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6 June 2017: small F opening, new MS country

6 June 2017: small F opening, new MS country

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Late night conditions indicate usually a morning start. DX Sherlock looked fine in the morning, and soon French stations faded in. The highest noted frequency was 94.5 MHz. Not long lasting opening, all gone before I even left to work around 0730 UTC. Blind recording (95.7 MHz) during work day was practically empty, except multiple meteors. In one of them bright id as ”Radio Een” brought new heard MS country BEL! In the evening some Komi on OIRT. Identified stations visually: http://www.fmlist.org/fm_logmap.php?datum=2017-06-06&omid=1183

Today’s highlights (once again)

New meteor country BEL (clip: Radio 1)
A new-for-me French station Sweet FM

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5 June 2017: from BEL to BUL

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For 2 hours short-lasting but strong reflections from West to East Europe, very difficult to follow and MUF was moving 80-100-80-100-80 continuously. Band was silent for 5 minutes, and open for another 5 minutes, then same again.. Still one new-for-me station Ritmo 80 from Bari on 87.8. Bari needs a bit overlong skip (2453 km) which happens every now and then during weak Balkan openings. Maybe Adriatic sea and tropospheric ducting helps a bit!?

Full log here: http://www.fmlist.org/fm_logmap.php?datum=2017-06-05&omid=1183


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24 May 2017: OIRT Russia and Benelux, F and D

24 May 2017: OIRT Russia and Benelux, F and D

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First WhatsApp alert came already around 9.00 local time from TV Voice on 65.75 MHz, but conditions didn’t start yet. After full 7 hours work day next alert came during my way home, and made me push gas pedal a bit deeper. It took some time to open the rx, because a (wanted) guest arrived to dacha just a bit after me, bringing a bike I bought.

 

Finally to the balcony, a fading OIRT opening offered many GTRK stations during the regional window 1510-1559 UTC, with shorter skip to Belarus. After 16 UTC another opening started suddenly bringing stations from Benelux and nearby, unfortunately it was very short.. Today’s personal log can be found here. 48 logs so far are an average start for this season!

Today’s highlights:

Radio Latina 101.2 MHz (LUX) broadcasting in Portuguese(!)
A new-for-me GTRK station ”Chuvash Radio”

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ES July 31 and August 1-5

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After a flop July ES seems to be activating little by little. On July 31, morning conditions offered some UKR and MDA on OIRT. Highest log was Radio Shanson with rolling RDS on 88.8 MHz. Next day continued with OIRT conditions to Komi. Conditions were good, also Radio Rossii transmitters listed as 100 W and 400 W were audible, but unfortunately there is nothing much to hear from Komi under 100 MHz. All signals disappeared around 0900 UTC, so I couldn’t confirm, if GTRK Komi-Gor has a regional bulletin from 0910 to 1000 UTC.. maybe next time!

On August 2, surprisingly good evening opening to Benelux and France up to 108 MHz for one hour, with some double hop to Spain! (NB: Could have been prelonged Tropo over Bay of Biskaya too!). Spain will be difficult to identify, but guys on South-Western coast had better condx towards Iberian peninsula! Only some of the Spanish signals reached inner Finland. From France mostly networks as France Inter, Fun Radio, MFM, Nostalgie and NRJ. From Belgium Radio Contact and a new-for-me network Joe FM.

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During inactive July many of us have found new hobbies: sailing, fishing, stamp collecting or picking up berries and mushrooms (it’s the best season now for them!). In this picture you can see some of 20-30 porcinos (penny buns) under my old abandoned Alfa Romeo, which seems to be optimal athmosphere for such a mushroom (enough humid and probably soon rusty!)

July 4th brought no conditions at all, but MUF was 108 literally next day, just after midnight on the South Coast. Unfortunately the best skip didn’t reach inner Finland, but some low band stations were audible for short time (i.e tentatively RAI 87.8).

