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TV DX receiving distant TV signals
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brumlad36
22-06-2015
Hi Folks,

I received these pictures from Ukraine on R2 last night.

Nearly all Band 1 analogue TV has now been switched off. This is probably the last Es season we will see Ukraine!

Some of the pictures show the President of Ukraine.

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psdwrr5or2.jpg

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psc2ef6m4k.jpg

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psmutlvdks.jpg

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psqxsvzojo.jpg

Cheers,

Chris 2E0NDT
JonCollett
22-06-2015
[quote=brumlad36;78627520]Hi Folks,

I received these pictures from Ukraine on R2 last night.

Nearly all Band 1 analogue TV has now been switched off. This is probably the last Es season we will see Ukraine!

Some of the pictures show the President of Ukraine.

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psdwrr5or2.jpg

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psc2ef6m4k.jpg

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psmutlvdks.jpg

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psqxsvzojo.jpg

Cheers,

Chris 2E0NDT[/QUOTE

Hi Chris, nice catch! Band 2 was mad last night, so I did wonder whether you band 1 DXers might get something. Is RUV still using band 1?
Regards Jon.
brumlad36
22-06-2015
[quote=JonCollett;78627798]
Originally Posted by brumlad36:
“Hi Folks,

I received these pictures from Ukraine on R2 last night.

Nearly all Band 1 analogue TV has now been switched off. This is probably the last Es season we will see Ukraine!

Some of the pictures show the President of Ukraine.

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psdwrr5or2.jpg

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psc2ef6m4k.jpg

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psmutlvdks.jpg

http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/...psqxsvzojo.jpg

Cheers,

Chris 2E0NDT[/QUOTE

Hi Chris, nice catch! Band 2 was mad last night, so I did wonder whether you band 1 DXers might get something. Is RUV still using band 1?
Regards Jon.”

Hi Jon,

I believe RUV (Iceland) was taken off Band 1 late last year or early this year. The FM Band 2 frequencies from Iceland that are most often received in the UK are 87.7MHz and 88.1MHz, from what I've been told.

The only analogue Band 1 TV transmitters receivable from the UK that remain in service are from Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Belarus and Ukraine Band 1 TV transmitters are due to cease broadcasting by the end of 2015. This will be the last year we'll see then via SP-E

Best regards,

Chris.
JonCollett
25-06-2015
Hi

Channel 52 had been active this afternoon and evening (TV West Mux). Channel 39 (Nords Holland Mux) is in and out too.

Happy DX

Jon
JonCollett
29-06-2015
The promised spell of decent weather should be good for DXing (I'm hoping for a really good TV DX season this year, in line with the good FM DX season so far). Noord Holland (39), West (52) and Fryslan (32) MUXes are loud and clear at the moment.

Happy DX

Jon
JonCollett
30-06-2015
Hi

Utrecht, Noord Holland, West and Fryslan MUXes coming in at very high signal strength.

Happy DX

Jon
Mike 2E0MEQ
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by JonCollett:
“Hi

Utrecht, Noord Holland, West and Fryslan MUXes coming in at very high signal strength.

Happy DX

Jon”

I have been getting WFTV Orlando on a loft aerial
albertd
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by Mike 2E0MEQ:
“I have been getting WFTV Orlando on a loft aerial”

The significance of that is meaningless without knowing where you are.

If, for example, you were in Daytona then it would be pretty insignificant, but if you were in Atlanta it would be very good going.

Anyway, the post you were answering related to weather conditions in Europe, not thousands of miles away.
brumlad36
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by albertd:
“The significance of that is meaningless without knowing where you are.

If, for example, you were in Daytona then it would be pretty insignificant, but if you were in Atlanta it would be very good going.

Anyway, the post you were answering related to weather conditions in Europe, not thousands of miles away.”

It doesn't mean much to me either, but his amateur radio call sign (2E0MEQ) is from England.

Chris (2E0NDT)
JonCollett
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by brumlad36:
“It doesn't mean much to me either, but his amateur radio call sign (2E0MEQ) is from England.

Chris (2E0NDT)”

That would be one hell of a DX and the first DTV transatlantic skip that I know of. I'd have been more impressed if he'd said he got it on a set top aerial
albertd
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by brumlad36:
“It doesn't mean much to me either, but his amateur radio call sign (2E0MEQ) is from England.

Chris (2E0NDT)”

Indeed, however some of his previous postings have shown that he is currently in the US, though who knows where.
Mike 2E0MEQ
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by albertd:
“The significance of that is meaningless without knowing where you are.

If, for example, you were in Daytona then it would be pretty insignificant, but if you were in Atlanta it would be very good going.

Anyway, the post you were answering related to weather conditions in Europe, not thousands of miles away.”

Give you a clue.
90deg plus tempreture yesterday
Mike 2E0MEQ
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by albertd:
“The significance of that is meaningless without knowing where you are.

If, for example, you were in Daytona then it would be pretty insignificant, but if you were in Atlanta it would be very good going.

Anyway, the post you were answering related to weather conditions in Europe, not thousands of miles away.”

Give you a clue.
90deg plus temprature yesterday
oscar1
02-07-2015
The amateur call sign 2E0MEQ does not exist whereas yours does Chris as does mine.
Check out QRZ.com
Regards
albertd
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by Mike 2E0MEQ:
“Give you a clue.
90deg plus temprature yesterday”

Oh yes? You got Orlando in my back garden in Sussex. Purely dreaming pal!
Mike 2E0MEQ
02-07-2015
Originally Posted by albertd:
“Oh yes? You got Orlando in my back garden in Sussex. Purely dreaming pal!”

