Skegness Log: 09-05-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.7 0241  E  RAC 1, Barcelona/Collserola (CAT-B) E251  1312km
 87.9 0241  E  portadora / carrier, Collsuspina (CAT-B) Presumed. Test tone, as 92.5  1268km
 92.5 0241  E  CCMA (pitido y partidos), Barcelona/Collserola (CAT-B) Presumed.
               Test tone, as 87.9  1312km **
 93.7 0345  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso
               (GAL-C) E815  1316km **
 95.8 0345  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Culleredo/Monte Xalo (GAL-C) OM, as 93.7  1277km **
 98.1 0345  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C)
               E212 RN______  1316km **
 94.2 0430  F  France Musique, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F203 __SI____  1149km
 96.7 0451  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Zamora/El Viso (CAL-ZA) E212 ____CLAS  1374km **
 97.7 0451  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Montánchez (EXT-CC) Classical, as 96.7  1626km **
 98.5 0451  E  RNE Radio 3, Zamora/El Viso (CAL-ZA) E213  1374km
 95.4 0452  E  RNE Radio 3, El Cabaco/Peña de Francia (CAL-SA) Pops, as 98.5  1488km
101.7 0523  E  RNE Radio Nacional, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) E211 RN______  1287km **
105.0 0523 POR Terra Nova FM, Ilhavo (avo) 807A  1551km **
103.5 0543  E  Gaztea, Jaizkibel (PVA-SS) E303 ____EA__  1102km **
103.9 0543  F  Sud Radio, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) F650 SU__RADIO  1104km **
104.6 0543 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A213   1080km
105.1 0543  F  RTL, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) F211  1104km
103.6 0550  F  France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F405  1149km
105.1 0556  F  France Info, Perpignan/Pic de Neulos (66) F206  1202km

** Personal 'First' via this mode

Missing my DX fix so I tried for meteor scatter overnight with the antenna horizontal and beamed at approximately 210 degrees (south-south-west).

Recording:
105.0 Terra Nova FM, Ilhavo (1 kW) 0523 09-05-15 (1551 km)
https://youtu.be/y2GWy5C_s4w

Good DX!

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