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1100-1300: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?

C

crainbebo

Title says all. What does everybody get in this part of the AM band?


Summer
1100: KPTK slop
1110: KWDB Oak Harbor, very weak
1120: nothing
1130: CKWX Vancouver, fair
1140: KKNW slop
1150: KKNW Bellevue, very good
1160: KKNW slop
1170: KPUG Bellingham (extermely weak)
1180: KLAY Tacoma, weak
1190: nothing, maybe a faint het on rare occasions
1200: CJRJ Vancouver, very weak
1210: KTBK Auburn, good
1220: slop
1230: KWYZ Everett, very good
1240: I-Crap
1250: KKDZ Seattle, good
1260: I-Crap
1270: nothing
1280: KLDY Lacey, very weak
1290: KKOL slop
1300: KKOL Seattle, good

Winter
1100: KPTK slop
1110: KWDB Oak Harbor, very weak, sometimes with KBND Bend in the background
1120: sometimes KPNW Eugene comes in on rare occasions
1130: CKWX Vancouver, good
1140: KKNW slop
1150: KKNW Bellevue, very good, and when I null, I get KXMG Vancouver, WA, weak
1160: KKNW slop
1170: KPUG Bellingham, weak-very weak
1180: KLAY Tacoma, weak
1190: KEX Portland, fair
1200: CJRJ Vancouver, poor
1210: KTBK Auburn, good
1220: slop
1230: KWYZ Everett, very good, sometimes with others in the background, including KDYM Sunnyside
1240: I-Crap, maybe KGY Olympia and KXLE Ellensburg in the background
1250: KKDZ Seattle, good
1260: I-Crap, sometimes a VERY weak KWEI Boise
1270: KBAM Longview, very weak
1280: KIT Yakima, poor-fair
1290: KUMA Pendelton, poor-fair
1300: KKOL Seattle, good, null it out, and I get KAPL Jacksonville, OR

-crainbebo
 
Location (as always) is under my name
I left out the blank frequencies

1140 CJRC slop
1150 CRC (local)
1160 CJRC slop
1190 CFGO slop
1200 CFGO (local)
1210 CFGO slop
1220 CJUL Cornwall, Ontario weak to moderate, depending on where in the city you are
1240 WATN Watertown, NY very weak
1250 Sometimes CJYE Oakville, Ontario, weak
1280 CFMB Montreal, moderate to strong, again depends where in the city you are
1300 CIWW slop
 
Coldwater, MI

1100- WTAM- Cleveland, OH- weak to moderate
1110- WUNN- Mason, MI- weak to moderate
1120- notta
1130- WDFN- Detroit, MI- moderate to fair
1140- WAWK- Kendallville, IN (WDFN i-block)- weak
1150- WIMA- Lima, OH- weak
1160- WYLL- Chicago, IL- weak to moderate
1170- notta
1180- WOWO i-block
1190- WOWO- Fort Wayne, IN- strong
1200- WOWO i-block
1210- notta
1220- WERT- Van Wert, OH- weak
1230- WMSH- Sturgis, MI- strong
1240- WJIM- Lansing, MI- weak
1250- WGL- Fort Wayne, IN- moderate
1260- WPNW- Zeeland, MI- weak
1270- WXYT- Detroit, MI and WFRN- Elkhart, IN duking it out
1280- WONW- Defiance, OH- weak
1290- WLBY- Saline, MI- weak
1300- WOOD- Grand Rapids, MI- moderate
 
1100 - occasional VERY weak WTAM, Cleveland
1110 - WSFW, Seneca Falls NY
1120 - WBBF, Buffalo
1130 - nada
1140 - WCJW, Warsaw NY
1150 - CKOC, Hamilton ON
1160 - WPIE, Trumansburg NY
1170 - WHAM hash
1180 - WHAM
1190 - WHAM hash
1200 - used to be very weak WTLA North Syracuse, now WHAM hash
1210 - nada
1220 - nada (there's a CP for a new 1220 Lakeville NY that will be a local)
1230 - WECK, Cheektowaga NY
1240 - WGVA, Geneva NY
1250 - weak CJYE, Oakville ON
1260 - used to be very weak WNSS Syracuse, now WHTK hash
1270 - WHTK hash
1280 - WHTK Rochester
1290 - WHTK hash
1300 - WHTK hash
 
From Phoenix, AZ. Frequencies not shown are either vacant or slop from local stations.

