WAPL? Coming In Strong In Tomah

[IKHNetworks]

So I live in Tomah, Wisconsin

I am literally listening to WAPL 105.7 somehow in Tomah Wisconsin

Current time 9:53 PM CST Jan 4th 2024

 

[SlowJams]

It's a 100,000 watt station with a HAAT of almost 1200 feet. It's not uncommon to occasionally get a decent signal in parts of the state where it technically shouldn't come in. Elevation may play a slight role as well, since you are in a part of the state that sits up a bit higher than the Fox Valley region where the station is located.

 

[Patrick 29582]

Foggy or overcast weather can help too. When I lived up in Duluth I could occasionally get 104.5 WAXX and 95.5 WIFC.. Eau Claire and Wausau.

 

[John B]

I have received this station on the NW side of Milwaukee in the past. Its a blow torch for an FM station.

 

[ftballfan]

Foggy or overcast weather can help too. When I lived up in Duluth I could occasionally get 104.5 WAXX and 95.5 WIFC.. Eau Claire and Wausau.

WAXX is a blowtorch. If I had an external antenna in Manistee, MI, WAXX would likely be a near-regular on 104.5 despite three other 104.5s being within 80 miles.

Speaking of Wausau, in my experience, 90.9 WHRM, 101.9 WDEZ, 106.5 WYTE, and 107.9 WBCV get out just as well as WIFC.

 

[Patrick 29582]

WAXX is a blowtorch. If I had an external antenna in Manistee, MI, WAXX would likely be a near-regular on 104.5 despite three other 104.5s being within 80 miles.

Speaking of Wausau, in my experience, 90.9 WHRM, 101.9 WDEZ, 106.5 WYTE, and 107.9 WBCV get out just as well as WIFC.

Locals preempted some of those FMs. The old 'FM Atlas' books by Bruce Elving in the early 1980s were well worn!
It wasn't far but the Ironwood 99.7 WIMI and 106.9 WUPM were also regular visitors into northern MN. Even got 93.3 WIZM from La Crosse occasionally. And when the CBC stations in Atikokan signed on those could fade in occasionally too.

Now the FM band is so plugged with translators etc.. not the same DX experience.