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Caught Freeport Bahamas station C6B3 1KW on 810 am last night for the first time here in Georgia. 810 is usually dominated by WCKA Jacksonville AL (50KW) daytime and at night (500 watts) due to directional signal in my direction. WCKA was not heard last night but caught Bahamas with island music (many songs specifically about the Bahamas), WGY with a faint signal (rarely heard here), and probably a Mexican station.
810 is ZNS3
Definitely ZNS3
New one for me this morning. On 950 around 5am CST (a little more than 90 minutes before local sunrise. WAKM from Franklin, TN (Nashville metro). Fair signal with fading, but mostly on top with country music, TOH positive ID, and local ads. Distance 443 miles. Radio was C Crane Skywave. I'm guessing 5kw ND day power (as opposed to 75-watt night light). CFAM and WNTD also present, but well in the background. No WWJ.
Location: DFW, Texas
Receiver: Sangean ATS-909X
Logged quite a few new stations this week with good conditions and lower noise. Having restarted AM DX this month, I'm up to 227 stations logged. Back in the early 70's I had logged 800+ from Tampa, FL.
11/20
570 XEBJB MEX Monterrey 2318 Modern music under slight null of local KLIF // stream
1190 WMEJ MS Bay St. Louis 2239 Black gospel ID 1190 and 104.3 FM good then faded on after daytime
1220 KMVL TX Madisonville 2233 Music standards Barbara Streisand Neil Diamond // stream under XEB
1440 KMAJ KS Topeka 2200 Ad for Lawrence Kia fading in and out with KPUR
1480 KQAM KS Wichita 2130 ID CBS news local weather KNGO nulled
1510 KCTE MO Independence 0750 Talk program with KC local ads // stream
1560 KHBR TX Hillsboro 1130 Country music song matched website
11/21
960 KZIM MO Cape Girardeau 2148 River Radio ID SE Mo local ads fair with fading
1290 KIVY TX Crockett 2130 Oldies Elton John legal ID fading in and out
1550 KYAL OK Sapulpa 2100 ESPN radio with legal ID fading in and out with WPFC nulled
11/22
580 XELRDA MEX Piedras Negras 0415 Mexican music with WIBW nulled fair and fading
710 XEMP MEX DF 0510 Mexican music under KGNC // stream
720 KSAH TX Universal City 0725 Mexican music San Antonio mention // stream good then faded
790 KXXX KS Colby 0750 Country music // stream good then faded out
1020 KDKA PA Pittsburgh 0445 Weather and traffic with legal ID weak with KCKN nulled
1180 KLPF TX Midland 0745 Cathlolic english prayer program good then faded
1460 KBRZ TX Missouri City 1715 Asian music weak with occasional fade up
1590 KGAS TX Carthage 2017 Fair with fading local Carthage ads
11/23
1050 KJBN AR Little Rock 0445 Gospel with legal ID good with fading in XEG null
11/24
580 KJMJ LA Alexandria 2336 Catholic music under null of WIBW // stream
590 XEFD MEX Reynosa 2257 Spanish music mixing with KLBJ and KXSP // stream
620 XENK MEX DF 2343 Spanish music under slight null of local KTNO // stream
640 WCRV TN Collierville 1648 Christian talk in KWPN null // stream good
790 KFYO TX Lubbock 0745 ID and weather fair with fading
860 CJBC ONT Toronto 2315 French speaking male and female talking under KKOW with fades to top // stream
1030 KTWO WY Casper 2350 Ad for Wake Up Wyoming fair and steady no KFAY
1060 KGFX SD Pierre 2240 KGFX ID heard in the mix under XERDO
1150 KNED OK McAlester 0435 Classic country weak under KSAL // stream
1300 KAKC OK Tulsa 0755 ID KAKC and The Patriot fair
1330 WEBY FL Milton 1630 ESPN Pensacola ID in the mix
1420 KBHS AR Hot Springs 0402 Mexican music FM 106.3 english ID weak but steady
1470 KYYW TX Abilene 1704 Big Country weather from KRBC TV fair
1520 KRHW MO Sikeston 0335 Classic country // stream in KOKC null
1550 KWBC TX College Station 1635 Classic country Willy 1550 and 98.7 ID fading up to strong
1650 KFSW AR Ft. Smith 0348 Southern gospel // stream very weak under KCNZ
1670 UnID Spanish standards music song after song with no announcements, I checked back later in the evening and heard 50' and 60's oldies in English with no announcement breaks. Signal was good / steady with radio aimed N/S.
11/25
990 CBW MB Winnipeg 0025 Animal preservation interview in null of local KFCD // stream
1030 WBZ MA Boston 0025 CBS news with local ad very week // stream occasionally fading up no KFAY
Receiver: Sangean ATS-909X
Logged quite a few new stations this week with good conditions and lower noise. Having restarted AM DX this month, I'm up to 227 stations logged. Back in the early 70's I had logged 800+ from Tampa, FL.
