June 23 2024

Tropo
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
89.30 0837 G BBC Radio 2, Holme Moss (EN-WYK) 529km
91.50 0837 G BBC Radio 3, Holme Moss (EN-WYK) 529km
98.90 0840 G BBC Radio 1, Holme Moss (EN-WYK) 529km
107.80 0847 D Antenne AC, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) 110km
91.30 0857 D SR 2 Kulturradio, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) 246km

Es – Sporadic E
MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
87.70 1231 POR RTP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) PI logged: 8201 PS logged: ANTENA_1 1724km
87.60 1411 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou/Djebel Sidi Okba (3) PI logged: 2403 PS logged: R.LAGHT_ 1889km
89.50 1418 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Scicli/Contrada Guardiola (rg) ID 1766km
87.80 1419 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Spilinga/Monte Poro (C) (vv) Presumed location PI logged: 5225 PS logged: KISSKISS 1633km
91.50 1419 I Radio FM Music, Tramonti/Monte Sant’Angelo (sa) PI logged: 5497 1376km
87.50 1421 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) PI logged: 5220 PS logged: R_ITALIA 1354km
93.50 1421 I Virgin Radio, Vico Equense/Monte Faito (na) PI logged: 5241 PS logged: VIRGIN 1372km
95.40 1421 I Radio Zeta, Tramonti/Monte Sant’Angelo (sa) PI logged: 5299 1376km
89.20 1422 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Belvedere Marittimo/Contrada Santo Ianni (cs) Presumed location – ID 1532km
89.60 1422 I Radio Deejay, Castellammare di Stabia/Monte Faito-Via Cresta (na) PI logged: 5214 1372km
91.60 1422 I RMC – Radio Monte Carlo, Vico Equense/Monte Faito (na) PI logged: 5213 PS logged: RMC_ 1372km
95.30 1424 I RAI Radio1, Santo Stefano in Aspromonte/Gambarie (RAI) (rc) Presumed location PI logged: 5201 PS logged: *Radio1_ 1672km
89.60 1428 I Radio Margherita, Santa Sofia d’Epiro/Località Zarella (cs) Presumed location PI logged: 5242 PS logged: MARGHRTA 1556km
91.50 1429 I RDS, Reggio di Calabria/Collina di Pentimele (rc) PI logged: 5264 1669km
91.90 1430 I RAI Radio2, Cesarò/Monte Soro (RAI) (me) Presumed location PI logged: 5202 PS logged: *Radio2_ 1651km
92.60 1431 I R101, Siracusa/Viale Zecchino, 176-Torre Zeta (sr) PI logged: 5215 PS logged: R101 1758km
93.00 1431 I Radio Cuore (Gruppo RMB), Melilli/Contrada San Giorgio (sr) PI logged: 522F PS logged: CUORE_ 1744km
95.30 1432 I Radio 24, Lappano/Timparello (Contrada Chiano) (cs) PI logged: 5245 1580km
96.30 1433 I Radio Mater-inBlu, Motta San Giovanni/Frazione Patarriti (rc) PI logged: 5158 PS logged: R.MATER 1680km
96.80 1434 I RDS, Lappano/Contrada Carrera (cs) Presumed location PI logged: 5264 1581km
100.30 1436 I Antenna Febea-inBlu, Reggio Calabria/Campicello di Patarriti (rc) PI logged: 5FAB 1680km
100.30 1437 I Radio 105, Carlentini/Contrada Bonvicino (sr) PI logged: 5211 PS logged: __105 1721km
105.10 1439 I RMC – Radio Monte Carlo, Scilla/Frazione Melia-Monte Scrisi (rc) PI logged: 5213 1661km
105.30 1443 I RDS, Gaeta/Monte Orlando (lt) PI logged: 5264 PS logged: RDS_ 1283km
106.50 1447 I Radio Maria, Reggio di Calabria/Fortino di Pentimele (rc) Presumed location PI logged: 51CC PS logged: R.MARIA_ 1669km
107.80 1449 I Radio Radicale, Vico Equense/Monte Faito (na) PI logged: 5210 1372km
94.70 1450 I Radio Sportiva, Castellabate/Località Castelsandra (sa) Presumed location PI logged: 5244 1434km
95.20 1450 I Radiofreccia, Vico Equense/Monte Faito-Via Cresta (na) PI logged: 5293 PS logged: FRECCIA_ 1372km
99.20 1450 I Kiss Kiss Napoli, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) PI logged: 5475 1354km
