Friday, June 29, 2012

29 june 2012 - nice opening on OIRT

Again a disappointing day in the CCIR band.
Signals were again very weak for ID-ing.
This evening I observed a good OIRT opening and I would
expect that tomorrow morning there is a good chance for more OIRT and perhaps multi-hop towards East.


66.14 1628 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Melitopol 2137 km
66.68 1555 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Simferopol 2170 km
66.86 1732 BLR Radyjo Stalica, Myadzel 1305 km
66.86 1554 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Lipovets 1602 km
67.13 1715 RUS Radio Mayak, Smogiri/RTPS 1660 km
67.19 1738 BLR Radio Hrodna, Smarhon 1281 km
67.64 1719 BLR Radio Vitsebsk, Myadzel 1305 km
68.03 1608 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Pervomais'k 1776 km
68.24 1605 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Simferopol' 2170 km
68.30 1621 UKR Radio Visti Teplychchini, Teplyk 1671 km
68.39 1741 BLR BR 2 Kanal Kultura, Geranyony 1227 km
68.54 1742 RUS Radio Rossii, Smolensk/RTPS 1640 km
68.57 1601 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Vinnytsya 1558 km
68.60 1548 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Krasnohorivka 1890 km
68.72 1630 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Melitopol' 2137 km
68.75 1631 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Trostyanets' 1936 km
69.23 1506 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Vasilivka 2026 km
70.04 1519 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Rokosovo 1277 km
70.10 1752 BLR BR Novaye Radio Mahilyow, Mahilyow 1538 km
70.52 1513 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Odesa/ 1860 km
71.18 1748 BLR Radyjo Stalica, Mahilyow 1538 km
71.78 1521 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Mykolayiv 1905 km
71.93 1511 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Balanivka 1663 km
72.74 1744 BLR BR 1, Mahilyow/RTPS Polykovici 1538 km
72.89 1745 BLR Radyjo Stalica, Minsk (MI) 1374 km


Demo OIRT from tonight


CCIR
88.10 1636 BUL BNR Horizont, Plovdiv - PI 8210 1826 km
88.20 1642 GRC Relax 88.2 by MTV, Patra -PI:108B 2026 km


Jordan on Channel E3 - 28 june 2012

Today's Band II Es opening again featured very unstable propagation. The skip area was jumping from one country to another. At one moment the band could be almost empty, the next moment all lower frequencies were saturated with many stations. This all made ID-ing difficult.

TV Band 1 was open at 1825 with good video
from MTB/MKD on channel E4 and Inter/UKR and RTL Klub/HNG on channel R2.

At 1845 Jordan fade in on channel E3 - see grab below:






Saturday, June 23, 2012

Sporadic Es - 23 june 2012

A couple of Es openings today on Band II.
Right after lunchtime Spain was in for a brief moment.
A stronger opening started around 1630 utc to
TUR/BUL/GRC and ROU.

This was logged:

87.60 1702 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets
88.20 1634 TUR TRT 3 Radyo Üc, Istanbul/B.Camlica TRT
88.40 1635 TUR Lalegül FM, Istanbul/Camlica
89.00 1636 ROU Radio ZU, Bucuresti (BU)



91.20 1712 GRC ERA2 Dheftero Programa, Kavala
95.30 1641 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Nesebar/Slancev
102.80 1646 ROU Pro FM, Bucuresti/Berceni (BU)



104.80 1651 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Varna
105.30 1654 BUL BNR Radio Varna, Provadiya





Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Band 2 opening to Spain

Nothing really much was happening today on b1 or b2 then
at around 11.10 utc band 2 opened and Spain was in for about 1 hour
up to 108 MHz.

This was logged :


94.50 1258 E RNE R.3, Culleredo/Monte Xalo (GAL-C)
100.80 1147 E Onda Cero, Toledo (CAM-TO)
100.90 1252 E SER, Sama de Langreo (AST-O)
100.90 1251 E Radio Galega, Valga/Monte Xesteiras (GAL-PO)
101.20 1125 E Onda Cero, Sagunt/Monte Picayo (VAL-V)
101.60 1149 E Estrella FM, Madrid (MAD-M)
102.60 1150 E Canal Extremadura Radio, Montánchez (EXT-CC)
102.60 1138 E Tormes FM, Salamanca (CAL-SA)
104.00 1240 POR RFM, Guarda/P.Vento (gua)
104.10 1153 E SER, Segovia (CAL-SG)
105.70 1131 E Vaughan Radio, Madrid/Plaza de Castilla (MAD-M)
107.20 1145 E Fiesta FM, Madrid (MAD-M)





Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Finally a day with some Es

After a few days absence Es are back into Delfzijl.
Got this morning 1TV from Moscow just under video level on Band I
and a few FM stations from Ukraine on OIRT.
Pity when Es conditions improved I had to leave home.

In the afternoon there was a short opening into Italy
on Band 2, but again nothing special.

This was heard:

66.74 0817 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Dnipropetrovs'k
68.36 0812 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Dnipropetrovs'k
72.86 0804 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Kyiv

87.60 1220 I m2o, Bari/Hotel Ambasciatori (ba)
88.60 1251 I Radio Voice, Parabita) PI:5A5B
88.70 1222 I Radio Norba Music, Monopoli
89.70 1224 I Radio Peterpan, Alessano (le) PI:5A5E
94.90 1228 I Radio SKYLAB,Gallipoli PI : 5A0E
100.00 1232 I Radio Salento, Lecce (le)
106.40 1235 I Radio Rama, Val d'Agri

*SKYLAB* - is a personal first !!





