Skegness Log: 27-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 96.1 0047 ROU SRR Radio România Cultural, Oradea=Nagyvárad (BH) Clarinet piece, as web.
               Two second burst  1677km **
 96.1 0050 SVN Slovenija 3, Beli Kris (kp) Piano concerto, as web. Two second burst  1278km **
 96.1 0054  F  France Culture, Bayonne/la Rhune (64) Probably Bayonne. French YL,
               as web. Three second burst  1104km **
 96.1 0124  D  SR 3 Saarlandwelle, Moseltal (Perl) (saa) German pop song, as web.
               Three second burst  588km **
 96.1 0847  D  Bayern 2, Hühnerberg (bay) Not on nachtservice. YL over classical music,
               as web. Ten second burst.  871km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

It was 96.1 tonight. Radio Romania Cultural from Oradea at 1677 km was the most consistent MS station by a long way, featuring several times each hour.

The internet dropped as per usual, this time around 0300. I spoke to Sky about this and they explained that they are still conducting line tests and will be doing so every night into early March so they can find the optimum speed for this connection. Tests are usually conducted around 02:00 and I have been told that they do drop the line at this time.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, four meters AGL, currently fixed horizontally to the south-east.

Skegness Log: 26-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.6 0038 AUT 88.6 Der Musiksender, Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Pops, as web  1247km **
 88.6 0046 CZE CRo Vltava, Klatovy/Doubrava (PL) Distinctive classical music, as web 
               984km
 88.6 0110 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Mierlo/Torenweg-Alticom (nbr) YL business talk, as web.
               Two second burst  406km **
 88.6 0124  D  Landeswelle Thüringen, Suhl/Erleshügel (thü) Joan Armatrading song, as web 
               768km **
 88.6 0134  F  France Culture, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) French OM, as web  781km

Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
 97.8 1242  D  NDR 2, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Ads, as web. Almost noise free aircraft
               scatter  477km
 90.2 1243  D  NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German OM, as web. Almost noise
               free aircraft scatter  477km
 99.4 1245 BEL Topradio, Gent/IVAGO Proeftuinstraat 43 (vlg-ovl) Lifting well above
               the noise with dance music, as web  333km
102.0 1246  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Peaking nicely via
               aircraft scatter today   477km
 90.6 1356  D  WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German play, as web. Beautiful
               noise free peak on A/S  591km
 92.8 1359  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) ID and YL info  477km
 94.4 1402  D  NDR Kultur, Steinkimmen (nds) German OM news  543km
101.7 1405 BEL AFN PowerNet, Everberg (vlg-vbr) US accented news suddenly appearing
               over Classic FM  386km
 94.8 1734  D  SWR3, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Pops, as web  560km
 97.4 1741  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) SWR4 ID and
               soft pops  560km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Frequent meteor scatter overnight. 19 streams recorded. Clearly CRo Vltava and 88.6 Der Musiksender were the persistent stations. France Culture was also quite frequent. Lots of UNIDs too.

Tonight, the internet permitted me to record over two and half hours of streams overnight before cutting off! I must get on to Sky. Not had them a week and four complaints already: 1. Internet keeps dropping connection; 2. Our new ex-directory number is showing in CLI displays, and 3. Additional charges on the bill after being assured that there were no charges for moving (we have exactly the same setup). This is not good enough Sky!

I now realise that I need to fully configure a laptop for DXing and all DX related software as my main computer is still causing too much interference. I have added some additional ferrite rings on cables but this has not made a lot of difference.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, four meters AGL, currently fixed horizontally to the south-east.

Skegness Log: 25-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.6 2338 CZE CRo Vltava, Klatovy/Doubrava (PL) Czech OM talking, as web  984km **
 88.6 2348  F  France Culture, Mulhouse/Belvédère (68) French OM, as web. Five second burst 
               781km **

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, four meters AGL, currently fixed horizontally to the south-east.