11/20
570 XEBJB MEX Monterrey 2318 Modern music under slight null of local KLIF // stream
1190 WMEJ MS Bay St. Louis 2239 Black gospel ID 1190 and 104.3 FM good then faded on after daytime
1220 KMVL TX Madisonville 2233 Music standards Barbara Streisand Neil Diamond // stream under XEB
1440 KMAJ KS Topeka 2200 Ad for Lawrence Kia fading in and out with KPUR
1480 KQAM KS Wichita 2130 ID CBS news local weather KNGO nulled
1510 KCTE MO Independence 0750 Talk program with KC local ads // stream
1560 KHBR TX Hillsboro 1130 Country music song matched website
11/21
960 KZIM MO Cape Girardeau 2148 River Radio ID SE Mo local ads fair with fading
1290 KIVY TX Crockett 2130 Oldies Elton John legal ID fading in and out
1550 KYAL OK Sapulpa 2100 ESPN radio with legal ID fading in and out with WPFC nulled
11/22
580 XELRDA MEX Piedras Negras 0415 Mexican music with WIBW nulled fair and fading
710 XEMP MEX DF 0510 Mexican music under KGNC // stream
720 KSAH TX Universal City 0725 Mexican music San Antonio mention // stream good then faded
790 KXXX KS Colby 0750 Country music // stream good then faded out
1020 KDKA PA Pittsburgh 0445 Weather and traffic with legal ID weak with KCKN nulled
1180 KLPF TX Midland 0745 Cathlolic english prayer program good then faded
1460 KBRZ TX Missouri City 1715 Asian music weak with occasional fade up
1590 KGAS TX Carthage 2017 Fair with fading local Carthage ads
11/23
1050 KJBN AR Little Rock 0445 Gospel with legal ID good with fading in XEG null
11/24
580 KJMJ LA Alexandria 2336 Catholic music under null of WIBW // stream
590 XEFD MEX Reynosa 2257 Spanish music mixing with KLBJ and KXSP // stream
620 XENK MEX DF 2343 Spanish music under slight null of local KTNO // stream
640 WCRV TN Collierville 1648 Christian talk in KWPN null // stream good
790 KFYO TX Lubbock 0745 ID and weather fair with fading
860 CJBC ONT Toronto 2315 French speaking male and female talking under KKOW with fades to top // stream
1030 KTWO WY Casper 2350 Ad for Wake Up Wyoming fair and steady no KFAY
1060 KGFX SD Pierre 2240 KGFX ID heard in the mix under XERDO
1150 KNED OK McAlester 0435 Classic country weak under KSAL // stream
1300 KAKC OK Tulsa 0755 ID KAKC and The Patriot fair
1330 WEBY FL Milton 1630 ESPN Pensacola ID in the mix
1420 KBHS AR Hot Springs 0402 Mexican music FM 106.3 english ID weak but steady
1470 KYYW TX Abilene 1704 Big Country weather from KRBC TV fair
1520 KRHW MO Sikeston 0335 Classic country // stream in KOKC null
1550 KWBC TX College Station 1635 Classic country Willy 1550 and 98.7 ID fading up to strong
1650 KFSW AR Ft. Smith 0348 Southern gospel // stream very weak under KCNZ
1670 UnID Spanish standards music song after song with no announcements, I checked back later in the evening and heard 50' and 60's oldies in English with no announcement breaks. Signal was good / steady with radio aimed N/S.
11/25
990 CBW MB Winnipeg 0025 Animal preservation interview in null of local KFCD // stream
1030 WBZ MA Boston 0025 CBS news with local ad very week // stream occasionally fading up no KFAY
This must be the same thing I heard down here in Houston early this morning (11/25). Someone dominating 1670 on top of usual WMGE with soft 70's-80's oldies (If You Leave Me Now, Lady in Red, Wicked Game, Sad Eyes, etc). Listened from ~0420-0510 CST, no announcements of any kind, sounded like a Spotify playback with short gaps between songs. IRCA Mexican Log shows a CP for Reynosa, so maybe a possibility. Just checked the RGV SDR and it's there, coincidentally with exactly the same songs I heard earlier.
Nice catch. I'm too close to WNTD to do much DXing on 950. The only other one I've ever gotten is WWJ, and even hearing them is pretty rare for me.
Thanks. I haven't heard WWJ here for several months. They used to be a semi-regular, so I'm wondering if something might be up with them.
Very nicely done! You're definitely back in the game in a big way!
