Skegness Log: 28-05-14 (FM)

OIRT Band Sporadic E:
 66.38 0807 RUS Radio Rossii, Bologoye (TV) Presumed site. Russian OM talk, as web 
            2163km **
 66.98 1620 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kirovohrad/KFKRRT, vul. Sadova, 88 (KH) YL, as web 
            2282km **
 66.08 1621 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Krasnohorivka/PFKRRT, vul. Gogolya, 15 (PO) YLs, as web 
            2327km **
 67.88 1622 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Buky/CHFKRRT, vul. Kirova, 67 (CK) ID in news  2129km
 68.51 1623 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Kyiv/KFKRRT, vul. Dorogozhyts'ka, 10 (KY)
                YL, as others  2077km
 68.60 1623 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Krasnohorivka/PFKRRT, vul. Gogolya, 15 (PO) ID and
                pops  2327km **
 68.84 1624 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Kirovohrad/KFKRRT, vul. Sadova, 88 (KH) OM  YL phone in,
                as web  2282km
 70.64 1625 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Cherkasy/CHFKRRT, vul. Pal'okhy, 2 (CK) As others 
                2223km
 71.90 1625 UKR UR 2 Radio Promin', Andrijivka/ZHFKRRT (ZH) As others  1956km **
 72.20 1625 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Cherkasy/CHFKRRT, vul. Pal'okhy, 2 (CK) YL  2223km
 66.53 1628 UKR UR 1 Persha Prog., Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) OM, as
                web  1803km
 68.24 1629 UKR Radio Mariya v Ukraini, Antopil'/RFKRRT, vul. Kyivs'ka, 12 (RI) Phone in,
                as web  1803km

