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Thursday, 17 April 2014

Skegness Log: 17-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 17-04-14:
104.9 0101  D  Hitradio Ohr, Offenburg (bwü) OM news with musical bed. (Not news other German) 
               751km **
104.9 0142  D  Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) Acoustic song, as web  843km **
104.9 0208 AUT Antenne Kärnten, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) Pops, as web 
               1199km **
104.9 0237 POL Radio ESKA, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Pops, as web  1147km
104.9 0256  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as web  553km **
104.9 0608 AUT Kronehit, Schärding 2/Schardenberg-Aussichtsturm (obe) Eminem song, as web 
               1056km **

107.7 2319  D  Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as web  1034km **
107.7 2354  D  Die Neue 107,7, Stuttgart-Frauenkopf (bwü) Creedence Clearwater Revival, 
               as web  790km **
107.7 2356  D  Hit Radio FFH, Hohes Lohr (hes) German YL, as web  639km **
107.7 2359  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) German OM, as web  571km **

Band 2 General/Aircraft Scatter: 17-04-14:
104.3 0722  D  hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German music, as web  612km
101.2 0723  D  Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) X Fading with Habichtswald  565km
101.2 0723  D  hr3, Habichtswald (hes) Fluttery but peaking above noise, as web  647km
101.1 0725 BEL RTBF Pure FM, Wavre (wal-bra) Subs song, as web, over Holme Moss  396km
107.0 0728  D  WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Pops, as 106.7  592km
 87.8 0729  D  WDR 2, Schwerte/Sommerberg (nrw) Ads, as 93.3  525km
 89.4 0731 HOL Radio Oost, Hengelo/Novec mast (Hazenweg) (ove) Kate Bush, as web  445km
102.8 0746  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) OM, as Lingen 102.0  456km
101.7 0748  D  Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Pops and ID  628km
 89.2 0750  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Very fluttery in multiple aircraft
               scatter. Pops, as web  525km
 87.9 0753  D  NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) Just making it through. V weak German OM,
               as web  599km
104.0 0815  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Fluttery. Peaking noise free  590km
105.9 1432  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Murray Head song,
               as 105.7  525km
105.1 1434  D  Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web  684km
104.1 1436  D  WDR 4, Olsberg (nrw) Occasionally above BBC R Sheffield. As 101.3  592km
103.5 1438  D  RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops, as web  553km
103.4 1439  D  Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Howard Jones song, as web 
               525km
 94.8 1440  D  SWR3, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Pops, as web  560km
 95.8 1441  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Ralph McTell song, as web. Noise free
               peak  478km
 98.0 1445  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Jonathan Richman's Egyptian
               Reggae, as web. Over Lille  707km
 90.0 1730  D  SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Rosana song, as web  593km
106.9 1733  D  Radio Euskirchen, Schleiden/Broicher Höhe (nrw) Wamdue Project, as web.
               V weak  514km
105.4 1740  D  Radio Siegen, Aue/Hohe Hessel (nrw) Followed this several times today.
               As web stream. V weak.   586km **
 97.2 1843  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Gentle classical music, as web 
               739km
105.3 1845  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) ID and traffic  732km
 93.6 1909  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Twangy music, as web  550km
 93.4 1912  D  Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) V weak song, as web. Scatter!  712km
 92.8 1913  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Out of the mush in seconds. Briefly
               clear and noise free, as web  477km
105.2 1918  D  Radio RST, Schöppingen (nrw) Atomic Kitten song, as web. Own programming
               at this time. Clear above Lille  482km **
105.5 1922  D  WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Noise free scatter  591km
107.6 1926  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Bornberg (rlp) Rap song, as 104.0  640km


** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode

The 9.2 is really doing the business, but I really ought to lower it slightly as it is swaying quite noticeably, even in the gentle breeze. I won't lower it too much, but it looks quite imposing up there on the roof at almost three metres above the rooftop. It is actually quite easy to raise and lower it as necessary.

The two NRW firsts were a pleasant surprise, as was Pfaffenberg. I was almost certain I could hear the latter on scatter when I had just moved in to the last QTH, i.e. before all the noise started. I guess it must have been Pfaffenberg all along. There are other bits and pieces across the band too which I hope to identify here at the new QTH. It's a relief to have the 9.2 installed before the Es season, but I still haven't had time to install the rotator cables, so the antenna remains fixed to the ESE for another day. This job is at the top of my To Do list for tomorrow.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2, currently fixed east-south-east.

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