->  Someone had not taken into consideration inversion layers which
->  exist over some portions of the U.S.  They act as ducts, funneling
->  signals hundreds of miles away.

 Make that Thousands. While the incidents are rarer then the
sometimes routienehundreds of miles TV reception Hams have Talked to
Hawaii using the ham 2 meter (144-148 Mhz) band
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