Email confirmation from RTL 102.5

 Thanks to Alessandro Palumbo for confirmation of reception of Italian station RTL 102.5 on the frequency of 91.8 MHz via transmitter in Lido degli Estensi in July this year.

Station's website: https://www.rtl.it/

Email confirmation from Radio Cuore

 Thanks to Simona Giorgi for email confirmation of reception of Italian station Radio Cuore on 91.9 MHz in July this year! I received signal of transmitter located in Buti / Monte Serra.

Station's website: https://www.radiocuore.it/

New QSL-card from Italcable

 Got this nice QSL-card from Italcable time signal station from Italy. Thank you very much!

Perseids - 2021

Here are my results of meteor scatter observations on CCIR FM band made on 12.08.2021 - 15.08.2021 during Perseids meteor shower. Mostly powerful transmitters from Germany, Czech Republic, Poland and Denmark, as usual, plus one Italian station. Level of QRM has been increasing at my location from year to year, so all the stations were identified by playlists and podcasts only, no RDS information was decoded this time. The shortest distance is ~870 km (Ostrava/Hošťálkovice, CZE), the longest distance is ~1580 km (Holstebro/Mejrup, DNK), the lowest ERP is 10 kW (Radio PSR via Schöneck (Vogtland)), the highest ERP is 160 kW (NDR Kultur via Rostock-Toitenwinkel).

12.08.2021

20:46	91.10	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	České Budějovice/Kleť	78	kW	1170	km	268	°
20:46	92.10	MHz	D	Bayern 1	Brotjacklriegel	100	kW	1250	km	269	°
20:46	91.20	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Waldburg	25	kW	1530	km	267	°
21:14	88.80	MHz	CZE	ČRo Sever	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
21:14	89.00	MHz	D	89.0 RTL	Brocken	60	kW	1390	km	284	°
21:14	89.90	MHz	D	NDR Kultur	Torfhaus (Harz-West)	100	kW	1400	km	284	°
21:14	90.10	MHz	D	MDR JUMP	Dresden-Wachwitz	100	kW	1170	km	280	°
21:14	90.20	MHz	D	MDR JUMP	Inselsberg	100	kW	1410	km	280	°
21:14	90.50	MHz	CZE	ČRo Hradec Králové	Trutnov/Černá hora	20	kW	1040	km	277	°
21:14	90.90	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
21:14	91.10	MHz	D	NDR 1 Niedersachsen	Steinkimmen	100	kW	1540	km	290	°
21:14	91.30	MHz	D	Deutschlandfunk (Dlf)	Rimberg (tent.)	50	kW	1480	km	280	°
21:14	91.40	MHz	D	Bayern 1	Büttelberg	25	kW	1440	km	274	°
21:14	91.50	MHz	D	MDR JUMP	Brocken	100	kW	1390	km	284	°
21:14	92.10	MHz	D	NDR 2	Torfhaus (Harz-West)	100	kW	1400	km	284	°
21:14	92.20	MHz	D	MDR Sachsen	Dresden-Wachwitz	100	kW	1170	km	280	°
21:14	87.60	MHz	D	hr3	Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf)	100	kW	1540	km	281	°
21:14	87.90	MHz	D	MDR Kultur (tent.)	Inselsberg	60	kW	1410	km	280	°

13.08.2021

17:01	91.10	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	České Budějovice/Kleť	78	kW	1170	km	268	°

