Skegness Log: 08-08-15 (FM)

Band 2 Troposhperic:
107.7 0410 BEL Radio Plus Gent, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) 60D4  328km
107.4 0411  D  Radio Wuppertal, Wuppertal/Westfalenweg (nrw) D07B  508km
105.0 0418 HOL Castricum 105, Castricum/De Loet (nho) ++ YL jingle ID between pops  299km
102.7 0459  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Nordhelle (nrw) D210 __DLF___ 553km
102.8 0459  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Wesel-Büderich (nrw) D210 __DLF___ 456km
103.0 0459  D  BFBS Germany, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Vocal ID  564km
103.1 0459  D  Radio ffn, Aurich (nds) D388 ????n_?? 478km
103.3 0459  D  Funkhaus Europa, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) D496 __WDR___ FUNKHAUS _EUROPA_ 504km
103.7 0459  D  WDR Eins Live, Kleve/Bresserberg (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 420km
103.8 0459  D  WDR 4, Nordhelle (nrw) D394 553km
104.0 0459 HOL Radio 10, Haarlem/Alticom Toren (nho) Jingle ID and news  304km
104.5 0459  D  Radio 21, Leer (nds) Norderney ferry news. Thanks John Marsyla for help.  473km
104.7 0459  D  WDR Eins Live, Nordhelle (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 553km
104.9 0459  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Aurich (nds) D389 ANTENNE_ 478km
105.1 0459  D  BFBS Germany, Rheinberg/AEZ Asdonkshof (nrw) Pops and ID, as 103.0  461km **
105.3 0459  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Norden (nds) Vocal ID  459km
105.5 0459  D  WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) D391 591km
105.6 0459  D  delta radio, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Vocal ID  626km
105.7 0459  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) Jingle ID  543km
105.9 0459  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Jingle ID  525km
106.7 0459  D  WDR Eins Live, Langenberg/Hordtberg (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 504km
107.0 0459  D  WDR Eins Live, Olsberg (nrw) Adele, as 106.7  592km
107.1 0459  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Bremen-Walle (bre) Vocal IDD210 565km
107.2 0459  D  WDR Eins Live, Ederkopf (nrw) Adele, as 106.7  592km
107.6 0459  D  Radio K.W., Wesel-Büderich (nrw) Vocal ID and news  456km **
107.9 0459  D  WDR Eins Live, Münster/Baumberge (nrw) D391 _1LIVE__ 493km
103.6 0500  D  Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Vocal ID  650km
104.0 0600  D  Radio RST, Tecklenburg (nrw) Vocal ID  517km
102.8 0759 BEL Zen FM, Gent/Opgeëistenlaan (vlg-ovl) 60B2 328km
103.5 0759  D  RPR 1., Ahrweiler/Schöneberg (rlp) Possible scatter, rather than tropo. Vocal ID  553km
105.7 0759  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) D389 ANTENNE_ 543km
107.7 0959  D  Deutschlandradio Kultur, Cuxhaven Otterndorf (nds) Vocal ID  571km
 98.7 2022 NOR NRK P2, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) OM and talk, as web  703km
103.6 2028  D  Radio Hamburg, Hamburg-Moorfleet (ham) Jingle ID  650km
105.6 2029  D  delta radio, Flensburg Freienwill (shs) Ollyuno Mursmars song and ID  626km
104.3 2058  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Pops, as 105.7  477km
106.8 2059  D  alster radio 106!8, Hamburg-Rahlstedt (ham) Alster Radio rock und pop promo  656km
 97.2 2114 DNK DR P3, Rangstrup/Gammel Tøndervej 28 (sdk-sjy) Pops, as web  617km
 98.8 2300  D  NDR Kultur, Osnabrück/Schleptruper Egge (nds) Classical, as web  525km

Personal First

Quite an intense early morning tropo, focusing in and around NRW/NDS.

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 and sporadic E)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is approximately 3 metres asl, 1km from the sea.
Fringe Electronics 20dB pre-amp.

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.