Conditions right tonight for frequency skipping in the NE US

Is this phenomenon called skipping?

IIRC, it's called "skip zone phenomenon."

I can recall more than one occasion, when I was stationed at Cherry
Point, NC in the early '50s, receiving a Puerto Rican TV station.
(VHF TV stations broadcast on frequencies very close to those used by
Aviation.)

vince norris

Not so. Channels 2-6 occupy the band 54-88 MHz., while channels 7-13 occupy
174-216 MHz.. Neither one is remotely close to the aviation band.

In the late summer, we generally get decent skip propagation due to sunspot
activity directly overhead the USA, but the sunspot cycle isn't all that
high right now. What the OP heard was truly a very rare phenomenon. Most
of the time, the skip doesn't get to 30 MHz. Sometimes to 50. Rarely to
150 (listening to New York taxicabs in Los Angeles). Rare indeed.

Jim


"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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(VHF TV stations broadcast on frequencies very close to those used by
Aviation.)

(VHF TV stations broadcast on frequencies very close to those used by
Aviation.)

Not so. Channels 2-6 occupy the band 54-88 MHz., while channels 7-13 occupy
174-216 MHz.. Neither one is remotely close to the aviation band.

Well, if I remember correctly, the frequencies I use to talk to a
tower, or approach control, or center, or tune in a VOR or an ILS, are
BETWEEN 88 MHz and 174 MHz.

That is, between channel 6 and channel 7. Seems to me that justifies
saying they are " close." Perhaps I should have omitted the "very."

A nearby VOR is on 108.8, as I recall. That's less than 21 Mhz. from
88 MHz. When we're meassuring in megas, isn't that "close" enough?

BTW, after all these years, I have no recollection of which channel it
was on which we could pick up Puerto rico.

vince norris

Is $88 million close to $108 million? Only if you're in congress, imho.

Jim



"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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A nearby VOR is on 108.8, as I recall. That's less than 21 Mhz. from
88 MHz. When we're meassuring in megas, isn't that "close" enough?

RST Engineering wrote:

Is $88 million close to $108 million? Only if you're in congress, imho.

Jim

Jim,

I'll be happy with either amount. Shall I provide you an address to
which to send the check? :-)

Matt