[AF] Summertime FM DX season is here

[Kevin Tekel]

Today I happened to stumble across one of my best FM DX catches ever, on
my stock 1997 Volkswagen car radio.  I tuned in 90.5 MHz, expecting to
hear local high school station WCVH from Flemington, NJ, but instead I
heard classical music with a consistent local-quality signal.  After the
musical piece was over, the announcer IDed the station as "Classical
Minnesota Public Radio."  That's 90.5 KGAC from Saint Peter, MN, a 75 kW
Class C1 signal.  Distance to my QTH at time of (mobile) reception was
about 1,030 miles!  I checked again about two hours later, and the signal
was still there, coming in just as clearly as before.

Any guess as to whether this was tropo or E-skip?  I noticed many local
stations had very poor reception, with lots of other stations trying to
come in and making a mess of cochannel interference.  I'm sure if I had
time to scan the band I would've scored a number of other good FM DX
catches.




       
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