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19 April 2020

DAB logs and news April 19 2020

Well its been quite a 48 hours on the dx front. Firstly we learnt that here locally 8B became obsolete for dx.





This new station in Zoetermeer carries the following:


This was my best channel for Denmark and several Germans. But anyhow its probably the start of many more blocked channels. And to be honest when you look at what 8B carries, its not filled with stations that many people would listen to.

 Okay onto a bit of dx

April 19 2020

10C    1739    G    North Yorkshire, Bilsdale West Moor (EN-NYK) 446km (46,08)
10D    0226    G    Humberside, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)
11A    1733    G    SDL National, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 289km (08,15)
11B    1724    G    London 3, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 289km (08,15)
11D    0236    G    D1 National, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)
11D    1725    G    D1 National, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT) 244km (01,13)
12A    0238    G    Lincolnshire, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)
12A    1732    G    London 2, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 289km (08,15)


10D Humberside (47,07)




10B Norfolk with both Stoke Holy Cross and West Runton


11B London 3, Wrotham (08,15)

D1 National, Canterbury / Dunkirk (01,13)

12A London 2, Wrotham





18 April 2020

DAB Logs 17/18 April 2020

Some above average conditions overnight. Conditions I thought were dead at midnight when I went to bed and I decided to throw my antenna northward. Looking at the logs from the night I saw that the UK had indeed returned stronger. I received several stations off the back of the log periodic.

4 new stations for me. 8C was one of the new Dutch stations RegioNoordkop from the delightfully named Hippolytushoef. 6B Markelo has eluded me even though its only 147km away. 5C DR Deutschland Osnabruck & 11D D1 National, Gainsborough in Northamptonshire were the others

Furthest is in red 459km Stoke-on-Trent.


18 April 2020
5C 0302 D DR Deutschland, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) 258km (19,12)
5C 0401 D DR Deutschland, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) 256km. First Time (19,03)
5C 0406 D DR Deutschland, Aurich (nds) 267km (19,07)

6B 0249 HOL 6B Oost-Noord NL, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) 147km. First Time (06,06)

8C 0007 HOL 8C RegioNoordkop, Hippolytushoef/Rozenlaantje (nho) 105km. First Time

9D 0803 HOL 9D Noord-West NL, Wieringerwerf/Robbenoordbos (nho) 109km (09,02)

10A 0255 D NDR NDS, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) 214km (32,02)
10A 0315 D NDR NDS, Damme (nds) 271km. First Time (32,03)

10B 0903 G Norfolk, West Runton (EN-NFK) 229km (51,07)
10B 0903 G Norfolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (51,23)
10B 1055 G Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)

10C 0836 G North Yorkshire, Bilsdale West Moor (EN-NYK) 446km (46,08)
10C 0904 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (49,14)

10D 0852 G Humberside, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)

11D 0339 D Radio fuer NRW, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) 194km (01,01)
11D 0737 G D1 National, Gainsborough (EN-NHS) 374km. First Time (50,01)
11D 0752 G D1 National, Belmont (EN-LIN) 335km (50,02)
11D 0841 G D1 National, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)
11D 1202 G D1 National, Stoke-on-Trent/Alsagers Bank (EN-SFS) 459km (53,02)

12A 0752 G Lincolnshire, Belmont (EN-LIN) 335km (50,02)
12A 0918 G Lincolnshire, High Hunsley (EN-EYK) 381km (47,07)

12B 0710 G BBC National DAB, Belmont (EN-LIN) 335km (50,02)
12B 1054 G BBC National DAB, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km  (51,02)

17 April 2020

9D 1109  HOL 9D Noord-West NL, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) 153km (09,01)
10B 1639 G Norfolk, Dereham/Daffy Green (EN-NFK) 243km (51,16)
10B 1639 G Norfolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (51,23)
10B 1645 G Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)
11D 1702 G  D1 National, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)
11D 1714 G  D1 National, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT) 244km (01,13)




16 April 2020

DAB Logs 15 - 16 April 2020

The past few days have seen some nice DAB DX from the U.K. It has been fairly localised as you can see by this map. Mostly around the Norfolk Coast but it did drift down to the center of London during the night. The previous night it was good to see Trial Norwich on 9A

VHF Map showing Tropo from The Hague across to Norfolk.







16 April 2020

3 first timers although not too far away. Usually I get Ipswich/Mendlesham but last night Ipswich/Warren Heath made it for the first time.  Signals during the night made it from the Norfolk coast into the centre of London. Also Wrotham.

10B 0001 G Norfolk, West Runton (EN-NFK) 229km (51,07)

10B 0234 G Norfolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (51,23)

10C 0319 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (49,14)

10C 0319 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Warren Heath (EN-SFK) 213km (49,03) First time

10D 0253 G Herts Beds Bucks, Hemel Hempstead/Pimlico (EN-HTS) 327km (22,18)

10D 0238 G Herts Beds Bucks, Chepping Wycombe (EN-BKS) 350km (TII is 22,22 but in FMlist it
is 22,01) Thanks Jeff Kitching for clearing this up.

11B 0109 G London 3, Wrotham (EN-KNT) 289km (08,15}

11B 0238 G London 3, London/BT Tower (EN-GTL) 311km (08,23)

11D 0031 G D1 National, Canterbury/Dunkirk (EN-KNT) 244km (01,13)

11D 0433 G D1 National, Ipswich/Warren Heath (EN-SFK) 213km (49,03) First Time

11D 0735 G D1 National, Folkestone/Creteway Down (EN-KNT) 240km (01,05) First Time


15 April 2020

 
5C 0649 D DR Deutschland, Aurich (nds) 267km (19,07)

5C 0650 D DR Deutschland, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) 192km (20,02)

9A  1951 G  Trial Norwich, Norwich/Markham Tower 217km (0,0)
 
10A 0631 D NDR NDS, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) 214km (32,02)

10B 1517 G Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)

10B 1556 G Norfolk, West Runton (EN-NFK) 229km (51,07)

10B 2012 G Norfolk, Dereham/Daffy Green (EN-NFK) 243km (51,16)

10C 1901 G Suffolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (49,14)

11D 1517 G D1 National, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)

12B 2015 G BBC National DAB, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)




  

 






11 April 2020

FM catches of the past

To get into the spirit of the new FM season I have just been reviewing some old catches. Here are a few stations I want to share.

