Sporadic E:
69.08 1401 BLR BR Radio Brest, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) News, as
web 1730km **
66.08 1406 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Svislach=Svislac (HR) Stringed
instrumental, as web 1581km **
66.98 1406 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Hrodna/RTPS Vul. Gorkogo (HR) OM & local pops, as web 1551km **
67.88 1410 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) Rock
song, as web 1730km **
69.83 1417 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Lozova/TFKRRT (TE) OM and YL, as web 1794km **
70.52 1418 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Odesa/OORTPTS (OD) OM YL, as web 2287km **
70.64 1419 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Mizhhir'ya/ZFKRRT (ZK) OM YL, as others 1697km **
71.03 1421 UKR UR Radio Lad, Lozova/TFKRRT, vul. Pol'ova, 13 (TE)
Presumed 1794km **
71.75 1421 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Lozova/TFKRRT (TE) Pops, as web stream 1794km **
72.89 1422 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM)
Ukraine pops, as web 1907km **
66.98 1424 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kirovohrad/KFKRRT, vul. Sadova,
88 (KH) OM, as web 2282km **
67.04 1425 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy zamok, 9
(LV) OM, as others 1674km **
67.70 1427 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT (KM) OM YL, as web 1887km
68.24 1429 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Antopil'/RFKRRT (RI) Piano music, as web 1804km **
68.84 1431 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kirovohrad/KFKRRT (KH) Disco music, OM, as web 2282km **
68.99 1432 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', L'viv/LFKRRT (LV) YL, over music, as web 1674km
88.00 1434 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 1530km
90.50 1435 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417
1530km
87.80 1438 POL PR 1, Przemysl/Tatarska Góra (PK) OM, as web
1593km
87.80 1439 UKR Rivne FM, Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI)
Guitar track, as web 1804km **
69.68 1455 BLR BR Radio Brest, Brest/Rakitnica (BR) Pops, as web
1593km **
68.72 1459 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Svislach=Svislac (HR) Rock
music, as web 1581km **
68.51 1500 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kyiv/KFKRRT (KY) Time pips and news, as web 2077km
67.22 1503 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Smyatanichy/RTPS (GO) YL, as web
1891km **
66.32 1506 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) OM YL,
as web 1730km **
68.39 1508 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Geranyony/RTPS (HR) YL, as web
1659km **
72.20 1509 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Cherkasy/CHFKRRT (CK) YL and music, as web 2223km **
70.64 1510 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Cherkasy/CHFKRRT (CK) OM over music, as web 2223km **
72.86 1512 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Kyiv/KFKRRT, vul.
Dorogozhyts'ka, 10 (KY) OM, as web 2077km
68.96 1545 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Babrujsk/RTPS Yasny Les (MA)
Classical, as web 1922km **
68.00 1606 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Smyatanichy/RTPS (GO) Classical,
as web 1891km **
67.10 1608 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR)
Classical, as 68.00 1730km **
71.30 1719 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kyiv/KFKRRT (KY) Ukraine song, as web 2077km
88.00 1742 ROU Kiss FM, Bârlad (VS) 515A and club music 2108km
87.90 1801 ROU SRR Radio Cluj, Satu Mare (SM) Radio Cluj ID. Tnx
Christian and Reijo 1696km **
67.73 1829 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Yalta (KR) (TENTATIVE) YL and
music, as web 2628km **
Tropospheric:
102.80 0833 BEL Zen FM, Gent (vlg-ovl) Ambient music fading noise
free in horizontal 327km
104.30 0837 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German pop
song, as web 612km
104.70 0838 D WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) YL over music, as
103.8 554km
107.90 0840 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Pops, as
106.7, etc. 494km
99.00 1005 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Vocal
ID and pops 371km
97.20 1319 F France Musique, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02)
Classical, as 88.7 446km
98.70 1321 D AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg
(Taunus)/hr (hes) US accents 648km
100.00 1323 D WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) OM, then music, as
101.3 494km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Scatter improved a little for me around mid-morning and late
afternoon.
It was also a good day for DX in the OIRT band with sustained
signals for much of the afternoon. After complaining of S9+40dB of
noise across the OIRT band I discovered the signals were actually
able to overcome most of this when tuning in narrowband FM.
Meteor scatter was good, particularly earlier in the day. with
frequent, very short, sharp bursts for much of the day.
As posted earlier, it seems I wasn't the only one who reported
hearing UR 1 from Yalta today. The FMList shows Matthias Mayer in
Germany also logged it one minute earlier, but I have reservations.
The frequency on which I heard UR 1 was 67.74 and not 67.73 as it
appears in the log - supposedly the correct frequency for Yalta. FM
List corrects the frequency if you insert an incorrect adjacent
frequency. So, for starters, we have to assume that Yalta was 0.01
MHz high.
When I thought I'd had UR 1 Yalta earlier there was also a powerful
signal from UR 1's Khmel'nyts'kyy (is it really spelt like that?)
transmitter on 67.70 which was spreading widely in wideband FM mode
on the Icom IC7000. On switching this to narrowband FM I could
cleanly separate UR 1 67.74 from 67.70. I wondered if 67.74 might
have been a product of some sort from 67.70.
The second time I heard UR 1 on 67.74 I forgot to check 67.70 to see
if it was that. So next time I hear 67.70 I will attempt to rle it
out by tuning to 67.74 to see if it is still present.
For now, I will put this log on hold until I next hear
Khmel'nyts'kyy on 67.70.
Recordings:
87.9 SRR Radio Cluj, Satu Mare 1801 13-05-13:
https://www.box.com/s/39bcg8huww6vciay1i3p
88.0 Kiss FM, Barlad 1800 13-05-13:
https://www.box.com/s/h183vm4qrz6jyunee0l3
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
Monday, 13 May 2013
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Skegness Log: 12-05-13
Sporadic E:
87.6 0816 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 1219km
87.7 0817 SVK Jemné Melódie, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5354 JEMNE___ 1393km **
88.9 0818 POL Radio Maryja, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3232 1148km **
89.4 0819 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) 3211 1407km
87.9 1437 E RNE Radio 5, Cambil/Sierra de Almadén (AND-J) E215 RNE_5-J_ 1740km
87.8 1453 E Los 40 Principales, Madridejos (CAM-TO) E235 1550km
87.7 1455 E Europa FM, Priego de Cordoba (AND-CO) E2ED EUROPAFM 1778km
87.6 1639 MRC Médi 1, Settat/Regraga (cho) 1281 2331km
87.7 1641 E Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 HIT_FM__ 1904km
87.9 1641 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Rabat (SNRT) (rsz) 1002 SNRT-INT 2212km
89.6 1642 POR RFM, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8231 1893km
91.0 1642 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Rabat (SNRT) (rsz) 1001 _____NAT 2212km
93.5 1644 MRC Radio 2m, Rabat (rsz) 1005
87.5 1645 E esRadio, Dos Hermanas/Montequinto (AND-SE) CAFA esRadio_ 1824km
89.4 1646 E Los 40 Principales, San Fernando (AND-CA) E035 CUARENTA 1905km
88.9 1651 POR RDP Antena 1, Monchique/Fóia (agv) 8201 1890km
89.1 1651 E Cadena 100, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CA _CAD-100 1683km
