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Saturday 7 March 2015

Skegness Log: 07-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 89.9 0234 HNG Dankó Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B206 D  1649km **
 96.5 0347 DNK DR P4, København-Gladsaxe/Isbanevej 4 (hvs) 9602  836km
 97.3 0415 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 __T-HR__  1500km
 97.5 0447 AUT Ö1, Linz 1/Lichtenberg (obe) A201  1111km
103.0 0516 HRV HRT Radio Zadar, Celevac (zd) C31B R-ZA____  1499km
 99.5 0532 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) 232F  1281km
100.9 0532 SVK Europa 2, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) 534F  1459km
102.0 0532 CZE CRo Dvojka, Brno/Kojál (JM) 232E R-DVOJKA  1219km
103.0 0532 CZE Radio Krokodýl, Brno/Hády (JM) 20A2 __KO____  1217km
103.2 0532 CZE CRo Dvojka, Votice/Mezivrata (ST) 232E ______KA  1069km
103.5 0532 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Žilina/Krížava (ZA) 5201  1363km
104.0 0532 SVK Fun Rádio, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5340 FUNRADIO  1392km
104.1 0532 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) EE00 RR__TU__  
               1677km
104.3 0532 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) 5202 __DI____  1459km
104.5 0532 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2205 F1_104,5  1219km
104.7 0532 CZE Rádio Blaník, Plzen/Radec (PL) 233C  993km **
105.0 0532 CZE Frekvence 1, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) 2205 F1_105,0  1281km
105.1 0532 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B202  1649km **

Band 2 Tropospheric:
105.3 0926  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL, as web  732km
102.6 0929  D  NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Ads, as web  606km
101.2 0930  D  Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Bremen ads  565km
101.4 0930  D  Radio SAW, Brocken (san) Whispered ID jingle  712km
 98.0 0931  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) NDR Eins 
               Niedersachsen ID  707km
 97.8 0932  D  NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) OM ID, not // 98.0  477km
 97.4 0933  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) 
               D6A4 __R4_K__  560km
 95.4 0936  D  SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) OM, as web, mixing UNID German  592km
 96.8 1000  F  France Inter, Reims/TDF Hautvillers (51) Briefly over 
               Ijsselstein  516km
 99.0 1004 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Kim Wilde song, as per 
               their new web player  370km
 99.6 1005  D  hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) YL speech, ID  612km
104.9 1006  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Pops, as 105.7  478km
105.9 1007  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) ID and 
               Aerosmith song  525km
107.4 1008  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) OM ID (Noise free)  
               508km
 87.6 1018 HOL Omroep Brabant, Mierlo/Torenweg-Alticom (nbr) Fears For Tears 
               song, as web  406km
 88.9 1020 HOL RTV NH, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) OM talk, as web  320km
 91.5 1022 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Eys/Alticom Toren (lim) OM, as 95.4  462km
 91.8 1023 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) YL phone caller, 
               as web  313km
 87.8 1028  F  Radio Courtoisie, Cherbourg-Octeville/Bélier (50) French OM and 
               YL, as web  415km
 93.0 1032  F  France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F205 BLEU-BZH  
               604km
 92.9 1037  F  France Musique, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) OM and YL, as 88.7  
               474km
 89.8 1040  F  France Musique, Abbeville/Limeux (80) OM and YL, as 88.7  364km
 92.2 1102 HOL Omrop Fryslân Radio, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) 8411 OMROP___ 
               FRYSLAN_ 92.2_FM_  365km
104.9 1106 HOL Radio Purmerend, Purmerend/Mast Centrum (nho) Pops and jingle 
               with OM ID  320km
105.6 1108 HOL RTV SLOGO, Ouddorp/Hofdijksweg (zho) OM commentary, as web  
               287km **
107.0 1111  G  Heart, Redruth (EN-CNW) Heart jingle. Virtually RDS level  504km
102.8 1114  G  Pirate FM 102, Redruth (EN-CNW) Promo for "Neil and Tina's 
               Thousand Pound Minute on Pirate FM"  504km
107.1 1128 HOL Radio Enkhuizen, Enkhuizen/Gerard Brandtweg (nho) Rod Stewart and 
               Bryan Adams track, as web  335km
104.7 1140 HOL Radio Continu, Leeuwarden/Avéro-Residentie (fri) Jingle, rock 
               song, as web  365km
 90.8 1143 HOL Radio Drenthe, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) YL and OM phone caller, 
               as web  407km

** Personal 'First'

Meteor activity was low, considering I was beaming east/horizontal, usually the most favourable direction. Some new frequencies were noted from regular transmitters.

Tropo took hold at last, bringing in a few of the more regular tropo stations. Nice to see that Randstad FM 99.0 now has a web stream, so easy // checks can be made. More usually, RPV/RCV from Lille are the continentals heard on 99.0 when vertical.

The tropo peaked during the late morning as distances decreased, bringing in a few Dutch locals at the top of the band. All stations heard were identified. After this, conditions tried to peak to the south-west with Cornish stations trying. The Brest transmitter in Brittany was also on the increase but conditions soon fizzled around midday. Will it pick up later?

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receiver:
Elad FDM-S2
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod.

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.

Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

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