Band i
Band 1 DX Log August to October 2008
 
For last months final log please click here.
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3/8/08
0910    IA    TLA      Two presenters on split screen
0926    IA    RAI Uno  views of a church
1042    E4    TV7      Fish and shark px
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5/8/08
1033    E4    TV7      Azan? Countryside scenes
1103    IA    RAI Uno  Angela Lansbury
1131    IB    RAI Uno  TG1 News *MS not Es*
1341    E3    e21      ph no on screen
1342    IA    TLA      also has ph no on screen
1659    E4    HRT1     gorenje advert
1700    IA    RAI Uno  Gameshow
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6/8/08
1142    R1    m1       yl talking across cam
1220    E2/3  RTP1     Sports news
1220    IA    RAI Uno  sitcom or drama
1231    E4    TV7      YL singing
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7/8/08
1705    A2    UNID     Numerous TA carriers and video but too smeary to ID
1730    E2/4  NRK1     people singing
1822    R2    1+1      Mercedes advert
1822    R3    UT1      logo and into News
1823    R1    Nova     drama
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9/8/08
1147   E2/3   NRK1     Olympics
1419   IA     RAI Uno  YL waving to cam
1835   IA     TLA      OM in empty studio
1836   E4     TV7      OM dancing
1838   E2/3   RTP      Drama
1838   E4     TVE      // E2
1855   E4     HRT1     military film or drama
1856   R1     m1       Olympics
1859   R2     Nova     old aviation film
2115   E4     TVE      Olympic ceremony **TROPO**
The signal peaked around S8, numerous B2 FM stations were also logged.
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10/8/08
0920   R3     UT1      kids px
0927   R1     RTR      ads and logo
0937   R3     Moldova1 marriage px
0937   R3     UNID     9P offset
0946   R2     BT1      OM at desk, Viciebsk,Belarus TX.
1012   R4     UT1      Gameshow and variety
1033   R2     UT1      Olympic football
1317   R1     m1       Basketball
1318   E2     IRIB2    logo trc
Around 1010 I managed to see some syncs on R5, the signal was over S9 but under local FM radio.
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11/8/08
1653   E4     NRK1     OM being interviewed in countryside  **MS PING**
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12/8/08
0358   E4     NRK1     16:9 and logo visible trc, olympics.  **MS PING**
Numerous pings were seen on E4, almost all from Bremanger in JP21.
1049   E2     TVE1     Basketball
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13/8/08
0531   IA     RAI Uno  YL to cam   **MS PING**
1336   R2     Moldova1 Olympic boxing
1408   E4     HRT1     OM being interviewed
1726   R1     BT1      Sports px/news
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14/8/08
1042   R2     UT1      Olympics
1050   R1     1+1      Colgate advert
1055   R5     UNID     five carriers heard
1058   R2     L1       Wrestling
1111   R2/3   UT1      Olympic fencing
1135   R1     Nova     adverts
1139   R4     1+1      adverts. Kamianske, Ukraine TX
1204   E4     HRT1     general px
1222   R1     BT1      swimming
1249   IB     Rai Uno  9P offset, unknown TX
1252   IA     TLA      OM presenter
1433   E4     MTB      Olympics
1555   E2/3   RTP1     Cycling
1623   E2     TVE1     vox pops

STLs
1204   56.02   UNID    Not Italian language. TV audio?
1318   55.94   R. Elle PI:5057 _R?ELLE_
1323   60.40   RSE     PI:5021
1328   51.00   R. Gelle Express
1329   50.77   UNID
1332   53.00   Jonica Radio (voice ID)
1353   59.92   ?       PI:1113  R.CA?INA
1413   50.75           Latemeile (voice ID)

An interesting catch on 47.262 25Khz FM with CTCSS, sounded like a return feed for an Italian OB, consisted of music with gaps and one instance of possibly an engineer speaking.
http://www.ukdx.org.uk/tv/47262_140808.mp3
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15/8/08
1102   IA     RAI Uno  Angela Lansbury
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18/8/08
1023   E4    RUV      Olympics
1132   E4    HRT1     V strong signal
1133   E2    TVE1     Olympics
1134   E3    RTP1     Beach OB
1134   R2    Mol1     Boxing
1140   R1    m1       Olympics
1141   IA    RAI Uno  TG1 News
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20/8/08
1024   E2   TVE1      Water polo
1025   E3   RTP1      adverts
1315   E4   TV7       Athletics
1335   IA   RAI Uno   lidl advert but severe interference from E2 audio.
1419   E4   HRT1      shipping or marine programe
1420   E3   e21       Shopping
1501   E4   ORF1      wrestling
1507   R1   m1        OM at lecturn
1516   E3   ORF1      logo trc
1542   R1   Nova      US sitcom
1549   R1   1+1       GSdog and subtitles, childrens px?
1555   R2   1+1       logo seen trc

STLs
1412   60.28    PI:522F  _CUORE__
1418   61.20    PI:5365  R.P.ZERO

Along with these two new STLs I received a number of previously unlogged offsets on IA including a tentative RAI Uno on 53.775.
RP Zero is only available in the north of the country around Venice and Trieste etc.
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21/8/08
1108   IA   RAI Uno  Angela Lansbury
1354   E3   RTP1     adverts
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22/8/08
1043   E4   TV7      Olympic judo or taekwondo
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29/8/08
During the Es yesterday morning I logged what I'm certain is Denmark on E3 and I think a new country for me due to the short skip, about 490 miles from here. No audio but it was on the unmistakable low offset, unfortunately due to the letterboxing I couldn't see an on screen logo to confirm it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnjBDqugDng

A couple of times in the last year I've been confused with what I
thought was Macedonia TV on a 1p E4 offset, there's no question about it
now as this grab shows. This youtube has the video carrier on the audio track, the 8500 is tuned to 62.251MHz  Question is, does this mean there are two TXs for MTB on E4, I've only ever seen 8P Pelister listed? I wonder if this is a low power relay, it only ever appears just before HRT on E4 and is usually much weaker than the Croatians?

I recorded this on R1 49.750.0, initially I thought it was Belarus by the logo but then there are a couple of mentions of Pervyy Kanal that has confused me. I guess this translates to first channel so quite generic, could it be Belarus after all?
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19/9/08
1630    E2    TVE1    Tennis
1655    E4    TVE1    scanner level S1 *tropo*
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21/9/08

1330    E4    HRT1    Drama
1400    IA    RAI Uno OM singing

A surprisingly long Es opening today, I first detected signals on IA around 1230z while doing some maintenance on my remote rx. When I got home around 1330 HRT was strong on E4 with CCI from the 1p MTB and later on RAI appeared on a 7P IA which I had previously logged as unidentified. Signals on IA were very stable around S7 and lasted for over 3 hours before fading out.
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13/10/08
A surprise open this evening with high MUF towards Italy for a short time.

1718    IA    RAI Uno   Quizshow
1719    IB    RAI Uno   Quizshow
1720    IA    TLA       Tarot, presenter name in white text tlc.
1752    IC-   TLc       Cartoon pop video
1802    IA    RAI Uno   TG1 News

I also heard the Spanish carrier on E2, just about video level but shack QRM prevented me seeing anything.
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