OK. I know this borders on the geeky. Well, maybe MORE than borders... but anyway--
It has been MONTHS since a nice FM band opening. We finally got a nice one in Memphis this morning.
I didn't spend too much time on the FM band, as I was on 144 MHz ham most of the time (GEEK ALERT!) working into Florida, but I did get to flip around as I drove kids to school this morning. Signals from afar were strong. WHAL/95.7 was unlistenable in Germantown. Interference primarily from Little Rock was simply blowing them out of the water. 103.5 was getting grief from 1st adjacent WMXS/Montgomery, AL. 107.5 was taking big hits, too. I assume it was my old station in Jackson.
Stations I heard just casually flipping included KLRZ/100.3 in Larose, LA (south of New Orleans) at just under 400 miles. It was strong enough to hit in scan, and stood out due to their all Louisiana format. My son asked "what is that music, Dad?" Other channels usually pretty open around here (e.g., 106.5) we so full of stations, none were able to stay on top for long.
This stuff often comes in waves. While the band is mostly back to normal as the day heated up, often this stuff restarts as we get late in the day. Conditions looks favorable. So, we'll see.
DE
It has been MONTHS since a nice FM band opening. We finally got a nice one in Memphis this morning.
I didn't spend too much time on the FM band, as I was on 144 MHz ham most of the time (GEEK ALERT!) working into Florida, but I did get to flip around as I drove kids to school this morning. Signals from afar were strong. WHAL/95.7 was unlistenable in Germantown. Interference primarily from Little Rock was simply blowing them out of the water. 103.5 was getting grief from 1st adjacent WMXS/Montgomery, AL. 107.5 was taking big hits, too. I assume it was my old station in Jackson.
Stations I heard just casually flipping included KLRZ/100.3 in Larose, LA (south of New Orleans) at just under 400 miles. It was strong enough to hit in scan, and stood out due to their all Louisiana format. My son asked "what is that music, Dad?" Other channels usually pretty open around here (e.g., 106.5) we so full of stations, none were able to stay on top for long.
This stuff often comes in waves. While the band is mostly back to normal as the day heated up, often this stuff restarts as we get late in the day. Conditions looks favorable. So, we'll see.
DE