Skegness Log: 31-03-15 (FM)

 Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
105.7 0738  E  Radio 4G FM, Alcorcón/Polígono Ventorro del Cano (MAD-M) E21F 63689118  1453km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Not so much time to check recordings lately. I have also had to point the antenna south-west, not a great direction for meteor scatter, as this has been the most wind-resistant position for counteracting the strong winds we've been having. I am amazed my antenna mast survived the vicious weather. Only a couple of hundred yards away we have seen a tree blown down, with other's in the area also suffering the same fate. The Met Orifice finally admitted we'd had 70 MPH gusts in the area. Locally, they could have been stronger. It was impossible to stand upright at the height of the winds.

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 30-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
104.1 0316 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) EE00 ____TU__  1677km
107.6 0316 ROU Pro FM, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) E059 IN___PRO  1677km
105.6 0331 ROU SRR Radio Resita, Resita/Semenic (CS) EE03  1801km
102.8 0344  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) YL with vocal ID  456km **
103.5 0344  D  Antenne Bayern, Brotjacklriegel (bay) D318 ANTE____  1021km
104.6 0344 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A213  1080km
104.9 0344  D  AFN Bavaria-The Eagle, Illesheim / Storck-Barracks  Tentative. Its our job
               to do the right thing in sincere US American OM accent. Listed 375 watts
105.0 0344  D  B5 aktuell, Hohe Linie (bay) D315  943km **
107.3 0344  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D364  729km
103.4 0346 POL PR Radio dla Ciebie - RDC, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3B3B Polskie_ _R_D_C__   1512km
103.6 0346 POL PR Radio Merkury, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3755 MOEL____  1060km
104.9 0348 POL Radio ESKA, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3293 ____KA_  1147km
105.3 0351 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Vinkovci/Borinci (vu) C317  1590km
105.3 0639 AUT KRONEHIT, Sankt Pölten/Jauerling (nie) A3FF KRONEHIT  1181km
105.8 0639 AUT KRONEHIT, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) A3FF  1247km
107.6 0639  D  B5 aktuell, Hühnerberg (bay) OM, as 106.9 (D315)  871km
104.7 0805 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Nagykanizsa/Újudvar (Zal) B202 __AR____  1398km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

A nice burst from Sankt Pölten: http://youtu.be/6tBqL4tBjiY

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 29-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
107.0 0318  D  NDR 2, Röbel (mev) NDR2 and WDR 2 ID. (Overnight shared programming)  807km
103.9 0358 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Psunj (sb) C204  1500km
106.8 0358 HRV HRT-HR 2, Papuk/Kapovac (vt) C202  1523km
104.8 0415  D  hr1, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) D361  729km
105.0 0415 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B202 __ARTO__  1405km
105.3 0415 AUT KRONEHIT, Sankt Pölten/Jauerling (nie) A3FF  1181km
105.5 0415 AUT 88.6 Der Musiksender, Rechnitz 2/Hirschenstein BKF (bur) A448  1308km **
107.2 0415 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B203   1405km
103.5 0440 HNG Class FM, Tokaj (BAZ) B205  1580km
105.5 0440 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Tokaj (BAZ) B202 _BARTOK_  1580km
107.5 0440 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Miskolc / Avas (BAZ) Classical, as 105.5  1541km **
105.3 0456 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B202  1460km
107.8 0456 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B203  1460km
103.0 0520  I  RAI Radio1 Piemonte, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5501 ____01__  1136km
103.8 0554 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) EE00  1706km
106.8 0554 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Arad/Siria (AR) EE01 CU____AL  1706km
103.8 0653 AUT FM 4, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) A213  1247km
105.8 0653 AUT KRONEHIT, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) A3FF  1247km
102.9 0734  D  Radio PSR, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Jingle ID  843km
103.0 0825  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) D390  564km **
103.5 0825 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Žilina/Krížava (ZA) 5201  1363km
104.0 0825 SVK Fun Rádio, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5340  1392km
104.9 0825  D  Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) D3D9  843km
105.0 0825 CZE Frekvence 1, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) 2205 __1_____  1281km
104.0 0830  I  Radio Subasio, Amatrice/Frazione Preta (ri) 53FD  1517km **
104.3 0830  I  Radio Subasio, Campello sul Clitunno (pg) or Città di Castello
               Italian YL, as 104.0  
102.8 0831  D  Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) Echoey OM jingle ID  717km
103.5 0831 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C204  1381km
104.1 0831  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, SWR (bwü) Waltz, as 107.5  717km **
104.6 0831 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A213 ____4___  1080km
105.5 0831  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim-Löffelstelzen (bwü)
               Waltz, as 107.5  771km **
105.6 0831  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Waltz, as 107.5  656km
106.6 0831  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) Waltz, as 107.5  786km
107.4 0831  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Waltz, as 107.5  590km
107.5 0831  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) DC04  743km
107.7 0831  D  Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) D318 AN______  1034km
103.9 0844 CZE CRo Vltava, Liberec/Ješted (LI) 232D  1038km
105.9 0844  D  MDR Info, Oschatz/Collmberg (sac) D3D5  887km
106.9 0844  D  Hitradio RTL Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D3C9 Hitr____  843km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Concentrating on the top of the band this time. Antenna horizontal at approximately 100 degrees.

