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Active Sporadic E right now from WI to NM/TX

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dxer720

This is my first sporadic E opening of this year, here is Lake Geneva, WI. So far I've caught IDs from 4 stations n the Roswell area. RDS was very helpful, too.

92.9 KTZA Artesia, NM Country "KZ93" 1,091 miles
Local ads wlive remote from Artesia baseball playoffs.
RDS "title artist KZ-93" w/an RDS-only ad during commercial set "$4500 REBATE 1/2 TON TRUCKS GUY CHEV"

94.9 KBIM Roswell, NM Country "The Country Giant" 1,63 miles
Local ads w/one for the upcoming aliens festival around the 4th of July.

98.7 KMTH Maljamar, NM Talk "KENW" 1,067 miles
Programming was a medical discussion show...but the catch seems to follow the other receptions from the Roswell area.

105.1 KWMW Maljamar, NM Country "W-105" 1,065 miles
Local ads during a Texas Rangers baseball game vs the Minnesota twins.
 
Should've mentioned that these catches were all between 1 & 2pm CDT from Lake Geneva, WI using a Grundig G3 on a C. Crane FM Reflect (dipole) antenna.
 
I saw KNOP-DT Channel 2 here in Lexington, KY this afternoon, but the big action for me was on the 6 meter ham band (50-54 MHz) where I heard and worked stations in NM, AZ, CA, WA, CO, NE, OK and TX. This band is located just under channel 2 on the spectrum for those of you not familiar with ham radio. I did not have time to check the FM (88-108) frequencies, but I can believe they were HOT, too. In less than 2 weeks, I will be making my annual drive to Colorado Springs and am looking forward to many hours of DXing on the FM car radio while enroute. In previous years, I've heard all sorts of things while driving through Kansas and Eastern Colorado at this time of the year.
 
dxer720 said:
This is my first sporadic E opening of this year, here is Lake Geneva, WI. So far I've caught IDs from 4 stations n the Roswell area. RDS was very helpful, too.

92.9 KTZA Artesia, NM Country "KZ93" 1,091 miles
Local ads wlive remote from Artesia baseball playoffs.
RDS "title artist KZ-93" w/an RDS-only ad during commercial set "$4500 REBATE 1/2 TON TRUCKS GUY CHEV"

94.9 KBIM Roswell, NM Country "The Country Giant" 1,63 miles
Local ads w/one for the upcoming aliens festival around the 4th of July.
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These two brought me memories when I stayed in Roswell during the early 80s. KTZA played top 40 and rock at that time, when broadcasting in stereo, one channel sounded distorted on most songs (one speaker on my stereo boom box produced only bass and some midrange). KBIM played easy listening music and didn't have that problem. The other two were not on air at that same time. Used to hear tropo there, hearing some TX stations, but no E skip.
 
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