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600-mile lake tropo (8/24)
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cckadlec » Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:46 am
Stable 600-mile reception to the Dakotas and Minnesota all afternoon and evening from atop Sleeping Bear Dunes, coastal site #74 of 76, 505 feet...
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Last post by innate-in-you
Sat Sep 21, 2019 12:16 pm
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End-of-summer Tropos
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Chris1980 » Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:11 pm
Received from near Dewitt, late evening of 9/18-early morning of 9/19 (stations I typically receive are excluded unless they were unusually strong)....
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Last post by Deleted User 3751
Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:24 am
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FCCdata.org Now Has Skywave Contours
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CK-722 » Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:32 pm
WJR and WWJ 0.5 mV/m 50% Skywave Contours, along with 2 mV/m and 0.5 mV/m Groundwaves.
Zoom out for WJR Skywave Contour.
This uses the newer...
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Last post by CK-722
Fri Sep 13, 2019 12:27 pm
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Last post by Ed Joseph
Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:07 pm
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Last post by F-Squared
Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:11 pm
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Heading to FLA
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fairbankshockeypuck » Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:15 am
Heading to Sarasota for ten days starting September 7th. Kind of curious what kind of DX'ing I will find on AM band with my Sangean. Any shortwave...
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Last post by fairbankshockeypuck
Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:15 am
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Online shortwave radios
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Ed Joseph » Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:55 pm
This site shows all the KiwiSDR receivers across the globe. Some are better than others in terms of local noise and reception. But you can find a...
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Last post by Ed Joseph
Mon Aug 26, 2019 8:35 pm
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WPON testing again ?
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k8jd » Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:13 pm
Tuning the AMBC frequencies and heard Motown oldies on 1460 kHz again, very strong signal and good modulation BUT it keeps going off and coming back...
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Last post by Ed Joseph
Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:29 pm
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New Radio
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Turkeytop » Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:59 pm
Every year, when I'm in Florida, I order a new radio. This year I decided not to. I already have so many radios I just can't justify one more. I...
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Last post by Turkeytop
Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:10 pm
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Am I experiencing noise?
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F-Squared » Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:46 am
I keep seeing little lines across the video that blip into the picture for some frames. Is that noise or could it be something else? How can I test...
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Last post by F-Squared
Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:46 am
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Last post by WOHO
Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:49 pm
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Last post by km1125
Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:39 am
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A few receptions this morning 8-14
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Mega Hertz » Wed Aug 14, 2019 1:11 pm
Surprisingly, I was able to pull a city-grade signal from Z93 last night, which is difficult being right down the street from WHMI. I left it on 93.3...
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Last post by Mega Hertz
Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:29 pm
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Last post by Ed Joseph
Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:16 pm
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Last post by SolarMax
Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:02 am
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A great explanation of "Tropo"
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bosco » Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:43 pm
There is a lot of comments and work reported on here about tropo openings. I recently had someone ask me to explain it, and I poked around and found...
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Last post by Ed Joseph
Wed Aug 07, 2019 5:31 pm
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Last post by CK-722
Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:53 pm
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Lake tropo 8/1-8/3
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ftballfan » Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:21 am
Late last week, I had three nights in a row of strong Milwaukee/Chicago tropo. Here are some of the notable stations I received:
Bold indicated...
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Last post by ftballfan
Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:21 am
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Last post by MWmetalhead
Mon Aug 05, 2019 7:02 am
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Reduced ERP from "Overheight" FM Stations
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Rich » Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:19 am
FM stations with antenna heights greater than the HAAT permitted for their Class of station must reduce their ERP to provide a radius to their 1 mV/m...
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Last post by CK-722
Fri Aug 02, 2019 3:44 pm
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Can You Figure Out What This Is?
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CK-722 » Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:16 am
Not a weather map. Not a signal map. Not a cell phone related map. It IS a contour map of sorts.
We were given the link at a recent presentation at...
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Last post by k8jd
Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:17 pm
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Last post by k8jd
Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:15 pm
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E-Skip Audio Bandscan (7/20)
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cckadlec » Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:58 am
With yesterday's (7/20) big Es opening throughout the Midwest and beyond reaching MUFs of 170 and lasting for more than three hours, I decided I...
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Last post by cckadlec
Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:00 pm
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Last post by CK-722
Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:28 pm
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Last post by CK-722
Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:20 am
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Last post by CK-722
Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:43 pm
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Last post by k8jd
Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:00 pm
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July Tropo
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windsor » Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:01 am
Nice opening this morn into Ohio............
