Skegness Log: 20-09-14 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 88.9 ???? HRV HRT-HR 1, Dubrovnik/Srd (du) YL as 87.7  1758km
 91.3 ???? HRV HRT-HR 1, Labinstica (st) C201 HRT-HR_1  1578km
 87.6 1356 HRV Podravski Radio, Durdevac/Micetinac-Veliki Kostanj (kc) Unattended. C440  1436km
 87.7 1356  I  RAI Radio1, Poggiu Rasu/Caprera - La Maddalena (RAI) (ot) Presumed site. Heard here
               before and fits with conditions. RAI 1 bumper. Thanks FM Franco for help  1495km
 87.9 1357  I  R101, Cammarata/Monte Cammarata (ag) 5215 _R_-_101  2007km
 89.0 1358  I  RAI Radio1, Alcamo/Monte Bonifato (RAI) (tp) Presumed site. Fits conditions. Thanks
               FM Franco for help  1949km
 91.1 1358  I  RAI Radio1, Cammarata/Monte Cammarata (RAI) (ag) Football commentary. Thanks
               FM Franco for help.   2007km
 89.5 1400  F  France Culture, Cervione/Alistro (20B) As 98.0  1389km
 89.5 1401  I  RTL 102.5, Cammarata/Monte Cammarata (ag) 5218 RTL102.5  2007km
 91.8 1401  I  RTL 102.5, Mango/Frazione San Donato (cn) As 89.5  1102km **
 88.0 1404  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Punta Umbría (AND-H) E215 RNE_5-H_  1862km
 88.4 1406  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Almonaster la Real (AND-H) Presumed with mentions of RNE  1783km
 87.6 1407  E  COPE, Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA) E2CA __COPE__. Badajoz in radiotext  1683km
 87.9 1407  E  Canal Extremadura Radio, Mérida/Cerro de San Serván (EXT-BA) E30A Canal_EX  1670km
 89.8 1425  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, San Marco in Lamis/Monte Celano (fg) 5225 KISSKISS  1711km **
 87.9 1426  F  France Culture, Porto Vecchio/Punta di a Varra (20A) As 98.0  1449km
 90.2 1426  F  RMC, Porto Vecchio/Punta di a Varra (20A) Ads, as web  1449km
 88.1 1434 BIH BH Radio 1, Tuznica (k10) F001 BHRADIO1  1615km
 89.0 1434 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400 -_ANET__ RADIO___
               89_FM___ THE_BEST RADIO___ FOR_____ CLASSIC_ ROCK..._  1964km
 87.7 1435 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1  1456km
 89.5 1435 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 R_DUBROV  1785km
 88.5 1436 HRV Radio Dalmacija, Celevac (zd) C31E DALMATIA  1499km
 89.6 1436 HRV HRT-HR 1, Promina/Cavnovka (si) YL, as 87.7  1547km
 97.5 1438 HRV HRT-HR 2, Otocac/Stipanov Gric (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2  1439km
 90.5 1439 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2  1456km
 98.5 1439 HRV HRT-HR 2, Dubrovnik/Srd (du) C202 HRT-HR_2  1758km **
 91.0 1445 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 09-2__1_ PRRANAMI (Corrupted PS)  1882km
 90.4 1448 ALB Albania FM, Tiranë (Tirana) (tir) Vocal ID and Arabic music! Thanks Reijo Alapiha
               for help  1960km **
 92.0 1449 HRV Narodni Radio, Celevac (zd) C206 NARODNI_  1499km
 93.6 1449  I  RAI Radio2, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) OM. Thanks FM Franco for help
               1278km **
 95.2 1450 ALB Radio Maria Italia, Tiranë (Tirana)/Dajt (tir) Presumed. Ave Mavis  1964km **
 95.8 1450  I  RAI Radio3, Trieste/Monte Belvedere (RAI) (ts) Thanks FM Franco  1278km **
 98.1 1451 HRV HRT-HR 2, Celevac (zd) C202 HRT-HR_2  1499km **
 98.9 1451 HRV HRT-HR 2, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C202 HRT-HR_2  1643km
107.9 1452 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C205 -_HKR_-_  1643km
102.0 1453 HRV HRT Radio Split, Biokovo/Sveti Jure (st) C31A R-SP____  1643km **
 89.1 1455 BIH Federalni Radio, Capljina/Crno brdo (hgn) F209 RADIO-F.  1693km
 92.5 1456 BIH Federalni Radio, Tuznica (k10) F209  1615km
 89.1 1458  I  Radio Fantasy, Sagrado/Frazione San Martino del Carso-Monte San Michele (go)
               Vocal ID  1247km **
 89.2 1500 HRV Radio Otok Krk - O.K., Krk/Kras (ri) C456 RADIO-OK  1366km
 90.6 1500 SVN Radio 1, Sempeter pri Gorici (go) 9357 RADIO_1_  1250km **
 93.2 1501 HRV Otvoreni Radio, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) Vocal ID  1785km **
 90.7 1503  I  RAI Radio1, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI) (le) 5201
               __RAI___ _RADIO1_  1982km
101.0 1503 HRV HRT Radio Split, Labinstica (st) C31A  1578km **
102.3 1503  I  RTL 102.5, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) Vocal ID  1281km **
 93.7 1504  I  RTL 102.5, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) Jingle ID  1865km **
