Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
91.1 1243 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F 1084km
89.2 1243 D SWR2, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D3A2 859km
92.6 1243 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D301 __R1_B__ 859km
88.3 1248 HRV HRT-HR 1, Vinkovci/Borinci (vu) C201 __T_____ 1590km
87.7 1302 F France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202 _CULTURE. Presume
Strasbourg 709km
88.4 1303 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D3C3 ______O_ 843km
90.4 1303 D MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D3C2 ____JU__ 843km
90.4 1318 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A203 1199km
89.1 1333 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F 947km
90.6 1356 POL PR 2, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3222 ____zmia 1291km
91.7 1356 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3233 1291km
87.6 1403 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_ 1219km
87.7 1403 SVK Fun Rádio, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5340 1544km
87.9 1403 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) D3C3 739km
90.3 1403 POL PR 3, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3233 1229km
92.5 1403 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) D4F1 ____THUE 739km
89.9 1514 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Ješted (LI) 232E 1038km
92.2 1514 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) D4C1 ______CH 951km
89.5 1537 D Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 1024km
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, 4 May 2015
Sunday, 3 May 2015
Skegness Log: 03-05-15 (FM)
Band 2 Scatter:
107.6 1223 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Fugees song, as 104.0 web. Not sure
if first time via scatter 640km
106.6 1445 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Smooth nulled to
hear this. Pops, as web 550km
102.6 1453 D NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Pet Shop Bores song, as web 606km
97.2 1553 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL and OMS talk, as web 739km
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.
107.6 1223 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Fugees song, as 104.0 web. Not sure
if first time via scatter 640km
106.6 1445 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Smooth nulled to
hear this. Pops, as web 550km
102.6 1453 D NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Pet Shop Bores song, as web 606km
97.2 1553 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) YL and OMS talk, as web 739km
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, 2 May 2015
Skegness Log: 02-05-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
88.1 1222 ALG Radio Batna, Metlili (5) OM and YL, as web 2033km
91.2 1225 ALG Radio Biskra, Metlili (5) Shouting OM, as web 2033km
94.4 1229 ALG Chaîne 1, Metlili (5) Arabic speakers, as web 2033km
A morning of teasing Es.
Italy was heard briefly, then Algeria and Spain, but the Spanish reception may have been due to a long meteor burst. There was a Scandinavian Es station on 87.9 around late morning due to a second Es cloud. Finland was receiving Tacolneston at the time.
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.
88.1 1222 ALG Radio Batna, Metlili (5) OM and YL, as web 2033km
91.2 1225 ALG Radio Biskra, Metlili (5) Shouting OM, as web 2033km
94.4 1229 ALG Chaîne 1, Metlili (5) Arabic speakers, as web 2033km
A morning of teasing Es.
Italy was heard briefly, then Algeria and Spain, but the Spanish reception may have been due to a long meteor burst. There was a Scandinavian Es station on 87.9 around late morning due to a second Es cloud. Finland was receiving Tacolneston at the time.
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, 1 May 2015
Skegness Log: 01-05-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
88.2 1222 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Belogradcik/RRTS Karneva livada (vdn) 8220 1950km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.2 1523 S SR P4, Tåsjö/Hoting-Tåsjöberget TM (jm) E224 1518km
91.1 1657 S SR P1, Motala/Ervasteby TM (og) E201 1098km
92.4 1657 S SR P1, Stockholm/Nacka TM (st) E201 ____1___ 1292km
93.3 1657 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) 9201 DR_P2___ 740km
Band 2 Scatter:
97.2 1407 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web. Seemingly via scatter 617km
Today's Es were weak and short-lived with 88.2 and 91.0 being the only frequencies affected. 91.0 may have been Darik Radio, also from Belogradcik.
Scatter continues to be well above average.
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 1222 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Belogradcik/RRTS Karneva livada (vdn) 8220 1950km
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
88.2 1523 S SR P4, Tåsjö/Hoting-Tåsjöberget TM (jm) E224 1518km
91.1 1657 S SR P1, Motala/Ervasteby TM (og) E201 1098km
92.4 1657 S SR P1, Stockholm/Nacka TM (st) E201 ____1___ 1292km
93.3 1657 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) 9201 DR_P2___ 740km
Band 2 Scatter:
97.2 1407 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web. Seemingly via scatter 617km
Today's Es were weak and short-lived with 88.2 and 91.0 being the only frequencies affected. 91.0 may have been Darik Radio, also from Belogradcik.
Scatter continues to be well above average.
