Band 2 Tropospheric:
91.6 0744 HOL Radio Veronica, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Presenters humour, ID
and pops 320km
93.9 0746 HOL RTV NH, Wieringerwerf/Robbenoordbos (nho) Enhanced this morning. Good signal
yet no RDS. 318km
96.2 0748 HOL NPO 3FM, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Mixing with North Norfolk Radio,
as 96.8 424km
96.4 0749 BEL VRT Klara, Schoten (vlg-ant) Rising above Heart, Bury St Edmunds, as 90.4 354km
98.4 0752 HOL NPO Radio 1, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Pops, as web 424km
98.7 0753 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Mike and The Mechanics song, as web.
Lyric FM off the rear remaining after fade 407km
99.1 0754 HOL 100% NL, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Pops, as 90.2 360km
99.4 0755 BEL Topradio, Gent/IVAGO Proeftuinstraat 43 (vlg-ovl) Pop song, as 105.5 333km
104.0 0757 HOL Radio 10, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) Down in the noise but pops as 103.8 304km
105.5 0758 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Dutch music and OM ID 296km
107.1 0855 BEL Topradio, Menen (vlg-wvl) Club tunez and OM, as 105.5. V weak 323km
107.3 0856 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Dutch songs, as 89.6 292km
98.2 0857 HOL NPO Radio 4, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) OM and classical, as 95.0 365km
90.2 0905 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Jingle ID after news 334km
87.6 0907 HOL Omroep Brabant, Mierlo/Torenweg-Alticom (nbr) Toto song, as web 406km
104.9 0916 BEL Hit FM, Oostkamp (vlg-wvl) Probably Oostkamp site. Jingle ID between pops 296km
103.6 0927 HOL Radio 10, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 83D2 RADIO_10 320km
101.7 0931 HOL Sky Radio, Breda/Alticom Mast (nbr) Ads and ID, as 101.9 349km
98.0 0940 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 86F0 DE______ 320km
93.3 0941 HOL Ujala Radio, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Indian music, as web 320km
93.6 0942 HOL Wild FM, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Pops, as web 320km
93.2 0943 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Jackie Wilson song, as web 365km
96.1 0945 HOL FunX, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Alesha Dixon song, just behind Wavre 320km
88.9 0946 HOL RTV NH, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Live discussion, as 93.9 320km
88.0 1046 D SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Scatter. Over Bonn for a change.
Pops, as web 629km
101.7 1054 D Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Scatter. Pops, ID and ads 628km
89.3 2242 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho)
8419 _WEST___ 313km
102.3 2300 HOL Amor FM, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Indian music, as web.
All Rotterdam stations now in my log 313km
89.2 2306 HOL Freez FM, Zwolle/Novec Mast (ove) Difficult, but clearly pops in //
with 98.7 398km
95.3 2332 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) OM talk, as 91.3 396km
Bits of Dutch tropo floating around today. Not a continuous tropo, but smaller bite-sized morsels, focusing on quite specific areas at a time. The band seemed to lack tropo at times, yet one or two transmitters would be nicely enhanced, so it was a case of being patient and wait for something to pop up. April 5th was still the best day in this spell by far.
During the latter part of the evening 87.6 revealed something vaguely operatic or maybe choral music. I wondered if this might be Kerkradio Apeldoorn. It's not in my log here, but I identified this 10 watter in Nottinghamshire on 15/07/2006. Central Netherlands was nicely enhanced at the time, so it might just have been. Kerkradio Apeldoorn is a religious station (Church Radio).
Good DX!
John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
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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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