Skegness Log: 2016-01-17 (FM)

 Band 2 Scatter:
 87.6 1143 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Stevie Wonder song, as
               web. Peaking east on the vertical. Odd.  288km
105.7 1222  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Still managing to peak noise
               free despite freezing temperatures outside.  543km
 94.6 1359  D  MDR Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Scattering away, very weak but
               still there  712km
 97.2 1413 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Scatter. Danish rap,
               as web  617km
 97.2 1415  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) Classical, as 96.5.
               V weak  739km
 98.0 1417  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Above noise and clear
               on scatter. As web  707km
100.0 1418  D  WDR 4, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) Noise free scatter, as 101.3  493km

Not bad scatter conditions for the time of year. A crisp and sunny day here with temperatures hovering just above freezing. Not the kind of reception I expected for this kind of winter weather.

I wasn't aware of any conditions like this until I switched on my FDM-S2 to catch up with some more old Es files.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
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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.