90.8 1653 E SER, Puerto de Santa María (AND-CA) E239 1905km **
92.8 1656 E Onda Cadiz?, Cadiz, E020 ONDA____ CADIZ___ 1919km
91.2 1700 MRC Radio Mars, Casablanca/Merchiche (gcb) 111C 2278km
88.2 1701 MRC Medradio, Casablanca/Merchiche (gcb) OM, as web 2278km
89.5 1702 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Almonaster la Real (AND-H) E331 C.Fiesta 1783km
91.4 1703 E Onda Cero, Rota (AND-CA) E2EE 1910km **
91.6 1703 E Sevilla F.C. Radio, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E028 SFCRADIO 1818km
93.3 1704 E SER, Sierra de Aracena (AND-H) FFFF _ONDA___ ARACENA_ 1778km
94.0 1705 E Canal Sur Radio, Almonaster la Real (AND-H) E332 CanalSur 1783km
94.7 1706 MRC Radio Mars, Settat/Regraga (cho) Football commentary, as web 2331km
95.3 1707 MRC Médi 1, Tanger/Jebel Es Slokia (ttn) 1281 1990km
95.3 1709 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, Casablanca/Merchiche (gcb) 1003 SNRT-AMZ 2278km
95.9 1709 E Onda Cero, Sevilla (AND-SE) E2EE ONDACERO 1819km
96.0 1710 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Casablanca/Merchiche (gcb) 1001 SNRT-NAT 2278km
96.2 1711 E Radio María, Sevilla (AND-SE) 4B9A RMARIA__ 1820km **
96.7 1712 E RNE Radio 3, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E213 1904km
97.5 1713 MRC Médi 1, Rabat (rsz) 1281 _MEDI_1_ 2212km
97.8 1713 E Los 40 Principales, Jerez de la Frontera (AND-CA) E275 40_JEREZ 1904km
93.3 1715 MRC Radio 2M, Tanger (ttn) Arabic music, as web
90.6 1716 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Tétouan/Hafa Safa (ttn) 1001 SNRT-NAT 2014km
90.3 1720 E Onda Cero, Jerez de la Frontera (AND-CA) E2EE ONDACERO 1904km
91.1 1721 MRC Médina FM, Tanger (ttn) 111D ME_IN___ 1991km
91.1 1724 NOR NRK P3, Possibly Bokn or Jetta. F203 _NRK_P3_ **
88.0 1726 NOR NRK P1, Gulen/Bråsviksåta (sf) F201 924km **
89.2 1727 E Europa FM, Sevilla (AND-SE) E2ED 1819km
87.6 1731 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Almadén (CAM-CR) E396 1647km
88.0 1732 E COPE, Talavera de la Reina (CAM-TO) E2CA 1509km **
88.2 1732 E Cadena 100, Granada (AND-GR) E2CE CAD-100_ 1796km
88.5 1733 E Cadena Dial, Arcos de la Frontera (AND-CA) E274 1883km
88.7 1734 MRC SNRT Quran, Tanger/Cap Spartel (ttn) 10A1 SNRT-COR 1991km **
88.9 1735 E Cadena Dial, Ronda (AND-MA) E437 __DIAL__ 1876km
89.1 1736 E Woman FM, New Andalucia network. PI E201 WOMAN_FM. ID in Spanish
91.5 1738 E Canal Sur Radio, Prado del Rey/Cerro del Verdugo (AND-CA) E332 1876km **
94.3 1738 MRC Chada FM, Tanger/Cap Spartel (ttn) 1229 __AD__FM 1991km **
96.4 1739 MRC Hit Radio, Tanger/Cap Spartel (ttn) 1118 HITRADIO 1991km **
97.0 1740 E COPE, Huelva (AND-H) E2CA COPE____ 1855km **
97.4 1741 MRC Médi 1, Larache (ttn) OM talk, as web 2062km **
88.3 1744 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Tajo de las Escobas (AND-CA) E331 C.Fiesta CAMPO_DE 1950km
Unidentifieds: 88.2 1658 E ?, ? A008 NUESTRO_
89.6 1717 E Radio Andalucia Information, Prado Del Rey (AND CA) E333 _R_A_I__ 1876km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Es to start the day, Es to finish the day.
It looks like I was in the middle of a possible double-hop situation once again, this time with Spain coming in at the same time as Norway. FM List highlighted this perfectly. I wonder if any Spanish DXers had Norway today, or vice versa? I didn't receive Norwegian Es last season. Gulen hasbeen received here via tropo, so some short Es around today!
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
87.6 0816 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 1219km
87.7 0817 SVK Jemné Melódie, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5354 JEMNE___ 1393km **
88.9 0818 POL Radio Maryja, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3232 1148km **
89.4 0819 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) 3211 1407km
87.9 1437 E RNE Radio 5, Cambil/Sierra de Almadén (AND-J) E215 RNE_5-J_ 1740km
87.8 1453 E Los 40 Principales, Madridejos (CAM-TO) E235 1550km
87.7 1455 E Europa FM, Priego de Cordoba (AND-CO) E2ED EUROPAFM 1778km
87.6 1639 MRC Médi 1, Settat/Regraga (cho) 1281 2331km
87.7 1641 E Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 HIT_FM__ 1904km
87.9 1641 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Rabat (SNRT) (rsz) 1002 SNRT-INT 2212km
89.6 1642 POR RFM, Faro/São Miguel-Goldra (agv) 8231 1893km
91.0 1642 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Rabat (SNRT) (rsz) 1001 _____NAT 2212km
93.5 1644 MRC Radio 2m, Rabat (rsz) 1005
87.5 1645 E esRadio, Dos Hermanas/Montequinto (AND-SE) CAFA esRadio_ 1824km
89.4 1646 E Los 40 Principales, San Fernando (AND-CA) E035 CUARENTA 1905km
88.9 1651 POR RDP Antena 1, Monchique/Fóia (agv) 8201 1890km
89.1 1651 E Cadena 100, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CA _CAD-100 1683km
90.8 1653 E SER, Puerto de Santa María (AND-CA) E239 1905km **
92.8 1656 E Onda Cadiz?, Cadiz, E020 ONDA____ CADIZ___ 1919km
91.2 1700 MRC Radio Mars, Casablanca/Merchiche (gcb) 111C 2278km
88.2 1701 MRC Medradio, Casablanca/Merchiche (gcb) OM, as web 2278km
89.5 1702 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Almonaster la Real (AND-H) E331 C.Fiesta 1783km
91.4 1703 E Onda Cero, Rota (AND-CA) E2EE 1910km **
91.6 1703 E Sevilla F.C. Radio, Valencina del Concepción (AND-SE) E028 SFCRADIO 1818km
93.3 1704 E SER, Sierra de Aracena (AND-H) FFFF _ONDA___ ARACENA_ 1778km
94.0 1705 E Canal Sur Radio, Almonaster la Real (AND-H) E332 CanalSur 1783km
94.7 1706 MRC Radio Mars, Settat/Regraga (cho) Football commentary, as web 2331km
95.3 1707 MRC Médi 1, Tanger/Jebel Es Slokia (ttn) 1281 1990km
95.3 1709 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, Casablanca/Merchiche (gcb) 1003 SNRT-AMZ 2278km
95.9 1709 E Onda Cero, Sevilla (AND-SE) E2EE ONDACERO 1819km
96.0 1710 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Casablanca/Merchiche (gcb) 1001 SNRT-NAT 2278km
96.2 1711 E Radio María, Sevilla (AND-SE) 4B9A RMARIA__ 1820km **
96.7 1712 E RNE Radio 3, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E213 1904km
97.5 1713 MRC Médi 1, Rabat (rsz) 1281 _MEDI_1_ 2212km
97.8 1713 E Los 40 Principales, Jerez de la Frontera (AND-CA) E275 40_JEREZ 1904km
93.3 1715 MRC Radio 2M, Tanger (ttn) Arabic music, as web
90.6 1716 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Tétouan/Hafa Safa (ttn) 1001 SNRT-NAT 2014km
90.3 1720 E Onda Cero, Jerez de la Frontera (AND-CA) E2EE ONDACERO 1904km
91.1 1721 MRC Médina FM, Tanger (ttn) 111D ME_IN___ 1991km
91.1 1724 NOR NRK P3, Possibly Bokn or Jetta. F203 _NRK_P3_ **
88.0 1726 NOR NRK P1, Gulen/Bråsviksåta (sf) F201 924km **
89.2 1727 E Europa FM, Sevilla (AND-SE) E2ED 1819km
87.6 1731 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Almadén (CAM-CR) E396 1647km
88.0 1732 E COPE, Talavera de la Reina (CAM-TO) E2CA 1509km **
88.2 1732 E Cadena 100, Granada (AND-GR) E2CE CAD-100_ 1796km
88.5 1733 E Cadena Dial, Arcos de la Frontera (AND-CA) E274 1883km
88.7 1734 MRC SNRT Quran, Tanger/Cap Spartel (ttn) 10A1 SNRT-COR 1991km **
88.9 1735 E Cadena Dial, Ronda (AND-MA) E437 __DIAL__ 1876km
89.1 1736 E Woman FM, New Andalucia network. PI E201 WOMAN_FM. ID in Spanish
91.5 1738 E Canal Sur Radio, Prado del Rey/Cerro del Verdugo (AND-CA) E332 1876km **
94.3 1738 MRC Chada FM, Tanger/Cap Spartel (ttn) 1229 __AD__FM 1991km **
96.4 1739 MRC Hit Radio, Tanger/Cap Spartel (ttn) 1118 HITRADIO 1991km **
97.0 1740 E COPE, Huelva (AND-H) E2CA COPE____ 1855km **
97.4 1741 MRC Médi 1, Larache (ttn) OM talk, as web 2062km **
88.3 1744 E Canal Fiesta Radio, Tajo de las Escobas (AND-CA) E331 C.Fiesta CAMPO_DE 1950km
Unidentifieds: 88.2 1658 E ?, ? A008 NUESTRO_
89.6 1717 E Radio Andalucia Information, Prado Del Rey (AND CA) E333 _R_A_I__ 1876km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Es to start the day, Es to finish the day.
