Holbeach Log: 2020-05-31 (Es: Widespread!)

Sporadic E:
 88.7 1752 BIH Radio Antena, Tešanj/Trebacko brdo (znc) FE00 *ANTENA* 1599km **
103.5 1606 UKR Melodiya FM, Kremenchuk/PP Vizyt, vul. Kerchens'ka, 7a (PO) Vocal IDs and pops
               62D9 .U????IN 2331km
104.5 1513 HRV HRT Radio Split, Brac/Vidova Gora (OiV) (st) C31A HRT-ST__ 1625km **
104.8 1738 MNE Drugacija Radio Stanica (D.R.S.), Bijelo Polje/Kurilo BP (BP)
               61D4 DELTA___ 1825km **
105.8 1735 MNE Radio Bijelo Polje, Bijelo Polje/Obrov (BP) D054 [empty_] 1821km **
106.5 1512 HRV Otvoreni Radio, Brac/Vidova Gora (OiV) (st) C205 OTVORENI 1625km **
107.4 1021  E  Éxito Radio, Madrid/Carabanchel-Buenavista (MAD-M) A433 EXITO_?? 1454km **

** Personal first

Another day of Es madness with the whole of Europe coming through - or so it seemed!

This log does not necessarily reflect the conditions for the day. Due to time constraints I am only logging personal firsts and other stations of interest.

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)