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Schroedingers Cat said:
I wonder of there is a list of the largest service areas in the country. WNAX 570 and WMAQ 670 have to be pretty high on the list. Not sure if they use 0.5 mV/m or 0.1 mV/m to determine this.
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WNAX would have to at least be in the conversation. Unlike KFYR and CBK, they're directional daytime. Also some of their signal touches the Sandhills of Nebraska, where the ground conductivity drops off dramatically. Pretty much the same story for CFTR. Directional daytime, and their signal to the east runs into the Canadian shield area, where conductivity drops from exceptional to lousy in a hurry.

As for WSCR (WMAQ), the ground conductivity in most of their coverage area is good. But not as good as the stations mentioned above. Also, WSCR's signal is inhibited to the east by the sand dunes and sandy soil in much of southwest Michigan. Although that said,, WSCR daytime makes it to Detroit and beyond into Ontario.
 
cyberdad said:
WNAX would have to at least be in the conversation. Unlike KFYR and CBK, they're directional daytime. Also some of their signal touches the Sandhills of Nebraska, where the ground conductivity drops off dramatically. Pretty much the same story for CFTR. Directional daytime, and their signal to the east runs into the Canadian shield area, where conductivity drops from exceptional to lousy in a hurry.

As for WSCR (WMAQ), the ground conductivity in most of their coverage area is good. But not as good as the stations mentioned above. Also, WSCR's signal is inhibited to the east by the sand dunes and sandy soil in much of southwest Michigan. Although that said,, WSCR daytime makes it to Detroit and beyond into Ontario.
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Are you sure that you're not thinking of KFRM 550 Salina, KS being DA in the Daytime? WNAX 570 is nondirectional Daytime. The reason WMAQ 670 is in the running is because it is 50 kW instead of 5 kW. No coastal stations can be in the running.
 
I stand corrected on WNAX, I thought they were directtional to the northwest. My bad. I wasn't thinking of 'rKFRM, i've known all along that they're very directional I still think KFYR....and for that matter, WNAX....have a bigger footprint than WMAQ/WSCR. But as always, I stand to be corrected. :)
 
Pertaining to recent mentions of WSB... Last night I checked if they were back on the air, and they were. But when they ID'ed they stated only their 95.5 FM frequency; no mention of 750 AM. I thought that was odd especially for a 50kW blowtorch like them. Also, their website www.wsbradio.com mentions only 95.5 in the top banner. What's up with that?? Are they disavowing their AM presence now? 🤨
 
On Saturday night I sat on 1320 from 9:15-10:10 p.m. CT and logged two new stations - WRJW in Picayune, MS, and KRLW in Walnut Ridge, AR.

The radio (Sangean PR-D4W) was aimed NE/SW, and I heard weak signals with music from both stations in/out underneath KXYZ and KWHN. I heard country songs by Jordan Davis, Russell Dickerson, and Lee Brice that matched WRJW's stream. There was some DJ talk, but it was too deep in the mud to understand. The station is 540 miles from me and transmits at 75 watts at night.

Prior to the country songs, I heard oldies by Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Mr. Mister, and Air Supply. KRLW seemed to match the format and direction, but I couldn't find a stream. This morning I called the station (via Combined Media Group) and a guy named Tony confirmed that his log matched what I heard. KRLW is 632 miles from me and 152 watts nighttime.
 
r388yh said:
Pertaining to recent mentions of WSB... Last night I checked if they were back on the air, and they were. But when they ID'ed they stated only their 95.5 FM frequency; no mention of 750 AM. I thought that was odd especially for a 50kW blowtorch like them. Also, their website www.wsbradio.com mentions only 95.5 in the top banner. What's up with that?? Are they disavowing their AM presence now? 🤨
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I think that's a mistake. at least given the Night service area. Remember that local people travel to areas where only the skywave reaches. And FM stations have signal problems in some areas also.
 
