Skegness Log: 16-01-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
103.6 0325 POL PR Radio Merkury, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3755 __RADIO_  1060km
106.2 0344  D  Antenne Brandenburg, Belzig (brb) D431  831km **
102.0 0439 CZE Radio Impuls, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) 2203 ____UL__  991km
100.3 0442  D  Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) D369  677km
100.8 0442 AUT 88.6 Der Musiksender, Sankt Pölten 2/Schildberg (nie) A3EE 88.6_NOE  1212km **
101.9 0442  D  Antenne Bayern, Heidelstein (Rhön) (bay) Vocal ID  729km **
103.2 0442  D  Antenne Bayern, Ochsenkopf (bay) Vocal ID  865km **
103.8 0442  D  Antenne Bayern, Coburg Meeder or Hohenpeißenberg Vocal ID, as others. 
               Suspect Coburg Meeder as Hohenpeißenberg not present on 100.4 at the time **
104.3 0442  D  Radio Mainwelle, Bayreuth/Oschenberg (bay) DC1E  858km **
105.0 0442 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B202 _BARTOK_  1405km
104.5 0458  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm (rlp) Whispered YL jingle ID  649km
100.6 0507  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) D210  834km **
100.8 0507  I  Radio Sabbia, Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte Cavallo (fc)
               584A  1328km
101.8 0507  I  Radio 24, Cesena/Lugoraro di Cesena-Via Lugarara (fc) 5245  1326km **
102.5 0507  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) D30B ____07__  834km
103.7 0507  D  SR Unser Ding, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) D3B7  628km
100.7 0512 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (lux) 7212 and vocal ID  573km
 98.5 0614  S  SR P3, Sunne/Blåbärskullen TM (vr) E203  1067km
 88.2 0751  D  Bayern 2, Büttelberg (bay) D312  812km
 89.5 0751  D  Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312  1024km
 89.6 0751  D  Bayern 2, Bamberg/Geisberg (bay) YL, as 88.2, etc.  826km **
 90.0 0751  D  Bayern 2, Würzburg/Frankenwarte, BR (bay) YL, as 88.2, etc.  761km **
 90.5 0751  D  Bayern 2, Gelbelsee (bay) YL, as 88.2, etc.  905km
 91.6 0751  D  Bayern 2, Hoher Bogen (bay) YL, as 88.2, etc.  975km
 92.3 0751  D  Bayern 2, Dillberg (bay) YL, as 88.2, etc.  878km **
 91.8 0751  D  WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) D392  544km
 92.8 0751 AUT Ö1, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A201  1199km **
 93.0 0751  D  Bayern 2, Hohe Linie (bay) YL, as 88.2, etc.  943km

** Personal 'First'

Some nice surprises again today and lots more videos of today's catches on my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp.

There was a nice run of DX at 0751 when several outlets of Bayern 2 appeared simultaneously.

My last recording (lower quarter of the band) didn't fully record. I am not sure what happened but the recording switched off with more than an hour remaining. SDRs seem to have a few problems when it comes to timed recordings. My Perseus has a lot of problems switching off mid-recording so I use Mestor for this instead, but this is the first (and hopefully the last) time this has happened with the FDM-SW2 software.

Back to vertical at SSE for tomorrow morning.

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

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.

Software: Elad FDM-SW2 & RDS Spy via VAC.

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