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Tuesday 17 November 2015

Skegness Log: 17-11-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 94.5 ????  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) UnattendedDE04 859km **
 88.1 0328 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Monte San Salvatore (ti) 43E1 1010km
 91.4 0329  F  France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) F203 643km
 88.0 0337 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 __RADI?? 1530km
 88.3 0337 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 __RADI?? 1229km
 90.3 0337 POL PR 3, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3233 Spoza_?? 1229km
 88.1 0341  F  France Inter, Autun/Bois du Roi (71) F201 734km **
 91.1 0341  F  France Inter, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) OM, as 91.3  474km **
 91.3 0341  F  France Inter, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F201 __????R_ 1149km
 94.6 0402 POL RMF FM, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3F44 ??????M_ 1127km
 96.4 0402 POL PR 3, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3233 _TRO??A_ 1127km
 97.5 0402 AUT Ö1, Linz 1/Lichtenberg (obe) A201 1111km
 95.3 0413 POL RMF FM, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3F44 _RMF_FM_ 1229km
 97.3 0419  F  France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F201 ??????R_ 709km
 93.9 0423  D  SWR2, Bornberg (rlp) D3A2 __?????? 640km **
 95.8 0423  D  Bayern 3, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D313 BA??RN_3 942km
 98.7 0423  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D301 SWR1_B?? 942km
 98.1 0429 HRV HRT-HR 2, Celevac (zd) C202 1499km
 98.5 0429  D  Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) D313 1024km
 95.4 0432 AUT Ö2 - Radio Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A902 1261km
 99.0 0432  F  France Culture, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F202 1149km
 99.0 0432 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) OM ID  1080km
 99.1 0432 AUT Antenne Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A943 1261km
 97.4 0450  I  RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 52025202 __RA??__ 1136km
 97.4 0450 POL PR 3, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) 3233 1085km
100.2 0505 POL PR 3, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3233 _TRO??A_ 1147km
103.8 0505 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) EE00 RRACTUAL 1706km
104.9 0505  D  Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) D3D9 843km
100.1 0523 NOR Radio Norge, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) F21A 734km **
103.6 0524 POL PR Radio Merkury, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3755 1060km
103.0 0526  I  RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201 ??????__ 1136km
100.3 0530  I  RAI Auditorium, Roma/Monte Mario (RAI) (rm) 5205 1541km **
105.0 0530 CVA Radio Vaticana 105 Live, Cittá del Vaticano/Palazzina
               Leone XIII (cva) Those bells  1542km

102.8 0538 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Beli Manastir (os) C317 ????IJ?? 1552km
104.0 0605  D  MDR Figaro, Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) D3C3 839km
104.9 0605 POL Radio ESKA, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3293 >_?????? 1147km
105.3 0605 AUT KRONEHIT, Sankt Pölten/Jauerling (nie) A3FF ??05???? 1181km
107.4 0605  D  MDR Figaro, Magdeburg/Burg Kapaunberg (san) D3C3 782km
107.7 0607  D  AFN Bavaria-The Eagle, Vilseck/Rose Barracks (bay) D04E 885km **
103.4 0621  F  France Info, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) F206 ??IN???? 917km
103.6 0621  F  France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F405 ??EUPR?? 1149km
103.9 0632 SVN Slovenija 3, Kum (ce) 9203 ??????__ 1317km
107.5 0632  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) DC04 743km
107.7 0632  D  Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) D318 1034km
103.0 0639  E  Unika FM, Villaviciosa de Odón/Pinares Llanos (MAD-M) E42C 1458km
104.9 0639  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Navacerrada/Bola del Mundo (MAD-M) E211 1413km
106.8 0645  F  France Info, Metz/Luttange (57) YL ID  599km **
104.1 0646  D  delta radio, Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs) D3E9 694km
104.9 0646  D  Hitradio Ohr, Offenburg (bwü) D40D 751km
107.9 0646 POL PR 1, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) 3211 ??07:4?? 1085km
106.8 0647 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Arad/Siria (AR) EE01 ????URAL 1706km
104.8 0704 CZE CRo Vltava, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) 232D ??VL???? 1287km
103.7 0712 POL PR Radio Gdansk, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 309C 1195km
105.0 0712 POL Radio ZET, Gdansk/Chwaszczyno (PM) 3205 __08:??__ 1195km
105.3 0712 POL Radio ZET, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) YL, as 105.0  1085km **
102.6 0713  D  Radio ffn, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) D388 571km
107.1 0713 POL Radio ZET, Konin/Zólwieniec (WP) OM ID  1211km
104.1 0744 POL Radio ZET, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) YL ID  1406km
103.0 0747  D  SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D3A3 ??????__ 942km
103.4 0747  D  ANTENNE 1, Raichberg (bwü) D30A 813km **
103.9 0747  D  Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) 140A 922km
104.2 0747  D  Radio Seefunk, Sigmaringen/Franziskanerweg (bwü) Pops, as 103.9  841km **
105.0 0747  D  Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) D30B ????O7?? 922km
105.2 0747  D  big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) D3A9 755km
106.9 0747  D  B5 aktuell, Grünten (Allgäu) (bay) D315 B5_akt__ 942km
107.3 0747  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) D704 813km **

**  Personal First via this mode

Some very pleasant surprises in this log - and I managed to get through all five hours this time!

I still don't see any real evidence of any meteor shower here. Random meteors often produce better results than this. So it seems the Leonids are elsewhere in the solar system again this year. Or maybe there will be a peak during the early hours of the 18th.

Another frequency bites the dust! This time it's 94.5 where I had a few bursts from SWR4, Ulm. Peterborough was nulled thanks to the siting of a Triax FM3. The FM3 is not physically connected. Merely placed close to the 9.2 to disrupt the pattern of my 9.2 and achieve nulls on my closest transmitters: Belmont; Tacolneston and Peterborough. I am pleased to say that 99.3 and 101.5 can be lifted out completely, though not simultaneously. A tiny adjustment in the direction of the 9.2 has to be made.

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.

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