Skegness LogL 18-11-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
103.6 0501  F  France Bleu Provence, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) F405 ????PR?? 1149km
100.0 0552  G  Classic FM, North Hessary Tor (EN-DVN) Vocal piece, as other Classic
               FMs  415km
100.8 0829  E  Onda Cero, Toledo/Cerro de los Palos (CAM-TO)   PI logged: E888 1517km

I took a gamble and it didn't pay off. I recorded only the middle of the band overnight, specifically for 99.3, 99.4 and 101.5 as I am still looking for MS catches there, but nothing too specific was heard, apart from a Spanish and a German station on 99.3. They weren't strong enough to produce a PI.

My 9.2 was beamed at approximately 200 degrees since that's the direction where I found I was able to completely take out Tacolneston. It was also necessary to have the 9.2 slanted at approximately 45 degrees to achieve this. However, I discovered today that I could achieve a near perfect Tacolneston null at 80 degrees, a far better direction for meteor scatter, but only if the 9.2 is rotated into the opposite 45 degree slant, if that makes sense.

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.