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Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-31 (MW: Asia Transatlantic)

1290 0600 CAN CFRW Winnipeg MB. TSN 12-90 IDs V weak  6221 km **
 930 0613 CAN CJCA Edmonton AB. AM Nine Thirty The Light ID between Christian songs. 
              V weak  6687 km
1060 0629 CAN CKMX Calgary AB. Presumed with comedy sketches. Still no ID. V weak  6919 km
 680 0700 CAN CJOB Winnipeg MB. Newsradio Six Eighty CJOB ID. Fair peaks! Weak  6228 km
1160 0700 USA KSL Salt Lake City UT. ID and ABC News Weak  7733 km **
1278 1900  J  JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) YL RKB Radio ID. Dominant! 
              Weak  9226 km
 891 2000 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle V weak  9753 km
1296 2000 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle V weak  9753 km
1430 2301 USA KZQZ St. Louis MO. Fair peaks! News items at this time. KZQZ ID and then 
              oldies until power down at 23:29. Sung jingle IDs at 23:11 and 23:21.
              Fair  6713 km **

** Personal First

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Tuesday, 30 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-30 (MW: Asia)

1134 1659 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) YL HLKC ID Weak  8723 km
 927 1800 TWN BCC Country Network, Taichung (TC) Top of the hour jingle down in the noise 
              V weak  9692 km
1017 1800 TWN BCC Country Network, Hsinchu (HC) Top of the hour jingle V weak  9628 km
1296 1800 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle heard in the pile-up 
              V weak  9753 km
 891 1900 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle V weak  9753 km
1278 2100  J  JOFR RKB Mainichi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Surprise peak! RKB Radio ID, time 
              signal, then OM shouts News Headlines. Weak  9226 km

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Monday, 29 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-29 (MW: Transatlantic)

 770 0326 CAN CHQR Calgary AB. Initially spotted at 03:26. No IDs but lots of fade-ins 
              and mostly above WABC. Many mentions of Calgary and Alberta and .ca web 
              addresses. CHQR's offset, but still no IDs. (Grrr!) Has to be CHQR. 
              Weak  6934 km
 750 0509 CAN CKJH Melfort SK. CK750.com announcement at 05:09:21 between rock oldies 
              Weak  6354 km
 660 0522 CAN CFFR Calgary AB. 6-60 News IDs. Calgary news and mention of 660news.com 
              Weak  6940 km
1060 0548 CAN CKMX Calgary AB. Presumed with non-stop comedy. Weak but clear peaks between 
              0448 and 0730.  Weak  6919 km
1140 0608 CAN CHRB High River A.) Pops. Southern Alberta's Community Radio, AM 11-40. 
              Weak  6915 km
 930 0610 CAN CJCA Edmonton AB. Christian music then OM ID AM 9-30 The Light 
              V weak  6687 km
1510 0631 USA KCKK Littleton CO. Back to back rock music. Very weak at this point, but 
              mention of 93.7 heard. V weak  7442 km
 950 0639 CAN CFAM Altona MB. Presumed with gentle music, as 1250 CHSM. Offset 949.9997 
              V weak  6315 km
 680 0645 CAN CJOB Winnipeg MB. CJOB IDs in pile-up Weak  6228 km
1250 0948 CAN CHSM Steinbach MB. Presumed with gentle music, as 950 CFAM. Offset 1249.9999
              Weak  6228 km

** Personal First

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Saturday, 27 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-27 (MW: Transatlantic)

1420 0600 USA WOC Davenport IA. "Newstalk 14-20 WOC Davenport." then "Tri Cities news 
              leader."? V weak  6490 km

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Friday, 26 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-26 (MW: Transatlantic)

1350 0102 USA KRNT Des Moines IA. 1350 ESPN Des Moines sports leader. KRNT ID. 
              V weak  6670 km

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Thursday, 25 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-25 (MW: Transatlantic)

1300 0300 USA WOOD Grand Rapids MI. Newsradio Wood ID Weak  6112 km
1040 0600 USA WHO Des Moines IA. WHO call letters clearly heard between splatter.  
              Weak  6649 km

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Sunday, 21 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-21 (Tropo: F)

