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Saturday 31 October 2015

Skegness Log: 31-10-15 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 97.4 0002  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp)  D6A4 SWR4_KO_ 
               560km
 97.2 0003  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Deep voice OM, as web  739km
 95.4 0005  D  SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp)   D3A2 __SWR2__ 592km
 94.6 0007  D  MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web  712km
 94.4 0008  D  hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Scrolling PS with pop names  
               D361 __hr1___ 647km
 93.4 0014  D  Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) ID between pops  712km
 92.8 0015  D  SWR3, Bad Marienberg (rlp) SWR3 Popnacht ID  592km
 92.1 0021  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web  707km
 91.8 0023  D  WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Night service. Pops, as web  544km
 89.4 0024  D  NE-WS 89.4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) Pops, as web  488km
 89.2 0026  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pops, as 92.1  525km
 89.0 0028  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) Pops, as web  712km
 87.9 0029  D  MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Classical, as web  739km
105.3 0032  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM, as web  732km
107.9 0032  D  BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical, as web  732km
105.0 0033  D  Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) Pops, as web  698km
104.9 0034  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Rap n stuff, as web 
               innit!  553km
104.8 0035  D  hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops, as web  729km
107.3 0036  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops, as 107.4  729km
103.5 0037  D  RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as web  553km
103.0 0118  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) ID, etc. Good but no RDS  564km
 88.4 0132  D  WDR 2, Bergheim/Glessener Höhe (nrw) Presumed with NDR2 and WDR2 
               overnight service. Who else could be carrying this?  499km **
107.4 0141  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw)   D07B R_WUPPER 508km
106.8 0143  D  Hit Radio FFH, Driedorf/Höllberg (hes) Jingle ID  604km
 92.3 0147  D  WDR 2, Sackpfeife (Wittgenstein) [hes] (nrw) NDR2 WDR2 Die Nacht  612km **
104.0 0300  D  Radio RST, Tecklenburg (nrw) Time pips, ID on the hour  517km
105.0 0303  D  Radio Lippe Welle Hamm, Hamm/Gallberger Weg (nrw) ID Radio Lippe Welle Hamm, 
               after weather and traffic  534km **
107.7 0303  D  107.7 Radio Hagen, Hagen-Eilpe (nrw) ID after weather and traffic  526km
104.8 0500  D  osradio 104,8, Osnabrück/Dörenberg (nds) Time, OS Radio 104.8 ID  531km
 91.8 0716 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Pops, as web  703km
 91.1 0718 NOR NRK Petre, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) Pops, as 91.8  745km
 90.2 0721 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) OM and YL, as web  644km
 87.7 0723  D  NDR Info, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) OM and YL, as web  627km
 89.0 0724 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk-fyn) OM and YL, as 90.2  
               700km
 89.6 0726  D  NDR 1 Welle Nord, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Pops, as web  627km
 92.9 0727 DNK DR P3, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) YL and pops, as web  644km
 94.2 0728 NOR NRK P1, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) OM and YL, as web  703km
 95.0 0729 NOR NRK Petre, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) Pops, as 91.8  696km
 95.1 0730 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Outdoor interviews, as 
               90.2  617km
 96.1 0732  D  NDR Kultur, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) OM, as web  627km
 97.2 0733 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Danish pops, as web  617km
 98.7 0734 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro)   F202 703km
 99.9 0735 DNK DR P4, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web  617km
101.0 0736 NOR Radio Norge, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Jingle ID and irritating "Ho, Hey" 
               Lumineers song  703km
101.2 0737  D  Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Pops, as web  565km
102.0 0739 NOR Radio Norge, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) Jingle ID after irritating Lumineers 
               song  696km
102.1 0739 DNK Radio 24syv, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) OM, as web  617km
102.7 0740 DNK Radio 24syv, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) OM and YL, as 102.1  
               740km
102.8 0742 NOR P4 Radio Hele Norge, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) US OM interview, as web  
               745km
103.4 0742 DNK Nova, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) Pops, as web  644km
 88.3 0744 NOR NRK P2, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) OMs, as web  696km
 91.4 0745 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Thisted/Hanstholmvej 46 (njy) Just audible. YL, as 95.1  
               680km
 92.5 0747 NOR NRK P2, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) YL, as web  734km
 93.2 0748  D  NDR 2, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Pops, as web  627km
 93.3 0749 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) YL, as 95.1  740km
 96.8 0751 DNK DR P4, Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk-fyn) YL, as web  700km
 97.3 0752 NOR NRK P2, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) YL, as web  745km
 97.6 0752 NOR NRK P1, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va)   F201 696km
101.4 0756  D  R.SH, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) ID and news  626km
103.0 0804 DNK Radio 24syv, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) YL news, as 102.1  
               715km
100.6 0806  F  France Bleu Picardie, Abbeville/Limeux (80) OM and YL, as web  364km
 97.7 0810 DNK DR P4, Ølgod/Baunshøjvej 7/Baunshøj (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web  608km
 97.0 0821 NOR NRK Petre, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) Pops, as 91.8  734km
100.3 0824 DNK Radio 24syv, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) OM and YL, as 102.1  
               644km
104.9 0829 NOR P4 Radio Hele Norge, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) OM and pops, as 102.8  
               734km
 99.6 0910 NOR NRK P2, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) OMs, as 98.7  811km
 96.0 0912 NOR NRK P1, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) OM, as 94.2  811km
 92.6 0913 NOR NRK Petre, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Hysterical OMs, ID and pops  811km
101.8 0914 NOR Radio Norge, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Pops, as 102.0  811km
 91.7 0953 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) OMs, as web  715km
107.0 1008  G  Isle of Wight Radio, Chillerton Down (EN-IOW) Pops, as web  301km
107.5 1011  F  RTL, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) Two OM IDs  415km
107.9 1012  G  Jack FM 2, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Rap song, as web  193km
 87.6 1017  F  RMC, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) OMs, as web  406km 
 88.0 1020  F  Horizon, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles CV11 (62) ID and web address after 
               ads  344km
 91.1 1022  F  Skyrock, Dunkerque/Tour Emery (59) Jingle ID and (c)rap  274km
 91.8 1031  F  Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck/Kasteel Yvonne (59) Guitar music, as web  
               300km
 92.2 1035  F  Fun Radio, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) Ads, as web  275km
 92.8 1038  F  NRJ, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) Ads, as web  340km
 94.4 1049  G  Flames Radio, London pirate Shouting OM, as web
 89.8 1117  F  France Musique, Abbeville/Limeux (80) Classical, as 88.7  364km
 87.9 1122  F  Fun Radio, Yvetot-Autretot/le Bout du Haut (76) Ads and IDs  390km **
 97.2 1407  F  France Musique, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02)   F203 446km
 99.7 1408  F  France Culture, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) OM, as 98.0  446km
101.3 1408  F  France Bleu Picardie, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) YL ID  446km
 97.4 1409  F  France Culture, Abbeville/Limeux (80) OM, as 98.0  364km
104.5 1744 BEL VBRO, Oostende/Residentie De Mast (vlg-wvl) Dutch music and IDs  278km
105.3 1750 BEL Urgent.fm, Gent/UG Complex Ledeganck (vlg-ovl) Ghost Town song, as web  
               330km
106.6 1801  F  Radio Campus Lille, Lille/Cité Scientifique (59) Alternative music, as web  
               342km
 87.8 1830  F  France Bleu Nord, Lille/Wattignies (59) Phil Collins, as 94.7  335km
 89.8 1833  F  RDL, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) French pops, as 89.6  275km
 90.6 1838  G  Cyndicut, London pirate Old Skool Rave and ID **
 91.1 1857  F  France Inter, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02)   F201 __INTER_ 474km
107.3 1901 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) Jingle ID after news  292km
107.4 1902 BEL Family Radio, Ronse/Maarkedal (vlg-ovl) Tentative this site. Jingle ID after 
               news  348km **
106.9 1904  F  Skyrock, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62)   F214 SKYROCK_ 340km
101.7 1916 BEL Bel RTL, Oignies-en-Thiérache/Rue d'Olloy (wal-nam) Lively discussion, as 
               web  457km
107.0 2232  D  NDR 2, Röbel (mev) Pops, as 87.6  807km
106.9 2233  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Aurich-Haxtum (nds) OM, as web  475km

