2023 FM DX

A rather putrid year for E skip. To be concise, it sucked.

February 2023

10th 1200 W249DY 97.7 Waterbury, CT NEW, translator for WATR-1320. Sharp null between Palmer MA 97.7 and my local 97.9's HD hiss on 97.7

11th 1907 Pirate 92.3 Springfield, MA, Zip103 FM (an FM Network in Jamaica) and Radio Jamaica news. NOT counted in my log
2020 Pirate 92.1, HITS92 FM, another Jamaican FM Net, weaker than 92.3, I would guess location is either north or west of the city of Springfield. Not Counted.

April 2023

19th 1115 W298CA 107.5 Greenfield, MA Easy 107.5, very weak but audio was ok. NEW

May 2023

23rd 2030 W279EK 103.7 Middletown, CT translator for WMRD-1150 and WLIS-1420, unfortunately blocks 103.7 here now. NEW. Ugh.

30th Es (all relogs)

1058 WMAO-FM  90.9, Greenwood, MS (75EB)
1058 KTXK 91.5 Tecarkana, TX
1102 WFSQ 91.5 Tallahassee, FL (63C0)
1108 KVRE 92.9 Hot Springs Village, AR (4932)
1110 WXRZ 94.3 Corinth, MS (9337)
1110 WTCD 96.9 Indianola, MS (870B)
1113 WBYB 98.3 Cleveland, MS (59BD) Oldies 98.3
1115 WXSR 101.5 Quincy, FL (1349)
1117 WLRJ 104.7 Greenville, MS (7377) K-LOVE
1121 WMJW 107.5 Rosedale, MS (7558) pty=country
1140 WECQ 92.1 Destin, FL (5F7C)
1145 WYCT 98.7 Pensacola, FL (944F) pty=country
1150 WWWQ 99.7 Atlanta, GA (910C) pty=top40
1155 WRDG 105.3 Bowdon, GA (11E0) pty=R&B
1220 KTBT 92.1 Broken Arrow, OK (1259) pty=top40

Tr

2200 WGBZ 88.3 Ocean City, MD id // WGTS 91.9 NEW
2254 WRFF 104.5 Philadelphia, alt 104.5
2302 WDAS 105.3 Philadelphia (1CA6) ID and local ads

June 2023

9th Es

KQSM 92.1 Fayetteville, AR 3C20
1948 KRMW 94.9 Cedarville, AR 94.9 Radio John Deek
1959 KIGL 93.3 Seligman, MO 'the Eagle'
2050 KKIX 103.9 Fayetteville, AR 'Kix 104' NW Ar's Country

19th GW/Tr

2253 W269ED 101.7 Montville, CT, another Bomba translator(NEW)

20th GW

WAPJ 89.9 Torrington, CT Power boost or something? Suddenly there w/WQTQ

20th Es

1418 WCTQ 92.1 Venice, FL 1BEE
Very weak and choppy Es that couldn't be ID'ed

24th multi-Es

0900 RTP, Antenna 3, 87.7 Pico de Barossa, Azores in for 90 minutes //to their webstream. 2485 miles
This is a new distance record for me and my furthest East FM DX. Count it as Europe? Maybe.(NEW)

28th Es

1048 WEYS-LD 87.7 Miami, FL Almavision Radio, RDS
1109 WLEE 90.9 Cutler Bay, FL RDS, religious music, Spanish
2132 WIKX 92.9 Charlotte Harbor, FL, kix country 92.9
2137 WJBT 93.3 Callahan,FL, 93.5 the Beat
2140 WCFB 94.5 Daaytona Beach, FL Orlando's Star 94.5
2149 WAPE 95.1 Jacksonville, FL
2151 WWRM 94.9 Tampa, FL Magic 94.9
2159 WKXY 92.1 Merigold MS 717E
2219 WQUE 93.3 New Orleans, LA 18F4 q93.com

29th Es

1005 WJXM 95.1 Marion, MS 6ECE
1012 WQPR 88.7 Muscle Shoals, AL PS=WQPR-FM A87
1016 WAYF 88.3 Marianna, FL 5257 Way FM (NEW)
1021 WUSF 89.7 Tampa, FL 8B51
1127 WFSQ 91.5 Tallahassee, FL 63CO
1130 WZEW 92.1 Fairhope, AL 972A

July 2023

2nd Es

2106 KYFL 89.5 Monroe, LA 4FED, BBN
2108 WMAE 89.5 Boonville, MS 745C

21st Es

1200 WQQK 92.1 Goodlettsville, TN A892
1242 WKXY-FM 92.1 Merigold, MS 717E

30th Es

WFYI 90.1 Indianapolis, IN 6454
WQKW 92.1 Dallas City, IL 7FFC

September 2023

3rd Tr

0902 WBUG-FM 99.7 Ft. Plains, NY Bug Country 99.7
1022 WPBZ 103.9 Rensallaer, NY The Breeze (WMRQ IBOC here)

23rd Tr

1020 WBFB 97.1 Bango, ME the Bear, country
1032 WABK-FM 104.1 Gardiner, ME, big 104 FM
1049 WBQX 106.9 Thomaston, ME 106.9 Frank FM WCCC was phased out
1109 WCYY 94.3 Biddeford, ME
1112 WMME-FM 92.3 Augusta, ME 92 Moose
1150 WMCM 103.3 Rockland, ME 97.1 the Bear //WBFB

30th tr

1128 WFNK 107.5 Lewiston, ME unuasually strong
1157 WQCD 106.5 Bangor, ME Q106.5 (275mi)

OCTOBER 2023

4th tr

xxxx W292FI 106.3 Waterbury, CT Strong! like we really needed them to do a power boost. NEW.
1922 WFPG 96.9 Atlantic City, NJ seldom heard the past few years. Unusual.
1951 WZFT 104,3 Baltimore, MD, Z104.3, rarely do I phase out WMRQ and hear anything other than WAXQ NY.
2050 WBQB 101.5 Fredericksburg, VA B-101.5 Capital Shed in F'burg (363 mi)(and a relog)
2301 an FM97 on 96.9 which most likely was WLAN Lancaster

10/5 Tr

WMGS 92.9 Wilkes-Barre, PA Magic 93 (WHYN IBOC does a number on 92.9)
0854 WDNH 95.3 Honesdale, PA The Rail
1030 WBBS 104.7 Fulton, NY B104.7, country
1100 W287CY 105.3 Newburgh, NY WGNY ID at 11am NEW.
1834 WSHK 105.3 Kittery, ME Coast 102.1
1926 WQCB 106.5 Bangor, ME very strong
2004 WVOM 103.9 Howland, ME
2010 WTHT 99.9 Auburn, ME the Wolf 99.3/99.9 (188mi)

That's all folks for 2023 unless we get hit with a ton of winter Es, which isn't likely to happen.

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