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Tuesday 1 December 2015

Skegness Log: 01-12-15 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
105.0 1245  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Liérganes/Peña Cabarga (CNT-S) YL rambling,
               as web. V weak 
but clear  1128km
103.4 1916  F  France Info, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42)   PI logged: F206 917km
104.7 1918  F  Sud Radio, Carcassonne/Pic de Nore (11) OMs, as web  1093km **
 99.8 1922  F  France Inter, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42)   PI logged: F201 917km
 99.0 1925  F  France Culture, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) OM, as 98.0  1149km
101.7 1928  F  Europe 1, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) OMs, as web  1104km
 92.4 1953  F  France Musique, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) Droning vocals, as web  917km
101.7 2003 BEL AFN PowerNet, Everberg (vlg-vbr) US sports commentary  386km
102.0 2024  F  Sud Radio, Pic du Midi (65) Phone-in, as web  1136km
 87.9 2026  F  France Inter, Pic du Midi (65) French OM and music, as 103.7  1136km
 88.2 2035  F  France Culture, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) OMs, as 98.0. Almost
               noise free  853km

 96.0 2037  F  France Inter, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) OM, as 103.7  853km
101.4 2040  F  France Bleu Limousin, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) Presumed with YL,
               seemingly as web. 
Much weaker than other Ussels  853km **
 92.8 2048  F  France Musique, Le Puy-en-Velay/Saint-Jean-de-Nay (43) Presumed as no trace
               of 
Auxerre 99.5. Other Le Puy-en-Velay frequencies blocked unfortunately
               
927km
 90.4 2050  F  France Inter, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) Discussion, as 103.7  842km
 98.0 2054  F  France Culture, Aurillac/Labastide [46] (15) Producing echo against
               Lille  934km

 93.8 2055  F  France Inter, Parthenay/les Chateliers (79) OMs, as 103.7  712km
 92.6 2102  F  France Musique, Monestier-de-Clermont/Pas de Serparton (38) Tentative
               site but most 
likely possibility. OM and classical, as 88.7
               993km **

 88.9 2103  F  France Musique, Millau/Lévézou (12) Occasionally, mixing Luxembourg,
               as 88.7  1021km

 99.2 2108  F  France Culture, Millau/Lévézou (12) OMs, as 98.0  1021km **
 98.4 2112  F  France Culture, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) OM ID  842km
103.6 2137  F  France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) Almost noise free and
               not far 

               off RDS levels! The strongest of the Marseille frequencies. As 94.7
               but one second 
behind  1149km **
101.2 2144  F  France Bleu Drôme Ardèche, La Chapelle-en-Vercors (26) Tentative site but
               most likely 
possibility. National France Bleu programming, as 94.7  983km **
 99.0 2146  F  France Culture, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) Back again, but this time
               almost noise free, as 98.0  1149km

 94.3 2225  F  France Bleu Creuse, Guéret/Signal du Maupuy (23) As 94.7  785km
 94.2 2228  F  France Musique, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) OMs chat, as 88.7  1149km **

** Personal First

Here's a video to show how Marseille was received: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrLH8nQEKaY

Another exceptional tropo event with low power outlets from SOUTH-EAST France!!

I never thought it would be possible to receive the Marseille transmitter via tropo, but I have received it THREE TIMES this year and almost up to RDS levels on this occasion!

The transmitters at Monestier-de-Clermont and La Chapelle-en-Vercors are tentative and nothing more than, but the programmes carried are 100% correct. These two are the most likely possibilities, given the conditions and were also suggested by other DXers. Also, looking at their transmitter patterns, these have both radiate well in my direction.

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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