Kuuhankavesi-DX

4.1.2012 - Quadrantids

2012-01-12T23:33:00.007+02:00

Quadrantids meteor shower peak was 18 UTC, according to imo.net.
There was a quite sharp peak while ZHR reached almost 100 per hour.

From DX perspective the intensity was little better than nothing. Couple of 1½ minutes pings was noticed during this shower in two days period.

Log:
93.8 D:Antenne MV, Röbel (mev) 3.1 20.34
93.8 D:Radio Bremen 1 10.22
100.5 DNK:Radio24syv, Köbenhavn 16.45

14.12.2011 Geminids

2011-12-22T20:10:00.007+02:00

This year Geminids-meteor shower proved to be very numerous but short/sharp pings. There were something going on 13th and 15th, but especially 15th was quite empty from pings, which was unlike last year with 3 equally good days. Longest ping was about 1½ minutes.

Log:
100 D:Radio PSR, Chemnitz 5.03
100 D:Radio Salü. Bliestal 4.40
100 POL: PR Radio Kraków 22.01
100 POL: PR R1 & Radio Maryja *
100 NOR:NRK P2 90kw *
100.1 CZE:Cro 2, Praha *
100.1 G:Classic FM, Sutton Coldfield, 250kw
100.1 SVK:SRo 2 Rádio Regina Banská Bystr. *
100.1 D:Antenne 1, Stuttgart 19.12
100.1 D:Radio SAW, Magdeburg 19.24 + often
100.1 D:RPR1 in a couple of newstimes

In 89.7 MHz looking for a patience, or Malta

2011-12-01T16:53:00.012+02:00

One of the listening goals this year was to catch Malta, 3000km, with FM. Almost all the summer there was radio monitoring what's going on 89.7 MHz.
89.7 has one Maltese station and it's almost clear here from domestic or abroad usage. 3000km range seems to be quite optimal for double hops, I've got few in previous summers; Barcelona, Annaba, Tripoli. So that part is within the limits.

In finnish language Malta could be translated as patience. Patience would be needed as 89.7 might not be the right candidate for this task. There are slight finnish interference if inland tropo is enhanced. But the double hop place lies within Italy, which brings aloud stations of that region. Patience was not rewarded this season, but maybe in the next?

This summer log from 89.7 MHz:

BUL:Христо Ботев Utö9
D:HR3 10.6
D:RPR1 RP 10.6

D:WDR3 10.6
D:Hitr RT1 Nordschwaben 10.6
DNK:DR P3 10.6
E:Euskadi Irratia Utö9 June
F:Jazz R, Arras Utö9 June
F:R Boomerang 10.6
F:France Musique 10.6
F:France Culture 10.6

G:BBC R2 *

HRV:Antenna Zagreb 31.5, 10.6

I:RMC 26.5
I:Delta R 26.5
I:Virgin R 21.5
I:PaneburroMarmellata *
I:GRP2 Melody 26.5
I:Rai GR Parlamento 26.5

ROU:Maria R Erdely 10.6

SRB:Ami R , Kikinda 31.5
SRB:Plus R 31.5
SRB:R AS 31.5
SRB:R Marija 10.6
HRV:R Narodni 31.5

UKR:Радіо Південна Столиця 10.6

RUS: Радио Зенит, Санкт-Петербург Vironlahti October
S:R Skellefteå Raippaluoto August
SVK:R One 10.6

Maybe next summer, or next frequency ...

8.-9.11.2011 Åland

2011-11-11T01:16:00.008+02:00

Center Finland tropo madness caused a trip to Åland for a clearer waves.

On the way I checked updated Hepburn picture with a shock, promised conditions seemed to vanish. Luckily that wasn't the case. To my relief there was something going on.

Log:
88.7 NOR:NRK P1 1459
89.6 S:SR P6 *
91.1 S:R Todo
1011 S:Studio Mision, Stockholm
107.6 S:Rix FM Skaraborg 5.25
104.6 S:Mix Megapol Värnämo 104.6
102.2 S:SR P4 Väst 7.10
102.7 S:Gävle Cityradion *
102.9 S:SR P4 Sjuhärad 7.36
103.8 S:Cityradion Östra Värmland, Degerfors 8.20
104.1 S:Mix Megapol Jönköping 6.34
104.4 S:Rix FM Karlstadt ? 9.45
106.0 S:Rix FM Jönköping 10.10

Later there were Poland, Lithuania, Latvia audible and in the late evening and next morning almost void. Even Gävle seemed to be tough to catch.

27.-28.10.2011 Virolahti

2011-11-11T00:16:00.006+02:00

Late autumn Hepburn promised good conditions to South East. Virolahti was my target, with about 20 km to the border. There was amazingly different band with full Sankt Peterburg around. Also Estonia was well covered.

Log:
88 RUS:Retro FM, Sankt Peterburg-tx 8.53 28.10
88.4 RUS:Avtoradio, Sankt Peterburg-tx 14.14
88.7 RUS:R Vanya, Sankt Peterburg-tx 10.10 28.10
88.8 EST:R Mania 12.06 28.10
88.9 RUS:Yumor FM *
89.3 RUS:Vesti FM *
89.7 RUS:R Zenit, Sankt Peterburg 14.10
89.9 RUS:Radio Dlya Dvoyikh Sankt Peterburg 16.42 //90.6
90.1 RUS:R Eremitage, Sankt Peterburg 16.00
90.2 EST:DFM Tallinn 14.29
91.1 RUS:Keks FM 15.38
91.2 RUS:Ekho Moskva 10.45 28.10
91.5 RUS:Ekho Peterburg 17.58
91.7 EST:R Elmar 13.52
92.6 RUS:R Maria, Viipuri-tx
95.4 RUS:Doroznoe Radio, Viipuri 1245
95.6 EST:Narvskoje Semeinoje Radio 11.00 28.10
96.3 EST:Naroedne R 15.58
96.7 RUS:R Vanya
97.4 EST:R Uuno 22.12
98.2 EST:Semeione r 12.00 28.10
99.3 EST:Nömme R 12.15 28.10
100.1 RUS:R Vanya
100.4 EST:R Viru 13.03
100.9 RUS:Piter FM Sankt-Peterburg 12.37
101.2 EST:Russkoe R 27.10
101.4 RUS:Eldoradio, Sankt-Peterburg
101.7 RUS:R Gardarika * /103.1
*102 RUS:R Roks 11.15 28.10 *
102.2 RUS:Dorozhnoye *
102.4 RUS:Metro FM 11.26 28.10
102.8 RUS:R Maximum 11.47
103 RUS:Baltiyskiy Bereg, Sosnovyi Bor 8.36 28.10
103 RUS: Doroznoe *
103.4 RUS:DFM,Sankt-Peterburg 10.54
103.6 EST:Russkoe R 15.17
103.7 RUS:Detskoe R *
*104 RUS:Nashe Sankt-Peterburg 18.40
104.2 RUS:R Gardarika *
104.4 RUS:R Shanson 20.03
104.5 RUS: Dorozhnoye Radio, Lahdenpohja 17.52
104.6 RUS:DFM Pskov 13.53
104.6 RUS:Radio Dlya Dvoyikh Volkhov(?) (SP) 13.53
105.3 RUS:Love R 28.10 11.10
105.5 RUS:R Baltika / 104.8
105.6 RUS:Yamburg Blues, Kingisepp 1501
1059 RUS:RMC, Sankt-Peterburg
106 RUS:R Miks, Luga 23.06
106 RUS:Evropa Plus (Vyborg?) 16.53
106.3 RUS:R Record. 20.52
106.7 RUS:Doroznoe *
107 RUS:Mayak, Sankt-Peterburg
107.1 RUS:Radio Sedmoye Nebo, Pskov 14.20
107.1 RUS:R Record Kingisep-tx 17.32
107.4 RUS:Biznes FM, Sankt-Peterburg *
107.6 RUS:Dorozhnoye *
107.8 RUS:Russkoye Radio Sankt-Peterburg *

What a trip. A short course to Russian stations!

24.10.2011 - Tropospheric Scatter

2011-10-25T17:19:00.005+03:00

Very wide troposferic conditions were the theme of the day. Starting here with high power Polish stations. Sweden and Baltia were very strong all the time.

Log:
98.4 POL:RMF FM, Gdańsk 984km
100.4 S:SR P4 Blekinge Karlshamn. 949km 15.30
101.9 POL:PR Radio dla Ciebie. Plock. 1129km 13.00
101.9 S:SR P4 Göteborg 919km 14.30
103.1 POL:PR Radio Koszalin 1089km 12.19
105.3 POL:Radio Zet, Koszalin 1089km 12.00
106.4 S:Mix Megapol 106.4 Skaraborg. Skövde 818km 20.58

16.10.2011 - Another day in Åland

2011-10-21T15:12:00.013+03:00

A very good tropo in the morning, Denmark was heard with couple of stations. In the evening Stockholm stations were storming.

Denmark:
105.4 tent.DNK:Radio Aura 9.53 Checked towards internet stream at the time of the listening, no identification though.
105.7 DNK:Radio ABC, Randers 9.20 Proabably heard also at 7.05.

Sweden:
87.7 S: Håbo närradio, Håbo 18.52
89.8 S: Nöjesradion, Enköping 17.00
90.4 S: S:Radio Skövde, Skövde 385km, 0.5kw 19.00
90.5 S: MRS (Stockholm Västerort NR), Stockholm-Vällingby. Planetary Radio programming 23.51
91.6 S: Radio Botkyrka, Botkyrka 19.55
92.6 S: 106.7 Rock Klassiker Gästrikland 20.33
92.7 S: Eskilstuna Närradio, Eskilstuna 19.51
93.7 S: Vår Radio, Västerås 17.58
101.400 S: Radio Viking, Ekerö. [VIKING] 20.50
103.7 S: Radio Österåker * "Radio Stoker"
103.9 S:Mix Megapol 103.9 Södertälje 18.30
105.4 S:Mix Megapol Kalmar 8.04
105.5 S:Mix Megapol Dalarna 22.24

15.10.2011 - A day in Åland

2011-10-15T16:58:00.009+03:00

Another very good day for tropospheric scatter - blah. Promises, promises.
Some new and some old found though from the band.

