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Northern New England stations booming into NJ

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South Jersey

WVLT 92.1
WAIV 102.3
WSJQ 106.7

Delaware/Maryland

WGMD 92.7
WZBH 93.5
WRDX 94.7
WCEI 96.7
WQSR 102.7
WXCY 103.7
WQHQ 104.7
WHFS 105.7
WWMX 106.5

Long Island

WLNG 92.1
WBAB 102.3
WBAZ 102.5
WRCN 103.9
WBLI 106.1

Connecticut

WZMX 93.7
WTIC 96.5
WKHL 96.7
WEZN 99.9
WRCH 100.5
WEBE 107.9

Hudson Valley

WBPM 92.9
WRTN 93.5
WPKF 96.1
WRRB 96.9
WCTW 98.5
WHUD 100.7
WSPK 104.7

Boston/Cape Cod

WBOS 92.9
WMKK 93.7
WRZE 96.3
WTKK 96.9
WCIB 101.9
WCRB 102.5
WBCN 104.1
WMJX 106.7

Northern New England

WEZF 92.9
WHOM 94.9
WQSS 102.5
WPKQ 103.7
WQCB 106.5 (425 miles! longest FM tropo catch ever for me)

Un-id

Rock station on 93.9 received while WQSS 102.5 was booming in <P ID="signature">______________
17-year-old radio geek
Location: Princeton Junction, NJ
AIM: KewlDude471</P>
 
Re: Ducting

The effect is called ducting, where FM signals become trapped between layers of warm moist air and travel great distances. These are pretty good examples, but I recall the 1980 living in Syracuse when a huge duct formed in the South.

There was a terrible heatwave in progress with 20+ 100-degree days. The duct started the day in Louisiana, sucking up signals like a vacuum ceaner. Listened to KNOE and WNOE ("A James A. Noe Station" the legal ID declared.)

By midday we were listening to the disco mix of Magic 102.1 out of Houston, TX. An hour later KVIL-FM our of Dallas started booming in. Before sundown the duct travelled into Oklahoma and Kansas. KSKU in Hutchinson was the last DX of the day.

I should point out that these stations were coming in like local Syracuse signals, pinning the signal meter on my Yanaha tuner at 9 or 10 with full quieting stereo. They would come in for 10 to 20 minutes before the duct moved on to the next town. I have never experienced anything like that since.

PTR
 
Re: Ducting

> The effect is called ducting, where FM signals become
> trapped between layers of warm moist air and travel great
> distances. These are pretty good examples, but I recall the
> 1980 living in Syracuse when a huge duct formed in the
> South.
>
> There was a terrible heatwave in progress with 20+
> 100-degree days. The duct started the day in Louisiana,
> sucking up signals like a vacuum ceaner. Listened to KNOE
> and WNOE ("A James A. Noe Station" the legal ID declared.)
>
> By midday we were listening to the disco mix of Magic 102.1
> out of Houston, TX. An hour later KVIL-FM our of Dallas
> started booming in. Before sundown the duct travelled into
> Oklahoma and Kansas. KSKU in Hutchinson was the last DX of
> the day.
>
> I should point out that these stations were coming in like
> local Syracuse signals, pinning the signal meter on my
> Yanaha tuner at 9 or 10 with full quieting stereo. They
> would come in for 10 to 20 minutes before the duct moved on
> to the next town. I have never experienced anything like
> that since.
>
> PTR
>
Conditions here on the DownEast Coast of Maine, Mount Desert Island last night were also very interesting. WBUR 90.9 was wiping out Maine Public Radio's WMEH 90.9, Bangor and most of the Portland area stations were coming in local-like. Also, lots of FM stations in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia coming in right next to and over the Bangor area FMs and their adjacents. Even got WBOT 97.7 from Brockton/Boston at their 8PM hourly legal-ID. Totally over local 97.7 WNSX. (Which hopefuly will get going locally here REAL soon)

TV was also interesting, WENH-11 was in like a local, as was WMED-13 Calais. Even picked up a few UHF skippers..several from Nova Scotia, relaying Halifax, as well as Telemundo on Channel 60, presumably from Manchester. Also, 38 and 56 from Boston, just using a VHF-Whip & UHF BowTie on a 20-year old B&W Portable 9" set. This was partially due to low layer of fog which settled in along coast of Maine, after a very warm, beautiful Sunny day. At work, conditions on police frequenceis (155 mhz area) also quite sporatic..Picking up the RCMP from New Brunswick over one of our local public works/fire frequencies.
Kinda cool, except when you have to send out the fire or ambulance crews and need tocommunicate with them, and are constantly being stepped upon by somebody a hundered miles away.
 
