1440 0700 MEX XEEST-AM Quiéreme 14-40, México D.F/Granjas México (dif) Telephone number
aired. Thank you to Henrik Klemetz for listening to my recording and gleaning
this information. I believe this might be a UK FIRST! Weak 8899 km **
1470 0700 MEX XEAI-AM Radio Fórmula 3, México D.F/Granjas Esmeralda (dif)
Forumla de la Noche ID just after the hour. Fair 8904 km
1590 0700 MEX XEVOZ-AM La Mexicana, Los Reyes Acaquilpan (mex) La Mexicana ID, etc. Long
toh ID. Some good signal strengths! Good 8895 km
1650 0700 MEX XEAZR-AM ZER Radio 1650, México D.F. (dif) Zer Radio ID. Another long
toh ID Fair 8898 km
1410 0701 MEX XEBS-AM La Más Perrona, México D.F/Iztacalco (dif) XEBS ID, mentioning La
Más Perron Fair 8901 km **
1380 0713 MEX XECO-AM Romántica 1380, México D.F/Barrio Zapotla (dif) Programme promo for
Sobre Ruedas - in their schedule. Thank you to Mauricio Molano Sánchez for
help. Fair 8900 km **
** Personal First (Skegness)
Possibly the best Mexican night I have ever heard. XEEST 1410 may be a UK First. It's not in the current UK All Time Log.
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.
Friday, 29 January 2016
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-28 (MW)
680 0117 ALS KBRW, Barrow AK. Clear, YL chat, as web stream. Thanks to Jurgen for the
tip. "All Things Considered" and "NPR" heard. Weak 6061 km
570 0122 GRL KNR, Nuuk=Godthåb/Telegrafoen (sms-nuk) Greenlandic OM, as web V weak 3155 km
850 0122 ALS KICY Nome AK. Tenative. YL talk, as web stream. Too weak to be certain but
conditions fit. No ECNA in at the time. V weak 6876 km
650 0123 GRL KNR, Qeqertarsuaq=Godhavn (qaa-qeq) Greenlandic OM, as 570 Fair 3237 km
850 0700 USA WEEI Boston MA. ID - AM 8-50 WEEI and mention of ESPN Radio Fair 5257 km
1450 0700 USA WPGG Atlantic City NJ. ID - 14-50 WPGG and mention of FM station on 104.9
Weak 5670 km
1640 0700 USA WTNI Biloxi (Gulfport) MS. ESPN Radio spoken, WTNI Biloxi and WXPD Biloxi
heard in mess Weak 7294 km
1400 0800 USA WOND Pleasantville NJ. ID - Newstalk 14 Hundred WOND. Dominant over
CBG V weak 5673 km
972 1700 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Time pips, jingle and ID Weak
8740 km
1557 1700 TWN RTI Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Time pips Fair 9715 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle. Clear and above
Euros Fair 9410 km
This is the first time I have heard KBRW in the early hours of the morning. Signal levels were weak and clarity was less than good, probably only 20/30% of speech was understood, but I heard references to "NPR" and "All Things Considered", the name of the programme aired.
KICY is not definite but it fits with the conditions. I have heard KICY before when KBRW has been received during the late afternoons in 2010. ECNA signals were not taking a hold at this time and the YL speech heard did seem match their web stream. It was very weak.
Noise has become an issue again over the last few days. Lots of spurious carriers and whining noises are present again, mostly across the top half of the band. At 1600 this afternoon I was given a brief reminder of the strong hash which has obliterated medium wave for several weeks this season. It returned for a few seconds right across the top of the hour as if to remind me "I'm still here sucker! Mwahahahahaha".
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.
tip. "All Things Considered" and "NPR" heard. Weak 6061 km
570 0122 GRL KNR, Nuuk=Godthåb/Telegrafoen (sms-nuk) Greenlandic OM, as web V weak 3155 km
850 0122 ALS KICY Nome AK. Tenative. YL talk, as web stream. Too weak to be certain but
conditions fit. No ECNA in at the time. V weak 6876 km
650 0123 GRL KNR, Qeqertarsuaq=Godhavn (qaa-qeq) Greenlandic OM, as 570 Fair 3237 km
850 0700 USA WEEI Boston MA. ID - AM 8-50 WEEI and mention of ESPN Radio Fair 5257 km
1450 0700 USA WPGG Atlantic City NJ. ID - 14-50 WPGG and mention of FM station on 104.9
Weak 5670 km
1640 0700 USA WTNI Biloxi (Gulfport) MS. ESPN Radio spoken, WTNI Biloxi and WXPD Biloxi
heard in mess Weak 7294 km
1400 0800 USA WOND Pleasantville NJ. ID - Newstalk 14 Hundred WOND. Dominant over
CBG V weak 5673 km
972 1700 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Time pips, jingle and ID Weak
8740 km
1557 1700 TWN RTI Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Time pips Fair 9715 km
1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle. Clear and above
Euros Fair 9410 km
This is the first time I have heard KBRW in the early hours of the morning. Signal levels were weak and clarity was less than good, probably only 20/30% of speech was understood, but I heard references to "NPR" and "All Things Considered", the name of the programme aired.
KICY is not definite but it fits with the conditions. I have heard KICY before when KBRW has been received during the late afternoons in 2010. ECNA signals were not taking a hold at this time and the YL speech heard did seem match their web stream. It was very weak.
Noise has become an issue again over the last few days. Lots of spurious carriers and whining noises are present again, mostly across the top half of the band. At 1600 this afternoon I was given a brief reminder of the strong hash which has obliterated medium wave for several weeks this season. It returned for a few seconds right across the top of the hour as if to remind me "I'm still here sucker! Mwahahahahaha".
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.
Monday, 25 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-25 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
87.6 0930 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Léglise/Vlessart (wal-lux) Jon Anderson Jethro Tull
promo for Classic 21 6354 524km
88.3 0932 BEL VRT MNM, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
6305 __MNM___ 376km
90.8 0939 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam)
6354 CLASS.21 440km
91.2 0940 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
6353 MUSIQ3__ 376km
92.1 0941 F France Inter, Verdun/Septsarges (55) OM, as 103.7 547km
92.3 0941 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt)
6457 VIVACITE 409km
92.5 0942 BEL RTBF La Première, Bruxelles/Bureau TAE Evere (bru) 600W filler tx
6351 377km
94.4 0946 F France Inter, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) OMs, as 103.7 446km
96.1 0949 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) 6351 PREMIERE 396km
99.5 0951 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) 6353 MUSIQ3__ 459km
101.1 0952 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Wavre (wal-bra) 6355 PURE_FM_ AVENER_ _CASTLE_
_IN_THE_ _SNOW_ 396km
101.3 0953 F France Bleu Picardie, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Jingle ID after
French pop song 446km
101.7 0954 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Salue Blitze promo 628km
101.8 0955 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) Promo for Charleroi Expo
6352 VIVACITE 351km
102.8 0955 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Chillin vibes, as web 328km
103.6 0957 BEL Bel RTL, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Phone in, as web 459km
104.0 0957 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/The Hotel (bru) Phone in, as 103.6 377km
105.2 1000 BEL Radio Victoria, Halle (vlg-vbr) Jingle ID after ads 381km
105.9 1005 BEL Maximum FM, Huy/Plaine de la Sarte (Mont-Mosan) (wal-lge) Jingle ID
and pops 448km **
107.5 1010 BEL Family Radio, Nazareth or Duffel Dutch song, as web in pile-up **
107.9 1017 BEL VBRO, Torhout (vlg-wvl) OM ID and station promo 297km
94.6 1041 BEL Radio Maria, Brussel/Albertplein Toren=Bruxelles/Place
Albert (Tour) (bru) Dutch OM, preaching the Word! 378km
105.3 1046 BEL Urgent.fm, Gent/UG Complex Ledeganck (vlg-ovl) Pops, as web. Briefly
over Hulsberg 330km
102.3 1052 HOL Amor FM, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Jingle ID 313km
103.4 1053 BEL Joe FM, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) I'm fairly sure this is Genk and
not Antwerpen 431km **
103.9 1055 HOL NPO 3FM, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Ads, as 96.8 455km
105.9 1059 BEL BRF 2, Raeren/Petergensfeld (wal-lge) ID and promos 487km **
101.7 1107 HOL Sky Radio, Breda/Alticom Mast (nbr) Probably Breda.
As 101.2, etc. 349km
99.4 1110 HOL SLAM!, Breda/UWV (nbr) Club music, as 99.6 351km **
97.3 1147 HOL Puur NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch music and ads, as web 334km **
89.3 1157 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho)
Pops, etc. as web 313km
91.8 1205 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Pop stuff, as web 313km
** Personal 'First'
It was purely by accident that I came across this opening. I had switched on the XDR to look for scatter. I didn't expect this - a decent tropo, mostly focusing on the French speaking part of Belgium.
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.
87.6 0930 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Léglise/Vlessart (wal-lux) Jon Anderson Jethro Tull
promo for Classic 21 6354 524km
88.3 0932 BEL VRT MNM, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
6305 __MNM___ 376km
90.8 0939 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam)
6354 CLASS.21 440km
91.2 0940 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Brussel/Financietoren=Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
6353 MUSIQ3__ 376km
92.1 0941 F France Inter, Verdun/Septsarges (55) OM, as 103.7 547km
92.3 0941 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt)
6457 VIVACITE 409km
92.5 0942 BEL RTBF La Première, Bruxelles/Bureau TAE Evere (bru) 600W filler tx
6351 377km
94.4 0946 F France Inter, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) OMs, as 103.7 446km
96.1 0949 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) 6351 PREMIERE 396km
99.5 0951 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) 6353 MUSIQ3__ 459km
101.1 0952 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Wavre (wal-bra) 6355 PURE_FM_ AVENER_ _CASTLE_
_IN_THE_ _SNOW_ 396km
101.3 0953 F France Bleu Picardie, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Jingle ID after
French pop song 446km
101.7 0954 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Salue Blitze promo 628km
101.8 0955 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Tournai/Froidmont (wal-hnt) Promo for Charleroi Expo
6352 VIVACITE 351km
102.8 0955 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Chillin vibes, as web 328km
103.6 0957 BEL Bel RTL, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Phone in, as web 459km
104.0 0957 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/The Hotel (bru) Phone in, as 103.6 377km
105.2 1000 BEL Radio Victoria, Halle (vlg-vbr) Jingle ID after ads 381km
105.9 1005 BEL Maximum FM, Huy/Plaine de la Sarte (Mont-Mosan) (wal-lge) Jingle ID
and pops 448km **
107.5 1010 BEL Family Radio, Nazareth or Duffel Dutch song, as web in pile-up **
107.9 1017 BEL VBRO, Torhout (vlg-wvl) OM ID and station promo 297km
94.6 1041 BEL Radio Maria, Brussel/Albertplein Toren=Bruxelles/Place
Albert (Tour) (bru) Dutch OM, preaching the Word! 378km
105.3 1046 BEL Urgent.fm, Gent/UG Complex Ledeganck (vlg-ovl) Pops, as web. Briefly
over Hulsberg 330km
102.3 1052 HOL Amor FM, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Jingle ID 313km
103.4 1053 BEL Joe FM, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) I'm fairly sure this is Genk and
not Antwerpen 431km **
103.9 1055 HOL NPO 3FM, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Ads, as 96.8 455km
105.9 1059 BEL BRF 2, Raeren/Petergensfeld (wal-lge) ID and promos 487km **
101.7 1107 HOL Sky Radio, Breda/Alticom Mast (nbr) Probably Breda.
As 101.2, etc. 349km
99.4 1110 HOL SLAM!, Breda/UWV (nbr) Club music, as 99.6 351km **
97.3 1147 HOL Puur NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch music and ads, as web 334km **
89.3 1157 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho)
Pops, etc. as web 313km
91.8 1205 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Pop stuff, as web 313km
It was purely by accident that I came across this opening. I had switched on the XDR to look for scatter. I didn't expect this - a decent tropo, mostly focusing on the French speaking part of Belgium.
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, 23 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-23 (FM)
Band 2 Tropospheric:
98.5 1858 F France Musique, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) YL, as 88.7 712km
87.9 1859 F France Culture, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) YL, as Alencon 88.0 712km
91.8 2027 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Classical, as 88.7 672km
A small and fairly selective opening to France. Villers-Cotterets and Amiens were also enhanced.
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.
98.5 1858 F France Musique, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) YL, as 88.7 712km
87.9 1859 F France Culture, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) YL, as Alencon 88.0 712km
91.8 2027 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Classical, as 88.7 672km
A small and fairly selective opening to France. Villers-Cotterets and Amiens were also enhanced.
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, 22 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-22 (MW)
1270 0259 CAN CJCB Sydney NS. 12-70 CJCB Sydney ID. C&W Weak 4290 km **
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Multiple calls on the hour, including 14-70 WLAM
Weak 5069 km
1660 0359 USA WWRU Jersey City NJ. WWRU Jersey City just heard in noise, another call
given. Long time pip. Weak 5540 km
1440 0400 USA WRED Westbrook ME. WRED call heard in noise Weak 5103 km
1330 0500 USA WRCA Waltham MA. YL, then OM ID 30 secs after the hour Weak 5251 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warick ID by YL Weak 5308 km
1600 0500 USA WUNR Brookline MA. Radio Mexico ID Fair 5251 km
1690 0500 CAN CJLO Montréal QC. Partial YL ID obscured by QSB, You are listening
to .... AM in Montreal Weak 5188 km
1700 0500 USA WRCR Spring Valley NY. AM 17 Hundred WRCR ID Weak 5516 km
1570 0505 CAN CJLV Laval QC. OM ID after news, "Radio Mieux-Être, CJLV AM Quinze
Soixante-Dix" Fair 5194 km
1580 0556 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. Original .... Oshawa Ontario Canada, 107.7 FM ...
Classic Hits CKDO Fair 5613 km
1180 0600 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Mention of WHAM in 1179 splatter Weak 5605 km
1210 0600 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. Inspirational music, briefly heard in three second
Absolute Radio silence. No question this is VOAR. Good 3734 km **
1240 0600 USA WGBB Freeport NY. Presumed with Chinese time pips in brief Absolute Radio
silence. Matches web stream. V weak 5521 km **
1430 0600 USA WENE Endicott NY. The Team ID heard in pile-up Fair 5572 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Your friends at Family Radio. Now Give us your money!