Log;
103.5 S:Radio Avesta 12.12
102.6 S:Rix FM Dalarna 11.42
104 S:Rock Klassiker Dalarna 10.33
104.4 S:Rockklassiker Mälardalen 11.33
105.7 S:Bandit Rock 105.7, Nyköping 10.00
107.7 S: Rix FM 107.7 Nyköping 5.20

26.8-27.8. 2011 - West Coast Tropo

2011-08-29T11:03:00.009+03:00

Warm weather coming from South-West caused nice maps with Hepburn. So I give it to try with a small DX-pedition to the West Coast, Raippaluoto.

There were good conditions to the north coastal cities of Sweden.

Log:
89.7 S:Radio Skellefteå 11.02
90.9 S:Rockklassiker Skellefteå 5.05
91.3 S:Rockklassiker Örnsköldsvik 5.39
92.4 S:Rix FM Skellefteå 8.45
92.9 S:Pite FM, Piteå 7.12
100.4 S:SR P4 Jämtland 10.31
101.8 S:Rix FM 106.2 Umeå *
101.9 S:Rix FM Sundsvall 101.9 10.45
102.3 S:Radio Umeå 102.3 19.06
103.6 S:SR P4 Västerbotten 9.30
104.2 S:Mix Megapol Umeå 19.02
104 S:Rix FM Åre och Östersund 104 9.39
104.8 S:Mix Megapol 104.8 Örnsköldsvik 9.00
104.9 S:Mix Megapol 104.9 Gästrikland 6.03
105.1 S:Mix Megapol 105.1 Hälsingland 10.00
105.4 S:Mix Megapol Skellefteå 19.31
105.5 S:Mix Megapol Sundsvall 105.5 1.29
105.6 S:Rix FM Luleå 105.6
105.7 S:Radio Örnsköldsvik *
106.2 S:Rix FM Umeå 20.26
106.3 S:Bandit Rock 106.3 Luleå 23.45
106.7 S:Bandit Rock, Skellefteå 20.42
107.0 S:Rockklassiker Umeå 20.30
107.1 S:Rix FM Örnsköldsvik 21.38
107.4 S:Rockklassiker Sundsvall 22.00

21.8.2011 - Saana

2011-08-29T11:02:00.009+03:00

On the way from Norway I decided to pay a visit to Saana.

On the rigth: Intelligent wild life.

Saana

On the way up. At this point Körner didn't know what's up.

Finally there. But what is this whitey thing around?

Yep, it was cloud. Total listening session lasted almost two hours. There were non existent conditions to everywhere. Radio Kiruna was aloud and all the Norwegians had church broadcasting for the incident happened earlier in the summer. P4 was identified before that, nice.

And down we go. Seeing was limited to 10 meters.

11.8.2011 - 14.8.2011 Perseids Meteor Shower

2011-08-29T11:00:00.009+03:00

For this years Perseids meteor shower antenna was turned to the west for Norwegians. While antenna was pointing to the west there were fewer pings than usual Perseids provides. But there are fever high power stations in the west than south. It was interesting to notice ping starting with Norwegian/Danish while it was turned to in English language at the end.

Log:
88.7 DNK:DR P1 15.8 13.30
88.7 G:BBC Radio 2 often
88.7 D:BR 2 often
89.5 NOR:NRK P1 Telemark 15.8 4.05
89.5 D:hr3 often
93.0 NOR:NRK Alltid Nyheter 12.8 4.30
93.0 G:BBC Radio 4 often
95.9 G:BBC Humberside 11.8 9.10
95.9 NOR:NRK Hedmark og Oppland 13.03
95.9 DNK:DR P4 Østjylland 12.8 6.07
95.9 D:SWR4 RP Ludwigshafen 16.8 5.35

21.10.2011 JTK commenting:
The shift from Norwegian to English stations can be explained with the level of ionization: once the meteor hits, the level of ions is very high, and a short skip with a sharp reflection angle is possible. When the ionization gradually fades, the last man standing will be signals with the most obtuse (blunt) angle..

Meteors can bring a MUF up to 500 MHz. (My personal record is tv channel E26/ 511 MHz). Which means a very sharp short skip on FM. (My shortness record is YLE Kerimäki at 308 km).

28.7.2011 - Italy

2011-08-03T11:16:00.002+03:00

Suprise conditions to Italy in the late evening.

Log:

96.8 I:Radio Stella (MO) 18.45
95.6 I:Radio Genius. Muggia (TS) 18.45

26.7.2011 - ES of France & UK

2011-08-03T11:04:00.004+03:00

Third day in a row for some kind of a ES.

Log:

88 F:Frequence Horizon, Bethune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles (62). [FHORIZON]. 11.09
89.7 G:BBC Radio 2 11.xx

24.7.2011 - Long time no ES see - Turkey, Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania

2011-08-03T10:31:00.004+03:00

This ES had main focus was in the Black Sea. Coastal cities got it's share from Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Turkey.

Log:
88.7 ROU: Kiss FM, Focsani local 13.00 (also 88 & 88.5)
89.2 TUR: Alem FM, Istanbul 12.37
89.6 TUR: Mujde FM, Istanbul 12.26
89.6 MDA: Hit FM, Slobozia 11.15
90.2 TUR: Radio Turkuvaz, Istanbul 11.05
90.2 BUL: Horizont 13.02 [MALKO TARNO]
90.2 ROU: Vibe FM 13.31
90.3 BUL: BNR Radio Shumen [BNR/RADIO/SHUMEN] 13.08
90.3 ROU: Radio Zu 13.19
90.4 TUR: Haber Turk Radyo, Istanbul 12.30
90.4 BUL: Novo Radio Targovishte 13.12
90.6 TUR: Super FM, Istanbul 12.44
91.7 BUL: Alfa Radio 12.49
93.8 BUL: Radio 1 12.31
106.4: TUR: Radyo Keyf, Istanbul 12.47

2.7.2011 - CR Regional Sever

2011-08-03T10:27:00.002+03:00

There was a kind of an ES, this time CR Sever showed it's RDS for a couple of times. CR Sever is easily the most often seen Cesky station around here.

log:

88.8 CZE: CR Regional Sever

29.6.2011 - Lower band Balkan

2011-08-03T10:25:00.003+03:00

Todays offer was short bursts of ES with Balkan stations.

88.2 Radio Jugovic

28.6.2011 - ES to BEL, CZE, D, F, G, IRN

2011-06-29T10:04:00.009+03:00

There were wide spread of ES burst to Europe and to briefly Iran today. However most of time it was Bayerisher show time.

Log:
88,8 CZE:CR Sever [SEVER] 8.07
89.7 D: Unsere Radio Passau 9.15
92.8 D: MDR 1 Radio Sachsen 9.03
95.7 BEL: VRT Radio 1 10.54
96.0 G: BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 10.55
96.8 D: BR 1 Niederbayern und Oberpfalz [BR 1 N/O] 9.30
96.8 IRN: IRIB 9.36
96.8 G:BBC Radio Cumry 10.04
96.9 G: Heart Bedford 11.23
97.1 D:Metro FM, Newcastle 9.35
97.5 D: Energy Sachsen 8.33
98.3 CZE: Hitradio Dragon 9.48

Utö9 - 10.6.2011 - 19.6.2011

2011-06-23T13:03:00.003+03:00

A comprehensive guide for Utö9 pedition could found from here: Utö9 Blog. Some loggings, mine, are available here: log.

10.6.2011 - Travelling day to Utö - All around Europe conditions in Central Finland

2011-06-23T12:28:00.011+03:00

Central Finland got it's share of ES conditions. I had a couple of radios left for monitoring while moving to South and Utö.

ES conditions could be described as of a continuum of meteor showers; stations were aloud of 20 - 30 seconds at a time. Usually there was a 2-3 stations audible at the same time to make things better. After a brief look up on, at 106.9, languages detected were Danish, Dutch, English, French, German (with several dialects), Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian and Serbian.
While Southern part of country enjoyed longer period of British Isles, here was just a brief visit there. At that time ES dropped a visit Denmark, Norway and Holland.

Log:
105.6 MDA: Megapolis FM 14.07
105.6 ROU: Magic FM 14.14
105.6 RUS: Militseyskaya Volna 14.57
105.6 NOR: TVH Radio, Haugesund 16.01
105.6 D:SWR4 16.33
105.6 I: Radio Alba, Alba 16.34, with Deejay & Capital
105.6 BEL: Antwerpen FM, Antwerpen 17.57
105.6 BEL: Club FM 18.02
106.9 D:Hitradio RTL Sachsen 12.23
106.9 HRV: Petrinski Radio, Petrinja 15.45
106.9 NOR: Radio 102, Haugesund 15.59
106.9 NOR: Radio Vest-Telemark, Rauland 16.08
106.9 G: Jack FM 17.18
106.9 F:Skyrock Lens-Bethune 106.9, Béthune/ local 18.08

27.5.2011 - Utö8 closing down

2011-05-27T19:48:00.005+03:00

Small periods for an hour to Bari in the lower band was the this days achievement. Hrvatska was visited in the same time.

Utö8 closes now down. 4 four days in a row with ES! Many Mediterranean countries/cities/islands were visited from Algeria, Spain, France, Corse, Italia, Greece, Rhodos, Turkey, Antalaya, Hrvatska, Serbia, Slovenia and San Marino.

Log from today:
88.2 I:Radio 24, probably from Bari with RDS
88.8 I:Radio Bari, Bari RDS R.BARI
90.6 I:TRBC - Tele Radio Buon Consiglio, Palo del Colle (ba) RDS CONSIGLIO

26.5.2011 - The Day of Esmeralda

2011-05-26T23:06:00.008+03:00

This day at Utö8 has 8 hours ES, Esmeralda, mostly Italy, with occasional breaks to France, Alps and Balkan.
Lower band was open to Bari in the afternoon and in the evening band was open up to 108.

Highlights were:
- San Marino 102.7, a new country for me, tnx JMN for pointing this!
- Radio Esmeralda
- North African break, with several frequencies open, at the moment all are unids.
- A short Spanish break at the end.
- A lot of Italian booming with the fullspeed.

... at the same time elsewhere. While enjoying in the Utö my best ever Italy catering, there was few equipments left for monitoring in the central Finland. Previous days left very little for few clicks norther (300km +). 24th & 25th few bursts here and there, but 26th was much better. While in Utö conditions changed to the South, Bari. Kuuhankavesi region enjoyed Northern part of Italy.

