E-skip 7-24

[nd2023]

Currently getting many Florida stations from NJ. MUF over 144 mHz according to APRS. Many HD decodes. Strongest e skip of the season, been going on over 2 hours.

 

[milton77]

I live in Oklahoma City, and believe I heard KLUC in Las Vegas briefly just now. Couldn't get a positive id but "old school lunch" i heard them reference.

 

[Buckeyes2001]

Here in Ohio, I was just getting some e-skip from Virginia and N. Carolina. I'm a bit puzzled that I was getting an FM station from Charlottesville, VA via e-skip here as I thought that would be too short a distance at about 400 miles for FM e-skip....very interesting. I did a video bandscan which I'll upload later.

 

[Giacomo Siffredi]

Presently, KTCS-FM Fort Smith, AK is fighting local regular WEZN Bridgeport, CT on 99.9FM here in Bergen County, NJ. I found out about this opening about 45 minutes ago, wish I found out sooner. I hope this continues for at least another hour.

 

[awsherrill]

I guess it's our turn in central NC now. There's a big ol' cloud centered over Tennessee now (715PM Eastern) with MUF approaching 200 MHz.

After we had a furious line of thunderstorms blow through the Raleigh area around 4-5PM, saw the cloud re-forming. Sat in my truck and heard:

KDAM 94.3 Yankton SD
KQDS 94.9 Duluth MN (adjacent-channel to one of the stations I maintain, 94.7 WQDR!)
KWQW ("WOW-FM) 98.3 Des Moines IA
KKLS 104.7 Sioux Falls SD

Also heard a Michael Savage affiliate on 92.7 that I could not ID, mixing with another station doing obituaries with several mentions of "Algona" (Iowa?).

 

[Giacomo Siffredi]

The E-Skip opening may be closing :'( Now WODE-FM Easton, PA. is challenging WEZN-FM Bridgeport, CT. on 99.9FM. Unfortunately, I know who will win this battle. I'll be stuck with WEZN on 99.9FM after the event is over BTW, Easton, PA. is not a tropo regular for my region.

 

[RMarino]

Here in Knoxville, TN we are hearing FRENCH stations all over the FM dial! I wish I could ID these to figure out which part of Canada I'm getting.

 

[Radio-X]

Caught the first of these posts before I had to head into work, so I checked out the dial here in beautiful Fredericksburg, VA on the Sony XDR-F1HD

Caught HD-only: WPOI calls via HD over local (less than 5 miles away) WBQB, WDBO-FM's HD calls over local AM translator on 96.5, and WJRR-FM's HD offerings over local WWDC's analog signal.

Big catches:

Caught what appeared to be Radio Reloj on 100.5. The 'RR' morse code signal was beeping through WHHZ/Newberry, FL

WXTB/Clearwater

WRUM/Orlando

A very rough, but listenable WCTQ/Sarasota.

WKTK/Crystal River

Haven't gotten to see whats out there after 5pm local time, but I'm guessing by the time I get home there won't be much time to ride on the e-skip train.

Radio-X

 

[gar hi]

From all the E Skip so many of us have experienced today and how the maps was loaded with such high frrquency Es clouds in big clusters too most of the day, I'd say today alone made up for all the lack of E Skip all season!

 

[MarioMania]

Any Reports from California from this??

 

[wxman76]

At about 7pm this evening: From here in Northwest Arkansas, I IDed Fresh 94.7 in DC and ESPN 97.3 in Southern New Jersey.

 

[adam502002]

In East Kenutcky, I've gotten SEVERAL (like 20) stations all from Oklahoma and Kansas in particular. Very fun for me! Not sure my friends are fascinated, though, haha!

 

[GSP163]

Here in NE New Jersey I heard 94.9 KHKN Maumelle (Little Rock), AR & 94.5 KKLR Poplar Bluff, MO.....There was also Country on 93.3 & 101.7 but could not ID......I'm 20 miles NW of the NYC FM's and many were filled with static which is not the normal around here.

 

[nocomradio]

Central Va around 7 PM to 7:45 PM EST:

KWDQ 102.3 Woodward OK running over 102.3 WZGN Charlottesville

KKZU 101.7 Elk City OK fairly clear for about 15-20 minutes

All faded by 7:45 and back to normal.

That was all I could find. Nothing out of the ordinary higher on the band. Lower seemed "scratchy" but nothing ID-able.

