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SomeRadioGuy said:
0110UTC Sun Feb 4th in west central alaska.. My favorite shortwave station, Radio Nacional de Amazonais 11780khz, 100kw from near Brasilia. The stations target zone is the northern amazon region of latin america.
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Just a clarification: the northern Amazon region is in South America and includes portions of Ecuador, Colombia and Peru and arguably Venezuela via seasonal tributaries. All are Spanish speaking nations and would not understand the Brazilian station at all. The station simply targets the Amazon Basin of Brazil, in Portuguese.
 
Getting a TEF6686 this spring! Are you able to install your own whip, or does the stock whip work just fine? I hear the radio is a magical powerhouse on FM and with the PI/PS/PTY that would be a massive help during major Es openings.
My ATS-909X is not working right now. Battery compartment is loose and won't take a connection. So I need to take it in for a repair this winter. No AM DX locally until that happens.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Just a clarification: the northern Amazon region is in South America and includes portions of Ecuador, Colombia and Peru and arguably Venezuela via seasonal tributaries. All are Spanish speaking nations and would not understand the Brazilian station at all. The station simply targets the Amazon Basin of Brazil, in Portuguese.
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Theyve never stated what their target is, @DavidEduardo i was simply going based upon coverage maps ive seen which extends beyond brazil.
 
Saturday Feb 3rd, about 1130pm AK (1230am Feb 4th pacific time, 0830UTC Sun Feb 4th) Seattle’s (really Tacoma’s) BIN 850 KHHO wiping the floor with KICY. Normally KICY is quite audible here even from 11pm-4pm when they go from 50KW ND to 50kw DA-3 towers, beaming into Russia. But tonight, BIN 850 KHHO Tacoma is loud and clear, and I can’t even tell what I hear under KHHO is KICY, and they should be in Russian now, which should stick out. I’m only 300 miles SE from KICY.
 
crainbebo said:
Getting a TEF6686 this spring! Are you able to install your own whip, or does the stock whip work just fine? I hear the radio is a magical powerhouse on FM and with the PI/PS/PTY that would be a massive help during major Es openings.
My ATS-909X is not working right now. Battery compartment is loose and won't take a connection. So I need to take it in for a repair this winter. No AM DX locally until that happens.
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You probably dropped your 909X or bumped it.. get a gum wrapper thats silverish and some tin foil by the battery coils.. and see if that helps.

I have never used the whip, i use my 15 ft wellbrook loop, @crainbebo
 
I think that's what happened. The battery compartment is a frequent issue. I will try the tinfoil option. That would save me a box, shipping fees, repair fees, etc. IF it works :)
I should ask my WTFDA friends re: the TEF-6686. They all love the little radio. Those PI codes and quick RDS decodes will help me with K-LOVEs, Air 1s, and other religious/NPR FMs down low on the band during Es openings.
 
Today around 5 PM, there's dead air on KCBS AM (silent carrier) likely due to the storm, and I heard KBRT Costa Mesa peek through. New (and very rare) catch!

730 and 750 are wide open too, since the usual slop is absent.

EDIT: KCBS back on air as of 6:09

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KFBK 1530 was off for awhile, had XEUR Mexico City in its place

Also had XEDF 1500 Mexico city, both are new here. KSJX San Jose is on the air.

Also a weak XEBS 1410 mexico city
 
I know this number greatly pales to many on here, but I heard log #250 today, in my driveway in my car of all places,
540 KWMT, Fort Dodge, IA 567 miles, at 8:30AM my time, 7:30AM their time. Was listenable for about 20 minutes before starting to fade out.

Speaking of...does anyone know why some car radios have such seemingly good AM antennas? Or what they are actually using? DO they just use the frame itself? My car rivals my active loop and SDR, especially at dusk. It routinely picks up stations that are 200+ miles away during the day (i.e. I know it is groundwave because of how consistent they are day after day, even midday). Several in Chicago (260 miles) are daily visitors, mostly the 50kW ones.
 
Delco had some excellent engineers who worked on their radio products, a couple who I talked to some years ago. They got beyond the windshield antennas, which initially were very poor for AM BC in particular, and other handicaps the market threw in their way, like car washes. They solved a lot of those types of problems over the years.

