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    Question about hearing folks on the radio

    It has been a long time since the days of my Cobra 19 - in 1975'ish. I recently bought a radio again - Cobra 29LCD... I am hearing people who say they are in California, Las Vegas, Texas, etc... But - I am in the central part of Illiinois. How is this possible? or are they just BS'ing...

    Mark

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    It's called skip. During certain conditions, like when the ionosphere is charged by solar flares, radio signals can travel great distances by bouncing or "skipping " through the atmosphere.

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    While answering mmtenterprises question, maybe someone else can chime in as to when this cycle is supposed to end?

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    Booty monster has a link for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mmtenterprises View Post
    It has been a long time since the days of my Cobra 19 - in 1975'ish. I recently bought a radio again - Cobra 29LCD... I am hearing people who say they are in California, Las Vegas, Texas, etc... But - I am in the central part of Illiinois. How is this possible? or are they just BS'ing...

    Mark
    Get on channel 28 when your hearing these guys, and if you hear people say their in Texas...Listen for me!

    "Jesse, Jesse, and more Jesse!...Jesse James in Dallas 854 in the Star, get'n-up..."


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    Sounding real top shelf today Jesse James...73's ill see you 206Nj
    206NJ.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by @2zero6nj View Post
    Sounding real top shelf today Jesse James...73's ill see you 206Nj
    Back at ya...just wish it would hang around a little longer at a time.


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    I have a few Vintage radios I collect and this morning I heard Arkansas on channel 19 loud and clear . I was using a pace 162 I just acquired and yes it was skip . Comes and goes . I am running a 10 meter dipole with a balun . I run a horizontal v . I put the squelch way up so only the clear ones survive. Radio is different from those early days as not as many nuts running musical carriers and such . A more knowable crowd I find . I am in Massachusetts and very few antenna's on houses or cars. Only the die hearts . Enjoy
    Eddie aka Ducksoupe

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    Gotta love the 11yr cycles, this year has been great for me.

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