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840/WHAS - How far does it go?

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I don't recall a thread about this former IA clear, and I realize there are several U.S. nighttime signals on the frequency, and a boatload in Canada.

They are not a local here in western Cincinnati, but they are close, and at night they do fade more than I would like, probably due to the ground and sky signals battling it out. Not a bad middle market station I might add.

How does their signal stack up in your areas?
 
Pre-IBOC it was dependable in Columbus though weak ... probably a 3 out of 10. With WOSU around, it's tough to hear daytime.
Nighttime it's decent ... 6 or 7 out of 10 usually, sometimes better.
 
I can pull in WHAS at night here in Canyon Lake, TX on occasion. WHAS used to be a lot more dependable down here a decade ago.

I was on a business trip in lower Michigan around Coldwater in 1990 and pulled in a listenable WHAS during the day. WHAS has one of the bigger disparities in daytime signals due to ground conductivity. You can pull them in by day both in Lower Michigan and quite far up I-65 into NW Indiana. When driving south on 65, I seem to remember WHAS pretty well gone by Nashville.

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They were good 80 miles north of Louisville at night until WCCO put the IBOC noise on. Now they start to have hiss in their night signal just 30 miles north of Louisville. I hear they get trashed pretty badly in Illinois at night.
 
WHAS is one of the best skywave signals in upstate NY. WHAS was receivable in Nevada in the early 80's prior to the assignment on 840 Khz in Las Vegas. Ironically, the best signals from the eastern US in the 70's that were receivable in Nevada were WCAU (Philly) and WHAM (Rochester). WHAM made an appearance after KOFI in Kalispel Montana went off the air at midnight.
 
Solid in Houston - as long as you null KOA HD sidebands. There is some Spanish language underneath.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
Solid in Houston - as long as you null KOA HD sidebands. There is some Spanish language underneath.
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WHAS often is easier to hear down here than WLW, but I have to think that's somewhat because co-channel KSEV blocks WLW in parts of Houston. KSEV is highly directional away from Cincinnati at night, though.
 
WHAS has one of the most dependable nighttime signals in the Chicago area; often at almost local grade for extended periods. It also hits the east coast pretty well from at least the Carolinas into southern New England. I also used to pick it up surprisingly well when I lived in Colorado Springs about 20 years ago. Not sure how it would be today.

Once you get west of the Rockies though, it's 840 from Las Vegas that takes over the frequency.
 
I was in Northern Michigan last month. WHAS was one of the strongest nighttime signals on the dial. Absolutely no fadeing. Sounded like a local.
 
Seems like when I was in Dayton in 1975, WHAS was a lot stronger daytime than it is today. If I try to listen in the car now, between engine noise and other overhead noise, it's not easy. In the Celina area, I used to listen to Gary Burbank in the afternoons but the signal was weak. Night signal in Dayton now is weak and interference prone. I've heard the daytime signal in just about all of the parts of Indiana that I've been
 
Back in the day when they had something that was unique and worth listening to (that would be Joe Donovan), WHAS was one of the more reliable nighttime signals in Northern Illinois. Not quite like a local, but solid, steady, and reliable almost every night. The signal is still okay today, but the buzzers from WCCO and KOA do impact the signal somewhat.
 
Back home in Cincinnati, WHAS had a decent signal day and night. Up here near Akron, it is harder to pick up. My location tends to get really strong signals from the west for some reason, so WCCO is almost always stronger than WHAS. Same situation makes it difficult to pick up WABC because of WBBM.
 
almaniac27 said:
Back home in Cincinnati, WHAS had a decent signal day and night. Up here near Akron, it is harder to pick up. My location tends to get really strong signals from the west for some reason, so WCCO is almost always stronger than WHAS. Same situation makes it difficult to pick up WABC because of WBBM.
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You may find that WHAS has a strong signal, but the onerous IBOC hiss from WCCO adds noise to WHAS making it appear weaker than it actually is. I'm 80 miles from WHAS and that is what happens here.
 
Comes in so so (but listenable) in Central Mass, as well as the west coast of FL, somewhat better in eastern IA.
 
BobOnTheJob said:
almaniac27 said:
Back home in Cincinnati, WHAS had a decent signal day and night. Up here near Akron, it is harder to pick up. My location tends to get really strong signals from the west for some reason, so WCCO is almost always stronger than WHAS. Same situation makes it difficult to pick up WABC because of WBBM.
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You may find that WHAS has a strong signal, but the onerous IBOC hiss from WCCO adds noise to WHAS making it appear weaker than it actually is. I'm 80 miles from WHAS and that is what happens here.
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Yeah that's what I meant, WCCO's hash interferes with WHAS too much to get a clean signal, same with WABC and WBBM.
 
I get WHAS better in SW virginia at night than I do in Indiana just 100 miles from their tower,, I live in Martinsville Indiana, but stay in Virginia with my girl friend sometimes. The AM is wonderful down their in the rural area at night,,, WLS even comes in good in virginia, but in indiana it gets wiped out by Spanish station sometimes.
 
Mid West Clubber said:
I get WHAS better in SW virginia at night than I do in Indiana just 100 miles from their tower,, I live in Martinsville Indiana, but stay in Virginia with my girl friend sometimes. The AM is wonderful down their in the rural area at night,,, WLS even comes in good in virginia, but in indiana it gets wiped out by Spanish station sometimes.
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Your distance of 100 miles probably puts you in that groundwave/skywave cancellation zone - hence the poor signal.
 
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