Well, September and October were really useless for tropo in these parts.....but November has stepped up and saved the day!!!
The past ten days or so has seen some decent tropo openings..and the past three-four days has been exceptional!!! Tropo in all directions during this time. Not huge distances....but good solid openings with lots of new stuff.....with most of the time spent DX'ing digital TV. Added a pile of new stations on digital TV including my first VHF digital WKYC 2 Cleveland, Ohio. Also logged my 500th TV station during this opening!!!
My buddy, Al Putman lives a few miles south of me and also belongs to WTFDA....we have been DX'ing together using 2 Meters simplex as a communication link, and helped each other log a few new ones with timely tips. Al also logged a pile of digital TV stuff during this big opening. He actually did much better than me!!
Loggings from the past 10 days:
FM TUNER: Magnum Dynalab FT-101AFM ANTENNA: APS-14, 14 Element Beam @ 50" DIGITAL TV: Hitachi 50" Big Screen HDDIGITAL TUNER: US DIGITAL TunerUHF BEAM: Channel Master Flying Arrow @ 55" MY LOCATION: London, Ontario CANADAFM TOTAL HEARD: 1642 StationsTV TOTAL SEEN: 501 StationsDIGITAL TV SEEN: 70 Stations
99.1 WGGE Parkersburg, W. VA. Nov/12 2355 EST VG EEWest Va. Tourist History Spot. ID as "WGGE Parkersburg/Marietta Froggy 99". Into Country Music. Froggy 99 IDs.RELOG 11.4 KW 255 MilesROSS, ONT.
91.9 WUOT Knoxville, TENN Nov/13 2151 EST VG+ EEOpera Music Pgm. ID as "WUOT Knoxville Production" and "WUOT Universityof Knoxville 91.9 FM".RELOG 63.9 KW 503 miles!!!! ROSS, ONT.
99.1 WNML Loudon, TENN Nov/13 2328 EST VG+ EECarolina vs Tampa Football. Westwood One IDs. NFL Network and CBS SportslineSpots.The Sports Animal IDs.New station - 6 KW 526 Miles!!! ROSS, ONT.
91.3 WOUB Athens, OHIO Nov/14 1158 EST VG EEID as "Listener Supported WOUB". NPR Stn. Multi City ID as well.RELOG 50 KW 255 Miles ROSS, ONT.
89.5 WAUA Petersburg, W.VA. Nov/14 1945 EST VG+ EEFresh Air. West Va. Morning Spot. ID as "West Va Public Radio" and Multi City IDRELOG 10 KW 294 MilesROSS, ONT.
90.3 WAIJ Grantsville, MD. Nov/14 2000 EST VG+ EEID as "WAIJ Grantsville". Into News. over Semi Local WCPN Cleveland!!!RELOG 10 KW 249 MilesROSS, ONT.
93.3 CKSG Cobourg, ONT. Nov/22 1941 EST VG EELocal Ads for Peterboro, Cobourg and Port Hope. ID with Spot for the"Star 93.3 Classic Yearbook". Into Springsteen Song.New station - 1 KW 170 miles ROSS, ONT.
106.7 CIKZ Kitchener, ONT. Nov/22 2047 EST VG EECountry Music. IDs as KICKS 106. and "Todays Hot New Country Kicks 106"NEW STN. EX-99.5 MHZ 1.6 KW 60 miles ROSS, ONT.
43 WKOI-DT Richmond, IND Nov/22 2310 EST VG EEChannels 43-1 to 43-5 with PSIP INFO Only @ 2310. TBN Programming. New religious station - TBN 288 MilesROSS, ONT.
32 WNDY-DT Marion, IND. Nov/23 0002 EST EXC EEChannel 23-1 WNDY-HD with South Park.New station MY Network 284 miles ROSS, ONT.
2 WKYC-DT Cleveland, OHIO Nov/23 0011 EST EXC EEChannel 3-1 WKYC-HD with Jay Leno.Channel 3-2 WKYC-WX with NBC Weather Channel. New station - NBC 90 Miles 1st VHF Digital Station. ROSS, ONT.
57 WTOV-DT Steubenville, OHIO Nov/23 2015 EST EXC EEChannel 9-1 WTOV-DT with Deal or No DealChannel 9-2 WTOV-WX with NBC Weather Channel. New station - NBC 181 miles ROSS, ONT.
35 WOUC-DT Cambridge, OHIO Nov/23 2022 EST EXC EEChannel 44-1 WOUC-1 with Frontline PBS Show.Channel 44-2 to 44-5 with PSIP Only. New station - PBS 203 Miles ROSS, ONT.
38 WQED-DT Pittsburgh, PA Nov/23 2050 EST EXC EEChannel 13-1 WQED-DT with Frontline PBS Show.NEW STN PBS 185 miles ROSS, ONT.
26 WQEX-DT Pittsburgh, PA Nov/23 2108 EST EXC EEChannel 16-1 WQEX-DT with America's Store Home Shoplifting!! New station - IND 185 miles ROSS, ONT.
51 WTAE-DT Pittsburgh, PA Nov/23 2129 EST EXC EEChannel 4-1 with Grey's Anatomy.New station - ABC 185 miles ROSS, ONT.
(Source: Robert S. Ross VA3SW, London, Ontario, Canada via ODXA)