It looks like I was in the middle of a possible double-hop situation once again, this time with Spain coming in at the same time as Norway. FM List highlighted this perfectly. I wonder if any Spanish DXers had Norway today, or vice versa? I didn't receive Norwegian Es last season. Gulen hasbeen received here via tropo, so some short Es around today!
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
Körner 9.2 Antenna & Yaesu G-5500 Video
View from the rooftop
At last, the new antenna is installed, thanks to Andy "radioredcat" who braved the elements (it was very windy as you will hear in the video) to raise the antenna just enough to clear the rooftop as it was almost scraping it when vertical.
The upper and lower reflectors had also been mounted on the outside of the reflector boom (I had overlooked this when following the instructions) and the overall difference in reception is quite impressive and clearly noticeable. It's amazing how much difference one metre can make.
Gain is improved but I am no longer able to take Belmont down to a low, noisy level, presumably because the extra height. Belmont is only 39 kilometers away and can be seen from the rooftop.
Because the antenna is now higher above the rooftop it is able to function more naturally. However, it's always interesting to note there are usually subtle differences when you move any antenna and this can throw up some interesting things. Stations which could easily be nulled before become slightly more difficult to null and spread across a wider beamwidth, while it's vice versa for other stations. Weird how these things happen, but it's just a simple case of the antenna functioning more naturally now.
What impresses me more than anything is the continental scatter which now just lifts right out of the noise almost instantly and become noise free. I will get some recordings of this over the coming days to demonstrate. My old Triax FM5 would often struggle to achieve the same.
I still have my noise across much of the band but it seems slightly quieter at times and isn't so much of a problem at the edges of band 2. Hopefully this will improve soon as it can be a DX killer at times.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Dutch Pirate Radio
Have you ever heard those Dutch pirate stations just above the top of medium wave? They exist on band 2 too! I can often hear some of them pushing through here, playing the usual mix of traditional Dutch music, but they are mostly well down in the noise.
They tend to use certain frequencies, presumably to avoid causing QRM to the legal stations. The most common frequencies are 96.5, 97.0, 97.3, but I have heard them elsewhere, including 87.5, 95.0, 99.5, 104.0 and 108.0.
You can hear the audio streams of these Dutch pirate stations here and see listener reports here.
Here's a log of those I heard today, May 9th, 2013.
97.3 1144 HOL PCL, Losser (Ov) Dutch music, as web 460km
104.0 1148 HOL Dat Kump Der Now Van, Markelo (Ov) Dutch music, as web 430km
95.0 1154 HOL Brouwers Vrienden Club, Nunspeet (Gld) Dutch music, as web 378km
97.0 1202 HOL LUL FM, De Lutte (Ov) Dutch music, as web 460km
They tend to use certain frequencies, presumably to avoid causing QRM to the legal stations. The most common frequencies are 96.5, 97.0, 97.3, but I have heard them elsewhere, including 87.5, 95.0, 99.5, 104.0 and 108.0.
You can hear the audio streams of these Dutch pirate stations here and see listener reports here.
Here's a log of those I heard today, May 9th, 2013.
97.3 1144 HOL PCL, Losser (Ov) Dutch music, as web 460km
104.0 1148 HOL Dat Kump Der Now Van, Markelo (Ov) Dutch music, as web 430km
95.0 1154 HOL Brouwers Vrienden Club, Nunspeet (Gld) Dutch music, as web 378km
97.0 1202 HOL LUL FM, De Lutte (Ov) Dutch music, as web 460km
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
Sunday, 5 May 2013
Skegness Log: 05-05-13
It's unusual to have such a good sporadic E opening this early in the season! I won't allow myself to assume that this will continue non-stop throughout the summer now. Sporadic E has a habit of dropping the odd surprise like this. Here's my log:
Sporadic E: 87.7 1425 BUL Radio 1, Pazardsik/RPTS VETS Aleko (pzk) 8381 2162km
87.6 1426 BUL Radio Zorana, Sofia/kv. Gorna banya (sfg) 8069 2051km **
88.9 1427 SRB Radio Index, Beograd/Torlak (Srb) 6288 _INDEX__ 1739km
89.9 1429 BUL Radio Focus, Plovdiv/Belashtitsa (pld) 837F 2190km
88.4 1430 BUL BNR Horizont, Roman/Strupets (vrt) 8210 2059km **
94.0 1432 BUL BNR Radio Plovdiv, Plovdiv/RRTS Zdravets (pld) 8234 RADIO___ PLOVDIV_ 2194km **
89.1 1433 BUL Radio FM+, Plovdiv/Belashtitsa (pld) Pops, as web 2190km
88.2 1435 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Belogradcik/RRTS Karneva livada (vdn) 8220 HR.BOTEV 1950km
87.6 1509 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 SHUMEN__ 2220km
87.6 1713 TUN RTT Radio Tataouine, Zarzis (med) 7205 TATAOUIN 2342km
88.0 1713 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) 7211 ZITOUNA_ 2016km **
88.4 1715 I Radio Internazionale, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (or) 52D7 --TE---- 1576km
89.4 1716 TUN Jawhara FM, Kairouan=Al-Qayrawan (kai) 7210 JAWHARA_ 2089km
89.9 1717 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Sfax/El-Ghraba (sfa) 7211 ZITOUNA_ 2183km
90.6 1718 TUN Shems FM, Monastir (mon) Arabic OM, as web stream 2100km
93.0 1719 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Sfax/El-Ghraba (sfa) 7201 2183km
88.5 1720 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Kerkennah (sfa) Female Arabic song, as web 2222km
90.0 1721 TUN Oxygène FM, Bizerte/Djebel Kochbata (biz) 7220 OXYGENE_ 1933km
91.0 1723 TUN Radio MFM Tunisie, Ksour-Essaf (mah) Tentative 0033 PI. Arabic chanting, as web 2142km **
92.5 1725 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Ksour-Essaf (mah) Phone in, as web 2142km
92.0 1727 TUN RTT R.Tunis Chaîne Int., Djebel Zaghouan (zag) 7202 2016km
93.7 1730 TUN Shems FM, Sousse (sou) OMs talking, as web 2087km **
94.6 1732 TUN Radio MFM Tunisie, Sousse (sou) OM ID jingle and sung jingle. Ads in French 2087km **
95.7 1733 TUN Shems FM, Bizerte/Djebel Kochbata (biz) OMs again, as web 1933km **
100.2 1746 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Ksour-Essaf (mah) 7204 2142km
101.1 1747 I Radio Sintony, Cagliari/Castello (ca) Italian pops, as web 1688km **
101.7 1747 TUN Shems FM, Djebel Bou-Kornine (tun) 7213 --EM---- 1987km
102.5 1748 TUN Jawhara FM, Zaghouan (zag) 7210 JAWHARA_ 2013km
94.3 1751 TUN RTT Radio Nationale, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) YL and phone caller, as web 2016km
96.9 1751 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Ksour-Essaf (mah) 7211 2142km **
100.7 1754 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Zarzis (med) OM Arabic solo, as web 2342km **
87.7 1755 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Djebel Trozza (kai) 7212 2086km
87.5 1800 I Radio Maria, Sant’Antioco/Monte Cresia (ci) OMs serious talk, as web 1684km
89.5 1801 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Bizerte/Djebel Kochbata (biz) Flute solo, as web 1933km
93.8 1805 TUN RTT R.Tunis Chaîne Int., Bizerte/Djebel Kochbata (biz) OM, v weak, as 92.0 1933km
93.3 1810 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) Presumed site. Programme as web 1575km
92.7 1812 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) As 93.3 1678km
90.7 1813 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) OM, as web 1678km
96.2 1814 TUN Shems FM, Sfax/El-Ghraba (sfa) OM on phone, as web 2183km **
96.5 1815 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) OM, as web 2016km
103.0 1816 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Sfax/El-Ghraba (sfa) Arabic song, as web 2183km
103.6 1818 TUN Express FM, Djebel Bou-Kornine (tun) 7214. Shalamar track 1987km **
105.3 1820 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (or) Ad break, as web 1576km **
104.0 1823 I Radio Stella (Selargius), Gairo/Punta Tricoli (og) 50F1 1633km
88.3 1827 ALG Radio El Tarf, Oum Ali (36) OMs talk, as web 1934km
89.0 1828 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Skhira (sfa) Gentle Arabic song, as web 2230km
