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Sunday 27 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-27 (Tropo: D)

107.5 0023  D  BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) BB Radio jingle  864km
106.9 0045  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Braunschweig-Broitzem (nds) Pops, as 105.7  691km
106.6 0047  D  Antenne Brandenburg, Pritzwalk (brb) German pop song, as web  790km
 98.7 0049  D  MDR Kultur, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac)  Classical, as web  881km **
 89.0 0052  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) Jingle ID  712km
 89.2 0053  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pops, as web  525km
102.9 0103  D  Radio PSR, Leipzig Wiederau (sac)  Pops, as web  843km **
 99.0 0109  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web  684km

** Personal First

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

Skegness Log: 2016-11-27 (Tropospheric: Germany)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
107.5 0023  D  BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) BB Radio jingle  864km
106.9 0045  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Braunschweig-Broitzem (nds) Pops, as 105.7  691km
106.6 0047  D  Antenne Brandenburg, Pritzwalk (brb) German pop song, as web  790km
 98.7 0049  D  MDR Kultur, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Classical, as web  881km **
 89.0 0052  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) Jingle ID  712km
 89.2 0053  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pops, as web  525km
102.9 0103  D  Radio PSR, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Pops, as web  843km **
 99.0 0109  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web  684km

** Personal First

I tuned in during the early hours of this morning, not expecting to find anything out of the ordinary, but I had a nice surprise. There was weak tropo to central and eastern Germany. Reception of Berlin, then Auerbach, then Leipzig, built up my appetite for more. I looked for Plzen in the Czech Republic since Auerbach was coming in, but it was not to be. But I was very pleased with a couple of personal firsts.

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.

Wednesday 23 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-23 (MW: North America)

 760 0200 USA WJR  Detroit MI. OM WJR ID v weak just after the top of the hour
                   V weak  6009 km

1120 0203 USA KMOX Saint Louis MO. KMOX ID Weak  6690 km
1540 0600 USA KXEL Waterloo IA. ID - "The Voice of Eastern Iowa, KXEL Waterloo
                   Cedar Falls ...."  V weak  6547 km

1270 0655 USA WXYT Detroit MI. "... on CBS Sports Radio", heard at exactly 06:55:57.
                   Thanks to David Hamilton for the tip. Weak  6028 km

1100 0659 USA WTAM Cleveland OH. YL call letters heard at 06:59:44 before
                   splatter took over. Weak  5979 km

1280 0700 USA WNAM Neenah-Menasha WI. OM with WNAM call letters heard in noise
                   V weak  6179 km

1300 0700 USA WOOD Grand Rapids MI. YL - "This is Newsradio Wood .... 106.9 ..."
                   V weak  6112 km

1440 0700 USA WHKZ Warren OH. "WHKZ Warren, bringing The Word" Weak  5940 km
1590 0700 USA WARV Providence RI. "WARV Warwick, Providence."  Weak  5308 km
1600 0700 USA WUNR Brookline MA. English ad had me fooled, but full WUNR ID
                   followed. Then English ID.  Fair  5251 km

1630 0710 USA KCJJ Iowa City IA. OM drop-in ID - "16-30 KCJJ" Weak  6546 km
1650 0719 CAN CINA Mississauga ON. Indian singing, as web Weak  5683 km
1680 0728 USA WOKB Winter Garden FL. Ranting Gospel, as web V weak  6981 km

The best North American conditions so far this season!

Virtually all the activity was above 1100 kHz. The X band was alive with many stations, most of which got away, but all of the frequencies 1620 - 1700 had very weak DX.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp




// Recording timers --- here are two examples (uncomment and modify what you want)

// Record 8 minutes at each top of the hour 6 times starting at 21'58
 00'58 (1) x10

// Record two hours starting at 30 minutes before sunrise
// SUNRISE-30  (480)

Another application has updated file:
D:\Jaguar\JAGUAR.INI
Reload it?

