Skegness Log: 10-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 10-04-14:
 92.2 0026 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) Poprad Presumed. Rock guitar,
               as web. Three second burst  1459km **
 92.2 0048  D  SWR3, Stuttgart/Hoher Bopser (bwü) Peter Bjorn and John song, as web  789km **
 92.2 0217  F  France Musique, Nice/Mont Chauve (06) Presumed Nice. Violin concerto, as web 
               1160km **
 92.2 0450 SUI Radio Cité Genève, Mont Salève/Téléphérique [F 74] (ge) Three second burst of
               sad French song, as web  885km **
 91.4 2122  F  France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) Chance burst while listening to
               Troyes via scatter  643km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 10-04-14:
 91.0 2002  F  Le Mouv', Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) ID after promo  338km
 88.0 2003  D  WDR 5, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) OM news, as 90.6  538km
104.7 2004  D  WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) Pops, as 106.7  553km
 93.2 2006 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Soft rock track, as web  365km
 89.6 2119  D  WDR 5, Bärbelkreuz (Eifel) (nrw) German OM, as web  519km
 91.4 2121  F  France Musique, Troyes/les Riceys (10) French OM and gentle music, as 88.7 
               643km
102.8 2126 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Jazzy stuff, as web  328km
100.7 2127 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) Operaticals, as web. Noise
               free  573km
 99.5 2128 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Orchestra, as web  459km
 97.6 2129 HOL Radio Decibel, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 86F0 DECIBEL_  313km

** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode

Meteor Notes:
* Lots of bursts tonight.
* SRo 1 Radio Slovensko was the most regular burster.
* There were lots of interesting Slavic languages here.
* I recorded a 28 streams in total, which I think is more than I have ever done simultaneously.
  It was a bad night for web streams switching off however. About eight to ten of them did so.

Other than that, I moved the FM5 to the opposite side of the bungalow this evening, at the most northerly corner, trying it one metre above the ground and then at five metres. It made very little difference to reception as that side of the garden is more 'open' and has slightly more distance between us and the nearest property. It also has a better take-off across the middle of some long gardens gardens between neighbouring streets.

What I also noticed is that there is a reduction in the noise I get to the south and this has almost gone now. I am tempted to install the 9.2 on this side of the bungalow, but I think it would be more out of the way where I had originally planned - on the south-west side. I still don't have the necessary written permission to install this yet, but I have been assured it will be with me next week. We'll see!

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, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.