94.10 1451 I RAI Radio1, Viggianello/Monte Gaido (RAI) (pz) Presumed location PI logged: 5201 1506km
97.40 1451 I Radio Spazio Blu, Gaeta/Monte Orlando (lt) PI logged: 54C2 1283km
97.90 1451 I RTL 102.5, Tramonti/Monte Sant’Angelo (sa) PI logged: 5218 1376km
99.70 1451 I Radio 105, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) PI logged: 5211 1354km
91.00 1452 I RAI GR Parlamento, Vico Equense/Monte Faito (na) PI logged: 5206 1373km
92.50 1452 I RAI Radio3, Celico/Monte Scuro (RAI) (cs) ID 1584km
93.70 1452 I Virgin Radio, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) // 93.5 1354km
93.90 1453 I Radio Club 91, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) PI logged: 5471 1354km
90.20 1454 I Radio Maria, Ercolano/Via Eremo Vesuvio (na) // stream 1354km
94.50 1454 I Dimensione Suono Roma, Settefrati/Col Torre (fr) PI logged: 5E65 1250km
96.40 1454 I Radio Margherita, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) PI logged: 5242 1354km
89.90 1456 I Radio Maria, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) Presumed location PI logged: 51CC PS logged: R.MARIA_ 1599km
90.00 1457 I Radio Maria, Conversano/Via Michele Panaro, 34 (ba) Presumed location PI logged: 51CC PS logged: R.MARIA_ 1466km
95.10 1459 I RAI IsoRadio, Vibo Valentia/Via Giovan Battista Romei (RAI) (vv) PI logged: 5209 PS logged: ISORADIO RAI_95.1 1634km
97.10 1501 I Radio 105, Jacurso/Monte Contessa (cz) ID PI logged: 5211 PS logged: 105. 1632km
97.30 1501 I Radio Subasio, Altavilla Silentina/Località Piano delle Rose (sa) PI logged: 53FD 1414km
98.90 1502 I R101, Stella Cilento/Monte Stella (A) (sa) PI logged: 5215 1439km
98.70 1503 I Radio Deejay, Diamante/Contrada Felicetto (cs) PI logged: 5214 PS logged: DEEJAY 1525km
99.00 1503 I Radio Deejay, Pescara/Strada Vicinale Masseria Farina (pe) ID PI logged: 5214 1196km
93.50 1506 I RAI Radio3, Motta Montecorvino/Monte Sambuco (RAI) (fg) Presumed location PI logged: 5203 1318km
94.60 1511 I RAI Radio1, Spinazzola/Monte Caccia (RAI) (bt) PI logged: 5201 PS logged: *Radio1_ 1418km
88.90 1513 I Radio Deejay, San Giovanni Rotondo/Monte Celano (fg) PI logged: 5214 1329km
89.30 1513 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Terlizzi/Località Cardellina (ba) Presumed location PI logged: 5225 1423km
91.60 1513 I Radio Maria, Terlizzi/Località Cardellina (ba) PI logged: 51CC 1423km
92.30 1513 I Radio Maria, San Nicandro Garganico/Chiesa di San Giuseppe (fg) 1313km
93.60 1513 I RDS, Terlizzi/Località Cardellina (ba) Presumed location PI logged: 5264 1423km
94.10 1514 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Bari/Strada vicinale San Giorgio Martire (ba) PI logged: 5225 PS logged: KISSKISS 1440km
94.20 1514 I RDS, Molfetta/Strada provinciale Terlizzi-Molfetta, km 1 (ba) Presumed location PI logged: 5264 1420km
89.40 1515 I Radio Radicale, Martina Franca/Contrada Trasconi (ta) PI logged: 5210 PS logged: RADICALE 1497km
89.60 1515 I Radio Italia Anni 60 (Puglia-Basilicata), Putignano/Monte Serio-Strada comunale Monte Serio (ba) PI logged: 52DD 1481km
90.90 1515 I Radio 24, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) PI logged: 5245 PS logged: RADIO_24 1415km
90.10 1516 I Radio Deejay, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) PI logged: 5214 1511km
92.90 1516 I Love FM, Bari/Piazza Aldo Moro, 8-Grand Hotel Leon d’Oro (ba) PI logged: 52E5 PS logged: LOVE_FM_ 1440km
93.90 1516 I Radio Maria, Alcamo/Monte Bonifato (tp) 1588km
90.70 1517 I RAI Radio1, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI=Salento Turrisi) (le) PI logged: 5201 PS logged: *Radio1_ 1599km