 

[djacobs101098]

Any Reports from California from this??

Oddly I was getting a station from Lubbock TX in Fresno CA around 6:30 tonight. 97.3 Yes! FM. I have received 95.5 KLOS a couple times in the past as well as Sacramento, San Francisco and Chico CA stations but this is by far the furthest I've ever picked up.

 

[Giacomo Siffredi]

I first learned of this E-Skip opening around 6:30PM, so unfortunately I arrived late to the party

The bulk of my receptions came from Arkansas. They did not obliterate any strong locals, perhaps they did earlier. I definitely heard KTCS-FM Fort Smith at 99.9FM and another on 98.3FM, but I'll have to listen to my recording to determine if it caught the ID.

This was pretty much a nationwide event. I know this has been asked before, but do we know what atmospheric conditions were present over this country today that allowed for this awesome event to occur?

 

[TheRob]

Yeah, Californians were getting west Texas this evening.

After my opening from Kansas to the east closed around 7:20, a western path opened a couple of hours later.

morning drive to work
96.9 WFPG Atlantic City, NJ
97.7 unID Three Dog Night "Joy to the World"
99.3 WZBZ Pleasantville, NJ

evening, after work
91.1 WYFG Gaffney, SC
92.1 WRSV Rocky Mount, NC
92.7 WQNC Harrisburg, NC
93.5 WYFQ Wadesboro, NC
93.7 unID - NASCAR talk
93.9 unID - sounded like Urban
94.5 WCMS Hatteras, NC
96.1 WHQC Shelby, NC
97.5 WUMJ Fayetteville, GA
101.5 WQUT Johnson City, TN
101.9 WIKS New Bern, NC
102.9 WLKO Hickory, NC
104.7 unID - someone playing "Rolling In The Deep" at 19:08 CDT
106.9 WMIT Black Mountain, NC
106.9 unID CHR or Urban station

later evening
90.7 unID SS - song, applause, and another song
90.9 KGCB Prescott, AZ
92.9 KAFF Flagstaff, AZ
93.7 KRQQ Tucson, AZ
96.1 KWRK Window Rock, AZ
96.9 KMXP Phoenix, AZ

 

[MarioMania]

Any Reports from California from this??

Oddly I was getting a station from Lubbock TX in Fresno CA around 6:30 tonight. 97.3 Yes! FM. I have received 95.5 KLOS a couple times in the past as well as Sacramento, San Francisco and Chico CA stations but this is by far the furthest I've ever picked up.

Really?? I was listening to my walkman nothing, I forgot to time it..

From Vallejo, CA

 

[dxer720]

Here in Southeastern Wisconsin, I Listened (& recorded) stations from Florida to New Mexico from about 6-8pm. I've hit the radio locator limit, so I'll have to go over the remainder of the recordings tomorrow.

My Grundig G2 came in handy.

 

[nd2023]

I had 112 stations today, 8 in HD, and 2 translators. Shortest skip 530 miles, longest 1380 miles. From central NJ.

The e-skip started out strong at 9 in the morning to Florida, specifically south of I-4. Many strong enough to show call letters in HD, some strong and steady enough to completely decode in HD. Miami was in for the entire opening, other areas faded in and out. Faded out around 1 in the afternoon. The skip returned at 4:30 in the afternoon, weak at first, then all hell broke loose. Almost all of the local stations were not just unlistenable, they were GONE! Every frequency 3-5 stations deep, not including locals.

