Archives for: 5/2018
May 31, 2018, 10:20 p.m. We still have almost 6 hours left of May……..:>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 10:17 p.m. I got lots of Yardwork done though!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 10:16 p.m. 5 Es Openings of varying intensity…..Mostly LOW GRADE Stuff…One Opening made it to the top for about 2 Minutes on FM…ALL RELOGS! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 10:12 p.m. Likewise, no more setting low-volume Es records for FM in May. can't beat zero. de Saul ON FN04
May 31, 2018, 10:01 p.m. I am officially writing off May 2018 as a month of NO E-skip. Three minutes of TV Es does not even qualify. I don't think I have ever had a month of May without at least one Es opening de Jim-T MO EM37
May 31, 2018, 7:46 p.m. That means you were almost to Cape Girardeau then! de Jim-T MO EM37
May 31, 2018, 7:07 p.m. Jim, the closest I've gotten to Misery was WPSD 32 Paducah. That was a nice Fall evening where signals were hopping over each other. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 7:01 p.m. Jim, I remember certain people's DTV logs often better than they do. In fact, I probably could write all my DTV logs from memory. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 7 p.m. Doesn't look like that will be very easy tho'. Wish Bill had a tropo magic sauce he could put out in the atmosphere de Jim-T MO EM37
May 31, 2018, 6:58 p.m. Your memory is better than mine. You are correct. Logbook says 1-08-18. Totally forgot about it! I will see if Ed & I can tag-team and send St. Louis to you :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 31, 2018, 6:55 p.m. Jim, haven't you logged WPTD 16 in Dayton? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 6:54 p.m. Which Ohio dtv are you talking about??? Closest I've gotten to OH is Evansville. Did you adopt Evansville? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 31, 2018, 6:45 p.m. Jim, you've already received Ohio DTV. Now you need to share your DTVs. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 6:44 p.m. I did receive an FM from the Mexico Missouri a couple years ago... completely out of nowhere, but still nothing on TV. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 6:43 p.m. Jim, I'm still waiting for anything from the state of Misery... any chance that tropo will reach NE Ohio? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 6:21 p.m. Ed tomorrow might be your day to get those elusive St. Louis signals :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 31, 2018, 6:14 p.m. Steve Rich get ready for a tropo-athon Friday! IF you haven't cleaned up on the State of Misery DTV's yet, you might do it tomorrow de Jim-T MO EM37
May 31, 2018, 5:39 p.m. 5 DT might be false alarm - I think it is Toledo. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 5:32 p.m. My 75 MHz "e-skip alarm" hasn't gone off once yet this season. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 5:27 p.m. Holy Toledo Bill!! E-Skip! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 5:25 p.m. Es 5 DT southwest - (pretty sure it's not Toledo) - de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 5:11 p.m. Rob, I'm going to the cottage in Ontario next week to disconnect for a while. The Es will start then. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 5:10 p.m. Yeah Andrew…The Es is just Dickin' around again….Fakes us out ….then Disappears! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 5:08 p.m. Rob, I stopped at home on my lunch break and checked FM. I heard some really weak fade-ups on 88.5 with preacher Ravi Zacharias. That was it. It wasn't worth staying for. Nothing was noted on TV. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 4:50 p.m. Es 88.7 Huge Fadeup with Political Tak S/W UNID?? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 4:11 p.m. Es 88.5 KEOM Mesquite, TX Fade up with RDS and Oldies Music RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 4:10 p.m. It's trying real hard to go to Texas Bill….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 4:06 p.m. AFR fade up on 88.5 - so far that's all - no IDs yet de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 31, 2018, 3:54 p.m. Very Spotty Es…But it's there, the Bottom end is Bubbling! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 3:54 p.m. Possible fade-ups here, more likely the semi-strong Tropo from east MI de Saul ON FN04
May 31, 2018, 3:47 p.m. Shania Jalopy…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 3:46 p.m. That's Abilene Texas….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 3:46 p.m. Janis Joplin or Shania Twain? de Saul ON FN04
May 31, 2018, 3:46 p.m. Es 88.1 KGNZ Texas…"Life Changing Music - KGNZ" Christian de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 3:38 p.m. By the way…You sounded like a Girl singing! HAHAHHA…. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 3:36 p.m. Send a confirmation report, Rob - I'll be sure to confirm de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 31, 2018, 3:26 p.m. That would be my Shortest Es EVER!!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 3:23 p.m. How many mW Bill??? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 3:19 p.m. That was me singing in a wirles mic at 88.5, Rob - good catch :D de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 31, 2018, 3:10 p.m. Just one fade up so far….but gotta start somewhere... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 3:07 p.m. Es 88.5 UNID to S/W Christian Music….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 3:02 p.m. Es 2z occasional weak carrier south - de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 3:02 p.m. Es Ch. 2 up to 82% sig. from WNW from Milford, IL. No decode attempt, maybe ATV de indysteve IN EM69
May 31, 2018, 2:42 p.m. Es HDHR manual tuner left "3: 0" on ch. 2 aimed SW from Payson, IL while I walked away a few min. de indysteve IN EM69
May 31, 2018, 2:37 p.m. it's gonna blow eventually, and when it does, it will be coming at us from all directions!! Just gotta be patient and sit and wait!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 2:36 p.m. Yeah…it sure makes a Big Difference when you do that eh Bill??? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 31, 2018, 2:33 p.m. Looks more like it did last year. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 2:32 p.m. I've unchecked the "Digital" mode on the skip map - so that it only shows Phone & CW. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 2:21 p.m. Es 50 Mc beacon from OK - de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 2:12 p.m. Tr WGN 19/9, Chicago, IL 236 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 31, 2018, 2:05 p.m. Tr WTTW 47/11, Chicago, IL 236 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 31, 2018, 1:57 p.m. GW WAMI is now on DT 24 in addition to 47; the "prepack" is in full swing here. de cd FL EL96
May 31, 2018, 1:40 p.m. Es DTV 2, *Knafel bar* kicking around, have to go to work :-( de Jim-T MO EM37
May 31, 2018, 12:11 p.m. The footing for my new tower will be poured tomorrow. I'm getting a Rohn HDBX free-standing 48' tower. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 11:26 a.m. Tr KNPG-LD 16/21, St. Joseph, MO 191 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 31, 2018, 10:54 a.m. Tr KNPN-LD 26/26, St. Joseph, MO 191 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 31, 2018, 7:24 a.m. Tr 94.7 KAMX Luling Tx (393 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 31, 2018, 3:59 a.m. muf now dropped to below 2. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 3:38 a.m. Just checked 6M & Lo-VHFs... zippo :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 31, 2018, 3:29 a.m. muf 6. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 3:25 a.m. muf 5. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 3:24 a.m. Es 2 KNOP North Platte, NE - 1,089 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 3:23 a.m. Es 50.313 N7NT Mesa, AZ - FT8 double hop - de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 3:19 a.m. Es muf 4. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 3:07 a.m. Es 2 KHME Rapid City, SD - 1182 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 2:47 a.m. Es CKYB 4 Brandon, MB @ 1,073 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 2:42 a.m. Es DT 3 west yellow bar de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 2:22 a.m. Es Finally hear a DT 2 pilot west de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 2:11 a.m. I have about 10 different California FT8 hams right now on 50.313, all seem to be from around San Diego. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 2:08 a.m. W6RR CA has been in for a while on 50.313 as well. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 2:08 a.m. Es 2 DT pilot west - de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 2:06 a.m. Good enough for me de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 2:06 a.m. XE2CQ MEX back in again. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 2:04 a.m. Would be great for DTV Andrew, if you don't mind a 15-pixel picture updated 4 times a minute. de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 2:03 a.m. Es 50.313... Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Arizona, California all on FT8... zero, zilch, nada on FM or TV. Maybe DTV needs a different format that decodes this easy. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 31, 2018, 1:16 a.m. Es 50.313 XE2CQ Tijuana, MEX - FT8 double hop - de WRH ON FN03
May 31, 2018, 12:06 a.m. Es 50 Mc beacon from OK - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 11:42 p.m. Past 4 FM Es seasons have been slow starts. In 2015 had no FM Es until June 15 de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 30, 2018, 11:30 p.m. Just 3 min of Es to FL on May 23 and 3 min on May 25 to TX, all relogs. MUF never got over 92.1 de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 30, 2018, 11:13 p.m. 1 more day to go, and it will be my first May without any Es here. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 10:55 p.m. Looks like good Tropo conditions tonight into mid morning along the southwest & central Gulf Coast. http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tr_map/fcst/car021.jpg de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 30, 2018, 10:15 p.m. I've had no TV and a few minutes of FM.... really poor May, but it happens, It might suddenly bust wide open in a week or two.... that happens too! de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 30, 2018, 9:58 p.m. Is there something off with the start of the Es season? I have barely had 5 minutes of TV Es and nothing yet on FM. One day left in May ??? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 30, 2018, 7:11 p.m. Es weak / steady 2+ (55.26) vid-car de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 3:33 p.m. [15:19] Thanks. I'll e-mail you once I get a time. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:32 p.m. OK. My brother's friend manages a concrete company and would be willing to do the base. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:21 p.m. He's retired now. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:21 p.m. [15:01] Yup de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 3:21 p.m. My tower guy did all the tower work. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:20 p.m. I can't help with concrete base design though - my tower was done so long ago I forget exactly what it looks like underground - and I don't have pics. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:20 p.m. If you stand near the base of the 160M vert, on a windy day, you can feel the vibration of the tower thru your feet de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 3:19 p.m. I could Jon if I'm available. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:10 p.m. Bill, would you be willing to stop over and supervise on installation day? de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:10 p.m. I could post some pix on WTFDA forum... but, it's not TV or FM so I might get scolded de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 3:09 p.m. The tower does make odd sounds sometimes in strong winds. Can't hear in the house. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:09 p.m. With all this said…I'm now using a 20 Foot Pole anchored to the Bottom section of my Old Tower….seems to be working great and won't fall down ..I hope! HAHAHA de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 3:09 p.m. He said he'd be willing to do a concrete base, but I don't think he has much experience. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:08 p.m. My self-supporting is a couple feet away from the gutter. No bracket to the house. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:08 p.m. Es 50.313 XE2OR Coahuila, MEX - FT8 - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:07 p.m. The Concrete cost me more than the Tower did!! :>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 3:07 p.m. My installer wants to put up a Rohn HDBX self-supporting 48' tower. He said that bracketing to the house can cause an annoying sound when it's windy. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 30, 2018, 3:06 p.m. Jon ya gotta do whatever works for you….but you don't want to be repairing it after the first winter…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 3:04 p.m. I thought I was digging my Grave….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 3:04 p.m. My Tower Base was 4x4x5 Feet Deep…….and Belled out at the Bottom of the Hole! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 3:03 p.m. Guy wires are messy. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:03 p.m. But if this guy has no experience with self-supporting towers, then it narrows your options. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:03 p.m. Jon.. I have my tower in 4' x 4' of concrete. The tricky part for the tower guy was making the cage at the bottom that was covered in concrete - had to make sure it was level. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:02 p.m. A Tubular Tower coated in ICE and Heavy Winds ain't gonna be pretty! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 3:01 p.m. Obviously the Guy wires are doing the work in that case eh Ed?? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 3 p.m. ... It sits on a spike base and the guy anchors are auger type... no concrete needed de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 3 p.m. Is it just the House holding it up Ed??? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 2:59 p.m. If only, Ed. At least I know you have decades of experience. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:58 p.m. Rob... my 160M ant (130-ish ft) uses no concrete at all... It's been up fot 22 yrs de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 2:55 p.m. Jon... If you can talk Scotty into beaming me up there we could whip this project in just a few days. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 2:54 p.m. Jon…My Tower was a Delhi Self Supporting 48 Feet, anchored in several Tons of Cement!! Sat there for 20 + Years and never wavered, with 4 Antennas on Top. The Tubular kinda scares me, just anchored to the house. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 2:51 p.m. He even mentioned that the tubular tower will blow back & forth in strong winds. Not sure why he would recommend it... de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:49 p.m. He wants to bracket it to the house. I wanted to have 50' on a tower with guy wires, but he wants to charge $500 extra for that. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:48 p.m. Getting above nearby obstructions such as trees and buildings helps with tropo. Tropo signals are weak and don't penetrate terrain and objects that well. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 30, 2018, 2:45 p.m. Height is as much a function of your local signals and anything else -- at what point does more height bring in more spurs, etc. de Russ-WB2BJH PA FN20id
May 30, 2018, 2:36 p.m. Does that Tubular need to be Bracketed to the House??? Looks light weight to me…. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 2:36 p.m. Jon…Is that Tubular Tower Self Supporting?? If I was putting up that big beam, I'd want it on a Delhi Self Supporting Tower. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 30, 2018, 2:32 p.m. I guess I can try using the Airspy HF+ to tackle IBOC, if I can't get the 2nd antenna up. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:31 p.m. Thanks Andrew. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:30 p.m. Hi Jon, good luck with your tower. I would think 40' is a good height for FM DX. I'm still waiting to get my tower up, and I keep running into roadblocks. I'm already checking with a 2nd installer, because the 1st is taking too long, and the 2nd is making promises he can't keep. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 30, 2018, 2:25 p.m. Unfortunately, he had no idea about phasing, so he can't help with that. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:24 p.m. Is 40' enough height for dxing FM? de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:23 p.m. He is convinced that a 40' GN tubular tower would be the best option. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:22 p.m. WRH, the tower guy came yesterday to inspect and give a quote. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:12 p.m. Nothing to the NW here. de Jon ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 2:05 p.m. Tr 100.5 CHAS Sault Ste Marie, ON - 332 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 1:56 p.m. A lot has changed in the Trenton area radio 'landscape' since I left there in 1989 de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 1:52 p.m. WPST used to be 97.5 on a 400-ish ft free-standing tower in the middle of Trenton de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 1:50 p.m. WTTM ran a 3 tower (in line) array aimed across S-NJ... The FM ant was on the center tower fed through a feedline isolator. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 1:44 p.m. Once again, WSMH 16 Flint comes in on vertical antenna all alone, but not on horizontal. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 1:43 p.m. Ed, I did hear 94.5 WPST Trenton NJ in 2013, checked my Akron NY log and nada on Trenton because local WNED de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 1:38 p.m. ... It was on the same site as the old 920 AM WTTM Trenton NJ de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 1:36 p.m. Dave... I remember when WCHR was 94.5 licensed to Trenton NJ (tx N of Yardley PA) and it was a Christian stn... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 12:26 p.m. Tr 106.9 WKZA Jamestown NY (Jamestown ads, 'Kiss FM', WKVP OFF AIR - 280 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 30, 2018, 12:26 p.m. Tr 105.7 WCHR Manahawkin, NJ 275 miles, “105.7 The Hawk” the Jersey Shore’s best rock, (NEW) de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 12:19 p.m. Tr 97.5 W248BH Rochester, NY - *NEW* - 122 mi - SS, AM clutter xltr - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 12:11 p.m. Tr WCAU-DT 34/10 Philly, PA 222 miles decode as WWSI-DT 62-1 Atlantic City, NJ de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 11:50 a.m. Tr 95.1 WAYV Atlantic City, NJ 283 miles I don't hear this one too often de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 11:39 a.m. Tr [09:14] 8 WGAL Lancaster, PA - 265 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 10:54 a.m. Tr getting Philly area FM and sub-d on their DTVs de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 10:52 a.m. [10:43] HDHR left "3: 0" like the Zenith/Insignia leaves a " -3" when sig. is weak, no PSIP. But on HDHR open "Program" and "2.1 KNOP" & "2.2 KIIT" which is the correct line up. de indysteve IN EM69
May 30, 2018, 10:43 a.m. Sometime since yest. afternoon Milford, IL manual tuner received KNOP 2, NE. de indysteve IN EM69
May 30, 2018, 9:59 a.m. Tr 93.7 WSTW-HD Wilmington, DE 220 miles first time in HD de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 9:56 a.m. Tr 94.1 WQKX-HD Sunbury, PA 130 miles over local 50 watt translator 1 mile away de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 9:51 a.m. Tr getting dead air on 99.7 and 95.3....sofar de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 9:46 a.m. Tr 99.5 WJBR-HD Wilmington, DE 220 miles received in HD mode de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 9:16 a.m. Tr 162.55 WXL-40 Harrisburg, PA 144 miles over Clearfield same direction and only 60 mi. and a decode from WHP-DT 21 Harrisburg de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 30, 2018, 5:21 a.m. Tr 161.85 CJH-20 Mont Rigaud, QC - 303 mi - Quebec wx - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 4:55 a.m. .. with a few other random carriers thrown in along the way de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 4:53 a.m. The following chunks of spectrum are clogged...729-744, 746-756, 870-874, 881-884, 892-894 de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 4:50 a.m. Pulled LPF out of line... did band-scan from 700-1000 MHz w R-7000 on indoor UHF loop... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 4:40 a.m. Tr 951.5 (c/s unk) Seneca Falls, NY - WFLK-FM STL - "The New Classic Hits 99.3" - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 4:26 a.m. Thanks to local cell site I've had to cut off (low pas filt) everything above 700 MHz :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 4:22 a.m. The R-8600 is definitely outperforming the R-8500 in the 900 MHz band. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 4:18 a.m. Tr 951.0 WQVF-342 Oswego, NY - 156 mi - w/WKRL RDS - a 3rd one with the same RDS - this is an inter-city booster along the WKRL->WKRH path - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 4:12 a.m. Tr 944.5 WQAN-320 North Syracuse, NY - 181 mi - also now w/WKRL RDS. This is an inter-city relay for rebroadcaster WKRH. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 4:07 a.m. Tr 944.75 WPZB-963 Mexico, NY - 171 mi - *NEW* - WSEN 103.9 STL - TOH ID, "The Dinosaur" - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 4:02 a.m. Not too bad, so far, Jim... Might be an inch+ in the gauge for today... More, overnight, tho de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 3:52 a.m. Ed are you getting loads of rain? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 30, 2018, 3:41 a.m. Local WPSD 32/6 Paducah is sked to go off air at 2 a.m. so, of course Tr is flat & ants are unhooked (TS Alberto is runnin right over us) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 30, 2018, 3:34 a.m. Tr LPTV WONO-34 Syracuse, NY - 171 mi relog - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:16 a.m. That's only the 2nd STL I've had RDS on other than my local CHIN on 957.625 MHz. de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 3:15 a.m. Tr 945.0 WPOP-481 North Syracuse, NY - 181 mi - WKRL STL strong enough for RDS ! (by feeding 10.7 if out to SDR Console) - de WRH ON FN03
May 30, 2018, 1:27 a.m. I wish that Thurs-Fri TX forecast was happening over MO! One can only dream when you don't live near the ocean de Jim-T MO EM37
May 30, 2018, 12:19 a.m. [00:15] Tropo a plenty de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 30, 2018, 12:15 a.m. Looks like a blocking dome of High Pressure will be over Southeast Texas & southwestern Louisiana starting late Wed night early Thurs morning thru the end of the weekend. http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tr_map/fcst/car048.jpg de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 30, 2018, 12:10 a.m. Lookscike a de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 10:49 p.m. Tr 91.9 WSIU Carbondale IL 100 mi Southern IL University on 1st floor indoor dipole de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 9:50 p.m. I notified FMLIST of the name change, although it may have been years ago de cd FL EL96
May 29, 2018, 9:49 p.m. Jim, per FreeMapTools, 1110 miles. de cd FL EL96
May 29, 2018, 9:32 p.m. CD, how far is Cardenal Stereo from your QTH? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 8:16 p.m. [19:05] Cardenal Stereo it was, Riohacha, Colombia, per Jon + a YT reply, also heard in 2010 or 2011 as CARACOL. de cd FL EL96
May 29, 2018, 7:49 p.m. I don't use the Mohu Leaf anymore. I have a four-bay bowtie antenna in the trunk. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 7:48 p.m. The only problem I had is when the China-made plastic-covered indoor P.O.S. Mohu Leaf melted when I left it on the seat of the car on a hot day. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 7:47 p.m. I've kept my DTV equipment inside the car, underneath the passenger seat, ready for DXing in a moment's notice. Right now it's 90 degrees and sunny. It's significantly hotter in the car. I haven't had any issues with the equipment after leaving it in there a few summers. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 7:33 p.m. Since late last summer, the DTV autologging setup at Milford, IL is in a metal utility building with no heat/AC. Mike and I run a small fan over the equipment sitting on a wall shelf, light blanket over it during winter. Winter temps below zero outdoors. Summer temps above 90. de indysteve IN EM69
May 29, 2018, 7:23 p.m. What I am worrying about is that Laptops power supply brick it gets very hot. It might catch fire if I leave it running in a hot 90F+ room. I always have the air conditioning running when I am using computers. I was just stress testing the laptop & Desktop PC to see if it can continue to run in a hot humid room without overheating & shutting down de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 7:12 p.m. 150 degrees fahrenheit seems like a lot of heat to expose your motherboard and harddrive to. I think I would want a fan moving some air around, besides the internal fan on the PC de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 7:07 p.m. I had core temp program running on the laptop recording the CPU temps for the two days & the highest CPU temp it recorded was 65C. The max temp for that CPU is 100C. when laptop reaches 75C the Bios is set to shut the laptop down de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 7:05 p.m. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7SBaGbe5EoM ....¿Any ideas? de cd FL EL96
May 29, 2018, 7:03 p.m. The temps are only going to get hotter. IF you can't cool the room, just a small fan moving air around helps a lot de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 7:01 p.m. That's a safety feature that's written into DOS that monitors the heat sink temp de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 7 p.m. ...but in a closed room with no fan moving air around, its really risky. Shutting down doesn't hurt the PC, it does that to protect the computer. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 6:59 p.m. IF there is adequate ventilation usually the motherboard's heat sink won't get hot enough to shut down.... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 6:56 p.m. I ran a Laptop with a Core Duo 2 CPU in that same room with temperatures around 93F degrees outside for two days straight autologging DTV channels with no problems. Did not shut down at all de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 6:31 p.m. [18:23] My brother was at home. I called him and told him to shut the desktop PC down. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 6:24 p.m. Hi Dave in Oregon! de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 6:23 p.m. Bobby you need to get a fan on that PC. The heat sink, it it gets to 115-120 degrees will automatically power down de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 6:22 p.m. [15:33] Re: the APRS, got an email from Jon the webmaster. Lightning took out the server yesterday. Had to install a new one this morning FYI de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 6:18 p.m. have my Desktop PC & AirSpy HF+ autologging in a 90F temperature room with no air conditioning .I hope the heat don't destroy them de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 5:56 p.m. Welcome back, Dave ! de Russ-WB2BJH PA FN20id
May 29, 2018, 4:52 p.m. APRS map is back up de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 29, 2018, 4:45 p.m. Welcome back. It's been a long time! de Mike CT FN31
May 29, 2018, 4:44 p.m. Welcome Dave, you made it. de Mike CT FN31
May 29, 2018, 4:39 p.m. Sorry, testing - hi guys de Dave-W OR
May 29, 2018, 4:38 p.m. de Dave-W OR
May 29, 2018, 4:29 p.m. Es 2z video carrier de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 4:27 p.m. "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"………. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 4:26 p.m. Like Freddie Fender once sang…" de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:55 p.m. Es 88.9 UNID with Relig Talk and Music nice fade up…something's cooking! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:55 p.m. Not as exciting as listening to wireless clock signals. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 3:54 p.m. Es 88.5 WMNF FL. with RDS and Political Talk RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:53 p.m. cd…They are both RELOGS many times over….Just excited to hear something!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:52 p.m. [15:33] Yay!!! de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 3:52 p.m. Wat time did they say it was Bill?? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:52 p.m. [15:22] could also be Thomasville GA serving Tallahassee de cd FL EL96
May 29, 2018, 3:51 p.m. Es 72.xx FL wireless clocks - de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 3:34 p.m. That's more exciting than the Es I just had! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:33 p.m. APRS map is back up. :) de Stan K9SWX IL EN50
May 29, 2018, 3:32 p.m. I think it's the end too Bill…..nothing to get excited about…. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:31 p.m. Well - it's a start heh! de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 29, 2018, 3:24 p.m. WAYF WPB I'm figuring…. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:23 p.m. That's 88.1 de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:22 p.m. Es 8.1 WAY-FM….Florida I'm guessing!! RELOG Relig and WAY-FM ID de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:15 p.m. Es KREX, CO is still playing around at Payson. Left PSIP a few min. ago while I stepped away. Trying to rec. it from Milford, IL but no luck so far. de indysteve IN EM69
May 29, 2018, 3:12 p.m. Nothing doing here yet on FM either Bill……. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 29, 2018, 3:02 p.m. Not a lick of FM Es to be had here de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 29, 2018, 3:01 p.m. Tr 93.7 WFCJ Maimisburg, OH TOH ID 180 miles de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 29, 2018, 2:53 p.m. AM, BM. FM. PM...whatever works :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 2:46 p.m. I just told them they're broadcasting in FM mode instead of AM, doh! de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 2:45 p.m. Gw 122.55 CZBA-1 Burlington, ON - 23 mi - new local AWOS from airport my wife flies out of - de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 2:41 p.m. Es weak DTV 2 pilot (54.31-ish) is abt it... on indoor FM dipole de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 2:40 p.m. Stan, it was KCPT's strong signal at Payson that got me to rotate ant. that direction. I was aimed at Chicago and KCPT was still pounding in. Otherwise, I would have missed KREX. de indysteve IN EM69
May 29, 2018, 2:39 p.m. [14:25] ... If you can work around WHBF, that is de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 2:31 p.m. Ed & Andrew, thanks. I needed some reception to test new low-VHF ant. setup since installed several weeks ago. Ed, only signal so far on ch. 2. It's still pushing sig. level into the 70s. de indysteve IN EM69
May 29, 2018, 2:26 p.m. Stan, the KC signals were booming in here up until about 30 min ago, but then I'm just 140 miles from them :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 2:25 p.m. [12:51] Do any of those RDS loggers work with the SDRplay? de Stan K9SWX IL EN50
May 29, 2018, 2:25 p.m. If you're gettin good sigs from CO, remember to check for K04DH-D... It gets out well (it's up at 10K ft) for a flea-powered DTV de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 2:23 p.m. Es 50 Mc beacon from MS - de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 2:22 p.m. Looks like I picked up KCPT from Kansas City, MO (336 miles) about half an hour ago on the autologger. Wish there was a way to auto-capture a screen shot of the signal! de Stan K9SWX IL EN50
May 29, 2018, 2:21 p.m. [14:11] Nice log Steve. At least you know you don't have any problems with low-VHF interference there. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 2:20 p.m. Yup... I do that abt once a week de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 2:15 p.m. Ed have you ran disk defragmenter lately? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 2:13 p.m. [07:53] Bobby... I think the hard drive is gettin flakey... If I should disappear from the BB, for more than a few days, you'll know what happened de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 2:11 p.m. Es KREX 2/5, Grand Junction, CO 924 mi.(800 watts) from Payson, IL. First Es or Tr on channels 2-6 from this DX site. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 29, 2018, 2:10 p.m. w all this re-pack / tx sharing it's gonna be a bit of a scavenger hunt to figure out what's what. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 2:07 p.m. [11:10] Steve... I saw WODK-LD 45 a few days ago and it came up w the correct call on the Zenith... something must hv changed since then. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 1:50 p.m. Es 91.7 sounded like R Impact, Haiti//stream but again wouldn't stick de cd FL EL96
May 29, 2018, 1:45 p.m. Es possibly Haiti on both FM & TV, but won't hold for me de cd FL EL96
May 29, 2018, 1:44 p.m. Tropo pretty much gone here in Poughkeepsie, except WPSU still in/out. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 1:22 p.m. Es - HIJB-2z Dom Rep T/a logo ur fading in/out 1143 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 29, 2018, 1:17 p.m. Es muf 4. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 1:16 p.m. Tr WPXI 48/11 Pittsburgh, PA Farthest of this a.m., 331mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 1:16 p.m. Tr Cincinnati UHFs WCPO 22/9 and WSTR 33/64... no sign of WPTO 28/14... I still need that one de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 1:11 p.m. Tr WPSU 15/3 Clearfield, PA 241 mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 1:10 p.m. [12:45] Well, scratch WNBC as a new logging. 24 has been in, sub decodes from 3,7, and 13. de Mike CT FN31
May 29, 2018, 1:07 p.m. Es 2z weak carrier south - de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 1:04 p.m. Tr WBAY 23/2, Green Bay, WI 261 mi. from Milford, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 29, 2018, 12:55 p.m. Does anyone know for sure which TSID WNJU/WNBC is sending? WNJU's or WNBC's? (assume WNJU) de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 12:51 p.m. I have the SDR# RDS Data logger plugin & RDS Spy with RDS logger running on my AirSpy HF+ while I will be at work. I hope it receives some Es de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 12:45 p.m. [12:38 ] Mike, rf-36 in NYC is WNJU ("Host").. WNBC is "Guest" w/WNJU. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 12:42 p.m. The one thing to be certain is, IF his webpage is unreachable, that school districts server is down, because it hosts his webpage de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 12:40 p.m. Since he works for a school district as their technology supervisor, not sure how soon I will hear from him de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 12:39 p.m. I sent an email to Jon Harder adm. for APRS to inquire about server. Haven't heard from him *yet* de Jim-T MO EM37
May 29, 2018, 12:39 p.m. WNBC de Mike CT FN31
May 29, 2018, 12:38 p.m. ENBC 36 just decoded. A new log since they changed channels from 28. de Mike CT FN31
May 29, 2018, 12:35 p.m. Nope - server for APRS maps appears to have went down sometime yesterday de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 29, 2018, 12:34 p.m. Tr Just WWOR 25 and WMDC 18. de Mike CT FN31
May 29, 2018, 12:31 p.m. tropo maps won't load. de Mike CT FN31
May 29, 2018, 12:30 p.m. Tr WBFF/WUTB rf-46 Baltimore, MD good signal, plus WNUV 40/54. Aprox 222mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 12:27 p.m. Good decode on WJAC xltr now. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 12:26 p.m. Tr WJAC xltr 22/6 Altoona, PA partial decode. 252 mi @ 252 deg. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 12:12 p.m. Tr WKBS 46/47 Altoona, PA back in. 251 mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 12:03 p.m. Tr WRC 48/4 Washington, DC 358 mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 11:54 a.m. Tr WMPB 29/67 Baltimore, MD "MPT" partial decode. *NEWLOG* completes Baltimore full-powers for me. 221 mi. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 11:51 a.m. another one on 18. Don't think NJ since nothing else from there coming in. de Mike CT FN31
May 29, 2018, 11:49 a.m. Signals on 12,13,15 to the west but no decodes de Mike CT FN31
May 29, 2018, 11:30 a.m. Tr WMAR 38/2 Baltimore, MD 223 mi, de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 11:18 a.m. Tr KEFN-CD 20/20, St. Louis, MO 213 mi. from Milford, IL. Channel change from RF 49 to RF 20. New channel clogger...strong signal! New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 29, 2018, 11:16 a.m. Tr WHVL-LD State College, PA steady signal, 221 mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 11:10 a.m. Ed, if you receive WODK-LD 45/45, Springfield, IL w/tx in St. Louis (THANKS FCC!!??) it's coming up WDMW-LD 45/65 on the manual tuner because it's listed 1st, then WODK in the subs. WDMW is in Madison, WI. Getting confusing. de indysteve IN EM69
May 29, 2018, 11:06 a.m. Last few weeks to log WNDY. To go dark on RF 32 by July 15. Will share with sister WISH, Indy. de indysteve IN EM69
