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[SomeRadioGuy]

Radio Nacional da Amazonias, 0015-0200UTC on 11780khz from a 100kw transmitter into a curtain antenna beamed at 312 degrees azimuth from a transmitter site 40km NW of Brasilia. Target region is the northern Amazon forest region.

Im 5000 miles outside of their target zone but only 8 degrees off dead center and the perfect place for a 3rd hop. 11780 here is consistently this good, way better than it was in Alaska

TEF6686 Radio, DXEngineering preamp, EmTech ZM2 antenna tuner, big Wellbrook type magnetic loop antenna along with accessories like a Zoom H1 to record audio and Pyle wireless mic system to feed audio directly into my camera for video.

 

[Reverend]

Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1270 kHz, 25kW, received 22:47 UTC, 3 June from the UK. Distance: 6800 miles. Good example of grey-line propagation.

 

[kevtronics]

Nothing major, but tropo was bringing the DelMarVa-area stations into central NJ this morning. I heard "Q105" (104.7 WQHQ Ocean City-Salisbury, MD), classic rock on 106.9 (most likely "The Fox" WAFX Suffolk, VA), and "Big 107.7" (WGBG-FM Fruitland, MD), along with southern NJ stations like "Lite 96.9" (WFPG Atlantic City, NJ), "SoJO 104.9" (WSJO Egg Harbor City, NJ), and "Cat Country 107.3" (WPUR Atlantic City, NJ).

 

[crainbebo]

You should have been listening to the FM dial last night. 2-3 hours of non-stop FM Es top-of-band on the East Coast. Some DXers even had multiple local FMs wiped out.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

You should have been listening to the FM dial last night. 2-3 hours of non-stop FM Es top-of-band on the East Coast. Some DXers even had multiple local FMs wiped out.

DX Potential off to a strong start already this morning.
High MUFs up to 110+ and climbing !!
Looks likes it's gonna be another good E-Skip day!

 

[crainbebo]

I missed much of this opening as I was incredibly (no...beyond) busy with an Amazon delivery route. I'm working Amazon until (hopefully) 7/15-20, and then heading east for Montana. This will keep my finances going as the kids go home for the summer.

Had a few Es signals around 12:55-1:05PM PT today from Yakima.
KEXL 97.5 Norfolk NE, ag report with WJAG reference
KORN 92.1 Parkston SD, Korn Country
KOLB 88.3 Hartington NE with Catholic talk program, Ave Maria in the Afternoon
and finally a NEW log: 93.5 KIPI Eagle Butte, SD with classic hits and a TOH ID. NEW #939, 100KW at 936 miles.

Had an UNID 89.7 NPR, was probably KUSD (a relog). Really no time to DX w/ 150+ packages to drop off. I'm off Thurs/Fri so maybe I'll be around for a giant top-of-band extravaganza with translator logs and more double-hop. Can I...pretty please?

No recordings due to work.

