Monday, August 23, 2010

Sporadic Es in Band 1 NOT over yet !





Despite that the end of the Sporadic Es season 2010 is approaching
there is still life in TV Band1.
This was seen Ukraine with 1+1/ Russia with 1TV and Rossija-1
and Belarus with BT-1.



Made a video from Rossija-1 and it looks not bad on the
original file but lets see what Youtube did.

R1- Rossija-1 from Pskov/Russia @10.42z



Sunday, August 22, 2010

Some FM tropo BEL/LUX

Last saturday-morning 21 august I noticed enhanced
tropo in Band 2 towards Belgium and Luxembourg.
Nice to log some Luxembourg tx's as LUX is very
rare here the last years.


88.50 BEL BRF 1, Liège/Bol d'Air 319 km
88.90 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Dudelange 433 km
91.70 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw 338 km
93.30 LUX RTL Radio, Dudelange/Ginsterberg 433 km
97.00 LUX RTL Radio, Hosingen/Banert 371 km
98.60 BEL VRT Radio 2 Oost-Vlaanderen, Egem 358 km
100.50 BEL 100,5 - Das Hitradio, Raeren 301 km
107.70 LUX Den Neie Radio (DNR), Blaschette 405 km



Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Mediumwave 1539 KHz Radio Djibouti

A personal first for me on 16 august 21.55z - Radio Djibouti on 1539 KHz
mediumwave received with the Icom R75 and KAZ antenna.
Some co-channel interference from Spain (Cadena SER)
At the end is a short piece of the national hymn.





Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Some Band 2 tropo logs with the new Sony XDR




This is a popular new tuner equiped with HD that is rating high with other DXers. I recently added one to the shack and have to say I'm very impressed with the selectivity right out of the box compared to my Kenwood KT 6040 with 80/110kHz IF filters.
I really enjoy the sound and weak signal performance of
the Sony much better than that of the Kenwood.


More info about this tuner on:
Sony XDR

Below some tropo loggings during the last two weeks made with the
Sony and the Triax 8 and 5 elements FM (H+V)

FM loggings 15-08-2010

107.60 D Radio K.W., Wesel-Büderich 188 km
90.20 DNK DR P1, Holstebro - Mejrup 359 km
92.90 DNK DR P3, Holstebro - Mejrup 359 km
93.00 DNK Skala FM Sønderborg, Sydals 269 km
106.80 DNK Skala FM Esbjerg, Esbjerg 262 km
107.50 DNK Skala FM Ribe, Ribe - Spandet 251 km
88.80 G BBC Radio 2, Belmont (lin) 469 km
89.30 G BBC Radio 2, Holme Moss (kks) 580 km
89.70 G BBC Radio 2, Tacolneston (nfk) 396 km
90.10 G BBC Radio 2, Peterborough (cam) 494 km
93.50 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Wrotham (knt) 501 km
94.10 G BBC Radio 4 FM, Tacolneston (nfk) 396 km
98.30 G BBC Radio 1, Belmont (lin) 469 km
101.10 G Classic FM, Holme Moss (kks) 580 km
101.50 G Classic FM, Tacolneston (nfk) 396 km
88.80 NOR NRK P1 NRK Sørlandet, Greipstad 547 km
94.20 NOR NRK P1 NRK Rogaland, Bjerkreim 593 km
97.60 NOR NRK P1 NRK Sørlandet, Lyngdalg 541 km