1100 - KFNX Cave Creek/Phoenix
1130 - KQNA Prescott (Weak)
1150 - KCKY Coolidge
1190 - KNUV Tolleson/Phoenix
1210 - KEVT Tucson (Weak)
1230 - KOY Phoenix
1260 - KASC Tempe (Weak - Part 15 station owned by ASU)
1280 - KXEG Phoenix
 
Saratoga, NY-

1100:
1110: WUPE Pittsfiel, Ma
1120:
1130:
1140:
1150:
1160: WABY Mechanicville, NY
1170:
1180:
1190: WSDE Cobleskill, NY
1200:
1210:
1220:
1230: WMML Glens Falls, NY
1240: WVKZ Schenectady, NY
1250:
1260:
1270:
1280:
1290:
1300: WGDJ Rennselear, NY
 
From Clovis CA.

1110- static
1120-static
1130-KRDU Dinuba CA
1140-KQAB Lake Isabella (Rarely and very weak)
1150-static
1160-KSL Salt Lake(only 2 hours before sunset in the winter)
1170-KLOK San Jose
1180-KERI Bahersfield(KERI will be swapping Frequencies with News-talk KERN 1410 12/29/08)
1190-KEX Portland (only 1 hour before sunset in the winter)
1200-KYAA Soquel CA
1210-KQEQ Fowler CA
1220-Bleed from KQEQ
1230-static
1240-KJOP Lemoore CA
1250-KHOT Madera CA
1260-static
1270-KJUG Tulare CA
1280- static
1290-bleed from KYNO
1300-KYNO Fresno
 
Dayton/Southwest Ohio

At my current location in Xenia, I can see the towers of WGNZ-1110 and it manages to take 1020 through 1250 with a few exceptions, but when I'm away from the towers it looks like this

1100-WGNZ slop/WTAM
1110-WGNZ
1120-nothing
1130-WEDI Eaton OH
1140-nothing, have logged WAWK, Kendallville, IN
1150-WIMA
1160-WDJO, Cincy area
1170-WWVA
1180-nuttin/WOWO IBOC
1190-WOWO
1200-nothing
1210-WDAO, Dayton
1220-nothing, WHKK near sunset. Have pulled WERT, VAn Wert OH once
1230-WYTS, Columbus. WDBZ, Cincy
1240-WHBU, Anderson, In if anything
1250-WCHO Washington Courthouse OH
1260-WNDE, Indianapolis
1270-WUCO, Marysville OH
1280-usually WHIO slop, if WHIO is off WONW, Defiance OH
1290-WHIO, Dayton OH
1300-slop from WHIO
1190-WOWO
 
At 12:25 PM Sunday 12-14-08
Aloha, Oregon

1100 - nothing
1110 - KBND (Bend)- barely audible
1120 - KPNW (Eugene)- weak
1130 - CKWX- (Vancouver, BD) weak to fair
1140 - KXMG -slop
1150 - KXMG - local
1160 - KXMG - slop
1170 - KPUG - (Bellingham, WA) very weak
1180 - KEX - HD noise
1190 - KEX - local
1200 - KEX HD noise
1210 - nothing
1220 - KPJC (Salem)- fair
1230 - KSZN (Gresham) -fair
1240 - KEJO (Corvallis)- very weak with slop from KSZN
1250 - KWSU (Pullman, WA)- very weak with slop from KLYC
1260 - KLYC (McMinnville)- very strong
1270 - KBAM (Longview, WA)- weak with slop from KLYC
1280 - mix of two stations KRVM (Eugene) id, not sure what the other station is.
1290 - KUMA (Pendleton)- very weak with a hint of another station.
1300 - KLER (Orofino, ID) - weak to fair
 
Cleveland OH area:

1100 - WTAM Cleveland (local)
1110 - WTAM IBOC slop
1120 - nothing/weak IBOC slop
1130 - WDFN Detroit
1140 - usually nothing, WRVA Richmond late afternoon
1150 - WCUE Cuyahoga Falls (Akron) OH
1160 - nothing, WYLL Chicago et. al. late afternoons
1170 - WWVA Wheeling
1180 - usually nothing, sometimes WHAM Rochester in winter
1190 - WOWO Ft. Wayne
1200 - WKST New Castle PA
1210 - WHKW slop, sometimes WPHT Philly late afternoons
1220 - WHKW Cleveland (local)
1230 - WHKW slop
1240 - WBBW Youngstown if anything
1250 - WWMK IBOC slop
1260 - WWMK Cleveland (local)
1270 - WWMK IBOC slop
1280 - nothing
1290 - nothing
1300 - WJMO (formerly WERE) Cleveland (local)
 
20 miles north of Chicago:

1100--WMBI slop
1110--WMBI slop
1120--WMBI slop
1130--WISN Milwaukee, Wi
1140--nothing
1150--WYLL slop
1160--WYLL Chicago, Il
1170--WYLL slop
1180--WSQR Sycamore, Il
1190--WOWO Ft Wayne, In
1200--WRTO Chicago
1210--nothing
1220--WKRS Waukegan, Il
1230--WJOB Hammond, In'
1240--WSBC Chicago, Il
1250--WSSP Milwaukee (weak)
1260--nothing
1270--WWCA Gary, In
1280--WBIG Aurora, Il
1290--nothing
1300--WRDZ La Grange, il
 
From Lexington KY....