Thursday, June 14, 2012

Ultra Cheap SDR Receiver (RTL2832U chip)

A few DX'ers have asked me what kind of software
is needed to run the NOXON DAB stick receiving frequencies from
60 - 900 mHz.

First let me tell you where to obtain the
Terratec Noxon DAB stick.
I bought mine at Conrad for € 25,00 but a
DAB or DVB-T stick can also be obtained on Ebay.
Link :DVB-T

As you can read this dongle based on the E4000 tuner IC
has a very large tunable range of 64 - 1700 mHz
and has also better filters than the Noxon.

But of course there are more sellers who offer
the DVB-T 2832U based dongle, let Google search for you.

The software you need for a proper working of the dongle
you can find here.
Link : Software

Be aware do NOT install the DAB or DVB-T software coming
with the CD, but ONLY the drivers as marked on this picture.



But of course where HDSDR is mentioned you can put the unzipped files
in the directory of your own choice i.e.
WRplus or SDRsharp.

An updated librtl2832++.dll is available for separate download
to let the dongle work for frequencies above 300 mHz.
See "News in brief":
Link :dll

As already mentioned in a earlier post that for OIRT DX
I'm using SDRsharp which you can download here.

Link :sdrsharp

Maybe also of interest

Link :ultra-cheap-sdr forum

More info about the SDRsharp possibilities you can find on YouTube.

Link :UT



Monday, June 11, 2012

Sporadic Es - 11 june 2012

Well I didnt get to the radio until 10 am utc this morning but when I did
it was Belarus and Ukraine on the OIRT band for the next hour.
Pity that it was around luchtime otherwise the log list
would be much longer.

This was heard:

65.75 1018 UKR Pershiy Natsional'niy/Telek., Kyiv - Channel R2
66.08 0957 BLR BR 2 Kanal Kultura, Svislach
66.98 1027 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kirovohrad
67.22 0958 BLR BR 1, Smyatanichy/RTPS (GO)
67.37 0959 BLR BR 1, Bragin/RTPS (GO)
67.70 1030 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Khmel'nyts'kyy
68.03 1033 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Pervomais'k
68.57 1037 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Vinnytsya
69.11 1003 BLR Radyjo Stalica, Bragin/RTPS
70.46 1042 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Izyum
70.46 1040 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Khmel'nyts'kyy
70.91 1010 BLR BR 1, Brest/Rakitnica (BR)
71.03 1008 BLR BR 2 Kanal Kultura, Zhlobin
71.30 1013 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kyiv

As a receiver I used the NOXON DAB stick
and as software SDR#.



This stick is equipped with the RTL2832 chip and
with a special written software the dongle
will work between 45 - 900 mHz.



A short time later there was a nice opening to Portugal and Spain on FM but this lasted only half a hour.
The logs:

87.90 1137 POR RDP Antena 1, Lousã/Trevim
89.30 1139 POR RDP Antena 2, Lousã/Trevim
89.50 1141 POR TSF Rádio Notícias, Lisboa
91.70 1143 POR RFM, Lousã/Trevim
92.80 1145 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra de Bornes
93.20 1147 POR RFM, Lisboa/Monsanto



94.00 1203 POR Rádio Cidade Hoje, Vila Nova de Famalicão
94.00 1200 E Kiss FM, Vigo/Monte Faro Domayo
94.60 1207 POR RDP Antena 2, Muro/Serra do Gerês
95.70 1207 POR RDP Antena 1, Lisboa/Monsanto





Sunday, June 10, 2012

Sporadic Es - 10 june 2012

This years sporadic es season starts already around
the 8th.May but the propagation was very unstable
or totally absent during the rest of May.

Today was the first intense Band II Es opening of the season
into GRC and TUR at my location.
Listening time 08.00-11.35 UTC, local time is UTC + 2 hours.

This was heard:


OIRT logs:

68.84 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kirovohrad
69.56 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Kryvyy Rih
70.97 UKR UR 3 Radio Kul'tura, Donets'k

FM band 2 logs:

87.80 E Si Ràdio, Torrent/Perentxissa
88.10 BUL BNR Horizont, Kavarna/RPS Kaliakra
88.20 TUR TRT 3 Radyo Üc, Istanbul/B.Camlica
88.40 TUR Lalegül FM, Istanbul/Camlica
89.20 TUR Alem FM, Mudanya/Gündogdu Tepe
89.80 TUR Show Radyo, Istanbul/Camlica
90.20 TUR Radyo Turkuvaz, Istanbul/Camlica
90.60 TUR Radyo Ikibin (2000), Istanbul/Camlica
91.60 TUR Radyo 24 (Istanbul), Istanbul/Camlica
92.00 TUR Kral FM, Istanbul/Camlica
92.20 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, RRTS Botev vrah
93.10 TUR TGRT FM, Istanbul/Camlica
95.10 GRC ERA2 Dheftero Programa, Thasos/Mt Ipsarion
95.30 BUL BNR Hristo Botev, Nesebar/Slancev
96.60 TUR Yön Radyo, Istanbul/Camlica
96.60 BUL Radio Vitosha, Dobrich/RRTS
100.00 GRC FM 100 (Thessaloniki), Thessaloniki
100.70 E Catalunya Ràdio, Alpicat (CAT-L)
104.00 MNE Radio D, Danilovgrad/Kurilo DG
104.00 E Radio Castilla La Mancha, Chinchilla Mte Aragón
107.40 GRC Libero 107,4, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis
107.90 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Slatina





TV Band 1 was also open today to Russia, Ukraine, Hungary
and Makedonia.
Below a grab of MTB on Channel E4 = 62.25 video / 67.75 audio