r388yh said:
Pertaining to recent mentions of WSB... Last night I checked if they were back on the air, and they were. But when they ID'ed they stated only their 95.5 FM frequency; no mention of 750 AM. I thought that was odd especially for a 50kW blowtorch like them. Also, their website www.wsbradio.com mentions only 95.5 in the top banner. What's up with that?? Are they disavowing their AM presence now? 🤨
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First of all Welcome to the board. You/re always among friends here' As fpr WSB and other AM's/branding/promoting themselves with an FM simulcast frequency, I can think of a couple of reasons for them doing that. First, there are more listeners tuning into AM than AM. In fact, arguably don't even know what AM is. So when you keep the FM frequency at the forefront, it tells the majority of where the radio llisteners where to find their station. Secondly, by migrating as many listeners as possible to the FM band, it's sets up the AM for possible sale and/or format switch. It's been estimated that most (but not all) AMs willl be ethnic, religious, or brokered within the next 5-10 years. Either that, or they'll just go deark. The migration of AM to FM is either complete or in progress in many other countries around the world. Canada and Mexico among them.
 
New one for me this morning (9/26), a little after 4am CDT. ir WCHS 580 from Charleston, WV. 5kw from 453 miles. The night pattern is aimed directly away from me, so I'm guessing 5kw non-directional day power and pattern. Fair signal steady and alone with news/talk and positive ID. Radio was the C Crane skywave barefoot. I'm actually a little surprised that I haven't heard this one previously.
 
No chance of me DXing whatsoever on AM. The noise level here is worse than it was a few years ago...and my usual SDR in Ellensburg/Kittitas is disconnected.
I guess it's Kiwis in other places (which don't count for logs).

Oh well. I'm too busy with many other priorities in life, and besides, I've run out of possible logs to get! With over 800 AM stations in the logbook, it's not easy to find new ones.
 
Alert: It looks like most, if not all, of Cuba is out of power due to Hurricane Ian. This might be a good night for those in the northeastern and deep south US away from the hurricane to try for stations normally not received due to Cuban interference.

Stay safe, Floridians!
 
r388yh said:
Pertaining to recent mentions of WSB... Last night I checked if they were back on the air, and they were. But when they ID'ed they stated only their 95.5 FM frequency; no mention of 750 AM. I thought that was odd especially for a 50kW blowtorch like them. Also, their website www.wsbradio.com mentions only 95.5 in the top banner. What's up with that?? Are they disavowing their AM presence now? 🤨
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They are actively promoting the band where listeners already spend most of their time. The old timers know WSB is on 760 AM. Anyone else is not going to use the AM, but may be encouraged to stay with the FM.
 
crainbebo said:
Alert: It looks like most, if not all, of Cuba is out of power due to Hurricane Ian. This might be a good night for those in the northeastern and deep south US away from the hurricane to try for stations normally not received due to Cuban interference.
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Cuba is 800 miles from East to West. The only part affected by the hurricane is the far eastern set of provinces, Artemisa, Pinar del Río and the island Isla de Juventud, which are mostly without power (1, 2 and 16 on the map).

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The rest of the nation is "normal", with lots of ongoing power issues due to bad maintenance of the Soviet era generator plants. The Reuters article exaggerates the outage due to just the hurricane. The island has been suffering massive failures since late last year due to lack of resources and the cut-off of petroleum from Communist cohort Maduro in Venezuela (where they now have to import petroleum despite having the world's largest petroleum reserves:

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crainbebo said:
Alert: It looks like most, if not all, of Cuba is out of power due to Hurricane Ian. This might be a good night for those in the northeastern and deep south US away from the hurricane to try for stations normally not received due to Cuban interference.

Stay safe, Floridians!
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An AP alert went out saying power is out islandwide

A friend near birmingham, alabama is hearing CHLO 530 near toronto like a local tonight
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
An AP alert went out saying power is out islandwide
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Again, the outages in the rest of Cuba have nothing to do with the hurricane. They have such outages every few days in all or parts of Cuba.
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A friend near birmingham, alabama is hearing CHLO 530 near toronto like a local tonight
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They are rationing electricity and have been since last year.

The English language Cuban radio site is up and running at: https://www.radiohc.cu/en

Radio Progreso, one of the national networks, is live and online at https://www.radioprogreso.icrt.cu/

The government national radio site is up and streaming at https://www.radiocubana.cu/ . They even have live reports on the hurricane.

The national news network even has pictures of news reports from the hard-hit western provinces https://www.radioreloj.cu/
 
gr8oldies said:
“50000 watt blowtorch” means absolutely nothing to their prime demographic.
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And 50 kw in most of the world is lower power for AM. With the horrible conductivity in GA, it does not cover much.
 


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