DX News - August 1999
This is a compilation of all the logs and news items that have appeared on this site in August 1999.
Some external links may no longer be valid though they did work at the time of writing.
DX News - August 1999This is a compilation of all the logs and news items that have appeared on this site in August 1999.
Some external links may no longer be valid though they did work at the time of writing.
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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Also they have updated the spreadsheet listing technical parameters for UK commercial stations, download it from their website.
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
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