Detroit to Sandusky

[wjf]

Picking up Sandusky/Erie County MDT on 158.8575 tonight on my 396 with a RS 20-176 discone....

 

[rdale]

I hear Detroit & Monroe CQPSK quite regularly from Sandusky (even comes in better than when I'm in MI!), so it's not as much ducting as it is just having nothing but water in between.

 

[wjf]

I hear Detroit & Monroe CQPSK quite regularly from Sandusky (even comes in better than when I'm in MI!), so it's not as much ducting as it is just having nothing but water in between.

I recalled your post from Cedar Pointe and wanted to piggy-back on it, but couldn't find it again.

 

[rdale]

I think that was in the MI forum...

 

[wjf]

Various summer trips this summer included Cedar Pointe (Sandusky, OH), Houghton Lake (Roscommon County) and the Berlin Raceway (Kent County, just outside of Grand Rapids). All of these areas were programmed into my 396, as I take my scanner pretty much wherever I go. They are still in my scanner.

Last night, I hit the SQK for all of these systems and hear them loud and clear. Same thing right now.

So my question is.... is there something unique about the troposheric condiditons right now? I'm 20 miles north of Detroit and didn't expect to hear this kind of stuff.

 

[Jimmy252]

Wait, you are hearing houghton lake from north of detroit??? And can someone tell me what "SQK" is?

 

[wjf]

Wait, you are hearing houghton lake from north of detroit??? And can someone tell me what "SQK" is?

Yes, and SQK is short for "System Quick Key".

Last two minutes:

INFO SYSTEM FR ID SUB COUNT NAME MODE TIME DATE
LOG Roscommon Analog/County Misc 158.775 4 Sheriff Emg Mgmt NFM 21:50:01 9/23/2007
LOG Roscommon Analog/County Misc 154.295 1 DNR Fireground NFM 21:49:17 9/23/2007