Extreme Tropo

ftballfan · **Joined:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:38 pm **Posts:** 352

Earlier this summer I heard WYTE 106.5 out of Marshfield, WI on M-55 between M-37 and Cadillac.

format this · **Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:57 pm

This afternoon around 5pm I caught Mix 98.1 but no calls or COL. In the meantime WGRD was getting trampled by something sounding like a news station... this was just east of Richland in Kalamazoo County (Gull Lake). Any ideas?

ChrisKun2K5 · **Joined:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:53 pm **Posts:** 179

Mix 98-1 = WDFM Defiance, Ohio.

News on 97.9? Could have been WGNR Anderson, IN, which is religious.

ChrisKun2K5 · **Joined:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:53 pm **Posts:** 179

Some more nice tropo early this morning. Received WEEC 100.7 Springfield, OH, WMLX 103.3 St. Marys, OH and 105.5 WTHD LaGrange, IN in Whitmore Lake.

ftballfan · **Joined:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:38 pm **Posts:** 352

I went down to Grand Haven yesterday. While there, quite a few Chicago and Milwaukee stations stopped the scan (95.5, 97.1, 98.7, 99.1, 99.5, 100.3, 100.7, 102.7, 103.5, 104.3, 105.1, 106.7, 107.5)

A few years ago, I picked up KZPK (98.9) out of St. Cloud, MN and KDRB (100.3) out of Des Moines, IA in Manistee, MI.

MWmetalhead · **Joined:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 5126

Quote:

In the meantime WGRD was getting trampled by something sounding like a news station... this was just east of Richland in Kalamazoo County (Gull Lake). Any ideas?

My guess would be WNCI (Adult Top 40) from Columbus, OH. They were likely in all-news mode given the devastation from the derecho that rolled through the day before. Hundreds of thousands without power there.

48125er · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:31 am

ftballfan wrote:

I went down to Grand Haven yesterday. While there, quite a few Chicago and Milwaukee stations stopped the scan (95.5, 97.1, 98.7, 99.1, 99.5, 100.3, 100.7, 102.7, 103.5, 104.3, 105.1, 106.7, 107.5)

A few years ago, I picked up KZPK (98.9) out of St. Cloud, MN and KDRB (100.3) out of Des Moines, IA in Manistee, MI.

what about WPWX 92.3, that station is there almost every summer night in west michigan.

Mega Hertz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:48 am

The Cleveland stations were booming in about 3:30 am or so on the way home last night. I can't believe how easy it is to pull in Q104, right next to WOMC. One in particular that blows me away is 97.7 out of Sandusky, MI. One evening I had the pleasure of hearing the Tigers there and on 97.1, with a delay of about 3-5 seconds, I believe. And it wouldn't be a normal summer DX if I didn't pull in The Edge out of Lansing. I wonder why that one is so easy...no I-BOC on 93.9 and 94.3 is a Canadian station...that's about the only logical reason I can come up with.

WOHO · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:56 am

Mega Hertz: what equipment are you listening on: stock or custom car radio or home setup?

I still kick myself everyday of the week for giving away my 1971 Lafayette tuner with outboard AM ferrite antenna and flywheel FM tuning with center tuning meter....sigh....

Mega Hertz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:56 pm

My apologies, WOHO. This is on an everyday Pioneer car stereo. Although it is not uncommon to pick some up on my home stereo.

ftballfan · **Joined:** Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:38 pm **Posts:** 352

48125er wrote:

ftballfan wrote:

I went down to Grand Haven yesterday. While there, quite a few Chicago and Milwaukee stations stopped the scan (95.5, 97.1, 98.7, 99.1, 99.5, 100.3, 100.7, 102.7, 103.5, 104.3, 105.1, 106.7, 107.5)

A few years ago, I picked up KZPK (98.9) out of St. Cloud, MN and KDRB (100.3) out of Des Moines, IA in Manistee, MI.

what about WPWX 92.3, that station is there almost every summer night in west michigan.

I used to occasionally, until WBNZ moved to 92.3 and upgraded to 50kW.

A surprising catch is WXER's 250W low-power translator on 96.1 (which happens often during the summer)

Another interesting catch was WJNR (101.5) out of Iron Mountain along with local WMTE (the radio I caught this on has 0.1mhz separation). WGLQ (97.1), WOBE (100.7), and WYKX (104.7) are common UP stations here.

The most interesting thing is the fact that my mother has an analog tuner. Her alarm is set to 100kW blowtorch WTCM (103.5). If the dial was shifted over a little bit, that radio has received WOGB (103.1), WFXD (103.3), WXSS (103.7), and WRLU (104.1)

Also, WOOD-FM is very hard to receive in Manistee despite being 50kW and about 70 miles away. A little Class A peashooter (WLGE) out of the Door Peninsula is heard often on 106.9.

48125er · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:54 pm

Mega Hertz wrote:

The Cleveland stations were booming in about 3:30 am or so on the way home last night. I can't believe how easy it is to pull in Q104, right next to WOMC. One in particular that blows me away is 97.7 out of Sandusky, MI. One evening I had the pleasure of hearing the Tigers there and on 97.1, with a delay of about 3-5 seconds, I believe. And it wouldn't be a normal summer DX if I didn't pull in The Edge out of Lansing. I wonder why that one is so easy...no I-BOC on 93.9 and 94.3 is a Canadian station...that's about the only logical reason I can come up with.

so did i, i got the same, ive been getting Q104 a couple times this summer so far, i was driving from from a friends place in Monroe, i got 93.1 from Lima, knocking Out DRQ, i think it was sunday morning at 12am.

windsor · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 pm **Posts:** 403

Crazy tv tropo also.....just scanned and got 2.1 2.2 KNOP from Nebraska at 10 30pm, with my OTA ant pointed at Toledo.Just a short time and then faded.

Also today.....

WEYI 25.1 plus subs Bounce tv TRi Cities
WJRT 12.1 plus subs Flint
WSFJ 51.1 Columbus Oh.
CFPL 10.1 london ont
WCMZ 28.1 plus subs -this one is in often

Ant. small uhf/vhf combo up 18ft.

Marcus · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:14 pm

Last night even the weaker Toledo stations such as 97.3 and 93.5 WRQN came in. The weather radio band was also full of broadcasts that I don't normally hear. I should try the TV next.

48125er · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:49 pm

Marcus wrote:

Last night even the weaker Toledo stations such as 97.3 and 93.5 WRQN came in. The weather radio band was also full of broadcasts that I don't normally hear. I should try the TV next.

how often do Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge Stations come over there in the summer

Extreme Tropo

Who is online