1400 0300 GRD Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou/Tarleton Point (cpm)
Call 1-800-SEND-US-YOUR-MONEY-NOW, etc. Briefly over CBG Fair 7033 km
1360 0400 USA WDRC, Hartford (N) (CT) WDRC call hear in local 1368 splatter Weak 5381 km
1640 0400 USA WTNI 96.7 The Champ ESPN Radio, Biloxi (Gulfport) (MS) ESPN Radio ID
V weak 7294 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft movable flag antenna, at 28 degrees.
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor; Jaguar.
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-27 (MW Transatlantic)
1580 0353 CAN CKDO Oshawa ON. right here on CKDO Weak 5613 km 1350 0357 ARG LS6 Radio Buenos Aires RBA, Burzaco (ba) OM Radio Buenos Aires ID Weak 11301 km 1390 0359 USA WEGP Presque Isle ME. EWTN. Network station IDs Weak 4760 km 1440 0400 USA WMKM Inkster MI. WMKM Inkster ID heard. Thanks Simon Beaven and Real DX for help. V weak 6012 km ** 1440 0404 USA WHKZ Warren OH. ID as AM 12-20 The Word Weak 5940 km
** Personal First
Surprised to receive these as the flag was aiming towards South America!
Equipment: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: 3m x 7.7m Movable Flag Antenna
Software: Jaguar Wild Cat
Spring Snowstorm
We didn't have a single flake of snow over winter, but we've been having snow showers for the last few days in Skegness. The shower we just had was fairly heavy for a time. We also reached a whopping 12C today too! If you think that's cold, it's been 6C in recent days. Perhaps we'll skip spring (and summer no doubt) this year and head straight to autumn.
Ice build-up on shack window
Unseasonal spring weather!
Unseasonal spring weather!
Unseasonal spring weather!
Unseasonal spring weather!
Unseasonal spring weather!
Crystal, one of our fearless Rottweilers, was terrified of the snow!
A little spring hail!
A little spring hail!
A little spring hail!
We had no snow over the entire winter, then we get this - and it's almost May!
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Preview: Skegness Log: 2016-04-26 (Europe)
1350 0121 I I AM Radio, Pirate (Lombardia) I Am Radio IDs and pops Weak 1063 km
Catching up with a few loggings.
I came across this one with the flag pointing south while I was looking for Botswana. It signs off around 2300 and carries NPR News from America on the hour, otherwise it's a trip down Disco Memory Lane! Not 100% sure but I think this is a pirate station.
I AM Radio dominates the frequency in the evenings, but no LPAM stations can be heard in this direction once it's closed down.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft movable flag antenna, at 28 degrees.
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor; Jaguar.
Catching up with a few loggings.
I came across this one with the flag pointing south while I was looking for Botswana. It signs off around 2300 and carries NPR News from America on the hour, otherwise it's a trip down Disco Memory Lane! Not 100% sure but I think this is a pirate station.
I AM Radio dominates the frequency in the evenings, but no LPAM stations can be heard in this direction once it's closed down.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft movable flag antenna, at 28 degrees.
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor; Jaguar.
Monday, 25 April 2016
Sunday, 24 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-24 (MW Africa)
1530 0300 STP Voice of America, Pinheira/Ponta Praião (sao) Singing on. ID and Yankee Doodle Fair 5908 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Skegness Log: 2016-04-24 (FM Es: Italy)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.9 1744 I Virgin Radio, Reggio Calabria/Fortino di Pentimele (rc) 5241 2043km
88.5 1744 I Radio Cuore (RMB Belpasso), Reggio Calabria/Fortino di Pentimele (rc) 522F
__CUORE_ 2043km
89.8 1744 I Radio Maria, Scilla/Frazione Melia-Monte Scrisi (rc) 51CC R.?????? 2035km
90.4 1744 I Radio Deejay, Scilla/Frazione Melia-Monte Scrisi (rc) 5214 2035km
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.
87.9 1744 I Virgin Radio, Reggio Calabria/Fortino di Pentimele (rc) 5241 2043km
88.5 1744 I Radio Cuore (RMB Belpasso), Reggio Calabria/Fortino di Pentimele (rc) 522F
__CUORE_ 2043km
89.8 1744 I Radio Maria, Scilla/Frazione Melia-Monte Scrisi (rc) 51CC R.?????? 2035km
90.4 1744 I Radio Deejay, Scilla/Frazione Melia-Monte Scrisi (rc) 5214 2035km
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.
