Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 18-04-14:
107.7 0040 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) Jazzy music, as web 571km
107.7 0058 D Die Neue 107,7, Stuttgart-Frauenkopf (bwü) Nazareth song, as web 790km
107.7 0137 D Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as web 1034km
107.7 0528 D R.SA, Fichtelberg (Erzgebirge) (sac) Holly Johnson song, as web 918km **
Band 2 General Scatter: 18-04-14:
104.2 0724 BEL AFN PowerNet, Casteau-Shape (wal-hnt) Item on baseball. US accents. 386km
89.2 0737 D NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Scatter. Noise free pops, as web 525km
89.2 0750 D NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Very fluttery in multiple aircraft
scatter. Pops, as web 525km
98.4 0923 HOL NPO Radio 1, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch YL and OM, as web 424km
93.0 0933 D SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Opera, as web 593km
100.3 0935 D Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) English ID jingle and pops on Radio
L1 fade 677km **
94.4 0947 D hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Fleetwood Mac song, as web. Above
Swingate 647km
94.0 0949 D SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Opera, as web 590km
94.6 0950 D MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Modern Talking song, ID and ELO
song 712km
92.1 0952 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Soft rock song, as web 707km
98.0 0952 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web 707km
103.6 0956 D RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Olly Murs, YL ID 687km
102.3 0958 D Radio ffn, Steinkimmen (nds) Ellie Goulding, as web. Easy at the side of
Lincs FM 543km
91.8 1011 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Light pops, as web 544km
107.3 1013 D hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) German song, as web 729km
92.4 1021 D SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Valerie song,
as web. Noise free 560km
91.0 1022 D hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German YL, as web 612km
107.4 1031 D Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Pops, as web. Local
programming at this time 508km
95.3 1317 D YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pink song, as web 712km
99.0 1321 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops and OM/YL chat, as web. Almost noise free when
peaked 684km
89.5 1342 D hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web 684km
87.6 1343 D NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Caro Emerald song, as web 650km
97.7 1441 D YOU FM (hr), Rimberg (hes) Club song, as web 678km
106.3 1550 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Crooning, as web 592km
105.3 1600 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM ID and news 732km
107.9 1601 D BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL news, over Munster 732km
97.2 1607 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German YL news, as web 739km
103.5 1611 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) German OM, as web 707km
** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode
The G-5500 rotator is now connected and aligned. Still really pleased
with reception here. As I had hoped, the noise I get to the south is
greatly reduced now the 9.2 is on the roof. It appears to be something
in a nearby property. the one nearest the 9.2. At the most I am
receiving the noise at 9 or 10dBf (GTK scale - no boosts), which is
negligible. Background noise in all other directions is at 4 or 5dBf so
very quiet. Phew!
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 with Yaesu G-5500 rotator.
john congrats to your installation.
ReplyDeleteDo you have stil wishes with such a set up.
Your scatter remind me of fm scan on the isle of Texel(western island of north holland) where swedenm, denmark en norway always scattered in
73 gerard PE1BBI (PI4GN)
Thank you Gerard.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lengthy and slightly complicated procedure to get the permission to have this antenna installed. The antenna will need lowering slightly if we have strong winds (which we will - this part of the Lincolnshire coast is known as "The Bracing Coast" because of its windy nature). The installation is such that it will be simple to raise and lower as necessary. I could add another metre to the height, but I don't think that will be necessary. The take-off is clear in all directions so I doubt that it will make any difference if I raise or lower the antenna by a metre.
As for a wishlist: I have no plans to use a larger antenna. I wouldn't be able to get permission for more than two anyway. In any case, I don't like having too much directivity as it will become easier to miss something off-beam. For DX wishes, I would like to receive Denmark and Norway on scatter. Both should be possible as they are well within the usual scatter range. Hopefully this will be possible in the summer.
As you will expect, the most distant German scatter here is very weak, but the higher powered transmitters such as Torfhaus, Brocken and Hoher Meissner can peak to noise free levels at best, but only just.
Good DX and 73.
John