Archives for: 2/2015

Feb. 28, 2015, 9:27 p.m. Re 23:05....Uh yes I did Mike, and I got a stern "go to your room young man!" de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 28, 2015, 2:24 a.m. Antennas hv bn unhooked for 2 wks... feedlines are buried under 2 ft of ice & snow... hope to dig them out this weekend.... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2015, 11:05 p.m. Jim, did you ever get away with telling your "mother" she owes you? de MikeG IN EM69

Feb. 27, 2015, 7:25 p.m. I think *mother nature* owes us a bunch of tropo for all the crummy winter weather she's thrown at us this February! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 25, 2015, 6:01 p.m. de JZinOK OK

Feb. 21, 2015, 4:35 p.m. Ms 98.3 KQYB Spring Grove, MN "This is KQ 98" NEW! de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 19, 2015, 1:05 a.m. Es briefly into FM at TOH 2000est - 89.1 XHCAO Tam "La Lupe" de Fred SC FM03af

Feb. 19, 2015, 12:04 a.m. Es peaking up to ch 5 at times. ch 4-Mexico with "trace" UR and Azteca TOH de Fred SC FM03af

Feb. 18, 2015, 11:18 p.m. Es ch 2z -UNID WSW likely Mexico - good video at times - talk show de Fred SC FM03af

Feb. 17, 2015, 8:48 p.m. More ice? / sleet ?/ snow? / rain? this weekend. Got generator & plenty of fuel, whatever happens. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 17, 2015, 8:41 p.m. Power is still on... we were lucky... only a little freezing rain b4 it turned to snow... more snow 2nite. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 17, 2015, 5:55 p.m. Re 17:53 - errr, yard was suppose to be mound of snow :-( de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 17, 2015, 5:53 p.m. "FREE SNOW - MORE IN THE BACK" de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 17, 2015, 5:53 p.m. Saw a pic on the news of a Boston front yard with a sign sticking up out of the yard.... de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 17, 2015, 5:52 p.m. Ed, you still have electricity? de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 17, 2015, 5:22 a.m. looks like abt 10 in of snow, total... Thanks Rob. :-) de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 16, 2015, 7:16 p.m. OK Ed�Just wanted to make sure you were getting some�..didn't wanna hog it all!! HAHHAH de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92

Feb. 16, 2015, 7:01 p.m. Bn snowin' for 13 hours w a little more on the way de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 16, 2015, 6:34 p.m. Getting the Snow yet Ed??? If not�I can ship some down to you�we have Tons here!!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92

Feb. 15, 2015, 9:05 p.m. Ms quite a few little pings on lo ch vid-car & DTV pilot freqs de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 15, 2015, 8:38 p.m. I hv seen -15F here... hope it doesn't go that low. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 15, 2015, 8:37 p.m. We may see a foot of snow overnight.... at least it isn't ice. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 15, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Bottomed out @ - 17 F here this morning�Sun's a Blazin' now though!! Still Very COLD!! de ROB VA3SW EN92 de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92

Feb. 15, 2015, 4:21 p.m. Ms 94.7 KSHE Crestview, MO Rock, RDS PI: bogus 'WDU' NEW! de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 15, 2015, 4:15 p.m. Tr 94.7 WCVM Bronson, MI weak scatter "Sunday Morning Prayers on WBCL" NEW 228 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 15, 2015, 3:36 p.m. It's 15F and one forecast map shows a chance of a T-storm in the next 3 hours (?!) de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 15, 2015, 3:26 p.m. Ms 94.1 KFKF Kansas City, KS RDS 744 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 14, 2015, 6:25 p.m. Must be a rather intense wx system going to cross the eastern half of US. By next Friday, Bill's maps show nil tropo forecast for anywhere eastern US, 600 miles into Atlantic! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 14, 2015, 4:59 p.m. Tr 92.3 WPWX Hammond, IN R&B, legal ID (location given as Chicago) 334 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 14, 2015, 4:57 p.m. Ms 92.3 KEZO Omaha, NE "Z92" by female DJ (same one on stream), previous Es 746 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 14, 2015, 4:54 p.m. Ms 91.1 KCCM Moorhead, MN classical music, RDS PI 766 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 13, 2015, 7:20 p.m. Tr WDVZ-CA 3- Moundville, AL. // to WVUA-CA de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 13, 2015, 7:19 p.m. Tr WVUA-CA 7+ Tuscaloosa, AL 250-ish mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 13, 2015, 4:32 p.m. Kinda makes ya wonder why it's even on the air... maybe it's a tax write-off... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 13, 2015, 2:10 p.m. Ed, sent email to eng. @ WBXI. Will post reply if I get one. Video still static/failed computer screens. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 13, 2015, 3:41 a.m. After new dtv logs a couple days ago, my logbook is now at 109 dtv's de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 13, 2015, 3:18 a.m. We've gone 122 days w/o a T-storm (a new world record) I'm in no hurry for them to start up. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2015, 11:10 p.m. I will be happy when warmer days arrive. Can't even get my next tv market over (60 miles) to decode. Temps below freezing today de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 12, 2015, 12:24 p.m. Ms 107.9 WEBE Westport, CT 286 mi., RDS showing calls & Adult Hits, ant. aimed SW stn east, prev. tropo de Dave-N PA FN01qx

