Yeah, could probably put this in DX thread but......on a business convention near Orlando last week and early one morning (between 3-4 AM) decided to see if I could pick up WCBS and, low and behold, came sailing in clear as a bell.
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WCBS long-distance reception
- Thread starter Yabadabado1
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I find it interesting that 880 WCBS puts a good signal into central Florida but 660 WFAN does not. The signals are radiating from the same tower.
I find it interesting that 880 WCBS puts a good signal into central Florida but 660 WFAN does not. The signals are radiating from the same tower.
That’s really interesting. 660 and 880 seem equal in the Chicago, though I haven’t checked on a meter. The Toronto combo of 740 and 860 also come in equally well in Chicago (740 gets some interference from Oklahoma near dawn). I wonder how the relatively new 670 and 780 combination compares outside of Chicago.
It's a harder catch, but I have heard WCBS in Palm Beach County.
In Quito, in the mid to later 60's I could often get WCBS after the local Radio Católica on 880 went off the air. 660 was less often until 1969 when I put one of my own stations on 660 on the air 24/7.
I noticed once that I could even get WADO in West Palm Beach at night...
WCBS 880, WABC 770, and WBBR 1130 are all good most nights here in Melbourne FL (35 miles south of KSC).
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Hopefully this doesn't stray TOO far, but one evening we were at the Folks house of The Villages in FL. I was in a beach chair on the lawn, with a martini and a GE Superadio, having found KYW 1060 coming in. The wife comes out, surveys the scene, and complains, 'You came all the way down here with that nice radio to hear THEM?'
@Central FL : I was able to pick up WOR 710 in the day on a clock radio I brought along to Norfolk on a family vacation (with the same Folks, too!) Dunno how much further South that one travels, though.
@Central FL : I was able to pick up WOR 710 in the day on a clock radio I brought along to Norfolk on a family vacation (with the same Folks, too!) Dunno how much further South that one travels, though.
I did pick up WFAN but, as stated, pretty weak signal. Also tried picking up CFZM out of Toronto but there's a 50,000 watt blowtorch on 740 nearby in Orlando that about blew the speakers up in my truck when I tried to tune them in.
Orlando has a 660 (WORL) which prevents WFAN from coming in.
Along the north coast beaches, yes. But get inland or on the southern coast and it is all Venzuela and Colombia.
I've heard WFAN in St. Petersburg. Not a good signal but easy to null out WORL by rotating the radio.
When I lived in Florida, I DXed quite a bit, especially in the late '80s/early '90s. 880 WCBS was by far the most reliable NYC signal. 770 WABC was probably the next best. It was impossible to get 710 WOR due to the mess created by Miami's WAQI and the Cuban jammer. I never got WINS, but instead would hear CFRB on 1010. I don't recall getting WFAN very well even before WORL was in existence. I also remember possibly getting WQXR as I would hear classical music on 1560, but I never stuck around for an ID.
Did Ecuadorian MW DXers complain?
I never met a medium wave DXer there other than by looking in a mirror.
It looks like WADO would be more likely to get to Puerto Rico, etc. with the 50 kW Day Pattern.
In 1971, I heard WADO in Michigan playing "Maggie May" in English followed by a Spanish speaking announcer. The old Night Pattern was the equivalent of the old 1000 watt nondirectional facility in the nulls after the 1940s. It was late at Night, and many stations signed off then.
Then fairly recently, I heard PBP Baseball in Spanish in Northeast Michigan in the late afternoon, and the very quick English TOH ID.
Bottom is the old 5 kW DA-1 Pattern.
In 1971, I heard WADO in Michigan playing "Maggie May" in English followed by a Spanish speaking announcer. The old Night Pattern was the equivalent of the old 1000 watt nondirectional facility in the nulls after the 1940s. It was late at Night, and many stations signed off then.
Then fairly recently, I heard PBP Baseball in Spanish in Northeast Michigan in the late afternoon, and the very quick English TOH ID.
Bottom is the old 5 kW DA-1 Pattern.
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