Skegness Log: 02-05-14 (FM)

Band 2 General Scatter: (Pre-amp Test)
 95.5 0817  D  SR 3 Saarlandwelle, Göttelborner Höhe (saa) Pops, as web. Testing pre-amp  629km
 87.8 0833  D  WDR 2, Schwerte/Sommerberg (nrw) Pops, as web. Testing pre-amp  525km
107.1 0834  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Noise free. Schlager. Testing pre-amp 
               593km
 91.8 0837  D  WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Almost noise free. Bangles song, as 93.3. Testing Pre-amp 
               544km
 95.0 0839  D  hr-info, Rimberg (hes) ID and Ukraine news. Testing pre-amp  678km
 87.9 0841  D  MDR Figaro, Inselsberg (thü) Classical. Weak on NPO fade. Testing pre-amp 
               739km
103.4 0843  D  Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Almost noise free. Pops, as web.
               Testing pre-amp  525km
103.0 0846  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Pops, as web. Noise free. Testing
               pre-amp  564km
101.9 0848  D  WDR 5, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Mixing Peterborough and Goes. Testing pre-amp  483km
102.7 0852  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Nordhelle (nrw) Clobbering Peterborough. Testing pre-amp 
               553km
103.5 0853  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) YL on phone, as web. Testing pre-amp 
               707km
107.0 0855  D  WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Ads, as 107.9. Noise free on A/S peak. Testing
               pre-amp  592km
105.3 0857  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL, as web. Testing pre-amp  732km
105.3 0858  D  NDR Info, Schwerin (mev) German OM, as web, mixing Kreuzberg. Testing pre-amp 
               739km
 90.4 0904 HOL SubLime FM, Hoorn/Electronweg (nho) Chic song, as 90.7. Testing pre-amp  325km
 89.5 0917 HOL 100% NL, Alkmaar or Utrecht. Probably the latter.  Country song, as web. Testing
               pre-amp
 99.0 0925  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Very fluttery but almost noise free on peak. UB40, as
               web. Testing pre-amp  684km
100.2 0928 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Lochem/Streek Beton (gel) Dutch OMs talk, as web. Testing
               pre-amp  426km **
102.8 0931  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) OM, as 102.0. Testing pre-amp  456km
104.0 0936  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Decent, clear signal. Pops,
               as web. Testing pre-amp  590km
 92.1 1033  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Virtually noise free. Pops, as web. Testing
               pre-amp  707km
 98.0 1034  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Buddy Holly song, as web.
               Dominating Lille. Testing pre-amp  707km
 97.4 1036  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) Almost noise free. YL, as web. Testing
               pre-amp  712km
101.7 1039  D  WDR 4, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) German song with bagpipes and ID. Testing
               pre-amp  420km
102.6 1040  D  NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Pops, as web. Peaking above Tournai. Testing
               pre-amp  606km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

I plumbed in my Fringe Electronics 22dB pre-amp today, remembering how good this used to be at the old QTH. Back then, it was installed at the mast head, but today I only connected it by the receiver, just to see if it made any difference. The Fringe Electronics pre-amps are known for their good signal-to-noise figures.

I suspect it DID make a difference as I heard more continental DX than I have heard here to date. It enabled me to hear NDR Info from Schwerin on 105.3 for the first time on scatter anyway, so that seemed very promising.

The one thing I didn't like with the pre-amp inline was the increase in general FM mush, which you are bound to get, but when signals peaked they really did seem to be relatively noise free compared with the reception I am used to. I just prefer to listen to an FM band without any horrible mush. I will have a play with this again at some point, but probably not in a hurry, and connect it in such a way that I can make quicker 'before and after' comparisons. Instant comparisons are necessary with constantly fading scatter.

Good DX!

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

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

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.

Skegness Log: 01-05-14 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 89.4 2045 ALG Chaîne 1, Tiaret - Gzoul (14) Arabic music, as web  1976km
 94.0 2046 ALG Chaîne 1, Aïn N'sour (48) Arabic music, as 89.4  1913km
 87.7 2047 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) Presume Chlef. Web stream down. As 87.6  1913km
 87.6 2048 ALG Radio Laghouat, Aflou (3) Presume Radio Laghouat. Arabuc music, as 87.7  2120km

Band 2 General Scatter:
 93.8 1043  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Durris (SC-ABS) V weak between BBC Radio 4s, as 04.3  461km
 94.3 1044  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Black Hill (SC-NLA) Tropo? Stable-ish. Noise free peak 
               405km
 92.7 1045  G  BBC Radio Scotland, Forfar (SC-ANG) Presume Forfar as 103.7 in. As 94.3  430km
103.7 1047  G  BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Forfar (SC-ANG) Gaelic music, as 104.2. V weak 
               430km
104.2 1049  G  BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, Meldrum (SC-ABS) OM, as 103.7  501km
 91.8 1601  F  France Musique, Bourges/Neuvy (18) First time at the new QTH. OM news, as 88.7 
               672km

The beginning of the day saw some tropo to Scotland. I wasn't sure at first whether this was unusually good scatter or the end of the previous evening's tropo. I suspect it must have been the latter in view of the stability of the signals.

The end of the day saw a brief sporadic E opening to Algeria, reaching 94 MHz. The opening served the purpose of answering the question will will have been on many DXer's lips: "Does Algeria have RDS yet?". The answer would appear to be "No". :O(

Good DX!

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

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

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.

Skegness Log: 30-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 General Scatter:
 93.9 1622 HOL RTV NH, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8618 RTV_NH__ and other scrolling
               text  318km
 95.5 1624 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) OM on phone to YL, as web  360km
 97.1 1627 HOL NPO 3FM, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8203 __3FM___ 3FM_BNN_  318km
 99.1 1630 HOL 100% NL, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Presumed Tjerkgaast. Vocal ID  360km
 99.6 1631 HOL Slam!FM, Hoorn/Electronweg (nho) Jingle ID  325km
100.1 1632 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Ijsselstein/Gerbrandytoren-Alticom (utr) OM and YL,
               as web  344km
101.6 1638 HOL NPO Radio 4, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8204 RADIO4NL   318km
101.8 1640 HOL Waterstad FM, Leeuwarden/Ceresweg (fri) Pops, as web. Struggling against
               Tournai  369km
103.0 1642 HOL Radio Veronica, Lelystad/Alticom Toren (fle) 83E1 VERONICA  350km
103.5 1642 HOL Radio Veronica, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Presenter ID in phone-in  334km
107.1 1650 HOL Radio Enkhuizen, Enkhuizen/Gerard Brandtweg (nho) 50 Watts! Lily Allen or
               soundalike, as web  335km **
102.1 1704 HOL Radio 538, Hilversum/Media Park-Alticom (nho) Vocal ID and ads  341km
 98.7 1707 HOL Freez FM, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Pops, Pop and Rock jingle ID  407km
 98.5 1709 HOL Freez FM, Tjerkgaast/Alticom Toren (fri) Presume Tjerkgaast. Roxy Music track,
               as 98.7  360km **
 96.6 1713 HOL Radio Veronica, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) OM and pops, as web  303km
 95.7 1715 HOL Fresh FM, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Banging beats, as web  320km
 95.3 1716 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) End of ad and OM, as web 
               396km
 94.7 1717 HOL NPO Radio 4, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 8204 RADIO4NL R4_NCRV_ 
               313km
 93.8 1719 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and slamming beats  387km
 92.9 1721 HOL NPO Radio 2, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) 8202 RADIO_2_ RADINCRV
               (Corrupted PS)  318km
104.6 1732 HOL 100% NL, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 83D3 100%_NL_  313km
102.7 1736 HOL Radio 538, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 83C7 RADIO538  313km
107.5 1811 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Sounds like a Dutch Benny Hill style
               song, as web  296km
104.2 2022 HOL RADIONL, Alkmaar/Alticom Mast (nho) Just audible in noise. Dutch music,
               as web  304km
 89.3 2040 HOL 89,3 Radio West, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Pops,
               as web  313km
103.5 2111 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) OM talk, as web  391km
102.3 2120 HOL Radio 538, Multiple sites 83C7
 92.1 2128  D  Funkhaus Europa, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) ID in live concert  554km
 88.3 2137  D  Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) YL vocal ID  565km
 96.4 2143  D  NDR Info, Aurich (nds) YL, as web  478km
104.9 2143  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) D389  478km
 95.8 2145  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) D381  478km
107.1 2154  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) D210 __DLF___  565km
 90.0 2155  D  NDR Kultur, Aurich (nds) OM talk, as web. No RDS but slight co-channel noise 
               478km
 87.6 2156  D  NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) German pops, as 98.1  650km
 96.4 2158  D  NDR Info, Aurich (nds) German OM, as web  478km
 96.7 2158  D  Funkhaus Europa, Bremen-Walle (bre) Live concert, as web  565km
 95.4 2200  D  Nordwestradio, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) ID and news  554km
 93.8 2201  D  bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) D341  565km
 90.3 2207  D  NDR 90,3, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Pops, as web  650km
103.6 2232  D  Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) ID jingle and station promo  650km
104.3 2306  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Pops, as 105.7  477km
103.7 2308  D  NDR Info, Molbergen-Peheim (Cloppenburg) (nds) 1.6kW. V weak. Pops, as web 
               504km
100.8 2310  D  Bremen Vier, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) Pops, as 101.2  554km