May 29, 2018, 10:51 a.m. Tr WNDY 32/23 Marion, IN @ 230 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 10:28 a.m. Tr WPDN-LD 24/65 Pittsburgh, PA @ 97 miles *NEW* decode over local WOIO @ 8 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 7:53 a.m. OK thanks for the help ED. I hope you can fix your computer. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 7:52 a.m. OK de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 7:42 a.m. My computer is acting weird... It might be gettin' ready to die... Gonna see if I can fix it... Gotta go. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 7:18 a.m. Every DXer may have the same problem soon, as soon as Upper UHF DTV channels are vacated these new LTE 5G cell towers that are being built or already built will start transmitting on those now just opened upper UHF channels leaving us DXers with no new open UHF channels to DX. :-( de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 7:11 a.m. But as I think about it you may not be able to DX on those open channel that will be available for a short time before the repack is done across the country if that LTE cell site starts to transmit on the now open channels that were blocked DX wise for you via local or semi local DTV stations on them de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 7:02 a.m. [06:53] ED, did any of your local DTV stations move to lower channels because of the repack or simulcasting on a lower channel right now? If not, that cell site will not be able to transmit on current UHF channel bands being used right now for DTV de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 6:53 a.m. I'm afraid the new site may use some of the current UHF chs as T-Mobile is doing now, all over the country de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:48 a.m. [06:41] at least it is up and working. looks like we are going to see if that Rad-Shack LTE filter is made of. QRM will be hitting it at point blank range. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 6:45 a.m. I don't want to spend a bunch of time rebuilding the system only to get wiped out by the new cell site. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:43 a.m. I'm kinda waiting to see how much QRM I get from the, soon to be built, new cell site (abt 1/2 mi from the house) before I think about re-building the TV ant system de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:41 a.m. Abt a yr ago I removed the broken VHF ant, sawed off the bent mast & re-mounted the P-7 on the tower de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:35 a.m. FT8 DX is too easy there is no challenge or effort involved. it is like DX cheating. https://twitter.com/cuoops/status/999748806487887872 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 6:30 a.m. ED, Did you fix your leaning sideways P-7 UHF antenna? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 6:28 a.m. Ok, good... Yup, it is a little confusing at first... That's the bast way to do it... get rid of the QRM before it gets to the pre-amp de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:25 a.m. [06:08] That is how I have it installed. I had to think about it before I installed it. I came to the conclusion that the DTV signal travels from antenna & coax to go into the ( IN ) LTE filter then signal is filtered ( OUT ) to ( IN ) Preamp de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 6:21 a.m. Tr WSEC 15/14 Jacksonville IL 210 mi on 2nd floor, indoor antenna de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:18 a.m. In case you want to review the LTE story... http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?8240-Houston-we-have-a-problem de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:11 a.m. It did a good job of knocking out the LTE cell site QRM. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:08 a.m. ... Mke sure it's installed properly... the lead from the ant goes to the input side of the filter, the output side goes to the pre-amp... it can be a little confusing de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:06 a.m. ... I'm currently using one at the pre-amp input on the CM 7777 (older style - single input) pre-amp... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 6:04 a.m. [21:45] I may hv lost a little bit of signal w the Rad-Shack LTE filter but I really don't hv any accurate way of measurement... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 29, 2018, 5:55 a.m. [04:48] WRH, with the seven different software filter settings on the AirSpy HF+ you can play around with those filters till you can clear up some of that IBOC mess to hear a station ID or webstream match. Sometimes it has a little low noise tn the background but you can hear the station thru it with the right filter on - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 5:08 a.m. Very sad... http://www.wyff4.com/article/wyff-news-4-anchor-photojournalist-tragically-killed-when-tree-falls-on-suv/20945002 de cd FL EL96
May 29, 2018, 4:48 a.m. I guess a tuner with a more-forgiving capture effect could help. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 4:41 a.m. An IBOC only covers half an FM channel, so there's a chance of recovering audio from the other half. With both halves covered, you can't recover anything if the IBOC's on both halves are stronger than the analog station. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 4:23 a.m. [03:28] Yeah, two IBOC's is too much even for the Airspy HF+ but I have not had a chance to try and see if the AirSpy HF+ can rip thru two IBOC's de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 3:53 a.m. lol. I left my tuner on 104.7 with phasing off - and am now getting the 104.7 HD. lol. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 3:39 a.m. Jon.. I can get 104.7 well with phasing, 104.3 Detroit OK, 104.3 Kingston just barely in. Without phasing, I can't get any of these 3. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 3:28 a.m. If you have two IBOC's (from two adjacents), not much you can do. Narrower bandwidth won't help, and you can only phase one IBOC at a time. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 3:27 a.m. It's just a big pain to use, that's all. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 3:26 a.m. The best weapon against one IBOC is phasing. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 3:21 a.m. aprs tropo map apparently Out of Order. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 3:15 a.m. [3:10] The Airspy HF+ No problem with IBOC. It will rip thru that IBOC like Butter. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 3:10 a.m. [02:24] Jon, I have received stations via Tropo on 102.3 & 102.7 over local 102.5 WFMF's IBOC on the Sony. It does take some strong Tropo condition with the signal being strong for it to happen. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 3:09 a.m. Jon, I have received stations via Tropo on 102.3 & 102.7 over local 102.5 WFMF's IBOC on the Sony. It does take some strong Tropo condition with the signal being strong for it to happen. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 29, 2018, 3:05 a.m. Tr WTAE-51/4 Pittsburgh, PA, 326 miles no other Pittsburgh noted. A little earlier WKBS-46/47 Altoona, and autologger got WTAJ-32/10 Altoona o/WQPX at saame azimuth. Sub-decodes of other possible central/westgern PA noted. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 29, 2018, 2:52 a.m. Another low-VHF LD application... WHNE-LD Detroit filed for DT 3 with 3 kW. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 2:43 a.m. Browsing RabbitEars today, I noticed WIVN-LD just south of me has filed to move to DT 5 in the repack. Maybe it'll be an Es target for some if it gets approved. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 29, 2018, 2:25 a.m. We'll have to wait and see if the Es or tropo can overcome it. de Jon ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 2:24 a.m. 104.3 is completely blocked by the IBOC. 104.7 is only at 1 bar on the Sony. de Jon ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 2:17 a.m. ): I noticed they added an extra sub : CFRB-1010, which used to be on 99.9-HD. Hopefully 99.9-HD isn't coming back. de WRH ON FN03
May 29, 2018, 2:08 a.m. 104.5 CHUM-FM is back in HD.... de Jon ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 9:45 p.m. ED, I put a Radio Shack LTE low pass filter on my 91-XG antenna & noticed that my main signals have dropped some on my channels. is this normal? Also the directions that you point your P-7 antenna at that had 4G LTE interference, is this interference gone now with the filter installed? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 28, 2018, 9:27 p.m. I've noticed a steady signal of 50% with no sub-decode bar on rf-27 WSW (240 deg). Any explanations? This is direction of local FM site, and analog 42. My normal "no signal" level as 27%. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 28, 2018, 7:34 p.m. The Sat 1800 tropo map looks like the best shot at Gulf tropo in years for the Midwest de Jim-T MO EM37
May 28, 2018, 7:02 p.m. WRH, I hope that the next weekend Tr forecast will make it worth DXn here, if no Es; more and more UHF channels are clear for me. de cd FL EL96
May 28, 2018, 6:45 p.m. That’s 10 meter eskip and not 6 meter de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 28, 2018, 6:44 p.m. Yes, Rob. False alarm. After I reported it, I realized that was more indicative of 10 meter eskip and not FT8. Although Hungary wouldn’t be a surprise on 6 meter FT8. I’ve seen further, just not that variety of locations. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 28, 2018, 6:34 p.m. Aim at Turkey instead ? de Russ-WB2BJH PA FN20id
May 28, 2018, 6:26 p.m. So I've been pointed at Hungary on FM for nothing??? Dang!! :>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 28, 2018, 6:20 p.m. And all of those are also FT8 contacts on 50.313. de Russ-WB2BJH PA FN20id
May 28, 2018, 6:13 p.m. But there are some multi-hop TA hits on the map. de WRH ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 6:12 p.m. [17:58] Yeah I was jealous Andrew. I've been parked on 50.313 all day I just have VE3's, K2's and K8's. de WRH ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 5:59 p.m. ALL of the 50 mHz contacts/spots on DXMaps right now are FT8 de Russ-WB2BJH PA FN20id
May 28, 2018, 5:58 p.m. Guys, I think my previous FT8 reports are bogus. Sorry to get everyone panicked. I usually keep the software running on 6 meters in the background, but I recalled flipping through the all the lower FT8 frequencies this morning. So it was likely just 20 or 17 meter skip. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 28, 2018, 5:55 p.m. [16:26] I dunno, cd... when new cell site (just down the road) goes on line it may just QRM me right out of the DXing business de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 5:38 p.m. Lots of 144 mHZ paths in Eurpoe right now. Send some over here!!! de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 28, 2018, 5:31 p.m. I'm pointed at Hungary Andrew….But I'm not hearing anything on FM from there!! :>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 28, 2018, 5:24 p.m. Es 50.313 HA1SU Hungary, DJ0FX Germany, and M0DHO England de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 28, 2018, 5:21 p.m. Es 50.313 California double-hop FT8... W6ZO and KJ6UD, also VA7QI in British Columbia, WA7LNW Utah de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 28, 2018, 5:15 p.m. Es - HIJB-2z Dom Rep T/a logo ur fading in/out 1143 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 28, 2018, 5:06 p.m. I think there are many hams who need a better education on propagation. Too many don’t have a clue and report 500 km as Es, therefore false high MUFs show up on the map. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 28, 2018, 4:30 p.m. Multiple times DxMaps estimating various spots above 108 Mhz de Jim-T MO EM37
May 28, 2018, 4:29 p.m. You should check EU DxMaps AGAIN, full blown FM Es in progress there NOW de Jim-T MO EM37
May 28, 2018, 4:26 p.m. [14:40] Once the repacking is in full swing, you *might* have 900 by the end of 2018! de cd FL EL96
May 28, 2018, 3:13 p.m. Just check the European DxMaps FM/TV side and the eskip is all below 95.5MHz and not a lot of it de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 28, 2018, 2:57 p.m. ... Then, maybe, I'll catch up on 10 yrs of lost sleep de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 2:40 p.m. Hope so, Jim... I'm sittin' at 799 DTVs... I'd really like to put #800 in the log de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 2:37 p.m. This is the map on Thursday until it refreshes midday...http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tr_map/fcst/eam096.jpg de Jim-T MO EM37
May 28, 2018, 2:37 p.m. [13:55] Dave... I'm using old Icom R-7000... No RDS... Hv to wait for on air ID's :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 2:36 p.m. ...they may be kicking the door down! de Jim-T MO EM37
May 28, 2018, 2:35 p.m. Ed, if WRH's tropo forecast holds up, on Thursday morning you will have St. Louis sigs parked on your front door... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 28, 2018, 2:30 p.m. Parked on 20... St-L sigs are down atm... no sig :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 2:29 p.m. WDKA is a big pest... tx located nr Vienna IL... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 2:17 p.m. Tr *Channel Change* KEFN-CD 20/20 (was RF 49), St. Louis, MO 106 mi. from Payson, IL. First time I've seen ch. move. Maybe working on it now, as there's no video. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 1:57 p.m. Ed, your WDKA 49/49, Paducah, KY 208 mi. from Payson, IL is coming in from almost any azimuth reading. de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 1:55 p.m. [12:48] had them both via Ms Ided by their RDS de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 28, 2018, 1:53 p.m. Tr KDIN "IPTV1-D" 11/11, Des Moines, IA 185 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 1:49 p.m. [09:52] Re: WLKK 107.7, seems to be on low power. de WRH ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 1:38 p.m. Lake breeze boundary literally at my house - messing with Tr. de WRH ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 1:36 p.m. [13:35] WSIL is 198 miles. de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 1:35 p.m. Aimed west - and no TV over 60 miles right now - not even semi-local 31 Woodstock. de WRH ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 1:35 p.m. Stan, WSIL 34/3, Harrisburg, IL is blowing thru local WQEC 34/27, Quincy, IL 12 miles from Payson, IL. Tropo keeps moving around. de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 1:33 p.m. Tr 94.5 KKLR Poplar Bluff MO 100+ mi "Clear 94" on 1st floor indoor dipole de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 1:24 p.m. Picking up some FM stations about 75-85 miles away w/indoor antenna. Only distant TV station is 137 miles away in Davenport, IA. (KWQC) de Stan K9SWX IL EN50
May 28, 2018, 1:15 p.m. Yup... NWS wx-rads often mess up... "Wind" pronounced like what you do to an old wrist-watch de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 1:07 p.m. gotta love automated voices; NWR saying "100 Michigan radius" instead of "100 mile radius" - de WRH ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 1:05 p.m. Tr 161.975 NMD-25 Detroit, MI - 192 mi - *NEW*, USCG AIS Base Station "Wayne" - de WRH ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 1:05 p.m. That's about typical for K-Love :-{ de Russ-WB2BJH PA FN20id
May 28, 2018, 1:01 p.m. ... It's Morganfield, Russ... abt 100 mi... 'Only' had to listen for 55 min before it IDed :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 12:54 p.m. When I take over the world, all non-IDers will be located and destroyed via air strike... Who's with me ? :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 12:48 p.m. Wilmore or Morganfield - take your pick :-} de Russ-WB2BJH PA FN20id
May 28, 2018, 12:35 p.m. Tr 95.3 k-love... not a clue where it is because it won't ID... UGH! de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 12:33 p.m. Tr WBAY 23/2, Green Bay, WI 261 mi. from Milford, IL. Really strong signal. Looks like tropo is developing in this area as forecast by WRH de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 12:17 p.m. Tr lots of 150-ish mi channel cloggers... no real DX de Ed W-KY EM56
May 28, 2018, 11:40 a.m. Tr 24 WCML Alpena, MI - 265 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 11:38 a.m. Tr KMTV 45/3, KETV 20/7 & WOWT 22/6, Omaha, NE 271 mi. from Payson, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 11:34 a.m. Tr KXVO "CW15" 38/15, Omaha, NE 276 mi. from Payson, IL. Don't see this mkt. often. de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 11:17 a.m. Jim, yes. So far, very little to show..... Great Bend and Topeka now gone. Looks like tropo bending more SW than W. de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 11:12 a.m. Tr 104.7 WKJC Tawas City, MI, "KJC Country", 238 mi de Jon ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 10:49 a.m. Steve are tropo conditions different from yesterday morning? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 28, 2018, 10:03 a.m. Tr WIBW 13/13, Topeka, KS 262 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 10:02 a.m. Tr KSNC 22/2, Great Bend, KS 414 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 28, 2018, 9:52 a.m. WLKK 107.7 Weathersfiield, NY seems to be off the air this morning I’m hearing in their place WUUZ Cooperstown PA with Classic Rock & WGTY Gettysburg PA Country de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 28, 2018, 9:20 a.m. Tr WNYO 49/49 Buffalo, NY @ 201 miles *NEW* de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 28, 2018, 3:20 a.m. Tr 97.1 WXYT Detroit, MI, "97-1 The Ticket", 208 mi de Jon ON FN03
May 28, 2018, 2:17 a.m. Tr 101.3 CKOT Tillsonburg, ON 151 miles de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 28, 2018, 1:08 a.m. Looks great to me :-) de Mike CT FN31
May 28, 2018, 12:38 a.m. Nothing going on here. Just testing my post to see how it looks. de Timothy TN EM86
May 28, 2018, 12:23 a.m. [00:18] so the 17 dB attenuator on both the CM 7777 and RCA TVPRAMP1Z preamps does help stabilize DTV signals in this location de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 28, 2018, 12:18 a.m. I did a test on a 60% main signal & 60% quality signal on WYES-DT-11 coming in @ 87 miles out. with the 17dB attenuator pad in line I get stedy stable signal with no dropouts. when I removed the 17dB attenuator pad from line main signal goes up to 87% but both quality and symbol signal drops to 40% and drops in & out in flux. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 28, 2018, 12:04 a.m. There is no sign of this Tropo from New Orleans La on the APRS Tropo map de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 28, 2018, 12:02 a.m. New Orleans La DTV stations @ 80+ miles out has been coming in here weak to fair signal all day. Now New Orleans DTV's in like locals. must be enhanced by Tropical Storm Alberto off the coast - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 8:23 p.m. The Indy 500 is not aired live in Indy. The Payson, IL remote setup provided live coverage of it via internet thanks to Payson's local KHQA 7, Hannibal, MO. More than a DXing machine. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 7:14 p.m. btw, CITO-3 has stopped being a siren. Vid carrier looks normal now. de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 7:12 p.m. Rob..That was a great way to start the Es season. I heard 7 new AZ stations at around 1790 miles de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 27, 2018, 7:12 p.m. That's all there was. Nothing now. de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 6:47 p.m. Bill…Last May 25th 2017 I had Double Hop to 2 AZ FMers….so maybe that is a Good Omen that you have them on 50 Mhz!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 27, 2018, 6:22 p.m. Es 50.313 WA0KDS Phoenix, AZ - double hop - steady hits via FT8 - de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 5:17 p.m. Ms 88.5 KEOM Mesquite, TX RDS RELOG 1108 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 27, 2018, 4:44 p.m. Given the nature and the brevity I would suspect some unknown number of FT8 contacts are ionoscatter, and some may be meteor scatter also de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 27, 2018, 4:41 p.m. Double hops being the exception. de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 4:39 p.m. And red if above. de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 4:39 p.m. Realistically, the lines for FT8 should be orange if signal strength is below the background noise. de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 4:37 p.m. I think when it's strong enough to get CW beacons, it's real Es. de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 4:34 p.m. I also wondering how many of my FT8 catches are weak ionoscatter rather than bonafide strong Es. de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 4:28 p.m. The more stations in the log, the more that happens, especially early de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 27, 2018, 4:13 p.m. I've had 4 Es Openings on FM already this year…..but everything heard has been RELOGS….Nothing intense enough to bring in the Good Stuff….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 27, 2018, 4:10 p.m. Tr 89.7 WOSU Columbus, OH very strong RDS 263 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 27, 2018, 4:10 p.m. No Es so far this year here. It will be the latest start date once it arrives. de Jon ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 3:56 p.m. My first Es logging in 2017 was May 25 and in 2016 May 26...so should arrive any minute now de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 27, 2018, 3:54 p.m. I have had intense Es with nothing much showing on the maps and the opposite of that as well de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 27, 2018, 3:54 p.m. Agree, Jeff - I tell new DXers to "DX with their ears, not with their eyes :D de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 27, 2018, 3:53 p.m. One total Es log here this season, Rob (KEOM). That has never happened before this late in May de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 27, 2018, 3:52 p.m. Es 50 Mc beacon from FL - de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 3:49 p.m. The maps are just a guideline.There is no substitute for listening. de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 27, 2018, 3:44 p.m. Es 2z weak carriers south - de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 3:42 p.m. [15:34] Thanks for posting the link, I forget about checking the G7IZU map de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 3:40 p.m. The other day I removed the FT8 contacts from the map and there were NO spots on the map de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 3:39 p.m. Russ I don't have a problem with FT8 either, it just skews the DxMaps for figuring out what is going on AT FIRST GLANCE de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 3:38 p.m. Still looking for my 1st NEW Es Logging of the Season! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 27, 2018, 3:37 p.m. 2 more logs from May/24 Es found on the ELAD… 92.9 KDCD San Angelo,TX and 91.9 KSSU Durant, OK…..Both RELOGS de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 27, 2018, 3:36 p.m. I have no problem with FT8 however because it's digital short-duration transmission, it's probably not predictive for TV/FM DX'ers de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 27, 2018, 3:35 p.m. This seems to not include FT8. And it's easily removed on DXMaps de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 27, 2018, 3:34 p.m. Take a look at this - http://tvcomm.co.uk/g7izu/propagation-maps/north-american-sporadic-e/ de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 27, 2018, 3:26 p.m. DxMaps makes it look like there is a full blown Es attack on the East coast, until you see 98% of the QSO's are FT8 and below 70 Mhz de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 3:25 p.m. And the Es is raging on the East coast. NOT! How do we use FT8 to gauge Es for TV & FM??? The million dollar question of the day. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 3:06 p.m. Tr KDCU 31/31, Derby, KS 365 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 3:04 p.m. Tr KMTW 35/36, Hutchinson, KS 361 mi. from Payson, IL. 361 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 3:03 p.m. Tr KSAS 26/24, Wichita, KS 365 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 2:50 p.m. Matts HDHomerun autologger is currently getting KCEC 15/14 Boulder-Denver @ 496 miles courtesy tropo! Incredible!! de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 2:50 p.m. FYI...58 degrees, overcast, very breezy. Such is spring in New England. no DX at all. de Mike CT FN31
May 27, 2018, 2:49 p.m. He has access to this board. I wonder if he even remembers. de Mike CT FN31
May 27, 2018, 2:46 p.m. Couple hrs ago Matt/Omaha heard KXPK 105.1 Denver via tropo. He said 1st time he has ever received Denver from tropo de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 2:43 p.m. Maybe daytime heating overtaking tropo? Signals dropping already de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 2:22 p.m. Tr 89.9 WRRO Edon, Ohio - over more local CBE Windsor - intense, but very short tropo now de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 27, 2018, 2:20 p.m. Springfield MO APRS repeater is hitting Des Moines repeater now de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 2:17 p.m. Tr KSAS 26/24 Wichita KS 229 miles, relog de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 2:16 p.m. Tr KSNC 22/2 Great Bend KS 304 miles, relog de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 2:16 p.m. Tr 106.7 WFGA Hicksville, OH - Over local WDTW- 85 miles de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 27, 2018, 2:09 p.m. Tr KTPX 28/44 "ION" Okmulgee, OK 382 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 2:04 p.m. Tr KWTV "News9" 39/9, Oklahoma City, OK 450 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 2:02 p.m. ...https://m.rabbitears.info/index.php?request=tvdx_grid&tid=101B94C9&tno=0&sort=all&hours=1&tzone=CT&unit= de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 2:02 p.m. IF any other dxers want to see what Steve is getting with the Payson IL autologger, you can go here... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 2:01 p.m. Tr KGEB 49/53, Tulsa, OK 365 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 1:58 p.m. Pretty Much all of Fort Wayne in here on FM - but no futher at this time de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 27, 2018, 1:57 p.m. There you go, Jim. Hang in there. At least from Payson, IL, the signals are UP and more of them now. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 1:57 p.m. Steve I have NW AR in strong also, might be making it up to Payson de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 1:56 p.m. Tr KOPX "ION" 50/62, Oklahoma City, OK 448 mi. from Payson, IL via autologger. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 1:54 p.m. Tr KSNW 45/3 Wichita KS 229 miles, NEW log de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 1:51 p.m. Tr KSBI 23/52, OKC, OK 448 mi. from Payson, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 1:45 p.m. Tr KOCB 33/34, Oklahoma City, OK 451 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 1:38 p.m. Tr piles of DTV signals to KS but QRM is really crazy this morning, signals are bouncing a lot de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 1:34 p.m. Tr WIBW-LD 44/13, Topeka, KS 262 mi. from Payson, IL. //WIBW 13, Topeka de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 1:33 p.m. Tr KSNL-LD 23/6, Salina, KS 371 mi. from Payson, IL. //KSNW, Wichita. New log. Note: Recently moved from RF 47 to RF 23. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 1:11 p.m. Tr KOCW 14/17, Hoisington, KS 416 mi. from Payson, IL. It's a translator, 40 kW @ 535 ft., from KAAS 17/18, Salina, KS. PSIP for KOCW sometimes comes up "KAAS." Like today. Yesterday it was "KOCW." de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 12:38 p.m. Yup... I'm already seeing problems w the 'new' WJKT on 21... It butts heads w WUXP 21/30 Nashville... Re-pack's gonna be a mess :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 12:33 p.m. Lost KOOD, KS @ 408 mi. but by misaiming by 30 deg. it's back! Man, after the repack............get the 20 ft. parabolics ready! de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 12:27 p.m. Ed, over the past hour, I'm seeing lots of QRM creeping in, too. KYTV & KOZL, MO @ 200 mi. pounding in while aimed W. St. Louis @ 100 mi. off the sides & back. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 12:26 p.m. Tim... I've tacked on ur EM86... should show up with ur next post de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 12:23 p.m. Steve... I've got so much Evansville, Bowling Green, Nashville QRM I can't get anything out west de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 12:11 p.m. I think I can add it, Tim... Do you want to be "Tim EM86" ? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 12:02 p.m. How do I get the grid square/location to show up with my name automatically? Do I have to make it part of my username? de Timothy
May 27, 2018, noon Nothing going on here as usual. Wonder if FM Es will make an appearance for the holiday weekend like in years gone by? (First post here( Tim EM86 from tvfmskiplog)) de Timothy
May 27, 2018, noon Tr KOOD 16/9, Hays, KS 408 mi. from Payson, IL. Very strong signal at the moment. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 11:32 a.m. BIG Nashville QRM crowding out DX :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 11:06 a.m. [6:18] there were some 5 megawatt uhf analogs but dunno if that power level was ever considered for DTV de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 10:51 a.m. Nothing stirring on TV or FM this morning the rain killed any and all tropo here de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 27, 2018, 10:36 a.m. Tr KPXE 30/50 KC MO 362 mi "ION" de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 10:19 a.m. Tr KPTS 8/8, Hutchinson, KS 371 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 9:51 a.m. Tr KSNW 45/3, Wichita, KS 366 mi. from Payson, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 9:42 a.m. Tr WIBW 13/13, Topeka, KS 262 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 9:40 a.m. Tr KSCW 12/33, Wichita, KS 370 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 9:31 a.m. Tr KWCH 19/12, Hutchinson, KS 370 mi. from Payson, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 9:30 a.m. Tr KSNC 22/2, Great Bend, KS 414 mi. from Payson, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 9:28 a.m. Tr [around 06:08] KOCB, KTUZ, KOKH, KFOR, KOPX & KSBI DTVs, OKC, OK mkt. 448-451 mi. from Payson, IL via autologger. All relogs. de indysteve IN EM69
May 27, 2018, 6:18 a.m. I think I read somewhere maybe wikipedia that originally full power UHF DTV stations was to broadcast at 5000 kW power but changed the FCC changed the official power 1000 kW. was this true? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 5:51 a.m. Thanks Andrew K. I guess signal strength does not need to be the strongest to receive DX. But signal quality needs to be at its highest strength possible for a decode. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 5:09 a.m. Tr CIII-29 29/29 Sarnia-Oil Springs, ON @ 124 miles *NEW* de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 27, 2018, 5:01 a.m. Ok, good luck Bobby... now rake in all the tropo. I hope it works well for you. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 27, 2018, 4:55 a.m. [04:49] I tried it with my locals. I turned antenna away from stations tower to weaken quality signal to around 75% & the results were the same. The 17dB attenuator pad was the winner de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 4:50 a.m. Tr WXYZ 41/7 Detroit, MI @ 129 miles decoding better aiming almost the opposite direction de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 27, 2018, 4:49 a.m. Bobby, it's best to test your locals using the attenuator pads when there's no tropo. That way, there's no signal fluctuations due to propagation. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 27, 2018, 4:48 a.m. I will be testing the VHF LO / Hi autologger that has the CM 7777 preamp installed next to see what attenuator Pad will work best on it. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 4:44 a.m. [04:12] Andrew K, I am using the attenuator Pad on my UHF VHF Hi antenna autologger. This autologger has the RCA TVPRAMP1Z Preamp installed. The RCA TVPRAMP1Z needed 17 dB of attenuation de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 4:37 a.m. Andrew K, When I had no attenuator Pad Quality was lower on weaker signals via Tropo but when I put the 17dB attenuator Pad in line it made the signal weaker but the Quality signal went up about 8 Db. I tried 20 dB , 12 dB , 8dB & 6dB and only THE 17 dB attenuator Pad made the Quality signal go up. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 4:35 a.m. Tr WTVQ 40/36 Lexington KY 240 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 4:12 a.m. Wow, 17 dB attenuation!! That’s more than I thought you’d need. But if you’re using the 7777 preamp, that likely provides more amplification than needed. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 27, 2018, 3:45 a.m. I am receiving Tropo stations from 87 miles out via Tropo with the 17db attenuator Pad installed. Thanks for helping me get this autologger set up right de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 3:39 a.m. [03:35] Curr SS interference / noise levels are nice & low now. Check my Curr SS signals here. https://m.rabbitears.info/index.php?request=tvdx_grid&tid=1047FCDA&tno=0 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 3:35 a.m. I have my new refurbished HD HomeRun tuner online autologging. I have a 17dB attenuator Pad between the receiver & preamp power supply. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 27, 2018, 3:01 a.m. Tr WOHZ-CD 41/41 Mansfield, OH @ 50 miles *NEW* (not sure why this one has been hiding for so long) de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 27, 2018, 2:01 a.m. yup….I too remember John and Bill…….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 27, 2018, 1:27 a.m. Googling John F. Combs, there's still one in Orlando. Same city as in VUD. de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 1:27 a.m. ....in the paragraph about Pat Dyer, the last line says - You can visit Pat's website HERE. - No hyperlink in the HERE. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 1:26 a.m. Hey Mike CT, there is one little tweak that needs something done to it.... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 27, 2018, 1:24 a.m. [01:15] John F. Combs as per VUD. de WRH ON FN03
May 27, 2018, 1:15 a.m. Kinda struck out on John C.. found several on QRZ but not sure if any are the right one de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 12:52 a.m. Found Bill N... He's in KY ! New Call, W4KYR de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 12:15 a.m. Dunno if still current but, Bill N was KF2OK & John C was N4SFS de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 12:13 a.m. That whole faq needs to be redone to get it up to 2018 dxing. de Mike CT FN31
May 27, 2018, 12:11 a.m. OK Mike... I'll try the QRZ Ham call look-up site, sometime, & see if I can find Bill N & John C. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 12:11 a.m. This afternoon I was spiffing up the wtfda.org webpage. I looked at the DXing faq and man, that thing is sooo out of date. de Mike CT FN31
May 27, 2018, 12:09 a.m. Funny, now with SDRs filter swaps are obsolete. de Mike CT FN31
May 27, 2018, 12:09 a.m. Wonder whatever became of those guys... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 27, 2018, 12:08 a.m. John Combs was another biggie with FM DX. Eventually he dropped out f it all due to religious reasons. He may still be in Fl. de Mike CT FN31
May 27, 2018, 12:07 a.m. I know after a while he got out of the hobby. Think he was also a ham. de Mike CT FN31
May 27, 2018, 12:07 a.m. [23:54] Yep I remember them. Bill N got me started with IF filter changes. He had me write a VUD article about. de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 11:57 p.m. Dave... I remember Mike Reed (Reid?) from Toronto... found his ph # in old logbook from late 80's / early 90's de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 11:54 p.m. While we're at it... Anyone remember Bill Nienajadly from NJ or John Combs from FL ? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 11:17 p.m. The way things are going, analog DX = the "survivor". IOW, "dig-i-tal killed the an-a-log star" de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 11:05 p.m. Isn't that the name of the latest reality show? DX Survivor? de Saul ON FN04
May 26, 2018, 10:33 p.m. As beat up as we are…I guess we are the "Survivors"…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 10:33 p.m. Ms 88.5 WTMK Wanatah, IN RDS PS/PI RELOG 322 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 10:28 p.m. Mike Reid is in Toronto and not doing much DX these days. I hear from him from time to time. de Saul ON FN04
May 26, 2018, 10:27 p.m. I don't think I met Pet Sawatzky but remember the name. Sorry to hear he's gone. de Saul ON FN04
