[Scan-DC] "Skip"

Fri, 7 May 2004 21:37:11 -0400

I aggree...given the frequencies involved and personally making contact on
144 MHz and even 432 MHz ham bands to those areas...and the weather fronts
involved...there is also a fairly high probability of tropospheric ducting
going on.

An excellent article on this can be found at:

http://www.angelfire.com/space/vk2lrr/tropospheric_ducting_explained.htm

Jeff Embry
WI2T
FM19je
AMSAT LM-2263

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Doug K.
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:00 PM
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Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] "Skip"

Glad someone else mentioned this... Charles Town and Jefferson County aren't
that far away - whatever it is, it ain't skip.

DK

>From: "William D. Rossiter III" <[email protected]>
>To: "Scan-DC" <[email protected]>
>Subject: [Scan-DC] "Skip"
>Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 15:56:51 -0400
>
>Not to be picky, but there must be an unprecedented solar storm going on
>right now if people are hearing skip on a frequency like 154 MHz.  What you
>people are hearing is tropospheric ducting, not skip.  It is common this
>time of year and is caused by thermal inversions in the atmosphere.  I'm
>sure many people on the list already know this, but I am pointing it out to
>those who don't.

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