93.9 1830 ALG Radio Constantine, Kef El Akhal (25) Arabic prayer, as web 1927km **
87.8 1840 TUN RTT Radio Gafsa, Kebili=Qibili (keb) 7206 --FS---- Gafsa FM ID in Arabic. Arabic pops 2265km **
88.2 1841 TUN RTT Radio Kef, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) 7208 KEF_____ 2100km
87.6 1852 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) OMs lively discussion, as web 1927km
90.7 1853 ALG Chaîne 1, Kef El Akhal (25) OM, as web 1927km
97.2 1858 ALG Chaîne 2, Kef El Akhal (25) OM, as web 1927km
92.7 1928 TUN RTT Radio Gafsa, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) OM, as 87.8 2100km
89.6 1937 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) YL phone caller, as web 2100km
87.9 1959 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Intl Service. ID in Spanish. Tnx Janpeter 2071km
Sporadic E Unids:
89.2 1429 BUL FM Plus, unlisted site. 8382 FM Plus Vocal ID **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0346 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202 _C----RE Unattended 709km
87.7 0347 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D3C3 Unattended 905km
87.7 1124 E RAC 1, Barcelona/Collserola (CAT-B) E251 Unattended 1311km
Several other instances of E251 were stored on 87.7 which I have left out the log. This seems to be my regular on 87.7, maybe because I tend to beam SSW to avoid the noise I now have when beaming NE to S. I don't think SSW is a good direction for MS.
I did a little better with meteor scatter overnight. My laptop seems to "sleep" when it has been inactive for 20 minutes or so and I have been wondering if this could be a reason why I have not done so well with this mode. I would have thought that the hard drive would wake up and store any RDS data registered by RDS Spy, but maybe there are other things which have been powering down because of periods of inactivity.
I looked into this and Windows 7 has an system "service" which runs in the background called "Superfetch". Apparently this overrides the settings in your Control Panel and powers down your hard drives (and other services?) EVEN when they have been set under the Control Panel NEVER to sleep. I made sure the Superfetch had been disabled and three MS loggings resulted. Coincidence? It could have simply been good meteor scatter conditions which were responsible of course. Hopefully this info about "Superfetch" will be of use.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
NOTE: skywaves.info website and associated email addresses have closed.
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
Sporadic E: 87.7 1425 BUL Radio 1, Pazardsik/RPTS VETS Aleko (pzk) 8381 2162km
87.6 1426 BUL Radio Zorana, Sofia/kv. Gorna banya (sfg) 8069 2051km **
88.9 1427 SRB Radio Index, Beograd/Torlak (Srb) 6288 _INDEX__ 1739km
89.9 1429 BUL Radio Focus, Plovdiv/Belashtitsa (pld) 837F 2190km
88.4 1430 BUL BNR Horizont, Roman/Strupets (vrt) 8210 2059km **
94.0 1432 BUL BNR Radio Plovdiv, Plovdiv/RRTS Zdravets (pld) 8234 RADIO___ PLOVDIV_ 2194km **
89.1 1433 BUL Radio FM+, Plovdiv/Belashtitsa (pld) Pops, as web 2190km
88.2 1435 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Belogradcik/RRTS Karneva livada (vdn) 8220 HR.BOTEV 1950km
87.6 1509 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 SHUMEN__ 2220km
87.6 1713 TUN RTT Radio Tataouine, Zarzis (med) 7205 TATAOUIN 2342km
88.0 1713 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) 7211 ZITOUNA_ 2016km **
88.4 1715 I Radio Internazionale, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (or) 52D7 --TE---- 1576km
89.4 1716 TUN Jawhara FM, Kairouan=Al-Qayrawan (kai) 7210 JAWHARA_ 2089km
89.9 1717 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Sfax/El-Ghraba (sfa) 7211 ZITOUNA_ 2183km
90.6 1718 TUN Shems FM, Monastir (mon) Arabic OM, as web stream 2100km
93.0 1719 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Sfax/El-Ghraba (sfa) 7201 2183km
88.5 1720 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Kerkennah (sfa) Female Arabic song, as web 2222km
90.0 1721 TUN Oxygène FM, Bizerte/Djebel Kochbata (biz) 7220 OXYGENE_ 1933km
91.0 1723 TUN Radio MFM Tunisie, Ksour-Essaf (mah) Tentative 0033 PI. Arabic chanting, as web 2142km **
92.5 1725 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Ksour-Essaf (mah) Phone in, as web 2142km
92.0 1727 TUN RTT R.Tunis Chaîne Int., Djebel Zaghouan (zag) 7202 2016km
93.7 1730 TUN Shems FM, Sousse (sou) OMs talking, as web 2087km **
94.6 1732 TUN Radio MFM Tunisie, Sousse (sou) OM ID jingle and sung jingle. Ads in French 2087km **
95.7 1733 TUN Shems FM, Bizerte/Djebel Kochbata (biz) OMs again, as web 1933km **
100.2 1746 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Ksour-Essaf (mah) 7204 2142km
101.1 1747 I Radio Sintony, Cagliari/Castello (ca) Italian pops, as web 1688km **
101.7 1747 TUN Shems FM, Djebel Bou-Kornine (tun) 7213 --EM---- 1987km
102.5 1748 TUN Jawhara FM, Zaghouan (zag) 7210 JAWHARA_ 2013km
94.3 1751 TUN RTT Radio Nationale, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) YL and phone caller, as web 2016km
96.9 1751 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Ksour-Essaf (mah) 7211 2142km **
100.7 1754 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Zarzis (med) OM Arabic solo, as web 2342km **
87.7 1755 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Djebel Trozza (kai) 7212 2086km
87.5 1800 I Radio Maria, Sant’Antioco/Monte Cresia (ci) OMs serious talk, as web 1684km
89.5 1801 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Bizerte/Djebel Kochbata (biz) Flute solo, as web 1933km
93.8 1805 TUN RTT R.Tunis Chaîne Int., Bizerte/Djebel Kochbata (biz) OM, v weak, as 92.0 1933km
93.3 1810 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) Presumed site. Programme as web 1575km
92.7 1812 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) As 93.3 1678km
90.7 1813 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) OM, as web 1678km
96.2 1814 TUN Shems FM, Sfax/El-Ghraba (sfa) OM on phone, as web 2183km **
96.5 1815 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) OM, as web 2016km
103.0 1816 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Sfax/El-Ghraba (sfa) Arabic song, as web 2183km
103.6 1818 TUN Express FM, Djebel Bou-Kornine (tun) 7214. Shalamar track 1987km **
105.3 1820 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (or) Ad break, as web 1576km **
104.0 1823 I Radio Stella (Selargius), Gairo/Punta Tricoli (og) 50F1 1633km
88.3 1827 ALG Radio El Tarf, Oum Ali (36) OMs talk, as web 1934km
89.0 1828 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Skhira (sfa) Gentle Arabic song, as web 2230km
93.9 1830 ALG Radio Constantine, Kef El Akhal (25) Arabic prayer, as web 1927km **
87.8 1840 TUN RTT Radio Gafsa, Kebili=Qibili (keb) 7206 --FS---- Gafsa FM ID in Arabic. Arabic pops 2265km **
88.2 1841 TUN RTT Radio Kef, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) 7208 KEF_____ 2100km
87.6 1852 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) OMs lively discussion, as web 1927km
90.7 1853 ALG Chaîne 1, Kef El Akhal (25) OM, as web 1927km
97.2 1858 ALG Chaîne 2, Kef El Akhal (25) OM, as web 1927km
92.7 1928 TUN RTT Radio Gafsa, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) OM, as 87.8 2100km
89.6 1937 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) YL phone caller, as web 2100km
87.9 1959 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Intl Service. ID in Spanish. Tnx Janpeter 2071km
Sporadic E Unids:
89.2 1429 BUL FM Plus, unlisted site. 8382 FM Plus Vocal ID **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0346 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202 _C----RE Unattended 709km
87.7 0347 D MDR Figaro, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D3C3 Unattended 905km
87.7 1124 E RAC 1, Barcelona/Collserola (CAT-B) E251 Unattended 1311km
Several other instances of E251 were stored on 87.7 which I have left out the log. This seems to be my regular on 87.7, maybe because I tend to beam SSW to avoid the noise I now have when beaming NE to S. I don't think SSW is a good direction for MS.
