Troposhpheric:
87.7 2014 D Radio Ostfriesland, Emden (nds) Pops, as web 458km
88.2 2037 D Radio Nordseewelle, Norden (nds) Jingle ID and pops 459km
89.0 2015 D Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Jever (nds) OM, as web 505km
91.2 2018 D N-JOY, Bad Rothenfelde (nds) YL song, as 91.6 539km **
92.8 2021 D N-JOY, Schiffdorf (Bremerhaven) (nds) Pops, as 91.6 554km **
94.6 2048 D NDR Kultur, Cuxhaven/Holter Höhe (nds) Music, as 94.3 555km
97.3 2022 D N-JOY, Wilhelmshaven (nds) Pops, as 91.6 518km
105.3 2028 D Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Norden (nds) Interview, as web 459km
106.9 2029 D Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Aurich-Haxtum (nds) Interview, as 105.3 475km
107.5 2028 D Radio Nordseewelle, Wilhelmshaven (nds) Pops, as web 518km
107.9 2025 D Radio Teddy, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) German pops, as web 554km
Sporadic E:
88.1 1010 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) A202 RUV_R2__ 1648km
88.9 1012 ISL Lindin, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) STRONG but hammered by
Belmont PI only A20D 1648km **
90.4 1012 ISL X977, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) A206 __X-ID__ 1648km
91.3 1011 ISL RÚV Rás 1, Ölfus-Flói/Auðsholt (sl) A201 1694km **
91.6 1010 TUN Jawhara FM, Mahdia (mah) 7210 JAWHARA_ 2135km **
92.7 1734 D Inn-Salzach-Welle, Schnaitsee/FMT Obernhof (bay) DB19 1017km **
92.8 1858 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Volos/Mt. Pilion/OTE Tower (the-mag) 1201 ??09??4_
_P??TO?? 2303km
93.3 1012 ISL Suðurland FM, Vestmannaeyjabær/Vestmannaeyjar-Klif (sl) A219 SUDURLAN 1648km
95.5 1039 TUN Dream FM, Kairouan=Al-Qayrawan (kai) 7240 ??EA??FM 2089km **
103.4 1804 F France Info, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) F206 ????FO__ 917km
104.3 0854 I Radio FM Music, Somma Vesuviana/Monte Somma (na) 1730km **
105.2 1807 F RTL, Saint-Etienne/Croix du Guizay TDF (42) F211 ??_RTL?? 911km **
105.4 1805 F France Info, Lyon/Fourvière (69) Presumed site with 103.4 coming in
F206 ????FO?? 883km **
105.7 1907 SVN Radio Murski Val, Zlatolicje/Grmada (mb) 942A ??.V?? 1330km **
106.1 1123 TUN RTT Radio Nationale, Zarzis (med) 7207 ??????AL 2342km **
107.3 1008 TUN Radio iFM, Bizerte/Djebel Kochabta [Kchabta] (biz) 7229 1933km **
107.3 1814 F Skyrock, Saint-Raphaël/Gargalon (83) French rap, as web 1175km **
107.5 1006 TUN Mosaïque FM, Mahdia (mah) 7209 MOSAIQUE 2135km **
Unidentified/Unlisted:
87.3 1600 I ?, ? PI 50F0. PS ________
** Personal first
This might just be the best day of E skip I have experienced. There aren't many loggings but I am only logging personal firsts at the moment, or stations of particular interest for one reason or another.
Much of the time, signals were strong and there were so many. So much so that RDS became impossible. Even the huge signals from my nearby Peterborough FM transmitter were compromised during this all-day opening. All local radio stations were obliterated. The band became noise for a lot of the time, or 'soup', as many like to call it.
The opening began well before I was up and about and I wasn't aware of anything happening until almost 09:00. Spain, Italy, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco kicked things off. France and Corsica followed. Iceland and Sweden came in next before quickly switching back to Italy and Spain, etc. The Balkans came in around midday with Hungary, Romania, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Serbia. Then Austria appeared. Greeece popped in and out later in the afternoon. No doubt I have missed out one or two countries in this, but the DX did not stop for a second throughout the day, running into the late evening.
A surprise tropo started after 20:00 to Denmark and the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany. Several Danish transmitters reached full RDS. What was unusual about the German tropo was that only low power stations were present with the higher power transmitters from that region either absent or considerably weaker than the lower-powered stuff. I have never come across this before. I know that certain tropo events allow low powered DX to proliferate while others only seem to allow the big transmitters to get through, so why this event should have allowed only the smaller transmitters through I have no idea, but I am not complaining.
Work had to take precedence for part of the day but I still had time for more than my fill.
Even when I returned to the band at 23:00 to check the tropo, I just had to accept that I wasn't going to hear it as Spain had returned with reewed avengeance and killit off completely. Oh well. I cannot complain.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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 (Skegness)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)
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