Skegness Log: 03-12-13 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 88.4 0622  D  Bayern 2, Pfaffenberg (bay) German YL, as web  713km
 89.5 0624  D  Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) OMs talk, as web  1024km
 89.9 0625  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Weinbiet (rlp) Dirty Dancing theme, as web  686km
 90.6 0626  D  hr1, Hardberg (hes) Pops, as web  712km
 90.8 0628  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bornberg (rlp) OM and music, as web  640km
 91.4 0630  D  Bayern 1, Büttelberg (bay) YL and OM, as web  813km
 91.8 0631  D  SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) YL, as web  813km
 92.8 0632  D  SWR3, Bad Marienberg (rlp) ID and traffic  592km
 93.4 0633  D  Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) ID and YL traffic  713km
101.2 0635  D  hr3, Habichtswald (hes) OM info, as web  647km
 99.0 0636 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) Pops, as web  1081km
 95.3 0639  D  You FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Soft rock track, as web  712km
 97.8 0644  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) OM ID and pops  717km
101.6 0655  D  hr4, Hardberg (hes) Soft pops, as web  712km
102.9 0656  D  RPR 1, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Show promo and ID  592km
104.1 0658  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) German song, as web 
               717km
104.8 0659  D  hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Promo and jingle ID  729km
104.9 0700  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops and ID  554km
105.3 0701  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL and OM news, as web  733km
106.8 0704  D  Hit Radio FFH, Driedorf/Höllberg (hes) Katy Perry song, as web  605km
 99.0 0719  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID and Hues Corporation song  684km
103.7 1201  D  Radio 7, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) Talking about banks, ID  835km **
 91.1 1206  D  SWR2, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) YL and classical music, as web  835km
107.1 1208  D  Radio TON Ostwürttemberg, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) Pops, as web  835km
107.6 1209  D  B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) OM ID  871km
107.8 1211  D  107.8 Antenne AC, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Pops, a web  484km
105.7 1213  D  B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) OM ID  1024km
103.6 1214  D  RPR 1, Kalmit (rlp) YL ID and pops  687km
102.6 1216  D  RPR 1, Saarburg/Geisberg (rlp) Pops, as 103.5  103.6  586km **
100.4 1218  D  Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Robbie Williams, as web  748km
 98.4 1219  D  SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Pops and YL ID  748km
 92.1 1223  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) YL song, as web  707km
106.3 1258  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) OM, as web  748km
106.4 1259  D  B5 aktuell, Pfaffenberg (bay) OM, as web  713km **
107.7 1302 LUX Den Neie Radio (DNR), Blaschette/Kandel (gld) ID after news, then pops  557km
103.1 1312  D  RPR 1, Bornberg (rlp) Warbling Whitney Houston, as web  640km
103.0 1313  D  Antenne Bayern, Pfaffenberg (bay) Jack Michaelson, as web  713km
 96.1 1320  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Light pops  591km
 89.0 1330  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) German OM talking over music,
               as web  834km **
 88.2 1338  D  Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) YL, as web  813km
107.6 2021  D  Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) German YL song, as web  789km
107.8 2022  D  MDR Figaro, Brocken (san) Discordant classical music, as web  713km
106.3 2024  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Rock song, as web  707km
103.2 2026  D  hr4, Habichtswald (hes) Piano pop, as web  647km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

The final stages of the tropo, which persisted throughout the day, increasing and subsiding, moving around slightly. Signals were mostly poor but noise free.

The day started with the last strands of Salzburg on 99.0, then conditions slowly moved to Nordrhein-Westfalen where the strongest signals were. Rheinland Pfalz was still up and down and a sprinkling of Bavarians topped things off nicely. Teutoburger Wald increased as the afternoon wore on and became the strongest German of the whole opening, peaking to three XDR bars, and it was the last to leave, still audible at local midnight.

Checking the band at 5am on the 4th revealed a post-tropo flatness.

Recording:

103.7 Radio 7, Aalen 1201 03-12-13
https://app.box.com/s/ntdenjgq72hf07m5a46n

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: http://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