DX News - July 1999This is a compilation of all the logs and news items that have appeared on this site in July 1999.
Some external links may no longer be valid though they did work at the time of writing.
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
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