FM DX'ing from Nantucket

[ScottBurns]

Has anyone ever tried FM DX'ing from Nantucket? I know there are a couple of local signals in the area, such as the former WRZE and WMVY. In addition, I assume that some of the Providence and New Bedford FMs can be heard. However, is the FM DX'ing good? Is tropo relatively common there? Can any Long Island or New Jersey FMs be picked up there?

 

[ddsparxx]

I;ve never been to Nantucket but I'm pretty sure it's a good place for FM and AM DX.

 

[nd2023]

I heard 96.9 WFPG from Cape Cod

 

[jlehmann]

Has anyone ever tried FM DX'ing from Nantucket? I know there are a couple of local signals in the area, such as the former WRZE and WMVY. In addition, I assume that some of the Providence and New Bedford FMs can be heard. However, is the FM DX'ing good? Is tropo relatively common there? Can any Long Island or New Jersey FMs be picked up there?

96.3 is no longer on Nantucket, they moved to the WCOD tower in Dennis about 2 years ago. I've only been out there once, and it was during just average conditions. Based on the way the old 96.3 signal always got out during tropo, I'd think it would be quite good.

 

[ScottBurns]

Having never been to Nantucket myself, I would bet that the distance to most towers is far enough such that many frequencies have weak occupants. As such, during the summer, I imagine that stations from Long Island, New Jersey, and possibly, when conditions are right, Maine and Nova Scotia, can be heard on Nantucket.