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AM Frequency of the Week: 1070
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KNX and CFAX Victoria, BC at night, often mixing.
McGrath, alaska
McGrath, alaska
The towers are down. The only thing still up is the building the transmitter was in.
You cannot tell 6 towers were there.
They didn't waste any time.
They started tearing them down the next day. Next time I'm up that way it'll be weird to see no towers there
From Mountain View, Hawaii
Daytime - nothing
Nighttime - KNX usually with a good signal except for this past week.
I've always thought how neat it is to be the same distance from Los Angeles as New Jersey where you can't get KNX but it comes in here so well.
That's what ocean and no stations in between on the same frequency will do.
Daytime - nothing
Nighttime - KNX usually with a good signal except for this past week.
I've always thought how neat it is to be the same distance from Los Angeles as New Jersey where you can't get KNX but it comes in here so well.
That's what ocean and no stations in between on the same frequency will do.
Those oceans are so helpful!
Last night (10/4) in Sault Ste. Marie, ON (a good DX spot), I dialed up 1070 and it sounded like a graveyard channel. I was on 1070 for at least 20 minutes. Lots of noise, but absolutely nothing rose to the top....although I was able to identify CHOK in the mess.
(I'll try to post some bandscan highlights tomorrow or later this week.)
(I'll try to post some bandscan highlights tomorrow or later this week.)
Good!!
Wasting time is wasting money.......
Coupla questions to follow these loggings here, 8 air miles N of Pottsville PA.
Days, WKOK Sunbury, 10,000 watts omni day, completely inedible at night on
their 1000 directional setup. WKOK is about 30 air miles WNW of me.
One sunset I caught something called 'The Beach', and a 'WSCP' from somewhere.
Anotherr SSS, WFNI / WIBC was shredding WKOK on the car radio -- driving through
Shamokin, pretty much in the main beam, re Radio-Locator.
Nights: Last I checked, CHOK was the most often heard.
Question 1, to Radioman : At what times of the day/night did you used to hear KNX? You
mentioned 'the Fall' ......
Question 2, to anyone, hi : With WFNI all but history, can US stations on 1070 and adjacents
loosen or adjust their patterns as if the city of Indianapolis itself never existed? Is the FCC still open to that sort of position-jockeying ? I'd read some time back that the FCC had put a stop on AM CPs. I know that US stations could not loosen their signals when Canadians on 690, 940 et al , left the air. But that treaty stuff shouldn't affect US stations, should it?
Days, WKOK Sunbury, 10,000 watts omni day, completely inedible at night on
their 1000 directional setup. WKOK is about 30 air miles WNW of me.
One sunset I caught something called 'The Beach', and a 'WSCP' from somewhere.
Anotherr SSS, WFNI / WIBC was shredding WKOK on the car radio -- driving through
Shamokin, pretty much in the main beam, re Radio-Locator.
Nights: Last I checked, CHOK was the most often heard.
Question 1, to Radioman : At what times of the day/night did you used to hear KNX? You
mentioned 'the Fall' ......
Question 2, to anyone, hi : With WFNI all but history, can US stations on 1070 and adjacents
loosen or adjust their patterns as if the city of Indianapolis itself never existed? Is the FCC still open to that sort of position-jockeying ? I'd read some time back that the FCC had put a stop on AM CPs. I know that US stations could not loosen their signals when Canadians on 690, 940 et al , left the air. But that treaty stuff shouldn't affect US stations, should it?
WFNI's signal wasn't all that protected in the first place, by the looks of Radio Data MW Stations Map in Google Maps API v3: NIGHTTIME-UNLIMITED_1070KHz-1 ; any station that wishes to expand would look at KNX before the old WFNI. In my opinion, the FCC should modernize the assignments (to prioritize the clears) but that will be about a decade's worth of time and money spent that might be more agonizing than helpful.
Right now WFNI is still licensed and must remain protected. Should the license be deleted, the answer is theoretically yes, practically, probably not.
We're almost there. The best time for me to hear KNX in the Chicago area used to be the last couple of weeks in October
especially the last 2 weeks right before Chicago area sunrise-where I am up until we "fall back". All the stations to the east on 1070 would disappear into daylight and that used to give a nice pathway for KNX to reach the Chicago area right before sunrise. However, this worked well in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. It's been at least 10-15 years since I've heard KNX in the Chicago area.
Don't know what has changed.
From NW San Antonio:
Day: Normally blank. During daytime skywave I'll sometimes hear KOPY in Alice, TX.
Sunset: To the NW, it's a mix of KWEL in Midland, TX, and KOPY. To the NE, it's a weak KNTH and sometimes WAPI. KFTI is usually heard in/out in either direction.
Night: Aimed NE I hear KFTI and a weak KHMO and KNTH in/out. Aimed NW it's KWEL and occasional weak bits of KNX and Radio 26 in Cuba. KFTI contiues to mix in at this direction as well.
Sunrise: To the NW, KNX is most dominant with a surprisingly good signal. KWEL and KOPY are underneath or mixing in. To the NE, KNTH is stronger after switching to day power, and I sometimes hear WDIA as well.
DX/Retro: I used to hear XESP in Tlaquepaque at night before it retired. Also, I've heard WNVY in Cantonment, FL, just once. It was on a late October night seven years ago.
Day: Normally blank. During daytime skywave I'll sometimes hear KOPY in Alice, TX.
Sunset: To the NW, it's a mix of KWEL in Midland, TX, and KOPY. To the NE, it's a weak KNTH and sometimes WAPI. KFTI is usually heard in/out in either direction.
Night: Aimed NE I hear KFTI and a weak KHMO and KNTH in/out. Aimed NW it's KWEL and occasional weak bits of KNX and Radio 26 in Cuba. KFTI contiues to mix in at this direction as well.
Sunrise: To the NW, KNX is most dominant with a surprisingly good signal. KWEL and KOPY are underneath or mixing in. To the NE, KNTH is stronger after switching to day power, and I sometimes hear WDIA as well.
DX/Retro: I used to hear XESP in Tlaquepaque at night before it retired. Also, I've heard WNVY in Cantonment, FL, just once. It was on a late October night seven years ago.
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