FM loggings 12-08-2010

93.10 D RBB infoRADIO, Berlin/Scholzplatz 433 km
95.20 D MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg 426 km
96.10 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Magdeburg 354 km
97.70 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Berlin 445 km
99.70 D Antenne Brandenburg Potsdam, Berlin 445 km
99.90 D RBB Radio Eins, Pritzwalk 352 km
100.00 D Radio PSR Chemnitz, Chemnitz/Geyer 507 km
100.70 D MDR Figaro, Remda (Saalfeld) 408 km
100.70 D Sputnik (MDR), Klötze (san) 299 km
104.30 D BB Radio Prignitz, Pritzwalk (brb) 352 km
107.20 D BB Radio Niederlausitz, Cottbus/Calau 508 km
107.40 D MDR Figaro, Magdeburg/Burg-Kapaunberg 354 km
107.50 D BB Radio Potsdam/Berlin, Berlin/Schäferberg 430 km
92.00 F France Musique, Rouen/Grand-Couronne 602 km
94.50 F France Culture, Metz/Luttange 452 km
96.80 F France Inter, Reims-Épernay/Hautvillers 513 km
98.00 F France Culture, Lille/Bouvigny le Mont 435 km
106.80 F France Info, Metz/Luttange 452 km


FM loggings 11-08-2010

89.50 BEL VRT Klara, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw 338 km
96.10 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre 328 km
96.60 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Anderlues 375 km
98.30 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Profondeville 359 km
99.40 BEL Topradio SIS, Gent 335 km
99.50 BEL RTBF Musiq' 3, Liège/Bol d'Air 319 km
101.50 BEL VRT MNM, Egem (wvl) 358 km
104.00 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/Hilton Hotel 327 km
96.20 D SWR2 Baden-Württemberg, Hornisgrinde 532 km
99.90 D SWR3, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR 454 km
100.10 D RPR 1. Trier, Haardtkopf 387 km
101.10 D SWR3, Donnersberg (rlp) 418 km
102.10 D RPR 1. Trier, Scharteberg (Eifel) 346 km
105.60 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg 418 km


FM loggings 01-08-2010

95.60 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Liège/Bol d'Air 319 km
87.90 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) 367 km
88.10 D Radio Hochstift, Eggegebirge 237 km
88.20 D NDR Kultur, Marlow (mev) 384 km
90.10 D SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 533 km
91.00 D NDR 1 Radio MV Rostock, Marlow (mev) 384 km
91.40 D Bayern 1 Franken, Büttelberg (bay) 497 km
91.60 D SWR3, Koblenz/Naßheck (rlp) 344 km
91.70 D MDR 1 Radio Thüringen Suhl, Sonneberg 426 km
93.10 D Bayern 2 Mainfranken, Kreuzberg (Rhön) 391 km
93.60 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz R.Trier, Scharteberg 346 km
93.60 D YOU FM (hr), Fulda/Künzell 366 km
94.20 D Bayern 2 Oberbayern, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) 680 km
98.20 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen Bautzen, Löbau/Schafberg 586 km
99.90 D SWR3, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) 454 km
103.80 D Antenne MV, Helpterberg (mev) 444 km
104.20 D Landeswelle Thüringen West, Inselsberg (thü) 367 km
104.80 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) 383 km
107.00 D NDR 2 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Röbel (mev) 369 km
107.10 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz R.Trier, Haardtkopf (rlp) 387 km
107.40 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz R.Koblenz, Koblenz 344 km
107.60 D Ostseewelle, Garz (Rügen) (mev) 437 km
107.80 D 107.8 Antenne AC, Aachen/Stolberg 287 km
87.80 DNK Nova FM, Ølgod/Baunshøjvej 7/Baunshøj 296 km
89.70 DNK DR P3, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 449 km
90.40 DNK Skala FM Sønderborg, Nordborg - Oksbøl 266 km
91.70 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 375 km
99.00 DNK DR P4 Syd/Esbjerg, Varde - Nordenskov 283 km
101.60 DNK DR P2 Musik & Kultur, Næstved - Øverup 384 km
102.30 DNK DR P2 Musik & Kultur, København-Gladsaxe 449 km
102.70 DNK DR P2 Musik & Kultur, Aalborg-Frejlev 449 km
103.00 DNK DR P2 Musik & Kultur, Århus/Søsterhøj 375 km
107.50 DNK Skala FM Ribe, Ribe - Spandet/Toftlundvej 251 km
98.00 F France Culture, Lille/Bouvigny le Mont 435 km
92.00 POL PR Radio Szczecin, Szczecin/Kolowo (ZP) 516 km
106.70 POL RMF FM, Szczecin/Kolowo (ZP) 516 km


