Band 2 Meteor
Scatter:
87.6 2235 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_.
Radiotext and AFs. 37dBf 1219km
OIRT Sporadic E:
68.24 0817 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul.
Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) Jingle ID
1803km
66.53 0818 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka,
12 (RI) OM, as web
1803km
67.46 0818 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul.
Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) Phone
caller, as web 1803km
69.68 0820 BLR BR Radio Brest, Brest/Rakitnica (BR) Pops, as web
1593km
70.91 1754 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Vinnytsya/VFKRRT, vul.
Maksymovycha, 23 (VI) OM and
YL, as web 1992km
71.75 1755 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Lozova/TFKRRT, vul. Pol'ova,
13 (TE) Ad break, as web 1793km
71.93 1755 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Balanivka/VFKRRT (VI) YL, as
web 2096km
73.55 1756 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Horodok/KHFKRRT, vul.
Radyans'ka, 1a (KM) OM and YL,
as web 1871km **
73.73 1757 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM)
As others 1907km **
67.70 1758 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT, prosp.
Myru, 43 (KM) OM, as web
1887km
69.35 1759 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Vesternychany/OORTPTS, vul.
Voroshylova, 115a (OD) Jingle
ID 2139km **
69.83 1759 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Lozova/TFKRRT, vul. Pol'ova, 13
(TE) Local music, as web
1793km
69.92 1800 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Pervomais'k/MFKRRT,
Pidgornyans'ke shose, 13 (MY)
ID and news, as web 2209km **
70.46 1800 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Khmel'nyts'kyy/KHFKRRT, prosp.
Myru, 43 (KM) News,
as web 1887km
70.76 1801 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM) YL
news, as web 1907km
71.69 1801 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Vinnytsya/VFKRRT, vul.
Maksymovycha, 23 (VI) YL news,
as web 1992km
72.89 1802 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kul'chiyivtsi/KHFKRRT (KM) OM
news, as web 1907km
66.98 1803 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kirovohrad/KFKRRT, vul. Sadova,
88 (KH) YL news, as web
2282km
67.82 1804 UKR Svitle radio Emmanuyil, L'viv/LFKRRT, Vysokyy
zamok, 9 (LV) Religious talk,
over piano music, as web 1674km
68.48 1818 MDA RFE/RL, Straseni/STRV (ST) Vocal ID 2105km **
70.31 1820 MDA RFE/RL, Edinet/SRTV (ED) OMs, as other frequency
1966km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
90.2 1808 MDA Radio Noroc, Nisporeni (NS) Dance music, as web
2083km **
88.0 1812 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 __DYNKA_. AFs
point to this tx 1530km
88.6 1812 POL PR 2, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) 3222 1465km
87.6 1814 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236
2220km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I wonder why we don't have more openings to Moldova on band 2,
considering the distance. It's the same as southern Italy or the
regular Algerian stations for most of us in the UK, so why the
relative absence? Yet another mystery of sporadic E.
Two unidentifieds from this opening:
https://app.box.com/s/8tt95vhgbyciflll56ju
https://app.box.com/s/uc5rdphe0memrlm7suy
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:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be
vertical or horizontal, etc.
Friday, 29 August 2014
Skegness Log: 29-08-14 (MW)
981 2200 CHN CNR1, Multi-tx Chinese time pips Weak
1224 2200 CHN Chinese time signal Vweak
1539 2200 CHN CNR 1, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Chinese time signal Vweak 7135 km
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
1224 2200 CHN Chinese time signal Vweak
1539 2200 CHN CNR 1, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Chinese time signal Vweak 7135 km
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Skegness Log: 28-08-14 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
97.2 0848 S SR P3, Uddevalla/Herrestad TM (vg) YLs talking, as web. Live listening 922km
93.3 1106 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) C201. Live listening 1552km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
97.2 0840 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Rock song, as web. Scatter 617km
93.3 0841 DNK DR P1, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) Danish OM, as web. Scatter 740km
95.1 0850 DNK DR P2, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Opera, as web. Scatter 617km
91.8 0945 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Pops, as web 703km
Very good scatter to the north-east today. Scatter has been well below par for the last two or more weeks. This may well tie in with our recent unseasonal weather. Unseasonal? I mean, how can we have temperatures of freezing point and a ground frost in the middle of summer? It's a joke!
