Wrotham/Oxford/Tacolneston are booming in here now all in stereo and RDSing also RTE from Mt Leinster/Kippure/Claremont Carn are also in stereo and RDSing.

Rumbling Distinct fm is also noise free I have heard France musique from Lille a few times.

I have 10 radio 2's coming in although it does not beat the record of 13 yet ho ho.

Andy

Nice enhancement to the South today with Kiss 106.4 coming through full RDS, also BBC Norfolk, BBC Leicester and I can hear BBC Essex in there too with the Dutch still in the noise. Interestingly though I am listening to Kiss and it was just at full RDS, then for a second it faded down almost back into the noise to fade right back up again, can anyone explain why this happens?

http://www.dxinfocentre.com/propagation/tr-modes.htm

Haven't had time to do a proper tune around yet but SWR 3 was just in on 91.6, fully-quieting. Has dropped out as I type but this is better than expected.

Best signals have been 91.6 and 107.4 from Koblenz at 632 km so far. Also hr3 has been in on 87.6 from Biedenkopf (690 km) and I'm currently listening to WDR 2 on 99.2 from Langenberg (589 km).

Conditions are worse now, Kiss is no longer RDSing but is still noise free.

Very good tropo here now. Quite a few Germans across FM here now including Bayern 2 on 93.1 from Kreuzberg (800 km).

It's all been rather unstable and changeable since that last post with Koblenz probably remaining the most reliable, along with hr3 from Großer Feldberg on 89.3. I think it will all be gone before first light tomorrow.

Here's my log of German stations heard during the evening of the 7th during the times I could listen:

87.6 hr3 Biedenkopf 690 km
88.8 WDR 5 Langenberg 589 km
89.3 hr3 Großer Feldberg 698 km
91.0 hr1 Biedenkopf 690 km (co-channel with BBC Radio 3 Crystal Palace)
91.5 MDR Jump Brocken 829 km
91.6 SWR 3 Koblenz 632 km
92.8 SWR 3 Bad Marienberg presumed 654 km
93.1 Bayern 2 Kreuzberg 800 km
94.0 SWR 2 Koblenz 632 km
94.4 hr1 Großer Feldberg 698 km
95.1 WDR 3 Langenberg 589 km
99.2 WDR 2 Langenberg 589 km
101.1 SWR 3 Donnersberg 679 km
101.3 WDR 4 Langenberg 589 km (co-channel with Classic FM Oxford)
102.5 hr4 Großer Feldberg 698 km
103.5 RPR 1 Ahrweiler 597 km
105.6 SWR 4 Donnersberg 679 km
106.7 WDR 1Live Langenberg 589 km
107.4 SWR 4 RP Koblenz 632 km
107.9 WDR 1Live Münster 606 km

LUX 100.7, Liège, Wavre and Anderlues were also enhanced.

All DX received on the Yamaha T-2.

Excellent log Nick I only managed odd bits of Lille and UK/Ireland stations anyway nothing predicted for the next week.

Andy

Thanks Andy. The conditions stayed above average until Friday with SE England and a couple of French sites up.

The Hepburn maps are now looking interesting for the week ahead with Wednesday in particular looking good:

http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_nwe.html#day3

Maybe a repeat of last week on the way?

All my regular suspects Wrotham 317 KM/Oxford 217 KM/Tacolneston 280 KM all at stereo level.

Ireland is at normal levels (in mono and no RDS) at the moment.

Yesterday Radio Warrington RSL started on 87.8 joining Redshift radio (Cheshire)on 87.7 so that pleases me no end.

I have not heard Distinct fm (pirate) 87.5 for a week so I wonder if it's off air again.

Andy

Ive been at the north Norfolk coast today and did a quick bandscan. Langenberg is in at 106.7 and Deutschlandfunk on 107.1. France is very strong on 105.2 and studio Brussel blasting in on 102.1. Theres a real fog rolling in over the north sea tonight so hopefully Dx conditions will improve.

I've just had a quick scan across the band on the T-2 tuner and there is NO sign of any long-distance tropo. I hope this isn't going to be a non-event.

Is anyone else in southern England getting anything exciting yet?

I had a scan around on my journey home across the high area along the A420 North of Bath between Chippenham and Bristol and there was nothing of note.

100.7 was Heart West Midlands with RDS in places; no sign of Cherbourg.

Egem is fully RDS'ing on the horizontal antenna. Lille is full RDS on all frequencies.

91.8 D Raichberg 680 km - with pi code
93.0 D SWR2 Haardkopf 490 km
98.4 D Horninsgrinde 612 km - with pi code
101.1 D SWR3 Donnersberg 541 km
102.5 D Grosser Feldberg 555 km with pi code

Add: 103.00 Q Music from Egem is full RDS fully quieting stereo - usually 103.00 is wiped up as it is between the local Heart stations on 102.8 and 103.1 - best I've heard since I started DXing.

I'm still working my way up the band on the East aerial - so will post more later. I'm really hoping from some really good ducting - not sure it will happen.

David

Sittingbourne

Well, something is brewing now. Classic 21 on 87.6 almost fully-quieting and German speech & pop on 88.3.

88.3 is SWR 1 BW from Raichberg. Just checked with the webstream. So conditions at present are favouring SW Germany.

Edit: also SWR 3 on 98.4 from Hornisgrinde in good mono.

So similar to David in Sittingbourne.
Last edited by Nick_G : 14-11-2012 at 18:40

Like ACL777 I'm getting good signals from Egem and Lille. Studio Brussel on 102.1 produced RDS instantly in the car just before 17.00.

Getting Radio Jakie here and Eagle Radio on 96.4 Heart Essex 102.6 and 96.3 have faded into just noise here.

The following also in:

88.9 RTL Radio Letzebuerg
100.7 Radio 100,7

Signals have QSB so it's not stable yet. The Germans disappeared not long after my post at 6.30 pm.

ORF1 coming through quite clear - playing Also Spracht Zarathustra (2001 a Space Odessy). Web Stream about 30 seconds behind. I can't find the leads to record it yet!

90.9 MHz Salzburg 972 km

Wow!!!

Add: found the leads - made a 3 min 30 seconds recording.

David

Sittingbourne
Last edited by DDaveBB : 14-11-2012 at 20:24

Sod all happening up here the band is flat as a proverbial pancake.

Andy

Superb reception Dave! Congratulations!

Nothing from Austria here yet. Alençon is good on 91.0 and 93.0 though - the latter is completely separated from Rowridge on 92.9!

A few more Germans are in including Großer Feldberg on 89.3, 94.4 and 102.5.

Wave 105.2 now right over Southend Radio
Also Dream 100.2 getting a battering from Classic FM and Kiss on 100.4 and 100.0 and just down the road from transmitter.
Dream web stream really suffering.