2016




2015




DAB Loggings

11 April 2020
Some reasonable dx this morning. I got Åbenraa/Hjordkær, Denmark  with 09,14 and also an unlisted one of 09,15. Also first time for Dortmund here.

5C 0648 D DR Deutschland, Aurich (nds) 267km (19,7)
5C 0649 D DR Deutschland, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) 258km (19,12)
5C 0725 D DR Deutschland, Ebbegebirge Herscheid (nrw) 259km (20,10)
8B 0003 HOL St. Combi Media, Heiloo (nho) 68km
8B 0722 DNK DAB2 S, Åbenraa/Hjordkær/Kassøvej (TV2/Boxer) (sdk) 466km (09,14)
11D 0749 D Radio fuer NRW, Dortmund/Florianturm (nrw) 226km (03,01) (First time)
11D 0749 D Radio fuer NRW, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) 194km (01,01)
11D 0749 D Radio fuer NRW, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) 127km (04,01)
12A 0749 D NDR NDS, Aurich (nds) 267km (33,02)

10 April 2020
9D 0827 HOL 9D Noord-West NL, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) 153km (09,01)
10B 0827 G Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)
11D 0433 G D1 National, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (49,03)

9 April 2020
10B 2250 G Norfolk, Stoke Holy Cross (EN-NFK) 211km (51,02)
10B 2300 G Norfolk, Ipswich/Mendlesham (EN-SFK) 220km (51,23)

8 April 2020

5C 1040 D DR Deutschland, Ebbegebirge Herscheid (nrw) 259km (20,10)
5D 2334 BEL DAB+ VLAANDEREN2, Genk (vlg-lim) 147km (03,01)
5D 2334 BEL DAB+ VLAANDEREN2, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (vlg-vbr) 142km (0101)
6B 2303 HOL 6B Oost-Noord NL, Zwolle/Novec Mast (ove) 134km (06,09)
8B 2153 HOL St. Combi Media, Heiloo (nho) 68km (00,00) New station
9C 2155 HOL MTVNL, Eindhoven/PNEM Mast (nbr) 107km (13,05)
9D 2154 HOL 9D Noord-West NL, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) 153km (09,01)
11D 1032 D Radio fuer NRW, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) 127km (04,01)
11D 1033 D Radio fuer NRW, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) 194km (01,01)
11D 1033 D Radio fuer NRW, Siegen/Giersberg (nrw) 289km (08,01) First time
11D 2154 D Radio fuer NRW, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) 127km (04,01)
12A 2306 BEL DAB+ VRT, Eeklo (vlg-ovl) 107km (01,13)
12A 2319 BEL DAB+ VRT, Mechelen (vlg-ant) 115km (02,12)
12A 2337 BEL DAB+ VRT, Zoersel (vlg-ant) 89km (02,07)


8 April 2020

DAB Logs

DAB logs 8 April 2020

All these were heard between 1000 - 1100 UTC.
11D Radio fuer NRW, Kleve, 127km (04,01)
11D Radio fuer NRW, Aachen, 194km (01,01)
11D Radio fuer NRW, Siegen 289km (First time) (08,01)
5C DR Deutschland Ebbegebirge Herscheid 259km (20,10)

Not a huge distance but nice to see conditions up.

New DAB log

First time DAB station heard
Channel 8B; St. Combi Media ; ensembleId 1F9A; frequency 197648; time of recording 2020-apr-07:09:31; services 6; SNR 3; transmitterId(s) (0 0)

This is from Heiloo which is not far from Alkmaar in the privince of Noord Holland. TII was 0,0 so obviously still in test mode.

Quite a few new Dutch stations are about to get licences for the DAB band.

2020 Season

Well the season is almost underway again. FM and DAB. Its that time of the year to check all the gear and connections. Everything seems to be right to go

DAB log periodic at dawn over Rijswijk

April 7 2020 we had a bit of Tropo for DAB. I have decided this season to set my DAB antenna up on our back balcony. Seen here it is pointing towards the U.K but directly along the balcony is north / north /east. Basically towards Zwolle, Bremen and Hamburg. Denmark and Norway.

I will sacrifice Belgium and France + further on DAB to concentrate on U.K and to the north.

Just to clarify what I am using for DAB dx. I find the RSP1A better than Airspy. I have played around with QIRX software but for whatever reason, the sensitivity is not as good as DAB Scan. DAB Scan by Jan van Katwijk is great. I set it up so I can scan for long periods. It saves text files to disk of the logs. It also gives you the ability to skip channels. This is handy if you have some strong locals and only want to concentrate on the dx.

https://github.com/JvanKatwijk/dab-scanner/releases
https://github.com/JvanKatwijk/dab-scanner/


DAB Scan


FM DX
No Sporadic E signals received here yet as of April 8. A fair bit of Tropo with some nice signals from deep Belgium and Northern France. Again this will be my Antenna for FM dx. I am limited by this setup but its not too bad. Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Turkey, Greece and Italy. It is somewhat restricted to the Balkins and of course the U.K. When we do get U.K Tropo I will shift the antenna.

So, here we go. Its a waiting game and with this Coronavirus, life has certainly become a waiting game.
















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