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Yep! The article I saw earlier today called it a major event and had a piture of a bright red northern lights display in Bageria, which would be pretty far south for that sort of thing.
The effect was definitely significant here. Examples....
- Lower end of the AM band effectively groundwave-only. Meaing WAUK, WIND, WTMJ and WMFN, all alone with nothing undereat,
- CBW, which is usually relianly strong here nightly was missing entirel. As were the NYC flamethrowers, WGY, KDKA, WHO.and WTAM. Surprisingly, WCCO was in, but very weak. Same goes for WBZ.
- I got the bright idea that this might be a good time to see if I could snag a new graveyard channel catch. So I tried 1340, which is the GY channel with the most distant transmitters. I did hear multiple signals. Presumably south of me. But none strong enough rise to the top. The only ID I got was WJOI, Milwaukee. Groundwave.
- Pshaw!
Yes sir. Signal strength on the S-meter. S7 is pretty darn strong for a 2200-mi. away signal. It was stronger than KSTP usually is when there's no aurora. XEX was all alone on 730.
KTMS was surprisingly strong for 500 watts. Almost like a 5KW regional. Way over XECL.
Cyberdad, I would check 740 tonight for KTRH. What other "strong-ish" TX/LA signals are you really looking for?
KTMS was surprisingly strong for 500 watts. Almost like a 5KW regional. Way over XECL.
Cyberdad, I would check 740 tonight for KTRH. What other "strong-ish" TX/LA signals are you really looking for?
I forgot to add a couple days ago on my walk in Dayton, NV
I was listening to 104.1, Out of Nowhere for a Sec on my Sangean DT-200X
I got KHKK Out of Modesto, CA mentioning Raiders Nation, I forgot the time
I was listening to 104.1, Out of Nowhere for a Sec on my Sangean DT-200X
I got KHKK Out of Modesto, CA mentioning Raiders Nation, I forgot the time
In north suburban Chicago: Last night I wanted to listen to CJOB 680 for a little while before going to sleep. (They come in pretty well about 4 or 5 nights per week.) Instead I heard a Spanish-speaking station coming in quite well with only moderate fading. At 1:00 AM CST I clearly heard their ID: Radio Nacional de Colombia, Barranquilla. This really surprised me! I presume this was an after-effect of this past weekend's solar activity. They ID'ed a couple more times, but their signal lasted only about five minutes and soon 680 became a jumble of weak signals. I should've tuned around looking for more oddities, but it was already way past my bedtime!
Setup here is an Icom R-75 receiver with a 1-meter square wire loop (fixed orientation) w/ preamp on the 2nd floor balcony of a condo building. Its orientation should favor the north/south direction, assuming the pattern isn't too messed up by proximity to my building.
Setup here is an Icom R-75 receiver with a 1-meter square wire loop (fixed orientation) w/ preamp on the 2nd floor balcony of a condo building. Its orientation should favor the north/south direction, assuming the pattern isn't too messed up by proximity to my building.
Thanks for the tip. 740 was completely blank . If anything, conditions this morning before dawn were even worse than the previous night. CJBC, which is diplexed with CFZM was also missing. But the oddity (sort of) was that WJR was in. It was absent the night before.
Although KTRH is pretty much a regular at the place where we stay on the Gulf Coast, I don't think I;ve ever heard it here in the Chicago area. Although others have.be b KRMG turns up from time here at home under CFZM, possibly also blocking whatever might be left od KTRH.
i DID, however, finally get my first new catch from this latest auroral event. WHOP 1230 from Hopkinsville, KY with CBS Sports "Amy Lawrence After Hours" On top for about five minutes. Hopkinsville is about 60 miles northwest of Nashville, TN, (WSM and WLAC were both in, but weak).