Early Start To The Sporadic E Season!
This has been the earliest start to a sporadic E season I can remember, although I haven't really checked so early in April before now.
The first Es opening of 2016 came shortly before midday on April 18th with a small opening to Russia on the OIRT band. Nothing was heard on band 2.
The second Es opening reached band 2 just after midday on April 19th. Arabic programming was heard for a minute or two, very weakly on 87.6. It was definitely sporadic E.
The third opening came today, April 24th, during the early evening, when the Reggio Calabira area in southern Italy came through, the MUF reaching 90.4 MHz.
A sign of things to come? Of course not ;O) The Es will happen as and when they want. This probably means nothing at all, but how nice to have such an early start to the season.
Good DX!
The first Es opening of 2016 came shortly before midday on April 18th with a small opening to Russia on the OIRT band. Nothing was heard on band 2.
The second Es opening reached band 2 just after midday on April 19th. Arabic programming was heard for a minute or two, very weakly on 87.6. It was definitely sporadic E.
The third opening came today, April 24th, during the early evening, when the Reggio Calabira area in southern Italy came through, the MUF reaching 90.4 MHz.
A sign of things to come? Of course not ;O) The Es will happen as and when they want. This probably means nothing at all, but how nice to have such an early start to the season.
Good DX!
Saturday, 23 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-23 (MW: Africa)
917 0201 NIG Radio Gotel Yola, Jabura/Modire (adw) OM ID. Thanks to Matthias Hornsteiner for
spotting this. Weak 4996 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
spotting this. Weak 4996 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-21 (FM Tropo: Germany)
Band 2 Troposheric:
89.0 0610 D 89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) D0DB ??????TL 712km
89.9 0612 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D383 NDR_Kult 707km
91.5 0613 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) D3C2 MDR_JUMP 712km
92.1 0613 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D382 _NDR_2__ 707km
94.6 0614 D MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) D4D1 MDR_S-AN 712km
95.3 0615 HOL SLAM!, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 82A5 __SL???? 320km
97.4 0616 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_ 712km
98.0 0616 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D381 707km
103.5 0617 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D210 707km
106.3 0620 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D389 ANTENNE_ 707km
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
89.0 0610 D 89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) D0DB ??????TL 712km
89.9 0612 D NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D383 NDR_Kult 707km
91.5 0613 D MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) D3C2 MDR_JUMP 712km
92.1 0613 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D382 _NDR_2__ 707km
94.6 0614 D MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) D4D1 MDR_S-AN 712km
95.3 0615 HOL SLAM!, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 82A5 __SL???? 320km
97.4 0616 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_ 712km
98.0 0616 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D381 707km
103.5 0617 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D210 707km
106.3 0620 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D389 ANTENNE_ 707km
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, 20 April 2016
My 2015 Sporadic E Season Has Finally Finished!
I was just updating my web pages, adding the last few entries from my 2015 to my personal all-time E logbook, then it struck me - my 2015 season was finally over ... AT LAST!
2015 was the first Es season where I had used a band 2 SDR. It was something of an experimental process, resulting in me acquiring a large number of SDR files, all produced by my Elad FDM-S2 SDR receiver. It was all very exciting, knowing that I could record large chunks of the FM band, the whole band in only four chunks in fact! Very nearly three chunks, thanks to the 6MHz bandwidth!
DXing in this manner means that I am less likely to miss stations which are coming through. No more single channel DXing, it's now SIXTY CHANNEL DXING !!!
What did this mean?
* Lots of files to check through (well over 500 or 600 in my case - I didn't count them).
* Each file could take half an hour or longer if I wanted to investigate reception closely.
* There was never enough time to check the files ...
* Therefore I got well behind on log reporting - over seven months behind at times!
But there was a very big positive:
* Almost 9000 loggings!
* More double hop spotted than you can shake a big stick at!
The quantity of loggings never outweighs the quality of loggings, but I was very pleased to report double hop reception to Israel, Cyprus, Libya, Lebanon and Turkey - that's Istanbul AND Asiatic Turkey, right down to Adana, not that far from the Syrian border. Turkey was received on several occasions. One day I had GOOD signals right to the top of the band! It was like living in Istanbul.
