2-Meter / vhf high band ducting

[joen7xxx]

Hearing Manitoba and an Oregon repeater on 146.55, (which should be a simplex frequency in NE Nevada, (Grid Square DN-20). Clear as a bell at 20:00Z

 

[joen7xxx]

I also heard N9N on 147.42 simplex later in the afternoon.

 

[jaymatt1978]

Could the 146.5500 be a cross patch?

 

[tmfok7]

I've heard guys that have set up Simplex repeaters on some of those "Simplex" frequencies!

 

[joen7xxx]

I guess it is possible, but not highly likely here in rural Nevada...

 

[DiGiTaLD]

Band conditions were pretty good here in the eastern US this morning and even into the afternoon. FM broadcast was hot; I was hearing all kinds of distant stations in the car. I was hearing stations on 2m simplex from Kentucky, VHF-high public safety from all over the place, and I worked the W8MOP repeater in Bluefield, WV, about 315 miles from my QTH using nothing but 50 watts from my FT-2600 into a Cushcraft ARX-2B at about 30 feet AGL. Not too bad.