This is a compilation of all the logs and news items that have appeared on this site in 1999.
Some external links may no longer be valid though they did work at the time of writing.
December 31, 1999
Propagation - Nothing apart from another pirate with RDS.
03.13 90.5 G Point Blank, Slough music 0753 PT_BLANK strng MH RT "Point Blank Fm Broadcasting weekends Tel:07715 440760
December 28-30, 1999
Another UNID - Joerg Moeschler sent me a RealAudio file of one of his intriguing un-identified stations from this summer. I've put the file on the website, and linked it from here.
Propagation - Tried the clearest channel I could find 89.8 MHz, but just picked up numerous fadeup's of France Musique.
December 27, 1999
Propagation - Tuned around briefly. Lots of pirates, DTI presumably on extended Christmas holiday like everyone else.
15.16 101.2 G Unique dance CABC _UNIQUE_ strng MH RT "THE STATION 4 THE MILLENNIUM" 15.17 103.6 G Flex FM dance 35AB __FLEX__ strng MH 15.18 90.4 G Vogue FM music 35AB VOGUE_FM strng MH 19.17 87.5 G Rinse FM music 8750 RINSE_FM v stg MH
December 22-26, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 ... Nothing logged due to extreme QRM from pirates.
December 21, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 ... Nothing dx-wise noted.
December 20, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 ... Not much doing.
07.34 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno pop 2203 MP fair MH
December 19, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 ... Not much doing, I'm only investigating the RDS-ing pings.
04.23 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) music 5201 brief MH
December 18, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 ... the RSL in Ealing on 87.7 seems to be lower strength here today, so thought I'd try my old "usual" channel.
20.39 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. OM talk in AA 7202 INTER___ MH
December 17, 1999
Propagation - 87.5 & 90.2 ... tried different channels, 87.5 empty, 90.2 lots of tropo fades to France Musiques - No surprise there.
December 16, 1999
Propagation - 107.1 ... Nothing noted.
December 15, 1999
Propagation - 107.1 ... pirate on until 01:58:25. Fair number of brief German pings after 0500. Nothing ID'd.
09.19 107.1 POL un-id Polish OM/YL talk brief MH
December 14, 1999
Propagation - On 107.1 ... pirate on til 01:39:00 but left blank carrier on til 04:19:30. Fair number of pings to Germany after than and early morning tropo. Pirate back on at 18:06:45.
05.16 107.1 D un-id German music (4 mins) weak MH 05.35 107.1 D un-id German music, YL DJ, OM with nxpapers (9 mins) weak MH 07.31 107.1 POL R Zet, Konin Zolwieniec OM talk 3205 brief MH 07.45 107.1 D un-id German (5 mins) weak MH 08.49 107.1 D un-id German (3 mins) weak MH 09.19 107.1 D un-id German (meteor) brief MH 11.49 107.1 D un-id German OM (3 mins) weak MH
December 13, 1999
Propagation - On 107.1 ... not much, weak pre-dawn to Germany. Pirate began at 17:52:50 initially as "Live 95.5", later IDing as "Track FM 107.1".
04.00 107.1 D un-id German time pips, 5 min news, pop weak MH 05.30 107.1 D un-id German pop, adverts ... fades every 5 seconds QSB MH 09.02 107.1 ? un-id NOT German OM talk brief MH
December 12, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted in RDS log, audio n/a due to toddler restarting Mac.
December 11, 1999
Propagation - On 107.1 as "planned" ... Overnight many short pings to Germany, with some pre-dawn weak tropo also to Germany. Pirate began on 107.1 at 1314. So it'll be 107.2 MHz tonight.
04.54 107.1 D un-id German OM talk and music 0454-0545 weak MH 06.29 107.1 D un-id German OM talk 0629-0631 weak MH 08.01 107.1 ? un-id NOT German OM talk (East Euro) (meteor) brief MH 08.09 107.1 ? un-id NOT German song and OM talk (meteor) brief MH 10.04 107.1 D un-id German OM talk 1004-1006 weak MH 11.35 107.1 D B5 Aktuel, Ochsenkopf OM talk (meteor) D315 AK brief MH 12.32 107.1 D B5 Aktuel, Ochsenkopf YL talk (short tropo) D315 B_ AK brief MH
87.7 MHz - I'm still receiving new contributions about my reception on Nov 29. The original page is still here, and you can read more on the results page.
December 10, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted part from a few very short pings today on 107.0 ... curtailed due to a weekend pirate on 106.925 or thereabouts. Back onto 107.1 for overnight.
Website - 107.3 Eagle FM are preparing their website at http://www.1073eagle.co.uk.
December 9, 1999
Propagation - Tried 107.1 therefore today. A fair number of pings, but all very short, nothing ID'd. Germany just edged in occasionally on tropo, but only very very weakly.
RSL - Radio Ramadan began their 28 day RSL this morning on 87.7 broadcasting from nearby Ealing. Probably them testing yesterday evening.
December 8, 1999
Propagation - Less activity, and curtailed in the evening when a blank stereo carrier on 87.7 obliterated everything.
01.51 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice. 2311 brief MH
December 7, 1999
Propagation - Nice to get RDS data from the German at last.
01.01 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg YL in FF F202 brief MH 03.13 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg OM talk F202 _CULTURE fair MH 18.37 87.7 D MDR-Kultur, Chemnitz classical mx D3C3 brief MH
December 6, 1999
Propagation - Fair number of weak short pings, only one up to RDS levels.
01.03 87.7 F pres Fr Culture, Strasbourg YL talk in FF brief MH 09.08 87.7 D un-id .. YL in German brief MH 09.09 87.7 ? un-id .. OM in Scandanavian lang brief MH 09.10 87.7 ? un-id .. pop music brief MH 09.51 87.7 ? un-id .. OM in ?Arabic? brief MH 10.47 87.7 ? un-id .. OM in Slavic language ... pres Funradio brief MH 11.41 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice OM and pop 2311 NR brief MH
December 5, 1999
Propagation - Some pings overrode the pirate interference.
08.56 87.7 ? un-id ... presume Fr Culture classical mx brief MH 21.03 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg OM talk F202 brief MH
December 4, 1999
87.7 UNID - Further updated the Results So Far page. We're getting a lot closer to working it out. And that's all down to the many people who've contributed to the process. Thank you!
Propagation - Nothing of note (pirate interference).
December 3, 1999
87.7 UNID - Updated the Results So Far page. I've emailed various stations asking them if it was them ... remote hope, but you never know.
RDS - Updated the UK Commercial station page. OakFM appear to have dropped the obvious "oakfm.co.uk" in favour of a slogan based website.
Propagation - Usual list of meteor pings today.
01.21 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 _C brief MH 03.49 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 TU brief MH 12.45 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 _C RE brief MH 19.38 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice 2311 FUNRAD brief MH
December 2, 1999
Propagation - The Asian RSL in Kent is now off-air - as per published lists, and nothing heard from it today. So 87.7 here is really clear of licenced UK stations, pity about the pirates! Lots of pings noted, especially 0500-0800 to Strasbourg (presumably).
01.52 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 brief MH 05.38 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice OM talk 2311 brief MH 07.22 87.7 ? un-id OM (studio) + OM (phone) "... schlagbort" brief MH 07.25 87.7 ? un-id YL in East Euro language brief MH 09.48 87.7 ? un-id OM in German brief MH 09.59 87.7 ? un-id slow folk pop song brief MH 22.23 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice 2311 brief MH
December 1, 1999
87.7 UNID - I've written a Results So Far page. So far it does look to be North American.
Propagation - More discernible pings again today.
12.54 87.7 ? un-id Greek type music, OM saying "... Yugoslavia" brief MH 13.31 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice YL talk about autos 2311 brief MH 14.34 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice Bob Marley record 2311 brief MH 17.09 87.7 ? un-id sounded Polish OMs talking brief MH 18.07 87.7 ? pres F Culture, Strasbourg OMs in French brief MH 18.55 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg OM talk F202 brief MH
November 30, 1999
87.7 UNID - I've made up AIFF and WAV format sound files too. They're linked from this page. I'm very interested to find out what this station is so I need all the help I can get.
Propagation - Not so many pings ... even fewer with RDS. Something trying to come in around 1100, but right down in the noise.
12.31 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 brief MH 22.08 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 brief MH
November 29, 1999
87.7 UNID - What is this station? me what you think.
Propagation - Thought they'd be little going on ... not much RDS'd but there were many pings all day with Italy, Sweden, Germany etc. And at 1115 there was North American sounding audio, perhaps from tv channel A-6 on nominal 87.75 MHz.
04.16 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg YL talk F202 brief MH 06.34 87.7 ? un-id sounded like an Irish DJ back ann' Coors record brief MH 11.15 87.7 ? un-id sounded like an American OM with weather on Channel 4 brief MH with second American with YL talk 12.51 87.7 I un-id YL with advert for ? in Napoli tel: 081 24 51 367 short MH 20.30 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice pop music 2311 FUNRADIO brief MH 21.17 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice pop music 2311 brief MH
November 28, 1999
RDS - Couple of additions and alterations to the RDS listing ... thanks, Richard.
Propagation - Very little due to interference.
21.13 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 brief MH
November 27, 1999
Propagation - Very little due to interference.
04.50 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 brief MH
November 26, 1999
Propagation - Several pings to start the night, but then poor tropo took over. France there weakly most of the time 0200-0600, then Indian RSL 0600-0700.
00.30 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg OM in FR F202 _C TURE brief MH 01.13 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg OM in FR F202 _CULTURE brief MH 01.49 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg music F202 _CULTURE brief MH 03.02 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg YL F202 _CULTURE brief MH 06.00 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice 2311 NR IO brief MH 22.30 87.7 ? unid Germany? OM in German brief MH
November 25, 1999
Propagation - Lots more activity today. The Indian RSL also peaked up in the evening 1805-1825
01.07 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice pop 2311 AD brief MH 02.07 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice pop 2311 ADIO brief MH 04.50 87.7 ? unid classical music brief MH 05.07 87.7 ? unid classical music brief MH 05.19 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg classical music F202 brief MH 05.45 87.7 ? unid possibly NOS-2 Dutch OM .. tropo? weak MH 06.34 87.7 ? unid Germany? YL in German brief MH 07.47 87.7 ? unid Germany? OM in German weak MH 11.05 87.7 ? unid pop brief MH 11.10 87.7 ? unid YL classical song brief MH 12.15 87.7 ? unid Germany? OM talk abt computer brief MH 13.20 87.7 S presumably SR-1 Halmstad OM+YL in Swedish brief MH 15.36 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg YL talk F202 _CULTURE brief MH 16.06 87.7 S presumably SR-1 Halmstad YL in Swedish brief MH 17.05 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice pop 2311 FU ADIO brief MH 18.04 87.7 HOL NOS-2 presumed Dutch adverts brief MH 19.06 87.7 ? unid classical music brief MH 22.12 87.7 ? unid choral song brief MH
November 24, 1999
Propagation - More productive night on 87.7.
