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Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Skegness Log: 30-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 General Scatter:
 93.9 1622 HOL RTV NH, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8618 RTV_NH__ and other scrolling
               text  318km
 95.5 1624 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) OM on phone to YL, as web  360km
 97.1 1627 HOL NPO 3FM, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8203 __3FM___ 3FM_BNN_  318km
 99.1 1630 HOL 100% NL, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Presumed Tjerkgaast. Vocal ID  360km
 99.6 1631 HOL Slam!FM, Hoorn/Electronweg (nho) Jingle ID  325km
100.1 1632 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Ijsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) OM and YL,
               as web  344km
101.6 1638 HOL NPO Radio 4, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8204 RADIO4NL   318km
101.8 1640 HOL Waterstad FM, Leeuwarden/Ceresweg (fri) Pops, as web. Struggling against
               Tournai  369km
103.0 1642 HOL Radio Veronica, Lelystad/Alticom Toren (fle) 83E1 VERONICA  350km
103.5 1642 HOL Radio Veronica, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Presenter ID in phone-in  334km
107.1 1650 HOL Radio Enkhuizen, Enkhuizen/Gerard Brandtweg (nho) 50 Watts! Lily Allen or
               soundalike, as web  335km **
102.1 1704 HOL Radio 538, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Vocal ID and ads  341km
 98.7 1707 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Pops, Pop and Rock jingle ID  407km
 98.5 1709 HOL Freez FM, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Presume Tjerkgaast. Roxy Music track,
               as 98.7  360km **
 96.6 1713 HOL Radio Veronica, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) OM and pops, as web  303km
 95.7 1715 HOL Fresh FM, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Banging beats, as web  320km
 95.3 1716 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) End of ad and OM, as web 
               396km
 94.7 1717 HOL NPO Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 8204 RADIO4NL R4_NCRV_ 
               313km
 93.8 1719 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and slamming beats  387km
 92.9 1721 HOL NPO Radio 2, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8202 RADIO_2_ RADINCRV
               (Corrupted PS)  318km
104.6 1732 HOL 100% NL, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 83D3 100%_NL_  313km
102.7 1736 HOL Radio 538, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 83C7 RADIO538  313km
107.5 1811 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Sounds like a Dutch Benny Hill style
               song, as web  296km
104.2 2022 HOL RADIONL, Alkmaar/Alticom Mast (nho) Just audible in noise. Dutch music,
               as web  304km
 89.3 2040 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Pops,
               as web  313km
103.5 2111 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) OM talk, as web  391km
102.3 2120 HOL Radio 538, Multiple sites 83C7
 92.1 2128  D  Funkhaus Europa, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) ID in live concert  554km
 88.3 2137  D  Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) YL vocal ID  565km
 96.4 2143  D  NDR Info, Aurich (nds) YL, as web  478km
104.9 2143  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) D389  478km
 95.8 2145  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) D381  478km
107.1 2154  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) D210 __DLF___  565km
 90.0 2155  D  NDR Kultur, Aurich (nds) OM talk, as web. No RDS but slight co-channel noise 
               478km
 87.6 2156  D  NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) German pops, as 98.1  650km
 96.4 2158  D  NDR Info, Aurich (nds) German OM, as web  478km
 96.7 2158  D  Funkhaus Europa, Bremen-Walle (bre) Live concert, as web  565km
 95.4 2200  D  Nordwestradio, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) ID and news  554km
 93.8 2201  D  bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341  565km
 90.3 2207  D  NDR 90,3, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web  650km
103.6 2232  D  Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) ID jingle and station promo  650km
104.3 2306  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Pops, as 105.7  477km
103.7 2308  D  NDR Info, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) 1.6kW. V weak. Pops, as web 
               504km
100.8 2310  D  Bremen Vier, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) Pops, as 101.2  554km


 ** Personal Skegness 'First'

I have no idea where this tropo came from. Nothing was forecast and nothing was showing up on the maps. It looks like it was just this particular area which enjoyed the conditions.

At the time of the opening, the weather was interesting to say the least. Humidity was high, up around 100%. While the sun was out here, the sea front was shrouded in sea mist which could be seen blowing in like smoke from the North Sea, which was invisible unless you were within a few yards of it. We had taken the dogs to the beach and I had my Degen DE1103 with me as I wondered if the mist would cause any enhancement. Belgium and Holland were slightly up but not by much. It wasn't until returning home that I put the 9.2 vertical and discovered lots of Dutch signals at good strengths up at around 39dB.

This opening persisted from mid-afternoon until late evening, when I noticed Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen on 105.7 - on the vertical 9.2! Returning to the horizontal position, there were some good signals from the Niedersachsen area of Germany.

Around 3am, we were woken by a thunder storm. Time to unplug the aerial! There were a few thunder storms trundling their way north-by-north-eastward and had been during the late evening.

I was not DXing alone though as I had been experimenting with some new software called TeamViewer www.teamviewer.com. This had been recommended to me by Cedric in France. Andy in Wigan and Dave in Brighton were both tuning along with me. Quite a weird experience to watch the radio apparently tuning itself! I will write about TeamViewer in a separate post as I also wanted to try Chrome Remote Desktop too, both for the computer and for the mobile. More about that soon.

Time to unplug the aerial again as I hear more thunder. :O{

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 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.

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