Re: Ducting

> The effect is called ducting, where FM signals become
> trapped between layers of warm moist air and travel great
> distances. These are pretty good examples, but I recall the
> 1980 living in Syracuse when a huge duct formed in the
> South.
>
> There was a terrible heatwave in progress with 20+
> 100-degree days. The duct started the day in Louisiana,
> sucking up signals like a vacuum ceaner. Listened to KNOE
> and WNOE ("A James A. Noe Station" the legal ID declared.)
>
> By midday we were listening to the disco mix of Magic 102.1
> out of Houston, TX. An hour later KVIL-FM our of Dallas
> started booming in. Before sundown the duct travelled into
> Oklahoma and Kansas. KSKU in Hutchinson was the last DX of
> the day.
>
> I should point out that these stations were coming in like
> local Syracuse signals, pinning the signal meter on my
> Yanaha tuner at 9 or 10 with full quieting stereo. They
> would come in for 10 to 20 minutes before the duct moved on
> to the next town. I have never experienced anything like
> that since.
>
> PTR
>
I think that this was e-skip, not tropo. Tropo usually gets stronger during the night.<P ID="signature">______________
17-year-old radio geek
Location: Princeton Junction, NJ
AIM: KewlDude471</P>
 
Re: Ducting

> I think that this was e-skip, not tropo. Tropo usually gets
> stronger during the night.
>

This was tropo, no question about it. E Skip does not hold on for days, like this is doing. If the tropo is good enough, like it has been, it can go all day long.
 
Re: Ducting

> > The effect is called ducting, where FM signals become
> > trapped between layers of warm moist air and travel great
> > distances. These are pretty good examples, but I recall
> the
> > 1980 living in Syracuse when a huge duct formed in the
> > South.
> >
> > There was a terrible heatwave in progress with 20+
> > 100-degree days. The duct started the day in Louisiana,
> > sucking up signals like a vacuum ceaner. Listened to KNOE
>
> > and WNOE ("A James A. Noe Station" the legal ID declared.)
>
> >
> > By midday we were listening to the disco mix of Magic
> 102.1
> > out of Houston, TX. An hour later KVIL-FM our of Dallas
> > started booming in. Before sundown the duct travelled
> into
> > Oklahoma and Kansas. KSKU in Hutchinson was the last DX
> of
> > the day.
> >
> > I should point out that these stations were coming in like
>
> > local Syracuse signals, pinning the signal meter on my
> > Yanaha tuner at 9 or 10 with full quieting stereo. They
> > would come in for 10 to 20 minutes before the duct moved
> on
> > to the next town. I have never experienced anything like
> > that since.
> >
> > PTR
> >
> Conditions here on the DownEast Coast of Maine, Mount Desert
> Island last night were also very interesting. WBUR 90.9 was
> wiping out Maine Public Radio's WMEH 90.9, Bangor and most
> of the Portland area stations were coming in local-like.
> Also, lots of FM stations in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
> coming in right next to and over the Bangor area FMs and
> their adjacents. Even got WBOT 97.7 from Brockton/Boston at
> their 8PM hourly legal-ID. Totally over local 97.7 WNSX.
> (Which hopefuly will get going locally here REAL soon)
>
> TV was also interesting, WENH-11 was in like a local, as was
> WMED-13 Calais. Even picked up a few UHF skippers..several
> from Nova Scotia, relaying Halifax, as well as Telemundo on
> Channel 60, presumably from Manchester. Also, 38 and 56 from
> Boston, just using a VHF-Whip & UHF BowTie on a 20-year old
> B&W Portable 9" set. This was partially due to low layer of
> fog which settled in along coast of Maine, after a very
> warm, beautiful Sunny day. At work, conditions on police
> frequenceis (155 mhz area) also quite sporatic..Picking up
> the RCMP from New Brunswick over one of our local public
> works/fire frequencies.
> Kinda cool, except when you have to send out the fire or
> ambulance crews and need tocommunicate with them, and are
> constantly being stepped upon by somebody a hundered miles
> away.

