~FM RDS in Cairo, Egypt

RDS in Cairo 88.7 Radio Masr
FM list data verified
88.700 EGY Al-Qahira=Cairo qah ar Radio Masr s 10.000 Dh 31e17/30n02 120 RADIOMSR FFFF
here


RDS in Cairo 90.9 EL-RADIO F0CC
Repeating Dynamic PS
Not listed on the FMlist
here


Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR/SDR Console v2.0 indoor rabbit ears
Cairo, Egypt

SDR Console, car stereo FMDX, and also Sony ICF-SW7600GR MWDX videos

94.0 rte rnag rds with rds log

SDR Consolve v2.0
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR
Tropo conditions. Showing location of cumulative log in the software.
94.0 RTE R na G. Mt Leinster 263km
video here

94.9 4fm rds nice stereo sdr console
video here

90.4 onda cero e2ee spe 30082013
Pioneer DEH-4700MP
Indoor rectangular quad loop
video here

1521 ARS with qrm 1910utc 04092013
MWDX on Sony ICF-SW7600GR portable
There is QRM. The station becomes clearer from about 13 seconds.
video here

1610kHz The Caribbean Beacon Sony ICF-SW7600GR 29 08 2013

1610kHz The Caribbean Beacon  The Valley Anguilla
Audible over the local QRM at around 05:15 UTC 29th August 2013
A fair distance for a portable radio with just its internal ferrite rod
video here

Blackpool UK

More RDS/SDR videos

HDSDR & RDS Spy side by side
Fast RDS decoding action during enhanced conditions.
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR, HDSDR, VAC & RDS Spy.
My antenna is just a broken UHF aerial on a chimney.
video here

HDSDR RDS Spy tropo2
More RDS decoding action during enhanced conditions on the FM band.
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR, HDSDR, VAC & RDS Spy.
My antenna is just a broken UHF aerial on a chimney.
here

SDR# with RDS during enhanced conditions 260813
RDS decoding action during enhanced conditions on the FM band. This time showing what SDR# can do if the signals are strong enough.
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR, SDR# (1.0.0.1150 & 1.0.0.1161)
My antenna is just a broken UHF aerial on a chimney.
there

RTL SDR RDS enhanced conditions

An enhancement at around 11:25 UTC (12:25 BST), allowed me to do some further tests.
HDSDR/RDS Spy, SDR# and SDR Console v2.0
video here

1520kHz WWKB Sony ICF SW7600GR & SRF 59 & Another HDSDR /RDS Spy /RTL-SDR demo

1520kHz WWKB Sony ICF SW7600GR & SRF 59 26082013
Sony ICF-SW7600GR and Sony SRF-59 receiving 1520 WWKB Buffalo, NY USA after the night-time QRM switched off around local dawn.

I had to be quick to grab this before 1521 Flame swamped the signal!
click here


Another HDSDR /RDS Spy /RTL-SDR demo

RDS Spy receives a PI code during early morning troposcatter from Ireland.
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR/HDSDR/VAC/RDS Spy
video here

Various video-the sequel

13720 REE DRM sign on CCW SDR-4+ HDSDR Dream
here

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New PI  C71B for BBC R Cymru
Was C321 before
New PI  from 94.2 Llandona (in this video- tropo enhancement) and also 104.3 Llangollen.
Blackpool UK
HDSDR RDS Spy Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR
here

I have got SDR# v1.0.0.1154 working on a netbook running Windows XP Home Edition SP3
SDRsharp 1154 Windows XP netbook
Captions on the video-might be a couple of typos :)
You will need Zadig XP, and will probably have to upgrade ".NET framework".
 here

Videos-various topics

1530 STP VOA on Sony ICF-SW7600GR and Sony SRF-59
The audio was fed from the headphone socket into the microphone socket of a Canon FS100 camcorder, which unfortunately causes some QRM on MW. (More evident with the SRF-59). I just used the internal ferrite rod aerial in each case.
here

Blackpool,UK

FMDX Sporadic E 13th Aug 2013
here

HDSDR RDS Spy Canon FS100 test
Pointing a camcorder at the screen, audio fed from laptop's headphone socket into camcorder's mic in socket.
(Heavy CPU usage means using screen capture affects RDS Spy speed)
here

I/Q WAV PLAYBACK IN sdr cONSOLE V2 0 bUILD1475
Testing SDR Console v2.0 Build 1475 with some Sporadic-E I/Q WAV recordings
(Camcorder used due to heavy CPU usage when using screen capture with SDR Console)
here

PI code in SDR# 1.0.0.1150
Testing  SDR# 1.0.0.1150  (Now with PI Code) with some Sporadic-E I/Q WAV recordings
here

WeFAX Hamburg Meteo CCW SDR-4+
here

8 out of 10 FMDXers prefer Brand X

8 out of 10 FMDXers prefer Brand X
A new comparison of SDR RDS decoding
video here


9th Aug Es part3 RTL SDR
video here

Sporadic-E 9th August

Plenty of Sporadic-E activity. Still many video clips and I/Q WAV recordings to sort through.

FMDX via Es received in Blackpool ,UK using a Pioneer DEH-4700MP car stereo with an indoor rectangular quad loop. RDS decoding using RDS Spy on an Acer Aspire One 110 netbook.

Part1
video here

Part2
video here

Sporadic-E videos 7th Aug

FMDX via Sporadic-E 7th August 2013
FMDX from Algeria received via Es in Blackpool UK
click here

6m Ham in Italian via Es  2013 08 07
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR (FC0013 tuner)
HDSDR
click here

Blackpool UK

Sporadic-E 4th Aug 2013

Some FMDX via Es yesterday 4th August from Italy but nothing identified, followed in the afternoon by a better opening to Algeria and Spain.


