[HCRA] FW: Re: [YCCC] Coastal Tropo Enhancement

[Daniel Sullivan]

Heads up to you CW/SSB DX'ers on VHF/UHF/SHF!

Dan S.
KO1D


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Jerry Muller" <bushmustgo at k0tv.com>
Reply-To: Jerry Muller <k0tv at arrl.net>
To: <k5ma at capecod.net>
CC: YCCC <yccc at yccc.org>
Subject: Re: [YCCC] Coastal Tropo Enhancement
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:32:18 -0400

Jan,

If it's coastal tropo and the FM stations are open, then everything from 2
meters up is open. You probably can't hear the W3CCX beacons because the
tropo isn't going that far inland.

Normally that type of tropo ducting starts at the higher frequencies and
works its way down. As the duct starts small and gets bigger with time, the
first band to open is the highest one. Odds are 144, 222, 432, 902, 1296,
and 2304 are all open.

73, Jerry, K0TV

----- Original Message -----
From: "K5MA" <k5ma at capecod.net>
To: <yccc at yccc.org>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:20 PM
Subject: [YCCC] Coastal Tropo Enhancement


 > Strange coastal tropo today (noon +) -- FM broadcast stations in CT and 
on
 > Long Island are much, much louder than normal today here on the southwest
 > side of Cape Cod (FN41QO).  BUT.. I don't see any enhancement on the 
W3CCX
 > beacons (Philadelphia FM29) on 50, 144 and the higher bands.  The beacons
 > are their normal strength, but the FM BC stations are really super loud
here
 > (WLIU 88.3, and all of the CT Public Radio stations (89.1, 90.5, etc).
 >
 > Maybe the ham bands will open later!.. dunno
 >
 > de Jan, K5MA
 > k5ma at capecod.net
 >
 >
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