May 26, 2018, 9:47 p.m. I met Roger at a radio meet where I representing EC. I still have his "Towerman" business card. de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 9:03 p.m. Actually Roger Moved to Port Stanley, ON…….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 8:41 p.m. Jeff…I think Roger Gravelle is still in St. Thomas…but not sure if he's still DXing…he moved to a New Subdivision and I think they Ban towers where he is??? Nothing heard out of Bruce Hall in many years! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 8:17 p.m. Been WTFDA member since 1980. Lot of Ontario DXers over the years. Also remember Bruce Hall in Brantford and Roger Gravelle in St Thomas de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 7:29 p.m. You guys will probably find reports from them in the old VUDs stored at wtfda.org, if you check. de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 7:24 p.m. [19:02] so sorry de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 26, 2018, 7:23 p.m. Yes Dave…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 7:23 p.m. Yes ave..I think I joined WTFDA in 1976….and Peter and that Reed were both already members then. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 7:21 p.m. Said he is planning to make a trip West later summer to see about employment opp de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 7:21 p.m. That's a shame Jim…….hope things work out for him and he can get active again. Thank God I made it to retirement and a Pension…. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 7:21 p.m. [18:28] Sawatsky wasn’t he in the OLD WTFDA like 1970s/1980s and there was Mike Reed from Toronto de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 26, 2018, 7:21 p.m. I guess his job is history. He says they gave him a big severance ck, bought a diesel truck and RV (paid for) and has money in the bank de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 7:18 p.m. ...plans to sign up here to be able to post DX. Not sure about job prospects de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 7:18 p.m. Just got a msg from Randy...laid off work in January, sold house, living out of an RV in a buddies backyard. Doubts he will get his job back.... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 7:12 p.m. OK, Thanks Bill, I wondered where Randy got to?? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 7:09 p.m. Per his post "Feb22 00:17 I look in here occasionally. Moved and in transition no DXING right now kw4rz / m em60" de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 7:08 p.m. Last saw Randy on the other page on Feb 22nd de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 7:05 p.m. Well….sorry to hear that Fred…I must have missed that! He was one of my early Idols in FM Dxing!! Never met him , even though he lived just down Hiway a Bit!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 7:02 p.m. [18::28] Peter last reported FM DX stats in 1984. He passed away last year. de fred SC FM03af
May 26, 2018, 6:56 p.m. OK Great Jim……haven't seen much out of him lately?? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 6:49 p.m. (18:26) Rob, I sent Randy KW4RZ a text message about how to get on this BB de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 6:29 p.m. Sawatsky had a Huge Logbook even when I started FM DXing around 1976…. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 6:28 p.m. Any of you Oldtimers remember a guy named Peter Sawatsky from Ontario?? The Kitchener/Guelph area I think??? Wonder if he is still around…haven't seen logs from him in 30 Years or more! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 6:26 p.m. He used to report some good stuff on the Other Board …haven't seen anything from hiom in a while?? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 6:26 p.m. Anyone know if Randy Zerr is till FM Dxing from Florida??? He should be here on the Board too……. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 6:19 p.m. sounds like fun, but if I was into FT8, apparently I would never get any work doen around here! de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 6:11 p.m. Christopher, it sounds like a whole collection of different frequencies of tones all crammed into 3 kHz of spectrum. The computer software decodes all of it into many different lines of text in 15-second intervals. Hams take turns transmitting and receiving. You can receive signals as low as -24 dB. I’ve contacted New Zealand on and Russia using only 25 watts. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 6:08 p.m. OK Andrew; was only thinking about what I hear, which could be warbles or whatever. de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 6:06 p.m. Ms 88.5 KLHV Cotton Valley, LA RDS RELOG 998 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 6:05 p.m. Christopher, FT8 transmits your call sign and ham grid square. You can actually transmit whatever 15 characters you want. That’s how you know. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 6:03 p.m. grid square de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 6:03 p.m. FT8 isn’t magic. It still requires the propagation to be there. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 6:03 p.m. dumb question, but how does one receiving FT8 DX know the location of the contact? de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 6:02 p.m. Does anyone here use FT8 to transmit? It’s really fun to try. That’s my perspective as a licensed ham who enjoys it. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 5:52 p.m. FT8 reminds me, a little, of the QRSS CW mode used by the 'lowfer' ops (160-190 KHz) for uuber-weak sigs de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 5:47 p.m. Kinda funny reading the ham comments about FT-8, most are calling it *robot radio* :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 5:47 p.m. But the red lines on the map that are star-shaped are likely active Es clouds. It's the random red lines to be wary of. de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 5:43 p.m. [17:34] Agree. Ionoscatter is under reported. I often hear weak DTV pilots fading on 2,3,4 that aren't quite Es, Ms, or TrS. de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 5:40 p.m. Yup... FT8 seems to be the latest 'flavor of the month'... until the next one comes along de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 5:34 p.m. I don't have a problem with the mode, just tends to get posted as Es a lot when a lot of it is scatter de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 5:32 p.m. I won't *bash* FT8 because I use a DTV HDHomerun tuner for autologging, so kinda doing the same thing...only difference is DTV isn't *so easy* to log de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 5:29 p.m. IH8 FT8 should be my new auto tag de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 5:29 p.m. Appears to be a LOT of controversy over FT8 even among amateur radio operators...https://dx-world.net/yes-or-no-a-poll-on-ft8/ de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 5:27 p.m. Pouring rain now, and likely will not let up for 3 more days (TS Alberto) de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 5:26 p.m. I was told in email to check 52.525 (?) for FM ham contacts de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 5:25 p.m. That's the times we're in Jim…Instant Gratification! If it's a Challenge…sorry …we're not interested! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 5:25 p.m. It's a new world out there, after years of those red lines being "legit" de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 5:20 p.m. Just opinion, I don't think there would be so many FT8 contacts if weren't so *easy* de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 5:15 p.m. I've turned off spotting for anything above 50.200 in an attempt to get a more accurate picture of the 6 meter band de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 5:14 p.m. Jim & Fred showed me this de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 5:14 p.m. [Below] Uncheck "digital" and there is a more realistic map, unfortunately de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 5:13 p.m. https://www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php# -- de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 5:06 p.m. At 1 p.m. EDT, two Wichita, KS DTVs (on the same tower) @ 370 mi. still in/out. de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 4:59 p.m. Es 55.26 (2+) vid-car w slow QSB... first sign of life, today de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:50 p.m. Es 2z 3z carriers south - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 4:42 p.m. Es DTV 2 pilot west de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 4:32 p.m. Es 50 Mc beacons from KS and FL - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 4:29 p.m. I see tons of FT8 sigs on 50.313 before any of the CW beacons show up. de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 4:28 p.m. It's a paradigm-shift we need to get used too. de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 4:28 p.m. I think all the FT8 mode reports are making skip look better than it really is. de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 4:26 p.m. The Texas Opening also yielded NM, OK, KS …... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 4:25 p.m. Jeff…I've had 2 Openings to Texas and 1 to Florida…all RELOGS, nothing spectacular. The Texas Opening yesterday did hit the top of the Band for a few minutes though……should be soon! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 4:21 p.m. Has looked like it was really going to blast off all morning...not yet! de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 4:19 p.m. Hi Rob. So far have this year have had a 3 min opening to FL and a 3 min opening to TX de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 4:03 p.m. Jeff…Glad you have resurfaced after that Long Winter!! Now the Es can begin! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 3:55 p.m. Ms 89.1 KUAR Little Rock, AR RDS RELOG 844 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 3:52 p.m. earlier Es 88.1 KGNZ Abilene TX Rds de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 3:52 p.m. earlier Es 88.2 de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 3:50 p.m. Tr KSNW 45/3, Wichita, KS 366 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 3:39 p.m. Es 2 DT weak pilot west - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 3:17 p.m. Tr [14:45] KOCW 14/17, Hoisington, KS 414 mi. from Payson, IL via autologger. de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 3:13 p.m. Tr KSCW 12/33, Wichita, KS 370 mi. from Payson, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 3:08 p.m. Looks like Matt (Sittel?) in NE just logged Amarillo TX and now into NM on FM from Omaha... on other board de Saul ON FN04
May 26, 2018, 2:57 p.m. Es brief 4+ carrier - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 2:55 p.m. (14:39) Steve, Payson has an advantage over my qth. Flat land across northern MO into KS. I have woods and rolling hills to contend with, messes with tropo de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 2:50 p.m. Heads up: Southeast FL has a Haitian pirate on 87.9, best heard around Pompano Beach. de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 2:42 p.m. Note: WBEC-TV Boca Raton has a crawl bottom-screen between programs (during ID) telling us to re-scan. RF 40 will be dropped May 31, and 25 will remain. de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 2:41 p.m. The tropo in this area appears to be playing out as in WRH's forecast map. de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 2:39 p.m. [14:17] Jim, from Payson, I'm still getting over to Great Bend & Hays in KS. It's taken all morning for it to get to this point from this location. QRM dying down, too. :) de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 2:37 p.m. Tr WIBW 13/13, Topeka, KS 262 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 2:24 p.m. Es - HIJB-2z Dom Rep T/a logo ur fading in/out 1143 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 26, 2018, 2:20 p.m. Might be a sharp cutoff from 144 Mhz and 108 and below de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 2:17 p.m. I don't understand the APRS map, is rather exagerated. Tropo is really strong but drops off at about 150 miles de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 2:15 p.m. No Cuba Es here yet, nothing on analog 2-3-4 and FM is on 90.3 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 1:52 p.m. Hmm I am getting nothing. de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 1:51 p.m. Tr KHBS 21/40 Fort Smith AR @ 168 mi signal like a local de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 1:46 p.m. Jim, look for Cuba de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 1:43 p.m. Tr H pressure directly overhead, DTV tropo signals from all directions this morning de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 1:41 p.m. Es weak 2- carrier south de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 26, 2018, 1:38 p.m. Es Strong 2+ video carrier too de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 1:37 p.m. Tr KSNC 22/2, Great Bend, KS 414 mi. from Payson, IL. Weak decode on manual tuner. Signals are very in and out, along with lots of QRM from various directions. de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 1:35 p.m. [8:01] Bobby, it's easier when you don't have a local signal that maxed out at 100% signal quality. Pick one that's 75% quality for example. You don't need to aim right at the station, the concept will work either way. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 1:29 p.m. Es 50.313 EA8DBM Canary Islands @ 3,721 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 1:27 p.m. Es 2- video carrier south de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 1:23 p.m. 38.1 WADL-HD 38.2 Grit 38.3 Get TV 38.4 Cozi TV 38.5 TheWord 38.6 Justice 38.7 910 AM. de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 1:23 p.m. Tr 39 WADL Mt. Clemens, MI - 174 mi - *NEW* (finally something on recently abandoned ch) - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 1:19 p.m. Tr WCHS 41/8 Charleston, WV @ 177 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 1:08 p.m. Pittsburgh PA FM are dominating the band but not a peep from the TV de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 26, 2018, 1 p.m. I have three of those RS attenuators . I can spare one if somebody needs one. It's just sitting in a box anyway. de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 12:50 p.m. Tr KOOD 16/9, Hays, KS 408 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 12:50 p.m. [05:07] I probably have a couple of those RS units down in my shack if someone wants to try one de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 26, 2018, 12:46 p.m. WWOR just decoded on 25. If it's really them. de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 12:44 p.m. Looks like the NYC area is up this morning on TV. Decodes on 24, 44. Who is on 25 now? Got a sub-decode there. de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 12:42 p.m. Doing a little hunting myself this morning - GM all de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 12:38 p.m. A lot can be heard while hunting for Es de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 12:36 p.m. Ms 89.7 WMUM Cochran, GA RDS PI RELOG 774 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 12:26 p.m. Tr 89.7 WONU Kankakee, IL weak scatter "Shine FM", contemporary Christian RELOG 365 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 12:23 p.m. Ms 89.7 WLXW Waynesboro, MS RDS PS K-LOVE / PI RELOG 905 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 11:25 a.m. Tr WGAL xltr 49/8 Harrisburg, PA just barely decoding... *NEW LOG* approx 184 mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 26, 2018, 11:20 a.m. Tr WMAR 38/2 Baltimore 222mi, plus several Philly in now, including WFPA-CD who has become quite the regular. 139 mi. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 26, 2018, 10:39 a.m. Tr W16CO Middleburg, PA, simulcast of W14DF virtual ch 12 relog, but realnice signalrightnow. 6kw 184 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 26, 2018, 9:49 a.m. Tr KWCH 19/12, Hutchinson, KS 370 mi. from Payson, IL. In briefly, then out. de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 9:31 a.m. Tr (07:13) KOTV 45/6, Tulsa, OK 356 mi. from Payson, IL via autologger. Map looks better than reception de indysteve IN EM69
May 26, 2018, 8:01 a.m. [23:44] Andrew K, should I point my antenna at local VHF stations tower and peak for strongest signal strength to play around with the amount of attenuation that I need? or should turn antenna away from station tower & peak for the lowest signal strength. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 5:11 a.m. That might be the answer you're looking for... you can dial-in whatever attn you need, when you need it de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 5:07 a.m. Rad-Shack (and some others) used to sell a variable (0 to 20 db) attn I'd, sometimes, use de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 5:03 a.m. ... Had to use 20 db attn because local WPSD 6 (30 mi) would overload the TV de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 5:02 a.m. ...tho, I used a 20 db attn on an old TV and it didn't seem to hurt VHF-LO reception, much de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:59 a.m. probably... the attn will knock down whatever signal passes thru it by the db amount indicated on the attn de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:54 a.m. ED, do you know if having these attenuator Pads in the preamp line will have a negative affect on receiving weak analog VHF LO DX ? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 4:53 a.m. ED, do you know if having these attenuator Pads will have a negative affect on receiving weak analog VHF LO DX ? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 4:50 a.m. scroll down to the bottom of the page de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:46 a.m. Yup The Wireman sells 300 ohm... http://thewireman.com/antennap.html#balanced de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:43 a.m. Some of the Ham Radio suppliers might still sell 300 ohm line. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:41 a.m. [04:28] wish I had a lot of the 300 OHM twin-lead but all I have is bits of it with short lengths laying around. If I had a long roll of it I would have used it to see if it help DX Digital HDTV better. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 4:28 a.m. I dunno if you can even find new 300 ohm twin-lead anymore. I also used it up into the1980's de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:21 a.m. [04:10] yeah ED, I remember using the 300 OHM twin-lead back in the late 70's and all of the 1980'. I still have some of that laying around. Good stuff. Very low signal loss on VHF when,using it. Bad problem it had was the weather outside, rain sun heat would destroy it. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 4:18 a.m. Hi Christopher in Florida!!! Welcome to the WTFDA BB. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 4:14 a.m. thanks all de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 4:14 a.m. I will miss those trolls.....not de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 4:10 a.m. In the old 300 ohm twin-lead feed-line days pre-amps were not used much because 300 ohm line has low loss, even at UHF de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:08 a.m. Really... Pre-amps are not needed as much for VHF as they are for UHF... Feed-line loss can be quite hi at UHF when using co-ax... Pre-amps became more popular when we started using co-ax feed-lines to overcome the line loss de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:03 a.m. Hi cd and welcome to the no Euro-porn / no spammers / no trolls DX BB de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4:02 a.m. Hi Bobby... there should be nothing inserted in the line that runs fom the power supply to the pre-amp... an attn should be between the power supply and the reciever / TV de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 4 a.m. [03:58] HI cd, welcome to the WTFDA board de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 3:58 a.m. as my market is Phase 2, at least I could mess around RF 38 to 51 for another year or more./ de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 3:57 a.m. I see w9wi's Forums post that my WBEC got an early jump on repacking, and its original 40 RF might go off June 1. de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 3:53 a.m. Sorry for messing up th DX board with DX instalation problems. I am trying to improve & make my autologger as efficient as possible so that my autologger can be kind of a Tropo & Es beacon for those that DX farther north East & West. We need more autologger setups in the deep South. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 3:51 a.m. Hi Bobby (amfmtvdtvbr...) just make sure the attenuation pads are between the power supply and tuner. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 3:30 a.m. [03:22] I am still waiting for ED to respond on the [3:00] post. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 3:28 a.m. [03:21] Oh Ok now I understand. I definitely don't want to reduce weak station signals. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 3:22 a.m. What did Ed say about it? de mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 3:21 a.m. But if you do it that way you also reduce the signal levels of your weak stations and the preamp ends up amplifying only your strong stations because it can't see the weak ones anymore. de mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 3:21 a.m. [3:19] before it is amplified. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 3:19 a.m. [03:10] Ok thanks Mike CT. I will try that. I thought that it was best to eliminate any noise / interference before it got to the preamp. Thought it would be better to eliminate it at the antenna side before it is ampitied. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 3:10 a.m. If I were going to use an attenuator, I'd put it between your receiver and the preamp power supply. de mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 3:10 a.m. Hey amfm...I have a CM7775 UHF with 75 ohms in and out. de mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 3:03 a.m. [3:00] Disregard last post . ED, you saying that I should hook the Attenuator pad to the out to receiver on the CM 7777 preamp power supply? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 3:02 a.m. Phew. Had me worried for a sec :-) de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 3:01 a.m. Thanks Mike de N8UUP Bill MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 3 a.m. [00:20] ED, are you saying that I should hook one end of the Attenuator Pad to the antenna in on the power supply and the other end of the attenuator pad to the out to receiver on the power supply. is this right ED? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 2:35 a.m. Duh, Bill=Bob de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 2:34 a.m. CD it will be interesting to see how long it lasts. Janet told me she knows absolutely nothing about page design & programming Bill did on those pages de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 2:33 a.m. [23:44] Ok Thanks Andrew K. Can I add more Attenuator Pads as needed on the antenna line to the preamp? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 26, 2018, 2:32 a.m. I still have my TV antenna for trips, which would take about ten minutes to put up, if needed de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 2:32 a.m. Try it now, Bill de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 2:31 a.m. Dave Williams in OR also said he'd be here. Sent him the Paypal link a short while ago. de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 2:31 a.m. Jim, outta respect for Bob's family I still use the other board. de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 2:30 a.m. thanx - still debating whether to use preamp. My old one might not work anyway. de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 2:30 a.m. Mike if you could add my name "Bill" after my callsign I would appreciate it de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 2:30 a.m. Chris…welcome to the WTFDA Board…have Fun! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 2:29 a.m. Hi CD (chris) Glad to see you made it on board! de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 2:28 a.m. That's the big one. They gave you a good deal. de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 2:26 a.m. https://www.solidsignal.com/m/product.aspx?p=HD8200XL de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 2:25 a.m. Great; now to keep my thumbs from hitting the GO button accidentally de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 2:25 a.m. Which model did you buy from them? de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 2:25 a.m. OK! de cd FL EL96
May 26, 2018, 2:23 a.m. I made a change. See how it works. de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 2:19 a.m. make that cdEL96 de cd Florida
May 26, 2018, 2:18 a.m. Mike, cdel96 (my grid) works de cd Florida
May 26, 2018, 2:18 a.m. GRRR I have the TV antenna received from Solid signal but no clue when Ill be able to install; heavy rain for the next week! de cd Florida
May 26, 2018, 2:17 a.m. No need to type your name every time. The program does that. I can change that if you want something else besides just cd de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 2:17 a.m. I bave de cd Florida
May 26, 2018, 2:17 a.m. I bave de cd Florida
May 26, 2018, 2:15 a.m. thanx Mike Ct de cd Florida
May 26, 2018, 2:15 a.m. [01:12] I wish there were a "Groucho" emoji with eyebrows up & down de cd Florida
May 26, 2018, 2:15 a.m. I think so, Chris! de Mike CT FN31
May 26, 2018, 2:14 a.m. Am I at the right place? 🤫 /cdEL96 aka cd637299 de cd Florida
May 26, 2018, 1:54 a.m. That's it..Just KEOM….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 1:51 a.m. wakr really needs a booster...gee whiz de saul ON FN04
May 26, 2018, 1:50 a.m. Es 88.5 KEOM Mesquite, TX Fade up with RDS and Oldies Music RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 26, 2018, 1:45 a.m. I just discovered that 1590 WAKR has applied for an FM translator on 93.5, and 640 WHLO applied for 103.7... more FM clutter to come soon. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 1:42 a.m. Local 107.1 WITB-LP Benton KY w dead air... been like this all day de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 1:30 a.m. All fixed , Bill... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 1:23 a.m. Sorry guys - getting used to the site - itchy trigger finger de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 1:22 a.m. Very spotty, a few TX relogs de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 1:20 a.m. Es 89.5 KVNE TX RDS de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 1:19 a.m. Nice to see you here too Bill! de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 1:18 a.m. Copy that Jeff - thanks (and good to see you!) de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 1:18 a.m. I suspect it was KEOM de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 1:18 a.m. Thats KEOM Bill de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 1:16 a.m. [00:32] sig's coming back up... nbd, prob CIII anyway de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 1:16 a.m. Just had a fade up 88.5 "Your community Connection K......<Fade>" de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 1:15 a.m. Es to TX MUF 91.1 KVLT / KEOM / KEDC swaping on 88.5 de Jeff ON EN93fo
May 26, 2018, 1:13 a.m. Welcome aboard Bill! Hopefully, other Michiganders will follow. de Jon ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 1:12 a.m. The FM band is starting to fill up with 150+ mi regional tropo in all directions. de Jon ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 1:12 a.m. We (I) need a desperate DXer emoticon heh! de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 1:04 a.m. Yeah, Saul... I think I've had, maybe, 3 min worth of Es today :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 1:01 a.m. Saul I think we are all so E-skip starved that if we get a nibble we are ready to make it RED de Jim-T MO EM37
May 26, 2018, 12:57 a.m. Done with dinner from thre forest. Mmmm. Band so jammed red I thought I missed good skip; appears nothing much logged by any of youse. de Saul ON FN04
May 26, 2018, 12:50 a.m. 55.250 in now - not sure from where de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 12:36 a.m. Hearing Florida and Arkansas on6 meters - swingin the FM beam de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 26, 2018, 12:32 a.m. Es weak but fairly steady 2+ (55.26) vid-car de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 12:30 a.m. Es DT 2 "Knafel Bar" west and various FT8 6 meter from MS, LA, and KS de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 26, 2018, 12:28 a.m. direction SW - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 12:28 a.m. Es 5 DT yellow bar - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 12:27 a.m. Es 75 marker beacons - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 12:27 a.m. ... And, Hi Bill... welcome to the no Euro-porn / no spammers / no trolls DX BB de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 12:23 a.m. Es 2z weak carrier on 55.249.01 - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 12:23 a.m. ... Let us know what works de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 12:22 a.m. ... I'd use the attn between the reciever and the pre-amp power supply... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 12:20 a.m. [21:43] I'd refrain from using the attenuator in between the power supply and the pre-amp... could cause problems as there's DC voltage on the line... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 26, 2018, 12:16 a.m. Es 50 Mc beacon from MS - multiple directions but not much above 6m - de WRH ON FN03
May 26, 2018, 12:13 a.m. [23:42] Yip. Also getting MB. de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 11:59 p.m. Hi Bill N8UUP! Welcome to the WTFDA jungle, err, DX Bulletin Board de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 11:51 p.m. [23:32] Thank you Bill. It worked. de Mike CT FN31
May 25, 2018, 11:47 p.m. [22:34] Welcome to the BB William J. Coury III (N8UUP) from KN8FEL down here in Akron. Glad to see you here. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 11:44 p.m. [21:43] Bobby, you need to open the HDHR tuner config GUI on your computer, manually tune to one of your locals, and play around with the amount of attenuation so that the signal strength is low but the quality is the highest possible. If you applied too much attenuation, the quality will drop. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 11:42 p.m. [23:34] VO1SIX? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 11:34 p.m. Es 50 Mc FT8 ham from NL - de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 11:32 p.m. Bob NJ was trying to cut out spammers and put that in place de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 25, 2018, 11:32 p.m. Mike - try this alternative dxworld.com/tvfmlog2.html de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 25, 2018, 11:22 p.m. I have an URL for them with info...http://www.wtfda.org/bb.html but can't post it. de mike CT FN31
May 25, 2018, 11:22 p.m. I cannot post to the skiplog. I must be banned. de mike CT FN31
May 25, 2018, 11:18 p.m. Thanks Mike! de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 25, 2018, 11:03 p.m. Bill, if you are still here, I got it. You are good to go. de Mike CT FN31
May 25, 2018, 10:49 p.m. It's trying to go to the East …...Euell Chernos!! :>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 25, 2018, 10:46 p.m. Just foraged for dinner (wild leeks aka ramps, and fiddleheads) so if any Es goes eastwards have fun de Saul ON FN04
May 25, 2018, 10:46 p.m. Gonna hold you to that, Rob :D de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 25, 2018, 10:40 p.m. Hello Bill…..This is where the DX happens!!….well sometimes! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 25, 2018, 10:34 p.m. GE gang - hope everyone is well and gets mucho DX this weekend de n8uup MI EN82ee
May 25, 2018, 9:43 p.m. I hooked up one 20 dB Attenuator Pad on to my CM 7777 Preamp & it knocked down the noise on open VHF channels down about 7 to 10 dB & knocked down the signals on my two local VHF HI channels down about 7 to 10 dB. Should I add more than one.Attenuator Pads to the line in from antenna to the preamp? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 25, 2018, 7:27 p.m. According to RabbitEars, WTSP-LD puts a whopping 7 watts in my direction, but if every DXer in my area has already logged it, then I'll be on the lookout despite what the pattern shows. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 6:06 p.m. [17:14] Re: WTSP-LD DA... It has to do with keeping the rf-4 signal within a certain range of the originating ch 10 signal. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 25, 2018, 5:21 p.m. Es 88.9 northeast French de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 25, 2018, 5:14 p.m. At 300 watts, I wonder why they'd need a directional pattern anyways. Are there gobs of channel 4's that they're trying to protect?!! de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 5:11 p.m. [17:06] DUH!!! I screwed up on that post with azimuth. Milford is opposite what I posted...sorry. Around 340 deg. Nevermind........Just in from mowing. Mind is gone. de indysteve IN EM69
May 25, 2018, 5:06 p.m. [16:30] Rabbitears shows DA for WTSP-LD, states "Minimum power: 0 kW at 150°, 160°, 170°, 180°" Milford, IL is approx. 160 deg. Logged 5-18-17 @ 863 mi. About 2 sec. of video. I'm thinking Es bends, reshapes some signals (??). de indysteve IN EM69
May 25, 2018, 5:05 p.m. Es 91.7 north east CBC News fade up de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 25, 2018, 4:43 p.m. Es [16:38] getting the same here de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 25, 2018, 4:38 p.m. Es 4z CJCB Sydney, NS - tentative, video only, no confirmation yet. de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 4:31 p.m. Actually, FCC site says "Non-directonal", then shows DA pattern. Maybe they are non-DA?? de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 25, 2018, 4:31 p.m. Es 4z east ? de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 4:30 p.m. [15:08] I don't have WTSP-LD here.. I have WACP-4 to deal with. I doubt they're on correct DA... Under 8 watts in null which goes between Indianapolis and Cincinnati.. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 25, 2018, 4:29 p.m. Still waiting for FM Es. de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 4:29 p.m. The Es trend is different this year than past few. Past few have been some FM Es in late May followed by a lull in early June. It's not following that script this year. de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 3:33 p.m. Looks like a *trend* on the MUF spots on DxMaps, all the numbers jump and then drop for awhile, then jump and drop.... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 3:32 p.m. Getting short skip on 50 Mc FT8 to NC - de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 3:25 p.m. skip faded. de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 3:23 p.m. [15:03]... I've got a better idea... I'm gonna shut everything off & take a nap :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 3:18 p.m. Logged it on my FM Beam….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 25, 2018, 3:18 p.m. Andrew…I have logged WTSP-LD from N. Inverness Fl. @ 300 Watts a few years back! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 25, 2018, 3:09 p.m. Es ? Something messing with DTV 3, had a quick *Knafel bar* spike and then dropped like a rock de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 3:08 p.m. With Florida being common Es here, I hope someday to log WTSP-LD 4/10. I've seen many DXers in my region log that. I still don't understand how it can be received by so many with such little power though. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 3:06 p.m. Es lots of Florida FT8 again on 6 meters de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 3:03 p.m. Es 2- CMBA Havana, CUB - in colour w/tennis - muf 4 - de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 3:03 p.m. Ed, while you're at it, go mow the lawn too. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 3 p.m. Gotta juice the ionosphere to get it jump-started, still kinda lethargic de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 2:59 p.m. ... all I'm hearin' is a computer birdie on 55.251 :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 2:59 p.m. Last step in the process Ed, take a homemade cattle prod that will run on 220, hook it to the welder and point into the air. BUT not during a t-storm :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 2:56 p.m. I've done my part to promote Es... VHF ant is wrecked / down, I took down the 6M ant, all other outdoor ants are disconnected... Es should be going bonkers. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 2:47 p.m. [14:30] gone de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 25, 2018, 2:30 p.m. Es on ch 2- 55.239 Mhz carrier south de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 25, 2018, 2:29 p.m. Since 900 kW blowtorch WDLI 49/17 @ 0.9 miles went off the air, now WNWO 49/24 @ 98 miles, WTAP 49/15 @ 118 miles, and WPTG-CD 49/69 @ 97 miles are common visitors... just more channel cloggers, and it'll get worse, but the FCC doesn't see any problems. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 2:21 p.m. Just checked for WPGF-LP 6 Memphis (Franken FM) and I hear nothing... No FM audio, no vid-car.. Hmmmm... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 2:09 p.m. A wave of regional tropo just swept through here really quickly. It spanned from South Bend to the west and has now moved to Pittsburgh (to my east) in just one hour. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 1:43 p.m. Tr WHNT 19 Huntsville AL 181 mi on 1st floor, indoor, UHF loop de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 1:39 p.m. Tr WHRO-90.3 VA Norfolk - RDS 318 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 25, 2018, 1:38 p.m. Tr WSJV 28/28 South Bend, IN @ 238 miles... this is becoming a common visitor since WUAB left. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 1:37 p.m. (13:11) Even with FT8 qso's on DxMaps, I can switch to the MUF Es feature and see where the intersect points are plotted de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 1:35 p.m. WQWQ-LP 9 & WQTV-LP 24 bith run // to KFVS 12-2 w CW pgming during prime time de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 1:32 p.m. WQTV-LP had a LMS displacement license granted by the FCC on 5-15-18 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 1:30 p.m. No analog TV left around Indy. Last one, WBXI-CD 47, switched to digital in 2015. de indysteve IN EM69
May 25, 2018, 1:29 p.m. I see KFVS owns WQWQ and WQTV de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 1:27 p.m. WQWQ-LP's analog license is in force until 8-01-21 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 1:26 p.m. Tr WKBD 14/50, Detroit, MI 256 mi. from Milford, IL. Brief decodes on manual tuner. de indysteve IN EM69