FMDX via Es from Spain and Algeria received in Blackpool, UK
Captions on the video
video here

6m and 11m SSB via Sporadic-E

6m via Es RTL-SDR HDSDR 1st Aug 2013
Noxon DAB stick FC0013 tuner
video here

11m SSB via Es RTL-SDR HDSDR 01-08-2013
Noxon DAB stick FC0013 tuner
video here

rds spy versus other leading brands

rds spy versus other leading brands
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR
Gain 17dB, Bandwidth 192kHz (In each case)
Your results may vary
video here

RDS Spy test2

RDS Spy test2

10.7MHz IF tapped at output of 2nd stock 230kHz Ceramic Filter in a Denon TU-260LII, and fed to Cross Country Wireless SDR-4+.
HDSDR with RDS Spy
These are weaker FM stations.
My aerial is very poor, just a broken UHF aerial on the chimney :)
video

SSTV 11m and OIRT FM

27700 SSTV testcard 28-07-2013
SSTV received on 11m probably via Sporadic-E from Italy.
RTLSDR MMSSTV
click here for video

OIRT FM from Brest BLR via Es  24-07-2013
RTL-SDR SDR#
video link

HDSDR and RDS Spy

HDSDR & RDS Spy test1
After much gnashing of teeth I finally got RDS Spy to work with HDSDR:)
video here





Another seaside video:
103 4 Heart vs CFM Tecsun PL-606 directivity
video here

TVsharp test

TVsharp has a narrow bandwidth, so enables reception even when there is high QRM and strong baby alarms. (There is no audio). This application is highly suitable for TVDX.
I am just using a broken UHF TV aerial on a chimney.
video here

Blackpool UK

FMDX Vlog 21st July 2013

FMDX Vlog 21st July 2013
Includes BBC R Scotland from Black Hill, Forfar and Meldrum.
Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR + SDR# and SDR Console V2.
Sangean PR-D1 by the seafront.
video here

tropo video+ Es unids

Tropo by the seaside 16th July 2013
Canon FS100 camcorder stereo via "mic in"
here

87.6 FF GG approx 10h00 16th July 2013 Es
Unid (s) Starts in French, continues in German. Received via Es.
here

87.7 Italy 10h07 16072013 Es
Italian station received via Es.
here

88.3 Italy10h11 16072013 Es
Italian station(s) received via Es.
here

91.7 Italy 10h15 16072013 Es
Italian unid via Es
here

15th July 2013 FMDX Vlog

15th July 2013 FMDX Vlog
Portable radios by the seaside.
Sony XDR-S55DAB (No DAB only FM today) & Eton G8
video is here

FMDX Vlog Part1 CCW SDR-4+ & Denon TU 260LII 140713

Most of these stations are 100kHz from permanent stations.
10.7MHz IF fed from a Denon tuner to a CCW SDR-4+ (Dedicated HF SDR). An I/Q signal with sample rate of 192kHZ via laptop sound card is fed to the SDR application.
video here
Blackpool UK

SDR 4+ panadaptor SDR Console V2 FM with RDS

Another experiment this morning...

10.7MHz IF fed from a Denon tuner to a CCW SDR-4+ (Dedicated HF SDR). An I/Q signal with sample rate of 192kHZ via laptop sound card is fed to SDR Console V2. (The Wide FM bandwidth is about 146kHz)
here


Blackpool UK

Sporadic-E

First a tropo video I found on my iPhone:
94 3 MHz BBC R Scotland Tecsun PL-118
video here

There was good SPE yesterday late morning early afternoon. I missed the first bit as I was out, but still got a few stations as can be seen in the video. I'm still working on the logs and will post them when complete.

Part1-Pioneer Car stereo and indoor quad loop.
FMDX via Sporadic-E received in Blackpool UK
here

Part2-Noxon RTL-SDR
FMDX via Sporadic-E received in Blackpool UK
here

Latest video + tropo

Vlog FMDX 9th July

I had a bit of trouble
here


This morning better tropo conditions, but I might have missed some good stuff.
Brest from France, (maybe Rennes too)
North Hessary Tor (Devon, UK)
Caradon Hill (Cornwall,UK)

My Camcorder battery went flat, but I was able to press my iPhone in to service-there will be a Vlog :)

These were on the indoor rectangular quad loop. The top part of the band had white noise QRM. Fortunately 100.0 Classic FM came through to confirm North Hessary Tor.

The broken UHF aerial on the chimney connected to the SDR-RTL, gave Ireland and Pontop Pike, not France or Cornwall. With also my ancestral local station 95.9 BBC R. Humberside.

More FM tropo from Ireland 7th July 2013

More FM tropo 7th July 2013

Audio recordings made at Blackpool seafront during tropospheric conditions, using IC recorders.
Olympus DM-650
Panasonic RR-US510
Radios: Eton G8 (Tecsun PL-300wt) & Sangean PR-D1
video here
Blackpool UK

Portable radio FMDX (Tropo)

Big signals, small radio Tecsun PL-118. 6th July 2013
here

Sangean PR-D1 receiving RDS PS names at Blackpool seafront. 7th July 2013
here

LMFM Red Gap Mountain over BBC R  Lancs 7th July 2013
here

Includes a 25W community station from Northern Ireland.
7th July 2013
here

Blackpool UK

seafront FMDX with Tecsun PL-606 + aerial extender

The seafront here at Blackpool has virtually no QRM, unlike my home where FMDX is virtually impossible in the afternoon evening on a portable radio

Three FM stations are received on the Tecsun Pl-606 (+included aerial extender)  on one frequency at the same time.
95.8MHz 3 in 1 on Tecsun PL-606
click here for the video

The directivity of the Tecsun PL-606 with aerial extender
99.9MHz Classic FM Vs East Coast FM Tecsun PL-606
click here
The selectivity of the Tecsun PL-606 DSP pocket radio
Dublin's Spin 1038 next to BBC R Lancs Tecsun PL-606
click here

The audio was fed in to a Panasonic RR-US510 IC recorder in order to remove sounds of helicopters, light aircraft, seagulls, dogs barking, sirens wailing and drunks fighting-typical Blackpool sounds.

