Skegness Log: 29-09-15 (FM)

Band 2 Tropospheric:
 96.3 0128  G  Heart, Bristol/Dundry (EN-BRI) Ads and Heart ID  281km
 89.0 1748  G  Manx Radio, Snaefell (IOM) The Nations Station, Manx Radio jingle  339km
 91.8 1753 NOR NRK Petre, Bjerkreim/Urdalsnipa (ro) YL whispered Petre jingle ID  703km
 90.4 1813 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Truskmore (SO) Interview  587km
 92.6 1813 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Truskmore (SO) 2204  587km
 87.8 1815 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Clermont Carn (LH) Interview, as 88.2  450km
 88.2 1815 IRL RTÉ Radio 1, Truskmore (SO) Interview  587km
 95.2 1817 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Clermont Carn (LH) 2203  450km
 96.0 1818  G  BBC Radio 4 FM, Divis (NI-ANT) As 93.1, etc.  446km
 97.0 1818 IRL RTÉ 2 FM, Clermont Carn (LH) Interview  450km
 97.4 1820  G  Cool FM, Black Mountain (NI-ANT) Cool FM Miami promo with United 
               Airlines, only on Cool FM  446km **
 97.8 1823 IRL RTÉ Lyric FM, Truskmore (SO) Classical, as 98.7  587km
102.7 1826 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Clermont Carn (LH) Irish folk, as web  450km
104.9 1833  G  Imagine FM, Stockport/Ratcliffe Towers (EN-GTM) Michael Jackson's Wanna 
               Be Startin' Sumfink, as web  167km **
106.0 1844 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Three Rock Mountain (D) OM, as 107.4  437km
107.4 1845 IRL Newstalk 106-108 FM, Truskmore (SO) Interview, as web  587km
 96.6 1855  G  Downtown Radio, Brougher Mountain (NI-TYR) Country music show, 
               dedication for Bangor listener, as web  530km **
 95.6 1859 IRL South East Radio, Mount Leinster (CW) Wexford and other ads, as web  
               480km
 93.2 1904  G  Sheffield Live!, Sheffield/Tapton Hill (EN-SYK) OM, as web  125km
100.0 1945 IRL Today FM, Truskmore (SO) Pops, as 100.9  587km
101.2 1949  G  Q, Brougher Mountain 2 (NI-FER) Pops, as web  530km **
104.4 1954 IRL Dublin's FM 104, Three Rock Mountain (D) Pops, as web  437km **
 94.4 1956 IRL RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Mullaghanish (CO) Just poking through BBC R4 
               splatter  653km
 97.3 2248  G  Forth 1, Craigkelly (Edinburgh) (SC-FIF) Scottish ads, ID and pops, as 
               web  397km
 97.5 2251  G  Smooth Radio, Burnhope (EN-DUR) Smooth Love Songs  229km

** Personal 'First'

Recordings:
97.4 Cool FM, Black Mountain 1820 29-09-15 https://app.box.com/s/yegrx21qolowbs61i6w7emsnlmcvi2a0

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
Blog: http://skegnessdx.blogspot.co.uk
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/g1vvp
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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.