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 28-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
103.9 0734  S  RIX FM, Södertälje/Ragnhildsborg TM (st) E241 _RIX____  1260km **
104.5 0734  S  RIX FM, Eskilstuna/Hällberga/Teracoms mast (so) Pops, as 103.9  1212km **
105.0 0734  S  RIX FM, Trollhättan/Källstorpsvägen 2/Strömslund TM (vg) Pops, as 103.9  939km **
105.5 0734  S  RIX FM, Stockholm/Nacka TM (st) Pops, as 103.9  1292km **
102.4 2119  S  SR P4, Low power multi-tx Pops, as 102.8 (E224) **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 27-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 91.7 0309 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Štúrovo/Modrý vrch (NI) 5560 RE______  1419km **
 92.6 0314  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Ulm/Kuhberg (bwü) D301 ______W_  859km
 92.8 0314  D  Bayern 1, Hohenpeißenberg (bay) D311  961km
 88.1 0348  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Wittenberg/Gallunberg (san) D7D1 __R_____  839km
 88.5 0349 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Modrý Kamen/Španí Laz (BB) 5960 _REGIN__  1436km **
 88.1 0358 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Zalau/Meses (SJ) EE00  1745km **
 88.2 0358 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Lucenec/Blatný vrch (BB) As 88.5  1464km **
 98.5 0431 SVK Rádio Jemné, Tornala/Škultétyho 5 (BB) 5354  1495km **
103.9 0616  D  Radio Seefunk, Iberger Kugel (bwü) 140A  922km
 90.6 1242 SVN Radio Celje, Mozirje (ce) 9413 _CEL____  1295km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Just as I was thinking that the meteor scatter was becoming predictable, along comes something different!

I have uploaded videos of my reception of Radio Celje https://youtu.be/6fmqFqTfnEo and Rádio Regina from Modrý Kamen https://youtu.be/1FPV4kSzAX0

The next major shower will be the April Lyrids between April 16 - 25 , peaking on April 23. More info at http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide

I noted with interest the March equinox fireball season, something I did not know about. Again, more info on the page above.

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 26-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.0 0348 HOL NPO Radio 2, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Short meteor scatter. Dutch OM,
               as 92.6  407km **
 92.6 0348 HOL NPO Radio 2, IJsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) Short meteor scatter.
               Dutch OM, as 88.0  344km **

** Personal 'First' via meteor scatter

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 25-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 89.5 0320 CZE Country Radio, Praha/ul. Vinohradská 2396/184 - Stimbuilding (PR) 2337 COUN____  1033km **
 88.6 0425  I  Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 5210 RADIO___ ______LE  1568km
 89.1 0425  I  Radio Cusano Campus, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 508C CU__NO__  1568km **
 90.3 0425  I  Radio Deejay, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5214 ______Y_  1568km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Meteor scatter has generally been very poor over the last few nights. I have been hoping for signals from Scandinavia and have been beaming north-east with the 9,2 vertical. Still, Italy manages to come through. Also some Irish signals came in on one short burst this morning, but nothing identifiable, apart from Newstalk outlets on 107.0, 107.2, 107.4, 107.6 and 107.8. There was no way of working out which sites they were from, but the Irish station on 104.9 was interesting, playing what I presume was an advert for someone located at 7 (27?) Burn Hill or Bird Hill. I wonder who that was.

Videos of today's new ones:

89.5 Country Radio, Praha: http://youtu.be/6Scvtaksdao
89.1 Radio Cusano Campus, Rocca di Papa: http://youtu.be/Mt6x-iZRBEA

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 22-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.7 0204 POL PR 2, Wroclaw/Zórawina (DS) 3222  1164km **
 93.7 0417 CZE Radio Helax, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) 2091 ____AX__  1287km
102.5 0655 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Resita/Semenic (CS) EE00  1801km **
103.8 0655 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) OM, as 102.5  1706km
105.6 0655 ROU SRR Radio Resita, Resita/Semenic (CS) EE03 R_Resita  1801km
106.8 0655 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Arad/Siria (AR) EE01 __LTURAL  1706km
107.8 0655 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B203  1460km
107.3 0656 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Szentes (Cso) B202 __AR__K_  1596km
104.3 0717  D  Radio Mainwelle, Bayreuth/Oschenberg (bay) DC1E ______LL  858km

Band 2 General Scatter:
 88.9 1452 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (lux) OM talk, as web  573km
 94.0 1454  D  SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Classical, as web  590km
 99.5 1459  D  NDR Info, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) YL, as web. Just audible mixing with
               BBC R1s  707km
101.4 1503  D  Radio SAW, Brocken (san) OM news and ID, then swamped by Genk  712km
102.4 1504  D  Radio ffn, Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Dip in Stoke Holy Cross allowing R FFN ID through
               707km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 21-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
106.2 0703  S  Radio Bohuslän 106,2, Uddevalla/Dalaberg vattentorn (vg) E5C7  928km

Band 2 General Scatter:
100.9 1716  D  Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Reasonable peak out of the
               blue. Pops, as web  729km
101.7 1753  D  WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) German version of Americano, as 101.3.
               Almost noise free  420km
104.3 1807  D  hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Brass band music, as web. Nice
               noise free peak  612km
107.2 1808  D  WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) YL Einslive vocal drop-in  592km