93.10 1517 I RAI Radio3, Martina Franca/Masseria Fragneto (RAI) (ta) PI logged: 5203 1502km
93.80 1517 I Radio Maria, Bitritto/Località Parco Nuovo (ba) Presumed location PI logged: 51CC PS logged: R.MARIA_ 1444km
96.30 1517 I Radio Enny Sound, Bari/Strada Santa Teresa (ba) PI logged: 5007 PS logged: ENNYSOUN 1445km
88.90 1518 I Radio Maria, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) Presumed location PI logged: 51CC 1511km
91.10 1518 I RAI Radio2, Martina Franca/Masseria Fragneto (RAI) (ta) PI logged: 5202 1502km
95.40 1518 I Radio Mater-inBlu, Bari/Strada Santa Teresa (ba) PI logged: 5158 PS logged: R.MATER 1445km
96.00 1518 I Radio Deejay, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) PI logged: 5214 PS logged: music 1599km
87.50 1519 I Radio PeterPan, Lecce/Via Cicolella, 3-Confcommercio (le) ID PI logged: 525E 1575km
94.50 1519 I RDS, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) PI logged: 5264 PS logged: _RDS_ 1599km
95.00 1519 I Radio Mater-inBlu, Mesagne (br) PI logged: 5158 PS logged: R.MATER 1535km
95.50 1519 I RAI Radio2, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (RAI=Salento Turrisi) (le) PI logged: 5202 1599km
87.50 1520 I Radio Radicale, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) PI logged: 5210 PS logged: RADICALE 1511km
92.50 1521 I Radio Maria, Otranto/Via Martano sn (le) Presumed location PI logged: 51CC PS logged: R.MARIA 1607km
94.40 1521 I Radio Antenna Sud, Brindisi/Strada provinciale Formosa (br) PI logged: 5060 1541km
91.40 1522 I Ciccio Riccio, Ostuni/Contrada Campanile (B) (br) PI logged: 528D 1509km
93.40 1522 I Radio Margherita, Brindisi/Via Dalmazia, 37 (br) PI logged: 5242 1538km
94.30 1522 I Radiofreccia, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) PI logged: 5293 1511km
95.20 1522 I Radio Italia Anni 60 (Puglia-Basilicata), Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) PI logged: 52DD PS logged: R.ITALIA 1599km
95.30 1525 I Radio Deejay, Rossano/Contrada Aria dei Santi (cs) PI logged: 5214 1571km
88.30 1529 I Radio Margherita, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) PI logged: 5242 PS logged: MARGHRTA 1599km
89.40 1529 I Kiss Kiss Italia, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) PI logged: 531F PS logged: KKITALIA 1599km
89.70 1529 I Radio PeterPan, Alessano/Contrada Lapiddi-Strada comunale Monte Ciancio (le) PI logged: 525E PS logged: PeterPan 1621km
91.90 1529 I RMC – Radio Monte Carlo, Parabita/Contrada Terrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) PI logged: 5213 1599km
92.20 1529 I Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Casarano/Contrada Monaci (le) Presumed location PI logged: 5220 PS logged: R_ITALIA 1603km
87.70 1530 I Radio Venere (Puglia), Alessano/Contrada Lapiddi-Strada comunale Monte Ciancio (le) Presumed location PI logged: 524A 1621km
87.80 1530 I Virgin Radio, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) PI logged: 5241 PS logged: VIRGIN 1415km
88.20 1530 I Radio 24, Bari/Strada Santa Teresa (ba) PI logged: 5245 PS logged: RADIO_24 1445km
92.40 1530 I RDS, Monopoli/Via Accademia filosofica ebraica (ba) PI logged: 5264 1477km
92.60 1530 I Mondoradio Tutti Frutti, Alessano/Frazione Montesardo-Via Castello, 8 (le) PI logged: 5097 PS logged: MONDO 1625km
88.40 1531 I RAI Radio1, Erice/Piana delle Forche (RAI) (tp) PI logged: 5201 PS logged: *Radio1 1568km
93.00 1534 ALB Radio Klan, Fier/Likovun (fie) PI logged: 9218 PS logged: KLAN 1618km
92.00 1720 I Radio Maria, Lecce/Via Cicolella, 3-Confcommercio (le) Presumed location PI logged: 51CC PS logged: R.MARIA_ 1575km
98.10 1838 I RAI Radio3, Vico Equense/Monte Faito (RAI) (na) 1374km

