[NLRS] Beacons this morning

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Haven't checked beacons but can't copy the Fort Dodge (50 miles) or the 
Iowa Falls (30 miles) NWS stations for the stronger signals from more 
distant stations like Omaha about 200 miles. This is on my Bearcat 
scanner with indoor antenna.

I think we have a combination of factors. We had (as did Minnesota) lots 
of rain on and off yesterday. Some places got 6 to 10 inches. We have 
remnants of fronts which can have warm air running over cold air, and 
the wind is calm today. We had dense fog in some areas. The high 
humidity near the ground is giving us lake effect ducting. The possibly 
overrunning fronts gives us lines of temperature inversion. The lack of 
wind keeps those inversions and that from normal overnight radiant 
surface cooling from being mixed and destroyed. A high pressure dome 
also does all of the above. Best DX I worked under a dome was Houston on 
1296 with 3 watts.

Last summer one July morning I was out early going to the Cedar Falls 
swap meet with considerable fog. I had an extended conversation with a 
ham (now a priest) in the St. Cloud area using the St. Cloud repeater. 
He was originally from west central Iowa and we had played in the Fort 
Dodge Symphony together during his high school days. After he had to 
leave to catch a plane I continued with a trucker on I94 in that area on 
2m FM.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 6/21/2015 8:54 AM, Jon Platt via NLRS wrote:
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> Also hearing the N0EDV/B, EN45fa, on 432.324.
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> 73, Jon
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