Radio Bohuslän video:  http://youtu.be/Q4SbblEzkIE

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 20-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.9 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Pops, as 90.4  1175km **
 90.4 0248 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A203   1199km
 91.6 0248 AUT Ö1, Spittal (Drau) 1/Goldeck (kae) Piano music, as 92.8  1175km **
 92.8 0248 AUT Ö1, Klagenfurt 1/Dobratsch-Villacher Alpe (kae) A201 __OE_1__  1199km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 19-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.2 0305  E  RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) E212 ??E?CL??  1287km **
 95.3 0401  G  BBC Radio 4 FM, Meldrum (SC-ABS) As BBC R4 (BBC WS overnight)  501km
 95.4 0429  E  RNE Radio 3, El Cabaco/Peña de Francia (CAL-SA) E213 __di__3_ AFs point
               to this site  1488km **
102.4 0536  E  Aragón Radio, La Muela (ARA-Z) 940F  1290km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 18-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Auroral:
 91.7 0029 DNK DR P3, Århus/Søsterhøj/Ny Moesgårdsvej 61 (mjy) Pops, as web  715km

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.7 0540 ISL RÚV Rás 2, Gagnheidi (au) A202  1570km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Iceland is a new country for me on meteor scatter. I didn't expect this to appear. I had left the antenna beaming north-west in the hope of catching some more from the auroral conditions, either straight auroral curtain reflections of auroral Es. This was the only meteor scatter strong enough to produce a PI code for the whole recorded period of 0200 to 0800. Video here: https://youtu.be/B2cdfKOvAVY

I will do the same again in tomorrow's overnight period in case more auroral activity occurs. At the time of typing this I see there is a minor geomagnetic storm in progress, but it is nowhere near as intense as the auroral conditions of the 17th.

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 17-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Auroral:
 88.4 1805  D  MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Vocal ID heard after news  843km **
 90.4 1809  D  MDR JUMP, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Pops, as web  843km **
 94.2 1814  F  France Culture, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YLs and jingle, as web  675km **
 94.6 1817  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Pops, as web  712km **
 94.7 1819  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Sandale (EN-CUM) Jingle ID and info, as web, beaming
               north-east  288km **
 91.7 1831 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) Old country song, as web  1291km **
 93.0 1835  F  France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM and jingle ID,
               as web  604km **
 97.8 1836  F  France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM, as web  604km **
 89.4 1837  F  France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) Classical, as web  604km **
 87.9 1848  F  France Inter, Toulouse/Pic du Midi (65) YL phone caller, as web  1136km **
 90.6 2317  D  WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German OM, as web  591km **
105.6 2320  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) Schlager, as web  656km **
 93.9 2326  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Darvel (SC-EAY) Presumed Darvel. Glengorm the only
               other real possibility. 
               Gentle song, as web  403km **
 95.3 2331  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Schwerin (mev) Discussion with piano music,
               as web  739km **
 92.1 2334  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web  707km **
 92.0 2336  D  WDR 5, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) OM and YL, as web  493km **
 91.4 2337  D  Berliner Rundfunk 91.4, Berlin/Alexanderplatz (brb) Anastacia song,
               as web  880km **
 91.2 2339  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Dannenberg/Zernien (nds) Sniff and The Tears song,
               as web  705km **
 91.1 2341  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Sniff and The Tears song, as web  543km **
105.7 2342  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Pops, as web  543km **
105.5 2343  D  WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Beatles, as web  591km **
103.6 2347  D  Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web  650km **
 87.6 2348  D  NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web  650km **

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 98.6 0334 SVK Rádio Jemné, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5354 JEMNE___  1544km
 97.4 0339 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) F1__97__  1127km
 97.0 0411  S  SR P3, Hörby/Sallerup TM (sn) E203 ____3___  913km
 98.7 0414  D  SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D311  942km
 95.4 0417 AUT Ö2 - Radio Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A902 __DI____  1261km
 99.1 0417 AUT Antenne Steiermark, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A943  1261km
 98.5 0432 HRV HRT-HR 2, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C202  1381km
 97.3 0448 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201  1500km
 97.7 0448 HRV HRT-HR 3, Papuk/Kapovac (vt) C203  1523km
 98.7 0448 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Possibly Bruck German OM, as 99.0 **
 94.8 2052 AUT Ö2 - Radio Salzburg, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A802 ______S_  1080km

** Personal 'First' via this mode

Meteor Scatter:
I only had time to go through one of my overnight meteor recordings. The auroral event dominated the rest of my radio day. As it happened, there were corrupted files in the first recording so I had to scrub that one.

Aurora:
The auroral activity at the beginning of this evening came from the north-east. Later on in the evening it had moved to the north-north-west. They made a huge impact. When I first tuned to the FM band I was amazed to see signals on all frequencies, but they were mostly a complete mess with lots of distortion, just like you'd hear when narrowing the IF too much. What a mess! There were BBC national transmitters on every frequency, from 88.1 to 94.5. Even Tacolneston was messed up. Belmont was the only transmitter which was left untouched.

Occasionally, a continental station would take over. Each one a high powered transmitter. I knew it must have been a powerful auroral disturbance because I was receiving the Brest and Nantes transmitters, both from the north-east, which was really bizarre to say the least. Beaming south-west, directly towards them, produced only a glimmer of the signals off the back of the beam.

The highlight was when an outlet of France Inter appeared on 87.9. There is uncertainty as to which transmitter I received, but I beleive it was more likely to be Toulouse. Such southerly suroral conditions are quite rare, but even North Africa once saw a visible aurora in their northern skies one year. I forget which. The only real alternative to the Toulouse transmitter, as Nick Gilly pointed out, would be St Brieuc in Brittany, not too far away from Brest and Nantes, but St Brieuc is only 200 watts and that might also be unlikely because of the low power. So which one did I receive? At the same time, DX Maps was showing a French radio ham, half way down the western side of France, working into the auroral conditions. Even a ham in Croatia was able to get in on the action, so I still strongly favour Toulouse, though there is no way of knowing for certain.

