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Ireland has dropped a bit and can hear a very weak Lille 88.7 but nowt else doing.

Andy

Ireland is up here and Lyric FM 99.6 now coming in fairly weak with odd stronger peaks of course Kippure and Leinster booming in.

Andy

Ireland is up now just the usual TXs at present hopefully it might improve later.

Andy

Nothing doing here total rubbish which is making me think why I am I doing a hobby that consists of sitting waiting for DX that doesn't come that is the future non of this rubbish back in the 80s (goes of looking for that time machine) nah not found it yet.

Andy

Zilch happening up here very disappointing but not surprised with the way conditions have been in the past year.

Andy

Bush and Murphy TVs where good for dxing but the weak point was the line output transformers in them they used to fail quite often. I had a 19" Philips 210 and two 19" Thorn 1400 portables the latter having indestructible line transformers the Philips were known to have weak transformers but mine wa...

I wonder if the 5C temperatures of the North Sea will be helping this along? Remember 2013 anyone? Some of the best tropo I have known and this also followed a cold and extended winter with the North Sea temperatures being below average. Aye 08/07/2013 mega tropo to Germany when my band went from E...

Looks like you have been through the mill David with QRM problems and hope you can sort it. Here's a banghead moment ever since I used RTL dongle for band 1 6 years ago I have suffered plenty lines on waterfall then the other week I used a different USB lead and then lines gone and could not believe...

I bought some cheap £8 cordless headphones and they use 86.0 but don't affect band 2 in any way maybe it was similar that Zach received.

Andy

I did hear Club type music on 87.5 on Sunday night on my vertical FM 5 beaming South MAR was also on 87.5 at the same time but they were using the Liverpool TX that weekend.

Andy

I was looking at that site last night but kept getting cut off times varied but took 15-20 mins to get back on.

Andy

Hope FM 87.7 back on air doh!

Andy

Hope FM 87.7 has gone off air now leaving a weak distorted pirate playing oldies.

Andy

Ah Ramadan at least it's earlier every year so not falling in the middle of the season now a pain all the same though.

Andy

Ah might be a month job after all as their Facebook page says starting on 01/04/18 oh well there 's no DX anyway but this only affected vertical.

Andy

Ah right thanks John I think that shops how much I know about religion probably learned that at school but that was a long time ago.

Thanks Chris was going to look at their website but forgot anyway looks like a one day job.

Andy

Just put radios on this morning and there was Hope FM 87.7 with RDS C595 going on about the Sabbath hmm I thought that's tomorrow cock then it went off air looks like I have that to look forward to tomorrow but no RSL listings on Ofcons page. MAR on air 87.5 from the Liverpool TX and a weak pirate o...

Ireland was up a bit this morning but soon dropped down due to the weather front moving in from the West.

Ooh edit:can hear France Musique,Lille 88.7.

Andy

Noticed ice at bottom of condensate pipe again so I said (oh no you don't ) so poured warm water on it sorted!

Lots of drain pipes also frozen around here again like last cold spell.

Andy

Well just a few snow showers here in past few days but non of it stuck just got blown somewhere so we got away with it again thank god

Andy