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What Is The Furthest DX or E-skip Have You Ever Received?
- Thread starter Retro
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Retro said:
On the FM side my best E-skip would CITI/92.1 ("Cee-Tee FM") from Winnipeg, Manitoba back on December 21, 1992. On the snow bands (TV) it would be either KMTV Channel 3 Omaha, NE or KTEW/KJRH Channel 2 in Tulsa, OK back in the early '80's. On AM skywave it would be KGU/760 from Hawaii back in 1971.
73,
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
For TV: this would have been in the early 80s in Nahant (before we got cable/'86 and were dealing with
rooftop antenna:
WESH-TV 2 Orlando FL (Ch 2 Boston off air in morning)
WCBB- TV 10 Biddeford ME (Over-rode Ch 10 from RI)
WGAN- TV 13 Portland ME
WGBB- TV 40 Holyoke
WLIW- TV 21 NYC
WVTA- TV 41 Windsor VT
rooftop antenna:
WESH-TV 2 Orlando FL (Ch 2 Boston off air in morning)
WCBB- TV 10 Biddeford ME (Over-rode Ch 10 from RI)
WGAN- TV 13 Portland ME
WGBB- TV 40 Holyoke
WLIW- TV 21 NYC
WVTA- TV 41 Windsor VT
On TV, it would have to be KNOP-TV 2 (NBC) from North Platte, NE, which I picked up in Richmond, VA on a summer morning in 1974. That was using rabbit ears on a little B/W TV set that my parents got me for Christmas! I recall watching the fading images of the Today show on that channel over a one-hour period between 9 and 10 am local time. Today being on at that hour piqued my interest - it was done on the east coast by then.
The FM dial is tougher to calculate, as I have picked up e-skip from locations all over the US. But, given that its the Boston board, I'll have to say picking up KTTS 94.7 Springfield, MO from Nashua, NH in 1998 probably qualifies as farthest e-skip.
My best AM pickup happened last year, pulling in KOA 850 Denver over co-channels in Cleveland and Boston from Berwyn, PA. Of course, its nothing like Peter's reception of KGU back in the 70's
...but still not bad.
The FM dial is tougher to calculate, as I have picked up e-skip from locations all over the US. But, given that its the Boston board, I'll have to say picking up KTTS 94.7 Springfield, MO from Nashua, NH in 1998 probably qualifies as farthest e-skip.
My best AM pickup happened last year, pulling in KOA 850 Denver over co-channels in Cleveland and Boston from Berwyn, PA. Of course, its nothing like Peter's reception of KGU back in the 70's
...but still not bad.I don't know about DX'ing IN Boston, but I think my dad got WBZ in France once, but that was in the 50s or early 60s.
In Brighton Center in the 80s, I got two different stations on Channel 3, WFSB from Hartford, and some other place (VT?). Thats about as far as I can think.
As far as radio, the furthest I've gotten WBZ is Western MA, but I heard it in my friend's car in Albany NY too.
In Brighton Center in the 80s, I got two different stations on Channel 3, WFSB from Hartford, and some other place (VT?). Thats about as far as I can think.
As far as radio, the furthest I've gotten WBZ is Western MA, but I heard it in my friend's car in Albany NY too.
raccoonradio said:
WCBB-TV is from Augusta, ME. Channel 13 of Portland, ME was WGME-TV by then. Channel 40 was/is WGGB-TV and is licensed to Springfield, MA. WLIW-TV is licensed to Garden City, NY (on Long Island). WVTA-TV is correct.
From New Brtiain, CT (southwest of Hartford), in the days of no IBOC, HD radio or HDTV:
TV - Channel 2 from Daytona Beach (Orlando market), Atlanta, Saint Joseph, MO (north of Kansas City), Cedar Rapids, IA and Saint Paul, MN.
AM - KMOX-AM 1120 Saint Louis, before WPRX-AM 1120 of Bristol/New Britain came around and 1200 AM (WOAI-AM?) from San Antonio.
FM - 97.1 FM Talk (calls?) from Saint Louis, but not on the same day as KMOX-AM.
On the FM side:
I've actually received a lot of Connecticut stations on DX. But on rare occasions:
Mix 97.3 from Atlantic City, NJ
WALK 97.5 from Long Island
105.1 from NYC (It was overriding WWLI from Providence).
I never listened to AM that much, so I dunno…
On the TV side:
WFSB-3 Hartford
WMTW-8 Poland Spring
WTNH-8 New Haven
WPIX-11 New York (For a minute I thought it was WENH, but then I realized it couldn't be)
WNET-13 New York
WPHL-17 Philadelphia
WUVN-18 Hartford
WCDC-19 Adams
WLIW-21 Garden City
WEDH-24 Hartford
WHPX-26 New London
WTXF-29 Philadelphia
WGGB-40 Springfield
WSAH-43 Bridgeport
WNJU-47 New Jersey (Somewhere?)
