FM DX Basque Sporadic E

June 21 2006 reception of 91.8 mhz Irulegiko Irratia, an Euskara language station from St. Jean Pied de Port in the (French) Basque Country.

Really cool to hear one of Europes oldest most exotic sounding languages.

Great signal for a low power station received via E skip.

Sporadic E is a process where clouds of ionised gas form in the atmospheres E layer especially between late April and late August. These clouds reflect VHF signals back to earth where they would otherwise continue on into outer space.

Typical distances received are from about 700 - 1400 miles.

Larger distances are possible but quite rare.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• FMDX
• SWL
• Amateur
• Radio
• HamRadio
• SporadicE
• Basque
• Irulegiko
• Irratia

[GMSamuelRhine]

thats great reception for low power to go that far too

[Amaiuxx]

oxtia!!

non entzun dezaket irrati emisio hau EHtik at?

[rodriampuero]

hello friend you know that commercial FM transmitting antennas have four arrow-shaped items on top of each other and he seems to be adjusted? hopefully answer me because in my house there is a fence and have that form.

[Dtchmastrkilla7]

verycool. is this station still running?

[staticbear76]

just perfect static beautiful

[StoryeTime]

This is very interesting; thanks.

I didn't know about sporadic E...

I'm a French Basque native myself but actually doesn't speak or understand the Basque language yet...

Eskerrik asko!