{"id":33161,"date":"2018-07-11T17:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T21:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=33161"},"modified":"2018-07-12T18:19:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T22:19:34","slug":"impressive-transatlantic-fm-dx-newfoundland-to-northern-ireland-on-88-5-mhz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/impressive-transatlantic-fm-dx-newfoundland-to-northern-ireland-on-88-5-mhz\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressive Transatlantic FM DX: Newfoundland to Northern Ireland on 88.5 MHz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Southgate ARC)<\/a><\/p>\n

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88 MHz Trans-Atlantic signals heard in Ireland<\/h1>\n

On Sunday the 8th of July 2018, there was a remarkable opening on the VHF bands across the North Atlantic. While there were plenty of strong multi-hop Sporadic-E signals on the 28 MHz and 50 MHz bands, the maximum qusable frequency did reach as high as 88 MHz at one stage.<\/p>\n

Paul Logan<\/strong>\u00a0in Lisnaskea, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland managed to catch CBC radio 1 on 88.5 MHz from Newfoundland, Canada at 22:35 local time (21:35 UTC). It is very rare for openings on Band 2 across the Atlantic and to date, only two people have managed to succeed in hearing North American radio stations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n