Feb. 12, 2015, 11:35 a.m. Ms 106.7 WYAY Gainesville, GA 626 mi., RDS with calls, relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx

Feb. 12, 2015, 4:29 a.m. Reminds me of WKAG-CA 43 Hopkinsville KY... it ran, 10 min on, 10 min off, for months before it quit. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2015, 12:48 a.m. NOBODY watches it, NOBODY cares. TX on the air meets FCC req. Basically a TX in a large closet in a highrise building dt. Indy. Sad. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 12, 2015, 12:45 a.m. Ed, I have no equipment to check freq. Mike might. Who knows/cares about WBXI. Several yrs. ago I finally found the eng. to let him know nothing was on the air. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 11, 2015, 8:41 p.m. I checked the old logbook and see I have a W47AZ Indy in there de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 8:26 p.m. .. It seems to randomly shift freq a few cycles. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 8:22 p.m. ... Mike? Steve? is WBXI-CA that far off freq? de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 8:21 p.m. Tr ch 47++ (669.264-ish video carrier) bmg Indy, Might be WBXI-CA 47.... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 8:18 a.m. Tr WAKA 42/8 Selma AL 337 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 4:24 a.m. Tr WATE 26/6 Knoxville TN 258 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 4:11 a.m. Tr WUPX 21/67 Morehead KY 275 mi "ION" de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 3:40 a.m. Tr WDTN 50/2 Dayton OH 303 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 3:18 a.m. Tr WIVB 39/4 Buffalo, NY good signal 251 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31

Feb. 11, 2015, 3:11 a.m. Tr WEMT 38/39 Greenville TN 353 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 3:04 a.m. Tr WEMT 38/39, Greeneville, TN 325 mi. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 11, 2015, 3 a.m. Tr WLFG 49/68, Grundy, VA 307 mi. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 11, 2015, 2:59 a.m. Tr KARZ 44/42 Little Rock 265 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 2:37 a.m. Tr so has KTVE 27/10 El Dorado AR 335 mi ... looks like we're picking up where we left off de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 2:33 a.m. Tr the Jackson MS DTVs (337-ish mi) are starting to surface again de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2015, 2:06 a.m. Tr WJHL 11 Johnson City TN 352 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 7:36 p.m. Ms ? Es ? WBRA 3/15 Roanoke 459 mi left it's PSIP info on the box while I was gone de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 7:11 p.m. Ed, I think its your turn for some Gulf tropo this evening/tonight. I'll be watching tho' de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 7:08 p.m. Looks like a high pressure ridge over Mississippi brought this dx up from the Gulf de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 6:50 p.m. Also logged WGNO 26 New Orleans this morning for a relog de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 6:11 p.m. I had a sub-decode on 50 which I think was Fort Walton Beach FL (same time WKRG was in) de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 6:11 p.m. Starting to drop out quickly here. Normal *Spring-time* type enhancement? I didn't have the luxury of a antenna rotor before de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 6:03 p.m. not so much, hr... Tr's fading out. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 5:52 p.m. Ed, is your tv clogged up with sub-decodes? de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 5:51 p.m. I've got something on almost every open channel to the south, most sub-decodes de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 5:51 p.m. Crazy tropo in the middle of the day. Forecast didn't show this! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 5:36 p.m. Go Jim ! de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 5:36 p.m. Tr KHBS 21/40 Fort Smith AR 368 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 5:29 p.m. WKGG=WKRG, mr. typo de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 5:29 p.m. Tr WKGG 27/5 Mobile AL 554 mi NEW! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 5:12 p.m. Tr WLBT 30/3 Jackson MS 388 mi NEW! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 5:06 p.m. Tr WLOO 41/35 Vicksburg-Jackson MS 388 mi NEW! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 4:46 p.m. Tr WABG 32/6 Greenwood MS 312 mi NEW! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 4:31 p.m. Tr KGLA 42 Hammond LA 540 mi NEW! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 3:45 p.m. Found my WMAH, Biloxi. Its a relog de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 3:44 p.m. Tr WUPL 24/54 Slidell LA 542 mi. NEW! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 3:40 p.m. Tr WMAH-CD 16/19 ??? where is this in Mississippi? de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2015, 9:34 a.m. Tr KODE 43/12 Joplin MO 335 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 9:25 a.m. Tr WPXL 50/49 New Orleans 485 mi "ION" de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 9:12 a.m. Tr WNOL 15/38 New Orleans 483 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 8:44 a.m. Tr WMAU 18/17 Bude MS 400 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 8:43 a.m. Tr WDBD 40 Jackson MS 337 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 8:37 a.m. Tr WYES 11/12 New Orleans 482 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 8:37 a.m. Tr KNWA 50/51 Rogers AR 305 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 8:15 a.m. Tr KOTV 45/6 Tulsa 404 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 7:44 a.m. Tr KHOG 15/29 Fayetteville AR 317 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 7:43 a.m. Tr KSPR 19/33 & KYTV 44/3 Springfield MO 250 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 7:34 a.m. Tr KTVE 27/10 El Dorado AR 335 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 10, 2015, 7:12 a.m. Tr KFSM 18/5 Fort Smith AR 325 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 9, 2015, 5:17 a.m. Ms ? Es ? .. found KOTA 2/3 Rapid City SD on the box after leaving it on ch 2 all day. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:36 p.m. WZTV 15/17 Nashville can also be a problem... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:35 p.m. I'll put K15CZ on the list... tho, I'll hv to aim thru KPOB to get there. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:30 p.m. I guess it will be hard for you to get past Poplar Bluff tho' de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:26 p.m. You see them with KSPR 33 as CW 33.2 de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:26 p.m. New dx target for you Ed - K15CZ Springfield signed on last Thursday afternoon de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:09 p.m. 24 is not a good ch hr. Hv WQTV-LP Murray, KY abt 20 mi away. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:02 p.m. Maybe you would have had KTAB also at that distance :-) de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:01 p.m. Oh sorry, I was turning your numbers around! de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 8, 2015, 2:58 p.m. BTW, did you mean Abilene KTAB on 24? I've logged them before de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 8, 2015, 2:58 p.m. The Tr's sorta fizzled here... KTAL is barely hanging on de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 2:56 p.m. I've got a couple OKC channels bouncing the meter this morning but no decodes de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 8, 2015, 2:53 p.m. Jim... I had a couple (16 & 30) that were probably San Antonio but they never decoded de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 2:44 p.m. Ed, amazing you got to Austin last night. I couldn't get past Tulsa de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 8, 2015, 8:39 a.m. Tr KTXH 19/20 Houston 646 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 6:58 a.m. Tr KVUE 33/24 Austin TX 700 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 4:49 a.m. Tr KBTX 50/3 Bryan TX 613 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 4:47 a.m. Tr KTVE 27/10 El Dorado AR 335 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 4:39 a.m. Tr KTBS 28/3 Shreveport LA 422 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 4:29 a.m. Tr KYTX 18/19 Nacogdoches TX 507 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:34 a.m. Tr KPXJ 21 Minden LA 420 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 8, 2015, 3:23 a.m. Tr KTAL 15/6 Texarkana TX 415 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 7, 2015, 6:58 p.m. Tr 100.1 WSJP Port Washington, WI weak scatter "Relevant Radio" 323 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 7, 2015, 6:55 p.m. Ms 100.1 KKWK Cameron, MO several pings past 30 min classic rock //stream, previous Es 698 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 7, 2015, 6:54 p.m. Ms 100.1 KWFX Woodward, OK C&W RDS PI/PS 1172 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 7, 2015, 3:34 p.m. Ms 106.5 WZNJ Demopolis, AL 825 mi., RDS with calls, PTY: Adult Hits, prev. Es in 2010 de Dave-N PA FN01qx

