Slightly off topic post

Tuesday, June 14 2005

Bruce,
 
I think it was tropospheric ducting and not E-skip.  I could be wrong.  I'm in Northern California, east of San Francisco and south of Sacramento.  Between 1615 and 1715 today, I logged Seattle (2), Eugene (6), Newport OR (2), Portland (5), Astoria, Victoria BC (2), Powell River BC, Camas WA, Cannon Beach OR, Gleneden Beach OR, Seaside OR, Wenatchee WA.....all on FM.
 
I had hard rock on 88.5 mixing with KQED/San Francisco.  I have no clue who that was.  An outstanding today for FM, particularly for a FM rookie DXer (me!).
 
If it was tropo, tomorrow has the same possibilities as today according to the tropo forecast maps.
 
Mike Hawkins
Tracy CA

bportzer@comcast.net wrote:
Okay, so this is an FM item instead of AM but at least it's about DX.
 
This afternoon, while I was driving home, someone on KPLU said E-Skip was taking place, so some of their normal listeners were getting KQED San Francisco, and some of KQED's listeners were getting KPLU.  Both are on 88.5.  This during a local news break in All Things Considered.
 
It was kind of unusual hearing them mention E-Skip on the air.  I don't know what prompted it, maybe they were getting calls from listeners in outlying areas.
 
Naturally, I started tuning around on FM but didn't hear anything unusual.
 
Bruce Portzer
Seattle
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