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Friday, 6 March 2015

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
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.

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