02.30 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice YL pop song 2311 brief MH 04.15 87.7 ? unid test tone brief MH 04.30 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice pop 2311 FUNR brief MH 06.59 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg YL talk in FF F202 brief MH 06.59 87.7 D unid YL talk in GG brief MH 09.02 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg piano music F202 _CULTURE fair MH
November 23, 1999
Propagation - Nothing last night on 87.8, but one today on 87.7 MHz.
19.49 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg classical music F202 _CULTURE short MH
November 22, 1999
Propagation - Got one meteor ping this morning through the pirate (87.65 MHz) interference.
07.17 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg classical music F202 _CULTURE brief MH
Websites - Added a link to Lantern Radio's website on my UK RDS page. Thanks Tim.
November 19-21, 1999
Propagation - Nothing strong enough to be logged. There was a series of meteor pings on the 19th 0500-0730 giving Germany and others (Poland?), but none strong enough to RDS.
Website - I've added a search capability to this website. Give it a try from the main page. It'll become more useful when (if) I start breaking up this dxlatest page into smaller chunks, perhaps creating discrete logs pages etc. Anyway give it a try if you've got time.
November 18, 1999
Propagation - Noted an increasing number of pings from around 0035. But all were very short ... just fractions of a second. The frequency of pings increased steadily and appeared to peak around 0210-0215. But even then nearly all pings were very short. A few lasted for up to 30 seconds or longer, but all gave really weak signals. Nothing identified out of the weak background of stations ... just un-id's from Germany on 87.8, Italy on 87.7, and test tone on 87.6 MHz. Maybe the debris this year was much finer dust and particles, which burnt up at too high an altitude to have any radio (or visual) effects.
12.02 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg OM song F202 brief MH
November 17, 1999
Propagation - Had the radio on 87.8 MHz last night ... and nothing logged. I've left it on 88.0 while I'm at work today to see if that produces anything. [update] Nothing logged on 88.0 either.
Weblinks - Leonids Live with latest data from the Leonids Environment Operations Center. There's also NASA's Science headlines page
The International Meteor Organisation's prediction page for the Leonids.
November 16, 1999
Propagation - Again lots of small pings overnight. Pretty sure the Indian station is the RSL.
Lots more pings this evening, again most very brief. Clear sky and cold tonight too.
02.58 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice pop 2311 FUNRADIO brief MH 03.51 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg talk F202 UL brief MH 06.08 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice pop 2311 FU AD brief MH 07.02 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 _CULTURE brief MH 17.32 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) music 5201 brief MH 17.35 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno pop 2203 _IMPULS_ fair MH 19.01 87.6 D un-id German YL talk brief MH 21.44 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice pop 2311 brief MH 21.47 87.7 I un-id Italian OM talk brief MH
November 15, 1999
Propagation - Lots of meteor pings noted last night. Only 3 were strong enough to RDS ...
But listening to the audio recording there were many pings of France Culture that didn't RDS. There were many too that had blank carrier in the early hours, and later had something like Arabic or similar language - OM talk and drums. These seemed to be from a non-RDS station since some pings were definitely strong enough.
The new filters are a definite improvement.
Update - the ?Arabic station has been "pinging" all day. Sounds now like an Indian language, perhaps the Khalsa Radio RSL in Gravesend coming in via jet scatter.
02.17 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice 2311 brief MH 03.45 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 brief MH 06.08 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg YL talk F202 _CULTURE brief MH 22.01 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice Pop music 2311 FUNR brief MH
November 14, 1999
Propagation - Can't believe it ... 87.7 is now a clear channel as Rare FM has finished its RSL.
06.22 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice 2311 FU IO brief MH 08.53 87.7 F France Culture, Stasbourg F202 _CULTURE brief MH 14.00 87.7 SVK Funradio, Kosice 2311 NR brief MH
November 13, 1999
Propagation - Still no tropo down here.
November 12, 1999
Propagation - Lots of tropo for listeners in the North Midlands and North of England ... Poland especially coming in well. Down here in London, the tropo is yet to really open up. During the evening I'm just getting improved reception of the usual near French and Belgian stations. The new filters did allow 106.0 to come in between local London stations on 105.8 and 106.2 MHz.
22.05 106.0 BEL RTBF-1, Tournai. music and talk 6351 weak MH 22.15 88.7 F France Musique classical music F203 MUSIQUES weak MH
Propagation - Couple of brief meteors on what turned out to be a clear channel last night. The Radio Feltham RSL is completely nulled here by the horizontal 8 element!
02.33 107.1 D Bayern 5, Ochsenkopf D315 brief MH 09.57 107.1 POL Radio Zet, Konin Zolwieniec 3205 oZET brief MH
Equipment - Replaced all 4 IF filters in the Sony SA3es with 110 kHz filters (Thanks BKL!). Selectivity improved somewhat, not earth shattering but better none the less. For instance I can now hear 88.7 Musiques and 106.0 RTBF-1 whereas before ... no chance. 88.7 is next to BBC R2 88.8 and 106.0 is sandwiched between Virgin 105.8 and Heart 106.2 MHz.
November 11, 1999
Propagation - Early evening meteor activity, though it seems to have now (2130) died away.
17.01 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 brief MH 17.55 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 brief MH
November 10, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted, but there is currently a record-breaking high pressure over the NW of the UK. Nothing yet happening tropo-wise but keep alert for when it moves away.
There is a possibility of a meteor shower on Thursday 11 Nov in the evening, due to the long period Linear comet. More information about this is on NASA's news page A Surprise November Meteor Shower
November 3 - 9, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
November 2, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 MHz ... One 10 second meteor ping to Italy.
02.10 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) music/song 5201 RAI_MF1_ good MH
October 29 - November 1, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted. Apart from increased power by Rare FM on 87.7 now splattering across 87.6 all the time ... and Rinse FM at the weekend very strong on 87.55 giving "shouts" to Hayes. Rather reduced the ability to dx.
October 28, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 MHz ... Sporadic E again. This time to Spain and Portugal. OK I'm beaming SE, but I still got some IDs ... Cadena Cien (weak) ... Onda Cero (good).
11.00 87.6 E Cadena Cien, Cordoba YL Cadena Cien ID poor MH 11.27 87 6 E Onda Cero, Plasencia YL/OM ID, jingle ID E2EE ONDACERO good MH then lots of QSB reducing signal quality, until 11.45 87.6 E Onda Cero, Plasencia YL talk E2EE ONDACERO good MH 12.14 87.6 POR un-id YL talk in Portuguese brief MH 12.27 87.6 POR un-id OM advert brief MH
October 26 - 27, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
October 25, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 MHz ... not many meteors overnight.
01.41 87.6 ? un-id tone MH 03.38 87.6 I likely RAI YL talk MH 05.01 87.6 I likely RAI YL talk MH 09.06 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) OM very briefly 5201 MH
October 24, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 MHz ... not many meteors, but Sporadic E to Italy in the late afternoon. Here's the first clip of RAI, the second clip of RAI and the un-id language one.
06.10 87.6 TUN ERTT, Zarzis. 7202 MH 16.40 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) YL with football 5201 fair MH 17.12 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) OM 5201 RAI_MF1_ good MH 17.25 87.6 ? un-id OM in un-id'd lang MH 19.22 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 MH
October 22 - 23, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
October 21, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 MHz ... Good strength ping from Tunisia, also a brief but strong one from Italy later on. Belgium faded in briefly around 0450 as usual.
01.01 87.6 TUN ERTT, Zarzis. OM talk 7202 INTER___ good MH 01.19 87.6 ? un-id OM in German MH 03.36 87.6 I un-id YL in Italian MH 03.38 87.6 ? un-id OM in East European lang MH 06.19 87.6 I un-id OM in Italian MH 06.44 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) YL talk 5201 RAI_MF1_ brief MH 21.24 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. pop music 2203 MH 23.03 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. YL talk 2203 MH
October 20, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 MHz ... Sweden popped up nicely, Tunisia was very brief, RAI not bad and one un-id in the morning sounding East European.
03.34 87.6 S SR-1 (multi-tx) YL with sport (football) E201 MH 04.16 87.6 TUN ERTT, Zarzis. OM 7202 MH 06.40 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) OM talk 5201 MH 08.47 87.6 ? un-id ... sounded East European MH
October 19, 1999
Propagation - 87.6 MHz ... Belgium fading in and out during the night and day, best around 0300-0600. Some meteor pings, but all too short. One at 0222 had tone, others just snatches of music, most in the 0115-0230 period. Some minor pings this evening. Late evening ping to Italy (RAI), and Czech Rep (Impuls).
18.50 87.6 ?? un-id YL in German MH 20.04 87.6 I un-id OM in Italian MH 22.24 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) OM talk in IT 5201 MH 23.32 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. pop music 2203 MH
October 18, 1999
Propagation - Belgium fading in and out all night and most of the day, though too weak to RDS. Several meteor pings noted overnight, but most too short to be useful. Interesting ones were this one, sounding Arabic at 0304 UTC, this un-id'd one at 0746 sounding Czech, and this one RDS-ing as R Impuls at 1028.
03.04 87.6 ?? un-id very brief sounded Arabic MH 07.46 87.6 ?? un-id sounding Czech MH 10.28 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno music 2203 MH
October 17, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted ... obliterated by Rinse FM again.
October 16, 1999
Propagation - No meteor last night, 87.6 was occupied by Rinse FM (London pirate) from 0100 onwards. But they did get swamped by a Sporadic E opening !!! in the late morning.
11.04 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. 20 minutes reception 5446 RADIOSA_ MH Multiple PS Names _RADIO__ RADIOSA_ *SEMPRE* *CON_TE* LIVE_SU_ INTERNET CON_HSH_ _GRANDI_ EMOZIONI Sa 13:15 11.23 87.6 I Rete Italia (AR) or (BZ) 5212 MH
October 15, 1999
Propagation - Didn't get home from work til almost midnight (local time), and thus just missed the meteor ping of the day.
22.20 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) strong ping 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
Propagation - No meteor pings last night were strong enough for RDS, but one at 0125 gave a tiny bit of audio.
I've also converted the RTBF and HR3 AIFF files of yesterday into RealPlayer files ... try these and see if they work ... RTBF-RealPlayer ... HR3-RealPlayer.
October 14, 1999
Propagation - No meteor pings noted this morning, due to tropo signals. RTBF and HR3 were fighting for dominance all night. Belgium came in first with its usual just above the noise signal, but Germany then dominated 0530-0730 with long slow fades.
Belgium then made another bid for supremacy 1200-1400, with even its PS Name showing on the Sony.
I'm going to see about making RealAudio files as an alternative to AIFF due to filesizes. Any other suggestions?
04.00 87.6 BEL RTBF-1, Leglise. YL with ID, music p/f MH 06.00 87.6 D HR3, Biedenkopf. Weather, ID, Nachrichten, music D363 fair MH 12.30 87.6 BEL RTBF-1, Leglise. 6351 PREMIERE MH
October 13, 1999
Propagation - Last night worked, so tried it again. Just one RDS + audio match from RAI, and one briefer un-id OM ... sounding Czech.