Log:
89.7 I:PaneBurroMarmellata 14.32
89.7 I:GRP2 Melody 15.18
96.9 I:Latte Miele Emiliana Romagna 14.30
103.1 I:Radio Dimensione Musica 15.40
103.1 I;R Monte Kanate 14.57
103.8 I:R Piu 15.26
103.8 I:R Cortina 14.50

25.5.2011 - Turkish and Greek Utö

2011-05-26T12:51:00.003+03:00

For the second day in a row Utö8 has the ES. This time it was booming lower band in to places Izmir, Antalaya and Istanbul, from Greece side it might be Rhodos along with other places. Italy was availably on few ½ minute occasions. Turkish network stations have a nice habit of showing the location with RDS, which helped a lot cathing and identifying stations. But the nature of conditions was fast fading and hopping between those places.

Log:
GRC:
90.6 ERA2 Dheftero Program 14
...

24.5.2011 - The Fading ES day in Utö

2011-05-25T03:54:00.011+03:00

Fast fading ES was to mostly Italy, but France, Bosnia and Alps get their share also. Also there were couple of unidentified North Africans and one sunbathing snake, which was lucky enough to avoid being stepped over.

87.5 I:Radio Subasio 15.35 (also Capital)
87.7 F:Fun Radio Corse 16.42
87.7 F:France Culture with unid arabic for a long time.
87.8 F:Radio Star 17.24
87.9 F:Radio Maritima, Istres 17.27
88.1 SUI:DRS 1 "Zambo" 17.17 Tnx JMN!
88.2 tent BIH:Radio Zepce 15.36
88.4 ALG:RTA Chaîne 2. Nador 17.51 70kw 3226km 221° Tnx Samir Elahcene!
89.6 I:Onda Libera (PG) 15.43 Tnx JMN!
89.9 I:RDS 15.45
90.2 I:mo2 15.50
92.1 SUI:Rouge FM 16.12
93.8 I:Radio Bruno 16.10
93.8 I:Radio Millinote 16.22
95.8 I:Lattemiele 16.01
99.0 I:RMC 16.17
99.1 I:105 16.21
99.1 I:Radio Center Music FM 16.20

Utö 8: 22.5 - 27.5

2011-05-23T20:21:00.004+03:00

Arrived 22nd in the evening, got finally in the 23rd day all gear up. To summarize this 23rd day: wind, rain, thunder and lightning.

Enjoy the silence: The Band is clear and waiting for the ES!

21.5.2011 - ES Season officially open

2011-05-22T01:34:00.006+03:00

This was the day of lot of small ES bursts. It started with Balkan and moved to France, Italy and Alps. One minute lower band was full of French then nothing, then little later there was Italian then German.

Log:
88.0 F:Evasion FM 11.30
88.0 I:Radio Milano 11.15
88.2 D:RSA der Allgäesender, Kaufbeuren (bay) 11.20
88.2 SUI:Radio Top 11.45 RDS "TOP"
88.5 D:Radio Ramasuri, Tirschenreuth (bay) 11.21
88.5 SUI: DRS1 11.50 RDS RDS 1
88.6 I:Radio Birikina, Paone (PD) 10.45
88.7 D:Bayern 2, Sudbayern 9.33
88.7 F:Cherie FM Gray, Gray (70), 11.30 "Cherie FM Gray"
88.7 HRV:Radio Našice 7.35
88.8 F: Méga FM, Chateauneuf Sur Loire (45) 10.47 RDS MEGA FM
88.8 SUI: R Berner Oberland, Bern. Niesen 11.49 "B E O"
89.7 D:Hitradio RT1 Nordschwaben, Dillingen (bay) 11.32
89.7 I: Virgin R 11.00
90.2 AUT: Kronehit, Weitra 11.25
90.2 D:Hit R RT1 Südschwaben, Memmingen (bay) 11.30
90.2 SUI: R Zuerisee, Winterarthur 11.49 ZUERISEE RDS
93.3 D:Energy Munchen München/Olympiaturm (bay) 11.11

8.5.2011 - Eta Aquariids

2011-05-09T02:16:00.005+03:00

Eta Aquariids should be now over, but still quite long pings around.

95.8 D: RBB Radio Eins. Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) 13,34 100kw 1340km 221°
105.5 CZE:Evropa 2 Brno/Hády (Brn) 93.33kw 1593km 212° often
105.5 F:France Info Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) 100kw 2016km 225° often

7.5.2011 - Eta Aquariids, Berlin Alexanderplatz

2011-05-09T02:06:00.005+03:00

Fine meteor shower morning. Longest ping was almost 4 minutes.

Log:
95.8 D: RBB Radio Eins. Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) 7.5 13.34 100kw 1340km 221°
95.8 D: NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) 7.5 9.57 25kw 1484km 237°
105.5 D:WDR Eins live Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw)100kw 1567km 230°
105.5 D: Spree R 105.5 Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) 5 1340km 221°
105.5 CZE:Evropa 2 Brno/Hády (Brn) 93.33kw 1593km 212° 7.5 often
105.5 F:France Info Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) 100kw 2016km 225°

5.5.2011 - Eta Aquariids

2011-05-05T10:43:00.009+03:00

Eta Aquarids meteor shower is upon us. Peak is expected to max 5th, 6th and 7th morning. 3rd of May produced max of 2½ mins ping.

Log:
89 CZE:Radio Impuls, Ostrava 3.5 often 48kw 202° 1480km
89 DNK: DR P1 Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk-fyn) 3.5 often 60kw 1205km 236°
105.5 D:WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald 3.5 5.03 100kw 230° 1567km

20.3.2011 - 26.3.2011 Lapland pedition

2011-03-18T12:37:00.003+02:00

Savukoski pedition will take place in the next week. 300 (1km) and 330 (700m) degree beverages are already there and at least one more will be placed. Haven't been in pedition so late in the spring in the north so not sure what to expect.

WERC Birmingham AL 960 AM was one of the few reported/QSLed from the last Autumn pedition in this same location. It was also my first Alabamian.

8.3.2011 Radio Nord Revival 6060 khz

2011-03-09T22:46:00.007+02:00

50 years jubileum transmission with 10 kW heard here in Hankasalmi from Sala, Sweden. Actually transmission was forked with Tecsun PL-380, which had it's telescope antenna removed. Signal was clear and audible for a quite long time and without noise. Later in the evening in Jyväskylä there was equal strength russian station audible as well. It was interesting program to follow!

Links:
http://radionordrevival.blogspot.com/
mp3
mp3

Africa on FM - Al Shababiyah FM

2011-03-05T00:22:00.015+02:00

Heard on May 2010, not identified on then until now March 2011 when Samir Elahcene checked the clip. With my Arabic skills this had been mission impossible. This skip is now my record with 3421 km.

It seems from the picture attached that there could have been bounce on the Hungarian ground (near Gyor, 1700km), luckily there was no transmitter at that spot. Also ES clouds must have been above Lithuania/Kaliningrad and South Italy (Parco Nazionale del Ciento e Vallo Di Diano to be precise). Another thing which made this possible was a clear channel on 88.8 MHz. Classic FM Jämsä, 87 km to SW from here, ceased transmission 2009 and Summer Festival station in summer 2010 had not yet started.

One interesting point is that there were no other stations logged on that day. This seems similar occasion as Annaba FM from Algeria later that good summer in this same frequency, it was also only station heard at that time.

And the station itself: mp3
LBY:Al Shababiyah FM, Tripoli 88.8 26.5.2010 15.09

/Edit 6.3.2011 Map and bounce locations.

Utö7 signal distribution

2011-02-22T00:01:00.011+02:00

Picture shows how and where from the signals travel to Utö:
- Yellow - Utö island
- Blue - tropo, mainly for coasts
- Green - meteors
- Red - ES propagation

There where couple of new meteor countries to me; Belgium, Austria, Italy and Serbia.

Maps shows clearly why UK meteors are quite rare in the Center Finland, best transmission location is in the North Sea.

Utö7 log update

2011-01-10T00:56:00.002+02:00

Utö7 took place last August, updated log can be found here: Utö7.

4.1.2011 - Quadrantids

2011-01-04T15:04:00.007+02:00

This years Quadrantids proved to be a challengin beast. Local max was here about 5 - 6 UTC. There were a lot of pings but those were dreadfully short ones. In the evening though pings were fewer but longer.

91.4 D: Berliner Rundfunk 91.4, Berlin Alexanderplatz 16.49
91.4 CZE:R Impuls Plzeň 3.06
96.3 ROU:RR Radio Iaşi, Iaşi 4.02
96.3 D: Bayern 3 Kreuzberg 14.44
96.3 D: Funkhaus Europa, Berlin Scholzplatz 7.33
96.3 S: Radio Romano SR P2 12.56
105.2 D: Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Dresden 11.28

12.12 - 15.12 Geminids

2010-12-15T22:10:00.005+02:00

Geminids meteor shower provided a lot of tiny pings and some longer ones. Longest was +2 minutes. Althought the peak was on the 14th around 11 UTC, the most usable (long ones) pings were in the nights. The effect of repositioning the antenna (due strong homeland tropo) was that almost no east European pings heard this time. Instead those, a lot of Norwegian and Swedish and BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal peaks. Nan Gaidheal has 150 kw so it was expected, but no luck/id althought it was a regular visitor.

Log:
97.5 D: SWR3, Bornberg 13.12 6.11
98.7 D: AFN Hessen-The Eagle. Taunus 50kw 14.12 12.30
98.7 NOR: NRK P2. RDS 800-1100 km. 14.12 16.18
98.7 NOR: NRK P3 Petre 700-1100 km.13.12 23.00
98.7 D: NDR Kultur, Hannover 15kw 14.12 15.05
102.8 D: DLF Wesel-Buderich. 13.12 18.59
102.8 S: SR P4 Västernorrland. Sundsvall 14.12 16.09
102.8 D: NDR Info, Marlow 13.12 17.59
103.8 D: Hit-Radio Antenne Niedersachsen Barsinghausen 14.12 9.59
103.8 D: Radio SH, Heide 12.12 9.57
104.2 D: Landeswelle Thüringen, Inselsberg 12.12 20.03
107.3 D: Ostseewelle Hit-Radio Mecklenburg-Vorpommern West, Schwerin 14.12 10.28

17.10 - 23.10 Lapland Pedition

2010-12-15T22:01:00.003+02:00

Savux4 Pedition took place between 17th and 24th October. There were good conditions in a couple of times during that week. Mostly it was NA east coast conditions in the middle of the week until sun hit back at the end of week. During that turbulence there were couple of interesting peaks from east cost and in the afernoons from Philippines. Due the work schedules log is jammed in somewhere.