Friday 18 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-18 (MW: Asia)

1269 1600 CHN China Radio Int./Voice of Russia, Xuanwei/SARFT726 (YN) CRI Interval signal 
              Weak  8561 km

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp

Thursday 17 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-17 (MW: Asia)

1242 1500 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Can Tho/Thoi Long (Station VN2) (cnt) 
              Top of the hour music, clearly audible behind Absolute mess. YL ID just 
              audible too. Weak  10100 km **
1413 1500  J  JOIF KBC Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) Time signal behind Serbia V weak  
              9224 km
1557 1500 TWN RTI iLoveMusic 1557/Radio Taiwan Int., Kouhu (YL) TRI News ID after time 
              signal Weak  9715 km
1575 1500 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle weak in 
              the background V weak  9410 km

** Personal First

Very pleased to receive Vietnam on medium wave.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp

Skegness Log: 2016-11-17 (Meteor Scatter: Leonids)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
104.10 0821 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) EE00 ????TU?? 
                1677km
107.60 0821 ROU Digi FM, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) E059 1677km
102.70 0828  S  SR P4, Västervik/Fårhult TM (ka) E224 PS reg logged: SR????m? 1132km
103.00 0828 DNK Radio 24syv, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) 9204 715km
102.80 0850 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Beli Manastir/Belje-Banovo Brdo (os) C317
                R-OSIJEK 1552km
103.50 0850  D  Antenne Bayern, Brotjacklriegel (bay) D318 AN??NN?? 1021km
103.70 0850 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Pécs-Misinatetö (Bar) B201 1502km
105.50 0850 HNG Class FM, Pécs-Misinatetö (Bar) B205 1502km
104.70 0851 HRV HRT Radio Rijeka, Ucka (ri) C319 R-RI???? 1330km
106.70 0851 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Ucka (ri) C204 1330km
107.90 0858 POL PR 1, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) 3211 ??ry???? 1085km

Morning 2 of a poor Leonid session. Two very weak minute long trains produced nothing. The log above was the product of one hour long session. I abandoned the remaining four one hour sessions as I didn't have a lot of free time and found that Asiatic medium wave DX was far more interesting.

It's weird. Several years ago, I would have been glad of a meteor log like this. Now I'm moaning about how poor conditions were. But I didn't have an SDR receiver years ago.

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.

Wednesday 16 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-16 (Meteor Scatter: Leonids)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.2 0402 POL PR 2, Lebork/Skórowo Nowe (PM) 3222 Polskie_ 1134km **
 88.5 0402 POL Radio Maryja, Slupsk/Komin CM (PM) 3232 TE?????? 1103km
 91.1 0402 POL PR Radio Gdansk, Lebork/Skórowo Nowe (PM) 309C ????OW?? 1134km **
 92.7 0402 POL Radio Maryja, Lebork/Skórowo Nowe (PM) 3232 65????55 1134km
 87.7 0403  F  France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202 709km
 88.0 0403  D  SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) D3B1 629km
 91.3 0403  D  SR 2 Kultur, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) D3B2 629km
 88.3 0419 POL PR 1, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3211 POLSKIE_ 1512km
 90.5 0419 POL PR 3, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3233 ??Radi?? 1512km
 92.2 0419 POL PR 1, Plock/Rachocin (MW) That irritating Brown Eyed Girl song, as 
               88.3  1289km
 88.6 0429  I  Radio Capital, Multi-tx 5219  
 87.7 0439 POL PR 1, Konin/Zólwieniec (WP) 2 YL, as 91.1  1211km
 91.1 0439 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) 3211 ??DY??A_ 1465km
 89.5 0440  D  Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 ????rn__ 1024km
 91.4 0450 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 947km
 88.3 0454  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) D301 813km
 93.0 0454  D  SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) D3A2 ??????__ 593km **
 93.3 0454 AUT Ö1, Bregenz 1/Pfänder (vor) A201 ????_1?? 917km
 93.9 0500  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D6C1 ??R_???? 843km
 95.4 0500  D  MDR Kultur, Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) D3C3 ??????__ 951km
 96.6 0500  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D210 843km
 97.2 0500 SVK SRo 3 Rádio Devín, Žilina/Krížava (ZA) 521B 1363km
 95.4 0503 CZE CRo Plus, Jihlava/Javorice (VY) 2424 R-?????? 1131km
 97.6 0503 SVK Rádio Anténa Rock, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5345 1392km
 97.7 0503 CZE Kiss Jižní Cechy, Votice/Mezivrata (ST) 2556 1069km
 92.6 0509 POL Radio ZET, Lódz/Komin EC-4 (LO) 3205 1307km
 93.8 0509  D  SWR2, Waldenburg (bwü) D3A2 ??SW???? 786km
 94.4 0509  D  hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) D361 647km
 96.5 0509  D  SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) D3A3 786km
 98.5 0509  D  Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) D313 ??YE???? 1024km
 93.8 0514 POL PR 2, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) 3222 Dw?????? 1085km
 97.4 0514 POL PR 3, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) 3233 ??????o_ 1085km
 93.5 0515  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) OM vocal ID  748km
 94.8 0528 POL PR 1, Ilawa/Kisielice (WM) 3211 1250km **
 96.4 0541 POL PR 3, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3233 1127km
 94.3 0547 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 _R????M_ 1289km
 96.6 0547 POL RMF FM, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3F44 _RMF_FM_ 1060km
 97.3 0547 POL Radio ZET, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3205 _06:47__ 1289km
104.0 0629 SVK Fun Rádio, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5340 1392km