Radios used:

1 - Bose car radio
2 - ICOM IC-746 Ham Transceiver with "lotsa wire antenna"

1100 - Usually Nothing, but WTAM Cleveland has been heard very weakly
1110 - WCBR Richmond, KY strong
1120 - Usually nothing but KMOX St. Louis has been heard very weak
1130 - WYXE Gallatin, TN very weak
1140 - usually nothing, but WRLV Salyersville, KY has been heard
1150 - WMST Mt. Sterling, KY very strong
1160 - WDJO Florence, KY very weak
1170 - WDFB Junction City, KY fairly strong
1180 - WVLX Knoxville, TN mixing with local WVLK-590 HARMONIC
1190 - WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN fair
1200 - usually nothing
1210 - WDAO Dayton, OH mixing with WSBI Static, TN
1220 - WSLM Salem, IN fair
1230 - WHIR Danville, IN strong
1240 - WFTM Maysville, KY mixing with WLLV Louisville, KY under WVKY slop
1250 - WVKY Nicholasville, KY strong
1260 - WNXT Portsmouth, OH under WVKY slop
1270 - WXGO Madison, IN weak
1280 - WKYY Lancaster, KY medium
1290 - Usually Nothing but WHIO Dayton, OH has been heard under WLXG slop
1300 - WLXG Lexington, KY LOCAL
 
from southern reaches of Pittsburgh:

1100 WTAM - moderately weak, in WKZV null
1110 WKZV, Washington, PA
1120 nothing
1130 WASP, Brownsville, PA (used to be very strong during the day
when this was 5kW directional. Has since dropped to 1kW
nondirectional since losing a tower to a highway construction
project. Current signal is very weak)
1140 rarely can get WRVA Richmond, VA
1150 WGBN, New Kensington, PA
1160 slop
1170 WWVA, Wheeling, WV
1180 nothing
1190 nothing
1200 WKST, New Castle, PA
1210 slop
1220 IBOC buzz from WEAE 1250 (used to get weak
WHKW Cleveland before IBOC switched on)
1230 IBOC buzz from WEAE 1250 (used to get WBVP,
Beaver, PA)
1240 WEAE buzz
1250 WEAE, ESPN 1250 Pittsburgh (very strong but with
lousy analog audio)
1260 IBOC buzz
1270 IBOC buzz
1280 WJST, New Castle, PA
1290 WOMP, Wheeling WV (very weak)
1300 WCLG, Morgantown, WV (fairly weak)
 
Nutley, NJ 12 miles NW of NYC

1100 nothing
1110 nothing
1120 WBBR slop
1130 WBBR New York City
1140 WBBR slop
1150 nothing
1160 WVNJ Oakland,NJ
1170 nothing
1180 WLIB slop
1190 WLIB New York City
1200 WLIB slop
1210 WPHT Philadelphia, PA fair signal
1220 nothing- once got WHKW, cleaveland, OH in the middle of the day
1230 WFAS White Plains NY- weak
1240 nothing
1250 WMTR Morristown,NJ fair signal
1260 nothing
1270- nothing
1280 WADO New York City
1290 nothing
1300 nothing
 
From about 75 miles SE of Dallas on a car radio...all stations in Texas except 1130:

1100 weak KDRY Alamo Heights/San Antonio
1110 KJSA Mineral Wells/Dallas/Fort Worth (xmtr 66 miles NW of Dallas)
1120 (blank since KJSA's upgrade/frequency change)
1130 KWKH Shreveport LA
1140 KHFX Cleburne
1150 KZNE College Station/Bryan
1160 KVCE Highland Park/Dallas/Forth Worth (xmtr 58 miles NW of Dallas)
1170 KVOO Tulsa Ok (through the day in Winter, otherwise during critical hours)
1180 KGOL Humble/Houston
1190 KFXR Dallas/Fort Worth
1200 WOAI San Antonio
1210 (blank)
1220 weak KZEE Weatherford
1230 KSST Sulphur Springs (with KWTX Waco under; both have great coverage
for "graveyarders" due to excellent ground conductivity)
1240 weak KBGE Kilgore
1250 weak KZHN Paris
1260 KSML Diboll/Lufkin
1270 KFLC Fort Worth/Dallas (50K but not really strong here)
1280 (blank)
1290 weak KIVY Crockett
1300 weak KVET Austin
 
jd said:
From about 75 miles SE of Dallas on a car radio...all stations in Texas except 1130:

1100 weak KDRY Alamo Heights/San Antonio
1110 KJSA Mineral Wells/Dallas/Fort Worth (xmtr 66 miles NW of Dallas)
1120 (blank since KJSA's upgrade/frequency change)
1130 KWKH Shreveport LA
1140 KHFX Cleburne
1150 KZNE College Station/Bryan
1160 KVCE Highland Park/Dallas/Forth Worth (xmtr 58 miles NW of Dallas)
1170 KVOO Tulsa Ok (through the day in Winter, otherwise during critical hours)
1180 KGOL Humble/Houston
1190 KFXR Dallas/Fort Worth
1200 WOAI San Antonio
1210 (blank)
1220 weak KZEE Weatherford
1230 KSST Sulphur Springs (with KWTX Waco under; both have great coverage
for "graveyarders" due to excellent ground conductivity)
1240 weak KBGE Kilgore
1250 weak KZHN Paris
1260 KSML Diboll/Lufkin
1270 KFLC Fort Worth/Dallas (50K but not really strong here)
1280 (blank)
1290 weak KIVY Crockett
1300 weak KVET Austin
Click to expand...
1170 From Tulsa is KFAQ not KVOO
 
McPherson, KS
IBOC not included

1100 Blank
1110 KFAB Omaha
1120 Blank (sometimes KMOX after sunup and before sundown)
1130 KLEY Wellington, KS (250w, DA going north)
1140 Blank
1150 KSAL Salina (city-grade)
1160 Blank
1170 KFAQ Tulsa
1180 Occasioinally Omaha, but not too often
1190 KVSV Beloit, KS (behind their DA)
1200 Blank
1210 Blank (very rare to catch KGYN here)
1220 Usually blank, but on rare occasion have caught KOFO Ottawa, KS
1230 Blank
1240 KFH Wichita (calls used to be on 1330, but moved when KNSS news/talk moved from 1240 to 1330)
1250 Very faint signal from Kansas City
1260 Blank
1270 Blank
1280 KSOK Arkansas City, KS
1290 Generally blank, but on occasion KKAR Omaha (i'm in the deep null of the 1290 at Pratt)
1300 Blank
 
40 Miles NW Chicago

1100  Blank
1110  WMBI (Chicago) moderate-strong
1120  Blank (usually...sometimes a weak KMOX)
1130  WISN (Milwaukee) moderate-strong
1140  WVEL (Pekin, IL) very weak
1150  Blank
1160  WYLL (Chicago) strong
1170  Blank
1180  WSQR (Sycamore, IL)moderate
1190  Blank (usually...sometimes a very weak WOWO)
1200  WRTO (Chicago) moderate
1210  Blank
1220  WKRS (Waukegan, IL) weak, WLPO (La Salle, IL) weaker
1230  WCLO (Janesville, WI) weak, WJOB (Hammond, IN) weaker
1240  WSBC (Chicago)weak, WSDR (Sterling, IL) much weaker
1250  WSSP (Milwaukee) very weak
1260  WEKZ (Monroe, WI) very weak
1270  WKBF (Rock Island, IL) extremely weak, WWCA (Gary, IN) even weaker
1280  WBIG (Aurora, IL) weak-moderate
1290  Milwaukee (whatever the calls are) weak
1300  Chicago (Disney, whatever the calls are) weak
 
From St. Louis, Missouri:

1100: -
1110: hash
1120: KMOX St. Louis (local)
1130: hash
1140: -
1150: WGGH Marion, IL
1160: WYLL Chicago, IL
1170: -
1180: WLDS Jacksonville, IL
1190: KRFT De Soto, MO (local)
1200: -
1210: WILY Centralia, IL
1220: KLPW Union, MO
1230: WHCO Sparta, IL
1240: KFMO Park Hills, MO
1250: hash
1260: WSDZ Belleville, IL (local)
1270: hash
1280: KYRO Potosi, MO
1290: WIRL Peoria, IL
1300: -
 
QTH Owensboro, KY

1100-
1110-Cadiz, KY
1120-St. Louis
1130-
1140-
1150-
1160-Hawesville, KY with Donnelson, TN underneath
1170-
1180-Newburgh, IN
1190-
1200-Nashville
1210-
1220
1230-Tell City, IN with Hopkinsville, KY underneath
1240
1250- Princeton, IN
1260-
1270-
1280-Evansville, IN
1290-
1300-Nashville, TN

There might be more, I'll have to fire up the CCrane or Superadio II to verify.
 
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