säntis (ar) Brief peak over Radio Norwich 917km
98.7 0938 F France Inter, Besançon/Montfaucon (25) YL and OM, as 98.0 774km
97.4 0945 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_ 712km
99.0 0946 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) YL and phone caller, as web 684km
99.5 0946 D NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) YL, as web 707km
95.4 0950 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) 43B2 917km
105.6 0951 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) 43B3 _SET____ _JAMES__ etc. 917km
107.3 0954 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Chasseral (be) Italian OM, as 107.8 823km
105.1 0955 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) FFH Reporter 684km
101.7 1000 D hr4, Hoher Meißner (hes) News, as web 684km
101.4 1001 D Radio SAW, Brocken (san) Sachsen Anhalt traffic news, as web 712km
89.5 1007 D hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) Adele song, as web 684km
96.0 1015 F France Inter, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) OMs, as 103.7 853km **
95.5 1016 F France Musique, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL, as 88.7 842km **
87.9 1022 F France Inter, Pic du Midi (65) Just audible mixing Omroep Zeeland. Discussion
show, as web 1136km
87.9 1024 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) OMs, as web 739km
96.0 1109 D Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) Light song, as web 865km
90.7 1110 D Bayern 1, Ochsenkopf (bay) Nik Kershaw track, as web 865km
102.3 1114 SUI RTS La Première, Chasseral (be) OM and YL discussion, as 99.9 823km **
103.8 1115 SUI Radio SRF 3, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Pops, as 105.6 892km
106.9 1117 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) ID and Depeche Mode song 843km
107.8 1121 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) 43E1 RETE_UNO 917km
96.6 1122 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Classical, as 95.4 892km
104.8 1128 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Ads, as web 729km
105.3 1131 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Interview, as web 732km
106.7 1133 D Landeswelle Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) OM, as web, competing
with Langenberg 793km
107.3 1133 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops, as web 729km
107.6 1134 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Rasmus, as web 788km
107.9 1136 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical, as web 732km
90.4 1201 F France Inter, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) News, as 103.7 842km
99.4 1207 D Bayern 3, Ochsenkopf (bay) Jingle ID 865km
105.9 1237 D MDR Info, Oschatz/Collmberg (sac) OM, as web 887km **
105.8 1238 SUI Radio SRF 3, Niederhorn (Beatenberg) (be) Pops, as 105.6 892km
97.2 1239 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Niederhorn (Beatenberg) (be) Classical, as 95.4 892km
103.2 1241 D Antenne Bayern, Ochsenkopf (bay) Gangstas Paradijs, as web 865km
100.3 1247 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Ochsenkopf (bay) OM, as web 865km
107.1 1302 D B5 aktuell, Ochsenkopf (bay) YL news, as 105.7 865km
107.7 1303 D R.SA, Fichtelberg (Erzgebirge) (sac) Vocal ID after news 918km
103.4 1314 F France Info, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) F206 __INFO__ 917km
99.8 1315 F France Inter, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) F201 __INTER_ 917km
105.0 1319 D Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) Pops, as 105.1 698km
98.7 1341 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) Pops, as web 942km
98.5 1345 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) OM and YL, as web 1024km
95.8 1351 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Rock song, as web 942km
88.6 1404 F France Culture, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) YL and beats, as 98.0 781km **
91.6 1405 F France Musique, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) Chanting, as 88.7 781km
101.4 1412 F France Bleu Alsace, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French song, as web 709km
101.1 1414 F France Info, Gex/Montrond (01) OM ID 858km **