** Personal First

Recordings:
91.8 Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck 1030 31-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/t957979imbp7f2seaofi7x6p2lddcfag

104.5 VBRO, Oostende 1744 31-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/wegi53hecxhsqpnffl2za3u29qp45tcl

The second day of the tropo and conditions are becoming quite widespread, jumping quickly from one area to another. Sometimes the conditions will die away quite suddenly, only to return a few minutes later. I wonder if this has something to do with the variable amounts of mist and fog we have experienced today.

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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.

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 30 October 2015

Skegness Log: 30-11-15 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 92.7 1914  F  France Inter, Neufchâtel-en-Bray/Croixdalle (76)   F201 PS 
               logged: __INTER_ 381km
 92.1 1924  F  France Musique, Laval/Mont Rochard (53) Classical, as 88.7  551km
 92.2 1926  F  France Musique, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) Classical, as 88.7  646km
 97.8 1935  F  France Culture, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) As 98.0. (Nothing from Brest on 
               their freqs)  646km
 88.0 1942  F  France Culture, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61) OM, as 98.0  498km
 91.0 1943  F  France Musique, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61) Classical, as 88.7  498km
 91.8 1944  F  France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Classical, as 88.7  672km
103.2 1946  F  France Bleu Berry, Bourges/Neuvy (18) OM, as web  672km
 91.1 2103  F  France Inter, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) ID  474km
 91.6 2103  D  SWR3, Koblenz/Waldesch (rlp) ID  590km
 90.6 2104  D  hr1, Hardberg (hes) Das wetter im Hessen  712km
 89.6 2106  F  RDL, Saint-Omer/Racquinghem (62) French music, as web  306km
 93.3 2113  F  Rire et Chansons, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Le comedy, as le web  
               285km
 95.5 2114  F  France Bleu Nord, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Discussion, as web  
               285km
 96.5 2117  F  Skyrock, Saint-Omer/Asdoit (62) Phone-in, as 106.9  295km
 97.2 2117  F  RFM, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Patrice Rushen song, as web  299km
 99.0 2121 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Monty Python song, as web  
               370km
105.9 2124  F  Europe 1, Caen/Colombelles (14) Presumed Caen. OMs, as web  442km
105.3 2130  F  France Info, Falaise/Villers-Canivet (14) Presumed site based on bearing 
               and conditions. As 105.2  473km **
102.8 2131  G  Diverse FM (Luton CR), Luton/Farley Hill (EN-BEF) ID and jingle ID. 
               Very diverse beats!  151km **
101.6 2136  F  NRJ, Flers/la Chapelle-Biche (61) Jingle ID and ads  498km
 87.6 2219  F  RMC, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) OMs, as web  406km
 87.8 2220  F  Mouv', Caen/Colombelles (14) Jazzy music, as web  442km
 88.0 2222  F  Radio Classique, Calais/246, rue Mollien (62) Classical, as web  266km
 89.2 2224  F  Radio Cristal, Falaise/Fourneaux-le-Val (14) Adele song, just detectable, 
               as web  478km **
 89.8 2228  F  Radio Albatros, Fécamp/Touissant (76) Distinctive classical music, as web  
               380km **
 92.0 2235  F  Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) French song, jingle ID  
               288km
 99.0 2247  F  Sea FM, Villedieu-les-Poêles/réservoir (50) Jingle ID between pops  
               486km **
101.4 2251  F  NRJ, Caen/Colombelles (14) Pops, as web  442km
103.2 2252  F  Radio Cristal, Caen/Colombelles (14) Pops, as web  442km
105.5 2254  F  France Info, Caen/Colombelles (14) Presume Caen. Jingle ID  442km
 87.8 2259  F  Radio Courtoisie, Cherbourg-Octeville/Bélier (50) Gregorian chant, as web  
               415km

** Personal First

Recordings:
99.0 Sea FM, Villedieu-les-Poêles 2246 30-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/ed5uxlyqoer85ixf9oae3csdjlohaqi4

A nice, tightly focused tropo opening to northern France with some interesting vertical reception.

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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.

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 29 October 2015

Skegness Log: 29-10-15 (MW)