107.6 0909  F  Légende FM, Plouguernau/Grouanec (29) ID after French song  607km **
106.6 0926  F  Radio Classique, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) Classical, as web  629km **

** Personal First

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)

Antenna:
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

Friday, 19 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-19 (MW: Asia)

612 1800  J  JOLK NHK Radio 1, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Time signal and NHK ID. V weak but NHK 
             noted in OM ID and confirmed by Hiroo Nakagawa in Japan.  V weak  9242 km

** Personal First

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-18 (MW: Asia Transatlantic)

1070 0243 CLM HJCG Radio Santa Fé, Bogotá D. C. (bdc) OK ID between Latin rhythms 
              Weak  8563 km
1480 0358 USA WGVU Kentwood MI. Real Oldies 14-80 ID and Kinks song Weak  6103 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Voice Of America 
              ID Weak  9410 km
1134 1800 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) KBS 3 Radio ID and time signal. Also 
              audible with ID at 1700. Weak  8723 km
1296 1800 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle signal thingy 
              V weak  9753 km
1413 1958  J  JOIF KBC Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Japanese OM and YL. Time signal 
              on the hour. Drowned out by Moldova on the hour.  Weak  9224 km

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-17 (MW: Transatlantic)

1510 2300 USA WWBC Cocoa FL. WWBC Cocoa ID mixing WLAC Weak  6951 km **

** Personal First

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Saturday, 13 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-13 (MW: Transatlantic)

1500 2314 USA KSTP Saint Paul MN. ESPN 15 Hundred IDs Weak  6364 km **

** Personal First

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Tuesday, 9 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-09 (Tropo: POL D)

105.8 0833  D  Ostseewelle, Helpterberg (mev) YL ID  881km
107.6 0840  D  Ostseewelle, Garz (Rügen) (mev) YL ID and pops  865km
105.0 0844 POL Radio ZET, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) Pops, as web  1195km
101.7 0848 POL Radio Plus, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) Abbas Dancing Queen, as web  1195km
107.2 0936  D  Deutschlandfunk (Dlf), Warendorf (nrw) YL, as web  534km
103.7 0952 POL PR Radio Gdansk, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) YL, as web  1195km
 95.7 0958 POL PR 1, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) Ads, as web  1195km
 98.4 0959 POL RMF FM, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) Ads and traffic, as web  1195km
 99.9 1001 POL PR 3, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) YL news  1195km
 97.4 1003 POL PR 3, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) OM and YL  1085km
107.9 1015 POL PR 1, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) OM, as web  1085km
 92.5 1017 POL PR Radio Koszalin, Bialogard/Slawoborze (ZP) YL and OM, as web  1017km

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)

Antenna:
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

Saturday, 6 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-06 (MW: Asia Transatlantic)

 750 0106 USA WSB Atlanta GA. YL with WSB ID, then weather, further IDs. 
              In the clear on CBGY fade. Weak     6725 km
 890 0204 USA WLS Chicago IL. Get news on the hour ... continuous coverage on WLS.  
              Weak  6334 km
 570 0525 CAN CFCB Corner Brook NL. Your VOCM ID between pops.  Fair  3990 km
1680 0559 USA KRJO Monroe LA. KRJO Monroe, more variety and more ... V weak  7325 km

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Friday, 5 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-05 (MW: Asia)

1035 1800 CHN CNR1, Multi-tx Time signal and Beijing time ID Weak **

** Personal First

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Thursday, 4 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-04 (MW: Asia Transatlantic)

1470 0600 CAN CJVB Vancouver BC. Mostly at 'time signal' level. Three pips heard at 0500 
              and 0600 and with some Chinese language before the hour at 0600. 
              V weak  7453 km
1188 2000  J  JOKP NHK Radio 1, Kitami (hok) Time signal and Japanese OM before the hour. 
              Killed by Iran. Weak  8682 km

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag

Monday, 1 October 2018

Skegness Log: 2018-10-01 (MW: Asia)

1413 1800 CHN UNID Chinese time signal. Audio very poor. Nei Menggu RGD Nongcun Muqu Guangbo 
              logged in Scandinavia but also several  Xinjiang RGD outlets listed here.  
              V weak

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 Pro
Antenna: Portable 10ft x 25ft flag