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N4JNW
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Wow.... That's pretty cool... You dont hear of FM broadcast skip much, or I haven't anyway..
I bet he gave you a plug on the air! LOL
I bet he gave you a plug on the air! LOL
I wondered if he did. I used to hear ND stations about this time of year when we had periods of ducting. It was hot here a few days ago and this evening after some earlier rain is dry and cool. The pickup has a Nissan factory radio which I'm told is made by JVC. It has pulled in some good am too.
N4JNW
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I like my RadioShack High Performance AM/FM/WX band reciever. It's a digital version of the GE Superadio III.
It rocks on with AM as well. I opened it up one time, and the ferrite bar AM antenna was nearly as long as a new pencil!
It rocks on with AM as well. I opened it up one time, and the ferrite bar AM antenna was nearly as long as a new pencil!
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I was driving delivery truck from 1986 to 1992 when I lived in Rochester, NY.
I forgot which year this DX occured (between 1988 and 1990), but one day I was driving to the Southern Tier, just above the PA state line. I couldn't receive a single local FM station to save my life. Due to a solar flare, I was receiving FM stations from Nebraska like gangbusters. I even listened to a PA listener call one of the Nebraska DJ's to say that he was receiving that station.
That evening I watched the 11PM weather on WOKR 13, and the weatherman said that there were no noticeable effects from the solar flare. I spent 20 minutes redialing the station and couldn't get through. I can't imagine why! LOL
I don't remember the model #, but I was using a Realistic 12 watt per channel AM stereo / FM stereo / cassette in-dash with the stock AM/FM antenna
73 and Great DX to everyone,
Greg
Clearwater, FL
I forgot which year this DX occured (between 1988 and 1990), but one day I was driving to the Southern Tier, just above the PA state line. I couldn't receive a single local FM station to save my life. Due to a solar flare, I was receiving FM stations from Nebraska like gangbusters. I even listened to a PA listener call one of the Nebraska DJ's to say that he was receiving that station.
That evening I watched the 11PM weather on WOKR 13, and the weatherman said that there were no noticeable effects from the solar flare. I spent 20 minutes redialing the station and couldn't get through. I can't imagine why! LOL
I don't remember the model #, but I was using a Realistic 12 watt per channel AM stereo / FM stereo / cassette in-dash with the stock AM/FM antenna
73 and Great DX to everyone,
Greg
Clearwater, FL
About that time I got my best FM DX, a 2.5 KW college station in Minnesota that hung in there for a couple of hours. My best TV DX was Bogota Colombia over KYW ch3 in Philadelphia. 1999 saw ch4 from the Caribbean crystal clear for about an hour and the program was the chief engineer giving students a tour of the studios and transmitter facility, a nice treat.
No noticeable effects eh? LOL!
Speaking of which, some years ago I saw the DJ at WRAW 1340 AM Reading PA look out the window, first at the sky, then at the sign on the bank across the street. A minute later he gave the weather report, and that's how it's done kiddies, believe it or not.
No noticeable effects eh? LOL!
Speaking of which, some years ago I saw the DJ at WRAW 1340 AM Reading PA look out the window, first at the sky, then at the sign on the bank across the street. A minute later he gave the weather report, and that's how it's done kiddies, believe it or not.
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