May 25, 2018, 1:25 p.m. Ed, FCC docs show WQWQ-LP had a digital flash cut license granted 10-16-14. It expired on 9-01-15. Can't see any newer docs in their FCC file de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 1:25 p.m. Andrew... Last time I checked there was a Franken FM in Memphis... It ran all it's power in the audio and almost nothing in the video... I could hear it but couldn't see it de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 1:22 p.m. I'll hv to take a look around for any other analogs before they're all gone... Might be one left in Nashville de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 1:16 p.m. Tr good sigs from Memphis on 1st floor, indoor, UHF loop... 130+ mi...Our thunderstorm-a-thon is gonna re-start today.. outdoor ants unplugged de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 1:13 p.m. I've found info that shows WQTV-LP 24 Murray will change to DTV... Not sure abt WQWQ-LP 9 de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 1:11 p.m. Jim, there's nothing wrong with using FT8 as a method to monitor for Es. I've found it to be useful. Es isn't just going to magically appear on FT8 just because it's a weak mode. It still takes the right propagation. I keep the 6 meter FT8 frequency monitored at home and have found that whenever the Es starts pouring in, that generally translates to other modes too. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 1:10 p.m. [12:52] Ed, yes I have one analog local, W42AE rf 42,simulcast of WMHT-34/17 Schenectady.. They have finally applied to go digital and repack to rf23. They are 19kw, and closest TV to me at 7 miles. Applying for 15kw on rf23 digital. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 25, 2018, 1:09 p.m. My local wannabe-radio station WLFM-LP will likely need to vacate channel 6 when WOUC-DT moves to that channel in the repack. That's what Trip said, but at this point, who knows. They'll probably try to exploit some loophole to shoehorn themselves in next to WOUC. I wouldn't be surprised. I was told that DT 18 was land mobile, but apparently now WOIO is filing for a repeater on that channel, and I'm told it's okay... the rules are all pointless. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 1:08 p.m. FT8 is making the Es map look like it is trying to ramp up until you remove the digital qso's, then the map is almost bare de Jim-T MO EM37
May 25, 2018, 1:04 p.m. Ed, yes... WLFM-LP 6. They pretend to be a radio staton. I also picked up W29CO out of Sharon PA (64 miles) about a month ago during local tropo. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 25, 2018, 1 p.m. Kinda nostalgic watching local TV w a little snow in the picture. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 12:53 p.m. ... Have yall got any local analogs still on? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 12:52 p.m. Local analogs WQWQ-LP 9 Paducah & WQTV-LP 24 Murray... wonder how much longer these will last... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 11:24 a.m. Ms frequent pings on ch 2- de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 25, 2018, 11:21 a.m. Tr weak but steady DTV pilots also on ch 7-13 de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 25, 2018, 11:16 a.m. Tr weak but steady DTV pilots on ch 2-6 de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 25, 2018, 4:27 a.m. skip gone. de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 4:06 a.m. Es muf = 4 de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 4:04 a.m. Es 3z sounds like Cuban mx - de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 3:49 a.m. Tr Big sigs from KLRT 30/16 & KARZ 44/42 Little Rock 265 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 3:41 a.m. Es 2- 2z carriers south - de WRH ON FN03
May 25, 2018, 2:40 a.m. Es CIII-2+ ON Bancroft with Global program - fading in/out signal de fred SC FM03af
May 25, 2018, 12:21 a.m. Behind KHME, WLBZ is my #2 Es pest de Ed W-KY EM56
May 25, 2018, 12:12 a.m. Logged WLBZ on 5-10-2010 @445 miles de jpizzi NY
May 24, 2018, 11:28 p.m. Jim, I’ve logged WLBZ at 702 miles several times. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 10:24 p.m. I'm a lot closer than you though Jim! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 10:22 p.m. Jim I logged them here using my 14 Element FM Beam back when DTV had just got going good…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 10:16 p.m. WLBZ-DT is 1,380 miles from my qth, so it is feasible to get them de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 10:06 p.m. I also logged WLBZ Analog 2 back in the 1990's….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 10:06 p.m. I've logged WLBZ-DT back in July 2012….I'm not very active with DTV DX…But I did bag them!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 10:01 p.m. How many DTV dxers here have logged WLBZ 2 Bangor via Es? I'm still looking for them de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 7:35 p.m. Es KHME 2/23, SD 832 mi. from Milford, IL & 922 mi. from Indy. de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 6:46 p.m. This may bode well for later tonight??? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 6:46 p.m. Had to leave the shack for a bit…..seems quiet now de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 6:45 p.m. Surge to the top was brief…but got some Recordings…will check them when I can. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 6:40 p.m. Dead band here. de Jon ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 6:39 p.m. I think Rob is sucking up all the Es signals as they make their way down Hwy 401 de Saul ON FN04
May 24, 2018, 6:36 p.m. Es DTV pilots on 2 & 3 but not much else de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 6:35 p.m. Es 6 DT pilot here, not much else. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 6:33 p.m. Es KNOP 2, NE at Indy 770 mi. & Milford, IL 685 mi. de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 6:32 p.m. Nothing heard here de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 6:30 p.m. Es 106.5 about 3 deep and swapping de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 6:29 p.m. Still nada de saul ON FN04
May 24, 2018, 6:23 p.m. Man…It's going right to the top of the Band now!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 6:22 p.m. Es 106.7 UNID KS?? Ad for Garden City , Agricultural Spots de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 6:18 p.m. Es DTV 2 subdecode from NW in Indy, & Payson trying too. Prob. KHME, SD de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 6:15 p.m. Es 88.9 KPRD Hays, KANSAS RELOG with KPRD IDs and Sponsors listed for Mid west Kansas de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 6:09 p.m. Es MUF 93.9 at least... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 6:05 p.m. I'm attempting to log the first 2-6 ch. at Payson, IL. Some activity on channels 2 and 3 now from WNW. de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 6:02 p.m. Es 89.9 UNID Relig with Local Wx …High of 98 Degrees!! Not Alaska!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:57 p.m. I see Chad has KBSD 6 too. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 5:56 p.m. I'm surprised I see so many autologgers log DTV Es while no one is DXing. I can't even log it while parked on a DTV channel. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 5:39 p.m. I'm probably too far east to work this opening. de Jon ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 5:39 p.m. Nothing noted on FM here yet. de Jon ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 5:38 p.m. Es 90.9 UNID KJIL Repeater with Christian Mx and KJIL IDS de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:38 p.m. Es [17:22] KBSD 6/6, Ensign, KS 712 mi. from Milford, IL via autologger while I was outdoors. de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 5:34 p.m. Es 88.9 is a Mess with new mexico winning!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:32 p.m. Getting swapping on low end FM now!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:31 p.m. 88.7 is KRBG Amarillo, TX RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:30 p.m. Es 88.7 UNID to SW "Listener Supported radio by Grace" Sponsor Promo de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:24 p.m. Es MUF is 91.7 de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:23 p.m. Es MUF now 90.9 de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:22 p.m. All of the Es is on 88.9 de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:21 p.m. Es 88.9 now mixing with that KJIL Station! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:20 p.m. Es 88.9 New mexico strong!!! with Classical de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:15 p.m. Es 88.9 UNID KJIL Repeater Spot for Liberal Kansas and KJIL Promos de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 5:11 p.m. Es 88.9 KENM Tucumcari, NEW MEXICO 3 KW RELOG with RDS /ID as "KMTH - Public" Program Promo in to Classical in nicely now!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 4:36 p.m. Es [16:27] KCWX 5/2, Fredericksburg, TX 953 mi. from Milford, IL via autologger. First DTV via Es this season. de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 4:13 p.m. Es CMEC 3 Santa Clara, Cuba @~1300 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 4:07 p.m. Es 88.1 KNTU TX is the only thing left atm with JAZZ de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 4:01 p.m. Petering out for now……... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:57 p.m. Es 88.3 can't get an ID from this Dang Southern Gospel. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:57 p.m. Es fadeups from OK at low end of dial (KUCO-90.1/KNYD-90.5/KOSU-91.7/KWOU-88.1 de fred SC FM03af
May 24, 2018, 3:56 p.m. Yeah Andrew…I have ID'd both of them, so RELOG either way. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:56 p.m. Es 88.1 3 Stations…Christian MX, Relig TX and Jazz all mixing it up de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:55 p.m. Not a peep here ... de Saul ON FN04
May 24, 2018, 3:52 p.m. Rob, I always hear that 88.5 K-Love, but there are two in Texas, so it always goes UNIDed for me unless I get an official TOH ID. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 3:52 p.m. The K-LOVE on 88.5 most likely KVLT Temple, TX RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:51 p.m. Es 88.5 KEOM still pounding in from Mesquite….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:48 p.m. Es 88.5 UNID K-LOVE??? Who?? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:47 p.m. Es 88.1 TEXAS?? ID sounded like KTNZ….Maybe KGNZ with "Life Changing Music" Moniker de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:43 p.m. Es 88.3 Southern Gospel still in..but no RDS or IDs de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:35 p.m. 15:30..Andrew I receive all of those stations…but no problem during Es Openings! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:33 p.m. Es 88.5 KEOM Mesquite TX. ID and Oldies RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:33 p.m. That's good news Rob, I'm aimed at Texas now and hoping for a DT 5 decode... KXDA-LD would be nice. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 3:31 p.m. Es 88.1 KNTU TX This is the JAZZ Stn. RELOG with RDS and Weather de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:31 p.m. Man it's trying hard to go…some big Faders in. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:30 p.m. Locals on 88 MHz here... 88.1 WZIP BLOWTORCH!!, 88.3 WBWC, 88.5 WYSU, 88.7 WJCU/WOFN, 88.9 WSTB de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 3:29 p.m. Just semi Regionals Andrew…nothing in London. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:28 p.m. Es 88.3 with Southern Gospel….Dang no IDs yet! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:28 p.m. Rob, does London have anything on 88.X?... sounds like you have lots of open frequencies there. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 3:27 p.m. Nothing noted on FM here de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 3:27 p.m. Es 88.1 now with JAZZ Piano/Horns de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:26 p.m. Es 88.5 UNID Christian de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:24 p.m. Faders in out…No IDs yet 88.1 is Gospel de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:22 p.m. Es 88.1 UNID Relig to SSW de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:20 p.m. Es Bottom end of FM now going…..SSW de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 24, 2018, 3:03 p.m. Tr WTVW 28/7, Evansville, IN 242 mi. from Payson, IL. Late tr from this site. de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 2:58 p.m. Es KRMX-92.9 TX Marlin RDS Shooter 1013 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 24, 2018, 2:58 p.m. Tr WVAH 19/11 Charleston WV 375 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 2:55 p.m. Tr WUPX 21/67 Morehead KY 275 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 2:49 p.m. A tip from the "other board". To get rid of the FT8 "clutter" on DX Maps, simply DESELECT "Digital" under the modes/props tab. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 24, 2018, 2:33 p.m. Tropo not dead yet. WVVA, WV still in/out. de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 2:19 p.m. Bill, I remember using a portable radio that could tune near 50 MHz, and the wireless router was indeed causing interference. It seemed to only be a problem at certain times. I'm not sure why. The ferrite chokes did not help. I'll see if moving the router helps. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 2:18 p.m. I'm hearing a 3z carrier now de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 24, 2018, 2:15 p.m. My radio had one of those analog red tuning lights which helped. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 2:14 p.m. I tuned a portable FM radio to 87.5 to help track the QRM down. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 2:13 p.m. Andrew... I found my router was my #1 VHF-Lo interferer. I put ferrite chokes on the cables to tone it down. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 2:12 p.m. muf hovering around 4, not much going on. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 2:12 p.m. I get interference on low-VHF TV channels that appear as thin lines spaced across the waterfall spectrum. These lines don't appear on HF, just low-VHF TV, and it's probably ruining my DTV decodes here while analog is easy. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 2:09 p.m. Building video carrier on 55.239mHz de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 24, 2018, 1:41 p.m. Es 72.7 wireless clocks, suspect FL - de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:39 p.m. I see someone from Texas is frantically trying to respond to Portugal on 6 meter FT8 de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 1:37 p.m. Es 3z Santa Clara, CUB - de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:35 p.m. yip, it's Havana. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:33 p.m. Es 2- CMBA Havana, CUB - tentative - de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:31 p.m. cor 6+ de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Es 6- muf rising - de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:30 p.m. IF you check here, you can see what is being *spotted* - http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapo.php?Lan=E&Frec=MUF&ML=L&Map=NA&DXC=ING2&HF=N&GL=N de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 1:29 p.m. Andrew, looks like FT8 has most of the action right now. MUF staying right around 51-52 Mhz de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 1:28 p.m. Es 2z 3z 4z 5z SS south - de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:24 p.m. Is anyone else noting Es? I have tons of Florida FT8 on 6 meters pouring in now. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 1:23 p.m. Tr WUPX "ION" 21/67, Morehead, KY 284 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 1:18 p.m. Tr WVAH 19/11, Charleston, WV 341 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 1:17 p.m. Tr WVVA 46/6, Bluefield, WV 416 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 1:11 p.m. Yep WRH I have the CNN HD feeds saved in my sat tuner also de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 1:10 p.m. I have a collection of sat test patterns here: http://dxinfocentre.com/hepburn/tv_dx_ku2-fss.html de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:09 p.m. CNN on 87w. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:09 p.m. You will see reporters rehearsing their news report for the station de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 1:09 p.m. ABC & CNN both have HD live feeds. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:08 p.m. 91w is my favourite as well. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:08 p.m. I love my Ku dish for the live news feeds. I can move mine as far as 22 west, but am restricted to 70-93 when the leaves come out. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 1:07 p.m. That's the way those reporters are Andrew. On 91w Ku ABC TV has 4 channels for newsfeeds. My wife checks it quite often de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 1:02 p.m. Whatever satellite is at 85 degrees west was interesting. Every once in a while, I'd scan that one to find live news feeds from remote sites. It was fun watching how the reports acted when they were supposedly off camera. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 12:59 p.m. I have 4 Ku & 1 C, all fixed. Two lnb's on the C, on Ku has 3 lnb's the rest are single de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 12:57 p.m. I catch the camel races on Kuwait sports ch de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 12:55 p.m. It's moveable... set up to cover 40 to 140 deg lon de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 12:52 p.m. Ed, I just recently removed my Ku satellite dish. I had it aimed at 30 degrees west for Cuba and Spain, but I rarely used it. Every once in a while, I'd watch camel racing. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 12:48 p.m. Fixed or on a motor? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 12:47 p.m. I'm using 10 ft sat dish... It's pretty good abt holding sigs even during heavy rain / snow de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 12:41 p.m. Tr 50 WYPX Amsterdam, NY - 271 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 12:41 p.m. [12:22] Ed, put a couple leaves in front of your dish and that 44,000 mile path will be stopped. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 12:38 p.m. Tr WKPI 24/22, Pikeville, KY 358 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 12:37 p.m. [12:22] That's a local. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 12:37 p.m. Tr WLFG 49/68, Grundy, VA 397 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 12:27 p.m. Es Florida FT8 on 6 meters... K4MF, W4SO, W9AC, and AE4WG de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 12:22 p.m. 11836 MHz Yemen 44,000 mi How's that for DX :-) (Ku sat) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 12:20 p.m. Lotsa ch cloggers but no real DX de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 12:19 p.m. Yup... Tr's kinda 'off' this morning de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 12:11 p.m. Tr just the usual tropo up to 200 miles clogging every channel de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 24, 2018, 11:35 a.m. Tr WKMR "KET" 15/38, Morehead, KY 281 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 11:02 a.m. Tr WYMT 12/57, Hazard, KY 336 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 10:39 a.m. Tr WLWT 35/5 Cincinnati 267 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 10:11 a.m. Tr WLJC 7/65, Beattyville, KY 297 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 24, 2018, 6:52 a.m. Since WJKT has moved onto ch 21 it's blocking KPXJ Minden, LA :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 6:50 a.m. Little Rock is very strong atm de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 6:49 a.m. I've been checkin' for KTAL Texarkana & KTVE El Dorado but gettin' a bunch of QRM from Nashville on those chs :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 6:45 a.m. [05:41] ED, you are getting close to my neck of the woods Dx wise de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 5:41 a.m. Tr KLRT 30/16 & KARZ 44/42 Little Rock 265 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 5:38 a.m. Here it is... WJLI http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10698-WJLI-98-3-tx-site de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 5:32 a.m. 98.3 licensed to Metropolis IL but tx is located at Golo, KY... trying to remember it's call-sign... hv to look it up... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 5:17 a.m. [04:49] ED, on what FM frequency is the 100 KW FM on ? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 5:11 a.m. [04:51] yeah the custom build to order traps are not cheap. I know about Tin Lee Electronic custom Traps - amfmtvdtvbrla de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 4:51 a.m. You might check with Microwave Filter Company.. They make lots of good filters but they're not cheap de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 4:49 a.m. Not sure... I use the FM trap that's built into the pre-amp... the Ch Master 7777 (old style)... I hv 100 KW FM abt 4 mi from me and it doesn't seem to bother me much de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 4:40 a.m. ED, do you know of any FM Traps that are good for knocking down or wiping out the lower FM band and still receive TV- 5 & 6 DX ? - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 4:12 a.m. OK Bobby... I think you told me once... I'll try to remember this time :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 4:10 a.m. Ms Two-fer in 2.5 minute burst earlier today: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?11869 de Saul ON FN04
May 24, 2018, 4:06 a.m. [ 03:57] ED, My first name is Bobby. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 4:06 a.m. There's a members list on the WTFDA Forum site de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 3:58 a.m. ED, does the WTFDA have a webpage with members names,on it with the dates of when their memberships begin & end? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 3:57 a.m. If you don't wanna say, that's OK... but we're a friendly bunch & all on a first name basis. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 3:46 a.m. Nope that would be Mike-La (aka mp11) on the WTFDA forums. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 3:42 a.m. I'm guessing... is ur name Mike? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 3:40 a.m. [03:35] and I said where is my DX friend ED & Jim-T posted he is on the WTFDA board. You will find him there - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 3:38 a.m. You don't hv to fear spammers, here :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 3:35 a.m. amfm-brla I mean... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 3:35 a.m. HI ED, you know I found out about this board when I found out from post on thaTV/FM Log board that you could no longer acess that board because of all of the spam & trash bots that was on it infesting your computer. - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 3:33 a.m. amfm-etc... what is your name? I forgot... I'm old and old people forget things :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 3:26 a.m. There are WTFDA members that do not post on this board & post on the TV/FM Log board. Maybe they don't know about this board? - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 3:25 a.m. Tr good sigs from N-AL... WHDF 14/15, WHNT 19, WAFF 48 160-180 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 24, 2018, 3:24 a.m. That's a big reason why I still prefer a members-only with no freebies de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 24, 2018, 2:10 a.m. Janet told me (something Bob rarely talked about) was his DAILY dealing with the bots and trolls that would hit the site de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 2:07 a.m. Jim, I have to admit there's been some pretty rude people there...and in now way shape or form Bob's fault. If anything he's kept it as sane as could be given its very public nature. de Saul ON FN04
May 24, 2018, 2:02 a.m. I can see that the only alternative is to try to get those users to give the WTFDA DX Bulletin Board a try de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 2 a.m. She said she doesn't want Bob's hardwork to drift off to the wolves. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 1:59 a.m. Janet said IF she doesn't find someone SERIOUS and qualified to take it over and run it on their own, she will shut it down. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 1:57 a.m. ...she told me after the second week in June, she will make a decision on Bob's DX website. I have had only one person email me with interest in keeping it going de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 1:56 a.m. Saul, I was in contact with Bob Colyard's wife (Janet) via Facebook PM... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 24, 2018, 1:32 a.m. Has anyone actually concluded or said the other FM-TV board is shutting down? de Saul ON FN04
May 24, 2018, 1:20 a.m. still I would of liked for the TV/FM skip board to continue in honor of Bill & Pat because it does has a history in the Dx community. I know there must have been a lot of the members here that posted on that Dx board before they even knew this board existed. I am one of them. I posted on the TV/FM Log board for almost two years before I knew this board exsted de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 1:10 a.m. I agree make a 30, or 60 day free trial & have a post about it & a link to it on the WTFDA forum site. Also if we know of someone new to Dxing we can post or give them a weblink to the try out posting on this DX board. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 24, 2018, 12:11 a.m. Nothing but a couple of piddly carriers here. de WRH ON FN03
May 24, 2018, 12:10 a.m. Well…I guess it's a start…but a long way to go yet! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 11:59 p.m. Spotty but Es Blob forming towards Florida... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 11:53 p.m. [23:50] i.e.- Erie is super annoying now. lol. de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 11:51 p.m. Es 88.9 Fader with Religious Skit UNID de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 11:50 p.m. Erie is in super strong now. de Jon ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 11:50 p.m. Nothing noted on FM here yet. de Jon ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 11:50 p.m. Es I have a 2- video carrier, likely Havana de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 11:49 p.m. That's it though Jim…Just 88.1 so far! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 11:48 p.m. Its about time someone started putting some RED on this page. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 11:44 p.m. Es 88.1 WJIS FLORIDA in HD with Relig. Music RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 11:33 p.m. Es CMEC 3 Santa Clara, Cuba @~1300 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 11:24 p.m. Es 2- 4z suspect Havana - de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 9:33 p.m. That STA expires on the last day for them to move to RF 16 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 9:32 p.m. It looks like Trip (Rabbitears) links to an FCC document for KOZK, they are running .240 ERP @ 64 meters. I guess that tells you what kind of coverage they have de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 9:26 p.m. Yeah, we're supposed to get back into thunderstorm-a-thon mode, again, by the weekend... wx has not been helping any :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 9:23 p.m. Tr I've got a sub-d on 44 atm but, could be WJFB (TN) QRM de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 9:21 p.m. We've had LOTS of stationary front type weather this year, that always spells trouble for tropo dx de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 9:20 p.m. I've not seen much of ur locals this yr, Jim... kinda odd... KYTV is usually quite regular de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 9:16 p.m. OK, Jim... I'd imagine there's lots of 'lawyers, guns and money' involved with that situation... May take a while to sort out de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 9:15 p.m. ,,,http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Facility_id=51102 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 9:15 p.m. Re: KOZK, not sure how they are doing it. They haven't even tendered any type of modification with their tower *missing*... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 9:04 p.m. OPT is still working on it Ed. Right now, they are a measily 100 watts from the MSU campus de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 8:59 p.m. Any word on a KOZK tower rebuild, Jim... are they gonna fix it? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 8:58 p.m. [20:47] Jim, that's enough to ID it as NPR at least. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 8:58 p.m. Now that's just sneaky, Jim :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 8:47 p.m. ....so I post an Es reception report - 88.1 unID Preacher talking about the President groping a White House female. Did I just violate all of those??? :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 8:47 p.m. Most BB's won't tolerate chatter about religion, politics and sexually offensive subjects... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 8:36 p.m. RE 19:51...Andrew, I'll let you know if you ever reach 'whiner' status :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 8:33 p.m. During slow times a little non-DX chatter doesn't hurt but, when DX gets busy, no. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 8:31 p.m. Jim, a few days ago, I reported spots on DX Maps while receiving gobs of Massachusetts Es on 6 meter FT8. It placed an 80 MHz spot in between me and MA. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Tnx Andrew de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 8:29 p.m. Jim, I think the DX maps MUF is calculated based on your reported distance away from that person. If I report an FT8 contact on 6 meters that's about 500 to 600 miles away, and it's clearly Es, it will show a high MUF between since it's not the perfect 1000 miles or whatever the formula is. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 8:27 p.m. I enjoy coming onto this BB and reading chats that are DX related. I know it's not always reports of DX, but sometimes we can offer help with each other's setups too. And those posts can drag on and on quite a bit. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 8:26 p.m. Hmm, how do you get an muf estimate of 110 Mhz from an FT8 contact? Showing on DxMaps right now over northern MO de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 8:19 p.m. ... I've had to delete a few things but, for the most part, it's been OK... I've deleted more of my own posts (boo-boo's) than anyone else's :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 8:17 p.m. I hv a 'cover letter' E-mail I send to the new guys (the few I've signed up) that explains our 'no BS' policy on this BB.... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 8:17 p.m. We can easily handle off topic posts/threads. They'll never make it to the "thread" level. And the posters will learn the rules or else. de Mike CT FN31
May 23, 2018, 8:16 p.m. Es the "Knafel bar" has returned, this time its DTV 2 bearing East de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 8:11 p.m. I think new people should be pre-screened before they are allowed on here de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 8:10 p.m. Agreed Andrew. That is one of my concerns about letting just anyone have a trial run on this BB..... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 8:10 p.m. Mike B and I both moderate this BB... If we (I) see something 'wrong' it gets deleted de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 8:06 p.m. Jim, it looks like you think the same way I do about that other board. I hadn't even seen your [20:04] post once I had posted mine. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 8:05 p.m. One of my gripes about that "other board" (and I eventually stopped using it) is that I had to sift through too many random posts that had nothing to do with DX. I'd have some good tropo or Es reports, and people kept posting so many random comments, it made all the actual DX disappear off the page. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 8:04 p.m. Some of the *dxers* on the other BB get started on threads that have NOTHING to do with DX de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 8:01 p.m. So your observations about lack of dx can simply be DX chatter and making an observation de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 7:59 p.m. Personally, I don't see it as complaining because you don't abuse it (incessant) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 7:59 p.m. I guess 1st place, you have to decide if the poster feels that way, 2nd place if the moderator thinks it is, 3rd how fellow users feel about it. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 7:51 p.m. Jim, does complaining about lack of DX count as chatter? I do that a lot. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 7:46 p.m. I know we sometimes make a comment about something that isn't really about dx, but some of those guys.... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 7:45 p.m. ...about what is recognized as DX chatter and what is not :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 7:45 p.m. All the discussion about a *trial period*, I hope the potential newbies to this BB know the ground rules.... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 7:39 p.m. Tr WBKI 51/58 (ex WMYO) Louisville KY 180 mi... not bad Tr for a 'non-Tr' time of day de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 7:16 p.m. Bill, my local IT guy at VCI, showed me how easy it is to extract user info from the SkipLog... It's a spammers gold mine. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 7:13 p.m. ... I hvnt checked there in a looong time... Last time I did, I got bombed by Euro-porn spammers so I've not been back de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 7:12 p.m. Now, we'll just hv to see what happens w the TV/FM SkipLog... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 7:07 p.m. Bill N. still lives in Farmington, but just dxes on the road. The FM band is just wasted, like it is here mostly. de Mike CT FN31
May 23, 2018, 7:06 p.m. [18:41] Yep looks like a short trial on the board then either join or leave. de Mike CT FN31
May 23, 2018, 6:58 p.m. Ms nice big ping on 2+ (55.26) ... CIII if I had to guess de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 6:45 p.m. OK, I just saw a 3-second burst of the CITO siren. I guess it's still on. de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 6:43 p.m. One thing I don't see today is a carrier from CITO-3. It's always there. de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 6:41 p.m. [18:23] I can tell it's Havana by the precise carrier freq, but no audio/video yet. de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 6:41 p.m. Sounds like the people have spoken, Mike... I think we're all, fairly well, in agreement. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 6:35 p.m. Who's lived in 49 of the 50 States in the past 3 years…..:>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 6:34 p.m. OK…an EX-CT resident. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 6:29 p.m. [17:16] ? There isn't anybody else. Just me. Bill N. doesn't DX from CT anymore. de Mike CT FN31
May 23, 2018, 6:23 p.m. Es 2- weak carrier south - de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 6:13 p.m. Es 50 Mc beacon from FL - de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 5:59 p.m. I do well with Es, however. de Jon ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 5:58 p.m. If only Rob & Jeff's 300+ mi Tr extended this way.... de Jon ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 5:46 p.m. The price you pay for living in Shangri-La Saul :>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 5:28 p.m. Actually, there are times when I feel almost alone in ON here, what with Rob and WRH and Jon sucking up all the Es and Tr signals before they get up my way ;-) de Saul ON FN04
May 23, 2018, 5:18 p.m. Register for 60 day free trial okay with me de fred SC FM03af
May 23, 2018, 5:16 p.m. I'm surprised someone else from CT. hasn't showed up here to hang out with you Mike!! HAHAHHA de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 5:14 p.m. They already know what a DX Bullectin Board looks like if they've been on the other board…..They'll either like the orderly conduct here or not. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 5:13 p.m. I say show me the Money….or no Playee……. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 5:13 p.m. I think some of them may drive you wacky by 90 Days Mike!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 5:01 p.m. Thanks Mike (and Ed). My opinion stated. Members only. Seems obvious. Can agree to a month's free promotional pre-trial. de Saul ON FN04
May 23, 2018, 5 p.m. After 60 days, join or get dropped. Their choice. de Mike CT FN31
May 23, 2018, 4:59 p.m. I don't think so at all. I've done 90 day trials before. We'd have their email addresses and join dates. I was thinking what Chris said but maybe longer term...60 days. Plenty of time to see if they like it. de Mike CT FN31
May 23, 2018, 4:57 p.m. That'd be harder to control. Better they join first. de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 23, 2018, 4:53 p.m. I too agree with WRH. Maybe offer a month of free access to this board for posters on the TV/skip log and then ask them to join to continue this access. $10 sure won't break the bank, andwe already offer free Forum, and FM Database. More actual members will help the club. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 23, 2018, 4:52 p.m. For Saul: Guys: Ed and I want your opinion. Please go to http://www.mikesdx.com/skiplog.html. Read and discuss here. Thanks! de Mike CT FN31
May 23, 2018, 4:51 p.m. Saul…the discussion is going on right here…..you're now part of it!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 4:46 p.m. Is discussion on WTFDAForums? If so, see nothing there re the Bull Bd. My opinion - members only. de Saul ON FN04
