Skegness Log: 23-09-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 93.7 1716  D  Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D314 Bayern1S (corrupted PS?).  Suddenly over Holme moss
               at 37dB!! Live listening  1024km

Band 2 Tropospheric:
103.2 1043  D  hr4, Habichtswald (hes) German song. First time via scatter  647km
104.0 1057  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg (Schwarzwald) (bwü) Soft German pops, as web  799km
107.8 1058 SUI RSI Rete Uno, Säntis (ar) Italian OM, as web  917km
105.6 1059 SUI Radio SRF 3, Säntis (ar) Pops, as web  917km
 95.4 1106 SUI Radio SRF 2 Kultur, Säntis (ar) German YL, as web  917km
 88.0 1107  D  SR 1 Europawelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) German pops, as web  629km
100.4 1117  D  Radio Regenbogen, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) Pops, as web  748km
 94.0 1118  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) YL, as web  748km **
 98.5 1633  D  Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) OM and YL, as web  1024km
105.7 1638  D  B5 aktuell, Wendelstein (bay) OM, as web  1024km
102.3 1645  D  BR Klassik, Wendelstein (bay) Barely audible between Lincs and an enhanced Heart 
               (102.4) 1024km

Unidentified:
A classical music station which kept appearing on 107.8 throughout the afternoon. It wasn't DLR Kultur or Figaro.

** Personal Skegness 'First'

104.0 SWR4, Feldberg was the first German station to appear via tropo, then followed by Gottelborner Hohe and Hornisgrinde. Signals were very weak throughout this all too brief tropo.

It was a coincidence that Wendelstein suddenly appeared on 93.7 via a good meteor burst while it was being received by tropo elsewhere at that time. I guessed Bayern1S pointed to the Sudbayern service but I see this is listed as "Oberbayern", so I wonder if this is a corrupted PS.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
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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.