Skegness Log: 28-08-13 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 87.8 1147  I  Ritmo 80, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 5A72 RITMO_80. Unattended  1796km
 87.7 1148  I  Radio Radicale, Monopoli/Contrada Impalata (ba) 5210 ___O____. Unattended  1865km
 87.7 1224  I  Radio Venere, Lecce or Specchia 5B4A R-VENERE. Specchia with this PI?. Unattended
 87.7 1319  E  Europa FM, Alcalá de Henares (MAD-M) E5ED __ROPA__. Unattended  1439km
 87.6 1331  E  COPE, Three sites E2CA __COPE__. Unattended. AFs: 88.6, 91.6, 101.1, 103.6 (Filler)
 87.7 1341 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) 8201. Unattended  1770km
 87.8 1404  F  Radio Star, Orange/le Vieux Télégraphe (84) F440. Unattended  1064km
 87.7 1406  F  Rire Et Chansons, Nice or Cannes F226 _RIRE__
 87.7 1406  F  Le Mouv', Bordeaux/Bouliac (33) F208 LE_MOUV. Unattended  928km **
 87.7 1426  F  France Culture, La Mûre/Château Vieux (38) F202
               __UL__RE. Presumably La Mure with AFs of: 99.0,
               99.1, 87.7, 88.5, 89.2, 90.1, 102.5 (Filler),
               95.0, 96.7, 90.5, 92.7  1005km **
 87.6 1640 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm) 8236 SHUMEN__  2220km

Band 2 Tropospheric:
107.1 0007  F  Rire et Chansons, Abbeville/Huchenneville (80) kool and The Gang, as web  359km
 95.4 0726  F  RTL, Fécamp/les Plantis (76) French pop song, as web  377km **
107.9 0812  G  Jack 2, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Two bars and noise free  193km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Seems I missed a good Es opening today. :O( By coincidence I heard the Es just starting as I was about to switch off the radio and go into town. There was no way I could delay my visit so I had to miss the opening. I left RDS Spy running instead and auto-logged a few stations.

Not only was there sporadic E today but I also caught the tail end of the overnight tropo which fizzled out around 09:00 but not before leaving me with another new site in Fécamp.

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