Tropo in Connecticut?

[Raider57]

Last Night I was In Glastonbury,CT, about 6 miles SE of Hartford and I was picking up some distant stations. I first picked up 103.5 KTU then other New York FM stations, I also received WBMX out of Boston. I also picked up 94.1 out of Marlboro, VT? Im just wondering if this was considered a little tropo or just received regularly around Hartford since Im not from around there.

 

[BRNout]

Definitely tropospheric ducting, although it's a little early in the year for it. None are normally heard there.

The stations that you received seemed like a bit of an odd mix to me, for example 94.1 WHJY Providence would pound in during such events. Never even heard of the Vermont station being picked up there.

West of the CT River (in central CT), most stations received via ducting would tend to be from Providence, New Bedford, Cape Cod (WCIB was best) and Boston. East of the river, you have better terrain toward NY City and those stations would often come in too. It seemed like 97.1 and 103.5 were always the best NY frequencies thanks to the general lack of locals on or by those frequencies.

 

[nd2023]

I heard WEBE 108 strong this morning, and there was not a cloud in the sky all day. When there's a cloudless sky, expect tropo.

 

[radioman148]

I heard WEBE 108 strong this morning, and there was not a cloud in the sky all day. When there's a cloudless sky, expect tropo.

Always?

 

[BRNout]

I heard WEBE 108 strong this morning, and there was not a cloud in the sky all day. When there's a cloudless sky, expect tropo.

Always?

No, not always.

In fact, hazy and humid days are ideal for tropo. Particularly those humid, cloudy days when there's fog by the coast.

WEBE 108 is not an unusual catch for most of CT. Yes, it's usually weaker than local around the Hartford area - but you should be able to hear it pretty well in most cases. REAL tropo ducting brings in WXKS over WEBE. Which I used to see quite a bit during those aforementioned humid summer days. Especially mornings and evenings.

 

[radioman148]

Yes I've also noticed that hazy humid days are good in the midwest as well. Sometimes even fog in late spring.