I did a little better with meteor scatter overnight. My laptop seems to "sleep" when it has been inactive for 20 minutes or so and I have been wondering if this could be a reason why I have not done so well with this mode. I would have thought that the hard drive would wake up and store any RDS data registered by RDS Spy, but maybe there are other things which have been powering down because of periods of inactivity.
I looked into this and Windows 7 has an system "service" which runs in the background called "Superfetch". Apparently this overrides the settings in your Control Panel and powers down your hard drives (and other services?) EVEN when they have been set under the Control Panel NEVER to sleep. I made sure the Superfetch had been disabled and three MS loggings resulted. Coincidence? It could have simply been good meteor scatter conditions which were responsible of course. Hopefully this info about "Superfetch" will be of use.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
NOTE: skywaves.info website and associated email addresses have closed.
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
Friday, 3 May 2013
Skegness Log: 03-05-13
Tropospheric:
93.2 0823 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Bruxelles/Tour des Finances (bru)
Oldies, as web 377km
92.3 0825 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) YL, as 101.8. Peterborough nullable now 409km
93.2 0825 D WDR 2, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Exchanging with Bruxelles 591km
92.0 0827 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Clear, noise free, as web 494km
92.8 0848 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German OM talk, as web. Over Profondeville 477km
94.6 0901 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) OM ID and news 713km
99.0 0905 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID after news, weather or traffic, pops 684km
97.3 0909 D WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Separable from LBC with classical music 421km
95.2 0914 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Light pops. Web // Followed for 20 mins. New personal scatter record at 793km **
91.0 0936 D hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Billy Joels "My Life", as web 612km
88.3 1455 F France Culture, Laval-Evron/Mont Rochard (53) No QRM from Sutton Coldfield now! 550km
97.2 1509 F France Musique, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Sinister sounding organ recital, as 88.7 446km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
It was good while it lasted! My noise returned late afternoon on the 3rd, masking all weak signals once again. OFCOM here I come. It was nice to have a good run up and down the band though to see what could be heard and I made a few notes. During the 'silence' I increased my scatter distance to 793 km with the weak reception of MDR Figaro from Sonneburg consistently fluttering up and down on 95.2 in parallel witht he web audio for 20 minutes.
Listening may be restricted over the weekend while the family are over but I'll try and squeeze in some DXing time.
You have to laugh! Some neighbours on our street have decided that I must be working for the police because of the new antenna on the roof. I've already been down this route some years ago when I was approached by a drug dealer who approached me with a crowbar because he thought the same thing.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
NOTE: skywaves.info website and associated email addresses have closed.
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
92.3 0825 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) YL, as 101.8. Peterborough nullable now 409km
93.2 0825 D WDR 2, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Exchanging with Bruxelles 591km
92.0 0827 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Clear, noise free, as web 494km
92.8 0848 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German OM talk, as web. Over Profondeville 477km
94.6 0901 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) OM ID and news 713km
99.0 0905 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID after news, weather or traffic, pops 684km
97.3 0909 D WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Separable from LBC with classical music 421km
95.2 0914 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Light pops. Web // Followed for 20 mins. New personal scatter record at 793km **
91.0 0936 D hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Billy Joels "My Life", as web 612km
88.3 1455 F France Culture, Laval-Evron/Mont Rochard (53) No QRM from Sutton Coldfield now! 550km
97.2 1509 F France Musique, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) Sinister sounding organ recital, as 88.7 446km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
It was good while it lasted! My noise returned late afternoon on the 3rd, masking all weak signals once again. OFCOM here I come. It was nice to have a good run up and down the band though to see what could be heard and I made a few notes. During the 'silence' I increased my scatter distance to 793 km with the weak reception of MDR Figaro from Sonneburg consistently fluttering up and down on 95.2 in parallel witht he web audio for 20 minutes.
Listening may be restricted over the weekend while the family are over but I'll try and squeeze in some DXing time.
You have to laugh! Some neighbours on our street have decided that I must be working for the police because of the new antenna on the roof. I've already been down this route some years ago when I was approached by a drug dealer who approached me with a crowbar because he thought the same thing.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
NOTE: skywaves.info website and associated email addresses have closed.
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
UK Local Reception Results
It's a big swing!
Laval has taken overall control of 88.3. There's been a big swing to the
east with Brocken taking 94.6 and 101.4. Linz has gained overall control
of 94.8, pushing Meriden into second place. There's been a landslide
towards Caen on 91.5 with Holme Moss losing its deposit and Belmont has
narrowly held on to 93.1. The biggest shock of all was on 102.2 where
Belmont has always thought to be a safe site but Croydon provided enough
swing on the S meter to win the frequency.
I could tell you more but I deliberately spoilt my log paper.
That's tactical DXing for you!