The important question is, would I have had this double hop reception had I only had single frequency DXing? I estimate that between 60% - 90% if it would have been missed. I may have still had Cyprus and Turkey, but in limited quantity. It's possible I may have missed all of it. The Istanbul reception was only possible due to the recording facility. I was not at home at the time!
The whole thing was an experiment to find out what was possible with broadband FM DXing, finding out the pros and cons, but I had to check through EVERY single file. That now having been accomplished, I can say that I definitely WON'T be so eager in the future. It's just too much! In future I will record far less files. Yes, there are obvious benefits of recording large quantities of files, but it comes with diminishing returns. More files = more repetition of the same stations. Useful, perhaps, but probably not worth the extra effort, unless you are extremely keen or have a lot of spare time on your hands.
In 2016, I plan to record far fewer files and I will target certain countries. Checking hundreds of SDR files held my attention and remained interesting only for so long. I was determined to achieve my goal, and I am pleased to say that I did, but NEVER AGAIN! Ocverall, it was interesting and mostly fun, but there are limits.
Happy DXing!
2015 was the first Es season where I had used a band 2 SDR. It was something of an experimental process, resulting in me acquiring a large number of SDR files, all produced by my Elad FDM-S2 SDR receiver. It was all very exciting, knowing that I could record large chunks of the FM band, the whole band in only four chunks in fact! Very nearly three chunks, thanks to the 6MHz bandwidth!
DXing in this manner means that I am less likely to miss stations which are coming through. No more single channel DXing, it's now SIXTY CHANNEL DXING !!!
What did this mean?
* Lots of files to check through (well over 500 or 600 in my case - I didn't count them).
* Each file could take half an hour or longer if I wanted to investigate reception closely.
* There was never enough time to check the files ...
* Therefore I got well behind on log reporting - over seven months behind at times!
But there was a very big positive:
* Almost 9000 loggings!
* More double hop spotted than you can shake a big stick at!
The quantity of loggings never outweighs the quality of loggings, but I was very pleased to report double hop reception to Israel, Cyprus, Libya, Lebanon and Turkey - that's Istanbul AND Asiatic Turkey, right down to Adana, not that far from the Syrian border. Turkey was received on several occasions. One day I had GOOD signals right to the top of the band! It was like living in Istanbul.
The important question is, would I have had this double hop reception had I only had single frequency DXing? I estimate that between 60% - 90% if it would have been missed. I may have still had Cyprus and Turkey, but in limited quantity. It's possible I may have missed all of it. The Istanbul reception was only possible due to the recording facility. I was not at home at the time!
The whole thing was an experiment to find out what was possible with broadband FM DXing, finding out the pros and cons, but I had to check through EVERY single file. That now having been accomplished, I can say that I definitely WON'T be so eager in the future. It's just too much! In future I will record far less files. Yes, there are obvious benefits of recording large quantities of files, but it comes with diminishing returns. More files = more repetition of the same stations. Useful, perhaps, but probably not worth the extra effort, unless you are extremely keen or have a lot of spare time on your hands.
In 2016, I plan to record far fewer files and I will target certain countries. Checking hundreds of SDR files held my attention and remained interesting only for so long. I was determined to achieve my goal, and I am pleased to say that I did, but NEVER AGAIN! Ocverall, it was interesting and mostly fun, but there are limits.
Happy DXing!
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-19 (MW)
1400 0204 GRD Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou. God, God and MORE God! Fair over CBG.
