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Thursday, 16 April 2015

Skegness Log: 16-04-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 93.3 0251 HRV HRT-HR 1, Beli Manastir (os) C201 HRT-HR_1  1552km
 92.1 0324  D  Bayern 1, Brotjacklriegel (bay) D311  1021km
 93.7 0334  D  Bayern 1, Wendelstein (bay) D311 ____rn__  1024km
 96.5 0334  D  SWR3, Waldenburg (bwü) Vocal ID  786km
 98.1 0334  D  SWR3, Aalen/Braunenberg (bwü) Vocal ID  835km
 98.5 0334  D  Bayern 3, Wendelstein (bay) D313   1024km
 94.3 0350 CZE Hitrádio Vysocina, Jihlava/Strážník I. (VY) 2A2A  1126km
 97.3 0454 HRV HRT-HR 1, Psunj (sb) C201 HRT-___1  1500km
102.8 0532  D  Radio Regenbogen, Heidelberg/Königstuhl, DTAG (bwü) OM ID  717km
105.4 0736  I  Südtirol 1, Brenner=Brennero/Zirog Alm=Zirago (bz) 5F51  1052km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Maybe there's a slight hint of the April Lyrid meteor shower. These should be active between April 16 and April 25 with a peak around April 22nd or 23rd. Regular meteor scatter transmitters were not included in the log.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
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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.

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