Both qualify as nightly regulars here. WMBD is the stronger of the two. WIRL not far behind, but the nighttime paattern isn't quite as favorable as WMBD, and WHIO is a frequent pest.
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WMBD is a pest in Scandinavia on 1470. Though when WKMF, now WFNT, went to 5000 watts Day in 1959, apparently early Monday morning or on a transmitter test before WMBD signed on, went right over the North Pole and was heard in New Zealand. Not sure if WIRL and or WHIO and or WHGR 1290 back when it was on the air, were pests, or if there was too much cochannel interference. WMBD has been about the only 5000 watt Night station on 1470 in the region pointed that direction.
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Congrats on the new catch. Skywave was pretty slow to arrive where I am too (Chicago) tonight.
AM opened to the South for me (Cheyenne Wyoming) with WOAI, WWL, KRLD, KKOB, plus a whole bunch of Spanish Language stations thrown in there. Little to no trace of anything up north, so It confused me at first until I realized it was an opening. My new log is actually to my east, with 1260 booming in as "Relevant Radio", so likely the St. Louis one or maybe Cali?
Nice one! WSDZ is a nighttime regular here in the Chicago area. They run 20 kw days, but the 5kw "hourglass" night pattern (as opposed to figure 8) is friendly in your direction as well.
Also, I posted a couple of times about CFMB from Montreal being a pre-dawn visitor here this week on 1280. No trace of it this morning (Sat 11/6 5:00 am CDT).
Yikes! I'm om the Key West SDR right now. R. Reloj on 950 is strong....and I had to re-write what I had just posted. I didn't hear the wobbler at first. But after about 15 minutes on the channel it appeared.
It doesn't seem to be quite as strong as the one on 870, but it's definitely there.
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Interesting experience on 1240 before sunrise this morning. The other graveyard channels sounded as they usually do....a mess. But 1240 had WTAX (Springfield, IL) on top....for more than a half hour with minimal fading. I've never experienced anything that sustained before. On the handful of occasions where I've heard WTAX at my location in the past, it's been pretty much what you'd typically expect. On top for a few minutes or less, and then if you're lucky you can ID it.
Distance to WTAX from my location 184 miles. Radio was the C Crane skywave.
Distance to WTAX from my location 184 miles. Radio was the C Crane skywave.
Radio Reloj on 950 is strong day and night there. Key West is as close as we'll get to hearing Cuba "like a local"
Thanks for the heads up! I now have 810 KBHB, 880 KRVN, 1040 WHO, 1110 KFAB, 1500 KSTP, and 1540 KXEL in, so hopefully we can continue taking advantage of this! Even accounting for Daylight savings time, we're around 2 hours away from sunset!
Enjoy--we're not that far from the shortest day of the year.
It must be the auroral conditions, but in the lower frequency range there is very little skywave where I am (Chicago) except from the southerly direction. On 810 there was no trace of WGY or WHB and unbelievably instead I managed to log WWOS in Walterboro, SC which officially is a daytimer. Also on 830 there was no WCCO and instead there was an unknown Spanish language station. On 730 there was a classic rock station which faded away to be replaced by a Spanish language station, possibly XEX. I have no idea what the first station was... but I'm going to try and see if I can figure it out.
That's probably WUMY from Memphis. Another daytimer that's become somewhat notorious for sometimes staying on all night. At my location, they really trash WCCO when they do that.
Nice Catch on KCBS, What time was it?
It usually is Memphis on 830 during auroral conditions in the midwest.
Cool, You got to put your location & how many miles