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Author Topic: Will last week of Summer be great for Tropo on VHF / UHF?  (Read 2372 times)

Offline ThaDood

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Will last week of Summer be great for Tropo on VHF / UHF?
« on: September 18, 2022, 1923 UTC »
Looks like a last hurrah of hot, summer-like, temperatures, around the 1st day of Fall, THUR 9/22/2022, then crash to around lower 70´s, or Fall-like weather for where I am. So, could this be a possibility that we could see some nice VHF / UHF Tropo Propagation? https://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html   The last time that I´ve DX´ed those conditions was in late September 2004, where 2M, VHF MURS, 222MHz, 440MHz, and 462MHz GMRS, acted like daytime 40M. From North Hill, in Southern Western New York, to London, ON, Canada was had on 446.000MHz Simplex with just 4W! (About 160 miles!!!) On a MURS FREQ, (For USA.), the London, ON ambulance corp., could be heard toned-out, like it was a local! Rochester, NY TV DX´ers were watching TV channels from Beckley and Bluefield, WV! So, could we see those conditions, again? Let´s hope so.
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Re: Will last week of Summer be great for Tropo on VHF / UHF? Now, for 2023?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2023, 1944 UTC »
It's here!!! That heatwave from Texas has, and still is, heading east. (Yuk...) However, could make for some nice Tropo for VHF / UHF. So, happy DX'ing!!!
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exactly the same, except that there is no cat.”
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Re: Will last week of Summer be great for Tropo on VHF / UHF?
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2023, 0904 UTC »
Seems like most of the tropo is over water. Cool maps, though.
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