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:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
97.2 0848 S SR P3, Uddevalla/Herrestad TM (vg) YLs talking, as web. Live listening 922km
93.3 1106 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) C201. Live listening 1552km
Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
97.2 0840 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Rock song, as web. Scatter 617km
93.3 0841 DNK DR P1, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) Danish OM, as web. Scatter 740km
95.1 0850 DNK DR P2, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Opera, as web. Scatter 617km
91.8 0945 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Pops, as web 703km
Very good scatter to the north-east today. Scatter has been well below par for the last two or more weeks. This may well tie in with our recent unseasonal weather. Unseasonal? I mean, how can we have temperatures of freezing point and a ground frost in the middle of summer? It's a joke!
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:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
Denmark & Norway via Aircraft Scatter
Nice scatter conditions to Scandinavia this morning and not a hint of tropo.
97.2 Danmarks Radio 2, Rangstrup, via aircraft scatter at 617 km
91.8 NRK Petre, Bjerkreim, via aircraft scatter at 703 km
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Skegness Log: 27-08-14 (FM)
Band 2 Auroral:
87.8 1803 NOR NRK P1, Hovdefjell (aa) YL news then Brian Ferry, Lets Stick Together, as web
805km **
88.0 1824 NOR NRK1, Gulen or Bagn Music, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode
I have removed a couple of Dutch stations, 87.9 Omroep Zeeland and 88.0 NPO2, from this log as I originally thought they were received via aurora. Their signals peaked to the NNW, the same direction as the aurora at the time, and sounded very scratchy. There was a definite distinction in directivity with their signals fading away completely between N and E and then returning to their regular scatter. After some studies I am still not 100% certain that they could just have been received 'off the back', so I have removed them from the log.
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:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
87.8 1803 NOR NRK P1, Hovdefjell (aa) YL news then Brian Ferry, Lets Stick Together, as web
805km **
88.0 1824 NOR NRK1, Gulen or Bagn Music, as web **
** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode
I have removed a couple of Dutch stations, 87.9 Omroep Zeeland and 88.0 NPO2, from this log as I originally thought they were received via aurora. Their signals peaked to the NNW, the same direction as the aurora at the time, and sounded very scratchy. There was a definite distinction in directivity with their signals fading away completely between N and E and then returning to their regular scatter. After some studies I am still not 100% certain that they could just have been received 'off the back', so I have removed them from the log.
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:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Skegness Log: 26-08-14 (FM)
Band 2 OIRT:
67.13 1824 RUS Radio Rossii, Sortavala/RTPS (KR) Russian OMs, as web 2025km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
90.7 0918 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) YL, as web 2120km
87.6 0919 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Presume, as 90.7 Chaine 1 received. Arabic/French OM
2120km
88.6 0926 E IB3 Ràdio, Es Mercadal/El Toro (BAL-MN) E2A0 IB3RADIO 1492km
87.9 0928 E RNE Radio Clásica, Bunyola/Alfabia (BAL-ML) Classical, as web 1503km
88.4 0930 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) Presumed. French OM 1872km
87.8 0950 E Catalunya Música, Calonge/Mas Nou (CAT-GI) Classical music, as web 1275km
88.1 0952 E Los 40 Principales, Rocacorba (CAT-GI) E235 40_PRINC 1245km **
87.6 1636 I R101, Cagliari/Palazzo Griffa (ca) 5215 _R_101__ 1688km
88.0 1636 I Radiolina, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Normal Greenbaum song, as 88.2 1513km
88.2 1639 I Radiolina, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) Vocal ID after pops 1689km
88.6 1639 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot)
5264 *_RDS_*_ 1521km
88.9 1639 I RAI Radio1, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ot) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1521km
89.4 1640 I RTL 102.5, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot) 5218 RTL102.5 1521km
87.5 1642 I Radio Maria, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_
1684km
93.3 1642 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Teulada/Su Calcinau (ca) 5220 R_IT__IA 1704km
91.2 1643 F Virgin Radio, Saint-Tropez/Saint-Peire (83) F219 1186km