** Personal First

Morning 1 of a poor Leonid session. No great signals and only one long train which was very weak and lasted about one minute.

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.

Tuesday 15 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-15 (MW: Asia)

1242 1759 OMA Radio Sultanate of Oman, As Seeb (msc) YL ID  with piano music, just before 
              the hour. Local Boston reduced in strength. Weak  5811 km **

** Personal First

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp

Saturday 12 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-12 (MW: North America)

1400 0359 USA WZHR Zephyrhills FL. WTAN call letters heard in pile-up. Very weak. Thanks to 
              Neil Kazaross for initial confirming, though he later retracted this 
              (explanation below). V weak Personal First and possible first logging in the 
              UK.  7050 km **

** Personal First

This was a challenge.

Straight away, I heard the WTAN call letters on 1400 at the top of the hour when I was playing back my file. I hadn't a clue who it was. Nothing like this was listed with these call letters, so I posted a recording to RealDX and later to SkywavesDX. https://youtu.be/vUpfKaw8lPg The ID is at 34 seconds and is spoken by a woman. It's very weak so you will need headphones. WOND is the dominant station with a promo for the programme "Blue Monday" with Bob Burns.

Of all the people who listened, 80% or so said they could hear the WTAN call letters and quite clearly. Neil Kazaross in the USA was the first to respond, saying that he could hear the call letters *clearly*. Neil informed me that WTAN is a station on 1340 in Clearwater FL. The 1400 station I heard would have been WZHR Zephyrhills FL who carry WTAN overnight. However, in an unexpected turnaround, Neil later said that he had listened on better equipment and couldn't hear the WTAN call on that. I'm not sure what to make of that.

The problem with this logging is there is simply nothing else to go on, although a woman's voice can still be heard in the recording after the WTAN call.

One DXer told me he stopped accepting loggings like this if there was nothing else to go on. He would inist on catching a mention of something else with the ID. Something like "WTAN ... the Tan Talk Network". That's all very well, and in an ideal world, etc., but what do we do when there is a correct ID on the frequency and there is nothing else to go on because the signal has either dropped away or got buried under splatter, etc. These sort of things happen all the time.

Looking at the carriers on the frequency, I noticed there were a few unidentified carriers which had been peaking to audio level. There was also an additional unidentified carrier on 1400 at the time of my WTAN reception, indicating that another station was indeed present. The offset was one I have not seen before and very close to that of CBG's carrier. So I know there was a mystery station there.

So, the question for me has been one of "Do I keep this logging or do I delete it?" Everything about this reception is marginal, but it's there. Needing further confirmation, I posted the recording to SkywavesDX and got several responses, the majority of whom could hear the WTAN call letters without any problem.

