Longest DX on FM (for me anyway)

[TexasTempest]

Around noon near the Beltway 8 and I-10 near Channelview, heard 94.9 FM Tuscon KMXZ and 101.5 FM Phoenix KZON... even though there's a 101.5 in Austin, overpowered it like it wasn't there.. these stations came in on seek..

 

[Mediafrog+]

Ionospheric skip will bring in FM's that are 800-1200 miles away. Arizona frequently comes in to Houston during such openings. Can work in all directions--South Florida is not unusual, either--as is the midwest or the Carolinas. Central Mexico is at the right distance as well.

The real challenge is to catch those "2-hop" stations 1600-2400 miles away.

 

[bturner]

Skips are so much fun. Not too far north of Dodge City, Kansas about 10 years ago, I was looking for anything to listen to and hit an oldies station: a class A FM in Key West, Florida. Listened a good 20 minutes including a stop set.

The next year in the same area, hitting scan, in the same area of Kansas, there's 93-Q with the stereo light doing traffic talking about an accident in or near Humble. I was so used to hearing Houston traffic reports, it took a few seconds to put two and two together.

I wonder if certain geographic areas are just perfect spots for skips. On the highway between Rocksprings, Texas and Sonora, I would pick up a western coast FM almostt every trip down that road. I listened to one station a good 40 minutes once...sure it faded a bit at times but always came back in within a few seconds.