Band i
Band 1 DX Log May 2008
 
Another year already! A much quieter and later start than last season, lets hope it isn't a sign of things to come.
 
For last years final log please click here.
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13/5/08
1154 IA  TG1  News
1210 IA  TLA  OM selling watches
1213 E2- TLA  Spur of IA?
1216 IB  RAI  Uno Celebrity interviews on red carpet.
1317 L4  C+   Encrypted video
1321 E2- TL   Carrier that was Tele Libera last year
1328 R2  LTV  Lithuania, people diving with sharks.
1349 E3  e21  "024 513 612" Ph. number on screen
1538 E2  UNID 0 offset carrier and ID TRC
1545 R1  Nova US drama
1555 R2  UNID 5P carrier, OM getting in a vehicle, circular logo BRC
1610 R1  1+1  8M, Very unstable carrier. Lviv? Logo TRC.
1619 R1  m1   YL talking to cam. Nagykanizsa

Things I missed were Syria on 0 offset E3, it never quite made it strong enough to get over Belgium and e21. I got a mobile alert that Iran was at video level on 8M E2 but after a quick dash home found it had faded down to S3.

Also seen and heard today was an unusual Rai Uno, the carrier was badly distorted, looking and sounding like these!

Italian Transmitter Feeds

1226 56.00 PI:20FE Telesia FM voice ID
1247 52.60 PI:5099 R._RADAR Radio Radar, Bologna
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14/5/08

1159 R2 LTV(L1) Lithuania. Mickey Mouse cartoon
1208 R3 UNID    video offset is 77.263.0
1220 R3 UT1     Ukraine. OM on bed. possibly drama or soap.
1248 R1 LTV7    Latvia. Basketball

1148 67.76 Radio Expres
1150 66.98 BR1
1156 68.39 BR2
1202 67.58 Radio Mayak
1204 70.31 BR2
1214 66.00 BR Mahiliou
1215 68.84 Radio Mayak
1217 69.08 UNID
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19/5/08
1508   E2   TVE   OM talking to cam
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20/5/08
0731   R2   BT   general px logo TLC
0742   R2   TVM  Moldova url on screen
0754   R2   LTV  Michaela Strachen wildlife px.

Conditions were more interesting early on with 2x Es on R1 at 0540, Moscow was very strong for a time as were a number of -8 and 0 offset signals yet the MUF only just reached R2 video, neither TV audio or OIRT were heard all morning. Later on weak signals were seen from RAI Uno on IA but nothing strong enough to log.
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23/5/08
1033    R2    RTR     weak vid
1114    R1    BT      Formula1 news
1502    IA    RAI Uno TG News
1524    E2-   TLA     Clear video, logo BRC same as IA
1529    IA    RAI Uno Monte Caccia? 53.750.000
1538    R2    UT1     Soldiers and other military figures.
1557    E2    IRIB2   caption for Azan
1640    E4    HRT1    Drama or Film
1715    IC    RTSH    Mount Dajt, Albania. Suited OM at desk.
1728    E4    unid    62.259.89  Macedonia?
1754    IA    RAI Uno Gameshow

Every time the E4 unid is at video strength there's always something
stronger at the same time.
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24/5/08
1105    E4    HRT1     subtitled px
1106    R2    RTL Klub drama with circular logo brc
1110    E2    RTP1     YLs dancing in studio
1124    E2    TVE1     fisherman on trawler
1143    IA    TLA      on screen phone numbers and OM behind desk.
1145    E3    RTP1     Spitting Image type px
1246    E3    e21      848 150 160 number on screen, street interviews
1507    R4    BT       Children looking to cam
1513    R5    unid     carrier heard 0 offset
1521    R2    LTV      1 logo trc
1531    R3    BT       // with R4
1532    R1    Nova     Drama px
1535    E2    NRK      Road cycling
1547    E3    NRK      Road cycling  // with E2
1551    IB    RAI Uno  History px
1555    E2    RAI Uno  // with IA Unidentified site.
1607    IC-   TLc      pop video
1610    IC    unid     0 offset carrier not RTSH
1740    L2    Canal+   Gameshow in clear
1803    L4    Canal+   video captions
1933    IB    RAI Uno  Football match 8P offset?
2242    E4    RUV      Euro 2008 advert with audio, still in at 0100.

Thanks to Fabrizio on FMDX Italy for identifying the e21 transmitter site as M. Giarolo, Piemonte.

The IC unid is a new one for me, could this be another northern Italy TX?

