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95.9's Signal

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Blort

So usually for the overnight hours, liking to have some background noise and knowing the background noise helps me to fall asleep (that and I genuinely enjoy the CBS Sports Radio overnight program), I'll usually just throw the radio onto 95.9. However the last few nights I've noticed that getting a signal is... next to impossible really. Instead I'm getting clear as a bell signals from 95.7 in Tampa and 96.1 in Ft. Meyers that are, I guess, muscling out 95.9's signal?

I'm admittedly a total dunce when it comes to this stuff but I don't quite understand how I'm getting their signals clear on the other side of the state in Palm Bay.
 
Although 95.9 is licensed to Melbourne, there is a translator of WSVU AM 960 in the Palm Beaches which might cause an issue or two. Also an LPFM in Ocala on 95.9.

Indeed there has been freak Tropo, especially Sunday & Monday night here in south FL---I was hearing Bahamas on FM, and seeing Cuba TV (on quite a few analog channels) as well.

The forecast looks "good" for NO tropo this weekend, likely due to the cold front coming. See:

www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_car.html

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Blort said:
So usually for the overnight hours, liking to have some background noise and knowing the background noise helps me to fall asleep (that and I genuinely enjoy the CBS Sports Radio overnight program), I'll usually just throw the radio onto 95.9. However the last few nights I've noticed that getting a signal is... next to impossible really. Instead I'm getting clear as a bell signals from 95.7 in Tampa and 96.1 in Ft. Meyers that are, I guess, muscling out 95.9's signal?

I'm admittedly a total dunce when it comes to this stuff but I don't quite understand how I'm getting their signals clear on the other side of the state in Palm Bay.
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Central Florida is an FM DX hotspot. If you aren't familiar with the term DX, it refers to distant radio reception. The unique geography of Florida creates ideal conditions late in the evening into early morning hours for temperature inversions to take place, acting like reflective layers in the atmosphere. Distant FM station "skip" in on the reflective layer almost like locals. There have been times when I have received stations on every single frequency on the FM band, sometimes multiple stations battling it out. You have a couple of choices - you can embrace the effect and enjoy a new hobby, you can switch to a more local signal less prone to skip, or you can switch to streaming.

Ever since I moved out on my own - I have used a sound synthesizer to produce ocean waves, rainfall, waterfall, and white noise effects. It drowned out the clomping of the cowboy above me who took off his boots LAST before going to bed after half and hour to 45 minutes of clomping around. More recently, it drowns out the noise of barking dogs who are obviously being abused all night. The strange things people will do in the name of keeping others from going to bed and getting a good night's sleep.
 
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