88.7 1419 D Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Over Lille. OM and YL, as web 942km
89.6 1420 F France Musique, Gex/Montrond (01) Classical, as 88.7 858km
105.0 1424 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Ads, as web 922km
89.8 1429 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) German song,
as web 799km
91.5 1432 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) PI logged: D3C2 PS logged: MDR_JUMP 712km
93.8 1440 D SWR3, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Pops, as web 799km
104.0 1448 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) DB04 SWR4_FR_ 799km
93.3 1457 F France Musique, Chaumont-Langres/Chalindrey (52) Harpsichord, as 88.7 694km
93.3 1459 AUT Ö1, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) YL monotonous talk, OM and ID 917km
102.1 1501 AUT FM 4, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) US accented news, as web 917km **
97.9 1503 D SWR2, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) YL news, as web 799km
98.2 1503 AUT Ö2 - Radio Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) YL, as web 917km
99.7 1511 F France Musique, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) Classical, as 88.7 853km **
91.1 1517 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) OM and YL business talk,
as web 1084km
89.2 1521 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Blauen (bwü) IDs. SWR1 Hitparade 793km
107.6 1523 D B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) Echoey YL, as 105.7 871km
87.6 1528 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) Modern Talking song, as 91.4 1219km
87.6 1530 D BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Plucking string piece, as 107.9 878km **
91.8 1535 D SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) OM, as web 813km
103.0 1538 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) Achy Breaky country song, as web 942km
105.7 1543 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) D315 B5_Akt__ 1024km
105.4 1544 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Pops, as web 904km
105.1 1545 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Blauen (bwü) YL, as web 793km
90.6 1547 D hr1, Hardberg (hes) OM, as web 712km
89.5 1548 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 Bayern_2 1024km
106.5 1559 AUT Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) YL, as web 917km
91.4 1603 D Bayern 1, Büttelberg (bay) Weather and ID 812km
87.9 1605 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Sankt Chrischona [SUI bs] (bwü) Pops, as 89.8.
Very weak 810km
103.6 1633 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) ID and pops 687km
103.6 1637 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) ID after pops 650km
100.0 1642 D Radio PSR, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Pops, as web 904km **
89.8 1643 D MDR JUMP, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Pops and ID 904km **
107.4 1648 D MDR Figaro, Magdeburg/Burg Kapaunberg (san) OM, as 87.7 782km
107.7 1651 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as 103.2 1034km
91.7 1709 D MDR Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) La Bionda blast from the
past, as web 793km
92.2 1711 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) Sports commentary, as web 951km **
89.9 1723 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Ješted (LI) Czech YL, fighting with Germany and
something else. 1038km
104.5 1729 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) OM, as web 991km
98.4 1732 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) ID in traffic news 748km
100.4 1733 D Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Pops, as web 748km
100.6 1735 D Antenne Bayern, Dillberg (bay) Pops, as 103.2 878km
91.4 1738 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 _IMPULS_ 947km
89.1 1740 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F R-ZURNAL 947km
101.7 1744 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232E R-DVOJKA 947km
101.6 1753 D hr4, Hardberg (hes) Schlager, as web 712km
99.0 1757 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) ID, .at ads, as web.
