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Week 19: Dacha QRV and SpE season opened

Published 10.05.2018 by JMN

May 8, 2018

Testing and setting up the antennas today, both will be horizontal.

Triax 5-el sees the sky from lower (3m)

Triax 4-el sees the sky from upper balcony (6m)

May 9, 2018

Setting the radios on lower balcony

May 10, 2018

ES Season opened, 0855-1115 UTC opening to RUS, UKR. The highest note 107.3 MHz

MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km

88.70 0908 UKR Radio Promin. Volnovaha/DFKRRT (DO) switched from UR1 to UR2? 1820km
70.49 0910 UKR Radio Kometa (pirate broadcasting), Donets’k/DFKRRT, vul. Pikhotna, 4a (DO) 1786km
89.00 0930 RUS Radio Rossii, Rostov-na-Donu/ORTPC (RO) PI logged: 7748 PS logged: R.ROSSII 1918km
91.80 0933 RUS Radio Mayak, Rostov-na-Donu/ORTPC (RO) PI logged: 7C98 PS logged: MAYAK___ 1918km
90.60 0937 RUS Radio Dacha, Stary Oskol/Verhnechufichevo (BE) 1452km
88.20 0938 RUS Detskoye Radio, Rostov-na-Donu (RO) PI logged: 7235 PS logged: POCTOB 1915km
100.40 0941 +RUS Radio Radio, Stary Oskol/Verhnechufichevo (BE) PI logged: 77F0 1452km
104.10 0944 RUS Avtoradio, Rostov-na-Donu (RO) 1915km
69.65 0957 UKR Radio Promin. Pidgorivka/LFKRRT (LU) tx switched from UR1 to UR2? 1682km
72.41 1000 RUS Radio Rossii, Kshenskiy (KU) 1389km
69.23 1011 RUS Avtoradio, Gubkin/LGOK (BE) 1447km
67.70 1055 RUS Tatar Radiosy, Ulyanovsk/Dom Byta (UL) 1602km

