Skegness Log: 10-03-14 (FM)

Band 2 Scatter: 10-03-14:
 87.5 0851  I  Malvisi Network, Strozorand Pellegrino Parmense. Chance vocal ID heard
               while listening live. At least five seconds very steady burst **

Band 2 Scatter: 10-03-14:
102.9 0905  D  RPR 1., Bad Marienberg (rlp) Jingle ID after news, then pops  592km
100.8 0907  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Light pops, as web.
               Dominating Aachen  606km
106.4 0909  D  WDR Eins Live, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Lilly Allen song, as 106.7  483km
106.3 0911  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Cliff Richards Power To All
               Our Friends, as web  592km
105.9 0932  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Over Feldberg with
               pops, as web  525km
 99.0 0943  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) ID in promo  684km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

I had just switched on the GTK software, which automatically starts the XDR on 87.5. Completely oblivious to what was happening, I heard a song and then a man say "Malvisi ... ", presumably "Malvisi Network". Then it was gone. I quickly realised that this was a meteor burst, but it was stable and sustained for several seconds. This one was lucky, but I have noticed meteor scatter becoming increasingly regular and stronger over the last week.

General scatter was average again. Still very little tropo around, only a weak lift to some of the regular continental transmitters during the evening.

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.