Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
106.2 0703 S Radio Bohuslän 106,2, Uddevalla/Dalaberg vattentorn (vg) E5C7 928km
Band 2 General Scatter:
100.9 1716 D Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Reasonable peak out of the
blue. Pops, as web 729km
101.7 1753 D WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) German version of Americano, as 101.3.
Almost noise free 420km
104.3 1807 D hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Brass band music, as web. Nice
noise free peak 612km
107.2 1808 D WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) YL Einslive vocal drop-in 592km
Radio Bohuslän video: http://youtu.be/Q4SbblEzkIE
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Saturday, 21 March 2015
Friday, 20 March 2015
Skegness Log: 20-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.9 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Pops, as 90.4 1175km **
90.4 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A203 1199km
91.6 0248 AUT Ö1, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Piano music, as 92.8 1175km **
92.8 0248 AUT Ö1, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A201 __OE_1__ 1199km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
87.9 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Pops, as 90.4 1175km **
90.4 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A203 1199km
91.6 0248 AUT Ö1, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Piano music, as 92.8 1175km **
92.8 0248 AUT Ö1, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A201 __OE_1__ 1199km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Thursday, 19 March 2015
Skegness Log: 19-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.2 0305 E RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) E212 ??E?CL?? 1287km **
95.3 0401 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Meldrum (SC-ABS) As BBC R4 (BBC WS overnight) 501km
95.4 0429 E RNE Radio 3, El Cabaco/Peña de Francia (CAL-SA) E213 __di__3_ AFs point
to this site 1488km **
102.4 0536 E Aragón Radio, La Muela (ARA-Z) 940F 1290km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
88.2 0305 E RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) E212 ??E?CL?? 1287km **
95.3 0401 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Meldrum (SC-ABS) As BBC R4 (BBC WS overnight) 501km
95.4 0429 E RNE Radio 3, El Cabaco/Peña de Francia (CAL-SA) E213 __di__3_ AFs point
to this site 1488km **
102.4 0536 E Aragón Radio, La Muela (ARA-Z) 940F 1290km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Skegness Log: 18-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Auroral:
91.7 0029 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Pops, as web 715km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0540 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Gagnheidi (au) A202 1570km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Iceland is a new country for me on meteor scatter. I didn't expect this to appear. I had left the antenna beaming north-west in the hope of catching some more from the auroral conditions, either straight auroral curtain reflections of auroral Es. This was the only meteor scatter strong enough to produce a PI code for the whole recorded period of 0200 to 0800. Video here: https://youtu.be/B2cdfKOvAVY
I will do the same again in tomorrow's overnight period in case more auroral activity occurs. At the time of typing this I see there is a minor geomagnetic storm in progress, but it is nowhere near as intense as the auroral conditions of the 17th.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
91.7 0029 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Pops, as web 715km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0540 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Gagnheidi (au) A202 1570km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Iceland is a new country for me on meteor scatter. I didn't expect this to appear. I had left the antenna beaming north-west in the hope of catching some more from the auroral conditions, either straight auroral curtain reflections of auroral Es. This was the only meteor scatter strong enough to produce a PI code for the whole recorded period of 0200 to 0800. Video here: https://youtu.be/B2cdfKOvAVY
I will do the same again in tomorrow's overnight period in case more auroral activity occurs. At the time of typing this I see there is a minor geomagnetic storm in progress, but it is nowhere near as intense as the auroral conditions of the 17th.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Skegness Log: 17-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Auroral:
88.4 1805 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Vocal ID heard after news 843km **
90.4 1809 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Pops, as web 843km **
94.2 1814 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YLs and jingle, as web 675km **
94.6 1817 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web 712km **
94.7 1819 G BBC Radio Scotland, Sandale (EN-CUM) Jingle ID and info, as web, beaming
north-east 288km **
91.7 1831 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Old country song, as web 1291km **
93.0 1835 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM and jingle ID,
as web 604km **
97.8 1836 F France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM, as web 604km **
89.4 1837 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Classical, as web 604km **
87.9 1848 F France Inter, Toulouse/Pic du Midi (65) YL phone caller, as web 1136km **
90.6 2317 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km **
105.6 2320 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Schlager, as web 656km **
93.9 2326 G BBC Radio Scotland, Darvel (SC-EAY) Presumed Darvel. Glengorm the only
other real possibility.