Nice to hear from another member from the Chicago area. Yes last night was interesting. I listened between 7:00 - 8:30 PM CST and the band was definitively affected by the recent solar storm. Lot's of Spanish speaking stations. Most of the regular Cubans were in with good signals. Both radio Enciclopedia and Radio Rebelde on 530, with Enciclopedia on top. Radio Rebelde dominating 600, 710 and 1180. Radio Reloj on 570 made an appearance. No warbler on 870, but heard one on 1040. XENK Radio 6.20 blasting on 620 with oldies way over WTMJ. Later a Spanish speaking preached faded up but I could not ID it. I suspect KTNO Plano, Texas. Also KJOZ, Conroe, Texas all alone on 880. Conditions were very interesting and I wish I had more time to DX last night.
KTRH is a tough haul if its pattern isn't aimed at you. When I lived in Missouri, I was only ever able to get it in the winter when there was about a 45-minute window between local sunset and Houston sunset; hence, KTRH was on daytime pattern which has a little bump toward "deep east" Texas. In Chicagoland, you might get a one-hour window. That bump goes away for KTRH's nighttime operation. Otherwise in Missouri at night it was a mix between KRMG and what was then CBL. Never heard Texarkana. There's a lot on that channel at night. Here in Denver, KVOR Colorado Springs is on the channel day and night, not particularly strong at either time, but always there.
New log last night! I assume they were on day power.
740 - KVFC CO, Cortez; with an American heritage vignette under and over KCBS at 2359 PT 11/9/23, followed by most of an ID "News-Talk 740 KVFC..." and into Fox News. Semi-auroral conditions with no sign of CBX, and at first I assumed this was just KBRT! NEW #833, assumed 1KW at 886 miles. They simulcast on KENN-1390 in Farmington, which I have also heard.
Multiple Yakima stations remain off the air.
1460 KUTI is still on a silent STA. No ESPN available to Yakima listeners.
1020 KDYK has been off the air for several days and the 93.7 translator is still on the air simulcasting from...where? Internet?
980 KTCR is also off the air and has been for several days. The 106.9 remains on, relaying KHHK-HD4. (Kruzn' KTCR)
1390 KBBO has been off the air for weeks. The 104.5 is still on, but it's via KHHK-HD2. (The Fan)
Only 930 and 1280 are on the air!! And of course, 1490 in Toppenish.
740 - KVFC CO, Cortez; with an American heritage vignette under and over KCBS at 2359 PT 11/9/23, followed by most of an ID "News-Talk 740 KVFC..." and into Fox News. Semi-auroral conditions with no sign of CBX, and at first I assumed this was just KBRT! NEW #833, assumed 1KW at 886 miles. They simulcast on KENN-1390 in Farmington, which I have also heard.
Multiple Yakima stations remain off the air.
1460 KUTI is still on a silent STA. No ESPN available to Yakima listeners.
1020 KDYK has been off the air for several days and the 93.7 translator is still on the air simulcasting from...where? Internet?
980 KTCR is also off the air and has been for several days. The 106.9 remains on, relaying KHHK-HD4. (Kruzn' KTCR)
1390 KBBO has been off the air for weeks. The 104.5 is still on, but it's via KHHK-HD2. (The Fan)
Only 930 and 1280 are on the air!! And of course, 1490 in Toppenish.
Craig, did they announce the simulcast on the air or in their ID? I was in Farmington (NM) four weeks ago for the eclipse and didn't hear any indication that KENN was simulcasting on anything other than K221DJ, its local translator. KVFC can be received daytimes in Farmington but it can also be easily nulled out. I might try for it here in Denver sometime, though KVOR is pretty much a constant presence on 740 here, day and night.
KENN is a Fox News radio affiliate.
KENN and KVFC studios are both in downtown Farmington.
On the west side of Molokai in Maunaloa I could still hear the Kauai stations 93.5, 95.9, 96.9 and 103.1. They were still listenable at the Kalaupapa Lookout.
Also at Kumimi Beach I could still hear 570 Kauai. The Honolulu AMs were still catchable except 1420, 1500 and 1540 those were barely audible. I could hear relatively new 1700 from Lahaina. Hawaii Puts AM Radio to Work on Maui - Radio World . The battle of 106.1 was won by mostly K291CZ Maui over KLEO Kona depending on where I was driving. At Kumimi Beach with my Sangean ATS 818ACS I could hear KLEO if I pointed the antenna a certain direction.
