Skegness Log: 20-08-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 92.9 0109 SVN Slovenija 1, Nanos (po) Slovenian cover of Edwin Collins song, as web  1284km **
 92.9 0132 POL Radio ZET, Gryfice/Trzyglowska (ZP) YL soft rock song, as web  985km **
 92.9 0140 POL RMF FM, Wroclaw/Zórawina (DS) Chris Reas Road To Hell, as web. Part of 18 second
               MS burst.   1164km **
 92.9 0140  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Eisleben (san) German pop song, as web. In middle of
               18 second burst  781km **
 92.9 0149  G  BBC R4, Unsure which site Frequent bursts. BBC WS "Click" programme, as podcast. Rothesay? **
 92.9 0410 DNK DR P3, Holstebro - Mejrup/Kalsgårdvej 11 (mjy) Modern soul track, as web 
               644km **
 92.9 2141  F  France Musique, Besançon, Chamonix or Montpellier Jazz, as web **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

92.9 used to be a good frequency for meteor scatter when I lived in the North Midlands. It's the first time I have tried it here and there were many, many bursts and pings all night. France Musique was the most frequent burster. I don't know which transmitter was being received as there are three main possibilities. The France Musique stream switched off early overnight so I had to wait until this evening to hear that. Montpellier would be the most likely candidate.

There was an 18 second burst at 0140 in which three stations were identified after matching them to their web streams: RMF FM from Wroclaw; MDR 1 Radio Sachsen Anhalt from Eisleben and Radio Zet from Gryfice. Interesting to note that none of these transmitters were exactly inline with each other as I had expected.

I was surprised how often BBC Radio 4 was heard via MS. Since most of the transmitters are too close, I have to assume that Rothesay looks like a good bet. This was mostly heard with BBC World Service programming and I caught a BBC Radio 4 ID during one burst around 0800.

Many more stations were heard whose streams I didn't record, including a couple of unidentified German language stations. Since these didn't match up with the recorded streams (I recorded all streams from Germany itself) I have to assume they must have been flea powered transmitters from Austria or Switzerland.

I think I'll try 93.0 tonight.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

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.