00.23 87.6 ?? YL talk very brief unid language MH 00.57 87.6 ?? brief song MH 01.32 87.6 ?? brief bit of music MH 02.11 87.6 ?? brief bit of music MH 02.45 87.6 ?? poss R Impuls, Brno OM talk MH 02.55 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) music 5201 MH
October 12, 1999
Propagation - Recorded 87.6 all night too see if there were any pings that the RDS software wasn't picking up. Three obvious pings from RAI with RDS and audio, and just two other discernible snippets of audio which were far too brief to be of any use. Here are the three RAI clips ... clip 1 ... clip 2 .. clip 3.
00.14 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) YL talk 5201 MH 01.36 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) OM talk 5201 MH 03.02 87.6 ?? un-id OM in possible German but too brief MH 04.25 87.6 ?? un-id music very brief MH 06.00 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) YL talk 5201 MH
October 11, 1999
Propagation - RAI with a couple of pings.
03.37 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) YL talk 5201 MH 05.05 87.6 D un-id OM in German MH 05.09 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) YL talk 5201 MH
October 10, 1999
Propagation - R Impuls with a snippet of a song.
21.18 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. Song 2203 _IMPULS_ MH
October 9, 1999
Propagation - R Impuls fair burst in the morning.
09.44 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 _IMPULS_ MH
October 8, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
October 7, 1999
Propagation - One brief meteor ping this morning.
05.34 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
October 6, 1999
Propagation - One brief meteor ping in the morning.
05.39 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
October 5, 1999
Propagation - One brief meteor ping in the morning, and a strong one late on.
08.01 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 23.33 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) good burst 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
Websites - The Radio Authority have a very usable A-Z listing of Analogue radio providers.
Websites - Yet more links and corrections to my UK Commercial station RDS page.
October 4, 1999
Propagation - Several usable meteor pings today.
06.13 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 MH 14.36 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 18.44 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 MH
October 3, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
October 2, 1999
Propagation - One brief meteor ping.
06.20 87.6 S SR-1 (multi site) E201 MH
Websites - I've added some more website links to my UK Commercial station RDS page.
October 1, 1999
Propagation - One brief meteor ping.
00.06 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 MH
September 30, 1999
Propagation - One brief meteor ping.
23.43 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
September 29, 1999
Propagation - One very brief ping.
16.25 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 MH
September 21-28, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
September 20, 1999
Propagation - One very brief ping.
06.54 87.6 D Bayern 4, Dillberg (most likely) D314 MH
September 19, 1999
Propagation - One strong burst at lunchtime.
12.06 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 _IMPULS_ MH
September 18, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
September 17, 1999
Propagation - One short ping at lunchtime.
11.34 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 MH
September 16, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
New stations - Mike Banbrook advises that Winchester's Win 107.2 is now on the air on 107.2 MHz. RDS Name WIN107.2. Mike also wrote to me earlier about Radio Victory 107.4 in Portsmouth, and SouthCity FM 107.8 in Southampton. Seems like a busy month for new stations in that part of the UK!! Thanks, Mike.
September 15, 1999
Propagation - One short ping late in the evening.
23.22 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
September 14, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
September 13, 1999
Propagation - One weak burst this morning. Also one sometime this afternoon, but all I got was the MF1 from PS_Name and no PI (hence not auto-logged).
05.24 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM). 5201 MH
September 12, 1999
Propagation - Nice strong sustained meteor burst from R Impuls.
18.48 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 _IMPULS_ MH
September 11, 1999
Propagation - Today's meteor ping ...
12.21 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 MH
September 10, 1999
Propagation - More activity today again ...
03.03 87.6 BEL RTBF-1, Leglise. Pres tropo but very short 6351 MH 03.50 87.6 BEL RTBF-1, Leglise. Pres tropo but very short 6351 MH 04.16 87.6 BEL RTBF-1, Leglise. Pres tropo but very short 6351 MH 04.59 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 05.32 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 MH 06.52 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 _IMPULS_ MH 12.55 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
September 9, 1999
Propagation - Just one ping to Italy.
19.39 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
September 8, 1999
Propagation - Interesting meteor pings today ...
02.03 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. 7202 MH 03.39 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 13.37 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 21.43 87.6 S SR-1 (multi-site) E201 -SR_P1-_ MH
September 3-7, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted.
September 2, 1999
Propagation - Tropo just before dawn, Possibly early evening E's ... Italia Radio came in for about 1 minute at RDS levels.
02.56 87.6 BEL RTBF-1 Premiere until around 0620 6351 PREMIERE MH 14.27 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 18.48 87.6 I Italia R. RT: ITALIA RADIO ITALIA RADIO 5216 ITALIA_R MH 19.14 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
September 1, 1999
Propagation - Daytime meteor ping.
12.50 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
August 31, 1999
Propagation - Couple of pings.
02.30 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 15.32 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
August 30, 1999
Propagation - Just an overnight meteor ping.
02.32 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
August 29, 1999
Propagation - A few meteor pings today.
02.05 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 05.55 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 08.35 87.6 I Italia R. 5216 ITALIA_R MH 10.59 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
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August 28, 1999
Propagation - Stonger meteor ping this morning - 20 seconds.
04.49 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
August 27, 1999
Propagation - Brief meteor ping in early hours.
04.07 87.6 I R Italia possibly splash from 87.7 5220 MH
August 26, 1999
Propagation - Nothing.
August 25, 1999
Propagation - Nothing.
August 24, 1999
Propagation - Meteor ping just after midnight.
00.29 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
August 23, 1999
Propagation - Meteor ping this evening.
21.14 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
August 22, 1999
Propagation - Es today to "usual" Italians and Tunisia. Unfortunately I was out until lunchtime, so missed the fun.
09.08 87.6 I Rete Italia (AR) or (BZ) 5212 MH 09.15 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ MH 09.49 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ MH 10.44 87.6 I R Luna, Latina (LT) Pop 53FA MH 10.44 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM). Dominant until 12.06 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH RT: RAI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA NUOVI SERVIZI RDS-EON-TMC 10.53 87.6 I Radio Gari, Cassino (FR) 5E47 GARI_MF_ MH 12.01 87.6 I Rete Italia (AR) or (BZ) 5212 MH 12.28 87.6 I Italia Radio. 5216 MH
August 21, 1999
Propagation - John Faulkner rang late morning to report lots of Es on Band 1 tv to Lithuania and other Baltic areas. But nothing observed on Band 2 FM.
12.06 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ MH 16.59 87.6 HUN Slager R, Gyor. until 1750 B206 _SLAGER_ MH RT: A 60-A 70-ES É K LEGN YO S REI ÉJJEL- 23 07-400 17.58 87.6 I Italia Radio. 5216 ITALIA_R MH
August 20, 1999
Propagation - Nothing.
August 18-19, 1999
Propagation - Nothing.
UK RDS - A few changes to my UK-RDS pages after observations in Cornwall and Devon.
Cornwall report - Not much to be heard in Cornwall on FM even these days. National and local radio is there but only from a few sites. Tried various sites in West Cornwall such as Penzance Sea front, Newlyn, Sancreed Beacon, Badgers Cross above Marazion. In fact the sea level locations were best in the mid-evening.
BBCR2 BBCR3 BBCR4 BBCR1 Classic FM 88.1 / 90.3 / 92.5 / 97.7 / 100.0 North Hessary Tor, Devon 88.8 / 91.0 / 93.2 / 98.4 / Isles of Scilly 89.7 / 91.9 / 94.1 / 99.3 / 101.5 Redruth Pirate FM 102.2 Caradon Hill & 102.8 Redruth BBC Cornwall 95.2 Caradon Hill, 96.0 Isles of Scilly and 103.9 Redruth BBC Devon 103.4 North Hessary Tor
Other than these, it was bits and pieces mostly from France, despite the low pressure weather.
13/08 1645 87.6 un-id'd Spanish station 13/08 1703 93.5 fade up and down of BBC News ... Scottish news item 13/08 2025 90.9 10 seconds of German OM 13/08 2033 95.4 Fr Inter, Brest __INTER_ 13/08 2036 89.0 choral music ... Fr Musique, Le Mans ?? 13/08 2045 93.0 R France Bretagne Ouest, Brest RF_R_B_O 13/08 2055 90.9 Rire et Chansons, Brest many jingle IDs 15/08 1400 96.8 BBC Cymru, Wenvoe 15/08 1745 93.5 Fr Inter, Rennes // 162 kHz 15/08 2158 93.7 BBC Cymru, Haverfordwest // 96.8 15/08 2200 89.4 Fr Musique, Brest _MUSIQUE
August 17, 1999
Propagation - Nothing.
RSL - Fundamental FM noted for a few hours in the evening on 87.7 MHz. Strangely last year I had also been hearing Parkside Hospital Radio just prior to Fundamental's RSL transmission period on 107.2 MHz.
August 16, 1999
Propagation - One meteor ping.
20.58 87.9 POL R Maryja, Lodz. 3232 MH
Meteor dx - Arrived home from Cornwall after the holiday (and eclipse). Had expected to find lots of meteor logs, but the Perseids disappoint again.
August 15, 1999
Propagation - Morning Es to Italy.
09.09 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo, Naples. 5045 MH usual multiple PS names and RT 09.23 87.9 I R Kiss Kiss ... maybe splash from 87.8 5225 MH 09.30 87.9 I Italia Network, 5244 *ITALIA_ MH NETWORK*
August 14, 1999
Propagation - Couple of Opalis tropo fades.
August 13, 1999
Propagation - Opalis just a couple of times.
August 12, 1999
Propagation - Nothing.
August 11, 1999
Propagation - Less Opalis on 87.9 today, just RDS-ing occasionally.
August 10, 1999
Propagation - 5 minutes of Italy in the mid evening, otherwise another Opalis day.
20.00 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo, Naples. 5045 MH usual multiple PS names and RT.
August 9, 1999
Propagation - Opalis FM all day fading in on 87.9 MHz.
August 8, 1999
Propagation - Bashment FM made a return to 87.5 wiping out any dx.
08.29 87.5 G Bashment FM (pirate) FFFF BASHMENT MH 08.58 87.9 F Opalis FM. All day long coming and going. F937 _OPALIS_ fair MH
August 7, 1999
Propagation - Just a meteor ping.
16.32 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 _IMPULS_ MH
August 6, 1999
Propagation - Nothing heard.
August 5, 1999
Propagation - Just meteor pings.
09.18 87.7 F France Inter ... multiple low power tx's F201 MH 18.14 87.7 I R Venere. 544A MH
August 4, 1999
Propagation - Es to Spain widely reported by others, but my aerial is beaming SE.
13.38 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l service, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ MH Reception off and on until around 1720
August 3, 1999
Propagation - Just one meteor ping.
03.31 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 MH
August 2, 1999
Propagation - Just one late evening meteor ping.