 88.4 1505  I  Radio Romantica, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) 561E ____NTIC  1281km
 88.6 1505 HRV Radio Sibenik, Sibenik/Kamenar (si) C314 SIBENIK PI:C314 PS:_SIBENIK 1549km
 89.4 1505  I  Radio Deejay, Muggia/Strada per Chiampore (ts) Brief Deejay ID I missed the first
               time. Thanks FM Franco for help  1281km
 91.2 1507 SVN Radio Ognjisce, Tinjan (kp) 942F OG__ISCE  1289km
 93.3 1507 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ri) C202 HR__HR_2  1374km
 93.6 1507 HRV Totalni FM, Labinstica (st) C30B ____LNI_  1578km
 90.8 1508  I  Radio Dara-inBlu, Brindisi-centro (br) Presumed. Possible ID amid fade. Ads 
               1923km
 87.8 1510 HRV Radio Dalmacija, Brac/Vidova Gora (st) Info and ID. RDS not working today  1625km
 88.2 1529 ALB Radio 7, Fier (fie) 4D7F  1999km
 91.0 1531 HRV Radio 057, Zadar/Bili brig (zd) Presumed. Zadar promo. Zadar mentioned three
               times. Thanks FM Franco for help  1482km **
 92.4 1537 HRV HRT-HR 2, Lastovo (du) C202 HRT-HR_2  1682km
 92.7 1537 HRV HRT-HR 1, Murter/Raduc (si) C201 HRT-HR_1  1525km **
 87.6 1541 HRV HRT-HR 2, Ugljan/Sv. Mihovil (zd) C202 HRT-HR_2  1481km
 89.3 1542 HRV Novi Radio, Ugljan/Sv. Mihovil (zd) C30C  1481km **
 90.5 1543 HRV Nautic Radio Vis, Vis-Komisa/Sveti Duh (st) Jingle ID  1618km
 93.8 1548 GRC NERIT 3 trito programma, Kerkira/Mt. Pantokratoras (ion-ker) NERIT Sport ID -
               confirmed by Arvid Husdal - thanks  2098km **
 90.4 1554  I  Radio Deejay, Brindisi-centro (br) 5214 _DEEJAY_  1923km
 92.8 1555  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Brindisi-centro (br) 5264 *_RDS_*_  1923km
 97.5 1557  I  Studio 100 Radio, Brindisi-centro (br) Vocal ID in promo  1923km **
 89.4 1602  I  Kiss Kiss Italia, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 531F
               KKITALIA  1982km
 89.9 1603  I  Radio Maria, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 51CC R.MARIA_ 
               1982km
 87.9 1605  I  Radio 105 Network, Bari/Piazza Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 (ba) 5211
               __105___  1824km
 88.3 1605  I  Radio 24, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5245 
               1894km
 89.1 1605  I  RAI Radio1, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5201 __RAI___  1885km
 91.1 1607  I  RAI Radio2, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5202 _R__IO2_ __RAI___  1885km
 91.7 1607  I  Radio Venere (Puglia), Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le)
               5D4A ______RE  1982km
102.0 1610  I  Ciccio Riccio, Mesagne (br) Vocal ID  1920km
104.1 1610  I  Radio 24, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Iazzitello (ba) 5245  1848km **
105.3 1611  I  Radio 105 Network, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) Vocal ID  1796km
108.0 1612  I  Love FM, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) Simply Red song, as web  1796km
104.1 1613  I  Virgin Radio, Brindisi (br) 5241  1921km **
103.6 1614  I  Radio Capital, Brindisi (br) Jingle ID  1921km **
 97.3 1615  I  TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Santeramo in Colle/Contrada Iazzitello (ba)
               5263 __NS____  1848km
 99.5 1615  I  Radio Capital, Bari/Via Alessandro Maria Calefati, 95 (ba) 5219 _CAPITAL. AFs
               suggest Bari, as opposed to Andria  1823km **
 95.5 1616  I  RAI Radio2, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI) (le) 5202
               _RADIO__  1982km
 97.0 1616  I  Radionorba, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 5353 Presuming Corato, usually heard here.
               Could be Bari also  1796km
 93.9 1617  I  Mondoradio Tutti Frutti, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le)
               5A99 _RADIO__ _RUTTI__. Jingle ID  1982km **
 94.2 1617  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Molfetta (ba) Noisy signal due to co-channel QRM.
               Pops as 94.5.   1802km
 94.5 1617  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio
               (le) 5264 *_RDS_*_  1982km
 92.5 1618  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Alberobello/Contrada Curcio Rubini (ba) Vocal ID 
               1873km
 90.8 1619  I  Radionorba, Alberobello (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_  1871km
 87.6 1622  I  Radio Capital, Cassano delle Murge/Contrada Pozzo Maccheroni (ba) Jingle ID  1848km


