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Longest distance for Scanner Reception
Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:28:12 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx During the '90-'91 Gulf War, monitors in the continental USA were receiving Kuwait on the VHF Low band. |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
I monitor fire and EMS in the Hampton Roads area (Norfolk is the largest
city near me). I have a Scantenna up at about 40" and run in with LMR-400 coax to my RS Pro-96. One evening back in August I heard a call go out for a MVA with an overturned vehicle at Mile Marker 44. I knew this was not near me as our Interstate mile markers are in the 150s. I kept listening and got the location as the New Jersey Turnpike Mt. Holly. That is 217 miles from me! Brian -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Brian J. Rueger "Who dares wins" Capt.(Ret)/Paramedic Hampton, VA. B.S.Comm/I/Pilot MSgt, USAF (Ret.) 49199 Check out my personal home page: http://members.cox.net/brueger Check out my photography: http://www.usefilm.com/member/skypilot Check out some of my other photography: http://tinyurl.com/or7kc "Life's too short to drink LITE beer!" ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
"David" wrote in message
... On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:28:12 -0800 (PST), " wrote: Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx During the '90-'91 Gulf War, monitors in the continental USA were receiving Kuwait on the VHF Low band. If the conditions are right, I can receive the Fire and Police Services from the Santa Monica and Orange County area of California - and I live in PA. A school friend of mine - went out there once to work and told me he heard our neighboring county out there - on their radio system. We're talking close to 3000 miles. It doesn't happen often, but it has a few times. Jupiter Florida is another we can hear on occasion - over 1000 miles away. That one comes in fairly often during storms. Otherwise, we have freqs in our scanner that do routinely pick up - at least 100 miles away.Using an "indoor" antenna. BUT - the strange part is - if you're ready for this - "I" know "why" it happens; we can't pick up the city 40 miles from us - at all. WHY? We live behind a hill blocking them completely off. If we go 3 miles down the road - we can pick all of their stuff up on a portable scanner. FM can be very interesting......... |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
" wrote in news:e1782ae3-bc84-41a3-
: Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx Barring freak atmospheric conditions known as "skip", which can bounce signals 1,000's of miles, VHF/UHF comms are "line of sight", obviously a self explanitory term. The higher your receiver, the greater reception range ... Which is why you see antennas on high masts, or at least in the highest practical location. Out in a desert or on the ocean, where you can see from horizon to horizon with no interuptions, your line of sight reception is likely to be 40 miles +. In an urban environment, with many obstacles to radio waves, you can expect considerably less ... Though once again, exceptions are known to happen, and also variables such as the power output of the emitting radio can and do affect range. |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
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Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? I don't know, but in Texas (Dallas) I was able to pick-up Mexican police and the California Highway Patrol on Low VHF. This was during the 90's when there were lots of crazy sunspot cycles going on. Here in the mountains, I can only pick up local stuff on VHF but Shortwave and AM Band is very active. Lots of CB skip too. -- 'Brother Can You Spare Another Piece of Cake?' |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:57:03 GMT, Your name wrote:
" wrote in news:e1782ae3-bc84-41a3- : Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx Barring freak atmospheric conditions known as "skip", which can bounce signals 1,000's of miles, VHF/UHF comms are "line of sight", obviously a self explanitory term. The higher your receiver, the greater reception range ... Which is why you see antennas on high masts, or at least in the highest practical location. Out in a desert or on the ocean, where you can see from horizon to horizon with no interuptions, your line of sight reception is likely to be 40 miles +. In an urban environment, with many obstacles to radio waves, you can expect considerably less ... Though once again, exceptions are known to happen, and also variables such as the power output of the emitting radio can and do affect range. Sometimes 42 mHz is VHF; sometimes it's shortwave. |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:53:21 -0700, Scott W
wrote: a écrit dans le message de news: Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? I don't know, but in Texas (Dallas) I was able to pick-up Mexican police and the California Highway Patrol on Low VHF. This was during the 90's when there were lots of crazy sunspot cycles going on. Here in the mountains, I can only pick up local stuff on VHF but Shortwave and AM Band is very active. Lots of CB skip too. Adjacent octaves can have overlapping characteristics. |
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:53:21 -0700, Scott W wrote: a écrit dans le message de news: Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? I don't know, but in Texas (Dallas) I was able to pick-up Mexican police and the California Highway Patrol on Low VHF. This was during the 90's when there were lots of crazy sunspot cycles going on. Here in the mountains, I can only pick up local stuff on VHF but Shortwave and AM Band is very active. Lots of CB skip too. Adjacent octaves can have overlapping characteristics. Yes. "42" -- 'Brother Can You Spare Another Piece of Cake?' |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
radiosrfun wrote:
"David" wrote in message ... On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:28:12 -0800 (PST), " wrote: Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx During the '90-'91 Gulf War, monitors in the continental USA were receiving Kuwait on the VHF Low band. If the conditions are right, I can receive the Fire and Police Services from the Santa Monica and Orange County area of California - and I live in PA. A school friend of mine - went out there once to work and told me he heard our neighboring county out there - on their radio system. We're talking close to 3000 miles. It doesn't happen often, but it has a few times. Jupiter Florida is another we can hear on occasion - over 1000 miles away. That one comes in fairly often during storms. Otherwise, we have freqs in our scanner that do routinely pick up - at least 100 miles away.Using an "indoor" antenna. BUT - the strange part is - if you're ready for this - "I" know "why" it happens; we can't pick up the city 40 miles from us - at all. WHY? We live behind a hill blocking them completely off. If we go 3 miles down the road - we can pick all of their stuff up on a portable scanner. FM can be very interesting......... A friend who is a dispatcher for a local 911 center says that they will randomly pick up Emergency-Comm signals from other centers in different states. Seems to happen fairly frequently. |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