Fair 7033 km
1290 0259 VEN YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello. Most consistent TA, despite
flag bearing 290 degrees. Fair 7637 km
1590 0300 USA WARV Warwick RI. ID - WARV Warick-Providence Weak 5308 km
1210 0332 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. YL singing, difficult in dreadful 1215 splatter
(Absolute Radio) offset 1210.007 3734 km
1400 0400 CAN CBG Gander NL. CBC News Fair 3775 km
1500 0400 USA WFED Washington DC. WFED ID, etc. Weak 5861 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Still hanging on at 0600 Weak 5538 km
Poor conditions overnight. It was a struggle to ehar these.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Fair 7033 km
1290 0259 VEN YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello. Most consistent TA, despite
flag bearing 290 degrees. Fair 7637 km
1590 0300 USA WARV Warwick RI. ID - WARV Warick-Providence Weak 5308 km
1210 0332 CAN VOAR Saint John s NL. YL singing, difficult in dreadful 1215 splatter
(Absolute Radio) offset 1210.007 3734 km
1400 0400 CAN CBG Gander NL. CBC News Fair 3775 km
1500 0400 USA WFED Washington DC. WFED ID, etc. Weak 5861 km
1560 0600 USA WFME New York NY. Still hanging on at 0600 Weak 5538 km
Poor conditions overnight. It was a struggle to ehar these.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Monday, 18 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-18 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
66.05 1137 RUS Radio Rossii, Pskov/ORTPC (PS) OOM, as web 1821km
69.86 1141 RUS Radio Rossii, Dedovichi (PS) Presumed. Not as web but maybe on local
programme? 1922km
First Es of the season!
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
66.05 1137 RUS Radio Rossii, Pskov/ORTPC (PS) OOM, as web 1821km
69.86 1141 RUS Radio Rossii, Dedovichi (PS) Presumed. Not as web but maybe on local
programme? 1922km
First Es of the season!
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Friday, 15 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-15 (MW)
1290 0100 VEN YVLF Radio Puerto Cabello, Puerto Cabello (cbb) ID - La Voz De.... Radio
Puerto Cabello Weak 7637 km
1400 0100 GRD Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou/Tarleton Point (cpm) ID - This
is The Harbour Light Of The Windward at 01:00:40 Fair 7033 km
1660 0100 PTR WGIT Canóvanas (PR) OM with WGIT call Fair 6806 km
1500 0155 VEN YVRZ Radio 2000 AM, Cumaná (suc) OM ID V weak 7396 km
1610 0301 AIA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley (tvy) Presumed. Talking about the
House of God Fair 6629 km
750 0330 VEN YVKS RCR 750 Radio Caracas, Caracas (dcf) Low offset. OM talk. Thanks
Barry Davies & Thomas Nilsson/RealDX for help. V weak 7574 km
670 0333 VEN YVLL Radio Rumbos, Caracas (dcf) Thanks Thomas Nilsson/RealDX for
help V weak 7573 km **
** Personal 'First'
Poor conditions, but audio popped up on a few interesting frequencies. 690 and 1240 had the strongest Latins, but they were splattered into next week might be worth checking back in a few days then ;)
Both Caracas stations are now on new lower offsets, 670 being 669,9881 and 750 is 749.9885.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Puerto Cabello Weak 7637 km
1400 0100 GRD Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou/Tarleton Point (cpm) ID - This
is The Harbour Light Of The Windward at 01:00:40 Fair 7033 km
1660 0100 PTR WGIT Canóvanas (PR) OM with WGIT call Fair 6806 km
1500 0155 VEN YVRZ Radio 2000 AM, Cumaná (suc) OM ID V weak 7396 km
1610 0301 AIA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley (tvy) Presumed. Talking about the
House of God Fair 6629 km
750 0330 VEN YVKS RCR 750 Radio Caracas, Caracas (dcf) Low offset. OM talk. Thanks
Barry Davies & Thomas Nilsson/RealDX for help. V weak 7574 km
670 0333 VEN YVLL Radio Rumbos, Caracas (dcf) Thanks Thomas Nilsson/RealDX for
help V weak 7573 km **
** Personal 'First'
Poor conditions, but audio popped up on a few interesting frequencies. 690 and 1240 had the strongest Latins, but they were splattered into next week might be worth checking back in a few days then ;)
Both Caracas stations are now on new lower offsets, 670 being 669,9881 and 750 is 749.9885.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Friday, 8 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-08 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.0 0312 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) D3B1 629km
