WIRK 107.9 FM West Palm Beach, Florida - sporadic Es

July 7, 1989, 12:30 p.m. aircheck of WIRK. Probably the only recording I have of my sporadic Es DX. 970 air-miles. I rarely received sporadic Es. I caught this one after hearing mid-Louisiana stations on my car radio about 20 minutes before. Aircheck recorded from Philadelphia.

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[manyvideoinerests]

where you when you received this? I had an e catch in 2006. Never thought i'd get that lucky. That wasn't a good year for me.

[TechnerVideo]

@manyvideoinerests, I was in my bedroom in Philadelphia. I used an indoor antenna for this. Sporadic Es DX is very unstable and are usually mid-day such as this. I remember it was a hot bright sunny summer day and I was at a flea market. I went to my car and turned on the radio and heard Louisiana all over the dial. I rushed home and was able to catch this.

[TechnerVideo]

@manyvideoinerests I just looked up the historical weather for Philly. It was 92 degrees out when I caught this.

[manyvideoinerests]

Hi, I think that when I had my E catch it was during some hot weather. I beleive it was August 2, 2006. I would imagine there are others on that frequency between Phili and Florida! I know with 99.1 there is one right next state over in Ohio.

[TechnerVideo]

@manyvideoinerests, where in the U.S. are you?

[RVDMISSISSAUGAKID]

This is quite interesting. One day back in late June of 2009 I accidentally stumbled upon WXKB 103.9 FM out of Fort Myers, Florida.

[staticbear76]

oooooo nice n staticy

[manyvideoinerests]

I live in Rochester, NY now. However, when I had the E catch I was in the Detroit area. Now DX on FM is next to impossible with Canada occupying th in between frequencies on FM.