1650 0458 CAN CINA Mississauga (ON) CINA ID in pile-up Weak  5683 km **
 680 0500 USA WRKO Boston (MA) WRKO Boston ID under CFTR Fair  5239 km **
 680 0500 CAN CFTR 680 News, Toronto/Grimsby (ON) Weather then Six Eighty News Toronto ID 
                   Fair  5712 km
 730 0500 CAN CKAC Radio Circulation, Montréal/Pointe-Calumet (QC) ID - La journal du 
                   Montreal, Radio Circulation, etc.  Fair  5203 km
 790 0500 USA WAXY The Ticket, South Miami (FL) Presumed with ESPN Radio ID Fair  7158 km
 820 0500 CAN CHAM Funny 820, Hamilton (ON) Funny Eight Twenty is CHAM Hamilton ... a 
                   division of Bell Media ID Weak  5729 km **
1140 0500 USA WQBA La Voz de Miami, Miami (FL) WQBA Miami ID in Spanish accent heard in 
                   pile-up Fair  7147 km
1190 0500 CLM HJCV Radio Cordillera, Bogotá D. C. (bdc) ID on the hour Weak  8566 km
1200 0500 CAN CFGO TSN 1200, Ottawa (ON) The stars of tomorrow, today, TSN Twelve Hundred, 
                   the ... right here ... this is TSN Twelve Hundred, the 67 ... (?) CFGO 
                   AM Ottawa, a Bell Media radio station ID Fair     5334 km
1510 0500 USA WLAC Newsradio 1510, Nashville (TN) ID - WLAC Nahville ... News ... Now. 
                   Under Boston Fair  6686 km
1540 0500 USA KXEL Waterloo (D) (IA) Rush Limbaugh promo. ID - The Voice Of Eastern Iowa, 
                   Newstalk Fifteen Forty, KXEL Waterloo, Cedar falls, Cedar Rapids.  
                   Fair  6547 km
1670 0500 USA WOZN 106.7FM/1670AM The Zone, Madison (WI) Live from ... premiership, Two 
                   calls given, WOZN heard. Difficult under strong blank carrier Weak  
                   6312 km **
 650 0502 CAN CKGA Gander (NL) Relay of 590 VOCM Fair  3775 km
1700 0605 USA WRCR AM 1700 Radio Rockland, Spring Valley (NY) WRCR call heard in pile-up, 
                   mentioning Spring Valley.  Weak  5516 km **
 970 0700 USA WZAN Portland/Sunset Park (ME) Nine Seventy WZAN Portland IDs. CBS News Fair  
                   5105 km
1120 0700 USA KMOX Saint Louis (MO) Muffled ID on fade: The voice of Missouri ... Eleven 
                   Twenty KMOX. Mentioning 102.5 in the ID. Weak  6690 km
1190 0700 USA WOWO Fort Wayne (IN) Mentions of Fort Wayne and Wowo (spoken as if a word) 
                   Weak  6228 km
1280 0700 USA WNAM Neenah-Menasha (WI) WNAM Neenah-Menasha ID just heard in 1278 splash Fair  
                   6179 km
1430 0700 USA WXNT CBS Sports 1430, Indianapolis (IN) ID - WXNT AM Indianapolis, W... 
                   (FM call?) Indianapolis.  Weak  6369 km **
1580 0700 CAN CKDO Oshawa (ON) Classic Hits CKDO inset between oldies Fair  5613 km
1630 0700 USA KCJJ Iowa City (IA) Pops, then KCJJ News mentioned just after the top of the 
                   hour Weak  6546 km
1640 0700 USA WSJP Relevant Radio, Sussex (WI) Relevant Radio IDs Weak  6237 km **
1700 0700 USA KVNS Brownsville (Villa Nueva) (TX) ID - This is KVNS Brownsville ....Valley. 
                   Sports Seventeen Hundred Weak  8225 km
1650 0701 USA KCNZ 1650 The Fan, Cedar Falls (IA) Fox Sports and 1650 The Fan IDs Fair  
                   6536 km **

** Personal 'First'

More Beverage tests. This time from a run along a line of trees just to the south of town. I haven't created a separate FM List logbook for this as the land falls within my home grid locator anyway - JO03dd. The location is 2 km from home. Once again, I recorded medium wave simultaneously at home on my FDM-S2 and, once again, there was no comparison. 1130 WBBR and 1520 WWKB were the highlights.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Croft Bank, 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:
Microtelecom Perseus SDR

Aerials:
255 metre Beverage, three metres agl, towards 305 degrees.

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Comparing a Short Beverage Antenna to a Flag Antenna at Home

An audio comparison demonstrating reception differences between a short Beverage antenna out in the wilds and a standard flag antenna used at home. Click here to hear the recording.


Taking advantage of a useful line of trees


It's the first time I have tried a simultaneous DXing exercise, listening both at home and on a Beverage antenna, six miles from home. I knew there would be differences, but even this short Beverage have some surprising results.

The receiver at home was an Elad FDM-S2. The receiver at the field was a Perseus SDR.

Correction: I incorrectly state that the Beverage antenna was 180 metres in length. It was actually 136 metres. 

Tuesday 27 October 2015

Skegness Log: 27-10-15 (FM (Candlesby Hill DX Trip)

Mini-DXpedition Log: Candlesby Hill:
 612 1700 TWN Radio Taiwan Int./Radio France Int., Lukang (CH) OM laughing, etc. 
              As 1098. Under Spain V weak  9683 km
 819 1600 TWN BCC News Network, Taitung (TT) Interval signal under Holland V weak  
              9846 km
 891 1500 TWN BCC Local Tainan, Tainan (TN) Interval signal and ID V weak  9759 km
 927 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Taichung (TC) Interval signal under pile-up 
              V weak  9698 km
 972 1800 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Familiar music, OM & YL 
              ID. Totally dominant a minute later Fair  8742 km
1017 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Hsinchu (HC) Interval signal V weak  9633 km
1044 1500 CHN China Radio Int., Changzhou/SARFT623 (JS) Interval signal heard 
              V weak  8942 km
1098 1600 TWN R.Taiwan Int./R.Free Asia/Ikuan Tao/RFI, Kouhu (YL) Time signal and 
              OM ID, including usual RTI News ID  Fair  9720 km
1134 1700 KOR HLKC KBS 3 Radio, Hwaseong (gye) Time signal, music and KBS ID 
              V weak  8726 km
1143 1500 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Time 
              signal and clear YL ID Weak  9681 km
1296 1500 TWN BCC News Network, Tainan (TN) Interval signal under Birmingham/Langley 
              Mill V weak  9759 km
1557 1500 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) Oriental YL, time 
              signal Fair  9720 km
1575 1600 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) ID and Yankee 
              Doodle before programme in other language Fair  9418 km
1593 1500 CHN CNR 1, Changzhou/SARFT623 (JS) Presumed with standard Beijing YL 
              announcement Fair  8942 km

First mini-DXpedition log from Candlesby Hill, near Skegness, Lincolnshire. This will probably be the last trip there too as the location is slighty too exposed for my personal liking, but it povides two very useful hedgerows.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Mobile, Candlesby Hill, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03be) <75m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receivers:
Microtelecom Perseus SDR Receiver

Antenna:
135 metre Beverage at 44 degrees

Monday 26 October 2015

Skegness Log: 26-10-15 (MW)

Medium Wave Log:
 680 0500 USA WRKO, Boston (MA) " ... on WRKO Boston", heard under CFTR Weak  5239 km **
1670 0500 USA WOZN 106.7FM/1670AM The Zone, Madison (WI) "WOZN Madison ... WOZN (?) (somewhere 
              else!)" Mixing UNID Fox sports station Weak  6312 km **
1700 0500 USA WRCR AM 1700 Radio Rockland, Spring Valley (NY) ID "AM 17 hundred WRCR ... ?? 
              Headline news".  Fair  5516 km **
 790 0530 USA WAXY The Ticket, South Miami (FL) Miami ads and promos, ESPN ID on the half 
              hour Fair  7158 km
1180 0530 USA WHAM, Rochester/Brook Road (NY) ID - "Newsradio Wham Eleven Eighty" Good  5605 km
1380 0530 CAN CKPC, Brantford (ON) 13-80 CKPC ID on the half hour. Country music format. Thanks 
              Odd-Jorgen Sagdahl and Jan Alvestad for help. Fair 5767 km **
1700 0601 USA WJCC Radio Mega, Miami Springs (FL) YL ID "Radio Mega WJCC Seventeen Hundred" 
              Fair  7128 km **
1640 0602 USA WTNI 96.7 The Champ ESPN Radio, Biloxi (Gulfport) (MS) ESPN Radio ID Weak  
              7294 km
1660 0602 USA WQLR 1660 The Fan, Kalamazoo (MI) References to The Fan and Fox Sports Weak  
              6146 km **
1690 0602 CAN CJLO Underground Radio, Montréal (QC) YL "For more information .... visit
              cjlo.com". 
"This has been a CJLO Production". Mixing CHTO Fair  5188 km
1570 0604 MEX XERF-AM La Poderosa, Ciudad Acuña (coa) Lengthy ID by YL, then OM: Call letters, 
              power, frequency, "La Poderosa" ID, etc.  Good  8138 km
1580 0604 CAN CKDO, Oshawa (ON) CKDO jingle between Patrick Hernandez & Elvis songs
              Fair  5613 km