23.36 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
August 1, 1999
Propagation - At last some action ... though with the day spent barbecue-ing for parties, I spent very little time dx-ing. What did seem apparent was the skip moved around a lot and nothing came in for very long.
08.53 87.6 I Easy Network, Padova. 5361 E_A_S_Y_ MH RT: EASY NETWORK Via Pellizzo 14 Padova 13.37 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 MH 13.54 87.6 TUN ERTT, Int'l Service, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ MH 14.41 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 14.44 87.9 F France Culture ... several listed F202 _CULTURE good MH but AF list suggests Corsica 14.55 88.0 I Radio Kolbe Sicilia, Noto (SR). Circuito Marconi. 5275 good MH _R.K.S._ CIRCUITO MARCONI_ SR_0931 _573100_ MI__167_ _583583 17.24 88.0 ? PI code suggests Slovenia, PS Name suggests Italy 9F65 STUDIO24 fair MH 17.38 88.0 I Publi R Network, Taranto (TA). 50C3 PUBLIRAD fair MH 18.15 88.0 I KissKiss Network, where? 5A34 KissKiss fair MH Network 18.56 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis until 1920 7202 INTER___ fair MH 20.12 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH
July 31, 1999
Propagation - How could I get a BBC R2 PI code from random noise? Those infinite monkeys must have typed the right keys at last.
15.30 87.6 G BBC R2 .... surely not ... C202 MH
July 30, 1999
Propagation - Again just meteor pings.
03.46 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 _IMPULS_ MH
July 29, 1999
Propagation - Again just meteor pings.
11.27 87.6 I Italia Radio. 5216 MH 18.40 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 MH
July 28, 1999
Propagation - Same pattern as yesterday ... meteor pings, Tunisia in evening and some tropo around dawn this time.
00.32 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ brief MH 02.41 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 04.29 87.6 BEL RTBF-1, Leglise. until 0745 6351 PREMIERE fair MH 14.21 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 MH 18.12 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. until 1920 7202 INTER___ MH
July 27, 1999
Propagation - Little E's today, just brief meteor pings, until Tunisia's evening appearance. Also some minor tropo from 2000 UTC eg 90.2 _MUSIQUE and 90.4 RADIO_3_.
02.32 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 04.46 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 MH 12.40 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 15.41 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 _IMPULS_ MH 17.50 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ MH
July 26, 1999
Propagation - Cloudy, cool morning, hot sunny afternoon. Tunisia bubbled around on 87.6 for some time. Then the skip distance shortened, and the muf went up, bringing Italy right up to 107.6 MHz.
12.47 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. AR music, OM -13.45 7202 INTER___ fair MH 13.46 87.65 I Italia Network (TP). 5241 *ITALIA_ fair MH NETWORK* 14.39 87.9 I R Maria (CO) or (SV) YL talk 51CC R.MARIA_ fair MH 14.52 87.9 E RNE Clasica, Alfabia. Classical music E212 RNE-CLAS fair MH 14.52 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo (NA). Pop, DJ etc. 5045 good MH Lots and lots of PS Names (as usual) over 90 minutes This is the full PS Name rotation ... 26_Lug99 Lu_16:03 **_IL_** GRANDE+* *POTERE* **DELLA* *MUSICA* THE*BEST _*RADIO* CAMALDLI *STEREO* FM87.900 FM88.600 POWERKIT *R.C.S.* NETWORK. TEL*166/ 16-74-96 *PER_LO* _*SPOT*_ TELEFONA 8834700* *SE_HAI* PROBLEMI _*AMORE* *SALUTE* *AFFARI* *CHIAMA* GENNARO_ D'AURIA_ SENSITIV MAESTRO_ DI_VITA* CONOSCE* *TUTTI_I SEGRETI* DI_MAGIA *FILTRI* D'AMORE* +ANTIBAS *CHE_TI* PROTEGGE DA_OGNI* **MALE** **_PER_* CONTATTI 8834700* 8834483* **0360** 28-59-25 And the full RadioText rotation ... RT: DEDICATO A TE CHE VUOI EMERGERE NEL CAMPO DELLA TUA ATTIVITA' RT: PRIVATI TELEFONA 8834483 OPPURE 8834700 QUESTO SPAZIO E' RT: PER LA TUA PUBBLICITA'SU QUESTE PAGINE TELEFONACI ALL'8834700 RT: CENTRO SERVIZI MEDIATEL KIT MUSIC CAFFE'RCS NETWORK RT: THE BEST* RADIO CAMALDOLI STEREO FM 87.900 FM 88.600 RT: THE BEST RADIO CAMALDOLI STEREO NETWORK TELEFONO 166-167496 RT: GENNARO D'AURIA CARTOMANTE EXTRASENSITIVO CONOSCITORE DELLE RT: FONTI PIU' INCREDIBILI DEL OCCULTO HA P TTATO L'UNICO RT: TALISMANO ANTIBAS ULTRA PORTANDOLO ADDOSSO TI PROTEGGE DA OGNI RT: FONTE NEGATIVA ED ANCHE ESORCISTA PER I TUOI APPUNTAMENTI 14.55 87.9 I Italia Network, 5244 *ITALIA_ good MH NETWORK* RT: *ITALIA ORK * via Sate ite RI RT: * EL L M TORE IO C 15.04 87.9 I RAI-1. 5201 weak MH 16.21 87.5 I Rete Italia. (NA) likely. pop 5212 __RETE__ good MH _ITALIA_ 16.25 89.8 I Futura Network. 52FF _NETWORK brief MH 16.25 90.0 I R Maria. (NA) YL talk 51CC R.MARIA_ good MH 16.27 107.5 I Tour ?? who/where?? adverts for Napoli. 5446 __TOUR__ good MH AF: 100.4 101.8 101.2 99.3 99.4 16.34 107.3 I Radio Radicale. (PN) or (CZ) OM talk 5210 RADIO_*_ good MH RADICALE 16.36 107.6 I R Subasio (LT). Sung jingle ID. brief MH 16.37 96.1 I RAI-2, Monte Faito. (NA) OM song 5202 RAI_MF2_ good MH RT: RAI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA NUOVO SERVIZIO *RADIODATA* (RDS) 16.39 102.0 I R Maria. (BA) or (PZ) YL talk 51CC R.MARIA_ good MH 16.39 102.8 I RTL 102.5 Hit R. (BA) or (CZ). pop 5218 RTL102.5 good MH 16.48 102.8 I R Evangelo. (NA). OM talk then silent carrier. 54C8 good MH Multiple PS Names RADIO___ EVANGELO TEL.081_ 5872062_ FAX_081_ 5873823 COPIA___ VANGELO_ OMAGGIO_ A_TUTTI_ 17.04 87.5 I Rete Italia (NA) ... still coming in ... 5212 __RETE__ good MH 17.13 87.8 I Kiss Kiss FM (NA) ... corrupt RDS data pop 5225 a! good MH 17.14 87.6 I Italia Network. OM talk 5241 *ITALIA_ NETWORK* RT: *FINWORK ITALIA NETWORK VIA SATELLITE TE DI BOLOGNA* 17.15 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) OM talk 5201 RAI_MF1_ fair MH RT: RAI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA NUOVI SERVIZI RDS-EON-TMC 17.20 88.0 I One O One Network (FR). 5215 ONEOONE_ fair MH NETWORK_ 17.24 88.0 I Radio Italia. (BO ?) 5220 R_ITALIA brief MH
July 25, 1999
Propagation - Nothing today. Hot, sunny til mid afternoon, then cloudy.
July 24, 1999
Propagation - Another scorcher, but very little dx. Just two strong, but brief bursts from Italy.
14.47 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. for about 8 minutes 5446 RADIOSA_ good MH 15.20 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. very good for 2 mins 5446 RADIOSA_ vgood MH _RADIO__ RADIOSA_ *SEMPRE* *CON_TE* LIVE_SU_ INTERNET CON_HSH_ _GRANDI_ EMOZIONI Sa_17:20
July 23, 1999
Propagation - Much hotter sunny day today. (Had been cold and blustery the past two days).
11.55 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ MH 12.59 87.6 I Italia Network (pres the EFMH'97 listed 87.65) 5241 MH 16.42 87.7 SVK Fun Radio, Kosice. 2311 FUNR MH 16.44 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 _IMPULS_ MH RT: RADIO IMPULS - CESKA MUZIKA, KTERA TE CHYTI - DOPRAVNI INFORMACE 19.06 87.6 I Italia Radio. 5216 ITALIA_R MH 19.07 87.6 I R Venere. 544A MH
July 22, 1999
Propagation - Almost nothing again today.
21.01 87.6 F France Culture (pres). Several low power sites, F202 brief MH or was this splash from 87.7 ??
July 21, 1999
Propagation - Nothing today apart from one extremely brief meteor ping.
14.26 87.6 HNG Slager R, Gyor. Partial PS Name B206 LAGE brief MH
July 20, 1999
Propagation - 3 minutes of E's this morning which gave Radiosa. Then nothing til mid afternoon, when the tuner gave me R Cuore for around 3 hours, interspersed with Tunisia and France ... but no other Italians! And late this evening a fair but brief burst of Tunisia again.
07.18 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. 5446 good MH RADIOSA_ *SEMPRE* *CON_TE* LIVE_SU_ INTERNET CON_HSH_ _GRANDI_ EMOZIONI Ma_09:17 _RADIO__ 15.22 87.6 I R Cuore. (Heard until 18.10 UTC) 532F good MH R..CUORE _GRANDI_ SUCCESSI ITALIANI 15.25 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Prgm, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ fair MH 16.29 87.6 F RTL .. 2 listed in EFMH'97 .. pres Draguignan (83) F211 __RTL___ fair MH 19.11 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. 5446 brief MH 21.06 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Prgm, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ brief MH
July 19, 1999
Propagation - Again an E's alert from NW England, which produced just one log down here in the SE ... and the same mystery Spanish station.
18.10 88.0 E SER ... where? OM and music E279 __SER___ good MH AF: 105.4 RT: (all blank spaces)
QSL - Fax received from Ihorama (HXOPAMA) in Ptolemaida.
July 18, 1999
Propagation - Some E's today here in London. There were reports this evening around 1900 UTC of Spain/Italy heard in the North/NorthWest of England, but nothing here.
It's also been tough this weekend battling pirates on 87.6, 87.75, 87.8 and an RSL on 87.9.
16.11 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo (NA). 5045 fair MH Multiple PS Names (as usual) and multiple RT. 8834483* _*AMORE* D'AURIA_ DI_VITA* *TUTTI_I +ANTIBAS **_PER_* 8834700* 8834483* Do_17:99 *G_IL_** *GRANDE* **DELLA* CENTRO_S *STEREO* NETWOTK. _*FFAR*_ **MANDNA **MALE** 17.00 87.9 ?? classical music ... poss RNE-Classical but not strong enough for RDS
July 17, 1999
Propagation - Mixture of openings, but none great. Presumably the propagation was to the Mediterranean Sea a lot of the time (no stations!) Nothing after lunch at all.
