Skegness Log: 02-03-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 92.1 1413 HRV HRT-HR 1, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C201 and YL on sudden burst. 26dB  1381km **

Band 2 Tropo/Aircraft Scatter:
 97.3 0921  D  WDR 3, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) Clasical, as web. Some tropo this morning  420km
 91.4 0924 HOL NPO Radio 4, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Stable. Classical. Tropo. As 95.0 
               424km
 95.0 0926 HOL NPO Radio 1, Wieringermeer/Robbenoordbos (nho) Stable. Classical. As 91.4 
               318km
 94.6 0927  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Slades Far Far Away, as web  712km
 89.2 0934  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Just poking through this
               morning. Pops, as web  525km
 92.0 0935  D  WDR 5, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Fairly steady and noise free. Tropo  493km
 92.4 0936  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Almost noise
               free. OM  YL, as web  560km
101.2 0948  D  Bremen Vier, Bremen-Walle (bre) German soft rock song, peaking almost
               noise free  565km
103.0 0950  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) OM and pops, as web  564km
107.2 1025  D  WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) Can hear the bassline,, clearly in
               // 106.7  592km
 87.8 1026  D  WDR 2, Schwerte/Sommerberg (nrw) Better today. OM ID caught after pop song 
               525km
 89.8 1037  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Pops, as web  592km
 92.8 1037  D  SWR3, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Phone in, as web  592km
102.9 1038  D  RPR 1., Bad Marienberg (rlp) German OM, as web  592km
106.3 1038  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) German OM, as web  592km
 95.4 1039  D  SWR2, Bad Marienberg (rlp) German OM, as web  592km
 97.4 1224  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Brocken (san) OM interviewing American
               OM, then YL, over Linz  712km
100.4 1227  D  WDR 2, Bonn/Venusberg (nrw) Katy Perry. Noiseless!  538km
104.3 1230  D  hr4, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German YL ID, German song  612km
 95.3 1357 HOL BNR Nieuwsradio, Zwollerkerspel/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch OM talk, as web 
               396km

** Personal Skegness 'First' via the mode

A little tropo to the nearer parts of Germany today, also some enhanced signals from Holland.

I have now configured my laptop to run the XDR-GTK software, thus removing the noise from my desktop computer.

Unfortunately, noise has found me again. I have noticed some odd and persistent noise to the south. It varies in strength and produces a buzzing noise when at its weakest, then white noise when it increases in strength. The different states in strength last from 15 minutes, but can be longer. The increase/decrease is abrupt and registers 20dB at worst. All other directions remain noise free for now.

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.