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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Generally affects lower frequencies and terrestrial transmitters. I remember in my CB days a massive "lift" and the CB'er next to me in the carpark was talking to somebody in Madison Square Garden ( New York ) and the signal was coming in at S10 on only 4 watts!
Same lift allowed us to talk to CB'ers in Shetland as if they were next door.
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Wouldn't that be 'skip' where the signal bounces off the ionosphere? Always wondered what caused it, I talked to a guy in Fraserburgh from Portsmouth on a 2w rig, he STILL hasn't sent me the QSL card! (DJ from 86 Gallowhill Road i'm talking to you!)