Skegness Log: 21-02-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:

 94.4 0346 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mullaghanish (CO) Gaelic YL, as 94.0  653km **

102.5 0536  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Gamoniteiro (AST-O) E211  1199km

104.8 0536  E  Onda Cero, Badajoz (EXT-BA) E777. Unlisted regional PI code.
               Thanks Janpeter Van Dijk for info on this  1682km **

** Personal 'First'

I took a gamble and beamed west overnight with the antenna vertical. These three were the only stations I managed to identify, but there was also frequent reception of an Italian talk station on 102.5. I never found out what that was. 

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, SDR Console & RDS Spy via VAC.

Rotator:

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