Skegness Log: 06-12-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.3 0201  S  SR P1, Västervik/Fårhult TM (ka) Waves (SR P2 Vastervik on 91.8)  1132km **
 92.1 0209 HRV HRT-HR 1, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C201  1381km
 87.9 0233  E  Espy FM, Madrid (MAD-M) EC77. "ESPY FM" in radiotext despite being weak  1448km **
 88.2 0233  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Sagunt & Caceres most likely sites OM, as 90.3.
               One second behind 90.3  **
 90.3 0233  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Madrid/Torrespaña (MAD-M) E215  1447km **
103.6 0759  F  France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F405  1149km
 87.7 2114 SVK Fun Rádio, Kosice/Dubník (KE) 5340  1544km
 88.3 2118  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Raichberg (bwü) D301  813km
 91.4 2118  D  Berliner Rundfunk 91.4, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) D32C  880km **
 91.8 2118  D  SWR2, Raichberg (bwü) D3A2  813km **
 90.5 2146  D  NDR 1 Radio MV, Helpterberg (mev) D371  881km **
 87.9 2157  F  France Inter, Toulouse/Pic du Midi (65) F201  1136km
 89.9 2208  I  RAI Radio3, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5203  1197km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Meteor activity is still infrequent, but still one or two very interesting catches getting through. I don't recall seeing Espy FM logged anywhere before. I uploaded a video of this but the audio is missing. You can still see the PI and radiotext though: http://youtu.be/5dTEC2pksus

I have been experiencing lots of problems with Bandicam lately. I purchased this a while ago but the licence only allows you to run one copy and that one is registered to the laptop, which I am not using at the moment. Since I found out what was causing the interference when using my main desktop computer (the router) I have been using this. The free bandicam only allows you to use it so many times before you have to reinstall it. Every time I reinstall it there is something it has not remembered from the previous installation, such as the sound card settings.

For now, I am now trying a trial version of Microsoft Expression Encoder 4. It seems very good so far but not as simple to operate as Bandicam. Early tests are very good and with better definition than Bandicam. I also tried to install the latest Camstudio yesterday but that won't even install anymore. That Windows re-installation is looming ever closer!

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

Receiver:
Elad FDM-S2

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.