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AM Frequency of the Week: 760

cyberdad

cyberdad

Far northwest suburban Chicago:

Days: WJR, Very weak but listenable on a (very) good radio in an open area.

Nights: WJR much stronger. If not "good", then "fair to good". Usually alone, sometimes I can hear stuff underneath and/or with WJR nulled, but so far nothing that I've been able to ID. I'm sure some of the other Chicago area guys have done better, so they can tell me what I'm missing. :)

Other location: I'm writing this from Palm Springs. Nice hotel, but unsuitable for DX. From past experience in this part of So-Cal, I'm going to guess that it's KFMB 24/7. If I disscover otherwise, I'll post!
 
From the near north Chicago suburbs, at my location WJR used to be receivable during the day, but since WNDZ came on 750 that's not possible for me. At night all WJR with usually a good signal.

Other location: I spend time in the Coachella Valley where you are now Cyberdad, especially during the winter months. KFMB is receivable during the day especially on a good radio away from noise. Pretty much the same at night.
 
From the southwest suburbs of Chicago:

Day: nothing, not a hint of WJR with adjacent WNDZ. Can't recall hearing WJR days before WNDZ arrived.

Night: WJR. "The Great Voice of the Great Lakes" is usually booming in after dark. Once or twice, a Cuban (old calls CMCI Havana) was detected, and on what was a very Auroral evening, HJAJ Barranquilla, Colombia, 30 kW from 2,262 miles.
 
East Tennessee: Days-Strict daytimer and local WETR, Knoxville (although every now and then, their days and nights get reversed and they may be off in the daytime and on all night). When WETR has been off during the day, nothing is heard in its place. Night is all WJR. I've heard KMTL, Sherwood AR, when they were on past sunset a few times awhile back.

Retro/other: I haven't been much of anywhere but here where WJR wasn't dominant . Back home in Western Ohio I found CKLW stronger during the daytime, but (at least to my ears) the 2 equalized around Lima. There was one occasion where WJR was off the air in the late evening, and on the Edinburgh, IN SDR I caught a weak Spanish station, which coulod have been Colombia but no way to know.
 
Chicago by the lakeshore:

Daytime: Nothing. Even right on Lake Shore Drive the Detroit area stations aren't quite audible during the daytime. Maybe a slight murmur but not enough to know what you're hearing.

Nighttime: WJR in Detroit predominates. I haven't heard anything else.

Retro: 1980s Bay Area: KFMB San Diego would make nightly appearances. It seems that they've recently changed their call letters to KGB, which would not have gone over too well during the Cold War days of the 80s.
 
In west Houston, I hear KTKR San Antonio in the daytime, but they mostly disappear at night. At sunset and at night XEABC is usually on top of WJR. At times there are other signals underneath, but have never ID'd anything else.
 
radioman148 said:
From the near north Chicago suburbs, at my location WJR used to be receivable during the day, but since WNDZ came on 750 that's not possible for me. At night all WJR with usually a good signal.

Other location: I spend time in the Coachella Valley where you are now Cyberdad, especially during the winter months. KFMB is receivable during the day especially on a good radio away from noise. Pretty much the same at night.
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Well first of all, my apologies for another title bar typo.

I can report that (former KFMB) KGB's night signal here is good here in downtown Palm springs. Actually better than most of the big LA signals. It's one of the better signals on my hotel room balcony. I don't know wheter that's because it's now nighttime, or if the ambient noise in the room just doesn't penetrate out there. KGB's powering up to 50kw at night undoubtedly doesn't hurt matters.
 
cyberdad said:
I can report that (former KFMB) KGB's night signal here is good here in downtown Palm springs. Actually better than most of the big LA signals. It's one of the better signals on my hotel room balcony. I don't know wheter that's because it's now nighttime, or if the ambient noise in the room just doesn't penetrate out there. KGB's powering up to 50kw at night undoubtedly doesn't hurt matters.
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Welcome to The Desert. I hope the wind and sandstorm today did not affect your enjoyment of the Coachella Valley.
 
rfry said:
Below is a summary of KFMB's predicted, nighttime fields in Palm Springs, based on their FCC CDBS data.

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25 miles to the east, in La Quinta right under the mountains, it is a rare catch. Mexico City is more common, but not by much.
 
Perhaps, a Moderator can correct the thread title.

From south Overland Park, Kansas:

Day: Strong local signal from 3-tower directional, 6 kW KCCV, licensed to Overland Park but with a transmitter site 25 miles to my ENE in Missouri.