I checked the WZHR web stream. Some of the programming is Ethnic so I needed to check for their top of the hour ID and they do broadcast an English ID on the hour.

I could also add that conditions were enhanced to some degree to the florida/Cuba area.

So the majority opinion is that this *is* a WTAN call and I will therefore include it in my log.

I would not be happy to include such a log if there was serious doubt, but there is no real doubt about the call letters. I don't think it's necessary to remove the logging completely on the basis that somebody wants to hear more in the way of ID content.

I have come across DXers who wouldn't log a station if they didn't hear a mention of the presenter's name, the programme name and a full identification including frequency and station slogan. That's all very well, but where do we draw the line?

So take this ramble as a disclaimer if you wish, but I am quite satisfied about the WTAN call.


Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp

Friday 11 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-11 (Es: Spain)

 87.9 1037  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E215 1740km
 91.4 1038  E  Radio Surco, Tomelloso (CAM-CR) E206 1579km
 89.8 1041  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Herencia Navajo (CAM-CR) E212 1565km
 90.0 1041  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E212 RNE-CLAS 1740km
 90.4 1041  E  Cadena Nostalgia, Las Gabias (AND-GR) 90E0 1809km
 91.1 1041  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Illora/Monte Parapanda (AND-GR) As 90.0  1791km
 91.6 1041  E  Radio Andalucía Información, Cambil/S. Almadén (AND-J) E333 _R.A.I._ 1740km
 92.0 1041  E  Onda Cero, Granada/San Gabriel (AND-GR) E2EE ONDACERO 1800km
 93.3 1042  E  Kiss FM, La Guardia/Peña de San Cristóbal (AND-J) E2EC ??SS???? 1742km
 96.9 1042  E  Los 40, La Guardia/Peña de San Cristóbal (AND-J) E235 CUARENTA 1742km
 97.9 1042  E  Canal Fiesta Radio, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) Vocal ID  1740km
100.0 1042  E  SER, La Guardia/Peña de San Cristóbal (AND-J) E439 ___SER__ 1742km
100.6 1042  E  Canal Sur Radio, Cambil/Sierra Almadén (AND-J) E332 1740km
101.0 1042  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Herencia Navajo (CAM-CR) E211 1565km
101.4 1042  E  Radio Alhendín FM, Cerro de las Eras (AND-GR) E088 1811km
102.3 1042  E  SER, Linares/Ctra. Baños de la Encina (AND-J) EE39 1700km
102.5 1042  E  SER, Granada/Sombrero (AND-GR)Comedy, as others  1800km **
103.3 1042  E  Rock FM, La Guardia/Peña de San Cristóbal (AND-J) E2CF 1742km
103.9 1042  E  Radiolé, La Guardia/Peña de San Cristóbal (AND-J) EF38 ??DIOLE_ 1742km
104.5 1042  E  SER, Valdepeñas/Cerro del Ángel (CAM-CR) E239 ___SER__ 1623km
103.5 1043  E  Radio Marca, Madrid Norte (MAD-M) B002 ??MA??A_ 1438km **
104.2 1043  E  COPE, Torrox (AND-MA)E2DA Co?????? Axar____ 1854km
104.3 1043  E  Máxima FM, Madrid Este (MAD-M) E236 1447km **
105.7 1043  E  Radio María, Jaén/Neveral (AND-J)Vocal ID  1740km
106.5 1043  E  esRadio, Guadalajara/Villaflores (CAM-GU) E287 1419km
102.4 1045  E  Factory FM, Madrid Sur (MAD-M) E850 FACTORY_ 1455km
103.0 1045  E  Unika FM, Alcorcón (MAD-M) E42C UNIKA_FM 1458km
104.6 1045  E  Melodía FM, Leganés (MAD-M) E2DA 1459km
106.9 1045  E  Elixir FM, Málaga/Los Montes (AND-MA) E014 EL?????? 1858km
107.0 1045  E  Libertad FM, Madrid Centro (MAD-M) E2AC LI??RTAD 1448km
107.2 1045  E  Inka Stereo, Madrid Suroeste (MAD-M)  1453km **

** Personal First

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.

