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1010 - 1100: WHAT DOES YOUR AM BAND LOOK LIKE AT NIGHT?

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QCA USA 1

From East Moline, IL (Quad Cities USA):

Nighttime-

1010: Mix of stations
1020: KDKA Pittsburgh, PA
1030: WBZ Boston, MA
1040: WHO Des Moines, IA
1050: Mix of stations
1060: KYW Philadelphia, PA
1070: Mix of stations; possibly KNX Los Angeles, CA on a really good night
1080: Unsure but possibly KRLD Dallas, TX
1090: KAAY Little Rock, AR
1100: WTAM Cleveland, OH
 
From Thornville, Ohio, 30 miles east of Columbus:

Nighttime-

1010: Mix of stations, sometimes WINS or Toronto
1020: KDKA Pittsburgh, usually buried in IBOC. Always has had a terrible signal in this area.
1030: WBZ Boston
1040: WHO Des Moines
1050: Toronto
1060: KYW Philadelphia
1070: Indianapolis if anything
1080: WTIC Hartford or KRLD Dallas ... they fight it out in this area despite KRLD's null
1090: Mud
1100: WTAM Cleveland
 
from southern edge of Pittsburgh, PA

1010 - mix of WINS and CFRB (with a lot of KDKA IBOC hash)
1020 - KDKA
1030 - WBZ buried under KD IBOC hash
1040 - WHO buried under WBZ IBOC hash
1050 - if anything a very weak signal of WBUT in Butler, PA
1060 - KYW, usually very strong
1070 - if any usually CHOK, Sarnia, Ontario (weak)
1080 - sometimes WTIC, very rarely KRLD
1090 - a weak, wavering WBAL
1100 - WTAM, Cleveland (day and night)
 
from East TN:

1010--mix, sometimes WINS
1020--KDKA
1030--WBZ with terrible IBOC hiss
1040--WHO
1050--used to get CHUM, now a mix
1060--KYW with IBOC hiss
1070--WFNI like a local
1080--weak WKJK Louisville, WTIC in background
1090--KAAY buried in WTAM hash
1100--WTAM strong but with that annoying hiss
 
From Bothell, WA
1010: CBR Calgary, AB over KOMO slop
1020: KYXE Union Gap, WA/KWIQ Moses Lake, WA
1030: KTWO Casper, WY/KDUN Reedsport, OR/mess under
1040: CKST Vancouver and a spanish station from Oregon
1050: MESS with KTCT San Francisco, CA over at times
1060: CKMX Calgary, AB usually...if anything else KBGN Caldwell, ID
1070: KNX Los Angeles, CA, sometimes in the clear, sometimes CFAX Victoria, BC under if anything
1080: KFXX Vancouver, WA/KVNI Coeur' D Alene, ID/1090 slop
1090: KPTK Seattle, WA, nulled if anything XEPRS Tijuana, BCN, Mexico
1100: KFXX San Francisco, CA/sometimes (rare) KFNX Cave Creek/Phoenix, AZ

-crainbebo
 
1010-CFRB or WINS
1020 KDKA
1030 WBZ
1040 WHO if not buried in hash
1050 CHUM
1060 KYW
1070 WFNI/CHOK
1080 WTIC, sometimes KRLD
1090 mess, occasionally WBAL or KAAY get through
1100 WTAM. Recieved the station near Fargo ND several nights during their flood
 
East Central IN

1010 CFRB Toronto/WINS NYC
1020 KDKA Pittsburgh
1030 WBZ Boston
1040 WHO Des Moines
1050 WEPN NYC/CHUM Toronto
1060 KYW Philadelphia
1070 WFNI Indy/CHOK Sarnia/WAPI Birmingham
1080 KRLD Dallas/WTIC Hartford
1090 KAAY Little Rock/WBAL Baltimore
1100 WTAM Cleveland
 
Manassas, VA

1010 WINS NY/ CFRB Toronto
1020 A mix of KDKA Pittsburgh and WBZ's IBOC noise
1030 WBZ
1040 WHO Des Moines with less IBOC junk
1050 Mess along with KYW'S IBOC noise and WEPN NY
1060 KYW
1070 Usually WFNI Indy along with KYW's IBOC
1080 WTIC Hartford
1090 WBAL Baltimore along with WTAM's IBOC
1100 WTAM
 
Warminster PA:

1010: WINS New York
1020: KDKA Pittsburgh
1030: WBZ Boston
1040: mix between Flemington NJ station and WHO Des Moines IA
1050: WEPN New York
1060: KYW Philly(local)
1070: CBA Moncton NB
1080: WTIC Hartford CT
1090: WBAL Baltimore
1100: WTAM Cleveland
 
From Ann Arbor, Mi:

1010 WINS New York (noisy)
1030 WBZ Boston
1050 WTKA Ann Arbor, Mi (local)
1060 KYW Philadelphia (noisy)
1100 WTAM Cleveland
 
1010 Nothing
1020 WEAK KDKA
1030 KTWO on occasion prior to Casper sundown, fighting with KBUF
1040 WHO
1050 Mexico
1060 NEW ORLEANS
1070 KFTI
1080 KRLD
1090 KAAY weak
1100 Cleveland sometimes
 
10 miles west of New York City

1010: WINS
1020: WINS hash, KDKA when nulled
1030: WBZ (strong like local)
1040: WEPN hash or WEPN translator in Flemington, NJ
1050: WEPN
1060: KYW
1070: mix
1080: WTIC (strong, but too much skywave interference)
1090: WBAL (strong like local)
1100: WTAM (strong)
 
From Buffalo Grove, IL

1010 Afterburner noise from WMVP's jet engine, whisps of CFRB Toronto when it's off
1020 KDKA Pittsburgh, mixed with misc. IBOC hash
1030 WBZ formerly clear and clean, now mixed with IBOC hash from KDKA and WHO
1040 WHO, sometimes mixed with IBOC hash from WBZ
1050 mix of signals, honestly, I need to spend a little more time here for IDs
1060 KYW Philadelphia normally clear; occasionally WLNO New Orleans
1070 WTSO Madison, WI; CHOK Sarnia, ON (I have yet to ID Indy from here - did ID KNX, but that's rare)
1080 WNWI Oak Lawn, IL (semi-local); KRLD Dallas; traces of WTIC Hartford, but not generally audible
1090 KAAY Little Rock (usually strong)
1100 WTAM Cleveland (strong)

IBOC hash fouls up the zone from 1010 through 1050 every single night.

Also, note to Ryan Howard: if you're getting CBA Moncton that would be some impressive dx! CBA has been off the air since April 2008 - having moved to FM. Perhaps it's propagating through the Twilight Zone! ;)
 
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