Is this skip possible?

[Nightjock]

Listening to dispatch for Ontario County, NY this morning from Victor, NY.

Heard a dispatcher with a DEEEEEEP southern accent. At first I thought they must have a new hire I'd never heard before. Then he got a response from an officer with a similar accent. And then another! Is it possible for a skip on 154.8150 to reach that far or is this just a coincidence?

 

[Nightjock]

...aaaaand they just mentioned Mingo County. I Googled it and found it's in West Virginia. That might explain the accents.

My first skip!

 

[GTR8000]

It's not only possible, but quite common. It's tropo ducting you're hearing, though, not skip. In general, tropo ducting affects frequencies over 100 MHz, skip affects frequencies below that, in particular VHF Low and below.

 

[cifn2]

Its possible, in IL we were receiving Wise County, VA last night.

 

[776]

Yes last night the skip was so bad (or so good) that when it got bed time i had to lock my radio on
one ch. and turn the pl tone on to keep everybody out but some good listening to before that

776

 

[eaf1956]

Ducting sure

Listening to dispatch for Ontario County, NY this morning from Victor, NY.

Heard a dispatcher with a DEEEEEEP southern accent. At first I thought they must have a new hire I'd never heard before. Then he got a response from an officer with a similar accent. And then another! Is it possible for a skip on 154.8150 to reach that far or is this just a coincidence?

Sure is! I was talking on a repeater (2 meter) in Middle Tennessee from INDIANA to another guy in N Indiana and also to ALABAMA and ARKANSAS. Not to mention a mobile in TENNESSEE and other stations in Tennessee. So sure you can hear distant stations on VHF Frequencies.

 

[Sweetbritches]

Skip 154.815

Yes I can hear new York on 154.43 as well as other high-band frequencies from here. 154.815 is Mary Washington College Dispatcher in Fredericksburg,Va and yes we all down here have a southern accent Donna

 

[SAR923]

154.815 is an Alabama State Police frequency that's fairly busy, and our boys have some pretty deep Southern accents. I have been picking up some unknown stations on VHF that could be in any of several states north of me. I sure wish they'd ID occasionally. No Southern accents and they gave EDT, so I suspect somewhere in Ohio and Pennsylvania, but the same frequencies showed up in the database both states. They were too weak to have my Pro-160 decode the tone, so that didn't help me either.

 

[mike_gain]

The fmtv dx sites have been abuzz with reports of great tropo in the last day or so. Alot of reports comming out of central TN. I've been busy and I hate I missed it. Oh well. Maybe next time.

 

[Nightjock]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I geeked out for several hours listening to the Virginia guys. It made cleaning my garage a little more entertaining.

 

[GKolo]

Tropospheric Ducting Forecast for VHF & UHF Radio & TV

Take a look at this website, Its will let you know when to listen for the best troposperic ducting.