Weather Radio DXing

I recently built and installed a 1/4 wave vertical antenna for the 2m ham band. I used an aluminium boom from an old TV antenna for a mast; it's not super strong, but it's a light antenna. After trying to think of a way to homebrew a mount, I ended up using this 24" stand off mount to install it on the house under the eves, right outside my shack. I'd say it's up about 20 feet.

I hooked it up to my cheap new scanner, which has a WX button that scans the weather band. I thought it would be fun to listen to the dulcet tones of the NOAA voice synthesiser for a while and log all the NOAA weather stations I could hear. Here's the list with notes:

Call	Location	Miles	Report
KIG60	Mt. Mansfield, VT	27	Full quieting.
WWG50	Burke Mtn., VT	38	Full quieting.
KZZ41	Mt. Washington, NH	59	Mostly quieting, solid copy.
WNG546	Moose Mtn., NH	38	Very little quieting, poor copy.
WXM44	Mt. Ascutney, VT	54	Mostly quieting, good copy.
KSC43	Gore Mtn., NY	86!	Full quieting, excellent copy!

There you go, six stations, including one 86 miles away, past the Green Mountains, way over on Gore Mt. in New York! Must be an inversion!