Nick, I think several people on faceboom have called it Tropo scatter... BUT... I’m a total newbie in FM DXing, so I lean on others for more detail.
Thing is, this scatter, of whatever variety it is, is near constant it seems... and I didn’t think aircraft scatter would do that On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 7:23 AM Nick B. <nick.h...@nowindows.net> wrote: > These sound like they have been received via aircraft scatter Paul. In > CBCK #2 If you listen to the frequency of the flutter (rather than the > program content) you'll hear it decreasing then increasing again. > > There are some clever software progs written by radio amateurs that > exploit this mode by looking at some of the virtual radar servers > online. I'm sure the FM DXing community must be using them too. > > Nick B. > > On 02/04/2018 15:29, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > > CFLY 98.3 and CBCK 107.5 Kingston, Ontario are both about 100KW at 500 > > feet, 220 miles away from me. It seems like I have "constant" tropo > scatter > > from them the last few months. > > > > > > Ridgway PA > > 2000 feet elevation > > Sony XDRF1HD Radio and Kathrein Scala YA7 5 element yagi antenna > > > > The fade ups will come out of nowhere and last 5-15 seconds usually, but > > sometimes a bit longer. It happens in the morning, at night.. I haven't > > noticed a time when it isn't happening. > > > > I suspect My height, the fact the frequencies are pretty empty here and > > that the transmitter sites are close to water make this possible. > > > > Here's a few recent audio clips of CBCK 107.5 and CFLY 98.3 > > > > CFLY Clip #1 (55 seconds long!): > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YejVxi-_wFr8-J8_xGq-EtWtmnvxEe7_/view?usp=sharing > > > > CFLY Clip #2 (1 minute 53 seconds long!): > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UVKQq3atcps0-8Fge8FDeXIi4Lw3PcVc/view?usp=sharing > > > > CBCK Clip #1 (38 seconds long): > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XGszf_s4LH3bbxoCTI8lQ6swICMGpoJK/view?usp=sharing > > > > CBCK Clip #2 (55 seconds long) > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1512Kk3wBh3iVxqOrfm0xjMur7fn6oNpI/view?usp=sharing > > _ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License > published by Michael Stutz at > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