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 88.1 1035 HRV HRT Radio Sljeme, Zagreb/Sljeme (zg) C31C R-SLJEME  1381km
 87.8 1037 SVN Radio Antena, Celje/Svetina (ce) 9361 _ANTENA_  1323km
 89.3 1038 SVN Radio Student, Ljubljana 3-Sance (lj) 9440 __UDENT_  1288km **
 89.5 1038  D  Bayern 2, Wendelstein (bay) D312 Bayern_2  1024km
 88.0 1039 SVN Slovenija 1, Krim (lj) 9201  1295km **
 87.7 1040 HRV HRT-HR 1, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C201 HRT-HR_1  1456km
 90.5 1040 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Pljesivica (gs) C202 HRT-HR_2  1456km
 93.4 1046  I  m2o, Belluno/Nevegal-La Casera (bl) 5233 _M_DUE_-  1163km **
 92.6 1047  I  Radio Gardena=Radio Gröden, Seceda (bz) 5432 __04DEN_  1092km **
 89.4 1049  I  Radio Padova, Asiago/Località Cima Ekar (Cima Echar) (vi) 5360 R.PADOVA 
               1146km **
 94.0 1051  I  Ravegnana Radio, Ravenna/via Trieste 290 (ra) Vocal ID  1302km **
 92.8 1052  I  Radio Studio Delta, Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
               Cavallo (fc) 53FB Scrolling RDS  1328km **
 93.9 1056  I  RAI Radio3, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5203 __RAI___ _RADIO3_  1256km
 91.1 1057  I  Radio Gamma (Savignano), Cesena/Frazione Borello-Via Luzzena 5366P-Monte
               Cavallo (fc) 5843  1328km **
 91.7 1057  I  RAI Radio2, Bologna/Colle Barbiano (RAI) (bo) 5202  1256km
 90.2 1058  I  Radio Maria, Asiago/Località Cima Ekar (Cima Echar) (vi) 51CC R.MARIA_ 
               1146km **
 90.7 1058  I  Radio Mater, Barzanò/Cascina Giovanna (lc) Vocal ID. Mono signal  1050km **
107.9 1059  I  Radio 24, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5245 RADIO_24  1568km
107.1 1100  I  Antenna Uno, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5E84 ANTENNA1  1568km
107.2 1101  I  Radio Maria, Buccheri/Monte Lauro (sr) English preacher, as others  2106km
104.8 1102 SRB Radio B92, Deli Jovan (Srb) D25C __B_92__  1878km **
103.0 1103 BUL BNR Horizont, Sofia/Kopitoto-KRTTS Vitosa (sfg) 8210 HORIZONT  2056km
102.8 1104  I  Radio Bruno (Toscana), Buti/Monte Serra (pi) 534D R/_BRUNO  1286km **
101.9 1105  I  Dimensione Suono Roma, Rocca di Papa/Monte Cavo (rm) 5E65 _*ROMA*_  1568km **
101.6 1106  I  Dimensione Suono Roma, Caprarola/Poggio Nibbio (vt) Pops, as 101.9  1486km **
 87.5 1107  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Capo d'Orlando/Monte San Martino (me) Vocal ID  
               2001km
108.0 1107  I  Radio Maria, Palomonte/Monte Palo (sa) Guess at this site. Had it before 
               1784km
 90.1 1109  I  RAI Radio1, Monte Argentario (RAI) (gr) 5501 __RAI___  1441km
 92.2 1109  I  Radio Nostalgia, Genova/Monte Fasce (ge) 536B NOSTLGIA  1161km
 94.3 1110  I  RAI Radio3, Monte Argentario (RAI) (gr) 5203 _RADI___  1441km
 97.2 1111  I  Radio 24, Genova/Monte Fasce (ge) 5245 RADIO_24  1161km **
 98.0 1112  I  PrimaRadio-inBlu, Rocchetta Palafea (at) 5B63  1105km **
 98.5 1112  I  Radio Piombino, Piombino/Il Semaforo (li) 55EE __OM____  1364km
 89.8 1118  I  Fantastica (Piemonte), Asti/Località Vallarone (at) 5292 FANT..CA  1081km **
 92.4 1126  F  France Inter, Ajaccio/Coti-Chiavari Chialone (20A) F201 __INTER_  1414km
 93.0 1127  F  Nostalgie, Ajaccio/Coti-Chiavari Pinselli (20A) French music, as web  1414km
 87.7 1128  F  Rire et Chansons, Nice/Mont Vinaigrier (06) F226 _RIRE__  1168km
 88.0 1134  F  France Musique, Ajaccio/Coti-Chiavari Chialone (20A) F203 MUSIQUE_  1414km
 88.2 1135  I  Radio Deejay, Tempio Pausania/Monte Limbara (ot) 5214 _DEEJAY_  1521km
 89.2 1135  I  R101, Siniscola/Arturu Mele (nu) 5215 _R_101__  1570km
 89.5 1136  F  France Musique, Figari/Punta di Valanincu (20A) OM, as web  1447km **
 93.9 1136  F  France Inter, Figari/Punta di Valanincu (20A) Flute music, as 103.7  1447km
 88.0 1137  I  Radiolina, Sassari/Monte Oro (ss) 544B Scrolling RDS. Cagliari ads  1513km
 87.5 1143  I  Radio Maria, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 51CC R.MARIA_ 
               1684km
 87.9 1143  I  R101, Sant'Antioco/Località Batteria/Monte Cresia (ci) 5215 _R_101__  1684km
 87.6 1214 ALG Chaîne 3, Kef El Akhal (25) French OM, as web  1927km
 87.7 1218  I  Radio Venere (Puglia), Lecce (le) 5D4A  1958km
 88.3 1219  I  Radio Margherita, Parabita/Contrada Turrisi-Serra di San Eleuterio (le) 5242 
               1982km
 88.5 1220  I  m2o, Bari/Via Principe Amedeo (ba) 5233 _M_DUE_O  1823km
 88.3 1222  I  Radio 24, Martina Franca/Monte Trazzonara-Strada Carbonico Zona H (ta) 5245
               RADIO_24  1894km
 91.1 1224  I  RAI Radio2, Martina Franca/Masseria Trasconi (ta) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_  1883km
 93.8 1225  I  Radio Maria, Bari/Strada vicinale San Giorgio Martire (ba) 51CC R.MARIA_ 
               1823km
 87.8 1229  I  Ritmo 80, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) 5A72 RITMO_80  1797km
 88.2 1233  E  RNE Radio Nacional, Pont de Suert/Fallada de Malpas (CAT-L) E211 RNE_1___ 
               1199km