Good 5538 km
1650 0600 CAN CJRS Montréal QC. Radio Shalom ID in mush Fair 5186 km
1680 0600 USA WTTM Lindenwold NJ. ID - 16-80 WTTM Lindenwold Philadephia Fair 5668 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi (pay) Yankee Doodle and Voice Of America
Washington DC ID Fair
** Personal First in Skegness
Local noise gone! Most of the time. For how long, who knows?
This is bizarre. Only yesterday I was going to move the flag back to the far east position as medium wave conditions blew out, which usually renders the North American continent a no-go area. Not this morning, however. Signals were unstable, but quite a bit stronger than they have been during quiet conditions. Everything was east coast, however.
What also amazed me was the amount of activity in the X band! I hardly ever hear anything in the X band lately.
Some usually splattered frequencies had more than one North American station. 1310 1380 1420 1430 & 1500 come to mind.
At 0600, I was very pleased to see decent signals on 1210, 1220, 1230 and 1240 and 1250, all of which produced audio. I just happened to find a quiet spot on Absolute Radio, who had broadcast almost three seconds of dead air! I got two very pleasant surprises in this silence:
1210 had two stations fighting it out. Clearly the dominant one was VOAR with a snippet of inspirational music. Praise the Lord! I can only guess the other was talk station WPHT Philadephia. These two would be regular stations again were it not for the immense splatter produced by Absolute.
1240 was the real gem and, yes, it's an ID based on a time signal. I could hear rather odd Chinese time pips on the hour. They were badly produced and sounded like somebody had been pressing a button to produce the time signal, such was the character and uniqueness of the tones. It had to be a North American station with Chinese ethnic programming. Topaz to the rescue! Four ethnic stations are listed on 1240, only one of which was Chinese. WGBB Freeport NY. I located their web stream and recorded their top of the hour ID. Bingo! The very same time signal in all its disjointed glory!
Come the afternoon I moved the flag antenna over to the far east position. Hardly anything from that area was audible, but VOA Thailand still managed to put in a decent signal. Nothing stops that transmitter getting out!
So, a very pleasant return to medium wave DXing!
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.
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Multiple calls on the hour, including 14-70 WLAM
Weak 5069 km
1660 0359 USA WWRU Jersey City NJ. WWRU Jersey City just heard in noise, another call
given. Long time pip. Weak 5540 km
1440 0400 USA WRED Westbrook ME. WRED call heard in noise Weak 5103 km
1330 0500 USA WRCA Waltham MA. YL, then OM ID 30 secs after the hour Weak 5251 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warick ID by YL Weak 5308 km
1600 0500 USA WUNR Brookline MA. Radio Mexico ID Fair 5251 km
1690 0500 CAN CJLO Montréal QC. Partial YL ID obscured by QSB, You are listening
to .... AM in Montreal Weak 5188 km
1700 0500 USA WRCR Spring Valley NY. AM 17 Hundred WRCR ID Weak 5516 km
1570 0505 CAN CJLV Laval QC. OM ID after news, "Radio Mieux-Être, CJLV AM Quinze
Soixante-Dix" Fair 5194 km
1580 0556 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. Original .... Oshawa Ontario Canada, 107.7 FM ...
Classic Hits CKDO Fair 5613 km
1180 0600 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Mention of WHAM in 1179 splatter Weak 5605 km
1210 0600 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. Inspirational music, briefly heard in three second
Absolute Radio silence. No question this is VOAR. Good 3734 km **
1240 0600 USA WGBB Freeport NY. Presumed with Chinese time pips in brief Absolute Radio
silence. Matches web stream. V weak 5521 km **
1430 0600 USA WENE Endicott NY. The Team ID heard in pile-up Fair 5572 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Your friends at Family Radio. Now Give us your money!
Good 5538 km
1650 0600 CAN CJRS Montréal QC. Radio Shalom ID in mush Fair 5186 km
1680 0600 USA WTTM Lindenwold NJ. ID - 16-80 WTTM Lindenwold Philadephia Fair 5668 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi (pay) Yankee Doodle and Voice Of America
Washington DC ID Fair
** Personal First in Skegness
Local noise gone! Most of the time. For how long, who knows?
This is bizarre. Only yesterday I was going to move the flag back to the far east position as medium wave conditions blew out, which usually renders the North American continent a no-go area. Not this morning, however. Signals were unstable, but quite a bit stronger than they have been during quiet conditions. Everything was east coast, however.
What also amazed me was the amount of activity in the X band! I hardly ever hear anything in the X band lately.
Some usually splattered frequencies had more than one North American station. 1310 1380 1420 1430 & 1500 come to mind.
At 0600, I was very pleased to see decent signals on 1210, 1220, 1230 and 1240 and 1250, all of which produced audio. I just happened to find a quiet spot on Absolute Radio, who had broadcast almost three seconds of dead air! I got two very pleasant surprises in this silence:
1210 had two stations fighting it out. Clearly the dominant one was VOAR with a snippet of inspirational music. Praise the Lord! I can only guess the other was talk station WPHT Philadephia. These two would be regular stations again were it not for the immense splatter produced by Absolute.
1240 was the real gem and, yes, it's an ID based on a time signal. I could hear rather odd Chinese time pips on the hour. They were badly produced and sounded like somebody had been pressing a button to produce the time signal, such was the character and uniqueness of the tones. It had to be a North American station with Chinese ethnic programming. Topaz to the rescue! Four ethnic stations are listed on 1240, only one of which was Chinese. WGBB Freeport NY. I located their web stream and recorded their top of the hour ID. Bingo! The very same time signal in all its disjointed glory!
Come the afternoon I moved the flag antenna over to the far east position. Hardly anything from that area was audible, but VOA Thailand still managed to put in a decent signal. Nothing stops that transmitter getting out!
So, a very pleasant return to medium wave DXing!
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.
Skegness Log: 2016-01-22 (MW)
1270 0259 CAN CJCB Sydney NS. 12-70 CJCB Sydney ID. C&W Weak 4290 km
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Multiple calls on the hour, including 14-70 WLAM Weak 5069 km
1660 0359 USA WWRU Jersey City NJ. WWRU Jersey City just heard in noise, another call given. Long time pip. Weak 5540 km
1440 0400 USA WRED Westbrook ME. WRED call heard in noise Weak 5103 km
1330 0500 USA WRCA Waltham MA. YL, then OM ID 30 secs after the hour Weak 5251 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warick ID by YL Weak 5308 km
1600 0500 USA WUNR Brookline MA. Radio Mexico ID Fair 5251 km
1690 0500 CAN CJLO Montréal QC. Partial YL ID obscured by QSB, You are listening to .... AM in Montreal Weak 5188 km
1700 0500 USA WRCR Spring Valley NY. AM 17 Hundred WRCR ID Weak 5516 km
1570 0505 CAN CJLV Laval QC. OM ID after news, Radio Mieux-Être, CJLV AM Quinze Soixante-Dix Fair 5194 km
1580 0556 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. Original .... Oshawa Ontario Canada, 107.7 FM ... Classic Hits CKDO Fair 5613 km
1180 0600 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Mention of WHAM in 1179 splatter Weak 5605 km
1210 0600 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. Inspirational music, briefly heard in three second Absolute Radio silence. No question this is VOAR. Good 3734 km
1240 0600 USA WGBB Freeport NY. Presumed with Chinese time pips in brief Absolute Radio silence. Matches web stream. Vweak 5521 km
1430 0600 USA WENE Endicott NY. The Team ID heard in pile-up Fair 5572 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Your friends at Family Radio. Now Give us your money! Good 5538 km
1650 0600 CAN CJRS Montréal QC. Radio Shalom ID in mush Fair 5186 km
1680 0600 USA WTTM Lindenwold NJ. ID - 16-80 WTTM Lindenwold Philadephia Fair 5668 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi (pay) Yankee Doodle and Voice Of America Washington DX ID Fair
** Personal First (Skegness)
Local noise gone! Most of the time. For how long, who knows?
This is bizarre. Only yesterday I was going to move the flag back to the far east position as medium wave conditions blew out, which usually renders the North American continent a no-go area. Not this morning, however. Signals were unstable, but quite a bit stronger than they have been during quiet conditions. Everything was east coast, however.
What also amazed me was the amount of activity in the X band! I hardly ever hear anything in the X band lately.
Some usually splattered frequencies had more than one North American station. 1310 1380 1420 1430 & 1500 come to mind.
At 0600, I was very pleased to see decent signals on 1210, 1220, 1230 and 1240 and 1250, all of which produced audio. I just happened to find a quiet spot on Absolute Radio, who had broadcast almost three seconds of dead air! I got two very pleasant surprises in this silence:
1210 had two stations fighting it out. Clearly the dominant one was VOAR with a snippet of inspirational music. Praise the Lord! I can only guess the other was talk station WPHT Philadephia. These two would be regular stations again were it not for the immense splatter produced by Absolute.
1240 was the real gem and, yes, it's an ID based on a time signal. I could hear rather odd Chinese time pips on the hour. They were badly produced and sounded like somebody had been pressing a button to produce the time signal, such was the character and uniqueness of the tones. It had to be a North American station with Chinese ethnic programming. Topaz to the rescue! Four ethnic stations are listed on 1240, only one of which was Chinese. WGBB Freeport NY. I located their web stream and recorded their top of the hour ID. Bingo! The very same time signal in all its disjointed glory!
Come the afternoon I moved the flag antenna over to the far east position. Hardly anything from that area was audible, but VOA Thailand still managed to put in a decent signal. Nothing stops that transmitter getting out!
So, a very pleasant return to medium wave DXing!
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.
1470 0300 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. Multiple calls on the hour, including 14-70 WLAM Weak 5069 km
1660 0359 USA WWRU Jersey City NJ. WWRU Jersey City just heard in noise, another call given. Long time pip. Weak 5540 km
1440 0400 USA WRED Westbrook ME. WRED call heard in noise Weak 5103 km
1330 0500 USA WRCA Waltham MA. YL, then OM ID 30 secs after the hour Weak 5251 km
1590 0500 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warick ID by YL Weak 5308 km
1600 0500 USA WUNR Brookline MA. Radio Mexico ID Fair 5251 km
1690 0500 CAN CJLO Montréal QC. Partial YL ID obscured by QSB, You are listening to .... AM in Montreal Weak 5188 km
1700 0500 USA WRCR Spring Valley NY. AM 17 Hundred WRCR ID Weak 5516 km
1570 0505 CAN CJLV Laval QC. OM ID after news, Radio Mieux-Être, CJLV AM Quinze Soixante-Dix Fair 5194 km
1580 0556 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. Original .... Oshawa Ontario Canada, 107.7 FM ... Classic Hits CKDO Fair 5613 km
1180 0600 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Mention of WHAM in 1179 splatter Weak 5605 km
1210 0600 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. Inspirational music, briefly heard in three second Absolute Radio silence. No question this is VOAR. Good 3734 km
1240 0600 USA WGBB Freeport NY. Presumed with Chinese time pips in brief Absolute Radio silence. Matches web stream. Vweak 5521 km
1430 0600 USA WENE Endicott NY. The Team ID heard in pile-up Fair 5572 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Your friends at Family Radio. Now Give us your money! Good 5538 km
1650 0600 CAN CJRS Montréal QC. Radio Shalom ID in mush Fair 5186 km
1680 0600 USA WTTM Lindenwold NJ. ID - 16-80 WTTM Lindenwold Philadephia Fair 5668 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi (pay) Yankee Doodle and Voice Of America Washington DX ID Fair
** Personal First (Skegness)
Local noise gone! Most of the time. For how long, who knows?
This is bizarre. Only yesterday I was going to move the flag back to the far east position as medium wave conditions blew out, which usually renders the North American continent a no-go area. Not this morning, however. Signals were unstable, but quite a bit stronger than they have been during quiet conditions. Everything was east coast, however.
What also amazed me was the amount of activity in the X band! I hardly ever hear anything in the X band lately.
Some usually splattered frequencies had more than one North American station. 1310 1380 1420 1430 & 1500 come to mind.
At 0600, I was very pleased to see decent signals on 1210, 1220, 1230 and 1240 and 1250, all of which produced audio. I just happened to find a quiet spot on Absolute Radio, who had broadcast almost three seconds of dead air! I got two very pleasant surprises in this silence:
1210 had two stations fighting it out. Clearly the dominant one was VOAR with a snippet of inspirational music. Praise the Lord! I can only guess the other was talk station WPHT Philadephia. These two would be regular stations again were it not for the immense splatter produced by Absolute.
1240 was the real gem and, yes, it's an ID based on a time signal. I could hear rather odd Chinese time pips on the hour. They were badly produced and sounded like somebody had been pressing a button to produce the time signal, such was the character and uniqueness of the tones. It had to be a North American station with Chinese ethnic programming. Topaz to the rescue! Four ethnic stations are listed on 1240, only one of which was Chinese. WGBB Freeport NY. I located their web stream and recorded their top of the hour ID. Bingo! The very same time signal in all its disjointed glory!
Come the afternoon I moved the flag antenna over to the far east position. Hardly anything from that area was audible, but VOA Thailand still managed to put in a decent signal. Nothing stops that transmitter getting out!
So, a very pleasant return to medium wave DXing!
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.
Monday, 18 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-18 (MW)
650 1942 GRL KNR-Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa, Qeqertarsuaq=Godhavn (qaa-qeq) Country song,
as web V weak 3237 km **
680 1945 USA KBRW, Barrow (AK) Country music, as web V weak 6061 km
1280 2151 CAN CFMB Radio Montréal, Montréal/Saint-Mathieu (QC) Pops, as web Weak 5190 km **
** Personal First (Skegness)
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.
as web V weak 3237 km **
680 1945 USA KBRW, Barrow (AK) Country music, as web V weak 6061 km
1280 2151 CAN CFMB Radio Montréal, Montréal/Saint-Mathieu (QC) Pops, as web Weak 5190 km **
** Personal First (Skegness)
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.
Sunday, 17 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-17 (FM)
Band 2 Scatter:
87.6 1143 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Stevie Wonder song, as
web. Peaking east on the vertical. Odd. 288km
105.7 1222 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Still managing to peak noise
free despite freezing temperatures outside. 543km
94.6 1359 D MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Scattering away, very weak but
still there 712km
97.2 1413 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Scatter. Danish rap,
as web 617km
97.2 1415 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Classical, as 96.5.
V weak 739km
98.0 1417 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Above noise and clear
on scatter. As web 707km
100.0 1418 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) Noise free scatter, as 101.3 493km
Not bad scatter conditions for the time of year. A crisp and sunny day here with temperatures hovering just above freezing. Not the kind of reception I expected for this kind of winter weather.
