Skegness Log: 28-09-15 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 97.3 1845  G  Kohinoor FM, Leicester (EN-LEI) Singing, as web  112km
 95.6 1848 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) Wexford Festival promo,
               as web  480km
102.0 1850 IRL Beat 102-103 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Ad for car dealership in
               Tipperary. ID  480km **
103.1 1852  G  IMAN FM, Wincobank VHF (EN-SYK) OMs discussion, as web  79km **
 99.6 1937 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Mullaghanish (CO) Classical, as 98.7  653km
101.8 1937 IRL Today FM, Mullaghanish (CO) YL and OM talking, as 101.4  653km
107.4 1938 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mullaghanish (CO) News, etc.   653km
 88.2 1939 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Truskmore (SO) OM presenter, as 89.6  587km
 92.6 1939 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) Irish music, as 94.0.
               Noise free  587km
107.2 1947 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Mount Leinster (CW) Vweak, as others  480km
105.2 2104 IRL TXFM, Three Rock Mountain (D) ID after news and soul music  437km
 93.8 2117  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Durris (SC-ABS) C615  461km
 94.3 2118  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Black Hill (SC-NLA) Vic Galloway show,
               as 93.8  405km
 93.5 2119  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) YL interview, as 93.8  333km
104.2 2121  G  BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Meldrum (SC-ABS) C316  501km
103.7 2122  G  BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) C316 BBC_Gael  430km
102.8 2123  G  Tay FM, Angus (SC-DDC) C6B1  434km
106.8 2125  G  Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) CC94 original  461km
 99.0 2127  G  BBC Radio 1, Durris (SC-ABS) As others  461km
 92.7 2128  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Forfar (SC-ANG) C415 BBC_Scot  430km
 92.3 2130  G  BBC Radio 3, Chatton (EN-NBD) Presumed. Producing echo against
               Peterborough  299km **
 94.5 2130  G  BBC Radio 4 FM, Chatton (EN-NBD) Producing echo on 94.5  299km **
 90.1 2133  G  BBC Radio 2, Chatton (EN-NBD) Presumed. Producing echo against
               Peterborough  299km **
103.9 2211  G  BBC Radio 4 FM, Ashkirk (SC-BRD) C204  333km
101.8 2213  G  Heart, Burnhope (EN-DUR) Heart ID between songs  229km
106.1 2221  G  Capital FM, Black Hill (SC-NLA) Westlothian Leisure ad, ID  405km **
105.4 2223  G  Heart, Winter Hill (EN-GTM) Prince song, as web  196km
100.1 2228  G  Classic FM, Angus (SC-DDC) C5A1 Classic_ Scottish ads then back
               to national service  434km **
105.5 2258 IRL Today FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Music and OM, as web  450km
 90.4 2316 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Truskmore (SO) OM presenter, as 91.8  587km
 97.0 2320 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Jingle ID  450km
 97.8 2320 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Truskmore (SO) Classical, as 98.7  587km
 97.2 2327  G  Heart, Blunsdon (EN-WLT) Wiltshire Air Ambulance, Swindon
               Borough Council PSAs  224km
 89.4 2329  F  France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F203 Starting to improve  604km
 95.4 2331  F  France Inter, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) F201 __INTER_  604km
 97.8 2332  F  France Culture, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) OM, as 98.0  604km

** Personal 'First'

A decent evening's opening to the eastern side of Scotland, eastern Ireland and the south-west of England, just touching into Brittany.

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.