TV E-skip from Mexico

Mike Schaffer, KA3JAW, in Easton, Pennsylvania, sent me a report about some great sporadic E propagation he experienced last month. 

Mike wrote, "The summer Es season had ended on August 1. But ten days later I grabbed a 1,580 mile Es double-hop television station in southern Mexico. It was an analog channel 4 call sign, XHKYU in Valladolid, Yucatan emitting low power at 4 kW."

Equipment used:

• Memorex MVDR-2102 - Full Format DVD Recorder, Analog TV Tuner
• Panasonic SA-DP1 DVD Stereo System 100 Watts
• Visteon HD Jump HD Radio
• No Brand TFT Color Monitor - For Automobile
• 55 Ft. RG-6 Quad (25' near antenna end, 30' near TV tuner end)
• Antennacraft Yagi model Y526 (cut-to-band) for VHF channels 2-6

Notes:

1. Antenna azimuth: West (270 deg.), Elevation: +30 deg. (shed roof pitch)
2. No antenna preamplifier was used

Mike posted videos of the event on YouTube:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB2BRgujBks (this is an online QSL card for the event)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zi5rDZmSoQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DWWktSKUgg