Re: [IRCA] BANFF Band
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Re: [IRCA] BANFF Band



Pete - Not sure about AM but the high peaks might be a hoot on FM or on
a portable TV.  As a kid (in the 70's), I heard of a DX'er who drove up
Mount Mitchell in NC.  He had stations on every TV channel well up into
the upper UHF band.

Fast forward to 1989.  I was vacationing out in Colorado and was on
Pikes Peak.  I got out an old 5" portable TV set that I brought along
just to see if I could replicate the North Carolina DX'ers feat.  Man!
Every channel from 2 to way up in the 50's had *something."  Colorado,
Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Panhandles of TX and OK and NM, too, IIRC.
There was no tropo to speak of and no Es.  I was not even at the summit!
FM stations out to 150 miles with no apparent tropospheric enhancement.
The signals did drop as I went lower. 

That may be fun for you to try.

73,
Dave in Indy



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Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:17:00 -0700
From: Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] BANFF BAND
To: IRCA of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, NRC <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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We will be driving up to Banff, AB for a week mid-September.  I will  
be bringing the 2010 and the Palomar loop so am curious as to what to  
expect on the AM band. Is it a deathly location for AM DX because of  
the mountainous terrain? Also, it is a long haul up there from Tacoma  
so we will probably spend the night somewhere midway. Is it worth the  
time getting off Canada #1 to visit Kelowna?

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
12225w 4719n
HQ180 + Kiwa air core loop
ICF2010 + "     "    "      "
DX398; Palomar loop
SRF-59 & SRF M37V

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