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, 30 April 2015
Skegness Log: 30-04-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
89.2 1043 ROU Radio Europa FM, Brasov (BV) E299 1995km
89.5 1043 ROU Radio Brasov Special, Sacele (BV) (40 watts!) SPECIAL_ 89.5_FM_ 2004km
91.1 1043 ROU Kiss FM, Constanta (CT) 515A __SS_F__ 2286km **
91.3 1043 ROU Kiss FM, Buzau/Dealul Istrita (BZ) 515A KISS_FM_ 91.3_FM_ 2090km
91.7 1043 ROU RFI Romania, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) E22C 91,7____ RF____uj 1805km
92.9 1043 ROU C FM, Constanta/Bloc Modern (CT) E06C ____FM__ __92.9__ 2287km **
88.1 1044 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Zalau/Meses (SJ) EE00 RRACTUAL 1745km **
90.6 1044 ROU Radio ZU, Tulcea/Topolog (TL) E2AA 2228km
89.1 1045 ROU Pro FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 INFO_PRO 1877km
92.5 1045 ROU Radio Maria România, Zalau/Meses (SJ) E1CC 1745km **
92.7 1046 ROU Radio 21, Târgu Mures (MS) E05F __DI____ 1875km
97.1 1046 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Miskolc / Avas (BAZ) B203 ____UT__ 1541km
93.6 1047 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Târgu Mures (MS) EE00 RRACTUAL 1877km **
100.2 1049 ROU Radio Europa FM, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) E299 ______FM 1953km **
103.0 1049 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Tulcea/Topolog (TL) EE01 CULTURAL 2228km
95.8 1057 ROU Radio Audio Delta, Tulcea (TL) Jingle ID Delta 2233km **
96.5 1057 ROU Radio Trinitas, Galati/Vacareni (GL) E24D TRINIT__ 2183km **
98.9 1057 ROU SRR Radio Târgu Mures, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) EE07 ___MURES 1953km **
99.1 1057 ROU Magic FM, Galati (GL) E210 2161km **
103.4 1058 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Gheorghieni (HR) EE00 RRACTUAL 1953km **
100.7 1100 MDA Radio Moldova Actualitati, Cahul=Kagul (CH) 1201 2153km **
101.0 1100 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) EE01 CULTURAL 1805km
101.6 1100 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Galati/Vacareni (GL) EE01 CULTURAL 2183km **
102.0 1100 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Mahmudia (Delta Dunarii) (TL) EE01 CULTURAL 2256km **
104.7 1100 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Comanesti/Laposi (BC) EE00 RRACTUAL 2001km **
104.5 1102 ROU Kiss FM, Tulcea (TL) 515A 2234km **
105.9 1102 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Fehérgyarmat - Penyige (SSB) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1664km **
107.2 1102 ROU Kiss FM, Adjud (VN) 515A KISS_FM_ _107.2__ 2072km **
103.9 1103 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) As 105.0 with co-channel
echo 1844km
103.9 1103 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bârlad (VS) As 105.0 with co-channel
echo 2107km
105.0 1103 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Tulcea/Topolog (TL) EE00 2228km
87.9 1104 ROU SRR Radio Cluj / Kolozsvári Rádió, Satu Mare (SM) EE03 R_CLUJFM 1696km **
88.0 1104 ROU Kiss FM, Bârlad (VS) 515A 2107km
88.2 1104 ROU Rock FM, Bistrita (BN) E057 RO______ 1839km
90.0 1104 ROU Radio Europa FM, Bistrita (BN) E299 1839km **
91.4 1104 ROU Pro FM, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) E059 1953km
92.8 1104 ROU Kiss FM, Galati (GL) Pops, as 88.0 2161km **
88.4 1105 ROU Radio Trinitas, Onesti/Cruce Dealul Perchiu (BC) E24D 2034km **
88.4 1105 ROU Pro FM, Varatec (MM) E059 INFO_PRO 1778km
89.4 1105 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Negresti-Oas (SM) EE00 RR______ 1729km
90.5 1105 ROU Radio Europa FM, Baia Mare (MM) E299 1747km **
90.6 1105 HNG Szent István Rádió, Sátoraljaújhely / Magas-hegy (BAZ) B4A3 1581km
91.2 1105 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Varatec (MM) EE00 ____TU__ 1778km
92.0 1105 ROU Kiss FM, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) Dance track, as 88.0 1844km **
93.4 1105 ROU National FM, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) 9250 National 1844km
101.4 1105 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Comanesti/Laposi (BC) EE01 __LTURAL 2001km **
87.7 1117 SVK Fun Rádio, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5340 FUNRADIO 1544km
89.2 1117 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Trebišov/Bánovce nad Ondavou - silo (KE) 5D60 1580km
90.8 1117 ROU SRR Radio Iasi, Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarau (SV) EE03 IS_90.8_ 1890km
92.9 1117 ROU Kiss FM, Roman (NT) 515A _KISS_FM _92.9_FM 2001km **
88.3 1119 ROU Magic FM, Roman (NT) Jingle ID 2001km **
93.2 1119 ROU Radio Smile, Negresti (VS) MO ID as Smile FM 2046km **
89.9 1122 MDA Hit FM, Leova (LV) Simple OM vocal jingle ID Hit FM 2123km **
92.7 1122 ROU Radio Trinitas, Iasi/Dealul Paun (IS) FFFF TRINITAS 2047km **
96.3 1125 ROU SRR Radio Iasi, Iasi/Pietrarie (IS) EE03 IS_96.3_ 2046km **
97.1 1125 ROU Radio 21, Suceava/Mihoveni (SV) E05F 1917km **
88.2 1128 ROU Radio Europa FM, Botosani (BT) E299 EUROPAFM 1947km
88.2 1136 MDA Jurnal FM, Telenesti (TL) 1001 JURNALFM 88,2__Hz 2071km **
88.1 1154 GRC NERIT 2 Deutero programma, Orestiada/Pythio (Petradhes) (emc-evr)
YL discussion, as web 2356km **
89.0 1202 ROU Radio ZU, Bucuresti (BU) E2AA 2107km
89.1 1205 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Baneasa/Dobrogea Sud (CL) EE01 2237km
91.0 1207 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bihor/Vârful Curcubata Mare (BH) EE00 1760km
90.7 1213 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kékes (Hev) B202 1504km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Unidentified:
87.6 unid 1128 30-04-15. Croatian? https://app.box.com/s/ce11c5qzhyg070cpm0mal61clk98zj4k Possible jingle ID and ads with phone numbers, so lots of potential clues.
I spotted this opening just as I was about to go out, so it was another day of playing back recordings later in the day. I was surprised by the number of low power Romanian station I received with full RDS. For instance, 89.5 Radio Brasov Special is listed with only 40 watts. The Galati transmitter is 50 watts and Adjud is 80 watts.