 ** Personal Skegness 'First'

I have no idea where this tropo came from. Nothing was forecast and nothing was showing up on the maps. It looks like it was just this particular area which enjoyed the conditions.

At the time of the opening, the weather was interesting to say the least. Humidity was high, up around 100%. While the sun was out here, the sea front was shrouded in sea mist which could be seen blowing in like smoke from the North Sea, which was invisible unless you were within a few yards of it. We had taken the dogs to the beach and I had my Degen DE1103 with me as I wondered if the mist would cause any enhancement. Belgium and Holland were slightly up but not by much. It wasn't until returning home that I put the 9.2 vertical and discovered lots of Dutch signals at good strengths up at around 39dB.

This opening persisted from mid-afternoon until late evening, when I noticed Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen on 105.7 - on the vertical 9.2! Returning to the horizontal position, there were some good signals from the Niedersachsen area of Germany.

Around 3am, we were woken by a thunder storm. Time to unplug the aerial! There were a few thunder storms trundling their way north-by-north-eastward and had been during the late evening.

I was not DXing alone though as I had been experimenting with some new software called TeamViewer www.teamviewer.com. This had been recommended to me by Cedric in France. Andy in Wigan and Dave in Brighton were both tuning along with me. Quite a weird experience to watch the radio apparently tuning itself! I will write about TeamViewer in a separate post as I also wanted to try Chrome Remote Desktop too, both for the computer and for the mobile. More about that soon.

Time to unplug the aerial again as I hear more thunder. :O{

Good DX!

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

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

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.

Skegness Log: 29-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
103.2 1832 CZE CRo Dvojka, Votice/Mezivrata (ST) Czech YL song, as web  1069km **
106.6 1858  D  SWR4 Baden-Württemberg, Waldenburg (bwü) German OM/YL song, as web  786km **
 94.9 2127  F  France Inter, Bourges/Neuvy (18) Brief burst of modern R&B song, as web.                Belmont almost nulled with 9.2  672km **

Band 2 General Scatter:
100.4 1223  D  WDR 2, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Meatloaf song, as 93.2  538km
107.3 1224  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Dana Winner song, as web  729km
100.9 1225  D  Hit Radio FFH, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes)  Barely audible. Ads, as web.
               Mixing Wrotham and Schoten  729km
107.2 1229  D  WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) Pops, as 106.7  592km
107.0 1230  D  WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Ads, as 106.7  592km
105.3 1231  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German OM, as web  732km
 90.7 1233  D  WDR 4, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Pops, as web  538km
 96.4 1421  D  NDR Info, Aurich (nds) YL info (traffic?), musical jingle  478km
102.5 1658  D  hr4, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Noise free. German pop song, as web  647km

 94.9 2049  G  BBC London 94.9, London/Crystal Palace (EN-GTL) Phone in. As web. Belmont down
               to 7dB, nulled by 9.2  194km

** Personal Skegness 'First'


Meteor Scatter Notes:
I almost nulled BBC Radio Lincolnshire on 94.9 this evening, reducing it to around 7dBf (GTK display). This allowed BBC Radio London to join in every now and again at equal levels. I then recorded a few web streams and was pleased to hear France inter, presumably from the Bourges transmitter, briefly dominate the very weak Bemont via meteor scatter.

Aircraft/General Scatter Notes:
Since I now appear to be able to receive transmitters like Heidelstein, Hoher Meissner, Torfhaus and Kreuzberg Rhon on a regular daily basis, often at noise free levels during scatter peaks, I wonder how useful such loggings are. I know some DXers like to see all loggings as a representation of the conditions, even if they are sometimes on the repetitive side, but I suspect that many DXers do not. In view of the Es season being upon us I will leave out most of these duplicate loggings in future and only post them here occasionally.

For the last few days I have been able to listen to Brocken on 94.6 almost constantly, with regular fading of course. Even some the signal can last many minutes, never quite dropping out completely. This makes me wonder what summertime scatter conditions will bring. Maybe I will be able to increase on my current scatter distance record.

