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[radiofan2023]

First post, very new to DXing. Ccrane SWP indoors, built in antenna only.

From Springfield, OH, WCPC, Houston, MS. About 550 miles. Clear for 30 minutes. Nighttime power 7W. Thinking they must have not switched day power of 31kW off?

Been doing this a week now, up to 22 states.

What’s the farthest station you’ve heard? For me it’s KCBS San Francisco and CKWX Vancouver when I was in Iowa.

 

[tvnut]

First, welcome to DXing! You'll have a lot of fun. Nice job getting 22 states in a week.

Yes, WCPC 940 should have powered down at sunset. What time did you hear them? Power-down (and -up) time is calculated by the FCC and sometimes comes a bit after sunset so the signal gets out. 940 is a Canadian-Mexican clear so it and other stations should be down or off to protect CFNV Montreal (50 kW) and XEQ Mexico City (30 kW, which was 150 kW way back).

 

[Bouncer]

What’s the farthest station you’ve heard? For me it’s KCBS San Francisco and CKWX Vancouver when I was in Iowa.

I got WOAI 2 nights ago, about 1100 miles from me. Thinking about buying a cheap outdoor antenna to try to get west coast. I have room for about a 250' run. Still reading about options.

 

[Bouncer]

First, welcome to DXing! You'll have a lot of fun. Nice job getting 22 states in a week.

Yes, WCPC 940 should have powered down at sunset. What time did you hear them? Power-down (and -up) time is calculated by the FCC and sometimes comes a bit after sunset so the signal gets out. 940 is a Canadian-Mexican clear so it and other stations should be down or off to protect CFNV Montreal (50 kW) and XEQ Mexico City (30 kW, which was 150 kW way back).

Thanks!

I heard it at midnight. I waited 30 minutes for the 12AM ID because I had no idea what it could be after ruling out several stations.

Is it even possible for 7 watts to skip 600 miles?

 

[jim-satx]

That’s probably not far off; I have pulled in KFBK in Las Cruces, but that’s my farthest east point. I have never heard them in the Texas Hill Country. I hope Jimsatx can relay his 1530 DXing. WCKY makes it here, before their pattern change.

WCKY is a regular here as well in San Antonio before its nighttime change. I’ve never heard KFBK here. My furthest reception to the west on 1530 has been KQSC in Colorado Springs, and that was just once at sunrise. The frequency is mostly dominated by Texas and Mexico stations.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

What’s the farthest station you’ve heard? For me it’s KCBS San Francisco and CKWX Vancouver when I was in Iowa.

7ZR 936khz 10kw 2 tower directional in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 8000 miles away from my Alaska QTH

and i made nationwide live tv news in australia because of it

Paul Walker featured on ABC News Breakfast

I’m very pleased this morning to see that SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, appeared in an interview on ABC News Breakfast: A brilliant interview, Paul! Thanks for representing your radio…

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[Bouncer]

7ZR 936khz 10kw 2 tower directional in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 8000 miles away from my Alaska QTH

and i made nationwide live tv news in australia because of it

Paul Walker featured on ABC News Breakfast

I’m very pleased this morning to see that SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, appeared in an interview on ABC News Breakfast: A brilliant interview, Paul! Thanks for representing your radio…

swling.com

That is awesome! I noticed in the video that the radio they show--a CCrane--is very similar to what I use, but with a coax cable going to it--is that modified, or do you have a flavor of that radio that has an external antenna connector? Either way, looks like my $40 was very well spent!

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

That is awesome! I noticed in the video that the radio they show--a CCrane--is very similar to what I use, but with a coax cable going to it--is that modified, or do you have a flavor of that radio that has an external antenna connector? Either way, looks like my $40 was very well spent!

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That cord is my headphones. the coi;ls you see sitting next to it are my tunable loop antennas

 

[tvnut]

Thanks!

I heard it at midnight. I waited 30 minutes for the 12AM ID because I had no idea what it could be after ruling out several stations.

Is it even possible for 7 watts to skip 600 miles?

On the AM band with other stations operating that would be a million-to-one shot. Had to be on day power.

 

[gr8oldies]

Thanks!

I heard it at midnight. I waited 30 minutes for the 12AM ID because I had no idea what it could be after ruling out several stations.

Is it even possible for 7 watts to skip 600 miles?

Anything is possible but not likely

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

On the AM band with other stations operating that would be a million-to-one shot. Had to be on day power.

I heard KYET 1170 on 1 watt night power sandwiched between KSL 1160 and KFAQ Tulsa.. was weak and noisy but i recognized the song which helped.. the engineer verified the recording i sent him and did say they were legitimately running 1 watt. if they werent he (who knows me) wouldve told me.

