Surfin’: Got Tropo?

This week, your Surfin’ contributing editor has deja vu when his car radio begins acting funny again.

Tropo Propagation This Morning

Like four weeks ago, I noticed a tropo opening on my car's FM broadcast radio while running Saturday morning errands. However, I was able to do something about it this time.

I logged four new stations using my CCRadio-SW and its whip antenna.

The best of the quartet was WOMR on 92.1 MHz, 147 miles away in Provincetown, MA and WBUR on 90.9 MHz., 100 miles away in Boston.

DCC at ATL

This week’s installment of Surfin’ previews the 2012 Digital Communications Conference.

Hummingbirds

We have a hummingbird feeder here that gets very busy this time of year. I took the Canon DLSR out this morning and took some shots of our humming visitors. Some of the best of the batch are below (click on an image to enlarge it).

Surfin’: Dust Particles Reflecting RF in the Atmosphere

This week’s installment of Surfin’ examines the radio propagation mode known as “dust scatter.”

Surfin’: Falling Meteors and Acorns

The sky is falling, but that could be a good thing or a bad thing, according to this week’s installment of Surfin’.

Surfin’: Going Tropo

This week, your Surfin’ conductor considers the reasons why his car radio is acting funny.