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Saturday 24 October 2015

Skegness Log: 24-10-15 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 92.0 0259  D  Radio PSR, Auerbach/Schöneck (sac) Full toh ID  881km
 88.0 0300  D  BR Klassik, Gelbelsee (bay) Bayerischer Rundfunk ID and gong.   905km **
 88.4 0300  D  Bayern 2, Pfaffenberg (bay) YL ID  712km
 91.1 0300  D  SWR2, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert from BRF  835km
 91.8 0300  D  SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert  813km
 92.2 0300  D  SWR3, Stuttgart-Degerloch (bwü) SWR3 overnight service  789km
 92.6 0300  D  SWR2, Blauen (bwü) ARD Nachtkonzert  793km
 92.8 0300  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk ID  904km
 92.9 0300  D  UNID, SWR1, Langenbrand or Mühlacker SWR1 ID
 93.8 0400  D  SWR2, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) SWR2 ID  586km
 94.3 0400  D  SWR3, Raichberg (bwü) SWR3 ID  PI logged: D3A3 813km
 94.8 0400 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) ORF Radio Salzburg ID. 
               Noise free  1080km
 95.3 0400  D  YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes)   PI logged: D366 712km
 95.8 0400  D  Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay)   PI logged: D313 942km
 95.8 0400  D  WDR 5, Ederkopf (nrw) Full ID on the hour  592km
 96.5 0400  D  SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) SWR3 ID  786km
 96.8 0400  D  Bayern 1, Hoher Bogen (bay) Bayern Eins ID  975km
 97.3 0400  F  France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) Vocal ID  709km
 97.5 0400  D  MDR Info, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) MDR Info ID  768km
 97.8 0400  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) SWR Eins Baden 
               Württemberg ID  717km
 98.1 0400  D  SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) SWR3 ID  835km
 98.6 0400  D  WDR 5, Olsberg (nrw) WDR Funf ID  592km
 98.8 0400  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) SWR Eins Baden Württemberg ID  786km
 99.0 0400 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) OE3 ID  1080km
 99.1 0400  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp)  D3A1 SWR1_R?_ 656km
 88.4 0500  D  MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) MDR Figaro ID  843km
 89.1 0500 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Radio Zurnal ID on the hour  947km
 89.8 0500  D  MDR JUMP, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) Full ID on the hour  904km
 90.0 0500  D  SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Full ID on the hour  593km
 90.4 0500  D  MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Full ID on the hour  843km **
 90.7 0500  D  Bayern 1, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D311  942km
 91.5 0500  D  MDR JUMP, Brocken (san)   PI logged: D3C2 PS logged: MDR_JUMP 712km
 91.6 0500  D  Bayern 2, Hoher Bogen (bay) Full ID on the hour  975km
 92.1 0500  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds)   PI logged: D382 PS logged: _NDR_2__ 707km
 93.8 0600  D  SWR3, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Full ID on the hour  799km
 94.2 0600  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Full ID on the hour  793km
 94.8 0600  D  Bayern 1, Bamberg/Geisberg (bay) Full ID on the hour  826km **
 95.0 0600  D  hr-info, Rimberg (hes) Full ID on the hour  678km
 95.2 0600  D  MDR Figaro, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Full ID on the hour  793km
 95.9 0600  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbiet (rlp) Full ID on the hour  685km
 96.0 0600  D  Bayern 2, Ochsenkopf (bay)   PI logged: D312 865km
 96.3 0600  D  Bayern 3, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Full ID on the hour  732km
 96.7 0600  D  hr2, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Full ID on the hour. Clobbering semi-local 
               KLFM  647km
 87.6 0700  D  BR Klassik, Dillberg (bay) Full ID on the hour  878km
 92.0 0700  D  SWR2, Donnersberg (rlp) Full ID on the hour  656km
 94.7 0800  D  Bayern 3, Hoher Bogen (bay) Full ID on the hour  975km
 96.9 0800  D  MDR JUMP, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Still dominating Viking FM  793km
 98.5 0800  D  Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) Full ID on the hour  1024km
 98.7 0800  D  AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) D04E AFNEAGLE  
               D04E AFNEAGLE 647km
 90.3 1006  F  France Musique, Sarrebourg/le Donon (57) OM, as 88.7  704km **
 88.2 1008  D  Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) YL, as web  812km
 93.4 1018  D  Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) Harry Chapin song, as web  712km
 92.7 1019  D  hr3, Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web  712km
 92.5 1021  D  MDR Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Suddenly over Manningtree  739km
 91.7 1022  D  MDR Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Tepid Chocolate song, as 92.5  793km
106.9 1027  D  B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) OM, as 105.3  942km
105.7 1028  D  B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) OM, as 105.7  1024km
 98.4 1030  D  SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) ID and Stephan Hauer  748km
100.9 1035  D  Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D368  729km
 91.4 1039 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Wet Wet Wet song, as web  947km
105.0 1046  D  Hit Radio FFH, Krehberg (hes) Jingle ID  698km
104.1 1047 CZE Frekvence 1, Plzen/Krašov (PL) Just hiding behind UNID  947km
101.9 1053  D  Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) D318 Swamping Peterborough  729km
100.3 1054  D  Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) Planet Radio promo  677km
 99.0 1057  F  France Culture, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) I was convinced I heard this
               yesterday 
but just assumed I was imagining it. Choppy signal but
               clear. Several 30 second 
slow fade-ins/outs, as 98.0 in Hoher Meissner
               fade.  1149km **

 99.0 1114  F  France Bleu Périgord, Bergerac/Audrix (24) YL, as web  921km

** Personal 'First'

I am so glad I made several top of the hour recordings overnight. Had I not done this I would not have logged two new Bavarian sites: Gelbelsee and Bamberg.

Plzen was still instantly RDSing at 0300 and 0400. Austria also peaked nicely at 0400. There were still plenty of few strong signals around, but my biggest surprise was the reception of France Culture, Marseille, on 99.0! I was so sure I heard this yesterday but for some reason I couldn't log it. I thought it was my imagination or some tropo-like meteor burst. The signal returned three times this morning and for about 30 seconds each time. Clearly not meteor scatter at all. The tropo maps did not suggest this path would be available to me, but then this was the super-tropo which nobody forecast! Even more surprising was the return of France Bleu Perigord from Bergerac, also on 99.0, which came back to dominate 99.0 shortly afterwards.

May we have another tropo like this very soon!

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

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.

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