July 5th, the summer meeting day started with 30 minutes OIRT conditions in the morning to UKR/BLR. A new-for-me station Svitle Radio Emmanuel 67.82 ided. Last time night conditions trigged super day June 8, this time we were expecting a little bit more than this, but even MUF 74 is good compared to MUF24.

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November Pirate DX

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Dark nights, long dusk mornings and twilight are good for AMDX. Nothing much on BC-bands, but pirate bands offer always something new to catch. Snow has reached Central Finland on November 15th.

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Log 8.11.-15.11.

3009 14.11. 2239- BLR: Integral Radio, Minsk. Antoi raportteja, QSO Barhan. Konekivääritahdilla ”Eta Integral Radio Minsk” raporttien alkuun. Nimi aukeni vasta Barhanin vastauksesta.
3009 14.11. 2212- RUS: Barkaz, Lipetsk 3-i raion. Välillä on vaikea erottaa kumpaa mainituista asemista kutsutaan ja kumpi kutsuu, kun venäjä ei taitu niin paljon. Tässä kohti selkeä aloitus ”Nashe stantsii Barkaz..”. Raportti Granitille Luganskiin ja taisi kutsua vasta-asemaa Sampalitia(?) Voronezhista. Muita taajuudella raportin saaneita olivat Albatros, Tishina Luganskista, ja Kolektiv. Kaikki QSOt ei tulleet läpi, mikä vaikeutti entisestään seuraamista.
3009 14.11. 2246- RUS: Proton, Kursk. QSO Barkaz.
3053 14.11. 2142- KAZ(?): Astana. Aseman nimi oli Astana, mutta eri asia onko sitten kazakki.. Tambovilaisia huterampi kuuluvuus sopisi kyllä semmoiseen.
3053 14.11. 2147- RUS: Radio Planeta, Tambov.
3053 14.11. 2148- RUS: Radiostantsiya Kurier, Tambov. Moskova ja Keski-Venäjä on kolmatta piiriä (3-i raion).
3053 14.11. 2143- RUS: Radiostantsiya Pokhtakor? Luultavasti venäläinen tämäkin.
3053 14.11. 2156- RUS(?): Radio Propko? ”..rabota Radio Propko..” erottui.
3060 14.11. 2325- RUS: Bulvar Radio, Orjol.
3095 13.11. 2013- RUS: Radio Standard, Ryazan. Selkeää idailua vahvasti ”Govorit Radio Standard, gorod Ryazan(?)”. Kestojutunjuurena säätiedot näillä asemilla.
3095 13.11. 1957- RUS: Radiostantsiya Teremok, Belgorod.
3115 13.11. 1938- UKR: Veteran, Donetsk. Kusolla tämäkin, vasta-asemista ei ottanut tolkkua.
3135 14.11. 2316- RUS: Kommers, Voronezh. QSO Inspektor
3903 15.11. 2013- HOL: Radio Alice. Ensimmäistä kertaa kuuluvilla täällä. Tämän taajuuden seutu on usein häiriöinen ja ihmeellistä rousketta oli nytkin tarpeeksi, mutta ID:t tulivat juuri ja juuri läpi. Musiikki ajoittain ihan kuunneltavasti.
3930 13.11. 2221- UKR: Radio Evropa, Donetsk. Ja rokki soi. Vastasi e-kortilla ennen kuin ehdin varsinaisesti raportoidakaan (livenä chattiin antamieni kuuluvuustietojen perusteella).
5800 15.11. 1940 HOL: Zender Akenzo, Zwolle. Painoi reippaat S9+20dB stabiilisti.
6213 14.11. 1547- HOL: Radio 42. Saunaillan alkumainingeissa kuului uusi hollantilainen. Monikielistä idailua eurooppalaisilla valtakielillä koneäänellä.
6235 8.11. 0945-1050 HOL: Radio Casanova, Winterswijk (Ge). Paljon muuta ei sitten kuulunutkaan antennitestin aikana. Noh, kaiketi Cupido kuppaisesti kuuskolmenollaviis.
6290 14.11. 1530- HOL: Ronalisa Radio, Emmen. Aiemmin kuulemani Ronnie AM on tämän nimialias.
6319 8.11. 1505- CZE/POL: Radio Goofy. Chatin mukaan näillä nurkilla piti olla Cosmic Radio, mutta enemmän jinglet tuntuvat Goofylta. Jäljet johtavat Carolinen sylttytehtaalle Tsekin ja Puolan rajalle. Ekaa kertaa kuulen tällä nimellä. Cosmic tosiaan ei kuulunut tänne asti.
10460 13.11. 0639-0705 RUS: (Alexey) Kilowatt, Krasnodar. Mode LSB. Kusoringin aktiivisin ja selkeimmin idaava, sekä Alexeyn kanssa että ilman. Vasta-asemina mm. UKW, Antena 2 ja Sajuz. Mahdollisesti myös Kropotkin ja Rostova. Katsotaan saisiko näiltä verifiointeja…

