Skegness Log: 2019-07-25 (Tropo: D HOL)

104.5 0806  D  Radio 21, Leer (nds) Rock, as web  473km
105.2 0800  D  Radio Berg, Lindlar/Brungerst (nrw) ID and news  537km
105.8 0756  D  Radio Erft, Köln/Colonius (nrw) Vocal ID drop-in after a long stream of ads. 
                Almost noise-free!  514km
107.2 0805  D  Deutschlandfunk (Dlf), Warendorf (nrw) YL news as 107.1  534km
107.3 0814  D  WDR Eins Live, Holzminden [nds] Höxter (nrw) Bob Marley song, 
                as others  640km
107.5 0746  D  Radio Gütersloh, Oelde-Stromberg (nrw) YL ID jingle  555km
107.5 0936 HOL Radio Eenhoorn, Menaam/Mieddyk (fri) OM ID  356km
107.6 0743  D  Radio K.W., Wesel-Büderich (nrw)  D499 456km
107.7 0744  D  107.7 Radio Hagen, Hagen-Eilpe (nrw) OM ID  526km
107.8 0803  D  Antenne AC, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Antenne AC weather  483km

** Personal first

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/skegnessdx

Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Antenna:
Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
2 x Triax FM5, H & V (Crossed, on the same boom) 5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl
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 (Skegness)
Yaesu G-250 Rotator (Holbeach)