Tuesday 8 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-08 (MW: Asia)

1575 1150 THA Voice of America/Radio Saranrom, Ban Phachi/Rasom (pay) Yankee Doodle in the 
              noise V weak  9410 km
1098 1500 TWN R.Taiwan Int./R.Free Asia/Ikuan Tao/RFI, Kouhu (YL) Time signal and ID Weak  
              9714 km
1143 1500 TWN Taiwan Chü Yuyeh Kuangpo Tientai, Baisha/Chiangmei Ts un (PG) Appearing at 
              1500 with time pips and YL ID.  V weak  9675 km
1377 1600 CHN CNR 1, Xingyang/SARFT554 (HE) Time pips and L Beijing time check Fair  8306 km
 972 1800 KOR HLCA KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, Dangjin (ccg) Time signal and ID Weak  8740 km
1413 1800  J  JOIF KBC Kyushu Asahi Hoso, Fukuoka (kyu-fuk) High pitched Japanese time 
              signal just behind Spain V weak  9224 km
1098 1900 CHN CNR 11, Golmud/SARFT916 (QH) Time pips and YL time check Weak  7136 km
1566 1900 KOR HLAZ FEBC, Jeju=Cheju (jej) YL HLAZ ID, pips and choir Good  9067 km

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp

Sunday 6 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-06 (MW: South Asia)

 657 1604 IND AIR East Kolkata, Kolkata A (WB) Indian OM singing, as 747 V weak  7904 km **
 720 1607 IND AIR South Chennai A, Chennai A=Madras (TN) Indian OM singing, as 747
              V weak  8163 km

 729 1607 IND AIR Northeast Guwahati A, Guwahati A (AS) Indian OM singing, as 747
              V weak  7795 km

 756 1700 PAK PBC Hayya alal-Falah Balochistan, Quetta/Pishin (blc) News jingle.
              Time pips 
11 seconds past the hour and OM ID Weak  5819 km **
 648 1715 IND AIR West Indore, Indore A (MP) Indian YL singing, as 747 Weak  7057 km
 756 1715 IND AIR East Jagdalpur, Jagdalpur (OR) Indian YL singing, as 747
              V weak  7771 km


** Personal First

India slightly down in strength on yesterday, but still some respectable levels on 747, 801, 819, 900 and 990.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp

Saturday 5 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-05 (MW: India, Saudi Arabia)

 837 1628 IND AIR South Vijayawada, Vijayawada A (AP) Indian flute music, as 747
              Weak  7908 km ** !!

 945 1633 IND AIR East Sambalpur, Sambalpur (OR) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  7706 km

 981 1633 IND AIR West Raipur, Raipur (CG) Indian flute music, as 747 V weak  7557 km **
 927 1644 IND AIR South, Visakhapatnam A (AP) Indian flute music, as 747 V weak   7970 km
 801 1648 IND AIR West Jabalpur, Jabalpur (MP) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  7282 km

 873 1648 IND AIR North Jalandhar, Jalandhar B (PB) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  6352 km

1287 1648 IND AIR West Panaji, Panaji A (GA) Indian flute music, as 747 V weak  7543 km **
1395 1648 IND AIR North, Bikaner (RJ) Indian flute music, as 747 Weak  6446 km **
1305 1649 IND AIR West Parbhani, Parbhani (MH) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  7402 km

 603 1700 IND AIR North Jaipur, Ajmer (RJ) Indian flute music, as 747 V weak  6659 km
 711 1700 IND AIR East Siliguri, Siliguri (WB) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  7538 km **

 747 1700 ARS SBC Radio Riyadh, Najran (njn) Flute music (not the same as AIR's flute
              music!) // 1440 V weak 5459 km ** !!