QSL from the Netherlands, Radio Casanova, Winterswijk (Ge.)

QSL Radio Casanova-2 Jan Mikael
QSL from Ukraine: Radio Evropa, Donetsk

Radio Evropa QSL

 

 

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07 & 08 July 2015

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July 7th was a good day for FMDXers, all day long. I was not at home, but here are some loggings by Janne in Jyväskylä (30 km SE from me). Jim from Bromarv (South-West Finland) reports:

0930 utc aloitettiin puolen tunnin Ranskakelillä, mukana myös Galician kulma. 1120-1200 utc oli vuorossa lisää Ranskaa, muf 108. Ranska rysähti kunnon menoon taas 1410-1450 utc, muf koko ajan 108. 1715-1735 tykitti vuorostaan Venäjän Balakovo muffin 108:aan. Ja lopuksi 1900 utc vielä vartti Romaniaa ja Bulgariaa, muffi noin 97 megaa.

July 8th was even better, at least what comes to the amount of loggings. Janne’s results can be seen here. My personal log is here. We both got around 10 new stations.

Denmark is a rarity here
Denmark is a rarity here

I was not at home 0839-1207 UTC, so I missed the ROU/MDA/TUR opening. We were visiting the old church of Petäjävesi that belongs to the UNESCO world heritage list. This year is the 250th anniversary.

Petäjävesi old church
Petäjävesi old church

On the way we stopped on Radio and Telephone Museum which is always an interesting pit stop. Petäjävesi is located 37 km from Uurainen.

Some of the receivers in the museum were for sale
Some of the receivers in the museum were for sale

July 9th we visited Aviation Museum in Tikkakoski (15 km from here).

Old Finnish planes
Old Finnish planes

It has also a small exhibition of military receivers and transmitters.

Transceiver used in Fokker planes
Transceiver used in Fokker planes
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26 Jun 2015: Germany, France, Czech Republic, Ireland, Benelux

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All day long ES was trying on low band, and lots of UNID stations were noted at various times. Around 11 UTC I heard 88.9 RTL Luxemburg, 88.7 Chérie FM and 89.7 France Musiques. Juha heard Spain around 12 UTC. A bit later Radio Dallas Loisirs from France showed the RDS on 89.1 MHz, unfortunately only music was audible. Around 1515 UTC I heard that someone was talking loudly upstairs in German. Obviously Sony XDR had caught a foreign signal on an empty frequency. Also RDS was seen on the screen (MDR_SACH). During a quick bandscan the highest log was 106 MHz. That was the beginning of the best conditions this summer, which were favorable to Germany and France with some Czech stations. This opening lasted for more than 2 hours, with Maximal Useful Frequency (MUF) 108 MHz most of the time. After a 30-minute-long break the conditions started again, this time to the British Isles. Exceptionally Ireland was heard too. MUF was up to 100 MHz but only few stations on the band. Later 1924-1945 UTC we had Benelux on low band. Waiting for more to come tomorrow!!!

