Radio SE-TA 2 start September 1st, 2020 on 6115 kHz - 10.00 UTC

 RADIO SE-TA 2 will start broadcasting on September 1st, 2020 via our own transmitter in Hartenstein (Saxony), Germany.

There will be a one-hour opening broadcast on the frequency of 6115 KHz from 10:00 UTC (12.00 CEST).

In the evening, this one will be repeated again from 18.00 UTC (20.00 CEST).

With these transmissions reception conditions will be tested. But it will also be about program content topics at RADIO SE-TA 2, some of which have already been scheduled and others that are still being planned.
In the future, regular broadcasts are planned via our one transmitter according to a broadcast scheme, which we will inform you about in due course.
Our quarterly broadcasts continue to be aired on the 1st Saturday in the new quarter via the facilities of MEDIA BROADCAST in Nauen on 6095 kHz with a radiation power of 125 KW.
Transmissions are already booked as follows:

03.10.2020 - 10.00-12.00 UTC (= 12.00-14.00 CEST) - special length!
02.01.2021 - 11.00-12.00 UTC (= 12.00-13.00 CET)
03.04.2021 - 10.00-11.00 UTC (= 12.00-13.00 CEST)

Your letters with comments, criticisms, music requests and reception reports are welcome to: SE-TA/a/web.de

Yours sincerely
Christoph
Radio SE-TA 2

Source: station's mailing list

Recent LP SW transmitters assignments in ITU HFBC database

17.08.2020 Add: ELB Elburg        52N26 005E52   Radio Delta Int'l    6020  kHz 1000  W
12.08.2020 Add: RND Randers       56N31 009E55   WMR                  15805 kHz 200   W
12.08.2020 Add: BRG Bramming      55N29 008E39   WMR                  5840  kHz 100   W
12.08.2020 Add: HVI Hvidovre      55N36 012E28   Radio 208            5805  kHz 75    W
12.08.2020 Add: HIL Hillerød      55N53 012E16   Radio OZ-Viola       5825  kHz 100   W
27.07.2020 Add: BAC Babice        52N15 020E50   SPW Radio Warszawa*  7415  kHz 11000 W
20.07.2020 Add: HEE Heerde        52N40 006E03   Mike Radio           3940  kHz 1000  W
11.06.2020 Add: HST Hartenstein   50N40 012E41   Radio SE-TA2**       6115  kHz 1000  W
29.04.2020 Add: ZWO Zwolle        52N29 006E06   Radio Piepzender     3920  kHz 200   W

*  - F. Pl. heritage transmissions

** - planned to start from September 2020

Another evidence that so-called individual broadcasting can successfully work and develope in normal European countries, but it always dies in russia appearing in minds of fanatic idiots and corrupt officials.

Sources: ITU, HFCC databases, WRTH online updates.

Radio Channel 292 - Offshore Radio Remembrance programs

 Radio Channel 292 - Offshore Radio Remembrance programs:

Regular 48 mb conditions in Kyiv for September 2020

Regular 48 mb conditions in Kyiv for September 2020. Amsterdam-Kyiv short path circuit at SSN = 0, 100 W of  TX power and omnidirectional RX and TX antennas. Without taking into account of sporadic Es layer.

QSLs from Radio Free Asia

 Several new QSL-cards from RFA. Thanks a lot!