May 23, 2018, 4:04 p.m. I agree with WRH. de Jon ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 3:59 p.m. Keep the BB for serious DXers only - ones willing to join a club. de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 3:58 p.m. I would let them know about the WTFDA BB - but keep it restricted to members. de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 3:51 p.m. Yeah, sorry Russ…Always get you 2 mixed up without your names in your ID de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 3:51 p.m. I'm lucky being an Ontario DXer…because there are LOTS of ONTARIO Boys here on the Board!! Really helps having lots of Contemporaries…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 3:50 p.m. [15:34] - It's Russ btw not Chris. But I did eventually get there. de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 23, 2018, 3:44 p.m. My thought would be put out another call-out (Facebook, elist) for members to post here. Some people certainly are stuck in their ways. But perhaps several have forgotten. I would also lean toward keeping it closed off. I love the no-nonsense feel to this logger but do wish a few more of my regional cohorts posted here. de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 23, 2018, 3:34 p.m. It's still working OK for me Chris….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 3:33 p.m. I believe that the BB should be restricted to members - it supports the club & site and hopefully keeps the problems out de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 23, 2018, 3:32 p.m. [15"05] - I'm getting a 404 error de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 23, 2018, 3:32 p.m. 15:25…Ok…Maybe I lied…I still haven't grown up yet!! HAHAHHAH de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 3:31 p.m. If they’re really interest in the hobby they’d search for a new club and or BB de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 23, 2018, 3:25 p.m. New People are always welcome here…but nothing should be free…..earn your keep!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 3:25 p.m. I post on both boards….But respect the WTFDA List as the Place to be!! These are the Vets of the Hobby that I have grown up with…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 3:24 p.m. I agree with you Rob. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 3:23 p.m. I say let them join the WTFDA and support the Club…if they are real DXers…they will come…..kinda like, "Build it and they will come". de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 3:19 p.m. [15:05] I wouldn't necessarily advertise this BB. In my opinion, I'd think it's a necessity that they'd be WTFDA members to usee this BB. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 3:05 p.m. Guys: Ed and I want your opinion. Please go to http://www.mikesdx.com/skiplog.html. Read and discuss here. Thanks! de Mike CT FN31
May 23, 2018, 2:31 p.m. Tr WTSJ-LD 38/38, Milwaukee, WI 170 mi. from Milford, IL via manual tuner. Got thru strong WGBO, Joliet (Chicago). New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 23, 2018, 2:08 p.m. Tr 88.5 WMUB Oxford, OHIO Fundraiser and NPR 's A1A Show. WVXU IDs, Relays WVXU Cinci RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 23, 2018, 2:03 p.m. [14:03] aimed south. Prob. Cuba. de indysteve IN EM69
May 23, 2018, 2:03 p.m. Es A few hints of ATV ch 2 at Indy and Payson, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 23, 2018, 2:02 p.m. Tr 104.7 WKJC Tawas City, MI, "KJC Country", 238 mi de Jon ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 2 p.m. Tr WACY 27/32, Appleton, WI 257 mi. from Milford, IL via autologger. Got thru WCIU, Chicago. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 23, 2018, 1:43 p.m. Es ch 2 SS... sounds like tennis match.... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 1:43 p.m. Tr WSAW 7/7, Wausau, WI 314 mi. from Milford, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 23, 2018, 1:37 p.m. Off to work. Have fun with the dx. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 1:36 p.m. Es ch 2 vid-cars, all three offsets... also 3Z & 4Z de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 1:34 p.m. Yes... I hv SS audio on ch 2 atm ... On UHF ant... still hvnt fixed broken VHF ant, yet de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 1:32 p.m. KNLJ is RF 20. de indysteve IN EM69
May 23, 2018, 1:32 p.m. Oh, (DOH!) yeah, ch 20... Nope... KTEJ Jonesboro AR is eating ch 20 atm de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 1:30 p.m. My question was in response to you seeing a signal on RF 20 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 1:30 p.m. KNLJ is RF 20, remaps to 25 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 1:29 p.m. Ed, if you are checking analog you might have signals to Cuba. Pretty good six meter spot that direcetion now de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 1:27 p.m. What's KNLJ's RF ch ? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 1:26 p.m. OK, Thanks Steve... Guess the sub-d 20 I'm seein' is just one of the many other 20's de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 1:25 p.m. Ed any chance you're seeing signal from KNLJ Jeff City MO? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 1:21 p.m. [13:18] Jim, I wish there was a "like" button on here so I could like that post. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 1:20 p.m. Jim & Ed, I'm not sure that KEFN-CD has moved yet. Two days ago Payson was still receiving it on RF 49. de indysteve IN EM69
May 23, 2018, 1:18 p.m. Tnx, Jim... I've got sub-d on ch 20 bmg St-L but getting QRM from WBXX, & KTEJ :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 1:18 p.m. Es *Knafel bar* on DTV 3...suspect WBRA de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 1:17 p.m. I'm seeing orange starting to creep over NE Ohio on the APRS map, but due to my crappy location, I need red blob directly overhead in order to get the tropo down here. It's currently dead. Maybe Es will fire up here. 17 meter FT8 was fun last night... had Cyprus and Argentina. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 1:12 p.m. Es - HIJB-2z Dom Rep T/a logo ur fading in/out de fred SC FM03af
May 23, 2018, 1:12 p.m. Ed that is KEFN-CD which was on 49 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 1:06 p.m. I've had the box parked on 19, since last year... glad I FINALLY got it !!! de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 1:04 p.m. Wow, 100.3 WNIC is in HD! Rarely happens here. de Jon ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 1:04 p.m. KPTN-LD is now multi ch shopping stuff...7 subs de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 1:03 p.m. Steve... who is the RF 20 in St-L?... I think it recently moved chs de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 12:58 p.m. Nice one, Ed. At 99 mi., KPTN-LD is becoming a pest at Payson. Seems like a waste of RF for a single ch. w/HSN. Same with an LD in Chicago. de indysteve IN EM69
May 23, 2018, 12:57 p.m. Yeah, but, it's abt 6 yrs old de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 12:55 p.m. Ed do you use a TV database in your computer? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 23, 2018, 12:51 p.m. Found it... KPTN-LD... been after this one for 6 months or more de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 12:43 p.m. Tr ? 19/7 St Louis w HSN 155 mi... can't remember the call-sign de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 12:30 p.m. Tr WBRC 50/6 Birmingham AL 250 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 12:26 p.m. Tr the 'new' WJKT 21/16 and WUXP 21/30 Nashville are doing a good job of QRMing each other de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 12:23 p.m. I think the red blob is really try to avoid NE Ohio. I stopped by my favorite portable spot and logged Chicago, but it was weak and brief, nothing to get excited about. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 12:15 p.m. Tr WCKV-LD 30 Clarksville TN... still w/o any PSIP info... simply, "30-3" plus 30-4, 30-5, 30-6 de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 12:06 p.m. Detroit stations are in strong this morning. WDET with RDS. de Jon ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 11:44 a.m. Tr strong 150-ish mi clutter... I see WKRN 27/2 Nashville everywhere I aim de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 11:41 a.m. Thanks for the veri on WJKT, Chris... It's kind of a ch clogger so it'll be nice to hv 39 open for a change de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 11:39 a.m. Tr 30 WEYI Saginaw, MI - 209 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 23, 2018, 11:32 a.m. [09:29] Andrew, nice one! I see you have a nice open path to Chicago now on 47. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 23, 2018, 11:27 a.m. [03:48 - WJKT] WJKT is repacking early, on/before June 1. The rf-39 signal should go away real soon. Lots of stations are applying for an early move. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 23, 2018, 11:15 a.m. RE: 03:48 WJKT pix http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?11867-Will-the-real-WJKT-please-stand-up&p=45952#post45952 de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 11:03 a.m. Tr WWRS "TBN" 43/52, Maysville, WI 199 mi. from Milford, IL is showing "KTBO" via TSID. KTBO is in Oklahoma City. de indysteve IN EM69
May 23, 2018, 9:29 a.m. Tr WTTW 47/11 Chicago, IL @ 306 miles *NEW* de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 23, 2018, 5:16 a.m. Tr WDRB 49/41 Louisville KY 180 mi Over local WDKA de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 4:45 a.m. Tr WKZT 43/23 Elizabethtown KY 156 mi Sorta rare de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 4:31 a.m. Tr WUPX 21/67 Morehead KY 275 mi "ION" de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 4:28 a.m. Tr WTVQ 40/36 Lexington KY 240 mi First time seen in a loooong time de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 3:48 a.m. Tr 21/16 WJKT Jackson TN... Same as the WJKT on 39/16... Is this a move?, an LD?, has it displaced WDNM-LD Memphis? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 23, 2018, 3:29 a.m. Tr WMAE 12 Booneville MS 150 mi Over local KFVS On UHF ant de Ed W-KY EM56
May 22, 2018, 7:47 p.m. [16:14] I notice the same thing with ACARS ground station squitters. I've had Newark Airport, Cincinnati, Burlington VT, etc. under dead conditions. de WRH ON FN03
May 22, 2018, 6:03 p.m. [14:51] This problem has been going on with both DXMaps and the Mountainlake tropo site since before FT8 gained popularity de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 22, 2018, 5:04 p.m. Error on my part. I imagined a skipopening. That's all. de Saul ON FN04
May 22, 2018, 5:04 p.m. de Saul ON FN04
May 22, 2018, 4:14 p.m. I have been parked on the 6 meter FT8 frequency and monitoring the activity today. It's typical to see tropo all the way to the east coast, but I can never seem to reach that far on FM or TV. Right now, I have K2LNS in Wilkes-Barre, PA. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 22, 2018, 4:09 p.m. As a ham, I enjoy transmitting in FT8 mode, but it can get boring after a while. I get more enjoyment out of a standard phone contact. I don't think FT8 will be a pain for us. I just think hams need to know how to report the proper mode of propagation. I only report Es on that website if I get multiple repeated contacts from the same area, and the distance is within the bounds of Es. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 22, 2018, 3:25 p.m. FT8 is sure gonna turn out to be a Pain for us TV/FM Dxers as far as knowing what's happening…Guess we'll have to go back to the Old Days where you had to turn the Set/Radio on and just sit and wait. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 22, 2018, 3:24 p.m. Map should actually be obliterated when some TV/FM Skip actually appears!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 22, 2018, 2:54 p.m. Since most the spots now being reported are FT8, I'd assume the map will look better than reality. FT8 is only about a year old. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 22, 2018, 2:51 p.m. Some of the hams who report spots on the DX Maps website don't really know what Es is. I'm seeing 500 km reported as sporadic-E, when it should just be tropo, especially since we're dealing with FT8!! I've found that my own FT8 software running on the 6 meter frequency is a better indicator than the reports I'm seeing. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 22, 2018, 2:15 p.m. Jim, from Payson, Joplin (25, 43 & 46), MO has popped up again, but very in/out. de indysteve IN EM69
May 22, 2018, 2:09 p.m. Tr KPXE 30/51 KC MO @ 136 miles has popped up but that is it, so far de Jim-T MO EM37
May 22, 2018, 1:23 p.m. It's been several months, but I have the car packed and ready in a moments notice with my portable DTV antenna and setup. I figure that's the only way I'm gonna get any new logs around here. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 22, 2018, 12:54 p.m. [12:10] Jim, from Payson, IL, Joplin, MO @ 260 mi. was in a couple min. last hour, then gone. Now, too much QRM from 90-150 mi. from various directions. de indysteve IN EM69
May 22, 2018, 12:37 p.m. [12:10] Location, location, location. Some orange with reports of 325 mi tr in MO. de WRH ON FN03
May 22, 2018, 12:10 p.m. The fog is thick as *pea soup* this morning with H pressure overhead but NO tropo. Something must be *wonky* with the weather de Jim-T MO EM37
May 22, 2018, 1:15 a.m. ...but if he doesn't Janet (Bob's wife) or Tom will close it down de Jim-T MO EM37
May 22, 2018, 1:14 a.m. I don't know if Bob's brother Tom Colyard K4MM will pick it up or not.... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 21, 2018, 11:14 p.m. [22:10} If there is nobody to maintain that site, it will turn into a spam infested hell hole pretty quickly. Then maybe some will join. de mike CT FN31
May 21, 2018, 11:13 p.m. Not a peep here. Maybe if you could put some blue, or even purple on your map between here and there it would help. de Rich NY FN12
May 21, 2018, 11:09 p.m. Yip, CIII-2 is on today. de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 11 p.m. Hey, Bill--Is CIII in Bancroft on today? I can't remember the best channel for my D100 and a signal on 2 would be great. de Rich NY FN12
May 21, 2018, 10:10 p.m. Maybe they'll all join WTFDA and invade this List!!!!! :>( de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 9:26 p.m. I was just told that Bob Colyard of the tvfmdx skip log has passed away. I wonder what happens to that site now? de mike CT FN31
May 21, 2018, 7:44 p.m. ...Lots of 'local' (100+mi) clutter from Evansville, Nashville, Memphis, etc de Ed W-KY EM56
May 21, 2018, 7:42 p.m. Tr had some good Tr on the indoor (2nd floor, fixed on 305 deg heading) ants last nite... WRSP 44/55 Springfield, IL 212 mi was best DX... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 21, 2018, 7:39 p.m. [15:13] Es into FM end of May 2017 good openings here were on the 24th 28th & 30th-so hope for repeat de fred SC FM03af
May 21, 2018, 7:24 p.m. Yeah, it was kinda tuff on the co-ax :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 21, 2018, 7:20 p.m. Ed, you should have been able to get the Beam turning pretty quick on the Fan!! HAHAHHA….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 7:18 p.m. I started out, at this QTH, w a Rad-Shack V/U combo ant hanging from the ceiling fan... I'm familiar w the 'armstrong' rotor set-up :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 21, 2018, 7:15 p.m. Looks like my thunderstorm-a-thon may let up by mid week... Hope to catch a little Tr action... fingers crossed. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 21, 2018, 7:12 p.m. I don't have a Rotor on it….so fine tuning the Beam involves me going outside and hand carnkin' the Pole….but I did that for many years in the early days…so I'm just going backwards in technology! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 7:11 p.m. Ya it's working Fine Ed…..but no Es and Diddley Tropo so far. Once things get Cooking…it should haul 'em in well!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 7:09 p.m. Hey Rob... how goes the new antenna set-up.. so far, so good? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 21, 2018, 7:09 p.m. I think I qualify as a WTFDA member….Joined in 1977….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 7:08 p.m. I'm here Buggin' Ya Ed!! :>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 7:04 p.m. RE May 21 00:57... Ur right, Jim... Many who should be using this BB do not... Reasons... Facebook group?, RabbitEars?, E-mail list?... dunno. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 21, 2018, 3:50 p.m. WNLO 32/23 Buffalo finally showing up now, but it's too late in the day. I think the duct is disappearing. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 3:17 p.m. I heard local TV meteorologist say this morning widespread fog tonight de Jim-T MO EM37
May 21, 2018, 3:13 p.m. So yes, looks like things are behind sked. de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 3:12 p.m. [15:00] Tropo potential is behind the front as high pressure builds in. The KSGF TAF has a wind shift at 18Z. de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 3:07 p.m. Tr 162.500 KWN-36 Greggs Knob, WV - 253 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 3 p.m. Your forecast shows tropo developing over MO midday, but I think the weather front is lagging behind. Not seeing anything developing yet de Jim-T MO EM37
May 21, 2018, 2:59 p.m. Thanks Bill, just curious if NOAA produced anything that could partner with your forecast :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 21, 2018, 2:52 p.m. Tr 48 Pittsburgh, only 189 mi but not a regular. de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 2:51 p.m. I guess you could try correlating lower clouds with inversions...but many inversions have no clouds associated with them. de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 2:50 p.m. Satellites just show you the tops of clouds, so much of the time surface features are obscured. de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 2:40 p.m. .....https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/GOES16_CONUS.php de Jim-T MO EM37
May 21, 2018, 2:40 p.m. Question for WRH, do any of these weather maps contibute to understanding tropo forecasts? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 21, 2018, 2:04 p.m. Tr 104.3 WOGI Moon Twp. PA, TOH ID, 192 mi de Jon ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 2:02 p.m. Tr 94.7 WCSX Birmingham MI (476 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 21, 2018, 1:40 p.m. Tr 93.7 WBCT Grand Rapids, MI 355 mile relog “B 93” and Country much better signal then 105.7 Grand Rapids. Go out for a few minutes de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 21, 2018, 1:37 p.m. (This determined by my alternate non-RabbitEars autologger). de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 1:36 p.m. CIII 17 Paris, ON was on backup last night - virtual ch 41.1 rather than 6.1, so it was relaying Toronto directly off air rather than by satellite. de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 1:35 p.m. Bill, I did manage to barely get a new log... CICO-28 just barely decoded at my Doylestown site for about 2 seconds. At home, DT 28 went up to about halfway and never decoded anything, just a typical Knafel Bar. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 1:34 p.m. Lol, I was pointed west and even my autologger didn't get CFPL-10 nor CIII-29. de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 1:32 p.m. Hi Chris, it looks like you continue to rake in many new logs. You're even logging the ones I still need like CIII-29. I've been waiting to see that since WAOH-CD 29 went off the air, but that's been my luck. Who's next? The Illinois autologgers will probably log that one before me too, and I'm significantly closer. Maybe I should retire from UHF tropo. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 1:25 p.m. Tr 88.1 WZIP Akron, OHIO RELOG Z88 IDs and Alt Rock …not heard very often. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 1:25 p.m. Tr 105.7 WSRW Grand Rapids, MI 355 mile relog “Star 105.7” my most distant logging today...nice loggings Chris de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 21, 2018, 12:56 p.m. "I MUST have had...." de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 12:56 p.m. Tr WNYB 26/26 Jamestown, NY caught by autologger for *NEW LOG* abt 30 min ago. I just have had the antenna just right to get enough null on local WTEN. 279 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 12:32 p.m. Usually when the red blob is a symmetrical teardrop shape, it is in some way erroneous - often it's Ms or Es de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 21, 2018, 12:22 p.m. Great logs Chris de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 21, 2018, 12:17 p.m. [11:32] Thanks Steve. It was the only new log of the morning I didn't actually see. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 12:14 p.m. Long haul DTV seems to be done here. It was a productive mroning here. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 12:10 p.m. Just Detroit to Kingston regulars noted here. de Jon ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 12:07 p.m. Tr WKBW 38/7 Buffalo, NY quick decode, first time today. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 11:55 a.m. Appears to be a very deceiving Red Blob……..nothing exciting here at all. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 11:33 a.m. Nothing here looking west this morning. de mike CT FN31
May 21, 2018, 11:32 a.m. [11:09] Great catch, Chris. "WSYM-TV 2018-05-21 06:59:38 553.73" de indysteve IN EM69
May 21, 2018, 11:16 a.m. [10:52] CIII-29 back in well now.... Keep looking! de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 11:09 a.m. I have nothing here. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 11:09 a.m. Tr WSYM 38/47 Lansing, MI autologger only for *NEW LOG*. I was on 39 & 40 waiting for decodes. I thought 38 might be WKBW. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 11:07 a.m. Another one of my locals Chris de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 21, 2018, 11:06 a.m. Tr WPXD 50/31 Detroit, MI "Ion" for *NEW LOG* Usual WNEP Scranton very weak this a.m. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 11:01 a.m. Tr 103.9 WAGL Eldred, PA "The Eagle" *NEW LOG* de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 11 a.m. Hearing CFPL London de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 21, 2018, 11 a.m. Chris, are WPXD and WSYM new? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 10:58 a.m. Tr 97.1 WXYT Detroit, MI 236 miles into RDS not heard since WKRK de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 21, 2018, 10:57 a.m. Tr WWJ 44/62 Detroit, MI, earlier by autologger, in "live" now. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 10:52 a.m. Nothing Long Haul yet………. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 10:52 a.m. Tr 105.5 WMKX Brookville, PA. RELOG Clarion area ads. ID as MEGA ROCK de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 10:47 a.m. Tr 101.1 WFGE State College, PA. RELOG C/W "Big Froggy 101". de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 10:42 a.m. Tr 100.1 WBRR Bradford, PA. RELOG Rock Music ID as 100.1 THE HERO 1.65 KW RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 10:41 a.m. Tr the best here is 107.5 WGPR Detroit, MI but not locking in the RDS de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 21, 2018, 10:40 a.m. Tr 102.7 WPRZ Mt. Clemens, MI ":Praise 102.7", "Get Up w/ Erica Campbell" for call & format change. 465 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 10:37 a.m. Tr 96.5 WCMF Rochester, NY RELOG with RDS and Talk…Best I can do so far! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 10:30 a.m. And I'm not getting anything reciprocal from here in London yet! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 10:28 a.m. Chris, I'm not hearing anything like this here de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 21, 2018, 10:22 a.m. Tr 102.3 CHST London "Jack102.3.com" playing what we want, and local London spots. *NEW LOG* de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 10:19 a.m. Tr 101.9 WDET Detroit, MI NPR Morning Edition... relog. 473 mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 10:08 a.m. Tr 100.5 CBBL "CBC Music" London, ON. fine signal. 390 mi Also hjad CBC-sounding 93.5, likely also London. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 9:39 a.m. Tr 93.1 WDRQ Detroit, MI, local spots. NashFM931.com, *NEW LOG* de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 9:32 a.m. Tr 92.3 WRRN Warren, PA "92 Gold" *NEW LOG* de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 9:11 a.m. Tr 107.5 WGPR Detroit, MI "Hot 107.5" hip hop & r&b *NEW LOG* de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 9:10 a.m. Tr WKBS 46/47 Altoona, PA relog.. 251 mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 9:05 a.m. Tr 106.7 WDTW Detroit, MI alternative, rockin' hard this morning. *NEW LOG* de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 8:59 a.m. Tr 105.9 WDMK Detroit, MI "Kiss FM" r& b *NEW LOG* de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 8:45 a.m. Tr WPXI 48/11 Pittsburgh, PA *NEW LOG* 331 mi de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 8:28 a.m. Tr CICO-28 28/28 Kitchener, ON @ 171 miles *NEW* de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 8:11 a.m. Tr 100.3 WNIC Dearborn, MI "80's to Now" relog 477 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 8:03 a.m. Tr WWJ 44/62 Detroit, MI on autologger, o/WNYW *NEW*478 miles de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 8:02 a.m. Tr 102.9 WWWW Ann Arbor, MI "W4" country with Blair Garner... great signal. *NEW LOG* de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 7:51 a.m. Tr 104.3 WOMC Detroit,,MI All New 104.3 WOMC - Detroit's Greatest Hits. relog 476 miles de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 7:39 a.m. Tr WXYZ 41/7 Detroit, MI nice fade up.. relog.. 483 mi. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 7:29 a.m. Tr CIII 29//29 Sarnia ON short decode, *NEW LOG* 429 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 7:20 a.m. Tr CHCH-2 51/51 London, ON relog 414 miles.... band dead locally. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 21, 2018, 6:13 a.m. Gw 87.9 unID pirate northerly, w/40s band mx, vertical pol. - de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 2:56 a.m. It’s actually southern gospel time show de saul ON FN04
May 21, 2018, 2:55 a.m. 98.3 Monroe mi Nash icon country fairly solid de saul ON FN04
May 21, 2018, 2:25 a.m. Just a handful of Detroit stations in here. de Jon ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 2:07 a.m. Nice RED Blob forming to my West…hope it does something….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 1:38 a.m. Tr 91.3 WCSG Grand Rapids, MICHIGAN Christian Music and Talk ID as 91.3 WCSG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 1:32 a.m. Tr WHBQ 13/13, Memphis, TN 329 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 21, 2018, 1:28 a.m. Tr WTWV 23/23, Memphis, TN 327 mi. from Payson, IL. Back again, in/out. de indysteve IN EM69
May 21, 2018, 1:06 a.m. Tr 88.9 WGZR Alpena, MI. RELOG @ 1.5 KW EWTN Baraga Radio Network and Multi-City ID Catholic Talk de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 1:05 a.m. Tr88.9 WGZR Alpena, MI. RELOG @ 1.5 KW EWTN Baraga Radio Network and Multi-City ID Catholic Talk de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 21, 2018, 1:04 a.m. Bill, I think since the skip is shorter than the optimum distance, whatever it may be, it calculates a higher MUF. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 1:03 a.m. Maybe there would be 80 MHz FT8 Es? de WRH ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 1 a.m. It's automatically putting an 80 MHz MUF over the spot between me and MA, even though it's just 6 meter FT8 de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 12:58 a.m. I'm sending spots on the MUF Es map for the first time. This is fun. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 12:57 a.m. And I know there are several WTFDA FM & DTV dxers out there, why aren't there more that use this Bulletin Board for dx??? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 21, 2018, 12:56 a.m. That is the most frustrating aspect of weak signals on DTV, being all or nothing for confirming who the signal belongs to de Jim-T MO EM37
May 21, 2018, 12:54 a.m. (00:28) It would be nice if there was a component of DTV that would decode EVEN if you are just staring at a partial yellow bar! de Jim-T MO EM37
May 21, 2018, 12:35 a.m. lots of MA FT8 pouring in on 6 meters, that's it de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 12:28 a.m. Nothing noted on FM here yet. de Jon ON FN03
May 21, 2018, 12:28 a.m. Wouldn't it be nice if DTV decoded as easily as FT8!!? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 12:27 a.m. Es some shorter hop Es on 6 meters from MA @ ~550 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 21, 2018, 12:25 a.m. Es PEI on 6 meters, which is consistent with the current Es map de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 20, 2018, 11:28 p.m. Es CJCB 4 Sydney, NS @ 1,125 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 20, 2018, 6:47 p.m. [17:46] I won't get excited 'til I see the Canaries beacon coming in. de WRH ON FN03
May 20, 2018, 6:14 p.m. Es DT 2 west de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 20, 2018, 5:54 p.m. Es I hear the 2- video carrier that sounds like a washing machine... likely Sheet Harbor, NS de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 20, 2018, 5:51 p.m. Tr KODE 43/12, KSNF 46/16, KOZJ "OPT" 25/26, Joplin, MO 260 mi. from Payson, IL. Good sigs at the moment. de indysteve IN EM69
May 20, 2018, 5:51 p.m. Es 50.313 VY2ZM Prince Edward Island @ 1,025 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 20, 2018, 5:48 p.m. Es CJCB 4 Sydney, NS @ 1,125 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 20, 2018, 5:46 p.m. Bill, I got several decodes from EA8DBM... seems somewhat stable here. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 20, 2018, 5:40 p.m. Es 50.313 EA8DBM Canary Islands @ 3,721 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 20, 2018, 5:34 p.m. Es 50.313 VE9DX (NB), VE1SKY (NS), VY2MI (PEI) de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 20, 2018, 5:19 p.m. Es 50.313 EA8DBM CNR Canary Islands - brief decode @ 16:56 - de WRH ON FN03
May 20, 2018, 4:48 p.m. Tr [16:37] KNWA 50/51, Rogers, AR 277 mi. from Payson, IL via autologger. de indysteve IN EM69
May 20, 2018, 4:04 p.m. Es 50 Mc beacons from OK and MO - de WRH ON FN03
May 20, 2018, 4:03 p.m. What's going on with the 6m map? A contest or something? de mike CT FN31
May 20, 2018, 2:13 p.m. Es 50.313 VP9NM Bermuda - FT8 ham - de WRH ON FN03
May 20, 2018, 1:40 p.m. Es 50 Mc beacon from GA - de WRH ON FN03
May 20, 2018, 12:06 p.m. Tr WTWV 23/23, Memphis, TN 327 mi. from Payson, IL. In/out w/manual tuner. de indysteve IN EM69
May 20, 2018, 2:22 a.m. Tr KOMU 8 Columbia MO 128 miles, NEW! Been after this one since 2011 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 20, 2018, 1:47 a.m. Tr WKRN 27/2, Nashville, TN 354 mi. from Payson, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 19, 2018, 9:01 p.m. Typo, should be KSFW-LD entirely in message below de Jim-T MO EM37
May 19, 2018, 9:01 p.m. I received an email from KSFW-LD's attorney this afternoon - KSWF-LD is on reduced power due to transmitter problems. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 19, 2018, 4:47 p.m. There was a 30 day window for a reply. The FCC has not heard from them (past the 30 day window) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 19, 2018, 4:46 p.m. ...the FCC sent this letter to the parent company on March 14, 2018 - http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=84570 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 19, 2018, 4:46 p.m. Regarding whether KSFW-LD 2 Dallas TX is on the air... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 19, 2018, 4:39 p.m. Es ATV 2 to Cuba, still weak de Jim-T MO EM37
May 19, 2018, 4:12 p.m. Ms 99.7 KZPT Kansas City, MO 856 miles, RDS calls and Top 40 relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 19, 2018, 2:05 p.m. Tr WATN 25/24, Memphis, TN 323 mi. from Payson, IL on manual tuner. Very in/out. de indysteve IN EM69
May 19, 2018, 1:21 p.m. Tr WTWV 23/23, Memphis, TN 327 mi. from Payson, IL. Quick fade up. Maybe more. de indysteve IN EM69
May 19, 2018, 11:40 a.m. Tr WGBH 19/2 Boston, MA 141 miles. Also WCVB 20/5, WUNI 27/66, WSBK 39,38. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 19, 2018, 5:50 a.m. Tr KEYE-DT-43 Austin Tx (394 mi) - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 19, 2018, 5:49 a.m. Tr KVUE-DT-33 Austin TX (395 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 19, 2018, 5:28 a.m. Tr KNVA-DT-49 Austin TX (395 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 19, 2018, 5:26 a.m. Tr KNIC-DT-18 San Antonio TX (446 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 19, 2018, 4:09 a.m. Tr 105.9 KFMK Round Rock Tx (389 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 19, 2018, 3:59 a.m. Tr 107.5 KXTN San Antonio Tx (434 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 19, 2018, 3:48 a.m. Tr 105.3 KSMG Seguin TX (410 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 19, 2018, 3:48 a.m. Tr 94.7 KAMX Luling Tx (393 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 19, 2018, 3:48 a.m. Tr 99.5 KISS San Antonio Tx (432 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 19, 2018, 3:04 a.m. Tr 103.5 KBPA San Marcos Tx (408 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 9:32 p.m. I'm gonna stand outside in the backyard with a Tinfoil hat on……Maybe someone can get some Double Hop off my Head!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 9:27 p.m. Squint and you can see the Es cloud overhead Rob...lol. de WRH ON FN03
May 18, 2018, 8:56 p.m. Figures…I monitored de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 8:56 p.m. Fgures…I monitoed all day for Es…and now it forms in my backyard! Can't win eh……. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 8:55 p.m. OK Andrew….maybe I can call CQ and Log myself!! :>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 8:53 p.m. Hey Rob, aim up... the Es blob is forming over top you. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 18, 2018, 8:38 p.m. Thanks Jin-T & Andrew K de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 8:33 p.m. amfmtvdtvbrla… all you need is a radio capable of tuning the FT8 frequencies which all transmit on upper sideband. My particular receiver is the Icom IC-7200. FT8 decodes really easily. I transmitted to New Zealand on 14.074 MHz with only 25 watts. It’s the most active mode on HF now. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 18, 2018, 8:18 p.m. The mode is still really new, so I don't think you have a lot of shopping choices de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 8:18 p.m. AMFM, read here about FT8, http://www.arrl.org/news/ft8-mode-is-latest-bright-shiny-object-in-amateur-radio-digital-world de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 8:07 p.m. [13:18] Andrew K what receiver do I need to DX on FT8 - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 5:31 p.m. Another 100 Mhz and we'll be having Fun Bill! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 4:59 p.m. muf 75 de WRH ON FN03
May 18, 2018, 4:58 p.m. DT 2 weak. Yes, dinking around. de WRH ON FN03
May 18, 2018, 4:30 p.m. It's just diinking around here Bill…won't bust loose….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 4:25 p.m. Es 2- 4z carriers south - de WRH ON FN03
May 18, 2018, 4:12 p.m. Lone FL beacon on 50 Mc - de WRH ON FN03
May 18, 2018, 3:48 p.m. No activity on DTV signals for awhile now de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 3:36 p.m. Faders all gone at the moment……been in/out for about an hour or so. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 3:27 p.m. Nothing noted on FM here yet. de Jon ON FN03
May 18, 2018, 3:26 p.m. I've had Vegas 2 twice this season, nothing logged from the East yet de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 3:25 p.m. Jim, that's good to hear!! Someone getting a "Knafel Bar"!! de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 18, 2018, 3:20 p.m. Es Faders on Lower end of FM now…..Beaming SW de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 3:20 p.m. Yes I have been watching it bounce like a YO-YO! :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 3:17 p.m. Jim, are you seeing a yellow signal bar on DT 3? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 18, 2018, 3:12 p.m. Es DTV 3 in/out antenna east, most likely WBRA de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 3:08 p.m. There are three Dallas Rabbitears autologgers. When you select the Ever Received for each, none of them show KSFW-LD! de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 3:07 p.m. I think it's safe to say that KSFW-LD 2/43 is NOT on the air despite what rabbitears shows. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 18, 2018, 3:05 p.m. https://m.rabbitears.info/index.php?request=tvdx_grid&tid=10418E7F&tno=0 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 3:05 p.m. This is the Arlington TX autologger, which isn't receiving them either... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 3:03 p.m. I see that also Steve. I wonder why the north Dallas autologger isn't picking them up? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 2:59 p.m. Jim, looking at Rabbitears & FCC file it appears KSFW-LD 2/43 should be on the air. de indysteve IN EM69
May 18, 2018, 2:55 p.m. Jim, KXDA-LD was logged at Milford 6-8-16. I believe WRH has seen it several times. de indysteve IN EM69
May 18, 2018, 2:44 p.m. Steve, Milford should be in a location to receive KXDA 5 Dallas de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 2:41 p.m. HDHR signal levels 2-6 at IL sites low, steady, nothing showing up via Es. Dead. de indysteve IN EM69
May 18, 2018, 2:27 p.m. Es 50.06 K5AB TX - beacon - de WRH ON FN03
May 18, 2018, 2:21 p.m. I see KXDA-LD 5/41 is 100% on that tuner de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 2:20 p.m. https://m.rabbitears.info/index.php?request=tvdx_grid&tid=10311B6D&tno=0&sort=all&hours=24&tzone=CT&unit=&auto=Y de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 2:20 p.m. (13:33) Andrew, I don't think KSFW-LD is on air yet. You can look here at the Garland County Rabbitears autologger, which is north Dallas... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 18, 2018, 2:15 p.m. Just tropo to the south and east here. de Jon ON FN03
