Skegness Log: 14-04-15 (FM)

Band 2 Scatter:
106.3 0839  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) German song, as web  592km
 94.3 0842  F  Skyrock, Lille/Mons-en-Barœul 1 (59) Scatter. Leaping out of the noise
               while 9.2 is horizontal. Almost noise free  338km
 97.2 0845 HOL NPO Radio 2, Eys/Alticom Toren (lim) Scatter. Suddenly out of the noise,
               almost noise free with 9.2 horizontal. As 92.6  462km
 97.3 0846  D  WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Noise free scatter. Classical, as 97.0  420km
 93.2 1130 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Ads and jingle ID  365km
 97.5 1136 HOL Radio Noord, Groningen/Gideonweg (DVB-T Mast) (gro) Pops clearly heard,
               as web on Schoten fades  419km
 97.7 1910  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Scattering up with pops, as web  593km
 89.0 1912  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) 90s style dance beats, as web  712km
 89.2 1912  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Kool  The Gang. NDR 2 verkehrsservice.
               Noise free scatter peak  525km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
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Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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.