91.3 0312 D SR 2 Kultur, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) D3B2 629km
88.2 0313 F France Culture, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) OM, as 90.5 853km
88.5 0313 F France Culture, Bourges/Neuvy (18) OM, as 90.5 672km
90.5 0313 F France Culture, Chambéry/Mont du Chat (73) F202 ??????RE 922km
91.4 0313 F France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) Piano music, as 88.7 643km
91.8 0313 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Piano music, as 88.7 672km
89.9 0328 AUT Radio Wien, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) AC0C 1247km
91.1 0328 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F R-ZURN?? 1084km
87.6 0330 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1219km
89.5 0338 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 1024km
94.3 0402 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 1289km
97.4 0404 I RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 _RADIO2_ 1136km
93.6 0415 I RAI Radio2, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) 5202 1278km
95.8 0415 I RAI Radio3, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) 5403 _R??IO?? 1278km
96.0 0421 POL RMF FM, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) 3F44 1406km
94.3 0436 I RAI Radio3, Monte Argentario (RAI) (gr) 5203 _R?????? 1441km
92.2 0437 POL PR 1, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3211 SEMBELLO 1289km
101.7 0529 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232E 947km
104.1 0529 CZE Frekvence 1, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2205 RADIO_F1 947km
105.0 0529 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B202 ????TO?? 1405km
100.1 0531 CZE CRo Dvojka, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 232E ??????KA 1127km
102.7 0531 CZE CRo Vltava, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 232D ??VL???? 1127km
103.0 0552 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 ??????__ 1136km
90.4 0830 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D3C2 843km
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
88.0 0312 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) D3B1 629km
91.3 0312 D SR 2 Kultur, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) D3B2 629km
88.2 0313 F France Culture, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) OM, as 90.5 853km
88.5 0313 F France Culture, Bourges/Neuvy (18) OM, as 90.5 672km
90.5 0313 F France Culture, Chambéry/Mont du Chat (73) F202 ??????RE 922km
91.4 0313 F France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) Piano music, as 88.7 643km
91.8 0313 F France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Piano music, as 88.7 672km
89.9 0328 AUT Radio Wien, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) AC0C 1247km
91.1 0328 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F R-ZURN?? 1084km
87.6 0330 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1219km
89.5 0338 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 1024km
94.3 0402 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 1289km
97.4 0404 I RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 _RADIO2_ 1136km
93.6 0415 I RAI Radio2, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) 5202 1278km
95.8 0415 I RAI Radio3, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) 5403 _R??IO?? 1278km
96.0 0421 POL RMF FM, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) 3F44 1406km
94.3 0436 I RAI Radio3, Monte Argentario (RAI) (gr) 5203 _R?????? 1441km
92.2 0437 POL PR 1, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3211 SEMBELLO 1289km
101.7 0529 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232E 947km
104.1 0529 CZE Frekvence 1, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2205 RADIO_F1 947km
105.0 0529 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B202 ????TO?? 1405km
100.1 0531 CZE CRo Dvojka, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 232E ??????KA 1127km
102.7 0531 CZE CRo Vltava, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 232D ??VL???? 1127km
103.0 0552 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 ??????__ 1136km
90.4 0830 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D3C2 843km
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Thursday, 7 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-07 (MW)
970 0500 USA WZAN, Portland/Sunset Park (ME) ESPN Radio WZAN Portland ID V weak 5105 km