My YouTube page is here

Portable radio videos

93.9MHz BBC R Scotland on Eton G8 DSP
click here for video

95.8MHz BBC R Merseyside Vs BBC R4 Black Hill
click me
Both the above on an Eton G8 (Tecsun PL-300wt) at the seafront  evening of 4th July 2013.
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252kHz LW Sony ICF-SW7600GR separates two stations

On 252kHz LW here in Blackpool, UK, Ireland is permanent even in daylight. Algeria  can come in over the top due to the directivity of the Sony's internal ferrite rod antenna.
3rd July 2013, approaching local midnight. (23:00 UTC)

click here
The Sony ICF-SW7600GR is a very nice portable radio.

Azores High!

87.7 AZR Pico da Barrosa (RDP) RDP Antena 3 Açores 30kW 2471km (1535 miles)
1st July 2013 09:51 UTC

video here

My furthest FMDX via Es-and I didn't realize what I had received at the time! I thought for some reason it was from the East, and I was waiting at the bottom of the band for conditions to build. I also had a weak stations on 89.5 which was probably Antena 1 from the Azores. I didn't check higher up the band, nor did I make any WAV I/Q recordings (Reception was stronger on the car stereo using the indoor quad loop, than on the Noxon dongle which uses the broken UHF aerial on the roof). Fortunately when I played back my video after reading that there were conditions to the Azores at that time, I heard a jingle ID. Thanks to Jorge in Portugal who even recognised the first song, and to Andy (radioredcat) who received the station at the same time with RDS and recorded audio that matched mine.

Blackpool UK

[DX Archive] FMDX Es 2010 and Monday update-not a lot

Not much to report the last few days unfortunately.

FMDX vlog 19th &20th June 2013

video here 

FMDX vlog 19th &20th June 2013

video here

I found some old raw video clips on an old HDD, so made a couple of compilation videos.

[DX Archive] FMDX Es 2010

At a previous QTH in Blackpool UK, I had an almost equally poor aerial as I have now, but had far less noise!

Part 1 is here: click link 

Part 2 is here: click link too 

You will note that RDSS (1998) displays the  ECC Country data on stations that broadcast it.

 2010 Es equipment:

Kenwood KTF-3010

RDSS

Communal UHF TV aerial

Analysis of IQ WAV data file Es 12062013-German unids

Analysis of IQ WAV data file Es 12062013

On Wednesday 12th June 2013 I recorded some I/Q WAV data files in an SDR application.
These can be analysed later. Here is a video of a data file being played back one frequency at a time. Non RTL-SDR users might find it interesting.
Any help with unids appreciated, but please no guessing :)

Video

DX-wise, conditions have been flat here, although I suspect there'll be some SPE this evening:)

I am still finding stations in my I/Q WAV files from 12th June. Unfortunately due to a malfunction of the recording plug-in in SDR#, I lost seven I/Q WAV files which were full of stations-so be warned, when recording check the time AND the MB are both ticking over when you record in SDR#.

Sporadic-E Vlog 14th June

Sporadic-E Vlog
A couple of "tents' from MRC and one from Portugal. The others are positive.
Click here to watch this video

unids from 12th June, also some are identified

I/Q wav data file leading to 13:30 UTC 12th June 2013 Sporadic-E.
All stations received at the same time, although clips have been edited.
1) 89.0 CZE Ostrava/Hostalkovice Radio Impuls 42.7kW
2) 88.4 POL Bielsko-Biala/G.Magurka Radio Maryja 10kW
3) 88.3 POL Siedlce/Aosice  PR 1 30kW
4) 88.1 unid
5) 88.0 unid German
6) 88.5 2 stns?
7) 88.2 unid German

Some clips have more than one station!
Clip 1) 89.0 is over permanent Manx FM Snaefell.
 video here
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I/Q WAV data files 12th June 2013 12:44 [1) & 2] /12:54 [3)]/12:41 [4)] UTC via Es. Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR
1) 87.6 I Attimis/Località Porzus Easy Network
2) 88.3 HRV HRT-HR1?
3) 87.7 HRV HRT-HR1?
4) 87.6 D Bayern? (mentions Passau)
click here
............
I/Q WAV data file 12th June 2013 12:58:48 UTC via Es. Noxon DAB stick RTL-SDR
1) 87.7 I Castenedolo Radio ECZ-inBlu v 10e18/45n28 ID atoh 13:00utc
2) 87.9 I Bologna Punto Radio (Bologna) 11e21/44n28  _PUNTO__ _RADIO__
3) 89.4 AUT Sankt Pölten/Jauerling Hitradio Ö3 100kW 15e20/48n20 ID 13:00 utc
4) 88.8 I several listed Radio Deejay ID
5) 88.2 I Resiutta-Calvario (RAI) RAI Radio1 Friuli-Venezia Gi 1kW 13e13/46n23 5201
6) 87.6 ID?
7) 88.3 R. Maria ?
8) 89.2 AUT Graz 1/Schöckl Hitradio Ö3 80kW 15e28/47n12
video here

Help needed with unids received via Es

Unids via Es ( includes two CZE with RDS)
These were taken from the same I/Q WAV data file, so all at the same time. 13:23 12th June 2013
Fortunately the first two had RDS so that probably narrows things down a bit.
Blackpool UK
Video here



The following are audio recordings of German stations just a few minutes earlier than the above video.

87.7 here
89.5 here
88.8 here
88.2 here

88.2 and 89.5 are the same station.

