Skegness Log: 2016-09-28 (Tropo: NW France & Galicia)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
102.3 0003  E  Radio Galega, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) ++ YL news, as web  1379km
103.9 0005  E  Radio Galega, Ares/Montefaro (GAL-C) OM ad, as 102.3  1251km
104.7 0006  F  Europe 1, Brest/le Rody (29) Presumed site. OM, as web  625km
107.7 0019  E  Radio Estrada, A Estrada (GAL-PO) ++ OMs talk, as web (This was regular in
               Cornwall)  1321km
107.9 0020  E  Radio Líder, Zas/Pico de Meda (GAL-C) ++ Listed inactive but several
               clear IDs heard  1315km
103.5 0023  E  Radio Galega, Carballo/Monte Neme (GAL-C) ++ YL on phone, as others  1285km
 95.6 0036  E  SER, Meis/Monte Castrove (GAL-PO) ++ Phone in, as web  1362km
 95.0 0042  E  Kyoto FM, Vilagarcía de Arousa/M. Xiabre (GAL-PO) ++ Spanish music,
               as web. Unlisted PI: FFFF 1347km
 97.4 0043  E  RNE Radio 3, Moaña/Monte Faro Domayo (GAL-PO) ++ Piano music and OM,
               as web  1379km
 91.8 0047  E  Onda Cero, Monforte de Lemos (GAL-LU) OMs talk, as web  1296km
 92.8 0634  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) National weather,
               jingle ID  1287km
 88.2 0636  E  RNE Radio Clásica, O Páramo/M. Páramo (GAL-LU) Opera, as 91.6  1287km
 91.2 0637  E  RNE Radio Clásica, Parada de Sil/M. Meda (GAL-OU) ++ Opera, as 91.6  1338km
 93.7 0640  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Santiago de Compostela/Monte
               Pedroso (GAL-C)  E215 1316km
 99.0 0644  E  RNE Radio 3, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) OMs, as web  1316km
107.0 0651  G  Isle of Wight Radio, Chillerton Down (EN-IOW) Breakfast team, as web  301km
 97.1 0701  E  COPE, Santiago de Compostela/Monte Pedroso (GAL-C) Vocal ID  1316km
100.2 0741  E  Radio Galega Música, Serra do Xistral (GAL-LU) ++ Spanish song, as web  1225km
101.6 0746  F  NRJ, Flers/la Chapelle-Biche (61) Jingle ID after ads  498km
 93.4 0751  F  RCF, Argentan/Saint-Clair (61) YL and OM, as web  506km
101.4 0754  F  Radio Classique, Amiens/Dury TDF (80) Classical, as web  390km
105.3 0801  F  France Info, Falaise/Villers-Canivet (14) ID  473km
106.7 0803  F  Europe 1, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) French YL, as web  415km
 91.4 0806  F  France Culture, Cap-de-la-Hague/Omonville-la-Petite (50) Discussion,
               as web  415km
 92.2 0809  F  France Musique, Tours/Chissay [41] (37) OM and classical, as web  646km
105.6 0818  F  France Info, Cherbourg-Octeville/Digosville (50) As web  414km
106.5 0822  F  RKB Radio Kreiz Breizh, Guingamp/Ploumagoar (22) OM, as web  567km
107.9 0827  F  RMC, L'Aigle or La Ferté-Macé ID. Noise free  
107.5 0829  F  RTL, Cherbourg-Octeville/la Glacerie (50) OM and ad, as web  415km

The last of the Spanish tropo. Still some reasonable signals but a little weaker after midnight, then quite a lot weaker by dawn. Most of the signals from the previous evening were hanging on, but still no Portugal.a

The "++" in the log are my own references for personal firsts.

Maximum distance received was from the Moaña transmitter at 1379 km.

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.