Skegness Log: 14-10-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
102.1 2339  D  BB Radio, Casekow (brb) Phone in, as web 923km **
102.1 2346 AUT FM4, Bregenz or Bruck. India song, as web **

Band 2 General Scatter:
 90.2 1046  D  NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Classical music, later ID. 25dB noise free
               477km
 92.1 1245  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) V weak pops, as web  707km
 94.6 1242  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) ID and Queen song. Almost noise free
               on fluttery peaks  712km
 97.2 1616 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) V weak pops, as web  617km
 97.6 1255 HOL Radio Decibel, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 86F0 DECIBEL_. Still
               blasting through in these dismal conditions  313km
101.7 1612  D  Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Phone caller, jingle ID and pops  628km
102.1 2333  D  RPR 1., Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Troposcatter? Second steady fade-in in 30
               minutes. YL on phone, as web  550km
103.1 1611  D  Radio ffn, Aurich (nds) Jingle ID and Ultravox song. Almost noise free  478km
105.7 1128  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) D388  543km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

I had to lower the 9.2 mast on Monday due to high winds. I suspect this may stay lowered for the forseeable future now, unless some exceptional tropo comes along in which case I will pop it up again. I am pleased to say that scatter doesn't seem to have suffered one bit. In fact, in some ways, the scatter has benefited from less opposition from English stations as they are a good 6-8dB, perhaps more, lower in strength. The scatter is still arriving via the sky and so isn't being affected. Even though it has been lowered, the 9.2 is still a couple of metres above the roof.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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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.