Gentle song, as web 403km **
95.3 2331 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Schwerin (mev) Discussion with piano music,
as web 739km **
92.1 2334 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km **
92.0 2336 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) OM and YL, as web 493km **
91.4 2337 D Berliner Rundfunk 91.4, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Anastacia song,
as web 880km **
91.2 2339 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Dannenberg/Zernien (nds) Sniff and The Tears song,
as web 705km **
91.1 2341 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Sniff and The Tears song, as web 543km **
105.7 2342 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Pops, as web 543km **
105.5 2343 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Beatles, as web 591km **
103.6 2347 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
87.6 2348 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
98.6 0334 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___ 1544km
97.4 0339 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) F1__97__ 1127km
97.0 0411 S SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E203 ____3___ 913km
98.7 0414 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D311 942km
95.4 0417 AUT Ö2 - Radio Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A902 __DI____ 1261km
99.1 0417 AUT Antenne Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A943 1261km
98.5 0432 HRV HRT-HR 2, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C202 1381km
97.3 0448 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
97.7 0448 HRV HRT-HR 3, Papuk/Kapovac (vt) C203 1523km
98.7 0448 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Possibly Bruck German OM, as 99.0 **
94.8 2052 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 ______S_ 1080km
** Personal 'First' via this mode
Meteor Scatter:
I only had time to go through one of my overnight meteor recordings. The auroral event dominated the rest of my radio day. As it happened, there were corrupted files in the first recording so I had to scrub that one.
Aurora:
The auroral activity at the beginning of this evening came from the north-east. Later on in the evening it had moved to the north-north-west. They made a huge impact. When I first tuned to the FM band I was amazed to see signals on all frequencies, but they were mostly a complete mess with lots of distortion, just like you'd hear when narrowing the IF too much. What a mess! There were BBC national transmitters on every frequency, from 88.1 to 94.5. Even Tacolneston was messed up. Belmont was the only transmitter which was left untouched.
Occasionally, a continental station would take over. Each one a high powered transmitter. I knew it must have been a powerful auroral disturbance because I was receiving the Brest and Nantes transmitters, both from the north-east, which was really bizarre to say the least. Beaming south-west, directly towards them, produced only a glimmer of the signals off the back of the beam.
The highlight was when an outlet of France Inter appeared on 87.9. There is uncertainty as to which transmitter I received, but I beleive it was more likely to be Toulouse. Such southerly suroral conditions are quite rare, but even North Africa once saw a visible aurora in their northern skies one year. I forget which. The only real alternative to the Toulouse transmitter, as Nick Gilly pointed out, would be St Brieuc in Brittany, not too far away from Brest and Nantes, but St Brieuc is only 200 watts and that might also be unlikely because of the low power. So which one did I receive? At the same time, DX Maps was showing a French radio ham, half way down the western side of France, working into the auroral conditions. Even a ham in Croatia was able to get in on the action, so I still strongly favour Toulouse, though there is no way of knowing for certain.
Auroral Es:
There were auroral Es just before 2100 but they were very shortlived. Finland appeared on 88.0 but was only audible for two or three minutes.
