Skegness Log: 27-08-13 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 88.0 0651  F  Horizon, Béthune-Lens/Bouvigny-Boyeffles CV11 (62) YL natter, as web  344km
 88.2 0652  F  Radio Classique, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) OM on phone, as web  339km
 89.2 0654  F  RTL 2, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) Pops, as web  339km
 92.0 0654  F  Virgin Radio, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) Pops, as web  339km
 96.0 0656  F  RFM, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroeul (59) Pops, as 97.2  339km
 93.0 0701 HOL Radio 10 (AVR), Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Jingle ID after ads  323km
102.9 2315  F  Nostalgie, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) Jingle ID  334km
104.8 2321  F  Europe 1, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Discussion, as web  384km **
 92.1 2322  F  RTL, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Boz Scaggs song, as web  384km **
 92.8 2323  F  NRJ, Béthune/Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen (62) ID in ads  341km
 98.4 2330  F  RMC, Dunkerque/le Banc Vert (59) OM and YL, as web  275km
101.6 2336  F  RFM, Cambrai/Mont Blanc (59) Murray Head, as web  384km **
101.7 2337  F  Banquise FM, Isbergues/Molinghem (62) Hard club music, as web  318km
106.6 2339  F  Radio Campus Lille, Lille/Cité Scientifique (59) Rap song, as web  342km
106.7 2340  F  Fun Radio, Hesdin/le Quesnoy-en-Artois (62) Phone in, as web  334km
 88.3 2345 BEL Q-Music, Oostvleteren/Elzendamme (vlg-wvl) Q is good for you jingle  295km
 89.9 2350  F  RFM, Douai/LAM (59) Jingle ID and pops  363km **
 91.5 2359  F  Virgin Radio, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Pops, as web  285km

Unidentified:
104.7 2318 BEL City Music, Unlisted site. Jingle ID and pops. Three bars **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Some good signals from nearby continentals. At last, Cambrai and Douai logged here for the first time. Could never understand why these two never made it before considering their location.

Good DX!

John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager

Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator

Software:
RDS Spy v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com