Feb. 7, 2015, 2:17 p.m. The tropo has really opened up to the west, going N-S. I'm on the east edge of it! Very little here de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 6, 2015, 8:38 p.m. Looks like my *Kicks* station could only be KKXK Montrose CO 90kw "94 Kix" de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 6, 2015, 7:59 p.m. Ms 94.1 "...Kicks 94.1...." jingle ??? de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 6, 2015, 6:42 p.m. Getting a lot of Ms hits on FM the last couple days, sitting on 94.1 de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 6, 2015, 6:41 p.m. Midday Friday, Bill H., are you around? Question about your tropo maps today de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 5, 2015, 6:41 p.m. ... CKSA DT 2 would be nice.... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 5, 2015, 6:35 p.m. Ms ? DTV 2... seeing a few flickers of sig on the DTV box bmg NW de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 5, 2015, 1:24 a.m. Es Mexico UNID-ch 4- very strong sig - with trece logo UR (Azteca 13) with game show de Fred SC FM03af

Feb. 5, 2015, 1:07 a.m. Es ch 4- good sig but no IDs - SW likely Mexico with musical program - also weak video on ch 4 de Fred SC FM03af

Feb. 2, 2015, 9:54 p.m. F layer (?) sig is gone. Replaced by raspy sounding 55.25... almost getting a picture... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 2, 2015, 9:18 p.m. ... fairly steady but weak (S-1 to S-2) 55.25 vid-car. Doesn't ping w the Ms. F layer prop? de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 2, 2015, 9:18 p.m. Es ch 4 strong now with BKB - teams/score almost readable 73-47 de Fred SC FM03af

Feb. 2, 2015, 9:09 p.m. Fred... I hv a weak 2z bmg Cuba... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 2, 2015, 9:03 p.m. Es - 2z-Cuba with Cubavision ID TOH also UNID-4 BKB de Fred SC FM03af

Feb. 1, 2015, 9:48 p.m. Ms 89.7 WUEC Eau Claire, WI RDS NEW! 474 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 1, 2015, 2:50 p.m. Ms 106.5 WSFL New Bern, NC 485 mi., RDS with PS: MADE, PI: bogus �WVP�, PTY: Classic Rock, prev. tropo in 2003, beaming 240deg de Dave-N PA FN01qx