UNIDs:
106.1 1102  ?  UNID,  C383
 90.2 1118  ?  UNID,  D201. Libya? Radio Msallata has this code

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
 87.6 0835 CZE Radio Impuls, Brno/Kojál (JM) 2203  1219km

Band 2 General Scatter:
 89.4 0928  D  NE-WS 89,4, Düsseldorf/Rheinturm (nrw) Pops, as web  488km
 89.4 0930 HOL Radio Oost, Hengelo/Novec mast (Hazenweg) (ove) remained after NE-WS Dusseldorf
               faded  445km
 97.2 0936 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web  617km
 91.8 0942 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) Lifting nicely above the noise.
               Atmospheric pops, as web  703km
107.4 0947  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) ID and Bruce Springbok track  508km
 87.8 0949  D  WDR 2, Schwerte/Sommerberg (nrw) YL talk, then pops, as web  525km
 89.7 0955  D  WDR 3, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Breaking over a 9.2-reduced Tacolneston. Classical,
               as web  493km
 91.2 0957  D  NDR 1 Niedersachsen, Dannenberg Zernien (nds) Pops, v weak atop Brussel,
               as web  705km
 97.2 1002  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Inselsberg (thü) German OM news, as web  739km
100.8 1004  D  Bremen Vier, Schiffdorf [nds] (Bremerhaven) (bre) YL info and familiar pips
               effect, as web  554km
101.4 1005  D  Radio SAW, Brocken (san) YL info over music and SAW Land ID  712km
102.6 1006  D  NDR 2, Stadthagen/Bückeberge (nds) German YL info, as web  606km
103.4 1009  D  Radio ffn, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Pops, as web  525km
 87.9 1012  D  NDR Info, Heide Welmbüttel (shs) OM chat, as web  599km
 90.0 1013  D  NDR Kultur, Aurich (nds) Noise free. Classical, as web  478km
 90.3 1014  D  NDR 90,3, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) A German Abba soundalike, as web  650km
 93.4 1018  D  Bayern 3, Pfaffenberg (bay) John Parr song, v weak on Radio Rijnmond fade  712km
105.3 1021  D  B5 aktuell, Kreuzberg (Rhön) (bay) OM and crowds, as web  732km

** Personal Skegness 'First' via meteor scatter

A fruitful day, not just for sporadic E, but also for general scatter with some good distances acheived once again. The current pattern of the weather is one of low pressure and, since Denmark and Norway are now received almost every day when I check for them, I think I can conclude that they are definitely both being received by general scatter.

Two highlights for me were receiving Bavaria on Es. Most of the stations 'got away', with the exception of Bayern 2, Wendelstein on 89.5. The other was the reception of Radio Gardena in the Tirol/Dolomite region of Bolzano. This station is familiar to me as I stayed in the picturesque village of Ortesei Sankt Ulrich some years ago. I remember listening to several radio stations in this region, some of which I *think* were broadcasting in the Laden language. There was some unusual language around the time of this logging and more can be heard on my video at: http://vimeo.com/96703804. Maybe there are even a few more stations in there I missed (hint, hint ;O)

Good DX!

John Faulkner, Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrAbHyPpIflDXo62HWyOiA

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification

Aerial:
Körner 9.2, 5.5 metres above the ground. QTH is 3 metres above sea level

Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical or horizontal, etc.