Skegness Log: 28-09-14 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 89.9 0736 CZE CRo Dvojka, Liberec/Jested (LI) OM, as web  1038km **
 91.4 0739 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Ads and ID  947km
101.7 0801 CZE CRo Dvojka, Plzen/Krasov (PL) Choir and YL, as web  947km
 89.2 0808 POL PR 3, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Adsm as web  1177km **
 99.0 0848 CZE CRo Ostrava, Valasské Mezirící/Radhost (MO) ID and interview  1304km **
 90.6 0904 POL PR 4, Swieradów-Zdrój/G. Stóg Izerski (DS) Adverts, as web stream. Thanks Konrad DX,
               Poland for help.  1053km **
103.8 0915 POL Radio ZET, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Polish YL talk, brief in pile-up. As web 
               1177km **
100.2 0924 POL PR 3, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Old blues song, as web  1147km **
 87.6 0929 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and YL, as web  1219km **
102.0 0932 CZE CRo Dvojka, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web  1219km **
104.5 0934 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM, as web  1219km **
106.5 0935 CZE CRo Brno, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM and choir, as web  1219km **
 91.1 0948 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) TV Theme. V weak in pile-up 
               1084km **
103.9 0957 CZE CRo Vltava, Liberec/Jested (LI) Presumed. OM, struggling against Suffolk  1038km **
 88.5 1033 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) YL song, as web  1091km **
 93.6 1042 POL Radio ZET, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) Ad break and pops, as web  1147km **
 97.9 1049 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Jested (LI) Beethoven symphony, as web  1038km **
 95.9 1053 CZE CRo RadioZurnál, Liberec/Jested (LI) YL, as web. Just audible when Humberside dips
               down  1038km **
 90.5 1121 CZE CRo Hradec Králové, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) Pops and OM, as web  1091km **
 89.2 1135 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203. Interesting props. Scatter like signal for
               two minutes. Seemingly not MS or Es. Scatter assisted tropo? Rx tuned by Nick Gilly
               at the time  1261km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

It's been another of those "Pinch me - did that really just happen?" days. I was lucky to catch some superb ducting to the Czech republic, Austria and Poland - a first timer here. What the reception lacked in signal strength was more than made up for by the reception distances. CRo Ostrava from Valasské Mezirící on 99.0 became the second furthest band 2 tropo catch I have had since living in Skegness.

Videos are available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp As I mentioned yesterday, YouTube may have blocked some of the audio from these videos due to their 'copyright claims' policies. I can re-upload elsewhere if necessary.

I was just too late to catch a nice ID from CRo Ostrava on 99.0, hitting the record button too late, but there is plenty of audio in that video. Hopefully everything is clear enough. Ii included web audio with the weaker signals. PR3 from Wroclaw on 100.2 had a painfully weak signal. If you can hear this against the recording of the web stream then you'll have no problems with any of the other recordings.

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.