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Conditions right tonight for frequency skipping in the NE US
"Peter R." wrote in
: This evening I flew from Buffalo, NY, down to Cleveland, over to Binghamton, NY, and back home to Syracuse for an Angel Flight. Total time in the air was probably 3 hours just before sunset. At first I thought something was wrong with my Garmin GNS430 radio because I kept hearing numerous pilot-side communications, but no ATC. This happened on the Buffalo departure frequency, the Erie, PA, approach, and the Cleveland approach frequencies. Just after departing Cleveland, I heard this again, but this time I caught a check-in. The pilot mentioned Chicago Center and it finally became clear to me that I was hearing pilots from 600 to 1,000 miles away. Is this phenomenon called skipping? What causes such a large outbreak of this, high clouds or something else? A very interesting evening, as it was occurring on just about all of the center and approach frequencies that I was monitoring. Skip is generally found with solar flares and increased solar activity. It is a common source of excitement for Amatuer Radio operators. Some Hams collect and trade postcards ("QSL Cards") from people with whom they spoke to across long distances ("CQ DX")... It's been a long time since I did any radio play, but I remember talking to someone from Florida from my house in NY on a CB Sideband. One of my local Ham friends (the guy who was trying to get me to get my Ham Operator's license, actually) had QSL cards from Europe, most from Germany, IIRC... To my recollection, you could catch some skip almost all the time, but 2-way skip was pretty rare except during solar activity. But it definitely happens... |
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Conditions right tonight for frequency skipping in the NE US
Judah wrote:
Skip is generally found with solar flares and increased solar activity. It is a common source of excitement for Amatuer Radio operators. snip Interesting. Thanks. -- Peter |
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Conditions right tonight for frequency skipping in the NE US
"Peter R." wrote in message ... Judah wrote: Skip is generally found with solar flares and increased solar activity. It is a common source of excitement for Amatuer Radio operators. snip Interesting. Thanks. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0186151/ |
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Conditions right tonight for frequency skipping in the NE US
Michelle Settle wrote:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0186151/ Yep, I enjoyed that movie when I saw it a few years ago, but mostly for the romantic fallacy of being able to connect to days gone by. -- Peter |
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Conditions right tonight for frequency skipping in the NE US
"Michelle Settle" wrote in news:44eb1e28$0$500
: "Peter R." wrote in message ... Judah wrote: Skip is generally found with solar flares and increased solar activity. It is a common source of excitement for Amatuer Radio operators. snip Interesting. Thanks. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0186151/ A really good movie. And while I know of Hams who have "skipped" across time zones, I don't know of any that have skipped across time/space continuums. |
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