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 1043 ROU Radio Europa FM, Brasov (BV) E299 1995km
89.5 1043 ROU Radio Brasov Special, Sacele (BV) (40 watts!) SPECIAL_ 89.5_FM_ 2004km
91.1 1043 ROU Kiss FM, Constanta (CT) 515A __SS_F__ 2286km **
91.3 1043 ROU Kiss FM, Buzau/Dealul Istrita (BZ) 515A KISS_FM_ 91.3_FM_ 2090km
91.7 1043 ROU RFI Romania, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) E22C 91,7____ RF____uj 1805km
92.9 1043 ROU C FM, Constanta/Bloc Modern (CT) E06C ____FM__ __92.9__ 2287km **
88.1 1044 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Zalau/Meses (SJ) EE00 RRACTUAL 1745km **
90.6 1044 ROU Radio ZU, Tulcea/Topolog (TL) E2AA 2228km
89.1 1045 ROU Pro FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 INFO_PRO 1877km
92.5 1045 ROU Radio Maria România, Zalau/Meses (SJ) E1CC 1745km **
92.7 1046 ROU Radio 21, Târgu Mures (MS) E05F __DI____ 1875km
97.1 1046 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Miskolc / Avas (BAZ) B203 ____UT__ 1541km
93.6 1047 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Târgu Mures (MS) EE00 RRACTUAL 1877km **
100.2 1049 ROU Radio Europa FM, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) E299 ______FM 1953km **
103.0 1049 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Tulcea/Topolog (TL) EE01 CULTURAL 2228km
95.8 1057 ROU Radio Audio Delta, Tulcea (TL) Jingle ID Delta 2233km **
96.5 1057 ROU Radio Trinitas, Galati/Vacareni (GL) E24D TRINIT__ 2183km **
98.9 1057 ROU SRR Radio Târgu Mures, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) EE07 ___MURES 1953km **
99.1 1057 ROU Magic FM, Galati (GL) E210 2161km **
103.4 1058 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Gheorghieni (HR) EE00 RRACTUAL 1953km **
100.7 1100 MDA Radio Moldova Actualitati, Cahul=Kagul (CH) 1201 2153km **
101.0 1100 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) EE01 CULTURAL 1805km
101.6 1100 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Galati/Vacareni (GL) EE01 CULTURAL 2183km **
102.0 1100 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Mahmudia (Delta Dunarii) (TL) EE01 CULTURAL 2256km **
104.7 1100 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Comanesti/Laposi (BC) EE00 RRACTUAL 2001km **
104.5 1102 ROU Kiss FM, Tulcea (TL) 515A 2234km **
105.9 1102 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Fehérgyarmat - Penyige (SSB) B203 KOSSUTH_ 1664km **
107.2 1102 ROU Kiss FM, Adjud (VN) 515A KISS_FM_ _107.2__ 2072km **
103.9 1103 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) As 105.0 with co-channel
echo 1844km
103.9 1103 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bârlad (VS) As 105.0 with co-channel
echo 2107km
105.0 1103 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Tulcea/Topolog (TL) EE00 2228km
87.9 1104 ROU SRR Radio Cluj / Kolozsvári Rádió, Satu Mare (SM) EE03 R_CLUJFM 1696km **
88.0 1104 ROU Kiss FM, Bârlad (VS) 515A 2107km
88.2 1104 ROU Rock FM, Bistrita (BN) E057 RO______ 1839km
90.0 1104 ROU Radio Europa FM, Bistrita (BN) E299 1839km **
91.4 1104 ROU Pro FM, Gheorghieni/Harghita-Bai (HR) E059 1953km
92.8 1104 ROU Kiss FM, Galati (GL) Pops, as 88.0 2161km **
88.4 1105 ROU Radio Trinitas, Onesti/Cruce Dealul Perchiu (BC) E24D 2034km **
88.4 1105 ROU Pro FM, Varatec (MM) E059 INFO_PRO 1778km
89.4 1105 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Negresti-Oas (SM) EE00 RR______ 1729km
90.5 1105 ROU Radio Europa FM, Baia Mare (MM) E299 1747km **
90.6 1105 HNG Szent István Rádió, Sátoraljaújhely / Magas-hegy (BAZ) B4A3 1581km
91.2 1105 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Varatec (MM) EE00 ____TU__ 1778km
92.0 1105 ROU Kiss FM, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) Dance track, as 88.0 1844km **
93.4 1105 ROU National FM, Bistrita/Heniu (BN) 9250 National 1844km
101.4 1105 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Comanesti/Laposi (BC) EE01 __LTURAL 2001km **
87.7 1117 SVK Fun Rádio, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5340 FUNRADIO 1544km
89.2 1117 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Trebišov/Bánovce nad Ondavou - silo (KE) 5D60 1580km
90.8 1117 ROU SRR Radio Iasi, Câmpulung Moldovenesc/Rarau (SV) EE03 IS_90.8_ 1890km
92.9 1117 ROU Kiss FM, Roman (NT) 515A _KISS_FM _92.9_FM 2001km **
88.3 1119 ROU Magic FM, Roman (NT) Jingle ID 2001km **
93.2 1119 ROU Radio Smile, Negresti (VS) MO ID as Smile FM 2046km **
89.9 1122 MDA Hit FM, Leova (LV) Simple OM vocal jingle ID Hit FM 2123km **
92.7 1122 ROU Radio Trinitas, Iasi/Dealul Paun (IS) FFFF TRINITAS 2047km **
96.3 1125 ROU SRR Radio Iasi, Iasi/Pietrarie (IS) EE03 IS_96.3_ 2046km **
97.1 1125 ROU Radio 21, Suceava/Mihoveni (SV) E05F 1917km **
88.2 1128 ROU Radio Europa FM, Botosani (BT) E299 EUROPAFM 1947km
88.2 1136 MDA Jurnal FM, Telenesti (TL) 1001 JURNALFM 88,2__Hz 2071km **
88.1 1154 GRC NERIT 2 Deutero programma, Orestiada/Pythio (Petradhes) (emc-evr)
YL discussion, as web 2356km **
89.0 1202 ROU Radio ZU, Bucuresti (BU) E2AA 2107km
89.1 1205 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Baneasa/Dobrogea Sud (CL) EE01 2237km
91.0 1207 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Bihor/Vârful Curcubata Mare (BH) EE00 1760km
90.7 1213 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kékes (Hev) B202 1504km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Unidentified:
87.6 unid 1128 30-04-15. Croatian? https://app.box.com/s/ce11c5qzhyg070cpm0mal61clk98zj4k Possible jingle ID and ads with phone numbers, so lots of potential clues.
I spotted this opening just as I was about to go out, so it was another day of playing back recordings later in the day. I was surprised by the number of low power Romanian station I received with full RDS. For instance, 89.5 Radio Brasov Special is listed with only 40 watts. The Galati transmitter is 50 watts and Adjud is 80 watts.