Meanwhile, before work, there was Es on the east coast...and I spent over TWO HOURS on a giant Es opening in Bermuda via the SDR there. Bermuda is a dream spot for FM propagation as everything outside of a handful of locals on the island is DX (long tropo, Ms or Es). It was a frenzy, 3-4 deep at times, wild swapping. Started logging and recording from the SDR at 10:20 AM ET (or 11:20 in Bermuda).
- 101.3 WTMG Williston FL RDS
- 102.9 WEZI Jacksonville FL RDS
- 106.9 WPLL Cross City FL RDS and "I AM Country" ID
- 107.9 WWCQ Chiefland FL, Classic Rock 107.9, promo for the emergency alert system, and into 'Foxy Lady' Jimi Hendrix.
- 103.1 WGDN-FM Gladwin MI '103 Country'
- 106.7 WKRU Allouez WI (1500 miles!!) The Big Dog
- 103.7 WRUF-FM Gainesville FL RDS
- 104.5 WOKV-FM Atlantic Beach FL, Jacksonville traffic update mixed with religious station
- 105.3 WYKB Fernandina Beach FL, La Raza
- 96.1 WHBX Tallahassee FL RDS
- 101.1 WYOO Springfield FL RDS
- 101.5 WSOL-FM Yulee FL RDS
- 94.1 WAKU Crawfordville FL 'Wave 94' with CCM, Big Daddy Weave
- 97.9 WTSM Woodville FL, The Joy FM
- 106.3 WKBX Kingsland GA RDS
- 92.5 WPAP Panama City FL, RDS
- 93.3 WVFT Gretna FL, RDS
- 93.7 WBQO Darien GA The Bridge, mixed with 2-3 others
- 106.3 WSBZ Miramar Beach FL The Seabreeze, with Miranda Wilson midday shift, smooth jazz music, Seabreeze Jazz Festival references. This was so cool to hear! I listen to the Seabreeze almost every day!!
- 100.3 WTKE Niceville FL RDS
- 96.5 WZNS Fort Walton Beach FL RDS
- 90.1 WXVS Waycross GA RDS, GPB
- 96.9 WDJR Hartford GA INCREDIBLY strong...like a new local station on the island
- 89.3 WBJY Americus GA, AFR RDS
- 90.3 WMAH-FM Biloxi MS MPB
- 91.1 WABR Tifton GA GPB
- 94.7 WDEC Americus GA, w/RDS
- 94.5 WBYZ Baxley GA, RDS
- 95.7 WKXN Fort Deposit AL, the RDS is hacked by that same "GrimPlaysStuff" that has hacked several LPFMs, translators, and full-power FMs in the past couple of years with uncensored rap and EAS tones. The programming is normal. Urban AC/R&B.
- 95.9 WTGZ Auburn AL, The Tiger
- 96.3 WJIZ-FM Albany GA, RDS
Faded out fast...then a whole new set of stations showed up.
- 98.9 WCLZ North Yarmouth ME, RDS, "Young Americans" David Bowie
- 91.9 CKLY Lindsay ON, ad for the Lindsay Curling Club, definitely NOT an NPR or religious station down south!
- 91.9 WFPB Falmouth MA, RDS matched this station not parent WUMB. Fundraiser
- 92.1 WSQV Lock Haven PA, RDS
- 101.3 WAGF-FM Dothan AL, RDS - last wisps of the southern path for now
- 101.3 WROZ Lancaster PA, Air 1
- 94.5 WNLI State College PA, also Air 1
- 96.5 WCMF Rochester NY, ID into Steppenwolf
- 93.5 CBM-FM Montreal QC, CBC Music, classical
- 96.9 WFPG Atlantic City NJ local ads
- 106.9 WKVP Camden NJ w/ K-LOVE, strong, putting HD hash on 106.7/107.1
- 106.5 WYRK Buffalo NY swapping with 3 others or more...716 area code mention
- 106.1 WUMR Philadelphia PA, RDS
- 104.3 WAXQ New York City Q104.3 promos
- 103.1 CFMX Cobourg ON, RDS and Classical
- 94.5 WPST Trenton NJ, RDS
- 94.5 WNED-FM Buffalo, classical and RDS
- 99.5 WDCX-FM Buffalo, sermon, RDS, 110KW
- 95.3 CING-FM Hamilton ON Energy 95.3
- 95.7 WPIG Olean NY RDS
- 96.1 WTSS Buffalo RDS
- 102.1 CFNY Toronto RDS
- 107.1 CILQ Toronto RDS
- 103.5 CIDC Orangeville/Toronto, dance music and RDS
- 96.1 WCTO Easton NJ RDS
- 89.9 CJBC-FM-2 Kitchener ON, RDS and Ici Musique
- 88.1 WKWP Williamsport PA K-LOVE local ID at noon ET, only 550 watts! This channel was almost like a graveyard AM frequency. Just a giant bowl of soup with potentially 10-20 FMs in. Nobody in particular fading up to strong levels.
- 92.1 CKPC-FM Brantford ON, RDS, Lite 92
- 96.9 WGRF Buffalo RDS
- 96.7 CHYM-FM Kitchener ON RDS, IDed
- 97.1 WZHD Canaseraga NY, The Goat
- 99.9 CKFM Toronto, Virgin Radio
- 101.5 WKXW Trenton NJ, New Jersey 101-5, RDS
- 102.3 CKJJ Belleville ON, UCB Radio with fundraiser
- 104.1 WHTT Buffalo NY, Classic Hits 104-1 WHTT, RDS
- 103.7 WQNY Ithaca NY, Q Country ID
- 106.9 WEZX Scranton NY, RDS, local ads for (I believe) a pest control company
- 100.7 CHIN-FM Toronto, Asian programming
- 100.9 CBLA-FM-3 Wingham ON, CBC discussion on AI data centers in the Hamilton area, taking phone calls.
- 106.5 WSKZ Chattanooga TN RDS (?! Another new path on the island!)
- 106.1 WNKI Corning NY, Wink 106
- 105.7 WBNW-FM Endicott NY, RDS
- 105.3 WKPQ Hornell NY RDS
- 104.5 CHUM-FM Toronto RDS, Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind"
- 92.5 WBEE Rochester NY RDS
- 87.7 WNYZ-LD New York City with Korean programming and RDS
- 102.5 WPRT-FM Pegram TN, RDS, The Game
- 107.9 WBT-FM Charlotte with real news/talk and political chatter...and not lounge music like the AM! And RDS too