Auroral Es:
There were auroral Es just before 2100 but they were very shortlived. Finland appeared on 88.0 but was only audible for two or three minutes.

This Evening's Visible Aurora:
Pah! You can guess the outcome of that one.

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 16-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.7 0202 POL PR 1, Konin/Zólwieniec (WP) 3711  1211km
 91.1 0210 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F R-______  1084km
 92.1 0210  D  Bayern 1, Brotjacklriegel (bay) D311 Ba______  1021km
 89.5 0223  D  Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312  1024km
 88.0 0229 POL PR 1, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3211 JEDYNKA_ __03:29_  1530km
 90.5 0229 POL PR Radio Rzeszów, Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) 3417  1530km
 90.7 0229 POL PR 1, Solina/G.Jawor II (PK) Operatics, as 88.0  1591km
 91.1 0229 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Operatics, as 88.0  1465km
 89.1 0301 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F R-ZURNAL  947km
 89.5 0301 HNG Music FM, Budapest - Széchenyi-hegy (Bud) B418  1460km
 91.4 0301 CZE Radio Impuls, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 2203 __MP____  947km
 92.9 0301 POL Radio ZET, Gryfice/Trzyglowska (ZP) 3205  985km
 87.7 0307  F  France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202  709km
 92.1 0308 HRV HRT-HR 1, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C201  1381km
 87.6 0311 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_  1219km
 92.8 0311  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D5C1 __R_____  904km
 93.3 0311  D  MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Weimar/Großer Ettersberg (thü) Presumed.
               Pops, as 92.8  783km
 88.3 0327 POL PR 1, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3211 ____NK__  1512km **
 90.5 0327 POL PR 3, Siedlce/Losice (MW) 3233  1512km
 98.5 0331  D  NDR 2, Schwerin (mev) D382  739km
 97.9 0336 CZE Radio Proglas, Liberec/Ješted (LI) 2AA1 PR______  1038km
 99.0 0336 CZE CRo Ostrava, Valašské Mezirící/Radhošt (MO) 290D R_______  1304km **
 97.4 0344 CZE Frekvence 1, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 2205 ______,4  1127km
 93.9 0346 CZE Rádio Blaník, Pardubice/Krásné (PA) 233C ____IK__  1127km
 96.1 0346 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) EE01  1677km
 96.4 0346 POL PR 3, Poznan/Srem (WP) 3233 _T______  1127km
 96.7 0346 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B201  1649km **
 97.0 0346  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D210  904km
 97.9 0346 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Karcag (JNS) B203  1597km **
 93.6 0419 POL Radio ZET, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3205  1147km
 95.3 0419 POL RMF FM, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3F44 -lepz-__ and other scrolling PS  1229km
 97.6 0419 POL PR 1, Klodzko/Czarna Góra (DS) Music, as 98.8  1177km
 97.9 0419 POL PR 1, Katowice/Kosztowy (SL) Music, as 98.8  1333km
 98.8 0419 POL PR 1, Wroclaw/G.Sleza (DS) 3211  1147km
 99.0 0419 POL PR 1, Luban/Nowa Karczma (DS) Music, as 98.8  1035km **
 94.3 0421 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44  1289km
 93.9 0423  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D6C1 MDR___CH  843km
 95.9 0423 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Liberec/Ješted (LI) 232F R-__RN__  1038km
 96.6 0423  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Leipzig Wiederau (sac) D210   843km
 97.3 0423  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Dresden-Wachwitz (sac) D210  951km
 93.9 0432 HNG MR 2 Petöfi Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B201  1405km
100.7 0603 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Timisoara/Urseni (TM) EE01 CU______  1715km **
102.9 0603 CZE Radio Impuls, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 2203  1084km
105.0 0603 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B202 ______K_  1405km
104.9 0614  D  Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) YL with vocal ID  843km
107.2 0736 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Kab-hegy (Ves) B203 __SS____  1405km
103.5 0740 HNG Class FM, Tokaj (BAZ) B205 Clas____  1580km
104.0 0740 SVK Fun Rádio, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5340 FUNRAD__  1392km
104.5 0740 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2205 ____04__  1219km
105.0 0740 CZE Frekvence 1, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) Song, as 104.5  1281km
105.5 0740 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Tokaj (BAZ) B202 _BARTOK_  1580km **

** Personal 'First'

As yesterday morning, I beamed to the east and with the 9.2 horizontal. Meteor scatter was even more plentiful. Maybe this is because there is a meteor shower peak today. According to meteorshowersonline.com, March 16th sees the peak of the Gamma Normids, a 'minor' meteor shower. This one is listed as being 'visible' only in the southern hemisphere, but I wonder if there are some stray meteors from this getting into our skies. Who can say?, but things have definitely improved over the last couple of days. Has anybody else noticed this?

There was also quite a sharp contrast between signal strengths at the top of the band and the bottom. There were equally as many meteor bursts throughout the band, but those at the top of the band were much weaker. The log shows this.