All helpful gratefully received :)

Too much Sporadic-E..

... I'm getting to old for this :)

12th June provisional log. (Many recordings still to go through)

87.6 CZE Brno/Kojal Radio Impuls 67kW 16e49/49n22 _IMPULS_ 2203
87.9 CZE Jihlava/Straznik I. VY cs CRo Region-Vysocina s 5.000 Nc 15e27/49n28 711 40 228 R-REGION 2D09

89.1 CZE Plzen/Krasov CRo Radiozurnal 81kW Dh 13e05/50n00 R-ZURNAL 232F
89.7 CZE Pardubice/Krasne CRo Radiozurnal  100kW 15e44/49n49

87.6 E Ourense/Seminario Los 40 Principales Ourense 4kW 07w53/42n20 E04A
87.7 E Sierra de Carrascoy Radio Canela 3kW 01w17/37n50 5158
87.7 E Barcelona/Collserola RAC 1 20kW Nc 02e07/41n25 E251
87.8 E Valencina del Concepción Onda Valencina  0.050kW Nv 06w05/37n25 E011
87.9 E Alpicat RNE Ràdio 4 80kW Dm00e32/41n40 RNE_4___ E314
88.0 E Valga/Monte Xesteiras Radio Galega Musica 30kW 08w35/42n41  RGMUSICA E4E1
88.1 E Chinchilla de Monte Aragón Onda Cero Albacete 6kW 01w43/38n55 894 ONDACERO E2EE
88.1 E Arguis RNE Radio Clasica 40kW Nh 00w24/42n18 RNE-CLAS E212
88.2 E Monte Paramo RNE Radio Clasica 70kW Dh 07w30/42n48 RNE-CLAS E212
89.5 E Xistral RNE Radio Nacional Galicia 20kW  07w36/43n28 RNE_1 E211
90.3 E Madrid/Torrespana RNE Radio 5 Madrid 100kW Nm03w40/40n25 RNE_5-M_ E215
90.5 E Orihuela/Cabezo Hurchillo SER Orihuela 2kW Nm00w56/38n03 E0FE
91.3 E Denia/Monte Pedreguer Europa FM Radio Marina Alta1kW 00e03/38n47 EUROPAFM _MARINA_ F002
91.9 E Toledo Radio Castilla La Mancha 5kW Nm04w03/39n50 E396
92.4 E Madrid/Parque de la Almudena Radiole Madrid 13.5kW Nv 03w38/40n25 RADIOLE_ E238
92.6 ??XIMA__ E038
93.5 E Barcelona Onda Cero Barcelona 20kW Nm02e11/41n23 ONDACERO E2EE
94.9 E Lugo Onda Cero Lugo 4kW Nm07w33/43n00 ONDACERO E2EE

87.9 I Bologna Punto Radio (Bologna) 11e21/44n28  _PUNTO__ _RADIO__ 5849

88.3 POL Siedlce/Aosice  PR 1 30kW Nh 22e47/52n11 JEDYNKA_ 3211

88.3 POR Muro/Serra do Gerês RDP Antena 1 10kW  08w12/41n49 ANTENA_1 8201
90.8 POR Lousa/Trevim Radio Comercial 44kW  08w11/40n05 1575km video




Here is a video of the stations with RDS received on a car stereo connected to a netbook running RDS Spy.
Indoor rectangular quad loop antenna

here it is

13th June morning

87.6 E Badajoz COPE Badajoz 4kW 06w56/38n52 75 __COPE__ E2CA
87.7 E Jerez de la Frontera Hit FM 6kW 06w09/36n38 HIT_FM_ E200
87.8 E Villena SER Radio Villena2kW 00w51/38n38  __SER___ E039
87.8 E Valencina del Concepción Onda Valencina  0.050kW Nv 06w05/37n25 E011
88.0 RNE Radio 5 three listed E215
88.1 ? C178 unlisted
89.2 E Sevilla Europa FM Sevilla1.2kW 06w04/37n24 EUROPAFM E2ED
90.3 E Jerez de la Frontera Onda Cero Jerez 6kW Nm06w09/36n38 ONDACERO E2EE
90.4 E Yecla  Onda Cero Yecla 2kW 01w05/38n37 ONDACERO E2EE
90.5 E Ávila/Cerro Herrero COPE Ávila 2kW 04w30/40n40 188 _COPE___ _AVILA__ E2CA
91.40 E Tomelloso Radio Surco 2kW 03w01/39n08 R.SURCO_ E206
91.6 E Valencina del Concepción Sevilla F.C. Radio 1kW 06w04/37n25  SFCRADIO E028
93.1 E Valladolid RNE Radio Clasica 30kW 04w42/41n37 RNE-CLAS E212
93.1 E Ayamonte SER Costa de la Luz 1.2kW 07w23/37n13  __SER___ E239
97.6 E Alcala de Henares Onda Cero Alcala 4kW 03w20/40n27 ONDACERO ALCALA__ E2EE
97.7 E Pinto Los 40 Principales Madrid Sur  0.830kW Dm03w42/40n14 CUARENTA MAD-SUR_ E07C
98.0 E Guadalcanal/Hamapega COPE Radio Sierra Norte (Alanis) 30kW 05w46/38n03 _RADIO__ _SIERRA_ E006
100.1 E Écija COPE Radio Astigi 2kW Nm05w03/37n33 E199
100.8 E Toledo Onda Cero Toledo 2kW 04w02/39n54 ONDACERO E888
103.2 E Aranjuez esRadio Madrid 2 2kW Nm03w35/40n01 5287

