Skegness Log: 12-03-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropo: 12-03-14:
 97.2 0815  G  Stray FM, Harrogate/Harlow Hill (EN-NYK) C3BC Stray_FM  155km
107.8 0820  G  Stray FM, Skipton/Procter Heights (EN-LNC) C3BC Stray_FM  180km
106.3 0835  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Shania Twain song, as web  707km
104.0 0904  G  BBC Hereford & Worcester, Malvern (EN-WOR) ID and so on  213km
 99.6 1713  F  France Inter, Caen/Mont Pinçon (14) Fair signals  469km
 96.4 1928  F  BFM Business, Lille/Fort de Mons-en-Baroul (59) YL and OM conversation,
               as web  339km
 87.6 1939  F  RMC, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) RMC IDs in lively promo  406km
106.7 2119  F  Beur FM, Bagnolet(Paris)/Tour Mercuriales Ouest (93) Phone-in, as web  498km

The opening to Haute Normandie and the Paris area during the evening was short-lived and very poor. It was also quite selective, but the main transmitters at Caen and Brest were also well received at the time, but not the more usual Paris outlets on 87.8 & 107.1.

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.