Skegness Log: 10-01-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 89.9 0208 AUT Ö2 - Radio Wien, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) AC0C ____DIO*  1247km **
 89.9 0401  G  BBC Radio 2, Wenvoe or Black Hill BBC News **
 92.1 0729  D  Bayern 1, Brotjacklriegel (bay) Jingle ID. Thanks Konrad DX for help.  1021km **

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 97.5 1736 HRV HRT-HR 2, Otocac/Stipanov Gric (gs) C202 ____HR_2  1439km
 87.7 1738 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C201 __HR____  1456km

Band 2 Scatter:
102.8 1354  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM, as 102.7  456km
103.3 1354  D  Funkhaus Europa, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) Noise free stereo  505km
 97.8 1358 HOL Radio 2, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) ID and ads  323km
 98.2 1358 HOL Radio 4, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Fair peaks  366km
 96.3 1359 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Ads  366km
 97.6 1359 HOL Radio Decibel, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Fair, with ads  313km
 94.5 1401 HOL Radio 4, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Peaking over Peterborough  443km
 92.0 1403  D  WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) OM news, as web  494km
 89.6 1405 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) Nice peaks, almost noise free  295km
 89.6 1405  F  RDL-Radio Dallas Loisirs, Saint-Omer/Racquinghem (62) Blues song, fighting
               with VBRO  306km
 89.0 1406 BEL VRT MNM, Schoten (vlg-ant) Almost noise free  354km
100.0 1409  D  WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Fair on peak  494km
103.1 1429 BEL Q-Music, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Fair peaks. Noise free stereo  376km
 91.6 1710  D  SWR3, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Robbie Williams, as web  591km

** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode

Three modes of propagation today!

The Es opening was tricky since signals were mostly too low for RDS. There weren't a lot of stations, however the MUF reached at least 97.5. It might have been much higher, but I was chasing what seemed to be enhanced meteor scatter for several minutes before I reallised these were in fact Es.

Only the FM3 was able to get RDS and noise free signals. The 9.2 was subject to 20dB of noise until the late evening and I could barely hear the Es.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator
Triax FM3 (Meteor Scatter)