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Saturday, 23 May 2015

Skegness Log: 23-05-15 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 90.6 1104 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Tétouan/Hafa Safa (ttn) OMs phone in and ID  2014km
 87.9 1117 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Rabat (SNRT) (rsz) 1202  2212km
 89.2 1122 MRC MFM Oriental, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) 1283  2397km
 91.8 1123 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Tanger/Cap Spartel (ttn) Slow English pops, as web  1991km
 91.0 1124 MRC SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania, Rabat (SNRT) (rsz) Arabic OM, as web  2212km
 87.7 1132  E  Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) Jingle ID  1904km
 91.6 1132 MRC Radio Mars, Béni-Mellal/Tazerkounte (tda) Arabic music, as web  2397km
 90.2 1133 MRC Medradio, Rabat (rsz) Arabic pops, as web  2213km
 87.7 1718 POR RDP Antena 1, Serra do Mendro (bej) Portuguese sports commentary, as web  1770km
 87.6 1734 MRC SNRT Chaîne Inter, Zaio (otl) YL news, as web  2036km
 94.2 1803 MRC SNRT Quran, Rabat (SNRT) (rsz) Arabic YL, as web  2212km

Some very fleeting Es today. There wasn't a lot of it and it was largely too weak for RDS. DX Maps placed the Es cloud over Northern Spain, slightly inland, so I was suprised to be receiving any of this.

On a positive note, Morocco and Portugal brings my total number of countries received this season to 30: ALB ALG AUT BIH BLR BUL CZE D E EST F FIN GRC HNG HRV I LTU LVA MDA MNE MRC POL POR ROU RUS SRB SVK SVN TUN UKR

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.

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