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, 29 April 2015
Skegness Log: 29-04-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
96.4 1092 POL PR 3, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3233 1127km
91.1 1113 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F 1084km
89.1 1126 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F 947km
90.4 1156 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A203 1199km
87.9 1157 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) 6201 YLE_YKSI 1665km
91.7 1239 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D6F1 ____THUE 793km
89.2 1310 D SWR2, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D3A2 859km
92.6 1310 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D301 SWR1__W_ 859km
90.3 1324 POL PR 3, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3233 W_______ 1229km
92.8 1858 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D5C1 __R_SA__ 904km
97.2 1858 SVK SRo 3 Rádio Devín, Žilina/Krížava (ZA) 521B DEVIN___ 1363km
97.4 1858 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 2205 ____97__ 1127km
92.3 1902 POL PR 1, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3211 ____:0__ 1127km
94.6 1902 POL RMF FM, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3F44 __AK____ 1127km
93.3 2020 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) C201 1552km
93.5 2027 I RAI Radio1, Multi-tx. 5202 Plose (Bolzano) listed with 4kW, then all
others low power
I had to go out a couple of times today, so I left the FDM-S2 recording in the hope of catching any sporadic E. Nothing materialised, but I thought I may as well look at the files and see if there was any interesting meteor scatter. Here's a record of everything which came though. Not bad for daytime MS.
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.
96.4 1092 POL PR 3, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3233 1127km
91.1 1113 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F 1084km
89.1 1126 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F 947km
90.4 1156 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A203 1199km
87.9 1157 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Espoo - Esbo/Saunalahti-Tillinmäki (uu) 6201 YLE_YKSI 1665km
91.7 1239 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D6F1 ____THUE 793km
89.2 1310 D SWR2, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D3A2 859km
92.6 1310 D SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D301 SWR1__W_ 859km
90.3 1324 POL PR 3, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3233 W_______ 1229km
92.8 1858 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D5C1 __R_SA__ 904km
97.2 1858 SVK SRo 3 Rádio Devín, Žilina/Krížava (ZA) 521B DEVIN___ 1363km
97.4 1858 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 2205 ____97__ 1127km
92.3 1902 POL PR 1, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3211 ____:0__ 1127km
94.6 1902 POL RMF FM, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3F44 __AK____ 1127km
93.3 2020 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) C201 1552km
93.5 2027 I RAI Radio1, Multi-tx. 5202 Plose (Bolzano) listed with 4kW, then all
others low power
I had to go out a couple of times today, so I left the FDM-S2 recording in the hope of catching any sporadic E. Nothing materialised, but I thought I may as well look at the files and see if there was any interesting meteor scatter. Here's a record of everything which came though. Not bad for daytime MS.
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, 26 April 2015
Skegness Log: 26-04-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
89.5 1203 I RTL 102.5, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5218 RTL102.5 1671km
89.9 1203 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 52DD R_______ 1851km
90.4 1203 I Radionorba, Gravina in Puglia (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1828km
90.6 1203 I Radionorba, Matera/Contrada Tempa Rossa (mt) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1850km **
92.4 1203 I Radio Laser-inBlu, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 1203 1851km
93.3 1203 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Gravina in Puglia (ba) 5220 __ITALIA
1828km
87.9 1204 I Love FM, Canosa di Puglia (bt) 5A71 LOVE_FM_ 1774km
92.9 1204 I Radio Deejay, Gravina in Puglia/Murgia di Serraficaia (ba) 5214 1828km
87.6 1205 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Pomarico/Contrada Serra (mt) 5264 1861km **
87.8 1205 I Ritmo 80, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) 5A72 1797km
88.3 1205 I Radio Deejay, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 5214 1796km
92.7 1205 I RAI Radio2, Pomarico (RAI) (mt) 5202 _RADI_2_ 1858km
90.0 1206 I Radio Delta 1, Vasto (ch) 535E __DELT__ 1629km
93.9 1207 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Senigallia/Via delle Cone (an) 522F __CU__E_ 1407km **
95.4 1207 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Montecosaro-Castellano (mc) 522F __CU__E_ 1468km **
97.9 1207 I Virgin Radio, Bernalda (mt) Jingle ID 1878km **
87.7 1209 I Radio Capital, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5219 _CAPIT__
1384km **
87.9 1209 I R101, Fano/Località Metaurilia-Monte Schiantello (pu) 5215 and vocal ID 1396km **
88.1 1209 I Radio Linea Numero Uno, Pineto/Colle Morino (te) 5388 __NEA_n1 1549km
88.6 1209 I Radio 105 Network, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5211 __105___
1384km **
89.2 1209 I Radio Esmeralda, Fano/Eremo di Monte Giove (pu) 5077 __MERA__ 1391km
89.2 1209 I RAI Radio1, Pescara/San Silvestro (RAI) (pe) 5801 _R______ 1576km **
89.5 1209 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 522F
__CU____ 1384km **
92.3 1209 I RAI Radio3, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5203 _RAD__3_ 1445km **
92.4 1209 I Arancia Network, Martinsicuro/Colle Marzio (te) 5571 1519km **
92.9 1209 I Arancia Network, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5571 __an____
1384km **
87.5 1210 I Radionorba, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1671km
88.3 1210 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5264
1705km **
88.6 1210 I RAI Radio1, Motta Montecorvino/Monte Sambuco (RAI) (fg) 5201 1698km
89.1 1210 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Bari/Viale Unitá d´Italia 17 (ba) 5214 _DEEJAY_
1824km
89.1 1210 I Radio Deejay, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1705km
89.3 1210 I Radio Deejay, Ripacandida (pz) 5214 _D____Y_ 1787km **
90.7 1210 I RAI Radio2, Motta Montecorvino/Monte Sambuco (RAI) (fg) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_
1698km **
91.1 1210 I Radio Cattolica-inBlu, Volturino (fg) 4000 CATOLICA _RADIO__ 1705km **
91.3 1210 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Foggia (fg) 5264 1729km **
91.4 1210 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Borrello/Località Fornesca (ch) 5264 _DEEJA__
1625km **
92.4 1210 I RTL 102.5, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5218 RT____.5 1705km **
92.5 1210 I Radio Subasio, Giulianova/Via Amendola (te) 53FD 1532km **
92.8 1210 I Radio Studio 5, Pescara/San Silvestro (pe) 533D STUDIO_5 1575km **
93.3 1210 I Jonica Radio, Colobraro (mt) Presumed site 5396 JONICA_R 1885km **
90.5 1211 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Molfetta (ba) 5225 KISSKISS 1802km **
91.4 1211 I Radio Deejay, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1671km **
92.6 1211 I Radio Studio 5, Bomba/Monte Pallano (ch) 533D 1618km
93.3 1211 I Radionorba, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5353 1705km
87.7 1212 I Radio Potenza Centrale, Spinoso/Serra di Spinoso (pz) 530B 1858km
88.1 1212 I RAI Radio1, Bomba/Monte Pallano (Archi) (RAI) (ch) 5201 ____I___ 1618km
88.3 1212 I Radio Amicizia-inBlu, Rutigliano/S.S. Rutigliano Conversano-Area Produttiva (ba)
5353 1842km **
89.6 1212 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Foggia/Via G. Calvanese, 35 (fg) 5225 1728km **
90.3 1212 I Radio Radicale, Teramo/Colle Izzone (te) 5210 RA______ 1531km **
90.7 1212 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Rossano (cs) 5225 KISSKISS 1953km
92.1 1212 I RAI Radio3, Bomba/Monte Pallano (Archi) (RAI) (ch) 5203 1618km **
88.6 1214 I Radio Delta 1, Roccamorice-Maiella-Fonte Tettone (pe) 545E ___79_IL 1594km
93.3 1217 I Radio 105 Network, Pretoro-Maiella/Località Mirastelle (ch) 5211 1595km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Unidentified:
87.5 1210 I Radio Ascona, Unlisted Clear vocal ID in pile-up
As explained elsewhere, I had only two 'live' loggings from this opening, but all 20 minutes or so were recorded for later playback, where I discovered the rest of the stations. There were also the usual "multi-tx" catches, which I omitted.
