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Friday 18 April 2014

Skegness Log: 18-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 18-04-14:
107.7 0040  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) Jazzy music, as web  571km
107.7 0058  D  Die Neue 107,7, Stuttgart-Frauenkopf (bwü) Nazareth song, as web  790km
107.7 0137  D  Antenne Bayern, Hochries (bay) Pops, as web  1034km
107.7 0528  D  R.SA, Fichtelberg (Erzgebirge) (sac) Holly Johnson song, as web  918km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 18-04-14:
104.2 0724 BEL AFN PowerNet, Casteau-Shape (wal-hnt) Item on baseball. US accents.   386km
 89.2 0737  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Scatter. Noise free pops, as web  525km
 89.2 0750  D  NDR 2, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Very fluttery in multiple aircraft
               scatter. Pops, as web  525km
 98.4 0923 HOL NPO Radio 1, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch YL and OM, as web  424km
 93.0 0933  D  SWR2, Haardtkopf (rlp) Opera, as web  593km
100.3 0935  D  Planet Radio, Eisenberg (Neuenstein) (hes) English ID jingle and pops on Radio
               L1 fade  677km **
 94.4 0947  D  hr1, Großer Feldberg (Taunus)/hr (hes) Fleetwood Mac song, as web. Above
               Swingate  647km
 94.0 0949  D  SWR2, Koblenz/Dieblich-Naßheck (rlp) Opera, as web  590km
 94.6 0950  D  MDR 1 Radio Sachsen-Anhalt, Brocken (san) Modern Talking song, ID and ELO
               song  712km
 92.1 0952  D  NDR 2, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Soft rock song, as web  707km
 98.0 0952  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Torfhaus (Harz-West) (nds) Pops, as web  707km
103.6 0956  D  RPR 1., Kalmit (rlp) Olly Murs, YL ID  687km
102.3 0958  D  Radio ffn, Steinkimmen (nds) Ellie Goulding, as web. Easy at the side of
               Lincs FM  543km
 91.8 1011  D  WDR 2, Hohe Warte (nrw) Light pops, as web  544km
107.3 1013  D  hr4, Heidelstein (Rhön) [bay] (hes) German song, as web  729km
 92.4 1021  D  SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz, Linz (Rhein)/Ginsterhahner Kopf (rlp) Valerie song,
               as web. Noise free  560km
 91.0 1022  D  hr1, Sackpfeife (Biedenkopf) (hes) German YL, as web  612km
107.4 1031  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) Pops, as web. Local
               programming at this time  508km
 95.3 1317  D  YOU FM (hr), Hardberg (hes) Pink song, as web  712km
 99.0 1321  D  hr1, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops and OM/YL chat, as web. Almost noise free when
               peaked  684km
 89.5 1342  D  hr3, Hoher Meißner (hes) Pops, as web  684km
 87.6 1343  D  NDR 2, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Caro Emerald song, as web  650km
 97.7 1441  D  YOU FM (hr), Rimberg (hes) Club song, as web  678km
106.3 1550  D  SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Marienberg (rlp) Crooning, as web  592km
105.3 1600  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM ID and news  732km
107.9 1601  D  BR Klassik, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) YL news, over Munster  732km
 97.2 1607  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German YL news, as web  739km
103.5 1611  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Torfhaus/DTAG (nds) German OM, as web  707km


** Personal Skegness 'First' by the respective mode

The G-5500 rotator is now connected and aligned. Still really pleased with reception here. As I had hoped, the noise I get to the south is greatly reduced now the 9.2 is on the roof. It appears to be something in a nearby property. the one nearest the 9.2. At the most I am receiving the noise at 9 or 10dBf (GTK scale - no boosts), which is negligible. Background noise in all other directions is at 4 or 5dBf so very quiet. Phew!

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 with Yaesu G-5500 rotator.

2 comments:

  1. john congrats to your installation.
    Do you have stil wishes with such a set up.
    Your scatter remind me of fm scan on the isle of Texel(western island of north holland) where swedenm, denmark en norway always scattered in

    73 gerard PE1BBI (PI4GN)

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  2. Thank you Gerard.

    It was a lengthy and slightly complicated procedure to get the permission to have this antenna installed. The antenna will need lowering slightly if we have strong winds (which we will - this part of the Lincolnshire coast is known as "The Bracing Coast" because of its windy nature). The installation is such that it will be simple to raise and lower as necessary. I could add another metre to the height, but I don't think that will be necessary. The take-off is clear in all directions so I doubt that it will make any difference if I raise or lower the antenna by a metre.

    As for a wishlist: I have no plans to use a larger antenna. I wouldn't be able to get permission for more than two anyway. In any case, I don't like having too much directivity as it will become easier to miss something off-beam. For DX wishes, I would like to receive Denmark and Norway on scatter. Both should be possible as they are well within the usual scatter range. Hopefully this will be possible in the summer.

    As you will expect, the most distant German scatter here is very weak, but the higher powered transmitters such as Torfhaus, Brocken and Hoher Meissner can peak to noise free levels at best, but only just.

    Good DX and 73.

    John

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