Unidentified:
 94.7 1617  I  UNID, ? 5B3B. Low modulation Coldplay (the lower the better!)
 92.2 1446  ?  Arabic.
 89.8 1506  ?  Arabic


** Personal Skegness 'First'


Did that really happen? Not only was this an out of season opening, it wouldn't have been out of place in the middle of summer! It's the best out of season Es opening I have personally known, but it was an odd opening at the start. I first realised that Es were around when I noticed C440 on 87.6 on my display at 1356. Snippets of Italy appeared on 87.6, then it jumped to Spain, then back to Italy again, gradually improving and spreading back to the Balkans.


Videos:
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1356 (Croatia, Italy & Spain)
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1425 (Italy)
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1433 (Balkans & Arabic)
Sporadic E. 2014-09-20 1527 (Italy & Balkans)

There is one more video, showing a few remaining Italians, which I am unable to upload it due to exceeding my weekly Vimeo upload limit.


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: 19-09-14 (MW)

 600 0400 CAN CBNA CBC Radio 1, Saint Anthony (NL) Programme promo and news jingle Weak  3714 km
1130 0400 USA WBBR Bloomberg 1130, New York/Carlstadt [NJ] (NY) From the financial capital of the
              world - this is WBBR New York Fair  5538 km
1200 0400 CAN CFGO Ottawa (ON) CFGO letters heard in local noise Weak  5334 km
1320 0400 CAN CJMR Oakville (ON) Indian music across the hour. Has to be CJMR Weak  5703 km
1510 0400 USA WUFC Yahoo Sports Radio 1510, Boston (Waverley) (MA) TOH ID Weak  5245 km

Conditions haven't been great lately with geomagnetic activity being almost constantly at unsettled to active levels. http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/k-index.html This is a great shame as we are now at the equinox period.

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

Skegness Log: 16-09-14 (MW)

1134 2100 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Call letters heard, time pips and music. Equal Euros on channel Weak  8724 km
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

Kenwick Top DX Trip: 15-09-14

Kenwick Top 2014-09-15 1849-1921 (JF) from Skegness DX on Vimeo.

It's been a week of teasing tropo. True enough there were some good catches, but the conditions reminded me of this summer's sporadic E season: Just when reception starts to build, it falls away again! Kenwick Top had been calling out my name for a while but I wanted to wait until all hints of tropospheric activity had passed. I wanted conditions to be just right as my plan is make more regular trips to this summit, so the band needed to be as flat as possible in order to assess how things are up there in a worst case scenario.

First things first. No radio trip would be complete without one or two famous Faulkner fiascos and this trip had its fair share. I forgot several cables, the all-important antenna clamp. antenna base, a couple of plugs and sockets, etc. Yes, it was a familiar Faulkner field trip, full of foul-ups and faux-pas. Perhaps I could be excused on this occasion ...

