Skegness Log: 2016-02-16 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 87.9 0752  F  France Inter, Pic du Midi (65) OM and YL, as 87.9  1136km
 88.2 0744  F  France Culture, Ussel-Meymac/Mont Bessou (19) Sombre music, as 98.0  853km
 90.4 0742  F  France Inter, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) OMs, as 103.7  842km
 90.6 0816  F  France Inter, Nantes/Haute-Goulaine (44) YL, as 103.7  675km
 91.1 0736  F  France Musique, Niort/Maisonnay (79) Vocal ID  774km
 92.2 0741  F  France Musique, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) OM and YL, as 91.1  646km
 95.5 0756  F  France Musique, Clermont-Ferrand/Puy-de-Dôme (63) Jovial studio chat, as 88.7
               842km
103.4 0842  F  France Info, Lyon/Mont Pilat (42) As 105.2  917km

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.