24.10.2011 - Tropospheric Scatter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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