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Friday 2 January 2015

Skegness Log: 02-01-15 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter:
105.7 0423  I  Radio 105 Network, Abbadia San Salvatore/Monte Amiata (si) 5211  1414km **
107.9 0423  I  Radio 24, Guadamello or Rocca di Papa 5245 **
105.3 0426  I  Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Meldola/Frazione Valdinoce(fc)
               5220  1328km **

 89.9 0709  F  TSF Jazz, Paris/Tour Eiffel (75) F223  497km **
 92.8 0720  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, Multi-tx Vocal ID **
 90.5 0723 HRV HRT-HR 2, Licka Plješivica (gs) C202  1456km **
 90.6 0736  I  RAI Radio1, Multi-tx though probably Milano 5201 **
 92.6 0751  I  Arancia Network, Falconara, Treia-San Lorenzo or Fermo 5571 AranciA  **
 87.5 0805  I  Radio Subasio, Sigillo & Fermo 53FD
 91.3 0832  I  RAI Radio1, Santu Lussurgiu/Punta Badde Urbara (RAI) (or) 5201.
               Highly likely Santu Lussurgiu  1575km **

 88.6 0834  I  Radio Capital, Serramazzoni, Castel San Pietro Terme or Cesena 5219

** Personal 'First'

I forgot to rotate the 9.2 back into the horizontal plane tonight. Vertical doesn't usually bring in much on meteor scatter, but tonight was different. The beam was aimed approximately SSE and I heard dozens and dozens of Italian stations. Possibly even hundreds! Bursts of activity appeared very frequently indeed. While that sounds good, each time Italy rolled in, there was lots of co-channel QRM which resulted in mush. Very little of this was strong enough for RDS so I was pleased to squeeze out the above stations.

Now lets hope the Quadrantids will bring us all some gems over the next couple of nights.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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Receiver:
Elad FDM-S2

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.

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

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