Fwd: [MilCom] Long Distance VHF Skip

[Mayson, John]

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:26:35 EDT, rapbep at aol.com <rapbep at aol.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> At 1918 EDT, in the middle of some severe summer wx (heavy rain, electrical,
> etc) for about 30 seconds I was hearing Sky Harbor Airport controller/ATIS on
> 119.275. The skip came in just at the end of a burst of heavy rain and stopped
> as soon as the rain had passed.  The only Sky Harbor Airport I could find is
> in Phoenix AZ.
>
> Perhpas some of the southwest listeners can confirm that this freq is used at
> Sky Harbor.
>
> Around here 119.275 is the VHF side of Bay Watch Control for Patuxent River
> NAS.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KDYT

KDYT     Sky Harbor Airport Duluth, Minnesota, USA

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John Mayson
jmayson at gmail.com
Austin, Texas, USA