08.17 87.9 E RNE-Classical, Alfabia, Balearic Is. E212 RNE-CLAS good MH RT: Radio Clasica de Radio Nacional de Espana. 09.39 87.6 I R Luna, Latina (LT) Pop 53FA __LUNA__ good MH 09.44 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM). OM, then Beatles track 5201 RAI_MF1_ fair MH 09.50 87.5 I R Dimensione Suono. 5264 _*_RDS_* fair MH DIMSUONO 09.53 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo (NA). Pop. 5045 **RAND** fair MH *POTERE* **DELLA* 09.58 87.6 I Rete Italia (AR) or (BZ) 5212 _ITALIA_ fair MH
Propagation - Graham Powell in Aberdare, South Wales noted some tropo but no E's.
16.17 107.5 F RTL, Cherbourg. FF pop and ID __RTL___ excel GP 16.24 106.1 F RTL-2, Cherbourg. FF pop and jingle ID __RTL2__ vgood GP 17.09 106.6 F R Nostalgie, unid site. Jingle ID and Abba music weak GP maybe Saint Malo (35) - MH 17.15 105.6 F France Info, Cherbourg (likely site). ID good GP 17.17 99.8 F France Inter, unid site. OM talk //162 weak GP maybe Redon (35) - MH 17.42 106.4 F R Nostalgie, Caen (likely). Om with ID fair GP 17.54 100.7 F RF Cherbourg, Cherbourg. YL with ID between songs good GP 17.57 87.8 F R Courtoisie, Cherbourg. OM with ID and classical excel GP
July 16, 1999
Propagation - Lots of Tunisia this morning.
07.35 87.6 I Italia Radio. 5216 ITALIA_R MH 09.30 87.6 TUN ERTT Inter, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ fair MH 09.53 88.6 TUN ERTT National, Bou-Kornine. OM talk 7201 NATIONAL good MH AF 88.6 : 99.4 96.5 89.5 09.56 89.6 TUN ERTT National, Kasserine. Think // 88.6 7201 NATIONAL good MH AF 89.6 : 93.0 96.6 89.1 95.0 96.5 09.58 93.8 TUN ERTT International, Hmeima. YL in German, music, 7202 INTER___ good MH then "il est onze heures", and news in French. AF 98.2 : 92.0 93.8 10.02 93.9 TUN ERTT National, Zarzis. OM and AR songs 7201 NATIONAL fair MH 10.03 96.5 TUN ERTT Inter, Zaghouan. OM song in AR, YL talk 7202 INTER___ fair MH 10.04 99.5 TUN ERTT Inter, Ghraba. // 96.5 7202 INTER___ fair MH 10.08 92.0 TUN RTCI service, Zaghouan. YL in French. 7202 __RTCI__ fair MH AF 92.0 : 98.2 95.4 93.4 99.5 93.8 101.1 I'm still very confused about which services are which in Tunisia. Two PI codes, Three PS Names, lots of channels, and hardly any in //. 11.14 88.0 E RNE-5, Malaga or Plasencia. OM talk RNE_5___ good MH 11.16 89.3 E un-id, but TENT OCR10 Villafranca. fair MH Adverts with "telefono 924....." 11.18 89.6 TUN ERTT National. OM talk and AR song. NATIOANL good MH 11.20 88.3 E un-id.
Skywaves - printed yesterday evening and mailed Friday lunchtime.
July 15, 1999
Propagation - Then today ... lots of Tunisia on 87.6 in fact over several hours.
01.25 87.6 SVN VAL 202, Murska Subota-Pecar 63A2 brief MH 15.33 87.6 TUN ERTT, Zarzis. heard until 16.50 7202 INTER___ good MH 16.34 87.6 I R Cuore. PS Name appeared finally at 16.53 532F R..CUORE brief MH 17.48 87.6 TUN ERTT, Zarzis. and again 7202 INTER___ fair MH 20.02 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2203 MH
July 14, 1999
Propagation - Nothing heard today. Yep nothing!
July 13, 1999
Propagation - Good E's after lunchtime while I was at work. Also a briefish burst in the evening quite a way up the band.
11.45 87.6 I R Venere (by PI code) 544A MH 13.08 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 _IMPULS_ MH AF: 96.6 102.9 102.0 91.4 92.1 106.0 100.3 87.6 13.14 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. 5446 RADIOSA_ good MH Multiple PS Names RADIOSA_ *SEMPRE* *CON_TE* LIVE_SU_ INTERNET CON_HSH_ _GRANDI_ EMOZIONI Ma_15:13 _RADIO__ AF list 87.6 92.4 97.8 13.44 87.6 I R Luna, Latina (LT). 53FA __LUNA__ good MH 13.48 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ good MH RT: RAI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA NUOVI SERVIZI RDS-EON-TMC 13.51 87.6 I Italia Network (pres the EFMH'97 listed 87.65) 5241 brief MH 13.57 87.6 I Radio Gari, Cassino (FR) 5E47 GARI_MF_ MH 14.04 87.6 I Rete Italia (AR) or (BZ) 5212 _ITALIA_ MH 14.05 87.6 I R Dimensione Suono. 5264 MH 14.06 87.6 I Italia R. 5216 ITALIA_R MH 14.11 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. Again with same multiple PS's 5446 RADIOSA_ MH 14.17 87.6 I Radio Radicale, (CN). 5210 _RADIO_* MH RADICALE 19.00 87.6 I Italia R. 5216 ITALIA_R qrm MH 19.05 88.0 E un-id, much BBC QRM. Only non-Italian heard E279 qrm MH 19.14 89.4 I Radio Radicale (TA) OM Talk 5210 weak MH 19.15 89.8 I un-id. YL with classical (opera?) song weak MH 19.17 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. Same multiple PS Names 5446 RADIOSA_ good MH 19.19 94.2 I un-id but sounded like RAI. OM talk about Ocalan fair MH 19.20 101.8 I un-id. 2 partial PS Names 5207 .__1UR_. fair MH AF: 98.7 ,707.5 19.24 96.5 I Italia Network. 5241 NETWORK* fair MH AF: 96.4 96.2 96.0 93.5 106.6 TA 19.28 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo (NA). Just Silent signal. 5045 CAMALDLI good MH Usual multiple PS Names CAMALDLI *STEREO* FM87.900 FM88.600 8834480* 8834483* **0360** 13_Lug99 _*AMORE* RT: DEDICATO A TE CHE VUOI E THE BEST RADIO CAMALDOLI STEREO NETWORK TELEFONO -167496 CENTRO SERVIZI MEDIATEL,-KIT MUSIC CAFFE'RCS NETWORK' 19.31 87.7 I R Venere (pres). 544A brief MH Partial PS names ... SOLO__.. MU....__ 19.35 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM). Bob Dylan song and talk 5201 RAI_MF1_ fair MH 19.35 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. adverts (cross-fading RAI) 5446 RADIOSA_ fair MH
July 12, 1999
Propagation - Some longer distance Es today, few signals but those that did come in came in well for some time. Very pleased to hear my first Bulgarian (anyone have the address?), and Ihorama again (this year I had the tape running!).
15.04 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno. 2 second meteor ping 2203 _IMPULS_ MH 16.18 87.6 I Italia R. 5216 ITALIA_R brief MH 16.19 87.6 I Radio Radicale (CN) (pres via PI code) 5210 brief MH 16.20 87.7 I R Venere (pres via PI code) 544A brief MH 16.21 88.0 ??? un-id ... Partial PS Names 5000 RENK fair MH NA AE ADIC 16.28 93.8 GRC Ihorama, Kozani. Music, OM DJ, adverts 1100 _HXORAMA good MH Many PS Names _HXOPAMA _GREBENA _92.8MHZ _FLORINA KASTORIA _93.3MHZ PTOL/IDA _EDESSA_ _93.8MHZ _KOZANH_ other Greek stations also on 87.6 88.3 89.7 but no RDS or IDs. 16.49 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. 7202 INTER___ brief MH 16.58 89.9 BUL FM+, Plovdiv. Rock music, jingle IDs FFFF FM+PLOVD good MH RT: FM+_PLOVDIV!!_REKLAMA 032/271416 AF: 90.3 17.23 87.6 ? un-id ... rap music, later Sting album (complete) no DJ, no RDS 19.21 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ brief MH 19.59 87.8 I R Maria. YL talk 51CC R.MARIA_ brief MH 20.01 87.5 I Rete Italia (FI) or (NA) 5212 __RETE__ brief MH _ITALIA_
Logs - Added some logs from Graham Powell for 9 & 10 July.
July 11, 1999
Propagation - We had a power cut sometime 0300-0400 UTC, which meant the PC rebooted without running RDS decoder. Had been up for 46 days 19 hours!
Then played cricket all afternoon 1200-2000, came home and found a small opening to Italy.
17.21 87.6 I R Dimensione Suono. 5264 MH 17.49 87.6 I R Luna, Latina (LT) 53FA __LUNA__ MH 20.19 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) music 5201 MH 20.32 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) OM talk and music 5201 RAI_MF1_ brief MH 20.32 90.5 I R Cuore. OM/YL talk and music 522F R..CUORE brief MH _GRANDI_ 20.33 87.6 I R Deejay (pres) 5214 brief MH 20.34 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ brief MH
July 10, 1999
Propagation - Nothing early on, but bits and pieces from 1050 onwards, again here only at the bottom of the band.
10.55 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera. 5446 fair MH Many PS Names RADIOSA_ _RADIO__ CON_HSH_ _GRANDI_ EMOZIONI Sa_12:56 *SEMPRE* *CON_TE* LIVE_SU_ 11.20 91.9 POL R Muzyka Fakty, Siedlce. Mx & OM in Polish <RMF_FM> vgood GP SIEDLCE_ 11.55 87.7 SVK Fun Radio Bratislava 2311 weak MH 12.08 87.5 I R Cuore. 532F brief MH 12.13 87.5 I R Cuore. 532F brief MH 12.23 87.6 SVN Muravideki Magyar R, Lendava 90C5 __MMR___ weak MH RT: O_MMR_LENDAVA RIZANSKA 20 EL _LENDVA_ 12.31 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service 7202 INTER___ brief MH 12.37 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service 7202 INTER___ brief MH 12.41 87.7 I R Capital, Pesaro e Urbino. Om with ID _CAPITAL excel GP 12.55 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service, Zarzis. AR music, OM INTER___ excel GP 14.06 87.6 I Italia Radio (BA) 5216 ITALIA_R fair MH 14.14 87.75ALB Albanian tv sound. Many mentions of Tirana by YL excel GP 14.30 87.6 HRV HR-2, Ugljan. OM with ID and news. HRT-HR2_ vgood GP 14.57 90.3 I RAI-2, (multi-tx). Geri Halliwell song. RAI_MF2_ vgood GP 15.04 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM). OM talk and pop 5201 RAI_MF1_ good MH 15.07 87.9 I Silver R, Chieti. Club music SILVER_R excel GP 15.13 88.6 I Radio Radicale (RM). OM talk 5210 RADIO___ brief MH RADICALE 15.14 89.7 I un-id 15.15 87.6 I R Dimensione Suono. Ad's, promo's, jingles 5264 _*_RDS_* good MH DIMSUONO RT:R.D.S. NEWS OGNI ORA L'INFORMAZIONE PIU' COMPLETA SU R.D.S. PER CONOSCERE LE FREQUENZE DI R.D.S. IN A IT 167 55305 UNA CANZONE TE 0 E SUONO U.C.P.T. 15.23 90.1 I RAI-2, un-id site. Pop music RAI_MF2_ good GP 15.27 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo. Phone-in. Lots of PS Names CAMALDLI excel GP *R.C.S.* 15.38 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo. OM talk. RAI_MF1_ good GP
July 9, 1999
Propagation - Some activity to Tunisia this morning. Nothing all afternoon, but * WOW * big opening to Rome in the evening.
