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Old 09-06-2012, 12:31
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87.5 ?, music & chat heard, ?
87.6 (presumed) Radio Laghouat, Aflou, Algeria (weak)
87.6 Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál, Czech Republic (ID heard)
87.6 Radio Europa 05, Ljubljana 3-Šance, Slovenia (ID heard)
87.7 Fun Radio, Košice/Dubník, Slovakia (ID heard, PI Code = 5340)
87.8 (presumed) Algeria, ? (weak)
88.0 ?, football commentary heard of Poland v Greece game, ?
89.0 Rock Radio Prachen, Písek/Jarník-Kravi hora, Czech Republic, PI Code = 2553
89.0 ? (on at the same time as Rock Radio, Czech Republic)
89.0 ?, PI Code = 5206, ?, maybe false PI Code?, ?
89.4 ?, Italy, ?
89.5 Radio Cas - FM (Rock), Trinec/Godula, Czech Republic (ID heard)
89.8 ?
90.3 PR3, Opole/Chrzelice, Poland (PI Code = 3233)
91.0 Radio Frekvence 1, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice, Czech Republic (RDS received, 2205)
91.1 CRo 1 - Radiožurn, Ceské Budejovice/Kl, Czech Republic (PI Code = 232F)
91.3 CRo 1 - Radiožurn, Jeseník/Praded, Czech Republic (PI Code = 232F)
91.7 Radio Zlín, Zli, Czech Republic (PI Code = 20C1)
91.7 PR3, Cze SL, Poland, (PI Code = 3233)
91.8 Radio Deejay, Italy, PI Code = 5214
91.9 SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Ná or Žilina, Slovakia (PI Code = 5202)
92.0 PR3, Krosno/Sucha Góra, Poland (RDS received, 3233)
92.0 Radio Kiss Kiss, ?(various transmitters), Italy (PI Code = 5225)
92.1 Radio Impuls, Trutnov or Li, Czech Republic (PI Code = 2203)
92.2 SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, ?(various transmitters), Slovakia, (PI Code = 5201) , music
92.3 ?, dance music heard, ?
92.4 ?
92.6 ?, chat, German/Austrian, ?
92.6 Radio WAWA, Krosno/Czarnorzeki, Poland (PI Code = 3381, playing soft music)
92.6 ? (2nd with music), ?
92.7 Radio Maryja, Lębork/Skórowo Nowe (presumed), Poland (ID heard)
93.2 classical music
93.3 ?, ABBA heard, ?
93.4 ?
93.5 Radio Frekvence 1, Ústí nad Labem/Buková ho, Czech Republic (PI Code = 2205), playing Moby
94.6 ?
94.7 Bayern 3, Hoher Bogen, Germany (RDS received, D313)
94.8 Radio Rodzina, Strzelin/ul.Zamkowa, Poland (ID heard & PI Code = 370C)
95.0 Rádio Blaník, Votice/Mezivrata, Czech Republic (RDS received, 243C)
95.0 Radio Zet, Lezajsk/Giedlarowa, Poland (ID heard & PI Code =3205)
95.1 CRo 1 - Radiožurn, Brno Kojál, Czech Republic (PI Code =232F)
95.3 RMF FM, Olsztyn/Pieczewo or Opole/Chrzelice, Poland (RDS received, 3F44)
99.2 BBC World Service, Liberec/Prosecský hreben, Czech Republic ("BBC" heard & English broadcast)
99.4 PR3, Kraków/Choragwica, Poland (ID heard "Trojka")
99.7 PR3, Katowice/Kosztowy, Poland (PI Code = 3233)
99.9 ?, speech, ?
99.9 ?, chat, ?

Video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiHLzeV3XcM
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Old 09-06-2012, 13:11
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I can't compete with Johns log but I going through yesterdays recordings so I have just uploaded the Bayern 1 87.7 recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLxtT...ature=youtu.be

My tuner received T R C B between 23:00-23:30 last night.

Andy
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Old 09-06-2012, 13:46
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I can't compete with Johns log but I going through yesterdays recordings so I have just uploaded the Bayern 1 87.7 recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLxtT...ature=youtu.be

My tuner received T R C B between 23:00-23:30 last night.

Andy
That's a superb signal for such a low-powered tx Andy!

I'm now hoping that that mad Es cloud that's been over the Balkans for the last 2 hours or so will start extending it's influence to the UK.
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Old 09-06-2012, 14:05
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Wow that is a very nice signal, cool song!