Italian STLs
1157    56.0  PI:20FE   dynPS TALELI__
1158    55.0  unid
1727    61.3  unid      Identified as Radio Galileo, Terni, Umbria.
1736    56.8            Radio Studio X, web shows 1548khz C-QUAM stereo.
1737    52.6  PI:5099   R._RADAR
1758    54.36           R. Azzura Italia Network
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25/5/08
0609    R1     1+1    YL and OM in studio
0625    R1     LTV2   Lotto in Latvia
0625    R2     Mol1   Eurovision px
0632    R1     Nova   Drama
0655    R2     1+1    BMW advert
0702    IA/E2- TLA    Shopping
1036    R2/R3  RUTV   B/W film
1038    R2     UT1    3B logo blc
1135    R5     unid   Strong 8P carrier
1136    R4     BT1    Clear full screen logo
1242    E4     RUV    Adverts after Michael Palin px
1258    R3     RUTV   Film
1301    E2/E3  NRK    Cycling
1519    IA     TLA    Pictures of different Popes
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26/5/08
0913    E3    TVE     Unmodulated video and audio carriers
0930    IA    RAI Uno TG1 News
0954    E3    RTP1    Adverts
1122    E4    TVE1    Gameshow // E2
1123    E3    RTP1    Magazine show // E2
1158    IB    RAI Uno Adverts


Italian STLs
1219    52.55MHz      Nuova Rete  voice ID
1230    54.37MHz      Radio Rain  //webstream
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27/5/08
1047    E2     TVE     Mondial
1058    R2     ETV     External shots of buildings
1100    R3     UT1     Countryside scenes
1106    E3     RTP1    Calgonite advert
1151    E4     TV7     Azan, Arabic text bar along bottom of screen
1152    IA     RAI Uno TG News (RAI was still in at 1500)
1527    E4/IB  unid    Not RAI Uno   62.261.3MHz
1546    R2     L1      Lithuania. Little House on the Prairie
1605    R3     LTV1    Latvia logo trc
1608    E4     HRT1    Weakest Link px
1609    E4     MTB     Macedonia News
1613    E2     NRK1    Children's px
1630    E3     ORTAS   Brief glimpse of womans face
1651    R1     m1      Studio discussion px, additional logo tlc
1702    IA     TLA     Jewellery shopping
1728    E3     JTV     Jordan. News  // with web
1753    IB     RAI Uno Gameshow, very high offset
1758    E2/3/4 NRK     All three channels strong NRK
1818    E3     unid    see text
1822    R2     RTL K   Sunbathers on beach.
2058    E4     RUV     YL to cam, CCI from both sites.
2100    E3     RUV     // E4

An excellent day of interesting and unusual signals with a few mysteries thrown in too. MTB Macedonia on E4, this one cropped up last year with some confusion due to the offset being on 8P and not the listed 1P. Yesterday it was definitely on 1P, 62.251.4MHz and at video level for over two hours, the logo remains the same and not exactly like those available online, just a shame it never quite becomes strong enough to open the IF width right out and grab a nice image. I've put some recordings of it on youtube including the news credits and a Macedonian song and video, audio switches from carriers to sound channel about one minute in. Not sure where that leaves the 8P signal that a few of us saw last year?

The E4/IB station was new, I've logged a RAI Uno up there and saw it this evening but this signal was a different frequency and wasn't parallel to RAI on IA.

The E3 signal is another unid and new one to me. MUF was high towards GRC and CYP on B2 and this signal suddenly rose out of the noise on 55.236 before fading back down, nothing was ID'd on video due to severe CCI from Jordan but I did capture the audio. On this clip you can hear me centre it on 60.73 in narrow FM, I'd really appreciate an ID on the language   It's been pointed out that the px could have been subtitled so this won't be a positive fix on a country but either way it's a new signal. The carrier had 50Hz sidebands and I checked up 15.625K in case of strong horizontal line interference. The only signal that used to be listed down on 10M was ORF from Birkfeld but of course they are now all closed.
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29/5/08
0646    E4    TV7     weak video but logo spotted trc
1906    A2    unid    525 line CCI and Spanish audio

The first Central American/Caribbean opening I've seen this year, although the TV was happy to lock on 525 resolution no clear images were seen but I did record about a minute of Spanish audio. A number of other carriers were noted up to A4.
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30/5/08
1011    E2    NRK1    Full screen logo and into cookery programme.
1018    E3    NRK1    // with E2
1019    E4    RUV     Iceland, caption on screen.
1227    A2    unid    North American but only carrier level.
1443    E4    HRT1    Studio discussion. Unstable signal & rapid fading.
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31/5/08
1130    IB    unid   'new' 5P carrier seen.
1139    IA    RAI Uno TG1 news.
1206    IA    TLA     Shopping
1802    E2    NRK1    Basketball
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