Sunspot cycle is interesting right now.

[Electronic M]

At this very moment I'm in Delafield Wisconsin and news radio 106.9FM from DETROIT Michigan is swamping out my local oldies station from nearby Milwaukee...Wild.

Might be a good time to fire up your SW reciever or Ham rig for some interesting DX.

[old_tv_nut]

Isn't VHF more affected by storm conditions than sunspots?
When I was a teenager, we once got a Jacksonville, FL TV station on rabbit ears in a second floor apartment in Chicago. Fortunately it lasted through the hourly station break, so it could be identified. Both places were having thunderstorms.

[jr_tech]

Could be troposphere ducting... check out the Hepburn tropo site:

https://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html

jr

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

Isn't VHF more affected by storm conditions than sunspots?
When I was a teenager, we once got a Jacksonville, FL TV station on rabbit ears in a second floor apartment in Chicago. Fortunately it lasted through the hourly station break, so it could be identified. Both places were having thunderstorms.

Interesting. Blue skies over here so it can't be local storms.

[Hawkwind]

It's called Sporadic E-Skip. Has nothing to do with the Weather or Sun Spots!..

[Hawkwind]

"At this very moment I'm in Delafield Wisconsin and news radio 106.9FM from DETROIT Michigan is swamping out my local oldies station from nearby Milwaukee"

At around 250 Miles THAT would be Tropo. A Temperature Inversion...

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Hawkwind;

It's called Sporadic E-Skip. Has nothing to do with the Weather or Sun Spots!..

Nope it doesnt.... I love it when 3 meters opens up!! (88.1 - 107.9)

But its getting harder to hear stuff now with this IBOC crap...They should get that garbage off the air!!