FM loggings 28-07-2010

106.00 BEL RTBF La Première, Tournai/Froidmont 391 km
88.40 D Bayern 2 Mainfranken, Pfaffenberg 410 km
89.40 D MDR Figaro, Dequede (san) 325 km
89.80 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) 305 km
91.60 D SWR3, Koblenz/Naßheck (rlp) 344 km
92.30 D Bayern 2 Franken, Dillberg (bay) 543 km
93.90 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen Leipzig, Leipzig 437 km
95.00 D hr2, Rimberg (hes) 331 km
96.10 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt,Magdeburg 354 km
96.20 D SWR2 Baden-Württemberg, Hornisgrinde/SWR 532 km
96.30 D WDR 3, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) 324 km
96.70 D hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) 360 km
101.60 D JUMP (MDR), Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) 415 km
101.60 D BFBS Radio 2, Bielefeld/Kaserne (nrw) 187 km
104.00 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf 339 km
104.00 D MDR Figaro, Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) 415 km
104.80 D hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) 383 km
105.60 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz,Donnersberg (rlp) 418 km
106.00 D Hitradio RTL Sachsen Vogtland, Auerbach 496 km
106.20 D hr3, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) 383 km
106.30 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) 305 km
106.70 D Landeswelle Thüringen Süd, Sonneberg/Bleßberg 426 km
107.30 D hr4 Nord-Osthessen, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] 383 km
107.40 D MDR Figaro, Magdeburg/Burg-Kapaunberg (san) 354 km
107.40 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz R.Koblenz, Koblenz 344 km
106.80 F France Info, Metz/Luttange (57) 452 km

FM loggings 26-7-2010

88.20 D Bayern 2 Franken, Büttelberg (bay) 497 km
88.40 D MDR Figaro, Leipzig-Wiederau (sac) 437 km
88.80 D RBB Berlin 88,8, Berlin/Scholzplatz 433 km
90.40 D JUMP (MDR), Leipzig-Wiederau (sac) 437 km
90.70 D Bayern 1 Franken, Ochsenkopf (bay) 499 km
91.60 D Bayern 2 Ostbayern, Hoher Bogen (bay) 615 km
91.90 D hr4 Nord-Osthessen, Rimberg (hes) 331 km
92.10 D Bayern 1 Ostbayern, Brotjacklriegel (bay) 667 km
93.30 D N-JOY, Meppen (nds) 0.050 KW 75 km
94.30 D r.s.2, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) 445 km
95.00 D hr2, Rimberg (hes) 331 km
96.30 D Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) 391 km
97.30 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Dresden-Wachwitz 537 km
97.70 D YOU FM (hr), Rimberg (hes) 331 km
97.90 D Bayern 3, Dillberg (bay) 543 km
98.30 D Bayern 1 Mainfranken, Kreuzberg (Rhön) 391 km
99.40 D Bayern 3, Ochsenkopf (bay) 499 km
99.70 D Antenne Brandenburg Potsdam, Berlin 445 km
100.10 D Radio SAW, Magdeburg 352 km
100.10 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Brotjacklriegel 667 km
101.60 D hr4 Rhein-Main, Hardberg (hes) 441 km
102.90 D Radio PSR Leipzig, Leipzig-Wiederau (sac) 437 km
103.30 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Heidelstein (Rhön) 383 km
104.00 D B5 aktuell, Büttelberg (bay) 497 km
105.60 D JUMP (MDR), Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) 408 km
88.10 DNK DR P1, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 375 km
100.10 NOR Radio Norge, Greipstad (va) 547 km
88.80 S SR P1, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) 519 km