This Evening's Visible Aurora:
Pah! You can guess the outcome of that one.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
88.4 1805 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Vocal ID heard after news 843km **
90.4 1809 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Pops, as web 843km **
94.2 1814 F France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YLs and jingle, as web 675km **
94.6 1817 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web 712km **
94.7 1819 G BBC Radio Scotland, Sandale (EN-CUM) Jingle ID and info, as web, beaming
north-east 288km **
91.7 1831 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Old country song, as web 1291km **
93.0 1835 F France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM and jingle ID,
as web 604km **
97.8 1836 F France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM, as web 604km **
89.4 1837 F France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Classical, as web 604km **
87.9 1848 F France Inter, Toulouse/Pic du Midi (65) YL phone caller, as web 1136km **
90.6 2317 D WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web 591km **
105.6 2320 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Schlager, as web 656km **
93.9 2326 G BBC Radio Scotland, Darvel (SC-EAY) Presumed Darvel. Glengorm the only
other real possibility.
Gentle song, as web 403km **
95.3 2331 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Schwerin (mev) Discussion with piano music,
as web 739km **
92.1 2334 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km **
92.0 2336 D WDR 5, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) OM and YL, as web 493km **
91.4 2337 D Berliner Rundfunk 91.4, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Anastacia song,
as web 880km **
91.2 2339 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Dannenberg/Zernien (nds) Sniff and The Tears song,
as web 705km **
91.1 2341 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Sniff and The Tears song, as web 543km **
105.7 2342 D Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Pops, as web 543km **
105.5 2343 D WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Beatles, as web 591km **
103.6 2347 D Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
87.6 2348 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web 650km **
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
98.6 0334 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___ 1544km
97.4 0339 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) F1__97__ 1127km
97.0 0411 S SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E203 ____3___ 913km
98.7 0414 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D311 942km
95.4 0417 AUT Ö2 - Radio Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A902 __DI____ 1261km
99.1 0417 AUT Antenne Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A943 1261km
98.5 0432 HRV HRT-HR 2, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C202 1381km
97.3 0448 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
97.7 0448 HRV HRT-HR 3, Papuk/Kapovac (vt) C203 1523km
98.7 0448 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Possibly Bruck German OM, as 99.0 **
94.8 2052 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 ______S_ 1080km
** Personal 'First' via this mode
Meteor Scatter:
I only had time to go through one of my overnight meteor recordings. The auroral event dominated the rest of my radio day. As it happened, there were corrupted files in the first recording so I had to scrub that one.
Aurora:
The auroral activity at the beginning of this evening came from the north-east. Later on in the evening it had moved to the north-north-west. They made a huge impact. When I first tuned to the FM band I was amazed to see signals on all frequencies, but they were mostly a complete mess with lots of distortion, just like you'd hear when narrowing the IF too much. What a mess! There were BBC national transmitters on every frequency, from 88.1 to 94.5. Even Tacolneston was messed up. Belmont was the only transmitter which was left untouched.
Occasionally, a continental station would take over. Each one a high powered transmitter. I knew it must have been a powerful auroral disturbance because I was receiving the Brest and Nantes transmitters, both from the north-east, which was really bizarre to say the least. Beaming south-west, directly towards them, produced only a glimmer of the signals off the back of the beam.
The highlight was when an outlet of France Inter appeared on 87.9. There is uncertainty as to which transmitter I received, but I beleive it was more likely to be Toulouse. Such southerly suroral conditions are quite rare, but even North Africa once saw a visible aurora in their northern skies one year. I forget which. The only real alternative to the Toulouse transmitter, as Nick Gilly pointed out, would be St Brieuc in Brittany, not too far away from Brest and Nantes, but St Brieuc is only 200 watts and that might also be unlikely because of the low power. So which one did I receive? At the same time, DX Maps was showing a French radio ham, half way down the western side of France, working into the auroral conditions. Even a ham in Croatia was able to get in on the action, so I still strongly favour Toulouse, though there is no way of knowing for certain.
Auroral Es:
There were auroral Es just before 2100 but they were very shortlived. Finland appeared on 88.0 but was only audible for two or three minutes.
