Skegness Log: 12-12-13 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
106.1 0052 NOR P4 R Hele Norge, Halden 1/Høyåsmasten (of) Ads and OM, as web  958km
 87.8 0935 NOR NRK P1, Hovdefjell (aa) Pops, phone in, as web  806km
 88.2 0938 NOR NRK P1, Skien 1/Vealøs (te) Pops, as web  890km
 91.4 0946 DNK DR P1/DR P2, Thisted/Hanstholmvej 46 (njy) OM, as web  681km
 91.8 0947 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnippa (ro) Pops, as web  703km
 92.5 0948 NOR NRK P2, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) Play or discussion, as web  734km
 94.0 0952  D  Radio Ostfriesland, Aurich-Haxtum (nds) Jingle ID  476km
 94.2 0954 NOR NRK P1, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnippa (ro) OM and YLs, as web  703km
 94.8 0956 NOR NRK P1, Halden 1/Høyåsmasten (of) OM and YLs, as web  958km
 95.0 0957 NOR NRK Petre, Lyngdal/KalåsknIben (va) Lively OM, as web  697km
 95.6 0957  D  N-JOY, Morsum (Sylt) (shs) Pops, as web  566km
 97.0 1010 NOR NRK Petre, Greipstad/Eidsåvegen (va) Football discussion, as web  734km
 97.6 1011 NOR NRK P1, Lyngdal/KalåsknIben (va) OM talk, as web  697km
 99.0 1014 DNK DR P4, Varde/Nordenskov/Kærgårdsvej 41B (sdk-sjy) Pops and ID  608km
 88.5 1030 BEL BRF 1, Liège/Bol d'Air (wal-lge) Jingle ID after ads  459km **
 93.3 1048 LUX RTL Radio, Dudelange/Ginsterberg (gld) Jingle ID  574km
 98.3 1053 BEL RTBF Vivacité, Profondeville-Rivière/Sart à Soile (wal-nam) RDS: VIVAVITE Belmont? On this frequency? Surely not?  441km
 98.4 1104  D  SWR3, Hornisgrinde/SWR (bwü) ID and traffic  748km
101.7 1111  D  Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) Jingle ID  628km
103.0 1113  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Pops and ID  565km
 97.3 1133  S  SR P4, Halmstad/Oskarström-Slättåkra TM (ha) ID, anns and pops, as web  900km
 87.6 1144 HOL Radio 10, Smilde/Alticom Toren (dre) Oldies, as 87.7  408km

** Personal Skegness 'First';


I did not start listening to the band properly until 0930 this morning so I probably missed some DX from earlier. I was able to make a quick check of conditions at 0400 and the band sounded very lively indeed. The final stages of the tropo had vacated the band by 1700. Belgium and Holland were the last to wave goodbye.

I logged everything which wasn't a regular continental yesterday and Tuesday. Today I just 'topped up' the log with any different DX stations.

As yesterday, conditions were strange. It was only the larger horizontal transmitters which were propagating, and there some big signals from Profondeville, Liege, Steinkimmen, Holstebro, Lyngdal and other transmitters. Going vertical you would never have guessed there was much of a tropo at all.

At the time of compiling this log I hear a small enhancement in conditions to continental regulars, but there are no traces of Scandinavia or northern Germany.


Recordings:

98.3 RTBF Vivacite, Profondeville 1057 12-12-13
https://app.box.com/s/61i7xiap10az5o7on1jy

88.5 BRF1, Liege 1030 12-12-13
https://app.box.com/s/yauki9iaumimezeogc9f

103.0 BFBS 1, Bielefeld 1113 12-12-13
https://app.box.com/s/wgoc7sbmke98pbw80o81

103.1 Radio FFN, Aurich 1119 12-12-13
https://app.box.com/s/vbf9d9laa8v3ny32hvri

103.4 Radio FFN, Osnabruck 1125 12-12-13
https://app.box.com/s/b9h9zjwzw515i08sdo0q

98.5 DR P4 Midt & West, Holstebro 1130 12-12-13
https://app.box.com/s/4d2ui1hzoizqwh10xl4k

97.3 SR P4, Halmstad 1133 12-12-13
https://app.box.com/s/itp80ab55vna4iqpv1no

92.4 NDR1, Osnabruck 1140 12-12-13
https://app.box.com/s/8si8l98dbj12n9j5069p


Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) 1.7m (5'9") ASL.
Website: http://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 v1.00r2 www.rdsspy.com