When the FM Band Goes Transatlantic

(radioworld.com)

24 points | by austinallegro 1 day ago

3 comments

  • ilamont 5 minutes ago
    The same author has an explainer of Sporadic-E and skywave propagation here:

    https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/double-hop-drea...

  • davidwritesbugs 10 minutes ago
    I am about to release a streaming Internet radio app (Pentode) and I thought it was cool to be able to listen to FM stations far away - but when I read this I realise what really WAS cool.
  • BlackRabbit1 1 hour ago
    That's huge.

    Ham radio operators are still waiting for a full direct transatlantic QSO (=confirmed both-ways radio contact) on 2m/144MHz.

    Beacon stations are on both sides and they are blasting with a lot of power for quite a while now. But far away from the x kilowatt powers radio stations are using.