Sporadic E

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May 26 and 27th E skip notable receptions.

4.5 hours of continuous E skip in FM on the 26th starting with Jamaica and then Haiti. Possibly other countries. I only recorded on 107.5 for this part.
At lunchtime FM was wide open to IA,MN,NE,MO,WI,MI,IL,OH,ON,QC,NY with signals as short as 749 miles. 19 new FM's logged.

May 27 Es fizzled around TV2-4 for hours in the morning then finally jumped up to TV6 with a nice clear picture on KOCT Carlsbad, NM around 11:40am. For 1.5 hours after that FM was wide open to Texas, adjacent New Mexico and Mexico with paths as short as 640 miles and to the top of the band.
91.5 KBCX Big Spring, TX at 882 miles had a decent signal with only 250 watts. Just after 2pm another opening brought in Campeche, Mexico from the south for a new state. 17 new FM's logged.
Later in the evening it opened again briefly to Massachusetts.

*107.5 Irie-FM Montego Bay, Jamaica 992 miles

*101.7 KLTD Temple, TX 17kw only 640 miles! previously logged occasionally on tropo

*91.5 KBCX Big Spring, TX only 250 watts 882 miles

*98.9 XHCMN Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico "Maxima 98.9" 30kw 858 miles - new state.

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E skip has been abundant this weekend again on FM. Saturday there were 5 separate openings, all rather short in multiple directions.

Here's a few audios and notes. User's of the "Emisoras de FM" might want to make a note on 89.3 XHCC Colima with slogan change. I'll keep Jim updated with what I hear to make to book as accurate as possible.


89.3 XHCC Colima, COL, Mexico "Imagen" slogan and full call letters ID. 36kw around 1320 miles. Playing both EE and SS hits. Was in for 20 minutes and 80's stuff from Madonna and Wham! were heard. New Mexican state for me. It's a tiny one with just a few FM's



93.9 KJMK Webb City / Joplin, MO 48kw only 650 miles. Previously logged via Ms, slogan seems to have changed from "Magic 93.9" to "Lite Rock 93.9" unless they use both. You can hear an ad for Crabby's restaurant in Joplin.


92.7 WOBM Tom's River, NJ only 1kw around 960 miles

What was previously though to be 92.7 WLOM-LP Ocean City, NJ turns out to be WGMD "The Talk of Delmarva" in Delaware. I called the station and they verified that the Christian Science program is aired Sundays starting at 11:30, just when they briefly came in. Delaware is nice to catch anyway. The bit about Oak Orchard which Googled as a Christian Center in Delaware tipped it off.