Es catches 18.06.2020

05:33	69.23	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Plesetsk (tent.)	17	kW	1500	km	20	°
05:58	69.59	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Ulan-Khol (tent.)	17	kW	1340	km	108	°
05:59	67.76	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Shilega (tent.)	17	kW	1720	km	23	°
06:00	68.24	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Utta	17	kW	1230	km	105	°
06:03	70.19	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Onega	15	kW	1570	km	15	°
06:08	71.33	MHz	404	Radio Orfey	Volgograd	4.5	kW	1030	km	95	°
06:21	91.10	MHz	I	Multiradio (Tolentino)	Tolentino/Colle Redentore	63	kW	1520	km	245	°
06:49	87.70	MHz	I	Radio Italia Anni 60	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	63	kW	1570	km	252	°
06:49	87.90	MHz	404	Nashe Radio	Astrakhan	6.3	kW	1370	km	102	°
06:49	88.30	MHz	404	Radio Dacha	Astrakhan	6.3	kW	1370	km	102	°
06:49	88.70	MHz	404	Radio Astrakhan (tent.)	Astrakhan	6.3	kW	1370	km	102	°
06:49	88.80	MHz	I	Radio Maria	Capannori/Monte Serra (tent.)	130	kW	1670	km	252	°
06:49	89.50	MHz	404	Radio Mir (tent.)	Astrakhan	4	kW	1370	km	102	°
06:49	90.10	MHz	404	Detskoye Radio	Astrakhan	3.6	kW	1370	km	102	°
06:49	90.50	MHz	I	Radio Maria (tent.)	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	130	kW	1570	km	252	°
06:49	91.40	MHz	I	RMC - Radio Monte Carlo	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	130	kW	1570	km	252	°
06:49	91.90	MHz	I	Radio Cuore	Buti/Monte Serra	?	kW	1670	km	252	°
06:50	90.20	MHz	I	Radio Maria (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
06:50	91.40	MHz	404	Retro FM	Astrakhan	4	kW	1370	km	102	°
06:50	91.80	MHz	I	Radio Maria (tent.)	Monte Argentario (tent.)	25	kW	1720	km	246	°
07:15	90.00	MHz	D	B5 aktuell	München-Ismaning	25	kW	1370	km	267	°
07:16	87.70	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Wannenberg	2.6	kW	1630	km	268	°
07:16	88.50	MHz	SUI	Radio SRF 1	Buchberg/Honegg (tent.)	0.5	kW	1620	km	268	°
07:16	91.20	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Waldburg	25	kW	1530	km	267	°
07:16	92.10	MHz	SUI	Radio 24	Buchberg/Honegg	1	kW	1620	km	268	°
07:17	87.80	MHz	D	SWR 1 Baden-Württemberg	Bad Mergentheim-Löffelstelzen	10	kW	1480	km	274	°
07:17	91.10	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	České Budějovice/Kleť	78	kW	1170	km	268	°
07:17	91.30	MHz	D	Bayern 1 (tent.)	München-Ismaning	25	kW	1370	km	267	°
07:18	91.90	MHz	D	Bayern 1 (tent.)	Hühnerberg (tent.)	25	kW	1430	km	271	°
07:18	92.20	MHz	D	SWR 3	Stuttgart-Degerloch	100	kW	1540	km	272	°
07:19	90.00	MHz	CZE	Kiss	Plzeň/Radeč	10	kW	1200	km	274	°
07:19	90.10	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Stuttgart-Degerloch	100	kW	1540	km	272	°
07:19	91.40	MHz	D	Bayern 1 (tent.)	Büttelberg	25	kW	1440	km	274	°
07:21	89.60	MHz	AUT	Hitradio Ö3	Bregenz 1/Pfänder	50	kW	1540	km	266	°
07:22	88.00	MHz	SUI	Sunshine Radio	Root/Rooterberg (tent.)	2.8	kW	1650	km	266	°
07:26	88.20	MHz	AUT	Hitradio Ö3	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:29	90.70	MHz	D	Bayern 1 Studio Schwaben	Grünten (Allgäu)	100	kW	1500	km	266	°
07:50	88.60	MHz	HOL	NPO 3FM	Smilde	40	kW	1680	km	289	°
07:50	90.10	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2	Peterborough (tent.)	40	kW	2130	km	288	°
07:50	91.80	MHz	HOL	NPO Radio 1 (tent.)	Smilde	93	kW	1680	km	289	°
07:53	91.90	MHz	G	BBC Radio 3	Tacolneston (tent.)	250	kW	2030	km	288	°
07:53	92.30	MHz	G	BBC Radio 3	Peterborough (tent.)	40	kW	2130	km	288	°
07:54	88.60	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:54	88.90	MHz	HOL	NH Radio	Amsterdam	9	kW	1780	km	287	°
07:54	89.70	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2	Tacolneston (tent.)	250	kW	2030	km	288	°
07:55	89.80	MHz	HOL	Omroep Flevoland	Lelystad	25	kW	1740	km	288	°
07:55	90.80	MHz	G	BBC Radio 3	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:56	89.40	MHz	HOL	Radionl	Lelystad	0.09	kW	1740	km	288	°
07:57	89.00	MHz	HOL	100% NL	Lochem	3	kW	1680	km	286	°