That would be nice if that happened Nick, so fingers crossed!
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Old 09-06-2012, 14:27
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That's a superb signal for such a low-powered tx Andy!

I'm now hoping that that mad Es cloud that's been over the Balkans for the last 2 hours or so will start extending it's influence to the UK.
Thanks Nick it's not bad for a vertical dipole at gutter height via 1 leg of sat shotgun cable the horizontal dipole does not receive as much as the vertical dipole which does confirm that there's nothing wrong with the 3 element aerial.

It would be difficult to mount my 3 element aerial vertical on my rotatable mast so I will leave the + aerials as they are and knock up another dipole to go on the roof when the weather improves.

I have had a few stations on 87.7 in the past hour but no RDS so I am hoping for the same as you.

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Old 09-06-2012, 16:29
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Thanks for the comments Andy. It sounds like you had Bayern 1 at the same strength as me, if not better. Chances are you had the Oberammergau site. I was lucky to catch the local PI code before they returned to their regional programme. All the RDS Spy data can be found here: https://www.box.com/s/af587627ebd3bae16512 so if anybody wants to see this, just download the RDS Spy software from http://rdsspy.com/index.php/download and double click on the file. This file was actually started on the 7th and runs for two days. You can get the local time each station was recorded by clicking on View > Basic RDS Services > PS & PTY History while running the file. Use the play/stop slider bar to speed up/slow down/pause the file.

TRBC is Tele Radio Buon Consiglia (spelling from memory) in Italy.

If I can help with other recordings or codes please fire away. Sorry to be too engrossed in my own UNIDs for the moment though. ;O)

Good DX all!

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Old 09-06-2012, 17:27
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Greece just appeared on band 2 - 88.3 Energy FM

Good DX!

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Old 09-06-2012, 18:16
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Had nothing all day and from nowhere I've got a station in at 87.6 in stereo. Playing music at the momment so I can't tell which country it's from.
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Old 09-06-2012, 18:18
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Possible E skip alert. Getting football commentary on 88.0 & others.

Now Poland on 92.0.
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Old 09-06-2012, 18:21
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Sporadic e all over lower fm band. 88. 3 in at stereo level, maybe that's Greece as well, really don't recognise the language and I haven't got rds.
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Old 09-06-2012, 18:28
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It's moved to Algeria, Hungary and Romania now!

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Old 09-06-2012, 18:58
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Gone. Was weak compared to yesterday.
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Old 09-06-2012, 19:06
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Agreed. Sherlock made it all look like we were going to be in for an exact repeat of yesterday's DX. I think it tried but just wasn't quite as good in the end. The paths were slightly skewed compared to yesterday afternoons. You can check this using the "Query the DX-Sherlock database" search function.

Sherlock suggests this might not be over just yet.

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Old 09-06-2012, 19:09
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I hope so too. I checked the tvcomm website & saw E skip overloaded all over Europe, although it did not make much of an impression on band 2. At least things are improving though compared to a few days ago.

Edit: 88.8 north Africa a moment ago.
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Old 09-06-2012, 19:11
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Italy now at the bottom of FM. Very weak though.

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Old 09-06-2012, 20:21
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Glimpses of Serbia and Croatia now.

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Old 09-06-2012, 20:47
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Thanks for the comments Andy. It sounds like you had Bayern 1 at the same strength as me, if not better. Chances are you had the Oberammergau site. I was lucky to catch the local PI code before they returned to their regional programme. All the RDS Spy data can be found here: https://www.box.com/s/af587627ebd3bae16512 so if anybody wants to see this, just download the RDS Spy software from http://rdsspy.com/index.php/download and double click on the file. This file was actually started on the 7th and runs for two days. You can get the local time each station was recorded by clicking on View > Basic RDS Services > PS & PTY History while running the file. Use the play/stop slider bar to speed up/slow down/pause the file.

TRBC is Tele Radio Buon Consiglia (spelling from memory) in Italy.

If I can help with other recordings or codes please fire away. Sorry to be too engrossed in my own UNIDs for the moment though. ;O)

Good DX all!

John
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Thanks for the info John just one thing that is bothering me is Bayern 1 was received on the vertical dipole on the Denon but the Ikasu radio connected to the horizontal dipole did not pick Bayern up even though Bayern tx's are horizontally polarised.

If Bayern was from the 10w tx then that's good going but 500w is also good going as well.

I heard some stations earlier this afternoon but nothing since.

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Old 09-06-2012, 20:50
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Hi folks,

I left my radio on 87.6Mhz and could hear Chaine 3 from Algeria.

