Archives for: 4/2014
April 30, 2014, 11:31 p.m. Es from SW ch 2-5 likely Cuba or Mexico. Ch 2-with 7 logo de Fred SC FM03af
April 29, 2014, 2:52 p.m. Ms 104.5 KSRZ Omaha, NE 897 mi., RDS PI: 415B, time 1433 UTC, (NEW) de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 29, 2014, 2:11 a.m. Tr south FL 93.9 WMIA & 94.9 WMGE Miami Beach & 107.5 WAMR Miami in many others out to 502 miles de Fred SC FM03af
April 28, 2014, 4:11 p.m. Ms 104.5 WGFX Gallatin, TN 588 mi., RDS with call sign and Sports, relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 27, 2014, 3:13 p.m. Ms 104.5 WOKV Atlantic Beach, FL 824 mi., RDS PI: 7AB9, PTY: News, prev skip & WFYV de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 27, 2014, 2:15 p.m. Funny how Es shows up at the same time as severe wx. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 27, 2014, 1:53 p.m. Es vry wk ch 2z (59.75) SS audio. bmg S. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 26, 2014, 10:48 a.m. Tr KTVE 27/10 El Dorado, AR. 335 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 26, 2014, 10:43 a.m. Tr KSPR 19/33 Springfield, MO. 250 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 26, 2014, 12:19 a.m. Es still in from Haiti/Dom Rep at 2020edt - UNID-90.5 with French talk fading in/out de Fred SC FM03af
April 25, 2014, 10:48 p.m. Es HIJB-2 Santiago Dom Rep with T/A logo - also 6m linking with South America TEP (hrd Argentina ham also) de Fred SC FM03af
April 25, 2014, 10:17 p.m. Es noted briefly on ch 2 - contacted CE3SX Chile on 50123khz! de Fred SC FM03af
April 23, 2014, 6:01 p.m. Ms 105.3 WOWC Morrison, TN 586 mi., RDS photo taken @ 1749 UTC PS: COWOTRY, PI: 7BDE, PTY: Country, (NEW) de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 22, 2014, 4:26 p.m. Now.... if we'd just get some Es... de Ed W-KY EM56
April 22, 2014, 4:25 p.m. Reminder... many border MX analog TVs will shut down May 29. Get 'em while u can. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 22, 2014, 3:48 p.m. Ms ch2z (59.75) long (30 sec) burst of SS audio bmg ne-MX. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 22, 2014, 2:38 p.m. Ms 98.1 WTXT Fayette, AL, RDS with bogus KDMZ, relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 22, 2014, 12:34 p.m. Tr 0740 WFDC-15 VA PSIP only de Mike CT FN31
April 22, 2014, 3:18 a.m. Tr 105.7 WRSF Columbia, NC loud & clear with Lia. 3 bars on Sony. de dtvdxer NY FN31
April 22, 2014, 2:40 a.m. Tr WSKY 9/4 Manteo, NC. First time this season. 385 mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
April 22, 2014, 12:53 a.m. Tr WHRO 16/15 weak decode - first DTV of evening with East Coast tropo. Also noted FM's WERX-102.5 and WCXL-104.1 NC. de dtvdxer NY FN31
April 21, 2014, 4:20 p.m. Tr upstate SC/NC DTVs decoding earlier this AM - also WRBL-15 Columbus GA (287 mi) de Fred SC FM03af
April 21, 2014, 1:02 p.m. Tr the usual <150 mi stuff. *yawn* de Ed W-KY EM56
April 21, 2014, 12:06 p.m. Ms several short, strong pings on 471.25 prob XHOR Matamoros 925 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 21, 2014, 11:36 a.m. Ms ch2- (59.74) EE w talk of Can wx. Bmg N. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 21, 2014, 11:32 a.m. Ms a few of these pings are Doppler shifted. Sounds like, "PEEeeeewww" :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
April 21, 2014, 11:21 a.m. Ms lo chs very busy. Lotsa pings. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 21, 2014, 11:19 a.m. Tr Atlantic City 95.1, 96.9 and 107.3 all good this morning at 7am. 200mi de Mike CT FN31
April 21, 2014, 10:49 a.m. Ms 105.7 WZHT Troy, AL 804 mi., RDS PS: 105.7 #1 (partial), PI: 1775= bogus KCVL, relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 20, 2014, 1:58 p.m. Ms lots of ch2 pings in EE & SS. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 20, 2014, 1:48 p.m. Don't forget... Lyrid meteor shower in progress w peak early Tues A.M. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 20, 2014, 12:04 p.m. Tr WDCQ 15/19, Bad Axe, MI 279 mi. de indysteve IN EM69
