Heat Dome Tropo Enhancement

[EAFrizzle]

2030 central, VHF conditions setting up very well. Gilmer .425, Palestine .450, Tyler .475 all coming in full scale. Pretty early in the evening for signals that strong.

 

[EAFrizzle]

Well, the heat dome of '26 is about to end. Caught an unusual signal from the general Houston area a few days ago. 155.340, Life Flight 1 with patient report to unknown hospital. A bit of enhancement that just brought in noise to NOAA channels, the altitude of the helo must have helped. First time in quite a long time for that frequency to pop up.

It was fun while it lasted, but it's time to focus on HF a bit more.

 

[kmartin]

Well, the heat dome of '26 is about to end. Caught an unusual signal from the general Houston area a few days ago. 155.340, Life Flight 1 with patient report to unknown hospital. A bit of enhancement that just brought in noise to NOAA channels, the altitude of the helo must have helped. First time in quite a long time for that frequency to pop up.

It was fun while it lasted, but it's time to focus on HF a bit more.

I live in Galveston and I hear traffic All the time on 155.340 , Air medics bringing patients to UTMB medical here in Galveston. I can usually start receiving the helos about 3 miles out , base always comes in loud and clear , however it took me a while of moving my antenna around inside to find a sweet spot for the helos themselves

 

[EAFrizzle]

That was the first hit for me here in DFW. I honestly forgot it was in the scanner.

 

[EAFrizzle]

Hearing Texas Forest Service on TAC A simplex... Definitely  NOT Dx! Pretty big one popped up this morning about 2 miles away. Hope that rain gets here soon.

 

[BabaYaga60]

MW dxing was pretty good last night ! I heard some AM stations I thought left the air !