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On Sunday morning at 10:56 a.m. CT, I had meteor scatter reception with a new country and distance record - 95.3 CING in Hamilton, ON, Canada at 1,402 miles.
I had recorders running all day with three unattended radios on 91.1, 93.5, and 95.3. On the latter (a SPARC table radio with the supplied dipole on a N/S wall), I had a weak 53-second burn with an ad for Topper's Pizza that ended with the tagline "Topper's Pizza, making Hamilton amazingly delicious one slice at a time." The city and frequency match CING, and the station has a promo for Topper's "amazingly delicious" pizza on its website.
I'm fairly sure it was meteor scatter reception and not e-skip because there was no trace of e-skip on the rest of that 11-hour recording or on either of the other lower frequency recordings. I only had meteor scatter pings. Also, the signal slowly faded in, peaked, and faded and was un-Es-like.
I had recorders running all day with three unattended radios on 91.1, 93.5, and 95.3. On the latter (a SPARC table radio with the supplied dipole on a N/S wall), I had a weak 53-second burn with an ad for Topper's Pizza that ended with the tagline "Topper's Pizza, making Hamilton amazingly delicious one slice at a time." The city and frequency match CING, and the station has a promo for Topper's "amazingly delicious" pizza on its website.
I'm fairly sure it was meteor scatter reception and not e-skip because there was no trace of e-skip on the rest of that 11-hour recording or on either of the other lower frequency recordings. I only had meteor scatter pings. Also, the signal slowly faded in, peaked, and faded and was un-Es-like.
And it is having its best ratings in its history, I believe.
New catch for me
this morning about an hour before local sunrise. At a little after 4:30am CDT, I was hearing country music on 830 mixing with and trashing WCCO. It turned out to bre WMMI, a 1kw daytimer from Shepherd, Michigan. That's in what's almost the exact center of Michigan's lower peninsula. Distance 211 miles. The sign on time allowed for May by the FCC is 5:15am EDT, so no funny business going on. Ads and PSAs referencing Michigan, along with "Buck 92" imaging , which references their translator on 92.3.
this morning about an hour before local sunrise. At a little after 4:30am CDT, I was hearing country music on 830 mixing with and trashing WCCO. It turned out to bre WMMI, a 1kw daytimer from Shepherd, Michigan. That's in what's almost the exact center of Michigan's lower peninsula. Distance 211 miles. The sign on time allowed for May by the FCC is 5:15am EDT, so no funny business going on. Ads and PSAs referencing Michigan, along with "Buck 92" imaging , which references their translator on 92.3.
I thought that the info I was looking at might be "suspecf". Thanks!
Heads up, just got word from the CPC/NRCA that although there was a DX Test of WBOB 600 - Birmingham, AL last night unknowingly to some, there will be ANOTHER test tonight starting at Midnight ET. The station will feature a full 50 kW power setup and daytime direction pattern for this test. Morse, music, sweeps, and the usual will be conducted.
I have work tonight till 10PM but i'm setting up my SDR to record for about two hours, so let's see if they can get past KOGO here, which if i'm being honest, is weak despite being a regional here. Good luck everyone!
I have work tonight till 10PM but i'm setting up my SDR to record for about two hours, so let's see if they can get past KOGO here, which if i'm being honest, is weak despite being a regional here. Good luck everyone!
J
Jacksonville, Florida.. and it was only made known to us a day before it happened./
Jacksonville, Florida.. and it was only made known to us a day before it happened./
From Cheyenne Wyoming:
Although I failed to snag WBOB, my intensive searching on that frequency finally led me to a positive indication of KSJB Jamestown as it started to equal KCOL in strength, with some obvious Country music being heard, and local ads. The country music could continue to be heard underneath KCOL's legal ID, LOL. Sadly, I couldn't record it without causing interference of my own.
Although I failed to snag WBOB, my intensive searching on that frequency finally led me to a positive indication of KSJB Jamestown as it started to equal KCOL in strength, with some obvious Country music being heard, and local ads. The country music could continue to be heard underneath KCOL's legal ID, LOL. Sadly, I couldn't record it without causing interference of my own.
Around 3:00 AM CDT, I heard 1590 WCSL Cherryville, NC "Carolina Country", which runs 10 kw day, 30 w night. La Ley 1550 WAMA Tampa, FL is also coming in intermittently with the Regional Mexican format also heard on stream. WAMA is 10 kw day, 133 w night. WBOB was also coming in well most of the time that they were on, with KTBB interfering at times. Location is Picayune, Mississippi using SPARC SHD-TX2 radio.
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Must be in daypower
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Busy morning for me this morning. So I missed it On the AM band, generally poor conditions on the low end of the dial, so I also missed the WBOB test. In fact, I didn't hear much of anything other than a couple of weak, unidentifiable signals.
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Sorry I missed this. WASK begins to chop into WFMT in Newton County, Ind., which isn't all that far from Chicago, when you're rolling along I-65. A bit amazing the FCC dropped another 98.7 so close to the existing WFMT, especially when WFMT is grandfathered in with slightly higher power.
I had gotten WFMT under WASK in the Lake Schaefer area near Monticello, years ago. WASK also competes with the 98.7 near Anderson IN.
@ Cyberdad :
Here in the more Northeast US, there were *two* oldies stations audible on 600 -- the morning of Sat 14 May. A null of CKAT North Bay and their Country music brought in both WICC Bridgeport and WBOB.
WICC mentioned something like 'the music is back'. They've been news-talk for fifteen years, and recently have begun playing a lot of music on weekends. And now maybe overnights ?
Here in the more Northeast US, there were *two* oldies stations audible on 600 -- the morning of Sat 14 May. A null of CKAT North Bay and their Country music brought in both WICC Bridgeport and WBOB.
WICC mentioned something like 'the music is back'. They've been news-talk for fifteen years, and recently have begun playing a lot of music on weekends. And now maybe overnights ?
With batteries in the GE SR 2 .... the rotary-swicth lights in the attic turned off ..... and with the router off, the lower dial conditions are superb here for the first time since I moved into the place.
Even the ancient Craig cassette record deck takes batteries. And it's 000 tape counter odometer is still very worthwhile for editing.
The candle budget is rising, but not un-doable, hi.
Even the ancient Craig cassette record deck takes batteries. And it's 000 tape counter odometer is still very worthwhile for editing.
The candle budget is rising, but not un-doable, hi.
Plenty of E-skip in the east and southwestern U.S. this evening - Nevada to Iowa at the top of the band.
Skunk-o here in central WA. The cloud is over the northern CO Rockies and out of range. It's being stubborn and not moving.
EDIT - SkywaveBird in southern CA reports nothing on the Wlogger (WTFDA pay-to-access board).
Skunk-o here in central WA. The cloud is over the northern CO Rockies and out of range. It's being stubborn and not moving.
EDIT - SkywaveBird in southern CA reports nothing on the Wlogger (WTFDA pay-to-access board).