There's a battle going on between UBC Ireland and RMC France on 87.6

Classic fm from Wrotham and oxford are both up also.

I am listening to Radio London on 94.6 as Radio Lincolnshire has disappeared unless Radio Lincolnshire carries London does anyone know.

Andy

Swindon don't have a Breeze, 107.9 would be Bath

A few signals about so far from:

Biedenkopf

Großer Feldberg

Daum/Scharterberg

Teutoburger Wald

Signals are weak but I wasn't expecting this! Luxembourg is also enhanced on 88.9/100.7.

A classical music station was in here just now on 87.6 via E-skip. Has been in for about 15 minutes - I think it's Latvia.

What a shame I have to go out very shortly...

Poland here now 87.6 for the past 5 mins.

Andy

Belarus coming in strongly on 71.43 and 71.68ish other eat europe on 69.98 69.47 - and trying to ientify

Apologies for the awful spelling - trying to tune and type at the same time.

The morning started with some reasonable tropo to Germany and topped off with a late-season SpE opening. I'd got in again at 2pm and found JEDKYNA on 88.3 MHz in full RDS. Immediate thought was is there anything on the OIRT and logged a number of stations. I had to go out at 14:45 to my daughter's house in Strood - so took the PL390 with me. From around 15:50 - 16:10 I found the OIRT band was still/again open - but I was nowhere near any resource to identify the stations.

OIRT aerial is a dipole favouring east/west - about 6m agl on the same mast as the three Band II aerials.

Hopefully the tropo will be good again these evening after sunset.

David

Sittingbourne

Log of reception below - and looking at the FM Visual Logbook there was a big Sp-E opening - which just reached the SouthEast corner of the UK.

Propa Date UTC MHz ITU Program Location Reg kW QRB QTF Details SINPO RDS Remarks
Tropo 14/09/2012 0540-0545 98.1 D WDR 3 Nordhelle nrw 35,000 487 90 fullrds O=4 X PI: D393 PS:WDR_3___
Tropo 14/09/2012 0554-0558 95.4 D SWR2 Bad Marienberg rlp 25,000 509 96 peaked to full rds X PI: D3A2 PS:__SWR2__
Tropo 14/09/2012 559 95.1 D WDR 3 Langenberg/Hordtberg nrw 100,000 442 87 full rds X PI: D393 PS:WDR_3___
Tropo 14/09/2012 601 94.8 D SWR3 Linz/Ginsterhahn rlp 50,000 468 98 pi code only - splatter from Lille on 94.7 O=3 X PI: D3A3
Tropo 14/09/2012 603 93.2 BEL RTBF Classic 21 Bruxelles/Tour des Finances brc 10,000 257 101 instant full rds O=4-5 X PI:6354 PS:CLASS.21
Tropo 14/09/2012 604 93.1 D WDR 3 Bonn/Venusberg nrw 50,000 449 97 pi code only splatter from Calssic21 on 93.2 X PI: D393
Tropo 14/09/2012 605 93 D SWR2 Haardtkopf rlp 50,000 474 108 weak but improving - id from webstream O=1-2
Tropo 14/09/2012 610 90.8 BEL RTBF Classic 21 Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile wln-nam 10,000 308 109 peaking with full rds O=1-4 X PI:6354 PS:CLASS.21
Tropo 14/09/2012 611 90.7 D WDR 4 Bonn/Venusberg nrw 50,000 449 97 id from webstream O=2-3
Tropo 14/09/2012 613 90.3 D WDR 5 Nordhelle nrw 35,000 487 90 pi code only O=3-4 X PI: D395
Tropo 14/09/2012 614 89.8 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz Bad Marienberg rlp 25,000 509 96 rds code only O=3-4 X PI: D3A1
Tropo 14/09/2012 622 88 D WDR 5 Bonn/Venusberg nrw 50,000 449 97 O=1-3
Tropo 14/09/2012 623 91.8 D WDR 2 Hohe Warte nrw 10,000 469 92 pi code only at peak X PI: D392
Tropo 14/09/2012 625 88.9 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg Dudelange/Ginsterberg gld 100,000 432 117 peaking to full RDS O=3-5 X PI:7210 PS:_RTL.lu_
Tropo 14/09/2012 632 93.7 BEL VRT Radio 2 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren vlg-vbr 50,000 250 103 O=5 X PI:6402 PS:R2 VL-BR
Tropo 14/09/2012 636 95.4 D SWR2 Bad Marienberg rlp 25,000 509 96 Splatter from BBC Essex 95.3 pi code only O=2-3 X PI: D3A2
Tropo 14/09/2012 640 97.2 F France Musique Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville 2 5,000 283 124 peaked to give pi code - splatter from LBC 97.3 O=2 X PI:F203
Tropo 14/09/2012 643 97.6 HOL Radio Decibel Rotterdam/Alticom Toren zho 36,300 261 75 id from announcement (rx on hor ant - circ pol) O=1-3
Tropo 14/09/2012 649 99.7 F France Culture Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville 2 5,000 283 124 ffom parallel Lille tx O=1-2
Tropo 14/09/2012 652 100.5 D WDR 4 Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein nrw 100,000 560 80 id from webstream O=2
Tropo 14/09/2012 654 100.7 LUX Radio 100,7 Dudelange/Ginsterberg gld 100,000 432 117 pi code only O=2-3 X PI:7212
Tropo 14/09/2012 655 101.1 BEL RTBF Pure FM Wavre wln-bra 50,000 276 103 instant RDS O=3-5 X PI:6355 PS:PURE_FM_
Tropo 14/09/2012 700 102.6 BEL RTBF Musiq' 3 Tournai/Froidmont wln-hai 50,000 198 114 strong enough to wipe out Heart O=3
Tropo 14/09/2012 701 103.3 D Funkhaus Europa Langenberg/Hordtberg nrw 100,000 442 87 pi code only O=3 X PI: D496
Tropo 14/09/2012 701 103.3 D Funkhaus Europa Langenberg/Hordtberg nrw 100,000 442 87 pi code only O=3 X PI: D496
Tropo 14/09/2012 701 103.3 D Funkhaus Europa Langenberg/Hordtberg nrw 100,000 442 87 pi code only O=3 X PI: D496
Tropo 14/09/2012 701 103.5 D RPR 1. Ahrweiler/Schöneberg rlp 30,000 454 100 pi code only O=2-3 X PI: D3A8
Tropo 14/09/2012 702 104.4 D WDR 4 Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) nrw 20,000 413 102 pi code only O=2-3 X PI: D394
Tropo 14/09/2012 710 105.5 D WDR Eins Live Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) nrw 20,000 413 102 id from announcement O=2
Tropo 14/09/2012 712 107.4 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz Koblenz/Naßheck (Waldesch) rlp 40,000 490 102 id from announcement O=1-2
Es 14/09/2012 1304-1306 88.3 POL PR 1 Siedlce/Losice MW 30,000 1512 78 more likely than Opole as same direction as the Belarus stations on 70MHz X PI:3211 PS:JEDYNKA_ / POLSKI (alternating)
Es 14/09/2012 1310 71.9 RUS Radio Mayak Shvedchiki/RTPS BR 17,000 2306 74 tentative - one of two - and fits direction of propagation
Es 14/09/2012 1313 71.69 BLR BR 2 Kanal Kultura Asipovicy MA 4,000 1878 73 most likely of the two transmitters - id from web stream O=2-5
Es 14/09/2012 1317 71.45 BLR BR 1 Babrujsk/RTPS Yasny Les MA 4,000 1944 73 id from web stream O=4-5
Es 14/09/2012 1336 69.26 BLR Radyjo Stalica Geranyony/RTPS HR 17,000 1689 70 id from being same station as 69.12 - pop music
Es 14/09/2012 1337 69.11 BLR Radyjo Stalica Bragin/RTPS GO 4,000 2025 77 id from being same station as 69.26 - pop music
Es 14/09/2012 1340 68.3 BLR BR 2 Kanal Kultura Bragin/RTPS GO 4,000 2025 77 id from web stream
Es 14/09/2012 1340 68.96 BLR BR 2 Kanal Kultura Babrujsk/RTPS Yasny Les MA 4,000 1944 73 id from web stream O=2-5
Es 14/09/2012 1343 68.9 BLR Radyjo Stalica Hrodna/RTPS Vul. Gorkogo HR 4,000 1575 71 only station on freq O=5 same station as 69.12 and 69.27
Es 14/09/2012 1344 68.39 BLR BR 2 Kanal Kultura Geranyony/RTPS HR 17,000 1689 70 id from webstream O=2-5

Nice log there Dave. I only got a handful of signals from Germany and the usual LUX 88.9/100.7 yesterday morning. The Es were a nice surprise too!

France/Belgium/Luxembourg are enhanced this morning (just turned the tuner on) but signals are choppy. Should get more interesting tonight hopefully.

RTE R1 from Leinster 89.6 in this morning too.

I am receiving France Musique on 88.7 at the moment as I have checked with the online stream.