Except for the early windshield antennas around 1970, the Delco radios in GM cars I have had have always been excellent in weak signal environments, like 50 uV/m signals in the Daytime.
 
crainbebo said:
Getting a TEF6686 this spring! Are you able to install your own whip, or does the stock whip work just fine? I hear the radio is a magical powerhouse on FM and with the PI/PS/PTY that would be a massive help during major Es openings.
My ATS-909X is not working right now. Battery compartment is loose and won't take a connection. So I need to take it in for a repair this winter. No AM DX locally until that happens.
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You're gonna love the TEF6686. The stock whip works great on FM; it screws on. This radio is very sensitive and selective - during tropo and Es openings it has allowed me to hear stations on a few frequencies next to 90+ kW IBOC blasters a few miles down the road from me. Having the PI, PS, and PTY codes is a boon as well, although they disappear when the signal weakens.
 
That's the only disappointment I see - that the PS/PI disappears when the signal fades. It should stay locked in like the ATS909X so I can snag a picture of the RDS for logbook purposes.
Now if they can make a feature that phases annoying CSN/Air 1 translators down to the noise level and brings in the Es signal underneath it, so I don't have to travel to the Wenas Valley (15 mi NW) to DX on 88.1, 88.5, and other low-FM channels. My 102.5 SD and 103.5/104.5 NE logs last month would have never been possible in town.
 
crainbebo said:
That's the only disappointment I see - that the PS/PI disappears when the signal fades. It should stay locked in like the ATS909X so I can snag a picture of the RDS for logbook purposes.
Now if they can make a feature that phases annoying CSN/Air 1 translators down to the noise level and brings in the Es signal underneath it, so I don't have to travel to the Wenas Valley (15 mi NW) to DX on 88.1, 88.5, and other low-FM channels. My 102.5 SD and 103.5/104.5 NE logs last month would have never been possible in town.
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I've started using my phone to take videos with the TEF6686 due to the elusiveness of the PS/PI.

By default, the radio is set to auto-bandwidth, which is where the great selectivity comes in.
 
Bouncer said:
I know this number greatly pales to many on here, but I heard log #250 today, in my driveway in my car of all places,
540 KWMT, Fort Dodge, IA 567 miles, at 8:30AM my time, 7:30AM their time. Was listenable for about 20 minutes before starting to fade out.

Speaking of...does anyone know why some car radios have such seemingly good AM antennas? Or what they are actually using? DO they just use the frame itself? My car rivals my active loop and SDR, especially at dusk. It routinely picks up stations that are 200+ miles away during the day (i.e. I know it is groundwave because of how consistent they are day after day, even midday). Several in Chicago (260 miles) are daily visitors, mostly the 50kW ones.
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This might answer some of your question, which I've had over the years as well.

 
I did a bit of sunset DX this evening and caught a couple of interesting new ones. I'm in Houston TX, times CST.

820 WCPT IL Willow Springs 2/7 1737 interview //stream. Good signal briefly assume still day power, WBAP not as strong as usual.
1140 KCXL MO Liberty 2/7 1753 conservative talk //stream. Briefly on top of semi-local KYOK and lots of others
 
MT, LA & TX AM stations heard in Alaska Wed Feb 7th around 9pm AKJ

KZDC 1250 San Antonio, TX with ESPN, pretty damn clear and strong for awhile

WWL 870 New Orleans with CBS sports and commercials then ID. darn good for 3500 miles away!

KMON 560 Great Falls, MT with ABC News and local qeafher forecast!
 
Shortly after 11pm EST, I received 610 WIOD Miami, FL in Clifton, NJ. It was aired a local news report, and the announcer mentioned the call letters. Mostly weak reception for a couple of minutes until WTEL Philadelphia, PA came in. WIOD is about 1,094 miles (1,761 km) away from me.
 
Shortly after 5:15 pm EST, I received 1370 WKMC Roaring Spring, PA in Clifton, NJ. It aired classic country music, an aircheck, and commercials. It is branded as 96.1 Hank FM. Reception was good with some splatter from my local 1380 WKDM. WKMC is about 226 miles (364 km) away from me.
 


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