Wednesday 21st July 2021: At the start of July, FM radio stations on the Azores were heard in the USA. On the 21st, the North Atlantic path opened again with FM stations being heard in Newfoundland and Cape Cod, MA.
This is a log of what was heard by Larry Horlick (VO1FOG) in Newfoundland and Bryce Foster in the US...
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UTC QRG ITU Station, location Details, remarks Distance km Received by/in kW ERP Pol
19:32 88.90 MHz AZR RTP Antena 1, Horta/Cabeço Gordo (fai) Recording verified by Paul Logan, 2218kms by Larry Horlick, Coley's Point (CAN) 9.1 c
19:36 90.50 MHz AZR RTP Antena 1, Serra de Santa Bárbara (tce) Recording verified by Paul Logan 2309kms by Larry Horlick, Coley's Point (CAN) 35 h
19:44 87.70 MHz AZR RTP Antena 3, Pico da Barrosa (RDP) (smg) Antena tres, Recording verified by Paul Logan 2501kms by Larry Horlick, Coley's Point (CAN) 40 v
21:33 88.50 MHz AZR Rádio Atlântida, Pico da Barrosa (smg) // webstream, 3830kms in Mashpee, MA (USA) 3 m
21:33 87.70 MHz AZR RTP Antena 3, Pico da Barrosa (RDP) (smg) Antena 3 ID, // stream, 3830kms in Mashpee, MA (USA) 40 v
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Propagation Mode: It looks very likely that this was a case of single and double hop Sporadic-E again.
The distance from the Azores to Newfoundland is in the region of 2200-2500kms and this was most likely one hop Sporadic-E with a small tropo extension.
The distance from the Azores to Cape Cod in the US is 3830kms and this was very likely to be double hop Sporadic-E.
It's interesting to see that the path from Newfoundland to Bermuda was open at 21:00 UTC which suggests the location of one of the Sporadic-E clouds.
For earlier trans-Atlantic reception reports, see my 88-108 MHz page.
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