Skegness Log: 22-09-15 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 91.6 1702 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Parnitha ERA (att)
               ERA News jingle, YL, etc. as 88.6  2445km
 92.5 1702 GRC ERA Diktyo Peloponisou - Patra, Patra/Panahaiko (wgr-akh)
               ERA News, as 88.6  2336km
 87.7 1705 ALB Radio Travel, Fier (fie) 9499  1999km
 88.6 1705 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Florina & Kastoria/Vitsi (wmc-flo)
               OM correspondent, as 92.8  2105km
 89.3 1705 ALB Radio Kontakt, Tiranë (Tirana)/Fushë Dajt (tir) Two vocal IDs  1964km
 92.2 1705 ALB Radio 1, Mide (shk) FFFF RADIO_1_ NASER_EL KITTAMI_ _Er_Rad_  1906km
 92.8 1705 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Volos/Mt. Pilion (the-mag) 1201 ER____A1  2303km
 94.8 1706 GRC ERA 2 Deutero Programma, Volos/Mt. Pilion (the-mag) 1202  2303km
 87.6 1711 GRC Laikos 87.6, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) 00A8  2208km
 88.0 1711 GRC ERA 1 Proto Programma, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (ERT Tower) (cmc-tsk)
               1201  2207km
 95.5 1712 GRC Metropolis 95,5, Thessaloniki/Hortiatis (cmc-tsk) OM ID  2208km
 97.3 1712 MKD Makedonsko Radio 1 - Radio Skopje, Veles/Crn Vrv (VA)
               4201 _RADIO__ MAKEON-_ __SKA___ __PRVA__  2027km
102.7 1712 SRB Play Radio, Bitovik (Srb) D25C __B_92_  1804km
 99.1 1713 BIH BN Radio, Rogatica/Tmor (srp) F222 _RTV_BN_  1720km
101.3 1713 MKD Makedonsko Radio 3 (Treta prog.), Veles/Crn Vrv (VA)
               4203 MAKEDON- J.P.____ PROGRAMA TRETA___  2027km
 90.2 1714 SRB Radio K4 Shqip, Golesh=Goleš (Kos) D201 RADIOK4_  1927km
 88.3 1722 GRC Energy 88.3, Veria/Rahi (cmc-ima)
               That's Entertainment Weller song, ID  2165km

This was a real surprise! Sporadic E in late September! Distances reached 2445 km with the Parnitha transmitter from Greece being received on 91.6. Patra and Volos also appeared at 2336 km and 2303 km, respectively.

There were many Greek stations I could not identify as they were below the RDS threshold.

No personal firsts can be given at the moment as I still have the rest of my summertime Es files to check.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
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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.