1650 0604 USA KCNZ 1650 The Fan, Cedar Falls (IA) Fox Sports. (Better on LSB to avoid
              huge signal 
from CINA) Fair  6536 km **
1630 0605 USA KKGM, Fort Worth (TX) ID - "It's the place for modern gospel music for Dallas Fort 
              Worth, 16-30 KKGM" Weak  7605 km
1540 0606 USA KXEL, Waterloo (D) (IA) Weather, "15-40 KXEL" ID.  Good  6547 km
1630 0606 USA KCJJ, Iowa City (IA) 16-30 KCJJ ID then sung KCJJ jingle Weak  6546 km **
 820 0640 CAN CHAM Funny 820, Hamilton (ON) "Funny 8-20" ID and comedy sketches Fair  5729 km **
 570 0643 CUB Radio Reloj, Santa Clara/CTOM1 (vc) RR in morse code penetrating the noise. Two 
              other UNID stations present. One with pops, the other a US talker Vweak  7388 km
 970 0653 USA WZAN, Portland/Sunset Park (ME) WZAN IDs after announcements. Mixing another 
              English station. Fair  5105 km
1320 0654 CAN CJMR, Oakville (ON) Presumed with Indian programming Fair  5703 km
 800 0656 CAN VOWR, Saint John (NL) OM VOWR ID between nostalgic toons Fair  3727 km **
 890 0656 USA WLS, Chicago/Tinley Gardens Park (IL) ID - "You have a voice .... 89 WLS" 
              Fair  6334 km
1430 0700 USA WXNT CBS Sports 1430, Indianapolis (IN) WXNT Indinapolis and WZPL(?)
              also mentioned 
in ID Weak  6369 km **
1510 0700 USA WLAC Newsradio 1510, Nashville (TN) "This is Newsradio 15-10 WLAC Nashville Fox 
              News NOW!" Fair  6686 km
1520 0500 USA KOKC Oklahoma City OK. TENTATIVE. OM and CBS News jingle under WWKB Weak 7413 km
1071 1730 IND All India Radio GOS, Rajkot (GJ) OM ID Fair  6716 km (received at home)

** Personal first

This log is the result of a mobile DX trip, thie files from which I had forgotten.

The band was full of transatlantic signals, with more than one transatlantic station being on many frequencies. This log represents the more interesting catches and regularly heard stations are omitted.

This was another frustrating DX session as most top of the hour recordings didn't happen because of problems with the laptop I was using at the time. Pressing the record button on the Perseus usually resulted in the laptop freezing and in need of a reboot. Still, there are some new stations in the log which I have not received in Skegness before.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com

Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 SDR Receiver
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag (home) Various Beverage antennas 'on location' in rural Lincolnshire.

Es Path Symmetry

I've been wanting to write about a visual phenomenon I often see on the FM List Visual Logbooks during Es openings. The problem I have in demonstrating this is that you really need to see this particular display live, as it happens, as the Visual Logbook will quickly fill up with additional propagation paths and the general effect becomes fuzzy and lost as the propagation path moves.

Now, I expect this phenomenon is already widely understood in amateur radio circles. It's just that I have never come across it before and, even after asking a few ham operators, not one of them said they were aware of this effect.

What is it? Well, I can only describe it as a symmetrical propagational pattern, maybe there's even a circular pattern in this too, as you will hopefully see. The best way I can demonstrate this pattern is to show you graphics of the early stages of a few Es openings from this summer. Let's start with a fairly obvious one - yesterday's Es opening:


Note the central region in this propagation 'spread' which covers a circular-ish effect in southern Spain. There is a main band of propagation. Note also the two outer flanks. It's probably not so easy to see the circle, but you should see a kind of elliptical effect. Bear with me on this as it's not so clear once the propagation path has moved around, as it did today, but you can see this effect better with just a few minutes of Es, and also thanks to having a broadband SDR receiver which lets you see this pattern more readily.


Moving on to 2015-06-20:



Another example of symmetry. Even a circle again.


Then 2015-06-14:




And hopefully still as obvious, this more prolonged opening:



This time the opening was fairly stable and you can see two broad paths of reception, with two flanks at either side.Again, roughly symmetrical


There are many better examples of this, but the clarity is lost as the opening continues and the symmetry is buried under an ever-increasing mass of lines. As I say, you really need to take a snapshot over just a few minutes - five or less, then the effect is much, much clearer. I cannot separate the time slots on the daily FM List logbooks, hence using these four images which offer the best examples I could find, but I do see this very pattern with virtually all Es openings.

What does it tell us though? It certainly doesn't say that the areas between the lines, where nothing was received, don't have any radio stations. That's clearly not the case at all.

Perhaps it's possible to get a good idea of the shape of an Es cloud from this.

Hopefully this is of interest - and it's probably something which is already understood, or is SDR technology now showing us something we haven't previously been able to see?

