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Thursday 23 May 2013

Skegness Log: 22-05-13

Sporadic E:
 87.8 1727  E  Si Ràdio, Torrent/Perentxissa=Calicanto (VAL-V) Pops  1527km
 87.7 1729 ALG Radio Chlef, Aïn N'sour (48) YLs, as web  1913km
 87.6 2221 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) Presumed. As Chaine 3 web stream  1927km
 88.1 2221 ALG Radio Batna, Metlili (5) Presumed. Arabic  2033km
 90.4 2222 ALG Radio Setif, Meghriss (19) YL, as web  1911km
 91.2 2223 ALG Radio Biskra, Metlili (5) Arabic YL and music, as web  2033km
 90.7 2224 ALG Chaîne 1, Kef El Akhal (25) Presumed. As web  1927km
 93.9 2224 ALG Radio Constantine, Kef El Akhal (25) Presumed. As web  1927km
 98.7 2226 ALG Radio Bordj Bou Arreridj, Tafartas (34) OM, as web  1919km **
101.8 2226 ALG Chaîne 1, Akfadou (6) OM, as web  1867km
102.1 2227 ALG Radio M'sila, Zarga (28) Presumed. Carrying Chaine 1 programme  2034km **
105.4 2228 ALG Chaîne 3, Akfadou (6) Arabic music, as web  1867km
 88.7 2234 ALG Radio Soummam, Akfadou (6) Presumed. Arabic music and OM  1867km
 91.8 2235 ALG Chaîne 2, Akfadou (6) Phone in, as web  1867km
 93.5 2236 ALG Chaîne 1, Meghriss (19) Arabic YL and OM, as web  1911km
 94.4 2236 ALG Chaîne 1, Metlili (5) Arabic OM and YL, as web  2033km
 96.7 2237 ALG Chaîne 2, Meghriss (19) Phone in, as web  1911km
 97.7 2238 ALG Radio Setif, Aghouf (19) Arabic YL and OM, as web  1892km **
 98.0 2238 ALG Chaîne 1, Chréa (9) Arabic YL and OM, as web  1872km
100.0 2239 ALG Chaîne 3, Meghriss (19) YLs, as web  1911km
101.2 2239 ALG Chaîne 2, Metlili (5) Phone in, as web  2033km


** Personal Skegness 'First'

Not a lot to report today but I wasn't at home much either so won't know what I missed, if anything of course.

Come the evening things sounded like they might have been about to get interesting. Balkan music appeared at the bottom of the band, closely swamped by Spain, unfortunately I was just about to go out for the evening. But it was a nice surprise to have a decent Algerian opening late in the evening.

This season has been very good so far, but with an increasing tendancy to produce more than one opening simultaneously. Sporadic E openings are becoming embedded in other Es events, so it is becoming slightly frustrating to know which way to beam the aerial. Now I have the Körner 9.2 antenna I find I can separate an opening towards Spain from one towards Italy, not being aware that the other exists. It's one thing I was slightly concerned about before having the 9.2. There is an increasing need to view propagation maps, such as those on dxmaps.com, to see if I might be missing an opening elsewhere.

Good DX!

John, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL. Ref. Google Altitude Maps
Website: skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk

Personal All Time VHF Logbooks: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/vhf-band-2-logs
VHF Band 2 DX Recordings: https://sites.google.com/site/skegnessdx/skegness-vhf-band-2-fm-dx-recordings

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD (tropospheric)
Kenwood KT6040 (sporadic E & meteor scatter)
Icom IC7000 (OIRT)
Conrad RDS Manager

Aerials:
Rooftop Körner 9.2, 8m AGL www.box.com/s/h1a5z3bu94vppln3zsfn
Yaesu G-5500 azimuthal/elevation rotator

Software:
RDS Spy v0.99 www.rdsspy.com

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