April 19, 2014, 2:37 p.m. Ms lots of lo ch pings bmg MX. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 19, 2014, 11:35 a.m. Ms 104.1 WALR Greenville, GA 681 mi., RDS call sign, PTY: Soft R&B, relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 19, 2014, 11:33 a.m. Ms 104.1 WTKS Cocoa Beach, FL 934 mi., RDS 17EA=bogus KCZY, PTY: Talk, relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 19, 2014, 3:09 a.m. Tr 107.1 WTKF Atlantic NC (373 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FN20
April 19, 2014, 2:58 a.m. Tr 102.5 WERX Columbia NC RDS (302 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FN20
April 19, 2014, 12:50 a.m. It was the WORST winter Tr season in history. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 19, 2014, 12:49 a.m. ... Tr prop was soooo bad it fooled me into thinking amp had failed. seems I was mistaken. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 19, 2014, 12:48 a.m. In early Dec I thot pre-amp went bad. Put same amp back in line & it's working. ... de Ed W-KY EM56
April 19, 2014, 12:46 a.m. Tr ch7+ (179.76) EE. I suspect WVUA-CA Tuscaloosa, AL 250-ish mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 19, 2014, 12:43 a.m. Been lost w/o the pre-amp, Rob. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 18, 2014, 10:11 p.m. Yeah Ed�I gotta get my CM7777 back on the 5 foot dish too�..I'll do that tomorrow!! Not much Tropo here yet though�. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
April 18, 2014, 8 p.m. Ms ch14z (471.25-ish) "chirp" prob XHOR Matamoros. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 18, 2014, 7:51 p.m. Quite a few Ms pings on these VHF sigs. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 18, 2014, 7:48 p.m. Tr hearing many wk VHF vid-car Trs sigs from ne MX. (925 mi) So good to hv pre-amp wrking agn. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 18, 2014, 7:33 p.m. Put the CM 7777 pre-amp back in line today. I'm feeling much better now. :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
April 18, 2014, 8:56 a.m. Tr WRIC 22/8 Richmond, VA - first VA decode this morning. 355 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
April 18, 2014, 8:40 a.m. Tr WNCT 10/9 Greenville, NC 481 mi. de dtvdxer NY FN31
April 18, 2014, 8:20 a.m. Tr WITN 32/7 Washington, NC 481mi. Has MeTV on both 7.2 and 7.3 de dtvdxer NY FN31
April 18, 2014, 8:15 a.m. Tr WUNK 23/25 Greenville, NC in now, 474 mi. Also had WUNM 19 Jacksonville, NC 497mi. de dtvdxer NY FN31
April 18, 2014, 7:48 a.m. Tr WUND 20/2 Edenton, NC just decoded 427 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
April 16, 2014, 3:23 p.m. Tr Tampa/St Pete FMs in L&C 397 mile range - after passage of cold front de Fred SC FM03af
April 14, 2014, 8:15 p.m. the box is parked on ch 2, ant aimed at Philly, and I wait... de Ed W-KY EM56
April 14, 2014, 2:10 p.m. Tr KJWP-2 and WACP-4 sub-decodes around 9:25 this morning. Eventually KJWP will decode. de Mike CT FN31
April 13, 2014, 11:16 p.m. Tr WPUR 107.3 Atlantic City Cat Country despite a strong sea breeze this evening. 200. de Mike CT FN31
April 13, 2014, 11:35 a.m. Sky has gone overcast & Tr is dying off. Nap time. ZZZzzz... de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 10:37 a.m. oops... KEMV is 13/6 ... de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 10:26 a.m. Tr KEMV 13/9 Mountain View, AR. 225 mi. For as close as this one is I don't see it all that often because of QRM from WHBQ Memphis. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 9:48 a.m. Tr Most of the Little Rock, AR DTVs 270-ish mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 7:41 a.m. Tr KPRC 35/2 Houston 645 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 7:27 a.m. Tr KUHT 8 Houston 644 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 7:17 a.m. KTAL is nearly pegging the "meter" de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 7:06 a.m. Tr KSLA 17/12 Shreveport, LA. 422 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 7:01 a.m. KLTS psip displays "LPBHD" de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 7:01 a.m. Tr KLTS 24 Shreveport, LA. 422 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 6:56 a.m. Tr KTBS 28/3 Shreveport, LA. 422 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 6:30 a.m. Tr dead air on ch7z (179.75) XHAB? and ch9z (191.75) XERV? Not enough sig for a picture. Guess they're running TP this time of nite. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 5:31 a.m. Tr KPXJ 21 Minden, LA. 422 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 5:17 a.m. Tr KAQY 11 Columbia, LA 380 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 5:10 a.m. Tr KTXH 19/20 Houston 646 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 5 a.m. Tr KTAL 15/6 Texarkana, TX. 415 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 4:59 a.m. Tr KTVE 27/10 El Dorado, AR. 335 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 4:58 a.m. Tr KIAH 38/39 Houston 645 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 4:43 a.m. The fastest way to make a TV station disappear is to point a camera at the screen. :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 4:25 a.m. Tr KBTV 40/4 Port Arthur, TX. 559 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 4:22 a.m. Tr several sub-decode DTV sigs bmg 215 deg. Note to self.. Get pre-amp back in line asap. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 4:19 a.m. Tr KPLC 7 Lake Charles, LA. 515 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 3:32 a.m. Tr ch11z (203.75) w SS audio. Prbly XHMTA Matamoros. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 3:26 a.m. Tr ch7z (179.75) w SS audio. bmg 210 deg. XHAB Matamoros would be a good guess. 900+ mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 13, 2014, 3:09 a.m. Tr KHOU 11 Houston 645 mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 7:57 p.m. no sig showing on DTV box, tho. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 7:56 p.m. Tr DTV ch4 pilot-car (66.31) bmg 345 deg. Gotta be WHBF Rock Isl. 343mi. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 7:31 p.m. Tr ? ch12z (205.25) vid-car bmg 215 deg. XHREY Reynosa? de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 7:22 p.m. er... 179.75... Mr.Typo de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 7:22 p.m. Tr ? ch7z (175.25) vid-car peaks at 210 deg. XHAB Matamoros? Too wk for any audio on 179.25. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 7:11 p.m. Bill's Tr map indicates this path at 1800Z today. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 7:09 p.m. Hmmmm... ch 14z (471.25) reads same freq as last time I heard XHOR Matamoros (471.2514). They still on analog? de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 7:02 p.m. Maybe they're Tr... hearing several other vid-cars bmg 210 deg up to ch 14... de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 6:35 p.m. Es ? same on 55.25 de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 6:34 p.m. Es ? weak, but fairly steady, ch2- (55.24) vid-car bmg SW w occ Ms enhancement. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 12, 2014, 4:55 p.m. Es SW FL short skip noted on 6m - contacted N3LL in EL86 - nothing noted yet on ch 2 from SW direction de Fred SC FM03af
April 12, 2014, 1:51 p.m. NYC on FM this morning and 94.1 from Phila. First signs of life on FM for months. de Mike CT FN31
April 12, 2014, 1:30 p.m. Tr WEWS 15/5, Cleveland, OH 251 mi. de indysteve IN EM69
April 12, 2014, 1:29 p.m. Tr WMFD 12/68, Mansfield, OH 193 mi. decoded 1st with Toshiba HDTV. de indysteve IN EM69
April 12, 2014, 11:24 a.m. Ms 105.7 WAKH McComb, MS 985 mi., RDS photo taken @ 1105 UTC PS: K106.net, PI: 55B3, PTY: Country, prev. skip de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 12, 2014, 11:16 a.m. Tr WTVS 43/56, Detroit, MI 231 mi. It's a start! de indysteve IN EM69
April 11, 2014, 9:38 p.m. That was from a loop per a web check - should make an easy target for y'all de Saul ON FN04
April 11, 2014, 9:34 p.m. Ms 93.9 "93.9 ... 104.3 ... please change your presets" - for new catch WAYI Sellersburg IN de Saul ON FN04
April 11, 2014, 6:55 p.m. When (if?) Gulf of MX moisture returns, so should Tr... and the T-storms, too. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 11, 2014, 6:50 p.m. Pls tell your friends in AB, SK & MB to close the door. :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