Skegness Log: 23-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
 88.9 0835 LUX RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) OM, as web  573km
 92.2 0843 HOL Omrop Fryslân Radio, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Playing classical music!  365km
 93.9 0844 HOL Radio Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) ID and Bryan Ferry
               song  318km
105.9 0849  G  City Talk, Liverpool/Allerton Park (EN-MER) Off the back of the FM5!
               John Keith Phone-in  215km
 89.6 0850  F  RDL-Radio Dallas Loisirs, Saint-Omer/Racquinghem (62) French song,
               as web  306km
 89.6 0851 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) Suddenly swamped RDL with Dutch song,
               as web  295km
 89.9 0853  D  NDR Kultur, Bungsberg/NDR-Mast (shs) Seems to be a regular at new QTH  694km
 90.0 0854  D  NDR Kultur, Aurich (nds) Appeared as 89.9 Bungsberg faded  478km
 90.3 0855  D  WDR 5, Nordhelle (nrw) OM talk, as web  553km
 93.6 0857 BEL Club FM, Koolskamp/Watertoren (vlg-wvl) Dance music, as web  309km
 93.8 0857 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) Promo and ID  387km
 95.4 0858 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Gilze/Prinsenbosch (nbr) Dutch OM business talk  358km
 98.0 0900 HOL Radio Decibel, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Vocal ID and bell, as 97.6  320km
 98.7 0900 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Presumed as Dutch OM  407km
 99.9 0901 BEL VRT Radio 1, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Dominant over Radio Norwich!  431km
102.0 0902  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Lingen-Damaschke (nds) OM news, as 101.8  477km
104.7 0903  D  WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) Pops, as 106.7  553km
 89.7 0951  D  WDR 3, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Classical, as web  493km
 90.2 0951  D  NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Classical music, as web  477km

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, four meters AGL, currently fixed horizontally to the south-east.

Skegness Log: 21-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.4 0147  F  France Culture, Bar-le-Duc/Willeroncourt (55) String quartet, as web  607km
 88.4 0441  D  MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Classical music, as web. Not in //
               with Bayern 2 at this time  843km
 88.4 0641  D  Bayern 2, Pfaffenberg (bay) OM financial news, as web  712km

Since my stream recordings were curtailed on the 20th, all at the same time, I thought I would do 88.4 again. The same thing happened again, at the same time. Hmmph! Maybe it's just Sky running broadband tests on this new connection - *if* that's what they really do. That's what they told me on the phone anyway. As luck would have it, only the same stations were logged as on the previous morning.

I managed very little listening during the daytime. Hopefully some more radio time soon.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, four meters AGL, currently fixed horizontally to the south-east.

Skegness Log: 20-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 88.4 0003  F  France Culture, Bar-le-Duc/Willeroncourt (55) French OM, as web  607km **
 88.4 0005  D  Bayern 2, Pfaffenberg (bay) Presume Pfaffenberg. Piano music, as web  713km **
 88.4 0013  D  MDR Figaro, Leipzig Wiederau (sac) Lively symphony, as web  844km **

Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
 92.0 0858  D  WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) German YL, as web. Over UNID pops  494km
 90.6 0859  D  WDR 5, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) YL ID and Nachrichten.
               Almost noise free  591km
 93.2 0859  D  WDR 2, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Ad break, as web  591km
 94.6 0901  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) German OM and YL in news,
               as web  713km
 90.2 0903 HOL 100% NL, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and pops  334km
 90.2 0904  D  NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Coming up over 100%NL with classical,
               as web  477km
100.8 0906  D  WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Pops, as web. Almost noise free  484km
101.4 0910 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Pops and ID.
               Nice peaks  431km
102.0 0912 BEL VRT MNM, Genk/VRT Zendmast (vlg-lim) Pops, as web. Noise free on peak  431km
102.5 0916 HOL Radio 538, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Pops, as web. Mixing unid French  361km
102.8 0916  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM, as web  456km
102.9 0919 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Eurythmics, as web  354km
107.8 0936  D  MDR Figaro, Brocken (san) Guitar and singer, as web  713km
104.8 0938 HOL NPO Radio 1, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Dutch OM, as web. Noise free  443km
104.6 0939 HOL 100% NL, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) YL pop, as 90.2  313km
103.6 0940 HOL Radio 10, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Just poking above the mush,
               as 103.8  321km
103.8 0940 HOL Radio 10, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Pops, as 87.7.
               Or could be Tjerkgaast now  313km
100.4 0942  D  WDR 2, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) POps, as web  538km
100.6 0954 BEL VRT Studio Brussel, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops,
               as 101.4  376km
104.9 1036  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Pop song, as web  479km
103.4 1044  D  Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) V weak pops, as web  525km
 89.9 1130  D  NDR Kultur, Bungsberg/NDR-Mast (shs) Gentle classical music,
               as web  694km
 91.1 1130  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Toto song, as web  543km
 93.8 1133  D  bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) Robert Palmer song, as web  565km
 97.0 1134  D  WDR 3, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) German YL, as web  591km
 95.3 1143 HOL L1 Radio, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Long time no hear! Dutch music,
               as 100.3  455km
100.3 1144 HOL L1 Radio, Roermond/Alticom Toren (lim) Quite listenable at times.
               As web  443km
 90.2 1150  D  NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Piano music, as web  477km
 95.8 1150  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Boy band and ID  478km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

We are now (just about) settled at the new address. I am currently using a temporary Triax FM5 at rooftop height. Hopefully the 9.2 will be on a scaffolding pole above the rooftop very soon. Being only a few hundred yards from my old QTH I was pleased to discover that my grid square remains the same, so no need to start new logbooks. .

Good to hear Brocken on band 2 again. So far this has been daily on scatter. Pretty good going for the time of year. I think I can also hear Inselberg on 97.2, but it's way down in the FM mush. Good to hear Bungsberg again too.

Meteor scatter is still been very good for the time of year but my overnight session was cut short this morning when my internet connection mysteriously dropped and I lost all the streams after a couple of hours.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, four meters AGL, currently fixed horizontally to the south-east.

Settled In Our New Home At Last!

On Monday 10th February, we were handed the keys to our new property. It was all very short notice, but that's what we expected anyway. Luckily, we had already prepared as much as we could by getting a lot of the packing done in advance. We were then given an official period of two weeks to vacate the old place - plenty of time! This is day ten of fourteen and we are almost done. All that remains is a spot of last-minute tidying at the old place, making sure it's left in a clean condition and then a couple of journeys to the skips and that's the lot!

We took it upon ourselves to do the removals ourselves, excluding the larger and heavier items of course which we trusted to a local "Man With A Van", who did a great job. This saved us a small fortune, although it meant taking about 25 car journeys to transfer the rest of our belongings. The new place is still in town and, as luck would have it, even in the same locator square, so I don't feel the need to create new logbooks from scratch.

Before moving to the new address, we made a few visits to check everything out, not least listening for any amounts of electrical noise which might be a nuisance to our radio listening. I know this is not the best reason for choosing or declining a property, but it's one of the things we considered.

The new place has two rooms less, but they are actually slightly larger. Hmm - that means the carpets won't fit. Damn! Thanks to a little bit of improvisation though we managed to work a way around this. We had a few roll ends and offcuts we'd saved from the last place after the carpet people had fitted them. I am pretty good at fitting carpets so that side of things is nicely taken care of.

To recap. The main reason for our move was the shocking rent increase and bedroom tax, so we have Mr Cameron and Co. to thank. We were getting into a mess with things and they were only going to get worse, so it was a decision we had made a few months ago. We had looked around a few places and had even considered another swap, but we left the old housing association and decided to risk it with a new landlord to increase the possibilities. Another factor which had encouraged us to move was the terrible problems we had endured from our old neighbours for three years.

