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AMAZING! CBC radio 1 on 88.5 here in NI from CANADA at 2235 local [2135 UT]
(Paul Logan, Lisnaskea, Fermanagh, N. Ireland via Steve Whitt, 2246 UT July 8,
MWCircle yg via DXLD)
The 6m prop maps alerted me, boy there was some amount of traffic going back
and forth. My main interest is Band 2. This is the fourth North American
opening noted here since 2003 but they are few and far between. Last one was
2009. Since 2010 I've heard Puerto Rico on Band 2 twice. It's a very odd
(slightly shocking) thing hearing the CBC fade up over RTE!!!! (Paul Logan,
later, ibid.)
There are three 88.5s in eastern Canada, per WTFDA FM DB:
CBVG-FM CBVE-FM 104. 88.5 GASPÉ QC 2.61 0.0 384.5 0.0
48-50-01 64-15-24 Mono NEWS/TALK CBC RADIO ONE 104.7 FM
CBME-FM 88.5 MONTRÉAL QC 25.0 0.0 243.0 0.0
45-30-20 73-35-30 NEWS/TALK CBC RADIO ONE 88.5 FM
CBN-1-FM CBN-640 88.5 ST. JOHN'S NL 3.612 3.102 221.0 221.0
47-32-04 52-47-21 NEWS/TALK CBC RADIO ST. JOHN'S Nested Repeater for CBN-640
Newfoundland would be the most likely one by far, except it`s only 3+ kW, while
Montreal is 25 kW. Distance St. John`s to Lisnaskea is 3205 km = only 1991
statute miles --- so it`s easily double-hop sporadic E, about the shortest TA
path possible. But this is no mean feat – in all my years of DXing I have never
logged double-hop Es on FM. Further post on MWC has an audio clip mentioning
``driving around Montreal`` but says program was network `Cross-Country
Checkup`. His antenna a 5-element yagi (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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