07:57	89.50	MHz	HOL	100% NL	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:59	88.00	MHz	HOL	Omroep West	Oegstgeest/Kwaaklaan	0.32	kW	1810	km	287	°
07:59	88.10	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
07:59	89.40	MHz	HOL	Radio Oost	Hengelo	10	kW	1650	km	287	°
07:59	91.40	MHz	HOL	NPO Radio 4	Markelo	81	kW	1670	km	286	°
08:01	88.20	MHz	HOL	100% NL	Ugchelen	1	kW	1710	km	286	°
08:02	88.70	MHz	HOL	NH Radio (tent.)	Hilversum/Media Park (tent.)	0.32	kW	1760	km	287	°
08:02	91.10	MHz	HOL	SLAM!	Hilversum/Media Park	40	kW	1760	km	287	°
08:05	89.60	MHz	HOL	100% NL	Amsterdam	0.04	kW	1780	km	287	°
08:06	87.60	MHz	HOL	Joy Radio	Enschede/Deltaflat	1	kW	1640	km	286	°
08:06	90.40	MHz	HOL	Radio Gelderland	Ruurlo	7.1	kW	1670	km	286	°
08:07	88.80	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
08:07	89.30	MHz	HOL	Omroep West (tent.)	Rotterdam	20	kW	1810	km	285	°
08:11	87.90	MHz	HOL	Radio 10	Vught/Eikendonck	7.9	kW	1760	km	284	°
08:11	88.60	MHz	HOL	BNR Nieuwsradio	Mierlo	26	kW	1740	km	284	°
08:11	91.30	MHz	G	BBC Radio 3	Wrotham (tent.)	250	kW	2110	km	285	°
08:12	87.90	MHz	HOL	Omroep Zeeland	Goes	15	kW	1860	km	284	°
08:12	88.50	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2	Rowridge (tent.)	250	kW	2230	km	283	°
08:12	89.00	MHz	BEL	VRT MNM	Schoten	20	kW	1810	km	283	°
08:12	89.10	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2	Wrotham (tent.)	250	kW	2110	km	285	°
08:12	89.60	MHz	BEL	BNL	Brugge/Walakker	2	kW	1910	km	283	°
08:12	91.50	MHz	HOL	BNR Nieuwsradio (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
08:13	89.70	MHz	D	WDR 3 (tent.)	Münster/Baumberge	25	kW	1610	km	285	°
08:13	91.90	MHz	HOL	Omroep Brabant	Loon op Zand	2	kW	1770	km	284	°
08:14	87.60	MHz	BEL	Nostalgie Vlaanderen	Oostende	5	kW	1930	km	284	°
08:14	90.70	MHz	G	BBC Radio 3	Rowridge (tent.)	250	kW	2230	km	283	°
08:15	90.80	MHz	HOL	Sublime	Terneuzen/Zevenaarhaven	2	kW	1860	km	284	°
08:18	92.00	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara	Antwerpen/Amerikadok	1	kW	1820	km	283	°
08:19	90.40	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara	Egem	50	kW	1910	km	283	°
08:20	88.10	MHz	BEL	Nostalgie Vlaanderen	Brugge	1	kW	1910	km	283	°
08:22	90.00	MHz	BEL	BNL	Aalst	0.5	kW	1850	km	282	°
08:23	89.10	MHz	HOL	Radio Gelderland	Megen	5	kW	1740	km	285	°
08:25	89.50	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
08:26	87.80	MHz	F	Mouv' (tent.)	Caen/Colombelles (tent.)	1	kW	2190	km	279	°
08:26	91.70	MHz	BEL	VRT Radio 1 (tent.)	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
08:29	91.10	MHz	F	Skyrock	Dunkerque (tent.)	1	kW	1970	km	283	°
08:30	88.70	MHz	F	France Musique	Lille (tent.)	130	kW	1960	km	281	°
08:32	88.20	MHz	HOL	NPO Radio 2	Roermond	100	kW	1720	km	283	°
08:33	87.80	MHz	BEL	Familie Radio Enjoy FM	Opwijk/Karenveldstraat	0.1	kW	1840	km	282	°
08:33	92.00	MHz	F	Radio 6 (tent.)	Boulogne-sur-Mer	0.8	kW	2020	km	282	°
08:34	88.30	MHz	BEL	VRT MNM	Bruxelles	1	kW	1830	km	282	°
08:34	89.90	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara	Genk	20	kW	1750	km	282	°
08:50	88.00	MHz	HOL	NPO Radio 2	Smilde	93	kW	1680	km	289	°
08:55	87.70	MHz	HOL	Radio 10	Lelystad	110	kW	1740	km	288	°
09:27	67.07	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Novospasskoye (tent.)	17	kW	1230	km	69	°
09:27	68.48	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Yershov (tent.)	17	kW	1250	km	78	°
09:27	68.84	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Meshcherskoye (tent.)	17	kW	980	km	70	°
09:27	70.16	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Balashov (tent.)	17	kW	890	km	76	°
09:27	70.55	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
09:29	66.44	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Perelyub (tent.)	17	kW	1380	km	75	°
09:29	66.62	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Buzuluk (tent.)	17	kW	1520	km	72	°
09:29	70.40	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Veshkayma (tent.)	17	kW	1200	km	64	°