I also had a French station on 87.6 about an hour ago.

Andy

France Musique is RDSing here now on 88.7 s and Ireland has dropped back so
things are moving in the right direction.

Edit I am receiving France Bleu Nord 94.7 and France Info
105.2 at high levels


Andy

I am now receiving stations on 87.5/6 no ID yet as they are in the back of the box.

There's a spanish station on 87.7 vertical with Id so I will upload it later unbelievable.

Andy

I have uploaded the video of Cadena Dial I wonder what else is going to happen next hopefully more.
I was receiving weak signals on 87.5/6 just before Cadena and Lille is still here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV0DJdVrLC8


Andy

I am receiving a spanish station no ID yet on 107.8 now using horizontal as the vertical receives Pure fm.


It sounds like commentary of a game of some sort.


Andy

Receiving a few things from France/Belgium/Netherlands and quite a lot of national UK stations.

Cadena Dial has been in three times tonight and half an hour ago it was noise free and then it faded out.

Lille is still hanging on but that has dropped back.

I am receiving Remix radio test transmissions on 108.0 which is clearer than it was last night anyone know where it's from and they keep mentioning (CB radio chat) I know there's an internet stream for this station.

Andy

Well Cadena did go but it came back and is still here I heard a german station on 87.6 for a few mins and went France Musique 88.7 is hanging on for grim death.

Andy

106.9 B5 Aktuell Grünten in again here, just 10 days after the last lift in that direction

Very odd as the Hepburn maps suggest a lift to the north of Germany.

Some other Germans heard over the last hour:

91.1 NDR 1 Niedersachsen Steinkimmen
100.5 WDR 4 Teutoburger Wald
106.7 WDR 1Live 2 bars stereo

B5 Aktuell still just about making it in on 106.9.

1Live on 106.7 has gone but 107.9 has replaced it - 1 bar and more or less fully-quieting. KMFM was on here earlier this morning.

Bavaria has gone.

101.4 Radio SAW Brocken heard just now but it's weak and being bashed about by Tacolneston.

99.8 NDR 2 Steinkimmen 1 bar now.

Well what a day yesterday anyway after burning the midnight oil I went to bed at 01:30 and left Spain to it.

This morning at 10:00 nothing only that boom boom music on 87.5 in the back of the box.
10 mins ago HR3 87.6 made an appearance but is in and out of the noise.

Here's my log for yesterday.
2012-09-15
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
88.70 1345 F France Musique, Lille/Bouvigny le Mont [62] (59) 502 km
87.60 1351 IRL UCB Ireland, Wicklow/Ballyguile (wic) 229 km
87.80 1352 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Clermont Carn (lou) PI:2201 PS:_RTE__1_ 245 km
89.10 1352 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Kippure (wic) PI:2201 PS:_RTE_1__ 243 km
89.60 1412 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Mount Leinster (car) PI:2201 PS:RTE_1___ 289 km
91.30 1412 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Kippure (wic) PI:2202 PS:RTE_2FM_ 243 km
91.80 1414 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Mount Leinster (car) PI:2202 PS:RTE-2fm_ 289 km
94.00 1415 IRL RTÉ Radió Na Gaeltachta, Mount Leinster (car) PI:2204 PS:RTE_RnaG 289 km
94.90 1417 IRL 4FM, Three Rock Mountain (dub) PI:2207 PS:___4FM__ 235 km
99.20 1418 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mount Leinster (car) PI:2203 PS:RTELyric 289 km
100.90 1418 IRL Today FM, Kippure (wic) PI:2205 PS:Today_FM 243 km
101.40 1419 IRL Today FM, Mount Leinster (car) PI:2205 PS:Today_FM 289 km
107.90 1433 G Star Radio, Cambridge/Gog Magog (EN-CAM) 245 km
94.70 1539 F France Bleu Nord, Lille/Bouvigny le Mont [62] (59) PI:F20A PS:BLEUNORD 502 km
105.20 1540 F France Info, Lille/Bouvigny le Mont [62] (59) PI:F206 PS:__INFO__ 502 km
98.00 1610 F France Culture, Lille/Bouvigny le Mont [62] (59) PI:F202 PS:_CULTURE 502 km
87.70 1635 E Cadena Dial, Santander (CNT-S) 1118 km
99.90 1816 F France Inter, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) 734 km

Andy

I have uploaded 2 more vids first of RDSspy info of Cadena Dial and the second showing how clear the signal got at 23:00.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iWSVsIw07w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nlf7HCgmsQ


Andy

Even though it's raining the Dutch stations are fading in and out of the noise.