The new place is a detached bungalow, which means we don't have any neighbours! :O) It seemed to be the right thing to do. It was more affordable too, being slightly smaller. There are gardens all around the new property and, thanks to some clever planning, none of the nearest neighbours' windows look into our property, so we are quite well out of the way.

But what about radio? It's less than a mile from the beach and this shows beautifully across band 2. Continental signals are stronger and, one of the most important things for me, there is no noise across the band either. It's the same for medium wave too! I can hear really weak signals on band 2, lifting out of the noise with the greatest of ease and I have only been using a Triax FM5 one metre above the ground during a few random listening tests. The more 'regular' continentals have all been noise free. In fact it's so quiet, it's been like listening on one of my remote radio camping trips. German transmitters at Aurich, Lingen, Osnabruck, Steinkimmen, Langenburg, Kleve, Aachen, Bonn, Munster and Bremen have all been providing noise-free signals on peak. The big question is, how long will it last? Well, as has often been said, nothing is guaranteed. Noise can appear at any time. We're all living with that ticking time bomb regarding noise these days. I am just keeping my fingers crossed it will last.

Finally, I raised the FM5 to rooftop height this afternoon. The elements are still entangled in the conifers so I need to cut some of this away. Since raising this I found can hear Brocken again! This has been absent for almost two years at the old place due to the noise. How nice to be hearing it again, albeit down in the mush, but it's clear enough. I also think I heard DLR Kultur from Inselberg on 97.2 a few minutes ago. There are other very weak signals I can only guess about so, noise permitting, the new QTH looks like being a lot of radio fun. Fingers crossed it lasts!

A Word Of Warning About Aerial Contractors & Specialist Antennas

With just two days to go before our house move, I had arranged for a friend to visit and take down my aerial, rotator and mast. This is not a big job as it is easy to climb on the roof of the bungalow with a small set of ladders. I was keen to get this lot removed before we vacated the property in case our old neighbour vandalised anything, which he probably would have done. Click here for an account of the things he got up to while we were living there and you'll understand our concerns. 

We had two weeks to vacate the old bungalow after signing for our new one, which meant that we temporarily had two properties, but because of the problems we'd had at the old place, we were just keen to move out the moment we got the keys for the new one, then we could move any the valuables and sleep soundly at our new address. 

Unfortunately, high winds and heavy rain prevented my friend from climbing on the roof on the day so he abandoned this until the following day. The next day arrived, with winds much calmer, but here comes another 'unfortunately', as he found he hadn't got the nerve to climb on the roof. This was becoming frustrating, but I'm glad he admitted to this as it's better to be safe than sorry. So this meant I had to get a local aerial contractor to do the job. I found a national company who appeared to be reputable. 

Moving ahead to the following morning. Two bods arrived from a local aerial contractors complete with professionally signwritten and well-stocked Transit van. In other words, they looked the part. It was windy again, but the two bods wasted no time and got the ladders up and climbed on to the roof. They scratched their head and tried to work out how best to take everything down. Remembering how Andrew Webster had got the 9.2 and rotator on the mast, I tried to help by shouting up to them, explaining the reverse procedure in order to help the bods. There was silence!  Eventually, they grunted. I couldn't hear them. Shouting up to the again (it was windy) they replied, sarcastically, "Yeah mate, we've  never taken down a fuck**g aerial before". To say that I am now fearing for the safety of the equipment would be putting it mildly. I tried to communicate with these bods but they were intent on ignoring me. In my head, I am considering a course of action for compensation and I am beginning to accept that I might have to say goodbye to the antenna and the rotator.

Things got worse. They decided to lower the mast with the aerial and rotator still on it. I was now getting worried as this would result in the reflectors resting on the roof and possibly getting bent with the huge weight. The mast includes an aluminium scaffolding pole, a weighted (for balance) Korner 9.2 antenna and a Yaesu G-5500 rotator. This alone is approaching the weight of an adult. The fact that the whole structure was extremely top heavy caused me even more concern. 