I was in Biddeford Me. on Monday and checked to see if WMEX 106.5 had flipped formats yet and WQCB Q 106.5 from Brewer was loud and clear like a local.Tried driving around and couldn't get "MEX at all."MEX doesn't have a great signal in Biddeford but I've always been able to pick it up, but not on Monday.
>
 
Re: Ducting

Radio is interesting for sure. I live in good ole' Maine, and my wife's family is from the Rockland area. There was one time in the late August I was going to see the in-laws (shivers), and we picked up my favorite seacoast oldies station. It was WQSO, I know that because it was Bill Fenton on the air, and there was 60s and 70s music playing instead of the talk format they have (on 96.7) in nearby Boothbay Harbor. It greatly caught me by surprise!

I was also driving just a couple of days ago through Providence, RI, all to pick up the great Mike Roberts on WFNK. The real interesting thing about picking up Frank in Providence is the fact that nearby Chatham, MA has there 50,000 watt flame thrower classical station.

And to move a little away from the subject, I did pick up WBZ often (and very well) when my wife and I lived in VA. Has anyone else picked WBZ out from a great distance? I'd love to hear your stories!!

Cheers!
Lenny
 
Re: Ducting

> Radio is interesting for sure. I live in good ole' Maine,
> and my wife's family is from the Rockland area. There was
> one time in the late August I was going to see the in-laws
> (shivers), and we picked up my favorite seacoast oldies
> station. It was WQSO, I know that because it was Bill Fenton
> on the air, and there was 60s and 70s music playing instead
> of the talk format they have (on 96.7) in nearby Boothbay
> Harbor. It greatly caught me by surprise!
>
> I was also driving just a couple of days ago through
> Providence, RI, all to pick up the great Mike Roberts on
> WFNK. The real interesting thing about picking up Frank in
> Providence is the fact that nearby Chatham, MA has there
> 50,000 watt flame thrower classical station.
>
> And to move a little away from the subject, I did pick up
> WBZ often (and very well) when my wife and I lived in VA.
> Has anyone else picked WBZ out from a great distance? I'd
> love to hear your stories!!
>
> Cheers!
> Lenny
>
I can always receive WBZ here in Central NC at night. I grew up in Maine and it is nice to hear a New England station.
 
Re: Ducting

> And to move a little away from the subject, I did pick up
> WBZ often (and very well) when my wife and I lived in VA.
> Has anyone else picked WBZ out from a great distance? I'd
> love to hear your stories!!

You may get hundreds of responses to that question. People have been picking up WBZ all across the eastern U.S. (and sometimes farther) at night for generations. Farthest I've caught them is Tennessee. Also got them loud and quite clear on a Walkman inside the Detroit airport.
 
> Was 93.9 leaning alt rock? Probably WCYY, WCYI Auburn, ME...50kw that simulcast with 25kw 94.3 in Biddeford, ME
>
> WLNG 92.1
> WBAB 102.3
> WBAZ 102.5
> WRCN 103.9
> WBLI 106.1
>
> Connecticut
>
> WZMX 93.7
> WTIC 96.5
> WKHL 96.7
> WEZN 99.9
> WRCH 100.5
> WEBE 107.9
>
> Hudson Valley
>
> WBPM 92.9
> WRTN 93.5
> WPKF 96.1
> WRRB 96.9
> WCTW 98.5
> WHUD 100.7
> WSPK 104.7
>
> Boston/Cape Cod
>
> WBOS 92.9
> WMKK 93.7
> WRZE 96.3
> WTKK 96.9
> WCIB 101.9
> WCRB 102.5
> WBCN 104.1
> WMJX 106.7
>
> Northern New England
>
> WEZF 92.9
> WHOM 94.9
> WQSS 102.5
> WPKQ 103.7
> WQCB 106.5 (425 miles! longest FM tropo catch ever for me)
>
> Un-id
>
> Rock station on 93.9 received while WQSS 102.5 was booming
> in
>
 
