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.
Brian
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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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
...
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
...
| 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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"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.

"lsmyer" wrote in message
...
| 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.

I like stories like that.

It's nice to hear of two people falling in love.

73,

Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

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About that roommate...

The guy seemed normal back then. He married a girl he met in college and
they had a kid. I married a hometown girl a year after that, and so my wife
and I would hang out with him and his wife. They liked to drink more than we
did, so my wife and I eventually quit the partying and started hanging out
with people from church.

Then, about ten years ago, I saw the ******* on the front page of the local
paper for stealing checks from the mail (he was a postal carrier at the
time). I would have assumed that he would have been sent to prison for many
years. Stupid boy.

Then, about two years ago, the dumb ******* was back on the front page. This
time, though, for multiple accounts of sexual abuse of young boys and girls.
And I think some of the kids were his.

What a sick pervert this guy became! It scares me to think I spent time with
him alone in a dorm room. What a sicko!

Cool! My guess is you were listening in the VHF Lowband.
Doggone it, I'm going to have to put something on six meters.

Good guess Steve!! You are correct, that much I do know. :-)


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Best FM catch I ever heard was back in college in the 70's. In my car I
picked up an Fm station from Pompano, Beach Florida from Western
Massachusetts. It was coming in like a local...rock solid and perfect. I got
to my friends house and we got it on his stereo system no problem. Even
called the station and the announcer talked about it. This was my
introduction to dx-ing and I've never matched it since. If I remember
correctly we listened for over a half hour...perhaps it was an hour, then it
faded out never to return.

Jay
"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message
...
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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1942 Zenith Wave Magnet 6G 601M
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"Jay" wrote in message
...
Best FM catch I ever heard was back in college in the 70's. In my car I
picked up an Fm station from Pompano, Beach Florida from Western
Massachusetts. It was coming in like a local...rock solid and perfect. I
got
to my friends house and we got it on his stereo system no problem. Even
called the station and the announcer talked about it. This was my
introduction to dx-ing and I've never matched it since. If I remember
correctly we listened for over a half hour...perhaps it was an hour, then
it
faded out never to return.


Almost every summer I used to get stations from TX , NM and AZ at my
location near Portland, OR. Was never the same stations twice in a row, but
always seemed to be the same part of the country. Would last from an hour to
slightly more, usually, then gone.

"Jay" ) writes:
Best FM catch I ever heard was back in college in the 70's. In my car I
picked up an Fm station from Pompano, Beach Florida from Western
Massachusetts. It was coming in like a local...rock solid and perfect. I got
to my friends house and we got it on his stereo system no problem. Even
called the station and the announcer talked about it. This was my
introduction to dx-ing and I've never matched it since. If I remember
correctly we listened for over a half hour...perhaps it was an hour, then it
faded out never to return.

Jay

I heard Mississippi here in Montreal a few summers back. It was noteworthy
enough that I mentioned it in the local newsgroup.

One of the bad parts about such openings is that they are so short. It
brings the dilemma of whether to listen to that one station, and get further
information (or even ID) or tune about to see what else is coming in.

Michael

"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message
...
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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Guess this posting is just a short, skip, hop in retrospect. Hauling a trailer
to San Diego for a friend back in December 1976, was able to listen to
now-legendary KSAN on their "Jive 95" frequency from Sactown to just near
Tulare, where the local 94.9 mhz station took over. Signal was rock solid
flowing into the San Joaquin Valley corridor over that 400 mile stretch. Picked
up KSAN going home a week later right about the same spot. Receiver was a
simple Realistic am/fm cassette unit.

"Jay" wrote in message
...
| Best FM catch I ever heard was back in college in the 70's. In my car I
| picked up an Fm station from Pompano, Beach Florida from Western
| Massachusetts. It was coming in like a local...rock solid and perfect. I
got
| to my friends house and we got it on his stereo system no problem. Even
| called the station and the announcer talked about it. This was my
| introduction to dx-ing and I've never matched it since. If I remember
| correctly we listened for over a half hour...perhaps it was an hour, then
it
| faded out never to return.

That definitely qualifies as one hell of a catch, Jay.

I'm really looking forward to being a homeowner,
and am salivating at the thought of good outdoor
antennas. Of course, my wife will probably have
an unending "honeydew" list, which I will be all
too glad to take care of (Funny thing - if she makes
a list or asks me to help, I help. Barring that, I
could definitely be a little more useful around the
house, though she always complements me on my
willingness to help out. But, as usual, I digress...)

I want to put up a rotatable 70 to 100 - foot tower,
and, barring that, at least a 70 - foot fixed tower big
enough to handle a couple of log periodics, and some
heavy wires draped, as well. I'm thinking a couple
of BIG yagis for FM on a tripod over a garage, perhaps.

73,

Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

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Cars and FM DX seem to go quite well together. I was south of Buffalo one summer
several years back and managed to nail down stations from Florida, Louisiana and
Texas.

I never get that kind of reception in Edmonton.

Regards

John Barnard

Jay wrote:

Best FM catch I ever heard was back in college in the 70's. In my car I
picked up an Fm station from Pompano, Beach Florida from Western
Massachusetts. It was coming in like a local...rock solid and perfect. I got
to my friends house and we got it on his stereo system no problem. Even
called the station and the announcer talked about it. This was my
introduction to dx-ing and I've never matched it since. If I remember
correctly we listened for over a half hour...perhaps it was an hour, then it
faded out never to return.

Jay
"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message
...
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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Radio Shack Amplified Antenna
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