For some inexplicable reason, they took the reflectors off the 9.2, leaving the directors still mounted through the rotator. Then they REMOVED the bolts on the TK brackets while the bod on the ladder took the entire weight in ONE HAND! The other bod is still on the roof steadying the whole lopsided structure which is now being lowered groundward. The bod on the roof is about to let go! It got worse still. The bod on the ladder shouted me to grab the bottom of the scaffolding pole while he lowered it to me! WHAAAAAT? Not only am I now VERY concerned for the equipment, but I am also concerned for our loves as my wife and I attempt to grab the bottom of the pole!   

With middle bod holding the bottom of the scaffolding pole, Jane and I stretch hard to grab the bottom of the pole, which is now about six feet above the ground. 

Don't ask me how but, somehow, the whole structure was gradually lowered down and reached the ground. All I can say is that the middle bod must have had immense strength and an outstanding skill of balance, using just the one hand, that he managed to guide everything down safely. I then uttered a MASSIVE sigh of relief! This could have so easily gone wrong.

Needless to say, I will NOT be using Aerial Solutions for any future aerial jobs. 

Skegness Log: 10-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
 91.7 0739 BEL VRT Radio 1, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw/Norkring Toren (vlg-vbr) Pops, as web  376km
 93.8 0740  D  bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) Rock track, as web  565km
 89.6 0747 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) OM, as web  295km
 90.5 0753 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) French OM ads, as web  459km
 90.8 0754 BEL RTBF Classic 21, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) Queens Save Me song, as web  441km
 93.5 0757  D  WDR 2, Nordhelle (nrw) Ad break, as web  554km
 96.1 0759 BEL RTBF La Première, Wavre (wal-bra) IDs in promo  397km
 97.5 0759 BEL VRT Radio 2, Schoten (vlg-ant) Good Morning, Radio 2, Jingle ID and YL news  354km
103.8 0809  D  WDR 4, Nordhelle (nrw) YL ID  554km

Well, that's it. DXing officially concludes at this address. My final scan across the band before unplugging the FM5.

The 9.2 comes down today. This wasn't possible over the weekend due to high winds.

I'll be offline for two weeks before Sky broadband is installed at the new address so I'll probably use wi-fi from one of the local coffee shops. It's a pity this couldn't have been arranged with more notice but we had no official confirmation that were moving until last Friday. We have a two week window in which to vacate the old address, which gives us thirteen days more than last time!

See you soon!

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, one metre AGL
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator (temporarily out of action due to local noise issue)

