Skegness Log: 20-09-14 (FM)

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


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


** Personal Skegness 'First'


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


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

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


Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.

Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.