This Evening's Visible Aurora:
Pah! You can guess the outcome of that one.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Monday, 16 March 2015
Skegness Log: 16-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
87.7 0202 POL PR 1, Konin/Zólwieniec (WP) 3711 1211km
91.1 0210 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F R-______ 1084km
92.1 0210 D Bayern 1, Brotjacklriegel (bay) D311 Ba______ 1021km
89.5 0223 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 1024km
88.0 0229 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_ __03:29_ 1530km
90.5 0229 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417 1530km
90.7 0229 POL PR 1, Solina/G.Jawor II (PK) Operatics, as 88.0 1591km
91.1 0229 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Operatics, as 88.0 1465km
89.1 0301 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F R-ZURNAL 947km
89.5 0301 HNG Music FM, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B418 1460km
91.4 0301 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 __MP____ 947km
92.9 0301 POL Radio ZET, Gryfice/Trzyglowska (ZP) 3205 985km
87.7 0307 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202 709km
92.1 0308 HRV HRT-HR 1, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C201 1381km
87.6 0311 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1219km
92.8 0311 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D5C1 __R_____ 904km
93.3 0311 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Weimar/Großer Ettersberg (thü) Presumed.
Pops, as 92.8 783km
88.3 0327 POL PR 1, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3211 ____NK__ 1512km **
90.5 0327 POL PR 3, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3233 1512km
98.5 0331 D NDR 2, Schwerin (mev) D382 739km
97.9 0336 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Ješted (LI) 2AA1 PR______ 1038km
99.0 0336 CZE CRo Ostrava, Valašské Mezirící/Radhošt (MO) 290D R_______ 1304km **
97.4 0344 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 2205 ______,4 1127km
93.9 0346 CZE Rádio Blaník, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 233C ____IK__ 1127km
96.1 0346 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) EE01 1677km
96.4 0346 POL PR 3, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3233 _T______ 1127km
96.7 0346 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B201 1649km **
97.0 0346 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D210 904km
97.9 0346 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Karcag (JNS) B203 1597km **
93.6 0419 POL Radio ZET, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3205 1147km
95.3 0419 POL RMF FM, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3F44 -lepz-__ and other scrolling PS 1229km
97.6 0419 POL PR 1, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Music, as 98.8 1177km
97.9 0419 POL PR 1, Katowice/Kosztowy (SL) Music, as 98.8 1333km
98.8 0419 POL PR 1, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3211 1147km
99.0 0419 POL PR 1, Luban/Nowa Karczma (DS) Music, as 98.8 1035km **
94.3 0421 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 1289km
93.9 0423 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D6C1 MDR___CH 843km
95.9 0423 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Liberec/Ješted (LI) 232F R-__RN__ 1038km
96.6 0423 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D210 843km
97.3 0423 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) D210 951km
93.9 0432 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B201 1405km
100.7 0603 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Timisoara/Urseni (TM) EE01 CU______ 1715km **
102.9 0603 CZE Radio Impuls, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 2203 1084km
105.0 0603 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B202 ______K_ 1405km
104.9 0614 D Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) YL with vocal ID 843km
107.2 0736 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B203 __SS____ 1405km
103.5 0740 HNG Class FM, Tokaj (BAZ) B205 Clas____ 1580km
104.0 0740 SVK Fun Rádio, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5340 FUNRAD__ 1392km
104.5 0740 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2205 ____04__ 1219km
105.0 0740 CZE Frekvence 1, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) Song, as 104.5 1281km
105.5 0740 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Tokaj (BAZ) B202 _BARTOK_ 1580km **
** Personal 'First'
As yesterday morning, I beamed to the east and with the 9.2 horizontal. Meteor scatter was even more plentiful. Maybe this is because there is a meteor shower peak today. According to meteorshowersonline.com, March 16th sees the peak of the Gamma Normids, a 'minor' meteor shower. This one is listed as being 'visible' only in the southern hemisphere, but I wonder if there are some stray meteors from this getting into our skies. Who can say?, but things have definitely improved over the last couple of days. Has anybody else noticed this?