I won't be recording and playing back many openings this way as this one took me almost four hours and it was only a meagre opening compared to a mid-season frenzy. It would be sensible to concentrate on recording only the more interesting openings, unless time permits.
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.
89.5 1203 I RTL 102.5, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5218 RTL102.5 1671km
89.9 1203 I Radio Italia Anni 60, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 52DD R_______ 1851km
90.4 1203 I Radionorba, Gravina in Puglia (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1828km
90.6 1203 I Radionorba, Matera/Contrada Tempa Rossa (mt) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1850km **
92.4 1203 I Radio Laser-inBlu, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 1203 1851km
93.3 1203 I Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Gravina in Puglia (ba) 5220 __ITALIA
1828km
87.9 1204 I Love FM, Canosa di Puglia (bt) 5A71 LOVE_FM_ 1774km
92.9 1204 I Radio Deejay, Gravina in Puglia/Murgia di Serraficaia (ba) 5214 1828km
87.6 1205 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Pomarico/Contrada Serra (mt) 5264 1861km **
87.8 1205 I Ritmo 80, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) 5A72 1797km
88.3 1205 I Radio Deejay, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 5214 1796km
92.7 1205 I RAI Radio2, Pomarico (RAI) (mt) 5202 _RADI_2_ 1858km
90.0 1206 I Radio Delta 1, Vasto (ch) 535E __DELT__ 1629km
93.9 1207 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Senigallia/Via delle Cone (an) 522F __CU__E_ 1407km **
95.4 1207 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Montecosaro-Castellano (mc) 522F __CU__E_ 1468km **
97.9 1207 I Virgin Radio, Bernalda (mt) Jingle ID 1878km **
87.7 1209 I Radio Capital, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5219 _CAPIT__
1384km **
87.9 1209 I R101, Fano/Località Metaurilia-Monte Schiantello (pu) 5215 and vocal ID 1396km **
88.1 1209 I Radio Linea Numero Uno, Pineto/Colle Morino (te) 5388 __NEA_n1 1549km
88.6 1209 I Radio 105 Network, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5211 __105___
1384km **
89.2 1209 I Radio Esmeralda, Fano/Eremo di Monte Giove (pu) 5077 __MERA__ 1391km
89.2 1209 I RAI Radio1, Pescara/San Silvestro (RAI) (pe) 5801 _R______ 1576km **
89.5 1209 I Radio Cuore (Marche), Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 522F
__CU____ 1384km **
92.3 1209 I RAI Radio3, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5203 _RAD__3_ 1445km **
92.4 1209 I Arancia Network, Martinsicuro/Colle Marzio (te) 5571 1519km **
92.9 1209 I Arancia Network, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5571 __an____
1384km **
87.5 1210 I Radionorba, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5353 R-NORBA_ 1671km
88.3 1210 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5264
1705km **
88.6 1210 I RAI Radio1, Motta Montecorvino/Monte Sambuco (RAI) (fg) 5201 1698km
89.1 1210 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Bari/Viale Unitá d´Italia 17 (ba) 5214 _DEEJAY_
1824km
89.1 1210 I Radio Deejay, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1705km
89.3 1210 I Radio Deejay, Ripacandida (pz) 5214 _D____Y_ 1787km **
90.7 1210 I RAI Radio2, Motta Montecorvino/Monte Sambuco (RAI) (fg) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_
1698km **
91.1 1210 I Radio Cattolica-inBlu, Volturino (fg) 4000 CATOLICA _RADIO__ 1705km **
91.3 1210 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Foggia (fg) 5264 1729km **
91.4 1210 I RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Borrello/Località Fornesca (ch) 5264 _DEEJA__
1625km **
92.4 1210 I RTL 102.5, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5218 RT____.5 1705km **
92.5 1210 I Radio Subasio, Giulianova/Via Amendola (te) 53FD 1532km **
92.8 1210 I Radio Studio 5, Pescara/San Silvestro (pe) 533D STUDIO_5 1575km **
93.3 1210 I Jonica Radio, Colobraro (mt) Presumed site 5396 JONICA_R 1885km **
90.5 1211 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Molfetta (ba) 5225 KISSKISS 1802km **
91.4 1211 I Radio Deejay, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5214 _DEEJAY_ 1671km **
92.6 1211 I Radio Studio 5, Bomba/Monte Pallano (ch) 533D 1618km
93.3 1211 I Radionorba, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5353 1705km
87.7 1212 I Radio Potenza Centrale, Spinoso/Serra di Spinoso (pz) 530B 1858km
88.1 1212 I RAI Radio1, Bomba/Monte Pallano (Archi) (RAI) (ch) 5201 ____I___ 1618km
88.3 1212 I Radio Amicizia-inBlu, Rutigliano/S.S. Rutigliano Conversano-Area Produttiva (ba)
5353 1842km **
89.6 1212 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Foggia/Via G. Calvanese, 35 (fg) 5225 1728km **
90.3 1212 I Radio Radicale, Teramo/Colle Izzone (te) 5210 RA______ 1531km **
90.7 1212 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Rossano (cs) 5225 KISSKISS 1953km
92.1 1212 I RAI Radio3, Bomba/Monte Pallano (Archi) (RAI) (ch) 5203 1618km **
88.6 1214 I Radio Delta 1, Roccamorice-Maiella-Fonte Tettone (pe) 545E ___79_IL 1594km
93.3 1217 I Radio 105 Network, Pretoro-Maiella/Località Mirastelle (ch) 5211 1595km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
Unidentified:
87.5 1210 I Radio Ascona, Unlisted Clear vocal ID in pile-up
As explained elsewhere, I had only two 'live' loggings from this opening, but all 20 minutes or so were recorded for later playback, where I discovered the rest of the stations. There were also the usual "multi-tx" catches, which I omitted.