I've just gone back to the radio, after watching TV in the other room, and found the RDS saying this -> "RVO VOOC"
http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...6/100_3163.jpg Does anyone have an idea where this would have come from? All audio had gone when I discovered the RDS. Radio was still tuned to 87.6Mhz

Cheers,

Chris.

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Old 09-06-2012, 21:11
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No idea on that one Chris.

The Es were patchy and mostly weak here this evening with some stations from the east like Slovakia with a few weak North Africans and also Greece on 87.6. The SpE was peaking whilst we were having tea as Fun Radio on 87.7 was 3 bars on the Sony XDR-F1HD with RDS, and there were others on the band at this time (about 6.15 pm BST). So a bit of a disappointment compared to yesterday.
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Old 09-06-2012, 21:17
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Sporadic E:
87.5 0848 I Radio Maria, Seven sites listed ____RI__. Unattended
87.8 0947 MRC Médina FM, Oujda (otl) 111D MEDINAFM 2059 km
87.6 1001 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) Presumed. NOT Laghouat 1927 km
88.4 1005 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) As web stream 1872 km
87.6 1013 AOE MFM Sahara?, Unlisted site PI 1283 **
87.6 1020 E Candil Radio, Huércal de Almería (AND-AL) EB02 1821 km
88.0 1038 E RNE R.5 TN, Sierra de Mijas/Monte Viego (AND-MA) E215 RNE_5-MA 1879 km
89.4 1039 E Cadena 100, Sierra de Mijas/Monte Viego (AND-MA) E2CE CAD-100) 1879 km
93.8 1042 E Radiolé, Sierra de Mijas/Monte Viego (AND-MA) ID and Spanish music 1879 km
88.3 1626 GRC Energy 88.3, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima) Vocal ID 2165 km
88.0 1641 GRC NET 105,8, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 1201 ERT_NET_ 2208 km
87.6 1642 GRC Laikos 87.6, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Greek music, as web stream 2208 km
90.2 1643 GRC Pavlios Logos, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima) YL talk, as web stream 2165 km **
90.5 1645 BIH Radio Vrhbosna, Sarajevo/Grdonj (sar) F086 1678 km
89.0 1648 GRC 89 Rainbow, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Dire Straits, as web stream 2208 km **
91.4 1649 GRC Ola FM, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Jingle ID 2208 km **
91.7 1651 GRC RSO 91,7, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) Ads, as stream 2208 km **
89.1 1659 I Ritmo 80, Trinitapoli (fg) 5A72 1764 km **
87.8 1700 I Ritmo 80, Unlisted site 5A72 RITMO_80 **
91.2 1702 GRC ERA2 Dheftero Programa, Kavala/Mt Pangaion (emc-kav) 1201 ERT_ERA2 2240 km
87.6 1711 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) Id and sports 1927 km
90.4 1712 ALG Radio Setif, Meghriss (19) Arabic rap music, as web stream 1911 km
90.7 1713 ALG Chaîne 1, Kef El Akhal (25) Interviews, as web stream 1927 km
93.9 1714 ALG Radio Constantine, Kef El Akhal (25) OM interview, as web stream 1927 km
87.9 1718 ROU Itsy Bitsy, Resita (CS) E2C8 1784 km **
87.9 1718 ? UNID, B077
87.8 1720 AUT OE 1, Several flea power sites A201 German **
87.6 1723 HNG Gong Rádió, Csongrád (Cso) B996 1583 km **
88.3 1723 HNG Mária Rádió, Komárom (KoE) B1CC MARIA_R. 1391 km
89.3 1724 ROU Radio Europa FM, Arad (AR) E299 1685 km **
89.5 1725 HNG Music FM, Budapest? B418 MUSIC_FM **
88.5 1730 ROU Pro FM, Resita/Semenic (CS) E059 PRO_FM__ 1802 km
90.3 1731 ROU Radio Trinitas, Timisoara (TM) E24D TRINITAS 1713 km **
91.2 1735 ALG Radio Biskra, Metlili (5) Presumed with live Arabic music 2033 km
97.2 1738 ALG Chaîne 2, Kef El Akhal (25) Arabic music, as web stream 1927 km
94.4 1748 ALG Chaîne 1, Metlili (5) OM, as 90.7 2033 km
87.9 1811 I Radio 105 Network, Bari/Piazza Luigi di Savoia (ba) 5211 _105_FM_ 1824 km
88.1 1812 I Radio 105 Network, Villa Castelli/Monte Fellone (ta) Phone in and pops, as 87.9 1901 km **
88.1 1816 ALG Radio Batna, Metlili (5) Arabic YL singing, as web stream 2033 km
101.2 1819 ALG Chaîne 2, Metlili (5) Arabic talk 2033 km
100.0 1820 ALG Chaîne 3, Meghriss (19) ID 1911 km **
96.7 1822 ALG Chaîne 2, Meghriss (19) YL, as 101.2 1911 km
93.5 1823 ALG Chaîne 1, Meghriss (19) OM YL, as 94.4 1911 km
87.9 1907 HRV Narodni Radio, 2 sites listed C206 NARODNI_
87.6 1913 SRB Radio Bum108, Kraljevo (Srb) 8000 1822 km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Another interesting day, though not a patch on yesterday. Everything seemed to be gearing itself up for a repeat of yesterday's conditions, but it just didn't quite get there.

