Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.6 0308 I RAI Radio1, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (RAI) (rm) 5201 __RA??__ 1568km
88.3 0308 I Radio Sportiva, Rocca di Papa (rm) 5244 1568km **
90.3 0308 I Radio Deejay, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5214 ????JAY_ 1568km
90.7 0308 I Tele Radio Più, Rocca di Papa (rm) 5347 1568km
91.2 0308 I RAI Radio2, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (RAI) (rm) 5202 1568km
92.7 0308 I Tele Radio Stereo, Rocca di Papa (rm) 5343 1568km
87.9 0309 I Radio Sportiva, Bologna/Colle Barbiano/Via Santa Liberata (bo)
5244 SP??TIVA 1256km
88.6 0312 I Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 5210 RA??O_?? 1568km
88.1 0339 I RAI Radio1, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5201 1197km
89.0 0339 I RAI Radio2, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) With vocal ID too 5202 ????IO2_ 1197km
89.9 0339 I RAI Radio3, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5203 _R??IO?? 1197km
92.8 0339 I Radio Studio Delta, Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
Cavallo (fc) 53FB De?????? 1328km
93.6 0405 I RAI GR Parlamento, Multi-tx 5206 **
98.1 0405 I RTL 102.5, Casina (re) & Terravecchia (cs) listed 5218
97.4 0412 I RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 __RAI___ _RADI??_ 1136km
93.6 0416 E Los 40 Principales, Segovia & Salamanca listed E235 CU????TA
96.0 0416 E Loca FM, Madrid (MAD-M) E246 1448km **
96.5 0416 E RNE Radio Clásica, Madrid/Torrespaña (MAD-M) Presumed. Same
silence as 98.8 1447km
97.2 0416 E Top Radio Latina, Madrid/Torrespaña (MAD-M) E2E7 1447km
98.8 0416 E RNE Radio Clásica, Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo (MAD-M) E212 1413km
95.3 0432 I RAI Radio2, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ot) Probably Tempo
Pausania 5202 ??ADIO2_ 1521km
98.0 0443 I PrimaRadio-inBlu, Rocchetta Palafea (at) 5B63 PR?????? 1105km
103.7 0510 I UNID, ? 503E
100.6 0538 I RTL 102.5, Multi-tx 5218 RT??????
104.9 0549 E RNE Radio Nacional, Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo (MAD-M) E211 RN?????? 1413km
107.2 0639 I Radio Deejay, Multi-tx 5214 **
** Personal First via this mode
The 9.2 was vertical and beaming at 160 degrees.
The first burst of the morning was one of the strongest I have ever known. Some GOOD (S9+30dB) came in from Rocca di Papa but most of them would not RDS due to co-channel QRM. The RAI stations were not the strongest either. It was like a very brief Es event. Even BBC Radio 3 from Belmont on 90.9 was briefly noised out, such were the strengths.
This afternoon, I connected the FM3 through the HS Publications Antenna Phaser and tuned it against the 9.2. I quickly knocked out Belmont on 98.3. It didn't last though. There were constant reflections from Belmont after the signal had been nulled. It was fine for a few seconds and then bursts back up with RDS moments later, then I need to adjust the phaser to take it out again. I guess the Belmont signal is sufficiently huge around here to be bounced by minor fluctuations in the troposphere and many other things - passing vehicles on nearby roads? I sometimes wonder about the latter, as that's somehow what the fading sounds like - sort of reflected by something briefly, kind of meteor-ish though not quite.
To get 98.3 in the bag I really need a full-blown meteor shower so I can check bursts against web streams, so I will wait until the Geminids or Quadrantids in the hope of more frequent meteor activity so I might nail this difficult frequency. France Culture from Rennes lives on 98.3 and I expect this may be my only hope of achieving my goal.
I might try one more overnight meteor scatter session, then I will hold off until mid December. I need to catch up on some more Es files in the meantime.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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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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