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June 22 2024 – Körner 15.11 fixed

Performance of my sturdy Körner 15.11 has degraded steadily and a few weeks back, at the start of the es season I noticed it became tough to tune in to a semi-local like WDR 4 from Aachen on 93.9 MHz.
No RDS and often just noise and no signal at all. What a bummer during a great es opening!

Today the mast was lowered and the Körner inspected. The connection box with the coax balun and the coax lead to the main coax down cable was opened up and it was full of crud.

Körner connection box filled with crud.
Körner connection box filled with crud.

It was quickly cleaned. All the connections and solderings were still perfect. All connections inside the box are covered with resin making it impossible to disconnect the coax balun or the coax lead and replace them.
Unfortunately the coax from the box (about 50 cm) to the main coax had a problem: the braided shield was blacked by some moisture issues.

Blackened braided shielding
Blackened braided shielding
f-connector from Körner to main coax
f-connector from Körner to main coax

The Körner connection box was sealed with a few tiny bolds and some sealing kit.
Shortening the coax lead, replacing the old f-connectors with sealed RG6 F-coaxial compression connectors to the main coax and replacing the main coax with brand new bedea TELASS100B/100 coax was needed.

RG6 F-coaxial compression connector
RG6 F-coaxial compression connector
F compression connector kit
F compression connector kit
bedea TELASS100B/100
bedea TELASS100B/100


There was still some blackened shielding, but it had to be left the way it was.
The TELASS100B/100 has great specs!

The results were spectacular. WDR 4 on 93.9 from Aachen was back in full strength. Local Germans like 100.4 Radio Salue and 107.8 Radio AC popped up.
The fix and the shorter Körner coax with the blackened shielding were still working nicely.

June 20 2024

MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km
190.64 7B 0559 D hr Radio, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) 277km
190.64 7B 0559 D hr Radio, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) 267km
190.64 7B 0600 D hr Radio, Hohe Wurzel (hes) 261km
202.93 9A 0600 D PTT Ensemble, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) 110km
204.64 9B 0605 D Antenne DE, Siegen Süd (nrw) 233km
208.06 9D 0605 D Mein NRW DAB+, Ebbegebirge Herscheid (nrw) 214km

