Equipment: Alaron 12-inch black and white TV, Samsung 19-inch
color TV, Daewoo 13-inch color TV, Radio Shack VU-210XR antenna with Radio
Shack Archerotor at 35 feet (10.6 m) above ground level.
All times CDT/CST; add five hours to convert from CDT to UTC, six hours to convert from CST to UTC.
May 25, 2003 (E-skip)
1706 CITO 3 Timmins, ON Noted with 6:00 p.m. newscast from CJOH 13 Ottawa, ON. Fair to poor signal; KYW-TV, WFSB also in.
June 19, 2003 (E-skip)
2005 KPHO 5 Phoenix, AZ Noted with ID during local newscast. Floating under local KSDK.
2033 KVOA 4 Tucson, AZ Noted with ID during local newscast. Floating under local KMOV.
2334 KYUS 3 Miles City, MT Noted with end of newscast from KULR 8 Billings, MT. Fair signal.
2339 KRTV 3 Great Falls, MT Noted with The Late Show with David Letterman, local ads. Fair signal.
July 9, 2003 (E-skip)
2109 KVBC 3 Las Vegas, NV Noted with Wheel of Fortune, Web site promo. Fair to poor signal.
July 17, 2003 (trop)
0326 WISN-TV 12 Milwaukee, WI Noted with ABC World News Now. Fair to poor through WILL-TV.
July 19, 2003 (trop)
0800 KTSD-TV 10 Pierre, SD Noted with South Dakota Educational Television ID. Fair to poor signal. Farthest VHF-High trop reception to date at 645 miles!
0830 KDLO 6 Reliance, SD Noted with "Kelo-Land" slogan in promo. Fair to poor signal. Previous E-skip reception.
0832 KPWB-TV 23 Ames, IA Noted with "WB 23" slogan in promo. Fair to poor signal.
0835 KTTM 12 Huron, SD Noted with "Fox Box" kids' programming. Fair signal.
0837 KTTW 17 Sioux Falls, SD Noted with "Fox Box" kids' programming. Fair to poor signal, mixing with KMIZ.
0902 KESD-TV 8 Brookings, SD Noted with South Dakota Educational Television ID and PBS Kids programming. Fair signal, mixing with WSIU, KOMU.
0909 KDLT 46 Sioux Falls, SD Noted with the NBC logo poking through WRBU.
1042 KHGI 13 Kearney, NE Noted with "NTV" ID (for Nebraska Television) and golf tournament. Fair signal; in for over 12 hours!
1054 KLKN 8 Lincoln, NE Noted with local promos, ID and golf tournament. Fair signal.
1106 KHAS-TV 5 Hastings, NE Noted with superimposed ID, floating under local KSDK.
2205 K17ET Cedar Rapids, IA Noted with TBN programming. Fair to poor through KMIZ.
2230 KWCV 33 Wichita, KS Noted with youth-oriented travel show, local ads, "WB 33" ID. Fair signal.
August 24, 2003 (trop)
2300 WKPI 22 Pikeville, KY Noted with KET-1 ID. Fair signal.
August 25, 2003 (trop)
2247 WLFG 68 Grundy, VA Noted with Christian programming. Fair to poor through WKMJ. First UHF trop from Virginia; also have WTKR 3 Norfolk and WTVR-TV 6 Richmond logged on E-skip!
2324 WAVE 3 Louisville, KY Noted with The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and local ads. Fair to poor through WSIL.
November 17, 2003 (trop)
0020 WEIL-LP 54 Effingham, IL Noted with Christian programming. Fair signal. New channel, moved from UHF Channel 41.
December 7, 2003 (trop)
0053 W18CJ 18 Quincy, IL Noted with Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) programming. Fair to poor signal. TBN affiliate in St. Louis moved to UHF Channel 33 at this point.