A couple of hours before leaving home I developed a migraine. My second within a week. I have been a life-long sufferer and my migraines always lead to loss of vision with those infamous nauseating zig-zag light displays in my eyes. Sometimes I suffer numbness in my limbs and once I even lost the ability to speak. Migraines are, after all, mini strokes. Thankfully, a dose of soluble co-codamol tablets stop those evil headaches and I can sometimes continue with regular activities within an hour of taking the medicine, though it feels like my head is in a bowl of pea soup.

A brief rest left me with little time to pack the equipment in the car, connect and test it, as I usually do before playing radio. This way I forget a lot less. I was on the verge of calling it off, but I did not want to let down my friend Phil who was coming along with me to get first hand experience of my radio activities. Phil is not a radio enthusiast but I knew he would at least find it half-interesting as he too is a self-confessed geek.

Now quite late, I dropped Jane, my wife, into town to meet her friend Emma, then Phil and I sped to Kenwick Top. With a bit of luck we would have at least half an hour to do some listening before I had to dash back home.

Kenwick Top is a local high spot, some 20 miles north-west of my home in Skegness and a half-hour drive. It is on the edge of the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds and has a sea view from north-east through to south-east. Although it's hardly mountainous at only 91 metres above sea level, it is one of the highest spots for miles around and the take-off makes it a prime DX hotspot with superb reception in all directions. The only drawback is its close proximity to the Belmont mast, just a few miles to the west, and the signal levels will de-sensitise some receivers.

After bodging up my receiving station (and that's no exaggeration!) everything was working 100%. Phew! My foresight into taking along copious amounts of gaffa tape was commendable, though I say so myself, as it held together so many things which would otherwise have fallen apart. Time to fire up the XDR-GTK software and Bandicam (screen recording software) so I can record the whole session.

With conditions well below average and this being an evening DX session (aircraft scatter is usually less frequent during the evenings) I was more than pleased with the results. Some of the regular nearer continental stations were struggling or absent altogether, while some of the more distant scatter stations were received quite well. You can hear Antenna Thuringen from Remda on 107.6 very clearly. You can also hear HR4 from Heidelstein in Bavaria on 107.3 and Brocken's MDR1 is clear on 94.6, plus many other continental goodies. There is also a tentative BB Radio from Berlin on 107.5 (currently seeking verification of this), which will be a Kenwick Top aircraft scatter distance record if confirmed.

One minor drawback with Kenwick Top is the additional stations from inland which can be heard there. The band has more English activity than at my home location.

The video above contains over half an hour of pure unadulterated DX footage. But let this serve as a warning to those DXers who are brave enough to venture to new heights to get their DX kicks - things just aren't the same when you return home to your domestic DX dial. Oh, if only they were!

John Faulkner
Kenwick Top, Lincolnshire. 91m asl

Equipment: 
Receiver: Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification
Software: Konrad XDR-GTK
Aerial: Triax FM5 on 10m mast

Skegness Log: 15-09-14 (JF)

 819 2000 KRE KCBS Chosun Jungang Pangsong, Pyongyang (pyo) Presumed but based on time signal alone
              My recording: https://app.box.com/s/5t8i4x6j1cnc2mj0828v Compare with this: 
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQ1gNQYUkI. The time signals are identical.
              V weak  8493 km **
1350 2000  J  JOER RCC Chugoku Hoso, Etajima/Okimi (chg-hir) Distinctive time signal equal weak
              co-channel pile-up.  V weak  9252 km
 972 2058 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Equal and perhaps even slightly stronger
              than Germany before the hour Good  8740 km
1413 2100  J  JOIF KBC-Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Distinctive time signal still
              piercing through the pile-up.  Weak  9225 km
1566 2100 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) Stunning S7 signal Fair  9067 km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

A new country for me today on medium wave. North Korea! It's almost certain, but I am basing my logging on the time signal alone. I really need to get a better recording of this but, after hearing a recording on YouTube of KCBS 819. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlQ1gNQYUkI and comparing this with my own recording I can hear that the time signals are identical. If you have a musical ear you will also be able to tell that the fourth pip is very slightly 'flat', giving it quite a distinctive sound. I will log this as 'presumed' for now but I think there is no doubt that this is the KCBS time signal on my recording. I just need a bit more signal next time to catch the vocals.