Thinking about scatter, Kenwick Top is spectacular for this with transmitters like Raichburg, Sonneburg and Remda coming in noise free whenever I have visited. I have never heard these via scatter from home and they will now become my 'target' transmitters at home. I may need a lot of luck here due to my location being low down, almost at sea level.

Good DX!

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

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

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.

Skegness Log: 28-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 General Scatter:
 99.0 0932  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) German YL, as web  684km
105.1 0935  D  Hit Radio FFH, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web  684km
 97.3 0937  D  WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Classical music, as 97.0  420km
 95.8 0939  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) Noise free stereo. Pops, as 91.1  478km

Good DX!

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

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

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.

Skegness Log: 27-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 26-04-14:
 87.6 0831 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203 _IMPULS_. AFs: 106.0 100.3 87.6 99.0 100.9 102.3  1219km

Band 2 General Scatter: 26-04-14:
107.9 0624  D  BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Operatics, as web  732km
105.3 0625  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) German OM, as web  732km
107.3 0630  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Dreamy song, as web  729km
 90.0 0820  D  SWR3, Haardtkopf (rlp) Alphaville Big In Japan, as web  593km
 92.1 0852 HOL 100% NL, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Shouting Dutch song, as 90.2  455km
 93.0 0853 HOL Radio 10, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Bad Michael Jackson, as 87.7  322km
 93.3 0855 HOL Ujala Radio, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Indian music, as web  320km
 95.3 0856 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) OMs, as 95.4  396km
 97.7 0900 HOL Radio Veronica, Mierlo or Arnhem. Suspect Mierlo Ads, as 96.3 **
 96.3 0901 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) ID and news  365km
103.0 1113  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Pops and YL ID. 21dB scatter peak.
               Strongest here yet at 21dB!  564km

** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode

The Czech meteor scatter occurred live while tuning across the band.

Scatter was poor to begin the day but soon improved.

Good DX!

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

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

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.

Skegness Log: 26-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E: 26-04-14:
 88.0 1012  E  Radio Nervión, Bilbao=Bilbo/Ganeta (PVA-BI) E343 RN______  1130km
 88.0 1020  E  RNE Radio 5 Todo Noticias, Unid site Flute music and Spanish OM, as web
 87.7 1030  E  Hit FM, Jerez de la Frontera/San Cristóbal (AND-CA) E200 HI__FM__  1904km

Band 2 General Scatter: 26-04-14:
 88.0 0941  F  France Culture, Alençon/Mont d'Amain (61) French OM and YL, as 98.0  498km
 89.4 0942  F  France Musique, Brest/Roc Trédudon (29) French OM and YL, as 88.7  604km
 95.3 0944  F  France Inter, Troyes/les Riceys (10) Very weak but music as 103.7  643km
 89.9 0952  F  France Musique, Rennes/Saint-Pern (35) OM, as 88.7  564km
 89.0 1025  F  France Culture, Le Mans/Mayet (72) OMs, as 98.0  599km
107.1 1236  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) German song, as web  593km

The first Es of the season and some aircraft scatter to northern France at last.

Brocken and Torfhaus were quite stable late in the evening with slow and steady fades. This was either tropo or troposcatter.

I decided to leave the meteor scatter DXing alone for a few days as I am sure the amount of web stream recording I have done over the last few weeks will have taken this month's bandwidth well over the 500GB mark!!

Good DX!

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

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

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 elevation/azimuth rotator.

First Band 2 Es Of The Season!!

The Es season has started!

I have just heard Spain and Algeria at the bottom of band 2.

Where it will go from here is anybody's guess, but it's the same start date as last year! We can only hope that is a good omen!

Good DX!

John

Skegness Log: 25-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 25-04-14:
104.5 0008 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Classical music, as web  991km
104.5 0014  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm (rlp) German presenter, as web  649km
104.5 0024 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) YL phone caller, as web  1219km
104.5 0743 SVN Radio Ognjisce, Krvavec (lj) Pops song, as web  1271km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 25-04-14:
 89.4 1011  D  NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) You Can Leave Your Hat On song,
               as web  488km
 92.8 1013 BEL RTBF Musiq'3, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) 6353 MUSIQ3__  440km
105.3 1015 HOL NPO Radio 1, Hulsberg/Emmaberg (lim) Dominating. OM, as web  455km
107.4 1015  D  Radio Kiepenkerl, Coesfeld (nrw) Tentative. OM and phone caller, seemingly as 
               web though unable to
               rule out Radio Lippe. Mixing Radio Wuppertal  480km
107.4 1015  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Own programming with OMD song,
               as web  508km
107.3 1555  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) Schlager, as web  729km
 92.4 1610  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) German OM with news
               after Linz faded  525km
 92.3 1611  D  WDR 2, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) [hes] (nrw) German OM after Anderlues faded  612km
 91.8 1613  D  WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) More regular than Profondeville lately. German
               OM, as web  544km
107.9 1615  D  BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) Classical music, as web. Dominating Munster 
               732km
100.8 1620  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Guitar song, as web, on Bremen   
               606km
 98.8 1621  D  NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) YL, as 90.2  525km

** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode

A very repetitive night of meteor scatter. Just three stations popped up, but repeatedly, over and over again! They were: CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem; Big FM (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm and Frekvence 1, Brno. I did not hear any other station via meteor scatter until shortly after 0700 when Radio Ognjisce, Krvavec broke the monotony.

General scatter continues to bring new stations to my logbook and much of it is noise free.

Radio Kiepenkerl on 107.4 was a possibility earlier today (25th), though I couldn't rule out this being Radio Lippe as the programming on their web stream sounded similar to that of Radio Kiepenkerl's. It definitely wasn't Radio Wuppertal. It would be useful to know if and when these local NRW stations have their own programming, rather than just inserting local IDs and drop-ins.

Good DX!

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

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

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.

Skegness Log: 24-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 24-04-14:
103.1 0231 POL PR Radio Koszalin, Koszalin/Gologóra (ZP) Polish soft rock song, as web  1085km **
103.1 0652  D  Deutschlandfunk, Erfurt-Haarberg (2kW) or  Gießen (630W) German OM talk, as web.
               Three second burst **
104.5 2340  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ober-Olm (rlp) YL phone caller, as web  649km **
104.5 2343 CZE Frekvence 1, Brno/Kojál (JM) OM phone caller, as web  1219km **
104.5 2356 CZE CRo Vltava, Ústí nad Labem/Buková hora (US) Classical rendition of
               Beatles song, as web  991km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 24-04-14:
102.6 0957  D  NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) Adele song, as web  606km
101.2 1011  D  Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) Pops, as web  565km
 97.4 1026  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) German YL and OM, dominating Linz  712km
 97.2 1027  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German YL, as Brocken 97.4  739km
 98.0 1030  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Dr. Hook song, as web. Over
               Lille/Amsterdam  707km
 88.3 1202  D  Nordwestradio, Bremen-Walle (bre) News. Dominating Sutton Coldfield  565km
103.5 1226 HOL Radio Gelderland, Ugchelen/Alticom Toren (gel) Noise free scatter. Lively Dutch
               phone in at this time  391km
 89.9 1537  D  NDR Kultur, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Vocal ID in pile-up  707km
 92.5 1811  D  MDR 1 Radio Thüringen, Inselsberg (thü) German YL, as web, mixing with v weak
               BBC R4  739km
 93.0 1812  D  SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Classical, as web  593km
 94.4 1813  D  hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Caain Sensible, as web  647km
 99.0 1816  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Bee Gees song, as web  684km
 98.5 1821  D  SWR3, Scharteberg (Eifel) (rlp) Queen song, as web  550km
103.5 1836  D  RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) ID and traffic  553km
103.5 1838  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) Suddenly over Ahrweiller. OM,
               as web  707km
107.5 1842 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Gentle song, as web  296km
105.5 1843 HOL Scheldemond FM, Oostburg/Watertoren (zee) Gentle song, as 107.5  296km
 87.7 1845  F  RTL, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Phone caller, as web  299km
 90.7 1847 BEL VRT Radio 2, Brussegem (vlg-vbr) YL phone caller, as web. alternating with
               Ijjselstein  366km
 91.6 1850 HOL Radio Veronica, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) Europe song and ID  320km
 96.3 1852 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch OM, as 91.6  365km
103.6 1857 HOL Radio 10, Amsterdam/Alticom Toren (nho) 83D2 RADIO_10  320km
104.1 1858 HOL Radio 10, Arnhem/Kema Toren (gel) Sister Sledge, as 103.6, etc.  397km **
104.0 1902 BEL Bel RTL, Bruxelles/The Hotel (bru) Short jingle, some Info after YL news
               and ID  377km

** Personal Skegness 'First' via the respective mode

Good DX!

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

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

Aerial:
Körner 9.2 at 5.5 metres AGL. Yaesu G-5500 rotator.