May 18, 2018, 2:10 p.m. Not strong enough yet here for any 50 Mc beacons to show up yet. de WRH ON FN03
May 18, 2018, 1:43 p.m. Atta Boy Saul…Thanks for taking one for the Team!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 1:37 p.m. Es will go huge today; I'm off to Toronto at noon until tomorrow afternoon. de Saul ON FN04
May 18, 2018, 1:33 p.m. Does ANYONE know if KSFW-LD 2/43 in Dallas is actually on the air? This would make a nice DTV e-skip target. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 18, 2018, 1:32 p.m. Maybe it's gonna go today guys?? Looking good to the Southwest…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 18, 2018, 1:18 p.m. Es 50.313 Texas FT8 pouring in... N5WS, W5GDX, W5XC, K5GZR, WD5DHK, and WB5HJV. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 18, 2018, 12:59 p.m. Tr [08:34] WHRM 24/20, Wausau, WI 314 mi. from Milford, IL via autologger. de indysteve IN EM69
May 18, 2018, 10:45 a.m. Tr KVUE-DT-33 Austin TX (395 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 10:41 a.m. Tr 99.3 KOKE Thorndale TX (364 mi) (new) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 10:41 a.m. Tr 93.3 KOKE Thorndale TX (364 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 10:20 a.m. Tr 107.1 XHVTH Matamoros MX (514 mi) can't do a Tropo DX event without this Tropo pest blasting in de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 10:12 a.m. Tr 103.5 KBPA San Marcos Tx (408 mi) with full RDS. PI code of 142A de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 10:02 a.m. Tr 93.3 KNAL Port Lavaca TX (358 mi) (new) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 9:54 a.m. Tr 94.7 KAMX Luling Tx (393 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 9:53 a.m. Tr 94.9 KQUR Laredo Tx (542 mi) with with rare full RDS in like local with full signal bar on the Yamaha T-85 modified Tuner with readout of Menciona digital 949 y with PI of 3C59 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 9:14 a.m. Tr KORO-DT-27 Corpus Christi, Tx. (428 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 8:54 a.m. Tr 99.5 KKPS Brownsville TX (501 mi) web stream match. In very weak under 99.5 KISS San Antonio Tx de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 8:45 a.m. Tr 99.5 KISS San Antonio Tx (432 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 8:31 a.m. Tr 101.1 KONO Helotes TX (455 mi) (new) -amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 8:19 a.m. Tr 103.1 KHHL Karnes City TX (401 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 8:09 a.m. Tr 105.3 KSMG Seguin TX (410 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 8:08 a.m. Tr 106.7 KTKX Terrell Hills TX (448 mi) with on air ID de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 18, 2018, 3:16 a.m. Tr WTAE 51/4 Pittsburgh, PA - just baely decoded. 326 miles de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 18, 2018, 1:33 a.m. Tr WUNI 27/66 Marlborom MA (w/ WWJE 50 Derry, NH) for new log. It came up "Justice" on STB.. took a bit to figure out who this was. *NEW LOG* 129 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 18, 2018, 1:04 a.m. Tr WNJY 89.3 Netcong, NJ woth "WNYC" programming. Semi-local WLJP-89.3 has bveewn off since Tuesday storms. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 18, 2018, 12:30 a.m. Tr WRC48/4 Washington, DC, brief decode, with Ellen's Game Show. 258 miles. Philly still strong... WFPA-CD 28 totally watchable. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 17, 2018, 11:17 p.m. Tr Philadelphia DTV very strong at this hour. Right now WTXF-42/29 is decoding over local analog (19kw) Line of Sight at 7 miles., I see their tower out my front window. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 17, 2018, 10:07 p.m. Tr WFPA-CD 28/28 Philadelphia, PA decoding now... much better than they "should" with low power and sharp DA. 139 miles de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 17, 2018, 8:50 p.m. Hey Jim, you may not have KNOP, but I don't have KHSV. I likely never will unless someone can prove that double-hop DTV e-skip is even possible. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 17, 2018, 4:19 p.m. Es KHSV 2 Las Vegas NV @ 1200 miles decoding, 2nd time this season de Jim-T MO EM37
May 17, 2018, 4:18 p.m. Tr WPSU 15/3 Clearfield, PA in/out now at 241 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 17, 2018, 3:40 p.m. Tr WHVL-CD State College, PA coming in well now, first time noted today. 221 miules. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 17, 2018, 1:49 p.m. Tr KCRG 9/9, Cedar Rapids, IA 176 mi. from Payson, IL. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 17, 2018, 1:40 p.m. Local 91.7 WNFC Paducah playing, "Turn your radio on"... but, it's already on :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 17, 2018, 1:23 p.m. Tr WUHF 28/31 Rochester, NY w/ subs. *NEW LOG* 213 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 17, 2018, 1:20 p.m. Tr WROC 45/8 Rochester, NY on autologger for *NEW LOG* at 213 miles. I was sitting on 28 & 16 waiting for decode.. none yet. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 17, 2018, 1:09 p.m. Tropo has been boring so far. I had some very weak decodes from Buffalo, just the usual relogs. I need WNYO 49 now that WDLI is gone, but I guess I'm really gonna have to work for it. Apparently Mike Glass in Indiana just logged it 250 miles further away. What a joke. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 17, 2018, 12:59 p.m. Tr lots of regional clutter... FM band full of 100+ milers... on 1st floor, indoor, vert dipole de Ed W-KY EM56
May 17, 2018, 12:47 p.m. Tr 144.174 AA2TT New York, NY - 336 mi - FT8 ham - de WRH ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 12:44 p.m. Tr WYDC 48/48 Corning, NY Quick weak decode on fade-up for *NEW LOG*, 167 miles. Generally light enhanement this a.m. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 17, 2018, 12:40 p.m. Local wx: T-storms, anytime, anywhere, until further notice... so, it's indoor antenna time :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 17, 2018, 12:37 p.m. Tr 50 WYPX Amsterdam, NY - 271 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 12:31 p.m. That's a wicked Red Blob around the Great Lakes…but nothing long haul happening here!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 17, 2018, 11:30 a.m. Tr 103.9 KJXJ Franklin Tx (320 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 10:17 a.m. Tr 100.9 KVMK Wheelock Tx (308 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 10:10 a.m. Tr 100.5 KBDR Laredo Tx (543 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 9:53 a.m. Tr 94.7 KAMX Luling Tx (393 mi) with full RDS of Mix 94.7 with PI code of 4FEB de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 9:40 a.m. Tr 94.9 KQUR Laredo Tx (542 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 9:28 a.m. Tr 101.9 KQXT San Antonio TX (442 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 9:25 a.m. Tr WEWS 15/5, Cleveland, OH 311 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 17, 2018, 9:08 a.m. Tr KEYE-DT-43 Austin Tx (394 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 9:05 a.m. Tr KAVU-DT-15 Victoria, Tx (373 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 9:03 a.m. Tr KAVU-DT-15 Victoria, Tx (370 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 9:02 a.m. Tr KVUE-DT-33 Austin TX (395 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 9:02 a.m. Tr KNVA-DT-49 Austin TX (395 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 8:47 a.m. Tr 107.1 XHVTH Matamoros MX (514 mi) Finally been trying to get RDS from this Tropo pest. in with full RDS of MASBUENA with PI code of 93ED de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 8:24 a.m. Tr 107.7 KOUL Agua Dulce TX (446 mi) with Corpus Christi ads with partial RDS showing 10o'JAUp with PI code of 2903. They are not Shuffle anymore. They have flipped to Spanish de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 7:39 a.m. Tr 104.9 KMIQ Robstown TX (446 mi) (new) with on air ID de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 7:27 a.m. Tr 103.7 KXAI Refugio TX (412 mi) in like local with full signal bar on the Yamaha T-85 modified Tuner with full RDS readout on RDS Spy de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 7:12 a.m. The rain & storms from the east stayed away from my area yesterday & evening into this morning to allow this good Tropo from the west to drift in here this early morning de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 7:12 a.m. Tr 98.7 KTXN Victoria Tx (370 mi) with on air ID de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 6:30 a.m. Tr 97.5 KFTX Kingsville, TX (451 mi) with on air ID -amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 5:47 a.m. Tr KORO-DT-27 Corpus Christi, Tx. (428 mi) de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 5:43 a.m. Tr 162.500 KZZ-41 Mount Washington, NH - 419 mi - forecast for Northern NH & Western ME - de WRH ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 5:21 a.m. Tr 93.9 KMXR Corpus Christi, Tx (419 mi) with on air ID & fair signal de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 17, 2018, 5:09 a.m. Tr 116.7 YMX Montreal, QC - 316 mi - VOR - de WRH ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 5:05 a.m. Tr 22 WCAX Burlington, VT - 348 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 5:01 a.m. Tr 107.9 WVPS-HD Burlington, VT - 348 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 4:02 a.m. Tr Ottawa 13, 24, 33, 34 all in - 243 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 3:12 a.m. Tr WSJV 28/28 Elkhart, IN @ 238 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 17, 2018, 3:07 a.m. Tr 161.85 CJH-20 Mont Rigaud, QC - 303 mi - Quebec wx - very strong - de WRH ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 2:57 a.m. Tr 21 CBMT Montreal, QC - 335 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 2:40 a.m. Looks like the first tropo opening of 2018 here. de Jon ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 2:39 a.m. Tr 100.3 CJMJ Ottawa, ON, "Majic 100", 238 mi de Jon ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 2:37 a.m. Tr 101.1 CKBY Smiths Falls, ON, "#1 for Country" & Stream Match, 202 mi de Jon ON FN03
May 17, 2018, 2:28 a.m. Tr 99.7 CJOT Ottawa, ON, "Boom 99-7", 213 mi de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 10:51 p.m. My older HDHR3-US does not do what the HDHR4-2US-R is doing. The HDHR3-US is,not detecting signal spikes on those empty channels. I think Trip said something about the newer model detecting random signals that are no there on his autologger setup page on his site. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 16, 2018, 10:42 p.m. [22:25] Thanks, Jim de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 10:39 p.m. Yes, the new HDHR will show a number in the MER column for some sub-decodes. It won’t “detect” analog signals exactly, but yes, it can notify you of elevated signals (more so than normal) in the SS column. I’m my particular case it’s mostly just interference such as FM overload mixing in the preamp or my coffee maker. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 10:26 p.m. (21:41) AMFM, the HDHR can also detect analog signals so that is also a possibility de Jim-T MO EM37
May 16, 2018, 10:25 p.m. You can contact him through his Form Contact Page - http://www.dxmaps.com/contact.html de Jim-T MO EM37
May 16, 2018, 10:25 p.m. Gabriel has removed his email address from his website because of ALL the bots that keep hitting his website de Jim-T MO EM37
May 16, 2018, 9:41 p.m. I tested my refurbished HDHR4-2US-R HomeRun Tuner and I noticed that it detects weak signal on channels that do not have any signals present. It can be just a spike in signal for a few seconds at a time. is this normal for this Tuner model ? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 16, 2018, 9:01 p.m. But hey... 35 DTVs is a good total for your area, and you didn't rely on an autologger to capture them. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 8:58 p.m. [20:38] Ed, realistically now that number is a bit overinflated if you're just starting. #1) That total includes temporary DTV transition channels. and #2) Apparently I've learned it takes significantly less effort in so-called low-noise areas for which I don't reside or have any control over. Oh well, at least there's still ham radio. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 8:48 p.m. Does anyone have an email for Gabriel @ DXMaps ? de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 8:44 p.m. heard/seen de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 8:44 p.m. [20:38] Not saying DTV's are not heard; just saying many VHF-Low DTV's are de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 8:42 p.m. Russ is right... FCC lawyers hv bn re-writing the laws of physics for yrs de Ed W-KY EM56
May 16, 2018, 8:39 p.m. I believe Es is better during the low part of the solar cycle (now) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 16, 2018, 8:38 p.m. fwiw... 35 Es DTVs in the log incl <100W K04DH-D @ 1000+ mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 16, 2018, 8:35 p.m. Same reason we get FM translators approved which are overpowered for the frequency/geography de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 6:51 p.m. [18:39] amfmdxer... YES!!! So true. Their rules which have determined DTV allocations in the repacking are SOOO flawed. And when I mention to Trip about it, he tells me the FCC's logic behind it. The rules may allow for it, but in the real world, it just won't work. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 6:39 p.m. The FCC has been lacking in engineering expertise due to decades-old budget cuts. Somebody thinks lawyers and accountants understand propagation. de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 6:36 p.m. Trip, who works at the FCC and helped with the repacking, even admitted the supposed equivalent powers were based on a formula determined back in the 90's that's not realistic. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 6:35 p.m. The FCC apparently thinks that 1,080 watts on DT 6 is equivalent to WOUC's current 310,000 watts on DT 35. What a joke. They've applied for 7,110 watts on DT 6 (which will likely be granted), but even that's not enough. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 6:33 p.m. WPVI-6 here was granted one increase, and, after that proved insufficient they were denied a second one. de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 6:32 p.m. The problem with a number of these is that the allocated powers are too low to provide similar coverage to analog de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 6:32 p.m. When certain stations in the repacking opted to move to low-VHF, like WTLW and WOUC, they were given ridiculously low equivalent powers to their UHF signal. WTLW was assigned around 600-some watts!! They applied for 10 kW and were granted it. That's a heck of a lot more realistic. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 6:29 p.m. [16:23] Sometimes I wonder why they don't just have the low-VHF DTVs at 100 kW like the analogs. Is it really going to cause interference and possible overlaps in coverage?... no. You can have all the power you want, but it's the special propagation that's going to get the signal beyond radio LOS. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 4:24 p.m. [16:23] - 'rollout' de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 4:23 p.m. [14:55] You really can't equate analog power to digital powers - with the riollout digital powers were pegged for much less to supposedly result in equivalent coverage de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 3:58 p.m. Solar cycle directly correlates to F2 skip MUF's however. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 3:57 p.m. [14:37] I've personally never noticed any correlation between solar cycle and sporadic-E, although I know some have. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 3:49 p.m. DTV in general is a dud on low VHF more often than not de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 16, 2018, 3:02 p.m. It's apparent that the broadcasters really knew what they were doing when they mostly abandoned low-VHF in the DTV transition. It's too bad ATSC 1.0 was designed so poorly and low-VHF couldn't be used effectively. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 2:55 p.m. I've received KFIQ-LP analog 4 from Lubbock Texas, which is 1.19 kW, yet still haven't seen a DTV at that power or less. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 2:53 p.m. [13:33] ATSC 1.0 is a dud on low-VHF. I have gotten more analogs on low-VHF Es that have LESS power than DTV, and DTV supposedly requires less power than analog. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 2:37 p.m. Rob, it probably also depends on when you logged those 11 DTVs. I'm trying to DX Es at the bottom of the solar cycle. A few years ago, the DTV Es likely would've decoded with little effort. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 2:35 p.m. Most of my DTV Es stations were logged on my FM Beam! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 2:35 p.m. Andrew…Maybe it's yur location….I have 11 DTV Es Stations…and I don't even DX TV actively for years. But yes, I do have tons of Analog Es Stations over the years. A lot more than DTV. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 2:29 p.m. Bill, yes... the analog Es has been good. My expectations of DTV Es were high at one time, but it's super-difficult getting anything new to decode here anymore. I currently have 8 DTV Es logs in the logbook and 28 Analog Es. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 2:12 p.m. Andrew... I used to have locals on 2, 4, 5 and 6 and a semi-local on 3. The good 'ole days aren't all they're cracked up to be. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:46 p.m. Whatever the reason may be, I'd rather have results rather than excuses. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 1:45 p.m. I'm in a low-noise area but that doesn't happen to me hardly ever. I have to aim the antenna at the station. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 16, 2018, 1:34 p.m. If you are watching the repacking info from Trip, almost all the new assignments are asking for more power de Jim-T MO EM37
May 16, 2018, 1:34 p.m. Still to this day, I cannot believe any of the DTV stations are happy with the power they were authorized in the analog>digital transition. de Jim-T MO EM37
May 16, 2018, 1:33 p.m. Andrew, its the amount of power (kW) that the FCC authorized to the low VHF channels. They nowhere have the coverage of their analog counterparts de Jim-T MO EM37
May 16, 2018, 12:06 p.m. I must repeat... DTV Es is an effin' joke!! I can sit and watch hours of analog Es, yet not get a single DTV decode. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 11:57 a.m. Going out to cut the Lawn before the Monster Es Blowout starts today…..will be in by 0930…..get 'er all warmed up for me while I'm gone guys!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 10:50 a.m. Tr WEWS 15/5, Cleveland, OH 311 mi. from Milford, IL de indysteve IN EM69
May 16, 2018, 9:09 a.m. Tr 90.3 CJBC Toronto Classical Music - 1st time heard in HD!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 5:59 a.m. Tr good sigs from Memphis DTVs 130-ish mi on 1st floor indoor ant 6ft agl de Ed W-KY EM56
May 16, 2018, 2:19 a.m. Thanks for the advice. The tower will be 48' here. de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 2:11 a.m. I started off with a 32' tower and dx was awful to the S & SW, thus why I had to double the height to 64'. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 2:08 a.m. Since you probably don't have a backyard cliff to overcome, your phasing antenna could probably be a lot lower and maybe in a fixed position that gets Toronto & Buffalo well at the same time. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 2:08 a.m. I still have the APS-14…but it's folded up and tied to the back fence for storage right now! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 2:07 a.m. I used to have an APS-13….but someone twisted my arm and bought it from me!! :>) de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 2:05 a.m. I have an APS-13 as a spare. I was thinking of adding it in the future for phasing. de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 2:05 a.m. Also, one antenna is supposed to be aimed at your locals - but when your locals are all over the place, that's not possible w/out a separate rotor. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 2:03 a.m. The antennas are supposed to be a far distance apart, but I think using different polarizations is an ok substitute. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 2:02 a.m. Homebrew phaser. 2 antennas on same mast pointing same direction. The horizontal TV/FM log periodic w/no preamp and a vertical full-range (88-1300) log periodic w/preamp. Seems to work ok. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:58 a.m. What is your phasing setup? de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:57 a.m. OK. Thanks! de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:55 a.m. I'm using a TV-FM log periodic. You should do better with an FM yagi. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:53 a.m. [01:45] 240 miles most directions, a bit less in others - Sudbury, Bay City, Detroit, Upper Sandusky, Utica, Watertown, Ottawa. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:49 a.m. Es 50.0364 VE4VHF/B MB - beacon - de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:47 a.m. I still have no idea how far I'll hear with the 14 element under dead band conditions... de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:47 a.m. I've had Dayton at about 300 Miles already several times. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 1:46 a.m. If hand cranking ends up frustrating me…..I'll pout up a small rotor , but I'm in no hurry. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 1:45 a.m. WRH, what are your most distant FM signals under dead band conditions? Detroit & Utica, or further afield? de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:44 a.m. Nope….Just cranking 'er by Hand for now Bill. I have 3 Tail Twisters here, but they are a little overkill for what I'm using. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 1:43 a.m. So Rob... no rotor? de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:43 a.m. Yours appears to be doing a good job so far. We'll have to wait till the WI & IL tropo comes in. de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:42 a.m. [00:16] Congrats Jon. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:42 a.m. And a poor man's armstrong rotor!! HAHAHHA……But it's gonna do just fine! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 1:42 a.m. Thx, Rob. I'm looking to have everything up by June 1. de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:41 a.m. All I have now is a Poor Man's Tower…a 20 Foot Pole anchored to the bottom 8 foot section of my old tower! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 1:40 a.m. It will be mounted with a Yaesu G-800DXA rotor. Hopefully, all will go well. de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:39 a.m. OK Jon….Hope it goes up soon and you get to use it for the DX Season! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 1:38 a.m. The guy is around the same age as me, and an OM. de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:37 a.m. Tr 97.3 WYXL Ithaca, NY "Lite Rock 97.3" w/ John Tesh for thrid *NEW LOG* of the day. Local 97.3 xltr & nearby WZAD both still off. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 16, 2018, 1:36 a.m. No, Rob. I was waiting to purchase the tower segments until I found an installer. de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 1:30 a.m. Tower Climbers are Rare Birds now…My Buddy who just took mine down for me told me that was the Last Tower he was putting up or taking down..he's 64 years old now! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 1:27 a.m. Good Job Jon….Is your Tower already up??? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 16, 2018, 1:16 a.m. Good news! I finally found someone willing to climb a tower & install my antenna. de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 12:57 a.m. Nothing noted on FM yet. de Jon ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 12:57 a.m. all this analog Es, yet not a single DTV decode... what a joke de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 12:56 a.m. DTV Es is crap de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 12:47 a.m. Es 6+ carrier - muf rising but sigs very weak - de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 12:24 a.m. Es 3+ 4z carriers east - de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 12:23 a.m. Es DT 4 yellow bar NE de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 12:18 a.m. Es 50.0528 VE1PZ/B Pictou, NS - beacon - de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 12:18 a.m. That's 54.31 de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 12:17 a.m. Es DT 2 pilot frequency on 54.21 de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 12:14 a.m. That 3-3 on the Zenith box was a huge disappointment. I needed whatever it was. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 12:12 a.m. Es CJCB6 3 Port Hawkesbury, NS (tentative) de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 16, 2018, 12:05 a.m. [23:55] I can't remember the exact sound...it was a hum. de WRH ON FN03
May 16, 2018, 12:05 a.m. Es DT 3 yellow bar triggered a 3-3 on Zenith box then dropped aiming NE de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 15, 2018, 11:57 p.m. Es CJCB 4 Sydney, NS @ 1,125 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 15, 2018, 11:55 p.m. Bill, does the 2- in Sheet Harbor have the sound of a washing machine? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 15, 2018, 10:38 p.m. Tr 97.3 WMYY Schoharie, NY religious with several local spots in break, for *NEW LOG* w/ BOTH local translator (@ 2 miles) and strong semi-local WZAD (37 mi) off the air due to Thunderstorms. (JACKPOT!!) Now if we could just get some E-skip. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 15, 2018, 10:34 p.m. Canary Islands was in for a whopping 3 minutes. de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 10:32 p.m. Rob...0 cents is the price (and some might say the value) of the tropo maps. (: de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 10:23 p.m. 22:17….Bill, are you saying us FM/TV DXers have 0 Cents??? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 15, 2018, 10:20 p.m. Es 50.313 EA8TL Canary Islands - de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 10:17 p.m. Too late Jim, I already wrote out the cheque for 0 cents. de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 9:41 p.m. Tr 66.31 weak but steady DTV 4 pilot from WHBF Rock Island IL 340 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 15, 2018, 9:34 p.m. Thank you WRH, but I didn't invest in your venture. Sorry... de Jim-T MO EM37
May 15, 2018, 9:05 p.m. WAWV TV ch 39 Terre Haute got back on the air today with full power for the first time since last July’s fire. It had been running on reduced power. de andy IL
May 15, 2018, 7:05 p.m. 2 time periods fixed, but 1 one still n/a. Corrupted/missing grib data from source. de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 7:01 p.m. Your money will be refunded Jim. de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 6:27 p.m. Entire grid undefined! Hmmm, some of the tropo maps on the fritz again de Jim-T MO EM37
May 15, 2018, 4:15 p.m. Es WVTX-88.7 VT Colchester - RDS - 260 watts - NEW de fred SC FM03af
May 15, 2018, 4:09 p.m. Es WMHY-88.3 NY Richfield Springs - ID- Mars Hill Network - 610 watts - NEW de fred SC FM03af
May 15, 2018, 4:04 p.m. Es 89.5 my unID faded of course during ID, but a minute later during Salem News, I got RDS - WYFS BBN (Savanah, GA) and this is actually a *NEW LOG* de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 15, 2018, 4:02 p.m. AL in as well. de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 4 p.m. FL beacon in on 50 Mc - de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 4 p.m. Es 2z two carriers south - de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 3:51 p.m. Es 89.5 unID religious, taking cash donations and mentioning everyone by state and amount. No idea what it is. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 15, 2018, 3:48 p.m. Es WLKA-88.3 PA Tafton - RDS - K-Love 625 mi -short skip! de fred SC FM03af
May 15, 2018, 3:26 p.m. Es I’m guessing at 1424z 106.7 KZZA Meunster, TX 1182 miles full RDS display, relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 15, 2018, 3:07 p.m. Es WMEP-90.5 ME Camden - RDS - 955 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 15, 2018, 2:58 p.m. Es dtv 2 to the NE, about 30% signal and bouncing de Jim-T MO EM37
May 15, 2018, 2:04 p.m. Es 50.313 N5OSK & W5LDA Oklahoma de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 15, 2018, 4:07 a.m. Tr - GW 98.3 CJTK9 ON Sundridge KFM slogan, Christian, 540w //95.5 Sudbury. de Saul ON FN04
May 15, 2018, 1:50 a.m. Es 2z weak carrier, semi-local Bancroft is off the air. de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 1:06 a.m. Es 50.313 VP9GE Hamilton, Bermuda @ 1,111 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 15, 2018, 12:57 a.m. Es - HIJB-2z Dom Rep T/a logo ur fading in/out 1143 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 15, 2018, 12:56 a.m. Watching hockey, but checking on TV I see the muf is still 4 will weak video likely from Cuba. de WRH ON FN03
May 15, 2018, 12:42 a.m. There was something on Channel 2 at about 8:05 PM. I'll try the filters but don't have much hope. de Rich NY FN12
May 15, 2018, 12:31 a.m. Es CMEC 3 Santa Clara, Cuba @ 1300 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 15, 2018, 12:23 a.m. Just got home and look forward to checking my recording of the past 2 hours. de Rich NY FN12
May 14, 2018, 11:48 p.m. Es 50.313 K7OP Van Buren, ME @ 797 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 11:42 p.m. Es 50.313 VE2GQF and VE2FXL Quebec de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 11:41 p.m. Es 2- CMBA Havana - tentative w/SS sports pgm - de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 11:32 p.m. Es Weak video now showing up on analog channel 3 aiming NE de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 11:21 p.m. TV carriers very weak & fading now. de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 11:20 p.m. Es DT 2 yellow bar northeast de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 11:07 p.m. I'm noting a fairly strong SS signal on 87.7. Not noted before.. I rarely tune out of band. Could be local pirate. Very stable signal... de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 14, 2018, 11:05 p.m. muf was up to 6, but holding at 4 now. de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 11:03 p.m. Not hearing any Es now. Signals were not real strong. I need those "full 3 bar" signals to combat semi-locals. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 14, 2018, 10:58 p.m. Not having much luck w/video on these ones. de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:56 p.m. correction, 4z and 4+ (was tuned off 10 kc) de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:55 p.m. Es 4- 4z now getting two carriers on each offset - de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:54 p.m. Ontario is apparently the Badlands for this one………. de ROB-VA3SW ON EN92
May 14, 2018, 10:53 p.m. [22:44] Thanks Mike CT. - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 14, 2018, 10:51 p.m. Es 101.9 WWGR Ft. Myers FL RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:51 p.m. Es 87.75 NYC there with Spanish over it briefly a few times. de Mike CT FN31
May 14, 2018, 10:50 p.m. [22:35] Ok Thanks Andrew K. I am not at home to point antenna. My antenna is pointed in the direction of KHSV-DT-2 Las Vegas and hoping for a decode from them de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 14, 2018, 10:44 p.m. Re: 2232 I would point my antenna at the DTV station That's your best chance at decoding one, in my opinion. de Mike CT FN31
May 14, 2018, 10:40 p.m. Es 96.5 "Power 96.5" WPOW Miami, FL de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 14, 2018, 10:40 p.m. Es A couple hits of Spanish video & audio on ch2 de Mike CT FN31
May 14, 2018, 10:38 p.m. If only, eh Andrew? de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:37 p.m. There's a channel 2 in Boa Vista. de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:36 p.m. 2z video carrier now de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 10:35 p.m. [22:30] Aim at the station as usual. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 10:33 p.m. Es 50.313 PV8DX Boa Vista, Brazil @ 2,950 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 10:33 p.m. Es 3z 4+ tentative CMKC Holguin, CMHA Camaguey - de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:32 p.m. Andrew K & Jim-T, Do I have to have my DTV antenna pointed in the direction of the stations tower to receive that station via Es? since Es signals tend to come at an angle from above I would think not - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 14, 2018, 10:30 p.m. Es 100.3 WLML Lake Park FL RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:28 p.m. Es 100.3 WCTH Plantation Key FL RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:25 p.m. Es 94.7 CMCA Cuba 'RCiudad' RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:24 p.m. Es 6z de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:23 p.m. OMG, someone please take over this NPR station. They're trying to control my thinking. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 10:21 p.m. Es WZTU 94.9 Miami Beach,FL Spanish. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 14, 2018, 10:21 p.m. No Cigar in London yet either…………. de ROB-VA3SW ON EN92
May 14, 2018, 10:18 p.m. I'm too far west here to take part in the action. de Jon ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:17 p.m. Es 107.5 WAMR FL RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:16 p.m. Es 107.1 WCKT FL RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:16 p.m. Es 89.9 WCNO-89.9 o/u semi-local WKCR NYC. First E skip of season... fairly consistent signal. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 14, 2018, 10:14 p.m. [22:12] that's better than NPR garbage de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 10:12 p.m. [22:09} Andrew,I was just hearing ABBA on 88.5. unID de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 14, 2018, 10:11 p.m. Es 104.3 WSFS FL HD de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:10 p.m. Es UnID skip noted now at low end of dial... lots of local QRM. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 14, 2018, 10:10 p.m. Es 102.3 WMBX Jensen Beach FL RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:09 p.m. Please send FM e-skip so I don't have to listen to my semi-local NPR on 88.5!! de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 10:08 p.m. Es 97.9 WRMF FL HD de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:06 p.m. Es 93.9 WMIA Miami Beach FL RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:05 p.m. Es 50.313 CM2XN Havana, Cuba de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 10:04 p.m. hints of a siren (if not 'the' siren) on 3z - de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:03 p.m. Es I have a 2- I suspect is Havana de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 10:03 p.m. Es 89.7 WMLV Miami FL RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 10:03 p.m. Es 50.0398 C6AFP/B BAH beacon - de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10:01 p.m. Es 4- 4+ de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 10 p.m. Es 2- 2z 3z south - de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 9:58 p.m. Es 88.9 WQCS Ft. Pierce FL RDS de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 14, 2018, 9:56 p.m. It appears Es is trying to develop on the East Coast. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 9:51 p.m. Tr 97.9 WNCI Columbus, OH making through 98.1 WKDD Akron IBOC de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 9:44 p.m. Tr 105.1 WKLC St. Albans, WV over local WQXK de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 9:41 p.m. Tr 102.1 WRVB Marietta, OH over local WDOK de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 8:47 p.m. Tr Charleston, WV UHFs WCHS 41/8 and WVAH 19/11 @~185 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 8:17 p.m. Tr WCSN-LD 33/32 Columbus, OH @ 97 miles has wrong PSIP... shows up as "KMCT-HD" de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 7:29 p.m. WYFR sw B-caster (now WRMI) used to creep into the xtal set, too de Ed W-KY EM56
May 14, 2018, 7:24 p.m. I used to hear Havana (6 Mc) on my BCB Xtal radio, just as plain as day. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 14, 2018, 7:21 p.m. It could even be a strong shortwave station overloading and being heard on another frequency. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 7:20 p.m. I believe you. It never occurred to me that could be happening de Jim-T MO EM37
May 14, 2018, 7:18 p.m. I used to get mix from local BCBs on 1290 & 1560 that put a signal on 1830 (160M) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 14, 2018, 7:18 p.m. Jim, I'd bet it's something else mixing with WWV. Those portables are (in my opinion) cheaply made and notorious for picking up out of band signals. I hear my FM blowtorches mixing on shortwave. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 7:17 p.m. I suppose... When you start mixing RF signals strange things can happen.... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 14, 2018, 7:15 p.m. I thought 15 Mhz was way above kilohertz? No?? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 14, 2018, 7:15 p.m. Early Tue a.m. Tr map looks interesting... W-KY <-> C-PA Tr path?... fingers crossed de Ed W-KY EM56
May 14, 2018, 7:15 p.m. Thats on my Grundig G8 whip antenna. Is that possible? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 14, 2018, 7:14 p.m. Wonder if one of ur lcl BCB stns is mixin' in w WWV ? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 14, 2018, 7:01 p.m. A couple days ago (not Sunday) when WWV was in, there was a preacher mixing with the WWV signal de Jim-T MO EM37
