Well, chances like that come but once in a great great while!  I was
almost about to tune out the station, but I am glad I had the 392 and a
tape handy!  I'm still curious to know if anyone heard anything else last
night on the bands?





On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Louis Kim Kline wrote:

> Hi.
>
> It might be ducting, but sporadic E definitely does operate that high in
> frequency when you get a good opening and the fading signals are usually
> the calling card of sporadic E.  I remember one good opening in the mid
> 1980s that opened a path into Florida from Western New York, and at the
> same time opened up into the Maritime Provinces.  That opening, while
> predominantly 6 meters and the lower five TV channels, did actually become
> strong enough to open up 2 meters for a few minutes.  I guess you can never
> say never.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 09:00 PM 8/2/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >I'd doubt if you found e-skip that high in frequency, more like it is
> >tropo or tropospheric bend skip.  This is caused by ducting of layers
> >of air where warmer air is layered on top of cooler air.  Common in
> >summer, especially near large bodies of water.  It's really fun and
> >you can work  often for hundreds and hundreds of miles.
> >
> >
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