I wasn't aware of any conditions like this until I switched on my FDM-S2 to catch up with some more old Es files.
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.
87.6 1143 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Stevie Wonder song, as
web. Peaking east on the vertical. Odd. 288km
105.7 1222 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Still managing to peak noise
free despite freezing temperatures outside. 543km
94.6 1359 D MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Scattering away, very weak but
still there 712km
97.2 1413 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Scatter. Danish rap,
as web 617km
97.2 1415 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Classical, as 96.5.
V weak 739km
98.0 1417 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Above noise and clear
on scatter. As web 707km
100.0 1418 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) Noise free scatter, as 101.3 493km
Not bad scatter conditions for the time of year. A crisp and sunny day here with temperatures hovering just above freezing. Not the kind of reception I expected for this kind of winter weather.
I wasn't aware of any conditions like this until I switched on my FDM-S2 to catch up with some more old Es files.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-13 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1550 I Radio Maria, Vigo di Cadore or Enemonzo Suspect Enemonzo. 51CC R.??????
87.7 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Plješivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1 1456km
88.1 1550 BIH BH Radio 1, Tušnica (k10) F201 BHRADIO1 1615km
88.2 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden Seceda, Unlisted site Partial ID and news, as 92.6
88.5 1550 HRV Rovinj FM, Golaš (pa) C48F ????nj?? 1324km
89.0 1550 I Radio Maria, Valle di Cadore/Monte Rite (bl) Praise be the Lord! As 87.6 1138km
89.1 1550 SVN Radio Ognjišce, Postojna 1 (po) 942F OGNJIS?? 1293km
89.6 1550 HRV Radio Centar - studio Porec, Porec/Debeli Rt (pa) C439 ????OL?? 1304km
90.0 1550 I Radio Marilù, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 538A 1163km
90.2 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Limski kanal (pa) C201 HR??HR_1 1319km
90.5 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
90.7 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Cabar (ri) C202 HRT-HR_2 1330km
90.8 1550 I Easy Network, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5361 1163km
91.1 1550 I RAI Radio1, Belluno/Col Visentin (RAI) (bl) 5201 __RAI___ 1165km
91.3 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Mirkovica (ri) C201 HRT-HR_1 1374km
91.4 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Pula/Veli Vrh (pa) OM and Queen song, 87.7 1343km
91.7 1550 I Radio Company, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5350 COMPANY_ 1163km
91.8 1550 I Radio Company, Valle di Cadore/Monte Rite (bl) Jingle ID 1138km
92.3 1550 I RMC - Radio Monte Carlo, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5213 __RMC_?? 1163km
92.5 1550 BIH Federalni Radio, Tušnica (k10) F209 RADIO-F. 1615km
92.6 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden, Seceda (bz) Partial ID, presumably in
Ladin language5432 ??AD???? 1092km
92.8 1550 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Trebinje/Leotar (srp) Vocal ID.
No apparent RDS 1763km
93.3 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) C202 HRT-HR_2 1374km
93.4 1550 I m2o, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5233 1163km
93.5 1550 SVN Val 202,
Krim (lj) 9202 1295km
93.6 1550 I Radio 24, Jesolo/Via Ca' Gamba, 50-Ristorante Pizzeria Ca' Gamba (ve)
5245 RADIO_24 1229km
94.3 1550 I Radio 105, Jesolo/Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 15-Acqualandia (ve)
5211 __105___ 1228km
94.7 1550 BIH BH Radio 1, Drvar/Velika Visoka (k10) F001 ?RA???? 1524km
94.7 1550 BIH Radio Bihac, Bihac/Maskare (usk) 5158 1461km
95.5 1550 I RAI Radio3, Belluno/Col Visentin (RAI) (bl) 5203 1165km
96.5 1550 SVN Slovenija 3, Krim (lj) 9203 __ARS___ 1295km
97.0 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv)
5370 MONELLA_ 1162km
97.65 1550 I Radio Gelosa, Venezia/Municipalità di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve)
5379 1211km
97.7 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Unlisted site 5370 MO??LL??
98.1 1550 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Venezia/Municipalità
di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve) 5220 R_ITALIA 1211km
98.5 1550 I Radio Deejay, Mestre-Marghera/via Rampa Cavalcavia (ve) 5214 1211km
98.7 1550 I RAI Radio3, Multi-tx 5203 __RAI___ _RADIO3_
98.7 1550 I SorRrisO, Unlisted site 5372 Sorrriso
99.05 1550 I MC2 - Monte Carlo 2, Venezia/Piazzale Roma-Garage San Marco-Traliccio 1 (ve)
Presume due to offset. Light pops. 1218km
96.0 1551 I Radio Company, Bassano del Grappa/Frazione Rubbio-Via Monte Caina (vi)
5350 COMPANY_ 1155km
96.5 1551 I Radio Capital, Auronzo di Cadore/Monte Agudo (bl) 5219 _CAPITAL 1133km
101.0 1551 D BR Klassik, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D314 942km
101.1 1551 I Radio Venezia (La radio che balla), Venezia/Municipalità
di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve) 5A7E 1211km
101.3 1551 I Radio Padova, Belluno/Col Toront (bl) 5360 1165km
103.0 1551 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D3A3 ??????__ 942km
103.5 1551 I Radio Venezia (Un amore di radio), Mestre-Marghera/via Rampa
Cavalcavia (ve) 53C1 __RADIO_ VENEZIA_ BALLA___ 1211km
103.7 1551 I Radio Fiemme 104, Cavalese/Alpe Cermis (tn) 5316 1109km
104.1 1551 I Radio Mater, Vico del Gargano (fg) 5158 1708km
104.2 1551 I Radio Birikina, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv) 536E __?????? 1162km
104.6 1551 I m2o, Vico del Gargano/San Menaio (fg) 5233 ??_DUE_O 1706km
104.7 1551 I Radio Radicale, Valdobbiadene or Belluno 5210
103.8 1552 I Arancia Network, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an)
5571 AranciA_ 1435km
103.9 1552 D Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) 140A _SEEFUNK __RSF___ 922km
104.0 1552 I Radio Linea Numero Uno, Fermo/Capodarco (fm) Vocal ID. Change in PI5388 1485km
104.6 1552 D Donau 3 FM, Biberach an der Riß (bwü) DA08 872km
104.7 1552 I RAS Ö1, Penegal=Cima Penegal or Kronplatz=Plan de Corones A201
104.9 1552 I Radio 105, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 5211 __?????? 1435km
105.0 1552 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) D30B RADIO7__ 922km
105.5 1552 I ERF Südtirol, Montan=Montagna/Elsenhof 1 (bz) 5F54 _E?????? 1092km
106.0 1552 I AFN Vicenza-The Eagle, Bassano del Grappa/Frazione Rubbio-Via Monte Caina (vi)
9978 AFNEAGLE 1155km
106.2 1552 D Donau 3 FM, Riedlingen/Österberg (bwü) Manfred Mann track, as 104.6 848km
106.9 1552 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D315 B5_akt__ 942km
107.0 1552 I Radio Maria, Belluno/Col Toront (bl) Presumed with usual religious
bollocks 1165km
107.3 1552 I R101, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 5215 ??????__ 1435km
107.7 1552 I Radio Maria, Ancona/Località Paterno-Via del Cimitero (an) Is the pope
catholic? 51CC R.MARIA_ 1434km
91.4 1553 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Cavalese/Alpe Cermis (tn) Jingle ID 1109km
91.7 1553 I Radio Maria, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) 51CC R.??????
1709km
93.3 1553 AUT Ö1, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) A201 917km
94.0 1553 D Bayern 3, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Presumed, with low-mod pops, as 95.8 907km
94.9 1553 D SWR2, Waldburg (bwü) D3A2 __SWR2__ 893km
95.8 1553 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Presumed with low-mod pops 942km
98.0 1553 I Radio Subasio, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 53FD 1434km
100.1 1553 D Freies Radio Freudenstadt, Glatten (bwü) 150E 778km
100.4 1553 D B5 aktuell, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Presumed, with talks about Bayerns SPD 907km
102.1 1553 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Untertauern/Radstadt-Kranabeth (sal) A203 1132km
102.5 1553 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) D30B 834km
87.6 1554 D BR Klassik, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) D314 907km
88.0 1554 I Radio Studio 24, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an)
PI reg logged: 57D6 1435km
88.3 1554 I RAI Radio1, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5201 1445km
88.4 1554 I Radio Company, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv) 5350 CO??ANY_ 1162km
88.7 1554 D Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D312 ????rn?? 942km
88.9 1554 I Radio Deejay, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5214 1711km
89.0 1554 I RAI Radio2, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5202 ??????__ 1197km
89.2 1554 I Radio Ottanta, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 535A 1163km
89.6 1554 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) A203 917km
90.7 1554 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311 Bayern_1 942km
91.1 1554 I RAI Radio1, Breguzzo (RAI) (tn) Really this site? The only one showing on-path.
5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1088km
91.2 1554 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Waldburg (bwü) DA04 893km
91.7 1554 I Radio Maria, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) Ave Maria, etc. 1711km
92.3 1554 I RAI Radio3, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5203 1445km
92.3 1554 I Radio Maria, Sannicandro Garganico (fg) Choir, as others 1695km
92.4 1554 I Radio Deejay, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) Discussing the
word masturbating!!5214 _D????Y_ 1709km
92.6 1554 I Arancia Network, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 5571 AranciA_ 1434km
92.9 1554 I Rai Südtirol, Grödental=Val Gardena (RAS) (bz) 5404 1093km
95.9 1554 I Radio Viva FM, Terlago/Cima Paganella (tn) 53C1 ??????M_ 1095km
103.1 1557 I Radio 60 70 80, Monterubbiano/Contrada Sant Andrea (fm) Vocal ID in
conversation 1492km
105.5 1557 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 522F 1435km
106.8 1557 I Radionorba, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5353 1711km
106.9 1557 I Radio Maria, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) Er, religious
stuff, as others 1435km
107.0 1557 I Radio Kiss Kiss, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5225 1711km
107.2 1557 I R101, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) Pops, as 107.3 1711km
107.8 1557 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg)
5220 ??????IA 1711km
87.6 1604 I Radio Capital, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) 5219 1848km
87.7 1604 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5495 R.IT??IA 1272km
87.8 1604 I Radio Onda Libera, Gubbio/Castiglione Altobrando (pg) 5363 1415km
88.3 1604 I Radio Maria, Matera unid (mt) Your no repeat popeday!51CC R.MARIA_ 1850km
88.6 1604 I Radio Capital, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo) 5219 1272km
89.1 1604 I Radio Linea, Vocal ID radiolinea.it
89.5 1604 I RAI Radio1, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1256km
90.1 1604 I Radio 105, Modigliana/Monte Trebbio (fc) 5211 __105___ 1308km
90.3 1604 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Cesena/Monte Cavallo (fc) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1328km
90.5 1604 I Radio Maria, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo) Your All Maria
Lunchbreak 51CC R.MARIA_ 1272km
91.1 1604 I Radio Gamma (Savignano), Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
Cavallo (fc) 5843 1328km
91.3 1604 I Radio Virgilio Classics, Virgilio/Via Arnaldo da Brescia, 27 (mn) 5058 1171km
91.4 1604 I RMC - Radio Monte Carlo, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5213 __RMC___ 1272km
91.7 1604 I RAI Radio2, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1256km
92.8 1604 I Radio Studio Delta, Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
Cavallo (fc) 53FB Radio___ (plus phone number/s) 1328km
93.0 1604 I Radio Gamma (Savignano), Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5843 R_GAMMA_ 1272km
93.2 1604 I RTL 102.5, Gubbio/Castiglione Altobrando (pg) 5218 RTL1???? 1415km
93.2 1604 I Radio Pico Classic, Mirandola/Crocicchio Zeni-Via Serafina, 12 (mo) 53F3 1205km
94.5 1604 I Radio Subasio, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 53FD SUBASIO_ 1435km
93.3 1607 CVA Radio Vaticana Europa-America, Cittá del Vaticano/Palazzina
Leone XIII (cva) 4101 1542km
93.4 1607 I Radio Zeta - L'Italiana, Sant'Oreste/Monte Soratte- Eremo Santa
Maria delle Grazie (rm) Jingle ID 1513km
93.6 1607 I Radio Mater, Ancona/Località Paterno-Via del Cimitero (an) 5158 1434km
93.6 1607 I RAI GR Parlamento, Viano/Querceto-Ca' del Vento (RAI) (re) Interesting
non-standard PS name 5206 RAIGR-PR 1211km
93.8 1607 I RAI Radio1, Cetona/Monte Cetona (RAI) (si) 5201 1422km
94.3 1607 I Radio Subasio, Sant'Oreste/Monte Soratte- Eremo Santa Maria delle
Grazie (rm) Jingle ID 1513km
94.7 1607 I Radio Capital, Cetona/Monte Cetona (si) 5219 ??AP???? 1422km
94.8 1607 I Radio Maria, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 51CC ??MARI?? 1568km
95.3 1607 I Radio Dimensione Musica, Frascati/Villa Tuscolana (rm) 50D0 ??im??s. 1562km
95.5 1607 I Radio Capital, Monte Compatri/Frazione Pratarena, Via Sirio, 9 (rm)
5219 ????IT?? 1564km
96.5 1607 I Radio Capital, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5219 1711km
97.3 1607 I Radio Logos, Foggia (fg) Unusually high RDS level for such a noisy,
weak signal 5000 ??510347 1728km
97.5 1607 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Frascati/Villa Tuscolana (rm)
5220 R_ITALIA 1562km
97.7 1607 I Radio Città Futura, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 53DE 1568km
98.1 1607 I Radiosei, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5298 1568km
97.1 1608 I Radio Radicale, Maranello/Torre Maina-Via Vandelli, 573 (mo)
5210 1232km
97.4 1608 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Calvi dell’Umbria/Monte San
Pancrazio (tr) 5220 R_ITALIA 1499km
97.7 1608 I RAI Radio2, Monte Peglia (RAI) (tr) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1446km
97.8 1608 I Simply Radio, Subiaco/Località San Biagio (rm) 6158 1571km
98.5 1608 I RAI Radio3, Viano/Querceto-Ca' del Vento (RAI) (re) 5203 1211km
99.5 1608 I Radio Stella (Modena), Serramazzoni/Monte Tagliato (mo) 584E R.?????? 1230km
99.7 1608 I RAI Radio3, Monte Peglia (RAI) (tr) 5203 1446km
87.5 1612 I Malvisi Network, Pellegrino Parmense/Monte Canate (pr) 532A _MALVISI 1165km
87.6 1612 I Virgin Radio, Milano/Via Valenza, 5 (mi) 5241 1068km
87.8 1612 I Radio Radicale, Vernasca/Frazione Vigoleno-Località Costa [29.3] (pc)
5210 RA?????? 1158km
87.9 1612 I Radio Radicale, Milano/Piazza Velasca-Torre Velasca (mi) OM, as 87.8
1068km
88.1 1612 I Elleradio, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 54A5 1568km
88.3 1612 I Radio Maria, Civitavecchia/Monte Paradiso (rm) Traffic and travel, or
maybe not 1500km
88.6 1612 I Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 5210 1568km
89.0 1612 I Radio Maria, Milano/Via San Galdino, 5-Traliccio Diner (mi) Frally sodding
Donna, pina di bloody grazie, and other brainwashing nonsense 1065km
90.2 1612 I Radio Maria, Serramazzoni/Monte Faeto-Via Monte Cusna 416 (mo)
Radio Maria Top Ten at Ten 1232km
90.6 1612 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Civitavecchia/Monte Paradiso (rm)
5264 *_?????? 1500km
92.4 1612 I RTL 102.5, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5218 1568km
92.7 1612 I Tele Radio Stereo, Rocca di Papa (rm) 5343 ___OLE_ ___06___ etc. 1568km
92.9 1612 I Radio Radio, Canepina/Poggio Nibbio (vt) Vocal ID 1487km
Unidentified/Unlisted:
88.3 1550 ? UNID, ? 952E
107.6 1552 I UNID, ? 568F
94.6 1553 I UNID, ? 5200 SP______
98.5 1608 I UNID, ? 5371
88.2 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden Seceda, Unlisted site Partial ID and news, as 92.6
97.7 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Unlisted site 5370 MO??LL??
