New Data Project Looks to Tackle the Mystery of E-Skip

When the calendar turns to May, I must confess, I can feel it in my bones. 

It is a sense of excitement that, even after avidly listening to long-distance signals on the FM radio band for 21 years, I still enjoy each year: the dawn of another Sporadic-E season.

But while the month of May is a guidepost, when exactly the skip will begin in earnest is anyone’s guess.

In the prolific E-Skip season of 2021, for example, an opening of more than 30 minutes in length with a maximum usable frequency into the FM broadcast band took place on May 8 here in New Jersey, kicking off a very active month. 

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