WEBY is the catch that intrigues me. My vacation location on the Gulf is about 30 miles southeast of their transmitter site just northeast of Pensacola. WEBY, at 25kw daytime, blasts in despite traversing mostly via land path with very poor ground conductivity. t night it drops to 79 watts and vanishes. I'd love to snag WEBY (or anything from Pensacola) here in the Chicago area, so if they're running day power at night, I'm wondering if this might be my chance.
The 1670 UnID is in with a good signal aimed N/S tonight. Listened 2225 - 2245. Fever, Gentle On My Mind, Surfing USA, Crazy, My Way played. No announcements.
Thanks @cyberd. My log of WEBY was at 1630 CST an hour before my local sunset probably before their scheduled power / pattern change. I’ve not heard them at night.
I’m hearing them too. Since they were strong on the RGV SDR during the daytime, my guess is it’s a new station in Reynosa testing. Still need to hear an announcement to be sure. I wonder if anyone outside Texas is hearing them.
I passed on this post to Tim Hall aka the cliff claven of mexican AM radio.. he had it on the Brownsville SDR about 9am this morning. Someone in harlingen has it on a CC Skywave at noon. It's 1670 reynosa.
That makes sense. Penscola's local sunset is about aan hour or so after that during this time of year, IIRC.
I was on 1330 for more than a half hour this morning before local sunrise. No trace of WEBY. What I was hearing was Spanish fading in and out, but I couldnt ID it. My guess is it was the NYC 1330, But that's only a guess, and I honestly don't know. 1330 is less crowded here in my portion of the Chicago area than most of the other upper dial "regional" channels. So it doesn't take much for a distant weak signal to wind up on top.
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This morning Nov 29, around 3:45AM CST, WBBM coming through on the Kaneohe, Hawaii receiver over KKOH and KNOM. No WGN as the noise level on 720 was too high.
The application to modify the WKTA 1330 110 watt Night Pattern (and hopefully they switch to it, because the Day 5000 watt DA facility trashes all the stations to the East if they don't) demonstrates the situation on 1330 at your RL. Like you say, there aren't any overpowering signals. The 50% RSS interference contour is 8.55 mV/m, which is remarkably low for a PSSA. So many of the new Class Bs are in the 15 mV/m and up range, a lot around 25 or 30 mV/m. I used to try to get WTRX when I stayed in the NWC/ORD area, but never heard it for sure. It is the third contributor to the 25% RSS value, after KWWL...KWLO and WHBL. WKTA tried to get 500 watts Night from over near the WNMP...WCGO array. Never saw how, but I suspect it was with tall towers with a null in the vertical pattern to protect WHBL. That would have taken towers over 400 feet, and I don't know if the FAA would have approved it. The "deep" nulls in the 110 watt pattern protect WHBL, WTRX, and KWLO.
Latest new loggings from DFW, Texas. Receiver: Sangean ATS-909X
740 CFZM ONT Toronto 2125 11/25/2021 Radio drama // stream weak in KTRH null
770 XEFRTM MEX Fresnillo 0030 11/27/2021 Modern (tech) pop fair to good // stream in KAAM null
790 KOSY AR Texarkana 0650 11/29/2021 Urban gospel Rejoice ID fair
810 KSWV NM Santa Fe 0655 11/29/2021 Oldies Midnight Confessions matched web song list fair
890 R. Progreso Cuba Chambas 2114 11/25/2021 Spanish talk // stream fair in WLS null
960 KGKL TX San Angelo 0810 11/27/2021 Sports talk // stream weak
1100 KDRY TX Alamo Heights 0755 11/29/2021 KDRY ID Religious program good
1120 KETU OK Catoosa 0736 11/29/2021 Spanish // stream strong
1140 KRMP OK Oklahoma City 0730 11/29/2021 Urban // stream u/local KHFX
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City 2100 11/25/2021 TOH ID ABC News in null of KBDT open carrier
1250 KYYS KS Kansas City 1536 11/27/2021 Mexican music // stream fair on car radio 2 hours before local sunset
1330 KVOL LA Lafayette 2310 11/26/2021 Oldies // stream weak mixing with KCKM with KNSS nulled
1350 WWWL LA New Orleans 2255 11/26/2021 Sports talk // stream weak fading in KXTN null
1400 KHCB TX League City 0045 11/27/2021 Spanish Christian music on top of channel with fades // stream
1460 XEYC MEX Ciudad Juárez 2337 11/26/2021 Fair with fading // stream
1460 WXOK LA Port Allen 2350 11/26/2021 Urban gospel very weak u/XEYC with KBRZ and KXNO nulled // stream