Second round brought UKR-MDA-ROU-CZE-POL-SVK-SRB-HRV-HNG-D 1809-2024 UTC

94.50 1819 ROU SRR Radio Iasi, Husi (VS) PI logged: EE04 PS logged: _R_IASI_ 1768km
92.20 1823 UKR Radio Pyatnytsya (Pyatnitsa), Izmayil/OORTPTS, vul. Zheleznyakova, 260 (OD) 1921km
90.10 1824 ROU Pro FM, Constanta (CT) PI logged: E029 PS logged: _PRO_FM 90,1_FM_ 2047km
89.50 1825 ROU Itsy Bitsy, Tulcea (TL) PI logged: E2C8 1939km
96.30 1829 CZE Radio Cas, Valašské Mezirící/Štepánov (TVp) (ZL) 1520km
95.70 1830 POL Radio Zlote Przeboje 95,7 FM, Rzeszów/Wzg. Magdalenka (PK) PI logged: 32CC PS logged: _Zlote__ Przeboje 1403km
101.80 1832 SVK Rádio Vlna, Bratislava/Kamzík (BA) PI logged: 5218 PS logged: __VLNA__ 1674km
96.50 1835 CZE Kiss, Šumperk/Kolšov – vrch Markovice (OL) 2 possible tx 1494km
96.80 1835 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Sopron – Dalos-hegy (GMS) 1740km
97.70 1836 CZE Radio Impuls, Hodonín/ul. Lipová alej 3087/1 (JMA) (JM) PI logged: 2203 PS logged: _MPUL_ 1601km
98.50 1837 SRB Hit FM, Beograd/Avala (Srb) PI logged: 5000 2005km
98.70 1837 SRB Radio S1, Kopaonik/Gobelja (Srb) PS logged: RADIO_S_ 2154km
100.10 1838 POL RMF FM, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 1434km
96.10 1844 HRV HRT-HR 2, Labinštica (st) 2 tx PI logged: C202 PS logged: HRT-HR_2 2188km
94.30 1845 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Szolnok / Besenyszögi út (JNS) PI logged: B203 PS logged: KOSSUTH_ 1733km
94.50 1845 SRB RTS-Radio Beograd 1, Crveni Cot (Voj) PI logged: D2FF PS logged: RTS_RB_1 1964km
92.20 1848 SRB Radio 021, Novi Sad/Bulevar oslobodenja 81 (Voj) PI logged: D084 PS logged: 021_____ 1951km
92.30 1854 CZE Radio Haná, Olomouc/Pohorany-Jedová hora (OL) 1508km
96.40 1857 HNG Rádió 1, Budapest – Gellért-hegy (Bud) 1717km
98.80 1859 ROU SRR Kolozsvári Rádió, Cluj-Napoca/Feleac (CJ) 1759km
88.70 1902 D Bayern 2, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) PI logged: D312 PS logged: Bayern_2 1911km
93.30 1903 HRV HRT-HR 2, Mirkovica (ka) PI logged: C202 PS logged: HRT-HR_2 2024km
89.50 1946 CZE Country Radio, Praha/ul. Vinohradská 2396/184 – Stimbuilding (PR) PI logged: 2337 PS logged: COUN 1534km
90.30 1947 CZE Expres FM, Praha/stadion Rošického II (PR) 1536km
88.70 1951 CZE Radio Proglas, Tábor/osada Šibenný vrch (k.c. 5304/11) (JC) 1598km
89.00 1952 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) PS logged: _IMPULS_ 1473km
89.30 1952 CZE Hitrádio Orion, Bystrice p. Hostýnem/Kelcský Javorník (ZL) 1531km
89.70 1955 HRV Antena Zagreb, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) PI logged: C30D PS logged: _ANTENA_ 1942km
89.50 1957 CZE Radio Cas Rock, Trinec/Godula (MO) 1490km
90.30 1957 CZE Kiss, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) PI logged: 23A0 PS logged: __KISS__ 1554km
96.80 1958 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Sopron – Dalos-hegy (GMS) 1740km
97.50 1958 CZE CRo Zlín, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) PS logged: R-ZLIN__ 1554km
94.90 2002 CZE Frekvence 1, Znojmo/Kraví hora (TVp) (JM) 1625km
88.20 2007 CZE CRo Ceské Budejovice, Slavonice/ul. Wolkerova 271 (JC) PI logged: 250D PS logged: __R-CB__ 1625km
89.70 2007 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) PI logged: 232F 1529km
91.80 2008 D MDR JUMP, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) 1423km

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QSL from a former jammer?

Published 24.04.2018 by JMN

It is almost possible!

In Ukrainian capital Kyiv the FM transmitters are located in two different towers, roughly half of them are in TV tower, but another half is located in Щекавиця, Подільська радіовежа, which was formerly used for jamming of BBC, VOA and Radio Liberty. Now it is used for FM broadcasting.

Here is an audio sample from this tower, located on one of the numerous hills of Kiev!

Lux FM (103.1 MHz) was my first meteor catch ever and made me passionated to hunt more meteor reflections.

From the very same mast transmits also Jam FM 95.6 which verified Sporadic E reception after a short chat few years ago:

For more mast pictures from Kiev, you can visit this page: http://ukrtvr.org/efir-po-naselenikh-punktakh/32/279

Any of these towers wasn’t the well-known ”Kiev Woodpecker”. In this case the given name misleads a bit, because the origin of woodpeckers knocking was an OTH radar ”Duga” which is located near Chernobyl, nowadays not accessible area.

