Observations by POL FM DXer

[Emel_PL]

Hi everyone,

My name is Maciek (Emel), I'm a long time FM-DXer and blogger from Poland.
Came here to share the results of my scans when I was in London in 2015.

But before that - on couple occasions throughout the years I was able to receive some of London pirates via Sporadic-E (ionospheric propagation) here in Poland, close to Warsaw.
I uploaded a complilation with the most interesting picks. Some of which are still up, some are gone - check yourself, and I hope you enjoy.

[Roobru]

Awesome mate. You picked up some of those stations better than I did when I was living 20 miles North of London

[Emel_PL]

Thanks, I was lucky to be around when the peak of the propagation did occur.

Guys, any ideas about the unids here?
I think DJ's name in one case may be a hint (I might have noted 90,8 frequency by a mistake, it does not sound like Lightning)

And 100,7 has to be from outside of London, ofc.

[Nick_G]

Hi Maciek. Good to see another FM DXer on here

The second recording of 90.8 is almost certainly Lightning. The jingle says "Simple Simon live in the mix". Doing a Google search brought up https://myspace.com/lightningfm908/musi ... re-8242552 which is the same DJ as in your clip.

I can't help with the other UNIDs.

I hope you hear some more pirates this season. It'll get going any day now.

[famefm]

One of them might have been bashment 875 that was on 875 between about 2006 ti 2010 ?

[Emel_PL]

Thank you for all comments.

Now on to the main dish:)
When going for a trip to London in 2015 I was excited to be able to receive some of the pirates.
I lived in Walthamstow, near the tube/rail station and every evening almost all stations from TransmissionZero list were up! I was amazed
Here is the compilation of my recordings (had my laptop).



Tuner: Sony XDR-F1HD, antenna: 1/2wave dipole "rabbit ears" (2-telescopes, balanced).

[zoostorm]

I suspect some of those Asian stations in your DX video are actually Ramadan RSL's.

[Emel_PL]

Hi guys, long time ho hear, because there was nothing to report.
Until two days ago. In a flood of typical UK/IRL stations we tracked a bunch of pirates. The area was quite widespread since both London and Cork were in with their respective pirates.
My picks were not as numerous as those of my friend's Konrad. And yes, I'm writing it for pure bragging purposes, but there are some unids, which I hope you will be able to solve. Here is Konrad's report from Skywaves forum.

by Konrad » 15 Jul 2020 20:08
I logged several pirate stations via Es in central Poland last Monday.

87.5 POWER 87 (Cork):
87.8 TRUE FM (Cork):
90.2 Point Blank FM (London):
87.5 LIVE FM UK (London):
87.7 WESTWLTS (C695, unid location):

I also heard blank carrier on 87.5, 87.6, 87.8 and music on 88.4 & 88.6 (both mono, so presumably pirate stations).

I was listening to TRUE FM 87,8 in the car when I was driving back home. When I arrived, the signal was already peaking at over 40+ dBf on my 2×9-el setup with instant RDS. I guess it's 100 W or more power.

Cheers!

[thewisepranker]

88.4 is Vision Radio UK www.visionradiouk.com

[teckniqs]

Ok so it might not have been a pirate but it was sure a good catch for a 25w ERP station running from Bradford upon Avon.

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=2519

"coverage extends across most of Bradford-on-Avon itself and as far south as Trowbridge." ....And Poland.