98.7 1550 I SorRrisO, Unlisted site 5372 Sorrriso
Wow! What is happening? Another superb opening which would have been more in keeping with mid-simmer.
I have the gift! Yes, I have discovered that Sod's Law can work in reverse. On THREE occasions this year, I have sat down at the computer, with the intention of going through some more sporadic E files from the summer. On ALL three occasions, I switched on the radio to find the FM band full of Es, thus preventing me from catching up. I would have ignored these openings were they only scraping the bottom of the band, but they have all been substantial Es events. The first was on January 1st when auroral Es took over the band. Then came January 3rd with a solid opening to the French Riviera. Then came this one. Good, solid signals and, at times, very congested 'soupy' mess from north-east Italy, Austria and south-east Germany. Throw in a bit of Balkan activity and you have an impressive mid-winter Es opening. Luckily, I was well placed for this one.
Signals were good and many strong locals got toppled. Belmont 93.1 was a surprise as that is usually unshiftable. BBC Lincolnshire and Lincs FM were wiped out at times too.
Many personal firsts were recorded as this opening favoured the extreme north-east of Italy - an area which has generally eluded me over the years. I have never heard Venice before, until today! Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing Venice in any other logs, though I'm sure it must have been reported before. It's certainly a rare one here.
Then to top it all off I had sporadic E to Germany! It's the sort of reception you might hear once in the summer here, but never in winter. German stations were on almost every other frequency, but most were too weak for RDS.
I heard what I presumed was the Ladin language on several frequencies, 97.4, 97.8, 104.7 come to mind, but I may have been confusing this with other languages, Romantch for instance, or maybe Austrian German.
This opening was so good and so out of character for the time of year that I have uploaded the best of the files to my Mediafire account. See here:
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.
87.6 1550 I Radio Maria, Vigo di Cadore or Enemonzo Suspect Enemonzo. 51CC R.??????
87.7 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Plješivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1 1456km
88.1 1550 BIH BH Radio 1, Tušnica (k10) F201 BHRADIO1 1615km
88.2 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden Seceda, Unlisted site Partial ID and news, as 92.6
88.5 1550 HRV Rovinj FM, Golaš (pa) C48F ????nj?? 1324km
89.0 1550 I Radio Maria, Valle di Cadore/Monte Rite (bl) Praise be the Lord! As 87.6 1138km
89.1 1550 SVN Radio Ognjišce, Postojna 1 (po) 942F OGNJIS?? 1293km
89.6 1550 HRV Radio Centar - studio Porec, Porec/Debeli Rt (pa) C439 ????OL?? 1304km
90.0 1550 I Radio Marilù, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 538A 1163km
90.2 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Limski kanal (pa) C201 HR??HR_1 1319km
90.5 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2 1456km
90.7 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Cabar (ri) C202 HRT-HR_2 1330km
90.8 1550 I Easy Network, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5361 1163km
91.1 1550 I RAI Radio1, Belluno/Col Visentin (RAI) (bl) 5201 __RAI___ 1165km
91.3 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Mirkovica (ri) C201 HRT-HR_1 1374km
91.4 1550 HRV HRT-HR 1, Pula/Veli Vrh (pa) OM and Queen song, 87.7 1343km
91.7 1550 I Radio Company, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5350 COMPANY_ 1163km
91.8 1550 I Radio Company, Valle di Cadore/Monte Rite (bl) Jingle ID 1138km
92.3 1550 I RMC - Radio Monte Carlo, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5213 __RMC_?? 1163km
92.5 1550 BIH Federalni Radio, Tušnica (k10) F209 RADIO-F. 1615km
92.6 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden, Seceda (bz) Partial ID, presumably in
Ladin language5432 ??AD???? 1092km
92.8 1550 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Trebinje/Leotar (srp) Vocal ID.
No apparent RDS 1763km
93.3 1550 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) C202 HRT-HR_2 1374km
93.4 1550 I m2o, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5233 1163km
93.5 1550 SVN Val 202,
Krim (lj) 9202 1295km
93.6 1550 I Radio 24, Jesolo/Via Ca' Gamba, 50-Ristorante Pizzeria Ca' Gamba (ve)
5245 RADIO_24 1229km
94.3 1550 I Radio 105, Jesolo/Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 15-Acqualandia (ve)
5211 __105___ 1228km
94.7 1550 BIH BH Radio 1, Drvar/Velika Visoka (k10) F001 ?RA???? 1524km
94.7 1550 BIH Radio Bihac, Bihac/Maskare (usk) 5158 1461km
95.5 1550 I RAI Radio3, Belluno/Col Visentin (RAI) (bl) 5203 1165km
96.5 1550 SVN Slovenija 3, Krim (lj) 9203 __ARS___ 1295km
97.0 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv)
5370 MONELLA_ 1162km
97.65 1550 I Radio Gelosa, Venezia/Municipalità di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve)
5379 1211km
97.7 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Unlisted site 5370 MO??LL??
98.1 1550 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Venezia/Municipalità
di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve) 5220 R_ITALIA 1211km
98.5 1550 I Radio Deejay, Mestre-Marghera/via Rampa Cavalcavia (ve) 5214 1211km
98.7 1550 I RAI Radio3, Multi-tx 5203 __RAI___ _RADIO3_
98.7 1550 I SorRrisO, Unlisted site 5372 Sorrriso
99.05 1550 I MC2 - Monte Carlo 2, Venezia/Piazzale Roma-Garage San Marco-Traliccio 1 (ve)
Presume due to offset. Light pops. 1218km
96.0 1551 I Radio Company, Bassano del Grappa/Frazione Rubbio-Via Monte Caina (vi)
5350 COMPANY_ 1155km
96.5 1551 I Radio Capital, Auronzo di Cadore/Monte Agudo (bl) 5219 _CAPITAL 1133km
101.0 1551 D BR Klassik, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D314 942km
101.1 1551 I Radio Venezia (La radio che balla), Venezia/Municipalità
di Marghera-Via della Pila, 11 (ve) 5A7E 1211km
101.3 1551 I Radio Padova, Belluno/Col Toront (bl) 5360 1165km
103.0 1551 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D3A3 ??????__ 942km
103.5 1551 I Radio Venezia (Un amore di radio), Mestre-Marghera/via Rampa
Cavalcavia (ve) 53C1 __RADIO_ VENEZIA_ BALLA___ 1211km
103.7 1551 I Radio Fiemme 104, Cavalese/Alpe Cermis (tn) 5316 1109km
104.1 1551 I Radio Mater, Vico del Gargano (fg) 5158 1708km
104.2 1551 I Radio Birikina, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv) 536E __?????? 1162km
104.6 1551 I m2o, Vico del Gargano/San Menaio (fg) 5233 ??_DUE_O 1706km
104.7 1551 I Radio Radicale, Valdobbiadene or Belluno 5210
103.8 1552 I Arancia Network, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an)
5571 AranciA_ 1435km
103.9 1552 D Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) 140A _SEEFUNK __RSF___ 922km
104.0 1552 I Radio Linea Numero Uno, Fermo/Capodarco (fm) Vocal ID. Change in PI5388 1485km
104.6 1552 D Donau 3 FM, Biberach an der Riß (bwü) DA08 872km
104.7 1552 I RAS Ö1, Penegal=Cima Penegal or Kronplatz=Plan de Corones A201
104.9 1552 I Radio 105, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 5211 __?????? 1435km
105.0 1552 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) D30B RADIO7__ 922km
105.5 1552 I ERF Südtirol, Montan=Montagna/Elsenhof 1 (bz) 5F54 _E?????? 1092km
106.0 1552 I AFN Vicenza-The Eagle, Bassano del Grappa/Frazione Rubbio-Via Monte Caina (vi)
9978 AFNEAGLE 1155km
106.2 1552 D Donau 3 FM, Riedlingen/Österberg (bwü) Manfred Mann track, as 104.6 848km
106.9 1552 D B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D315 B5_akt__ 942km
107.0 1552 I Radio Maria, Belluno/Col Toront (bl) Presumed with usual religious
bollocks 1165km
107.3 1552 I R101, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 5215 ??????__ 1435km
107.7 1552 I Radio Maria, Ancona/Località Paterno-Via del Cimitero (an) Is the pope
catholic? 51CC R.MARIA_ 1434km
91.4 1553 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Cavalese/Alpe Cermis (tn) Jingle ID 1109km
91.7 1553 I Radio Maria, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) 51CC R.??????
1709km
93.3 1553 AUT Ö1, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) A201 917km
94.0 1553 D Bayern 3, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Presumed, with low-mod pops, as 95.8 907km
94.9 1553 D SWR2, Waldburg (bwü) D3A2 __SWR2__ 893km
95.8 1553 D Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Presumed with low-mod pops 942km
98.0 1553 I Radio Subasio, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 53FD 1434km
100.1 1553 D Freies Radio Freudenstadt, Glatten (bwü) 150E 778km
100.4 1553 D B5 aktuell, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) Presumed, with talks about Bayerns SPD 907km
102.1 1553 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Untertauern/Radstadt-Kranabeth (sal) A203 1132km
102.5 1553 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) D30B 834km
87.6 1554 D BR Klassik, Lindau/Hoyerberg (bay) D314 907km
88.0 1554 I Radio Studio 24, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an)
PI reg logged: 57D6 1435km
88.3 1554 I RAI Radio1, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5201 1445km
88.4 1554 I Radio Company, Valdobbiadene/Monte Barbaria (tv) 5350 CO??ANY_ 1162km
88.7 1554 D Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D312 ????rn?? 942km
88.9 1554 I Radio Deejay, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5214 1711km
89.0 1554 I RAI Radio2, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5202 ??????__ 1197km
89.2 1554 I Radio Ottanta, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 535A 1163km
89.6 1554 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) A203 917km
90.7 1554 D Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311 Bayern_1 942km
91.1 1554 I RAI Radio1, Breguzzo (RAI) (tn) Really this site? The only one showing on-path.