Sunday 25 October 2015

Skegness Log: 25-10-15 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 87.7 1144  E  Europa FM, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E2ED EUROPAFM 1591km
 87.9 1144  E  M80 Radio, Alagón (ARA-Z) E21E 1270km
 88.4 1144  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Caravaca de la Cruz (MUR-MU) E212 ????CLAS 1680km
 88.4 1144 MRC MFM Oriental, Taourirt (otl) 1283 __MFM___ 2102km
 90.4 1144  E  Canal Fiesta Radio, Carboneras/Mesa del Roldán (AND-AL) E331 1810km
 90.6 1144  E  Solo Radio, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E1E2 ?H????IN 1630km
 91.8 1144  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E211 RNE_1___ 1590km
 92.7 1144  E  Kiss FM, Albacete (CAM-AB) E2EC KISS_FM_ 1584km
 93.6 1144  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E212 RNE-CLAS 1590km
 94.4 1144  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) Classical, as 93.6  1762km
 94.6 1144  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Alpicat (CAT-L) OM, as 94.7  1277km
 95.0 1144  E  AB 95 FM, Albacete (CAM-AB) IDd as Albacete Noventa y Cinco. E206 AB?????? 
               1584km
 95.3 1144  E  SER, Lorca (MUR-MU) PI reg logged: E639 __SER___ 1727km
 95.4 1144  E  Cadena 100, Albacete (CAM-AB) E2CE CAD-100_ 1581km
 96.3 1144  E  RNE Radio 3, La Muela (ARA-Z) E213 R?dio_?? 1290km
 96.6 1144 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Boukhouali (Taourirt) (otl) 1201 SNRT-Nat 2105km
 96.9 1144  E  Radio María, Madrid/Torre de Valencia (MAD-M) E1CC R.Maria_ 1447km
 97.0 1144  E  Radio María, Lorca (MUR-MU) OM and YL, as 96.9  1731km
 97.1 1144  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Águilas (MUR-MU) E212 RN????AS 1748km
 97.2 1144  E  SER, Caravaca de la Cruz (MUR-MU) EA39  1678km
 97.5 1144  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E211 1630km
 97.5 1144 MRC Médi 1, Boukhouali (Taourirt) (otl) 1281 2105km
 97.8 1144  E  Radio Vida, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E080 R._VIDA_ ALBACETE 
               97.8_FM_ __968___ _353030_ 1591km
 99.5 1145  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) E215 RNE_5-AL 1762km
100.3 1145  E  SER, Benidorm/Serra Gelada (VAL-A) Slightly different PS to the one listed  
               E239 __SER___ 1623km
100.7 1145  E  Onda Regional Murcia, Cehegín (MUR-MU) PI unlisted in FM List  E201 1682km
101.0 1145 MRC MFM Oriental, Oujda/Meghrez (otl) 1283 __MF???? 2057km
101.5 1145  E  RNE Radio 3, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E213 1630km
102.4 1145  E  Radio Castilla La Mancha, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E396 ??DI???? ??ST???? 
               1630km
102.9 1145 MRC Médi 1, Oujda/Meghrez (otl) 1281 _MEDI_1_ 2057km
103.9 1145  E  RNE Radio 3, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) E213 1762km
104.0 1145  E  Radio Castilla La Mancha, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E396 
               RADIO___ CASTILLA LAMANCHA RCM_____ 1590km
 93.4 1147 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Boukhouali (Taourirt) (otl) 1202 SNRT-Int 2105km
 96.4 1147  E  Radiolé, Albacete (CAM-AB) Vocal ID  1584km
 97.4 1147  E  COPE, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E2CA __COPE__ 1591km
 88.0 1148  E  Canal Fiesta Radio, Vélez-Rubio (AND-AL) E331 1732km
 88.1 1148  E  Onda Cero, Chinchilla de Monte Aragón (CAM-AB) E2EE ONDACERO 1590km
 88.8 1148  E  SER, Almería (AND-AL) Briefly over Belmont  E239 1812km
 89.2 1148  E  COPE, Lorca (MUR-MU) Lorca ads  E2CA 1729km
 89.6 1148  E  Los 40 Principales, Albacete-Norte (CAM-AB) E235 CU??EN?? 1579km
 89.9 1148  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Hellín/Peña Losa (CAM-AB) E215 ??E_???? 1630km
 90.8 1148  E  M80 Radio, Albacete (CAM-AB) Not the listed PI code  E230 1584km
 91.1 1148  E  Onda Regional Murcia, Caravaca de la Cruz (MUR-MU) E201 1678km
 91.2 1148  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Huércal-Overa (AND-AL) E211 RNE_1___ 1762km
103.2 1149  E  Radio Andalucía Información, Almería (AND-AL) E333 1827km
104.8 1149  E  Canal Sur Radio, Pechina/Sierra Alhamilla (AND-AL) E332 CANALSUR ALMERIA_ 
               1810km
102.5 1153  E  Canal Fiesta Radio, Pechina/Sierra Alhamilla (AND-AL) E331 C.FIESTA 1810km
 97.8 1154  E  Radio Castilla La Mancha, Villanueva de la Jara (CAM-CU) E396 RADIO___ 
               CASTILLA LAMANCHA RCM_____ 1535km
 99.9 1154 MRC Médi 1, Zaio (otl) 1281 _MEDI_1_ 2036km
 91.8 1155  E  Cadena Dial, Baza/Cerro del Jabalcón (AND-GR) Different PI to that in FM List  
               E237 DIAL____ 1750km
 94.0 1155  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Munera (CAM-AB) E211 RN?????? 1584km
 96.4 1155  E  Radio Sierra, La Puerta de Segura/Yelmo (AND-J) FFFF R_????RA ?4??9??? 
               1672km
 87.6 1156  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Benidorm/Serra Gelada (VAL-A) E211 1623km
 87.6 1156  E  Candil Radio, Huércal de Almería (AND-AL) EB02 Candil__ 1822km
 89.0 1156  E  Canal Fiesta Radio, La Puerta de Segura/Yelmo (AND-J) E331 C.Fi???? 1672km
 89.5 1156  E  Canal Fiesta Radio, Macael-Cantera de la Alta (AND-AL) Fiesta music, as 89.0  
               1773km
 89.6 1156 MRC Médi 1, Nador (otl) PS different to FM List  1281 _M?????? 2016km
 89.6 1156  E  Onda Cero, Melilla (MEL-ML) E2EE ONDACERO 2002km
 92.2 1156  E  SER, Melilla (MEL-ML) Different PS to FM List  E239 SER_____ 2002km
 88.0 1200  E  SER, Tarancón (CAM-CU) Different PS to FM List  E239 __SER___ 1483km
 90.6 1200  E  Cadena Dial, Villacarrillo (AND-J) E274 1804km
 91.4 1200  E  Radio Surco, Tomelloso (CAM-CR) E206 R.SURCO_ 1579km
 92.2 1200  E  SER, Las Pedroñeras (CAM-CU) Top of the hour ID  1538km
 92.6 1200  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Baza/Cerro del Jabalcón (AND-GR) Full ID on the hour  
               1750km
 97.1 1200  E  M80 Radio, Las Pedroñeras (CAM-CU) E230 M80RADIO LAMANCHA TFNO:600 5595____ 
               1541km
 89.3 1204  E  Radiolé, Linares/La Esperanza (AND-J) E226 RA??OL?? 1700km
 89.8 1204  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Herencia Navajo (CAM-CR) Presumed with classical  1566km
 90.0 1204  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) Presumed with classical  
               1740km
 91.6 1204  E  Radio Andalucía Información, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E333 1740km
 92.0 1204  E  Onda Cero, Granada/San Gabriel (AND-GR) E2EE 1800km
 98.6 1205  E  Radio Castilla La Mancha, Valdepeñas/Cabeza de Buey (CAM-CR) E396 RCM_____ 
               1637km
 99.5 1205  E  Europa FM, Granada/San Gabriel (AND-GR) E2ED 1800km
100.6 1208  E  Canal Sur Radio, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E332 1740km
101.4 1208  E  Radio Alhendín FM, Cerro de las Eras (AND-GR) E088 1811km
102.8 1208  E  Radio Radio Network, Las Gabias (AND-GR) 22DE 1809km
 90.0 1210  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E212 RNE-CLAS 1740km
 93.3 1212  E  Kiss FM, La Guardia/Peña de San Cristóbal (AND-J) E2EC KISS_FM_ 1742km
 93.8 1212  E  Radiolé, Alhaurin el Grande/Sierra de Mijas (AND-MA) Jinglel ID  1879km
 94.2 1212  E  COPE, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E2CA __COPE__ 1740km
 96.0 1212  E  RNE Radio 3, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E213 Radio_?? 1740km
 98.6 1212 MRC MFM Oriental, Al Hoceïma/Palomas (tht) 1283 __MFM___ 2022km
 95.3 1213 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, Al Hoceïma/Palomas (tht) 1B01 2022km
 88.5 1215 MRC Médi 1, Al Hoceïma/Palomas (tht) Presumed with Arab/French OM  2022km
 91.1 1215  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Illora/Monte Parapanda (AND-GR) E212 RN?????? 1791km

