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
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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.