5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1088km
91.2 1554 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Waldburg (bwü) DA04 893km
91.7 1554 I Radio Maria, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) Ave Maria, etc. 1711km
92.3 1554 I RAI Radio3, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5203 1445km
92.3 1554 I Radio Maria, Sannicandro Garganico (fg) Choir, as others 1695km
92.4 1554 I Radio Deejay, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) Discussing the
word masturbating!!5214 _D????Y_ 1709km
92.6 1554 I Arancia Network, Fabriano/Poggio San Romualdo (an) 5571 AranciA_ 1434km
92.9 1554 I Rai Südtirol, Grödental=Val Gardena (RAS) (bz) 5404 1093km
95.9 1554 I Radio Viva FM, Terlago/Cima Paganella (tn) 53C1 ??????M_ 1095km
103.1 1557 I Radio 60 70 80, Monterubbiano/Contrada Sant Andrea (fm) Vocal ID in
conversation 1492km
105.5 1557 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 522F 1435km
106.8 1557 I Radionorba, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5353 1711km
106.9 1557 I Radio Maria, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) Er, religious
stuff, as others 1435km
107.0 1557 I Radio Kiss Kiss, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5225 1711km
107.2 1557 I R101, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) Pops, as 107.3 1711km
107.8 1557 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg)
5220 ??????IA 1711km
87.6 1604 I Radio Capital, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) 5219 1848km
87.7 1604 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5495 R.IT??IA 1272km
87.8 1604 I Radio Onda Libera, Gubbio/Castiglione Altobrando (pg) 5363 1415km
88.3 1604 I Radio Maria, Matera unid (mt) Your no repeat popeday!51CC R.MARIA_ 1850km
88.6 1604 I Radio Capital, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo) 5219 1272km
89.1 1604 I Radio Linea, Vocal ID radiolinea.it
89.5 1604 I RAI Radio1, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_ 1256km
90.1 1604 I Radio 105, Modigliana/Monte Trebbio (fc) 5211 __105___ 1308km
90.3 1604 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Cesena/Monte Cavallo (fc) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1328km
90.5 1604 I Radio Maria, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo) Your All Maria
Lunchbreak 51CC R.MARIA_ 1272km
91.1 1604 I Radio Gamma (Savignano), Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
Cavallo (fc) 5843 1328km
91.3 1604 I Radio Virgilio Classics, Virgilio/Via Arnaldo da Brescia, 27 (mn) 5058 1171km
91.4 1604 I RMC - Radio Monte Carlo, Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5213 __RMC___ 1272km
91.7 1604 I RAI Radio2, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1256km
92.8 1604 I Radio Studio Delta, Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
Cavallo (fc) 53FB Radio___ (plus phone number/s) 1328km
93.0 1604 I Radio Gamma (Savignano), Castel San Pietro Terme/Monte Grande (bo)
5843 R_GAMMA_ 1272km
93.2 1604 I RTL 102.5, Gubbio/Castiglione Altobrando (pg) 5218 RTL1???? 1415km
93.2 1604 I Radio Pico Classic, Mirandola/Crocicchio Zeni-Via Serafina, 12 (mo) 53F3 1205km
94.5 1604 I Radio Subasio, Ancona/Forte Montagnolo-Via Ghettarelo (an) 53FD SUBASIO_ 1435km
93.3 1607 CVA Radio Vaticana Europa-America, Cittá del Vaticano/Palazzina
Leone XIII (cva) 4101 1542km
93.4 1607 I Radio Zeta - L'Italiana, Sant'Oreste/Monte Soratte- Eremo Santa
Maria delle Grazie (rm) Jingle ID 1513km
93.6 1607 I Radio Mater, Ancona/Località Paterno-Via del Cimitero (an) 5158 1434km
93.6 1607 I RAI GR Parlamento, Viano/Querceto-Ca' del Vento (RAI) (re) Interesting
non-standard PS name 5206 RAIGR-PR 1211km
93.8 1607 I RAI Radio1, Cetona/Monte Cetona (RAI) (si) 5201 1422km
94.3 1607 I Radio Subasio, Sant'Oreste/Monte Soratte- Eremo Santa Maria delle
Grazie (rm) Jingle ID 1513km
94.7 1607 I Radio Capital, Cetona/Monte Cetona (si) 5219 ??AP???? 1422km
94.8 1607 I Radio Maria, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 51CC ??MARI?? 1568km
95.3 1607 I Radio Dimensione Musica, Frascati/Villa Tuscolana (rm) 50D0 ??im??s. 1562km
95.5 1607 I Radio Capital, Monte Compatri/Frazione Pratarena, Via Sirio, 9 (rm)
5219 ????IT?? 1564km
96.5 1607 I Radio Capital, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5219 1711km
97.3 1607 I Radio Logos, Foggia (fg) Unusually high RDS level for such a noisy,
weak signal 5000 ??510347 1728km
97.5 1607 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Frascati/Villa Tuscolana (rm)
5220 R_ITALIA 1562km
97.7 1607 I Radio Città Futura, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 53DE 1568km
98.1 1607 I Radiosei, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5298 1568km
97.1 1608 I Radio Radicale, Maranello/Torre Maina-Via Vandelli, 573 (mo)
5210 1232km
97.4 1608 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Calvi dell’Umbria/Monte San
Pancrazio (tr) 5220 R_ITALIA 1499km
97.7 1608 I RAI Radio2, Monte Peglia (RAI) (tr) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_ 1446km
97.8 1608 I Simply Radio, Subiaco/Località San Biagio (rm) 6158 1571km
98.5 1608 I RAI Radio3, Viano/Querceto-Ca' del Vento (RAI) (re) 5203 1211km
99.5 1608 I Radio Stella (Modena), Serramazzoni/Monte Tagliato (mo) 584E R.?????? 1230km
99.7 1608 I RAI Radio3, Monte Peglia (RAI) (tr) 5203 1446km
87.5 1612 I Malvisi Network, Pellegrino Parmense/Monte Canate (pr) 532A _MALVISI 1165km
87.6 1612 I Virgin Radio, Milano/Via Valenza, 5 (mi) 5241 1068km
87.8 1612 I Radio Radicale, Vernasca/Frazione Vigoleno-Località Costa [29.3] (pc)
5210 RA?????? 1158km
87.9 1612 I Radio Radicale, Milano/Piazza Velasca-Torre Velasca (mi) OM, as 87.8
1068km
88.1 1612 I Elleradio, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 54A5 1568km
88.3 1612 I Radio Maria, Civitavecchia/Monte Paradiso (rm) Traffic and travel, or
maybe not 1500km
88.6 1612 I Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 5210 1568km
89.0 1612 I Radio Maria, Milano/Via San Galdino, 5-Traliccio Diner (mi) Frally sodding
Donna, pina di bloody grazie, and other brainwashing nonsense 1065km
90.2 1612 I Radio Maria, Serramazzoni/Monte Faeto-Via Monte Cusna 416 (mo)
Radio Maria Top Ten at Ten 1232km
90.6 1612 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Civitavecchia/Monte Paradiso (rm)
5264 *_?????? 1500km
92.4 1612 I RTL 102.5, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5218 1568km
92.7 1612 I Tele Radio Stereo, Rocca di Papa (rm) 5343 ___OLE_ ___06___ etc. 1568km
92.9 1612 I Radio Radio, Canepina/Poggio Nibbio (vt) Vocal ID 1487km
Unidentified/Unlisted:
88.3 1550 ? UNID, ? 952E
107.6 1552 I UNID, ? 568F
94.6 1553 I UNID, ? 5200 SP______
98.5 1608 I UNID, ? 5371
88.2 1550 I Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden Seceda, Unlisted site Partial ID and news, as 92.6
97.7 1550 I Radio Bellla e Monella, Unlisted site 5370 MO??LL??
98.7 1550 I SorRrisO, Unlisted site 5372 Sorrriso
Wow! What is happening? Another superb opening which would have been more in keeping with mid-simmer.
I have the gift! Yes, I have discovered that Sod's Law can work in reverse. On THREE occasions this year, I have sat down at the computer, with the intention of going through some more sporadic E files from the summer. On ALL three occasions, I switched on the radio to find the FM band full of Es, thus preventing me from catching up. I would have ignored these openings were they only scraping the bottom of the band, but they have all been substantial Es events. The first was on January 1st when auroral Es took over the band. Then came January 3rd with a solid opening to the French Riviera. Then came this one. Good, solid signals and, at times, very congested 'soupy' mess from north-east Italy, Austria and south-east Germany. Throw in a bit of Balkan activity and you have an impressive mid-winter Es opening. Luckily, I was well placed for this one.
Signals were good and many strong locals got toppled. Belmont 93.1 was a surprise as that is usually unshiftable. BBC Lincolnshire and Lincs FM were wiped out at times too.
Many personal firsts were recorded as this opening favoured the extreme north-east of Italy - an area which has generally eluded me over the years. I have never heard Venice before, until today! Come to think of it, I don't recall seeing Venice in any other logs, though I'm sure it must have been reported before. It's certainly a rare one here.
Then to top it all off I had sporadic E to Germany! It's the sort of reception you might hear once in the summer here, but never in winter. German stations were on almost every other frequency, but most were too weak for RDS.
I heard what I presumed was the Ladin language on several frequencies, 97.4, 97.8, 104.7 come to mind, but I may have been confusing this with other languages, Romantch for instance, or maybe Austrian German.
This opening was so good and so out of character for the time of year that I have uploaded the best of the files to my Mediafire account. See here:
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: 2016-01-13 (MW)
680 1825 USA KBRW, Barrow (AK) YL speech, as web. Regognised by the speech intonation only
as signal very weak (-110 dB on the Perseus). Then beats of two songs, as web
also. V weak 6061 km
Nice to hear Alaska again, even if it was painfully weak. Something tells me this is going to become something of a regular for many DXers now Holland have vacated 675.
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.
as signal very weak (-110 dB on the Perseus). Then beats of two songs, as web
also. V weak 6061 km
Nice to hear Alaska again, even if it was painfully weak. Something tells me this is going to become something of a regular for many DXers now Holland have vacated 675.
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.
Monday, 11 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-11 (FM)
OIRT Sporadic E:
66.02 1539 BLR BR Radio Mahilyow, Bobruysk (Babrujsk)/RTPS Yasny Les (MA) Pops, as web 1922km
69.68 1542 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Zhlobin/RTPS Zhlobin (ul. Marksa 1a) (GO) Local music, as web 1973km
68.45 1543 BLR BR Gomel FM, Zhlobin/RTPS Zhlobin (ul. Marksa 1a) (GO) YL and OM, as web 1973km
66.08 1545 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Svisloch (Svislac) (HR) Local music, as web 1580km
68.72 1546 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa, Svisloch (Svislac) (HR) Lively YL, as web 1580km
68.96 1547 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Bobruysk (Babrujsk)/RTPS Yasny Les (MA) Local music, as web 1922km
66.20 1550 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa, Gomel/RTPS (ul. Pushkina, 6) (GO) Rock, as web 2049km
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.
66.02 1539 BLR BR Radio Mahilyow, Bobruysk (Babrujsk)/RTPS Yasny Les (MA) Pops, as web 1922km
69.68 1542 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Zhlobin/RTPS Zhlobin (ul. Marksa 1a) (GO) Local music, as web 1973km
68.45 1543 BLR BR Gomel FM, Zhlobin/RTPS Zhlobin (ul. Marksa 1a) (GO) YL and OM, as web 1973km
66.08 1545 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Svisloch (Svislac) (HR) Local music, as web 1580km
68.72 1546 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa, Svisloch (Svislac) (HR) Lively YL, as web 1580km
68.96 1547 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Bobruysk (Babrujsk)/RTPS Yasny Les (MA) Local music, as web 1922km
66.20 1550 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa, Gomel/RTPS (ul. Pushkina, 6) (GO) Rock, as web 2049km
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-05 (FM)
OIRT Sporadic E:
67.25 1746 RUS Radio Rossii, Velikiye Luki/RTPS (PS) Pops, as web 1950km
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.
67.25 1746 RUS Radio Rossii, Velikiye Luki/RTPS (PS) Pops, as web 1950km
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Sunday, 3 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-03 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
95.3 1215 F Chérie FM, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F224 1194km
88.6 1216 F Top FM, Bandol/Vallongue (83) F442 _TOP_FM_ 1182km
89.0 1216 F Skyrock, Toulon/Mont Faron (83) F214 SKYROCK_ 1188km
89.6 1216 F Rire et Chansons, Apt/les Claparèdes (84) F226 _R??E_?? 1098km
90.4 1216 F RCF, Pertuis/la Plaine [13] (84) F851 __RCF___ 1125km
90.7 1216 F France Culture, Avignon/Mont Ventoux (84) F202 _CULTURE 1062km
91.4 1216 F France Bleu Drôme Ardèche, Nyons 3/Serre de Reynier (26) F205 ????DROM 1038km
91.7 1216 F Skyrock, Apt/les Claparèdes (84) F214 SKYROCK_ 1098km
92.1 1216 F Fun Radio, Apt/Rocsalière (84) F217 __F_U_N_ 1099km
93.2 1216 F France Musique, Avignon/Mont Ventoux (84) F203 1062km
96.4 1216 F Comète FM, Apt/Rocsalière (84) F4A6 _COMETE_ 1099km
97.4 1216 F France Inter, Avignon/Mont Ventoux (84) F201 __INTER_ 1062km
93.7 1217 F Nostalgie, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F218 ??????GI 1194km
95.8 1217 F Virgin Radio, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F219 1194km
97.1 1217 F France Culture, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F202 _C??TURE 1194km
98.8 1217 F Rire et Chansons, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F226 1194km
100.4 1217 F RTL, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F211 __RTL___ 1194km
102.9 1217 F France Bleu Provence, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F405 BLEUPROV 1194km
104.7 1217 F Europe 1, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F213 EUROPE_1 1194km
87.9 1221 F Radio Maritima, Istres or Martigues F436 ??RI????
88.3 1221 F Radio M, Montélimar/Malataverne (26) 1017km
88.9 1221 F Delta FM, Le Grau-du-Roi/Aigues-Mortes (30) F685 1101km
89.0 1221 F Virgin Radio, Avignon/Villeneuve-lès-Avignon[30] (84) Presumed. Promos for Virgin
Tonic in Marseille 1071km
91.1 1221 F Rire et Chansons, Montélimar/Malataverne (26) F226 _RIRE_&_ 1017km
91.3 1221 F France Inter, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) Vocal ID 1149km
92.2 1221 F Europe 1, Montélimar/Vauresinas [07] (26) F213 1017km
92.5 1221 F Skyrock, Avignon/Villeneuve-lès-Avignon[30] (84) Presumed with French rap 1071km
92.7 1221 F Nostalgie, Montélimar/Malataverne (26) F218 NOSTALGI 1017km
88.1 1222 F Chérie FM, Nyons 3/Serre de Reynier (26) Vocal ID after ads 1038km
89.5 1222 F Mix la Radio Étudiante, Orange/Piscine des Cèdres (84) F493 1055km
90.3 1222 F RAJE, Avignon/Rognonas [13] (84) F6D6 1080km
91.7 1222 F France Inter, Marseille/le Pomègues (13) F201 __INTER_ 1158km
87.6 1239 E SER (mixta), Mora d'Ebre (CAT-T) E039 1340km
87.8 1239 F RTS, Le Vigan/Montagne de l'Oiselette (30) F645 __RTS___ 1050km
88.4 1239 F France Culture, Low power multi-tx F202 _CULTURE
88.5 1239 F France Culture, Ispagnac (48) YL and OM, as 88.4 1005km
88.6 1239 E RNE Radio Clásica, Confrides/Aitana (VAL-A) E212 RNE-CLAS 1613km
89.0 1239 F Fun Radio, Florac/Le Pradal (48) F217 ??F_???? 1009km
89.1 1239 F France Inter, Montpellier/Tour de Bionne (34) F201 __INTER_ 1092km
89.2 1239 F France Inter, Le Vigan/Tessonne (30) F201 1049km
89.9 1239 F Rire et Chansons, Montpellier/Raimbaud-d'Orange (34) F226 _RIRE_&_ 1089km
90.1 1239 F France Inter, Mende/Truc de Fortunio (48) F201 __INTER_ 975km
90.2 1239 E RNE Radio Nacional, Caspe (ARA-Z) PI reg logged: E611 PS reg logged:
RNE_ARAG 1325km
90.4 1239 F RCF, Ganges/Roc Blanc (34) F851 RCF__MAG 1060km
90.6 1239 E COPE, La Font d'En Carròs (VAL-V) E089 ????__?? 1583km
90.8 1239 F France Culture, Le Vigan/Tessonne (30) F202 1049km
91.0 1239 F FM Plus, Montpellier/Castelnau-le-Lez (34) New PI codeF360 _FM_PLUS 1090km
91.1 1239 F France Culture, Ganges/Roc Blanc TDF (34) F202 _CULTURE 1060km
91.8 1239 F Fun Radio, Montpellier/Tour de Bionne (34) F217 1092km
92.0 1239 F Radio Ecclésia, Sumène/le Castanet (30) Presumed with christna talks 1046km
92.2 1239 F NRJ, Florac/Le Pradal (48) PS Slightly different to that on FM List
F220 _NRJ____ 1009km
92.4 1239 F Radio Nova, Montpellier/Raimbaud-d'Orange (34) F22A __NOVA__ 1089km
92.6 1239 F Chérie FM, Florac/Le Pradal (48) F224 CHERIEFM and artist info 1009km
97.1 1239 E Cadena Dial, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E935 __DIAL__ CASTELLO 1453km
97.4 1239 E RNE Radio Clásica, Barbastro/Salinas de Hoz (ARA-HU) E212 1236km
95.5 1240 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) PI reg logged: E615
??E_??CS 1453km
98.5 1240 E Bay Radio, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) E285 ??????a_ 1605km
107.9 1247 E Latinos FM, Alfafar (VAL-V) 1909 LATINOS_ 1498km
107.9 1250 E Alzira Ràdio, Alzira=Alcira (VAL-V) 0001 1558km
Not in FM List:
89.9 1221 F Fly FM, Monteux (84) F34B FLY_FM__
This would have been a decent opening by July standards!
