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Author Topic: Heatwave could trigger some Tropo VHF / UHF Propagation this 6/ 6/2021 week?  (Read 1983 times)

Offline ThaDood

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Surprised that we are in this see-saw weather, way below normal one week, cooking the next. Well, with this next heatwave coming for most of the Eastern half of USA and Canada, some of these late nights, early mornings, could yield some nice Tropo Propagation on the VHF / UHF bands. I like to use our tax $$$$ funded propagational beacons, a.k.a. the 162MHz, 24/7, Weather Stations. I'll put a scanner, or an HT, on scan on those FREQ's and see if the DX Weather Stations start coming in, besides the two that I normally get. Then again, when a DX station goes over our local 162.400MHz Station, that's a good give-away as well. I think that heatwaves suck, but if it does indeed yield to some nice Tropo Enhanced DX, might as well enjoy that.
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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Thanks for the reminder!

William R. Hepburn produces his excellent tropo forecast maps: https://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
Chris Smolinski
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Ahhhh!!!! Thank you!!!! I knew that I forgot to include that site, when I posted this.
“I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy
is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he
meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is
exactly the same, except that there is no cat.”
-Attributed to Albert Einstein, but I ripped it from the latest Splatter .PDF March 2025 issue.

 

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