Pipe, CE3SX / CE3SAD in Chile reports that he managed to hear a FM radio station at 97 MHz from Jamaica during a Trans-Equatorial Propagation (TEP) opening on the 13th of October 2026.
The Jamaican station, KOOL 97 FM was heard on three different frequencies... 97.3 MHz from Montego Bay, 97.5 MHz from Ocho Rios and 97.9 MHz from Kingston.
Pipe was listening from a location at Chicureo which is just north of the Santiago, the capital of Chile in South America. The stations were heard at 21.21 local time in Chile which is 00:21 UTC.
The distance was approximately 5760 kms.
While I have reported on previous openings on the FM band between Jamaica and Chile, it's always interesting to hear about an opening at 97 MHz over such a long distance.
The distance is at nearly 5,800kms is approaching the maximum distance usually associated with Trans-Equatorial Propagation.
A video clip of the reception is shown below...
Links...
1) For more examples of long distance reception reports on 88-108 MHz band, see my Band 2 page.