I don't know if I missed much of this opening. South-east France was already reaching the top of the band when I first tuned in at 1215.
I made a few FDM-S2 recordings, which I checked later in the day. I tried to be methodical about how I did this, concentrating on the French reception.
I switched off once the conditions moved into Spain, mostly because I was still going through my auroral E2 files from January 1st, but I kept a close ear out for the canaries and the Azores, neither of which made it through, although I thought I briefly heard music on 87.7 which was being played on the RDP3 web stream. This was meteor scatter if so, probably helped along by the conditions, but it was too brief to be certain. Just for the record.
Five FDM S2 files of this event can be downloaded here: http://skywavesdx.org/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=2084
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
95.3 1215 F Chérie FM, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F224 1194km
88.6 1216 F Top FM, Bandol/Vallongue (83) F442 _TOP_FM_ 1182km
89.0 1216 F Skyrock, Toulon/Mont Faron (83) F214 SKYROCK_ 1188km
89.6 1216 F Rire et Chansons, Apt/les Claparèdes (84) F226 _R??E_?? 1098km
90.4 1216 F RCF, Pertuis/la Plaine [13] (84) F851 __RCF___ 1125km
90.7 1216 F France Culture, Avignon/Mont Ventoux (84) F202 _CULTURE 1062km
91.4 1216 F France Bleu Drôme Ardèche, Nyons 3/Serre de Reynier (26) F205 ????DROM 1038km
91.7 1216 F Skyrock, Apt/les Claparèdes (84) F214 SKYROCK_ 1098km
92.1 1216 F Fun Radio, Apt/Rocsalière (84) F217 __F_U_N_ 1099km
93.2 1216 F France Musique, Avignon/Mont Ventoux (84) F203 1062km
96.4 1216 F Comète FM, Apt/Rocsalière (84) F4A6 _COMETE_ 1099km
97.4 1216 F France Inter, Avignon/Mont Ventoux (84) F201 __INTER_ 1062km
93.7 1217 F Nostalgie, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F218 ??????GI 1194km
95.8 1217 F Virgin Radio, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F219 1194km
97.1 1217 F France Culture, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F202 _C??TURE 1194km
98.8 1217 F Rire et Chansons, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F226 1194km
100.4 1217 F RTL, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F211 __RTL___ 1194km
102.9 1217 F France Bleu Provence, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F405 BLEUPROV 1194km
104.7 1217 F Europe 1, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F213 EUROPE_1 1194km
87.9 1221 F Radio Maritima, Istres or Martigues F436 ??RI????
88.3 1221 F Radio M, Montélimar/Malataverne (26) 1017km
88.9 1221 F Delta FM, Le Grau-du-Roi/Aigues-Mortes (30) F685 1101km
89.0 1221 F Virgin Radio, Avignon/Villeneuve-lès-Avignon[30] (84) Presumed. Promos for Virgin
Tonic in Marseille 1071km
91.1 1221 F Rire et Chansons, Montélimar/Malataverne (26) F226 _RIRE_&_ 1017km
91.3 1221 F France Inter, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) Vocal ID 1149km
92.2 1221 F Europe 1, Montélimar/Vauresinas [07] (26) F213 1017km
92.5 1221 F Skyrock, Avignon/Villeneuve-lès-Avignon[30] (84) Presumed with French rap 1071km
92.7 1221 F Nostalgie, Montélimar/Malataverne (26) F218 NOSTALGI 1017km
88.1 1222 F Chérie FM, Nyons 3/Serre de Reynier (26) Vocal ID after ads 1038km
89.5 1222 F Mix la Radio Étudiante, Orange/Piscine des Cèdres (84) F493 1055km
90.3 1222 F RAJE, Avignon/Rognonas [13] (84) F6D6 1080km
91.7 1222 F France Inter, Marseille/le Pomègues (13) F201 __INTER_ 1158km
87.6 1239 E SER (mixta), Mora d'Ebre (CAT-T) E039 1340km
87.8 1239 F RTS, Le Vigan/Montagne de l'Oiselette (30) F645 __RTS___ 1050km
88.4 1239 F France Culture, Low power multi-tx F202 _CULTURE
88.5 1239 F France Culture, Ispagnac (48) YL and OM, as 88.4 1005km
88.6 1239 E RNE Radio Clásica, Confrides/Aitana (VAL-A) E212 RNE-CLAS 1613km
89.0 1239 F Fun Radio, Florac/Le Pradal (48) F217 ??F_???? 1009km
89.1 1239 F France Inter, Montpellier/Tour de Bionne (34) F201 __INTER_ 1092km
89.2 1239 F France Inter, Le Vigan/Tessonne (30) F201 1049km
89.9 1239 F Rire et Chansons, Montpellier/Raimbaud-d'Orange (34) F226 _RIRE_&_ 1089km
90.1 1239 F France Inter, Mende/Truc de Fortunio (48) F201 __INTER_ 975km
90.2 1239 E RNE Radio Nacional, Caspe (ARA-Z) PI reg logged: E611 PS reg logged:
RNE_ARAG 1325km
90.4 1239 F RCF, Ganges/Roc Blanc (34) F851 RCF__MAG 1060km
90.6 1239 E COPE, La Font d'En Carròs (VAL-V) E089 ????__?? 1583km
90.8 1239 F France Culture, Le Vigan/Tessonne (30) F202 1049km
91.0 1239 F FM Plus, Montpellier/Castelnau-le-Lez (34) New PI codeF360 _FM_PLUS 1090km
91.1 1239 F France Culture, Ganges/Roc Blanc TDF (34) F202 _CULTURE 1060km
91.8 1239 F Fun Radio, Montpellier/Tour de Bionne (34) F217 1092km
92.0 1239 F Radio Ecclésia, Sumène/le Castanet (30) Presumed with christna talks 1046km
92.2 1239 F NRJ, Florac/Le Pradal (48) PS Slightly different to that on FM List
F220 _NRJ____ 1009km
92.4 1239 F Radio Nova, Montpellier/Raimbaud-d'Orange (34) F22A __NOVA__ 1089km
92.6 1239 F Chérie FM, Florac/Le Pradal (48) F224 CHERIEFM and artist info 1009km
97.1 1239 E Cadena Dial, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E935 __DIAL__ CASTELLO 1453km
97.4 1239 E RNE Radio Clásica, Barbastro/Salinas de Hoz (ARA-HU) E212 1236km
95.5 1240 E RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) PI reg logged: E615
??E_??CS 1453km
98.5 1240 E Bay Radio, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) E285 ??????a_ 1605km
107.9 1247 E Latinos FM, Alfafar (VAL-V) 1909 LATINOS_ 1498km
107.9 1250 E Alzira Ràdio, Alzira=Alcira (VAL-V) 0001 1558km
Not in FM List:
89.9 1221 F Fly FM, Monteux (84) F34B FLY_FM__
This would have been a decent opening by July standards!
I don't know if I missed much of this opening. South-east France was already reaching the top of the band when I first tuned in at 1215.
I made a few FDM-S2 recordings, which I checked later in the day. I tried to be methodical about how I did this, concentrating on the French reception.
I switched off once the conditions moved into Spain, mostly because I was still going through my auroral E2 files from January 1st, but I kept a close ear out for the canaries and the Azores, neither of which made it through, although I thought I briefly heard music on 87.7 which was being played on the RDP3 web stream. This was meteor scatter if so, probably helped along by the conditions, but it was too brief to be certain. Just for the record.
Five FDM S2 files of this event can be downloaded here: http://skywavesdx.org/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=2084
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, 1 January 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-01-01 (Au E)
Band 2 Auroral Es:
87.7 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
Classical, as 87.9 1561km
87.9 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) 6201 YLE_YKSI
1665km **
88.0 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Joutseno/Pappilankangas-Valtatie no 6 (ek) 6201
??????SI 1899km
88.5 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6201
YLE_YKSI 1808km **
88.9 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Mikkeli - Sankt Michel/Majavesi-Puntalantie 41 (es)
Classical, as 87.9 1858km **
89.2 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Tammela/Torajärvi-Rimmiläntie 110 (kh) Classical, as 87.9
1654km **
89.5 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Pernaja - Pernå/Loviisa-Malmgård, Myrskyläntie 394 (uu)
Classical, as 87.9 1745km **
89.9 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) 6201 1793km
90.3 0104 S SR P1, Uppsala/Vedyxa TM (up) E201 1299km **
90.5 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Kerimäki/Yläkuona-Yläkuonantie (es) Classical, as 87.9
1961km **
90.7 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi)
6201 ????YK?? 1684km
90.7 0104 S SR P1, Västerås/Lillhärad TM (vm) E201 SR_P1___ 1219km **
92.1 0104 FIN YleX, Mikkeli - Sankt Michel/Majavesi-Puntalantie 41 (es) 6202 __YLEX__
1858km **
92.6 0104 FIN YleX, Turku - Åbo/Kaarina-Kuusisto, Vuolahdentie 137 (vs) 6202 ??????__
1553km **
92.8 0104 S SR P2, Östhammar/Valö TM (up) Classical, as 93.3 1334km **
92.8 0104 FIN YleX, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6202 1808km **
93.2 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Lahti - Lahtis/Hollola-Tiirismaa, Arvi Hauvosentie (ph)
6201 ??E_???? 1740km **
93.3 0104 S SR P2, Uppsala/Vedyxa TM (up) E402 1299km **
89.8 0105 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Turku - Åbo/Kaarina-Kuusisto, Vuolahdentie 137 (vs) 6201
YL????SI 1553km **
95.5 0105 FIN YleX, Lahti - Lahtis/Hollola-Tiirismaa, Arvi Hauvosentie (ph) 6202
1740km **
88.5 0107 FIN Radio Melodia, Uusikaupunki - Nystad/Orivo (vs) 6095 _MEL???? 1528km **
88.6 0107 FIN SR P3, Sund/Finby-Fejansberg (ah) E203 SR??3___ 1434km **
89.1 0107 S SR P1, Östhammar/Valö TM (up) YL, as 90.3 1334km **
89.9 0107 S Mix Megapol, Hallstavik/VT (st) E243 MIX_____ MEGAPOL_ 1349km **
91.3 0107 FIN Ålands Radio, Sund/Finby-Fejansberg (ah) 6031 ALANDS__ RADIO___ 1434km **
88.6 0108 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Pihtipudas/Ilosvuori-Viitasaarentie (ks) 6201 YL??YKSI
1842km **
94.6 0108 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Mikkeli - Sankt Michel/Majavesi-Puntalantie 41 (es)
6203 YLESUOMI 1858km **
94.8 0108 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
6203 1561km **
95.3 0108 FIN YleX, Pieksämäki/Pirttimäki-Kokkomäentie 68 (es) 6202 1867km **
95.8 0108 FIN YleX, Kerimäki/Yläkuona-Yläkuonantie (es) Duran Duran, as 95.3 1961km **
96.0 0108 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Tammela/Torajärvi-Rimmiläntie 110 (kh) Duran Duran, as
95.3 (Presume same programming as YLEX) 1654km **
97.4 0108 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Pieksämäki/Pirttimäki-Kokkomäentie 68 (es) 6203 1867km **
89.4 0126 S SR P1, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E201 SR_P??__ 1204km
89.5 0126 FIN Radio Dei, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6266
RA?????? 1610km **
90.4 0126 S Vinyl 107, Falun/Lövberget TM (da) Supertramp song, as Vinyl FM 95.4
1239km **
91.0 0126 FIN YleX, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6202
__????__ 1610km **
91.1 0126 FIN YleX, Pihtipudas/Ilosvuori-Viitasaarentie (ks) OMs, as 91.0 1842km **
91.2 0126 S SR P1, Falun/Lövberget TM (da) YL, as 89.4 1239km **
91.4 0126 S Vinyl 96.3, Hofors/Robertsholm (ga) Supertramp song, as Vinyl FM 95.4
1269km **
92.0 0126 S Vinyl 96.3, Ockelbo/Rönnåsen Comviq RM (ga) Supertramp song, as Vinyl FM
95.4 1303km **
93.0 0126 S SR P2, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E402 SR_P2___ 1204km **
93.4 0126 FIN The Voice, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 62AB
????E___ 1610km **
94.2 0126 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po)
6203 YLESUOMI 1610km **
95.2 0126 FIN YLE Radio Extrem, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Mastiontie (ep) 6204 YLE_X3M_
1704km **
95.4 0126 S Vinyl 107, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E2A8 ??IN????
1204km **
96.3 0126 S Vinyl 96.3, Gävle/Johannesbergs 13 (ga) Supertramp song, as Vinyl FM 95.4
1311km **
97.0 0126 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Pihtipudas/Ilosvuori-Viitasaarentie (ks) 6203 YLESUOMI
1842km **
97.2 0126 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po)
6203 YLESUOMI 1610km **
97.5 0126 S SR P3, Skövde/Åsbotorp 2/Billingen TM (vg) YL, as 97.0 1023km **
97.7 0126 S SR P3, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E203 SR_P3___ 1204km **
98.5 0126 S SR P3, Sunne/Blåbärskullen TM (vr) Pops, as 97.7 1067km **
98.6 0126 FIN YLE Radio Extrem, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po)
6204 YLE_X3M_ 1610km **
95.9 0127 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Perho/Limakonkallio (kp) Jovial studio discussion, as
97.0 1784km **
96.1 0127 FIN YLE Puhe, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6207
1610km **
97.4 0127 S Mix Megapol, Sunne/Östra Ämtervik-Ingersby Comviq TM (vr) E243 1078km **
99.1 0127 FIN Järviradio, Seinäjoki or Lestijärvi (both 1kW) 6255 JARVIRAD **
100.1 0127 FIN Radio SuomiPOP, Kurikka/Lehtivuori (ep) OM spoken jingle ID "Radio
Suomipop, ..?.. Soundtrack". Not another "Your Life Soundtrack"?? Ugh!