I won't be recording and playing back many openings this way as this one took me almost four hours and it was only a meagre opening compared to a mid-season frenzy. It would be sensible to concentrate on recording only the more interesting openings, unless time permits.
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, 24 April 2015
Skegness Log: 24-04-15 (FM)
Band 2 Sporadic E:
87.7 1912 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Djebel Trozza (kai) Chinese music! As web. Arabic
YL presenter 2086km
88.0 1914 ALG Radio Algeria International, IDs in English
87.0 1923 TUN RTT Radio Gafsa, Kebili=Qibili (keb) 7206 GAFSA___ 2265km
The first Es of the season here! Possibly the earliest I have heard Es, though I can't remember if I had some one year at the end of March? I think I might have done. Such is my memory.
It was very much a mediocre 'bottom of the band' opening, with only three stations heard intermittently, lasting about 15 to 20 minutes overall. I am guessing the Radio Algeria International on 88.3 will be Radio El Tarf as this site was in the vicinity of the opening.
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 1912 TUN RTT Radio Culture, Djebel Trozza (kai) Chinese music! As web. Arabic
YL presenter 2086km
88.0 1914 ALG Radio Algeria International, IDs in English
87.0 1923 TUN RTT Radio Gafsa, Kebili=Qibili (keb) 7206 GAFSA___ 2265km
The first Es of the season here! Possibly the earliest I have heard Es, though I can't remember if I had some one year at the end of March? I think I might have done. Such is my memory.
It was very much a mediocre 'bottom of the band' opening, with only three stations heard intermittently, lasting about 15 to 20 minutes overall. I am guessing the Radio Algeria International on 88.3 will be Radio El Tarf as this site was in the vicinity of the opening.
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.
FM DXing: Looking To The Future
2015 will be the first season I have used an SDR receiver on band 2 for sporadic E DXing and this new technology slightly fills me with dread. DXing won't be the same. It will be better, potentially, as I will see more of the band and hopefully miss less, but there are a few things which need consideration.
When I look back at "Medium Wave DXing Before Perseus", things were simple. DXing was done on one single frequency. DXing was dramatically improved when I got my Perseus. Suddenly I could see the entire medium wave band and DX every single frequency at the top of the hour, resulting in not just more loggings, but more exotic loggings as I wasn't missing anything. My logbook grew enormously, and so did the amount of time I needed to go through all those files. That's not so bad though as you tend to develop your own strategies for analysing and playing back the files, so I got quicker at it over time.
Now I have the Elad FDM-S2 SDR receiver which is capable of recording more than three times the bandwidth of the Perseus. I have already seen my meteor scatter logbook grow dramatically in size as I am able to analyse almost a third of the band at once. I usually record six or seven hours of band 2 overnight, in four stages. SDR Console's File Analyser software makes reasonably short work of the playback by displaying each 90 minute recording in a long jpg file, so I can see the meteor bursts and jump straight to them, saving a huge amount of time.
So come the sporadic E season, when the band can literally fill up with countless stations, I am going to have a lot of data to go through if I decide to record the band and play back the recordings later. This is not helpful to other DXers as I won't be adding anything to my FM List logbook in realtime. This means there will be no indication on the FM List Visual Logbook that an opening is in existence. At least, not unless I (a) send out DX alerts to the groups, or (b) if I don't log at least a few stations 'live' when I first notice an opening. It is my aim to alert other DXers when an opening occurs, but playing back a recording later isn't going to of any use to other DXers. Hopefully (a) and (b) will rectify that issue. But will I have time for that? Sending out alerts takes time.
Recording DX may be a thing of the past, unless I hear something unusual or exotic. I don't think I'll have the extra time for these things.
These days we have the superb FM List where we can manage our logbooks. This simplifies and organises the data in ways which can speed up the logging process. But, in the same way the Perseus increased the number of loggings on medium wave, the FDM-S2 is going to do the same for FM DX but, potentially, on a much bigger scale. I can see DXers getting hundreds of individual loggings in a single opening this way. With this much extra data, we are going to need an even quicker method of entering those loggings into FM List. Automated logging is the answer, which we now have to a degree, but I worry this will take away the fun of DXing as the hobby will then be more about collecting data as opposed to the thrill of chasing the DX.
Being able to DX 60+ channels simultaneously is going to reveal a lot of DX and I like to log everything as this highlights the precise area of an opening on the map with a nice visible footprint. So I need to find a quicker way to add those logs into FM List. Do I simply enter a station in the FM List logbook without including RDS data or programme details? That will speed things up, but at the expense of not providing useful information which, not only provides useful information about a station, but also verifies what I have received. Perhaps I should leave out signal strength and the time too while I'm at it. No, this is not the way to DX. It's all necessary information. I always do my best to assess the signal strength as accurately as possible in my loggings. Programme information is essential. So what ways are there to speed up the logging process?
It would be nice to have a log entry created from the data received by the SDR receiver itself, or from related software. This could automatically go into a log, ready to upload to FM List later, or maybe even uploaded live as a DX cluster. You'd need to create filters and set parameters in order to make sure that not every single station is reported over and over again. I don't like to see too much repetition in loggings.
