[TransAtlantic] Hepburn US-IRE/UK/FR

[M. Casey]

This afternoon's Hepburn Forecast indicates the possbility that an enhanced 
Tropo path may exist at some point in time 00:00 UTC (8pmEDT Thur) tonite 
and 0600 Saturday (2am EDT Sat), between the US East Coast, north of South 
Carolina and the West Coast of Ireland, and maybe the whole of Ireland, and 
West coasts of Scotland, England, Wales, and France.

A few years ago, 90+MHz FM Broadcast stations from Maine and Eastern Canada 
were heard in Ireland. The FM Broadcast band may be a convenient place to 
monitor conditions, even if you are not at your station.

Here's a few to try

USA/Canada------------------
99.1 CKIX St. John, Newf. 100kw-music
105.9 CBAF St. John, Newf   46kw--French
97.1 CBTB Baie Verte, Newfoundland 5kw
90.5 CBHA-FM Halifax, Nova Scotia 100kw--runs CBC Radio One--mostly News & 
Info
89.7  WTBP-FM  Bath, Maine 10kw--
89.7 WGBH Boston, MA 98kw public
91.1 WNAN  Nantucket, MA 2kw
95.1 WXTK Yarmouth, MA 50kw
107.1 WCOD Hyannis, MA 50kw
107.5 WFCC Chatham, MA 50kw

Western IRELAND------------------
88.7 RTE Radio 1--Bantry SW Ireland 2kw
88.8 RTE Radio 1, 91.0 RTE 2FM, 93.2 Radio Gaeltachta---Maghera Mtn. Co 
Clare, West Ireland --all 160kw
89.2 RTE Radio 1, 91.4 RTE2FM -- Cork City, Ireland --both 10kw
89.5 RTE Radio 1 W. Kerry,2kw,  W. Galway 3kw--both W Ireland
90.0 RTE Radio 1 -- Mullaganish, Southwest Ireland 160kw
104.9 4FM (music)--Galway 10kw
106.1, 105.7, 104.5  Red FM (new music)--Cork SW Ireland 10kw

After reviewing the Region 1 and 2 bandplans, and usage, I suggest we all 
use 144.330. then.......
Make some noise and leave 5-10 second pauses between your transimission and 
any other transmission you may hear, no matter how weak, unless you can 
identify that transmission as one coming from the other side of the 
Atlantic.
I will be calling 00:00-:05, 01:00-:05, 02:00-:05, 10:00:05, 10:30-:05 
11:00-:05, 11:30-:35 12:00-:05 Fri, maybe other times also.

There are other frequencies we can use, but 144.330 is relatively unused 
here on the US East Coast. If there is a conflict with 144.330 in EU, please 
let me know right away, and we will select another freq,( possibly 144.240 
or 144.260 or 144.350 or 144.360).

Please Use ON4KST Region 2 144/432 chat. It is not as busy as the Region 1 
144 chat. (But, I do not have internet at my station)

73
Mark K1MAP FN32sb Massachusetts