Almost noise free 1080km
104.6 1802 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) OMs, as web 1080km
101.8 1806 AUT Antenne Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Pops, as web 1080km **
102.0 1807 CZE Radio Impuls, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Czech pops, as 91.4 991km
92.5 1809 D MDR Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Jingle ID 739km
92.7 1809 D hr3, Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web 712km
100.6 1810 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) YL and musical bursts,
as web 834km
101.0 1811 D BR Klassik, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Classical, as web 942km
94.2 1820 D Bayern 2, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) Alternative music, as web 961km **
95.0 1823 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) OM, as web 678km
95.2 1824 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Classical, as 87.9 793km
97.8 1836 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) ID after rock song 717km
102.8 1837 D Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) Jingle ID 717km
103.4 1847 D ANTENNE 1, Raichberg (bwü) German pop, as web 813km
102.9 1856 CZE Radio Impuls, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1084km **
104.1 1911 CZE Frekvence 1, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 RADIO_F1 947km
101.2 1914 D hr3, Habichtswald (hes) German pop, as web 647km
97.5 1918 D MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) YL and OM feature, as web 768km
94.3 1923 D SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) IDs by OM presenter 813km
91.6 1925 D Bayern 2, Hoher Bogen (bay) Chorale, as web 975km
97.9 1954 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Ješted (LI) OM, then vocal harmonies, as web 1038km
98.8 1956 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) Soft rock song, as 98.7 786km **
92.6 2003 D SWR2, Blauen (bwü) Opera, as web 793km
93.4 2009 CZE Frekvence 1, Jihlava/Javorice (VY) Pink song, as 104.1 1131km **
88.5 2011 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) Just audible, mixing
BBC R2. Pops, as web 1091km
97.0 2020 D SWR3, Blauen (bwü) Jack Michaelson song, as web 793km
98.1 2021 D SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) Jack Michaelson song, as 97.0 835km
106.0 2026 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) German rap, as 105.4 881km
102.8 2029 F France Bleu Besançon, Besançon/Montfaucon (25) YL, as 94.7 774km
95.9 2042 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Liberec/Ješted (LI) Czech OM, as web 1038km
99.0 2049 F France Bleu Périgord, Bergerac/Audrix (24) Phone in, as 94.7 921km **
105.0 2051 F France Bleu Touraine, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) Phone-in, as 94.7 646km
100.7 2059 F France Inter, Guéret/Signal du Maupuy (23) YL then interview, as 103.7 785km
88.2 2237 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) OM, as web 812km **
93.5 2240 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) D301 SWR1_BW_ 748km
93.7 2243 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D311 1024km
94.8 2244 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 Radio_S_ 1080km
102.2 2252 D Antenne Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, briefly over Lincs FM 739km
102.7 2253 D Antenne Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D3F8 ANT.THUE 793km
88.4 2301 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Opera, as 87.9 843km **
96.8 2307 D Bayern 1, Hoher Bogen (bay) SWR Hitnacht relay 975km
96.9 2308 D MDR JUMP, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D3C2 MDR_____ 793km
96.5 2323 D SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) Pops, as web 786km **
96.5 2325 D Bayern 2, Brotjacklriegel (bay) Folky music, as web. Thanks to
Nick for the tip. 1021km **
97.3 2355 F France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) OM, as 103.7 709km
** Personal 'First'
Another excellent and mind-boggling tropo and I think the most widespread tropo I have ever known. The propagation path spread from northern Spain, right through to northern Germany, with these and all areas between coming through simultaneously! Complete madness!
I was expecting Poland to make an appearance when conditions spread into northern parts of the Czech Republic, but it didn't materialise.
The Swiss tropo was the strongest I have known but, unlike the last time I had good levels from Switzerland (September 23rd 2013), going vertical did not bring in any low power transmitters. All signals peaked mid-evening, bringing Bavarian transmitters up to 61dB. The Czech Republic reached a whopping 54dB too. Again, bear in mind that I am using a 20dB pre-amp so subtract 20dB from these figures for reality.
And this was the tropo which wasn't forecast! Luckily there were countless alerts flying around the Skywaves groups. How did they get it so wrong? Switzerland and the Czech Republic were received from as far as north-western England!
Recordings:
94.8 ORF Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1159 23-10-15 https://app.box.com/s/b29rr69jc7imsqt1mrvzaa3c3iw8nurc
106.5 Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1601 23-10-15 https://app.box.com/s/q0mqfu6pdbz3eepfs1952kk9ek10pwyf
107.7 R SH, Fichtelberg 1400 23-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/5d0n74q1tt44mga6zjkgjl15jy2hhx63
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.
