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1530 WCKY in North Texas at sunset

J

Jay Walker

Strong signal from WCKY at 17:33 CST S-9+10 no fade.
Signal faded into noise @ 17:55 CST
Receive location McKinney Texas about 50 miles north of Dallas
 
I got WCKY twice in Bothell. The first time in 2008, and the next time sometime in Nov or Dec 2009. Not heard since. Both were at or close to sunset.

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
I got WCKY twice in Bothell. The first time in 2008, and the next time sometime in Nov or Dec 2009. Not heard since. Both were at or close to sunset.

-crainbebo
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Yes but you sir, are the KING!!!
I'm just getting back into MW DX after a long absence primarily because of reading your and other PRO DXer posts. It's fun as I am rediscovering the quirks of the band.
 
Yep! I think I had 670 The Score WSCR last night u/ KBOI, but I couldn't get an ID. They were talking about touchdown passes...

-crainbebo
 
Congratulations to both of you guys!

WCKY stays non-directional until Sacramento sunset....which can be up to three hours after Cincinnati sunset. The difference in the after dark signal here in Chicago very noticeably weaker with the nighttime DA.

As for WSCR, they get out quite well to the west and northwest at night. I can imagine that they must be a pest at times for KBOI, so I can certainly envision them making the hop to the Seattle area.

Of course going in the other direction, the Cubans sometimes start trashing them as nearby as Indianapolis....a three hour drive away.

(My middle son's house is about two miles from the WSCR stick...so he probably hears them on his toaster!) ;D
 
cyberdad said:
WCKY stays non-directional until Sacramento sunset....which can be up to three hours after Cincinnati sunset. The difference in the after dark signal here in Chicago very noticeably weaker with the nighttime DA.
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Yes they do, cyberdad, and it's very noticeable here in East Texas too. Right now (about 8:30 CST) WCKY is trashed. Two hours ago it was solid.

This month they stay non-directional until 7:45 EST, two hours and 15 minutes after Cincinnati sunset: http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/s...slat=55.00&dlon=84&mlon=36&slon=27.00&tzone=A

Meanwhile, local sunset time this month for KFBK is at 4:45 PST: http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/s...lat=54.00&dlon=121&mlon=28&slon=58.00&tzone=D
 
IIRC from looking it up on FMscan a couple of years back, when WCKY goes to their night DA, the effective power drop in my direction (northwest) goes from the full 50kw down to about 6kw. Still a reliable signal, but nowhere near as listenable.
 
WCKY is a very strong station. I like listening to it when they air local sports. Most overnights, Brother R.G. Stair's ministry (The Overcomer) is on. I live in the SW suburbs of Chicago. Once critical hours start, WCKY drowns out any weak stations about to sign off on 1530. I used to listen to WJJG and along with the beautiful music, local feel, and last minutes of the day, I could hear all the awesome, local ads, traffic reports, Bengals Football, and more. Ohio has some of the best stations for DXing in the entire nation.
 
I DID hear Radio Rebelde on 670 in the Seattle area, once before. Matched the 5025 stream on the morning of 2/22/2012. What an amazing evening that was for Midwest action! WBBM was as loud as KKOH, and at times OVERPOWERED Reno! WJR came in with listenable copy, PSAs and IDs. CFRY-920 was very LOUD that night as I recall.

-crainbebo
 
Strong daytime pick-up of WCKY in Charlotte,NC around 2:30 PM 11-16.
 
crainbebo said:
Yep! I think I had 670 The Score WSCR last night u/ KBOI, but I couldn't get an ID. They were talking about touchdown passes...

-crainbebo
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That's a good catch.

I can never hear WSCR here in Tampa even though WGN and WBBM are easy catches on any given night.

WCKY is one of the strongest northern stations here at night and I've listened often in the past hoping to hear KFBK, especially before sunset out there when they are still non directional, but haven't heard a thing.

There is, however, some other station sometimes under WCKY that's talk but I know it's not KFBK. Still no ID on that one.
 
WSCR is *TENTATIVE* at this time. I will not log it until I hear a "670 The Score" ID.

-crainbebo
 
DaveArnold said:
Strong daytime pick-up of WCKY in Charlotte,NC around 2:30 PM 11-16.
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We're getting into that time of year for daytime skywave....especially on the upper part of the AM band. Not at all unusual in cold weather months to have WCKY present all day where I am in northwest suburban Chicago. Underneath....if not blowing away...semi-local WJJG.
 
Cyberdad :

No question about that daytime skywave occuring on the upper part of the dial.

The question I have is 'why more vivid' on the upper part of the dial?

I've gotten that effect as low on the dial as 1300 (WKCY Harrisonburg VA, at 5000 w) at a distance of 315 miles. They were clear as a bell and unfading one afternnon around 1:30, despite at least a half-dozen other stations (including three regulars) not around. That was a February.

Yeah, I gather that 1300 is not regarded as 'low on the dial'. Still, the effect was there -- and quite effectively.

But I wasn't aware that this reception/propogation varies on the AM dial itself. A non-techie such as myself would have thought that the whole dial would be affected equally. Perhaps someone can explain why there is a difference?

(Go gently, please. I had to take Physics I twice in school :- )
 
The basic non-technical answer is that the upper end of the AM dial is closer to the shortwave frequencies, and thus is more apt to take on some of what would normally be regarded as shortwave characteristics. Especially in winter when hours are shorter and the sun is at a lower angle. This daytime skywave often will occur in the upper end of the dial when it's not present at all on the lower channels.

Low band skywave does take place, however. I've had WLW (700) daytime in northern Wisconsin, WSCR (670) in northern Minnesota, and what's now CFZM (740) at high noon here in the Chicago area. Along with the flip, WBBM (780) mid-day in metro Toronto.
 
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