Skegness Log: 29-04-13

Sporadic E:
 87.6 1241 BUL BNR Radio Shumen, Shumen/RRTS Venets (shm)  8236 RADIO___ SHUMEN__  2220km
 88.1 1244 ROU Radio România Actualitati, Zalau or Petrosani  FF00 and vocal ID between pops
 89.0 1250 ROU Radio ZU, Bucuresti (BU)  E2AA   2108km
 91.1 1251 ROU Magic FM, Iasi/Dealul Paun (IS)  E210  2048km **
 91.0 1252 ROU Radio România Actualitati, Bihor/Vârful Curcubata Mare (BH)  FF00  1761km
 89.9 1253 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Komádi (HaB)  B203   1649km

Meteor Scatter:
 87.7 0446  E  RAC 1, Barcelona/Collserola (CAT-B)  E251 R--1_---  1311km
 87.9 1705 POR RDP Antena 1, Lousã/Trevim (coi)  8201  1588km **

Tropospheric:
103.2 1750  F  France Bleu Berry, Bourges/Neuvy (18)  Vocal and jingle ID. Noise free scatter  672km
 88.0 1755  F  France Culture, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61)  French YL, as 98.0  498km
103.1 1759  F  France Bleu Armorique, Rennes/Saint-Pern (35)  Fair peaks, as 94.7  564km

** Personal Skegness 'First' via this mode

Sporadic E has been hovering around the bottom of band 2 for the last four days but this is the first time I have had signals strong enough to get RDS. Coincidentally, Looks like I got my new Körner 9.2 antenna on the roof just in time!

General scatter conditions are hopeless to worse at the moment.

Good DX!

John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) Approx. 1m ASL
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Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager

Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator

Software:
RDS Spy v0.99