Category Archives: Perseus

Tropo in Carcassonne

A bit of tropo in Carcassonne afternoon of 02 October 2013 . Duct was very narrowly focused to the SE across the Med to Sardinia. Video shows how RAI Radio 2 95.3 MHz from Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara was sounding (and looking) on the Perseus FM+ with Triax FM5 at 125 degrees.

All the stations logged yesterday afternoon can be seen at http://www.fmlist.org/fm_logmap.php?datum=2013-10-02&omid=3154
The Catalan stations are in virtually all the time wheras the Sardinians were tropo enhancement. Interesting to see the Catalan path just to east of where Pyrenees really start and to the west of the Alberes range.,

Tropo Again in London

Another tropo lift has been under way since yesterday.  The video shows the Perseus FM+ in action with my Triax FM7. You can hear stations from France/Belgium/Germany and Luxembourg as well as UK nationals. The poor RDS performance of the FM+ is clear and the spurs on 87.4 and 87.5 are disgraceful. The only saving grace of the FM+ is its ability to record 1.6 MHz of spectrum.

 

Excellent MF Conditions Overnight

Some excellent MF conditions overnight – it’s been a pretty good start to the TA MF season here in London  though the last 3-4 days have been nothing special. However this morning at 0500 we had WCKY Cincinatti dominant on 1530 kHz which is normally occupied by semi-local Euros here.  Here’s how the ID sounded in London:

On 1650 we had KYHN out of Fort Smith Arkansas. I had noted it earlier this month but not so loud as it was this morning:

Equipment here is the Perseus SDR (software defined radio) and a 8x4m Flag antenna. The Perseus has transformed MF dxing with its ability (with 3rd party tools) to do unattended wide-band recording. No serious MF dxer woudl be without his Perseus! The Flag antenna is perfect for small gardens and you would not believe the difference over using a long wire. I’ll say more about the Flag in another post.