15.-16. 8. Swedish tropo continued - The end of pedition

2010-12-15T21:44:00.007+02:00

Nice tropo continued towards Sweden until was the time to pack home from Utö.

Weather was fine during the whole week, as usual here. Radio conditions were ok, small ES on one day, but good meteor scatter almost all the time and very good tropo to Stockholm area and Klaipeda, pity it just stopped near the cost. Some problems with gear and the over all disturbance with the cottage, some directions were impossible for the roof antenna. Quite heavy wind had a say when selecting favorable direction for the antenna.

14.8.2010 - Good tropo to Stockholm

2010-08-15T12:31:00.004+03:00

This time there were tropo, to Stockholm!

Tropo-log:
Tropo:
88.0 S:Stockholms Närradio, Stockholm *
88.4 S:Södertälje NR, Södertälje /TENT/ Spanish. Radio Belem *
88.9 S:Radio Sydväst *
90.2 S:Skärgårdsradion *
91.1 S:Stockholm Järva / /?Radio Hambastagi/ 14.8 18.52
94.2 S:Radio Järfalla (Radio Hamsafar) 14.8 16.51
98.5 S:Radio Haninge, Handen 14.8 20.58
99.9 S:Radio Nacka, Stockholm 14.8 19.50
104.0 S:Rix FM Kalmar, Färjestad 14.8 13.02
104.3 S:Rix FM 104.3, Linköping 14.8 10.17
104.3 S:Mix Megapol Stockholm 14.8 12.01
104.5 S:Rix FM 104.5 Mälerdalen, Torshälla 14.8 21.15
104.7 S:Mix Megapol 104.7 Örebro 14.8 10.26
105.3 S:Rix FM Uppsala, Uppsala 14.8 22
106.1 S:Mix Megapol Västmanland, Västerås 14.8 12.59
106.3 S:Rock Klassiker 106.3, Örebro 14.8 10
106.5 S:Bandit Rock 106.5 Uppsala 14.8 10.43
106.5 S:Rix FM Norrköping 14.8 11.32
106.9 S:Mix Megapol 106.9 Östergotland, Linköping 14.8 9.31
106.9 S:106.9 Rock Klassiker Mälerdalen, Västerås 14.8 20
107.4 S:Rock Klassiker Sundsvall 14.8 10.30

Poland:
98.4 POL: RFM FM, Gdansk 14.8 11.50
101.7 POL: R Plus, Gdansk 14.8 10.04

Meteor:
88.0 D:SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner 14.38 18.38

13.8.2010 - The peak of the Perseids

2010-08-15T12:27:00.004+03:00

This day in Utö was mainly moving away from tropo frequencies, which was suprise, suprise to Stockholm like all other previous days. There was quite interesting flow of meteor peaks, max peak here was between 7-8.

Tropo:
88.0 S:Stockholms Närradio, Stockholm 13.8 17.31 "Radio Galaxia"
88.9 S:Radio Sydväst 13.8 20.34

Meteor-log:
106.5 AUT:Kronehit 13.8 5
106.5 AUT:Antenne Vorarlberg, Bregenz 50kw 13.8 8.27
106.8 D:Alster Radio 13.8 8.10

12.8.2010 - The 'ES' day

2010-08-15T12:24:00.013+03:00

Uto day #4 with ES and meteors, notably around 23-24 UTC. I was mainly avoiding tropo this trying to be in a free zone for meteors, antenna was towards Bretagne, which had the effect of creating peaks from France, Germany and UK.

ES-log:
87.80 I:Subasio 12.8 14.04
88.00 I:Subasio 12.8 14.04
88.00 I:Deejay 12.8 14.21
88.80 I:Deejay 12.8 14.58
89.00 I:Kiss Kiss 12.8 13.45
96.4 I:Radio Margherita, Napoli 12.8 14.03

Meteor:
96.4 F:BFM 12.8 14.19
104.2 BEL: AFN Benelux. SHAPE/Mons 12.8 10.53
104.2 G:BBC Radio Northampton, Northampton, 4kw, 12.8 12.04
104.2 G:BBC Radio Kent, Swingate, 10kw, 12.8 12.09
106.8 G:Original 106 fm, Durris 19kw, 1410 km 12.8 11.04

11.8.2010 - Strong tropo to Stockholm

2010-08-15T12:23:00.001+03:00

Utö day #3 showed good troposferic conditions to Stockholm. Also there were some notably meteors early in the morning, wating for the Perseids peak to arrive.

Tropolog:

91.1 S:Radio Hambastegi via Stockholm Järva 11.8 20.40
91.4 S:Tyresöradion 91.4, Tyresö 11.8 16.51
97.5 S:V97, Vallentuna 11.8 22.25
97.8 S:Radio Lidingö, Lidingö 11.8 20
97.9 S:Radio Wix, Valdersmark 11.8 18.53
98.3 S:Radio AVA/Radio Rangarang, Sollentuna 11.8 22.42
100.5 LVA:Radio Ventspils, Ventspils 11.8 8.03
100.6 S:Bandit Rock Norköping (104.9) 11.8 14.40

Meteor:
100.5 G:Classic fm 11.8 8.04

10.8.2010 - Visby & Klaipeda tropo

2010-08-11T17:48:00.005+03:00

There was good tropo to Klaipeda and Visby from Utö. The Perseids meteor shower has it's peak arriving 12th day, it produced steady flow of bigger than usual burst, nothing spectacular though.

Tropolog:
89.2 S:Radio Wisby, Visby. 10.8
90.6 LTU:Russkoje Radio Baltia, Klaipeda 10.8
92.5 LTU:ZIP FM, Klaipeda 10.8
94.9 LTU:Laluna, Klaipeda 10.8
98.3 LTU:M1-Plius, Klaipeda 10.8
104.4 S:Rix FM Gotland, Visby 10.8
106.1 S:Mix Megapol Gotland, Visby 10.8

9.8.2010 - 16.8.2010 Utö FM pedition #7

2010-08-10T12:15:00.005+03:00

First day of this pedition showed nothing spectacular. Körner 15.11 is now up and running above the cottage, still I hope as here is quite windy.

Tropolog:
92.5 LTU:Zip FM, Klaipeda - fading better part of the early night.

ES:
99 I:Unid. Got id while computer says crash. And that's it. While computer went up ES went down.

4.8.2010 - Wednesday for Hurricane

2010-08-10T12:04:00.004+03:00

I was watching with amusent how trees where in trouble Jyväskylä city. I should have known better. Hankasalmi got severe hit of this storm. Roads and electricity were blocked. Houses were damaged and the nearby forest took the best/worst part of the storm. There was a forest... which had my mw beverages. It seems that the next mw-season is to be cancelled.

1.8.2010 - A new beginning, hopefully better month for the ES

2010-08-10T12:00:00.004+03:00

Short ES to France and Holland.

87.9 HOL:Omroep Zeeland, Goes 13.02
89.7 F:Radio Boomerang, Lille 13.03

25.7.2010 - Strong tropo scatter to Sankt Petersburg

2010-08-10T11:54:00.002+03:00

Usually there are no tations audible from Sankt Petersburg down here. But today was all different. Early in the morning there was very strong domestic tropo to the south, Lahti for example. But later Russia took over the low power stations from Finland.

Log:
105.3 RUS:Love FM, Sankt Petersburg 7.35
107.4 RUS:Biznes FM, Sankt Petersburg 9.59

22.7.2010 - The of day small ESsies

2010-08-10T11:49:00.011+03:00

Early in the morning two small ES skips to Holland. Later and longer started with Istanbul, moved to Balkan and spent most of the time in Germany and finishing touch with Luxembourg.

88.900 LUX: RTL R Letzeburg. [RTL LETZ]. 10.44
89.300 BIH: Radio Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine. Vlasic. [RADIO-F] 9.22
89.300 SRB: R AS, Sabac. "AS AS Radio" 9.08
89.500 BIH: Hit R. Udrikovo. [RTV HIT] 9.17
89.700 D: gong fm, Regensburg (bay). 10.08
89.700 D: Hitradio RT1 Nordschwaben. Dillingen (bay) 10.04
90.200 TUR: R Turkuvaz, Istanbul. 9.29
90.200 SUI: Radio Zürisee, Winterthur 10.08
90.300 D: Radio 8. Gunzenhausen 10.03
90.600 D:_R SA 10.03
90.700 D: BR 1 Franken regional. Ochsenkopf. [BR 1 FRA] 10.12
90.700 D: BR 1 Schwaben regional. [BR 1 SCH] 10.17
92.900 D: Hit Radio N1, Nürnberg. 10.20
93.200 CZE:R Ergensis. 10.13 [ERGENSIS]
103.20 D: Antenne Bayern. [ANTENNE] 10.21
103.20 D: R Ton, Heilbron [RADIOTON] 10.21
105.00 D: R 7. Iberger Kugel(bay) 10.24
105.30 HOL: Delta FM, Vroomshoop 6.10
105.30 HOL: RTV Stadskanaal, Stadskanaal 6.11
107.70 D:Die Neue 107.7, Stuttgart 10.32
107.80 D:Star FM 10.23 [STAR]
107.80 SUI:RS1 10.22 [GOTTARDO]

18.7.2010 - Best of the month

2010-08-10T11:40:00.005+03:00

After a dryish month ES dropped a visit.