03.43 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RA MH 08.37 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service. 7202 INTER___ MH 08.43 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service. 7202 INTER___ MH 09.32 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service. 7202 INTER___ MH 15.28 91.75 ?? Russian OM/YL tv soundtrack good GP 15.31 87.7 D MDR Kultur, Chemnitz. OM talk MDR_KULT vgood GP 15.32 87.8 I R Fantasy, Napoli (pres). English pop & part ID 87.8_FM_ good GP 16.06 87.5 I R Base, Parma (?). Pop music and YL talk _R_BASE_ good GP 16.32 87.6 I Italia R (BA) 5216 ITALIA_R MH 16.46 87.6 I R Subasio (PS). Again at 16.59 52FD SUBASIO_ MH 17.04 87.6 I Rete Italia (AR likely) or (BZ) 5212 __RETE__ MH AF: 104.3: 87.6 96.8 97.1 97.6 97.7 104.7 104.8 _ITALIA_ 17.09 87.5 I R Dimensione Suono (PG likely) or (ME) 5264 DIMSUONO fair MH 17.10 87.5 I Rete Italia (FI) or (NA) 5212 _ITALIA_ fair MH 17.12 87.6 I Radio Gari, Cassino (FR) OM DJ with pop. 5E47 GARI_MF_ brief MH 17.12 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo (NA). OM talk and music. 5045 good MH So many PS Names it was more like a newspaper! *SALAMA* SEHIAMIV DI_VITA* CONOSCE* *TUTTI_I SEGRETI* DI_MAGIA *FILTRI* D'AMORE* +ANTIBAS *COTEGI* DA_OGNGE DA_OLEI* **MALE** **_PER_* CONTATTI 8834700* 8834483* **0360** 28-59-25 *ME*BEST CAMALDLI *STEREO* FM87.900 FM88.600 *R.C.S.* *SE_HAI* *AFFARI* RT: THE BEST* RADIO CAMALDOLI STEREO FM 87.900 FM 88.600 PER LA TUA PUBBLICITA'SU QUESTE PAGINE TELEFONACI ALL'8834700 GENNARO D'AURIA CARTOMANTE EXTRASENSITIVIO CONOSCITORE DELLE 17.16 87.8 I RAI-1, Monte Morello (FI). 5201 RAI_MF1_ fair MH 17.17 107.6 I "100FIORI" who/where? 5244 100FIORI brief MH 17.19 88.6 I Radio Radicale, Rome (RM). OM talk. 5210 RADIO___ good MH RADICALE 17.20 90.0 I R Maria (NA). Talk 51CC R.MARIA_ brief MH 17.21 90.1 I One-O-One Network, Rome (RM) Pop. 5215 ONEOONE_ good MH NETWORK_ 17.22 90.5 I R Cuore. (where?) Music and adverts 522F R..CUORE fair MH _GRANDI_ 17.23 91.7 I RAI-2 Monte Mario (RM) (likliest). Ads and traffic 5202 RAI_MF2_ good MH Extensive AF list which is too long for here. 17.27 92.4 I RTL Roma. Rock music, ID jingle. 5317 RTL_ROMA good MH 17.32 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM). 5201 RAI_MF1_ good MH then a fade out ... but I did catch RAI-UNO TV on channel "D" 18.06 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ good MH 18.08 88.6 I Radio Radicale (RM) 5210 RADICALE good MH 18.08 90.1 I One-O-One Network (RM) 5215 ONOOONE_ good MH NETWORK_ 18.13 87.6 I R Luna, Latina. (LT). Pop, YL talk xding RAI 53FA __LUNA__ fair MH 18.17 87.8 I Kiss Kiss FM (NA) ... very corrupt RDS 5225 B-----aa fair MH 18.18 87.9 I Onda Rossa (RM). No RDS ... had to do this the old way!! good MH YL with "Giornale Radio de Onda Rossa" 18.35 87.8 I un-id ... very corrupt RDS Latin type music 5225 B-----aa fair MH 18.40 87.5 I R Dimensione Suono. (PG) Adverts, ID 5264 DIMSUONO fair MH Later on we're now getting tropo enhancement presumably an inversion. Usual candidates: Opalis 87.9, Musique 89.4, Radio_3 90.4 & VRT-1 on 95.7 etc
July 8, 1999
Propagation - Another very hot, still day - no thunderstorms - and little radio activity.
18.06 87.6 HNG Slager Radio, Gyor B206 _SLA MH 19.32 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l Service. OM talk and music 7202 INTER___ fair MH
July 7, 1999
Propagation - Just meteor pings today. Very hot and sunny, but no thunderstorms (unlike yesterday).
04.23 87.6 I RAI-1 (heard OM but not strong enough for RDS) MH 04.57 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 05.55 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 22.10 87.6 CZE Impuls, Brno 2203 MH
July 6, 1999
Propagation - Stayed on 87.9 overnight. Lots of Opalis bursts via tropo, but also one big one to Poland lasting around 3 minutes.
Nothing all day on 87.6 MHz apart from Premiere (Belgium) occasionally breaking through the noise. Then at 1702 R Cuore alone for 16 minutes. Couple of brief flashes of other PI's in the intervening hours.
Then ... WOW ... more Italy and Tunisia up til 2130 UTC. E's this late !!
06.46 87.9 POL R Maryja, Lodz. Listed in EFMH'97 with 400 W 3232 R>MARYJA MH RT: KATOLICKI GLOS W TWOIM DOMU __LODZ__ 87,9_MHZ 17.02 87.6 I R Cuore (FR) 532F R..CUORE MH AF Head: 90.4 _GRANDI_ AF List: 92.4 92.7 94.8 95.3 99.2 99.4 90.5 90.6 SUCCESSI 96.2 97.1 98.1 98.2 99.6 100.0 100.5 101.4 ITALIANI 100.2 100.3 91.1 91.3 98.4 99.1 17.42 87.6 TUN ERTT. 7202 MH 18.46 87.6 D Bayern 4, Dillberg (most likely) D314 MH 20.43 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) + usual RT 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH AF Head: 87.6 AF List: 92.3 95.5 92.5 95.7 93.9 88.5 90.1 89.7 88.7 87.9 94.3 21.18 87.6 I R Cuore (FR) 532F R..CUORE MH 21.29 87.6 TUN ERTT Int'l, Zarzis 7202 INTER___ MH AF Head: 99.5 AF List: 92.0 101.8 97.2
July 5, 1999
Propagation - Another frustrating day. Stations bubbling at the bottom of the band from time to time, but only ever very briefly.
06.26 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 14.06 87.6 ??? un-id Arabic ... also un-id AR on 87.9 & 89.7 MH 15.09 87.6 I R Luna, Latina (LT). with pop music 53FA MH 15.10 87.6 I RAI-1 with full RT. OM talk. 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 15.48 87.5 I un-id. (R Venere has this PI and is listed here) 544A MH
Pictures - Lack of dx has even allowed me to take some snapshots of the house & aerial. Enjoy!
July 4, 1999
Propagation - Some Sporadic E around lunchtime to Italy at the bottom of the band. Earlier John Faulkner had multiple Italians per channel all the way up the band around 1045 UTC.
10.28 87.6 I Easy Network, Padova (TV) 5361 E_A_S_Y_ MH RT: EASY NETWORK Via Pellizzo 14 Padova 11.24 87.6 I Italia Radio, (BA) 5216 ITALIA_R MH RT: ITALIA RADIO ITALIA RADIO 11.51 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 12.05 87.5 I Rete Italia - 2 listed (FI) (NA) 5212 __RETE__ _ITALIA_ qsb MH AF Head: 104.3 AF List: 87.6 97.1 96.8 104.7 104.8 97.6 97.7 RT: AEV Technical Service Tel. ++39 51 950433 Email: service@aev.net RT: AEV Broadcast Equipment --- Visit AEV on internet at www.aev.net 12.13 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo (NA) 5045 MH 12.31 89.4 I Futura Network Hitradio 52FF _ITALY__ _FUTURA_ MH NETWORK_ HITRADIO TEL.0932 RT: tiesseci Automazione Radiofonica Viale Europa 15, 21100 ese. RT: tiesseci - Tel 0332 / 289164, 289177. Messaggio Test RadioText. AF: 88.7 88.8 89.2 90.0 90.2 91.3 92.5 92.7 93.4 95.9 96.5 97.5 98.2 98.4 99.2 101.6 102.7 103.0 103.2 105.3 106.2 88.5 96.4 89.4 12.38 87.6 I Dimensione Suono - 2 listed (BS) (LU) 5264 MH 13.28 87.6 I RAI-1, Monte Cavo (RM) 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 18.57 87.6 I Easy Network, Padova (TV) 5361 MH
July 3, 1999
Propagation - One very strong meteor ping which brought in Radio Base Agro on 87.5 MHz ... so strong in fact that although I was tuned to 87.6 I got the RDS.
06.16 87.5 I R Base Agro Stereo, Pagani (SA) 5245 __BASE__ __AGRO__ MH LA_RADIO 919014__
Non-DX - Two more London pirates noted with RDS.
22.00 107.4 G Lush FM 68AA LUSH__FM good MH 22.05 100.3 G Rinse FM "The Rinse" RINSE_FM weak MH
July 2, 1999
Propagation - nothing to report.
July 1, 1999
Propagation - One strong meteor ping but that was all.
03.57 87.6 I RAI-1 including full AF list and partial RT 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
June 30, 1999
Propagation - Only meteor pings again. A Finnish dxer reported Wales/Stoke briefly via Es this morning around 0920 GMT.
04.00 87.6 CZE Impuls, Brno 2203 _IMPULS_ MH 04.22 87.6 CZE Impuls, Brno 2203 _IMPULS_ MH 09.35 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 14.07 87.6 CZE Impuls, Brno 2203 _IMP S_ MH
June 29, 1999
Propagation - RAI crept in just before midnight (GMT) via meteor.
23.57 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
June 28, 1999
Propagation - Nothing to report today.
