Skegness Log: 10-09-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 89.6 2259  G  Tru Flavas, London pirate 1037 T_FLAVAS and loads of scrolling PS **
 92.2 2255  G  Metro Love Radio, London pirate 0900 metro___ love____ *MLR*___ www.____
               metro___ love___ .com____
 92.4 2254  G  USD FM, London pirate Jazzy soulful stuff, asweb
 95.6 1045 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) OM, as web  480km
 96.4 2236  G  96.4 The Eagle, Guildford/Hog's Back (EN-SUR) Eagle Radio jingle and ads  223km
100.3 1051 IRL Nova 100, Three Rock Mountain (D) Country song, as web  437km **
102.7 1213 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Clermont Carn (LH) Thanks to BBC Leeds being on a fade.
               Gaelic, as 94.0  450km **
104.6 2239  G  BBC Surrey, Guildford/Hog's Back (EN-SUR) BBC South programme  223km
104.8 1101 IRL iRadio, Slieve Glah (CN) Twangy guitar song, as web  511km **
105.6 2247  G  Playback UK, London pirate Drum and treble, as web **
105.7 0658  G  Ipswich Community Radio, Ipswich/Suffolk College (EN-SFK) Talking about food
               allergies, as web  134km
105.8 0702 BEL Radio Kompas, Koekelare (Ichtegem/Vinkensveldstraat) (vlg-wvl) Newsreader over long
               drone, as web  295km
105.8 0704  G  Absolute Radio, London/Crystal Palace (EN-GTL) Riding over Capital  194km **
106.0 1058 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Three Rock Mountain (D) OM, as 107.4  437km
106.8 2243  G  Jack FM, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Jacktivities promo "on Jack Oxfordshire"  193km

** Personal Skegness 'First'


The unstable tropo continues.

Another nice lift to Ireland during the late morning and to the London area during the late evening, but it's a strange tropo this time. Signals are good for a short time, then they dip right back and stay at low level for most of the time. RDS has been a struggle too, requiring more signal than usual. In the same way we've had a teasing E season this year, this has been a teasing tropo.


A few videos:
 89 6 Tru Flavas, London Pirate 2300 10-09-14
 91 8 Live FM UK, London Pirate 2306 10-09-14
 95 6 South East Radio, Mount Leinster 1046 10-09-14
 96 4 Eagle Radio, Guildford 2236 10-09-14
102 5 Galaxy, London Pirate 2303 10-09-14
104 8 iRadio, Slieve Glah 1135 10-09-14


Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
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Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.

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