Holbeach Log: 2020-05-18 (Es: LIE SUI I)

 87.5 1040  I  Radio RTT (Radio Tele Trentino), Trento/Cima Palon (tn) 5340 1105km **
 87.8 1039 LIE Radio FM1, Vaduz/Schlosswald Erbi OM ID and pops 4F04 __??1___ 935km **
 87.9 1040  I  Radio 105, Aviano/Castaldia-Piancavallo (Col del Lovo) (pn) 
               Vocal ID  1176km **
 88.2 1040 LIE Radio SRF 1, Vaduz/Schlosswald Erbi OM interview. As web stream archive. 
               Thank you Franco for help with the programme links.  935km **
 89.0 1040  I  RAI Radio2, Vò/Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5202 *Rad??2_ 1197km **
 89.4 1040 SUI Radio SRF 1, Malix/Malixer Alp (gr) As 88.2. Strongly suspect this tx as 
               other SRF txs off path. Not Gebidem  as 90.8 not present  962km **
 89.9 1040  I  RAI Radio3, Vò/Monte Venda (RAI) (pd) 5203 *Rad??3_ 1197km **
 91.7 1040 SUI Radio SRF 1, St. Antönien/Hartmisch Alp (gr) OM interview, as 88.2 
               and 89.4  963km **

** Personal first

What a day!

Starting off this morning with low power transmitters in Lichtenstein and Switzerland at the bottom of the band. Italy also appeared with some unusual transmitters from around Trento and Udine. Lichtenstein is a personal first. In fact, I don't recall even seeing Lichtenstein being logged anywhere before, though I'm sure it had been.

Then an opening to Romania later in the afternoon, which I deliberately ignored. It was only a few of the high power Es regulars, but there was some exotic sounding middle eastern stuff at the bottom of the band at the onset of this. It was all too weak/brief.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 3m ASL.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire (JO02ar) 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)

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)