1470 KGND OK Vinita 2145 11/26/2021 OKC Thunder network sonic ad in KDHN null with fading
1510 KBED TX Nederland 0750 11/29/2021 Sport Radio Beaumont ID good
1540 KEDA TX San Antonio 0006 11/27/2021 Tejano music R. Jalepeno under local KZMP // stream
1580 KAGE AR Van Buren 2358 11/26/2021 Country on top with fading // stream
1630 KVAM WY Cheyenne 2213 11/25/2021 Praise music weak in slight KKGM null
1650 KSVE TX El Paso 2208 11/25/2021 Spanish // stream weak in KCNZ null
1670 WMGE GA Dry Branch 2200 11/25/2021 TOH ID Macon's BIN UnID Reynosa station nulled
1690 WMLG GA Avondale Estates 2156 11/25/2021 Conservative talk fair with fading
1700 KVNS TX Brownsville 2149 11/25/2021 Fox sports talk mixing with KBGG in KKLF null
740 CFZM ONT Toronto 2125 11/25/2021 Radio drama // stream weak in KTRH null
770 XEFRTM MEX Fresnillo 0030 11/27/2021 Modern (tech) pop fair to good // stream in KAAM null
790 KOSY AR Texarkana 0650 11/29/2021 Urban gospel Rejoice ID fair
810 KSWV NM Santa Fe 0655 11/29/2021 Oldies Midnight Confessions matched web song list fair
890 R. Progreso Cuba Chambas 2114 11/25/2021 Spanish talk // stream fair in WLS null
960 KGKL TX San Angelo 0810 11/27/2021 Sports talk // stream weak
1100 KDRY TX Alamo Heights 0755 11/29/2021 KDRY ID Religious program good
1120 KETU OK Catoosa 0736 11/29/2021 Spanish // stream strong
1140 KRMP OK Oklahoma City 0730 11/29/2021 Urban // stream u/local KHFX
1160 KSL UT Salt Lake City 2100 11/25/2021 TOH ID ABC News in null of KBDT open carrier
1250 KYYS KS Kansas City 1536 11/27/2021 Mexican music // stream fair on car radio 2 hours before local sunset
1330 KVOL LA Lafayette 2310 11/26/2021 Oldies // stream weak mixing with KCKM with KNSS nulled
1350 WWWL LA New Orleans 2255 11/26/2021 Sports talk // stream weak fading in KXTN null
1400 KHCB TX League City 0045 11/27/2021 Spanish Christian music on top of channel with fades // stream
1460 XEYC MEX Ciudad Juárez 2337 11/26/2021 Fair with fading // stream
1460 WXOK LA Port Allen 2350 11/26/2021 Urban gospel very weak u/XEYC with KBRZ and KXNO nulled // stream
1470 KGND OK Vinita 2145 11/26/2021 OKC Thunder network sonic ad in KDHN null with fading
1510 KBED TX Nederland 0750 11/29/2021 Sport Radio Beaumont ID good
1540 KEDA TX San Antonio 0006 11/27/2021 Tejano music R. Jalepeno under local KZMP // stream
1580 KAGE AR Van Buren 2358 11/26/2021 Country on top with fading // stream
1630 KVAM WY Cheyenne 2213 11/25/2021 Praise music weak in slight KKGM null
1650 KSVE TX El Paso 2208 11/25/2021 Spanish // stream weak in KCNZ null
1670 WMGE GA Dry Branch 2200 11/25/2021 TOH ID Macon's BIN UnID Reynosa station nulled
1690 WMLG GA Avondale Estates 2156 11/25/2021 Conservative talk fair with fading
1700 KVNS TX Brownsville 2149 11/25/2021 Fox sports talk mixing with KBGG in KKLF null
Found the APP from 1976, granted in 1981 for 5000/500 DA-2 for WKTA 1330.
I'd like to see the details of this application, if just the tower and array parameters. Still trying to figure out how it was granted. It took five years to approve, and the History Card suggests that there were a lot of requests for new information and amendments. It looks like the proposed Night Array was about 2 miles South of the WCGO 1600 array. They seem to be along the borders of an Industrial Park, WCGO at the North end of it, and the unbuilt WKTA Night CP at the South end of it.
I'd like to see the details of this application, if just the tower and array parameters. Still trying to figure out how it was granted. It took five years to approve, and the History Card suggests that there were a lot of requests for new information and amendments. It looks like the proposed Night Array was about 2 miles South of the WCGO 1600 array. They seem to be along the borders of an Industrial Park, WCGO at the North end of it, and the unbuilt WKTA Night CP at the South end of it.
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Another nice list! And the first entry, CFZM, is the one that got my atterntion. IME. CFZM can be very difficult in the southern tier of states. I've found it to be next to impossible in Florida and Gulf Coast states. CJBC, (860), which is diplexed on the same tower west of Toronto is also tough, but CFZM is definitely more difficult. That said, here in the Chicago area, CFZM is the better signal of the two via nighttime skywave.