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Saturday, 29 November 2014

Skegness Log: 29-11-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 89.5 0335  D  Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 Ba  1024km
 95.3 0412  F  France Inter, Troyes/les Riceys (10) F201  643km
100.2 0541 POL RMF FM, Bialystok/Krynice (PL) 3F44  1506km
100.9 0544  D  Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D368 F  729km
105.6 0746  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Löbau/Schafberg (sac) Pops, as 106.9  1006km
106.9 0746  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D3C9  843km

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 88.3 0246  D  Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) D342 NORDWEST  565km
 89.0 0246  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) D0DB 89.0_RTL  712km
 89.9 0246  D  NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D383 NDR_Kult  707km
 93.8 0246  D  bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341 BREMEN_1  565km
 94.4 0246  D  NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen (nds) D383 NDR_Kult  543km
 94.6 0246  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) D4D1 MDR_S-AN  712km
 97.0 0246  D  WDR 3, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) D393 WDR_3  591km
 97.4 0246  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) D220 DKULTUR  712km
 98.0 0246  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D381 NDR1_NDS  707km
103.0 0246  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) D390 BFBS_1  564km
103.5 0246  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D210 DLF  707km
105.5 0246  D  WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) D391 1LIVE  591km
105.7 0246  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) D389 ANTENNE  543km
106.3 0246  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) D389 ANTENNE  707km
107.1 0246  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) D210 DLF  565km
 92.1 0248  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) D382 NDR_2  707km
103.8 0251  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Barsinghausen (nds) Pointer Sisters song, as 
               105.7, etc.  620km
104.0 0251  D  MDR Figaro, Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) Classical, as 107.8  839km **
104.3 0251  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Pointer Sisters, as 105.7  
               477km
107.2 0251  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Warendorf (nrw) OM, as 107.2  534km
107.3 0251  D  WDR Eins Live, Holzminden [nds] Höxter (nrw) Pops, as 106.7, etc.  640km
107.4 0251  D  MDR Figaro, Magdeburg/Burg Kapaunberg (san) Classical, as 107.8  782km
 89.4 0303  D  NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) ID after news, then pops  488km
 90.6 0304  D  WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) D395 WDR-5  591km
 91.0 0304  D  hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) ARD Popnacht  612km
 91.1 0304  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) D381 NDR1_NDS  543km
 87.6 0305  D  NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) ID after news  650km
 89.2 0307  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) News, ID and pops, as 87.6  
               525km
 92.0 0307  D  WDR 5, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) Light pops, as 90.6  493km
 93.4 0401  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Emden (nds) Presumed with German OMs serious 
               talk  458km
 92.9 0412  D  N-JOY, Steinkimmen (nds) Jingle ID  543km
 95.0 0423  D  NDR Info, Bremen-Walle (bre) NDR Info Night Lounge ID between light pops  
               565km
 94.0 0424  D  SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Live orchestra and OM presenter, 
               as 94.4  590km
 92.4 0434  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Evelyn King song, 
               as 92.8  525km
 92.8 0434  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Evelyn King song, as others  
               477km
 95.8 0434  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Evelyn King song, as 92.8  478km
100.0 0434  D  WDR 4, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) Billy Ray Virus and Kult Song jingle ID  
               493km
 95.9 0438  D  WDR 3, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Classical  483km
107.8 0438  D  MDR Figaro, Brocken (san) Classical  712km
 98.6 0536  D  WDR 5, Olsberg (nrw) German OM  592km
 99.5 0536  D  NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) German YL  707km
 98.8 0537  D  NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Classical, as web  525km
 98.1 0539  D  NDR 2, Aurich (nds) NDR ID after Pet Shop Bores song  478km
100.8 0541  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) ID and Barry White song, 
               as 98.0  606km
 97.8 0542  D  NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Pops, as 98.1  477km
105.9 0644  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) YL ID  525km
103.4 0712  D  Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) FFNs Top Ten Tips  525km
103.6 0714  D  Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Mention of Radio Hamburg News Studio  
               650km
104.0 0716  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) ID after German rap song  
               590km
104.5 0719  D  NDR 1 Welle Nord, Mölln Fuhlenhagen (shs) NDR1 Welle Nord ID after pop  679km
105.3 0723  D  NDR Info, Schwerin (mev) OM ID after lively pops  739km
106.8 0723  D  alster radio 106!8, Hamburg-Rahlstedt (ham) Jingle ID  656km
 93.1 1813 HOL Radio M Utrecht, Ijsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) OM commentary 
               peeping through the peripheries of a partially nulled Belmont  344km
 91.5 1820  D  MDR JUMP, Brocken (san) D3C2  712km
 87.8 2112 HOL Radio 10, Utrecht/NH Hotel (utr) Tina Turner song, as 87.7, etc.  343km **
105.6 2118  D  delta radio, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Pop Rock und Metal Non-Stop jingle ID  
               626km
105.1 2120  D  Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web  684km
104.8 2121  D  osradio 104,8, Osnabrück/Dörenberg (nds) Hardcore techno in yer face, as web  
               531km
103.1 2124  D  Radio ffn, Aurich (nds) Pops, as 103.4  478km
102.9 2126  D  R.SH, Kaltenkirchen (shs) Ads, Schleswig-Holstein wetter and ID  647km
102.6 2127  D  NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Soul music, as web  606km
101.9 2128  D  Radio ffn, Barsinghausen (nds) Pops, as web  620km
100.2 2129  D  R.SH, Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs) Dance remix, as web  694km
 99.6 2130  D  hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German OM  612km
 99.8 2130  D  NDR 2, Steinkimmen (nds) Pops, as 98.1, etc.   543km
 96.4 2134  D  NDR Info, Aurich (nds) Soul music, as web  478km
 95.5 2135  D  hr2, Hoher Meißner (hes) German OM and piano music, as web  684km
 96.1 2135  D  NDR Kultur, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Sombre classical music, as web  627km
 89.6 2138  D  NDR 1 Welle Nord, Flensburg-Engelsby (shs) Sheryl Crow song, as others  627km
 87.9 2140  D  NDR Info, Heide/Welmbüttel (shs) Soulful shrieking, as web  599km
107.6 2142  D  Ostseewelle, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Pops, as web  865km
107.4 2143  D  delta radio, Kaltenkirchen (shs) Heavy rock, as 105.6  647km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

I had no idea there was any tropo the previous evening and only realised at 02:45. It then dawned on me, I could easily make a quick snapshot of the band, recording one minute sessions of each 6MHz block of the band for later perusal. That's five blocks in total, or four and a half to be more precise. Then I would just let the S2 carry on recording after that.

The tropo extended out to Garz on the north coast of Germany, to Magdeburg and Wittenburg, the latter being a new one for me. The S2 allowed me to dig really deeply into the stations using 25 or 50 kHz bandwidths. This actually helps dig out the German DX due to them having narrow bandwidth. I kept my eye on 94.0 for a while as there were three German stations there. SWR2 had classical music. Then there was pops, probably Radio Ostfriesland. But there was also a German talker. Perhaps the 100 watt DLF from Hannover. No DLF parallels were available in this section of the band unfortunately and I was not listening live otherwise I would have checked their web stream.

There wasn't much meteor scatter around overnight. A lot of it might have been blocked by the tropo, which was quite strong at times, mainly the Torfhaus, Brocken, Steinkimmen and Teutoburger Wald transmitters.

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:
Elad FDM-S2
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification.

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Fringe Electronics 20dB band 2 pre-amp

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

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