Skegness Log: 26-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.6 0038 AUT 88.6 Der Musiksender, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Pops, as web  1247km **
 88.6 0046 CZE CRo Vltava, Klatovy/Doubrava (PL) Distinctive classical music, as web 
               984km
 88.6 0110 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Mierlo/Torenweg-Alticom (nbr) YL business talk, as web.
               Two second burst  406km **
 88.6 0124  D  Landeswelle Thüringen, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) Joan Armatrading song, as web 
               768km **
 88.6 0134  F  France Culture, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) French OM, as web  781km

Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
 97.8 1242  D  NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Ads, as web. Almost noise free aircraft
               scatter  477km
 90.2 1243  D  NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German OM, as web. Almost noise
               free aircraft scatter  477km
 99.4 1245 BEL Topradio, Gent/IVAGO Proeftuinstraat 43 (vlg-ovl) Lifting well above
               the noise with dance music, as web  333km
102.0 1246  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Peaking nicely via
               aircraft scatter today   477km
 90.6 1356  D  WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German play, as web. Beautiful
               noise free peak on A/S  591km
 92.8 1359  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) ID and YL info  477km
 94.4 1402  D  NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen (nds) German OM news  543km
101.7 1405 BEL AFN PowerNet, Everberg (vlg-vbr) US accented news suddenly appearing
               over Classic FM  386km
 94.8 1734  D  SWR3, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Pops, as web  560km
 97.4 1741  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) SWR4 ID and
               soft pops  560km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Frequent meteor scatter overnight. 19 streams recorded. Clearly CRo Vltava and 88.6 Der Musiksender were the persistent stations. France Culture was also quite frequent. Lots of UNIDs too.

Tonight, the internet permitted me to record over two and half hours of streams overnight before cutting off! I must get on to Sky. Not had them a week and four complaints already: 1. Internet keeps dropping connection; 2. Our new ex-directory number is showing in CLI displays, and 3. Additional charges on the bill after being assured that there were no charges for moving (we have exactly the same setup). This is not good enough Sky!

I now realise that I need to fully configure a laptop for DXing and all DX related software as my main computer is still causing too much interference. I have added some additional ferrite rings on cables but this has not made a lot of difference.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, four meters AGL, currently fixed horizontally to the south-east.