91.8 1644 F France Inter, Plan-de-la-Tour (83) Vocal ID 1186km **
93.0 1645 I Radio 105 Network, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5211 1678km
93.3 1645 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 __RAI___ 1575km
89.0 1646 I Radio Otto Nove Classics, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 58BD OTTONOVE 1678km
90.7 1646 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) 5201 __RAI___ 1678km
95.5 1647 I Radio Sportiva, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5244 1513km
97.3 1648 I RAI Radio3, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5203 __RAI___ 1575km
99.6 1648 I R101, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5215 _R_101__ 1513km **
101.3 1649 I Radio Capital, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Vocal ID 1513km
103.6 1649 I Radio Studio One, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5495 1678km
104.0 1650 I Radio Studio 2000, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5499 1678km
87.7 1651 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara
(or) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1576km
107.3 1651 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC ____RI__ 1678km
107.6 1651 I Radio Maria, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) OM, as 107.3 1689km **
87.9 1652 I R101, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 5215 1684km
92.2 1655 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Gorraa (bej) Chanting, as web 1976km
88.0 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) Arabic chanting, as others 2016km
97.8 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) Arabic chanting, as web 2039km
92.7 1658 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) Onda Verde programme 1678km
87.9 1706 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Phone in, as web 2071km
87.7 1752 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) Back to back Arabic music, as web 1913km
88.0 1802 E Megaparty FM, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) 1000 _Cheryl_ _Cole___
Megaparty 1605km
87.8 1804 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) Twangy music, as web 2177km
89.3 1805 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E211 __E_1___ 1453km
89.2 1807 E Bay Radio, Dénia/La Segària (VAL-A) Phil Collins track, as web 1594km
87.9 1858 I Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5006 1730km
88.0 1906 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) 5219 1749km
88.4 1907 I Radio Globo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5E29 _GLOBO__ 1730km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Another nice late season opening. It was a bit messy at times with long gaps of nothing, but with lots of little teasers, typical of so many Es openings this summer.
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:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
67.13 1824 RUS Radio Rossii, Sortavala/RTPS (KR) Russian OMs, as web 2025km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
90.7 0918 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) YL, as web 2120km
87.6 0919 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Presume, as 90.7 Chaine 1 received. Arabic/French OM
2120km
88.6 0926 E IB3 Ràdio, Es Mercadal/El Toro (BAL-MN) E2A0 IB3RADIO 1492km
87.9 0928 E RNE Radio Clásica, Bunyola/Alfabia (BAL-ML) Classical, as web 1503km
88.4 0930 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) Presumed. French OM 1872km
87.8 0950 E Catalunya Música, Calonge/Mas Nou (CAT-GI) Classical music, as web 1275km
88.1 0952 E Los 40 Principales, Rocacorba (CAT-GI) E235 40_PRINC 1245km **
87.6 1636 I R101, Cagliari/Palazzo Griffa (ca) 5215 _R_101__ 1688km
88.0 1636 I Radiolina, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Normal Greenbaum song, as 88.2 1513km
88.2 1639 I Radiolina, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) Vocal ID after pops 1689km
88.6 1639 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot)
5264 *_RDS_*_ 1521km
88.9 1639 I RAI Radio1, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ot) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1521km
89.4 1640 I RTL 102.5, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot) 5218 RTL102.5 1521km
87.5 1642 I Radio Maria, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_
1684km
93.3 1642 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Teulada/Su Calcinau (ca) 5220 R_IT__IA 1704km
91.2 1643 F Virgin Radio, Saint-Tropez/Saint-Peire (83) F219 1186km
91.8 1644 F France Inter, Plan-de-la-Tour (83) Vocal ID 1186km **
93.0 1645 I Radio 105 Network, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5211 1678km
93.3 1645 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 __RAI___ 1575km
89.0 1646 I Radio Otto Nove Classics, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 58BD OTTONOVE 1678km