From their websites, I compared the KENN and KVFC broadcast schedules (at least on weekdays):
12 midnight-4 am - KENN & KVFC - Coast 2 Coast
4 am-7 am - KENN & KVFC - This Morning with Gordon Deal
7 am-10 am - KENN & KVFC - Glenn Beck
10 am-1 pm - KENN & KVFC - Travis & Sexton
1 pm-4 pm - KENN & KVFC - Sean Hannity
4 pm-7 pm - KENN & KVFC - Mark Levin
7 pm-10 pm - KENN - Brian Kilmeade
KVFC - Chris Plante
10 pm-11 pm - KENN - Our American Stories
KVFC - Dave Ramsey
11 pm - 12 mid - KENN & KVFC - Coast 2 Coast
Hutton Broadcasting of Santa Fe closed on the stations August 3, buying them from American General Media. That sale was announced on April 24. It's possible that Hutton might try to make the two stations more distinct or even possibly have at least one of them not have such a right-wing lean. The Four Corners isn't exactly a liberal area, yet Durango can be kind of crunchy; I don't see either station having much appeal there.
Some impressive (to me) daytime DX:
I was sitting in the car wasting time for a bit, so I thought I'd scan around the radio dial to see if there was anything interesting.
Sure enough, when I hit 1270, which is usually empty aside from some slop from 1260, instead of the usual static, I heard some music. I couldn't make it out, so I listened for awhile to see if I could catch an ID. After a few minutes, I heard a barely audible but mostly readable ID i wasn't expecting to hear: KXBX 1270 AM and 96.5 FM, Lakeport!
There must be some residual skywave activity or something else I don't understand, because 500 watts from ~130 miles and at least two mountain ranges away is pretty impressive (again, to me)!
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I was sitting in the car wasting time for a bit, so I thought I'd scan around the radio dial to see if there was anything interesting.
Sure enough, when I hit 1270, which is usually empty aside from some slop from 1260, instead of the usual static, I heard some music. I couldn't make it out, so I listened for awhile to see if I could catch an ID. After a few minutes, I heard a barely audible but mostly readable ID i wasn't expecting to hear: KXBX 1270 AM and 96.5 FM, Lakeport!
There must be some residual skywave activity or something else I don't understand, because 500 watts from ~130 miles and at least two mountain ranges away is pretty impressive (again, to me)!
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Quite impressive. I was probably a little closer in Oakland, but also too close to 1260 KSFB and never heard KXBX there as a result. I could always get a steady, if weak 1280 KWSX from Stockton.
Yes. Super impressive!
I'm on the other side of the hills, sort of southeast of Richmond, southwest of Martinez and north of Lafayette/Orinda/Moraga, so KSFB must be somewhat weaker here.
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I wonder if you're getting a little bit of enhancement from San Pablo Bay. How well do you get Napa's KVON (1440)? I could barely get it in Oakland.
Maybe so.
KVON is very iffy. Sometimes I think can receive it (I've never confirmed it), but most of the time not.
I do want to confirm that it's broadcasting in C-QUAM stereo. It allegedly does, though I doubt it (as far as I know, my tiny Part 15 AM jukebox is the only C-QUAM station in the entire state of California (an excellent point to brag about!
)).But I can't prove whether KVON is using C-QUAM or not if I can't receive it reliably, can I?
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Short answer for now is yes, they're in stereo. I've got some recordings made in Sonoma back in August from a Sony SRF-A100. For a while KVON seemed to be undermodulating but it sounded OK in August.KVON is very iffy. Sometimes I think can receive it (I've never confirmed it), but most of the time not.
I do want to confirm that it's broadcasting in C-QUAM stereo. It allegedly does, though I doubt it (as far as I know, my tiny Part 15 AM jukebox is the only C-QUAM station in the entire state of California (an excellent point to brag about!
But I can't prove whether KVON is using C-QUAM or not if I can't receive it reliably, can I?