Skegness Log: 06-08-14 (FM)

Band 2 Scatter:
 95.0 0833  D  hr-info, Rimberg (hes) OM info, as web  678km
 99.0 0855  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Turtles song, as web  684km
105.1 0856  D  Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) German YL, as web  684km
105.3 0858  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German YL, as web  732km
106.3 0858  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) German song, as Donnersberg 105.6 
               592km
107.6 0905  D  Antenne Thüringen, Remda (Saalfeld) (thü) ID and Caro Emerald song, as web  788km
107.3 0906  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) German song, as web  729km
107.8 0908  D  MDR Figaro, Brocken (san) German YL, as web  712km
104.8 0910  D  hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Four Tops song, as web  729km
104.2 0912  D  Landeswelle Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, as web  739km
 97.2 0913  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) OMs, talking about Schubert, as web 
               739km
 88.8 0917  D  WDR 5, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) German YL, as web. XDR in 24kHz IF and detuned
               to 88.775  504km
 89.0 0918  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) Jingle ID. Noise free scatter  712km
 89.5 0933  D  hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) Olly Murs song, as web  684km
 89.6 0934  D  NDR 1 Welle Nord, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Queen song, as web  627km
 89.8 0935  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Roxette song, as web  592km
 90.2 0936  D  MDR JUMP, Inselsberg (thü) Pops, as web. Over Lingen  739km
107.4 0940  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) OM ID after pops. Clear.  508km
 95.5 0943  D  hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) YL interviewing OM, as web  684km
 94.6 0946  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) German OM, as web. Noise free scatter 
               712km
 98.0 0946  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Roy Orbsion song and ID. Noise
               free scatter  707km

Quite an interesting morning on the scatter side, with the best signals I have heard from the more distant transmitters such as Inselberg and Hoher Meissner. A few new frequencies were heard too. All the above would probably have come in via aircraft scatter. Most peaked at noise free levels, though were all obviously on the weak side. I am making recordings here and there and will upload a compilation soon.

On the tropo front, well, there is no tropo. Conditions have been as flat as something very flat for the last few days.

It's probably time to start to look at DXing via the Perseids now. This shower should peak on the 11th, 12th and 13th of August.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
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Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.

Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.