Thanks for infos ulx2 (Alexandr)

 

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Week 17, 2018

Published 23.04.2018 by JMN

23.04.2018

1638 1940-2040 HOL: Melkbus Radio CD 2040. MW sounds extremely noisy tonight, is it about the antennas or propagation?
5150 2100 UNID: Charleston Radio International

QSLs:

#1269 BC station QSL: BIH: Radio Ljubic, Prnjavor 88.9 MHz

”Jeste, ispravno ste čuli naš signal. Veliki pozdrav”

#245 free radio QSL: Charleston Radio International 5150 kHz

”Hello Jan-Mikael
i thank you very much for your friendship request. And i am also happy about your e-mail report.
I read your e-mail and then i had to work.

Our QSL Cards are not printed yet, I expactet the QSL Cards in maybe 4 weeks. But i send you one soon as possible.

Best regards and greeting from
CHARLESTON RADIO INTERNATIONAL

Harry Richman”

#246 free radio QSL: HOL: Radio Casablanca International 1640 kHz 14.04.2017

”dat klopt jan mikael al even wat opsturen bekijk de filmpjes van mijn casablanca cafe en de studio maar eens groetjes”

 

 

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Week 16, 2018

Published 21.04.2018 by JMN

16.04.2018

Station visit at RAI Veneto, a short article will come later.

 

19.04.2018

First weak OIRT signals were heard by JJH, nothing noted here

20.04.2018

7726 1906 GRC: Radio Zeppelin, Athens. Playing music and live DJ with ID and greetings to Holland.

22.04.2018

6260 1915 HOL: Mike Radio. S9+20 dB.
6300 1925 D: Radio Sofa King. 1934 Gute Nacht Freunde, ID 1938, 1939 Wedding Bells (BZN) SINPO 43232.
5150 2025 UNID: Charleston Radio International. SINPO 33333

QSLs:

Free radio QSL: Zeppelin Radio, Athens, Greece 7726 kHz

”Hello from Greece,thank your for the reception,i will send you a qsl card very soon for the reception.”

 

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Week 10, 2018

Published 10.03.2018 by JMN

Only one log for this week:

95.900 10.03. 1625- FIN: Radio Patmos. Jyväskylä -tx. //89.2 MHz. Temp. 1 kW 01032018-31052018. ES-kaudelle tähän tullee Kesäseuraradio, eli taas yksi menetetty taajuus. JMN

It’s time to count FM QSLs for annual FM QSL rank of Finnish DX Association. FM QSL list is updated here, for any v/s information feel free to contact me.

I am also curious to know which are (statistically) most important countries and languages for a FMDXer living in inner Finland:

CTR/NUMBER OF QSLs
RUS 122
I 84
D 70
F 45
CZE 40
G 39+3
FIN 1 (38+4)
UKR 34
ROU 32
S 27
SRB (YUG+SCG) 26
POL 25
BEL 20
HRV 20
HOL 20
HNG 17
AUT 16
DNK 16
SVK 14
BIH 13
EST 11
BUL 8
TUR 8
IRL 7
SVN 7
BLR 6
LVA 6
MDA 5
NOR 4
SUI 4
ISL 3
LUX 3
CYP 2
KAZ 2
LTU 2
RSM 2
E 2
ALG 1
GRC 1
ISR 1
KOS 1
MNE 1
POR 1

TOTAL 769 (806)

The eight biggest countries RUS, I, D, F, CZE, G, UKR, ROU (Finland not included) consist ca. 60% of all QSLs. First six countries have brought 400 QSLs to my collection, that’s ca. 50%. So it’s obvious that most important languages are: Russian, Italian, German, French, Czech, English and Romanian. I have sent reports to Ukraine mainly in Russian which is widely understood there. As those languages are also useful for reporting to ALG, AUT, BEL, BLR, IRL, KAZ, MDA, LUX, RSM, SUI and SVK it means 546 QSLs all together, roughly 70%.