Skegness Log: 09-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
102.5 0035  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pop song, as web  834km **
102.5 0037  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Pops, as web  648km **
102.5 0047  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) German song, as web  648km
102.5 0109  D  NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Gerry And The Pacemakers, as web.
               Two second burst  865km **
102.5 0122  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Jack Michaelson's Bad,
               as web  834km
102.5 0135  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Eurodisco style, as web  648km
102.5 0144  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) John Paul Young's Love Is
               In The Air  648km
102.5 0146  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Gamoniteiro (AST-O) Crooning song, as web  1199km **
102.5 0150  D  Antenne Thüringen, Ronneburg (Gera) (thü) Toto's Africa, as web  854km **
102.5 0157  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Lady Blah Blah's Alehandro,
               as web  834km
102.5 0212  D  NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Fairground Attraction's Perfect 
               865km
102.5 0219 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Michael Sembello's Maniac,
               as web  1247km **
102.5 0220  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) The Beloved's Sweet harmony,
               as web  834km
102.5 0229  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) OM DJ, as web  648km
102.5 0232  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web  834km
102.5 0249 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Robbie Williams' Shes
               The One, as web. First of three in a four second meteor burst  1247km
102.5 0249 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites. A Romanian
               Julio Iglesias, as web   **
102.5 0255  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) OM DJ, as web  648km
102.5 0308  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web  834km
102.5 0309  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web  834km
102.5 0313  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Dark pops song, as web  834km
102.5 0322  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Jack Michaelson's Thriller,
               as web  834km
102.5 0326  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Jack Michaelson's Thriller,
               as web  834km
102.5 0333 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Pops, as web  1247km
102.5 0403  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pop song, as web  834km
102.5 0405  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops song, as web  834km
102.5 0407 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Katy Perry, as web.
               Four second burst  1247km
102.5 0409  D  Antenne Thüringen, Ronneburg (Gera) (thü) John Farnham's You're
               The Voice, as web  854km
102.5 0420 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Robert Palmer song,
               as web
102.5 0435  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pops, as web  834km
102.5 0438 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites YL song, as web
102.5 0439 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Male presenter,
               as web
102.5 0440  D  NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Soft rock song, as web  865km
102.5 0453  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Gamoniteiro (AST-O) Spanish OM on phone, as web  1199km
102.5 0454  D  NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Phil Collins' Groovy Kind Of Love,
               as web  865km
102.5 0512  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Pop song, as web  834km
102.5 0518  D  NDR 1 Radio MV, Garz (Rügen) (mev) Euro style pop, as web  865km
102.5 0522  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl,
               as web. Three second burst  834km
102.5 0540 RUS Radio Mayak, Kaliningrad/Ul. Shevchenko 2 (KA) Bruce Springsteen's
               High Hopes, as web  1329km **
102.5 0551 AUT Radio Ö24 (Wien), Wien 1/Kahlenberg (wie) Robbie Williams' Angels,
               as web  1247km
102.5 0623 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Abba's Chiquitita,
               as web
102.5 0707  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Pops, as web  648km
102.5 0713  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) German song, as web  648km
102.5 0719  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Partial ID, "Radio Siebenland",
               as web  834km
102.5 0720  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Part of promo, as web  648km
102.5 0819  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Cheesy pop track, as web  834km
102.5 0853  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) Phil Collins track, as web.
               Six second burst  834km
102.5 0900  D  Radio 7, Witthoh (Tuttlingen) (bwü) ID on the hour  834km
102.5 1008 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Romanian OM,
               as web. Twelve second burst
102.5 1014 ROU SRR Radio România Actualitati, Five possible sites Local song, as web.
               Thirteen second burst

Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
 88.6 1115 HOL 3FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Spice Girls song, as web  408km
102.8 1116  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) German OM, as web  456km
102.0 1117  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Lingen-Damaschke (nds) OM and YL, as 102.8  477km
 98.1 1120  D  WDR 3, Nordhelle (nrw) German YL, as web  554km
104.1 1127 BEL Joe FM, Egem (vlg-wvl) 90s rock  roll track, as web  309km
102.9 1128 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Schoten (vlg-ant) Jack Michaelson song,
               as web  354km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Thank you Tim Bucknall in Congleton for suggesting 102.5 for an overnight meteor session. This was a VERY productive frequency. To emphasize this, I logged all stations identified next their web streams (I recorded 17 overnight). Again, it's a little repetitive, but hopefully it paints a clear picture of what's happening. Tim was curious to learn if I would receive Kaliningrad and I am very pleased to report that I did indeed receive this rare 'country'. Bruce Springsteen's "High Hopes" appeared at 0540 and I was able to confirm that this was exactly the same as the Radio Mayak web stream which I recorded throughout the entire night. Ten hours of each stream were recorded in total. That's 170 hours of audio. I decided to have one last big blow out before tomorrow's move. Just about everything is packed and ready to go.

All this was possible, despite the garden FM5 receiving some noise over the last 24 hours, more so than it has done previously. Things are really getting bad here. I just hope the move to the new property proves to be far less noisy. At least I will have a greater choice of places to mount the 9.2.

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <2m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, one metre AGL
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL & Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator (temporarily out of action due to local noise issue)