Skegness Log: 2017-05-31 (Es: I ALB TUN)

 90.6 0833 ALB Radio Travel, Sarandë (ker)92AD _TRAVEL_ 2095km **
 89.9 0850  I  m2o, Jacurso/Monte Contessa (cz) 5233 2010km
 88.5 1022  I  RAI Radio1, Narni/Frazione Guadamello (RAI) (tr)5201 *Radio1_ 1491km **
 90.5 1022  I  RAI Radio2, Narni/Frazione Guadamello (RAI) (tr)5202 *Radio2_ 1491km **
 90.3 1024 TUN RTT Radio Kef, Aïn Draham/Djebel Al-Bi'r (jen) 7208 1934km
 92.2 1024 TUN RTT Radio Kef, Maktar/Souk Jomaa (kas)As 90.3  2039km **
 89.9 1133  I  Radio Hollywood, Termoli/Via Corsica (cb)54F7 Hollywod 1653km **
 87.6 1144  I  R101, Vico del Gargano/Località Toppa la Guardia (fg) 5215 _R_101__ 1709km
 88.1 1144  I  Radio Selene, Bisceglie/S.S. 16 bis (bt) 5A49 *S????E* 1796km

** Personal First

So near and yet so far!

Today's excellent Es conditions remained just out of reach and only produced glimpses of activity at the bottom of the band. Italy was more frequently heard than the log suggests, but signals were mostly weak and messy, producing little in the way of RDS.

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