QSLs this week:
RAI Internazionale, Prato Smeraldo 9570 kHz;
RAI Piemonte, Torino Volpiano 999 kHz;
RAI GR Parlamento 89.7 MHz;
RAI Radio 3 99.9 MHz

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Week 9, 2018

Published 03.03.2018 by JMN

98.500 03.03. 0738- FIN: JMK Ralliradio, Jämsä. Himos -tx. Hyvällä asenteella n. 70 km takaa parvekkeelle hätäisesti heitettyyn dipoliin, Yagit kun ovat edelleen talvilevolla. Hyvin tehtyä ohjelmaa, haastatteluja, musiikkia ja runsaasti paikallisten yrittäjien mainoksia. JMN

101.300 02.03. 0915- FIN: Suomirock. Pihtipudas -tx. Äänekosken lisäksi Pihtiputaan lähetin on saatu ääneen. Asiakkaan pihasta löytyi paikka jossa Pieksämäen väkivahva KISS putosi ja tämä pääsi puristumaan esiin ID:llä. Pihtiputaan ja Pieksämäen puolivälissä voi olla mielenkiintoinen puuro taajuudella. JMN/VW Caddy

QSLs this week: Radio Powerplay 3840 kHz

QSLs this week: Radio Pandora, The Netherlands 1625 kHz

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Week 8. 2018

Published 22.02.2018 by JMN

Inactivity continues, again only one log this week

100.500 22.2. 0830- FIN: Suomirock. Äänekoski -tx. Jyväskylässä Suomirockin kuuluminen kahdella taajuudella aitoitalialaiseen malliin on lopultakin päättynyt, kun 96.8 MHz on nyt allokoitu Äänekoskelle ja samalla taajuudeksi on vaihdettu 100.5 MHz häiriöiden välttämiseksi. Aloittanut nyt siis tässä ja 96.8 MHz vapautui jälleen DX-käyttöön. Jyväskylän 106.4 MHz jatkaa normaalisti. JMN/VW Caddy

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Week 7, 2018

Published 18.02.2018 by JMN

Inactivity continues, only one log for this week

105.400 17.2. 1110- FIN: Instanssi, Jyväskylä. Tämäkin on lopulta aloittanut. Mediamonitorin TET:n mukaan lupa oli aluksi voimassa jo joulusta Tikkakoskelle, mutta sittemmin täsmentynyt Jyväskylään ja aloituspäiväkin myöhentynyt. Tarrasi nyt vahingossa autoillessa RDS- hakuun, näyttäen kenttiä INSTANSI, INST4NSI, 1NSTANSI, IN5TANSI, INS7ANSI, INSTANS1, INSTAN51 jne ja soitellen ”kasibittistä”. Myös audio-ID muutamaan otteeseen: ”Tapahtumaradio Instanssi 105.4 MHz”. Lähetin oli edelleen päällä kotiin ajellessa iltapäivällä ja ilmeisesti tästä lähin jatkuvasti. Itse tapahtuma on Jyväskylässä 1.-4.3.2018. http://instanssi.org:8000/fm.opus. JMN/Alfan kabiini

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Week 5, 2018

Published 04.02.2018 by JMN

01.02.2018

1390 0602 USA: WEGP Presque Isle (ME). ”EWTN”
1610 0612 CAN: CHHA Toronto (ON). Relaying Camões Radio 11pm-6am. ”Camões, we are Radio 1”
1620 0550 CUB: UNID Cuban stations.

04.02.2018

882 1430 CLN: Vishva Vani (TWR)
1280 0627 UNID South American
1300 0615 CLM: Besame, Pereira. Local ID ”Besame 1300 am Pereira”
1390 0559 USA: WEGP Presque Isle (ME)
1602 1406 HOL: KBC Radio
1620 0636 HOL: Mike Radio

 

 

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Week 3, 2018

Published 19.01.2018 by JMN

18.01.2018
648 2000 G: Radio Caroline, Orfordness
1635 1810 GRC: Stathmos Alzazira(?). Mentions this name, but not even local operators don’t know such a station existing in GRC.

19.01.2018
918 1545 IND: AIR Suratgarh. ID 1600. Music programme with male host. 1610 ANN.

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