Tropo is building up?
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Monster signals from France, it's still building up. Getting signals from approx 600kms.
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Spain back here Radio Espinosa Merindades up to PI level also RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias made a brief appearence France still in but dropping slightly.
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France Musique from Le Mans on 97.0 is >50 dBμV!
Good DX.
Nick, Whitchurch, Hampshire.
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Niort TX is here with all signals! Listenable levels with light hiss.
EDIT: Insane! Local 102.6 Heart covered by France Bleu Normandie (Calvados - Orne) with full RDS!
EDIT: Insane! Local 102.6 Heart covered by France Bleu Normandie (Calvados - Orne) with full RDS!
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Brests wobbling in at 20dB over 9. Bits appearing on the vertical, but nothing great here yet.
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BBC 3 Wrotham 91.3 booming in Central France since 16:00 utc and seems it will stay all night long !
Perseus + Wellbrook loop
RTL dongle + 3 el yagi in loft
RTL dongle + 3 el yagi in loft
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It’s all going north with me BBC WM, Shropshire, CWR etc, strong signals...can I have Spain please instead ?!
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I currently have Radio Espinosa Merindades and Éxito Radio 87.5 and Euskadi Irratia 87.7 has blown off Skline Pirate
France is still very good lots of strong ones and quite a few weak ones as well.
Andy

France is still very good lots of strong ones and quite a few weak ones as well.
Andy
Receiving equipment: 1 Sony ST-SE920, 1 Sony ST-SE700 1 Denon TU-1500RD 2 crossed FM 5s rotatable, 1 homemade FM 3 horizontal beaming S/E, 1 vertical FM 3 fixed beaming at Ireland,2 element OIRT,2 element band 1.
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This is very unusual for me...RTE 1 from Mount Leinster now...not had anything from Ireland for 3 or 4 years
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You must be quite high ASL Andy ?
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Going east here with a big signal from Radio 100,7 in Luxembourg as well as several Germans from the Baden-Württemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz regions.
Good DX.
Nick, Whitchurch, Hampshire.
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Nick, Whitchurch, Hampshire.
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Where did this come from? I checked earlier in the day and the forecasts didn't look good for the South-East. Spain is virtually un-achievable here but I got lots of French stations to the south and now Germany is strong - never mind Belgian and Dutch stuff.
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My band has turned French most locals have collapsed never thought I would see Radio Manchester 95.1 give to France it's obscene
Spain still hogging 87.5.
Andy

Spain still hogging 87.5.
Andy
Receiving equipment: 1 Sony ST-SE920, 1 Sony ST-SE700 1 Denon TU-1500RD 2 crossed FM 5s rotatable, 1 homemade FM 3 horizontal beaming S/E, 1 vertical FM 3 fixed beaming at Ireland,2 element OIRT,2 element band 1.
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5B MTVNL
5C DR Deutsch
6A RNT Paris 2
7A Zuid NL
7B hr Radio
8A Ranstad
9B RNT Paris 5
9D Noordwest
9D Zuidwest
All those alongside many regional UK muxes this morning.
5C DR Deutsch
6A RNT Paris 2
7A Zuid NL
7B hr Radio
8A Ranstad
9B RNT Paris 5
9D Noordwest
9D Zuidwest
All those alongside many regional UK muxes this morning.
Sangean DPR 69 (DAB)
Technisat 215 (DAB)
Sangean PR D4W (Medium Wave)
CC Crane EP Pro (Medium Wave)
Technisat 215 (DAB)
Sangean PR D4W (Medium Wave)
CC Crane EP Pro (Medium Wave)
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Nice DAB Alex. I don't have my DAB aerial available at the moment but on the vertical aerial Band II is full of Dutch and Begian stations - it a messy soup of signals with some signals stronger than my local main BBC transmitter (125 kW and only 22 km).
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SDRPlay, AirSpyMini, RTL dongles, ST311, Yamaha TX930. 5 ele yagi 20ft agl - 70 deg. FM5 - 80 deg, 5.1 Yagi 16ft agl - 120 degFM5 -180 deg. Vert 3-ele Moxon - 80 deg. Shielded magnetic loop 0.1-200 MHz - 10 ft agl
SDRPlay, AirSpyMini, RTL dongles, ST311, Yamaha TX930. 5 ele yagi 20ft agl - 70 deg. FM5 - 80 deg, 5.1 Yagi 16ft agl - 120 degFM5 -180 deg. Vert 3-ele Moxon - 80 deg. Shielded magnetic loop 0.1-200 MHz - 10 ft agl
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I've got NL and Belgium and France all over the band plus some English. Not got time to go into details now as I'm late for work. Zach - you're 10 mins from me.....get tuning!
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Getting German stations in Clacton doing videos right now.
Eines Live was even over Kiss 106.4
Eines Live was even over Kiss 106.4
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Funny it often happens same time each year.
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Up since 0630 local time and now I've to go to work, shame! It'a a total Maaaaadnesss! Laptop run out of memory! All band is flooded with Holland and German signals. French stations already fade out. Good DX!moordown66 wrote: ↑01 Nov 2017 08:37I've got NL and Belgium and France all over the band plus some English. Not got time to go into details now as I'm late for work. Zach - you're 10 mins from me.....get tuning!
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Thanks. All of these were received on just the telescopic whip of the Sangean 69. Shame I had to leave for work.
Sangean DPR 69 (DAB)
Technisat 215 (DAB)
Sangean PR D4W (Medium Wave)
CC Crane EP Pro (Medium Wave)
Technisat 215 (DAB)
Sangean PR D4W (Medium Wave)
CC Crane EP Pro (Medium Wave)