Skegness Log: 13-04-14 (FM)

Band 2 Meteor Scatter: 14-04-14:
100.2 0008 POL RMF FM, Bialystok/Krynice (PL) Roxette track, as web  1506km **
100.2 0009  D  Antenne Bayern, Gelbelsee (bay) Yael Naim song, as web  905km **
100.2 0020 SVN Radio Aktual, Krim (lj) Four second burst of Slavic song, as web  1295km **
100.2 0041  D  RBB Kulturradio, Belzig (brb) Sombre classical piece, as web  831km **
100.2 0100  E  RNE Radio 3, Montserrat (CAT-B) Banging techno, as web  1289km **
100.2 0311  D  R.SH, Bungsberg/DTAG-Turm (shs) Godawful Alexandra Burke song, as web  694km **

Band 2 General Scatter: 14-04-14:
 87.6 0926 BEL Nostalgie Vlaanderen, Oudenburg/Zeeweg (vlg-wvl) Ads and promos, as web. Just
               about noise free, briefly  288km
100.0 0931  D  WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Noise free. Nice scatter today  493km
100.0 0931  D  WDR 4, Münster/Baumberg (nrw) Noise free. Nice scatter today  493km
105.5 0933  D  WDR Eins Live, Teutoburger Wald/Bielstein (nrw) Noise free. As 106.7  591km
103.0 0935  D  BFBS Radio, Bielefeld/Hünenburg (nrw) Almost noise free on scatter, despite the
               FM5 being 1m above the ground  564km
 93.6 0941 BEL Club FM, Koolskamp/Watertoren (vlg-wvl) Club and pop, as web. Noise free peaks 
               309km
 93.4 0951 HOL Radio Rijnmond, Rotterdam/Alticom Toren (Waalhaven) (zho) Noise free
               peak. Outside Broadcast  313km
 93.4 0952  F  Nostalgie, Lille/Mons-en-Baroeul 1 (59) Ads, as web, suddenly over Rijnmomd  338km
 90.2 1517  D  NDR Kultur, Lingen-Damaschke (nds) Classical music, as web  477km
101.8 1520  D  Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Aurich (nds) YL and OM, as web  478km
105.7 1524  D  Antenne Niedersachsen, Steinkimmen (nds) ID and pops  543km

** Personal Skegness 'First' via MS

I had decided to let the XDR rest for a few nights so it was bright and fresh for the April Lyrids. Then I realised that meteor activity was quite active just before midnight last night, so I decided to tackle 100.2. Bursts were much more frequent than on previous nights, though things did taper off a bit towards dawn. I guess the earlier increase might be related to the Lyrid meteor shower, which is due to peak over the next week or so.

All MS stations logged above were heard numerous times.

Daytime scatter was good with Bielefeld coming in with the best signal I have had here this year, yet the FM5 is still only 1 metre above the ground.

More info on the Lyrids, taken from the AMS Meteors page: http://www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-shower-calendar

Lyrids: Active from April 16th to 25th 2014.

The Lyrids are a medium strength shower that usually produces good rates for three nights centered on the maximum. These meteors also usually lack persistent trains but can produce fireballs. These meteors are best seen from the northern hemisphere where the radiant is high in the sky at dawn. Activity from this shower can be seen from the southern hemisphere, but at a lower rate.

Radiant: 18:04 +34° - ZHR: - Velocity: 30 miles/sec (medium - 48.4km/sec) - Parent Object: C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)

Good DX!

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

Receivers:
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c modification & XDR-GTK software.

Aerial:
Triax FM5, one meter AGL, fixed south-east.