1657km **
100.2 0127 S SR P4, Falun/Lövberget TM (da) Most likely transmitter, heard on other
frequencies E224 ??_P4___ 1239km **
100.4 0127 FIN Radio Rock, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Simpsiönvuori (ep) 6288 ????CK??
1705km **
101.3 0127 S SR P4, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) Presume BorlängeE224
1204km **
101.8 0127 S SR P4, Sunne/Blåbärskullen TM (vr) E224 SR_P4___ 1067km **
102.0 0127 S SR P4, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) YL and xylophone, as others 1310km **
102.4 0127 S SR P4, Kristinehamn or Söderhamn Suspect Söderhamn. YL and xylophone, as
others **
103.3 0127 FIN Radio SuomiPOP, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Simpsiönvuori (ep) Presumed site. OM
vocal ID in music promo 1705km **
95.2 0129 FIN YLE Radio Extrem, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Mastiontie (ep) 1704km **
96.0 0129 NOR NRK Petre, Kopparen/Vallersund (st) Adele song, as 99.1 1302km **
96.1 0129 NOR NRK Petre, Kongsvinger/Holtberget (he) Adele song, as 99.1 1054km **
96.6 0129 NOR NRK P2, Grong/Geitfjellet (nt) 1422km
97.2 0129 NOR NRK P2, Melhus/Vassfjellet Vassfjellvegen (st) F202 _NRK_P2_ 1265km
98.4 0129 NOR NRK P2, Mosvik/Skavlen (nt) F202 1329km **
99.1 0129 NOR NRK Petre, Melhus/Vassfjellet Vassfjellvegen (st) F203 1265km **
99.4 0129 NOR NRK P2, Kappfjell (no) Classical, as 97.2 1538km **
99.8 0129 NOR NRK P2, Hemnes/Vettahaugen (no) Classical, as 97.2 1628km **
99.9 0129 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi)
6203 YLESUOMI 1684km **
99.8 0131 S SR P3, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) E203 SR_P3___ 1310km **
100.9 0131 FIN Radio Aalto, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6367
1610km **
101.7 0131 S SR P4, Hamburgsund/Hamburgö TM (vg) Pops, as others 907km **
102.1 0131 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi)
Classical, as Vega 102.6 1684km **
102.6 0131 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po)
6205 YLE_VEGA 1610km **
102.9 0131 FIN YLE Puhe, Ähtäri - Etseri/Isomäki-Pihlajavedentie (ep) 6207 YLE_PUHE
1732km **
102.9 0131 FIN YLE Puhe, Ähtäri - Etseri/Isomäki-Pihlajavedentie (ep) 6207 YLE_PUHE
1732km **
103.0 0131 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
Classical, as 102.6 1561km **
103.2 0131 S SR P4, Filipstad/Klockarhöjden TM (vr) Presumed siteE224 SR_P4___ 1113km **
103.5 0131 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) 6208 1793km **
104.9 0131 S Mix Megapol, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) E243 MEGAPOL_ 1310km **
103.0 0132 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
Classical, as 102.6 1561km **
104.7 0132 FIN Radio Nova, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi) Music
promo, as 105.1 1684km **
105.1 0132 FIN Radio Nova, Pihtipudas/Ilosvuori-Viitasaarentie (ks) Vocal ID after music
promo 1842km **
107.6 0132 FIN Radio Nova, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) Vocal
ID after music promo 1610km **
107.6 0132 FIN Radio Nova, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6209
??NOVA__ 1610km **
87.6 0133 FIN YleX, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) 6202 1793km **
88.1 0133 S SR P1, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) E201 SR_P1___ 1310km **
88.2 0133 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Mastiontie (ep) Classical, as others
1704km **
88.3 0133 S NRJ, Smedjebacken/Uvberget TM (da) Jingle IDE220 1202km **
88.5 0133 S SR P1, Filipstad/Klockarhöjden TM (vr) E201 SR_P1___ 1113km **
90.5 0133 S SR P1, Karlstad/Sörmon TM (vr) E201 1060km **
92.0 0133 FIN YLE Puhe, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st) 6207
YLE_PUHE 1561km
92.4 0133 S RIX FM, Filipstad/Klockarhöjden TM (vr) E241 1113km **
92.5 0133 FIN YLE Puhe, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) 6207 YLE_PUHE
1793km
92.7 0133 S SR P1, Bäckefors (Mellerud)/Grönehög TM (vg) YLs, as 89.1 969km **
93.8 0133 S SR P3, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E203 SR_P3___ 1365km **
96.6 0133 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Ähtäri - Etseri/Isomäki-Pihlajavedentie (ep) YL, as 94.0
1732km **
97.4 0133 S SR P2, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) E402 SR_P2___ 1310km **
93.9 0134 NOR NRK P2, Kongsvinger/Holtberget (he) F202 ??RK_P2_ 1054km **
94.0 0134 FIN YleX, Kruunupyy - Kronoby/Alaveteli-Saarukantie (po) 6202 __YLEX__
1772km **
94.3 0134 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Turku - Åbo/Kaarina-Kuusisto, Vuolahdentie 137 (vs) YL,
as 94.0 1553km **
94.6 0134 FIN Järviradio, Pedersöre (po) 6255 JARVIRAD 1734km **
95.1 0134 S SR P3, Härnösand/Vårdkasberget TM (Härnön) (vn) E203 1472km **
95.9 0134 S SR P4, Malung/Byråsen TM (da) Presumed siteE224 SR_P???? 1159km **
96.0 0134 S SR P3, Bollnäs/Arbrå-Kyrkberget TM (ga) E203 ??_P3___ 1323km **
96.7 0134 S SR P2, Mora/Eldris TM (da) E402 SR_P2___ 1211km **
96.9 0134 S SR P2, Sundsvall/Södra Stadsberget TM (vn) E402 SR_P2___ 1429km **
97.3 0134 FIN YLE Radio Extrem, Vaasa - Vasa/Mustasaari-Iskmo ön, Jaakko Mäkinens (po)
6204 1658km **
97.6 0134 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Kruunupyy - Kronoby/Alaveteli-Saarukantie (po) 6203
YLESUOMI 1772km **
97.8 0134 S SR P3, Örnsköldsvik/Åsberget TM (vn) E203 1547km **
98.1 0134 S SR P3, Sollefteå/Multrå-Flugtjärnshöjden TM (vn) Pops, as 97.8 1497km **
98.7 0134 S SR P4, Norrköping or Lycksele V weak pops, as others **
102.7 0134 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Kruunupyy - Kronoby/Alaveteli-Saarukantie (po) 6205
YLE_VEGA 1772km **
102.8 0134 S SR P4, Sundsvall/Södra Stadsberget TM (vn) E224 ????4_?? 1429km **
103.6 0134 S SR P4, Multi-tx Pops, as 102.8 **
103.8 0134 S SR P4, Bollnäs/Arbrå-Kyrkberget TM (ga) E224 SR_P4___ 1323km **
103.9 0134 S SR P4, Low power multi-tx, but maybe Valdemarsvik Pops, as 102.8 **
104.6 0134 S NRJ, Mora/Eldris TM (da) E220 1211km **
104.9 0134 FIN NRJ Energy, Kokkola (po) 6340 1762km **
105.1 0134 S Mix Megapol, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E243 MEGAPOL_ 1365km **
106.8 0134 S Mix Megapol, Mora/Sollerön Gesundaberget Tele 2 RM (da) E243 1210km **
107.0 0134 S NRJ, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E220 __NRJ___ 1365km **
107.2 0134 FIN The Voice, Kruunupyy - Kronoby/Alaveteli-Saarukantie (po) 62AB _VOICE__
1772km **
107.4 0134 S NRJ, 50 watt Rättvik or 5 kW Sundsvall? Painfully weak beats, as 107.0 **
87.6 0136 S SR P1, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E201 SR_P1___ 1365km
88.4 0136 S SR P1, Bollnäs/Arbrå-Kyrkberget TM (ga) E201 SR_P1___ 1323km **
90.2 0136 S SR P2, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E402 1365km **
91.7 0136 S SR P2, Bollnäs/Arbrå-Kyrkberget TM (ga) E402 SR_P2___ 1323km **
87.9 0143 S SR P1, Örebro/Lockhyttan TM (or) Suspect OrebroE201 1142km **
88.2 0143 S SR P4, Tåsjö/Hoting-Tåsjöberget TM (jm) E224 1518km **
88.9 0143 S SR P1, Skövde/Åsbotorp 2/Billingen TM (vg) YL, as 87.9 1023km **
94.3 0144 NOR NRK Petre, Tron (he) F203 _NRK_P3_ 1175km **
97.1 0145 S SR P3, Jönköping/Bondberget Comviq TM (jo) E203 1014km **
97.5 0145 S SR P3, Tåsjö/Hoting-Tåsjöberget TM (jm) E203 ??????__ 1518km **
99.0 0145 S SR P3, Mora/Eldris TM (da) Presumed siteE203 1211km **
100.6 0145 S SR P4, Multi-tx Pops, as others **
100.8 0145 S SR P4, Jönköping/Bondberget Comviq TM (jo) Pops, as others 1014km **
102.5 0145 S SR P4, Storuman/Norrberg TM (vb) Probably Storuman. Pops, as others
1618km **
87.8 0200 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Vaasa - Vasa/Mustasaari-Iskmo ön, Jaakko Mäkinens (po)
6201 1658km **
89.6 0200 FIN YleX, Vaasa - Vasa/Mustasaari-Iskmo ön, Jaakko Mäkinens (po) 6202
1658km **
88.1 0210 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) A202 _R????2_
1648km **
Unidentified:
87.8 0104 ? UNID. English YL with Scandinavian accent, saying that the weather was
warm as summer was beginning. Then OM in Finnish?
https://app.box.com/s/wypf9nqpmwmcl1c8se66qt034ob3brx0
** Personal First via this mode
Possibly the best Auroral Es I have known, though I remember another sustained AuEs opening to the top of the band, very similar to this, in which Finland and Sweden gave good signals late one evening when living in Nottinghamshire - I cannot remember the date for that and those loggings may have been lost.
What surprised me was the number of low power transmitters I received.
My antenna was best when beamed NNE. I tried other directions but this seemed to be best, though it did seem to need a gradual nudge to the north as conditions progressed. That would make sense with the aurora moving more to the west over time.
I didn't receive the Faroes, probably because I was just too close for the conditions at the time. Iceland was a nice surprise, but I had hoped to receive more from there too. I did have a pop station on 90.4, however, while Vestmannaeyjabær was in on 88.1, probably Radio X from the same site - a station occasionally received via summertime Es.
I rotated the antenna north-west for the remainder of the morning, looking for meteor scatter and, potentially, more AuEs, but none were received. The only meteor scatter received was from France and Spain and nothing from North America (if only!).
A great start to 2016!
Happy New Year to all and 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 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
Classical, as 87.9 1561km
87.9 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) 6201 YLE_YKSI
1665km **
88.0 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Joutseno/Pappilankangas-Valtatie no 6 (ek) 6201
??????SI 1899km
88.5 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6201
YLE_YKSI 1808km **
88.9 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Mikkeli - Sankt Michel/Majavesi-Puntalantie 41 (es)
Classical, as 87.9 1858km **
89.2 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Tammela/Torajärvi-Rimmiläntie 110 (kh) Classical, as 87.9
1654km **
89.5 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Pernaja - Pernå/Loviisa-Malmgård, Myrskyläntie 394 (uu)
Classical, as 87.9 1745km **
89.9 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) 6201 1793km
90.3 0104 S SR P1, Uppsala/Vedyxa TM (up) E201 1299km **
90.5 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Kerimäki/Yläkuona-Yläkuonantie (es) Classical, as 87.9
1961km **
90.7 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi)
6201 ????YK?? 1684km
90.7 0104 S SR P1, Västerås/Lillhärad TM (vm) E201 SR_P1___ 1219km **
92.1 0104 FIN YleX, Mikkeli - Sankt Michel/Majavesi-Puntalantie 41 (es) 6202 __YLEX__
1858km **
92.6 0104 FIN YleX, Turku - Åbo/Kaarina-Kuusisto, Vuolahdentie 137 (vs) 6202 ??????__
1553km **
92.8 0104 S SR P2, Östhammar/Valö TM (up) Classical, as 93.3 1334km **
92.8 0104 FIN YleX, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6202 1808km **
93.2 0104 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Lahti - Lahtis/Hollola-Tiirismaa, Arvi Hauvosentie (ph)
6201 ??E_???? 1740km **
93.3 0104 S SR P2, Uppsala/Vedyxa TM (up) E402 1299km **
89.8 0105 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Turku - Åbo/Kaarina-Kuusisto, Vuolahdentie 137 (vs) 6201
YL????SI 1553km **
95.5 0105 FIN YleX, Lahti - Lahtis/Hollola-Tiirismaa, Arvi Hauvosentie (ph) 6202
1740km **
88.5 0107 FIN Radio Melodia, Uusikaupunki - Nystad/Orivo (vs) 6095 _MEL???? 1528km **
88.6 0107 FIN SR P3, Sund/Finby-Fejansberg (ah) E203 SR??3___ 1434km **
89.1 0107 S SR P1, Östhammar/Valö TM (up) YL, as 90.3 1334km **
89.9 0107 S Mix Megapol, Hallstavik/VT (st) E243 MIX_____ MEGAPOL_ 1349km **
91.3 0107 FIN Ålands Radio, Sund/Finby-Fejansberg (ah) 6031 ALANDS__ RADIO___ 1434km **
88.6 0108 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Pihtipudas/Ilosvuori-Viitasaarentie (ks) 6201 YL??YKSI
1842km **
94.6 0108 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Mikkeli - Sankt Michel/Majavesi-Puntalantie 41 (es)
6203 YLESUOMI 1858km **
94.8 0108 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
6203 1561km **
95.3 0108 FIN YleX, Pieksämäki/Pirttimäki-Kokkomäentie 68 (es) 6202 1867km **
95.8 0108 FIN YleX, Kerimäki/Yläkuona-Yläkuonantie (es) Duran Duran, as 95.3 1961km **
96.0 0108 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Tammela/Torajärvi-Rimmiläntie 110 (kh) Duran Duran, as
95.3 (Presume same programming as YLEX) 1654km **
97.4 0108 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Pieksämäki/Pirttimäki-Kokkomäentie 68 (es) 6203 1867km **
89.4 0126 S SR P1, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E201 SR_P??__ 1204km
89.5 0126 FIN Radio Dei, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6266
RA?????? 1610km **
90.4 0126 S Vinyl 107, Falun/Lövberget TM (da) Supertramp song, as Vinyl FM 95.4
1239km **
91.0 0126 FIN YleX, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6202
__????__ 1610km **
91.1 0126 FIN YleX, Pihtipudas/Ilosvuori-Viitasaarentie (ks) OMs, as 91.0 1842km **
91.2 0126 S SR P1, Falun/Lövberget TM (da) YL, as 89.4 1239km **
91.4 0126 S Vinyl 96.3, Hofors/Robertsholm (ga) Supertramp song, as Vinyl FM 95.4
1269km **
92.0 0126 S Vinyl 96.3, Ockelbo/Rönnåsen Comviq RM (ga) Supertramp song, as Vinyl FM
95.4 1303km **
93.0 0126 S SR P2, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E402 SR_P2___ 1204km **
93.4 0126 FIN The Voice, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 62AB
????E___ 1610km **
94.2 0126 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po)
6203 YLESUOMI 1610km **
95.2 0126 FIN YLE Radio Extrem, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Mastiontie (ep) 6204 YLE_X3M_
1704km **
95.4 0126 S Vinyl 107, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E2A8 ??IN????