90.4 POR Lisboa/Monsanto Radio Nostalgia 5kW Nm09w12/38n44 NSTALGIA 8059


All of these gave RDS data as can be seen here

11th June Algeria Es log and video

87.6 ALG Aflou  Radio Laghouat  70kW 2225km
87.7 ALG Aïn N'sour  Radio Chlef  70kW 2012km
88.4 ALG Chrea Chaine 3  70kW 1986km
88.4 ALG Nador Chaine 2  70kW 2117km
88.7 ALG Akfadou  Radio Soummam 70kW 1998km
90.6 ALG Ksar El Boukhari Radio Medea 0.1kW 2041km
91.5 ALG Radio El Bahdja Chrea 70kW 1986km.
91.8 ALG Akfadou Chaine 2 70kW 1998km
92.6 ALG approx. 50km east of Algiers Chaine 1 1996km
92.7 ALG Tessala Radio Oran 70kW 2067km
94.0 ALG Aïn N'sour Chaine 1 70kW 2012km
94.7 ALG Chrea Jil FM 70kW 1986km
98.0 ALG Chrea Chaine 1 70kW 1986km

FMDX Vlog 11-06-13 Es Part 2 Algeria
click here

The Spain log will follow soon.

Sporadic-E 11th June 2013-first part

Quite good Es conditions this evening.

I've uploaded two videos so far:

91.5 BBC R3 Holme Moss 250kW 85km, being overtaken by
ALG Radio El Bahdja Chrea 70kW 1986km.

click here

Spain all with ID and/or RDS (Captions on the video)
Pioneer DEH-4700MP
DIY rectangular quad loop (indoor)
RDS Spy v1.00

and here

Es logs 9th June 2013

Here are my Es logs from yesterday (9th June)
Thanks to YT user w4wdx for his help with the Spanish stns.

ALGERIA

87.6 ALG Kef El Akhal Chaine 3  70W 2078km
87.6 ALG Aflou  Radio Laghouat  70kW 2225km
87.7 ALG Aïn N'sour  Radio Chlef  70kW 2012km
87.8 ALG Mecheria  Chaine 1  70kW 2258km
88.4 ALG Chrea Chaine 3  70kW 1986km
88.400 ALG Nador Chaine 2  70kW 2117km
(6 stns)

PORTUGAL

87.6 POR Seixal RDS 1.5kW 1750km
87.7 POR Serra do Mendro RDP Antena 1 20kW 1767km
87.9 POR Lousa/Trevim  RDP Antena 1 8201 34kW 1575km
88.1 POR Monchique/Fóia  Radio Comercial 10kW 1882km
88.3 POR Muro/Serra do Gerês RDP Antena 1 10kW 1388km
88.7 POR Lamego Radio Comercial  8203 5kW 1457km
88.7 POR Serra de Montejunto RDP Antena 2 10kW 1689km
90.2 POR Serra de Montejunto (or Guarda/P.Vento Radio ) Radio Renascença ___RR___ 8221 10kW 1689km
90.4 POR Lisboa/Monsanto Radio Nostalgia 5kW 1740km
90.8 POR Lousa/Trevim Radio Comercial COMRCIAL 8203 44kW 1575km (over BBC R3 Winter Hill)
91.7 POR Lousa/Trevim RFM 8231 56kW 1575km
91.7 POR Valença do Minho Radio Vale do Minho 0.5kW 1374km
92.5 POR Porto/Monte da Virgem RDP Antena 2 44kW 1471km
92.7 POR Amarante ERA FM _ERA_FM_ 80A1 2kW 1447km
92.9 POR Portalegre/Serra da Marrada Alta RDP Antena 2 10kW 1755km
93.2 POR Lisboa/Monsanto RFM 36kw 1740km
95.3 POR Moita Tropical FM TROPICAL 8049 1.5kw 1743km
(17 stns)

SPAIN España

87.6 E Los 40 Principales Ourense/Seminario (GAL-OU) 4kW 1325km
87.6 E Onda Cero (Calamocha) Calamocha (ARA-TE) 0.5kW 1440km
(or Onda Cero Plasencia/Ciudad Deportiva (EXT-CC) 2kW 1548km)
87.7 E Alcala de Henares Europa FM Alcala de Henares ID "Europa FM" no RDS 4kW 1486km
 ( or Priego de Cordoba  1.2kW)
87.7 E Sierra de Carrascoy Radio Canela _CANELA_ 5158 3kW 1782km
90.4 E Onda Cero (Yecla) Yecla (MUR-MU) ONDACERO E2EE 2kW 1697km
(or Onda Cero Mérida (EXT-BA) 1kW 1675km )
90.6 E Los 40 Principales (Santiago) Santiago de Comp.(GAL-C) E235  8 kW 1285km
91.7 E RNE 3 E213 RNE Radio 3 Caspe (ARA-Z) 5kW 1416km
92.1 E RNE Radio Clásica Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) E239 60kW 1345km
92.8 E RNE 5 E215 RNE Radio 5 (Lugo) Monte Páramo (GAL-LU) RNE_5_LU E615 70kW 1267km
92.9 E RNE-CLAS E212 RNE Radio Clásica Antequera (AND-MA) 1kW 1879km
93.1 E RNE-CLAS E212 RNE Radio Clásica Valladolid/Cerro de San Cristóbal (CAL-VA) 30kW 1362km
93.1 E SER (Costa de la Luz) Ayamonte (AND-H) E239 1.2kW 1876km
93.5 E Cadena Dial (Extremadura) Badajoz/Cansa Burros (EXT-BA)  CAD-DI?? E274 4kW 1689km
94.2 E SER (Radio Extremadura) Badajoz (EXT-BA) __SER___ ED39 4kW 1688km
95.2 E SER three listed
95.2 E RNE Radio Nacional - Punta Umbría (AND-H) RNE_1___ E211 80kW 1872km
95.6 E SER (Radio Lugo) Lugo (GAL-LU) 4kW 1249km
(17 stns)

Phew! what a scorcher.