To begin with, Italy, Morocco, Algeria and a tentative Western Sahara (though perhaps a new station in Morroco) and Spain kicked off the day around 1000 this morning. I had to go out for a few hours after that but left RDS Spy and WaveLab recording 87.5 (looking for Turkey). On my return home I just had splatter from Algeria on 87.6 which surfaced around 1500.

Then came the main opening. There may have been similarities to yesterday but it kicked off with a welcome opening to Greece. This was followed by Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy, Algeria, Romania, Austria, Hungary, back to Algeria and Italy, then back to the Balkans with Croatia and Serbia. Most of the activity was below 94 MHz, but occasionally Algeria peaked as high as 101.2 (yesterday's Balkan Es went to the top of the band, by the way, but the signals were nowhere near good enough to produce RDS).

As yesterday, the lift finished with off with a good half an hour of weak signals at the very bottom of the band - just enough to tease us and make us think the opening wasn't over. Everything was gone by 1930.

Regarding the tentative Western Sahara on 87.6: The PI code was 1283 which, after checking through the FM List, appears to be unique to "MFM Sahara", unless there is an outlet of this network on 87.6 in Morocco. As Ruud says, there is a Western Sahara "MFM Sahara" on 107.1 but presumably there will be other transmitters elsewhere in the country.

Some more recordings, including another couple of unidentifieds:

http://www.g1vvp.co.uk/fm-dx-recordi...06-12_(JF).mp3
http://www.g1vvp.co.uk/fm-dx-recordi...06-12_(JF).mp3
http://www.g1vvp.co.uk/fm-dx-recordi...06-12_(JF).mp3

UNIDs:
http://www.g1vvp.co.uk/fm-dx-recordi...06-12_(JF).mp3
http://www.g1vvp.co.uk/fm-dx-recordi...06-12_(JF).mp3


I think the first station might be Radio Bum108 from Serbia. The second could be Radio 1 from Hungary (again, though on a different frequency today!). Can somebody please confirm these?

Thanks again and good DX!

John
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Old 09-06-2012, 21:20
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Sorry Chris, couldn't begin to suggest possibilities for that one. Does your Blaupunkt retain characters and then some get overwritten? This could be a corruption of more than one PS name if so. RDS Spy does the same thing.

Cheers

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Hi folks,

I left my radio on 87.6Mhz and could hear Chaine 3 from Algeria.

I've just gone back to the radio, after watching TV in the other room, and found the RDS saying this -> "RVO VOOC"
http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...6/100_3163.jpg Does anyone have an idea where this would have come from? All audio had gone when I discovered the RDS. Radio was still tuned to 87.6Mhz

Cheers,

Chris.
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Old 09-06-2012, 22:00
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Sorry Chris, couldn't begin to suggest possibilities for that one. Does your Blaupunkt retain characters and then some get overwritten? This could be a corruption of more than one PS name if so. RDS Spy does the same thing.

Cheers

John
Thanks John and Nick, for checking. Google was not my friend on this occasion, because it didn't bring up any European stations. I know the radio was not already showing any RDS when I tuned it to 87.6Mhz. It was just showing the frequency. I wasn't listening at the time, so wasn't able to hear the language being used. It may have been one of those Italian stations with dynamic text, in the middle of its scroll etc.

Cheers for now,

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Old 10-06-2012, 08:41
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Just switched the tuner on to find lots of signals up to about 99 MHz.
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Old 10-06-2012, 09:44
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Lots of signals up to the top of the band now. Interestingly, some French heard on 87.7 and 106.3, possibly the Nice area.
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Old 10-06-2012, 11:06
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Started off with Italy, then moved west across Corsica, Sardinia and southern France, now in Catalunya and moving into Valencia.

Good DX!

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