90.7 1646 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) 5201 __RAI___ 1678km
95.5 1647 I Radio Sportiva, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5244 1513km
97.3 1648 I RAI Radio3, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5203 __RAI___ 1575km
99.6 1648 I R101, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5215 _R_101__ 1513km **
101.3 1649 I Radio Capital, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Vocal ID 1513km
103.6 1649 I Radio Studio One, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5495 1678km
104.0 1650 I Radio Studio 2000, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5499 1678km
87.7 1651 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara
(or) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1576km
107.3 1651 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC ____RI__ 1678km
107.6 1651 I Radio Maria, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) OM, as 107.3 1689km **
87.9 1652 I R101, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 5215 1684km
92.2 1655 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Gorraa (bej) Chanting, as web 1976km
88.0 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) Arabic chanting, as others 2016km
97.8 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) Arabic chanting, as web 2039km
92.7 1658 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) Onda Verde programme 1678km
87.9 1706 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Phone in, as web 2071km
87.7 1752 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) Back to back Arabic music, as web 1913km
88.0 1802 E Megaparty FM, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) 1000 _Cheryl_ _Cole___
Megaparty 1605km
87.8 1804 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) Twangy music, as web 2177km
89.3 1805 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E211 __E_1___ 1453km
89.2 1807 E Bay Radio, Dénia/La Segària (VAL-A) Phil Collins track, as web 1594km
87.9 1858 I Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5006 1730km
88.0 1906 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) 5219 1749km
88.4 1907 I Radio Globo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5E29 _GLOBO__ 1730km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Another nice late season opening. It was a bit messy at times with long gaps of nothing, but with lots of little teasers, typical of so many Es openings this summer.
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:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
Skegness Log: 26-08-14 (FM)
OIRT Sporadic E:
67.13 1824 RUS Radio Rossii, Sortavala/RTPS (KR) Russian OMs, as web 2025km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
90.7 0918 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) YL, as web 2120km
87.6 0919 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Presume, as 90.7 Chaine 1 received. Arabic/French OM
2120km
88.6 0926 E IB3 Ràdio, Es Mercadal/El Toro (BAL-MN) E2A0 IB3RADIO 1492km
87.9 0928 E RNE Radio Clásica, Bunyola/Alfabia (BAL-ML) Classical, as web 1503km
88.4 0930 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) Presumed. French OM 1872km
87.8 0950 E Catalunya Música, Calonge/Mas Nou (CAT-GI) Classical music, as web 1275km
88.1 0952 E Los 40 Principales, Rocacorba (CAT-GI) E235 40_PRINC 1245km **
87.6 1636 I R101, Cagliari/Palazzo Griffa (ca) 5215 _R_101__ 1688km
88.0 1636 I Radiolina, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Normal Greenbaum song, as 88.2 1513km
88.2 1639 I Radiolina, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) Vocal ID after pops 1689km
88.6 1639 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot)
5264 *_RDS_*_ 1521km
88.9 1639 I RAI Radio1, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ot) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1521km
89.4 1640 I RTL 102.5, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot) 5218 RTL102.5 1521km
87.5 1642 I Radio Maria, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1684km
93.3 1642 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Teulada/Su Calcinau (ca) 5220 R_IT__IA
1704km
91.2 1643 F Virgin Radio, Saint-Tropez/Saint-Peire (83) F219 1186km
91.8 1644 F France Inter, Plan-de-la-Tour (83) Vocal ID 1186km **
93.0 1645 I Radio 105 Network, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5211 1678km
93.3 1645 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 __RAI___ 1575km
89.0 1646 I Radio Otto Nove Classics, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 58BD OTTONOVE 1678km
90.7 1646 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) 5201 __RAI___ 1678km
95.5 1647 I Radio Sportiva, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5244 1513km
