KMOX 1120AM, St. Louis, MO, Solar Eclipse Reception, 8-21-2017

[Route66Fan]

A recording of the reception of KMOX during the 2017 Solar Eclipse on 8-21-2017, approximately between 1:17.30PM-1:19.01PM. Received in Marshall, MO.

 

[cyberdad]

I remember that event. I was in the back yard with my Superadio-II. Skywave wasn't quite as good as i'd hoped, but I did snag several catches. WLAC was probably the best signal of the bunch IIRC.

 

[radioman148]

I remember that event. I was in the back yard with my Superadio-II. Skywave wasn't quite as good as i'd hoped, but I did snag several catches. WLAC was probably the best signal of the bunch IIRC.

Same here. A few stations on the high end of the band was all I was able to catch.

 

[boombox4]

I heard a couple X-banders from California -- KQMS Redding 1670 and KBRE Merced 1660, and possibly another (can't recall and log isn't handy). Also heard some stations from Eastern Washington and Idaho. It was fun, being that it was near noon here in Western WA. All on my PR-D5.

To the OP: what equipment were you using? Cool recording. Sounds like the KMOX guy was outside, looking to see what planets he could see.

 

[Route66Fan]

I heard a couple X-banders from California -- KQMS Redding 1670 and KBRE Merced 1660, and possibly another (can't recall and log isn't handy). Also heard some stations from Eastern Washington and Idaho. It was fun, being that it was near noon here in Western WA. All on my PR-D5.

To the OP: what equipment were you using? Cool recording. Sounds like the KMOX guy was outside, looking to see what planets he could see.

I think it was a Emerson AM\FM\CD Player & Tape Recorder Boombox (I can't find it right now, so I can't tell you all what the model # was.). It was a Dark Gray color & ran on 6 C size batteries. I was outside in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Marshall, MO, when I made the recording.

 

[gr8oldies]

I was in the path of totality (at a drive in theater that had opened for viewing) and most of the action was above 1100. First station I heard in East Tennessee was KXEL. It was like sunset skip going west to east.

 

[bulwnkl]

That’s pretty neat! Thanks for sharing the recording.

 

[radioman148]

I was in the path of totality (at a drive in theater that had opened for viewing) and most of the action was above 1100. First station I heard in East Tennessee was KXEL. It was like sunset skip going west to east.

I heard KXEL too in the Chicago area. Can't get them in summer at that time.

 

[Ke4kls]

I did some band scanning during the eclipse here in Huntsville, AL on that day, not in the total eclipse area but fairly close. KMOX came in well, also WHAS in Louisville, WCKY in Cincinnati and surprisingly, WHKY 1290 Hickory, NC came in well on its 50 Kw day power. What was interesting in scanning the dial was hearing skywave on a number of stations that were daytimers, or full time stations on their daytime power which made things interesting, had I more time would have logged these stations.

 

[boombox4]

I think it was a Emerson AM\FM\CD Player & Tape Recorder Boombox (I can't find it right now, so I can't tell you all what the model # was.). It was a Dark Gray color & ran on 6 C size batteries. I was outside in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Marshall, MO, when I made the recording.

Some of those boomboxes had good AM sections. I have a couple 80's and 90's era boomboxes I've used for DXing.

 

[schmave]

Mine was the same way. Got mine around 1990 and had it for several years. Especially in the winter, it got great AM reception. Picked up then-WMAQ during the day a few times in and around January 1993 from here in Columbus, Ohio. That groundwave hardly ever makes it this far no matter the time of year.

 

[cyberdad]

I'll second those last couple of posts. I had a JVC boombox that I bought around 1987, which was awesome for AM DX and also had the benefit of really good audio. I kept it on a table by the bed. Perfect for catching Joe Donovan's overnight show on WHAS. Which on the boombox sounded like a local!