June 27, 1999
Propagation - Nothing noted. 87.6 is splattered by both R Wimbledon and a pirate. Also a pirate on 87.9 in addition to the satelite tuner spurious emission from Southall on 87.85 ... in fact a quick scan produced 13 other pirates in the 100-108 MHz range alone, obviously there are yet more between 88-100 MHz. Weekends are definately not good times for dx-ing from here.
Non-dx - Following London pirates noted today with RDS
14.00 102.0 G ?? OUTCAST_ qrm MH 18.00 99.3 G Upfront FM 6944 UPFRONT_ good MH 18.05 103.6 G Flex FM 35AB __FLEX__ v gd MH 18.07 102.0 G ?? DJ_XFADE qrm MH 18.10 92.5 G Taste FM D2FE TASTE_FM fair MH 18.15 90.2 G Pure Magic 1356 PURE_MGC fair MH 22.45 90.4 G Vogue FM 35AB VOGUE_FM fair MH 22.50 101.2 G Unique FM _UNIQUE_ fair MH
RSL - RM-FM from Croydon heard here on 107.0 MHz. Phone no for dedics 682 9200.
16.00 107.0 G RM-FM, Croydon. pop music and talk weak MH
June 26, 1999
Propagation - Just a couple of meteor bursts again to (guess where) RAI-1.
01.37 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 04.28 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
June 25, 1999
Propagation - No E's today and barely any meteor either - just a tiny "burst" this evening. Have had some tropo to France - usual candidates eg Opalis 87.9, Musique 89.4 etc.
20.03 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH
June 24, 1999
Propagation - Absolutely nothing today ... at least in unattended 87.6 monitoring mode.
June 23, 1999
Propagation - It had to happen ... Sporadic E to Poland while I was at work. EFMH '97 lists Radio Dla Ciebie on 72 MHz channels and 100.8 101.1 101.9, but 87.6 is obviously "new" and 101.0 replaces 101.1 at least per the AF list received today.
04.12 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF MH 09.27 87.6 I Italia Network (presume the EFMH listed 87.65) 5241 LIA_ MH 10.25 87.6 POL R Dla Ciebie 3B3B __RDC___ MH 87.6_MHz AF Head: 87.6 __2:42__ AF: 100.8 101.0 101.9 _Ostrow_ __Maz.__ RT: 00-977 Warszawa, ul. Mysliwiecka 3/5/7 reklam - 621-13 _1.644Hz RT: kie Radio - Regionalna Roz osnia "R dla C bie" S.A 22.37 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
June 22, 1999
Propagation - No E's today and hardly any meteor either - just a 5 group "burst" this afternoon.
15.56 87.6 I Rete Italia 5212 _ITA MH
June 21, 1999
Propagation - No E's today. Big meteor ping from Croatia at midnight, and a "usual" one from Italy later.
00.00 87.6 HRV HR-2, Uglian (per EFMH'97) 6342 HRT-HR_2 MH AF Heads: 98.1 91.9 99.2 98.1 89.0 AF: 99.4 93.3 99.2 96.1 90.5 96.9 103.4 99.0 97.5 105.3 87.6 89.0 04.07 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
June 20, 1999
Propagation - Lots of Tunisia today on 87.6. In fact I even drove into work at 1020 GMT listening to it on the car radio, yet nothing else dx-wise was coming in. A pretty steady signal with slow fades. More like a tropo or shortwave type signal.
01.50 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 07.59 87.6 TUN ERTT 7202 INTER___ MH 08.12 87.6 TUN ERTT YL talk and music 7202 INTER___ good MH 09.29 87.6 TUN ERTT YL/OM and music 7202 INTER___ good MH AF Head 99.5 AF: 92.0 101.8 97.2 10.09 87.6 TUN ERTT 7202 INTER___ fair MH 17.27 87.6 TUN ERTT 7202 INTER___ MH 18.05 87.6 TUN ERTT 7202 INTER___ MH
Non-dx - And of course being the weekend, lots of London pirates.
08.11 88.4 G Ice FM 1234 _ICE_FM_ good MH 08.17 90.4 G Vogue FM 35AB VOGUE_FM fair MH 08.18 90.2 G Pure Magic 1356 PURE_MGC qrm MH 08.32 103.6 G Flex FM 35AB __FLEX__ vgood MH
RSL - And lastly, Radio Wimbledon is now on-air on 87.7 broadcasting coverage of the imminent Lawn Tennis Championships.
08.00 87.7 G Radio Wimbledon tape loop of 1998 highlights C095 WIMBLEDN weak MH RT: The official radio station of the Lawn Tennis Championships 1999
June 19, 1999
Propagation - Saw the postings today with Finland getting Turkey, Russia and Italy, also Turkey being heard in Belgium ... but here ... another duff day.
03.38 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 17.22 87.6 I Italia R (BA) 5216 ITALIA R MH
June 18, 1999
Propagation - At last some action ... not a lot but some. I'm on late shifts at the moment, so didn't wake up til 0930. Hence the slight tune around to 88.6 - but nothing much else seemed to be coming in. Unattended again 1040+, and didn't appear to miss much.
00.30 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera 5446 MH 04.17 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 04.25 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 MH 07.14 87.6 I Italia R (BA) 5216 ITALIA_R MH RT: ITALIA RADIO ITALIA RADIO 07.37 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera 5446 MH 08.37 87.6 I Rete Italia (BZ) 5212 __RETE__ AF: 104.3 96.8 104.7 87.6 97.1 97.7 97.6 104.8 _ITALIA_ MH 08.49 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 08.54 87.6 I Rete Italia 5212 MH 08.56 87.6 I Italia R (BA) 5216 MH 09.25 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH RT: 'RAI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA NUOVI SERVIZI RDS-EON-TMC ' AF: 87.6 87.9 94.3 92.5 95.7 89.7 88.7 92.3 95.5 87.9 88.5 90.1 09.30 88.6 I Radio Radicale 5210 RADIO___ RADICALE MH 10.59 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 15.15 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 _IMPULS_ MH AF: 96.6 91.4 92.1 106.0 100.3 87.6 89.0 100.9 102.9 102.0 RT: PULS - CESKA RA - T YTI_DOPRAV NFORMACE
June 17, 1999
Propagation - One ping to Impuls.
02.27 87.6 CZE R Impuls, Brno 2203 _I ULS_ MH
June 16, 1999
Propagation - Just some meteor pings to Italy.
05.36 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 22.29 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 22.46 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH
June 15, 1999
Propagation - Wow ... a different station ... though again only one ping and about 16 RDS groups.
18.39 87.6 I R Subasio (Partial PS only) 52FD BA MH
June 14, 1999
Propagation - And again ... just one meteor ping ... though this one did result in >16 RDS groups unlike yesterday's which gave just 2 groups.
20.31 87.6 I RAI-1 AF: 89.7 88.7 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
June 13, 1999
Propagation - Repeat performance again ... just one meteor ping.
02.30 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH
June 12, 1999
Propagation - Just 1 meteor ping noted to Italy, no Sporadic E noted again today.
02.55 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH
June 11, 1999
Propagation - Just 3 meteor pings to Italy, no Sporadic E noted again today.
03.10 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 04.30 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 16.12 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH
June 10, 1999
Propagation - Only meteor pings, no Sporadic E noted today. Nice to get VAL 202, also Impuls again. Apparently Impuls only switched on RDS on 8 June, so my log two days ago must be one of the first with their RDS. (Thanks, Jan!)
03.02 87.6 SVN VAL 202, Murska Subota-Pecar 63A2 MH 05.36 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 05.48 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 15.30 87.6 CZE Impuls, Brno 2203 MH 18.25 87.6 CZE Impuls, Brno 2203 _IMPULS_ MH
June 9, 1999
Propagation - Overnight meteor pings, no obvious Sporadic E noted today, though John Faulkner thinks that there was some to Spain/Portugal early on. Then nothing for the rest of the day.
02.16 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 04.17 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 07.51 87.6 POR Seixal FM 8042 SEIXALFM MH 09.01 87.6 E Onda Cero Radio, (Plasencia?) E2EE MH
June 8, 1999
Propagation - Overnight meteor pings, no Sporadic E noted today. Best meteor pings noted at 2101-2104 ... yes they were 2 separate sustained ones.
03.36 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 03.41 87.6 CZE Impuls, Brno 2203 _IMPULS_ MH 04.39 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 06.29 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 21.01 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH RT: 'RAI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA NUOVI SERVIZI RDS-EON-TMC ' 21.03 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH RT: 'RAI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA NUOVI SERVIZI RDS-EON-TMC '
June 7, 1999
Websites - found the following Italian radio sites with frequency listings ... Radio Venere, Lattemiele, Radio Company and Radiosa. Thanks also to Fabrizio Carnevalini.
RDS - Note that R Venere has changed PI code ... now 544A, last year 5A0D.
Propagation - overnight meteor pings, a small Sporadic E opening at 1007 and a little bigger one at 12.30-1305 to Italy. Short, weak opening to Spain around 1655.
01.51 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 03.30 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 04.48 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 07.25 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 10.07 87.6 I Italia Radio 5216 ITALIA_R MH RT: ITALIA RADIO ITALIA RADIO 10.28 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 10.57 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 12.33 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera 5446 weak MH PS Names: _RADIO__ *SDIOSA_ RADIOSA_ *SEMPRE* LIVE_SU_ 12.37 87.95 I R Laser (MT) 5C0B LASE weak MH 12.44 87.7 I R Venere, Lecce (LE) pop & DJ 544A QSB MH 12.45 87.9 I R Company (FG) pop, DJ with ID, pop 5A71 COMPANY_ weak MH AF: 93.2 97.8 12.48 87.8 I Lattemiele (BA) YL advert, pop 5355 LATMIELE weak MH AF Heads: 92.7 92.0 103.5 AF: 100.3 92.7 106.6 94.0 105.5 12.50 87.7 I R Venere, Lecce (LE) pop, talk, adverts 544A VENERE_ fair MH PS Names: E_PRCC._ LERZA___ LECCE___ DA______ VENERE_ RT:____Broadcast Equipment AEV on internet at www.aev.net AF: 101.7 91.7 87.7 96.8 106.0 102.1 104.3 91.5 12.55 87.5 I un-id 16.55 87.7 E un-id ... no RDS QSB MH 16.57 88.0 E SER ... 2 listed in EFMH'97 ... Cieza likliest? E279 __SER___ weak MH
June 4, 1999
Propagation - Another mid-evening Sporadic E to Italy ... I was at work, so the following is from the unattended RDS log. Thanks to Herman Wijnants for checking PI codes, also of course the All Time FM log. Of course 87.9 here could include 87.85 and 87.95 offset channels.
