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1,000 mile FM skip 6/10 in Northeast Ohio

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While driving my car tonight, encountered some interesting FM skip from North Dakota and Minnesota (a distance of 987 miles), including...(from my RDS in the car): Z94.7 (a top 40), Life 97.9 (Christian), Real Country 102.3, and 103.1 the Raven. After doing a search online, turns out most of these signals come from Fargo, ND, Detroit Lakes, MN and Jamestown, ND.

My question to those who know on the board...are people in Fargo, North Dakota picking up Cleveland and Akron stations at the same time. Does the wormhole work both ways?
 
To the best of my knowledge, it should.

Since the signals reflect off an Es cloud half way between the two points, those on the other end of where you are (where you hear the signals from) should also be picking up the stations from your area.
 
Using a Global Tuners node in Montreal [FM-DX Montreal], I had a lot of fun tonight! Skip ended at *12:30AM* this morning! [ET of course!] All times listed on the logs are in Eastern time.

2110: 92.3 KEZO Omaha, NE, Z92 ID, promo for Z92.com, classic rock. 100kw at 1177 miles.
2114: 93.3 KIOA Des Moines, IA, classic hits, RDS PI code 268C. 100kw at 1050 miles.
2116: 95.7 UNID with severe WX coverage, mentioning a Highway 71 and I-80 [NE I guess]. Who?
2119: 94.1 KQCH Omaha, NE, local area ads. 97kw at 1177 miles.
2125: 94.5 ESPN, either WJOX Birmingham, AL, 1089 miles, but not in the PTA, or 2Es from KUUB Sun Valley, NV, 50kw at 2371 miles. Not sure who. Thought I had the double at first.
2125: 94.5 KLIQ Hastings, NE, mixing with the ESPN, The Breeze IDs. 100kw at 1306 miles.
2130: 107.5 WRVW Nashville, TN, ID "107.5 The River", top 40 music. 46kw at 948 miles.
2133: 96.1 WSTO Owensboro, KY, RDS PI code 862C. 100kw at 886 miles.
2134: 96.3 KHLS Blytheville, AR, RDS "Thunder Country". 1084 miles.
2138: 98.3 KWQW Boone, IA, bogus RDS "KWPV", which matches with KWQW. 41kw at 1049 miles.
2145: 92.7 WTAO Carbondale, IL, incomplete ID "...O Rocks at 92.7" into modern rock music. 25kw at 975 miles.
2151: 94.9 KGGO Des Moines, IA, ID "95 KGGO". 100kw at 1050 miles.
2200: 96.3 KIHT St. Louis, MO, ID "K-Hits 96." 80kw at 986 miles.
2206: 97.1 KFTK St. Louis, MO, Fox News TOH news, RDS PI code 1F2C. 100kw at 980 miles.
2217: 100.3 KDRB Des Moines, IA, adult hits, RDS PI 19A7. 100kw at 1050 miles.
2228: 93.7 KKRL Carroll, IA, ID, hot AC music. 100kw at 1098 miles.
2243: 92.7 KUSO Albion, NE, RDS US92. 50kw at 1259 miles.
2254: 89.7 KIWR Council Bluffs, IA, ID "89.7 The River." 100kw at 1165 miles.
2319: 90.1 WOI Ames, IA, RDS "WOI-FM". 100kw at 1040 miles.
0000: 91.1 KTSD Reliance, SD, South Dakota Public Broadcasting IDs. 100kw at 1291 miles.
0001: 94.1 KXLP Eagle Lake, MN, TOH ID. 3.8kw at 1010 miles.
0012: 93.7 KBRK Brookings, SD, ID "B93.7". 100kw at 1155 miles.
0031 [12:31AM!!]: Last bit of Es, with hip hop on 92.3.

-crainbebo
 
95.7 UNID...w/the wx warning location clue Hwy 71 and I-80, that's KSWI (IIRC ;) Atlantic IA

aah, memories of E-skip on a Technics receiver in the 80s. She's going to be 35 years old this year and I have to brag on her. The free-wheeling tuner knob doesn't spin as fast or far as it did in the day and the volume control pot is a little noisy,but it still sounds great.
 
Thank you! KSWI counts as the unid 95.7.

-crainbebo
 
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