Skegness Log: 28-02-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
106.7 0119 AUT 88.6 Der Musiksender, Wiener Neustadt/Hornstein-Sonnenberg [bur] (nie)
               German song, as web  1280km **
106.7 0119  D  Landeswelle Thüringen, Sonneberg/Bleßberg (thü) Familiar German pop song,
               as web, not being played by any other German stations on this frequency
               at this time  793km **
106.7 0523 HRV HKR-Hrvatski Katolicki Radio, Ucka (pa) Croatian chorale, as web  1330km **

Band 2 Aircraft Scatter:
101.7 1257  D  Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Schoksberg (saa) OM Radio Salu ID. Virtually noise
               free at peaks, but fluttery  628km
107.4 1301  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) News, as web  590km
107.1 1304  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) ID and traffic bleeps  593km
105.6 1306  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Donnersberg (rlp) SWR4 Rhsinland Pfalz sung
               jingle  656km
 92.4 1310  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) 60s song from
               The Tremeloes, as web  560km
 93.3 1312  D  WDR 2, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Pops, as Nordhelle 93.5  420km
100.8 1319  D  WDR 2, Aachen/Stolberg (nrw) Ram Jams Black Betty, as web. Noise free!  483km
101.9 1319 HOL Sky Radio, Goes/Alticom Toren (zee) Suddenly over Peterborough  303km
102.8 1320 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) Alternative music, as web  328km
 96.4 1322  D  NDR 2, Dannenberg Zernien (nds) OM ID and pop song with operatic singing
               in it, as web  705km **
 96.4 1323  D  NDR Info, Aurich (nds) German YL and OM, as web, once Dannenberg faded  478km
 89.4 1327  D  NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) V weak pops, as web  488km
 89.6 1328  F  France Culture, Villers-Cotterêts/Fleury (02) OM, as 98.0  474km
 95.3 1330  D  YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) V weak rap music, as web  712km
 97.7 1332  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Haardtkopf (rlp) Riding above Manningtree! OM,
               as web  593km
104.0 1335  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Koblenz/Kühkopf (rlp) Sonnentanz song, as web  590km
107.7 1339 LUX Den Neie Radio (DNR), Blaschette/Kandel (gld) Pops and ID  557km
104.9 1341  D  big fm (Rheinland-Pfalz), Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Cash song, as web  553km
103.1 1343  D  Radio ffn, Aurich (nds) YL phone caller to OM, as web  478km
 90.7 1640  D  WDR 4, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Soft rock song, as web  538km
 90.2 1641  D  NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) German OM. Peaking noise free
               at times  477km
 89.0 1647  D  89.0 RTL, Brocken (san) Pops, as web. Very weak  712km
105.7 1649  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) IDs and pops. Noise free and
               stable peaks throughout the day  543km
 89.2 1717  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pops, as web. V weak  525km
 93.8 1718  D  bremen eins, Bremen-Walle (bre) YL with ID after short guitar jingle  565km
 92.1 1720  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Just audible, mixing with BBC Radio 3,
               Sheffield  707km
 97.2 1747  F  France Musique, Hirson/Landouzy-la-Ville (02) French OM, as 88.7  446km
 97.5 1747  D  SWR3, Bornberg (rlp) V weak Sonnentanz song, as web. Competing Schoten  640km
104.2 1753 BEL AFN PowerNet, Casteau-Shape (wal-hnt) Long time no hear. US political talk
               about Congress  386km
107.2 1754  D  WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) Weak pops, as 106.7  592km
 87.6 1756  D  hr3, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) Sara Bareilles song, as web  612km
 99.6 1756  D  hr-info, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German OM, as web  612km
 87.8 1758  D  WDR 2, Schwerte/Sommerberg (nrw) Can clearly hear the bassline of the song,
               as web. V v weak  525km
 95.4 1803  D  Nordwestradio, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) German OM, as web  554km
106.9 1815  D  Radio Euskirchen, Schleiden/Broicher Höhe (nrw) Mark Morrison's Return Of
               The Mack, as web stream. V weak  514km
107.0 1915  D  WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) German YL, as 106.7  592km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Meteor scatter was less prevalent overnight, but I was pleased to receive a 960 watt Austrian in the form of 88.6 Der Musiksender from Wiener Neustadt.

I raised the FM5 another metre today so it now clears the rooftop and can see over the conifers. This has made an enormous difference. The noise from the computer is much quieter too, plus I can hear some old favourites which I haven't heard for a long time. The usual German transmitters, such as Langenberg, Teutoburger Wald and Munster were aomost at RDS level. Great to hear Brocken and Torfhaus back together again.

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, five meters AGL, currently fixed horizontally to the south-east.