Whew! That's a LOT of logs from the beautiful island of Bermuda. It is an FM paradise.

 

[CurtisNEPA]

From my house in NEPA, this morning, for the first time ever, I've received a AC station on 103.3 calling themselves "Magic 103.3 & 98.5"?. I googled this station and listened to their stream to see if it matches the actual broadcast, and it turns out that it is based in Newport, NC. This was picked up off of my QODOSEN DX-286 receiver, which has excellent FM reception. Also, it was heard over the IBOC hash from adjacent local WILK-FM 103.1.

Also, I picked up a religious station WYFI 99.7 out of Norfolk. It came in almost clearly on the same radio I use.

This was my first time picking up stations as far south as southern coastal NC via tropo in a valley region in NEPA. It is common for such stations to be picked up during tropo events in places around the Jersey Shore.

Also, some stations from Philly were receivable.

 

[crainbebo]

Curtis, you might have Es right now. AR/LA probably from your location.
Edit: On an SDR in Montreal, it is CRAZY...3-4 deep with stations ranging Cleveland OH (500 miles) to Birmingham AL. Highlights: WAKS-96.5 Akron w/ Kia of Cleveland ad...WJQQ and WBVB KY swapping on 97.1, several Charleston WV stations including Electric 102.7, WEZJ-104.3 Williamsburg KY, WNCI 97.9 Columbus w/ a weather report, WIVK 107.7 Knoxville (and others), and WVKM-106.7 Matewan WV w/ WVPB, Classical.

 

[RandomUser]

You should have been listening to the FM dial last night. 2-3 hours of non-stop FM Es top-of-band on the East Coast. Some DXers even had multiple local FMs wiped out.

This is where in Pittsburgh from where I got KDWB (~763 miles) and KZ 100 (~941 miles). I wasn’t believing it as I usually get unlucky , missing when there is e skip. KZ 100 was so unpredictable in signal , but at points it was strong enough for RDS! KDWB quickly faded into classic country music as “101.3 WNCL” with a moderate signal. I searched it up l but no station uses the branding and a classic country station in Deleware using WNCL changed the call signs a few years back, so that’s a current mystery.

 

[crainbebo]

Some more logs from Montreal...earlier:

WEKU 88.9 Richmond KY
WEKM 88.1 Maysville KY mixed with several others
WKVO 89.9 Georgetown KY, K-LOVE
WXKV 90.5 Selmer TN
WCJK 96.3 Murfreesboro TN (Jack FM)
WKYM 101.7 Monticello KY
WJLE-FM 101.7 Smithville TN
WCMT 101.3 Martin TN
WKDO-FM 101.3 Liberty KY
WZYP 104.3 Huntsville AL
W254DW 98.7 Shelbyville TN (WLIJ-1580, 250 watts!)
WFMH 95.5 Hackleburg AL - pure southern country radio
and the big one...WXLN-LP 93.3 Shelbyville KY, Power 93-3 only 100 watts! mixed w/ WAKW Cincinnati.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

Wow Some Decent E-skip today!!

90.3 KMNE from Central Nebraska
heard in Gaffney SC

Also confirmed without RDS, briefly,
99.5 the Twister (matched KDJL).