This highlights the dilemma. Looking back to last year's E season, (yes, the one which almost everybody described as the worst they'd experienced) I used a method of rapid tuning, staying on a frequency long enough to get the RDS, then quickly moving to the next frequency. I recorded lots of videos, some of which are on my Vimeo page. This method resulted in my biggest ever annual Es logbook! And this was the worst season on record! I was about three weeks behind with my logbook at one point. Now look at how many of us have SDRs. Oh dear! Suddenly, things are going to get more complicated.
Of course, we can keep it simple and DX live, one frequency at a time. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. In fact I am almost tempted to stick to that, but I know curiosity will get the better of me and I will want to record the DX. I know it's not all about quantity, as I have often banged on about, but it's also about not missing that brief exotic opening which might is going to be camouflaged in among the regular stuff. SDRs are definitely a step forward in our DX hobby, but at what expense? I think it's time to take stock and decide which way to go. What will the future of DXing look like?
Did I mention the additional drive space and processing power we are going to need? There's only so much we can record, unless we have an endless supply of hard drives.
The Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
When I look back at "Medium Wave DXing Before Perseus", things were simple. DXing was done on one single frequency. DXing was dramatically improved when I got my Perseus. Suddenly I could see the entire medium wave band and DX every single frequency at the top of the hour, resulting in not just more loggings, but more exotic loggings as I wasn't missing anything. My logbook grew enormously, and so did the amount of time I needed to go through all those files. That's not so bad though as you tend to develop your own strategies for analysing and playing back the files, so I got quicker at it over time.
Now I have the Elad FDM-S2 SDR receiver which is capable of recording more than three times the bandwidth of the Perseus. I have already seen my meteor scatter logbook grow dramatically in size as I am able to analyse almost a third of the band at once. I usually record six or seven hours of band 2 overnight, in four stages. SDR Console's File Analyser software makes reasonably short work of the playback by displaying each 90 minute recording in a long jpg file, so I can see the meteor bursts and jump straight to them, saving a huge amount of time.
So come the sporadic E season, when the band can literally fill up with countless stations, I am going to have a lot of data to go through if I decide to record the band and play back the recordings later. This is not helpful to other DXers as I won't be adding anything to my FM List logbook in realtime. This means there will be no indication on the FM List Visual Logbook that an opening is in existence. At least, not unless I (a) send out DX alerts to the groups, or (b) if I don't log at least a few stations 'live' when I first notice an opening. It is my aim to alert other DXers when an opening occurs, but playing back a recording later isn't going to of any use to other DXers. Hopefully (a) and (b) will rectify that issue. But will I have time for that? Sending out alerts takes time.
Recording DX may be a thing of the past, unless I hear something unusual or exotic. I don't think I'll have the extra time for these things.
These days we have the superb FM List where we can manage our logbooks. This simplifies and organises the data in ways which can speed up the logging process. But, in the same way the Perseus increased the number of loggings on medium wave, the FDM-S2 is going to do the same for FM DX but, potentially, on a much bigger scale. I can see DXers getting hundreds of individual loggings in a single opening this way. With this much extra data, we are going to need an even quicker method of entering those loggings into FM List. Automated logging is the answer, which we now have to a degree, but I worry this will take away the fun of DXing as the hobby will then be more about collecting data as opposed to the thrill of chasing the DX.
Being able to DX 60+ channels simultaneously is going to reveal a lot of DX and I like to log everything as this highlights the precise area of an opening on the map with a nice visible footprint. So I need to find a quicker way to add those logs into FM List. Do I simply enter a station in the FM List logbook without including RDS data or programme details? That will speed things up, but at the expense of not providing useful information which, not only provides useful information about a station, but also verifies what I have received. Perhaps I should leave out signal strength and the time too while I'm at it. No, this is not the way to DX. It's all necessary information. I always do my best to assess the signal strength as accurately as possible in my loggings. Programme information is essential. So what ways are there to speed up the logging process?
It would be nice to have a log entry created from the data received by the SDR receiver itself, or from related software. This could automatically go into a log, ready to upload to FM List later, or maybe even uploaded live as a DX cluster. You'd need to create filters and set parameters in order to make sure that not every single station is reported over and over again. I don't like to see too much repetition in loggings.
This highlights the dilemma. Looking back to last year's E season, (yes, the one which almost everybody described as the worst they'd experienced) I used a method of rapid tuning, staying on a frequency long enough to get the RDS, then quickly moving to the next frequency. I recorded lots of videos, some of which are on my Vimeo page. This method resulted in my biggest ever annual Es logbook! And this was the worst season on record! I was about three weeks behind with my logbook at one point. Now look at how many of us have SDRs. Oh dear! Suddenly, things are going to get more complicated.
Of course, we can keep it simple and DX live, one frequency at a time. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. In fact I am almost tempted to stick to that, but I know curiosity will get the better of me and I will want to record the DX. I know it's not all about quantity, as I have often banged on about, but it's also about not missing that brief exotic opening which might is going to be camouflaged in among the regular stuff. SDRs are definitely a step forward in our DX hobby, but at what expense? I think it's time to take stock and decide which way to go. What will the future of DXing look like?
Did I mention the additional drive space and processing power we are going to need? There's only so much we can record, unless we have an endless supply of hard drives.