Re: Ducting

> > And to move a little away from the subject, I did pick up
> > WBZ often (and very well) when my wife and I lived in VA.
> > Has anyone else picked WBZ out from a great distance? I'd
> > love to hear your stories!!
>
> You may get hundreds of responses to that question. People
> have been picking up WBZ all across the eastern U.S. (and
> sometimes farther) at night for generations. Farthest I've
> caught them is Tennessee. Also got them loud and quite clear
> on a Walkman inside the Detroit airport.
>


I picked them up a couple of times when I was stationed on Kodiak Island Alaska. Even called them once and got put on air with Larry Glick back in 1984!!
 
> Connecticut
>
> WZMX 93.7
> WTIC 96.5
> WKHL 96.7
> WRCH 100.5
> WEBE 107.9
>

WZMX-FM is on West Peak in Meriden, CT near I-691.
WTIC-FM is on Avon Mountain, to the west of Hartford.
WRCH-FM is on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington, CT.
WKHL-FM has the tower in Stamford and is quite visible along I-95 near the train and bus stations.
WEBE-FM has a side-mounted transmitter atop a smokestack near I-95 and the Arena At Harbor Yards.

> Northern New England
>
> WHOM 94.9
> WPKQ 103.7
> WQCB 106.5 (425 miles! longest FM tropo catch ever for me)
>

WHOM-FM is atop Mount Washington, NH and has one of the largest FM coverage areas in the entire northeast.
WPKQ-FM is licensed to Berlin, NH.
WQCB-FM is licensed to Brewer, ME (other side of the river from Bangor). I once got that station here in central Connecticut back in 1989. Today, WBMW-FM 106.5 of Ledyard, CT (New London County) uses that frequency.
 
WPKQ 103.7

>
> > Northern New England
> >
> >
> > WPKQ 103.7

>
.
> WPKQ-FM is licensed to Berlin, NH.

WPKQ 103.7 is now licensed to North Conway.
 
WHOM/WPKQ

WHOM actually has one of the largest FM signals in North America, due to the height and ERP, and no doubt, the largest in the northeast. Also, WHOM and WPKQ transmit off of Mt. Washington.

Cheers!
Lenny

> WHOM-FM is atop Mount Washington, NH and has one of the
> largest FM coverage areas in the entire northeast.
> WPKQ-FM is licensed to Berlin, NH.
> WQCB-FM is licensed to Brewer, ME (other side of the river
> from Bangor). I once got that station here in central
> Connecticut back in 1989. Today, WBMW-FM 106.5 of Ledyard,
> CT (New London County) uses that frequency.
 
Re: Ducting

I once heard WBZ clear as a bell around 5pm while listneing on a walman, riding a greyhound bus somewhere in south carolina
 
Re: Ducting

> > Has anyone else picked WBZ out from a great distance? I'd
> > love to hear your stories!!
>
> You may get hundreds of responses to that question. People

Not WBZ related but when I lived in Kansas, I worked at a station and we received a letter after a period of ducting from someone in Alberta, Canada that had heard our station. That was well over 1000 miles away.

I am also an amateur radio operator and I talked to someone in St. Louis (over 600 miles from where I was at the time) using one watt and a rubber-duck antenna on a handheld radio. This was simplex - not through a repeater.

There was one time during a period of ducting that we heard radio stations in Kansas from the Northeast, such as New York, etc. Another ham I knew claimed he talked to someone in Quebec (from Kansas) on VHF (FM) at that time but I did not personally witness it.

At the time, I worked overnights at the radio station and was there all alone. We had a VHF and broadcast band antennas on the roof and there were a lot of interesting occurances.
 
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