Skegness Log: 26-05-15 (FM)

Band 2 Scatter:
104.6 1901 HOL 100% NL, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 83D3 100_NL_  313km
103.5 1904 HOL Radio Veronica, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Golden Earring song, as web  334km
102.7 1905 HOL Radio 538, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) 83C7 RADIO538 SOLID!  313km
100.8 1909  F  Contact, Lens (62) or Valenciennes (59) Club music, as web  
 91.0 1910 HOL Omroep Brabant, Roosendaal/Alticom Toren (nbr) Jingle ID  334km
 93.2 1910 HOL Waterstad FM, Jirnsum/Rijksweg (fri) Pops, as web  365km
 96.2 1913 HOL NPO 3FM, Markelo/Alticom Toren (ove) Dutch phone caller, as 96.8  424km
 96.3 1914 HOL Radio Veronica, Loon op Zand/Alticom Toren (nbr) Dutch phone caller,
           as 91.6  365km
 96.5 1915  F  Skyrock, Saint-Omer/Asdoit (62) French phone caller, as 106.9  295km
 97.2 1916  F  RFM, Saint-Omer/Wisques (62) Jingle ID between pops. Noise free  299km
 93.0 1944 HOL Radio 10, Westdorpe/Verkavelingsweg (zee) Jingle ID between oldies  322km
 92.0 1948  F  Radio 6, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont d'Herquelingue (62) Maintenent .... Radio Six
               Jingle ID  288km
 91.8 1949  F  Radio Uylenspiegel, Hazebrouck/Kasteel Yvonne (59) English folk song,
               as web  300km
 93.8 1951 HOL Slam!FM, Megen/Alticom Toren (nbr) Slamming dance music, as 88.4, etc.   387km
 93.3 1952  F  Rire et Chansons, Boulogne-sur-Mer/Mont Lambert (62) Adverts, as web  285km
 89.6 2104 BEL VBRO, Brugge/Walakker (vlg-wvl) Presume with Dutch songs  295km

An improvement in scatter.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
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Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

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.

Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

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