Skegness Log: 07-10-13 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 94.6 0117  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web  713km
 97.4 0119  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) Irish music? As web  713km
 92.1 0120  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Carly Rae Jepson song, as web  707km
101.4 0120  D  Radio SAW, Brocken (san) Robbie Williams song, as web  713km
 89.0 0121  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) Adele song, as web  713km
 90.6 0122  D  WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) OM talk, as web  591km
 91.5 0123  D  MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) Jingle ID between pops  713km
 89.9 0126  D  NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Concerto, as web  707km
 98.0 0127  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Kylie, as web  707km
 91.0 0900  D  hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) ID and news  612km
 93.2 0902  D  WDR 2, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) OM news  591km
 97.0 0907  D  WDR 3, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Classical, as web  591km
 99.6 0908  D  hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) OM info, as web  612km
106.3 0912  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Jingle ID and pops  707km
107.2 0914  D  WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) Pops, as 106.7  593km
107.8 0929  D  107.8 Antenne AC, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Pops. V weak  484km
102.8 1002 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Relax, its Zen FM! As web. On horizontal 9.2  328km
103.5 1005  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) V weak. YL, as web  707km

This is the only tropo which materialised. Signals were weak and barely noise free. There was nothing from Poland or beyond, as the maps suggested.

Good DX!

John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
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 v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com