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 15-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 92.8 0227  I  Radio Studio Delta, Cesena (fc) 53FB _____T__  1328km
 88.2 0327 POL RMF FM, Kielce/Swiety Krzyz (SK) 3F44  1436km
 94.2 0435  I  RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201  1136km
 97.4 0435  I  RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202 __RAI___  1136km
105.3 0734  I  Dimensione Suono Due, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5E49 ______*_  1568km
105.6 0734  I  Retesport, Rocca di Papa (rm) Rete Spport vocal ID  1568km
104.3 0755 CZE Hitrádio Faktor, Ceské Budejovice/Klet II. (u rozhledny) (JC)
               2550  _FAK____  1084km

Band 2 General Scatter:
 89.6 1116 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) Dutch comedy, as web  295km
101.7 1204  D  Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Pops and ID  628km
102.9 1214 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Classics ID. Oldies.
               Noise free on peak  354km
103.4 1215  D  Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pops, as 102.3  525km
102.8 1222  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM and YL, as 107.1  456km

The antenna was vertical and to the north-north-east overnight for meteor scatter.

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 14-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 89.2 0217 AUT Hitradio Ö3, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A203  1261km
 91.2 0217 AUT Ö1, Graz 1/Schöckl (ste) A201 __OE____  1261km
 93.3 0217 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) C201 HRT-HR_1  1552km
 92.1 0219 HRV HRT-HR 1, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C201 HRT-HR_1  1381km
 89.1 0222 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Plzen/Krašov (PL) 232F ____RN__  947km
 87.7 0226  F  France Culture, Strasbourg/TDF Nordheim (67) F202 __ULTURE  709km
 88.5 0238 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Trutnov/Cerná hora (KR) YL, as 89.1  1091km
 89.0 0238 CZE Radio Impuls, Ostrava/Hoštálkovice (MO) 2203  1287km
 90.3 0240 POL PR 3, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3233 _Polskie  1229km
 91.1 0245 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Ceské Budejovice/Klet - CRa (JC) 232F  1084km
 88.3 0307 POL PR 1, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3211 JERA__O_  1229km
 89.4 0307 POL PR 1, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Music, as 88.3  1406km
 91.1 0307 POL PR 1, Tarnów/Lichwin (MP) Music, as 88.3  1465km
 89.4 0323 SUI Radio Fribourg, Sorens/Gibloux (fr) 4F1C  864km
 92.2 0323 POL PR 1, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3211 JEDYNKA_  1289km
 97.3 0340 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201  1500km
 94.2 0347  I  RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201  1136km
 97.4 0347  I  RAI Radio2, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5202  1136km
 94.3 0352 POL RMF FM, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3F44 _RMF_FM_  1289km
 97.3 0352 POL Radio ZET, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3205 ______ET  1289km
 97.9 0352 POL Radio ZET, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) Pops, as 97.3  1060km
 93.7 0420  D  Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D311  1024km
 96.1 0420  D  Bayern 2, Hühnerberg (bay) D312  871km
 95.3 0445 POL RMF FM, Opole/Chrzelice (OP) 3F44 95,3____  1229km
 96.0 0445 POL RMF FM, Kraków/Choragwica (MP) Pops, as95.3  1406km
103.8 0519 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Arad/Siria (AR) EE00 RRACTUAL  1706km
100.3 0535 SVK SRo 2 Rádio Regina, Košice/Dubník (KE) 5D60 ____INA_  1544km
103.0 0552  I  RAI Radio1, Menconico/Monte Penice (RAI) (pv) 5201  1136km
102.8 0554 HRV HRT Radio Osijek, Beli Manastir (os) C317 R-OS____  1552km
103.6 0554 POL PR Radio Merkury, Walcz/Rusinowo (Pila) (ZP) 3755 _TEL*0__  1060km
100.7 0558 LUX Radio 100,7, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (lux) 7212 __0,7___  573km
102.5 0559  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Radio Sieben jingle ID  834km
103.0 0559  D  SWR3, Grünten (Allgäu) [bay] (bwü) D3A3  942km
105.0 0559  D  Radio 7, Iberger Kugel (bwü) D30B  922km
105.2 0559  D  big fm (Baden-Württemberg), Langenbrand (bwü) D3A9 _____F__  755km
103.0 0636 HRV HRT Radio Zadar, Celevac (zd) C31B R-____R_  1499km
104.9 0642  D  Radio SAW, Leipzig Wiederau [sac] (san) D3D9  843km
106.9 0705 POL PR Radio Pomorza i Kujaw, Brodnica/Cieleta (KP) 3401  1271km
103.6 0712  F  France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F405 BLEUPROV  1149km
107.0 0712 SUI One FM, Mont Salève/Petite Gorge [F 74] (ge) (2kW) 42A1  885km **
104.6 0742 AUT FM 4, Salzburg 1/Gaisberg (ORS) (sal) A213  1080km
107.6 0747 ROU Pro FM, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) E059  1677km

Band 2 General Scatter:
103.9 1145  G  BBC Radio 4 FM, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) As 93.1, etc.   333km
 93.5 1147  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) Scottish accents, as web  333km
 97.5 1527 HOL Radio Noord, Groningen/Gideonweg (DVB-T Mast) (gro) Love song, as web  419km
 91.8 1641  F  Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck/Kasteel Yvonne (59) Full ID by YL over jazzy music
               300km

** Personal 'First'

The antenna was due east and horizontal overnight.