Log:

87.800 ROU: R KIT, Onesti. "You are listening to radio KIT". [ONESTI] RDS. 10.47
87.800 ROU: R Son. Reghin. 10.47
87.800 ROU: R. Brasov, Brasov. 14.14
88.200 ROU: One FM. Bistrita. 11.10
88.200 ROU: R Europa FM. Botoşani. "Europa FM" [ROPA]. 11.17
88.300 ROU: Itsy Bitsy. Tulcea. // 88.7 10.33
88.800 TUR: Metro FM. Samsun. 10.32
89.500 MNE: R Crne Gore 1. Rozaje. 12.33
89.600 ROU: R Alfa. Bacau. "Radio Alfa" & [ALFA]. 11.08
89.700 ROU: Kiss FM, Botosan. 10.57
89.700 UKR: Retro FM, Dnipropetrovsk. 10.30
90.500 HNG: Kek Duna, Komarom. 12.34
92.700 ROU: Activ EFEM, Bucurest. [ACTIV][EFEM]. 11.48
95.700 POL: R Zlote Przeboje 95,7 FM, Rzeszów. 14.07
98.400 HNG: Ha-Jo Radio, Vaja. 13.58
101.800 UKR: R Melodiya. Sniatyn (IF) 11.24
101.900 ROU: Romantic FM, Bucurest. 11.45
103.200 SRB: R Index. Kopaonik. Id. 12.33
103.800 POL: VIA - Katolickie Radio Rzeszów, Rzeszów. 12.07
104.000 SRB: R Beograd 202.[RTS 202]. 13.35
106.800 SRB: Top FM, Beograd. "On top, Top F-F-F-M".12.33

17.7.2010 - France and Germany

2010-08-10T11:17:00.004+03:00

Another short July ES. This time France and Germany.

Log:
87.8 F:France Bleu Bourgogne, Troyes (10). 9.38
87.8 F:Radio Star, Montbeliard (25). 9.30 This Star has a quick&rapid RDS "STAR".
88.7 F:Cherie FM, Gray (70). 9.36
89.7 D:gong FM, Regensburg 7.50
91.2 D:Radio 91.2, Dortmund 8.04

7.7.2010 - Bulgagia and Romania

2010-08-10T11:13:00.006+03:00

Short ES to Bulgaria and Romania today.

Log:
89.7 ROU:Maria Radio Erdely 10.45
97.5 BUL:R Vidin, Belogadchik 10.59

24.6.2010 - African contact

2010-06-30T14:24:00.003+03:00

While waiting to good ES conditions to show up there was a brief first contact from African continent!

Log:
88.8 ALG:Radio Annaba, Annaba 16.18

23.6.2010 - Night ES to Alps

2010-06-30T13:32:00.004+03:00

ES at the night to Alps and in the morning to Danmark and Benelux.

Log:
87.8 I: Ravegnana Radio. Bertinoro (FC) 22.6 22.18
87.8 D:big FM 4.48
87.8 BEL: RTBF Pure FM. Waremme 05.34
87.8 HRV: Radio Zabok. Zabok 7.24
87.8 DNK:Nova FM 4.41
90.6 CZE:Hitradio FM Most, Chomutov 22.6 22.53
95.9 I: Viva FM. Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN)22.6 23.00
96.4 AUT: Ö2 Radio Tirol 22.6 23.04
97.5 D:Radio Oberland 22.6 23
97.5 I: Südtirol Eins. Terlago-Paganella(TN)22.6 22.10
100.0 D:Hitradio FFH 4.12
100.0 BEL:Nostalgie 4.30

20.6.2010 - Mega ES Day, Again

2010-06-23T00:33:00.010+03:00

This ES started about 9 UTC with Spanish stations, which disappeared when Balkan hitted roof (108). Around the same time also Italy came aloud. At 10 Hungary started it's participation. One hour later at 11 and it was Czech time. One hour more and it was time for Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

Just before ES disappearing it was a brief Spanish time again at 14.00.

Log:

96.3 HOL: Wild FM, Alkmaar 17.01
96.5 CZE: Kiss Morava Olomouc 13.44
96.5 CZE:Kiss Publikum 10.07
96.5 CZE:Radio Impuls 13.00
96.5 AUT:Radio Arabella 13.30
96.5 SVN:Radio Slovenia 3 10.21
96.5 I:RAI3 13.03
96.5 HNG:Isis Radio 10.00
102.0 CZE:Radio Impuls 11.01
102:0 I:Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana 11.00
102.0 HRV:Radio Osijek 8.34
102.0 D:Harmony FM 11.43
107.8 CZE:Radio Beat 13.04
107.8 CZE:Hitradio FM Plus 11.14
107.8 I:Radio Metro 9.32
107.8 BIH:Radio Postaja Mir Medugorje 10.12
107.8 SVN:Radio Velenje 13.40
107.8 SUI:Rete Uno 12.15

19.6.2010 - Italy and Crne Gore

A brief opening in Central Finland.

Log:
96.5 I:LAltra Radio 17.38
96.5 MNE:Radio Crne Gore 1 18.10

17.6.2010 - Day of the big rock

2010-06-23T00:21:00.002+03:00

There was 3 min of the flying rock audible at 9 UTC.

Meteor log:
96.5 DNK:DR P4 København 8.59
102.0 CZE:Radio Impuls 8.59

15.6.2010 - UK and Ireland go for ES

2010-06-17T08:59:00.006+03:00

ES conditions started here from Italy and Balkan but then turned to UK and Ireland.

Log:

92.4 G:BBC Radio Leeds. Holme Moss. 10.24
94.4 SRB:Radio Boom 93 09.00
96.5 G:Radio Wave, Blackpool 11.22
96.8 G:Radio Borders, Selkirk 11.46
96.9 G:Viking FM. High Hunsley 10.30
97.1 G:Metro FM. Tyne Tunnel 11.23
97.5 I: Radio Delta 1 10.12
97.6 G:Lincs FM 97.6 10.13
100.7 G:100-102 Real Radio 12.17
102.0 G: Dearne FM. Ardsley 10.23
102.0 G: Town FM. Ipswich 9.25
103.1 G: Beacon Radio. The Wrekin 12.30
103.2 G:Star Radio Darlington 11.56
103.8 IRL: Spin 103.8, Dublin 12.33
105.3 G: Galaxy FM. Burnhope 11.25
107.4 IRL:Newstalk 106-108, also on 106, 106.9
107.9 G: Trax FM. Worksop 12.43

14.6.2010 - Belgium and Holland

2010-06-15T01:22:00.006+03:00

1½ hours ES skip to two countries Belgium and Holland, that's sound good. There was also heavy fading involved, 3 mins very strong signal then 3 minutes nothing.

Log:

88.3 BEL: MNM, Brussel (1kw 1845km 236°) also on 89.0 11.30
88.4 HOL:Slam!FM also on 88.6, 88.8, 97.5 11.30
89.1 HOL: RadioNL, Groningen (1.97 1545km 238° ) 12
90.3 HOL: Radio Lelystad (0.4kw 1652km 238°) 12.16
90.6 BEL: Joe FM, Turnhout (5kw 1778km 236°) also 96.5 11.21
91.9 HOL: Omroep Brabant, Loon op Zand (2kw 1748km 237°) 12.35
92.3 BEL: RTBF Vivacite, Anderlues (50kw 1892km 235°) 12.43
97.1 HOL:RadioNL, Smilde (0.933kw 1579km 237°) 11.34
97.2 HOL:RadioNL, Zwolle (0.316kw 1626km 237°) 12.31
97.2 HOL:Kempen FM (0.4kw 1761km 236°) 12.34
97.5 HOL:Radio Noord, Groningen (20kw 1545km 238°) 11.21
97.5 BEL:VRT2 Antwerpen 11.39 id as Radio 3, radio3.be, which turns ou to be Klara.
100.1 HOL:BNR Nieuwsradio ( 235-239° ) 11.35

13.6.2010 - Short ES, Benelux and UK

2010-06-14T00:38:00.004+03:00

Short skip to Belgium, Holland & UK. Just before Holland-ES-break there was low strength signal in Spanish, which was slammed away by Slam!FM.

Log:
87.9 HOL: Omroep Zeeland, GoES 17.25
88.0 HOL: Radio 2, Smilde 17.23
88.4 HOL:Slam!FM, Roosendaal 17.14
89.0 BEL: MNM, Schoten 17.29
89.3 HOL: Radio West, Rotterdam 17.27
95.6 HOL: Fresh FM 17.20 RDS "95.6"
95.7 G:BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, Peterborough 17.47
96.8 HOL: 3FM, IJsselstein 17.20
95.9 G:BBC Radio Humberside, High Hunsley 17.48

11.6 2010 - Short ES skip to UK

2010-06-11T17:09:00.008+03:00

Log:

93.7 G:BBC R4 13.26
95.8 G:BBC Radio Merseyside 13.28
95.9 DNK:DR P4 Østjylland, Århus, 1152km 13.06
96.4 G:CFM 13.43
97.5 G:Smooth Radio Northeast 13.40

7.6.2010 - Europe wide ES

2010-06-10T22:27:00.011+03:00

ES started with the strong signals from the Germany around 14 UTC. Half an hour later there was short skip with spanish and arabic. Nothing identified at the moment though. 17.45 there was BIH, D, G, CZE, SRB, HRV, HNG and ROU audible. These countries were audible for the rest of the day.

Around 18 it was obvious that MUF hit the ceiling 108. Half an hour later was short skip to Greece at 107.9. After Greece disappeared was the time for the Polish stations, it seemed that every second frequency was occupied with Polish stations.

Around 19.30 there was again short opening to Greece and this time along also with Turkey. Suprisingly with the Turkish stations there were Holland and UK stations aloud for a brief occasions.

Last identified was 89.0 RTL Brocken at 20.30.

Log:
87.8 IRL:RTE1 18.24
89 D:RTL Brocken 19.40
89 ROU:Radio ZU *
89 BEL:MNM 16.42 only RDS
89.7 D:WDR3 14.41
90.1 SRB:Radio Beograd 2
90.1 D:SWR4 14.30
90.2 HOL: 100%NL 19.43
90.2 UNID GRC:Radio Oros 19.46
90.2 BBC WS 16.15
90.2 D:MDR Jump 16.16
90.2 CZE:Kiss Delta 16.20
90.4 ROU:Realitatea FM, Sibiu 17.17
90.6 UKR:Radio Sharmanka 17.42
93.4 CZE:Radio Frekvence 1 19.49
94.9 G:BBC Radio Lincolnshire 17.28
94.9 ROU:Pro FM 17.12
95.7 G:BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 17.30
95.4 G:BBC_Radio_Newcastle 17.52
95.7 G:Penistone FM 17.49
95.8 G:Capital Radio London 16.57
95.8 BEL: Q-Music. Veltem-Beisem 16.59
95.8 HNG:Info Radio, Budapest 18.47
95.8 G:BBC Radio 4 18.35
95.9 G:BBC Radio Suffolk 17
95.9 G:Heart, local add 16.58
95.9 POL:PR Radio Euro 20.01
96.0 GRC:Flash 96, Athina 19.25
96.1 G:BBC Radio Cumbria 18
96.1 ROU:Kiss FM 18.26
96.3 G:R Aire, Leeds 17.47
96.3 ROU:Galaxia FM 17.08
96.4 HNG:Roxy Radio, Budapest 17.08
96.3 G:Heart 17.59
96.7 G:Radio City 96.7 17.47
96.8 BIH: Radio Skala 14.53
96.8 HRV: Radio Banovina 15.01
97.2 HOL:Kempen FM 16.59
98.3 D: Baern 1 Mainfranken. Kreuzberg 14.35
98.3 E: Tentative: Radio Intereconomía. Barcelona 14.37
98.3 E: Catalunya Informació. Montserrat 14.40
98.3 CZE:Cas Radio Slezko 15.22
98.3 CZE:Hitradio Faktor 15.45
100.4 G:Smooth FM Northwest 18.03
106.4 CZE:CRo Budejovice 15.59
106.4 POL:Radio Centrum, Kalisz 16
107.6 D:Radio Lausitz 15.55
107.8 CZE:Radio Evropa 2 15.30
107.8 BIH:Radio Mir Medugorje, Bihac 15.30
107.9 POL:Radio Plus, Opole 15.29

That was a quite interesting mixture of Europe tonight! Of course there is missing (from log) semi local tropo from Sweden, Russian and Estonia. Also there are missing couple of unid French stations.

