Skegness Log: 2016-03-18 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
106.8 2052  G  Original 106, Durris (SC-ABS) ID and pops. Weak but noise free  461km
103.7 2056  D  NDR Info, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) Phone-in, as web. Good but
               no RDS due to enhanced Lille mixing  504km
 88.3 2100  D  Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) ID on the hour  565km
 93.8 2101  D  bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341 B??????1 565km
 93.8 2104  D  bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341 BREMEN_1 565km
 91.1 2109  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Very good signal! D381 NDR1_NDS 543km
102.0 2150  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Lingen-Damaschke (nds) D210 __DLF___ 477km

One of several low-level tropo events which have struggled to develop further in the long-lasting high pressure we've had over the last week.

Other minor enhancements have been to Belgium or North Wales. I haven't had a lot of time to listen.

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.