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 13-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 General Scatter:
 97.7 0924  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) ID and pops  593km
101.7 0927  D  WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Deve Edmunds song, as 101.3  420km
105.1 0933  D  Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) OMD song, as web. Over Emley Moor.   684km
 97.8 0939  D  NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) ID after Aha song  477km
 95.4 0940  D  SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) German YL, as web. Over Bremen  592km
 95.0 0942  D  hr-info, Rimberg (hes) German YL, as web  678km
 92.8 0944  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen West, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German song, as web. Local
               programming. Noise free scatter  477km

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 12-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 89.0 0231  I  Radio Classica Bresciana, Brescia/Colle Vedetta-via Buttafuoco (bs)
               53FE and classical music  1108km
 89.9 0308 POL PR 2, Zielona Góra/Jemiolów (LU) 3222  1008km
 94.7 0413 HOL NPO Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 8204  313km **
105.0 0732 LTU LRT Klasika, Truikiai/LRTC Plung&#279;s RRS  (Plu) C322 __Ryto__  1418km **

** Personal 'First'

Not a lot heard this morning. The antenna was vertical and pointing north-north-west, so maybe that's why. Yesterday I only saw one single meteor burst in the seven hour recording period, which was too low for RDS. But yesterday I was beamed vertical to the north-west.

Some short MS this morning too with Rotterdam getting through on 94.7. I'm pretty sure that was Radio Decibel too on 97.6, also Rotterdam, but it didn't produce RDS. It was definitely MS as there wasn't a trace of it either side of the burst with the antenna almost to the north and vertical.

Back to the east tomorrow!

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 10-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.10 022  I  RAI Radio1, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5201  1197km
 89.0 0232  I  RAI Radio2, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5202  1197km
 89.9 0232  I  RAI Radio3, Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5203  1197km
 91.7 0232 POL PR 3, Czestochowa/Wreczyca (SL) 3233  1291km
 88.6 0251  I  Radio Radicale, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (rm) 5210 RA______  1568km
103.2 0715 POL PR Radio Olsztyn, Olsztyn/Pieczewo (WM) 39A1 __sz____  1334km
107.6 0715  I  Radio Maria, Multi-tx 51CC
106.0 0740  S  Mix Megapol, Helsingborg/Västhamn TM (sn) E243  857km **
105.4 0802  S  Mix Megapol, Likely Karlstad (vr) E243
 97.3 1942 POL Radio ZET, Plock/Rachocin (MW) 3205 SPAD____  1289km
 97.4 1942 POL PR 3, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) 3233 __Ra____  1085km
 97.6 1942 POL PR 2, Bydgoszcz/Trzeciewiec (KP) 3222 A-du____  1186km
 98.1 1942 POL PR 2, Plock/Rachocin (MW) Classical, as 97.6  1289km **

** Personal 'First'

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 09-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.9 0300  I  Radio Sportiva, Bologna/Colle Barbiano/Via Santa Liberata (bo) 5244  1256km
 97.7 0338  E  Los 40 Principales, Pinto (MAD-M) E07C  1468km
 94.3 0431  E  Cadena Dial, Alija del Infantado (CAL-LE) E274 CA____AL  1251km
104.1 0749  E  SER, Segovia (CAL-SG) or Pont De Suert (CAT-L) E239 **
 94.7 1957  E  Onda Cero, Guadalajara (CAM-GU) E6EE ____CERO. PS appears before the PI !!  1416km

Band 2 General Scatter:
105.3 1301  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Scatter. YL news, as web  732km
107.9 1302  D  BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Scatter. OM news, as web. Mixing Munster
               732km
107.3 1315  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Schalger, as web  729km
 98.0 1316  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Scatter. Over Lille, almost
               noise free.  707km
 94.2 1317  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Scatter. Just audible. Soft
               pop song, as web  793km

** Personal 'First'

Barely any meteor scatter overnight with the 9.2 vertical to the south-west, but some welcome 700+km general aircraft/troposcatter during the early afternoon. Scatter from the Teutoburger Wald transmitter was particularly good today with some decent noise free peaks. So far this year, scatter seems to be well up compared to this time last year.

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 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 08-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
102.5 0649  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Quirós/Gamoniteiro (AST-O) E211 RNE_1___  1200km
103.0 0649 POR RFM, Serra da Marofa (gua) Brief music, as 104.0  1473km **
104.0 0649 POR RFM, Guarda/P.Vento (gua) 8231  1517km **
104.1 0719 POR RFM, Porto/Monte da Virgem (prt) Vlcal ID  1497km **
104.7 0742  I  RTL 102.5, Fiorano Modenese (mo) or Marano sul Panaro (mo) 5218.
               Both txs in Modena (mo)
102.4 0744  E  Factory FM, Madrid (MAD-M) E850 FACTORY_  1448km **
103.0 0744  E  Unika FM, Villaviciosa de Odón/Pinares Llanos (MAD-M) E42C UNIKA_FM  1458km
107.2 0744  E  Fiesta FM, Madrid (MAD-M) E033 ____2___  1448km **
102.4 0745  E  Onda Cero, Zaldiaran (PVA-VI) E2EE ONDA__RO. AFs point to this tx  1174km **
104.9 0745  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Villadiego (CAL-BU) E211 RNE_1___  1216km **