 963 1700 IND AIR West Jalgaon, Jalgaon (MH) Indian flute music, as 747 V weak  7184 km ** !!
 576 1707 IND AIR South Alappuzha, Allapuzha (KL) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  8226 km

 684 1707 IND All India Radio, Pt Blair, Kargil or Kozhikhode Indian flute
              music, as 747 Weak

 765 1707 IND AIR South Dharwad, Dharwad A (KA) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak 7626 km

 819 1707 IND AIR Indraprastha Channel, Delhi A (DL) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  6634 km

 846 1707 IND AIR West Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad A (GJ) Indian flute music, as 747
              Weak  6825 km

 918 1707 IND AIR North Suratgarh, Suratgarh (RJ) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  6378 km

 954 1707 IND AIR North Najibabad, Najibabad (UP) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  6646 km

 972 1707 IND AIR East Cuttack, Cuttack A (OR) Indian flute music, as 747
              V weak  7923 km

 990 1707 IND AIR North Jammu, Jammu A (JK) Indian flute music, as 747 V weak  6158 km
1143 1707 IND All India Radio, Rohtak or Ratnagiri Indian flute music, as 747 V weak
1206 1707 IND AIR East Bhawanipatna, Bhawanipatna (OR) Indian flute music,
              as 747 V weak 7771 km **


** Personal First
!! Indicates possible first UK logging

Good conditions to India this evening. My flag was not quite pointing towards India, being at 65 degrees. 90 degrees is what's generally required, so I might be able to peak things up slightly if I reposition the flag.

Worth noting that Saudi Arabia's SBC were playing almost identical flute music to AIR at 1700, so I had to double check some of the loggings to be sure I wasn't receiving Saudi Arabia, but I thought I should log SBC Najran on 747 as I don't see this in the UK All Time Log.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp

Friday 4 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-04 (MW: India, North America)

 750 0500 CAN CBGY Bonavista Bay NL. CBC News jingle 3733 km
1620 0500 USA WNRP Gulf Breeze FL. Newsradio 16-20 WNRP Gulf Breeze heard very
              weakly in noise V weak  7193 km

 585 1727 IND AIR West Nagpur, Nagpur (MH) Indian YL singing, as 747 V weak  7401 km
 729 1727 IND AIR Northeast Guwahati A (AS) Indian YL singing, as 747 V weak  7795 km **
 747 1727 IND AIR North Lucknow, Lucknow A (UP) Indian YL singing Weak  7047 km
 801 1727 IND AIR West Jabalpur, Jabalpur (MP) Indian YL singing, as 747 Weak  7282 km
 819 1727 IND AIR Indraprastha Channel, Delhi A (DL) Indian YL singing, as 747 Weak  6634 km
 846 1727 IND AIR West Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad A (GJ) Indian YL singing, as 747
              Weak  6825 km

1143 1727 IND AIR North, Rohtak or AIR West, Ratnagiri. Indian YL singing, as 747 V weak

** Personal First

The poor MW conditions continue here, but it's fun chasing those Indian transmitters in the late afternoons. I believe I also received the 20kW AIR Jalgaon transmitter on 963, but the overwhelming co-channel interference was, well, just that, overwhelming!

1570 had several Latin Americans this morning, peaking between 0500 - 0530. No discernible IDs were heard.

I have also been looking for Ethiopia on 972 as this has been reported a few times recently, but it continues to elude me.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp

Tuesday 1 November 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-11-01 (MW: Transatlantic)

1160 0200 ATG Caribbean Radio Lighthouse, Jolly Harbour (atg) Tentative. Christian
              style choral. OM presenter. Severe 1161 splatter. Weak  6655 km

1190 0356 CLM HJCV Radio Cordillera, Bogotá DC (bdc) Jingle ID Weak  8566 km

** Personal First

A tentative logging of what I presume was the Caribbean Radio Lighthouse on 1160. It wasn't a bad signal, but the splatter from 1161 was enormous. I couldn't even be sure if the OM presenter was English. I thought I would mention this here in case they have upped their power or something. CRL used to be a regular signal back in the 80s, just like the Caribbean Beacon now is on 1610.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1m ASL
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver: Perseus SDR Receiver
Software: Jaguar Big Cat
Antenna:  Movable 10ft x 25ft flag
Amplifier: G3PQA 17dB low noise pre-amp