Lo-Band Skip in MA

[GBFD10]

Picking up alot of southern accents on 46.500, 46.380, & 46.340 up here in Western MA today... The station on 46.500 is "communications" and is definitely a fire dispatch. It is blowing Columbia County (NY) out of the water. Of course I have not heard one transmission where they give their station ID...

Edit: Now getting what sounds like Spanish on 46.380
Edit#@: 33.48- Southern Accents discussing "radio problems" and picking up outside channels... hmmmm

 

[blantonl]

Yup, the band is nice and open into South Texas today... MO Highway Patrol is booming in on 42.64... hopefully California will open up later in the day.

 

[GBFD10]

Just did a search from 30.00mhz to 50.00 mhz, came up with this...

all had thick southern accents...

46.50- "10-50" w/PI, I-85 NB, vehicle overturned, Rescue 31, Deputy Chief 31, Engine 312 enroute
42.14
31.36- highway crew
39.18- Sounded like dispatcher said wreckersville? FD/EMS dispatch
42.42- southern accent calling unit 7715
44.62- police
37.10- highway crew
45.42- police
31.10- heating co
45.84-
31.64
45.40
47.36
31.36
46.14- sounds like FD, requesting public service
46.10- calling any company 8 firefighter

 

[GBFD10]

46.500- Narrowed down to Guilford County, NC fire dispatch Roughly 700 Miles

 

[runslow]

Good conditions in central Virginia, too. Strong sigs from range control @ Ft Hood TX on 30.45 MHz.

 

[N4UYV_Al]

Working in the Springfield Mass area today & listening to multiple DX radio stations on the lower portion of the FM dial with southern accents & mentioning the time & temperature (most of the times were an hour behind us, Central TZ) but "murphy's law & communications" kicked in & the stations 'deep-faded' right at the callsigns & went on ta play music....lol within about a 1/2 hour, it was gone...