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"Classic" TV DX PHOTOS

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DeadElvis

Wandering about in my attic, I found an old file box with TV DX photos taken in 1983. It's kinda retro, so I thought I would share. These pictures were taken in Pascagoula, MS, not far from Biloxi:

First is a tropo reception on channel 11. This is the classic Cuba Palm Tree TP, from Matanzas. It's around 630 miles.

http://twitpic.com/3bxnew

Second, also on channel 11 is XHDH from Mérida, Yucatan. About 670 miles, straight south.

http://twitpic.com/3bxmiy

I have others, but these amuse me.

DE
 
Cuba on ch 11 from Pascagoula? Wow what tropo! Or rare E-skip up to ch 11?

cd
 
No. That was tropo.

I remember that opening. I got a handful of Cubans that day, all high-band VHF (including channel 13 under local WLOX).

The Mexican picture was taken a few days earlier, doubtless a product of the same system. Tropo over the Gulf can set in for days and days. Very cool stuff. I miss living down there.

I have always been fascinated by the Palm Tree pattern. Back then, it seems strangely exotic. I have a far better picture of the TP, taken on channel 2 via Es.

DE
 
For anyone interested, a better view of the Cuban "Palm Tree" test pattern. This is via sporadic-E, likely on channel 2, which was wide open in Pascagoula.

http://twitpic.com/3glqa2

Cuba used to run TPs well into the afternoon with Cuban radio on the aural side.

DE
 
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