Night: KCCV powers down to 200 watts. At times, there can be heavy interference from WJR. On occasion, WJR rises to the top but often late a night, I can hear audio from both stations at the same time, a mess.

Bob
 
In Reynoldsburg, Ohio, all WJR but with varying strength. Maybe 3-4/10 during the day and up and down at night as we fall somewhere in the cancellation zone.
In my college town of Toledo, WJR has an excellent signal at all hours to the point that I'd call it the best all-around AM signal in the market. Not that there are many AM signals up that way, but 730 points away from Toledo and the others are situated at 1230 or above. Even WSPD on 1370 runs a nighttime directional pattern that hampers its signal in outer parts of the metro area.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Welcome to The Desert. I hope the wind and sandstorm today did not affect your enjoyment of the Coachella Valley.
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Thanks David. First time here other than passing through. Our daughter. who lives in Santa Monica, and her husband reccomended it. We catch up with them later this week. As for the dust shorms, we ran into them on our way into town, but only a minor annoyance. Aside from that, we're liking Palm Spring so far....expecially since DXing on our hotel room balcony isn't a total loss by any means.
 
cyberdad said:
Thanks David. First time here other than passing through. Our daughter. who lives in Santa Monica, and her husband reccomended it. We catch up with them later this week. As for the dust shorms, we ran into them on our way into town, but only a minor annoyance. Aside from that, we're liking Palm Spring so far....expecially since DXing on our hotel room balcony isn't a total loss by any means.
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If you ever return, please email me and I'll give you the phone and an invitation to at least one of our favorite less-touristy restaurants on El Paseo in Palm Desert. We are even farther to the East in La Quinta right under the hills at 10' below sea level.

You have to take the cable car up to the Jan Jacinto peak area... lots of nice trails, plus a great restaurant and coffee spot if you just want to take in the view nearly 8000 feet above the valley.

If I were a moderator, I'd say this is off-topic. Oh, right, well, uh...
 
Here in Wood Dale, IL in the near NW suburb of Chicago:

Daytime: WJR in the past, but now with WNDZ now it's quite difficult
Nighttime: WJR with good signal

DX/Retro: Radio Reloj, Cuba used to be quite common usually under WJR, but they are no longer on. These days couple Radio Progreso outlets are listed, but I have not heard them yet. Other DX on this frequency includes KTML (Sherwood, AR), KCCV (Overland Park, KS), WETR (Knoxville, TN), XEAB (Mexico City), and Radio Barranquilla, Colombia,
 
DavidEduardo said:
If you ever return, please email me and I'll give you the phone and an invitation to at least one of our favorite less-touristy restaurants on El Paseo in Palm Desert. We are even farther to the East in La Quinta right under the hills at 10' below sea level.

You have to take the cable car up to the Jan Jacinto peak area... lots of nice trails, plus a great restaurant and coffee spot if you just want to take in the view nearly 8000 feet above the valley.

If I were a moderator, I'd say this is off-topic. Oh, right, well, uh...
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Thanks for the suggestion (and to radioman as well). It just so happens my college roomate and his wife are arriving at a big time "RV Country Club" in Indio, and we're meeting up for dinner. I'll pass along the suggestion. Certainly sounds great to me. Given that our daughter is in the area (she teaaches at USC), along with other family and friends, there's a good liklihood we'll be back. We've enjoyed our stay here so far, and what you're describing sounds fantastic! I'll PM you with my e-mail.
 
cyberdad said:
Thanks for the suggestion (and to radioman as well). It just so happens my college roomate and his wife are arriving at a big time "RV Country Club" in Indio, and we're meeting up for dinner. I'll pass along the suggestion. Certainly sounds great to me. Given that our daughter is in the area (she teaaches at USC), along with other family and friends, there's a good liklihood we'll be back. We've enjoyed our stay here so far, and what you're describing sounds fantastic! I'll PM you with my e-mail.
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That place, which I believe is the Motorcoach Country Club on 48 near Madison, is about 4 miles from where we are, near 54th and Madison.. It is absolutely lovely. They don't even take Fifth Wheels and little Winnebagos and the like.
 
MichaelTheZ said:
Retro: 1980s Bay Area: KFMB San Diego would make nightly appearances. It seems that they've recently changed their call letters to KGB, which would not have gone over too well during the Cold War days of the 80s.
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The KGB call letters were in use in San Diego during those Cold War days. The San Diego Chicken, first of the well-known American sports mascots, started as the KGB Chicken sometime in the '80s, and the call had a history in the market even then.
 
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