Give yer another clue .
A alligator had a dump in my back garden last week.
albertd
03-07-2015
Originally Posted by oscar1:
“The amateur call sign 2E0MEQ does not exist whereas yours does Chris as does mine.
Check out QRZ.com
Regards”

QRZ.com is an incomplete list. 2E0MEQ does exist and recently joined the RSGB.
oscar1
03-07-2015
Originally Posted by albertd:
“QRZ.com is an incomplete list. 2E0MEQ does exist and recently joined the RSGB.”

I stand corrected --- "Mr M R++ was welcomed etc". However....
Now here is the bit I don't get from a Ham Log site re a QSO -----
2E0MEQ -- location NTinghamshire --- operator name DAVE.

If Mike wants to speak in riddles regarding his location maybe he/she (who knows) would enlighten us who 2E0MEQ really is.
Regards
albertd
03-07-2015
Originally Posted by oscar1:
“I stand corrected --- "Mr M R++ was welcomed etc". However....
Now here is the bit I don't get from a Ham Log site re a QSO -----
2E0MEQ -- location NTinghamshire --- operator name DAVE.

If Mike wants to speak in riddles regarding his location maybe he/she (who knows) would enlighten us who 2E0MEQ really is.
Regards”

I think that is very unlikely. He has been challenged on several occasions about various things and always responds very evasively, and usually in very vague riddles. My opinion is that he is a classic time-waster.
Mike 2E0MEQ
03-07-2015
Originally Posted by albertd:
“I think that is very unlikely. He has been challenged on several occasions about various things and always responds very evasively, and usually in very vague riddles. My opinion is that he is a classic time-waster.”

I am not a time waster ,I am a engineer who has been employed in the broadcasting industry in the UK and US .for a long time.
In my career I have designed and been a project engineer on very large cable networks and TV broadcast infastructure .
This includes complete design of broadcast transmission equipment ,including high power transmitters ,analogue and digital modulators ,coverage analysis and planning .
I now mainly work in the US , but also manage projects in other countries ,including the Far East and Africa .
My clients have been UK , US broadcasters plus others in ex UK colonies .
So I can claim to have a smithering of knowledge .
But I do admit to teasing a little on this forum as I like a bit of fun , so if this has offended anyone ,I apologise .

My politics are , I believe in a market economy ,but I have very strong feelings about the abuse of Wall Street and the City of London .
History has shown this abuse of the financial sector created the seeds of the Second World War that was responsable for the deaths of 40 million .
I feel strongly about this issue as members if my family suffered in Nazi concentration camps .
So now you know all about me and perhaps may understand why I have such strong opinions about the financial sector and market abuse.
oscar1
03-07-2015
Originally Posted by Mike 2E0MEQ:
“I am not a time waster ,I am a engineer who has been employed in the broadcasting industry in the UK and US .for a long time.
In my career I have designed and been a project engineer on very large cable networks and TV broadcast infastructure .
This includes complete design of broadcast transmission equipment ,including high power transmitters ,analogue and digital modulators ,coverage analysis and planning .
I now mainly work in the US , but also manage projects in other countries ,including the Far East and Africa .
My clients have been UK , US broadcasters plus others in ex UK colonies .
So I can claim to have a smithering of knowledge .
But I do admit to teasing a little on this forum as I like a bit of fun , so if this has offended anyone ,I apologise .

My politics are , I believe in a market economy ,but I have very strong feelings about the abuse of Wall Street and the City of London .
History has shown this abuse of the financial sector created the seeds of the Second World War that was responsable for the deaths of 40 million .
I feel strongly about this issue as members if my family suffered in Nazi concentration camps .
So now you know all about me and perhaps may understand why I have such strong opinions about the financial sector and market abuse.”

Well that explains who 2E0MEQ is ...........??
Regards
JonCollett
10-07-2015
Hi

The Noord Holland, Fryslan, Utrecht and TV West MUXes are all active and receivable at high strength this evening.

Happy DX

Jon
oscar1
11-07-2015
Originally Posted by misar:
“If you are really interested you could try asking Mike Rea in Orlando, Florida (mgrea@bellsouth.net, Tel. 407 363 1922). Only guessing of course, but Orlando seems a reasonable place to start looking .”

No won't be contacting him / her .
I tend to agree with "albertd" ---- I can see no helpful reason for Mike 2EOMEQ posting "I have been getting WFTV Orlando on a loft aerial " and a stupid riddle of his / her location.
I could post that I received the Irish Saorview service RTE etc because it is true as I am located on the Welsh Coast --- the tropo and "E" conditions have not extended to this part of the UK so not receiving any continental stations over here.

2E0MEQ = Mike or "Dave" --- or Rodney !
Regards
Mike 2E0MEQ
12-07-2015
Originally Posted by oscar1:
“No won't be contacting him / her .
I tend to agree with "albertd" ---- I can see no helpful reason for Mike 2EOMEQ posting "I have been getting WFTV Orlando on a loft aerial " and a stupid riddle of his / her location.
I could post that I received the Irish Saorview service RTE etc because it is true as I am located on the Welsh Coast --- the tropo and "E" conditions have not extended to this part of the UK so not receiving any continental stations over here.

2E0MEQ = Mike or "Dave" --- or Rodney !
Regards”

I am sorry ,just teasing and having a bit of fun ,don't even have a loft antenna ,got cable .
I get in trouble at the radio club meetings for teasing .
I once teased my close friend who had just spent a fortune on a Porch .
I got my wife to send him a letter followed by a phone call saying his shiny car was in fact made from two wrecks welded together .

He is still my freind .?
bexdx
09-08-2015
TV dxing has always interested me. What equipment do you need to do this?
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