1560 0500 USA KGOW The Game, Bellaire (D) (TX) Clear ID under WFME Weak 7808 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
1560 0500 USA KGOW The Game, Bellaire (D) (TX) Clear ID under WFME Weak 7808 km
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-06 (MW)
1400 0400 USA WOND Pleasantville NJ. Newstalk Fourteen Hundred WOND ID. Equal CBG Fair
5673 km
1410 0405 CAN CJWI Saint-Constant QC. Radio CPAM ID at 04:05:02 Fair 5192 km
1420 0459 CAN CKDY Digby NS. ID at 04:59:07 - From Digby, Nova Scotia, 1420 AM, this
is CKDY, an MBS radio station Good 4746 km **
1470 0459 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. BOOMING! ID - Enjoy all these great songs from the
forties thru the eighties right here on The Golden Memory Station WLAM. On
870 WLVP Gorham Portland and on 1470 WLAM Lewiston Auburn. Good 5069 km
1640 0459 USA WTNI Biloxi (Gulfport) MS. ID - Sportsradio 14-90 and 16-40 The Champ. WFTD
AM Biloxi. WTNI AM Biloxi. and online at 1640thechamp.com Fair
7294 km
1270 0500 CAN CJCB Sydney NS. ID - 12-70 CJCB Sydney an MBS radio station Weak 4290 km
1560 0500 USA KGOW Bellaire TX. Sportsradio 15-60 KGOW Bellaire Houston. Weak under
WFME Emergency Broadcast Test Weak 7808 km
1690 0500 USA WPTX Lexington Park MD. Difficult copy. You're listening to southern
Maryland's Newstalk station WPTX Vweak 5887 km
** Personal 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
5673 km
1410 0405 CAN CJWI Saint-Constant QC. Radio CPAM ID at 04:05:02 Fair 5192 km
1420 0459 CAN CKDY Digby NS. ID at 04:59:07 - From Digby, Nova Scotia, 1420 AM, this
is CKDY, an MBS radio station Good 4746 km **
1470 0459 USA WLAM Lewiston ME. BOOMING! ID - Enjoy all these great songs from the
forties thru the eighties right here on The Golden Memory Station WLAM. On
870 WLVP Gorham Portland and on 1470 WLAM Lewiston Auburn. Good 5069 km
1640 0459 USA WTNI Biloxi (Gulfport) MS. ID - Sportsradio 14-90 and 16-40 The Champ. WFTD
AM Biloxi. WTNI AM Biloxi. and online at 1640thechamp.com Fair
7294 km
1270 0500 CAN CJCB Sydney NS. ID - 12-70 CJCB Sydney an MBS radio station Weak 4290 km
1560 0500 USA KGOW Bellaire TX. Sportsradio 15-60 KGOW Bellaire Houston. Weak under
WFME Emergency Broadcast Test Weak 7808 km
1690 0500 USA WPTX Lexington Park MD. Difficult copy. You're listening to southern
Maryland's Newstalk station WPTX Vweak 5887 km
** Personal 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Sunday, 3 April 2016
Spring Antenna Maintenance Delayed By Chicks
Time to get the tree cutting equipment out again. That enormous conifer on the neighbour's garden continues to eat my Körner 9.2 antenna's front director. The front director surely cannot withstand another straightening. Time to deploy the tree cutting equipment again.
The conifer has to go, but not yet. :O(
This time I intended to cut down two of the main branches, close to the base of the conifer. Well, that was the plan, but I had to down tools when I heard lots of tweeting. No, nothing to do with the social media site, but a nest of birds, deep within the tree. Mother was at the top of the tree, waiting for me to disappear so she could feed them.
In the meantime, I daren't move my 9.2 further clockwise than 180 degrees. Hopefully, the birds will have flown their nest soon. :O)
Chicks waiting for food
In the meantime, I daren't move my 9.2 further clockwise than 180 degrees. Hopefully, the birds will have flown their nest soon. :O)
Saturday, 2 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-02 (MW)
1340 0359 CUB Radio Ciudad del Mar, Palmira (cf) OM and YL. ID. National Anthem. As
1340 Good 7438 km **
1350 0359 CUB Radio Ciudad del Mar, Aguada de Pasajeros (cf) OM and YL. ID. National
Anthem. As 1340 Fair 7456 km **
1540 0400 USA KXEL Waterloo IA. ID - Newstalk 15-40 KXEL Waterloo Cedar Falls Weak 6547 km
1560 0400 USA KGOW Bellaire TX. Equal WFME. ID ... sports radio 15-60 KGOW Bellaire
Houston, a Gow Media ... (Could only hear this in LSB) Fair 7808 km
1120 0404 USA KMOX Saint Louis MO. KMOX Newstime 1104, 46 degrees Fair 6690 km
1270 0445 USA WRLZ Eatonville FL. ID - Doce setenta AM La Estacion Del Pueblo
Weak 6975 km
1320 0446 USA WLQY Hollywood FL. Presumed with accented English, French and UNID
language (Creole?) programming and references to liking us on Facebook,
etc. Fair 7111 km **
1250 0447 CAN CJYE Oakville ON. CJYE IDs Fair 5703 km
1310 0455 CAN CIWW Ottawa ON. Join the conversation ... this is 13-10 News .....