6.6.2010 - ES on 107.9

2010-06-10T22:26:00.008+03:00

This time ES was to Greece, Romania, Serbia, Moldova and Hungary. Particularly interesting was 107.9, which had 5 Romanian speaking stations.

Log:
87.8 F:France Bleu Nord 16.56
96.3 GRC:Red 96.3, Athina 7.57
96.3 BIH:Radio Doboj 10.19
96.3 HNG: Juventus Radio 10
107.9 MDA:Serebryanyy Dozhd Chisinau 9
107.9 ROU: Studio B, Moldova Noua 8.27
107.9 ROU: Radio Info Pro 8.35
107.9 SRB: Radio Beta RFI 9.56
107.9 ROU: Radio 21, Tulcea 8.54
107.9 ROU: Kiss FM, Satu_Mare 8.38

5.6.2010 - Unids from France

2010-06-10T19:13:00.017+03:00

Tonight ES was towards France. 3 times unid from 96.3 and one from 107.9. /Update 3.4.2011: Thanks JMN for help with:

Log:
96.3 F: Hot Radio Chambéry, Lancey (38). 2282 km, 1kw, 225 deg.

1.6.2010 - Mega ES all over Europe

2010-06-10T19:12:00.042+03:00

This was the best ES happening ever, here. It started with unidentified Italians at 15.00 but turned quick to Istanbul and Turkey mixed with occasional Greek and Balkan stations. Then from 17 there was some French influence. One hour later there was short Benelux skip, which was spread a while to UK. Whole show was in the package 7½ hours later!

First scratch of log:

88.8 TUR: Burc FM 1.6 16.18
88.9 SRB:Radio Beograd 1, Subotica 1.6 15.47 (5kw 1863km 197°)
89.0 TUR: TRT FM, Uzunköprü-Cöpköy (30kw 2365km 179°)
90.8 ROU:Magic FM, Bucuresti 1.6 16.40 (2kw 1996km 181° )
90.8 TUR:Mega 17, Canakkale (2kw 2477km 180°)
90.8 ROU:Magic FM 16.40
96.3 GRC:Red 96.3, Athina 16.45
96.3 SVK:SRo1 Radio Slovensko 21.45
96.4 F:BFM, Lille 18.54
96.8 TUR:TRT3 Radio Uc 16.19
96.8 F:France Inter, Reims 17.11
96.8 ROU:Favorit FM 21.11
96.8 HRV:Skala Radio 21.31
96.9 F:Voltage FM, Paris 1.6 17.35
96.9 ROU:Gold FM, Bucurest 1.5 17.50
96.9 HOL:CFN 1.6 18.05
96.9 SRB:Radio Beograd 1 17.25
97.1 BEL: Maximum FM, Liege 17.14
97.5 HRV:HRT HR2 18.35
97.5 TUR:TRT4 Radyo Diyabakir 16.34
97.6 I:Radio International 16.47
97.6 SUI/F:Rouge FM 16.51
98.6 HNG:Radio Cafe, Budapest 18.40
100.4 D:BR Klassik 22.01
101.8 BIH:Radio Slobomir 21.31
101.8 POL:RFM FM 21.35
101.9 HNG:Radio 1 Eger 21.30
101.9 UKR:Radio Zakarpattya FM, Zakarpattya 21.10
102.0 TUR:Luxury Lounge, Istanbul 19.15
102.0 BUL:BNR Horizont, Shumen 19.17
103.1 F:France Bleu 20.52
104.1 F:Europe 1 1.6 17
104.1 ROU:Radio Romania Cultural 20.43
104.2 SVK:Radio Hornet 21.45
104.2 SRB:Radio Krajina 104.2 21.22
104.8 SVK:Europa 2, Bratislava 19.10
104.8 F:Europe 1 17
105.0 TUR:Moral FM 19.35
105.3 HNG:MR3 Bartok Radio 17.05
105.6 G:Kiss FM, Cambridge 18.27
105.6 HNG:Kossuth Radio, Gerecse (10kw 1708km 201°) 1.6 17.06
106.0 BEL:RTBF Premiere 17.26
106.0 HOL: RTV Borger-Odoorn, Borger 17.55
106.4 D:Top FM 18.19
106.9 BIH:BN Radio, Veliki Zep 18.58
107.4 F:M'FM, Nevers (1kw 2250km 231°) Nevers 1.6 17.14
107.4 ROU:National FM 20
107.4 POL:RFM FM 17.14
107.6 ROU:Info Pro 17.10
107.7 D:Antenne Bayern 17.44
107.8 BEL:Radio Contact 17.07
107.8 SUI:RSI1 17.13
107.9 BEL: Twizz Radio, Jodoigne 17.58
107.9 BEL:VBRO Radio 18.05
107.9 BEL: Topradio 18.07
107.9 D: Radio SA 18.17
107.9 F:RMC 20.26
108.0 TUR:Radyo Dolunay, Istanbul 19.22

2.6.2010 - Good conditions continue

2010-06-10T19:12:00.036+03:00

Log:

95.9 CZE:ČRo 1 - Radiožurnál, Liberec (20kw 1468km 213° ) 2.6 9.01
95.9 D:Bayern 3, Hochberg (5kw 1830km 214°) 2.6 8.34
95.9 HNG:Neo FM, Pecs (25kw 1884km 200°) 2.6 8.44
95.9 SVK:Radio Kiss, Snina, SVK (10kw 1519km 192°)
95.9 D:SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbiet (25KW 1829km 226°)
96.5 SVN:Slovenija 3, Krim (5kw 1981km 208°)
96.5 D:SWR3, Waldenburg (100kw 1792km 223°) 2.6 10.02
97.6 D:BFBS R1, Visselhövede (30kw 1439km 231°) 2.6 10.19
97.6 CZE:ČRo 1 - Radiožurnál, Mariánské (1kw 1620km 218°) 2.6 9.57
97.6 SRB:Radio Beograd 2/3, Avala (75kw 2003km 194°)
97.6 SVK:Radio Hey!, Banská Bystrica (75kw 2003km 194°) 2.6. 8.37
97.6 SVN:Val 202, Trdinox (10kw 1978km 206°) 2.6 9.27

31.5.2010 - Short ES - UK and Romania

2010-06-01T15:23:00.011+03:00

Log:
96.1 G:BBC Solent 96.1, Rowridge 9.35
96.1 ROU: Kiss FM. Bucurest 10

27.5.2010 - ES to British Isles and France

2010-06-01T15:22:00.006+03:00

There were very shortish breaks to British Isles except on 95.9, which had a long broadcast from BBC Humberside.

95.9 G:BBC Radio Humberside, High Hunsley (9.6kw, 1831km, 251°) 27.5 16.51
96.1 G:Rother FM, Rotherham (0.134kw, 1898km, 251°) 27.5 16.51
96.1 F:Rire & Chansons, Paris? 27.5 19.36

21.5.2010 - Short ES to Czech, Hungary and Italy

2010-05-23T22:00:00.012+03:00

A handful of very brief openings to Czech, Italy and Hungary.

Hungarian unids at 16.45: at 88.7 and at 90.3 and brief Italian opening at 18.00:at 90.3 Mhz with Radio Pace, Marano di Valpolicella-Monte Noroni (vr). Thanks Jan, JMN, for valuable help with investigating this!

ES-log:
90.3 CZE:Expres Radio, Praha (1551km, 5kw, 214°) 21.5 17.45
90.3 I:Radio Pace, Marano di Valpolicella-Monte Noroni (vr) (2116km, 5kw, 215°) 21.5 18.01

20.5.2010 - Russian ES

2010-05-23T20:52:00.006+03:00

Two local Radio Rossii stations from this OIRT-band ES:

68.84 RUS: GTRK Penza. Meshcherskoye (PZ) (1521km, 15kw, 126°) 20.5 10.30
68.87 RUS: GTRK Bashkortostan. Oktyabrskiy (BA) (1816km, 1.2kw, 106°) 20.5 10.07

These were the first loggings for the new Tecsun PL-380 used along with the Körner 15.9 antenna.

Meteor log:
90.3 D:NDR 90.3. Hamburg-Moorfleet. (1371km, 80kw, 232°) 18.5 5.11.

13.5.2010 - First ES of the season

2010-05-15T09:32:00.006+03:00

A little bit ES on the air. ES season has been officially opened!

Es log:
88.8 CZE: ČRo 5 Sever, Ústí nad Labem (1496km, 100kw) 13.5 10.39 RDS "CR Sever"
88.8 D:SWR2,Heidelberg. (1804km, 100kw) 13.5 10.47 RDS "Swr2 B"
88.8 D:Radio Hitwelle. Isen. (1814km, 0.5kw) 13.5 10.48

Meteor log:
88.8 D:RBB Berlin 88.8. Berlin. (1348km, 80kw) 13.5 5.37

5.5.2010 - Eta Aquarids

2010-05-07T00:02:00.010+03:00

New FM-season is about to begin. While waiting for the fabulous ES performances, there is Eta Aquarids meteor shower now upon us. Peak will be 7th May in the morning, but so far this shower has proved to be remarkable.