9th June Vlog
Started slowly late this afternoon, and got strong through the evening. My best Es yet this season, certainly in terms of RDS and stations logged. Algeria, Portugal & Spain.
Local BBC R3 got zapped by Radio Comercial from Portugal.
Pioneer DEH-4700MP and indoor  DIY  rectangular quad loop.(Mounted adjacent to South-facing window)
click here to be beamed to my Vlog on YouTube
www.youtube.com/user/pe1etr

The recording plug-in for SDR# failed, but I hadn't realized and lost 7 I/Q WAV recordings. I probably missed many loggings.

11m CB USB strong Es conditions. (RTL2832U/FC0013)

11m CB USB strong Es conditions. (RTL2832U/FC0013)

Very strong cx on the 11m CB band.
Received in Blackpool UK
Terratec Noxon DAB stick RTL2832U/FC0013
SDR#
Broken UHF aerial on chimney
video here

There is some misinformation about the FC0013 tuner. Many sources give the lower frequency limit as 45-50MHz. It actually tunes down to 21MHz, although there are some image problems. The 11m CB and 10m Ham band work fine though.

A further wide FM panadaptor experiment

I have now tapped the IF after the two 10.7 MHz Ceramic filters in the Denon tuner.
RDS in SDR# is ahead of the tuner's own display.
Camera is on a tripod but wasn't level - no Oscar for Cinematography for me!
Sample rate is 192kHz. Bandwidth 136kHz.
video here
Aluta Continua!

Es 7th June

Difficult to get anything last night due to heavy local QRM, but a few made it through.

FMDX vlog Es FIN NOR S  7th June 2013
video here


Log 
 20:55-22:10 UTC (approx)

Norway

88.3 NOR Kopparen/Vallersund NRK P1 NRK Sør-Trøndelag 50kW
88.5 NOR Hemnes/Vettahaugen NRK P1 NRK Nordland  36kW
88.7 NOR Oslo/Tryvann NRK P1 NRK Østlandssendi 90kW

Sweden

SR-P1 (more than one site for some)
87.6
87.9
88.3
88.5
89.4
92.9 S Lycksele/Knaften-Rålidsberget TM  SR P1 60kW
93.8 S Skellefteå/Prästfäbodsberget TMSR P1 60kW
88.2 S Tåsjö/Hoting-Tåsjöberget TM SR P4 Västerbotten 60kW (Only one)



FINLAND
YLE 1 (more than one site)
87.6 Posio (only one)
88.2
89.2

RDS with a bandwidth of 96kHz

RTL SDR in SDR# - RDS and stereo at a bandwidth of 96kHz
video here

Another demo of RDS with a 96kHz bandwidth. This time in SDR Console V2.0 replaying an SDR I/Q WAV data file from yesterday.
I can't record the full screen display of RDS console with my screen grabber, so this was filmed with a Canon FS100 camcorder. I have narrated this video.
Denon TU-260LII, CCW SDR-4+ panadaptor.

video here

Further SDR panadaptor experiments

No sporadic-E noted yesterday at this location. I have been trying some more experiments feeding the 10.7MHz IF from a Denon TU-260LIII tuner in to a CCW SDR-4+.

SDR I/Q WAV file
Try playing this back in your favourite SDR application. you might need to reverse I and Q.
I have used a slight offset from the centre freq. The sample rate is 192kHz, file size 30.8MB.
all comments are welcome.

Download the file

(Please note this is a data file and not an audio file)

Video:
Experiment: Panadaptor 10.7MHz IF wide FM CCW SDR 4+
Using my laptop's internal sound card with 24bit 192kHz setting. Most laptops including mine have a very poor sound card for SDR purposes, even though the sample rates look impressive. they tend to have high latency, high noise floor and poor channel separation.

Video here

I've ordered an inexpensive, but very good external USB sound card for further experiments,
The Behringer UCA-202. It has very low latency, low noise floor, and excellent channel separation, making it ideal for SDR use. It is also very small. The down side is that the maximum sample rate is 96kHz.
I thought it was better to try this at 23 Pounds, rather than a 100 Pound sound card!
(Reading reviews it seems that in order to better the UCA-202 you would have to spend 100 Pounds at least)

Tuesday 4th June SPE log & revised Sun 2nd June SPE log

TUESDAY 4th June

88.2 E Boal/Pico Penouta RNE Radio 3 10kW 1185km
88.3 E Santomera/Cabezos Ásperos COPE Radio Sureste 1kW E486 1753km
89.7 E Murcia Cadena100 Murcia 8kW 1762km
93.2 E Requena Radio Requena 1.2kW 1600km
93.5  E Cartagena SER Radio Cartagena  E739 1808km
video: here
87.6    ALG Radio Laghouat Aflou 70kW    (Arabic) 2225km
*87.7    ALG Radio Chlef Aïn N'sour 70kW 2012km
88.4 ALG Chaine 3 Chrea 70kW(French)1786km
88.4  ALG Nador Chaine 2 70kW (Arabic) 2117km
92.7 ALG Tessala  Radio Oran 70kW 2067km

*Thanks to YT user w4wdx for pointing out an error in my video-old age:)

 4th June vlog
video is here


Revised log 2nd June (Thanks to YT users KonradDX, qwertamdx, senderjaeger and troponick)

89.9 CZE Liberec/JestedCRo Dvojka 15.4kW 1274km

87.5 POL Cz stochowa/Wr czyca PR 1 10kW 1523km
87.7 POL Wroclaw/{órawina PR 2 10kW *DWOJKA* 3222 1398km
87.7 POL Konin/{ólwieniec PR 1 30kW 1435km
87.8 POL {agaD/Wichów PR 3 30kW_TROJKA_  3233 1268km
88.2 POL Kielce/Zwi ty Krzyz RMF FM  120kW_RMF_FM_ 3F44 1666km
88.3 POL Zielona Góra/Jemiolów Radio Zet 60kW RadioZET 3205 1236km
88.4 POL Bielsko-Biala/G.Magurka Radio Maryja 10kW1586km