I made a recording of the YouTube video and my recording of the time pips, side by side: https://app.box.com/s/n1bjxxd1z865zug7qoo9

Here is South Korea making a mess of Germany on 972: https://app.box.com/s/ounzqrjk7z26b8c3roes

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

Skegness Log: 14-09-14 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 87.6 1215  S  SR P1, Multi-tx YL, as web
 
Band 2 Tropospheric:
107.8 1235 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Pops, as web. Just audible when Future Radio fades  917km

Some out-of-season Es yesterday. Well, a single out-of-season E no less. I have the video of this but the signal was trailing away once I got Bandicam recording. It wasn't strong enough for RDS but I can say without doubt this was an E and not MS.

The tropo to Switzerland was a surprise. I heard the station playing pop music, very weakly, when Norwich's Future Radio dropped out.

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: 10-09-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 89.6 2259  G  Tru Flavas, London pirate 1037 T_FLAVAS and loads of scrolling PS **
 92.2 2255  G  Metro Love Radio, London pirate 0900 metro___ love____ *MLR*___ www.____
               metro___ love___ .com____
 92.4 2254  G  USD FM, London pirate Jazzy soulful stuff, asweb
 95.6 1045 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) OM, as web  480km
 96.4 2236  G  96.4 The Eagle, Guildford/Hog's Back (EN-SUR) Eagle Radio jingle and ads  223km
100.3 1051 IRL Nova 100, Three Rock Mountain (D) Country song, as web  437km **
102.7 1213 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Clermont Carn (LH) Thanks to BBC Leeds being on a fade.
               Gaelic, as 94.0  450km **
104.6 2239  G  BBC Surrey, Guildford/Hog's Back (EN-SUR) BBC South programme  223km
104.8 1101 IRL iRadio, Slieve Glah (CN) Twangy guitar song, as web  511km **
105.6 2247  G  Playback UK, London pirate Drum and treble, as web **
105.7 0658  G  Ipswich Community Radio, Ipswich/Suffolk College (EN-SFK) Talking about food
               allergies, as web  134km
105.8 0702 BEL Radio Kompas, Koekelare (Ichtegem/Vinkensveldstraat) (vlg-wvl) Newsreader over long
               drone, as web  295km
105.8 0704  G  Absolute Radio, London/Crystal Palace (EN-GTL) Riding over Capital  194km **
106.0 1058 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Three Rock Mountain (D) OM, as 107.4  437km
106.8 2243  G  Jack FM, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Jacktivities promo "on Jack Oxfordshire"  193km

** Personal Skegness 'First'


The unstable tropo continues.

Another nice lift to Ireland during the late morning and to the London area during the late evening, but it's a strange tropo this time. Signals are good for a short time, then they dip right back and stay at low level for most of the time. RDS has been a struggle too, requiring more signal than usual. In the same way we've had a teasing E season this year, this has been a teasing tropo.


A few videos:
 89 6 Tru Flavas, London Pirate 2300 10-09-14
 91 8 Live FM UK, London Pirate 2306 10-09-14
 95 6 South East Radio, Mount Leinster 1046 10-09-14
 96 4 Eagle Radio, Guildford 2236 10-09-14
102 5 Galaxy, London Pirate 2303 10-09-14
104 8 iRadio, Slieve Glah 1135 10-09-14


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: 10-09-14 (MW)

 891 2000 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Jingle before news Vweak  9754 km
1296 2100 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Top of the hour jingle Vweak  9754 km

Two unexpected signals in this evening.

Recordings here:
 891 BCC Local, Tainan 2000 10-09-14
1296 BCC News Network, Tainan 2100 10-09-14

Headphones needed. You are listening for the jingly thing. That is the standard jingle heard on the hour on these stations. You can hear this on their web streams.

Tainan is in locator PL03BC.