99.8 0921 F France Inter, Metz/Luttange (57) Lively French chat, as 103.7 599km
106.8 0922 F France Info, Metz/Luttange (57) OM, as 105.2 599km
106.2 0923 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Italian phone caller, as 107.8 892km
106.3 0924 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Jingle ID 707km
98.4 0929 F France Culture, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL, as 98.0 842km
92.4 0933 F France Musique, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) Classical, as 88.7 917km
87.7 0934 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) YL and OM, as 98.0. Noisy 709km
88.2 0935 F France Culture, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) YL, as 98.0 853km
99.9 0936 SUI RTS La Première, Säntis (ar) Brief peak over Radio Norwich 917km
98.7 0938 F France Inter, Besançon/Montfaucon (25) YL and OM, as 98.0 774km
97.4 0945 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_ 712km
99.0 0946 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) YL and phone caller, as web 684km
99.5 0946 D NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) YL, as web 707km
95.4 0950 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) 43B2 917km
105.6 0951 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) 43B3 _SET____ _JAMES__ etc. 917km
107.3 0954 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Chasseral (be) Italian OM, as 107.8 823km
105.1 0955 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) FFH Reporter 684km
101.7 1000 D hr4, Hoher Meißner (hes) News, as web 684km
101.4 1001 D Radio SAW, Brocken (san) Sachsen Anhalt traffic news, as web 712km
89.5 1007 D hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) Adele song, as web 684km
96.0 1015 F France Inter, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) OMs, as 103.7 853km **
95.5 1016 F France Musique, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL, as 88.7 842km **
87.9 1022 F France Inter, Pic du Midi (65) Just audible mixing Omroep Zeeland. Discussion
show, as web 1136km
87.9 1024 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) OMs, as web 739km
96.0 1109 D Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) Light song, as web 865km
90.7 1110 D Bayern 1, Ochsenkopf (bay) Nik Kershaw track, as web 865km
102.3 1114 SUI RTS La Première, Chasseral (be) OM and YL discussion, as 99.9 823km **
103.8 1115 SUI Radio SRF 3, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Pops, as 105.6 892km
106.9 1117 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) ID and Depeche Mode song 843km
107.8 1121 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) 43E1 RETE_UNO 917km
96.6 1122 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Classical, as 95.4 892km
104.8 1128 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Ads, as web 729km
105.3 1131 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Interview, as web 732km
106.7 1133 D Landeswelle Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) OM, as web, competing
with Langenberg 793km
107.3 1133 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops, as web 729km
107.6 1134 D Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Rasmus, as web 788km
107.9 1136 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical, as web 732km
90.4 1201 F France Inter, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) News, as 103.7 842km
99.4 1207 D Bayern 3, Ochsenkopf (bay) Jingle ID 865km
105.9 1237 D MDR Info, Oschatz/Collmberg (sac) OM, as web 887km **
105.8 1238 SUI Radio SRF 3, Niederhorn (Beatenberg) (be) Pops, as 105.6 892km
97.2 1239 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Niederhorn (Beatenberg) (be) Classical, as 95.4 892km
103.2 1241 D Antenne Bayern, Ochsenkopf (bay) Gangstas Paradijs, as web 865km
100.3 1247 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Ochsenkopf (bay) OM, as web 865km
107.1 1302 D B5 aktuell, Ochsenkopf (bay) YL news, as 105.7 865km
107.7 1303 D R.SA, Fichtelberg (Erzgebirge) (sac) Vocal ID after news 918km
103.4 1314 F France Info, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) F206 __INFO__ 917km
99.8 1315 F France Inter, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) F201 __INTER_ 917km
105.0 1319 D Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) Pops, as 105.1 698km
98.7 1341 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) Pops, as web 942km
98.5 1345 D Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) OM and YL, as web 1024km
95.8 1351 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Rock song, as web 942km