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Skegness Log: 02-05-13
Tropospheric:
101.0 1354 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oostvleteren/Elzendamme (vlg-wvl) Steady signal. Noise free 295km
101.4 1354 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Now clear at the side of Tacolneston 431km
100.1 1356 BEL VRT Radio 2, Egem (vlg-wvl) Noise free and clear of Sutton Coldfield! 309km
88.6 1359 HOL 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Ads before news 408km
105.5 1410 BEL Topradio, Staden/Stadenberg (vlg-wvl) Clonking dance music! (Thats what it sounds like to me anyway) 299km
105.7 1411 BEL Club FM, Oostkamp (vlg-wvl) Just lifting out of the noise, as web 297km
106.2 1412 F France Bleu Nord, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) ID in promo 266km
107.3 1413 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Who needs a lift when the QRN stops! 292km
107.6 1415 BEL Costa FM, Koksijde (wvl) ID. Listed Hit FM on FM List 276km
106.9 1428 F Skyrock, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) Noise free stereo 341km
103.1 1524 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as 103.0 376km
102.9 1525 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Oldies, as 101.0 354km
102.3 1528 F NRJ, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) French pops, as web stream 299km
100.4 1530 HOL Q Music, Numerous sites Ad break, as 100.7
100.6 1530 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as 102.1 376km
98.9 1533 HOL Radio 1, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Devoid of Holme Moss! 344km
98.2 1534 HOL Radio 4, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Easy now neighbouring Belmont reduced to one bar 366km
101.1 1647 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Wavre (wal-bra) Very little Holme Moss off the back now 397km
105.9 1650 D Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Rap track, as Steinkimmen 104.7 648km
104.9 1652 D Big FM (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Banging rap tune, as web 554km
107.9 1655 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 494km
101.7 1702 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Just getting out of the noise. As web stream 628km
103.0 1707 D BFBS Radio 1, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Rock track just lifting out of the noise, as web 565km
92.7 1715 F Skyrock, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Fringhem (62) Rap track and OM ID 289km
92.0 1716 F Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) Pops, as web 288km
91.7 1717 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Alone on frequency 376km
90.7 1719 HOL SubLime FM, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Alone on frequency. As 90.7 344km
91.0 1719 HOL Omroep Brabant, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Fiction Factory song, as web stream 334km
90.0 1720 HOL 100% NL, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Long time no hear! As 90.2 366km
90.2 1720 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) No Peterborough splatter anymore! 334km
89.8 1722 F RDL-Radio Dallas Loisirs, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) Easier to dig out now. As 89.6 275km
89.4 1723 F France Musique, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) OMs discussion, as web 285km
88.6 1725 HOL Slam!FM, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Just audible in noise. As 88.4 313km
89.3 1725 HOL Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) This was a suprise! Over Holme Moss 313km
87.6 1734 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oostende/Residentie De Mast (vlg-wvl) Oldies, as web 278km
87.7 1734 F RTL, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) YL on phone, as web stream 299km
89.0 1739 BEL VRT MNM, Schoten (vlg-ant) English artist interview, as web 354km
92.2 1814 HOL Omrop Fryslân Radio, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Another Long time no hear 365km
92.9 1816 HOL Radio 2, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) No BBC R2 QRM now! 318km
95.0 1817 HOL Radio 1, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) What BBC Lincolnshire splatter? 318km
96.6 1838 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) Mixing unid hardcore techno 409km
98.0 1917 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Club tracks, as 97.6 321km
104.7 2007 F France Inter, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) Almost noise free 266km
98.7 2013 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) (Formerly Arrow Rock). As web 408km **
98.5 2014 HOL Freez FM, Groningen/Gideonweg (DVB-T Mast) (gro) Barely audible. Same rock song as 98.7 420km **
93.9 2019 HOL Radio Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) Solid stereo on peak. Two bars 318km
93.2 2020 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Acoustic track, as web stream 365km
91.6 2021 F Europe 1, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) OM chat, as web stream 275km
90.6 2023 BEL Joe FM, Oud-Turnhout/Watertoren Pidpa (vlg-ant) Curtis Stigers track, as web 376km
88.9 2032 HOL Radio Noord-Holland, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Music, as web 321km
100.8 2039 F Contact FM, Lens, Valenciennes or Maubeuge Bangin Beats, as web
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I think I scared away my QRM today by mentioning OFCOM to it! I was just about to begin the process of making the initial complaint to Ofcom when the noise suddenly abated. It's not gone completely but I would say it's 50% better. Some frequencies still have some noise and others don't. I took advantage of this and had several sessions tuning around band 2, mostly with the 9.2 vertical as horizontal was still quite noisy. Full credit to the designers of the 9.2 for its superb directivity which opened things up beautifully! There were several new (to me) stations down in the noise which I need to identify but hopefully I will identify them soon. Conditions are still below average with transmitters like Egem and Lille dropping out completely at times.
The notes included with the loggings above show the improvements the 9.2 has given me. Other notable points include stations like my local pest Lincs FM on 102.2 can now be almost completely eliminated when beaming SSE when vertical. There was little underneath though, apart from a very weak Croydon, but Lincs FM can now be reduced to "very noisy at zero bars" on the XDR-F1HD. I even had BBC Radio 1 98.3 right down to zero bars, allowing easy access to neighbouring Loon Op Zand on 98.2! The null isn't tight either, there are a good few degrees either side which contain the null. That is impressive!
Today was the first time that I have been able to hear local Belgian stations at the top of the band here without needing a lift to get them! There were actually times when I felt I was DXing on the Suffolk coast as many continentals were peaking above the noise in perfect stereo.
Next job on the cards is to add a little extra height to the 9.2 if I can find somebody locally with a set of roof ladders and no fear of heights. I tried to climb on the roof myself this evening using smaller stepladders but gave up quickly when I reached the third rung (honestly!)
May the noise continue to weaken and stay away permanently. I'm sure things won't be so simple so I will proceed with the report to Ofcom.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
NOTE: skywaves.info website and associated email addresses have closed.
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
101.0 1354 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oostvleteren/Elzendamme (vlg-wvl) Steady signal. Noise free 295km
101.4 1354 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Now clear at the side of Tacolneston 431km
100.1 1356 BEL VRT Radio 2, Egem (vlg-wvl) Noise free and clear of Sutton Coldfield! 309km
88.6 1359 HOL 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Ads before news 408km
105.5 1410 BEL Topradio, Staden/Stadenberg (vlg-wvl) Clonking dance music! (Thats what it sounds like to me anyway) 299km
105.7 1411 BEL Club FM, Oostkamp (vlg-wvl) Just lifting out of the noise, as web 297km
106.2 1412 F France Bleu Nord, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) ID in promo 266km
107.3 1413 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Who needs a lift when the QRN stops! 292km
107.6 1415 BEL Costa FM, Koksijde (wvl) ID. Listed Hit FM on FM List 276km
106.9 1428 F Skyrock, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) Noise free stereo 341km
103.1 1524 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as 103.0 376km
102.9 1525 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Oldies, as 101.0 354km
102.3 1528 F NRJ, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) French pops, as web stream 299km
100.4 1530 HOL Q Music, Numerous sites Ad break, as 100.7
100.6 1530 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as 102.1 376km
98.9 1533 HOL Radio 1, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Devoid of Holme Moss! 344km
98.2 1534 HOL Radio 4, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Easy now neighbouring Belmont reduced to one bar 366km
101.1 1647 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Wavre (wal-bra) Very little Holme Moss off the back now 397km
105.9 1650 D Hit Radio FFH, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Rap track, as Steinkimmen 104.7 648km
104.9 1652 D Big FM (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Banging rap tune, as web 554km
107.9 1655 D WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Pops, as 106.7 494km
101.7 1702 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Just getting out of the noise. As web stream 628km
103.0 1707 D BFBS Radio 1, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Rock track just lifting out of the noise, as web 565km
92.7 1715 F Skyrock, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Fringhem (62) Rap track and OM ID 289km
92.0 1716 F Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) Pops, as web 288km
91.7 1717 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Alone on frequency 376km
90.7 1719 HOL SubLime FM, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Alone on frequency. As 90.7 344km
91.0 1719 HOL Omroep Brabant, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Fiction Factory song, as web stream 334km
90.0 1720 HOL 100% NL, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Long time no hear! As 90.2 366km
90.2 1720 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) No Peterborough splatter anymore! 334km
89.8 1722 F RDL-Radio Dallas Loisirs, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) Easier to dig out now. As 89.6 275km
89.4 1723 F France Musique, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) OMs discussion, as web 285km
88.6 1725 HOL Slam!FM, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Just audible in noise. As 88.4 313km
89.3 1725 HOL Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) This was a suprise! Over Holme Moss 313km
87.6 1734 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oostende/Residentie De Mast (vlg-wvl) Oldies, as web 278km
87.7 1734 F RTL, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) YL on phone, as web stream 299km
89.0 1739 BEL VRT MNM, Schoten (vlg-ant) English artist interview, as web 354km
92.2 1814 HOL Omrop Fryslân Radio, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Another Long time no hear 365km
92.9 1816 HOL Radio 2, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) No BBC R2 QRM now! 318km
95.0 1817 HOL Radio 1, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) What BBC Lincolnshire splatter? 318km
96.6 1838 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Anderlues/Mont-Sainte-Geneviève (wal-hnt) Mixing unid hardcore techno 409km
98.0 1917 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Club tracks, as 97.6 321km
104.7 2007 F France Inter, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) Almost noise free 266km
98.7 2013 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) (Formerly Arrow Rock). As web 408km **
98.5 2014 HOL Freez FM, Groningen/Gideonweg (DVB-T Mast) (gro) Barely audible. Same rock song as 98.7 420km **
93.9 2019 HOL Radio Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) Solid stereo on peak. Two bars 318km
93.2 2020 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Acoustic track, as web stream 365km
91.6 2021 F Europe 1, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) OM chat, as web stream 275km
90.6 2023 BEL Joe FM, Oud-Turnhout/Watertoren Pidpa (vlg-ant) Curtis Stigers track, as web 376km
88.9 2032 HOL Radio Noord-Holland, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Music, as web 321km
100.8 2039 F Contact FM, Lens, Valenciennes or Maubeuge Bangin Beats, as web
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I think I scared away my QRM today by mentioning OFCOM to it! I was just about to begin the process of making the initial complaint to Ofcom when the noise suddenly abated. It's not gone completely but I would say it's 50% better. Some frequencies still have some noise and others don't. I took advantage of this and had several sessions tuning around band 2, mostly with the 9.2 vertical as horizontal was still quite noisy. Full credit to the designers of the 9.2 for its superb directivity which opened things up beautifully! There were several new (to me) stations down in the noise which I need to identify but hopefully I will identify them soon. Conditions are still below average with transmitters like Egem and Lille dropping out completely at times.
