Skegness Log: 21-05-13

Sporadic E:
 88.0 0921  E  RNE Radio 5, Alhaurin el Grande/S. Mijas/Mte Viego (AND-MA) E215 RNE_5-MA  1879km
 88.2 0922  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Madrid/Torrespaña (MAD-M) E211  1447km
 88.3 0929  E  SER, Ronda/Cerro del Turco (AND-MA) E439  1877km
 87.7 0930  E  Europa FM, Priego de Cordoba (AND-CO) E2ED EUROPAFM  1778km
 89.3 0931  E  M 80, Granada/Cerro de San Miguel (AND-GR) E230 __0R____ Vocal ID  1800km **
 87.6 0933  E  Canal Sur Radio, Santo Pitar (AND-MA) E332  1853km
 87.9 0934  E  RNE Radio 5, Cambil/Sierra de Almadén (AND-J) E215 RNE_5-J_  1740km
 88.2 0935  S  SR P4, Tåsjö/Hoting-Tåsjöberget TM (jm) ED24  1519km
 92.2 0937 FIN YLE Radio Yksi, Kolari/Ylläs-Tunturintie 84 (la) YL in traffic, as web  2046km
 87.7 0938  S  SR P1, Ramsele/Skavåsen TM (vn) E201 SR_P1___  1485km **
 87.6 0940  S  SR P1, Storuman/Norrberg TM (vb) E201 SR_P1___  1619km **
 91.2 0942  S  SR P2, Storuman/Norrberg TM (vb) E402  1619km **
 87.8 0949 ALG Chaîne 1, Mecheria (45) OMs, as web  2176km
 88.3 0952  S  SR P1, Gällivare/Dundret RM (no) E201 SR_P1___  1896km **
 94.9 1007  S  SR P2, Gällivare/Dundret RM (no) Opera, as web, destroying Belmont!   1896km **
 66.5 1927 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Slonim/RTPS Novaja Straga (HR) OM talk, as web  1671km **
 68.0 1929 BLR BR Kanal Kultura, Smyatanichy/RTPS (GO) Bryan Ferry track, as web  1891km
 70.2 1929 BLR BR Radyjo Stalitsa, Smyatanichy/RTPS (GO) OM and piano music, as web  1891km **
 67.3 1931 BLR BR Pershy Kanal, Bragin/RTPS (GO) YL, as web  2019km **
 87.7 1950 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) OMs, as web  1913km
 90.8 1952 ALG Radio Relizane, Aïn N'sour (48) YL, then silence, as web  1913km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

The Es teased the bottom of the FM band for much of the day. There was a brief opening in the OIRT range, but the most interesting part of the day was around 09:30 when three separate Es clouds were apparent. One to Andalucia, one further east to Algeria (which seemed to be different to the Andalucian Es) and another to Sweden and Finland!

Highlight of the day for me was hearing my local BBC Radio Lincolnshire getting smashed to pieces by the Gällivare transmitter from northern Sweden. Recording here, which includes a brief web parallel insert: www.box.com/s/uhl2kuw5cgpluaz4g5v5

Good DX!

John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL. Ref. Google Altitude Maps
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager

Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator

Software:
RDS Spy v0.99 www.rdsspy.com