Log:
100.4 D:Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde 5.5.2010 5.55 (1900km 80kw)
100.4 D:WDR2 Studio Köln, Bonn (1744km, 50kw) 3.5 6.25
100.4 SVK:Radio Regina BB. Namestovo-tx (1509km, 8,2kw) 3.5 8.55
100.4 HNG: Neo FM, Szentes (1795km, 34.7kw) 2.5 21.10
100.5 HNG: Class FM, Kabhegy 4.5 3.36 (1792km, 70kw)
100.5 MDA:Radio Moldova, Straseni 4.5 9.16 (1702km, 10kw)
100.5 D:NDR Info, Heringsdorf 4.5 9.16 (1178km, 1kw)
100.5 D:Vogtland Radio, Reichenbach 4.5 6.52 (1566km, 1kw)
104.2 D:Landeswelle Thuringen, Inselsberg (1603km, 100kw) 5.5.2010 7.24

Most suprising has been two 1kw's on 100.5 also Radio Moldova with 10kw's is not every day visitor rigth here.

23.4.2010 - Lyrids

2010-04-25T00:04:00.009+03:00

Lyrids meteor shower produced some decent reflections this year and one new catch.

Log:

99.7 D:Antenne Brandenburg, Potsdam (1340km, 100kw) 23.4 6

BBC, Czech, Slovak, Polish and German were heard this years Lyrids in 99.7 MHz. Nothing spectacular but remarkably different than last 4 months.

5.4.2010 - Fun Radio

2010-04-08T22:06:00.005+03:00

Some meteors flying around.

Log:

104.0 SVK:Fun Radio, Banská Bystrica (1585km, 100kw)5.4 7.51

31.3.2010 - big FM and Radyus FM

2010-03-31T20:13:00.005+03:00

Couple of meteors showing outside of the major showers. It seems improving situation in meteor wise.

Log:

104.0 BLR:Radyus FM, Slonim (1043km) 28.3.2010 14.00
104.0 D:big FM, Koblenz (1753km) 31.3.2010 9.45

25.3.2010 - FM season about to start

2010-03-26T14:22:00.003+02:00

First FM catch this year is Radio Resita 105.6 from Romania, Resita, with a record meteor reflection of 1933 km. Station has power of 100 kW, which explains part of it.

100th North American QSL

2010-03-13T15:11:00.005+02:00

Just received my 100th verification from NA and what is more appropriate than it's being CJRB Boissevain MB 1220 AM a Golden West Radio station. Thanks for very friedly doc! CJRB can be heard here in regular basis in Winter time, this time it was heard in SAVUX3 pedition in quite clear channel.

NA QSLs can be found from here: Na Qsl.

The Quadrantids meteor shower

2010-02-19T11:32:00.005+02:00

It's been kind of dry meteor shower season for the last half year. There has been generally good conditions to the Americas, which is good for AM and bad for FM activities. There has been some technical failures and there has been software failures. Perhaps some unluck too with the chosen frequencies and timings. Today I fixed Total Redorder file, which got corrupted on the 5th January.

The Quadrantids meteor shower was not remarkable for the quantity of meteor scatters, there was quite low number of scatters compared to the Perseids. This time there were very lucky timings!

Log:
98.7 D:AFN Hessen-The Eagle, Taunus 5.1 12.46 (1736km) 50kw
98.7 CZE:Hitradio Orion, Trinec 5.1 08.07 1kw, very low power for a meteor scatter. ( 1497km ).
98.7 D:SWR1 Baden Wurttenberg Grünten-tx 5.1 0919 30kw (1931km). Full id and record distance for a meteor.
103.0 D:BFBS Radio 1, Bielefeld 22.12 9.24 (1571km, 70kw)

7.2-8.2.2010 SAVUX3 - Day 10 and closing down

2010-02-09T14:37:00.004+02:00

There were Japan & Korea opening in the 7th day afternoon. In the night and morning there were general/weak east coast conditions with some south Americans. Nothing clear to log though.

What an interesting week it has been in Lapland. Those NA west coastish stations, which are reasonably rare to hear in south Finland are quite common in Lapland. These include KFI 640, KBOI 670, KFRC 1550, KWKW 1330, KCLK 1430 and several SD radios: KNWC 1270, WNAX 570 and not to forgetting Oregon: KXL 750, KEX 1190, KWOD 1390. Alaska (590,660,670,680,790,820,970,1140,1170) and Washington (950, 1000 of course, 1090, 1430, 1460, 1480, 1510) were strong almost every afternoon. The problem being here to avoid splatter from euro frequencies.

East cost NA DX was pretty much the same as in south Finland, mostly the same big ones, and also the rare ones. Highlight being here daytimer 1510 WRRD Waukesha WI with ESPN Deportes.

Memorable moments were first catchs from graveyards: CFFB Iqaluit NU, heard this also in south, which is no wonder because it was storming night after night. Other found graveyarders were:
1230: KKEE,
1240: KTIX, KDLR, WMMB,
1340: CFYK strong in afternoons
1400: -
1450: KONP
1490: -

It was good moments to be in openings to Hawaii, Mexico, China, Korea and Japan.

South Asia and Central/South America were lacking appropriate antenna, so there was not much effort to these directions.

Here is SAVUX3 log, currently on the fly status.

6.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 9

2010-02-06T19:53:00.002+02:00

Afternoon opening to Korea & Japan, again. Elsewhere there were mexicans in the band in the early morning hours.

Log:
550 WSAU Wausau WI 6.2 8
560 KLZ Denver CO 6.2 8 "KLZ The Source"

Asia:
1179 JOOR MBS Osaka 6.2 14

5.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 8

2010-02-06T19:51:00.002+02:00

5.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 8

Japan & Korea were audible for the second time in this pedition. Elsewhere there were mostly big guns from NA.

4.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 7

2010-02-04T22:39:00.002+02:00

Improving. Interesting prospects at the nigthtime, but quite hard to get identified.

Log:
630 CHED Edmonton AB 4.2 12.59
660 KFAR Fairbanks AK 4.2 16.08

3.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 6

2010-02-03T23:00:00.003+02:00

Small disturbances on and one little bigger one, which isn't settling down. NOAA says geomagnetic field is unsettled, well I'm too.

Log:

1030 KTWO Casper WY 3.2 4.56 "AM 10-30 K Two Radio"
1310 WDTW Dearborn MI 3.2 0.57
1310 WIBA Madison WI 3.2 5.02
1360 KSCJ Sioux City IA 3.2 5
1370 WSPD Toledo OH 3.2 4
1380 WKJG Fort Wayne IN 3.2 1
1390 WLCM Charlotte MI 3.2 1
1460 WHIC Rochester NY 2.2 23

and one good from AM 1330: "It's 5 past the hour and you are listening, well you know what you are listening to"

2.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 5

2010-02-02T22:10:00.000+02:00

Disturbances here and there, one around 2, which cleared the band. In the morning signals were quite poor.

Log:
650 KNR Qeqertarsuaq 2.2 1
1130 WISN Milwaukee WI 2.2 1
1460 WBRN Big Rapids MI 2.2 1 "News radio WBRN Big Rapids Michigan"
1620 WPNT South Bend IN 2.2 1 "South Bend, ESPN 16-20"
1650 KBJD Denver CO 2.2 1 "Radio Luz"

1.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 4

2010-02-01T22:54:00.003+02:00

Morning was best was than ever here in terms of signal levels, then just before 13 disturbance cleared all away. Even KOMO was not audible, only visible.

Log:
560 WGAN Portland ME 1.2 7 "Newsradio 5-60 WGAN Portland"
1190 CFSL Weyburn SK 1.2 6.22
1240 WMMB Melbourne FL 1.2 7
1240 KTIX Pendleton OR 1.2 11
1440 WHKZ Warren OH 1.2 7
1410 WING Dayton OH 1.2 6.54 "WING Espn radio"
1450 KONP Port Angeles WA 1.2 12
1470 KBSN Moses Lake WA 1.2 12.05

Asia
1422 Taiyuan PBS, Vo the Elderly 1.2 13

31.1.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 3

2010-01-31T23:23:00.002+02:00

Conditions still improving. Mostly West coast and gravyards have also life this day.

560 KMON Great Falls MT 31.1 6
640 KFI LA CA 11.12 6.57
1190 KEX Portland OR 31.1 8
1230 KKEE Astoria OR 31.7 13.03 "Fox Sports" "KKEE 12-30"
1420 KITI Chehalis WA 31.1 14.46
1460 KARR Kirkland WA 31.1 13 "Family R"
1480 KGOE Eureka CA 31.1 12.02 "North Coast KGO"

30.1.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 2

2010-01-31T23:21:00.000+02:00

Improving conditions. Highlights of this day were mornings short Mexican break, afternoons short Hawaiian break and evenings strong east coast opening.

990 KHBZ Honolulu HI 30.1 13.30 "Sports, talk radio 9-90 KHBZ 3.30"
1230 tent XEEX Culiacan SN 30.1 6.30 "R Formula"
1230 CFFB Iqaluit NU 30.12 22.30
1270 KNWC Sioux Falls SD 31.12 5 "Faith 12-7 KNWC Sioux Falls"
1370 WXXI Rochester NY 30.1 23
1470 WNYY Ithaca NY 30.1 23 "Progressive talk AM 14-70 WNYY"
1590 KLFE Seattle WA 30.1 12.50 "15-90 KLFE Seattle"

Yesterdays friends from Alaska were also audible today and with better signals too.

29.1.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 1

2010-01-30T20:33:00.004+02:00

Savux3 Lapland DX-pedition has started with fine moderate -30 degrees Celsius freeze and equally cool stations, log:

590 KHAR Anchorage AK 29.1 15.25
650 KENI Anchorage AK 29.1 15.33
790 KCAM Glenallen AK 29.1 16.08
1140 KSLD Soldotna AK 29.1 18.00
1250 KKDZ Seattle WA 29.1 15 "KKDZ and KKDZ Disney Seattle"
1340 CFYK Yellowknife NT 29.1 14.30
1390 KWOD Salem OR 29.1 15 "Espn Deportes"
1480 KBMS Vancouver WA 29.1 15.05
1520 KGDD Oregon City OR 29.1 15 "La Gran D"
1580 KGAL Lebanon OR 29.1 15

AK, OR and WA were mid strong and in the evening there were VOCMs.