May 14, 2018, 6:33 p.m. Listening to 15 Mc WWV... no sign of any music de Ed W-KY EM56
May 14, 2018, 6:27 p.m. Tr WSJV 28/28 South Bend, IN @ 238 miles *NEW* de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 6:20 p.m. Tr WLMB 5/40 Toledo, OH @ 132 miles with UHF antenna de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 14, 2018, 3:40 p.m. Hearing WWV on 15 this morning. Does anyone know who the other station is that plays music on 15 Mhz? Quite common to hear them when WWV is in de Jim-T MO EM37
May 14, 2018, 1:34 p.m. WUTV back on. Nothing received during its absence. de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 1:20 p.m. WUTV-14 Buffalo currently off the air. de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 12:26 p.m. Strong signals to Rochester & Belleville here. Nothing over 200 mi, however. de Jon ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 12:23 p.m. Tr WKBW-38/7 Buffalo, NY quick decode, otherwise poor cond. here this a.m. It looks like the aprs red blob has a "null" toward Poughkeepsie. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 14, 2018, 11:41 a.m. Tr [08:52-10:33] WCAX-22 VT & Albany 26 + 34 - 348/283 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 14, 2018, 2:50 a.m. [13:04] Tr 21 CBMT Montreal, QC - 335 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 11:03 p.m. [20:20] Not unusual... in fact it's better often in the daytime of long water paths like that. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 13, 2018, 9:23 p.m. [20:20]. It's all ocean from OBX to Jacksonville, FL. Co-incidently, this afternoon I saw that Jacksonville is the closest US market to me with ANY part of the path over ocean.... roughly from Charleston to Jacksonville.. But that's a total of about 900 miles. Well I can dream! de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 13, 2018, 8:20 p.m. unusual afternoon 500 mile Tropo off the east coast in Rodanthe, NC autologger https://m.rabbitears.info/index.php?request=tvdx_grid&tid=1044CBDA&tno=1&sort=date&hours=1&tzone=CT&unit= de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 13, 2018, 5:16 p.m. Thanks for the update Mike. Didn't know Wertman wasn't in WTFDA anymore de Jim-T MO EM37
May 13, 2018, 4:51 p.m. Tr 99.1 WHKO Dayton, OHIO RELOG "K-99.1 FM" C/W Dayton Ads de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 13, 2018, 3:30 p.m. Tr bit of Trops to the NW 88.7 WIAA Interlochen, MI in well with Classical Music RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 13, 2018, 3:20 p.m. Thanks for the info Mike. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:16 p.m. He sold me a refurbed CM rotor which failed, told me twice he'd replace it but never did. de mike CT FN31
May 13, 2018, 3:13 p.m. And supposedly he is leaving NY and moving south. de mike CT FN31
May 13, 2018, 3:10 p.m. Re: 1414 Wertman was a WTFDA member a long time ago, but not anymore. He just happens to be in the Facebook group. FYI. de mike CT FN31
May 13, 2018, 2:27 p.m. Thanks for the contact, Dave. Jim, the antenna will be mounted on a 48 ft. tower. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 2:19 p.m. Yes he Jim and a ham who may have a friend of a friend who can help de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 13, 2018, 2:14 p.m. (14:12) That's Rich Wertman, he's a WTFDA member de Jim-T MO EM37
May 13, 2018, 2:13 p.m. How high in the air does the installer have to go to reach the Yaesu? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 13, 2018, 2:12 p.m. Jon try this guy:RW ANTENNA STORE ~ 716-434-9216 ~ 6150 Crosby Rd. ~ Lockport, N.Y. 14094 ~ Email: Sales@RWAntennaStore.com de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 13, 2018, 1:57 p.m. It's getting pretty discouraging, after contacting dozens of installers for almost 1 year now. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 1:56 p.m. No. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 1:48 p.m. Jon did you get your wiring project figured out? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 13, 2018, 1:24 p.m. Es UNID-2z south - likely Cuba with looks like Micky Mouse cartoons de fred SC FM03af
May 13, 2018, 1:06 p.m. Mind you, this was over 20 years ago. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 1:05 p.m. I have contacted NPARC in the past for shortwave antennas, and they couldn't help. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 1:04 p.m. I'm not sure if the question is directed to me, but I don't know any local hams. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 12:39 p.m. Any ham Neighbours know climbers? de saul ON FN04
May 13, 2018, 12:38 p.m. de saul ON FN04
May 13, 2018, 11:47 a.m. Tr 104.3 WFRG Utica, NY, "Big Frog 104", 194 mi de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 11:22 a.m. Saul, I will need to connect the Yaesu rotor and have the wiring done. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 10:58 a.m. I have no idea how to climb an antenna up a mast but what exactly do you need to have done de saul ON FN04
May 13, 2018, 3:48 a.m. I have 0 experience with antennas, as you can probably guess. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:47 a.m. Connecting the cables from the antenna to the radio. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:45 a.m. What particular wiring issue? de WRH ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:43 a.m. What I need the most is someone to help with the wiring. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:42 a.m. Yes. They only knew of one person, and he was not interested. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:37 a.m. Did you ask the guys at NuTech if they know someone? They sell the towers. de WRH ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:37 a.m. Tr KYTV 44/3 Springfield MO 250 mi... Been quite a while since I've seen this one de Ed W-KY EM56
May 13, 2018, 3:29 a.m. Jon... that's too bad. I hope you can find someone. de WRH ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:29 a.m. Tr 97.3 WYXL Ithaca, NY - 169 mi - local ads & wx - NEW CALL ex: WHCU - de WRH ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:21 a.m. I contacted all other antenna installers in the region, and the few who answered said they were retired. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:20 a.m. In case you were wondering, Vince did not answer my e-mails or returned calls. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:18 a.m. WEFX 100.7 w/country mx is stronger than WWTH. de WRH ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:11 a.m. I listened to 100.7 for the past 30 mins and nothing but dead air. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 3:10 a.m. If I had my 14 element antenna up, I probably would have logged WWTH. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 2:59 a.m. WWTH Oscoda-Tawas TOH ID. de WRH ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 2:52 a.m. I was watching hockey all evening! de WRH ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 2:52 a.m. Tr 100.7 WWTH Oscoda, MI - 213 mi , *NEW*, Detroit Tigers baseball, w/local on low power - de WRH ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 2:05 a.m. Test de saul ON FN04
May 13, 2018, 1:12 a.m. Ms-Tr 102.1 Bad Axe MI and a Z-102 Ms ID while setting up recordings. Thanks for tip! de Saul ON FN04
May 13, 2018, 12:45 a.m. Most CN Tower radio stations are still off air or low powered. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 12:30 a.m. With the lack of tropo, nothing noted in their place. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 12:14 a.m. CHIN 100.7 is off too. de Jon ON FN03
May 13, 2018, 12:11 a.m. WRH, 91.1 Toronto is off the air!!! de Jon ON FN03
May 12, 2018, 11:44 p.m. Tr south FL - several Miami area FM stations again in tonight (500 mi) de fred SC FM03af
May 12, 2018, 11:43 p.m. Es Cuba-2z with entertainment program- likely Cubavision - seen at 1227edt de fred SC FM03af
May 12, 2018, 11:40 p.m. Tr [23:00] KYTV 44/3, Springfield, MO 373 mi. from Milford, IL via autologger. de indysteve IN EM69
May 12, 2018, 11:05 p.m. Yeah, and I have a Cheap Bridge in Brooklyn for sale…….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 12, 2018, 10:53 p.m. Rob, I missed nothing. I had top-of-dial Es while in Gaspé - and to Europe of all places. Strange season even if it lasted just two days. de Saul ON FN04
May 12, 2018, 10:04 p.m. Tr [21:13] KNWA 50/51, Rogers, AR 277 mi. from Payson, IL via autologger. de indysteve IN EM69
May 12, 2018, 9:42 p.m. You missed all the Es Saul…May 7 and 8…that's it for this year! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 12, 2018, 9:22 p.m. I have no TV set-up... de Saul ON FN04
May 12, 2018, 9:04 p.m. Would be cool if you had a 24/7 year round TV autologger set up in Burnt River! de WRH ON FN03
May 12, 2018, 8:55 p.m. Setting up the Burnt River site as I type ... well, before and after typing ... de Saul ON FN04
May 12, 2018, 8:55 p.m. Where's the damn Es already? Ahhh ... just had to make an official grumble ... no Es season can begin without grumbling about it being late (even if it isn't) :-) de Saul ON FN04
May 12, 2018, 6:25 p.m. Ms 50.125 some jack-a** playing music :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 5:16 p.m. Es DTV 2 quick spike to the W but no decode de Jim-T MO EM37
May 12, 2018, 4:14 p.m. I'm hearing a faint DTV 2 pilot fade in and out de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 4:12 p.m. Ed, try FT8 if you're interested in quick contacts. You'll rake in as many states as you want very quickly. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 4:11 p.m. Ed, I'm gonna have to see if I can get on 6 meters. Currently, my balun is only rated up to 30 MHz though. I just worked a couple guys in Florida on 10 meters. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 3:59 p.m. New State... I think I'm up to 9 States wrkd on 6M now.. woo-hoo :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 3:58 p.m. Es 50.097 wrkd W5WM DM64 NM de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 3:53 p.m. Strong 2- video carrier now popping up... I suspect Havana de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 3:43 p.m. Ms monitoring 88.9 for Es and popping in was WFSU Tallahassee, FL with RDS at 834 miles de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 12, 2018, 3:39 p.m. Es 50.066-ish K5AM bcn DM54 Horse Mtn NM de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 3:35 p.m. "above it", not about it. hi. de WRH ON FN03
May 12, 2018, 3:21 p.m. I've never see so much on 50 Mc and nothing about it (other than during an F2 opening). de WRH ON FN03
May 12, 2018, 3:21 p.m. If you build it…The Es will come!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 12, 2018, 3:19 p.m. no Ed…It's still working, Had some Es and some Ms DX on it already!! ….But Need More!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 12, 2018, 3:17 p.m. Rob... I think you broke the FM band when you put up that new antenna de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 2:58 p.m. Getting some Ms Pings while I'm waiting! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 12, 2018, 2:56 p.m. Yeah…I'm sitting here watching and waiting for FM DX…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 12, 2018, 2:55 p.m. Rob, the MUF is really low at the moment. I'm hearing a weak 2z video carrier. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 2:54 p.m. Map is showing one crazy path from Louisiana to Turkey on 6 meters!! de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 2:53 p.m. MUF needs a kick in the Butt!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 12, 2018, 2:50 p.m. Es 50.068 K0EC bcn DM69 CO de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 2:46 p.m. AA5AM in Texas is responding to SV9CVY from Crete on 6 meter FT8 de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 2:45 p.m. Lots of 6 meter FT8 from region 5... Texas and Kansas de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 2:39 p.m. Es 50.313 XE2OR Mexico 1,390 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 2:38 p.m. Es 2z 2+ weak carriers south - de WRH ON FN03
May 12, 2018, 2:38 p.m. Es 50.313 W0OGH Cochise, AZ 1,738 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 2:37 p.m. Es DTV 5 pilot 76.31 de fred SC FM03af
May 12, 2018, 2:30 p.m. Es 50.073 N7DGI bcn DN62 WY de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 2:30 p.m. Es StOrmTV-2z Haiti - with logo LR de fred SC FM03af
May 12, 2018, 2:23 p.m. Es now hearing the northeast U.S. on 6M de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 2:22 p.m. Es weak DTV 3 pilot 60.31 de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 2:17 p.m. Es WY on 50.125 (N7AOK) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 2:01 p.m. [13:44] Check the skip map Andrew, there's some multi-hop to Europe on 6 m. - de WRH ON FN03
May 12, 2018, 1:52 p.m. Es KHME 2/23 Rapid City SD 922 mi on 6M vertical de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 1:44 p.m. K0TPP in Missouri responding to G8BCG in England on 6 meter FT8?? How's that possible? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 1:41 p.m. Had an Es spike on DTV 2 to the east about five minutes ago, no decode de Jim-T MO EM37
May 12, 2018, 1:39 p.m. Es a fairly strong, steady, DTV 2 pilot (54.31) on 6M ant de Ed W-KY EM56
May 12, 2018, 1:38 p.m. Es 50.313 WB0FTY Goodland, KS 1,067 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 1:37 p.m. Es 50.313 KF0M Wichita, KS 874 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 1:35 p.m. Es 50 Mc beacon from MO - de WRH ON FN03
May 12, 2018, 1:34 p.m. KNOP was so far just a brief decode on the Zenith box, not captured by autologgerr de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 1:33 p.m. Es KNOP 2 North Platte, NE @ 994 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 12, 2018, 1:13 p.m. Tr WMIA-93.9 FL Miami Beach - 939 MIA 502 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 12, 2018, 12:41 a.m. I purchased my HD HomeRun Tuner Silicondust store in the refrbished section they are selling them for $ 35.88 now. https://shop.silicondust.com/shop/product-category/refurbished-hardware/#main de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 12, 2018, 12:20 a.m. Andrew K & Jim-T I just purchased another HD HomeRun Tuner to use with my VHF HI / LO antenna. The,model I purchased is the HDHR4-2US-R. I plan on having both UHF & VHF Tuner setups on 24/7 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 12, 2018, 12:14 a.m. Es heard AZ & NM a short while ago on 50.125 de Ed W-KY EM56
May 11, 2018, 7:49 p.m. Es - HIJB-2z Dom Rep T/a logo ur fading in/out 1143 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 11, 2018, 7:33 p.m. Ms 88.9 WMBW Chattanooga, TENNESSEE RDS and Religious Talk 10 Sec Burst 591 Miles RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 11, 2018, 1:18 p.m. Tr Fort Wayne, IN (~185 miles), Detroit, MI (~125 miles) UHF and VHF TV de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 11, 2018, 12:06 p.m. Tr KOCB 33/34 OKC de Jim-T MO EM37
May 11, 2018, 12:04 p.m. Tr some OKC & DFW dtv stations overnight on autologger, OKC 257 miles DFW 381 miles de Jim-T MO EM37
May 11, 2018, 10:59 a.m. Tr KFSM 18/5, Ft. Smith, AR 318 mi. from Payson, IL. Weak, in/out w/manual tuner. de indysteve IN EM69
May 10, 2018, 10:44 p.m. Tr south FL - Miami area FM stations now in (500 mi) de fred SC FM03af
May 10, 2018, 1:03 p.m. Tr WHAS 11/11, Louisville, KY 307 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 10, 2018, 12:13 p.m. amfm, I have a local analog channel 6, WLFM-LP at 22 miles away, the MCM trap kills the audio portion of channel 6 only leaving the B&W video viewable. If you are aiming for analog DX on channel 6, you'll still see it at least. But DTV will be a no go. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 10, 2018, 12:10 p.m. Basically, the preamp you're using applies a lot of gain, more than is often necessary. The attenuation pads will bring it down to just the right amount you need. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 10, 2018, 12:08 p.m. amfm, the LTE filter will help if you attach a UHF antenna. You won't need it for VHF. I wouldn't go crazy over the seemingly high signal strengths though. You will surprisingly get the DX. I think this is now the best setup you can have with the preamp as I suggested, but you can always apply the attenuation if it makes you feel more comfortable. I don't think it's crucial. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 10, 2018, 12:04 p.m. amfm, with that MCM trap, you'll likely never see any channel 6 DX, and it will make it difficult for channel 5 too. That's typically the price you pay if you want a filter that kills the lower portion of the FM band. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 10, 2018, 11:55 a.m. [04:36] Yes, you can do that, but eventually both tuners may end up running virtually together, depending on scan time. de indysteve IN EM69
May 10, 2018, 11:47 a.m. (04:36) I think you can do that. Some use one for autologging and the other for manual tuning de Jim-T MO EM37
May 10, 2018, 11:45 a.m. Tr WDPB 44/64 Seaford, DE, 234 miles, caught by autologger. Very rare with WNYW 44/5 NYC at close to same azimuth. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 10, 2018, 11:43 a.m. Tr WPWR 51/50, Gary, IN (Chicago) 236 mi. from Payson, IL via autologger. New log. de indysteve IN EM69
May 10, 2018, 11:36 a.m. Tr WNLO-CD 45/45 Norfolk, VA 369 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 10, 2018, 11:04 a.m. Tr WIPB 23/49, Muncie, IN 310 mi. from Payson, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 10, 2018, 4:39 a.m. Tr 98.9 WCLZ North Yarmouth ME (369 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 10, 2018, 4:36 a.m. I use Tuner 0 as my autologging Tuner. Can I use Tuner 1 to autolog and start one autologging 5 10 or 20 seconds before the other tuner? - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 10, 2018, 4:09 a.m. But maybe the FM Trap kills just enough interference to get DX from ch.6. a Curr SS of 34 is normal right? - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 10, 2018, 4:03 a.m. Well I know one thing for sure, after looking at ch.6 Curr SS number @ 34 it is the lowest number on my list. The MCM FM Trap does kill ch.6 DX. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 10, 2018, 3:58 a.m. Tr WGNT-50, WTKR-40, WVBT-29 & WHRO-16 all decoding now from Norfolk area. Could be another good night ahead.... de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 10, 2018, 3:50 a.m. Tr WPXV 46/49 Norfolk, VA as tropo is beginning to come in here... other Norfolk area sub-decods. 370 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 10, 2018, 3:40 a.m. Tr 97.7 WNSX Winter Harbor ME RDS (466 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 10, 2018, 3:39 a.m. [3:20] Wow just like night & day, High me and low you. Guess I need to get those. Attenuator Pads installed ASAP. - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 10, 2018, 3:38 a.m. Tr 106.9 WBQX Thomaston ME 'Frank 106-9' (407 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 10, 2018, 3:30 a.m. I see KPLC-DT-7 is decoding @ over 100 miles right now. That one was a hard one to receive before the Preamp & changes in this DX setup - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 10, 2018, 3:20 a.m. amfm, take a look at my numbers...https://m.rabbitears.info/index.php?request=tvdx_grid&tid=101C926D&tno=0&hours=24&sort=all&tzone=CT&unit=&auto=Y de Jim-T MO EM37
May 10, 2018, 3:18 a.m. You probably should bookmark it. I keep mine open all the time de Jim-T MO EM37
May 10, 2018, 3:17 a.m. amfm, here it is...https://m.rabbitears.info/index.php?request=tvdx_grid&tid=10349662&tno=0 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 10, 2018, 2:58 a.m. Andrew K I think I will get you choice instead. The screw on the antennas direct Attenuator looks cheap. They even warn you Trying to force the knob further will damage the device de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 10, 2018, 2:43 a.m. Andrew K will this work to cut down preamp signal? https://www.solidsignal.com/m/product.aspx?p=ATT-1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cse&utm_term=att-1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-Y-554762gIVCYbICh2fBg_iEAQYASABEgI2dPD_BwE de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 10, 2018, 2:28 a.m. Jim-T, what is the weblink to check my autologger's Curr SS numbers. Please post the link here on the board. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 10, 2018, 2:19 a.m. Tr WSBY 98.9 Salisbury, MD with RDS de Mike CT FN31
May 10, 2018, 2:02 a.m. Thanks Mike! You're the best :-) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 10, 2018, 1:59 a.m. Tr WNOH 105.3 Windsor, VA solid with rock and RDS de Mike CT FN31
May 10, 2018, 1:56 a.m. I can do that Panama name change tomorrow, Jim. de Mike CT FN31
May 10, 2018, 1:54 a.m. I was starting to go through 6 pages of silent stations from the fcc site. de Mike CT FN31
May 10, 2018, 1:53 a.m. Haven't checked lately Jim. de Mike CT FN31
May 10, 2018, 1:50 a.m. MikeB did you see my email to you? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 10, 2018, 1:47 a.m. Tr WKMK Eatontown 106.3 //106.5 de Mike CT FN31
May 10, 2018, 1:46 a.m. Tr WTHJ 106.5 Thunder 106 very strong with RDS. de Mike CT FN31
May 10, 2018, 1:44 a.m. 90.3 CBC Sarnia experiencing outages. (This happened already with 96.5 Penetang, so it should be for real) de Saul ON FN04
May 10, 2018, 1:43 a.m. JEFF FALCONER - DX ALERT FOR YOU: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/cbc-s-fm-radio-signal-in-sarnia-to-undergo-upgrades-1.4652710 Re 90.3 Sarnia de Saul ON FN04
May 10, 2018, 1:43 a.m. Tr coastal trop to the S. WPUR covering my local WRYM translator. WWZY-107.1 with antenna aimed at Providence. de Mike CT FN31
May 10, 2018, 12:52 a.m. am, right at 1 minute for me, ran a stopwatch on it, 1st time was 59 sec, 2nd time was 1:04 de Jim-T MO EM37
May 10, 2018, 12:27 a.m. Anew K & Jim T, How long does it take in seconds for your autologger to finish scanning channels. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 10, 2018, 12:17 a.m. What about on UHF DTV, will that Radio Shack LTE Filter help my DX ? I receive KLWB-DT-50 @ 50 miles with no problemswhat channels. Does LTE signals affect. - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 11:34 p.m. Just apply the right amount of attenuation to lower the SS as much as possible yet the MER remains as high as possible de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 11:31 p.m. [23:02] I would purchase a collection of assorted attenuation pads so you can try different combinations until you find the perfect amount. Try this... https://m.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-7-Cable-TV-Attenuator-Pads-5-1000-MHz-3-6-8-10-12-17-20-dB-in-pack/231085757978?hash=item35cdc8d61a:g:LOoAAOxyrM5TISxY:sc:USPSFirstClass!45066!US!-1 de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 11:02 p.m. [15:34] Andrew K will this attenuation pad work? https://www.ebay.com/p/Eagle-10-DB-Attenuator-Pad-Inline-DC-Block-Female-Male-F-type-75-Ohm-In-line/1433235819 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 10:35 p.m. [15:40] HI Andrew K, DXer Jim-F in San Antonio TX was receiving DX into Louisiana and at the time I was not Dxing & my local WAFB-DT -9 stoped decoding here. I think KLRN-DT-9 in San Antonio may have been zero beating (CCI) WAFB-DT- 9 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 8:29 p.m. The web designer lives in Paris, thus the reason for landing on France de Jim-T MO EM37
May 9, 2018, 8:28 p.m. Type the grid square bottom of map center of page then Locate de Jim-T MO EM37
May 9, 2018, 8:27 p.m. IF you don't mind doing a quick grid square lookup on the 'net, you can go here...http://qthlocator.free.fr/index.php de Jim-T MO EM37
May 9, 2018, 8:19 p.m. Ed, my fridge's ice maker just recently broke... coincidence? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 8:18 p.m. I knew Ham op in AL who caused the ice-maker to dump ice on the kitchen floor when he ran KW on 160 de Ed W-KY EM56
May 9, 2018, 8:11 p.m. Transmitting with 100 watts on 160 meters seems to cause odd behavior to nearby electronics. I wonder what my 600 watt amplifier will do? My neighbors should be able to hear me talking through their kitchen sink. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 8:08 p.m. Ed, I have a Chameleon Emcomm II antenna that claims to work for 160 meters. I've had no problem getting the antenna tuner to tune on that band, but surprisingly, the wire is only 60' long. I doubt it'd work that well on that band. Perhaps I should try it with 500 watts and see what happens. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 6:51 p.m. btw... I've worked K7CA, a bunch of times, on 160M CW de Ed W-KY EM56
May 9, 2018, 6:49 p.m. I use a grid map I got from Cushcraft... I'd imagine you could find an on-line (printable) grid map de Ed W-KY EM56
May 9, 2018, 6:40 p.m. Yes!! Wouldn't that be too logical!! de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 6:39 p.m. oh well...changes come slowly. de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 6:35 p.m. With just *1* extra character they cud have country+city. i.e.- US KBP for Kennebunkport, Maine. de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 6:33 p.m. Grid squares are a bit tedious but they are the coin of the realm on 50 Mc de Ed W-KY EM56
May 9, 2018, 6:32 p.m. Too bad hams don't adopt UNLOCODE's. http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/cefact/locode/usk.htm de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 6:31 p.m. Yeah Bill, I agree. I haven't determined the point behind the grid squares. Is there an easy way to know where the grid square is located without looking it up? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 6:30 p.m. (p.s.- I can't stand grid squares. "LAS" city/airport code would be shorter). de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 6:29 p.m. I found my original scribbling. It was DM26. de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 6:26 p.m. Let me check what I wrote down. de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 6:24 p.m. 1754... DM26 would be Vegas area... EM26 is ne-OK / nw-AR de Ed W-KY EM56
May 9, 2018, 5:59 p.m. I might get KHSV if KNOP wasn't hogging the channel ! de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 5:58 p.m. Bill, now go log KHSV!! de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 5:55 p.m. beacon c/s K7CA, not K7CAT de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 5:55 p.m. Es 2 KNOP North Platte, NE - 1,089 mi - de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 5:54 p.m. Es 50.0605 K7CAT Las Vegas, NEVADA - 1,796 mi beacon - "DE K7CA/B EM26" - de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 5:45 p.m. Es KHME 2/23 Rapid City, SD 1,119 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 4:29 p.m. Remember traps & filters have losses, no matter how small. Only use them if necessary. de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 4:06 p.m. Too close for Es, but *maybe* tropo, 307 miles de Jim-T MO EM37
May 9, 2018, 4:04 p.m. I have yet to log KNOP and maybe I'm too close to them de Jim-T MO EM37
May 9, 2018, 4:02 p.m. Cool Andrew! de Jim-T MO EM37
May 9, 2018, 3:57 p.m. Es KNOP 2 North Platte, NE @ 994 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 3:40 p.m. [12:59] Looking at your VHF signal graph for WAFB... it appears that the signal gradually increased to normal from a no decode this morning... not sure what the reason was for that. Maybe you have a nearby source of interference. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 3:34 p.m. [12:59] Also, you can purchase attenuation pads to apply after the preamp if you feel the SS levels are too high. You can apply just the right amount of attenuation after the preamp to where SS levels are low, but signal quality remains as high as possible. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 3:32 p.m. [12:59] You shouldn't need to use the LTE filter if you set the preamp to separate VHF/UHF inputs, and you don't have a UHF antenna attached. Also, I'd set the preamp FM trap to off if you're using the MCM Electronics trap. The MCM trap provides more than enough attenuation to FM... no need for the preamp's trap. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 2:42 p.m. Es 50.068 XE2O bcn EL05 NE-MX 900+ mi 5 watts de Ed W-KY EM56
May 9, 2018, 1:03 p.m. Tr WGHP 35/8 High Point, NC caught my autologger 10 minutes ago for NEW LOG.. I had TV off and was eating b'fast.... I missed seeing this. 514 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 9, 2018, 12:59 p.m. [12:46] I have no UHF antenna hooked up on this setup. I have the discontinued original Channel Master 7777 preamp with the separate VHF & UHF antenna inputs. the internal antenna switch is set to seperate & the Internal FM Trap switch is set to in. - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 12:46 p.m. I put my Channel Master 7777 preamp back on my VHF Hi / Lo antenna with the MCM FM Trap before the preamp & added a RadioShack-4G-LTE-Low-Pass-Filter before the Preamp. Guess we will see if I will catch any DTV Lo Es with this setup - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 12:27 p.m. OK…well that must have made the difference, because now I can hear them!! Now they can go away as they are in the Log!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 9, 2018, 12:26 p.m. But yes, I am pretty sure WOHK must've increased power, because it was once a flea-powered signal barely receivable in Ashtabula. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 12:24 p.m. Rob, FM band is too trashed here anyways. 96.1 is clogged with a new WCFI-LP. I don't bother checking unless there's strong Es. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 12:22 p.m. OK thanks Andrew….I just wondered why I hadn't heard this before now?? I thought maybe it just came on the air!! Ashtabula is a pretty clear shot for me…if it was on I should have heard it before now. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 9, 2018, 12:21 p.m. Rob, when I heard WOHK 96.1, it was Air1 and not K-Love. I suppose they flipped. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 12:18 p.m. [02:51] Rob, I'm not sure of the status of WOHK. Last time I drove up around Ashtabula, it was really low power, and I could barely hear it. I don't know if they eventually increased to full power. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 11:55 a.m. Tr 105.1 WDCG Durham NC (366 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 9, 2018, 11:51 a.m. From Payson, IL, local MW, WTJR 32/16, Quincy, IL (12 mi.), is off the air (first I've seen this), but nothing else showing up. de indysteve IN EM69
May 9, 2018, 11:32 a.m. Tr 104.5 KKMY Orange TX (154 mi) with on air ID & bogus callsign of KELK & bogus PI code of 1BB8 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 11:04 a.m. Tr 103.5 KBPA San Marcos Tx (408 mi) with on air ID & partial RDS with bogas PI code of 142A on the RDS Spy. only a Quick pop up then gone partial RDS on the Ray Dees de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 10:50 a.m. now RDS gone for 5 mins on the Ray Dees decoder. 94.7 KAMX signal in weaker with no signal level lights on the Yamaha T-85 Tuner but RDS Spy hanging in like a champ holding that RDS signal with no Dropouts - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 10:24 a.m. Tr 101.9 KQXT San Antonio TX (446 mi) with on air ID. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 10:20 a.m. [10:12] now RDS gone for 5 mins on the Ray Dees decoder. 94.7 KAMX signal in weaker with no signal level lights on the Yamaha T-85 Tuner but RDS Spy hanging in like a champ holding that RDS signal with no Dropouts de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 10:12 a.m. Tr 94.7 KAMX Luling Tx (393 mi) with partial RDS & PI code of 114F on RDS Spy. Nothing on the Ray Dees Rds Decoder for two minutes then partial decode with PI code in and out. RDS Spy holding RDS signal with no dropouts de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 9, 2018, 5:06 a.m. Tr WETA 27/26 Washington, DC. nice fade up for *NEW LOG* - 255 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 9, 2018, 4:30 a.m. Tr WMAR. WNUV, & WBFF/WUTB Baltimore all in now. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 9, 2018, 4:22 a.m. Tr WRC 48/4 Washington, DC for *NEW LOG* at 256 miles. Last channel (2-51) to get two loggings. Former local WRNN-48 went dark last week. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 9, 2018, 4:15 a.m. Tr 91.5 CBAX Halifax NS RDS (651 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 9, 2018, 4:14 a.m. Tr WCPB 28/28 "MPT" Salisbury, MD in briefly for *NEW LOG* at 251 miles. Many Philly stations have been in with good sigs plus WBOC & WMDT. Nothing much to the East. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 9, 2018, 3:57 a.m. Tr 92.9 CFLT Dartmouth NS RDS (651 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29
May 9, 2018, 2:51 a.m. Andrew…Is 96.1 WOHK Ashtabula fairly New on the Air??? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 9, 2018, 2:41 a.m. Tr 96.1 WOHK Ashtabula, OHIO NEW STN 3.3 KW K-LOVE Relig with IDs and Christian Music de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 9, 2018, 2:17 a.m. Es Several FT8s on 50.313 MHz from region 5... KB5OZA, KF5MDY, K5GZR, NW5P de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 1:48 a.m. Es 50.03978 C6AFP bcn EL16 Bahamas vry wk de Ed W-KY EM56
May 9, 2018, 1:41 a.m. Es 50.098 N5TM EL29 Katy, TX de Ed W-KY EM56
May 9, 2018, 1:32 a.m. Es 2- tentative Havana, carrier only - de WRH ON FN03
May 9, 2018, 1:12 a.m. Es 50.313 CM2XN Havana, Cuba de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 1:06 a.m. Es Strong 2+ carrier trying to break through on the TV de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 12:47 a.m. Es I have a 2- video carrier de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 9, 2018, 12:42 a.m. very fluttery video on channel 2 right now aiming south de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 11:44 p.m. Sounds like some kind of auto race de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 11:42 p.m. SS audio at 59.76 now de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 11:34 p.m. Es ch 2 vid-cars, all three offsets, w big sigs de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 10:41 p.m. Es 50.125 KB4FLA EL87 FL de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 6:57 p.m. amfmtvdtvdrla, you also have LTE signals above the DTV spectrum that could overload too, so beware. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 6:24 p.m. Sometimes FM overload can mix in the preamp and cause issues to UHF, but if you're using the trap BEFORE the preamp, it will solve that too. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 6:23 p.m. The FM trap won't likely do much for UHF, but if you're not using a preamp at all currently, then you're losing lots of signal on UHF. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 6:20 p.m. What about on UHF DTV, is there any benefit to using a FM Trap with a preamp ? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 6:13 p.m. Yes, please do it. And I want to know your results too. Pay close attention to the "Curr MER" column of your autologger and see if those numbers go up. And be sure the preamp and trap are located at the antenna. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 6:10 p.m. [17:26] I am going take your suggestions and put that FM Trap before the preamp and see what happens - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 6:07 p.m. Bill, I can't tell any difference with and without my preamp to low-VHF. I use my filters no matter what, but since low-VHF doesn't have much losses, it doesn't seem to be an issue one way or the other. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 6:05 p.m. My experience of FM overload to high-VHF TV... the signal bar on my local DTV 10 dances up and down without the trap. I still think using your trap is a good idea, just place in the preamp with the trap BEFORE it and you're good to go. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 6:05 p.m. and when using that FM Trap channel 9 & 13 is at solid 100% when antenna pointed at their towers and when antenna pointed away from their towers signal is at 80 to 85% with no breakups or signal bouncing up and down de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 5:59 p.m. I know one thing, I have tested receiving my 2 local VHF Hi stations here on 9 & 13 that are 10 miles from my location with & without that FM trap and without FM Trap and on ch 9 if I turn antenna away from their tower signal goes from 91% to about 50% and on 13 from 95% to 65% with breakups with signal going up and down - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 5:56 p.m. I use no antenna preamp on VHF-Low - only a distribution amp. Best SNR's with that setup. de WRH ON FN03
May 8, 2018, 5:55 p.m. Re: tr maps. Canadian model not in yet. Used 00Z as backup (just last 2 pix missing). de WRH ON FN03