WEDW-49 Waterbury
WNJN-50 New Jersey (I thought for a minute it was WNDS)
WEDN-53 Norwich
WGBY-57 Springfield
WPHL-57 Philadelphia
WDPX-58 Vineyard Haven
WCTX-59 New Haven
WTIC-61 Hartford
WFUT-67 TeleFutura from NYC (I thought it might have been bleed-through from WUTF, since their signal is very strong in my area)
I've actually received a lot of Connecticut stations on DX. But on rare occasions:
Mix 97.3 from Atlantic City, NJ
WALK 97.5 from Long Island
105.1 from NYC (It was overriding WWLI from Providence).
I never listened to AM that much, so I dunno…
On the TV side:
WFSB-3 Hartford
WMTW-8 Poland Spring
WTNH-8 New Haven
WPIX-11 New York (For a minute I thought it was WENH, but then I realized it couldn't be)
WNET-13 New York
WPHL-17 Philadelphia
WUVN-18 Hartford
WCDC-19 Adams
WLIW-21 Garden City
WEDH-24 Hartford
WHPX-26 New London
WTXF-29 Philadelphia
WGGB-40 Springfield
WSAH-43 Bridgeport
WNJU-47 New Jersey (Somewhere?)
WEDW-49 Waterbury
WNJN-50 New Jersey (I thought for a minute it was WNDS)
WEDN-53 Norwich
WGBY-57 Springfield
WPHL-57 Philadelphia
WDPX-58 Vineyard Haven
WCTX-59 New Haven
WTIC-61 Hartford
WFUT-67 TeleFutura from NYC (I thought it might have been bleed-through from WUTF, since their signal is very strong in my area)
AM: (1974) KOA, Denver (WHDH, Boston was off the air for technical maintenance on a Sunday evening)
FM: (2003) KQKQ, Omaha, NE (unbelievable e-skip that day)
TV: (1981) KTVN, Reno, NV (wild sunspot activity that summer - logged 34 different Channel 2's)
On the flipside, my dad (who used to be Director of Engineering for Knight Quality Stations) told me that WSAR in Fall River, MA used to get loads of QSL requests from Europe, including Scandinavia. I remember seeing one from a DXer in Finland more than 30 years ago.
FM: (2003) KQKQ, Omaha, NE (unbelievable e-skip that day)
TV: (1981) KTVN, Reno, NV (wild sunspot activity that summer - logged 34 different Channel 2's)
On the flipside, my dad (who used to be Director of Engineering for Knight Quality Stations) told me that WSAR in Fall River, MA used to get loads of QSL requests from Europe, including Scandinavia. I remember seeing one from a DXer in Finland more than 30 years ago.
Hi Randy,
I'm assuming the QSL's were from WSAR's days as a 4 tower DA-2. When they no longer had to protect the unbuilt 1480 in Quebec, the 2-tower DA-1 also got out well. Looks as though the major lobe was pointed at England. Tell your dad I was asking for him; I was Chief at 'SAR back in 1984.
I'm assuming the QSL's were from WSAR's days as a 4 tower DA-2. When they no longer had to protect the unbuilt 1480 in Quebec, the 2-tower DA-1 also got out well. Looks as though the major lobe was pointed at England. Tell your dad I was asking for him; I was Chief at 'SAR back in 1984.
In Perryville, Missouri, this was the coolest thing. I heard a familiar voice on 99.9 FM, it was Dave Reid on WQRC in Hyannis. Also scanned the dial for more E-skip and caught Lite 105 (105.1) in Providence. Two stations I recognized right away because I sometimes listen to WQRC when I am on the Cape or here in RI if it is coming in, and I also sometimes listen to Lite (now called Lite Rock) 105.
WBAP out of Dallas/Ft.Worth in 1962 which made that truly creepy in retrospect. Now it seems like an X-File thinking about it.
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2 WPBT Miami
2 WESH Daytona Beach
3 WRDU Tampa
3 WBTV Charlotte
3 WSAV Savannah
4 WFOR Miami
4 WJXT Jacksonville
5 WPTV West Palm Beach
5 WCSC Charleston
6 WTVJ Miami
2 WPBT Miami
2 WESH Daytona Beach
3 WRDU Tampa
3 WBTV Charlotte
3 WSAV Savannah
4 WFOR Miami
4 WJXT Jacksonville
5 WPTV West Palm Beach
5 WCSC Charleston
6 WTVJ Miami
I envy you J.J. That's an impressive list particularly the channel 5's and 6's. The "problem" I had in Rutland, MA was city grade signals on 2,4,5 Bos, and near city grade on 3 Hart, and 6 New Bedford; we were had both elevation and a real strong VHF antenna. In retrospect, I probably should have turned the antenna away from Boston to get some e-skip on 2 and 4 but the only thing I was interested in at the time was 'perfect" receception on the distant channels hence a lot of 200-400 mi stations on UHF with tropo.
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