Janne’s visual log for today (Jyväskylä)

J-M’s visual log for today (Uurainen)

French Radio Liberté came strong with it's 200W
French Radio Liberté came strong with it’s 200W
RTÉ's 2nd network was new to me.
RTÉ’s 2nd network was new to me.

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25 Jun 2015: BeNeLux, Germany, Italy, Balkan, Greece

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Today’s conditions were considered as the best opening of season 2015. At least it was the strongest which was not positive in the beginning. The FM band was full of signals from Croatia to the Netherlands, practically from every European country, with 3 to 5 stations on every frequency causing horrible noise. Maybe a whip would have given better results (band less full…). Most of the stations were big powerhouse networks, and small private stations couldn’t pass througout the noise. Quickly BeNeLux dropped and Es was favorable for Balkan and Hungary (MUF still over 100 MHz). Then it turned again to Italy. In two hours the conditions seemed to be already over, but surprisingly two frequencies faded in (89.2 & 91.2) and gave id’s in Greek. New heard FM country for me (2402 km!) Further log might be published here in the near future!

 

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15.5. Two small openings: D – CZE & D – BEL

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Two small ES clouds activated same time on Friday. Another cloud reflected stations from Bayern and Prague, other was optimal for Niedersachsen and Belgium. Maximal MUF noted 97 MHz. The first fade-in, that sounded more ES than meteor, was noted 0945 UTC, last one 1044 UTC. Saturday evening Janne heard some unidentified Italians for very short time – I was not at home this weekend. Waiting for more to come!

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…and here is a small log from Jyväskylä by Janne

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Something out of nothing

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Kuluneella viikolla missasin kahdet brittikelit. Molemmat osuivat vieläpä kohtuullisen kovan ukkosmyrskyn ajaksi, joten paljoa ei olisi kai voinut kuunnellakaan, vaikka olisi kotona ollutkin. Ensimmäisen myrskyn aikana Jyväskylä tulvi ja toinen osui puolestaan Äänekoskelle kauppareissun ajaksi. Paluumatkalla (24 km) oli tie kolme kertaa ihan kuiva ja kolme kertaa märkä. Kuurot olivat rankkoja ja 10 minuutissa vettä tuli 4mm. Se ei paljon naurata uraisella tiellä, kun kesärenkaan urasyvyys on laillinen 2mm.

Aina välillä kuitenkin kuului jotain. Suurin osa avauksista ei lähtenyt ollenkaan kunnolla käyntiin tai jäi etelän iloitteluksi. Vaikka MUF kävikin välillä yli sadan, keli oli pääosin heikkoa ja kuuluneet asemat olivat lähestulkoon pelkkiä 50-250 kW suurtehomyllyjä. Veikkaan, että ES-pilven tiheys vaikuttaa tähän jotenkin. Pienempi tiheä pilvi heijastaa pieneltä alueelta pikkuasematkin, iso ja harva taas suurelta maantieteelliseltä alueelta vain valtion asemia. Benelux-kelin pilvi oli alussa ilmeisesti iso ja tiheä, sillä bandi meni tukkoon ja aivan puuroksi. Pian tilanne kuitenkin parani ja signaalit eivät enää puuroutuneet.

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IDit olivat tiukassa ja logaamieni asemien tunnistaminen perustuu osittain RDS-koodeihin, ohjelmien tai juontajien nimiin, puhelinnumeroihin tai muihin aihetodisteisiin. Osan BBC2 ja 4FM-asemista lokasin vain kuuluneiden samaa lähettävien taajuuksien perusteella. Mitään puhtaita oletuksia en kuitenkaan logiin syöttänyt, vaikka soittolistojen ja ohjelmatietojen perusteella tentatiivisia logauksia saisi kirjoitettua varmasti tuplamäärän.

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English summary:
Recently the conditions have been pretty weak but still something personally new stations were audible. Although the maximal useful frequency has been over 100 MHz, the stations have been mostly big networks (50-250 kW). Very few ID’s but lot of RDS’s, phone numbers, DJ names etc.. Waiting for more to come.

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