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Sunday, 3 January 2016

Skegness Log: 2016-01-03 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 95.3 1215  F  Chérie FM, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F224 1194km
 88.6 1216  F  Top FM, Bandol/Vallongue (83) F442 _TOP_FM_ 1182km
 89.0 1216  F  Skyrock, Toulon/Mont Faron (83) F214 SKYROCK_ 1188km
 89.6 1216  F  Rire et Chansons, Apt/les Claparèdes (84) F226 _R??E_?? 1098km
 90.4 1216  F  RCF, Pertuis/la Plaine [13] (84) F851 __RCF___ 1125km
 90.7 1216  F  France Culture, Avignon/Mont Ventoux (84) F202 _CULTURE 1062km
 91.4 1216  F  France Bleu Drôme Ardèche, Nyons 3/Serre de Reynier (26) F205 ????DROM 1038km
 91.7 1216  F  Skyrock, Apt/les Claparèdes (84) F214 SKYROCK_ 1098km
 92.1 1216  F  Fun Radio, Apt/Rocsalière (84) F217 __F_U_N_ 1099km
 93.2 1216  F  France Musique, Avignon/Mont Ventoux (84) F203 1062km
 96.4 1216  F  Comète FM, Apt/Rocsalière (84) F4A6 _COMETE_ 1099km
 97.4 1216  F  France Inter, Avignon/Mont Ventoux (84) F201 __INTER_ 1062km
 93.7 1217  F  Nostalgie, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F218 ??????GI 1194km
 95.8 1217  F  Virgin Radio, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F219 1194km
 97.1 1217  F  France Culture, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F202 _C??TURE 1194km
 98.8 1217  F  Rire et Chansons, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F226 1194km
100.4 1217  F  RTL, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F211 __RTL___ 1194km
102.9 1217  F  France Bleu Provence, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F405 BLEUPROV 1194km
104.7 1217  F  Europe 1, Toulon/Cap Sicié (83) F213 EUROPE_1 1194km
 87.9 1221  F  Radio Maritima, Istres or Martigues F436 ??RI????  
 88.3 1221  F  Radio M, Montélimar/Malataverne (26)   1017km
 88.9 1221  F  Delta FM, Le Grau-du-Roi/Aigues-Mortes (30) F685 1101km
 89.0 1221  F  Virgin Radio, Avignon/Villeneuve-lès-Avignon[30] (84) Presumed. Promos for Virgin 
               Tonic in Marseille  1071km
 91.1 1221  F  Rire et Chansons, Montélimar/Malataverne (26) F226 _RIRE_&_ 1017km
 91.3 1221  F  France Inter, Marseille/Grande Etoile (13) Vocal ID  1149km
 92.2 1221  F  Europe 1, Montélimar/Vauresinas [07] (26) F213 1017km
 92.5 1221  F  Skyrock, Avignon/Villeneuve-lès-Avignon[30] (84) Presumed with French rap  1071km
 92.7 1221  F  Nostalgie, Montélimar/Malataverne (26) F218 NOSTALGI 1017km
 88.1 1222  F  Chérie FM, Nyons 3/Serre de Reynier (26) Vocal ID after ads  1038km
 89.5 1222  F  Mix la Radio Étudiante, Orange/Piscine des Cèdres (84) F493 1055km
 90.3 1222  F  RAJE, Avignon/Rognonas [13] (84) F6D6 1080km
 91.7 1222  F  France Inter, Marseille/le Pomègues (13) F201 __INTER_ 1158km
 87.6 1239  E  SER (mixta), Mora d'Ebre (CAT-T) E039 1340km
 87.8 1239  F  RTS, Le Vigan/Montagne de l'Oiselette (30) F645 __RTS___ 1050km
 88.4 1239  F  France Culture, Low power multi-tx F202 _CULTURE  
 88.5 1239  F  France Culture, Ispagnac (48) YL and OM, as 88.4  1005km
 88.6 1239  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Confrides/Aitana (VAL-A) E212 RNE-CLAS 1613km
 89.0 1239  F  Fun Radio, Florac/Le Pradal (48) F217 ??F_???? 1009km
 89.1 1239  F  France Inter, Montpellier/Tour de Bionne (34) F201 __INTER_ 1092km
 89.2 1239  F  France Inter, Le Vigan/Tessonne (30) F201 1049km
 89.9 1239  F  Rire et Chansons, Montpellier/Raimbaud-d'Orange (34) F226 _RIRE_&_ 1089km
 90.1 1239  F  France Inter, Mende/Truc de Fortunio (48) F201 __INTER_ 975km
 90.2 1239  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Caspe (ARA-Z)   PI reg logged: E611 PS reg logged:
               RNE_ARAG 1325km

 90.4 1239  F  RCF, Ganges/Roc Blanc (34) F851 RCF__MAG 1060km
 90.6 1239  E  COPE, La Font d'En Carròs (VAL-V) E089 ????__?? 1583km
 90.8 1239  F  France Culture, Le Vigan/Tessonne (30) F202 1049km
 91.0 1239  F  FM Plus, Montpellier/Castelnau-le-Lez (34) New PI codeF360 _FM_PLUS 1090km
 91.1 1239  F  France Culture, Ganges/Roc Blanc TDF (34) F202 _CULTURE 1060km
 91.8 1239  F  Fun Radio, Montpellier/Tour de Bionne (34) F217 1092km
 92.0 1239  F  Radio Ecclésia, Sumène/le Castanet (30) Presumed with christna talks  1046km
 92.2 1239  F  NRJ, Florac/Le Pradal (48) PS Slightly different to that on FM List
               F220 _NRJ____ 1009km

 92.4 1239  F  Radio Nova, Montpellier/Raimbaud-d'Orange (34) F22A __NOVA__ 1089km
 92.6 1239  F  Chérie FM, Florac/Le Pradal (48) F224 CHERIEFM and artist info 1009km
 97.1 1239  E  Cadena Dial, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS) E935 __DIAL__ CASTELLO 1453km
 97.4 1239  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Barbastro/Salinas de Hoz (ARA-HU) E212 1236km
 95.5 1240  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Benicàssim/El Bartolo (VAL-CS)   PI reg logged: E615 
               ??E_??CS 1453km
 98.5 1240  E  Bay Radio, Benitatxell/Puig Llorença (VAL-A) E285 ??????a_ 1605km
107.9 1247  E  Latinos FM, Alfafar (VAL-V) 1909 LATINOS_ 1498km
107.9 1250  E  Alzira Ràdio, Alzira=Alcira (VAL-V) 0001 1558km

Not in FM List:
 89.9 1221  F  Fly FM, Monteux (84) F34B FLY_FM__

This would have been a decent opening by July standards!

I don't know if I missed much of this opening. South-east France was already reaching the top of the band when I first tuned in at 1215.

I made a few FDM-S2 recordings, which I checked later in the day. I tried to be methodical about how I did this, concentrating on the French reception.

I switched off once the conditions moved into Spain, mostly because I was still going through my auroral E2 files from January 1st, but I kept a close ear out for the canaries and the Azores, neither of which made it through, although I thought I briefly heard music on 87.7 which was being played on the RDP3 web stream. This was meteor scatter if so, probably helped along by the conditions, but it was too brief to be certain. Just for the record.

Five FDM S2 files of this event can be downloaded here: http://skywavesdx.org/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=2084

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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