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Sunday, 1 November 2015

Skegness Log: 01-11-15 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
105.8 0400  D  Radio Erft, Köln/Colonius (nrw) Time pips, ID on the hour  514km **
106.9 0500  D  Radio Euskirchen, Schleiden/Broicher Höhe (nrw) Time pips, ID on the hour  
               514km
107.4 0500  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Time pips, ID on the hour  
               508km
107.5 0500  D  Radio Gütersloh, Oelde-Stromberg (nrw) Time pips, ID on the hour  555km **
107.8 0700  D  Antenne AC, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Time pips, ID on the hour  483km
105.2 1000  D  Radio Berg, Lindlar/Brungerst (nrw) Time pips, ID on the hour  537km **
105.0 1117 HOL Castricum 105, Castricum/De Loet (nho) YL ID vocal insert, then slow song  
               299km **
106.3 1119 HOL Beat FM, Heiloo/De Spindel (nho) 80s jazz funk style song, as web  300km
107.2 1121 HOL Midvliet FM, Leidschendam/Dokter van Zeelandstraat (zho) Phone in, as web  
               299km
107.5 1123 HOL Radio Eenhoorn, Menaam/Mieddyk (fri) OM and (religious?) Dutch songs, as 
               web  356km
107.3 1125 HOL Omroep Zuidplas, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel/Spoorlaan (zho) YL Dutch 
               song, as web  318km
106.9 1142 HOL Radio Voorne, Hellevoetsluis/Opzoomerlaan (zho) Familiar Euro-hit, as web  
               297km
104.2 1144 HOL RADIONL, Alkmaar/Alticom Mast (nho) Dutch music, as web  304km **
 89.4 1148 HOL Radio Oost, Hengelo/Novec mast (Hazenweg) (ove) Nostalgia and YL  445km
 87.8 1150 HOL Radio 10, Utrecht/NH Hotel (utr) Jingle ID  343km **
107.2 1154 HOL LOCO FM, Het Loo/Bovenheigraaf (gel) Gospel singing, as web  385km **
107.6 1210 HOL Feel Good Radio, Nootdorp/De Poort (zho) Dutch song, as web  302km **
107.0 1217 HOL Slotstad Radio, Zeist/Laan van Vollenhove (utr) Back to back pops, as web  
               351km **
107.6 1220 HOL Hofstreek FM, Goor/Reggelaan (ove) U2 song, as web  434km **
105.7 1232 HOL Unity FM, Leiden/Vrijheidslaan (zho) Pops, as web  302km **
105.3 1238 HOL Bo, Noordwijk/Duinroos (zho) Dutch song, as web  294km
 92.0 1244 HOL Den Haag FM, Den Haag/Alticom Toren (zho) Sports, as web  296km
 89.0 1247 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Den Haag/Alticom Toren (zho) OM sports, as 89.3  296km
 88.7 1248 HOL RTV NH, Alkmaar/Alticom Mast (nho) As 93.9  304km **
 88.0 1249 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Oegstgeest/Kwaaklaan (zho) OM sports, as 89.3  300km **
105.9 1304 HOL Radio 80, Egmond aan Zee/Hotel Zuiderduin (nho) Phone-in, as web  294km
 89.9 1321 HOL Haarlem 105 Radio, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) OM ID and pops  304km
 93.8 1324 HOL 100% NL, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) Jingle ID  304km
 95.8 1325 HOL Radio Schiedam, Schiedam/Emmastraat (zho) OM, as web  308km
 98.5 1327 HOL Radio Decibel, Utrecht/NH Hotel (utr) Decibel ID  343km
107.1 1333 HOL Radio Schouwen-Duiveland, Zierikzee/Silo Vissersdijk (zee) Oms discussion, 
               as web  296km
 87.6 1725  D  NDR Info, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Sports commentary, as web  525km
 88.5 1733  D  WDR 5, Ibbenbüren-Osterledde (nrw) YL, as 90.6  514km **
102.5 1734  D  WDR Eins Live, Ibbenbüren-Osterledde (nrw) Pops, as 107.9  514km **
 87.8 1738  D  NDR Kultur, Visselhövede (nds) OM and YL talking about symphony, as web  
               620km
107.6 1740  D  Radio 21, Bremen-Walle (bre) ID and Joe Cocker song  565km
107.5 1742  D  BB Radio, Berlin/Schäferberg (brb) Pops, as web  864km
107.2 1743  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Warendorf (nrw) Outdoor interview, as 107.1  534km
104.8 1747  D  Radio Teddy, Bremen-Walle (bre) Kids version of pop song, as web  565km **
102.9 1754  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Lingen-Schepsdorf (nds) YL and OM, as web. Low 
               power filler  473km
 88.9 1807  D  NDR Info, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) OM and YL, as web. Low power filler  
               477km
 93.4 1812  D  delta radio, Hamburg/Heinrich-Hertz-Turm (ham) Jingle ID and pops  642km
 94.0 1813  D  Radio Ostfriesland, Aurich-Haxtum (nds) Pops, as web  475km
103.7 1816  D  NDR Info, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) Echoey OM, as web  504km
104.0 1816  D  Radio RST, Tecklenburg (nrw) Pops, as web  517km
 96.4 1822  D  N-JOY, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) OM, as 99.6. Low power filler  
               525km **
 96.6 1822  D  N-JOY, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) OMs, as web. Low power filler  477km
 93.4 1851  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Emden (nds) As web  458km
 95.0 1853  D  NDR Info/RB 5, Bremen-Walle (bre) YL, as web. Low power filler  565km
 99.5 1952  D  Radio Nordseewelle, Aurich (nds) ID and UB40 song  478km
 89.0 2350  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Jever (nds) Same wartime play as 96.5 and 97.4, 
               but with big time error. Five minutes or so ahead! Distribution 
               problem?  505km

** Personal First

Day three of the current tropo spell and no signs of it abating! If anything, signals are increasing, with some German transmitters reaching high strengths, strong enough to be audible on the car radio in town!

The log of DLR Kultur on 89.0 from Jever was interesting and it took me many minutes to realise what was happening. At first, I couldn't find anything on the web which matched the radio play I was hearing, yet this seemed to be the same radio play I could hear on DLR Kultur 97.4 (Brocken) and 96.5 (Langenberg). After a while, I realised that it 'was' the same play, but 89.0 was almost TEN MINUTES AHEAD! Presumably some audio distribution problem.

Many more regular continental tropo catches were received but I have not included them 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
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

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.

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