Band i
Band 1 DX Log May 2009
 
For last months final log please click here.
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15/5/09
1205    E2    NRK1   News px

Also had LTV7 Latvia on R1 but although it just made it into video it was too weak to make out any px detail.
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16/5/09
1424    E2-   TLA     Telesales of watches
1424    IA    TLA     Telesales of watches
1425    IB    RAI Uno Studio px with YL
1501    IA    RAI Uno TG1 News

TLA on E2-  The video carrier is 47.150.1xx MHz and has audio 5.5MHz HF that is low level and suffering quite a bit of video buzz. It was in parallel with TLA on IA.

Feeders (STLs)

1442   56.00MHz    PI:20FE    TELESIA_   Radio Telesia
1447   55.00MHz    PI:505A    29NI029_   Jonica radio
1532   52.55MHz    PI:5E75    __NUOVA_   Nuova Rete from Sora

A good start to the STL log this year, Jonica is using a new PI changed from 5396 logged last year and Nuova Rete is a new PI listing, previously I only had a voice ID.
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17/5/09
1542    IC-   TLc      weak video. Mt Vesuvius.
1556    R2    1+1      subtitled film
1557    E4    HRT1     underwater wildlife film
1558    IC    RTSH     Albania, carrier only
1600    R2    Mold1    Moldova. Adverts into News
1604    R2    RTL Klub Film? OMs in a car in country.

The off channel carrier of TLc is on roughly the same frequency as last year, certainly with 500Hz.
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18/5/09

0619    R3    UT1     Childrens px.
0632    R5    unid    carriers on 0 offset.
0652    R1    RUTV    BECTи News
0722    R3    LTV1    Adverts
0814    E4    DR1     Cookery px.

High MUF this morning and very early on with carriers detected on R5 at 0730 localtime. Signals on R1 were strong enough to override the baby alarm QRM but the surprise was DR1 Denmark on E4. No ID was seen but it has the unmistakable low carrier frequency. The cookery programme matches the listing as well. The signal was weak and no decent stills were obtained although I did manage to get some very weak video from it.
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19/5/09
1445   E4   HRT1    Interview outside
1543   E2   IRIB2   OMs on screen then Azan and children px.
1618   E4   MTB1    Pelister, Macedonia. Pop song on stage.
1715   IA   RAI Uno YL in studio

Another image of IRIB2 with a different logo BRC
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20/5/09
1121   R2   L1      Vilnius, Talent show.
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21/5/09

1745   E2-  TLA     Italy. Unknown site. Shopping px in colour.
1755   IA   RAI Uno 0 offset, general px.

The black and white image was as strong as it got this evening, S7 on the Icom but no sign of TLA or any other Monte Faito signal. The IA signal is assumed to be Monte Caccia.
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22/5/09
2010   E2   RTP1   political studio discussion
2011   E3   RTP1   // with E2
2015   E2   TVE1   video CCI to RTP1

My first good opening to the south this year with the MUF reaching at least E3 audio. Signals suffered heavy fading and lots of multipath distortion.
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24/5/09
1535   RTP1    E2/3   Eurovision rerun
1616   unid    E4     Af video, noisy carrier 300Hz wide on 2M offset
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25/5/09

What a day of Es! This isn't the full log, just those I wrote down at the time. For most of the day the same signals have been fading in and out including Iran and Dubai on E2, both were near video level for 304 hours this afternoon. I recorded nearly 10 'new' unid video carriers mainly on the Italian channels and also have a tentative logging of ORF on E3 as well as a probably ORF on E4.

This is a very large and poor quality MPG of what looks to be ORF on E3, thanks to a tip from Mathias on UKW I suspect it is the 100W Birkfeld relay. 

A few minutes later a carrier was seen on E4 62.240.41 with sidebands, could this be ORF1 Neumarkt-Kulmer Alpe up from last years offset of 240.17? Unfortunately on E3 the audio was from Jordan and no audio was heard on E4.

0630   E2   TLA     adverts
0903   41.109MHz    distorted audio from HF b/c 2nd harmonic
1159   R3   Mol1    Straseni, very unstable, YL singing on stage
1214   R3   UT1
1232   R2   Mol1    Choir on stage, logo TRC + digital clock BRC
1233   R2   UT1     Speech by President?
1311   R1   1+1     Subtitled film, very unstable carrier.
1531   E3   JRTV    CCI with Syria, ID'd by audio // with webstream
1537   E3   e21     Shopping network Italy. Onscreen phone number.
1539   R2   RTL K   Gerry Springer style discussion px.
1540   R1   M1      News?
1541   IB   RAI Uno YL with others on stage.
1610   52.6MHz      PI:PI:5099 PS: R._RADAR
1622   E4   HRT1    Weakest Link
1642   E2/3 RTP1    Band on stage
1649   E2   IRIB2   OM talking to cam with logos tlc and trc
1651   E3   ORF     tent.  55.236.91
1654   E4   *unid*  62.240.412 ORF1 Neumarkt-Kulmer Alpe?
1704   R2   UT1     OM in studio talking to cam
1707   E2   NRK1    News with graphics. Greipstad.
1725   E4   RUV     Iceland. Signing then px info.
1858   E2   RAI Uno Adverts
2130   E2   RTP1    OM being interviewed in studio.
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26/5/09

0803   47/IA TLA    Italy. music video
0830   IA   RAI Uno Magazine show, Very strong stable signal.
0835   E4   TV7     Ramada Tunisia. Trailer for football
0856   E2   TVE1    Adverts

Also seen this morning around 0900 was an African video tent. Cameroon that peaked at S2 underneath the Spanish signal.
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28/5/09
1650   E2   RTP1    Band playing live outside.
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29/5/09

1318   IA   RAI Uno Monte Camarata, Sicily. Magazine/chat show.
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30/5/09

1030   E2   RTP     YL dancing
1232   A2   unid    tent. Cuban by audio.
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31/5/09

0833   E3   e21     *MS*     OM talking to camera
0834   IA   RAI Uno OM in discussion programme
1252   E4   MTB1    Pelister. Church service and religious programme
1324   E4   HRT1   'Vijesti' (news)
1338   IC   RTSH    carrier only but with distinctive 548Hz sidebands
1347   IA   Rai Uno 53.237.6xx MHz!
1436   E3   JRTV    Arabic film, 2 layers of scrolling text at bottom
1634   E2   RTP1    OM interviewing people on beach, then live music
1708   E3   RTP1    // with E2

The signals from both Macedonia and Jordan were the strongest I've ever seen peaking 9+10dB at times for upto 30 minutes.
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