88.6 1404 F France Culture, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) YL and beats, as 98.0 781km **
91.6 1405 F France Musique, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) Chanting, as 88.7 781km
101.4 1412 F France Bleu Alsace, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French song, as web 709km
101.1 1414 F France Info, Gex/Montrond (01) OM ID 858km **
88.7 1419 D Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Over Lille. OM and YL, as web 942km
89.6 1420 F France Musique, Gex/Montrond (01) Classical, as 88.7 858km
105.0 1424 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Ads, as web 922km
89.8 1429 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) German song,
as web 799km
91.5 1432 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) PI logged: D3C2 PS logged: MDR_JUMP 712km
93.8 1440 D SWR3, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Pops, as web 799km
104.0 1448 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) DB04 SWR4_FR_ 799km
93.3 1457 F France Musique, Chaumont-Langres/Chalindrey (52) Harpsichord, as 88.7 694km
93.3 1459 AUT Ö1, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) YL monotonous talk, OM and ID 917km
102.1 1501 AUT FM 4, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) US accented news, as web 917km **
97.9 1503 D SWR2, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) YL news, as web 799km
98.2 1503 AUT Ö2 - Radio Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) YL, as web 917km
99.7 1511 F France Musique, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) Classical, as 88.7 853km **
91.1 1517 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) OM and YL business talk,
as web 1084km
89.2 1521 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Blauen (bwü) IDs. SWR1 Hitparade 793km
107.6 1523 D B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) Echoey YL, as 105.7 871km
87.6 1528 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) Modern Talking song, as 91.4 1219km
87.6 1530 D BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Plucking string piece, as 107.9 878km **
91.8 1535 D SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) OM, as web 813km
103.0 1538 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) Achy Breaky country song, as web 942km
105.7 1543 D B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) D315 B5_Akt__ 1024km
105.4 1544 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Pops, as web 904km
105.1 1545 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Blauen (bwü) YL, as web 793km
90.6 1547 D hr1, Hardberg (hes) OM, as web 712km
89.5 1548 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 Bayern_2 1024km
106.5 1559 AUT Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) YL, as web 917km
91.4 1603 D Bayern 1, Büttelberg (bay) Weather and ID 812km
87.9 1605 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Sankt Chrischona [SUI bs] (bwü) Pops, as 89.8.
Very weak 810km
103.6 1633 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) ID and pops 687km
103.6 1637 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) ID after pops 650km
100.0 1642 D Radio PSR, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Pops, as web 904km **
89.8 1643 D MDR JUMP, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Pops and ID 904km **
107.4 1648 D MDR Figaro, Magdeburg/Burg Kapaunberg (san) OM, as 87.7 782km
107.7 1651 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as 103.2 1034km
91.7 1709 D MDR Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) La Bionda blast from the
past, as web 793km
92.2 1711 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) Sports commentary, as web 951km **
89.9 1723 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Ješted (LI) Czech YL, fighting with Germany and
something else. 1038km
104.5 1729 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) OM, as web 991km
98.4 1732 D SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) ID in traffic news 748km
100.4 1733 D Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Pops, as web 748km
100.6 1735 D Antenne Bayern, Dillberg (bay) Pops, as 103.2 878km
91.4 1738 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 _IMPULS_ 947km
89.1 1740 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F R-ZURNAL 947km
101.7 1744 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232E R-DVOJKA 947km
101.6 1753 D hr4, Hardberg (hes) Schlager, as web 712km
99.0 1757 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) ID, .at ads, as web.
