First FM Skip of the season in Hudson Valley, NY.

[dx1ng]

Nice early start to FM DX season, Sunday evening May 6th, with three new logs. My rotor died, so I just climbed up on the roof and manually pointed the antenna west and hoped for the best.

95.1 - UnID religious station around 6:45pm giving "800-7000-CRI" phone number (Christian Research Institute). Perhaps unneeded KQCV-Oklah.

95.7 - UnID Spanish at 6:49, did not last. Perhaps needed KSEC-Ark.

89.5 - The Gospel Station, KTGS, Ada, Oklahoma first heard at 6:51pm, complete ID at 7:01pm, religious, for first NEW LOG of season and FM #890 overall. 1330 miles.

88.1 - unID "Positive Alternative - Air 1" at 7:20pm. Possibly KKRI-Arkansas, but ID not heard.

93.7 - KNOR - Krum, TX "La Raza" Spanish/Mexican at 7:24pm. NEW CATCH. 1403 miles. Station #31 on 93.7.

95.3 - KERX - Paris, AR "The X, 95.3, "Today's New Rock", at 7:29pm NEW CATCH. 1175 miles.

98.9 - unID Fairly strong station, around 7:40pm, then a minute later they and everyone else were pretty much gone.

Best of DX to all.

Chris from Poughkeepsie

 

[Lawppy]

Not a peep of Es here, but i'm not too upset. It's only early May and I know i'll get my fair share of Es this season.

I just hooked up a new FM-6 antenna from Radio Shack and i'm pretty happy with it's performance. I hope it brings me several new FM logs.

 

[cg41386]

First FM skip of the season here (Cherry Hill, NJ) yesterday as well.

92.9 KBEZ Tulsa, OK (relog)
94.9 KOLI Electra, TX
96.1 KXXY Oklahoma City, OK

2 KTVI St. Louis, MO (relog)
4 KMOV St. Louis, MO (relog)

 

[BRNout]

First FM skip of the season here (Cherry Hill, NJ) yesterday as well.

92.9 KBEZ Tulsa, OK (relog)
94.9 KOLI Electra, TX
96.1 KXXY Oklahoma City, OK

2 KTVI St. Louis, MO (relog)
4 KMOV St. Louis, MO (relog)

Geez, and I thought that I was doing well with tropo ducting in pulling in WASH-FM 97.1 and WKYS 93.9 (both Washington, DC) from Malvern, PA. But, that's kids stuff compared with your e-skip!

Too bad there's a local here on 92.5 - it would be nice to pull in KOMA-FM via e-skip from Oklahoma City. It's one of America's best oldies stations and comes from the same general area as your catches.

 

[dx1ng]

I logged KOMA-92.5 last July 18th with Oldies during an E-Skip opening. However, during this May 6th opening I did not hear them, or anything else listenable on 92.5. When they were in last July, they came in like a ton of bricks!

Chris from Poughkeepsie

 

[BRNout]

I logged KOMA-92.5 last July 18th with Oldies during an E-Skip opening. However, during this May 6th opening I did not hear them, or anything else listenable on 92.5. When they were in last July, they came in like a ton of bricks!

Chris from Poughkeepsie

They normally have a pretty decent range throughout central (and eastern) Oklahoma, with 100 kW coming from a slightly shorter stick than some of the other OKC stations. Which is why I figured they would be a good candidate for e-skip.

Last summer, when driving through OK, the wife and I listened to KOMA on the car radio from Elk City, OK to Fort Smith, AR. About 300 miles - no ducting involved. She actually lamented that we lost the station and she is neither a radio geek nor a particular fan of oldies radio. The station sounds that good.

 

[nd2023]

I got some nice FM e-skip here in New Jersey this afternoon (5/9/07)
92.9 WTUG Northport, AL
93.5 WMLV Butler, AL
95.1 WJDQ Marion, MS
95.3 WADI Corinth, MS
92.3 WDVW Laplace, LA
95.9 WBBN Taylorsville, MS
96.7 WMXA Opelike, AL
92.1 WJNS Yazoo City, MS
93.3 WQUE New Orleans, LA
94.9 WPRF Reserve, LA