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On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:26:37 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> One occasional side-effect, which I noticed more than once after a
> thunderstorm, was the ability to receive TV stations (very noisily and
> poorly) from well outside the normal range.

I once picked up a Minnesota, iirc, FM station on the San Raphael Swell in 
Utah. It surprised the hell out of me because you can't pick up anything 
on that 108 mile stretch of scenery. Tropospheric ducting is a strange and 
wondrous thing. It didn't last long.