Almost noise free 1080km
104.6 1802 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) OMs, as web 1080km
101.8 1806 AUT Antenne Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Pops, as web 1080km **
102.0 1807 CZE Radio Impuls, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Czech pops, as 91.4 991km
92.5 1809 D MDR Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Jingle ID 739km
92.7 1809 D hr3, Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web 712km
100.6 1810 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) YL and musical bursts,
as web 834km
101.0 1811 D BR Klassik, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Classical, as web 942km
94.2 1820 D Bayern 2, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) Alternative music, as web 961km **
95.0 1823 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) OM, as web 678km
95.2 1824 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Classical, as 87.9 793km
97.8 1836 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) ID after rock song 717km
102.8 1837 D Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) Jingle ID 717km
103.4 1847 D ANTENNE 1, Raichberg (bwü) German pop, as web 813km
102.9 1856 CZE Radio Impuls, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1084km **
104.1 1911 CZE Frekvence 1, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 RADIO_F1 947km
101.2 1914 D hr3, Habichtswald (hes) German pop, as web 647km
97.5 1918 D MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) YL and OM feature, as web 768km
94.3 1923 D SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) IDs by OM presenter 813km
91.6 1925 D Bayern 2, Hoher Bogen (bay) Chorale, as web 975km
97.9 1954 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Ješted (LI) OM, then vocal harmonies, as web 1038km
98.8 1956 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) Soft rock song, as 98.7 786km **
92.6 2003 D SWR2, Blauen (bwü) Opera, as web 793km
93.4 2009 CZE Frekvence 1, Jihlava/Javorice (VY) Pink song, as 104.1 1131km **
88.5 2011 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) Just audible, mixing
BBC R2. Pops, as web 1091km
97.0 2020 D SWR3, Blauen (bwü) Jack Michaelson song, as web 793km
98.1 2021 D SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) Jack Michaelson song, as 97.0 835km
106.0 2026 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) German rap, as 105.4 881km
102.8 2029 F France Bleu Besançon, Besançon/Montfaucon (25) YL, as 94.7 774km
95.9 2042 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Liberec/Ješted (LI) Czech OM, as web 1038km
99.0 2049 F France Bleu Périgord, Bergerac/Audrix (24) Phone in, as 94.7 921km **
105.0 2051 F France Bleu Touraine, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) Phone-in, as 94.7 646km
100.7 2059 F France Inter, Guéret/Signal du Maupuy (23) YL then interview, as 103.7 785km
88.2 2237 D Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) OM, as web 812km **
93.5 2240 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) D301 SWR1_BW_ 748km
93.7 2243 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D311 1024km
94.8 2244 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 Radio_S_ 1080km
102.2 2252 D Antenne Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, briefly over Lincs FM 739km
102.7 2253 D Antenne Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D3F8 ANT.THUE 793km
88.4 2301 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Opera, as 87.9 843km **
96.8 2307 D Bayern 1, Hoher Bogen (bay) SWR Hitnacht relay 975km
96.9 2308 D MDR JUMP, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D3C2 MDR_____ 793km
96.5 2323 D SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) Pops, as web 786km **
96.5 2325 D Bayern 2, Brotjacklriegel (bay) Folky music, as web. Thanks to
Nick for the tip. 1021km **
97.3 2355 F France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) OM, as 103.7 709km
** Personal 'First'
Another excellent and mind-boggling tropo and I think the most widespread tropo I have ever known. The propagation path spread from northern Spain, right through to northern Germany, with these and all areas between coming through simultaneously! Complete madness!
I was expecting Poland to make an appearance when conditions spread into northern parts of the Czech Republic, but it didn't materialise.
The Swiss tropo was the strongest I have known but, unlike the last time I had good levels from Switzerland (September 23rd 2013), going vertical did not bring in any low power transmitters. All signals peaked mid-evening, bringing Bavarian transmitters up to 61dB. The Czech Republic reached a whopping 54dB too. Again, bear in mind that I am using a 20dB pre-amp so subtract 20dB from these figures for reality.
And this was the tropo which wasn't forecast! Luckily there were countless alerts flying around the Skywaves groups. How did they get it so wrong? Switzerland and the Czech Republic were received from as far as north-western England!
Recordings:
94.8 ORF Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1159 23-10-15 https://app.box.com/s/b29rr69jc7imsqt1mrvzaa3c3iw8nurc
106.5 Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1601 23-10-15 https://app.box.com/s/q0mqfu6pdbz3eepfs1952kk9ek10pwyf
107.7 R SH, Fichtelberg 1400 23-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/5d0n74q1tt44mga6zjkgjl15jy2hhx63
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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