Unidentified:
 93.2 1148  E? PI: F0F0. PI search suggests Radio Maria from the Canaries ?? I doubt 
               conditions would have supported this.
107.4 1149  E  PI: 0218
102.3 1153 MRC SNRT Quran, ? FM List PI search suggests this is AOE 1204 SNRT-Cor
 90.4 1156  E  PI: E7E5 Rap music
 93.2 1200  E  PI: FF28 TROPIC@L

An unexpected Es opening to Spain and Morocco! I understand this is the third Es opening this week. I was by the receiver during one of the other openings and I did not receive anything. The other I was out. Unusual to have so many Es openings so far away from the main season.

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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.

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.

Skegness Log: 25-10-15 (MW)

 711 1700 TWN BCC Country Network, Tainan (TN) Interval signal just peeping through
              the noise Vweak  9753 km


1566 1700 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) FEBC jingle and time pips. YL ID Fair  9067 km

1575 1700 THA Voice of America, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle theme in Radio
              Farda gap Weak  9410 km


 972 1900 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Time signal and ID Weak  8740 km

East Asia gently returns to medium wave this afternoon. But of all these, only VOA Thailand has been heard consistently over the last few days. Listen for the Yankee Doodle theme behind Radio Farda. 1700 is currently the most favourable 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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.

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 24 October 2015

Skegness Log: 24-10-15 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 92.0 0259  D  Radio PSR, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Full toh ID  881km
 88.0 0300  D  BR Klassik, Gelbelsee (bay) Bayerischer Rundfunk ID and gong.   905km **
 88.4 0300  D  Bayern 2, Pfaffenberg (bay) YL ID  712km
 91.1 0300  D  SWR2, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert from BRF  835km
 91.8 0300  D  SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert  813km
 92.2 0300  D  SWR3, Stuttgart-Degerloch (bwü) SWR3 overnight service  789km
 92.6 0300  D  SWR2, Blauen (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert  793km
 92.8 0300  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk ID  904km
 92.9 0300  D  UNID, SWR1, Langenbrand or Mühlacker SWR1 ID
 93.8 0400  D  SWR2, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) SWR2 ID  586km
 94.3 0400  D  SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) SWR3 ID  PI logged: D3A3 813km
 94.8 0400 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) ORF Radio Salzburg ID. 
               Noise free  1080km
 95.3 0400  D  YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes)   PI logged: D366 712km
 95.8 0400  D  Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay)   PI logged: D313 942km
 95.8 0400  D  WDR 5, Ederkopf (nrw) Full ID on the hour  592km
 96.5 0400  D  SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) SWR3 ID  786km
 96.8 0400  D  Bayern 1, Hoher Bogen (bay) Bayern Eins ID  975km
 97.3 0400  F  France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Vocal ID  709km
 97.5 0400  D  MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) MDR Info ID  768km
 97.8 0400  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) SWR Eins Baden 
               Württemberg ID  717km
 98.1 0400  D  SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) SWR3 ID  835km
 98.6 0400  D  WDR 5, Olsberg (nrw) WDR Funf ID  592km
 98.8 0400  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) SWR Eins Baden Württemberg ID  786km
 99.0 0400 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) OE3 ID  1080km
 99.1 0400  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp)  D3A1 SWR1_R?_ 656km
 88.4 0500  D  MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) MDR Figaro ID  843km
 89.1 0500 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Radio Zurnal ID on the hour  947km
 89.8 0500  D  MDR JUMP, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Full ID on the hour  904km
 90.0 0500  D  SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Full ID on the hour  593km
 90.4 0500  D  MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Full ID on the hour  843km **
 90.7 0500  D  Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311  942km
 91.5 0500  D  MDR JUMP, Brocken (san)   PI logged: D3C2 PS logged: MDR_JUMP 712km
 91.6 0500  D  Bayern 2, Hoher Bogen (bay) Full ID on the hour  975km
 92.1 0500  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds)   PI logged: D382 PS logged: _NDR_2__ 707km
 93.8 0600  D  SWR3, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Full ID on the hour  799km
 94.2 0600  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Full ID on the hour  793km
 94.8 0600  D  Bayern 1, Bamberg/Geisberg (bay) Full ID on the hour  826km **
 95.0 0600  D  hr-info, Rimberg (hes) Full ID on the hour  678km
 95.2 0600  D  MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Full ID on the hour  793km
 95.9 0600  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbiet (rlp) Full ID on the hour  685km
 96.0 0600  D  Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay)   PI logged: D312 865km
 96.3 0600  D  Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Full ID on the hour  732km
 96.7 0600  D  hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Full ID on the hour. Clobbering semi-local 
               KLFM  647km
 87.6 0700  D  BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Full ID on the hour  878km
 92.0 0700  D  SWR2, Donnersberg (rlp) Full ID on the hour  656km
 94.7 0800  D  Bayern 3, Hoher Bogen (bay) Full ID on the hour  975km
 96.9 0800  D  MDR JUMP, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Still dominating Viking FM  793km
 98.5 0800  D  Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) Full ID on the hour  1024km
 98.7 0800  D  AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) D04E AFNEAGLE  
               D04E AFNEAGLE 647km
 90.3 1006  F  France Musique, Sarrebourg/le Donon (57) OM, as 88.7  704km **
 88.2 1008  D  Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) YL, as web  812km
 93.4 1018  D  Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Harry Chapin song, as web  712km
 92.7 1019  D  hr3, Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web  712km
 92.5 1021  D  MDR Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Suddenly over Manningtree  739km
 91.7 1022  D  MDR Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Tepid Chocolate song, as 92.5  793km
106.9 1027  D  B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) OM, as 105.3  942km
105.7 1028  D  B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) OM, as 105.7  1024km
 98.4 1030  D  SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) ID and Stephan Hauer  748km
100.9 1035  D  Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D368  729km
 91.4 1039 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Wet Wet Wet song, as web  947km
105.0 1046  D  Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) Jingle ID  698km
104.1 1047 CZE Frekvence 1, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Just hiding behind UNID  947km
101.9 1053  D  Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) D318 Swamping Peterborough  729km
100.3 1054  D  Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) Planet Radio promo  677km
 99.0 1057  F  France Culture, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) I was convinced I heard this
               yesterday 
but just assumed I was imagining it. Choppy signal but
               clear. Several 30 second 
slow fade-ins/outs, as 98.0 in Hoher Meissner
               fade.  1149km **

 99.0 1114  F  France Bleu Périgord, Bergerac/Audrix (24) YL, as web  921km

** Personal 'First'

I am so glad I made several top of the hour recordings overnight. Had I not done this I would not have logged two new Bavarian sites: Gelbelsee and Bamberg.

