"GO BEARCATS" wrote:
| I remember, catching somewhere overseas on my SCANNER during the summer,
late
| Aug. and it went on for a full 40 minutes. Rock solid- then slightly
fade(but
| could always hear them) then rock solid- continued that way the entire
time.
|
| It made a local village paper here. I was just monitoring the local law
and a
| few other freqs stretched out on the couch and all the sudden I started
hearing
| like Middle Eastern type talking.
| I looked at the scanner to see the freq. and about flipped. So that would
be
| 'tropo' -correct? ;-)
|
| *BTW*It never happened again for that long on any local PD freq since. :-I

Cool! My guess is you were listening in the VHF Lowband.
Doggone it, I'm going to have to put something on six meters.
My wife and I have been looking for property in the Hutchinson,
Minnesota area, and I'm certain that having a lot with a yard
will significantly improve my ability to work 6m ; )

73,

Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

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