 

[Mark Roberts]

Not just that: there's a mild lobe and thus some gain to the ENE. The night pattern is entirely to the WNW.

I consider Michael's report to be conclusive that the station is "forgetting" to switch to night power and pattern.

I happened to be up briefly at 4:45 this morning and took a quick listen to KMXA. Still the tone.

Obviously it stops at some point (5 am? 6 am? I don't get up that early) because it's running the usual TUDN during the day and in the evening.

Coming back to this:
The tone airs nightly from 11 pm to 6:01 am. Still no indication of any power drop. I have filed an online complaint with the FCC (it's apparently nearly impossible for a member of the general public to contact a field office directly) about possible noncompliant nighttime operation and we will see if there's any followup and/or change in station behavior.

 

[Mark Roberts]

What’s the farthest station you’ve heard? For me it’s KCBS San Francisco and CKWX Vancouver when I was in Iowa.

Probably a bunch of Colombian stations that came in on some sort of freak propagation one night in 1995 in Kansas City. A couple of them were on the Caracol network. Unfortunately, I didn't take notes on the specific frequencies - or if I did, I can't find them. The freak propagation lasted about half an hour and was around 9 pm Kansas City time.

 

[tvnut]

What’s the farthest station you’ve heard? For me it’s KCBS San Francisco and CKWX Vancouver when I was in Iowa.

810 HJCY, Bogota, Colombia, 250 kW in the 1980s, ID as "Radio Sutatenza" during auroral conditions, 2,687 mi. with a plain old Radio Shack portable. Next is PJB 800 Bonaire and a couple of other Colombians at about 2,200 miles. Near Chicago you can't get that distance east or west on the continent. New Brunswick's about 1,200 miles and SF about 1,800.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

810 HJCY, Bogota, Colombia, 250 kW in the 1980s, ID as "Radio Sutatenza" during auroral conditions, 2,687 mi. with a plain old Radio Shack portable. Next is PJB 800 Bonaire and a couple of other Colombians at about 2,200 miles. Near Chicago you can't get that distance east or west on the continent. New Brunswick's about 1,200 miles and SF about 1,800.

PJB 800 was heard with my loop and JRC radio in Wyoming from time to time 2018-2020

 

[crainbebo]

It's the Taiwan Fisheries station on 738, BEL2...6,200 miles or so? That's my farthest MW catch. Many more from China, Japan, N. and S. Korea. Blessed to have heard Colombia, once, on 680, HJZO Barranquilla 'Radio Nacional de Colombia' during spectacular conditions in late 2018. When I nulled KNBR, I expected CJOB, but didn't expect Spanish. Heard the ID. 3600 miles. Had Caribbean Beacon on 1610 once, from Anguilla. 3800 miles.

 

[MarioMania]

I heard KYET 1170 on 1 watt night power sandwiched between KSL 1160 and KFAQ Tulsa.. was weak and noisy but i recognized the song which helped.. the engineer verified the recording i sent him and did say they were legitimately running 1 watt. if they werent he (who knows me) wouldve told me.

When was this?

I heard KYET 1170 few months go in Rocklin, CA about at 6:30am or so, I think they where on Day Power..I think it was in June or July

Because I moved to Dayton, NV on August

 

[davideduardo]

810 HJCY, Bogota, Colombia, 250 kW in the 1980s, ID as "Radio Sutatenza" during auroral conditions, 2,687 mi. with a plain old Radio Shack portable. Next is PJB 800 Bonaire and a couple of other Colombians at about 2,200 miles. Near Chicago you can't get that distance east or west on the continent. New Brunswick's about 1,200 miles and SF about 1,800.

HJCY was never the most widely heard Colombian for some reason... going back decades. I had a 1 kw AM in Quito on 810 and it never got Sutatenza interference.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

When was this?

I heard KYET 1170 few months go in Rocklin, CA about at 6:30am or so, I think they where on Day Power..I think it was in June or July

Because I moved to Dayton, NV on August

Had to have been about 5 years ago when i lived in SE WY

And before anyone says anything... I knew the engineer well enough that if i point blank asked him, and i did.. hed have told me if there was a remote control goof up or not.. because he knew me as a dxer and broadcaster and knowing the stats of the station i heard was important

 

[cyberdad]

Was browsing the AM band earlier tonight, and conditions are pretty lousy compared to even a few days ago.
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Things were pretty decent here this morning, after being also pretty lousy here the night before. to wit,,,,

An unexpected new catch for me this morning. 4am CST 570 WWNX from Ashville, NC. 4am CST on top for about10 minutes with positive ID and local ads, Bo trace of WNAX, WKBN.or WKYX. 5kw with secondary lobe favorable in my direction, Radio was the C Crane Skywave,