14.08.2021

08:55	90.10	MHz	D	SWR 4 Baden-Württemberg	Stuttgart-Degerloch	100	kW	1540	km	272	°
08:55	90.20	MHz	D	MDR JUMP	Inselsberg	100	kW	1410	km	280	°
08:55	90.70	MHz	D	Bayern 1	Ochsenkopf (tent.)	100	kW	1320	km	276	°
08:55	90.90	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
08:55	91.00	MHz	CZE	Frekvence 1	Ostrava/Hošťálkovice	71	kW	870	km	271	°
08:55	91.00	MHz	D	NDR 1 Radio MV	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	100	kW	1310	km	296	°
08:55	91.10	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	České Budějovice/Kleť	78	kW	1170	km	268	°
08:55	91.40	MHz	D	Bayern 1	Büttelberg	25	kW	1440	km	274	°
08:55	91.70	MHz	D	MDR Thüringen	Sonneberg/Bleßberg	100	kW	1370	km	278	°
08:55	91.90	MHz	D	Bayern 1	Hühnerberg	25	kW	1430	km	271	°
08:55	92.10	MHz	D	Bayern 1	Brotjacklriegel	100	kW	1250	km	269	°
08:55	92.20	MHz	D	SWR 3	Stuttgart-Degerloch	100	kW	1540	km	272	°
09:42	91.40	MHz	I	RMC - Radio Monte Carlo	Castel San Pietro Terme (tent.)	130	kW	1570	km	252	°
09:50	88.20	MHz	D	NDR Kultur (tent.)	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	160	kW	1310	km	296	°
10:00	87.60	MHz	CZE	Radio Impuls (tent.)	Brno/Kojál	67	kW	980	km	269	°
10:00	91.40	MHz	CZE	Radio Impuls (tent.)	Plzeň/Krašov	100	kW	1230	km	275	°
10:00	91.00	MHz	CZE	Frekvence 1 (tent.)	Ostrava/Hošťálkovice	71	kW	870	km	271	°
10:00	91.10	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	České Budějovice/Kleť	78	kW	1170	km	268	°
10:19	88.80	MHz	CZE	ČRo Sever	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
10:19	89.10	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	Plzeň/Krašov	100	kW	1230	km	275	°
10:19	90.30	MHz	POL	PR 3 (tent.)	Opole/Chrzelice	60	kW	900	km	276	°
10:19	90.50	MHz	CZE	ČRo Hradec Králové	Trutnov/Černá hora	20	kW	1040	km	277	°
10:19	90.60	MHz	D	hr1	Hardberg	50	kW	1550	km	275	°
10:19	90.90	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
10:19	91.40	MHz	CZE	Radio Impuls (tent.)	Plzeň/Krašov	100	kW	1230	km	275	°
10:19	91.70	MHz	D	MDR Thüringen	Sonneberg/Bleßberg	100	kW	1370	km	278	°
10:19	92.10	MHz	CZE	Radio Impuls (tent.)	Trutnov/Černá hora	16	kW	1040	km	277	°
10:19	90.70	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	Jihlava/Javořice	20	kW	1090	km	269	°
10:19	91.10	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	České Budějovice/Kleť	78	kW	1170	km	268	°
10:23	88.20	MHz	D	NDR Kultur	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	160	kW	1310	km	296	°
10:23	90.50	MHz	D	NDR 1 Radio MV	Helpterberg	100	kW	1200	km	293	°
10:23	91.00	MHz	D	NDR 1 Radio MV	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	100	kW	1310	km	296	°
10:23	91.40	MHz	D	Berliner Rundfunk 91.4	Berlin/Alexanderplatz	100	kW	1200	km	288	°
10:23	92.00	MHz	POL	PR Radio Szczecin	Szczecin/Kołowo	60	kW	1130	km	293	°
10:33	91.00	MHz	D	NDR 1 Radio MV (tent.)	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	100	kW	1310	km	296	°
10:33	91.70	MHz	D	MDR Thüringen	Sonneberg/Bleßberg	100	kW	1370	km	278	°
10:33	92.00	MHz	POL	PR Radio Szczecin	Szczecin/Kołowo	60	kW	1130	km	293	°
10:33	88.20	MHz	D	NDR Kultur (tent.)	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	160	kW	1310	km	296	°
10:33	90.50	MHz	D	NDR 1 Radio MV (tent.)	Helpterberg	100	kW	1200	km	293	°
17:44	88.10	MHz	DNK	DR P2 (tent.)	Århus/Søsterhøj	60	kW	1480	km	303	°
17:44	90.20	MHz	DNK	DR P2 (tent.)	Holstebro/Mejrup	60	kW	1580	km	303	°
17:44	91.70	MHz	DNK	DR P3	Århus/Søsterhøj	60	kW	1480	km	303	°

15.08.2021

13:14	90.90	MHz	CZE	ČRo Radiožurnál	Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora	100	kW	1140	km	278	°
13:14	91.40	MHz	CZE	Radio Impuls (tent.)	Plzeň/Krašov	100	kW	1230	km	275	°
13:14	92.00	MHz	D	Radio PSR	Schöneck (Vogtland)	10	kW	1280	km	277	°
13:14	92.20	MHz	D	MDR Sachsen	Dresden-Wachwitz	100	kW	1170	km	280	°
13:16	88.20	MHz	D	NDR Kultur	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	160	kW	1310	km	296	°
13:16	89.30	MHz	POL	RMF FM	Koszalin/Gołogóra	60	kW	1020	km	299	°
13:16	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. No stations were identified by RDS this time.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

Broadcasting in Sardinian language

 This recording is rather interesting not by the fact of reception, but by its content: special programme in Sardinian language dedicated to the culture, history and modern life of Sardinia. It has been received on the Sardinian frequency of RAI Radio 1, at one of the time slots when regional insert of RAI Sardegna is on air.

