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Uurainen: weak Ireland over 100 MHz 30062016

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During work day got some ES alerts by WhatsApp (BBC/TDF). Similar evening opening began around 8 o’clock with BBC and TDF stations, suddenly turning to Ireland. Mostly RTÉ up to 102.7 MHz, but also private stations were logged: LMFM 95.8 MHz, Classic Hits 4 FM 94.9 MHz and Today FM 101.8 MHz. Ireland has been rare here as it seems to be, that over 100 MHz opening is easier with average distances and the most of the island is close to maximal skip 2400 km. Surprisingly for example Dublin is only 2100 km from here – so it should be pretty common on band!

June 2016 compilation

june 2016 in uurainen

June 2016 was pretty dry month, compared for example to last year.

june 2015

Counting also May demonstrates that Season 2016 has been pretty good so far. The following ”statistics” are based on logs mostly made by Sony XDR F1HD and 4 element Yagi, so the receiving equipment should not affect.

Year/Total logs

2016/304 (till 30 Jun)
2015/324 (out of the band 14 Jul-22 Jul and 26 Jul-20 Aug)
2014/566
2013/364 (out of the band in August)
2012/121 (best day 14 Jul spent in work)
2011/65 (+ 16 logs from Turku)

Summer 2016 could easily beat the personal best ever season, the mythical Summer 2014!

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Uurainen: a private opening up to 108

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These evening condx can be described as private conditions, because the reflecting cloud was so small, that it gave MUF 108 only for Uurainen, but not for other localities in inner Finland. The diameter of such a cloud must be less than 30 km. Usually those ”private” conditions can offer stations up to 108 MHz, but there are lot of empty frequencies. If the reception area is small, so are the transmitters heard only from small geographical area. Condx started with OIRT, probably MDA and UKR. First CCIR ID was local commercial spot of Radio Pyatnitsa from Rivne, soon turning to Romania (mostly networks), but also some Serbian local stations: Radio Mig 107.3 MHz and Radio Gong 93.6 MHz.

After a short break the conditions started again from BUL, ROU and some Italians on the band too. MUF rised again over 100 MHz and opened rare direction: Istanbul (2400 km). The maximal skip is rarely open over 100 MHz. In the end it turned back to ROU..

Full logs will follow later in Visual log book. I just reached my goal: 100th Russian FM QSL, so it is time to concentrate to other countries. Italians of 29 May are still unreported, so are couple of French stations and so on..

Based on last days, seasonal trends seem to be middle of Russia (Komi/Tatarstan), Bulgaria and France – exactly as it seemed to be in the beginning of season. Interesting variety!

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Another kind of pretty rare ID

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Central Finland: OIRT opening to BLR and TS

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After excellent Utö logs some more ordinary catches from Central Finland. Couple of posts ago I described OIRT as ”a less interesting band” but it has something more to offer than Radio Rossii. Today Radio Askhadar 66.68 was heard tentatively and Kunel Radiosy 67.79 with clear ID’s, both from Tatarstan. Gomel FM jingle from Belarus surprised on 66.98. Radio Shanson network ID came on 71.72, it is just a bit over 1000 km to Kaluga – interesting oblast. Unfortunately no local commercials heard or local programmes going on Radio Rossii.

QSL Qazaq Radïosi, UNID-TX 101.9 MHz brought verified FM country # 40

Kazak Radiosy QSL

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Central Finland: OIRT opening to KO and UL 14062016

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Daily (or better say nightly) OIRT opening came also tonight, offering familiar Komi frequencies, but also Tatar Radiosy on 67.7. Interestingly one of Rossii frequencies had other broadcast going on. Don’t they split some programmes based on time zones!? Must have been Radio Rossii Urala.

Couple of photos from yesterday evening (Uurainen):

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Short log by JJH, Jyväskylä

66.89 1928 RUS Radio Rossii, Ishim/Gagarino (TY) 2539km
67.10 1930 RUS Radio Rossii, Barda (PR) 1766km
69.65 1932 RUS Radio Rossii, Serov (SV) 1887km
71.69 1933 RUS Radio Voskreseniye, Serov (SV) 1887km
69.11 1941 RUS Radio Rossii, Puksinka (SV) 2001km
66.92 1945 RUS Radio Rossii, Pechora (KO) 1566km
69.08 1948 RUS Radio Rossii, Inta (KO) 1702km
67.70 2023 RUS Tatar Radiosy, Ulyanovsk/Dom Byta (UL) 1582km

 

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Uurainen: weak evening opening to France up to 108 12062016

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Missed first 30 minutes of this opening, it seemed that the best moments were going on when turned rx on. Soon the conditions get weaker and only TDF stations were heard, still up to 105.5 at least. After one hour exactly the same direction opened again. 100.7 was probably Honnert 7 from LUX as 88.9 was Luxy. 100.4 was still speaking French in african accent. This time it showed RDS referring to Frequence des Loisirs, but no audio ID. Better luck was with Radio Campus 3, which ided at least 10 times at the top of the hour. Waiting for more to come tomorrow!

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Uurainen: 30 minutes OIRT opening to Ural 12062016

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Short opening to Ural from Central Finland. Nothing noted on CCIR (tried only couple of times), but possibly MUF was reaching those frequencies too.

1135 66.68 RUS Radio Ashkadar Ufa/RC Altay RS5 BA 17 1940 102
1142 69.62 RUS Radio Mayak Izhevsk/Varaksino UD 17 1654 100
1154 68.87 RUS Radio Voskreseniye Nizhniye Sergi SV 17 1983 94
1158 67.01 RUS Radio Rossii Nizhniye Sergi SV 17 1983 94
1158 67.10 RUS Radio Rossii Barda PR 17 1779 97

Unprofessional RX system is seen on picture. RX Tecsun PL-310 next to ”mast”. It’s whip is cutted, but the rx is connected inductively to 4 element yagi by using home theatre mini loop. Usually this system gives enough strong signal for 17 kW Soviet era transmitters. Small stations between 73-74 MHz are only on dream list.. Recording on C cassette on balcony floor. OIRT is no more very interesting band, so this apparature is enough for me 😀

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Update: Jyväskylä about 30km SE from Uurainen 

Quite same stations here as my fellow DXer JMN. Huge OIRT signals to BA- and SV oblasts.

Stations received here:

67.04 1122 RUS Radio Rossii, Salavat/RTPS (BA) 2016km

67.01 1137 RUS Radio Rossii, Nizhniye Sergi (SV) 1972km

66.68 1154 RUS Radio Ashkadar, Ufa/RC Altay RS5 (BA) 1925km

70.43 1200 RUS Radio Rossii, Afanasyevskoye (SV) 1915km

68.87 1205 RUS Radio Voskreseniye, Nizhniye Sergi (SV) 1972km

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Utö17: Blue Sky DXing

Utö17: Blue Sky DXing

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Beautiful morning, but no sign of DX (save a little UK opening before 0500 UTC). Time to delve into yesterday’s loot…

Antenna_field

The antennas reaching out to the Baltic Sea

Lighthouse

The lighthouse and the pilot station. Both pictures taken from the balcony of cabin ”A” – can’t complain about the view!

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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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