1204km **
96.3 0126 S Vinyl 96.3, Gävle/Johannesbergs 13 (ga) Supertramp song, as Vinyl FM 95.4
1311km **
97.0 0126 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Pihtipudas/Ilosvuori-Viitasaarentie (ks) 6203 YLESUOMI
1842km **
97.2 0126 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po)
6203 YLESUOMI 1610km **
97.5 0126 S SR P3, Skövde/Åsbotorp 2/Billingen TM (vg) YL, as 97.0 1023km **
97.7 0126 S SR P3, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E203 SR_P3___ 1204km **
98.5 0126 S SR P3, Sunne/Blåbärskullen TM (vr) Pops, as 97.7 1067km **
98.6 0126 FIN YLE Radio Extrem, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po)
6204 YLE_X3M_ 1610km **
95.9 0127 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Perho/Limakonkallio (kp) Jovial studio discussion, as
97.0 1784km **
96.1 0127 FIN YLE Puhe, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6207
1610km **
97.4 0127 S Mix Megapol, Sunne/Östra Ämtervik-Ingersby Comviq TM (vr) E243 1078km **
99.1 0127 FIN Järviradio, Seinäjoki or Lestijärvi (both 1kW) 6255 JARVIRAD **
100.1 0127 FIN Radio SuomiPOP, Kurikka/Lehtivuori (ep) OM spoken jingle ID "Radio
Suomipop, ..?.. Soundtrack". Not another "Your Life Soundtrack"?? Ugh!
1657km **
100.2 0127 S SR P4, Falun/Lövberget TM (da) Most likely transmitter, heard on other
frequencies E224 ??_P4___ 1239km **
100.4 0127 FIN Radio Rock, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Simpsiönvuori (ep) 6288 ????CK??
1705km **
101.3 0127 S SR P4, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) Presume BorlängeE224
1204km **
101.8 0127 S SR P4, Sunne/Blåbärskullen TM (vr) E224 SR_P4___ 1067km **
102.0 0127 S SR P4, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) YL and xylophone, as others 1310km **
102.4 0127 S SR P4, Kristinehamn or Söderhamn Suspect Söderhamn. YL and xylophone, as
others **
103.3 0127 FIN Radio SuomiPOP, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Simpsiönvuori (ep) Presumed site. OM
vocal ID in music promo 1705km **
95.2 0129 FIN YLE Radio Extrem, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Mastiontie (ep) 1704km **
96.0 0129 NOR NRK Petre, Kopparen/Vallersund (st) Adele song, as 99.1 1302km **
96.1 0129 NOR NRK Petre, Kongsvinger/Holtberget (he) Adele song, as 99.1 1054km **
96.6 0129 NOR NRK P2, Grong/Geitfjellet (nt) 1422km
97.2 0129 NOR NRK P2, Melhus/Vassfjellet Vassfjellvegen (st) F202 _NRK_P2_ 1265km
98.4 0129 NOR NRK P2, Mosvik/Skavlen (nt) F202 1329km **
99.1 0129 NOR NRK Petre, Melhus/Vassfjellet Vassfjellvegen (st) F203 1265km **
99.4 0129 NOR NRK P2, Kappfjell (no) Classical, as 97.2 1538km **
99.8 0129 NOR NRK P2, Hemnes/Vettahaugen (no) Classical, as 97.2 1628km **
99.9 0129 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi)
6203 YLESUOMI 1684km **
99.8 0131 S SR P3, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) E203 SR_P3___ 1310km **
100.9 0131 FIN Radio Aalto, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6367
1610km **
101.7 0131 S SR P4, Hamburgsund/Hamburgö TM (vg) Pops, as others 907km **
102.1 0131 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi)
Classical, as Vega 102.6 1684km **
102.6 0131 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po)
6205 YLE_VEGA 1610km **
102.9 0131 FIN YLE Puhe, Ähtäri - Etseri/Isomäki-Pihlajavedentie (ep) 6207 YLE_PUHE
1732km **
102.9 0131 FIN YLE Puhe, Ähtäri - Etseri/Isomäki-Pihlajavedentie (ep) 6207 YLE_PUHE
1732km **
103.0 0131 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
Classical, as 102.6 1561km **
103.2 0131 S SR P4, Filipstad/Klockarhöjden TM (vr) Presumed siteE224 SR_P4___ 1113km **
103.5 0131 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) 6208 1793km **
104.9 0131 S Mix Megapol, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) E243 MEGAPOL_ 1310km **
103.0 0132 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st)
Classical, as 102.6 1561km **
104.7 0132 FIN Radio Nova, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi) Music
promo, as 105.1 1684km **
105.1 0132 FIN Radio Nova, Pihtipudas/Ilosvuori-Viitasaarentie (ks) Vocal ID after music
promo 1842km **
107.6 0132 FIN Radio Nova, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) Vocal
ID after music promo 1610km **
107.6 0132 FIN Radio Nova, Kristiinankaupunki-Kristinestad/Lapväärtti-Pyhävuo (po) 6209
??NOVA__ 1610km **
87.6 0133 FIN YleX, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) 6202 1793km **
88.1 0133 S SR P1, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) E201 SR_P1___ 1310km **
88.2 0133 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Lapua - Lappo/Simpsiö-Mastiontie (ep) Classical, as others
1704km **
88.3 0133 S NRJ, Smedjebacken/Uvberget TM (da) Jingle IDE220 1202km **
88.5 0133 S SR P1, Filipstad/Klockarhöjden TM (vr) E201 SR_P1___ 1113km **
90.5 0133 S SR P1, Karlstad/Sörmon TM (vr) E201 1060km **
92.0 0133 FIN YLE Puhe, Eurajoki - Euraåminne/Korvenkulma-Porintie 899 (st) 6207
YLE_PUHE 1561km
92.4 0133 S RIX FM, Filipstad/Klockarhöjden TM (vr) E241 1113km **
92.5 0133 FIN YLE Puhe, Jyväskylä/Taka-Keljo Ronsuntaipaleentie (ks) 6207 YLE_PUHE
1793km
92.7 0133 S SR P1, Bäckefors (Mellerud)/Grönehög TM (vg) YLs, as 89.1 969km **
93.8 0133 S SR P3, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E203 SR_P3___ 1365km **
96.6 0133 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Ähtäri - Etseri/Isomäki-Pihlajavedentie (ep) YL, as 94.0
1732km **
97.4 0133 S SR P2, Gävle/Skogmur TM (ga) E402 SR_P2___ 1310km **
93.9 0134 NOR NRK P2, Kongsvinger/Holtberget (he) F202 ??RK_P2_ 1054km **
94.0 0134 FIN YleX, Kruunupyy - Kronoby/Alaveteli-Saarukantie (po) 6202 __YLEX__
1772km **
94.3 0134 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Turku - Åbo/Kaarina-Kuusisto, Vuolahdentie 137 (vs) YL,
as 94.0 1553km **
94.6 0134 FIN Järviradio, Pedersöre (po) 6255 JARVIRAD 1734km **
95.1 0134 S SR P3, Härnösand/Vårdkasberget TM (Härnön) (vn) E203 1472km **
95.9 0134 S SR P4, Malung/Byråsen TM (da) Presumed siteE224 SR_P???? 1159km **
96.0 0134 S SR P3, Bollnäs/Arbrå-Kyrkberget TM (ga) E203 ??_P3___ 1323km **
96.7 0134 S SR P2, Mora/Eldris TM (da) E402 SR_P2___ 1211km **
96.9 0134 S SR P2, Sundsvall/Södra Stadsberget TM (vn) E402 SR_P2___ 1429km **
97.3 0134 FIN YLE Radio Extrem, Vaasa - Vasa/Mustasaari-Iskmo ön, Jaakko Mäkinens (po)
6204 1658km **
97.6 0134 FIN YLE Radio Suomi, Kruunupyy - Kronoby/Alaveteli-Saarukantie (po) 6203
YLESUOMI 1772km **
97.8 0134 S SR P3, Örnsköldsvik/Åsberget TM (vn) E203 1547km **
98.1 0134 S SR P3, Sollefteå/Multrå-Flugtjärnshöjden TM (vn) Pops, as 97.8 1497km **
98.7 0134 S SR P4, Norrköping or Lycksele V weak pops, as others **
102.7 0134 FIN YLE Radio Vega, Kruunupyy - Kronoby/Alaveteli-Saarukantie (po) 6205
YLE_VEGA 1772km **
102.8 0134 S SR P4, Sundsvall/Södra Stadsberget TM (vn) E224 ????4_?? 1429km **
103.6 0134 S SR P4, Multi-tx Pops, as 102.8 **
103.8 0134 S SR P4, Bollnäs/Arbrå-Kyrkberget TM (ga) E224 SR_P4___ 1323km **
103.9 0134 S SR P4, Low power multi-tx, but maybe Valdemarsvik Pops, as 102.8 **
104.6 0134 S NRJ, Mora/Eldris TM (da) E220 1211km **
104.9 0134 FIN NRJ Energy, Kokkola (po) 6340 1762km **
105.1 0134 S Mix Megapol, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E243 MEGAPOL_ 1365km **
106.8 0134 S Mix Megapol, Mora/Sollerön Gesundaberget Tele 2 RM (da) E243 1210km **
107.0 0134 S NRJ, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E220 __NRJ___ 1365km **
107.2 0134 FIN The Voice, Kruunupyy - Kronoby/Alaveteli-Saarukantie (po) 62AB _VOICE__
1772km **
107.4 0134 S NRJ, 50 watt Rättvik or 5 kW Sundsvall? Painfully weak beats, as 107.0 **
87.6 0136 S SR P1, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E201 SR_P1___ 1365km
88.4 0136 S SR P1, Bollnäs/Arbrå-Kyrkberget TM (ga) E201 SR_P1___ 1323km **
90.2 0136 S SR P2, Hudiksvall/Forsa-Storberget TM (ga) E402 1365km **
91.7 0136 S SR P2, Bollnäs/Arbrå-Kyrkberget TM (ga) E402 SR_P2___ 1323km **
87.9 0143 S SR P1, Örebro/Lockhyttan TM (or) Suspect OrebroE201 1142km **
88.2 0143 S SR P4, Tåsjö/Hoting-Tåsjöberget TM (jm) E224 1518km **
88.9 0143 S SR P1, Skövde/Åsbotorp 2/Billingen TM (vg) YL, as 87.9 1023km **
94.3 0144 NOR NRK Petre, Tron (he) F203 _NRK_P3_ 1175km **
97.1 0145 S SR P3, Jönköping/Bondberget Comviq TM (jo) E203 1014km **
97.5 0145 S SR P3, Tåsjö/Hoting-Tåsjöberget TM (jm) E203 ??????__ 1518km **
99.0 0145 S SR P3, Mora/Eldris TM (da) Presumed siteE203 1211km **
100.6 0145 S SR P4, Multi-tx Pops, as others **
100.8 0145 S SR P4, Jönköping/Bondberget Comviq TM (jo) Pops, as others 1014km **
102.5 0145 S SR P4, Storuman/Norrberg TM (vb) Probably Storuman. Pops, as others
1618km **
87.8 0200 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Vaasa - Vasa/Mustasaari-Iskmo ön, Jaakko Mäkinens (po)
6201 1658km **
89.6 0200 FIN YleX, Vaasa - Vasa/Mustasaari-Iskmo ön, Jaakko Mäkinens (po) 6202
1658km **
88.1 0210 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) A202 _R????2_
1648km **
Unidentified:
87.8 0104 ? UNID. English YL with Scandinavian accent, saying that the weather was
warm as summer was beginning. Then OM in Finnish?
https://app.box.com/s/wypf9nqpmwmcl1c8se66qt034ob3brx0
** Personal First via this mode
Possibly the best Auroral Es I have known, though I remember another sustained AuEs opening to the top of the band, very similar to this, in which Finland and Sweden gave good signals late one evening when living in Nottinghamshire - I cannot remember the date for that and those loggings may have been lost.
What surprised me was the number of low power transmitters I received.
My antenna was best when beamed NNE. I tried other directions but this seemed to be best, though it did seem to need a gradual nudge to the north as conditions progressed. That would make sense with the aurora moving more to the west over time.
I didn't receive the Faroes, probably because I was just too close for the conditions at the time. Iceland was a nice surprise, but I had hoped to receive more from there too. I did have a pop station on 90.4, however, while Vestmannaeyjabær was in on 88.1, probably Radio X from the same site - a station occasionally received via summertime Es.
I rotated the antenna north-west for the remainder of the morning, looking for meteor scatter and, potentially, more AuEs, but none were received. The only meteor scatter received was from France and Spain and nothing from North America (if only!).
A great start to 2016!
Happy New Year to all and Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
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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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