Skegness Log: 20-12-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 89.9 0346 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Ješted (LI) 232E  1038km **
 91.7 0348  E  Radio Euskadi, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E302  1130km
 88.1 0418  F  France Inter, Multi-tx YL, as 91.3 Marseille **
 90.5 0446 CZE CRo Hradec Králové, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) 280A R-HK  1091km
 90.5 0517  D  NDR 1 Radio MV, Helpterberg (mev) D371  881km
 99.1 0914 NOR NRK Petre, Melhus/Vassfjellet Vassfjellvegen (st) F203 N  1265km **
100.2 0914 NOR Radio Norge, Reinsfjell (mr) Norwegian pops, as 101.1  1174km
100.6 0914 NOR Radio Norge, Lønahorgi (ho) Norwegian pops, as 101.1  916km
101.1 0914 NOR Radio Norge, Melhus/Vassfjellet Vassfjellvegen (st) F21A  1265km **
102.0 0914 NOR Radio Norge, Førde (sf) Norwegian pops, as 101.1  979km **
102.4 0914 NOR Radio Norge, Kopparen/Vallersund (st) Norwegian pops, as 101.1  1302km **
101.3 0921  S  SR P4, Borlänge/Teracoms mast Idkerberget (da) E224  1204km
 99.0 0938  S  SR P3, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) E203  1031km **
 99.9 0938  S  SR P3, Finnveden (Gislaved)/Bredaryd Skyttebo TM (jo) OM and YL, as 99.0  961km
103.6 0938  S  SR P4, Kisa (Kinda)/TM (og) Very likely Kisa. E224 SR_P1  1095km **

** Personal 'First'

Following a full wipe of my hard drive and a fresh re-installation of Windows 7/64 I had hoped my computer problems had gone away. Not a chance! All the annoying quirks I had hoped to get rid of are still present. In fact things are worse as I have a virus called Vosteran. Don't ask me how this got on my computer as I have been extremely careful not to install software from the wrong sites, so Firefox, Chrome, ets. all came from the correct location and I did not click on an advert. In fact nothing at all was amiss when I was going through the installation processes. No dodgy toolbars. Yet my browsers have been hijacked and things are just not working well at all.

I still have the same sound card problems. Bandicam will not see my soundcard no matter what I do, so no DX recordings are possible at the moment - only silent video.

I have installed and tried all the main free antivirus packages, excluding Norton, and none of them see this virus. So there is no point in me doing a System Restore or further wipe/re-installation as the problem will only recur. I know the virus exists on other drives where I have important files, so my hands are tied for now. This is a great pity as the re-installation of Windows 7.64 went so smoothly i had to pick myself up off the floor several times.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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Receiver:
Elad FDM-S2

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.

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