Columbus......WCMH rf14, WBNS rf21,WOSU rf38, Fox45 rf30
Dayton......WKEF rf18
Saw Ashley Baracy doing...
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Last post by MWmetalhead
Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:14 pm
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Sputnik 1
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Jim Sofonia » Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:44 pm
Anyone know what type of antennas that those whips sticking out. How did they work, and what was the frequency used.
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Last post by k8jd
Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:40 pm
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Last post by k8jd
Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:33 pm
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I'm stumped
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Mega Hertz » Sun Jul 14, 2019 8:57 am
I live in Brighton, right near the 23-96 interchange. I have a standard Pioneer VSX-D906S receiver in my music room DOWNSTAIRS and this morning,...
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Last post by k8jd
Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:08 pm
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Grand Sable Dunes Bandscans +Audio
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cckadlec » Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:58 pm
Grand Sable Dunes is one of my 20 Lake Superior bandscan sites (two have yet to be added to my website as they are new and these things take time; I...
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Last post by cckadlec
Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:49 am
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Irons, MI FM bandscan 6/29/19
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ftballfan » Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:13 pm
88.1 – WHID Green Bay, WI (17kW @ 104 mi)
88.3 – WSMZ Crystal Valley (1.5kW @ 36 mi)
88.5 – WPVM Sturgeon Bay, WI (15kW @ 89 mi)
88.7 – WIAA...
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Last post by cckadlec
Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:31 pm
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Last post by CK-722
Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:19 pm
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Last post by Ed Joseph
Fri Jul 05, 2019 12:25 pm
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Last post by Ed Joseph
Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:58 pm
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Last post by Ed Joseph
Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:40 pm
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Last post by RingtailedFox
Sun Jun 30, 2019 11:05 pm
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Last post by Deleted User 3751
Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:36 pm
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Rescan Time. It begins...
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SolarMax » Wed May 01, 2019 11:05 pm
WMYD is informing their viewers on air and on their website that viewers will have to do a rescan on June 1.
You'll need to rescan your TV to get...
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Last post by innate-in-you
Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:01 pm
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FM E-skip opening 6-21
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TomSanders » Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:56 pm
In Lakeport, the opening began just after noon and ended just before 2 PM. Stations heard:
92.1 WZEW Fairhope AL, classic rock 92-Zoo
92.9 WZGC...
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Last post by ftballfan
Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:30 pm
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WLLZ HD signal
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by Deleted User 15050 » Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:32 am
Anyone experiencing issues with WLLZ HD in Northern Macomb County, I Can’t lock in any HD signal in Romeo 106.7 is the only station with HD issues.
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Last post by Deleted User 3751
Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:30 am
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WJR vs. WWJ Fields at Utica, MI
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Rich » Sun Jun 09, 2019 8:15 am
Below is a table showing the calculated, daytime fields from WJR and WWJ in Utica, MI.
Just wondering if anyone owning one of the ultralight...
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Last post by Rich
Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:06 am
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WTVN Back To 5 kW DA-N?
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CK-722 » Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:55 pm
I just returned from the Straits Area and WTVN was booming in up there at Night. I suspect that they have returned to 5 kW DA-N. Anyone else notice...
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Last post by CK-722
Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:36 am
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AM Radio Signal Patterns
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Turkeytop » Sun May 26, 2019 9:29 pm
A coule of years ago, someone posted these links to a really great website that displayed the daytime and nighttime patterns for every AM station on...
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Last post by Turkeytop
Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:59 pm
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Last post by CK-722
Fri May 31, 2019 3:25 am
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Early Spring Tropo Reports
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cckadlec » Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:18 pm
Good day.
Conditions have been favorable the past few days here in West Michigan. Despite the 11 of snow here in Fremont, signals were still falling...
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Last post by bmw
Sat May 25, 2019 10:36 pm
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Popular Communications Magazine
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Turkeytop » Wed May 22, 2019 3:39 pm
For those of you who were readers of Popular Communications, as I was, here is a link to a web site I found that has archived every single issue of...
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Last post by k8jd
Sat May 25, 2019 2:24 pm
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Last post by Deleted User 14992
Wed May 22, 2019 4:49 pm
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WDFN nights
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SolarMax » Sun Apr 21, 2019 11:40 pm
On an AM Radio group on Facebook, someone in western Massachusetts yesterday (4/20) reported hearing nighttime interference from WDFN to Bloomberg's...
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Last post by CK-722
Mon May 20, 2019 10:38 pm
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