All the stations were identified by ID jingles, RDS, playlists, parallel frequencies or parallel web streams. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

Meteor scatter observations 12.08.2020 - 16.08.2020

And again Perseids, one of the most abundant meteor showers. The middle of August is a suitable time for meteor observations not only in optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum, but also on radio waves, which can be reflected by plasma of meteor trails and received on distances of a single E-hop, far away from transmitters.

General impressions: the signals were weaker than past year, thats why no stations identified by RDS information this time. Luckily, Czech, German, Austrian, Swedish and Hungarian national broadcasters have excellent audio archives which are a huge support in identification of the stations. Various playlists were also used for this purpose. Anyway, I'm satisfied with the results.

A recent theory of meteor trail plasma diffusion made the novel prediction that meteor trails diffuse much faster during daylight hours than at night. This occurs because the plasma density of the background ionosphere increases by up to a factor of 100 with sunrise. [Meteor Trails in the Ionosphere: Latest Results from Observations and Theory, M. M. Oppenheim, G. Suger, E. N. Bass, Y.  S. Dimant, Sigrid Close and Lars P. Dyrud]. Be that as it may, my loggings are too scanty to be an argument for some serious conclusions. However, I didn't find any dependency between time of the day and average duration of bursts for now.

By the way, here one can see signal of Svitle Radio Emmanuil pirate relay on 88.0 MHz, but that's a topic for one of the next posts.

Stations from 11 countries were received by means of meteor scatter with hop distances up to ~2110 km and identified.  The following table includes all identified broadcasters during MS observations 12.08.2020 - 16.08.2020 grouped by dates:

12.08.2020

20:46	91.20	MHz	S	SR P2	Halmstad/Oskarström (tent.)	60	kW	1350	km	309	°
20:46	92.00	MHz	POL	PR 2 (tent.)	Suwałki/G. Krzemianucha	30	kW	670	km	312	°
20:46	92.10	MHz	S	SR P2	Nässjö (tent.)	60	kW	1300	km	314	°
20:51	90.20	MHz	HNG	MR 1 Kossuth Rádió	Nagykanizsa/Újudvar	50	kW	1070	km	252	°
21:31	88.80	MHz	CZE	ČRo Sever	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°

13.08.2020

16:04	88.50	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	Trutnov/Černá hora	16	kW	1040	km	277	°
16:04	89.30	MHz	D	hr3	Großer Feldberg (Taunus)	100	kW	1560	km	278	°
16:14	88.70	MHz	D	Bayern 2	Grünten (Allgäu)	100	kW	1500	km	266	°
16:14	89.50	MHz	D	Bayern 2	Wendelstein	100	kW	1370	km	265	°
19:27	89.10	MHz	G	BBC Radio 2	Wrotham (tent.)	250	kW	2110	km	285	°
19:27	91.30	MHz	G	BBC Radio 3 (tent.)	Wrotham (tent.)	250	kW	2110	km	285	°
19:47	88.80	MHz	CZE	ČRo Sever	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
19:52	91.50	MHz	D	MDR JUMP	Brocken	100	kW	1390	km	284	°
20:00	87.60	MHz	HNG	MR 1 Kossuth Rádió	Győr/Szabadhegy	7.6	kW	980	km	257	°
20:17	88.80	MHz	CZE	ČRo Sever	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
20:17	90.50	MHz	CZE	ČRo Hradec Králové	Trutnov/Černá hora	20	kW	1040	km	277	°
20:33	92.00	MHz	D	SWR 2	Donnersberg	60	kW	1610	km	276	°