Initially I thought, it is Portuguese when heard a weak signal on 91.3 MHz during today's sporadic propagation from that region (Virgin Radio on 90.3 MHz was much stronger at the same time), however the signal got stronger later, revealing interesting language, not heard by me before.

Sardinian language originates from dialects of Latin and is considered one of the most close to Latin among modern languages of Europe by some linguists. Isolation on the stage of formation and some archaic elements make it quite different from all other modern languages of the Romance group. However, some Byzantine Greek, Catalan, Spanish and Italian influence also exists due to rich history of the region. Sardinian has status of regional language of the European Union. The number of native speakes is ~ 1 - 1.35 millions. There are about 7 radio stations in Sardinia, except RAI Sardegna, which are preparing programmes in various dialects of Sardinian language for the listeners:

• Radio Barbagia - 91.9, 92.0, 97.2, 103.0 MHz (Logudorese dialect)
• Radio Cuore Oristano - 97.0 MHz
• Radiolina - many frequencies (Campidanese dialect)
• Radio Sant'Elena - 103.8 MHz
• Radio Studio 2000 Vintage - 94.5 MHz (Campidanese dialect)
• Radio Super Sound - many frequencies (Campidanese dialect)
• Radio X - 96.8 MHz

This amazing language is in use mainly among elderly residents of Sardinia nowadays, and its perspective is unclear, UNESCO assigned Definitely Endangered status to it, which means that children no longer learn the language as mother tongue in the home. So, it is especially great that some Italian radio stations are actively support Sardinian language by using it in own broadcasts.

Unfortunately, there are still many languages with lesser number of speakers which are not presented on radio waves at all, e. g. in russia, where politics of assimilation and silent genocide of national minorities is being realized for centuries, some of the languages are doomed to extinct before forthcoming collapse of russia and will never appear in broadcasts.

Here is my audio sample recorded on 2nd of August 2021 on 91.3 MHz (RAI Sardegna via transmitter in Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara) at 10.48 UTC:

Es catches 13.05.2021 and UNID on 87.8 MHz

16:53	88.60	MHz	F	RFM	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
16:54	89.40	MHz	F	Virgin Radio	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
16:55	89.60	MHz	F	Virgin Radio	Clermont-Ferrand	2	kW	2087	km	266	°
16:55	90.00	MHz	F	ARL	Marmande/Birac-sur-Trec	1	kW	2343	km	266	°
16:56	89.40	MHz	F	Skyrock	Marmande/Dargaoul	1	kW	2361	km	266	°
16:57	87.70	MHz	F	France Culture (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
16:57	88.80	MHz	F	LifeStyle 74 (tent.)	Annemasse	0.5	kW	1855	km	265	°
16:57	92.00	MHz	F	Radio Scoop	Lyon/Mont Cindre 2 (tent.)	10	kW	1959	km	265	°
16:58	88.90	MHz	F	Mouv' (tent.)	Dijon	1	kW	1885	km	269	°
16:59	88.70	MHz	F	Chérie FM	Gray	1	kW	1837	km	269	°
16:59	89.80	MHz	F	Skyrock	Gray (tent.)	1	kW	1837	km	269	°
16:59	91.00	MHz	SUI	RTS La Première	Sorens/Gibloux	1	kW	1764	km	266	°
16:59	91.20	MHz	SUI	RTS La Première	La Dôle (Gingins) (tent.)	19	kW	1839	km	266	°
17:00	89.20	MHz	F	Radio Scoop	Bourg-en-Bresse/Bellevue	1	kW	1918	km	266	°
17:00	89.20	MHz	F	Rire et Chansons (tent.)	Brive-la-Gaillarde	1	kW	2223	km	266	°
17:00	92.00	MHz	F	CFM Radio	Casteljaloux	1	kW	2362	km	265	°
17:01	88.70	MHz	F	France Culture	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:01	91.60	MHz	F	France Inter	Theys 1 (tent.)	0.1	kW	1900	km	262	°
17:02	88.10	MHz	F	France Inter (tent.)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:02	91.40	MHz	I	Radio Maria	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:05	89.50	MHz	F	France Culture	Limoges (tent.)	160	kW	2230	km	268	°
17:05	92.20	MHz	F	Fun Radio	Limoges (tent.)	2	kW	2210	km	268	°
17:06	90.80	MHz	F	France Musique	Guéret (tent.)	10	kW	2150	km	269	°
17:06	91.00	MHz	F	Beur FM (tent.)	Limoges	2	kW	2210	km	268	°
17:10	87.80	MHz	F	Mouv'	Lyon/Fourvière (tent.)	4	kW	1960	km	265	°
17:12	91.90	MHz	F	France Musique	Aurillac/Labastide (tent.)	7	kW	2200	km	265	°
17:13	89.10	MHz	F	France Culture (tent.)	Saint-Etienne (tent.)	2	kW	2010	km	264	°
17:13	90.00	MHz	F	Activ Radio	Saint-Etienne	2	kW	2010	km	264	°
17:13	90.90	MHz	F	Radio Ondaine	Firminy	2	kW	2020	km	264	°
17:14	88.10	MHz	F	Radio Espérance	Vienne	1	kW	1970	km	264	°
17:14	89.30	MHz	F	NRJ	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:15	91.30	MHz	F	Radio Scoop	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
17:17	88.20	MHz	F	France Culture	Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (tent.)	10	kW	2160	km	267	°
17:18	88.80	MHz	F	France Culture	Lyon/Mont Pilat (tent.)	160	kW	1990	km	264	°
17:18	89.30	MHz	F	France Culture	Le Puy-en-Velay (tent.).)	10	kW	2070	km	264	°
17:20	90.50	MHz	F	France Culture	Chambéry/Mont du Chat (tent.)	8	kW	1900	km	264	°
17:21	90.40	MHz	F	France Inter	Clermont-Ferrand (tent.)	40	kW	2090	km	267	°
17:21	90.70	MHz	F	RFM	Figeac/Pic de Saint-Bressou (tent.)	1	kW	2210	km	265	°
17:23	87.70	MHz	F	Nostalgie	Clermont-Ferrand	1	kW	2090	km	267	°
17:24	89.50	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
17:24	91.70	MHz	BEL	VRT Radio 1 (tent.)	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	50	kW	1840	km	282	°
17:25	87.80	MHz	PIR	UNID Zender Glaubedran	---------	-	kW	----	km	---	°
17:25	89.90	MHz	BEL	VRT Klara	Genk	20	kW	1750	km	282	°
17:25	92.10	MHz	HOL	100% NL (tent.)	Hulsberg/Emmaberg	10	kW	1730	km	281	°