Band 2 Tropospheric:
102.1 0038  F  RCF, Lannion/Porz al Lan (22) YLs, as web  564km **
101.6 0044  F  Skyrock, Lannion/Croaz Dibenn (22) Dr Dre song, as web  553km **
 99.0 0050  F  Radio Bonheur, Lannion/Pradic Glaz (22) French pops, as web  554km
 96.5 0056  F  NRJ, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) Club music, as web  565km **
 93.6 0101  F  MFM Radio, Brest/Place de Strasbourg (29) French song, as web  626km **
 89.0 0108  F  RCF, Brest/Croas ar Vossen (29) French YL, as web  624km
107.3 0112  F  BFM Business, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) French OMs talking business, as web  629km
100.8 0113  F  MFM Radio, Landerneau/Léavéan (29) French song, as web  611km **
 99.4 0115  F  RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Carhaix-Plouguer/Berrien (29) Local Breton music,
               as web  600km
101.8 0116  F  Skyrock, Brest/le Rody (29) Modern R and B stuff, as web  625km **
 98.1 0120  F  RTL 2, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) French slow pops, as web  565km **
 95.0 0124  F  Radio Neptune, Brest/9 Rue Pierre Mac-Orlan (29) Jazz, as web  630km **
 87.8 0137  F  Radio Courtoisie, Cherbourg-Octeville/Bélier (50) French OM, as web  415km
104.7 0145  F  Europe 1, Brest/le Rody (29) Discussion, as web  625km **
104.3 0146  F  RTL, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) Ads, as web  629km
105.5 0148  F  France Info, Brest/Lescaouidic (29) French OM, as 105.2  629km **
105.9 0149  F  RFM, Brest/le Rody (29) Earth Wind and Fire song, as web  625km **
 92.0 0209  F  Radio Kerne, Douarnenez/Kermeur (29) Rock track, as web  656km **
106.5 0224  F  RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Guingamp/Ploumagoar (22) Romantic song, as web  567km **
 92.4 0232  F  RMC, Brest/11 Rue Pierre-Mac-Orlans (29) French OMs, as web  630km **
100.2 0235  F  Radio Nova, Brest/11 Rue Pierre-Mac-Orlans (29) Pops, as web  630km **
 95.9 0238  F  France Musique, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) Plinky plonky
               violin music, as web  415km **
 91.4 0239  F  France Culture, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) French OM,
               as web  415km **
 94.0 0251  F  Mouv', Brest/Lescaouidic (29) Rap track, as web  629km **
105.3 0511  F  France Info, Multi-tx Echo, so more than one tx. Antenna vertical so no
               Lille on 105.2
 95.1 0518  F  Variation, Guingamp/Castel Pic (22) Acoustic song, as web  565km **
 93.3 0531  F  France Culture, Le Havre/Harfleur (76) YL, as web  406km
102.9 0540  F  RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Callac/Maël-Pestivien (22) Sounds like Balkan music.
               Accordion and signing, as web  588km **

Unidentified:
 95.2 0440  F  UNID. French talks. Web address/ID for RFI (Radio France International)

** Personal 'First'

There was a big increase in signals from the Brest transmitter late evening yesterday, reading 58dBf on the XDR-GTK software. Take off 20dB for the pre-amp of course but that is still a healthy signal, the kind of strength where it's time to flip the antenna to vertical to look for local stations. Brest disappeared once the 9.2 was vertical, but it must have grown even stronger shortly after this as it managed to push through clearly despite the wrong polarisation.

After midnight, once vertical, local Breton stations started to appear, bringing me my largest personal haul from the region. The band started to resemble Land's End! I knew I was in for a long, sleepless night. Daylight was well upon me before I finally pulled the plug and even then I left the FDM-S2 recording.

Having holidayed in Brittany several times over the last 15 years or so I have become sort of familiar with some of the stations over there. Hearing the beautiful Breton music on Radio Kreiz Breizh and Radio Kerne is a joy. They both have web streams, but to hear them live via a tropo is just amazing, even if the signals were mostly quite weak.

Needless to say when I awoke at midday this morning I was bleary eyed, extremely lethargic and totally incoherent. I have discovered a new use for matchsticks! The problem for me though is that it usually takes two days for the effects of a lack of sleep to catch up on me.

I didn't expect to hear any meteor scatter as the band was full of inland UK stations by local sunrise, nevertheless, there was some activity and I uploaded some videos of this to https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp

Hopefully somebody knows who relays RFI (Radio France International) on 95.2 overnight. This one is a real mystery.

Zzzzzz!

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
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod.

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 07-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 89.9 0234 HNG Dankó Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B206 D  1649km **
 96.5 0347 DNK DR P4, København-Gladsaxe/Isbanevej 4 (hvs) 9602  836km
 97.3 0415 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 __T-HR__  1500km
 97.5 0447 AUT Ö1, Linz 1/Lichtenberg (obe) A201  1111km
103.0 0516 HRV HRT Radio Zadar, Celevac (zd) C31B R-ZA____  1499km
 99.5 0532 CZE CRo Radiožurnál, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) 232F  1281km
100.9 0532 SVK Europa 2, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) 534F  1459km
102.0 0532 CZE CRo Dvojka, Brno/Kojál (JM) 232E R-DVOJKA  1219km
103.0 0532 CZE Radio Krokodýl, Brno/Hády (JM) 20A2 __KO____  1217km
103.2 0532 CZE CRo Dvojka, Votice/Mezivrata (ST) 232E ______KA  1069km
103.5 0532 SVK SRo 1 Rádio Slovensko, Žilina/Krížava (ZA) 5201  1363km
104.0 0532 SVK Fun Rádio, Banská Bystrica/Suchá hora (BB) 5340 FUNRADIO  1392km
104.1 0532 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) EE00 RR__TU__  
               1677km
104.3 0532 SVK SRo 4 Rádio_FM, Poprad/Králová hola (PO) 5202 __DI____  1459km
104.5 0532 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2205 F1_104,5  1219km
104.7 0532 CZE Rádio Blaník, Plzen/Radec (PL) 233C  993km **
105.0 0532 CZE Frekvence 1, Zlín/Tlustá hora (ZL) 2205 F1_105,0  1281km
105.1 0532 HNG MR 3 Bartók Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B202  1649km **

