Band 2 General Scatter: (Pre-amp Test)
95.5 0817 D SR 3 Saarlandwelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Pops, as web. Testing pre-amp 629km
87.8 0833 D WDR 2, Schwerte/Sommerberg (nrw) Pops, as web. Testing pre-amp 525km
107.1 0834 D SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Noise free. Schlager. Testing pre-amp
593km
91.8 0837 D WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Almost noise free. Bangles song, as 93.3. Testing Pre-amp
544km
95.0 0839 D hr-info, Rimberg (hes) ID and Ukraine news. Testing pre-amp 678km
87.9 0841 D MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Classical. Weak on NPO fade. Testing pre-amp
739km
103.4 0843 D Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Almost noise free. Pops, as web.
Testing pre-amp 525km
103.0 0846 D BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Pops, as web. Noise free. Testing
pre-amp 564km
101.9 0848 D WDR 5, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Mixing Peterborough and Goes. Testing pre-amp 483km
102.7 0852 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Nordhelle (nrw) Clobbering Peterborough. Testing pre-amp
553km
103.5 0853 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) YL on phone, as web. Testing pre-amp
707km
107.0 0855 D WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Ads, as 107.9. Noise free on A/S peak. Testing
pre-amp 592km
105.3 0857 D B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL, as web. Testing pre-amp 732km
105.3 0858 D NDR Info, Schwerin (mev) German OM, as web, mixing Kreuzberg. Testing pre-amp
739km
90.4 0904 HOL SubLime FM, Hoorn/Electronweg (nho) Chic song, as 90.7. Testing pre-amp 325km
89.5 0917 HOL 100% NL, Alkmaar or Utrecht. Probably the latter. Country song, as web. Testing
pre-amp
99.0 0925 D hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Very fluttery but almost noise free on peak. UB40, as
web. Testing pre-amp 684km
100.2 0928 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Lochem/Streek Beton (gel) Dutch OMs talk, as web. Testing
pre-amp 426km **
102.8 0931 D Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) OM, as 102.0. Testing pre-amp 456km
104.0 0936 D big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Decent, clear signal. Pops,
as web. Testing pre-amp 590km
92.1 1033 D NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Virtually noise free. Pops, as web. Testing
pre-amp 707km
98.0 1034 D NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Buddy
Holly song, as web.
Dominating Lille. Testing pre-amp 707km
97.4 1036 D Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) Almost noise free. YL, as web. Testing
pre-amp 712km
101.7 1039 D WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) German song with bagpipes and ID. Testing
pre-amp 420km
102.6 1040 D NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Pops, as web. Peaking above Tournai. Testing
pre-amp 606km
** Personal Skegness 'First'
I plumbed in my Fringe Electronics 22dB pre-amp today, remembering how
good this used to be at the old QTH. Back then, it was installed at the
mast head, but today I only connected it by the receiver, just to see if
it made any difference. The Fringe Electronics pre-amps are known for
their good signal-to-noise figures.
I suspect it DID make a difference as I heard more continental DX than I
have heard here to date. It enabled me to hear NDR Info from Schwerin
on 105.3 for the first time on scatter anyway, so that seemed very
promising.
The one thing I didn't like with the pre-amp inline was the increase in
general FM mush, which you are bound to get, but when signals peaked
they really did seem to be relatively noise free compared with the
reception I am used to. I just prefer to listen to an FM band without
any horrible mush. I will have a play with this again at some point, but
probably not in a hurry, and connect it in such a way that I can make
quicker 'before and after' comparisons. Instant comparisons are
necessary with constantly fading scatter.
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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