Nice catches. I remember when I first heard 930 out of Battle Creek many decades ago it was WBCK.
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I have this problem if I park at the Chicago lakefront to DX during the nighttime or the winter. There are big relatively empty parking lots where cops patrol for drug deals. I tried to DX there a few times but more than once I got a cop car's attention. They slowed down but never confronted me directly (maybe they were waiting for the "other car" to show up), but it made me feel uncomfortable enough to not stick around.
Sorry to hear that! I'd bet going on an airplane with dxing equipment would be even more uncomfortable following 9/11.
KCRN is a regular here during morning critical hours when they turn on the 50 kW flamethrower. However, they do not last more than 20 minutes of so after my local sunrise. At one time, WISS had a CP for 50 kW during the day but they never executed the plan. Great catch on graveyard channel KBIZ!
Bob
This morning between 6:40-6:50am CDT, a new log on 630 kHz, KVMA in Magnolia, Arkansas. I suspect they were already on their 1 kW non-directional daytime power. I caught an ID after they played Let It Ride by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. The signal was steady but not strong.
KVMA-AM 630 kHz - Magnolia, AR
Bob
KVMA-AM 630 kHz - Magnolia, AR
Bob
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Nice! I'm guessing being between St. Louis and Denver, that opens up other stuff on 630. Have you ever heard CFCO?
Yep...Last time I heard this 930 also it was WBCK.
Local SDR still down, so I'm using Methow Valley (nothing will count as new, however...)
Big signal from 1530 WCKY Cincinnati OH right under KFBK with ESPN sports talk. Also hearing 1150 KSEN Shelby MT (unusual for after dark), 570 KNRS Salt Lake City, and a massive signal from KXEL-1540 Waterloo.
Big signal from 1530 WCKY Cincinnati OH right under KFBK with ESPN sports talk. Also hearing 1150 KSEN Shelby MT (unusual for after dark), 570 KNRS Salt Lake City, and a massive signal from KXEL-1540 Waterloo.
Do you get KXEL often?
KXEL covers a good chunk of the US, and is usually strong for me. I heard someone in Juneau, Alaska got KXEL and KSTP over 2,000 miles away
I have never logged CFCO. 630 kHz typically sounds like a "graveyard channel" here at night. My critical hours grab of KVMA was indeed a rare event on this frequency.
Bob
Here in Overland Park, Kansas, KXEL disappears when they are on night pattern. They are highly listenable during critical hours when they are on day pattern. KSTP can be strong and is usually quite listenable here at night. During winter, both KXEL and KSTP are both regular logs when daytime skywave conditions are present.
Bob
Critical Hours: the following were logged this morning [none new, but all rare] between 6:30-6:50am CDT in Overland Park, Kansas:
570 kHz: KLIF in Dallas, Texas with no trace of regular WNAX.
590 kHz: KFNS in Wood River, Illinois with no trace of regular KXSP.
660 kHz: WBHR in Coon Rapids, Minnesota [quite rare]
680 kHz: KNBR overtook KFEQ in St. Joseph, Missouri for (7) minutes [quite rare]
Unfortunately, I ran out of time before a 7:00am client meeting.
Bob
570 kHz: KLIF in Dallas, Texas with no trace of regular WNAX.
590 kHz: KFNS in Wood River, Illinois with no trace of regular KXSP.
660 kHz: WBHR in Coon Rapids, Minnesota [quite rare]
680 kHz: KNBR overtook KFEQ in St. Joseph, Missouri for (7) minutes [quite rare]
Unfortunately, I ran out of time before a 7:00am client meeting.
Bob
CFCO 630 would be much stronger on 10 kW Day Pattern straight West. 6 kW Night has it's maximum toward the old KDWB 630. It sneaked in when it was a Daytimer for a short while.
In between, WBCK 930 became WTOU before it was WFAT. The WBCK call letters moved to 95.3 FM. WFAT radiates close to the equivalent of 10 kW toward Chicago.
In between, WBCK 930 became WTOU before it was WFAT. The WBCK call letters moved to 95.3 FM. WFAT radiates close to the equivalent of 10 kW toward Chicago.
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I have, twice in Wyoming.. but it was pretty weak .. and i was only able to do it thanks in part to recognizing what i heard as country music, instantly and finding a webstream match
Another day, another pre-dawn catch. 1090 WAQE 5kw ND daytimer (supposedly) from Rice Lake WI. (About 90 miles east of the Twin Cities). Mostly a good signal from 5:00-5:30AM CDT. KAAY nulled. Fox Sports "1090 and 107.7". Radio was the Sony SRF-37 Walkman. Distance 289 miles.
I can only imagine what WAQE must have sounded like at night in its normal listening area. KAAY is a monster at night in northwest Wisconsin.
I was also hearing Fox Sports this morning on 1230 with a signal that was on top of the usual mess off and on for about ten minutes. Wasn't able to catch an ID or anything other than network content. With the radio oriented east-west, the most likely suspects were probably WFXN, Moline, IL or WCWA Toledo.
I can only imagine what WAQE must have sounded like at night in its normal listening area. KAAY is a monster at night in northwest Wisconsin.
I was also hearing Fox Sports this morning on 1230 with a signal that was on top of the usual mess off and on for about ten minutes. Wasn't able to catch an ID or anything other than network content. With the radio oriented east-west, the most likely suspects were probably WFXN, Moline, IL or WCWA Toledo.
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It sucks DXing here where I'm at in Carmichael, I have 2 Transmitters like .30 miles from me
Overload on FM & AM, I live in a Town House
Overload on FM & AM, I live in a Town House
Many of us have similar noise problems. Try using the remote SDRs.
I have also heard KXEL on the Arctic receiver in winter.
I have FIVE 50kw transmitters within 30 miles of me (daytime). I also have a 10kw transmitter within 5 miles of me (also daytime). Four 50kw transmitters within 30 miles of me at night, (WYLL moves to a site farther south, and 10kw WNVR either signs off or turns into a 130-watt pumpkin.
They are a regular between fall and late winter, but often not as strong as they were last night. They were S9+, destroying KXPA.
Yours truly caught CFCO 630 Chatham ON in March 2014, the same night as the widely-heard KCKM DX test. In a massive pileup beamed straight east with the 3-foot loop, weak country music was at the bottom. I almost didn't count it at first, but the two songs I heard were straight matches to the playlist from the night before. One of my best Canadian catches.