Skegness Log: 01-09-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 90.7 0424  E  Radio María, Madrid (MAD-M) E1CC  1444km **
 92.4 0424  E  Radiolé, Madrid/Parque de la Almudena (MAD-M) E238  1447km **
 96.1 0521 IRL Midwest Radio, Kiltimagh (MO) 241E  626km
 94.7 0552  E  Gaztea, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E303  1130km **
105.0 0628  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Liérganes/Peña Cabarga (CNT-S) E515  1128km
100.5 0631  F  France Bleu Gascogne, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) F207  1104km **
103.1 0848  F  France Bleu Armorique, Rennes/Saint-Pern (35) F207  564km

** Personal 'First'

At last some meteor action after a few days of nothing. For the last few days I have had the antenna vertical and beaming west for Ireland, but without success. I repositioned the 9.2 horizontal this morning and beamed to the south-west. This brought in a few new catches.

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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.

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.