Skegness Log: 31-11-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 92.5 1641 BEL RTBF La Première, Bruxelles/Bureau TAE Evere (bru) ID and ads. 600 watts!
               377km **
 88.5 1652 BEL BRF 1, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Aretha Franklin song, as web  459km
101.7 1700 BEL Bel RTL, Oignies-en-Thiérache/Rue d'Olloy (wal-nam) ID and news  457km
107.2 1709 BEL Vibration FM, Bruxelles/Mont-Saint-Lambert (bru) Interesting dance beats, as web
               381km
105.2 1719 BEL Radio Victoria, Halle (vlg-vbr) OM and pops. Weak in mush but clearly as web.
               Ads for Halle area. ID  381km **
104.7 1724 BEL Radio Contact (Wallonie), Oignies-en-Thiérache/Rue d'Olloy (wal-nam) Phone caller
               with beats behind, as web. Fair but noisy in continental soup!  457km
103.6 1726 BEL Bel RTL, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Phone caller, as 104.0. 31dB and soupy  459km
102.9 1727 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) 6508 NOSTALGIE. 38dB  354km
 97.4 1732 HOL Radio 8FM, Den Bosch/Aristoteleslaan (nbr) Jingle ID and news  376km **
 89.8 1755 HOL Amor FM, Den Haag/Alticom Toren (zho) Promos and ID  296km
107.6 1806 BEL Mixx FM, Charleroi/Hôpital Espace Santé (wal-hnt) OM and YL cheerful discussion
               with laughter, etc. as web  416km **
107.5 1810 BEL Fun Radio, Namur or Arlon. Female phone caller, as web **
103.8 2152  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Barsinghausen (nds) Fair signal. As 105.7  620km
103.5 2154  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) OMs, as web  707km
102.6 2156  D  NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) D382  606km
101.4 2158  D  Radio SAW, Brocken (san) ID and announcements  712km
101.9 2158  D  Radio ffn, Barsinghausen (nds) Jingle ID  620km
103.4 2205  D  Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) As 102.3  525km
104.3 2206  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Jingle ID  477km
103.7 2211  D  NDR Info, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) OM talk, as web  504km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

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, horizontal, etc.