"PhattyMo" wrote in message
... radiosrfun wrote: "David" wrote in message ... On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:28:12 -0800 (PST), " wrote: Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx During the '90-'91 Gulf War, monitors in the continental USA were receiving Kuwait on the VHF Low band. If the conditions are right, I can receive the Fire and Police Services from the Santa Monica and Orange County area of California - and I live in PA. A school friend of mine - went out there once to work and told me he heard our neighboring county out there - on their radio system. We're talking close to 3000 miles. It doesn't happen often, but it has a few times. Jupiter Florida is another we can hear on occasion - over 1000 miles away. That one comes in fairly often during storms. Otherwise, we have freqs in our scanner that do routinely pick up - at least 100 miles away.Using an "indoor" antenna. BUT - the strange part is - if you're ready for this - "I" know "why" it happens; we can't pick up the city 40 miles from us - at all. WHY? We live behind a hill blocking them completely off. If we go 3 miles down the road - we can pick all of their stuff up on a portable scanner. FM can be very interesting......... A friend who is a dispatcher for a local 911 center says that they will randomly pick up Emergency-Comm signals from other centers in different states. Seems to happen fairly frequently. Considering where most "Comms centers" have their towers and so on - not surprising! But for scanners not always at that advantage - it is pretty neat to hear "Skip" on it. I enjoy it every time I hear it. |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
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"radiosrfun" wrote in message ... "PhattyMo" wrote in message ... radiosrfun wrote: "David" wrote in message ... On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:28:12 -0800 (PST), " wrote: Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx During the '90-'91 Gulf War, monitors in the continental USA were receiving Kuwait on the VHF Low band. If the conditions are right, I can receive the Fire and Police Services from the Santa Monica and Orange County area of California - and I live in PA. A school friend of mine - went out there once to work and told me he heard our neighboring county out there - on their radio system. We're talking close to 3000 miles. It doesn't happen often, but it has a few times. Jupiter Florida is another we can hear on occasion - over 1000 miles away. That one comes in fairly often during storms. Otherwise, we have freqs in our scanner that do routinely pick up - at least 100 miles away.Using an "indoor" antenna. BUT - the strange part is - if you're ready for this - "I" know "why" it happens; we can't pick up the city 40 miles from us - at all. WHY? We live behind a hill blocking them completely off. If we go 3 miles down the road - we can pick all of their stuff up on a portable scanner. FM can be very interesting......... A friend who is a dispatcher for a local 911 center says that they will randomly pick up Emergency-Comm signals from other centers in different states. Seems to happen fairly frequently. Considering where most "Comms centers" have their towers and so on - not surprising! But for scanners not always at that advantage - it is pretty neat to hear "Skip" on it. I enjoy it every time I hear it. |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
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Longest distance for Scanner Reception
wrote in message ... Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! |
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wrote in message ... Enjoying my new scanner, recently listened to the traffic generated after a young man attempting to rob a bank, was pursued and speedily captured by New Yorks Finest. I occasionally pick up New Paltz N.Y. over 70 miles away on my Uniden BC 95 Scanner; ( Truck stuck under the toll booth ) Even though I am ~ 300 feet above sea level, I find this remarkable. Go a rat shack Center loaded whip, am waiting for Fair Radio to send me some co-ax http://www.fairradio.com/catalog.php...item&item=1291 so I can mount the whole thing in a window . . Is there any record for long distance reception on scanners; ? BarnegateDx Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? -- 'Brother Can You Spare Another Piece of Cake?' |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard
transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. |
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"Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. |
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"Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. Well; it wasn't on the CB, 27 MHz AM band was started in 1958. I've heard stories about HAMs and short-wave junkies picking up all kinds of activity during 'the war'. There are STILL militarizes using the AM Hi Frequency band. Interesting, tho: the German --at least the Panzer Divisions-- were known to broadcast on VHF-Lo in FM. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement. http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
Scott W phony scientist extraordinaire wrote:
Well; it wasn't on the CB, 27 MHz AM band was started in 1958. I've heard stories about HAMs and short-wave junkies picking up all kinds of activity during 'the war'. There are STILL militarizes using the AM Hi Frequency band. Interesting, tho: the German --at least the Panzer Divisions-- were known to broadcast on VHF-Lo in FM. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this. HF and VHF-Low are adjacent and have overlapping characteristics ca. 30 mHz. |
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Scott W phony scientist extraordinaire wrote: Well; it wasn't on the CB, 27 MHz AM band was started in 1958. I've heard stories about HAMs and short-wave junkies picking up all kinds of activity during 'the war'. There are STILL militarizes using the AM Hi Frequency band. Interesting, tho: the German --at least the Panzer Divisions-- were known to broadcast on VHF-Lo in FM. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this. HF and VHF-Low are adjacent and have overlapping characteristics ca. 30 mHz. Sure, but wouldn't 'FM Mode' negate some of the skip pattern? -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement. http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
"xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote:
"xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! |
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Sure, but wouldn't 'FM Mode' negate some of the skip pattern? AM - FM - SSB - CW, what ever has no effect on the skip (propagation) conditions. WE, our radio club receive "skip" on our FM ham repeater which is in the 147 MHz band. The usual skip comes from 500 miles away from another ham repeater. Longest scanner reception would depend on several conditions, the antenna, it's height, your elevation, propagation conditions, coax line loss, antenna signal amplifier, just a few of the major items to think about. Ok. I thought that they way that they signal was modulated had an affect on the general overall range, all things considered with AM working out more favorably with skip because it's a simpler type of radiation. But come to think of it, when the US Govmnt was doing below-ground nucleor tests in Nevada, we could pick up tv channel's from 1000 miles away. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement. http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 |
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On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote: "xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! I could pick up CHIPS and Mexican Military on my Bearcat when I was in Dallas. This must have been around the mid 90's. Of course, back then, with the solar flare-up waning off, you could still pick up CHIPS (california highway patrol) who inccidently transmits on FM or I woulnd't have been able to recieve them. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement. http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 |
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On Dec 14, 8:42 pm, Scott W phony scientist extraordinaire
wrote: a écrit dans le message de news: On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote: "xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! I could pick up CHIPS and Mexican Military on my Bearcat when I was in Dallas. This must have been around the mid 90's. Of course, back then, with the solar flare-up waning off, you could still pick up CHIPS (california highway patrol) who inccidently transmits on FM or I woulnd't have been able to recieve them. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement.http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7http://tiny...rl.com/2b2bk7- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The problem is, i'm using the two-foot long telescoping antenna that came with the radio, so it wouldn't have been possible to pick up transmissions from no more than a couple hundred miles! |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
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On Dec 14, 8:42 pm, Scott W phony scientist extraordinaire wrote: a écrit dans le message de news: On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote: "xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! I could pick up CHIPS and Mexican Military on my Bearcat when I was in Dallas. This must have been around the mid 90's. Of course, back then, with the solar flare-up waning off, you could still pick up CHIPS (california highway patrol) who inccidently transmits on FM or I woulnd't have been able to recieve them. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement.http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7http://tiny...rl.com/2b2bk7- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The problem is, i'm using the two-foot long telescoping antenna that came with the radio, so it wouldn't have been possible to pick up transmissions from no more than a couple hundred miles! It *could*. I've hooked up my old Starlite Shortwave radio to a magnetic mount CB antenna and could pickup stations in Africa. just depends on how strong the signal is and the conditions? -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement. http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7 |
Longest distance for Scanner Reception
Bearcat210xlt wrote:
On Dec 14, 8:42 pm, Scott W phony scientist extraordinaire wrote: a écrit dans le message de news: On Dec 14, 6:35 pm, "HankG" wrote: "xx" wrote in message ... "Kilgore Trout Jr." wrote in message news:_ok7j.15778$OR.9686@trnddc01... Wait for sun spot max, you'll get lots of sporadic e, I've heard transmissions from england & ireland on the vhf low band! When's the next sun spot max? We are at the very bottom of the solar sunspot cycle right now. Long distance HF radio communications should improve steadily for the next four years or so. You can check on the current solar conditions he http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/ Keep in mind that most of the frequency bands found on a typical scanner are too high to be greatly affected by the solar cycle. During the second world war, I understand that American amateurs (or possibly CB) were picking up German inter-tank communications from North Africa on the 27Mcs band and were relaying information back to the allied troops in N. Africa. I was around during the big war and remember going into my neighbor's house. They had this big Zenith floor model which had a shortwave band. I remember hearing 'action' in English (must have been our's). Sounded like a plane going down. HankG - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I live in the New Brunswick area, and my Bearcat 210Xlt has picked up transmissions from Quebec! (Or so I assume, for whoever is talking speaks french.) Thats around 800 km! I could pick up CHIPS and Mexican Military on my Bearcat when I was in Dallas. This must have been around the mid 90's. Of course, back then, with the solar flare-up waning off, you could still pick up CHIPS (california highway patrol) who inccidently transmits on FM or I woulnd't have been able to recieve them. -- "...To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.." Sir Winston Churchill And, 500,000 Patagonian Pygmies nod their heads in total agreement.http://tinyurl.com/2b2bk7http://tiny...rl.com/2b2bk7- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The problem is, i'm using the two-foot long telescoping antenna that came with the radio, so it wouldn't have been possible to pick up transmissions from no more than a couple hundred miles! Not necessarily. |
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