18.59 87.9 I R Camaldoli Stereo (NA) 5045 MH 18.59 87.9 I un-id 51FF MH 19.00 87.9 I RAI-1 5201 MH 19.06 87.9 I Italia Network 5244 *ITALIA_ MH RT: *ITALIA NETWORK * via Satellite NETWORK* RT: * ELPITEL TELECOM RIPETITORE DI REGGIO CALABRIA 19.08 87.9 I likely R Margherita, Palermo 5042 MH 19.15 87.9 I R Maria 51CC R.MARIA_ MH 19.21 87.9 I likely R Margherita, Palermo 5042 MH 19.30 87.9 I R Maria 51CC MH 19.47 87.9 I un-id 5275 MH
RSL - Vodafone FM noted on 87.7 MHz for the Derby race meeting this coming weekend at Epsom.
June 3, 1999
Propagation - meteor pings detected as follows
00.30 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 03.26 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH
June 2, 1999
Propagation - meteor pings detected as follows
07.34 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 MH 07.43 87.6 I RAI-1 5201 RAI_MF1_ MH 20.05 87.6 BEL RTBF-1, Leglise (jet scatter?) 6351 MH 23.33 87.6 SVN VAL 202, Murska Subota-Pecar 63A2 MH
May 31, 1999
Propagation - meteor pings detected as follows
03.14 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 _CULTURE MH
May 30, 1999
Propagation - meteor pings detected as follows
02.00 87.7 F France Culture, Strasbourg F202 MH
May 27, 1999
Propagation - Nothing heard today.
UK websites - Found Choice 96.9 FM's website after a lot of fruitless searching.
May 26, 1999
Propagation - Brief Es to Italy 1115-1130 at bottom end of band
11.15 87.9 I Radio 105 (BA) brief with pop 5211 _RADIO__ brief MH 11.19 87.5 I Antenna 1 (BA) brief with talk and pop 501C ANTENNA1 brief MH 11.26 87.55 I un-id distorted audio, Religious mx brief MH 11.28 87.6 I Radiosa, Matera pop and talk 5446 fair MH many PS LIVE_SE_ LIVE_SU_ INTERNET CON_HSH_ _GRANDI_ EMOZIONI AF listed 97.8 as main channel, also 87.6 92.4
May 25, 1999
Propagation - Nothing heard today.
Spain - here are RNE, Cadena100 and CanalSur frequency lists (Mark Hattam)
May 24, 1999
Propagation - Got home this evening to find RAI-1 had been and gone on 87.7.
09-18 87.7 I RAI-1, Punta Bore Tesino (unattended reception) RAI_MF1_ MH
Propagation - Many reports today of Sporadic E ... 1200-1630 up to 144 MHz. Generally dx-ers in UK/Benelux hearing Spain, Portugal, Algeria and Tunisia.
May 17, 1999
Propagation - Reports today of Sporadic E ... 0645-0705 Italy I-A tv seen in UK, 1215-1250 German tv seen in Finland, 1500-2015 Band 1 tv including Syria & Moldova seen in Holland and UK, 1600-1700 Bulgaria 87.6 & Romania 89.9 heard in Finland.
May 16, 1999
Propagation - Reports today of some Sporadic E ... Austria heard Greece/Turkey around ???? UTC, N Ireland watched ?? around 1700, John Faulkner reports watching Hungary & Russia on R1, Spain & Portugal on E2, and hearing Spain/Portugal up to 93 MHz eg Seixal FM on 87.6, R Litoral Oests, Obidos on 91.0 between 1700-1800.
May 14, 1999
Propagation - Reports today of some Sporadic E ... Hull UK heard Spain 88.0 89.1 around 1200 UTC, Holland watched RTVE & Portugal on E2/E3 around 1200, Germany watched Spanish E4 tv around 1248 UTC.
April 30, 1999
Propagation - Continuing the log, Germany faded back in around 0110 ...
0119 107.1 D DLF/Bremen 2 YL classical song D210 __DLF___ fair MH 0123 99.8 D NDR-2, Steinkimmen "Alle Hits" Queen track D382 _NDR_2__ fair MH 0125 98.1 D NDR-2, Aurich // 99.8 D382 weak MH 0130 93.8 D un-id YL DJ with Depeche Mode QRM MH
Nothing special heard at breakfast time (0800 UTC). Too long past dawn!
April 29, 1999
Propagation - Nice warm day, still air in evening and a lift ...
2200 99.8 D NDR-2,Steinkimmen pop music D382 _NDR 2__ good MH RT: 'NDR 2 - Radio für den ganzen Norden ' RT: 'NDR 2 - Serviceline: 0180 5117722 ' 2225 107.1 D DLF/R Bremen 2, Bremen talk D210 __DLF___ fair MH ID at 2300 "Deutschlandfunk und Radio Bremen zwei" RT: 'CODERSTANDORT BREMEN (BREMERHAVEN) PI-CODE D210' 2234 106.5 F France Info, Boulogne talk F206 __INFO__ good MH 2235 105.2 F France Info, Lille talk F206 __INFO__ good MH 2236 103.7 F France Inter, Lille music F201 _INTER__ good MH 2236 103.3 F France Inter, Boulogne music F201 _INTER__ good MH 2239 98.0 F France Culture, Lille talk F202 _CULTURE good MH 2240 95.5 F Frequence Nord, Boulogne pop F905 RF_FNORD good MH 2241 94.7 F Frequence Nord, Lille pop F905 RF_FNORD good MH 2243 90.2 F France Musique, Neufchatel classical music F203 _MUSIQUE good MH 2244 89.4 F France Musique, Boulogne classical music F203 _MUSIQUE fair MH 2245 87.9 F Opalis FM, Montreuil pop F937 _OPALIS_ fair MH 2250 88.0 HOL NOS-2, Smilde pop and talk fair MH 2352 104.6 BEL Radio 21, Tournai pop 6354 RADIO_21 fair MH 2353 103.9 F Europe 1, Boulogne talk F213 EUROPE_1 weak MH 2356 102.6 BEL RTBF-3, Tournai classical music 6353 RADIO_3_ fair MH
April 17, 1999
FM Logs - Updated the All Time logbook. Some more un-id's id'd using EFMH'97, and a lot of ITU codes corrected. It's in PDF format and downloadable from this page. If you notice errors, can help with un-id's or have additional logs, I'd be happy to receive them.
April 12, 1999
UK RDS - I've updated a few items on the UK RDS pages. No doubt they'll be more updates soon. Thanks to Sally de Renzy-Martin, Dave Jones, Mike Banbrook and Jeff Kitching for their recent help and submissions.
April 4, 1999
FM Logs - I've completed a provisional All Time logbook. It's in PDF format and downloadable from this page. If you notice errors, can help with un-id's or have additional logs, I'd be happy to receive them.
March 24, 1999
FM Logs - I've completed the initial annual compilation of FM logs covering 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. They're in PDF format and are downloadable from this page. I'm now assembling an All-Time FM log, which at the moment is a error-corrected compilation of these 4 annual logbooks. If you notice errors, can help with un-id's or have additional logs, I'd be happy to receive them.
March 23, 1999
WDXC QSL - I've just updated the online WDXC QSL Columns ... now up to Feb 1999.
RSL? - Punjabi FM were testing earlier on 87.7 MHz, over-riding Insanity FM who are licenced there. If they are an RSL, they're very amateurish at present.
Propagation - Conditions very flat recently. Some slight enhancement this evening for the usual French stations, 105.2 Info, 104.7 Inter, though not 94.7 Frequence Nord.
March 1, 1999
RSL - Insanity FM are back on 87.7 ... one of the better RSL stations around these parts.
February 27, 1999
Logbook - I've just finished compiling the 1998 compilation FM logbook. It's a 42 page PDF document made up from the 1998 editions of Skywaves magazine, the magazine of the British FM & TV Circle.
February 23, 1999
Propagation - Finnish DXers note some Band 1 TV Sporadic E today.
Es TV conditions noted around 1755 with Switzerland on channel E2. Also signals fading on channels E3 and E4!
From the FM TV DX Web Page.
February 15, 1999
QSL - Canadian Forces Halifax (CFH) sent a QSL card, letter and schedule for their WEFAX services.
Propagation - Big jump in Solar Flux and Sunspot Number over the past couple of days. Consequently the MUF has risen to Band 1 TV frequencies, up to R2 etc ... see the solar activity image from DXLC.
Ian Roberts reports from Johannesburg to the FM TV DX Maillist ...
Last night there were very peculiar F2 and TEP conditions between our 2.00pm and 10.00pm, around 12.00-20.00 UTC. Full spectrum of TV video and audio carriers. Carriers were received up to E3 video and R2 video, including R1 audio. Countries: Germany E2, Equatorial Africa E2, R1 vision and sound from transmitters north-east of Yugoslavia. Many others also...
Watch the north/south path in the late afternoon/early evening for the next week, in particular if the A-index goes below 5 or so!!!!!
February 9, 1999
RDS - Magic 105.4 in London has changed RDS PS Name from __magic_ to __MAGIC_
February 8, 1999
FM - FLR has launched on 107.3 and is currently on a clear channel as received here. Luckily not too strong ... 16dB on the Sony ... so DX has a chance on 107.2 and 107.4 given continuation of non-pirate activity.
Sporadic E - Finnish DXers report Sporadic E today 0800+ on Band 1 and later up to 107 MHz from France, UK and Germany. Nothing noted here.
Es TV conditions on channel R1 with Tent. Hungary around 0845. Around 0900 also Austria on channel E2A, Italy on channel ItA and Slovenia on channel E3. Around 0955 Germany very strong on channel E2 and around 1000 some Italian FM stations fading for a few minutes below 91 MHz. At 1010 Germany also fading on TV channel E4. From around 1130 some FM stations from Germany, Holland, France etc. fading on the FM band all the way up to 107 MHz. Germany still on TV channel E2. Nothing on TV or FM after 1230. TV Es Conditions again in the evening around 1635 with Belgium on channel E3 and Holland on channel E4. Denmark also strong on TV channel E3 around 1650. E's FM Conditions around 1715 for 10 minutes with stations from Holland. Nothing on TV after 1730 but around 1745 England on FM with around 5 BBC R2 and BBC R3 transmitters under 94 MHz.
From the FM TV DX Web Page.
February 5, 1999
Propagation - Been away from 7am 2/2/99 - 3pm 5/2/99 ... and came home to find _SLAGER_ memorised on 87.6.
RDS - Various updates to the Commercial RDS listing thanks to James Cridland.
FLR FM - RDS is now turned on ... FLR107.3 ... but very poor here today due to pirate QRM. Possible PI code is C594.
February 1, 1999
RSL - One to add to the list is Pulse Radio 87.7 broadcasting from the London School of Economics on 87.7 MHz.
FLR FM - are definately not (yet) radiating RDS.
January 31, 1999
FLR FM - FLR have commenced test broadcasts. They are the new local station for Lewisham and SE London, and are broadcasting on 107.3 FM. Unfortunately only poor reception is possible here due to pirates Beat FM on 107.2 and Lush FM on 107.4.
January 29, 1999
RDS - Updated the UK commercial station RDS listing.
January 8-17, 1999
HFFAX - Uploaded some more images.
January 5, 1999
HFFAX - Uploaded some recent images obtained using Fax Decoding Software running on my Mac. I've shrunk them in size but some are still a bit big. So read before you click!
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