The weather looks really crappy still this week and no sign of High pressure :yawn:

Yes I have been watching Sherlock with interest so I hope something comes.

Andy

I got bored with watching paint dry so I have dismantled my radios so I could change the filters in the Denon receiver.

It took me 30 mins to remove the filters and put the SIL sockets in and the replacement filters robbed out of a car radio it took me longer connecting everything back up.

So what are the results well it's definitely better as when I was tuned to 87.8 I could hear Real radio on 88.0 clear but now I just hear a distorted Real so the replacement filters are better than the originals.

I will get some narrower filters for it.

I don't think I have missed anything while the radios were off but I have just had a blank carrier for about a minute on 87.7 so that looks like an horribly strong RSL testing their tx as there are some coming up in july.

So now I wait for some dx while I look at the RSL list.

Andy

No you haven't missed anything Andy. Such a shame - it's a large intense Es cloud but it refuses to spread westwards!

OMG just flaming great I knew there were some RSL's coming up but look at this lot.

87.7 FM - Oulton Park
British Superbike event
On air from: 07/07/12 to 08/07/12


Bury FM (Ramadan)
87.9 FM - Bury
Ramadan 2012
On air from: 20/07/12 to 20/08/12


Fast FM (Ramadan)
87.7 FM - Oldham
Ramadan 2012
On air from: 19/07/12 to 19/08/12

Fast FM (Ramadhan)
87.9 FM - Stoke on Trent
Ramadhan 2012
On air from: 22/07/12 to 22/08/12

Lache FM
87.6 FM - Chester
Summer events and community broadcast
On air from: 11/07/12 to 22/07/12

Radio Warrington
87.8 FM - Warrington
Community broadcast
On air from: 07/07/12 to 15/07/12

They are going to cause me some grief there's more coming on air but they won't be received on the dipoles below gutter height but the ones listed will.

Andy

I came up with a temporary cure for those having dxing withdrawal symptoms & here it is

E skip, 24/06/12, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McSwBQAq3wc

Tropo, 27/06/12, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qev0ZwVP--g

E skip, 30/06/12, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIdI2rW_I_M

I don't know about an e cloud but there's a massive rain cloud hovering at the momment. I've been monitoring band 1 and the radio all day and had nothing. I'll keep doing this until about 9 tonight in hope that something SpE wise will come in.

Get the PL390's out now guys!! 70.04MHz is giving me Russian type radio - my first OIRT DX. Now to work out where it is from

Lower part of fm band full of Es, unfortunally quite week and patchy. Can't ID the countries .

A few weak signals at the bottom of FM now. The only one positively IDed so far is Fun Radio on 87.7.

And now JEDYNKA_ on 87.5 from Poland and an unid classical station on 87.6...

I used my scanner but didn't get anything on the oirt. Do they use Rds ? I definatley got something Polish sounding and some Tv on R1.

Well, the countries IDed so far:

Poland
Slovakia
Romania

I have logged IMPULS from czechoslovakia and I logged a station on 87.7 no rds until they spoke in english SKYLINE FM not listed on Ofcom so it a pirate.

The new filters have certainly made a difference on my tuner.

Now what to do about this pirate station.

Andy

Gone rather quiet here in the last 20 minutes. Got excited when I heard Middle Eastern music fade up on 87.5 a little earlier, started getting dynamic PS names and then JEDYNKA_ came up and the music revealed itself to be a track by Sting. D'oh! So nothing special so far...

There are no RDS codes shown on FM list - and my PL390 doesn't do RDS anyway - so it's a case of finding the webstream to listen to and hopefully confirm. Also they have funny frequency spacings so a bit more difficult to pin down the exact frequency - FM List gives station +/- 20KHz which is helpful.

I only have band II FM aerials - so I decided to try it - after all nothing to lose. And wow! double hop to Russia/Ukraine. Log is below - and where there is doubt as to the location I've noted it.

Now I'll have to make at least a dipole to go outside.

David

Sittingbourne

2012-07-01
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
66.50 1730 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Bilopillya/SFKRRT-vul. 1-go Travnya 15 (SU) id from webstream 2316 km
67.10 1740 BLR BR 2 Kanal Kultura, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) matched web stream 1735 km
67.46 1745 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Antopil'/RFKRRT-vul. Kyivs'kaya 12 (RI) matched web stream 1789 km
67.88 1748 BLR Radyjo Stalica, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) only likley station 1735 km
69.08 1755 BLR Radio Brest, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) most likely candidate 1735 km
70.16 1758 RUS Radio Rossii, Belgorod/ORTPTS (BE) id from voice announcement 2485 km
66.53 1802 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Antopil'/RFKRRT-vul. Kyivs'kaya 12 (RI) id from webstream 1789 km
66.90 1825 Radio Rossii, unknown id from webstream - not sure of TX

A report of Istanbul being logged on 87.5 and 87.7 in Blackpool so Andy (radioredcat) you might want to monitor 87.5!

It's all gone quiet here and Skyline fm has gone off air but I have just checked my recordings from earlier as we had visitors and Funradio wiped it out.

I just had a weak signal on 87.6 for about 30 secs but nothing else.

Nice log Dave I would love to try an OIRT radio but I don't know what it would be like here with all the interference here in band 1.

Andy

Apart from a very brief fade-up of Poland on 87.5 about 40 minutes ago it has been dead since my post at 7.33 pm. I think that's going to be it for today.

The whole bands quite now apart from 87.5 which is still coming in and out at varying levels. Unfortunally can't ID the country though.

E's at bottom of band now.


Andy

For the past 1.5 hours Italy has been booming logged 11 stations in it's just dropped out for now.

The new filters are doing their job also the radio seems to RDS quicker as well.

Andy

I am receiving a station that sounds a bit arabic singing on 87.7 and the audio is over-modulating.

Andy

Spain is back now with Comradio 87.6.

Andy

Received on 87.8Mhz from "Torrent/Perentxissa=Calicanto", Valencia, Spain. Playing soft-rock music.

RDS = SI RADIO

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FM List does not show power for this station. Does anyone know?

Chris.