morning skip
92.9 WIKX CHARLOTTE HARBOR FL
92.1 WRLX WEST PALM BEACH FL
94.9 WWRM TAMPA FL (HD)
93.1 WFEZ MIAMI FL (HD)
93.9 WMIA MIAMI FL (HD)
95.3 WOLZ FORT MYERS FL
98.7 WKGR WELLINGTON FL
92.3 WCMQ MIAMI FL
104.3 WMSF WEST PALM BEACH FL (HD)
103.9 WXKB CAPE CORAL FL
97.9 WRMF PALM BEACH FL
93.3 WFLZ TAMPA FL (HD)
95.3 WPYO ORLANDO FL
96.5 WPOW MIAMI FL (HD)
107.7 WMGF MOUNT DORA FL
98.7 WSJT TAMPA FL
98.3 WRTO GOULDS FL
106.3 WJQB SPRING HILL FL
106.7 WRMA MIAMI FL
105.9 WBGG FORT LAUDERDALE FL
102.7 WMXJ MIAMI FL
102.5 WHPT SARASOTA FL
107.1 WAOA MELBOURNE FL
93.5 WKEY KEY WEST FL
92.5 WFSX ESTERO FL
95.7 WXDJ MIAMI FL
95.9 WSJZ SEBASTIAN FL
96.9 WKEZ KEY WEST FL
97.1 WSUN HOLIDAY FL
102.1 WKLG ROCK HARBOR FL
95.5 WLDI FORT PIERCE FL
107.5 WAMR MIAMI FL (HD)
101.9 WJHM ORLANDO FL
101.7 WKYZ KEY COLONY BEACH FL
101.3 WHLG PORT ST LUCIE FL
99.7 WJKD VERO BEACH FL
99.3 WLRQ COCOA FL
93.7 WGYL VERO BEACH FL
102.3 WMBX JENSEN BEACH FL (HD)
103.7 WQOL VERO BEACH FL
105.5 WDUV TAMPA FL
95.3 W237BD POMPANO BEACH FL
92.7 WEDW KEY WEST FL
97.3 WFLC MIAMI FL
99.1 WEDR MIAMI FL
99.9 WKIS BOCA RATON FL
100.3 WCTH PLANTATION KEY FL
100.7 WHYI FORT LAUDERDALE FL
103.1 WFKZ PLANTATION KEY FL
103.5 WSHE FORT LAUDERDALE FL
105.1 WHQT CORAL GABLES FL
93.5 WBGF BELLE GLADE FL
94.3 WZZR RIVIERA BEACH FL
97.1 WOSN INDIAN RIVER SHORES FL
98.7 WKGR WELLINGTON FL
99.5 WLLY PALM BEACH GARDENS FL
104.7 WFLM WHITE CITY FL
107.9 WEAT WEST PALM BEACH FL
106.3 WHFS JUPITER FL
92.7 WAVW STUART FL
96.7 W244BD STUART FL
105.5 WBTT NAPLES PARK FL
92.1 WLTQ VENICE FL
100.1 WZJZ CHARLOTTE HARBOR FL
102.9 WJGO TICE FL
107.9 WSRZ CORAL COVE FL
104.7 WRBQ TAMPA FL
97.5 WPCV WINTER HAVEN FL
106.7 WXXL ORLANDO FL
92.9 WMFQ OCALA FL
afternoon/evening skip
92.9 KLSC MALDEN MO
92.3 KIPR PINE BLUFFS AR
94.9 KHKN MAUMELLE AR
93.7 KKNG BLANCHARD OK
92.9 KNIN WICHITA FALLS TX
93.3 WKYQ PADUCAH KY
92.9 KGRC QUINCY IL
93.9 WLIT CHICAGO IL
93.9 KSPQ WEST PLAINS MO
106.5 KTMO KENNETH MO
105.9 KLAZ HOT SPRINGS AR
103.7 KABZ LITTLE ROCK AR
102.9 KARN SHERIDAN AR
103.9 KCJF JONESBORO AR
102.1 WLLE MAYFIELD KY
98.5 KURB LITTLE ROCK AR
97.5 KOEA DONIPHAN MO
96.9 WDDJ PADUCAH KY
93.7 KJBR JONESBORO AR
94.1 KKPT LITTLE ROCK AR
95.5 KJEZ POPLAR BLUFF MO
102.9 KHOZ HARRISON AR
101.7 KHST LAMAR MO
100.9 WLUN PINCONNING MI
95.1 WNKS CHARLOTTE NC
94.9 WREW CINCINNATI OH
100.5 KSWF AURORA MO
92.5 KSYN JOPLIN MO
95.1 KTKS VERSAILLES MO
96.1 KITO VINITA OK
97.7 WGPB ROME GA
99.7 KMAC GAINESVILLE MO
94.9 KCMO KANSAS CITY MO
102.5 KIXQ JOPLIN MO
98.1 WWLS VILLAGE OK
95.9 KWHF JONESBORO AR
97.7 KHZR SAINT LOUIS MO
102.3 KRMG SAND SPRINGS OK
92.9 KBEZ TULSA OK
92.9 KTGL LINCOLN NE
92.1 KTBT TULSA OK
94.9 KJLT NORTH PLATT NE

(HD) means the station decoded completely in HD on my HD radio. There were several others that showed call letters but no full HD decode.