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Friday 16 May 2014

Skegness Log: 16-05-14 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 87.6 1231 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 _SHUMEN_ (Approximate time) 
               2220km
 89.4 1401 ROU Magic FM, Cluj-Napoca (CJ) Presume Cluj. E210 MAGIC_FM  1798km **
 88.2 1404 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) 5960 _REGINA_  1464km
 89.1 1405 ROU Pro FM, Târgu Mures (MS) E059 89,1_F__  1877km
 88.1 1406 BIH BH Radio 1, Tusnica (k10) F001 BHRADIO1  1615km
 88.4 1407 MNE Radio Prva, Ulcinj/Mozura (UL) D2DE RADIO___ PR______  1877km **
 89.0 1408 ALB New Planet Radio 89 FM, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) 5400 RADIO___ CLASSIC_
               NEW_____ etc.  1964km
 89.5 1408 HRV HRT Radio Dubrovnik, Gruda/Sveti Ilija (du) C315 R-DUBROV  1785km **
 87.6 1409 MNE Antena M, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) 30FE ANTENA_M  1841km
 87.7 1409 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1  1456km
 88.0 1411 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Niksic/Tovic-Sudina Glava (NK) 63C1 Tovic___ Niksic__   1795km
 97.4 1412 MNE Star FM, Cetinje D455 STAR_FM_ **
 91.7 1416 BIH Federalni Radio, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) F012 RADIO-F_  1685km **
 91.0 1417 ALB Radio Tirana, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 5158 Scrolling RDS  1882km **
 90.5 1418 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2  1456km
 90.7 1418 MNE Atlas Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D222 _ATLAS__  1841km **
 90.0 1419 BIH Radio Kalman, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) F0F2 *KALMAN*  1685km **
 88.7 1420 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Sarajevo/Trebevic (sar) F042  1684km
 88.0 1421 SVN Slovenija 1, Krim (lj) 9201 and vocal ID  1295km
102.8 1423 BIH Bobar Radio, Sarajevo/Trebevic (sar) F0A3 *BOBAR*_  1684km **
103.0 1423 SVN Radio Aktual, Trdinov Vrh (nm) 944E  1356km **
107.8 1425 BIH Radio Kalman, Several transmitters listed F0F2 KALMAN*B   **
107.6 1426 ALB Radio Jehona, Shkodër/Tarabosh (shk) 959B O_JEHONA  1882km **
104.6 1428 BIH Soundset Studio 88, Mostar/Fortica (hgn) 1000 STUDIO88  1685km **
105.7 1428 MNE TDI Radio, Podgorica/Sjenica (PG) D246 T__D__I  1841km **
 89.3 1431 BIH Federalni Radio, Vlasic (sbs) F012  1600km **
 95.7 1436 BIH Federalni Radio, Sarajevo/Hum (sar) F012  1676km **
 96.8 1437 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Pljevlja/Tvrdas (PV) 63C1 ___RCG1_  1775km **
 97.2 1437 HRV Radio Kaj, Ivanscica 2 or Japetic  C31F __KAJ___   **
 98.7 1439 BIH Radio M, Sarajevo/Grdonj (sar) F079 RADIO_M_  1678km **
100.1 1440 BIH Radio Breza, Breza/Kolovaj (sar) F064 R.BREZA_  1654km **
100.3 1440 BIH BH Radio 1, Konjic/Lisin (hgn) F001 BHRADIO1  1661km **
101.0 1441 BIH Radio Bugojno, Bugojno/Gladov (sbs) RBUGOJNO  1612km **
 87.6 1442 MNE Radio Crne Gore 1, Savnik/Krnovska glavica (SN) 63C1 ___R__1_  1793km
 91.4 1444 BIH Radio Herceg Bosne, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje/Zekina gruda (sbs) F01B RADIO-__ 
               1629km **
 88.1 1451 MNE Radio Cool / Glas Rusije, Podgorica (PG) FFFF SRPSKI__  1841km **
 91.2 1451 BIH Radio Kalman, Konjic/Lisin (hgn) F0F2 ____AN__  1661km **
 87.5 1525 POL PR 1, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3211 ____NK__  1291km
 87.9 1526 POL PR 2, Walbrzych/G.Chelmiec II (DS) 3222 eleci_lu wadzi_lu  1117km
 87.8 1527 HRV Radio Zabok, Zabok/Grdenci (kr) C46C _ZABOK__  1371km
 88.0 1528 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_  1530km
 90.5 1528 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417 kultur__   1530km
 88.1 1529 HRV HRT Radio Sljeme, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C31C R-SLJEME  1381km
 89.0 1530 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hostálkovice (MO) 2203 _IMPULS_  1287km **
 89.0 1530 POL PR Radio Wroclaw, Bogatynia/G.Wysoka (DS) 3403  1033km **
 89.9 1530 BIH Vikom Radio, Bosanska Dubica/Gig (srp) B080 Z_KOM__C  1510km **
 89.9 1531 BIH RTRS Radio Republike Srpske, Udrigovo (srp) F042 RTRS-RRS  1645km
 88.3 1533 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 JEDYNKA_  1229km

