On the 13th of May 2025, FM DXer Larry Horlick, VO1FOG in Newfoundland managed to log quite a number of FM radio stations from the Azore Islands.
The stations logged were in the range of 87.6 to 103.0 MHz and the distances were in the region of 2000 to 2600 kms.
It's very likely that the propagation mode was one hop Sporadic-E with some degree of tropo at one or both ends.
Most of the stations were logged in the period from 14:01 to 14:47 UTC although there are two from 15:21 and 18:14.
The power of the transmitters ranged from an EPR of 40-kilowatts down to as low as 50-watts.
This isn't the first time that Larry has logged the Azores but it's always interesting to see reports of stations from the Azores being heard in North America. It's also relatively early in the Sporadic-E season for such signals.
This is a selection of the radio stations that Larry heard...
1) The source of the above information is FMLIST.ORG
2) For more information on long distance paths on the FM band, see my 88-108 MHz page.
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