where Ottawa comes to talk Fair 5332 km
1380 0456 CAN CKPC Brantford ON. 13-80 CKPC ID heard. Thanks Torolf Johnson for
help. V weak 5767 km
1550 0457 CUB Radio Rebelde, Multi-tx YL talk, as 1180 Good
1610 0458 CAN CHHA Toronto ON. Radio Voces Latina ID Weak 5664 km **
1600 0459 USA WAAM Ann Arbor MI. WAAM ID heard under WUNR, ten seconds before the
hour Fair 6036 km
830 0500 USA WCRN Worcester MA. WCRN ID heard in splatter. CBS News jingle Weak 5302 km
930 0500 CUB Radio Reloj, Three sites listed. Clock ticking, RR morse, etc. Weak
1020 0500 CUB Radio Trinchera Antimperialista, Baracoa (gu) Sombre music, as 1070
but faded for the ID a minute later. Weak 7208 km **
1100 0500 USA WTAM Cleveland OH. WTAM call heard Weak 5979 km
1670 0500 USA WPLA Dry Branch GA. ID - Fox Sports WPLA in Dry Branch Fair 6768 km
1070 0501 CUB Radio Trinchera Antimperialista, Guantánamo/CTOM1 (gu) ID Desde
Guantanamo... (OM) followed by YL ...Radio Trinchera
Antimperialista.... Thanks to Fredrik Dourén and Alessandro Groppazzi for
help. V weak 7276 km **
1360 0501 USA WMOB Mobile AL. 13-60 and Mobile heard in 1359 splatter. Good signal.
Must be on day power. Good 7222 km
1020 0502 CUB Radio Reloj, Victoria de las Tunas/CTOM2 (lt) Beep on the minute, followed
by RR in morse code, just getting through the pile-up. Weak 7319 km **
1590 0505 USA WAUB Auburn NY. WAUB ID heard weak under WARV mentioning Finger
Lakes Weak 5548 km **
Personal 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
1340 Good 7438 km **
1350 0359 CUB Radio Ciudad del Mar, Aguada de Pasajeros (cf) OM and YL. ID. National
Anthem. As 1340 Fair 7456 km **
1540 0400 USA KXEL Waterloo IA. ID - Newstalk 15-40 KXEL Waterloo Cedar Falls Weak 6547 km
1560 0400 USA KGOW Bellaire TX. Equal WFME. ID ... sports radio 15-60 KGOW Bellaire
Houston, a Gow Media ... (Could only hear this in LSB) Fair 7808 km
1120 0404 USA KMOX Saint Louis MO. KMOX Newstime 1104, 46 degrees Fair 6690 km
1270 0445 USA WRLZ Eatonville FL. ID - Doce setenta AM La Estacion Del Pueblo
Weak 6975 km
1320 0446 USA WLQY Hollywood FL. Presumed with accented English, French and UNID
language (Creole?) programming and references to liking us on Facebook,
etc. Fair 7111 km **
1250 0447 CAN CJYE Oakville ON. CJYE IDs Fair 5703 km
1310 0455 CAN CIWW Ottawa ON. Join the conversation ... this is 13-10 News .....
where Ottawa comes to talk Fair 5332 km
1380 0456 CAN CKPC Brantford ON. 13-80 CKPC ID heard. Thanks Torolf Johnson for
help. V weak 5767 km
1550 0457 CUB Radio Rebelde, Multi-tx YL talk, as 1180 Good
1610 0458 CAN CHHA Toronto ON. Radio Voces Latina ID Weak 5664 km **
1600 0459 USA WAAM Ann Arbor MI. WAAM ID heard under WUNR, ten seconds before the
hour Fair 6036 km
830 0500 USA WCRN Worcester MA. WCRN ID heard in splatter. CBS News jingle Weak 5302 km
930 0500 CUB Radio Reloj, Three sites listed. Clock ticking, RR morse, etc. Weak
1020 0500 CUB Radio Trinchera Antimperialista, Baracoa (gu) Sombre music, as 1070
but faded for the ID a minute later. Weak 7208 km **
1100 0500 USA WTAM Cleveland OH. WTAM call heard Weak 5979 km
1670 0500 USA WPLA Dry Branch GA. ID - Fox Sports WPLA in Dry Branch Fair 6768 km
1070 0501 CUB Radio Trinchera Antimperialista, Guantánamo/CTOM1 (gu) ID Desde
Guantanamo... (OM) followed by YL ...Radio Trinchera
Antimperialista.... Thanks to Fredrik Dourén and Alessandro Groppazzi for
help. V weak 7276 km **
1360 0501 USA WMOB Mobile AL. 13-60 and Mobile heard in 1359 splatter. Good signal.