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 93.0 0904  D  SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Classical, as web  593km
104.9 0905  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as 104.0  553km
 99.0 0907  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web. Almost noise free on peak  684km
107.4 0923  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) IDs between songs. Radio
               Wuppertal, 100% Wuppertal. Almost noise free  508km
107.6 0929  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Pops and YL, as 104.0  640km
107.0 0936  D  WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Decent peaks today. Almost noise free. As 106.7 
               592km
 95.3 0956 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch OMs, as 95.4 
               396km
 98.7 0958 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Ad break, as web  407km
107.3 1036 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) IDs galore, then Dutch music  292km
107.5 1037 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Dutch music, as web  296km
107.1 1039 HOL Radio Schouwen-Duiveland, Zierikzee/Silo Vissersdijk (zee) V weak,
               but pops, as web  296km
107.2 1046 BEL Radio Bingo, Roeselare/Zilverberg (vlg-wvl) Vocal ID after ad break  313km
107.9 1049 BEL VBRO, Torhout (vlg-wvl) Phone caller, as 107.3. Presume Torhout  297km
 88.4 1103 HOL Slam!FM, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) 82A5 SLAM!FM_  334km
 89.3 1104 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) ID after
               news  313km
 91.8 1105 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Jingle ID  313km

Unidentified:
 92.9 1413 MKD Radio Antena 5?, Unlisted site 4221 St__io__ **
 92.5 1415  ?  UNID,  3417 92______
100.4 1421  ?  UNID,  F078
101.7 1424  ?  UNID,  "Arabesque" said as if ID or programme name. Exotic sounding. Thought
               it was Arabic at one point.


** Personal Skegness 'First'

I had to go out this morning and missed most of the opening. I watched remotely, helpless as TeamViewer software just froze while Bulgaria was coming through. This was extremely annoying. After several attempts I finally managed to get CamStudio (I hate it with a passion) t record what was coming in on 87.6. An hour or two later, still connecting remotely, I stopped CamStudio to save the file. Of course it crashed and I lost the lot. So I swore (I did, believe me!) that I would invest in a full and registered version of Bandicam, so I did. That's the last time CamStudio messes up my DXing!

Luckily, my return home saw the Es opening still in progress and it was a decent top-of-the-band opening to the Balkans with quite a few personal firsts, some of which were less than 1kW. A bit of detective work solved most of my unids, though a few remain. Signals were very good, reaching 50dBf at best, without RF or IF boost!

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I made a YouTube video of the highlights at: Click here to watch
There were a few interesting station in there, notably:


11:28  92.5. Mono unid language? PI 3417. Partial PS 92______
15:44  89.9. ??
18:23 101.7. Arabic or similar?
31.19  90.7  Arabic?

The times above are references to the position of the video. Actual times are displayed in the GTK window. Help with these would be really appreciated.
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Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.

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