Μήνυμα #122258

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Hi,

the short and general question is: Under ideal conditions, over what distance can FM radio station with a transmission power of pmax=6,3 W be received?

Whole story: Last Wednesday, while on holiday in Crete, I was driving a windy and steep road from Ziros down to the coastal town Xerokampos in South-East Crete. Along a along the road I was able to hear a foreign radio station at 100.0 MHz. I suspect the language to be hebrew !? (for sure it was not greek). The music was international 80s/90s/today's pop music (predominantly english). Shortly before Xeroxampos the station vanished in static. Driving the other direction, the station would be superimposed by a greek station. Unfortunately I did not record a station id, so I did some internet research now that I returned home. Using FMScan.org I was able to identify a possible israel station called Οι παραπομπές δεν είναι διαθέσιμες στους επισκέπτες. Εγγραφείτε ή Συνδεθείτε. Their live stream sounds pretty much like what I heard in Crete.

BUT: It is located almost 900 km from Xerokampos (plus there a plenty of other stations broadcasting on / near 100 Mhz which are closer). I understand that Οι παραπομπές δεν είναι διαθέσιμες στους επισκέπτες. Εγγραφείτε ή Συνδεθείτε (which are common in the mediterranean area) were good on this particular Wednesday. But still - 900 km? I find this hard to believe... Has anyone of you experienced something similar? How can I verify If I really tuned to this station?

Thanks in advance!

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