Skegness Log: 03-12-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 98.1 0226  D  SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) D3A3  835km **
 98.5 0226  D  Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) D313  1024km **
 98.8 0226  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) D301  786km
 97.4 0230 POL PR 3, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) 3233  1085km
 97.6 0230 POL PR 2, Bydgoszcz/Trzeciewiec (KP) 3222 oradia  1186km **
 97.9 0230 POL Radio ZET, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3205  1060km
 97.3 0231 POL Radio ZET, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3205  1289km
100.1 0231 POL PR Radio Pomorza i Kujaw, Bydgoszcz/Trzeciewiec (KP) 3401  1186km **
100.1 0231  D  RBB Fritz, Casekow (brb) D333 and Vocal ID  923km **
100.6 0231 POL Radio Jasna Góra, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 30FF  1291km **
101.7 0243  D  WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Presumed with Beatles song, as Langenberg 101.3
               420km **
 97.3 0244  F  France Inter, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F201  709km
103.5 0418  D  Radio TON Heilbronn, Franken, Bad Mergentheim-Löffelstelzen (bwü) D70D
               771km **
105.2 0418  D  Radio Arabella, München-Ismaning (bay) D78A  970km
103.0 0450  I  RAI Radio 1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201  1136km
 91.7 0452  I  RAI Radio 2, Roma/Monte Mario (RAI) (rm) 5202 RADIO2 (Not Bologna)  1541km **
103.9 0452  D  Radio SAW, Salzwedel Fleetmark (san) D3D9  739km **
102.5 0456 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Four possible sites EE00 RRACTUAL
 93.3 0542 CVA Radio Vaticana Europa-America, Cittá del Vaticano  (cva) 4101 AMERICA. 
               French YL at this time  1542km **
 93.7 0542  I  RAI Radio3, Roma/Monte Mario (RAI) (rm) Presumed. Italian OM splatter just
               out of 6MHz bandwidth. RAI 2 Roma 91.7 had full RDS at this moment  1541km **
103.5 0814 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C204  1381km
103.9 0814 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Psunj (sb) Ad break, as 103.5  1500km
104.0 0814  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) D3A9  590km
104.6 0814 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A213  1080km **
105.1 0814 AUT FM 4, Bad Ischl/Katrin (ORS) (obe) Rock track, as 104.6  1116km **
107.5 0814  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) DC04  743km
107.7 0814  D  Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) D318  1034km
103.2 0836 CZE CRo Dvojka, Votice/Mezivrata (ST) 232E R-DVOJKA  1069km
103.8 0836 AUT FM 4, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) A213  1247km
104.8 0836  D  hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D361  729km
107.3 0836  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D364  729km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Today's log contains a balance of some of the more regular MS catches, a few new stations and a few which haven't been logged for a while.

Lots more videos of these also uploaded to my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp

Also please excuse the boast but, for the record, I now only need 25 frequencies to 'complete the set' so to speak, that is to say that I need to identify a station via meteor scatter on just 25 more frequencies and I will have logged something on every band 2 frequency, something I never thought would have been possible. It was only a few weeks ago when I needed at least 70 or 80 frequencies. The sudden increase is down to using the Elad FDM-S2 and its stunning RDS performance.

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:
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.