Skegness Log: 15-05-14 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 97.0 0655  S  SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) Lively Swedish YL, as web  913km **
 91.8 0702 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL news over music, as web  703km **
 97.2 0724  S  SR P3, Uddevalla/Herrestad TM (vg) Lively OM  YL, as web  922km **
 97.2 0733  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) OM ID jingle  739km **
 87.9 0813  S  SR P1, Malmö, Örebro or Östersund. OM  YL banging around, as web
 89.6 0849  S  SR P1, Nässjö/Teracom mast Berg (jo) Swedish YL and music, as web  1031km **

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 93.3 0550 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Aalborg-Frejlev/Svenstrupvej 25 (njy) OM phone caller, as web 
               740km
 91.8 0554 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) V weak on scatter. YL pop song,
               as web  703km
 98.7 0648 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Norwegian YL, as web. Scatter at 703km  703km
 97.0 0654 NOR NRK Petre, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) OM phone in, as web. Tropo or scatter? 
               734km
 97.2 0725 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) OMs, as web. Via scatter 
               617km
 87.9 0852  D  MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Piano music, as web  739km
 87.9 1444  D  NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) Jingle ID and info  599km
100.1 1504  D  RPR 1., Haardtkopf (rlp) OM ID after news  593km
102.1 1718 DNK R.24/7, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Danish OM. Seemingly via
               scatter.  617km
 98.0 2029 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Housey Housey, as 97.6  320km
107.5 2031 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) V weak. Light pops, as web  296km
105.5 2034 BEL Topradio, Staden/Stadenberg (vlg-wvl) Bang bang thump thump techNO thank you,
               as web  299km
 99.4 2036 BEL Topradio, Gent/IVAGO Proeftuinstraat 43 (vlg-ovl) Bang bang, as web  333km
 96.1 2039 HOL FunX, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Reggae, as web  320km
 96.3 2039 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Phone caller, as 96.6  365km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

This morning's meteor scatter was done live. Bursts were frequent so it quickly became clear which stations or transmitters were coming through.

It seems that the morning tropo from Denmark and Norway was not tropo at all, but aircraft scatter, no doubt helped along by the high pressure, but it continued for the rest of the day, up and down, apart from the Norwegians, which fizzled out completely by mid-afternoon.

There was an enhancement come the evening, however, with Belgium and Holland increasing in strength slightly.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA

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.