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Unbelievable Es just heard on Cape Cod (not mine)

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crainbebo

This I believe is the first-ever reported European E-skip signal in the lower 48!!!! Logged this morning, 7/1/21, by Bryce Foster, K4NBF, in Mashpee MA on Cape Cod. Copied from WTFDA's WLogger (subscription logger only for members).

"Es 87.7 Antena-3 Pico da Barrosa, Azores 2x to Azores, started around 10:15a EST, faded out about 10 minutes ago. Just figured out what it was. LIkely a few other logs"
He then commented and said the following:
"I saw the TA paths this morning and Maritimes logs below. Beamed east intentionally capturing 87-88 with SDR IQ recording, turned around from work PC and saw signal on 87.7"

A full report will probably be on the WTFDA forums later today or tomorrow, but apparently, he had the Azores all the way to 98.9.

Congratulations Bryce on a historic Es log! What a year this has been for double-hop. WBVM Tampa logged in CA and WA this summer (not by me, sadly), as well as a Newfoundland DXer hearing Spain about two weeks back on multi-hop Es. Now, this. WOW
 
And here it is!

TA Es - Cape Cod, MA to Azores - WTFDA Forums

Pleased to report that I've confirmed a Trans-Atlantic Es on FM from earlier today, July 1, 2021. Around 9:30 am eastern, with 50 MHz TA paths on DXMaps and WTFDA members reporting paths from east coast to Canadian Martimes, I began beaming ENE and recording on SDRs from 87 to 99 MHz. While I...
forums.wtfda.org
 
Bryce has done it again!Iceland Es logged from MA!!.JPG
That 88.0 FM signal is from SW Iceland, the RUV 1 network. Distance of nearly 2,500 miles during an intense Es opening (going on right now!) to the Maritimes and Newfoundland. That's two countries in Europe on 2Es from Cape Cod, and both of them being historic.
The dream scenario IMO. Congrats again! šŸ˜²
 
crainbebo said:
And our own jlehmann out near Boston has just heard RUV 1 in western Iceland on 88.0 as well! BIG congrats to him!
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Yes, Bryce, myself, and also Keith McGinnis in Hingham, MA all heard it. Amazing! I think Bryce moving to Cape Cod and also there being a serious FM DXer in Newfoundland has made us all realize how possible transatlantic reception really is.

It's still not 100% certain where the station is that we heard. Both Greenland and Iceland are possibilities as there seems to be listings of the same programming in several locations, though the Iceland one is 18kW and 2 in Greenland are listed with only 400w.

This was followed up tonight with a really good high MUF opening to MO, IL, IN, OH, IA, with signals heard up to 162 MHz. I worked 2 stations in IL on 144.200 USB as well.
 
Does Bryce ever get sick and tired of double-hop Es or not? He just heard this beauty yesterday (7/12) from Dabajuro, Venezuela, on 93.9. Distance 2,100+ miles! This path resulted in no other Es activity on FM for mainland US DXers, everyone's paths were into the open Atlantic waters. But not for Bryce, who also had an UNID on 91.2(!) Who the heck could that be?? Download the clip from his Twitter page:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1414724784961867777
 
More mindblowing double-hop! Extra, extra!

2Es to Guyana from New Jersey!!.JPG
That's Nick Langan (W2NJL) logging 89.5 Voice of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana! This is *over* 2,500 miles straight water path from New Jersey. šŸ˜² šŸ˜²

And what else do I see? Oh, jlehmann back at it again logging 2-hop from the Dominican Republic! And Bryce is doing it too! Apparently, this opening has been into the 100+ MHz range.

A new solar cycle and an X-class flare and this is what happens. Simply incredible!

EDIT - Bryce just wrote this a minute or two ago on Wlogger!
"Es 95.6 Radio Uno Barranquilla, Colombia "Radio Uno" ID. Also 98.6 in Barranquilla"

WHOA!
 
AZORES AGAIN!! How does Bryce keep doing it? Wlogger relay just 20 minutes ago at 5:30PM ET:
"Es 88.5 Radio Atlantida Punto Delgado, Azores Also have the 87.7 Antena 3 and an unid 87.9"Azores AGAIN 87.7 from MA 7 21 21!.JPG
 
Bryce is on Cape Cod, which is a DX magnet for AM and UHF tropo. Nearly straight water path from Cape Cod to the Azores. He has an SDR and checks it often...also checks DXMaps for 6-meter double-hop and multi-hop to Europe and South America. Jeff Lehmann has had very similar success this year as has Keith McGinniss in Hingham, and Nick Langan in Tabernacle, NJ. And we're in a new solar cycle.
 
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