Skegness Log: 23-08-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.9 0409  F  France Inter, Pic du Midi (65) F201  1136km
 92.8 0419  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) E615  1287km
 90.6 0509  F  France Inter, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) Presumed with French
               song, as 87.9  675km **

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 91.8 1033 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Norwegian OM talk and pops,
               as web. Noise free  703km
 91.1 1035 NOR NRK Petre, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) Pops, as 91.8  745km
 93.5 1036 NOR NRK P1, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) Norwegian YL, as web  745km
 94.2 1036 NOR NRK P1, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Nowegian YL and OM, as 93.5  703km
 95.0 1037 NOR NRK Petre, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) Petre ID  696km
 97.0 1038 NOR NRK Petre, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) Rap, as 95.0  734km
 97.3 1039 NOR NRK P2, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) Norwegian YL, as web  745km
 97.6 1042 NOR NRK P1, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) F201  696km
 98.7 1043 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) F202  703km
100.1 1043 NOR Radio Norge, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) Pops, as web  734km
101.0 1044 NOR Radio Norge, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Pops and OM, as 100.1  703km
102.0 1046 NOR Radio Norge, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) ID and pops  696km
102.8 1047 NOR P4 Radio Hele Norge, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) Toto song, as web  745km
103.7 1053  G  BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) Gaelic OM and YL, as web  430km
104.2 1053  G  BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Meldrum (SC-ABS) C316 ____Gael  501km
106.8 1055  G  Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) Aberdeen ads, as web  461km
103.1 1105  G  Yorkshire Coast Radio, Whitby/Stainsacre (EN-NYK) Whitby advert, as 102.4  159km

** Personal 'First'

Good DX!

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