FM DX: 1,500 miles!
 

Brought along the 3 - ele hbrw yagi this morning,
and, while parked on the fifth floor of a parking
garage adjacent to the office building where I work,
I engaged in some DX.

Here's the best catch so far:

WPOW 96.5 FM Miami, Florida at 1220 UTC.

How about that: 1500 miles - and local "B96," at 96.3,
was not a problem.

This is my first Florida station heard on FM - I wonder
if this was Es? Has anyone else twiddled the dials "up
there" today?

Have you ever been tempted to "call in sick?"
As a Republican, I am just too honest to do so.

(wink)

73,

Steve Lawrence
KA0PMD
Burnsville, MN

(Who is also wondering what 6 Meters is like, right about now)

Most likely E skip ... congratulations!

E skip is usually in quick, out quick, fluctuating, moving from place to place.
If it was tropo, sigs would be relatively steady.

Good catch.

jw
K9RZZ
Milwaukee

"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote in message
om...
Brought along the 3 - ele hbrw yagi this morning,
and, while parked on the fifth floor of a parking
garage adjacent to the office building where I work,
I engaged in some DX.

Here's the best catch so far:

WPOW 96.5 FM Miami, Florida at 1220 UTC.

How about that: 1500 miles - and local "B96," at 96.3,
was not a problem.

This is my first Florida station heard on FM - I wonder
if this was Es? Has anyone else twiddled the dials "up
there" today?

Have you ever been tempted to "call in sick?"
As a Republican, I am just too honest to do so.

(wink)

73,

Steve Lawrence
KA0PMD
Burnsville, MN

(Who is also wondering what 6 Meters is like, right about now)

Thats an excellent catch Steve. I would bet it was E layer skip. We are
having a solar storm right now.


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73 and good DXing.
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Have you ever been tempted to "call in sick?"
As a Republican, I am just too honest to do so.


- Son, yer missin a good time..
Come on over to the
"Dark Side" &
Spend one " special Day" goofing off in the parking garage, DX'ing

( Yeah Boss, Just too sick to come into work again..
just one of them Look alike Space Aliens up there in the Parking garage..
- Besides, I'm so Drunk I can't move.. )

Dan ( registered Democrat, Ilstening to
Goddess Irina1 on 7.415 )

"J999w" wrote in message
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Most likely E skip ... congratulations!

E skip is usually in quick, out quick, fluctuating, moving from place to
place.
If it was tropo, sigs would be relatively steady.

Good catch.

jw
K9RZZ
Milwaukee

6M had a couple of long duration Es openings today- my guess, especially
this time of year- Es.

Dale W4OP

"J999w" wrote in message
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| Most likely E skip ... congratulations!
|
| E skip is usually in quick, out quick, fluctuating, moving from place to
place.
| If it was tropo, sigs would be relatively steady.
|
| Good catch.
|
| jw
| K9RZZ
| Milwaukee

That's precisely it - the opening lasted for about four minutes,
then disappeared. It was, however, awesome! I should start
to bring a MDR.

73,


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KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

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"Soames123" wrote:
| Have you ever been tempted to "call in sick?"
| As a Republican, I am just too honest to do so.
|
|
| - Son, yer missin a good time..
| Come on over to the
| "Dark Side" &
| Spend one " special Day" goofing off in the parking garage, DX'ing
|
| ( Yeah Boss, Just too sick to come into work again..
| just one of them Look alike Space Aliens up there in the Parking garage..
| - Besides, I'm so Drunk I can't move.. )
|
| Dan ( registered Democrat, Ilstening to
| Goddess Irina1 on 7.415 )

(Chuckling)

It's enough to make me think some Democrats are halfway cool!

73,

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KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

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E skip is usually in quick, out quick, fluctuating, moving from place to
place.
If it was tropo, sigs would be relatively steady.

Good catch.

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

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"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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Back in the 70s, my college roommate and I got stoned once in a parking
garage. It seemed like the place to be, but we got paranoid and we started
imagining that we were in a TV crime drama that always seemed to include
parking garages. Then a helicopter flew (innocently) over the garage, so we
freaked out and ran back to our dorm room and shut the blinds.