[NJARC] FM DX'ing

[Ray Chase]

In radar we called it "ducting".  I worked extensively with a 400 Mhz. radar 
(not too far from FM frequencies) and we had complaints from the Navy off 
South America that they were picking up targets at over 120 miles where 
there were only land masses, clearly way beyond line of sight.  Happened 
also with early radar in England where they often, in the summer, picked up 
mountains in Southern Europe at 300 miles and beyond.
Ray
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Giliberti" <starbase89 at gmail.com>
To: "New Jersey Antique Radio Club" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 3:37 AM
Subject: [NJARC] FM DX'ing


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> Hello.
>
> I had something interesting happen while I was driving around, listening 
> to
> the radio.
> The station I usually listen to in this area is 105.7 The Hawk, which is a
> classic rock station. I was stopped at a light on route 9 in Howell, and
> started picking up 105.7 The Beat, an R&B station located in Meridian, MS. 
> A
> quick point-to-point map search tells me that is over 900 miles. I didn't
> think that really happened with FM. (Especially in a car with only an
> in-glass antenna)
>
> As usual, please pardon my ignorance if this is nothing spectacular. I am
> inexperienced, so such occurrences are like magic to me.
>
> Joe
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