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WEWS Channel 5 News story on E-Skip
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That was happening with WAKR's FM signal a couple of days ago. A few times it was being totally wiped out by some other station. Sadly, wasn't ever able to get an ID of what station was overlapping their signal.
This kind of skip affects the vhf band frequencies most, not as often on AM. I have noticed the most common skip tunnels here are westerly from Toledo and Detroit and oddly enough, out of southern Florida, Miami, on FM and pre digital VHF TV, although anything is possible.
One Sunday it was like living in Miami, every preset was a Miami station, Y100 on 100.7 etc. Lasted for several hours then turned off like a light. Could also see Miami channels 2, 6 and 10 on TV.
One Sunday it was like living in Miami, every preset was a Miami station, Y100 on 100.7 etc. Lasted for several hours then turned off like a light. Could also see Miami channels 2, 6 and 10 on TV.
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Well done to Channel 5 for the E-Skip story
Here is a cool website which shows current and recent e-skip conditions: https://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
Yeah! I believe it got their attention thanks to one of their weather guys Allan. I know he was posting a lot about it on facebook - showing some of the stations he was catching during the e-skip! Great to see someone give some 'love' to radio broadcasting!
Allan has solicited comments on this subject on social media a few years over the past year or so, and I have responded a few times.
By far my farthest such catch came about 20 years in Newark, Ohio. I caught a station from somewhere in Colorado, I think on 105.7. I also heard WMJI down there a few times. For whatever reason, the Columbus 105.7 cuts out badly around downtown Newark, opening the door for other stations from wherever.
By far my farthest such catch came about 20 years in Newark, Ohio. I caught a station from somewhere in Colorado, I think on 105.7. I also heard WMJI down there a few times. For whatever reason, the Columbus 105.7 cuts out badly around downtown Newark, opening the door for other stations from wherever.
This story is mostly for those who grew up and continue to watch TV on anything but over-the-air. Almost everybody else would have experienced such a thing at least once in the analog era when separate VHF/UHF dials were still a thing by accidentally stumbling across a broadcast on a normally vacant channel. Unfortunately, E-skip and tropospheric ducting has become far less common after the repack as more stations share the same frequency with much less spacing, in some cases even overlapping each other. The result is 2 or more stations trying to cancel each other out, resulting in the local station being weaker than usual or unable to receive no signal at all. The latter often affecting viewers located in the fringes of a station's coverage area.