97.3 1648 I RAI Radio3, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5203 __RAI___ 1575km
99.6 1648 I R101, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5215 _R_101__ 1513km **
101.3 1649 I Radio Capital, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Vocal ID 1513km
103.6 1649 I Radio Studio One, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5495 1678km
104.0 1650 I Radio Studio 2000, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5499 1678km
87.7 1651 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara
(or) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1576km
107.3 1651 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC ____RI__ 1678km
107.6 1651 I Radio Maria, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) OM, as 107.3 1689km **
87.9 1652 I R101, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 5215 1684km
92.2 1655 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Gorraa (bej) Chanting, as web 1976km
88.0 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) Arabic chanting, as others 2016km
97.8 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) Arabic chanting, as web 2039km
92.7 1658 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) Onda Verde programme 1678km
87.9 1706 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Phone in, as web 2071km
87.7 1752 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) Back to back Arabic music, as web 1913km
88.0 1802 E Megaparty FM, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) 1000 _Cheryl_ _Cole___
Megaparty 1605km
87.8 1804 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) Twangy music, as web 2177km
89.3 1805 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E211 __E_1___ 1453km
89.2 1807 E Bay Radio, Dénia/La Segària (VAL-A) Phil Collins track, as web 1594km
87.9 1858 I Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5006 1730km
88.0 1906 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) 5219 1749km
88.4 1907 I Radio Globo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5E29 _GLOBO__ 1730km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Continuing our bizarre Es season. It's been better at either end and mostly rubbish in the middle. Nothing makes sense anymore!
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:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
67.13 1824 RUS Radio Rossii, Sortavala/RTPS (KR) Russian OMs, as web 2025km
Band 2 Sporadic E:
90.7 0918 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) YL, as web 2120km
87.6 0919 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Presume, as 90.7 Chaine 1 received. Arabic/French OM
2120km
88.6 0926 E IB3 Ràdio, Es Mercadal/El Toro (BAL-MN) E2A0 IB3RADIO 1492km
87.9 0928 E RNE Radio Clásica, Bunyola/Alfabia (BAL-ML) Classical, as web 1503km
88.4 0930 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) Presumed. French OM 1872km
87.8 0950 E Catalunya Música, Calonge/Mas Nou (CAT-GI) Classical music, as web 1275km
88.1 0952 E Los 40 Principales, Rocacorba (CAT-GI) E235 40_PRINC 1245km **
87.6 1636 I R101, Cagliari/Palazzo Griffa (ca) 5215 _R_101__ 1688km
88.0 1636 I Radiolina, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Normal Greenbaum song, as 88.2 1513km
88.2 1639 I Radiolina, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) Vocal ID after pops 1689km
88.6 1639 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot)
5264 *_RDS_*_ 1521km
88.9 1639 I RAI Radio1, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (RAI) (ot) 5201 __RAI___ _RADIO1_
1521km
89.4 1640 I RTL 102.5, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot) 5218 RTL102.5 1521km
87.5 1642 I Radio Maria, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_ 1684km
93.3 1642 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Teulada/Su Calcinau (ca) 5220 R_IT__IA
1704km
91.2 1643 F Virgin Radio, Saint-Tropez/Saint-Peire (83) F219 1186km
91.8 1644 F France Inter, Plan-de-la-Tour (83) Vocal ID 1186km **
93.0 1645 I Radio 105 Network, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5211 1678km
93.3 1645 I RAI Radio2, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5202 __RAI___ 1575km
89.0 1646 I Radio Otto Nove Classics, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 58BD OTTONOVE 1678km
90.7 1646 I RAI Radio1, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) 5201 __RAI___ 1678km
95.5 1647 I Radio Sportiva, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5244 1513km
97.3 1648 I RAI Radio3, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5203 __RAI___ 1575km
99.6 1648 I R101, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 5215 _R_101__ 1513km **
101.3 1649 I Radio Capital, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) Vocal ID 1513km
103.6 1649 I Radio Studio One, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5495 1678km