Must be on day power. Good 7222 km
1020 0502 CUB Radio Reloj, Victoria de las Tunas/CTOM2 (lt) Beep on the minute, followed
by RR in morse code, just getting through the pile-up. Weak 7319 km **
1590 0505 USA WAUB Auburn NY. WAUB ID heard weak under WARV mentioning Finger
Lakes Weak 5548 km **
Personal 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Friday, 1 April 2016
Skegness Log: 2016-04-01 (MW)
1540 0100 USA WDCD Albany NY. Fifteen Forty AM WDCD Albany ID Fair 5389 km
730 0300 CAN CKAC Montréal QC. Good signal! CKAC Radio Circulation ID Good 5203 km
760 0300 USA WJR Detroit MI. WJR ID heard. Decent carrier but v weak audio Fair 6009 km
1140 0300 USA WQBA Miami FL. OM WQBA Miami heard in noise - v weak Vweak 7147 km
1320 0300 CAN CJMR Oakville ON. Presumed with Indian music over the hour. Fair 5703 km
1180 0302 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Presumed with .... and weather ... i-heart Radio Fair
5605 km
740 0400 CAN CHCM Marystown NL. 5-90 VOCM ID Fair 3915 km
830 0400 USA WCRN Worcester MA. WCRN ID and mention of Boston, difficult in splatter
Weak 5302 km
1430 0400 CAN CHKT Toronto ON. CHKT and Fairchild Radio IDs Weak 5669 km
1590 0400 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warwick-Providence ID. Weak 5308 km
690 0430 CAN CKGM Montréal QC. Sports talk, .ca web address and TSN ID. Fair but badly
splattered by 5-Live 693. Fair 5203 km **
1560 0459 USA KGOW Bellaire TX. Yahoo Sports Radio Fifteen Sixty ID almost equal WFME
Fair 7808 km **
** Personal First
Peak reception time was around 0430 with some good TA signals. Nice to hear a CKGM 690 push its way through the 5-Live splatter on 693 at 0430.
I occasionally hear oldies on 980 when conditions are good to North America. This morning had this mystery station coming in well around 0430, but the peak coincided with the middle of a song. I suspect this is CHRF Montreal but I can never find an ID.
Plenty of other frequencies were alive with North American signals just before local sunrise. Sadly, many of them faded perfectly for the top of the hour, as is all too frequently the case.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
730 0300 CAN CKAC Montréal QC. Good signal! CKAC Radio Circulation ID Good 5203 km
760 0300 USA WJR Detroit MI. WJR ID heard. Decent carrier but v weak audio Fair 6009 km
1140 0300 USA WQBA Miami FL. OM WQBA Miami heard in noise - v weak Vweak 7147 km
1320 0300 CAN CJMR Oakville ON. Presumed with Indian music over the hour. Fair 5703 km
1180 0302 USA WHAM Rochester NY. Presumed with .... and weather ... i-heart Radio Fair
5605 km
740 0400 CAN CHCM Marystown NL. 5-90 VOCM ID Fair 3915 km
830 0400 USA WCRN Worcester MA. WCRN ID and mention of Boston, difficult in splatter
Weak 5302 km
1430 0400 CAN CHKT Toronto ON. CHKT and Fairchild Radio IDs Weak 5669 km
1590 0400 USA WARV Warwick RI. WARV Warwick-Providence ID. Weak 5308 km
690 0430 CAN CKGM Montréal QC. Sports talk, .ca web address and TSN ID. Fair but badly
splattered by 5-Live 693. Fair 5203 km **
1560 0459 USA KGOW Bellaire TX. Yahoo Sports Radio Fifteen Sixty ID almost equal WFME
Fair 7808 km **
** Personal First
Peak reception time was around 0430 with some good TA signals. Nice to hear a CKGM 690 push its way through the 5-Live splatter on 693 at 0430.
I occasionally hear oldies on 980 when conditions are good to North America. This morning had this mystery station coming in well around 0430, but the peak coincided with the middle of a song. I suspect this is CHRF Montreal but I can never find an ID.
Plenty of other frequencies were alive with North American signals just before local sunrise. Sadly, many of them faded perfectly for the top of the hour, as is all too frequently the case.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Antenna: Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
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