Posted this on another forum and no one had an opinion, so I will throw it up in the air here for someone to shoot at.
Here is a good one for you skip aficionado's and experts to mull over and discuss.
Driving home from Huntsville to Scottsboro AL this evening, I hear a friend of mine who lives on Sand Mountain (Elevation 1500Ft) talking to another station on Ch 19 that I can not hear.
He is slow to start talking after he keys up and I noticed that every time he would key up I would hear a station out of New York loud and clear until he started talking.
After listening to this for about 10 minutes I broke the channel and asked him if he was hearing the New York unit. He said no, skip had been non-existent all day.
I then had him key up and just hold a dead key for nearly 5 minutes, wherein I could here the New York unit loud and clear.
Seen this happen before, but not in the past few years. We used to call it "Riding the Carrier".
Anyone else ever heard it before? I had forgotten about it until today.
Here is a good one for you skip aficionado's and experts to mull over and discuss.
Driving home from Huntsville to Scottsboro AL this evening, I hear a friend of mine who lives on Sand Mountain (Elevation 1500Ft) talking to another station on Ch 19 that I can not hear.
He is slow to start talking after he keys up and I noticed that every time he would key up I would hear a station out of New York loud and clear until he started talking.
After listening to this for about 10 minutes I broke the channel and asked him if he was hearing the New York unit. He said no, skip had been non-existent all day.
I then had him key up and just hold a dead key for nearly 5 minutes, wherein I could here the New York unit loud and clear.
Seen this happen before, but not in the past few years. We used to call it "Riding the Carrier".
Anyone else ever heard it before? I had forgotten about it until today.