21.1.2010 - M-class flare - Verifications

2010-01-21T14:37:00.012+02:00

Now the sun is storming with the M-class flare, so nothing to expect through radio from trans Atlantic connections. Quite poor conditions since superb new years eve an new years day.

Some verifications though, vs-infos thanks TUA, JPR, Bjarne and Gert:

KDZR Lake Oswego OR 1640	CHGM Gaspe QC 1150	CHNC New Carlisle QC 610	KFI LA CA 640
KEYS ST.Cloud MN 1180	WLOL Minneapolis MN 1330	WCNZ Marco Island FL 1660	WCRN Worcester MA 830
KJRB Spokane WA 790	KMA Shenandoah IA 960	WLOB Portland ME 1310	WLQV Detroit MI 1500
KEYZ Williston ND 660	CJWW Saskatoon SK 600

2.1. - 11.1.2010 - Mostly east coast

2010-01-16T17:40:00.004+02:00

Drop down in the conditions on the 2nd day. Still something to catch on, but generally quieter.

Log:

990 CKGM Montreal QC 6,8.1 8
1150 CHGM Gaspe QC 11.1 22
1160 WCCS Homer PA. "Newstalk 1160 WCCS" 10.1 0
1430 WXNT Indianopolis IN. "Newstalk 14-30 AM, WXNT"
1480 WLMV Madison WI. "Portuguesa AM LMV La Movida". 4.1 10

1.1.2010 - Happy New Year Conditions

2010-01-16T17:35:00.003+02:00

Again season best conditions, now for the log:

610 CHNC New Carlisle QC 1.1 0
640 CFMJ Richmond Hill ON 1.1-10 8
960 KMA Shenandoah IA. 1.1-10 8 "regional radio - KMA Shenandoah"
1360 KHNC Johnstown CO 1.1-10 8 "The Lion - KHNC"
1370 KDTH Dubuque IA 1.1-10 8 "Time to relax KDTH"
1460 KXNO Des Moines IA 1.1-10 8
1470 XERCN Tijuana BC 1.1-10 12 "Radio Hispania"
1490 KNDC Hettinger ND 1.1-10 11.03 "KNDC and KNDCradio.com"
1550 KKAD Vancouver WA 1.1-10 11 "Another hour Americas best music is here 15-50 KKAD Vancouver"
1620 KOZN Bellevue, NE. 1.1-10 11 "The Zone 16-20"
1640 KBJA Sandy UT 1.1-10 11
1660 KTIQ Merced CA 1.1-10 "R Amistad"
1690 WVON Berwyn IL 1.1-10 803

28.12 - 31.12.2009 Superb conditions

2010-01-16T17:26:00.002+02:00

Best conditions so far for the Perseus, I'm also very pleased.

Log:
770 WABC New York NY. "Breaking news on WABC and WABCradio.com" 30.12 7
920 KXLY Spokane WA 28.12 10
1270 WTSN Dover NH 30.12 7
1280 CFMB Montreal QC 29.12 With Italian programming
1310 WLOB Portland ME. 31.12 8 "Fox news 13-10, WLOB"
1330 KWKW Los Angeles CA 30.12 1004 "ESPN Deportes"
1430 KCLK Asotin WA 30.12 9 "AM 14-30 The Sports Fan".
1430 KEZW Aurora CO 30.12 1005 "Studio 14-30" + "KEZW"
1460 WDDY Albany NY 30.12 0922 R Disney
1490 KCID Caldwell ID 30.12 12

22.12.2009 - New York

2010-01-16T17:21:00.001+02:00

Little better conditions up.

Log:

1370 WXXI Rochester NY 22.12 8
1370 WSPD Toledo OH 22.12 9.59

13.12.2009 - NA, Japan, Korea

2009-12-14T23:57:00.003+02:00

Good NA going on, I checked and fixed broken antennas. East wire give something to hurray about.

Powerful Japanese an Korean stations were .. powerful. To name a few, usual suspects HLKB, HLKN, JOIF, JOFR, JOER were dominants.

1107 JOMR MRO Kanazawa 13.12 12
1062 HLKQ KBS Cheongju 13.12 13

11.12.2009 - Idaho calling

2009-12-14T23:39:00.010+02:00

Seasons best overall trans Atlantic conditions so far here in this season. Clear signals for example KFAB, KFBX, KKAA, KQAQ and from KBOI Boise Idaho!

New ones:
570 CKSW Swift Current SK 11.12 7
570 WNAX Yankton SD 11.12 7 "coast to coast WNAX Yankton"
600 CJWW Saskatoon SK 11.12 7.06
620 CKRM Regina SK 11.12 7.05
640 KFI LA CA 11.12 6.57
650 WSM Nashville TN 11.12 7.07
660 KEYZ Williston ND 11.12 8.06 "6-60 Keyz country"
670 KBOI Boise ID 11.12 8 "News talk 6-70"
680 KNBR San Fransisco CA. "KNBR 6-80" 11.12 7
730 CHMJ Vancouver BC 11.12 7 "AM 7-30 Traffic"
740 CBX Edmonton AB 11.12 7 Local add?
740 CFZM Toronto ON 11.12 7
750 KXL Portland OR 11.12 7 "KXL news"
860 CKBF2 Saskatoon SK 11.12 7 "CKBF Radio Canada"
880 CKLQ Brandon MB "Country Gold" & "8-80 CKLQ" 11.12 7.30
980 KKMS Richfield MN 11.12 7 "...Minneapolis-St Paul, A service of Salem Communications"
990 Two CBCs with different programming. 11.12 9
1180 KEYS ST.Cloud MN 11.12 10 "Relevant R"
1680 WTTM Lindenwold NJ 11.12 0035

10.12.2009 - Oklahoma to home

2009-12-14T23:24:00.006+02:00

This day has weaker signals and conditions drop at 9 am UTC. Anyway new state here; Oklahoma!

860 CJBC Toronto ON 10.12 8 "Premier Chaine de Radio Canada, CJBC Toronto"
900 CKBI Prince Albert SK 10.12 7
950 CKNB Campbelton NB 10.12 23.20
1520 KOKC Oklahoma City OK 10.12 8.05 "Winters sports station KOKC"
1560 KVAN Burbank WA 10.12 12.04 "KVAN Washington y KAEC(?)"
1590 KCNN East Grand Forks MN 10.12 8 "This is Grand Forks sports radio, Fox Sports 15-90 KCNN the home of sports"

9.12.2009 - East NA Still Going Strong

2009-12-14T23:10:00.006+02:00

New ones from the Log:

1130 WISN Milwaukee WI 9.12 8 "News talk 11-30"
1180 WHAM Rochester NY 9.12 7 "WHAM Rochester"
1210 KUBR San Juan TX 9.12 8 "La Cadena Cristiana" Quite many K-start stations mentioned here as La Cadena Cristiana stations.
1250 CJYE Oakville ON 9.12 7
1330 WHBL Sheboygan WI 9.12 7 "News radio 13-30 WHBL"

8.12.2009 - Promising things here

2009-12-14T23:06:00.000+02:00

Else where there had been Alaska, Hawaii and more. Just a brief look at but quite promising again.

7.12.2009 - Good conditions are back

2009-12-14T23:00:00.002+02:00

Disturbance is over, during it one external hard drive broke, pre-amplifier went dead and moose find one antenna and another was broken by a fallen tree. Nice.

Logs will be here when checked:

24.11.2009 - NA East

2009-12-02T13:27:00.006+02:00

Promising NA up to 7 UTC then quite remarkable slowing down.

New ones from the log:

590 CJCL Toronto ON 24.11 7 "Sports radio 5-90"
950 WWJ Detroit MI 24.11 7
1310 KEIN Great Falls MT 24.11 7.06 "13-10 Kein"
1350 WIOU Kokomo IN 24.11 7
1590 WVNA Tuscumbia AL 24.11 5.58

20.11.2009 - Good general conditions to NA

2009-11-27T17:01:00.002+02:00

Something new. Signals weak but steady.

Log:

890 WLS Chicago IL 20.11 9.59
970 WDAY Fargo ND 20.11 10.59
1050 WEPN NY 20.11 9.15
1310 WCCW Traverse City MI 20.11 9 "ESPN Radio WCCW Traverse City"

18.11.2009 - West and Alaska

2009-11-26T23:57:00.004+02:00

Good and clear signals at 8 then sudden drop and at 9 quite poor.

Some new from the log:

920 KSRM Soldotna AK 18.11 "KSRM wide 24 hours news radio"
1180 KOFI Kalispell, MT 14.11 8 "Newstalk KOFI Kalispell"
1290 KUMA Pendleton OR 18.11 8.04 "Kuma news. KUMA 12-90 and 1290Kuma.com"
1460 KUTI Yakima WA 18.11 8 "14-60 KUTI"
1560 KNZR Bakersfield CA 18.11 8 "15-60 KZNR"

More Alaska

2009-11-13T12:51:00.011+02:00

The best antenna, less noisiest seems to be 1000m antenna directed to South (170). This is picking North West of US & Alaska quite well from it's backward lobe.

Conditions continue. Stay tuned.

750 KFQD Anchorage AK 14.11 11.05
780 KNOM Nome AK 13.11 13
790 KJRB Spokane WA 14.11 11 "7-90 KJRB Spokane"
820 KCBF Fairbanks AK 14.11 8
820 KGNW Burien WA 14.11 9.28 "8-20 AM KGNW"
970 KBUL Billings MT 13.11 10 & 11 "News radio 9-70 KBUL AM"
970 KQAQ Austin MN 13.11 10.05 "KQAQ 9-70 AM radio"
1110 KAGV Big Lake AK 7.11 10.20 "KAGV Alaska"
1200 WCHB Taylor MI 7.11 6.11 "Mildred in the morning and inspiration"
1200 WKOX Newton MA 13.11 23 "Rumba"
1350 WOYK York PA 8.11 8 "Sports radio 13-50 WOYK"
1370 KXTL Butte MT 13.11 11 "Newstalk 13-70 KXTL"
1390 WGRB Chicago IL 8.11 8 "Inspiration 13-90 WGRB Chicago"
1570 KVTK Vermillion SD 8.11 8
1600 KGYM Cedar Rapids IA 8.11 7 "16 hundred ESPN Radio covering sports to Eastern Iowa"
1620 WTAW College Station TX 8.11 7.03
1660 KXOL Brigham City UT 13.11 2.38 "La Favorita"