Skegness Log: 08-09-15 (FM)

Band 2 Troposhperic:

 91.8 1155 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Pops, as web  703km

 98.7 1206 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL, as web  703km

 94.2 1207 NOR NRK P1, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL and OM, as web  703km

 97.3 1209 NOR NRK P2, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) OM and YL, as 94.2  745km

 91.1 1213 NOR NRK Petre, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) YL, as 91.8  745km

102.8 1218 NOR P4 Radio Hele Norge, Bokn/Grønnestadvegen (ro) OM and YL, as web  745km

103.7 1220  G  BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) Gaelic YL, as 104.2  430km

 95.0 1224 NOR NRK Petre, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) Pops, as 91.8  696km

 97.6 1225 NOR NRK P1, Lyngdal/Kalåskniben (va) YL, as web  696km

 99.0 1247 NOR NRK Petre, Bergen/Ulriken (ho) Pops, as web  860km

 94.8 1319 NOR NRK P2, Bergen/Ulriken (ho) OM, as web  860km

101.0 1326 NOR Radio Norge, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Aha song, as web  703km

 92.6 1603 NOR NRK Petre, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Petre ID and pops  811km

 96.0 1606 NOR NRK P1, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) YL and phone caller, as web  811km

101.4 1608 NOR Radio Norge, Gulen/Bråsviksåta (sf) Pops, as web  923km

101.8 1609 NOR Radio Norge, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) Pops, as 101.4  811km

102.5 1610 NOR Radio Norge, Bergen/Ulriken (ho) Pops, as 101.4  860km

 93.8 1653  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Durris (SC-ABS) Scottish politics  461km

 99.6 2133 NOR NRK P2, Stord/Kattnakken (ho) YL, as 97.3  811km

106.8 2342  G  Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) CC94 Aberdeen ads and jingle ID  461km

102.8 2343  G  Tay FM, Angus (SC-DDC) C6B1 _Tay____  434km

** Personal 'First'

It seems a long time since there has been any decent tropo ... and it's s STILL a long time since there has been any decent tropo. Some of these were a struggle. The unusual exception was Radio Tay on 102.8 with RDS, though still weak. All the other signals were weak at best with the majority of the Norwegians being well down in the noise. 

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.