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Skegness Log: 23-04-15 (FM)
Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
96.2 0332 HOL NPO 3FM, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Pops, as 96.8 and 97.1 424km **
Band 2 Tropospheric:
87.8 1002 F Décibel, Dinan/Barrière (22) Decibel jingle and French pop 550km
91.4 1007 F France Culture, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) YL, as web 415km
95.9 1007 F France Musique, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) YL, as web 415km
99.8 1027 F France Bleu Cotentin, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) Phone in,
as web 415km **
101.6 1032 F RTL, Saint-Malo/Les Bergeons (35) ID and web sddress 527km **
103.5 1036 F Fun Radio, Dinan/le Clos Gastel (22) Im An Albatraoz song, as web 550km **
107.5 1042 F RTL, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) Discussion, as web 415km **
107.3 1043 F VFM Radio, Vire/la Besnardière (14) French love song, as web 488km **
106.7 1044 F Europe 1, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) Phone caller, ID 415km **
105.3 1047 F France Info, Granville/Donville (50) Presumed site, in accordance with the
conditions. As 105.5 496km **
87.6 1049 F RMC, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) Phone in, as web 406km
98.4 1050 F France Inter, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) OM and YLs
Discussion, as web 415km
92.6 1111 G Radio Verulam, Saint Albans (EN-HTS) Community info, as web 162km
92.8 1115 G Release FM, Pirate, unknown location ID **
95.4 2206 F RTL, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) Jingle ID and oldies show 377km
89.2 2208 F NRJ, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) French OM, as web 377km
107.1 2218 F BFM Business, Caen/Colombelles (14) Phone caller, OM, as web 442km
102.3 2229 F NRJ, Avranches/la Butte (50) Lively phone in, as web 510km **
96.5 2233 G Dem Radyo, London pirate Jingle ID and Turkish music **
87.8 2251 F Mouv', Caen/Colombelles (14) Obscure Jack Michaleson song, as web 442km
98.7 2258 F Radio FG, Caen/Colombelles (14) Fucking Good Music ID! Lets see what the
profanity filter makes of this! 442km **
103.2 2301 F Radio Cristal, Caen/Colombelles (14) French disco song, as web 442km **
105.0 2303 F RTL, Caen/Colombelles (14) Vous ecoutez RTL, etc 442km **
105.5 2304 F France Info, Caen/Colombelles (14) Presume. Distortion indicating Info
pile-up. 442km **
96.3 2305 F Fun Radio, Caen/Colombelles (14) Lively phone in, as web 442km **
105.9 2320 F Europe 1, Caen/Colombelles (14) OM, as web 442km
100.2 2321 F Tendance Ouest, Caen/Colombelles (14) French YL song, difficult in
pile-up 442km **
99.0 2331 F Radio Classique, Dieppe/la Côte Enragée (76) Jolly piano music, as web 364km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I did it! I won a Gold Star award for Outstanding Incompetence. Regarding my comment yesterday about fouling up my overnight recordings three mornings in a row ... well, this morning I actually remembered to plug the antenna into the correct receiver, but I forgot to delete the previous day's recordings, so my hard drive filled up after a few minutes worth of recordings. I think that definitely qualifies for the Gold Star award.
I know the conditions were appalling for a meteor peak as I was awake half the night and I was only aware of one brief meteor ping which affected only one frequency. That's all my MS DXing for a while as I want to be prepared for the Es now. I didn't manage to get the five remaining frequencies for MS: 94.5 98.3 99.3 99.4 & 101.5. Hopefully later in the year when meteor activity improves.
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
96.2 0332 HOL NPO 3FM, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Pops, as 96.8 and 97.1 424km **
Band 2 Tropospheric:
87.8 1002 F Décibel, Dinan/Barrière (22) Decibel jingle and French pop 550km
91.4 1007 F France Culture, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) YL, as web 415km
95.9 1007 F France Musique, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) YL, as web 415km
99.8 1027 F France Bleu Cotentin, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) Phone in,
as web 415km **
101.6 1032 F RTL, Saint-Malo/Les Bergeons (35) ID and web sddress 527km **
103.5 1036 F Fun Radio, Dinan/le Clos Gastel (22) Im An Albatraoz song, as web 550km **
107.5 1042 F RTL, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) Discussion, as web 415km **
107.3 1043 F VFM Radio, Vire/la Besnardière (14) French love song, as web 488km **
106.7 1044 F Europe 1, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) Phone caller, ID 415km **
105.3 1047 F France Info, Granville/Donville (50) Presumed site, in accordance with the
conditions. As 105.5 496km **
87.6 1049 F RMC, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) Phone in, as web 406km
98.4 1050 F France Inter, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) OM and YLs
Discussion, as web 415km
92.6 1111 G Radio Verulam, Saint Albans (EN-HTS) Community info, as web 162km
92.8 1115 G Release FM, Pirate, unknown location ID **
95.4 2206 F RTL, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) Jingle ID and oldies show 377km
89.2 2208 F NRJ, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) French OM, as web 377km
107.1 2218 F BFM Business, Caen/Colombelles (14) Phone caller, OM, as web 442km
102.3 2229 F NRJ, Avranches/la Butte (50) Lively phone in, as web 510km **
96.5 2233 G Dem Radyo, London pirate Jingle ID and Turkish music **
87.8 2251 F Mouv', Caen/Colombelles (14) Obscure Jack Michaleson song, as web 442km
98.7 2258 F Radio FG, Caen/Colombelles (14) Fucking Good Music ID! Lets see what the
profanity filter makes of this! 442km **
103.2 2301 F Radio Cristal, Caen/Colombelles (14) French disco song, as web 442km **
105.0 2303 F RTL, Caen/Colombelles (14) Vous ecoutez RTL, etc 442km **
105.5 2304 F France Info, Caen/Colombelles (14) Presume. Distortion indicating Info
pile-up. 442km **
96.3 2305 F Fun Radio, Caen/Colombelles (14) Lively phone in, as web 442km **
105.9 2320 F Europe 1, Caen/Colombelles (14) OM, as web 442km
100.2 2321 F Tendance Ouest, Caen/Colombelles (14) French YL song, difficult in
pile-up 442km **
99.0 2331 F Radio Classique, Dieppe/la Côte Enragée (76) Jolly piano music, as web 364km **
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I did it! I won a Gold Star award for Outstanding Incompetence. Regarding my comment yesterday about fouling up my overnight recordings three mornings in a row ... well, this morning I actually remembered to plug the antenna into the correct receiver, but I forgot to delete the previous day's recordings, so my hard drive filled up after a few minutes worth of recordings. I think that definitely qualifies for the Gold Star award.
I know the conditions were appalling for a meteor peak as I was awake half the night and I was only aware of one brief meteor ping which affected only one frequency. That's all my MS DXing for a while as I want to be prepared for the Es now. I didn't manage to get the five remaining frequencies for MS: 94.5 98.3 99.3 99.4 & 101.5. Hopefully later in the year when meteor activity improves.
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
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