26 MHz FM skip - CA to CO

[datainmotion]

Long distance Remote Pickup 26.110 MHz - CA to CO - YouTube

Caught this Remote Pickup today with significant fade. Guessing it maybe originated around Palermo, CA?

26.110 MHz

 

[mbstone99]

Long distance Remote Pickup 26.110 MHz - CA to CO - YouTube

Caught this Remote Pickup today with significant fade. Guessing it maybe originated around Palermo, CA?

26.110 MHz

According to VHF-Lo STL North America the closest one using that frequency would be in Stockton.. it's a possibility I guess..

Matt

 

[bryan_herbert]

You were picking up CBS affiliate KOVR in Sacramento, here is some video of the broadcast

Festival Organizers At Cal Expo Brace For Scorching Weekend Weather « CBS Sacramento

The 0:20 mark in your video where Kristin says "its already too late" is roughly 3:33 in the CBS video, if you want to watch her entire segment it starts at 2:00

 

[datainmotion]

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Thanks for the info guys! It was gone just as quick as it appeared - right freq, right time I guess.

 

[ka5lqj]

10 meter "skip", LOL!

Hi,

I'll be glad when the MUF (Maximum Usable Frequency) gets up to 6 meters and I can work both 10 & 6 meter AM & FM stations, LOL! :wink:

GOD BLESS,
73,

Don/KA5LQJ

 

[kb2vxa]

That's a great catch because:
1) Sporadic E propagation doesn't last long.
2) Remote pickup means mobile transmitter and as opposed to base stations mobiles are at a distinct disadvantage.
3) FM is right behind television for being the most power hungry mode.
4) Transmitter power is usually 25W into an omnidirectional antenna.
5) The MARTI remote has been long obsolete, I'm surprised there is one dinosaur left.

Don, we probably won't live long enough to see the MUF go above 50MHz again. Last time was very briefly in 1999 when I worked the southern tip of Argentina via F2. We'll never see 1958 again unless the radio gods decide to throw a party.

 

[datainmotion]

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Warren,

I appreciate your input as well. And as much as I'd like to claim I "staked out" that part of the band, it was just lucky that I happened to turn on the SDR 10 minutes before that on a downward sweep from 30MHz.

 

[datainmotion]

this one is booming into CO again this morning...little fade.

 

[ka5lqj]

Back in WWII, the German Panzers used 27 mHz FM for communications in regular German. Problem was that due to 'skip' we could hear them in the United States and were using the information to relay or our TANKS in Europe, LOL!

Ehen Cycle 24 should ever get going, the use of 26 mHzFM will be hear from California to the East coast and back the other way.

Hearing these remote broadcast relay stations does not require LUCK but proper preparedness. Just remember the 7 P'S.....Prior Proper Planning Prevents Pittifully Poor Performance.

Gud DX,
GOD BLESS,
73,

Don/KA5LQJ

 

[Rt169Radio]

Back in WWII, the German Panzers used 27 mHz FM for communications in regular German. Problem was that due to 'skip' we could hear them in the United States and were using the information to relay or our TANKS in Europe, LOL!

Ehen Cycle 24 should ever get going, the use of 26 mHzFM will be hear from California to the East coast and back the other way.

Hearing these remote broadcast relay stations does not require LUCK but proper preparedness. Just remember the 7 P'S.....Prior Proper Planning Prevents Pittifully Poor Performance.

Gud DX,
GOD BLESS,
73,

Don/KA5LQJ

Thats interesting,about the tanks.