104.0 1650 I Radio Studio 2000, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 5499 1678km
87.7 1651 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara
(or) 5264 *_RDS_*_ 1576km
107.3 1651 I Radio Maria, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (ca) 51CC ____RI__ 1678km
107.6 1651 I Radio Maria, Capoterra/Poggio dei Pini (ca) OM, as 107.3 1689km **
87.9 1652 I R101, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 5215 1684km
92.2 1655 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Gorraa (bej) Chanting, as web 1976km
88.0 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Djebel Zaghouan (zag) Arabic chanting, as others 2016km
97.8 1656 TUN Radio Zitouna FM, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas) Arabic chanting, as web 2039km
92.7 1658 I RAI Radio2, Sinnai/Monte Serpeddi (RAI) (ca) Onda Verde programme 1678km
87.9 1706 ALG Radio Tébessa, Doukhane (12) Phone in, as web 2071km
87.7 1752 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) Back to back Arabic music, as web 1913km
88.0 1802 E Megaparty FM, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) 1000 _Cheryl_ _Cole___
Megaparty 1605km
87.8 1804 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) Twangy music, as web 2177km
89.3 1805 E RNE Radio Nacional, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E211 __E_1___ 1453km
89.2 1807 E Bay Radio, Dénia/La Segària (VAL-A) Phil Collins track, as web 1594km
87.9 1858 I Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5006 1730km
88.0 1906 I Radio Capital, Corbara/Hotel Green Park (sa) 5219 1749km
88.4 1907 I Radio Globo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 5E29 _GLOBO__ 1730km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Continuing our bizarre Es season. It's been better at either end and mostly rubbish in the middle. Nothing makes sense anymore!
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:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.
Skegness Log: 26-08-14 (MW)
1098 1900 CHN CNR 11, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Time pips and Beijing
ID Weak 7136 km
1566 1900 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Time signal and anthem Weak 9067 km
972 2000 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Korean time signal behind Germany
Weak 8740 km
1134 2000 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Korean time signal Vweak 8724 km
1350 2000 J JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Familiar time signal, as 1413
Vweak 9252 km
1413 2000 J JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Familiar time signal Vweak 9225 km
1557 2000 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Time signal Weak 9715 km
Really surprised to hear Japan so earlyin the season. Hopefully it's a good sign.
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
1566 1900 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Time signal and anthem Weak 9067 km
972 2000 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Korean time signal behind Germany
Weak 8740 km
1134 2000 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Korean time signal Vweak 8724 km
1350 2000 J JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Familiar time signal, as 1413
Vweak 9252 km
1413 2000 J JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Familiar time signal Vweak 9225 km
1557 2000 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Time signal Weak 9715 km
Really surprised to hear Japan so earlyin the season. Hopefully it's a good sign.
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
Monday, 25 August 2014
Skegness Log: 25-08-14 (MW)
738 2200 CHN Xinjiang RGD 738 Zonghe, Ürümqi/Hutubi-XJTS631 (XJ)
Presumed with Chinese time
signal Vweak 6042 km
1359 2200 CHN Chinese time signal Vweak
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
signal Vweak 6042 km
1359 2200 CHN Chinese time signal Vweak
Yes, these are mostly time signals I can hear, often the only recognisable things which are able to penetrate through the QRM, but things should improve as the season progresses.
Good DX!
John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
Receiver: Perseus SDR
Antenna: 10ft x 25ft flag at 28 degrees
Software: Perseus v4.1a; Mestor
Sunday, 24 August 2014
Back To Medium Wave DXing!
Around this time of year I turn some of my radio attentions towards the medium wave band, though I have never started quite this early. Usually it's mid September or even October when I get around to constructing my flag antenna. I just fancied trying things a little earlier this year as we are in a new property and I wanted to know if the band was quiet here. Walking around the garden, listening to a portable radio, my Degen DE1103, showed that the band is very quiet indeed. Will a flag be equally as quiet though?