14.08.2020

10:03	90.40	MHz	AUT	Hitradio Ö3	Klagenfurt 1	100	kW	1300	km	258	°
10:03	91.20	MHz	AUT	Ö1	Graz 1/Schöckl	80	kW	1150	km	258	°
10:28	88.20	MHz	D	NDR Kultur (tent.)	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	160	kW	1310	km	296	°
10:28	90.50	MHz	D	NDR 1 Radio MV	Helpterberg	100	kW	1200	km	293	°
10:28	91.00	MHz	D	NDR 1 Radio MV	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	100	kW	1310	km	296	°
10:28	91.90	MHz	D	NDR 2	Bungsberg	50	kW	1400	km	295	°
10:28	92.00	MHz	POL	PR Radio Szczecin (tent.)	Szczecin/Kołowo	60	kW	1130	km	293	°
16:34	89.40	MHz	S	SR P1	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
16:40	89.40	MHz	S	SR P1	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
18:12	89.40	MHz	S	SR P1	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
18:13	89.70	MHz	HRV	HRT-HR 1	Biokovo/Sveti Jure	80	kW	1280	km	238	°
18:45	90.00	MHz	GRC	ERA 2 Deutero Programma (tent.)	Thessaloniki/Hortiatis	100	kW	1230	km	211	°
18:45	92.00	MHz	GRC	ERA 3 Trito Programma	Thessaloniki/Hortiatis	100	kW	1230	km	211	°
19:15	90.10	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Stuttgart-Degerloch	100	kW	1540	km	272	°
19:16	91.10	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	České Budějovice/Kleť	78	kW	1170	km	268	°
19:30	88.80	MHz	CZE	ČRo Sever	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
19:30	90.20	MHz	D	MDR JUMP (tent.)	Inselsberg	100	kW	1410	km	280	°
19:30	90.50	MHz	CZE	ČRo Hradec Králové	Trutnov/Černá hora	20	kW	1040	km	277	°
19:30	90.90	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
19:30	92.20	MHz	D	MDR Sachsen	Dresden-Wachwitz	100	kW	1170	km	280	°

15.08.2020

10:40	91.30	MHz	D	SR 2 Kultur (tent.)	Göttelborner Höhe	100	kW	1680	km	275	°
10:40	91.40	MHz	CZE	Radio Impuls (tent.)	Plzeň/Krašov	100	kW	1230	km	275	°
22:52	89.00	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Haapavesi	30	kW	1560	km	351	°
22:52	88.60	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Pihtipudas (tent.)	50	kW	1460	km	350	°
22:52	89.90	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Jyväskylä	30	kW	1350	km	349	°
22:52	90.40	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Oulu - Uleåborg	50	kW	1650	km	352	°
22:52	91.10	MHz	FIN	YleX	Pihtipudas	50	kW	1460	km	350	°
22:52	91.30	MHz	S	SR P1	Kalix	60	kW	1780	km	350	°
22:52	91.40	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi (tent.)	Kruunupyy - Kronoby	60	kW	1540	km	347	°
22:52	91.60	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Kuopio	50	kW	1390	km	354	°
22:52	92.10	MHz	FIN	YleX	Mikkeli - Sankt Michel	30	kW	1260	km	353	°

16.08.2020

10:38	90.60	MHz	D	WDR 5	Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein	100	kW	1510	km	285	°
10:38	92.10	MHz	D	NDR 2	Torfhaus (Harz-West)	100	kW	1400	km	284	°
10:38	87.70	MHz	D	MDR Kultur (tent.)	Chemnitz/Geyer	100	kW	1240	km	278	°
10:38	88.80	MHz	CZE	ČRo Sever	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
10:38	89.50	MHz	D	hr3 (tent.)	Hoher Meißner	100	kW	1450	km	282	°
10:38	90.20	MHz	D	MDR JUMP	Inselsberg	100	kW	1410	km	280	°
10:38	90.50	MHz	CZE	ČRo Hradec Králové	Trutnov/Černá hora	20	kW	1040	km	277	°
10:38	90.80	MHz	D	Deutschlandfunk Kultur	Cottbus/Calau	20	kW	1160	km	284	°
10:38	90.90	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
10:38	91.10	MHz	D	NDR 1 Niedersachsen	Steinkimmen	100	kW	1540	km	290	°
10:38	91.50	MHz	D	MDR JUMP	Brocken	100	kW	1390	km	284	°
10:38	91.60	MHz	D	SWR3	Koblenz/Waldesch	40	kW	1620	km	278	°
10:38	91.70	MHz	POL	PR 3 (tent.)	Częstochowa/Wręczyca	60	kW	820	km	278	°
19:15	88.60	MHz	D	NDR Info	Garz (Rügen) (tent.)	10	kW	1240	km	297	°
19:15	92.20	MHz	DNK	DR P4 Sjælland	Nakskov	30	kW	1390	km	299	°

All the stations were identified by playlists, podcasts, or parallel frequencies. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole