FM E-Skip From The Archives – July 2011

Here are some e-skip FM loggings from the archives.  I came across this info recently on my computer and decided to post since I didn’t have an FM category on the site at that time.  Because the band is so crowded in this area, its hard to find an open enough frequency to investigate.  That is why all these are on the same frequency.

FM Bandscan – Compiled

Here is a compiled FM bandscan from my home location.  Cities listed could either be COL or XMTR location.

WX Bandscan 2013-05-24

Weather radio bandscan from my home location.

LWDX Loggings 2013-05-21

Nothing new to report except for one regional beacon that I hadn’t caught before.

LWDX Loggings 2013-05-17

A couple of new Quebec beacon loggings!  Waskaganish (formerly Fort Rupert) was one  of the Hudson Bay Company’s first outposts.  I continue to be amazed by these distances with these beacons.

Here is a YouTube video of my reception of YKQ 351kHz.

Maps of all LW NDB’s Logged as of 2013-05-10

I created a couple of maps plotting all the non-directional beacons I’ve logged thus far.

LWDX Loggings 2013-05-09

Logged a new Quebec beacon out of Matagami!!  The distance is about 595mi/960km.  Location is 49.723889, -77.741667.

MWDX Loggings 2013-05-08

The only things worthy of a mention are logging a new Cuban and also getting some splashes of CJVA for the first time in a long time (AC music, FF ads).  I was also able to grab WNJE among WBZ’s IBOC crap.

LWDX Loggings 2013-05-08

I had an exciting LW session.  I logged two new distant Quebec NDB’s that basically overpowered nearby regional beacons on the same frequency~!  BX on 220kHz from Blanc Sablon might be the farthest beacon I’ve ever logged.  It clocks in around 905mi/1455km!  It was louder than IHM which is only about 30mi/48km away.  A little bit later I snagged YFM from middle of nowhere Quebec at about 790mi/1270km.  I also logged regional PVC on 389kHz for the first time at a distance of 55mi/89km.

Here is my youtube recording of YFM 332kHz.

MWDX Loggings 2013-05-02

Snagged some new ones.  First, the local spanish religious 1150 is impossible for me to null.  The transmitter is way too close.  However the preacher had many pauses in between his words and with the radio oriented correctly, I was able to hear and ID CKOC underneath.  Also I was able to get not one but two music/nostalgia formatted stations on 1160.  Typically its all WVNJ which is in northern New Jersey.  However that station was a bit fadey this evening allowing WOBM from further down the Jersey coast to come in.  I also got and ID on a separate music signal IDing as “moon”.  That turned out to be little WABY which is halfway between Albany NH and Saratoga Springs NY.