This season I was thinking about running two flag antennas. One for the North American continent and one for the far east. One corner of the garden seemed perfect for these flags and it was my plan to devise some system where I can have a movable flag. Two pairs of supports could be fixed along two fences which would allow me to lift the flag out of one set and into another. That was the plan.
Nervously, I began to construct the supports for the flag and fixed them to the fence. "Nervous"? Yes, very. It's because I have had so many problems with neighbours in the past that I have become really conscious of my hobby and everything about it when it comes to almost any aspect hobby that I begin to look over my shoulders to see who might be watching. Accounts of my many problems on this matter are documented elsewhere in this blog.
Back to the construction. As I fixed the supports for the North American flag to the fence I spotted something I had missed. A telephone wire, coming down from a telegraph pole outside the front of a neighbouring property and into the roof, was going to be right in the way of the North American flag. This flag would be ten feet high off the ground and would actually touch the cable, running parallel with it for a couple of metres. Would this telephone cable cause any interference? I placed my DE1103 near the wire and listened with disappointment as the radio gave out a horrible growl, right across the whole of medium wave. Bang goes the North American flag!
Undeterred, I proceeded with the construction of the far east flag, which would be about four or five metres away from the telephone cable. I had this up and running in no time and went to the shack to make the final connections. Switching on the Perseus revealed a superbly quiet medium wave band. Long wave was also fabulously electrically quiet. There was no need to insert my ferrite chokes as I was forced to at the previous address due to the excessive electrical noise I experienced there.
Time for a quick tune around the medium wave band. I adjusted the variable resistor to get a null on 1026 kHz, the frequency of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. This transmitter is roughly on the back end of the flag's 'beam' and I managed to eliminate it completely, leaving what I presumed to be Tabriz, Iran, completely dominating the frequency. 1521 had a clear signal from CRI, Urumqi, China. This was actually producing a stronger signal than was my local station, BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 1368!
So far so good. Fingers crossed now that conditions pick up and give us all some good medium wave DX.
This season I was thinking about running two flag antennas. One for the North American continent and one for the far east. One corner of the garden seemed perfect for these flags and it was my plan to devise some system where I can have a movable flag. Two pairs of supports could be fixed along two fences which would allow me to lift the flag out of one set and into another. That was the plan.
Nervously, I began to construct the supports for the flag and fixed them to the fence. "Nervous"? Yes, very. It's because I have had so many problems with neighbours in the past that I have become really conscious of my hobby and everything about it when it comes to almost any aspect hobby that I begin to look over my shoulders to see who might be watching. Accounts of my many problems on this matter are documented elsewhere in this blog.
Back to the construction. As I fixed the supports for the North American flag to the fence I spotted something I had missed. A telephone wire, coming down from a telegraph pole outside the front of a neighbouring property and into the roof, was going to be right in the way of the North American flag. This flag would be ten feet high off the ground and would actually touch the cable, running parallel with it for a couple of metres. Would this telephone cable cause any interference? I placed my DE1103 near the wire and listened with disappointment as the radio gave out a horrible growl, right across the whole of medium wave. Bang goes the North American flag!
Undeterred, I proceeded with the construction of the far east flag, which would be about four or five metres away from the telephone cable. I had this up and running in no time and went to the shack to make the final connections. Switching on the Perseus revealed a superbly quiet medium wave band. Long wave was also fabulously electrically quiet. There was no need to insert my ferrite chokes as I was forced to at the previous address due to the excessive electrical noise I experienced there.
Time for a quick tune around the medium wave band. I adjusted the variable resistor to get a null on 1026 kHz, the frequency of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. This transmitter is roughly on the back end of the flag's 'beam' and I managed to eliminate it completely, leaving what I presumed to be Tabriz, Iran, completely dominating the frequency. 1521 had a clear signal from CRI, Urumqi, China. This was actually producing a stronger signal than was my local station, BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 1368!
So far so good. Fingers crossed now that conditions pick up and give us all some good medium wave DX.
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