87.6  D Frankfurt (Oder)/Booßen Antenne Brandenburg Frankfurt 10kW 1179km
87.6 D Jessen MDR Info 1kW 1103km
87.9 D Berlin/Alexanderplatz STAR FM 87.9 1kW 1108km
89.2 D Berlin/Schäferberg 89.2 Radio Potsdam  0.5kW 1092km
88.1 D Wittenberg/Gallunberg MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt Dessau 30kW 1072km

Main vlog: here

Supplement: here

I try all day for Es, get vitually nowt, shut down, get on with panadaptor experiments.(I'll write about that tomorrow). After finishing the experiments, I use my CCW SDR-4+ au naturelle and find (eventually) big sigs on 10m. Go to DXMAPS and find mayhem,It's a case of "don't panic Captain Mainwaring!" as I gather myself. Software crashes, dongle failure, camera battery charging -I eventually get sorted and get CZE, POL and D. Even on indoor loop on the wrong side of the building! QRM too heavy other than at bottom of the band unfortunately.

Sunday 2nd June 2013 Es FMDX Vlog
Captions on the video. Stations from CZE,POL and D were identified.
There are some other German stations I'm not sure about.
click here for the video

LOG
89.9 CZE Liberec/JestedCRo Dvojka 15.4kW 1274km

87.5 POL Cz stochowa/Wr czyca
PR 1 10kW 1523km
87.7 POL Wroclaw/{órawina PR 2 10kW
*DWOJKA* + 3222 1398km
87.8 POL {agaD/Wichów PR 3 30kW
 _TROJKA_  3233 1268km
88.2 POL Kielce/Zwi ty Krzyz RMF FM  120kW
 _RMF_FM_ 3F44 1666km
88.3 POL Zielona Góra/Jemiolów Radio Zet 60kW
RadioZET 3205 1236km


87.6 D Jessen MDR Info 1kW 1103km
89.2 D Berlin/Schäferberg
89.2 Radio Potsdam  0.5kW 1092km
88.1 D Wittenberg/Gallunberg
MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt Dessau 30kW 1072km

1st June Sporadic-E report

There hasn't been any!

I woke up this morning to find an aurora active down to 50 deg North. This zapped the SPE.

Might be a blank day tomorrow too.

Denon TU-260LII part two

Denon TU-260LII part two

Better Camera angle
Camera on tripod
More graphics
More stations
Radio 3 in stereo

Check it out here!
youtube

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Here is the photobucket version with mono audio

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Friday 31st May Denon TU-260LII tuner and sporadic-e report

I bought a tuner the other day. It's a Denon TU-260LII, which got good reviews a few years back. eg
 here
 I paid about 10% of the price quoted in the review :)
 I didn't buy it to listen to nor for filter modification for FMDX. I bought it for panadaptor experiments with my CCW SDR-4+.
To make sure it was fully working before opening it and invalidating my 60 day warranty, I tested it out and made this video.

The was some patchy Es last night and good Es early  this morning. Unfortunately it faded before I was fully awake!

30th
87.6 ALG Aflou  Radio Laghouat 70kW
87.7 ALG Aïn N'sour  Radio Chlef s 70kW
87.8 ALG Mecheria  Chaine 1 s 70kW5 2258km

31st
88.3 E Tajo de las Escobas/Sierra de la Luna Canal Fiesta Radio 16kW tent.
89.2 E Sevilla Europa FM Sevilla s 1.2kW PI:E2ED
90.3 E Jerez de la Frontera Onda Cero Jerez s 6.kW
89.5 E Caceres/Sierra de Portanchito Onda Cero s 6kW PS:ONDACERO PI:E2EE
87.7 E Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal Hit FM 6kW

+some others- waiting for help to ID. All the Spanish stations were received around the same time.
The two with RDS were from Caceres and Sevilla, so probably the others were from that general area too. the video is here (aqui)

FMDX vlog 30th and 31st May 2013
Noxon DAB stick RTL2832U/SDR# broken UHF aerial on a chimney
Pioneer DEH-4700MP Car Stereo/RDS Spy with indoor quad loop

My first RDS of the season with RDS Spy.

33.5MHz audio IF fed to CCW SDR-4+

I fed the audio IF from a D100 TV tuner converter unit in to a CCW SDR-4+,
 to investigate using this SDR to tune to FM radio signals, via a frequency converter

YouTube nabbed me on Content matches Third Party...a short extract of classical music on Radio 3 !

Here is the ad-free version

click here for no ads

Here is the YT version (blocked in some countries, ads in the rest)
maybe don't click here:)

Tue 28th May 2013

No report from me the last few days as, well, there has been nothing to report.

A modest SPE opening today, with some carriers on R1 and R2, audio on R1 and some OIRT FM stations. I actually managed to ID some of the OIRT stuff myself. Yay me. :)
There were other stns but just music was heard. The OIRT opening was a bit start and stop.

A nice ID from 70.31 Kanal Kultura BLR Myadzel
is here (click)

Mi vlog
es aqui(click)

LOG

70.310 BLR Myadzel/RTPS Telyaki MI BR Kanal Kultura 4kW 1930km
69.920 BLR Vitsebsk/RTPS Jurjeva Gorka VI BR Kanal Kultura 4kW 2137km
70.670 BLR Vitsebsk/RTPS Jurjeva Gorka VI BR Pershy Kanal Radio Vitsebsk 4kW 2137km
68.540 RUS Smolensk/RTPS SMO ru Radio Rossii GTRK Smolensk 17kW 2264km
71.480 BLR Vitsebsk/RTPS Jurjeva Gorka VI BR Radio Vitsebsk 4kW 2137km
66.860 BLR Myadzel/RTPS Telyaki MI be BR Radyjo Stalitsa 4kW 1930km
66.740 BLR Ushachy/RTPS Astravenec VI BR Kanal Kultura 4kW 2041km
67.640 BLR Myadzel/RTPS Telyaki MI BR Radio Vitsebsk 4kW 1930km

There has been some Sporadic-E around, but not much made it through to me.

