Skegness Log: 26-05-13

Tropospheric:
100.6 1215  F  France Bleu Picardie, Abbeville/Limeux (80) OMs talking, as web  364km
100.6 1215 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Fighting with Abbeville  376km
100.7 1216 HOL Q-music, Ijsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Full RDS on XDR  344km
102.5 1218 HOL 538, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Phone in competition, as 102.7  361km
102.7 1219 HOL 538, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Phone in comp, as 102.5  313km
100.4 1220 HOL Q-music, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Presumed site, co-ch QRM  408km
104.6 1222 HOL 100% NL, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Dutch song, as web  313km
 96.3 1223 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Phone caller, as web  366km
 99.8 1224 HOL 3FM, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) Phone caller, as 96.8  303km
 88.9 1302 HOL Radio Noord-Holland, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Ads, as web  321km
 89.0 1308 BEL VRT MNM, Schoten (vlg-ant) Pops, as web  354km
 90.2 1311 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Pops and jingle ID  334km
 90.0 1316 HOL 100% NL, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch song, as web  366km
 88.6 1336 BEL Q-Music, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Dance beats, as web  328km
 88.4 1340 HOL Slam!FM, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Otto Knows track, as web  334km
 88.3 1342 BEL Q-Music, Oostvleteren/Elzendamme (vlg-wvl) Awful DesRee song,  103.1  295km
 97.0 1346 HOL Mannus Met JB, Twente area pirate Dutch song, as web **
 99.6 1349 HOL Slam!FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Dance music, jingle ID  408km **
 99.4 1350 BEL Topradio, Gent/IVAGO Proeftuinstraat 43 (vlg-ovl) Dance beats, as web  333km
100.2 1351 BEL FG DJ Radio, Antwerpen/Antwerp Tower (vlg-ant) Drum  Bass, as web  352km **
100.3 1352 HOL L1 Radio, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Sports, as web  443km
105.5 1401 BEL Topradio, Staden/Stadenberg (vlg-wvl) Club music, as 99.4  299km
 90.7 1413 BEL VRT Radio 2, Brussegem (vlg-vbr) OM talks, as 98.6 on Sublime FM fade  367km
 89.3 1620 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Dutch version of Jambalaya, as web  313km
 91.6 1651 HOL Radio Veronica, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Pops, and two OM, as web  321km
 93.8 1858 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) Live female singer, as web. Sudden troposcatter  387km
 98.2 1902 HOL Radio 4, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) OM, as 94.8, etc.  366km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

The above were received due to a small enhancement. Conditions were often stable but scatter played a part too. I presume it was just a case of things being 'up' with the warmer weather, more northerly placement of the jet stream.

In contrast, it was another day without Es. We have been truly spoilt lately. I'm sure the recent bombardment of solar activity has killed off a lot of propagation.

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