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OZ FM 94.7 The Rock of the Rock,, Heard in Southern Indiana on 8/14

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Got this station I beleive to be in Newfoundland,, so powerful it ripped apart a local 50kw just 40 miles away, and it lit up the RDS.. I have no clue how far away that is, but its a long way. Got several other stations too, but didnt catch an ID.
 
Got a recording of this one?
 
I wish I did, but this is just amazing. Got any idea how far this is. I heard it at the Wal Mart parking lot in Bloomington.
 
There was some late season Es this weekend, however I didn't catch it. Also, this Es favored a Texas to Indiana route and it happened in the afternoon hours. If you heard anything else on 94.7 over WFBQ, it was probably from Texas and it wasn't before 6:00 AM.
 
Clubber has a habit of "reporting" amazing DX from improbable places at improbable times when no one else is reporting anything, "DX Robot" does not report any activity, etc.
 
Well it's possible that there could be an e-skip early in the morning when most people are asleep or not expecting e-skip. In June I heard e-skip at 3 AM when I was expecting tropo.

There very well could have been multiple e-skip clouds in the sky that day.
 
First off those DX robots are totally in accurate. Another thing, I dont beleive those of you who have had stations wipe out a station from just a few miles from the TX,, this is impossible. There is no way you guys can get skip from a station that is inside the 54 DB coverage area, it has never happened to me.. I dont beleive the guy that said he picked up New Orleans Power 93.3 from Clear Water Florida, simply because WFLZ, a 100kw flamthrower in the area would render that impossible. I also dont beleive the posters that have claimed to Medium Wave 1700 Brownsville Texas in Australia, and I dont beleive the posters who say they have gotten E-Skip on CB radio's simply because CBs that are legal have a normal range of about 1 mile. You might be able to get 100 miles on CB skip, but if anyone is like,, HEY EARL, Whats Your 20,, and they give out a ficticious location, they are lying. I have never beleived those CB skip stories, cause it has never happened to me. So I guess that means if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there, it didnt make a sound. Disbeleive me if you must, but thats your problem, I had never ever heard of OZ FM until I heard it a few days ago, and it certainly wasnt my format of choice. I also never log a station unless I get a Possitve ID, I mark those as UNID... Thank you guys for nothing, :mad:
 
Another thing, I dont beleive those of you who have had stations wipe out a station from just a few miles from the TX,, this is impossible. There is no way you guys can get skip from a station that is inside the 54 DB coverage area, it has never happened to me..
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It can't be done on any given day at any given time, but it is very possible. I've heard an unID Es signal briefly rise above my very strong 7 mile distant 50kw station. I've been able to wipe out a 170 watt translator from 1.3 miles away. I get an HD signal from a Detroit station over another local translator and I've heard WMBI and their HD signal over another 250 watt station just two miles away. These are very rare, but they did happen, even with my $25 FM-6 antenna.

More frequently, my semi-local 50kw stations are prone to co-channel interference. Only two are under 25 miles from me, the rest are in the 30-50 mile range and are very fair game for co-channel, sometimes with minimal Tr conditions. There are a handful of class A's in my area (18-25 mile range) which all can go MIA during Tr.

Look, DX'ing is fun and it's a hobby i'm glad I picked up on. There are websites that you can use to predict when there's tropo or Es in your area. Right now is the beginning of the peak tropo season. All you need to do is know your dial and what's usually there. Or you can find an open frequency. They can serve as 'beacons' so you know what's going on and where it's coming from. Southern Indiana is full of open frequencies, so you could possibly clean up better than I can here in Michigan.
 
to quote: "I also dont beleive the posters that have claimed to Medium Wave 1700 Brownsville Texas in Australia"

shows your knowledge on Serious high end DX is nil. 1700 Brownsville is logged occasionally down here but not using the "garden variety" receivers you probably use. I use a Kenwood R-5000 with a 300m longwire & if you had ANY knowledge on high end receivers, you'd know the R-5000 is a highly rated HF desktop communications receiver. A 300m longwire has a lot of gain on MW & using a resistor at the far end of the longwire improves its forward gain, making it a beverage antenna. I have recordings to prove I've had 1700 Brownsville.

here: http://www.owdjim.gen.nz/chris/radio/DXSoundBites/amcd2004/andromeda.php?q=f&f=/2004

KVNS 1700 Brownsville is towards the bottom of the page. But there are also recordings of KQXX (its previous calls & format).

dxer2_2000
 
A lot of seemingly impossible catches are possible. Last week during a strong tropo opening to Boston many of the Boston stations wiped out the co-channel locals for hours. The locals were about 45 dBu strength, and in the same direction as Boston. Several local stations with 60 dBu strength also suffered from interference. I got a pirate station from Boston on 87.7, 250 miles away and in the same direction as WNYZ 87.7 only 60 miles away (the LPTV normally has zero signal where I am, and the pirate allegedly has 5000 watts). Another improbable catch: WWXM 97.7 from Myrtle Beach, SC twice this year.
 
I have thought about this...the antenna dxer2-2000 described is about 1000 feet long, it's a one heck of a good antenna. I can see why he heard US stations in Australia. I cannot have such an antenna as I live in an apartment. The best I can do is an indoor loop, did fine with DX, but does not receive the kind of DX that a beverage antenna receives. I tried some wire antennas but they picked too much noise in the apartment. I have a Palstar LA30 loopstick MW antenna and it's the best I have, so far, I liked its small size. The receiver dxer2 uses is an excellent communications receiver as well, according to what I read in Passport books and Eham net reviews. It just shows that the better/longer the antenna is, where it is placed (outdoors away from RF noises) on the owner's property, the kind of radio he has, the better the chance of hearing difficuly DX, as well as providing the proper impedance matching of the antenna and the RF antenna input of the receiver.
 
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