Tests on 9A from Aachen/Stolberg

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June 16 2024

MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
66.20 0910 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Gomel/RTPS (ul. Pushkina, 6) (GO) // stream 1808km
66.32 0911 BLR BR Pershy Kanal/OIRT, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) // stream 1475km
66.98 0913 BLR BR Gomel FM/OIRT, Gomel/RTPS (ul. Pushkina, 6) (GO) // stream 1808km
67.10 0913 BLR BR Kanal Kultura/OIRT, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) // stream 1475km
67.22 0914 BLR BR Pershy Kanal/OIRT, Smetanichi/RTPS (GO) // stream 1641km
67.34 0914 BLR BR Kanal Kultura/OIRT, Slonim/RTPS Novaja Strazha (HR) // stream 1433km
67.37 0915 BLR BR Pershy Kanal/OIRT, Bragin/RTPS (GO) // stream 1765km
67.76 0916 BLR BR Pershy Kanal/OIRT, Gomel/RTPS (ul. Pushkina, 6) (GO) // stream 1808km
67.88 0917 BLR BR Radio Stalitsa/OIRT, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) // stream 1475km
68.00 0918 BLR BR Kanal Kultura/OIRT, Smetanichi/RTPS (GO) // stream 1641km
68.12 0918 BLR BR Radio Grodno/OIRT, Slonim/RTPS Novaja Strazha (HR) // stream 1433km
68.27 0919 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin’, Kholmy/CHFKRRT (CH) // stream 1921km
69.08 0920 BLR BR Radio Brest/OIRT, Pinsk/RTPS Posenichi (BR) // stream 1475km

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June 13 2024

MHz UTC ITU Program + Location Details Remarks km
91.50 0951 I RDS, Reggio di Calabria/Collina di Pentimele (rc) PI logged: 5264 PS logged: RDS_ 1669km
97.70 0957 TUN RTT Radio Jeunes, Tataounie/Brourmet (tat) PI logged: 7001 2061km
87.80 1013 I Virgin Radio, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) PI logged: 5241 PS logged: VIRGIN 1415km
87.80 1022 I Radio Kiss Kiss, Spilinga/Monte Poro (C) (vv) PI logged: 5225 PS logged: KISSKISS 1633km
87.80 1054 I Radio Maria, Roseto Capo Spulico/Contrada Commaroso-Monte Titolo (cs) Tent. location PI logged: 51CC PS logged: R.MARIA_ 1529km
87.50 1100 I Radio Radicale, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) PI logged: 5210 PS logged: RADIO_*_ RADICALE 1511km
101.80 1122 I RDS, Capannori/Monte Serra (F) (lu) Tent. location PI logged: 5264 PS logged: *RDS*_ 917km
87.60 1150 I RAI Radio1, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo Costarelle (RAI) (rm) Presumed location PI logged: 5201 PS logged: *Radio1_ 1195km
89.70 1218 RUS Vesti FM, Naro-Fominsk/Zosimova Pustyn (MO) // stream 2173km

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The Körner 15.11 is performing poorly these last few weeks. The coax box seems hard to open up.

Körner 15.11 coax connection box

June 9 2024

MHz Block UTC ITU Ensemble + Location Details Remarks km
218.64 11B 0529 BEL HAINAUT MCL, Charleroi/Université du Travail (wal-hnt) 67km
222.06 11D 0531 D Radio fuer NRW, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) 110km Over local BXL-BW 1!
222.06 11D 0532 D Radio fuer NRW, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) 170km Over local BXL-BW 1!
190.64 7B 0536 D hr Radio, Rimberg (hes) 333km
190.64 7B 0537 D hr Radio, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) 277km
190.64 7B 0537 D hr Radio, Hohe Wurzel (hes) 261km
197.65 8B 0543 D NI OSNABRCK K8B, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) 275km
188.93 7A 0551 F Valenciennes, Maubeuge/rue de Grévaux (59) 99km
222.06 11D 0613 D Radio fuer NRW, Ederkopf (nrw) 245km Over local BXL-BW 1!

11D Radio fuer NRW

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