I had an Algerian station last night at 23:15 local (22:15 UTC)

Today I had several Algerian stations, some Spanish, and a couple of Italians. Most of it was weak.

Here is the log:

22/05/13

87.6 ALG Kef El Akhal Chaine 3 s 70W 2078km

23/05/13
87.6 ALG Aflou  Radio Laghouat 70kW
87.7 ALG Aïn N'sour  Radio Chlef s 70kW
87.7 E Barcelona/Collserola CAT-Bca RAC 1 s 20kW
87.8 ALG Mecheria  Chaine 1 s 70kW5 2258km
88.1 ALG Metlili Radio Batna s 70kW
88.4 ALG Chrea Chaine 3 s 70kW
88.7 ALG Akfadou  Radio Soummam s 70kW
89.2 ALG Bordj El Bahri  Chaine 3 s 7kW

Friday FM radio vlog Sporadic-E (video with 3D animation)
Click Here
There is also a bonus track of aircraft scatter with an indoor aerial.
I'm trying my hand at 3D animation.

 FM log 21-05-2013 ALG & FIN

Pioneer DEH-4700MP car stereo + indoor quad loop-Algeria loggings

RTL2832U/SDR# + Broken UHF aerial on a chimney-Finland loggings




87.600 ALG Aflou Radio Laghouat s 70kW  Nh 02e01/34n07 2225km
88.400 ALG Chrea 9 fr Chaine 3 s 70kW Nh 02e50/36n25 1986km

87.600 FIN Posio/Susivaara-Ylentie YLE Radio Yksi s 30kW Nh 27e38/66n00 2178km
89.200 FIN Taivalkoski/Metsäkylä-Metsäkyläntie  YLE Radio Yksi s60kW Nh 28e21/65n18 2152km
(Or Tammela/Torajärvi-Rimmiläntie   5kW 23e54/60n56 1787km)
The above was 100kHz below a permanent station.

Thanks to Jukka (Finland ) for confirming the 89.2 was indeed YLE Yski.




FM received via SPE 21052013

Here are my  OIRT FM Band (66-74MHz) catches via Sporadic-E from yesterday 21-05-2013
 (Received  in Blackpool UK)

Noxon RTL2832U SDR#
Broken UHF aerial on a chimney (3 storey building)

Frequency Order (all)

Some are "best fit" rather than certainties.

66.020 BLR Babrujsk/RTPS Yasny Les MA ru BR Radio Mahilyow m 4.000 h 29e22/53n11 2134km
66.200 BLR Hrodna/RTPS Vul. Gorkogo HR BR Kanal Kultura s 4.000 h 23e49/53n42 1762km
66.740 BLR Ushachy/RTPS Astravenec VI BR Kanal Kultura 4.000 h 28e39/55n15 2041km
68.240 LTU Visaginas Ign ru Euroradio 4.000 26e26/55n37 1896km
68.300 BLR Ushachy/RTPS Astravenec VI BR Radio Vitsebsk 4.000 h 28e39/55n15 h 2041km
68.540 RUS Smolensk/RTPS SMO ru Radio Rossii GTRK Smolensk s 17.000 h 32e03/54n47 2264km
68.690 BLR Myadzel/RTPS Telyaki MI BR Pershy Kanal 4.000 h 26e48/54n54  1930km
69.080 BLR Braslaw/RTPS VI BR Pershy Kanal Radio Vitsebsk 17.000 h 26e59/55n38 1930km
69.920 BLR Vitsebsk/RTPS Jurjeva Gorka VI BR Kanal Kultura s 4.000 h 30e10/55n12 2137km
70.310 BLR Myadzel/RTPS Telyaki MI BR Kanal Kultura 4.000 h 26e48/54n54 1930km
70.670 BLR Vitsebsk/RTPS Jurjeva Gorka VI BR Pershy Kanal Radio Vitsebsk 4.000 h   2137km
70.90 ?
71.180 BLR Mahilyow/RTPS Polykovici MA be BR Radyjo Stalitsa 4.000 h 30e20/53n59 2174km
71.330 BLR Minsk/RTPS Kalodzi[cy MI BR Pershy Kanal s 17.000 h 27e47/53n57 2147km
71.690 BLR Asipovicy MA be BR Kanal Kultura s 4.000 h 28e22/53n11 2069km
71.480 BLR Vitsebsk/RTPS Jurjeva Gorka VI BR Radio Vitsebsk s 4.000 h 30e10/55n12 2137km
71.960 BLR Mahilyow/RTPS Polykovici MA be BR Kanal Kultura m 4.000 h 30e20/53n59 2174km
72.110 BLR Minsk/RTPS Kalodzi[cy MI be BR Radius FM 17.000 h 27e47/53n57 2147km
72.470 BLR Brest/RakitDica BR be BR Radyjo Stalitsa s 4.000 h 23e59/52n08 1815km

Thanks to Victor R. (Russia) for his help with the IDs.




OIRT FM 21052013 Part1

OIRT FM 21052013 Part 2

these videos are also on this blog...just trying to make hyperlinks :)

Sadly no Sporadic-E to report yet today, although might be some this evening.

My best time for SPE is the morning, when my high QRM levels are at a minimum.

I'll post logs and links on this blog as soon as I get the haNG OF DOING THINGS! (oops hit the caps lock0

I really am a terrible typist.

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