There was also quite a sharp contrast between signal strengths at the top of the band and the bottom. There were equally as many meteor bursts throughout the band, but those at the top of the band were much weaker. The log shows this.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
87.7 0202 POL PR 1, Konin/Zólwieniec (WP) 3711 1211km
91.1 0210 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F R-______ 1084km
92.1 0210 D Bayern 1, Brotjacklriegel (bay) D311 Ba______ 1021km
89.5 0223 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 1024km
88.0 0229 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_ __03:29_ 1530km
90.5 0229 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417 1530km
90.7 0229 POL PR 1, Solina/G.Jawor II (PK) Operatics, as 88.0 1591km
91.1 0229 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Operatics, as 88.0 1465km
89.1 0301 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F R-ZURNAL 947km
89.5 0301 HNG Music FM, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B418 1460km
91.4 0301 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 __MP____ 947km
92.9 0301 POL Radio ZET, Gryfice/Trzyglowska (ZP) 3205 985km
87.7 0307 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202 709km
92.1 0308 HRV HRT-HR 1, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C201 1381km
87.6 0311 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1219km
92.8 0311 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D5C1 __R_____ 904km
93.3 0311 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Weimar/Großer Ettersberg (thü) Presumed.
Pops, as 92.8 783km
88.3 0327 POL PR 1, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3211 ____NK__ 1512km **
90.5 0327 POL PR 3, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3233 1512km
98.5 0331 D NDR 2, Schwerin (mev) D382 739km
97.9 0336 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Ješted (LI) 2AA1 PR______ 1038km
99.0 0336 CZE CRo Ostrava, Valašské Mezirící/Radhošt (MO) 290D R_______ 1304km **
97.4 0344 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 2205 ______,4 1127km
93.9 0346 CZE Rádio Blaník, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 233C ____IK__ 1127km
96.1 0346 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) EE01 1677km
96.4 0346 POL PR 3, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3233 _T______ 1127km
96.7 0346 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B201 1649km **
97.0 0346 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D210 904km
97.9 0346 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Karcag (JNS) B203 1597km **
93.6 0419 POL Radio ZET, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3205 1147km
95.3 0419 POL RMF FM, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3F44 -lepz-__ and other scrolling PS 1229km
97.6 0419 POL PR 1, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Music, as 98.8 1177km
97.9 0419 POL PR 1, Katowice/Kosztowy (SL) Music, as 98.8 1333km
98.8 0419 POL PR 1, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3211 1147km
99.0 0419 POL PR 1, Luban/Nowa Karczma (DS) Music, as 98.8 1035km **
94.3 0421 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 1289km
93.9 0423 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D6C1 MDR___CH 843km
95.9 0423 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Liberec/Ješted (LI) 232F R-__RN__ 1038km
96.6 0423 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D210 843km
97.3 0423 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) D210 951km
93.9 0432 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B201 1405km
100.7 0603 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Timisoara/Urseni (TM) EE01 CU______ 1715km **
102.9 0603 CZE Radio Impuls, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 2203 1084km
105.0 0603 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B202 ______K_ 1405km
104.9 0614 D Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) YL with vocal ID 843km
107.2 0736 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B203 __SS____ 1405km
103.5 0740 HNG Class FM, Tokaj (BAZ) B205 Clas____ 1580km
104.0 0740 SVK Fun Rádio, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5340 FUNRAD__ 1392km
104.5 0740 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2205 ____04__ 1219km
105.0 0740 CZE Frekvence 1, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) Song, as 104.5 1281km
105.5 0740 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Tokaj (BAZ) B202 _BARTOK_ 1580km **
** Personal 'First'
As yesterday morning, I beamed to the east and with the 9.2 horizontal. Meteor scatter was even more plentiful. Maybe this is because there is a meteor shower peak today. According to meteorshowersonline.com, March 16th sees the peak of the Gamma Normids, a 'minor' meteor shower. This one is listed as being 'visible' only in the southern hemisphere, but I wonder if there are some stray meteors from this getting into our skies. Who can say?, but things have definitely improved over the last couple of days. Has anybody else noticed this?