Plzen was still instantly RDSing at 0300 and 0400. Austria also peaked nicely at 0400. There were still plenty of few strong signals around, but my biggest surprise was the reception of France Culture, Marseille, on 99.0! I was so sure I heard this yesterday but for some reason I couldn't log it. I thought it was my imagination or some tropo-like meteor burst. The signal returned three times this morning and for about 30 seconds each time. Clearly not meteor scatter at all. The tropo maps did not suggest this path would be available to me, but then this was the super-tropo which nobody forecast! Even more surprising was the return of France Bleu Perigord from Bergerac, also on 99.0, which came back to dominate 99.0 shortly afterwards.

May we have another tropo like this very soon!

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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.

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 23 October 2015

Skegness Log: 23-10-15 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 99.8 0921  F  France Inter, Metz/Luttange (57) Lively French chat, as 103.7  599km
106.8 0922  F  France Info, Metz/Luttange (57) OM, as 105.2  599km
106.2 0923 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Italian phone caller, as 107.8  892km
106.3 0924  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Jingle ID  707km
 98.4 0929  F  France Culture, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL, as 98.0  842km
 92.4 0933  F  France Musique, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) Classical, as 88.7  917km
 87.7 0934  F  France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) YL and OM, as 98.0. Noisy  709km
 88.2 0935  F  France Culture, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) YL, as 98.0  853km
 99.9 0936 SUI RTS La Première, Säntis (ar) Brief peak over Radio Norwich  917km
 98.7 0938  F  France Inter, Besançon/Montfaucon (25) YL and OM, as 98.0  774km
 97.4 0945  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR_  712km
 99.0 0946  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) YL and phone caller, as web  684km
 99.5 0946  D  NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) YL, as web  707km
 95.4 0950 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) 43B2  917km
105.6 0951 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) 43B3 _SET____ _JAMES__ etc.  917km
107.3 0954 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Chasseral (be) Italian OM, as 107.8  823km
105.1 0955  D  Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) FFH Reporter   684km
101.7 1000  D  hr4, Hoher Meißner (hes) News, as web  684km
101.4 1001  D  Radio SAW, Brocken (san) Sachsen Anhalt traffic news, as web  712km
 89.5 1007  D  hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) Adele song, as web  684km
 96.0 1015  F  France Inter, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) OMs, as 103.7  853km **
 95.5 1016  F  France Musique, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) YL, as 88.7  842km **
 87.9 1022  F  France Inter, Pic du Midi (65) Just audible mixing Omroep Zeeland. Discussion
               show, as web  1136km

 87.9 1024  D  MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) OMs, as web  739km
 96.0 1109  D  Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay) Light song, as web  865km
 90.7 1110  D  Bayern 1, Ochsenkopf (bay) Nik Kershaw track, as web  865km
102.3 1114 SUI RTS La Première, Chasseral (be) OM and YL discussion, as 99.9  823km **
103.8 1115 SUI Radio SRF 3, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Pops, as 105.6  892km
106.9 1117  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) ID and Depeche Mode song  843km
107.8 1121 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) 43E1 RETE_UNO  917km
 96.6 1122 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Rigi/Kulm (sz) Classical, as 95.4  892km
104.8 1128  D  hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Ads, as web  729km
105.3 1131  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Interview, as web  732km
106.7 1133  D  Landeswelle Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) OM, as web, competing
               with Langenberg  793km

107.3 1133  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Pops, as web  729km
107.6 1134  D  Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) Rasmus, as web  788km
107.9 1136  D  BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical, as web  732km
 90.4 1201  F  France Inter, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) News, as 103.7  842km
 99.4 1207  D  Bayern 3, Ochsenkopf (bay) Jingle ID  865km
105.9 1237  D  MDR Info, Oschatz/Collmberg (sac) OM, as web  887km **
105.8 1238 SUI Radio SRF 3, Niederhorn (Beatenberg) (be) Pops, as 105.6  892km
 97.2 1239 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Niederhorn (Beatenberg) (be) Classical, as 95.4  892km
103.2 1241  D  Antenne Bayern, Ochsenkopf (bay) Gangstas Paradijs, as web  865km
100.3 1247  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Ochsenkopf (bay) OM, as web  865km
107.1 1302  D  B5 aktuell, Ochsenkopf (bay) YL news, as 105.7  865km
107.7 1303  D  R.SA, Fichtelberg (Erzgebirge) (sac) Vocal ID after news  918km
103.4 1314  F  France Info, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) F206 __INFO__  917km
 99.8 1315  F  France Inter, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) F201 __INTER_  917km
105.0 1319  D  Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) Pops, as 105.1  698km
 98.7 1341  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) Pops, as web  942km
 98.5 1345  D  Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) OM and YL, as web  1024km
 95.8 1351  D  Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Rock song, as web  942km
 88.6 1404  F  France Culture, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) YL and beats, as 98.0  781km **
 91.6 1405  F  France Musique, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) Chanting, as 88.7  781km
101.4 1412  F  France Bleu Alsace, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) French song, as web  709km
101.1 1414  F  France Info, Gex/Montrond (01) OM ID  858km **
 88.7 1419  D  Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Over Lille. OM and YL, as web  942km
 89.6 1420  F  France Musique, Gex/Montrond (01) Classical, as 88.7  858km
105.0 1424  D  Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) Ads, as web  922km
 89.8 1429  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) German song,
               as web  799km

 91.5 1432  D  MDR JUMP, Brocken (san)   PI logged: D3C2 PS logged: MDR_JUMP 712km
 93.8 1440  D  SWR3, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Pops, as web  799km
104.0 1448  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) DB04 SWR4_FR_  799km
 93.3 1457  F  France Musique, Chaumont-Langres/Chalindrey (52) Harpsichord, as 88.7  694km
 93.3 1459 AUT Ö1, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) YL monotonous talk, OM and ID  917km
102.1 1501 AUT FM 4, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) US accented news, as web  917km **
 97.9 1503  D  SWR2, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) YL news, as web  799km
 98.2 1503 AUT Ö2 - Radio Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) YL, as web  917km
 99.7 1511  F  France Musique, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) Classical, as 88.7  853km **
 91.1 1517 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) OM and YL business talk,
               as web  1084km

