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Author Topic: Good conditions for Late Summer VHF / UHF Tropo? Could be!  (Read 10313 times)

ThaDood

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Good conditions for Late Summer VHF / UHF Tropo? Could be!
« on: August 23, 2024, 1904 UTC »
It's been incredibly dry here in SW West Virginia, where even the GND Rods need to be kept moist for conductivity. Well, this next week the weather here calls for mid-90's in the day, and 60's at night, even foggy mornings. That's, usually good makings for nice Tropo for VHF / UHF  Propagation, from like midnight, to maybe 9AM. Best indicators for that are distant NOAA weather Radio FREQ's, from 162.400MHz - 162.550MHz FM. TV / FM DX'ers may get some good catches here. And, don't forget to try DX MURS VHF and GMRS UHF. Don't forget those Amateur Radio simplex FREQ's. This map site could be helpful as well.  https://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html    So, hopefully, HAPPY VHF / UHF DX'ing!



« Last Edit: August 27, 2024, 1655 UTC by ThaDood »
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Re: Good conditions for Late Summer VHF / UHF Tropo? Could be, and was!
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2024, 1701 UTC »
Nice Western  / Eastern Tropo after 04:00 UTC, 8/27/2024, from Ashland, KY WX FREQ 162.550MHz. Normally, this station is just at Squelch threshold, on my outside Discone Antenna, here in SW West Virginia. However, that WX station was full-quieting on the indoor scanner antennas. (Nice...) Now, if we could only get this condition on a weekend night.
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The best two statements of advice that I've ever gotten are from my brother-in-law in the early 1990's. 1st one, when I bought a used '89 Olds Cutless, my bro-in-law said, "Congratulations!!! You've just bought a deficit!". The other, was on a work environment, " No mater where you go, it's going to be f***'ed -up!". No truer words have been spoken.
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