April 11, 2014, 6:49 p.m. We ran abt 20F deg below normal all season. It's starting to warm up but air is still drier than needed for Tr. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 11, 2014, 6:47 p.m. I think it's the cold, dry air that killed Tr this Winter. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 11, 2014, 1:31 p.m. Ms 100.5 WYMG Chatham IL lcl ads nice long ping de W2NJL NJ FN20
April 11, 2014, 12:56 p.m. Tr 98.5 WGYI Oil City, PA embraces RDS PS: FROGGY 98, PS: 66F8, RT: The Best and Most Country Froggy 98.5 Ribbit, PTY: Country de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 11, 2014, 11:31 a.m. Hi Ed�..I think it's been the worst WINTER here too!!! Man..that was one long drawn out affair!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
April 11, 2014, 11:23 a.m. Tr 96.1 WPHD South Waverly, PA embraces RDS PS: Coolest Hits Cool 96, PS: 7CFD, RT: The Coolest Hits of All Times Cool 96, PTY: Oldies de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 11, 2014, 3:46 a.m. What's tropo?... Hi Rob... this has been the worst Winter tropo season in 25 years. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 10, 2014, 7:55 p.m. Pretty Windy here today!!! The APS-14 is taking a Beating up on the Tower�but holding Strong!! Quite warm here too�.Tropo can't be far away!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
April 8, 2014, 3:18 p.m. Ms 105.7 WJXM De Kalb, MS 846 mi., RDS photo taken @ 1438 UTC, call sign only on display, prev. skip de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 7, 2014, 11:40 a.m. Tr WADL 39/38, Mt. Clemens, MI 246 mi. de indysteve IN EM69
April 7, 2014, 11:37 a.m. Tr CHWI 16/16, Wheatley, Ont. 245 mi. de indysteve IN EM69
April 6, 2014, 3:24 a.m. Gw 89.5 WCOF Arcade, NY, // 89.3 WCOM. CIUT off air. 68 mi de Jon ON FN03
April 5, 2014, 9:05 p.m. CBS is not broadcasting the UK/WI B-ball game, OTA. F... CBS! de Ed W-KY EM56
April 5, 2014, 9:03 p.m. TNX Jeff... I'll look for it if we ever see tropo, again. de Ed W-KY EM56
April 5, 2014, 8:38 p.m. gw KGAN-DT is now on channel 29 from ch. 51 de Jeff-K1MOD W-IL EN40
April 4, 2014, 2:02 a.m. Tr WLRN-20 Miami FL along with many Miami area FM stations in all day/night ~500 mi de Fred SC FM03af
April 3, 2014, 4:11 p.m. Tr South FL still in - many Miami area FMs noted (500 mi) de Fred SC FM03af
April 3, 2014, 1:58 p.m. Tr WRKH-96.1 Mobile AL - The Rocket 493 mi de Fred SC FM03af
April 3, 2014, 12:04 p.m. Tr WHP-21 Harrisburg, PA. Light tropo this morning:also subdecode on 15 (WPSU) and several Philly and Scranton signals in. de dtvdxer NY FN31
April 3, 2014, 2:10 a.m. Tr - WBBH-15 Ft Myers in strong now (455 mi) de Fred SC FM03af
April 3, 2014, 2:04 a.m. Tr - tropo back in strong from central FL - usual DTVs (325 mi) as well as FM WAMR-107.5 Miami with EE/SS ID at 10pm edt (501 mi) de Fred SC FM03af
April 2, 2014, 3:33 p.m. Tr tropo from FL very good overnight. New logging: 20-WFTV "LD" Daytona Beach 0142edt de Fred SC FM03af
April 2, 2014, 11:50 a.m. Tr WTBY-27 pegging the box, first time this year. TBN. de Mike CT FN31
April 2, 2014, 4:03 a.m. Tr 107.5 WAMR Miami FL - EE/SS ID at midnight edt then into SS music (501 mi) de Fred SC FM03af
April 1, 2014, 6:21 p.m. 106.7 NASH-FM Hershey, PA de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 1, 2014, 6:20 p.m. Nash FM is a country music media brand used by Cumulus Media the United States, primarily on many of its FM radio stations. de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 1, 2014, 1:25 p.m. Ms 98.1 WMGP Hogansville, GA705 mi., RDS photo taken @ 1244 UTC PS: LAGRANGE, PI: 7503, PTY: Adult Hits, (NEW) de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 1, 2014, 12:33 p.m. Ms 98.1 bogus WPW, does anyone have a clue on this one, seen it many times, PTY: Adult Hits de Dave-N PA FN01qx
April 1, 2014, 12:09 p.m. Ms 98.1 WTXT Fayette, AL 777 mi., RDS PI: 193D = bogus KDMZ, RT: 981t (partial), PTY: Country, relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx