Skegness Log: 2017-05-23 (Es: ALG I E ALB)

 87.6 1516 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) YL and OM, as web  2120km
 88.4 1519 ALG Chaîne 3, Chréa (9) 2203 CHAINE_3 1872km
 90.7 1519 ALG Chaîne 1, Aflou (3) OM, as web. RDS not active  2120km
 91.8 1520 ALG Chaîne 2, Akfadou (6) 2202 1867km
 92.6 1521 ALG Radio Boumerdes, Zouggara (35) YLs, as web  1856km
 89.9 1522 ALG Radio Tipaza, Tipaza (42) Arabic song, as web  1850km
 92.9 1523 ALG Radio Tipaza, Douar Bouras (42) Arabic song, as 89.9  1844km **
 91.1 1526 ALG Radio Djelfa, Sbaa Mokrane (17) Piano rendition of Carpenters song, 
               as web  2081km
 90.4 1527 ALG Radio Setif, Meghriss (19) 2419 SETIF_FM 1911km
 91.2 1531  E  Europa FM, Bunyola/Alfabia (BAL-ML) E2ED EU????FM 1503km
 88.1 1534 ALG Radio Batna, Metlili (5) 2405 BATNA_?? 2033km
 87.6 1537 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) 2203 CHAINE_3 1927km
 91.5 1538 ALG Radio El Bahdja, Chréa (9) 2416 R.BAHDJA 1872km
 98.0 1538 ALG Chaîne 1, Chréa (9) 2201 CHAINE_1 1872km
 94.7 1539 ALG Jil FM, Chréa (9)   JIL_FM__ 1872km
 90.6 1541 ALG Radio Tipaza, Chréa (9) Presumed with Quran. No //s at this time  1872km **
 87.6 1544  I  Radio Azzurra (sud), Reggio Calabria/Campicello di Paterriti (rc) 
               5360 2054km
 88.3 1546  I  Radio Freccia, Rocca di Papa (rm) 5293 RADIO___ FRECCIA_ 1568km
 90.6 1546  I  Radio Capital, Reggio Calabria/Fortino di Pentimele (rc) 5219 2043km
 87.6 1548  I  RAI Radio1, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo vetta (RAI) (rm) 5201 1568km
 87.9 1549  I  Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 502F 1730km
 88.6 1549  I  Radio Camaldoli Stereo, Vico Equense/Monte Faito (na) 502F 1751km
 87.5 1550  I  Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana, Ercolano-Vesuvio/Area Osservatorio (na) 
               5220 R_IT??IA 1730km
 89.9 1551  I  m2o, Jacurso/Monte Contessa (cz) 5233 _M_D???? 2010km
 87.8 1552  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, Vibo Valentia (vv) 5225 2011km
 88.1 1606  I  RAI Radio1, Abriola/Monte Pierfaone (RAI) (pz) Thank you Janpeter for
               info re. PI code. 5601 *Radio1_ 1824km
 87.5 1611  I  Radio Radicale, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara (ta) 5210 RADIO_*_ 
               RADICALE 1894km
 89.1 1612  I  RAI Radio1, Martina Franca/Masseria Fragneto (RAI) (ta) 5201 *Radio1_ 1885km
 87.7 1614 ALB Radio Travel, Fier (fie) 92AD PUSHIME_ ANTALYA_ 1999km

** Personal First

The MUF was hovering just below band 2 for a good part of the day, so band 2 openings were sketchy once again. All logging was done live this time, which I will probably do a lot more if this season.

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