• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Alaska AM DX

Dondd said:
I will have to scan for stations in the 9khz range from here in central Texas, just north of Austin.
Click to expand...
Asian and European stations are very very uncommon in Texas. Usually, you will need a much better receiver to attempt them.
 
crainbebo said:
Paul, how strong are Seattle AMs up there? Are there some that never make it even though they are decent power? What about eastern/southeastern WA stations? What's the normal occupant on 1280, 1460, 610?
Click to expand...

I hear KO.. KNWN nightly... no KNFQ really. KLFE mixed with whatever 1590 is down on the oregon coast.... som,etimes the 1150 in grants pass or seattle
 
There's a guy on the IRCA group.io from Oklahoma that is sometimes able to catch the big NHK stations, HLAZ, and HLCA. He was using an SDR and a Wellbrook antenna...
See his report from 10/29/21 here - https://groups.io/g/IRCA/message/22400

So, if HLAZ can make it sometimes into OK, it could be doable with good equipment in central TX.

Paul - Yikes, that's what my 1590 listening often sounds like! But you're a few hundred miles WEST of Anchorage. Hopefully you can nab Great Bend KS if the low solar activity continues.
 
crainbebo said:
There's a guy on the IRCA group.io from Oklahoma that is sometimes able to catch the big NHK stations, HLAZ, and HLCA. He was using an SDR and a Wellbrook antenna..
Click to expand...
There is a big difference in using an SDR with a Wellbrook and an over-the-counter portable.
crainbebo said:
So, if HLAZ can make it sometimes into OK, it could be doable with good equipment in central TX.
Click to expand...
Keyword: "good". The poster was asking about using what I believe is a $60 radio to do what requires over a $1000 investment.
 
crainbebo said:
There's a guy on the IRCA group.io from Oklahoma that is sometimes able to catch the big NHK stations, HLAZ, and HLCA. He was using an SDR and a Wellbrook antenna...
See his report from 10/29/21 here - https://groups.io/g/IRCA/message/22400

So, if HLAZ can make it sometimes into OK, it could be doable with good equipment in central TX.

Paul - Yikes, that's what my 1590 listening often sounds like! But you're a few hundred miles WEST of Anchorage. Hopefully you can nab Great Bend KS if the low solar activity continues.
Click to expand...
There's a guy in Michigan that must have the Voice of America in his back yard. He's always able to catch Australians, New Zealand, Japan, deep south America. If I only had a few hundred acres.
 
That's Tim Tromp in Muskegon. He has a 140' D-Kaz antenna pointed west and a Perseus. No wonder his DX is so great.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Keyword: "good". The poster was asking about using what I believe is a $60 radio to do what requires over a $1000 investment.
Click to expand...
If it's me you're referencing, I have a Grundig Yacht Boy 400, which I believe was over $100.
 
Dondd said:
If it's me you're referencing, I have a Grundig Yacht Boy 400, which I believe was over $100.
Click to expand...
Same thing. The DXer favorites in the lower price ranges are actually better. C. Crane and Tecsun have models in the $60 to $150 range that are actually very good DX devices. But none can compete with the high-end communications receivers, whether traditional ones or software based radios using sophisticated antenna systems.
 
gr8oldies said:
Still, it's very unlikely to get you Trans-Atlantics or Trans-Pacifics from Texas.
Click to expand...
My limited experience tells me that some of the lower cost radios have to be manually switched from 10 kHz to 9 kHz allocation tables, which for international Medium Wave DXing is, at best, a pain.
 
DavidEduardo said:
My limited experience tells me that some of the lower cost radios have to be manually switched from 10 kHz to 9 kHz allocation tables, which for international Medium Wave DXing is, at best, a pain.
Click to expand...
If you were lucky enough to get TA or TP you'd hear the het and know to switch over.
 
January 6th.
Glorious audio and signal from Radio lasi 1053 romania despite the 3rd harmonic of my 1kw airport beacon, VTR 350
also 1179 romania.
1188 hungary
1413 moldova, 1485 norway
864 moldova, 1026 iran...
 
Had mentions of "la Estacion De La Familia" and some spanish talk on 1310.. turns out its KZXR Prosser, WA (near Yakima) about 930p alaska time. Radio locator lists regional mexican, owned by bustos but its spanish religion,m confirmed by a local
 
What is daytime AM (and FM) reception like?
I know Alaska has many different areas, with only a relatively few cities, like Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, etc., but what would reception be like on the Aleutian Islands and North Pole areas?

How is reception in the Arctic?
Do ships receive AM signals day and night in the Arctic?
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom