Skegness Log: 08-03-14 (FM)

Band 2 Scatter: 08-03-14:
104.9 0935  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and pops after
               ads. Scatter. noise free on peak  553km
106.3 0938  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Brenda Lee song, as web.
               Weak and fluttery  592km
 98.0 0948  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Fluttery but comes
               up to noise free  707km
 95.3 0950  D  YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) V weak. Pops, as web  712km
 94.6 0951  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Unheilg song, as web. Traffic
               bleep and ID. Noise free peaks  712km
 94.4 0953  D  NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen (nds) Sustained noise free peak on scatter  543km
 89.9 0956  D  NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Classical, as 90.0  707km
 89.2 0958  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pop rock track, as web. Noise
               free on fluttery peaks  525km
 89.4 0958  D  NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) Ad, YL ID jingle and Pink song  488km
 89.0 0959  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) Pops, as web, in asnd out of the noise  712km
103.1 1003  D  Radio ffn, Aurich (nds) YL news, OM weather, ID. Almost noise free  478km
 98.1 1006  D  NDR 2, Aurich (nds) Pops, as web. Not Nordhelle for a change  478km
 92.8 1009  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German pop song, as web.
               V weak  477km
107.4 1051  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Ultravox song, as web  508km
 93.3 1104  D  WDR 2, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) End of news, weather, traffic bleeps
               and ID  420km
101.4 1714  D  Radio SAW, Brocken (san) Nice peak from all Torfhaus' and Brockens.
               German pops  712km
107.7 1719 LUX Den Neie Radio (DNR), Blaschette/Kandel (gld) Just peaking over a very weak
               Kiss with soft pops, as web  557km
105.3 1722  D  NDR Info, Schwerin (mev) OM sports commentary, v weak, as web  739km
 98.7 1725  D  AFN Wiesbaden-The Eagle, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Country
               music chart perhaps. US presenter. Almost noise free peak  647km
105.3 1728  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Weak but almost noise free peak on
               scatter!! YL speech and vocal ID  732km

Some excellent aircraft scatter again today. This is the first time I have ever received Schwerin and Kreuzberg via this mode here in Skegness. Signals were fluttery and not exactly weak either, but almost noise free when at their best. These used to be regulars on the Suffolk coast.

Brocken and Torfhaus have also been well received and have been reaching noise-free or near-noise-free levels all day on 89.0, 92.1, 94.6, 98.0, 101.4, etc. Again, signals were fluttery, indicating aircraft scatter as opposed to stable tropo conditions.

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.