The notes included with the loggings above show the improvements the 9.2 has given me. Other notable points include stations like my local pest Lincs FM on 102.2 can now be almost completely eliminated when beaming SSE when vertical. There was little underneath though, apart from a very weak Croydon, but Lincs FM can now be reduced to "very noisy at zero bars" on the XDR-F1HD. I even had BBC Radio 1 98.3 right down to zero bars, allowing easy access to neighbouring Loon Op Zand on 98.2! The null isn't tight either, there are a good few degrees either side which contain the null. That is impressive!
Today was the first time that I have been able to hear local Belgian stations at the top of the band here without needing a lift to get them! There were actually times when I felt I was DXing on the Suffolk coast as many continentals were peaking above the noise in perfect stereo.
Next job on the cards is to add a little extra height to the 9.2 if I can find somebody locally with a set of roof ladders and no fear of heights. I tried to climb on the roof myself this evening using smaller stepladders but gave up quickly when I reached the third rung (honestly!)
May the noise continue to weaken and stay away permanently. I'm sure things won't be so simple so I will proceed with the report to Ofcom.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
NOTE: skywaves.info website and associated email addresses have closed.
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Skegness Log: 01-05-13
Sporadic E:
87.9 0806 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) 6201 YLE_YKSI 1666km
87.7 0808 FIN Iskelmä, Kotka/Karhula-Höyterintie (ky) 62AD ISKELMA_ 1801km
88.5 0809 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6201 YLE_YKSI 1809km
90.0 0812 FIN Radio Rock, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6288 1809km
92.5 0813 FIN Radio Aalto, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) Finnish Rap music, as web 1666km **
88.0 0817 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Joutseno/Pappilankangas-Valtatie no 6 (ek) 6201 YLE_YKSI 1899km
88.4 0817 RUS Avtoradio, Sankt-Peterburg/LRTPTS (SPE) OM info, as web stream 1967km **
90.5 0837 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Kerimäki/Yläkuona-Yläkuonantie (es) 6201 1962km
87.7 0838 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Eurajoki or Lisalmi 6201 YLE_YKSI
90.7 0839 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi) 6201 1684km
88.3 8400 FIN YLE Puhe, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi) YL, as web stream 1684km **
87.6 0902 FIN Radio City, Valkeakoski/Kaskela-Pilvitie (pi) 62AC Rock music, as web stream 1676km **
88.2 0919 TUN RTT Radio Kef, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) 7208 KEF_____ 2100km **
89.1 0920 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Gorraa (bej) 7201 JEUNES__ 1976km
87.7 0921 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Djebel Trozza (kai) 7212 ______E_ 2086km
88.3 0922 ALG Radio El Tarf, Oum Ali (36) YLs, as web 1934km
89.6 0923 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) 7201 2100km **
87.9 0933 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Arabic music, as web stream 2071km
87.6 0936 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) OMs conversation, as web stream 1927km
90.7 0938 ALG Chaîne 1, Kef El Akhal (25) YL phone in, as web stream 1927km
87.5 1016 I Radio Maria, Sant’Antioco/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1684km
Sporadic E Unids:
88.5 0831 FIN UNID, PI: 6095
87.8 0834 ? UNID, "Radio Nova" ID
Meteor Scatter:
87.9 0908 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) Presumed Espoo. Long burst. OM YL as web stream 1666km **
95.2 1102 G BBC Radio Cornwall, Caradon Hill (EN-CNW) St Ives report in news, as web stream. Over BBC Oxford 439km ** ++
** Personal Skegness 'First'
++ Is this the shortest meteor scatter ever? I am not even sure it is meteor scatter. Maybe it's lightning scatter, but no storms were reported today over that path. I was listening to BBC Oxford on 95.2 when I heard a sudden burst of English news over the top which fluttered out in a couple of seconds. There was a news report about fishing and St Ives. A quick check of the BBC Cornwall website revealed the very same news story, read by the same woman.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
NOTE: skywaves.info website and associated email addresses have closed.
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
87.9 0806 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) 6201 YLE_YKSI 1666km
87.7 0808 FIN Iskelmä, Kotka/Karhula-Höyterintie (ky) 62AD ISKELMA_ 1801km
88.5 0809 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6201 YLE_YKSI 1809km
90.0 0812 FIN Radio Rock, Anjalankoski/Kouvola-Liikkala, Sopasenpolku 40 (ky) 6288 1809km
92.5 0813 FIN Radio Aalto, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) Finnish Rap music, as web 1666km **
88.0 0817 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Joutseno/Pappilankangas-Valtatie no 6 (ek) 6201 YLE_YKSI 1899km
88.4 0817 RUS Avtoradio, Sankt-Peterburg/LRTPTS (SPE) OM info, as web stream 1967km **
90.5 0837 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Kerimäki/Yläkuona-Yläkuonantie (es) 6201 1962km
87.7 0838 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Eurajoki or Lisalmi 6201 YLE_YKSI
90.7 0839 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi) 6201 1684km
88.3 8400 FIN YLE Puhe, Tampere-Tammerfors/Kämmenniemi-Vähä - Koveron Tie (pi) YL, as web stream 1684km **
87.6 0902 FIN Radio City, Valkeakoski/Kaskela-Pilvitie (pi) 62AC Rock music, as web stream 1676km **
88.2 0919 TUN RTT Radio Kef, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) 7208 KEF_____ 2100km **
89.1 0920 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Gorraa (bej) 7201 JEUNES__ 1976km
87.7 0921 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Djebel Trozza (kai) 7212 ______E_ 2086km
88.3 0922 ALG Radio El Tarf, Oum Ali (36) YLs, as web 1934km
89.6 0923 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) 7201 2100km **
87.9 0933 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Arabic music, as web stream 2071km
87.6 0936 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) OMs conversation, as web stream 1927km
90.7 0938 ALG Chaîne 1, Kef El Akhal (25) YL phone in, as web stream 1927km
87.5 1016 I Radio Maria, Sant’Antioco/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1684km
Sporadic E Unids:
88.5 0831 FIN UNID, PI: 6095
87.8 0834 ? UNID, "Radio Nova" ID
Meteor Scatter:
87.9 0908 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) Presumed Espoo. Long burst. OM YL as web stream 1666km **
95.2 1102 G BBC Radio Cornwall, Caradon Hill (EN-CNW) St Ives report in news, as web stream. Over BBC Oxford 439km ** ++
** Personal Skegness 'First'
++ Is this the shortest meteor scatter ever? I am not even sure it is meteor scatter. Maybe it's lightning scatter, but no storms were reported today over that path. I was listening to BBC Oxford on 95.2 when I heard a sudden burst of English news over the top which fluttered out in a couple of seconds. There was a news report about fishing and St Ives. A quick check of the BBC Cornwall website revealed the very same news story, read by the same woman.