There was also quite a sharp contrast between signal strengths at the top of the band and the bottom. There were equally as many meteor bursts throughout the band, but those at the top of the band were much weaker. The log shows this.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Sunday, 15 March 2015
Skegness Log: 15-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
92.8 0227 I Radio Studio Delta, Cesena (fc) 53FB _____T__ 1328km
88.2 0327 POL RMF FM, Kielce/Swiety Krzyz (SK) 3F44 1436km
94.2 0435 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 1136km
97.4 0435 I RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 __RAI___ 1136km
105.3 0734 I Dimensione Suono Due, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5E49 ______*_ 1568km
105.6 0734 I Retesport, Rocca di Papa (rm) Rete Spport vocal ID 1568km
104.3 0755 CZE Hitrádio Faktor, Ceské Budejovice/Klet II. (u rozhledny) (JC)
2550 _FAK____ 1084km
Band 2 General Scatter:
89.6 1116 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) Dutch comedy, as web 295km
101.7 1204 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Pops and ID 628km
102.9 1214 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Classics ID. Oldies.
Noise free on peak 354km
103.4 1215 D Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pops, as 102.3 525km
102.8 1222 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM and YL, as 107.1 456km
The antenna was vertical and to the north-north-east overnight for meteor scatter.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
92.8 0227 I Radio Studio Delta, Cesena (fc) 53FB _____T__ 1328km
88.2 0327 POL RMF FM, Kielce/Swiety Krzyz (SK) 3F44 1436km
94.2 0435 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 1136km
97.4 0435 I RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 __RAI___ 1136km
105.3 0734 I Dimensione Suono Due, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5E49 ______*_ 1568km
105.6 0734 I Retesport, Rocca di Papa (rm) Rete Spport vocal ID 1568km
104.3 0755 CZE Hitrádio Faktor, Ceské Budejovice/Klet II. (u rozhledny) (JC)
2550 _FAK____ 1084km
Band 2 General Scatter:
89.6 1116 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) Dutch comedy, as web 295km
101.7 1204 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Pops and ID 628km
102.9 1214 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Classics ID. Oldies.
Noise free on peak 354km
103.4 1215 D Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pops, as 102.3 525km
102.8 1222 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM and YL, as 107.1 456km
The antenna was vertical and to the north-north-east overnight for meteor scatter.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Saturday, 14 March 2015
Skegness Log: 14-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
89.2 0217 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203 1261km
91.2 0217 AUT Ö1, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A201 __OE____ 1261km
93.3 0217 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) C201 HRT-HR_1 1552km
92.1 0219 HRV HRT-HR 1, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C201 HRT-HR_1 1381km
89.1 0222 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F ____RN__ 947km
87.7 0226 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202 __ULTURE 709km
88.5 0238 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) YL, as 89.1 1091km
89.0 0238 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) 2203 1287km
90.3 0240 POL PR 3, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3233 _Polskie 1229km
91.1 0245 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F 1084km
88.3 0307 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 JERA__O_ 1229km
89.4 0307 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Music, as 88.3 1406km
91.1 0307 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Music, as 88.3 1465km
89.4 0323 SUI Radio Fribourg, Sorens/Gibloux (fr) 4F1C 864km
92.2 0323 POL PR 1, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1289km
97.3 0340 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
94.2 0347 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 1136km
97.4 0347 I RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 1136km
94.3 0352 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 _RMF_FM_ 1289km
97.3 0352 POL Radio ZET, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3205 ______ET 1289km
97.9 0352 POL Radio ZET, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) Pops, as 97.3 1060km
93.7 0420 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D311 1024km
96.1 0420 D Bayern 2, Hühnerberg (bay) D312 871km
95.3 0445 POL RMF FM, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3F44 95,3____ 1229km
96.0 0445 POL RMF FM, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Pops, as95.3 1406km
103.8 0519 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) EE00 RRACTUAL 1706km
100.3 0535 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5D60 ____INA_ 1544km
103.0 0552 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 1136km
102.8 0554 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Beli Manastir (os) C317 R-OS____ 1552km
103.6 0554 POL PR Radio Merkury, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3755 _TEL*0__ 1060km
100.7 0558 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (lux) 7212 __0,7___ 573km
