Skegness Log: 13-03-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropo: 13-03-14:
107.3 0836 BEL VBRO, Diksmuide/IJzertoren (vlg-wvl) ID and Dutch music  292km
106.2 0838  F  France Bleu Nord, Calais/Mont d'Hubert (62) YL, as 103.3  266km
102.7 0839 HOL Radio 538, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 83C7 RADIO538.
               Peterboroiugh squashed  313km
 95.4 0841 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Gilze/Prinsenbosch (nbr) OM, as web  358km
 96.3 0850  G  Corby Radio, Corby/Grosvenor House (EN-NHA) Start your texts with Corby Radio  101km
 95.5 0853  G  BBC Somerset, Mendip (EN-SOM) Dog poo in Somerset!  293km
 95.4 0854  G  BBC Radio Wales, Wrexham-Rhos (WA-WRE) Talking about Rugby. ID  225km
 95.2 0855  G  BBC Radio Cornwall, Caradon Hill (EN-CNW) Talk about Andy Murray being
               out of tournament, as web  440km
103.1 0926  G  Free Radio, The Wrekin (EN-SHP) ID and pops  200km
 96.6 0936  G  TFM Radio, Bilsdale West Moor (EN-NYK) ID and pop  166km
 87.6 0946 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Reet petite, as web.
               On horizontal FM5  288km
 95.4 0950  F  France Inter, Amiens/Saint-Just-en-Chaussée [60] (80) OM, as 103.7  431km

Mostly inland enhancements today. The early morning period showed an enhancement in all inland directions, but the continent remained only slightly enhanced.

The middle part of the afternoon showed a big enhancement to Lille and Tournai. I was waiting for sundown in the hope that conditions would improve further, then I was going to put the FM5 in the vertical plane, but conditions had gone "fizzle" by then so I didn't bother. Admittedly, a little bit of lethargy has set in after the good conditions on the 11th.

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, five meters AGL.