Skegness Log: 30-05-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
105.3 2200  D  NDR Info, Schwerin (mev) Jingle and OM ID  739km
105.6 2243  D  delta radio, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Noise free. ID between pops  626km
104.1 2246  D  delta radio, Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs) YL info, as 105.6  694km
103.3 2249  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Radio play, as 105.3  626km
103.0 2252 DNK R.24/7, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Danish OM  YL, as web  715km
101.4 2253  D  R.SH, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Pops, as web  626km
101.9 2253  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs) Radio play, as others  694km
101.3 2254  D  Antenne MV, Schwerin (mev) YL over music, as web. No trace of WDR4 !!  739km
100.2 2255  D  R.SH, Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs) Pops, ID  694km
 98.6 2256  D  NDR Info, Steinkimmen (nds) V weak OM, as web  543km
 98.5 2257  D  NDR 2, Schwerin (mev) NDR2 und WDR2 ID  739km
 97.8 2258  D  NDR 1 Welle Nord, Bungsberg/NDR-Mast (shs) Soft pops, as web  694km
 95.3 2300  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Schwerin (mev) OM news, as web  739km
 93.2 2302  D  NDR 2, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Presumed. Night service. Beaming 70°  627km
 90.3 2305  D  NDR 90,3, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) NDR ID. Night service.   650km
 89.2 2306  D  NDR Kultur, Schwerin (mev) Classical, as web  739km
 89.6 2306  D  NDR 1 Welle Nord, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Pops, as web  627km
 89.0 2310 DNK DR P2, Sønder Højrup/Sdr. Højrupvejen 21 (sdk-fyn) Classical & OM, as web  700km
107.3 2326  D  Ostseewelle, Schwerin (mev) Pops, as web  739km
105.9 2327  D  delta radio, Kiel/Fernsehturm (shs) Pops, as 105.6  656km
105.1 2328  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Rosengarten-Langenrehm (nds) YL news, as web  634km
104.2 2329  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Visselhövede (nds) YL, as 105.7  620km
104.8 2334  D  Ostseewelle, Marlow (mev) Disco mix, as 107.3  813km
100.8 2336  D  Antenne MV, Marlow (mev) V weak club music, as web  813km **
102.9 2338  D  R.SH, Kaltenkirchen (shs) Pops, as web  647km
103.6 2340  D  Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web  650km
103.8 2341  D  R.SH, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) Pops, as web  599km
106.8 2343  D  alster radio 106!8, Hamburg-Rahlstedt (ham) V weak pops, as web  656km
107.0 2344  D  NDR 2, Röbel (mev) Pops, as web  807km
 98.5 2350  D  NDR 2, Schwerin (mev) Pops, as web  739km
 98.8 2351  D  NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Classical, as web  525km
 99.2 2351  D  NDR Kultur, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Classical, as 98.8  650km
107.4 2357  D  delta radio, Kaltenkirchen (shs) OM, as web  647km
 87.6 2359  D  NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web  650km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

A weak tropo into northern Germany with only Steinkimmen at RDS levels. No tropo in the direction of Denmark or Norway apart from the usual scatter to Rangstrup and Bjerkreim.

I briefly observed a spell of tropo around late afternoon where parts of Holland were enhanced to 41dB - the strongest tropo experienced so far at the new QTH! Pity I wasn't able to listen at the time.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification

Aerial:
Körner 9.2, 5.5 metres above the ground. QTH is 3 metres above sea level

Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.