102.5 0559 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Radio Sieben jingle ID 834km
103.0 0559 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D3A3 942km
105.0 0559 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) D30B 922km
105.2 0559 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) D3A9 _____F__ 755km
103.0 0636 HRV HRT Radio Zadar, Celevac (zd) C31B R-____R_ 1499km
104.9 0642 D Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) D3D9 843km
106.9 0705 POL PR Radio Pomorza i Kujaw, Brodnica/Cieleta (KP) 3401 1271km
103.6 0712 F France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F405 BLEUPROV 1149km
107.0 0712 SUI One FM, Mont Salève/Petite Gorge [F 74] (ge) (2kW) 42A1 885km **
104.6 0742 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A213 1080km
107.6 0747 ROU Pro FM, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) E059 1677km
Band 2 General Scatter:
103.9 1145 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) As 93.1, etc. 333km
93.5 1147 G BBC Radio Scotland, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) Scottish accents, as web 333km
97.5 1527 HOL Radio Noord, Groningen/Gideonweg (DVB-T Mast) (gro) Love song, as web 419km
91.8 1641 F Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck/Kasteel Yvonne (59) Full ID by YL over jazzy music
300km
** Personal 'First'
The antenna was due east and horizontal overnight.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
89.2 0217 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203 1261km
91.2 0217 AUT Ö1, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A201 __OE____ 1261km
93.3 0217 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) C201 HRT-HR_1 1552km
92.1 0219 HRV HRT-HR 1, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C201 HRT-HR_1 1381km
89.1 0222 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F ____RN__ 947km
87.7 0226 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202 __ULTURE 709km
88.5 0238 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) YL, as 89.1 1091km
89.0 0238 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) 2203 1287km
90.3 0240 POL PR 3, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3233 _Polskie 1229km
91.1 0245 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F 1084km
88.3 0307 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 JERA__O_ 1229km
89.4 0307 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Music, as 88.3 1406km
91.1 0307 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Music, as 88.3 1465km
89.4 0323 SUI Radio Fribourg, Sorens/Gibloux (fr) 4F1C 864km
92.2 0323 POL PR 1, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3211 JEDYNKA_ 1289km
97.3 0340 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 1500km
94.2 0347 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 1136km
97.4 0347 I RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 1136km
94.3 0352 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 _RMF_FM_ 1289km
97.3 0352 POL Radio ZET, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3205 ______ET 1289km
97.9 0352 POL Radio ZET, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) Pops, as 97.3 1060km
93.7 0420 D Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D311 1024km
96.1 0420 D Bayern 2, Hühnerberg (bay) D312 871km
95.3 0445 POL RMF FM, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3F44 95,3____ 1229km
96.0 0445 POL RMF FM, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Pops, as95.3 1406km
103.8 0519 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) EE00 RRACTUAL 1706km
100.3 0535 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5D60 ____INA_ 1544km
103.0 0552 I RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 1136km
102.8 0554 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Beli Manastir (os) C317 R-OS____ 1552km
103.6 0554 POL PR Radio Merkury, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3755 _TEL*0__ 1060km
100.7 0558 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (lux) 7212 __0,7___ 573km
102.5 0559 D Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Radio Sieben jingle ID 834km
103.0 0559 D SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D3A3 942km
105.0 0559 D Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) D30B 922km
105.2 0559 D big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) D3A9 _____F__ 755km
103.0 0636 HRV HRT Radio Zadar, Celevac (zd) C31B R-____R_ 1499km
104.9 0642 D Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) D3D9 843km
106.9 0705 POL PR Radio Pomorza i Kujaw, Brodnica/Cieleta (KP) 3401 1271km
103.6 0712 F France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F405 BLEUPROV 1149km
107.0 0712 SUI One FM, Mont Salève/Petite Gorge [F 74] (ge) (2kW) 42A1 885km **
104.6 0742 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A213 1080km
107.6 0747 ROU Pro FM, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) E059 1677km
Band 2 General Scatter:
103.9 1145 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) As 93.1, etc. 333km
93.5 1147 G BBC Radio Scotland, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) Scottish accents, as web 333km
97.5 1527 HOL Radio Noord, Groningen/Gideonweg (DVB-T Mast) (gro) Love song, as web 419km
91.8 1641 F Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck/Kasteel Yvonne (59) Full ID by YL over jazzy music
300km
** Personal 'First'
The antenna was due east and horizontal overnight.
