Skegness Log: 09-03-14 (FM)

Band 2 Scatter: 08-03-14:
 93.5 0941  G  Unity FM Birmingham, Birmingham East (EN-WMD) Asian YLs on conversation
               with mains hum! As web  167km **
 94.0 0944 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mount Leinster (CW) Gaelic YL, as web.
               Almost noise free beaming SW  480km
 99.2 0958  G  Hermitage FM, Coalville/Hoo Ash Farm (EN-LEI) Horrible song, as web 
               125km
105.9 1002  G  Sunshine Radio, Unlisted News and ID. Weather. Has this moved from 106.2?
 89.4 1341  F  France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Just audible in electrical
               noise  604km
 87.6 1357 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Almost noise free.
               Rappers Delight song, as web  288km
103.0 1618  D  BFBS Radio,
               Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) BFBS ID and mention of the BFBS app. Becoming
               quite regular at the new QTH with some decent peaks  564km
 93.0 1620  D  SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Jolly piano music, as web  593km

All tropo was inland during the morning. Continental reception was subdued, even though the tropo forecast suggested the opposite. I think the tropo forecast has been downgraded. Even Lille was struggling first thing

I swung the FM5 round to the SW where it had to rest on those poplar trees. The West Midlands was well up in strength with Sutton Coldfield reaching 56dB. Hearing the DX rolling in from inland reminded me not only of how congested the band is there, but how wide and messy a lot of the transmissions are.

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.