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

Skegness Log: 09-09-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 88.2 0909 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Truskmore (SO) OM, as 91.8  587km
 89.0 1723 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Den Haag/Alticom Toren (zho) Familiar pop song, as 89.3  296km
 89.1 1215 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Kippure (WW) OM, as 89.6  444km
 89.6 0823 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Mount Leinster (CW) RTE GA8 sports promo  480km
 90.0 1144 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Mullaghanish (CO) OMs and pops, as 89.6  653km
 91.3 0823 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Kippure (WW) OM, as 91.8  444km
 91.8 0756 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Breakfast Republic on 2FM  480km
 92.2 1150 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Pops, as 91.8  653km
 92.6 0908 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) Irish phone caller, as 94.0  587km
 93.5 0822 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Kippure (WW) Gaelic child, as 94.0  444km
 94.4 1152 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mullaghanish (CO) Irish YL phone caller, as 94.0  653km
 95.2 0814 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Bolero, as 99.2  450km
 95.5 0855  G  BBC Radio York, Olivers Mount (EN-NYK) Not another royal baby (their quote not mine), as web  133km
 95.6 1207 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) YL news, as web. Funeral news. ID  480km **
 95.8 1142 IRL LM FM, Collon/Mount Oriel (LH) Pops, as web. Underneath Merseyside  458km **
 96.0 0817  G  BBC Radio Derby, Buxton (EN-DRB) What do you want to demolish in Derby? As 95.3  150km **
 96.0 0849  G  BBC Radio 4 FM, Divis (NI-ANT) As 93.1, etc.  446km **
 96.1 0838  G  BBC Radio Cumbria, Morecambe Bay (EN-CUM) royal something or other. Who cares? As web  258km
 97.0 1205 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Clermont Carn (LH) YL news, as 91.8  450km
 97.3 0806  G  Kohinoor FM, Leicester (EN-LEI) Indian music, as web  112km
 97.3 0853  G  Forth 1, Craigkelly (Edinburgh) (SC-FIF) Storm Queen song, as web  397km
 97.8 0908 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Truskmore (SO) Classical, as 99.2  587km
 98.7 1119 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Kippure (WW) Classical, as 99.2  444km
 99.2 0824 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Country song, as web  480km
 99.6 1151 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Operaticals, as 99.2  653km
100.0 1121 IRL Today FM, Truskmore (SO) Alan Partridge ID  587km
101.4 0825 IRL Today FM, Mount Leinster (CW) royal baby. Whoopie doo!  480km
101.8 1146 IRL Today FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Silly radio ad and ID  653km
102.4 0829  G  Touch FM, Burton-on-Trent (EN-SFS) Tony Hill on Touch FM  135km **
103.4 0836  G  Sun FM, High Haining (EN-NBD) Sunderland area whats ons, as web  222km **
103.5 0922  G  Star Northallerton, Northallerton (EN-NYK) Pops, as web  176km **
105.2 0800 IRL TXFM, Three Rock Mountain (D) TX FM News  437km **
105.5 0805 IRL Today FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Talking about health services in Ireland  450km
105.7 1244  G  Heart, Presely (WA-PEM) Presumed tx. Cardiff area ads. Beam was clearly SW and not W  363km **
106.4 1112  G  High Peak Radio, Buxton (EN-DRB) Jingle ID between pops  150km **
106.5 1106  G  Signal 107, Shrewsbury/Shelton Water (EN-SHP) Jingle ID between pops  215km
106.8 1202 IRL Radio Sunshine, Three Rock Mountain (D) ID and YL news  437km **
106.9 0914  G  BFBS, Catterick/Garrison (EN-NYK) BFBS IDs  192km **
107.2 0942 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Interview  480km
107.4 0940 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Truskmore (SO) Interview  587km
107.4 1152 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Burbling against Truskmore  653km
107.5 0911  G  Smooth Radio, Fenham (EN-TYW) Simply Red, as web  241km

** Personal Skegness 'First'


Very pleased with today's haul. Tim Bucknall still has the credit of hearing Radio 4 from Divis on 96.0 here while tuning my XDR remotely a week or two ago. I heard and logged it for the first time myself today. BBC Radio Ulster from Divis on 94.5 has no chance here with such a strong signal from Peterborough when beaming west-ish.


Videos:
 88 2 RTE Radio 1, Truskmore 1100 09-09-14
 90 0 RTE Radio 1, Mullaghanish 1136 09-09-14
 95 4 BBC Newcastle, Pontop Pike 0905 09-09-14
 95 6 South East Radio, Mount Leinster 1211 09-09-14
100 0 Today FM, Truskmore 1121 09-09-14
101 8 Today FM, Mullaghanish 1146 09-09-14
103 4 Sun FM, High Haining 0918 09-09-14
103 5 Star Radio, Northallerton 0923 09-09-14
105 3 Seaside Radio, Withernsea 0930 09-09-14
106 4 High Peak Radio, Buxton 1111 09-09-14
106 8 Radio Sunshine, Three Rock Mountain 1202 09-09-14
106 9 BFBS, Catterick Garrison 0914 09-09-14


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: 04-09-14 (MW)

1098 1900 CHN CNR 11, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Impressive signal with standardised vocal ID  7136 km

Recording:
1098 CNR11, Golmud 1900 04-09-14

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