Skegness Log: 24-10-14 (FM)

Band 2 Scatter:
 89.2 1132 HOL Freez FM, Zwolle/Novec Mast (ove) Jingle ID. Sudden peak out of nowhere while
               horizontal  398km
 89.4 1134 HOL Radio Oost, Hengelo/Novec mast (Hazenweg) (ove) IN horizontal again. Scatter.
               Pops, as web  445km
 89.6 1142 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) Ditch version of pop song, as web. Sudden noise
               free peak in horozontal  295km
 89.6 1143 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Another Dutch peak while in
               horizontal. OM, as 91.3  407km

Surprising what gets through then the antenna is horizontal sometimes. It's definitely a quirk of propagation. Perhaps true troposcatter as it's just a single fade-in / fade-out and not at all fluttery as with aircraft scatter.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
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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.