Band 2 Tropospheric:
105.3 0926  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL, as web  732km
102.6 0929  D  NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Ads, as web  606km
101.2 0930  D  Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Bremen ads  565km
101.4 0930  D  Radio SAW, Brocken (san) Whispered ID jingle  712km
 98.0 0931  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) NDR Eins 
               Niedersachsen ID  707km
 97.8 0932  D  NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) OM ID, not // 98.0  477km
 97.4 0933  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) 
               D6A4 __R4_K__  560km
 95.4 0936  D  SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) OM, as web, mixing UNID German  592km
 96.8 1000  F  France Inter, Reims/TDF Hautvillers (51) Briefly over 
               Ijsselstein  516km
 99.0 1004 BEL Randstad FM, Mechelen/Douaneplein (vlg-ant) Kim Wilde song, as per 
               their new web player  370km
 99.6 1005  D  hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) YL speech, ID  612km
104.9 1006  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Pops, as 105.7  478km
105.9 1007  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) ID and 
               Aerosmith song  525km
107.4 1008  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) OM ID (Noise free)  
               508km
 87.6 1018 HOL Omroep Brabant, Mierlo/Torenweg-Alticom (nbr) Fears For Tears 
               song, as web  406km
 88.9 1020 HOL RTV NH, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) OM talk, as web  320km
 91.5 1022 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Eys/Alticom Toren (lim) OM, as 95.4  462km
 91.8 1023 HOL FunX, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) YL phone caller, 
               as web  313km
 87.8 1028  F  Radio Courtoisie, Cherbourg-Octeville/Bélier (50) French OM and 
               YL, as web  415km
 93.0 1032  F  France Bleu Breizh Izel, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F205 BLEU-BZH  
               604km
 92.9 1037  F  France Musique, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) OM and YL, as 88.7  
               474km
 89.8 1040  F  France Musique, Abbeville/Limeux (80) OM and YL, as 88.7  364km
 92.2 1102 HOL Omrop Fryslân Radio, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) 8411 OMROP___ 
               FRYSLAN_ 92.2_FM_  365km
104.9 1106 HOL Radio Purmerend, Purmerend/Mast Centrum (nho) Pops and jingle 
               with OM ID  320km
105.6 1108 HOL RTV SLOGO, Ouddorp/Hofdijksweg (zho) OM commentary, as web  
               287km **
107.0 1111  G  Heart, Redruth (EN-CNW) Heart jingle. Virtually RDS level  504km
102.8 1114  G  Pirate FM 102, Redruth (EN-CNW) Promo for "Neil and Tina's 
               Thousand Pound Minute on Pirate FM"  504km
107.1 1128 HOL Radio Enkhuizen, Enkhuizen/Gerard Brandtweg (nho) Rod Stewart and 
               Bryan Adams track, as web  335km
104.7 1140 HOL Radio Continu, Leeuwarden/Avéro-Residentie (fri) Jingle, rock 
               song, as web  365km
 90.8 1143 HOL Radio Drenthe, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) YL and OM phone caller, 
               as web  407km

** Personal 'First'

Meteor activity was low, considering I was beaming east/horizontal, usually the most favourable direction. Some new frequencies were noted from regular transmitters.

Tropo took hold at last, bringing in a few of the more regular tropo stations. Nice to see that Randstad FM 99.0 now has a web stream, so easy // checks can be made. More usually, RPV/RCV from Lille are the continentals heard on 99.0 when vertical.

The tropo peaked during the late morning as distances decreased, bringing in a few Dutch locals at the top of the band. All stations heard were identified. After this, conditions tried to peak to the south-west with Cornish stations trying. The Brest transmitter in Brittany was also on the increase but conditions soon fizzled around midday. Will it pick up later?

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
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod.

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 File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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

Skegness Log: 06-03-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 99.5 0549  S  SR P4, Markaryd/Hualtet (kb) E724  928km
100.2 0549  S  SR P4, Visby/Follingbo TM (go) E824 ___G____  1238km
100.0 0605  D  Radio PSR, Chemnitz/Geyer (sac) D3C8 ____OP__  904km
102.7 0605  S  SR P4, Västervik/Fårhult TM (ka) E624  1132km
103.0 0609 HNG MR 1 Kossuth Rádió, Komádi / Heréskert (HaB) B203 KO______  1649km
104.1 0609 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) EE00 RR__TUAL  1677km
107.6 0710 ROU Pro FM, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) E059  1677km
103.9 0743 SVN Slovenija 3, Kum (ce) 9203 __AR____  1317km
107.5 0743  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Buchen/Walldürner Str. (bwü) DC04  743km
107.7 0743  D  Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) D318 AN______  1034km

Band 2 General Scatter:
 95.3 1913 HOL L1 Radio, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) OM phone conversation, as web  455km
 94.0 1922 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mount Leinster (CW) Decent peaks. Almost noise
               free at times. Gaelic music, as web  480km
103.0 1928  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Pops, as web  564km
104.9 1930  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Pops and jingle ID.
               Brief noise free peaks.   553km

It was a horizontal easterly direction for the 9.2 overnight. I have included only the less common catches.

Scatter improved during the evening, with conditions stabilising into tropo as I type this at 23:50. Hopefully conditions will improve by sunrise.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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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.