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
NOTE: skywaves.info website and associated email addresses have closed.
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Skegness Log: 30-05-13
OIRT Sporadic E:
67.70 0922 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT, prosp. Myru, 43 (KM) Pops, as web 1887km
68.24 0924 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) OM YL, as web 1804km
70.46 0926 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT, prosp. Myru, 43 (KM) OM, as web 1887km
70.76 0927 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM) YL song, as web 1907km **
69.83 0931 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Lozova/TFKRRT, vul. Pol'ova, 13 (TE) OM, as web 1794km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1611 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) YL and OM, as web 2120km
90.7 1613 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) OMs, as web 2120km
91.8 1615 ALG Chaîne 2, Akfadou (6) OM YL, as web 1867km
93.9 1615 ALG Chaîne 2, Aflou (3) OM YL, as web 2120km
97.2 1616 ALG Chaîne 3, Aflou (3) YL news, as web 2120km
88.4 1618 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) YL correspondent, as web 1872km
87.8 1619 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) YL, as web 2176km
91.5 1619 ALG Radio El Bahdja, Chréa (9) Arabic music, as web 1872km
92.6 1621 ALG Chaîne 1, approx. 50km east of Algiers OM talk, as web 1843km **
98.0 1622 ALG Chaîne 1, Chréa (9) OM, as web, fighting with Lille 1872km
87.7 1639 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) OMs conversation, as web 1913km
90.3 1641 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, Boukhouali (otl) OM YL, as web 2104km
92.7 1648 TUN RTT Radio Gafsa, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) Arabic music, mixing UNID Arabic 2100km
88.3 1651 ALG Radio El Tarf, Oum Ali (36) OM, as web 1934km
91.2 1652 ALG Radio Biskra, Metlili (5) OM, as web 2033km
93.3 1655 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Gabès (gab) OM over classical music, as web 2284km **
95.1 1701 ALG Radio Souk Ahras, M'cid (41) YL and news, as web 1957km **
87.5 1725 I Radio Maria, Sant’Antioco/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_ Usual stuff 1684km
88.5 1738 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Kerkennah (sfa) 7204 2222km
89.0 1739 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Skhira (sfa) YL, as 88.5 2230km **
87.6 1741 TUN RTT Radio Tataouine, Zarzis (med) 7205 __TA____ 2342km
106.3 1747 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) As web 2100km
89.2 1755 I Radio Iglesias, Carloforte (ci) 50FA IGLESIAS 1673km
91.3 1757 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) 7201 2039km
95.4 1800 TUN RTT R.Tunis Chaîne Int., Gorraa (bej) 7202 1976km
97.8 1801 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) 7211 ZITOUNA_ 2039km
93.3 1802 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 _RADIO2_ 1575km
91.3 1804 I RAI Radio1, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) OM on phone, as web 1575km
90.5 1808 E Radio Andalucía Información, Pechina/Sierra Alhamilla (AND-AL) E222 __R.A.I. 1809km
107.3 1815 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1678km **
89.4 1825 TUN Jawhara FM, Kairouan=Al-Qayrawan (kai) 7210 JAWHARA_ 2089km
93.4 1832 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Boukhouali (otl) 1002 2104km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Unidentified:
95.9 1709 ? UNID, ? PI 7216
107.4 1746 ? UNID, ? Arabic music. Later a phone in. Libya?
After a couple of days away from radio matters due to family staying with us I managed to get straight back into some welcome Es today, though I became slightly bewildered by the sheer number of Arabic stations coming through. Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia were there but I couldn't help but think there might have been something else slightly more exotic coming through. Either way, I found it all a little too challenging and went off to do other things. In fact Algeria is still coming through at the bottom of the band as I type. My confused brain cell needs a rest!
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL. Ref. Google Altitude Maps
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99 www.rdsspy.com
67.70 0922 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT, prosp. Myru, 43 (KM) Pops, as web 1887km
68.24 0924 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) OM YL, as web 1804km
70.46 0926 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT, prosp. Myru, 43 (KM) OM, as web 1887km
70.76 0927 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM) YL song, as web 1907km **
69.83 0931 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Lozova/TFKRRT, vul. Pol'ova, 13 (TE) OM, as web 1794km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.6 1611 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) YL and OM, as web 2120km
90.7 1613 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) OMs, as web 2120km
91.8 1615 ALG Chaîne 2, Akfadou (6) OM YL, as web 1867km
93.9 1615 ALG Chaîne 2, Aflou (3) OM YL, as web 2120km
97.2 1616 ALG Chaîne 3, Aflou (3) YL news, as web 2120km
88.4 1618 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) YL correspondent, as web 1872km
87.8 1619 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) YL, as web 2176km
91.5 1619 ALG Radio El Bahdja, Chréa (9) Arabic music, as web 1872km
92.6 1621 ALG Chaîne 1, approx. 50km east of Algiers OM talk, as web 1843km **
98.0 1622 ALG Chaîne 1, Chréa (9) OM, as web, fighting with Lille 1872km
87.7 1639 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) OMs conversation, as web 1913km
90.3 1641 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, Boukhouali (otl) OM YL, as web 2104km
92.7 1648 TUN RTT Radio Gafsa, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) Arabic music, mixing UNID Arabic 2100km
88.3 1651 ALG Radio El Tarf, Oum Ali (36) OM, as web 1934km
91.2 1652 ALG Radio Biskra, Metlili (5) OM, as web 2033km
93.3 1655 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Gabès (gab) OM over classical music, as web 2284km **
95.1 1701 ALG Radio Souk Ahras, M'cid (41) YL and news, as web 1957km **
87.5 1725 I Radio Maria, Sant’Antioco/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_ Usual stuff 1684km
88.5 1738 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Kerkennah (sfa) 7204 2222km
89.0 1739 TUN RTT Radio Sfax, Skhira (sfa) YL, as 88.5 2230km **
87.6 1741 TUN RTT Radio Tataouine, Zarzis (med) 7205 __TA____ 2342km
106.3 1747 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel ech Chambi (kas) As web 2100km
89.2 1755 I Radio Iglesias, Carloforte (ci) 50FA IGLESIAS 1673km
91.3 1757 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) 7201 2039km
95.4 1800 TUN RTT R.Tunis Chaîne Int., Gorraa (bej) 7202 1976km
97.8 1801 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) 7211 ZITOUNA_ 2039km
93.3 1802 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 _RADIO2_ 1575km
91.3 1804 I RAI Radio1, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) OM on phone, as web 1575km
90.5 1808 E Radio Andalucía Información, Pechina/Sierra Alhamilla (AND-AL) E222 __R.A.I. 1809km
107.3 1815 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1678km **
89.4 1825 TUN Jawhara FM, Kairouan=Al-Qayrawan (kai) 7210 JAWHARA_ 2089km
93.4 1832 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Boukhouali (otl) 1002 2104km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Unidentified:
95.9 1709 ? UNID, ? PI 7216
107.4 1746 ? UNID, ? Arabic music. Later a phone in. Libya?
After a couple of days away from radio matters due to family staying with us I managed to get straight back into some welcome Es today, though I became slightly bewildered by the sheer number of Arabic stations coming through. Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia were there but I couldn't help but think there might have been something else slightly more exotic coming through. Either way, I found it all a little too challenging and went off to do other things. In fact Algeria is still coming through at the bottom of the band as I type. My confused brain cell needs a rest!
Good DX!
John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL. Ref. Google Altitude Maps
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings
Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager
Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Software:
RDS Spy v0.99 www.rdsspy.com
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