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What nightlight stations have you caught via E-skip this summer?

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crainbebo

I wonder, what nightlight stations have you caught via Es this summer? Being not really a TV DX buck that much, I've only got 1 Es station that was on nightlight information, and my only Es logging on TV after all.

CH 6: KRMA Denver, CO on 7/1/2009 (nightlight) at 1018 miles. Heard on 87.7 FM, as was monitoring FM. Heard nightlight information, including several mentions to DTV. I then heard "As of June 12, 2009, Rocky Mountain PBS member KRMA has stopped analog broadcasting". A second later, this became my first, and probably only first Es logging on TV!

-crainbebo
 
I had a lot fun around June 12th and shortly after with the low band VHF band... from N. Alabama I received nightlight signal WPBT 2 in Miami, a UNC TV nightlight from eastern NC, other broadcasts from Cuba, Mexico and even as far away as Alberta... I recently installed a rotor for the attic antenna, mainly for the FM, but when the 2010 summer e-skip season rolls around I'll be ready.
 
After clearing channels 2 and 4 from the low-band, I was able to get several Mexican stations on 2, 3, and 4 over the summer, here in Salt Lake.
One day, I heard TV audio on a hand-held scanner, and found a Canadian station (CKCO-TV, Wiarton) on analog channel 2. The signal was very strong for much of the day, and returned the next day for several hours as well. I was able to watch them with my balcony mounted VHF antenna turned north-east, looking through the building.
 
I'm not a TV DXer, really, but I did dabble around a bit during the Summer.

From here in Memphis, I definitely IDed: WPBT-2 and WTVJ-6 from Miami. WUND-2 and WUNC-4 from North Carolina. KYW-3 from Philadelphia.

There were several other stations, too, that I was unable to ID. Those probably included Channel 2 from NYC and Houston.

-DE
 
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