 89.2 1521  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Blauen (bwü) IDs. SWR1 Hitparade  793km
107.6 1523  D  B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) Echoey YL, as 105.7  871km
 87.6 1528 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) Modern Talking song, as 91.4  1219km
 87.6 1530  D  BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Plucking string piece, as 107.9  878km **
 91.8 1535  D  SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) OM, as web  813km
103.0 1538  D  SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) Achy Breaky country song, as web  942km
105.7 1543  D  B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) D315 B5_Akt__  1024km
105.4 1544  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Pops, as web  904km
105.1 1545  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Blauen (bwü) YL, as web  793km
 90.6 1547  D  hr1, Hardberg (hes) OM, as web  712km
 89.5 1548  D  Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 Bayern_2  1024km
106.5 1559 AUT Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) YL, as web  917km
 91.4 1603  D  Bayern 1, Büttelberg (bay) Weather and ID  812km
 87.9 1605  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Sankt Chrischona [SUI bs] (bwü) Pops, as 89.8.
               Very weak  810km

103.6 1633  D  RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) ID and pops  687km
103.6 1637  D  Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) ID after pops  650km
100.0 1642  D  Radio PSR, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Pops, as web  904km **
 89.8 1643  D  MDR JUMP, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Pops and ID  904km **
107.4 1648  D  MDR Figaro, Magdeburg/Burg Kapaunberg (san) OM, as 87.7  782km
107.7 1651  D  Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as 103.2  1034km
 91.7 1709  D  MDR Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) La Bionda blast from the
               past, as web  793km

 92.2 1711  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) Sports commentary, as web  951km **
 89.9 1723 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Ješted (LI) Czech YL, fighting with Germany and
               something else.   1038km

104.5 1729 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) OM, as web  991km
 98.4 1732  D  SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) ID in traffic news  748km
100.4 1733  D  Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Pops, as web  748km
100.6 1735  D  Antenne Bayern, Dillberg (bay) Pops, as 103.2  878km
 91.4 1738 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 _IMPULS_  947km
 89.1 1740 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F R-ZURNAL  947km
101.7 1744 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232E R-DVOJKA  947km
101.6 1753  D  hr4, Hardberg (hes) Schlager, as web  712km
 99.0 1757 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) ID, .at ads, as web.
               Almost noise free  1080km

104.6 1802 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) OMs, as web  1080km
101.8 1806 AUT Antenne Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Pops, as web  1080km **
102.0 1807 CZE Radio Impuls, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Czech pops, as 91.4  991km
 92.5 1809  D  MDR Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Jingle ID  739km
 92.7 1809  D  hr3, Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web  712km
100.6 1810  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) YL and musical bursts,
               as web  834km

101.0 1811  D  BR Klassik, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) Classical, as web  942km
 94.2 1820  D  Bayern 2, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) Alternative music, as web  961km **
 95.0 1823  D  hr-info, Rimberg (hes) OM, as web  678km
 95.2 1824  D  MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Classical, as 87.9  793km
 97.8 1836  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) ID after rock song  717km
102.8 1837  D  Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) Jingle ID  717km
103.4 1847  D  ANTENNE 1, Raichberg (bwü) German pop, as web  813km
102.9 1856 CZE Radio Impuls, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 2203 _IMPULS_  1084km **
104.1 1911 CZE Frekvence 1, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 RADIO_F1  947km
101.2 1914  D  hr3, Habichtswald (hes) German pop, as web  647km
 97.5 1918  D  MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) YL and OM feature, as web  768km
 94.3 1923  D  SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) IDs by OM presenter  813km
 91.6 1925  D  Bayern 2, Hoher Bogen (bay) Chorale, as web  975km
 97.9 1954 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Ješted (LI) OM, then vocal harmonies, as web  1038km
 98.8 1956  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) Soft rock song, as 98.7  786km **
 92.6 2003  D  SWR2, Blauen (bwü) Opera, as web  793km
 93.4 2009 CZE Frekvence 1, Jihlava/Javorice (VY) Pink song, as 104.1  1131km **
 88.5 2011 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) Just audible, mixing
               BBC R2. Pops, as web  1091km

 97.0 2020  D  SWR3, Blauen (bwü) Jack Michaelson song, as web  793km
 98.1 2021  D  SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) Jack Michaelson song, as 97.0  835km
106.0 2026  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) German rap, as 105.4  881km
102.8 2029  F  France Bleu Besançon, Besançon/Montfaucon (25) YL, as 94.7  774km
 95.9 2042 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Liberec/Ješted (LI) Czech OM, as web  1038km
 99.0 2049  F  France Bleu Périgord, Bergerac/Audrix (24) Phone in, as 94.7  921km **
105.0 2051  F  France Bleu Touraine, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) Phone-in, as 94.7  646km
100.7 2059  F  France Inter, Guéret/Signal du Maupuy (23) YL then interview, as 103.7  785km
 88.2 2237  D  Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) OM, as web  812km **
 93.5 2240  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) D301 SWR1_BW_   748km
 93.7 2243  D  Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D311  1024km
 94.8 2244 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 Radio_S_  1080km
102.2 2252  D  Antenne Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, briefly over Lincs FM  739km
102.7 2253  D  Antenne Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D3F8 ANT.THUE  793km
 88.4 2301  D  MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Opera, as 87.9  843km **
 96.8 2307  D  Bayern 1, Hoher Bogen (bay) SWR Hitnacht relay  975km
 96.9 2308  D  MDR JUMP, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) D3C2 MDR_____  793km
 96.5 2323  D  SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) Pops, as web  786km **
 96.5 2325  D  Bayern 2, Brotjacklriegel (bay) Folky music, as web. Thanks to
               Nick for the tip.  1021km **

 97.3 2355  F  France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) OM, as 103.7  709km

** Personal 'First'

Another excellent and mind-boggling tropo and I think the most widespread tropo I have ever known. The propagation path spread from northern Spain, right through to northern Germany, with these and all areas between coming through simultaneously! Complete madness!

I was expecting Poland to make an appearance when conditions spread into northern parts of the Czech Republic, but it didn't materialise.

The Swiss tropo was the strongest I have known but, unlike the last time I had good levels from Switzerland (September 23rd 2013), going vertical did not bring in any low power transmitters. All signals peaked mid-evening, bringing Bavarian transmitters up to 61dB. The Czech Republic reached a whopping 54dB too. Again, bear in mind that I am using a 20dB pre-amp so subtract 20dB from these figures for reality.

And this was the tropo which wasn't forecast! Luckily there were countless alerts flying around the Skywaves groups. How did they get it so wrong? Switzerland and the Czech Republic were received from as far as north-western England!

Recordings:
94.8 ORF Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1159 23-10-15 https://app.box.com/s/b29rr69jc7imsqt1mrvzaa3c3iw8nurc

106.5 Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 1601 23-10-15 https://app.box.com/s/q0mqfu6pdbz3eepfs1952kk9ek10pwyf

107.7 R SH, Fichtelberg 1400 23-10-15
https://app.box.com/s/5d0n74q1tt44mga6zjkgjl15jy2hhx63

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
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Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.

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.