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Friday, 13 March 2015
Skegness Log: 13-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 General Scatter:
97.7 0924 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) ID and pops 593km
101.7 0927 D WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Deve Edmunds song, as 101.3 420km
105.1 0933 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) OMD song, as web. Over Emley Moor. 684km
97.8 0939 D NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) ID after Aha song 477km
95.4 0940 D SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) German YL, as web. Over Bremen 592km
95.0 0942 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) German YL, as web 678km
92.8 0944 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen West, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German song, as web. Local
programming. Noise free scatter 477km
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
97.7 0924 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) ID and pops 593km
101.7 0927 D WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Deve Edmunds song, as 101.3 420km
105.1 0933 D Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) OMD song, as web. Over Emley Moor. 684km
97.8 0939 D NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) ID after Aha song 477km
95.4 0940 D SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) German YL, as web. Over Bremen 592km
95.0 0942 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) German YL, as web 678km
92.8 0944 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen West, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German song, as web. Local
programming. Noise free scatter 477km
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Skegness Log: 12-03-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
89.0 0231 I Radio Classica Bresciana, Brescia/Colle Vedetta-via Buttafuoco (bs)
53FE and classical music 1108km
89.9 0308 POL PR 2, Zielona Góra/Jemiolów (LU) 3222 1008km
94.7 0413 HOL NPO Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 8204 313km **
105.0 0732 LTU LRT Klasika, Truikiai/LRTC Plungės RRS (Plu) C322 __Ryto__ 1418km **
** Personal 'First'
Not a lot heard this morning. The antenna was vertical and pointing north-north-west, so maybe that's why. Yesterday I only saw one single meteor burst in the seven hour recording period, which was too low for RDS. But yesterday I was beamed vertical to the north-west.
Some short MS this morning too with Rotterdam getting through on 94.7. I'm pretty sure that was Radio Decibel too on 97.6, also Rotterdam, but it didn't produce RDS. It was definitely MS as there wasn't a trace of it either side of the burst with the antenna almost to the north and vertical.
Back to the east tomorrow!
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
89.0 0231 I Radio Classica Bresciana, Brescia/Colle Vedetta-via Buttafuoco (bs)
53FE and classical music 1108km
89.9 0308 POL PR 2, Zielona Góra/Jemiolów (LU) 3222 1008km
94.7 0413 HOL NPO Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 8204 313km **
105.0 0732 LTU LRT Klasika, Truikiai/LRTC Plungės RRS (Plu) C322 __Ryto__ 1418km **
** Personal 'First'
Not a lot heard this morning. The antenna was vertical and pointing north-north-west, so maybe that's why. Yesterday I only saw one single meteor burst in the seven hour recording period, which was too low for RDS. But yesterday I was beamed vertical to the north-west.
Some short MS this morning too with Rotterdam getting through on 94.7. I'm pretty sure that was Radio Decibel too on 97.6, also Rotterdam, but it didn't produce RDS. It was definitely MS as there wasn't a trace of it either side of the burst with the antenna almost to the north and vertical.
Back to the east tomorrow!
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx
Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)
Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.
Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD
Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.
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