Unidentified station has been received on 87.8 MHz during brief final hop from Belgium and The Netherlands, at 17.25 UTC. Detected RDS PI code is: 5396! This code is being used by Jonica Radio and some other Italians, however Jonica is not broadcasting on 87.8 MHz, and there are no stations with such PI on this frequency at all, according to the FMList database. I can't identify the recorded song neither, but it is not typical for Italian broadcasters, in my opinion. Possibly a pirate?

Signal of this UNID has faded-in synchronously with signals from Genk and Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (Belgium), also 100% NL (tentative) from Hulsberg was audible at the same time on 92.1 MHz. So, if this is a Dutch pirate, the most probable location of him is somwhere in Limburg!

 

Any help with identification is very appreciated.

UPDATE: the UNID on 87.8 MHz is identified as a free radio station Zender Glaubedran. Many thanks to Jelmer! I would never IDed this one without his help.

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

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

My first Es catch in year 2021 (10.05.2021)

14:41	91.10	MHz	I	Multiradio (Tolentino)	Tolentino/Colle Redentore	63	kW	1520	km	245	°
14:42	89.30	MHz	HRV	Novi Radio (Zadar)	Ugljan/Mala Glava	3	kW	1350	km	245	°
14:46	90.90	MHz	EGY	Radio 9090 (tent.)	Al-Qahira	10	kW	2260	km	178	°
14:52	92.10	MHz	EGY	NRJ	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
14:55	91.10	MHz	EGY	ERTU Al-Barnameg Al-Aam (tent.)	Sharm el-Sheikh (tent.)	7.4	kW	2520	km	171	°
15:00	89.50	MHz	EGY	ERTU Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (Mideast)	Al-Qahira	100	kW	2260	km	178	°
15:13	88.70	MHz	EGY	Radio Masr	Al-Qahira (tent.)	10	kW	2260	km	178	°
15:22	88.20	MHz	EGY	Radio Hits (tent.)	Al-Qahira (tent.)	10	kW	2260	km	178	°
16:02	88.60	MHz	I	Radio Sportiva	Parabita	40	kW	1490	km	225	°
16:02	90.40	MHz	I	Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana	Parabita (tent.)	13	kW	1490	km	225	°
16:02	92.20	MHz	I	Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
16:11	88.60	MHz	GRC	ERA 1 Proto Programma (tent.)	Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi	100	kW	1290	km	217	°
16:11	90.60	MHz	GRC	ERA 2 Deutero Programma (tent.)	Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi	100	kW	1290	km	217	°

ERTU Al-Sharq Al-Awsat on 89.5 MHz with ID at 15.01 UTC:

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

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole