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Friday 29 January 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-01-29 (MW)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
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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.