May 8, 2018, 5:52 p.m. [17:46] Yes de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:46 p.m. could power lines running to my house from main power line cause those high Curr SS numbers ? de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 5:45 p.m. WRH can you fix your tropo forecast maps? They are all black today (the end of the tropo world!) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 5:43 p.m. Don't let those high SS levels drive you crazy. You'll still see a lot of e-skip. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:41 p.m. I don't have a clue whatever I have near my area always kicks those 2 channels up into the 80 % range and up to 100% with the preamp but I always can get Analog TV-2 & TV-3 DX here with no problems - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 5:38 p.m. I have a custom notch filter which specifically attenuates the offending FM blowtorches. So I don't use the full band MCM FM trap, because it cuts out TV channels 5 and 6, which I like to DX. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:36 p.m. AMFMTVDTV... I've received that same channel 4 here in Ohio, so my system works too. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:35 p.m. before I had that FM trap I could not receive no Analog TV DX above channel 3 - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 5:33 p.m. Yep I know there is always a downside. I did receive Analog TV-4 YNFA-304 from Managua, Nicaragua using that FM trap. Upload video of that catch is here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElNgz2xo7wA de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 5:33 p.m. Jim, it could be a variety of different sources of interference, which plagues low-VHF. You're lucky you don't have to worry about it. My neighbors are running something that trashes my SS levels at certain times of day. I had to discontinue using my coffee maker, because I IDed it as a source of interference to VHF. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:32 p.m. And yes, I have come to appreciate being in an international airport's *radio quiet zone* here in Springfield de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 5:30 p.m. It looks like ALL of your low VHF channels have high Curr SS numbers de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 5:29 p.m. AM, why are the numbers on channels 2-4 all above 80 on your autologger? Mine are below 30 when there is no DX de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 5:27 p.m. That trap will knock down your FM blowtorches down 30 dB or more. So by the time the coax gets to your preamp, it will not overload the preamp. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:26 p.m. Believe me... I have several FMs even closer than that. Use that trap before your preamp. That's what I've done with success. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:25 p.m. Andrew K & Jim-T I can't use a Preamp here on analog VHF TV, DTV and FM here because of a FM station on 90.3 Mhz about 2 miles from my location - amfmtvdtvbrla EM40 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 5:23 p.m. That's definitely a good trap at attenuating all of the FM band, but it also attenuates channels 5 and 6 too de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:21 p.m. AMFMTVDTVabcdefg... if you're concerned about FM overload, then place that trap before a preamp as close to the antenna as possible. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:20 p.m. Here is the MCM Electronics FM Trap (33-341) on amazon now discontinued . https://www.amazon.com/Line-Trap-Nickel-plated-steel/dp/B00EIAFHLK/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 5:19 p.m. I have both the UHF parabolic and the VHF 2-6 through a Winegard 12 dB pre-amp, with no problems de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 5:18 p.m. AM, if the Curr SS level on the Rabbitears grid stays below 30 without signal activity, then no problem with a pre-amp de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 5:17 p.m. I have several of those FM traps. How are you using them? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:16 p.m. Using a low noise preamp is a good idea just to overcome the typically high noise figure of the DTV tuner. That's typically a gain of 4 dB, not to mention that I have a loss of about 12 dB just in coax and splitters for UHF. If the signal strengths look too high on the autologger, it's always smart to attenuate after the preamp just enough to where you find the lowest SS and yet high signal quality. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:16 p.m. I am using the now discontinued MCM Electronics FM Trap (33-341) on my VHF Lo / Hi antenna. Do a google search about that FM Trap. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 5:07 p.m. I have found that it's beneficial to use the preamp, but I apply enough attenuation after the preamp to where I just begin to see a drop in signal quality. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 5:04 p.m. Jim-T, check my RF noise figures on my autologger now they are lower now because I am using no Preamp. As a result my autologger is scanning channels faster now. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 4:59 p.m. I have my DTV autologger running now. I am using my VHF Lo/Hi antenna to try to receive some DTV via Es. de amfmtvdtvbrla LA EM40
May 8, 2018, 4:02 p.m. Es 50.313 KP4IA Puerto Rico @ 1,809 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 3:43 p.m. Es 50.0086 J88ARC bcn FK93 St Vincent de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 3:05 p.m. [14:43] Jim, nice going with KHSV! That might be a possibility for Payson one day. de indysteve IN EM69
May 8, 2018, 2:54 p.m. Lots of Florida and Texas 6 meter FT8 pouring in de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 2:49 p.m. Es 50.097 wrkd WB4HUC EM10 TX de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 2:46 p.m. Es 50.0667 W4FWS/B Merritt Island, FL - beacon - 1st sign of life! - de WRH ON FN03
May 8, 2018, 2:43 p.m. Es KHSV 2 Las Vegas NV @ 1200 miles just popped up about 10 minutes ago de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 2:40 p.m. Es Texas - FM muf 108+ muz - KDXX-107.9 HD SS de fred SC FM03af
May 8, 2018, 2:33 p.m. Ms or Es 88.7 WOTB Pearl River LA 1005 mi., PI: bogus KWI photo recorded while out on some errands de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 8, 2018, 2:28 p.m. All petered out here for the moment…nice little flurry though, have some recordings to review….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 2:26 p.m. Testing my old Winegard YA-1026 on ATV in Indy, nothing so far. No signal spikes at Milford, IL. Have seen some big spikes on ch. 2 & 4 (ATV) toward FL from Payson, IL, but now nothing. de indysteve IN EM69
May 8, 2018, 2:24 p.m. Es (14:09) WJIS Bradenton FL "Joy FM" just heard promo for Clearwater de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 2:16 p.m. Es 50.140 just worked KR4SO EM50 S-MS de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 2:13 p.m. Yeah it's just goofing around here Bill….got up to about 93.9 for a bit. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 2:11 p.m. Hey Rob...you're at the end of the line. Zero signs of Es here. de WRH ON FN03
May 8, 2018, 2:09 p.m. Es 88.1 Joy FM, but which one? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 2:08 p.m. Es 50.093 just worked K5BG EM12 Weatherford, TX w my 5/8 vert, 5ft agl :-) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 2:05 p.m. Es into FM - 1st of season - 93.1-KSTV RDS de fred SC FM03af
May 8, 2018, 2:02 p.m. Es 88.5 AFR Station with AFR News , mixing with something else TX?? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 2 p.m. Bottom end going good to TEXAS…ELAD recording! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 2 p.m. Scanning FM just reminds of how crowded things have become. de WRH ON FN03
May 8, 2018, 1:58 p.m. Es StOrmTV-2z Haiti - strong signal with logo LR - UNID-3 in also de fred SC FM03af
May 8, 2018, 1:55 p.m. Es MUF 93.9 at least... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:53 p.m. Es 90.7 KVRT Victoria, TX RDS and NPR Talk RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:52 p.m. Es 50.062 N5SYV / B EM32 N-LA 5 watts & big sig de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 1:51 p.m. Es 89.5 KLUX Texas in HD with Music de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:50 p.m. Seems to be the Houston area….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:49 p.m. Es 887 KUHF back in with HD and NPR Talk and IDs de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:48 p.m. Es 88.5 Big Signal with Political/Relig Tx …no RDS de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:46 p.m. Bunch of…. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:45 p.m. Buch of Faders on Low end of FM , but not busting loose yet! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:41 p.m. Es 88.1 alert! Sounded like Way FM in Florida de Jim-T MO EM37
May 8, 2018, 1:35 p.m. I think the NPR station was another Station mixing…Not KUHF…But it's going to Texas de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:33 p.m. Es 88.7 KUHF Houston, TX in HD with NPR Talk and IDs RELOG!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:33 p.m. Does this solar cycle graph mean that Es will be in the toilet for the next few years?... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle#/media/File:Solar_Cycle_Prediction.gif de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 1:32 p.m. 1st Es of the Season on FM last year was May 16th…this year it was May 7th…so we're already ahead of the game. Hopefully more soon….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 1:28 p.m. WGBA 41->14 & WPNE 42->25, Green Bay, WI moving early, on or prior to July 1. 14 mostly open north from Milford. de indysteve IN EM69
May 8, 2018, 1:21 p.m. Just checked the autologger for channels 28, 47, and 49... absolutely nothing received for past 30 days. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 1:19 p.m. Steve, I'm not seeing anything. Look at DT 28, 47, 49 for example... all good DX channels now, but absolutlely no activity at all, not even a hint of DX on them. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 1:15 p.m. Andrew, Chicago full-power RF channels 21, 45 & 50 have gone dark. Hasn't helped at Milford (85 mi.) much either. 21 & 45 are now commonly filled by Indy @ 90 mi. de indysteve IN EM69
May 8, 2018, 1:14 p.m. Es 50.068 XE2O bcn ne-MX EL05 weak de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 1:06 p.m. More 6 meter hams from region 5 than I can count de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 1:05 p.m. 6 meter FT8 is now solidly active to the Texas area de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 12:52 p.m. Es 50.313 FT8... W5TN & K5BG (TX), WA5ZFP (LA), and N1RE (FL), multiple decodes. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 12:51 p.m. Tr WMAR 38/2 Baltimore, MD... 222 miles de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 8, 2018, 12:42 p.m. I have 5 new DX UHF channels available since WAOH, WUAB, WRLM, WKBN, and WDLI vacated their channels. But not much activity to report since those channels left. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 12:39 p.m. Steve, I could use both WBXI and WAVE. My blowtorch WRLM is now off the air, and tropo has been dead the past 4 months it has been gone. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 8, 2018, 12:24 p.m. No sign of local WBXI-CD 47/47, Indy @ 12 miles. Totally swamped by WAVE 47/3, Louisville @ 110 mi. More of this to come! de indysteve IN EM69
May 8, 2018, 12:15 p.m. Tr WFPA-CD 28/28 Philadelphia, PA w/ decode on manual HD Homerun Tuner... Only second log ever on rf-28, now with WNBC off. Leaves only rf-48 with one log. 139 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 8, 2018, 11:55 a.m. Tr WMDT 47/47 Salisbury, MD, with 47.4 Ion noted for first time. 246 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 8, 2018, 11:23 a.m. Ms 50.145 Early morning Ms net... Lots of little blips of SSB de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 9:03 a.m. Ms overnight on 94.7 KTTS Springfield, MO at 0819z and 834 miles RDS calls and Country prev Es de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 8, 2018, 12:57 a.m. Es 50.073 N7DGI/b DN62 WY de Ed W-KY EM56
May 8, 2018, 12:50 a.m. Well, that was pretty exciting….Now what?? de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 12:39 a.m. But ya gotta start somewhere, at least I know the New Beam is working. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 12:39 a.m. Not a Torrid Opening…Just the one Fadeup so far….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 12:38 a.m. Nothing noted on FM here yet. de Jon ON FN03
May 8, 2018, 12:36 a.m. Es 50 Mc beacons from FL and KS - de WRH ON FN03
May 8, 2018, 12:31 a.m. Es 88.1 WAYF FL. RDS and Christian Music. RELOG 1st FM Es of the Season!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 8, 2018, 12:06 a.m. Not much Es left right now - just a weak 2z carrier. de WRH ON FN03
May 8, 2018, 12:04 a.m. Also took me 42 years toy get Oregon on AM BCB….but it happened this past DX Season……so it ain't over til it's over de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 7, 2018, 11:58 p.m. I waited 31 years to get double hop TV. Then the TV transition happened and *1 day* later I got double hop TV! de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11:46 p.m. Bill, it took me 42 years to get double hop Es on FM to Arizona….so there is hope!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 7, 2018, 11:42 p.m. I've been waiting for 2Es to BC for years w/out luck. Hope to get it before there's nothing left. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11:38 p.m. If someone could arrange for an e-cloud just to the west of Cuba, that would work out very nicely for some double hop to CA. de Rich NY FN12
May 7, 2018, 11:24 p.m. Uh, nothing here either. Hope this isn't a repeat of last year. de Mike CT FN31
May 7, 2018, 11:23 p.m. I have a 2z video carrier on the Icom, but I haven't seen any video. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 7, 2018, 11:20 p.m. Sigs weakening. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11:19 p.m. muf back down to 3, de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11:12 p.m. surprised I'm not getting anything. That's one that I've caught a few times. de Rich NY FN12
May 7, 2018, 11:12 p.m. Es 3z faint traces of the Coro, VEN "siren" - de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11:10 p.m. Yay! de Rich NY FN12
May 7, 2018, 11:09 p.m. you were right Rich! de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11:08 p.m. Es 2z HIJB Santo Domingo, DOMINICANA - TA logo in u/r, spurts of colour - de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11:07 p.m. Es 5z muf u/Sudbury. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11:06 p.m. Es 4z muf - de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11 p.m. These are live Latin TV streams for some ch 2-6 stations. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 11 p.m. Use with VLC Player. Use next arrow buttons to change channels. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:59 p.m. Btw, DXers don't forget to check my live streams file : http://dxinfocentre.com/tvdx_streams.m3u de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:59 p.m. Es 2z unID SS, not Tves. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:59 p.m. But more precise freq measurement. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:58 p.m. Yes. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:56 p.m. So, for Channel 3, .25000 is another way of saying 3z? de Rich NY FN12
May 7, 2018, 10:51 p.m. Right now on ch 2 I have .24814, .24905, .24963 and .25000. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:50 p.m. 61.25000. Normal offsets are .24000, .25000 and .26000. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:43 p.m. What does .25000 mean? de Rich NY FN12
May 7, 2018, 10:40 p.m. Es muf 3, one carrier at .25000 - de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:28 p.m. Es ch 2 dtv pilot likely Bangor & 50313 mhz with many New England Hams doing FT8 with different tone pitches de fred SC FM03af
May 7, 2018, 10:26 p.m. I just contacted Brazil on 10 meters, but that's nothing... yawn. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 7, 2018, 10:22 p.m. I count 5 carriers. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:22 p.m. muf stalled at 2. No ch 2 audio. Nothing on 3. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:18 p.m. Santo Domingo is a good bet, map-wise. de Rich NY FN12
May 7, 2018, 10:12 p.m. My semi-local Bancroft is too strong. I need more signal. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:10 p.m. Yes Rich. Only a few Latin countries use 10 kHz offsets. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:06 p.m. Bill, looking at the TV lists on your website, it looks like z is the standard. de Rich NY FN12
May 7, 2018, 10:05 p.m. Suspect Venezuela. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:02 p.m. Es 2z carriers south - de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10:01 p.m. I don't know what it's called anymore. They keep changing it. I think it's ISEDC (used to be IC). de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 10 p.m. Looks like there's a real active 6 meter person in Rouyn-Noranda de Rich NY FN12
May 7, 2018, 9:44 p.m. Bill..the Canadian FCC is officially called the Dept. of Agriculture!! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 7, 2018, 9:33 p.m. The last time I contacted the Canadian FCC about the spurs, I didn't even get a response - but the spurs were gone within a week. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 9:32 p.m. My band has been invaded by new whooshing QRM sounds over the winter. Always a battle. At least CJXY-FM isn't "spurring" anymore. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 9:21 p.m. ... and all I'm hearin' is power line QRM :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 7, 2018, 8:58 p.m. I'm listening 50.125... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 7, 2018, 8:51 p.m. I have my "75 MHz alarm" set. (; (squelch on airport marker beacon freq) de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 8:50 p.m. I'm home. You can start the DX now. de Rich NY FN12
May 7, 2018, 8:50 p.m. No carriers on ch 2 yet. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 8:48 p.m. I'm comparing to a typical opening. Beacons are weaker than usual. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 8:26 p.m. For 6 meters, I'm using my fanned wire dipole. But it's designed for 80 to 10 meters. It seems to do well enough with receiving 6 meter FT8. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 7, 2018, 8:19 p.m. 6 meter FT8 is very lively. It doesn't stop. I keep receiving the Texas area every 15 seconds. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 7, 2018, 8:13 p.m. Skip just won't take hold. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 8:03 p.m. Es 50 Mc MS beacon. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 8:01 p.m. Es 50.313 Lots of Texas... KC9FFV, N5MTA, KB7IJ, KC5WX and an Oklahoma N5OSK. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 7, 2018, 3:30 p.m. Es - HIJB-2z Dom Rep T/a logo ur fading in/out 1143 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 7, 2018, 1:49 p.m. Tr KOOD 16/9 Hays KS @ 309 miles, NEW! Been chasing this one for awhile de Jim-T MO EM37
May 7, 2018, 1:40 p.m. Tr WIBW 13 Topeka KS 188 miles, relog de Jim-T MO EM37
May 7, 2018, 1:29 p.m. Tr KTWU 11 Topeka KS 179.35 miles de Jim-T MO EM37
May 7, 2018, 1:13 p.m. Hi Bill, they were multiple hits, which is the reason I'm reporting them. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 7, 2018, 1:13 p.m. Tr KC dtv stations @ 140 miles quite strong this morning on the homebrew parabolic de Jim-T MO EM37
May 7, 2018, 1:10 p.m. Were they just one hit Andrew or multiple. Lots of Ms around. de WRH ON FN03
May 7, 2018, 1:07 p.m. Es 50.313 VA2FW (QC) and K1VWJ (NH) de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 7, 2018, 1:11 a.m. We bought and ate smoked salmon in rivière Au renard from a local poissonerie de saul ON FN04
May 7, 2018, 1:08 a.m. Visited a few fm stations and took a few photos of buildings like CBC in matane de saul ON FN04
May 7, 2018, 1:06 a.m. DX wise have had tropo to Chicoutimi and saguenay, and closest Quebec Es was Sherbrooke to st George on near brantford. de saul ON FN04
May 7, 2018, 1:01 a.m. Did the whole loop south to edmundston Nb to perce to Gaspé to saint flavie where we are now de saul ON FN04
May 7, 2018, 12:06 a.m. That's on FM…... de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 7, 2018, 12:05 a.m. I've had lots of Es to the Gaspe…..but farthest I've had by Tropo is Quebec City de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 6, 2018, 11:48 p.m. I've never had Tr from there Saul - but have had Carleton-sur-Mer in the southern Gaspé Pen on 162.5 MHz. de WRH ON FN03
May 6, 2018, 11:47 p.m. I remember seeing VCG Rivière-au-Renard Coast Guard Radio along the highway. de WRH ON FN03
May 6, 2018, 11:46 p.m. Was up in Matane back in '02. Nice drive between there and Gaspé. de WRH ON FN03
May 6, 2018, 11:07 p.m. You're way up there, Saul. Furthest I ever got was Mont Joli. de Rich NY FN12
May 6, 2018, 10:54 p.m. We’re in matane WRH, if that helps you get past Montreal de saul ON FN04
May 6, 2018, 1:59 p.m. [13:21] W27EC (WNJN/WNJB xltr) solid now at 64/64 signal.. scanner is picking it up, but it doesn't show on RabbitEars. Maybe confusion with WNJB/WNJN rf8 which is also in right now?? de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 6, 2018, 1:55 p.m. [04:05] Tr 21 CBMT Montreal, QC - 335 mi - caught by autologger - de WRH ON FN03
May 6, 2018, 1:52 p.m. Tr WSMV 10/4, Nashville, TN 266 mi. from Indy. de indysteve IN EM69
May 6, 2018, 1:21 p.m. Tr Friday's new log of W27EC Belvidere, NJ back in for a short time, WNJN/WNJB trasnslator, but autlogger just won't catch this one. 93 miles. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 6, 2018, 1:13 p.m. Tr WKRN 27/2, Nashville, TN 320 mi. from Milford, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 6, 2018, 1:13 p.m. Tr WBBJ 43/7, Jackson, TN 350 mi. from Milford, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 6, 2018, 1:13 p.m. Ms 106.5 WLFF Georgetown, SC 590 miles, RDS showing calls and Country prev Es de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 6, 2018, 1:08 p.m. Ms 106.5 WSFL New Bern NC relog RDS PI: bogus WVP, PTY: Classic Rock & $tereo at 485 miles de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 6, 2018, 1:05 p.m. Es is open to Florida on 6 meters... you get the point. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 6, 2018, 1:02 p.m. Es 50.313 W2PKY Dade City, FL de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 6, 2018, 1:02 p.m. Es 50.313 AE4WG Ormond Beach, FL @ 810 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 6, 2018, 1:01 p.m. Es 50.313 WA4GPM Saint Johns, FL de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 6, 2018, 12:59 p.m. Es 50.313 N4TB Avon Park, Florida @ 927 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 6, 2018, 12:20 p.m. At Milford, way too much QRM @ 85-100 miles, like Chicago, S. Bend & Indy. de indysteve IN EM69
May 6, 2018, 11:44 a.m. Tr WPGD "TBN" 33/50, Hendersonville, TN 305 mi. from Milford, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 6, 2018, 11:39 a.m. Yes it is, Stan. de indysteve IN EM69
May 6, 2018, 11:22 a.m. Tr KTVI 43/2, St Louis, MO 155 mi from Champaign, IL. - Nice to see distant signals again! de Stan K9SWX IL EN50
May 6, 2018, 11:17 a.m. Tr WZTV 15/17, Nashville, TN 257 mi. from Indy. de indysteve IN EM69
May 6, 2018, 10:49 a.m. Tr WBRC 50/6, Birmingham, AL 496 mi. from Milford, IL. de indysteve IN EM69
May 6, 2018, 10:07 a.m. Ms 106.7 KHLR Benton AR relog at 897 miles, had RDS showing PS/PI and PTY of Country de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 6, 2018, 2:22 a.m. Tr WPTD 16 "16HD" and WDTN 50/2 Dayton OH 303 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 6, 2018, 2:16 a.m. Tr WIPB 23/49 Muncie IN 280 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 6, 2018, 2:07 a.m. Tr WRTV 25/6 Indy 245 mi big sig de Ed W-KY EM56
May 6, 2018, 2:05 a.m. Tr WCLJ 27/42 Bloomington IN 218 mi from the WIPX 27/63 tx site de Ed W-KY EM56
May 5, 2018, 10:43 p.m. Tr 104.3 W282BR Erie, PA. 173 Watt Translator Erie Ads and 104.3 THE VIBE IDs RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 5, 2018, 10:33 p.m. Tr 96.3 W242CU Erie, PA. 173 Watt Translator for WRIE CBS Sports Radio RELOG de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 5, 2018, 9:48 p.m. Congrats, Rob! No luck getting my 14 element up here yet. de Jon ON FN03
May 5, 2018, 9:31 p.m. The Beam is only at 19 Feet …Pole Mounted with No Rotor…well out has a Rotor, an Armstrong Rotor !! de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 5, 2018, 9:23 p.m. The stuff across the Lake is full warp RDS and HD ….so it appears to be hearing stuff just fine….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 5, 2018, 9:23 p.m. It's a far cry from the 14 Element APS-14 at 50 Feet, but it will do the job and I'm happy to be Downsized. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 5, 2018, 9:22 p.m. I finally have the new INNOV 8 Element FM Beam in the air!! Ready for the Es/Tropo Season! Bring 'er on….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 4, 2018, 10:17 p.m. Es 50.313 VP9NM Bermuda @ 1111 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 9:58 p.m. I suspect my channel 2 is Santiago de Cuba at nearly 1500 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 9:50 p.m. I hear a weak 2z and a 2+ on my HF radio. I saw a brief cartoon appear on the TV channel 2. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 8:24 p.m. Fred, that's great to see you're receiving Es. I'll check in a bit. Maybe it'll shift west. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 8:19 p.m. Es Cuba ch 2/3 Cubavision - in full color (712 mi) de fred SC FM03af
May 4, 2018, 8:05 p.m. Tr south FL - many Miami area FM stations in (500 mi) - very strong signals! de fred SC FM03af
May 4, 2018, 8:04 p.m. Es StOrmTV-2z Haiti - with logo LR in color! de fred SC FM03af
May 4, 2018, 7:48 p.m. [18:43] Andrew... sorry, for some reason I mis-read your comment as 10 METERS, rather than 10 MHZ. Yeah, I figured 20 meters had skip activity all (or most) of the time. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 4, 2018, 7:24 p.m. And my Es report should've been 15 Mhz for WWV. And who plays music on 15 Mhz? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 4, 2018, 7:23 p.m. I don't have an HF or CB radio so tuning 5, 10 or 15 Mhz on the G8 is the best I can do. I can't say there is Es ALWAYS on 10 Mhz, or 15 Mhz de Jim-T MO EM37
May 4, 2018, 6:43 p.m. [18:33] Chris, it's rather common to hear activity up to the 17 meter band basically any time of year during daytime. And it's hard to find a time when the 20 meter band is dead. The 30 meter band is even more active, mostly day and night. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 6:35 p.m. There are lots of intruders on the HF bands... Gulf of Mx shrimp boaters on 75M... Japanese fisherman on 160M... The CB band now covers 24-30+ MHz etc de Ed W-KY EM56
May 4, 2018, 6:35 p.m. Amazing watching autologging of Rick at OBX.. currently (2:20pm) getting WPXP Palm Beach area at 677 miles! Water paths are wonderful, especially when the water is still cold. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 4, 2018, 6:33 p.m. [18:20] No, regular E-layer skip is somewhat lower freq. However sporadic E is very common on 10m and CB (11m) in the summer, less so at 6m, less at FM, etc. de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 4, 2018, 6:27 p.m. There is often some SS SSB chatter under the 10 Mc WWV sig so, I guess, music is the next step :-( de Ed W-KY EM56
May 4, 2018, 6:20 p.m. Jim, isn't there always e-skip at 10 MHz? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 6:09 p.m. Es on 10 Mhz, hearing WWV and someone playing music mixing with them ??? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 4, 2018, 5:31 p.m. With blowtorch WKBN 41/27 now off the air, I rotated toward Detroit and am seeing WXYZ 41/7 now to be a common capture by tropo scatter. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 5:06 p.m. When you switch DXMAPS to the list mode, most of what shows are FT8 contacts on 6m de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 4, 2018, 3:43 p.m. Nothing noted on FM here yet. de Jon ON FN03
May 4, 2018, 3:30 p.m. Mike-La on the *other* board was reporting TV Es to Central America de Jim-T MO EM37
May 4, 2018, 3:28 p.m. Nothing on the ELAD Waterfall yet on FM….. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 4, 2018, 3:27 p.m. Nothing on FM here in London Andrew….but checking it out de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92
May 4, 2018, 3:23 p.m. Is anyone receiving e-skip? The map looks great. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 3:08 p.m. Jim, I'm at work now... so no. I'll check in a bit when I get a break. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 3:07 p.m. Andrew you hearing any Es from Central America? Six & TV Es going on from the southern states now de Jim-T MO EM37
May 4, 2018, 2:20 p.m. With FT8 now being a commonly used ham mode, I'd expect to see more reports on the Es map that aren't that indicative of TV/FM Es. FT8 is a weak mode that doesn't take much Es propagation. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 4, 2018, 1:50 p.m. Tr WAOY-91.7 Gulfport MS - ID - AFR - 562 mi (NEW) de fred SC FM03af
May 4, 2018, 12:51 p.m. Tr WQBB-105.9 Pascagoula RDS lcl ad - Bob 105-9 552 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 4, 2018, 1:18 a.m. Tr KOED 11 Tulsa, KTEN Ada OK (relogs) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 4, 2018, 1:15 a.m. Tr KNTU 88.1 McKinney TX @ 346 miles, in solid (relog) de Jim-T MO EM37
May 3, 2018, 2:04 p.m. [12:26] I see K0TPP & KC3OL on DXMAPS. I'd agree these are ES based on duration, distance and reported ES at the time de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 3, 2018, 1:18 p.m. I had a lot of tropo DTV signals pop up over night behind a line of t-storms. And one on 24 that was strong enough to decode but didn't! https://www.rabbitears.info/tvdx/render_graph/101C926D/tuner0/24/-24hours/now de Jim-T MO EM37
May 3, 2018, 12:28 p.m. This is FT8, which communicates in 15 second intervals. I'm seeing the same hams calling CQ over a period of several minutes. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 3, 2018, 12:26 p.m. Es 50.313 several states showing up this morning... K0TPP (MO), KC3OL (KS), KC4PX (FL), W4IMD (GA). Same signals consistent over several minutes, showing it's Es and not Ms. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 3, 2018, 2:16 a.m. Tr south FL - Miami area FM stations in (500 mi) de fred SC FM03af
May 2, 2018, 8:37 p.m. ....tropo scatter vs. steady tropo. de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 8:36 p.m. [20:03] Iono scatter is very weak. Es is strong. Same mechanism but different characteristics. Like rain vs drizzle. de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 8:21 p.m. Es wk 50.078 N2GHR/B FN 30 NYC area 800+mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 8:13 p.m. Es weak 50.068 XE2O bcn EL05 NE-Mex 900+ mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 8:08 p.m. Ms DTV 2 pilot 54.31 w some long (1 min) 'pings' de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 8:03 p.m. Since Es and Ms take place in the same iono-layer they're really the same thing... It's just a matter of duration of the signal. de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 7:58 p.m. Before the wx wrecked my VHF ant I could hear WHBF Rock Island DTV4 Pilot 24/7 @ 340 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 7:52 p.m. Bottom line, with a 30 second QSO there's no way to tell what prop mode it is. And some distances even 2 minutes could be Es or Tr de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 2, 2018, 7:52 p.m. Not strong enough to see video, just enough to detect on the Icom. de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 7:52 p.m. I've seen TV video sigs from Ch 4 Sydney NS persist from iono scatter. de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 7:51 p.m. (Well probably 20-70). de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 7:51 p.m. Mostly affects 30-70 MHz. de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 7:50 p.m. Iono scatter is like Ms leftovers. After a long period of bursts, a layer of weak ionization seems to linger for up to a few hours. de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 7:48 p.m. So add tropo scatter to your list, even iono scatter (which often happens after Ms). de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 7:47 p.m. Channel 3 Timmins video sig is in every day, basically 24/7, at 376 mi. de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 7:46 p.m. (That's from ground stations, not aircraft). de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 7:46 p.m. Andrew..I've had weak signal ACARS msgs on 136 MHz out to 320 mi in dead conditions from tropo scatter. de WRH ON FN03
May 2, 2018, 6:21 p.m. [17:32] I agree. Trouble is, most of these QSO's don't last long enough to determine that de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 2, 2018, 6 p.m. Es 50.313 VE2PN Boucherville, QC @ 654 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 2, 2018, 5:32 p.m. I suspect a lot of the 6M FT8 QSOs are Ms de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 5:30 p.m. I like to see a sig last 2 min or more before I'll call it Es...Less than that and I'll call it Ms... fwiw de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 4:41 p.m. Even troposcatter is possible de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 2, 2018, 4:40 p.m. Es 2+ (55.26) fairly strong / steady vid-car... starting to hear some of it's FM audio (EE) on 59.76... CIII Bancroft? de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 4:38 p.m. C/b tropo, c/b meteor. most likely tropo. de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 2, 2018, 4:36 p.m. FM is too trashed to receive any decent weak DX. DTV takes a strong signal to get past the decode threshold. But FT8 doesn’t have any of these challenges!! de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 2, 2018, 4:30 p.m. I got an FT8 log this morning from Virginia @ 297 miles... what propagation mode could that be? de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 2, 2018, 4:29 p.m. Using FT8 may make things a bit blurrier as to prop mode but it shoudn't create Es under 400 miles de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 2, 2018, 4:28 p.m. [15:31] The problem isn't that the contact didn't take place, rather it's the prop mode claimed. de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 2, 2018, 3:55 p.m. Tr WPER-90.5 VA Fredericksburg - RDS 369 mi de fred SC FM03af
May 2, 2018, 3:38 p.m. I was using 25 watts of transmit power of FT8, then I decided to crank it up to 350 watts. I get much more confirmations, and with better signal reports than what I receive. Last night I contacted all over South America and Europe... Argentina, Paraguay, Crete, France, Hungary, etc. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 2, 2018, 3:36 p.m. Jim, it's reliable. I don't think it's possible to receive a false log on FT8 unless someone is intentionally transmitting the wrong call sign. FT8 is very narrow. It doesn't take much of any form of propagation to get a decode, unlike DTV. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 2, 2018, 3:31 p.m. Looks like most of the six meter qso's are on FT8. How reliable is that to indicate TV or FM Es? de Jim-T MO EM37
May 2, 2018, 2:08 p.m. Es 50.313 VP9NM Bermuda @ 1,111 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 2, 2018, 1:44 p.m. Es DTV 2 to the east, signal just popped up minutes ago de Jim-T MO EM37
May 2, 2018, 1:15 p.m. A few hrs ago I had some sub-d's from, I suspect, Houston... de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 1:14 p.m. I'm seeing a few 6 meter signals from the south, SC and FL in particular... e-skip I'd presume. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 2, 2018, 1:14 p.m. Ms hearing lots of little DTV 2 pilot pings (54.31-ish) de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 1:11 p.m. You might see some DFW. Tropo path showing up on APRS map, running from W KY/TN down to central TX de Jim-T MO EM37
May 2, 2018, 12:59 p.m. Tr KLRT 30/16 & KARZ 44/42 Little Rock 265 mi... These sigs are more steady de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 12:55 p.m. Not all that good, Jim... Sigs are in/out de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 12:49 p.m. What kind of signal strength are you getting to the SW Ed? I've been looking for signals that direction de Jim-T MO EM37
May 2, 2018, 12:36 p.m. Tr KPXJ 21 Minden LA 420 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 12:34 p.m. Tr KTAL 15/6 Texarkana TX 415 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 12:34 p.m. Tr KTVE 27/10 El Dorado AR 335 mi de Ed W-KY EM56
May 2, 2018, 11:50 a.m. Ms 99.7 quick burst from WDJX Louisville, KY at 454 mi, thought I was having ant. or tuner trouble it has been a long time between bursts but I was still hearing scatter out to 300 miles de Dave-N PA FN01qx
May 2, 2018, 2:27 a.m. Tr WBBH-15 Ft Myers FL 455 mi on unamplified 4-bay bowtie uhf antenna in attic de fred SC FM03af
May 2, 2018, 12:24 a.m. Tr WWRM-94.9 FL Tampa - RDS / WPOI-101.5 St Pete RDS (397 mi) de fred SC FM03af
May 1, 2018, 8:25 p.m. (There's no analog CBC-TV over air nor on cable). de WRH ON FN03
May 1, 2018, 8:24 p.m. Gw 50.137 CBC-TV news audio in FM. Some RF product from a neighbour's TV? de WRH ON FN03
May 1, 2018, 5:27 p.m. I don't know K3WW. He's maybe 20-25 miles N of me. I've seen his reports on DXMAPS recently. de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 1, 2018, 5:25 p.m. I'm noty familiar with FT8 but I wouldn't expect significant variations from what we see on FM/TV. de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 1, 2018, 5:18 p.m. The boundaries between Ms, Tr, and Es on 6 meter FT8 are too blurred. It doesn't seem to take much of any form of propagation for a quick decode on FT8. With DTV, it's quite obvious. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 1, 2018, 5:14 p.m. Now I just got K3WW near Philadelphia at 335 miles on 6 meter FT8. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 1, 2018, 5:13 p.m. BTW for those using DXMaps the past few weeks there've been several erroneous posts shoowing Es at distances under 400 miles - same couple of people de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 1, 2018, 5:09 p.m. On FM broadcast MS can run from about 250 to 1200 miles per my experience here. If these are brief hits then likely Ms. If there's a sustained signal c/b Es de amfmdxer PA FN20id
May 1, 2018, 3:54 p.m. Now I just logged W4AS from Florida on 50.313 (1,071 miles)... that seems like Es. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 1, 2018, 3:16 p.m. Chris, I was wondering that too. The difference between the two seems a bit nebulous. The two could easily be misidentified. de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 1, 2018, 3:13 p.m. Andrew, are you sure these are all Ms, and not Es?? de dtvdxer NY FN31
May 1, 2018, 3:11 p.m. Ms 50.313 WA2GSX Brewerton, NY @ 318 miles (I'm not 100% certain if this is meteor scatter... distance seems a bit short) de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 1, 2018, 3:06 p.m. Ms 50.313 N2YTF Flushing, NY @ 407 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 1, 2018, 2:51 p.m. Ms 50.313 W4IMD Dacula, GA @ 500 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB
May 1, 2018, 1:58 p.m. Ms 50.313 WA1EAZ Carlisle, MA @ 536 miles de Andrew K OH EN91EB