Skegness Log: 21-08-15 (FM)

Band 2 Scatter / Tropospheric:
 96.4 1221  G  96.4 The Eagle, Guildford/Hog's Back (EN-SUR) YL presenter and
               Eagle Radio ID, mixing Free Radio and Heart Bury  223km
 94.0 1239 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mount Leinster (CW) Fiddle music, as web  480km
105.9 1241  G  Sunshine Radio, Woofferton (EN-SHP) Fears For Tears song, as web  225km
105.9 1243  G  City Talk, Liverpool/Allerton Park (EN-MER) Apologies, as web  215km
103.5 1322  G  BBC Radio Wiltshire, Newton Barrow (EN-WLT) BBC Wiltshire ID  271km
107.0 1323  G  Heart, Redruth (EN-CNW) Pops and ID  504km
105.1 1324  G  Heart, Caradon Hill (EN-CNW) Candi Staton song, as 107.0  440km
 97.1 1346  G  Metro Radio, Burnhope (EN-DUR) Ads and old skool house track, as web  229km
 93.5 1827 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Kippure (WW) Irish music, as 94.0  444km
 91.8 1828 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Promo for Comedy with 2FM  480km
103.2 1831  G  Sunrise Radio (Yorkshire), Bradford/Idle (EN-WYK) Asian ads for
               Bradford area  157km
107.6 1838  G  Banbury Sound, Banbury/Farthinghoe (EN-NHA) Nothing but pure
               gold - Banbury Sound ID  162km
 95.4 2120  G  BBC Radio Wales, Wrexham-Rhos (WA-WRE) BBC Wales programme, as web  225km
106.8 2128  G  Jack FM, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Jack FM promo. Playing what
               they want!   193km
107.9 2130  G  Jack FM 2, Oxford/Boars Hill (EN-OXF) Jack 2 ID. Slightly lower
               in level to Jack 106.8  193km
104.8 2226  G  BBC Sussex, Burton Down (EN-WSU) Paul Miller phone-in. Almost
               noise free  258km
 96.1 2255  G  BBC Solent 96.1, Rowridge (EN-IOW) C814  299km

Looking for tropo ... just scatter observed during the early afternoon. A small tropo enhancement to the south-west occurred around the early evening, improving slightly towards the end of the evening, when southern and south-eastern England became enhanced. Holland and Belgium joined in after about 22:30. Signals mostly quite weak.

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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.

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.