WDNB

WDNB, 102.1 MHz, Jeffersonville, New York

Driving back to work from my lunchtime run to Walmart, I had the car radio tuned to WAQY FM on 102.1 MHz out of Springfield, Mass. As I pulled into my parking slot at work, the song WAQY was broadcasting was captured by a weather report for a town that was new to me. After the weather report, the station id'd as "Thunder 102," WDNB out of Jeffersonville, NY, about 108 miles to my west-northwest. My new logging was a solid S-9 unless I rolled the car a few feet forward or backward; then WAQY would capture WDNB. I tuned around the FM band, but did not find anything else unusual.

Surfin’: Going Tropo

This week, your Surfin’ conductor considers the reasons why his car radio is acting funny.

Tropo Opening Yesterday?

Anyone notice unusual propagation Saturday morning? I was taking my wife grocery shopping at about 10 AM EDST and tuned the FM radio to 102.10 to listen to WAQY in Springfield, MA, which is literally line of sight less than 35 miles from my location.

Instead of hearing WAQY's loud signal, I could hear two or three other stations competing with WAQY on 102.1. Since I was driving my car and on a mission with my wife, there was no opportunity to DX.

My guess it was a tropo opening. Anyone else hear anything DX-interesting?