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cyberdad said:
A couple that I hadn't heard for a while we're in yesterday morning (2/22) about an hour before local sunrise.

First on 690, was WQNO, New Orleans, which was more common around here (although not a regular) during it's WTIX days when they were 5kw at night. Signal was fair and alone on top. I'm going to assume it was on 9100-watt day pattern. The 2100 watt night pattern is mostly east-west. Although there's a very small lobe to the north. Distance: 853 miles.

Then up to 1340 where WJRW from Grand Rapids, MI rose to the top for all of about ten seconds....which turned out to be just long enough for a TOH ID. (6am CST/1200 gmt). Such is the stuff of DXing the graveyard channels. I've heard this one a couple of times before, but not recently. Distance 139 miles.

Radio was the C. Crane Skywave.
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The last time I heard 690 from New Orleans in the Chicago area was after the 2005 hurricane. They were on full power at night.
 
MarioMania said:
In Carmichael, CA

I'm on 1650, I got 50's Music, it's 5:24pm

Hear someone talk, but too weak

Isn't KFOX, It's Asian
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Asian station is probably the Korean one in Los Angeles, KFOX. I've heard it maybe three times, logged it definitely once or twice (by IDing the language). Not sure about the 50s music... that's a real head scratcher on that one. KBJD Denver is usually the strongest station I get on 1650, and it's Spanish language religion (with some music, too). I think the Korean station in LA is KFOX.

There are no other east Asian language stations I know of on 1650. There is a Hindi / Punjabi station from the Toronto area on 1650, though. CINA.

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99.9999% KFOX Torrance CA, which often mixes with KBJD here at night on 1650khz. Sometimes one of the NOAA stations in Oregon mixes, or even KCNZ in Iowa.
 
What radio are you using? It might be a spurious emission or overmod. Or maybe a 'talking house', part 15 transmitter somewhere near where you live. The 1650 listing in my last post shows that there is only one Asian language station on 1650, KFOX, and a couple Spanish language stations and a Hindi / Punjabi stationin Canada, and a sports station in Iowa. Nothing more.
 
Someone may be operating a pirate or part 15 on 1650 somewhere.
 
boombox4 said:
What radio are you using? It might be a spurious emission or overmod. Or maybe a 'talking house', part 15 transmitter somewhere near where you live. The 1650 listing in my last post shows that there is only one Asian language station on 1650, KFOX, and a couple Spanish language stations and a Hindi / Punjabi stationin Canada, and a sports station in Iowa. Nothing more.
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Sony CD D-FJ61

Everytime I want to ID it, Fades out or gets distorted or even cutting out

It might be a Part 15, I'm still listening
 
radioman148 said:
The last time I heard 690 from New Orleans in the Chicago area was after the 2005 hurricane. They were on full power at night.
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And that didn't last long. The hurricane took out the entire transmitter site in Chalmette, LA. They were off for several weeks IIRC, and when they finally returned they were on a reduced power STA for more than a few years. I don't think they ever returned to their former 10kw days/5kw nights. They;re now 9100 watts days/2100 watts nights.
 
cyberdad said:
And that didn't last long. The hurricane took out the entire transmitter site in Chalmette, LA. They were off for several weeks IIRC, and when they finally returned they were on a reduced power STA for more than a few years. I don't think they ever returned to their former 10kw days/5kw nights. They;re now 9100 watts days/2100 watts nights.
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You're right. I remember hearing them for several nights and then they were gone.
 
Current location: Panama City, FL area. Listening to 1190 and picking up WOWO from Ft. Wayne, IN - 755 miles - positive ID. Also picking up classic rock in the background. Verified (via web stream) it is KJJI in Pine Bluff, Arkansas - 350W nighttime power - 465 miles. Eton Elite Field + Tecsun AN-200 tuned loop. Neither station is terribly clear and WOWO is typically winning the contest.
 
I could easily listen to WOWO in Central Florida at night back in the day. Their signal packed quite a punch.
I couldn't hear them in mid Michigan (still can't) because we're in their groundwave-skywave cancellation zone.
 
The WOWO Day signal is usually pretty good in most of Lower Michigan if there is no Daytime Skywave or Critical Hours Skywave. Probably OK still in Chicago Days if you can get far enough away from WJJD/WYLL 1160 in Des Plaines and WRTO 1200 and electrical noisemakers.
 
Schroedingers Cat said:
The WOWO Day signal is usually pretty good in most of Lower Michigan if there is no Daytime Skywave or Critical Hours Skywave. Probably OK still in Chicago Days if you can get far enough away from WJJD/WYLL 1160 in Des Plaines and WRTO 1200 and electrical noisemakers.
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I used to enjoy listening to WOWO, but WRTO and noise killed it for me.
 


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