E-skip June 9-10

Late Tuesday afternoon, I checked the FM band for E-skip and was greeted by a station from Missouri: KTBG in Warrensburg on 90.9 MHz. That's where I usually hang out during E-skip openings because it's one of the few FM frequencies with nothing on the air in my neck of the woods. KTBG was a relog.

Wednesday afternoon brought relogs of WHRM in Wausau, Wisconsin, and KLRC in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. However, at 2200 UTC, I logged a new one: KPNO in Norfolk, Nebraska, 1,252 miles to the west. KPNO was not only a new station for the log, but it also represented a new state on FM. (That's KPNO’s tower in the photpo above.)

The radio used for these receptions was an indoor Tecsun S-2200x.

May 31 E-skip

I have been checking 90.9 MHz every morning for any sign of life. As I mentioned before, 90.9 MHz is the only FM band channel that is unoccupied here, so anything heard on 90.9 is an indication that the band is open.

WBUR on 90.9 from Boston was loud and clear at 9 AM, but I did not get back to the radio until 11 AM when the band was hopping with E-skip.

I relogged two stations and logged one new one. I relogged KLRC in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1224 miles to the west-southwest and WOWB in Brewton, Alabama, 1058 miles to the southwest.

The new logging was WATP in Laurel, Mississippi, 1106 miles to the west-southwest.

All were heard with the ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and ICOM AH-7000 discone antenna.

Still More E Skip

On Wednesday, 90.9 MHz was open all morning and I logged four new stations.

1339 UTC: WOWB in Brewton, Alabama, transmitting 100,000 watts, 1057 miles to the southwest

1401 UTC: KLRC in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, transmitting 100,000 watts, 1224 miles to the west-southwest

1506 UTC: WKMD in Madisonville, Kentucky, transmitting 20,500 watts, 830 miles to the west-southwest

1611 UTC: WDCB in  Glen Ellyn, Illinois, transmitting 5,000 watts, 780 miles to the west-northwest

Also on Tuesday at 0000 UTC, I logged a new TIS station on 1630 kHz, WQKY728, a Rhode Island DOT station in Cranston, Rhode Island, transmitting 10 watts 75 miles to the east

Receiver: ICOM IC-R8600, Antennas: ICOM AH-7000 discone, HyGain 18 AVT/WB-A vertical