Maybe yet another station ignoring their night time authority.
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A FEW RECENT DX CATCHES ON AM
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cyberdad said:
I don't really feel like starting another thread on here, so I'll just do it here. I've been vacationing in Leland, Michigan for the past week and I have been doing a lot of DXing. The cottage I'm in is relatively free from local electrical interference, so that has helped. The Chicago torches have been doing well, as I expected. The only one that seems to have trouble is WLS. I can get WSCR, WGN, and WBBM faintly during the day, but no dice with WLS. Even at night it's pretty weak. WSB from Atlanta has been getting blown out of the water by CFZM and WJR. WFDF Radio Disney out of Detroit comes in great at night, and there is a station from Charlevoix on 1270 that I can't hear at night because of WXYT Detroit. 1130 has been an interesting frequency, I can never get just one station on there, it's always two, and they don't really seem to be fighting with each other, it sounds like one station that is running two feeds at the same time. I'm pretty sure one of them is WDFN, and I think the other might be KFAN out of Minneapolis. WWJ has a good signal, they aim it north, which is why I have trouble hearing it back home in Cincinnati. Also, I can't get WBAP very well, CHAM does much better up here. If I have time, I might do a bandscan log.
Radioman, I've spent a lot of time in the Florida panhandle, usually near Destin, but last summer I was on St. George Island. Unfortunately, I didn't keep any records of my DXing, but I'm also curious to hear what you hear down there and see how it compares with my experiences. I'm pretty sure that the Chicago stations did fine, I do remember hearing WLS pretty well most nights.
Radioman, I've spent a lot of time in the Florida panhandle, usually near Destin, but last summer I was on St. George Island. Unfortunately, I didn't keep any records of my DXing, but I'm also curious to hear what you hear down there and see how it compares with my experiences. I'm pretty sure that the Chicago stations did fine, I do remember hearing WLS pretty well most nights.
almaniac27 said:
Cyberdad is the guy who will be reporting from the panhandle. Someone not too long ago told me that sometimes the Chicago 50KWs get clobbered down there by Cuban & other caribbean stations. Hopefully we'll find out how it goes this time.
Preliminary report from the Gulf coast....AL/FL border on the beach. Chicago blowtorches all present this evening except WSCR. Cubans absolutely own 670. They own 890 also, but WLS pops in from time to time. WGN and WMVP are both weak, while WBBM is pretty solid. No real surprises unless you count 870. WWL is the strongest signal here day and night, but radio reloj is right there underneath it. (R Reloj is especially strong here on 790.) Cubans also seem to have improved their signal on 530 (as well as updated the music....although its still instrumental elevator stuff).
I also was curious if 690 from New Orleans was back up to full power. I think it may be, but its still nowhere near as robust as during the vintage WTIX days. It also pretty much gets wiped out at night, which wasn't the case as WTIX.
The other phenomenon here is that while I'm only 20 miles from all the Pensacola sticks, they're all weak during the daytime and invisible at night. New Orleans....150 miles away, but with a salt water path....has the strongest daytime signals. Tampa Bay signals also present during daytime....weak, but listenable. 620, 820, and 970 are the strongest....but 680, 1040, 1250, 1380, and 1470 also around. Another good saltwater path signal is 1600...KLEB from Golden Meadow, Louisiana. Interesting music mix with this one. Rockin' Cajun stuff....in English and French both!
I also was curious if 690 from New Orleans was back up to full power. I think it may be, but its still nowhere near as robust as during the vintage WTIX days. It also pretty much gets wiped out at night, which wasn't the case as WTIX.
The other phenomenon here is that while I'm only 20 miles from all the Pensacola sticks, they're all weak during the daytime and invisible at night. New Orleans....150 miles away, but with a salt water path....has the strongest daytime signals. Tampa Bay signals also present during daytime....weak, but listenable. 620, 820, and 970 are the strongest....but 680, 1040, 1250, 1380, and 1470 also around. Another good saltwater path signal is 1600...KLEB from Golden Meadow, Louisiana. Interesting music mix with this one. Rockin' Cajun stuff....in English and French both!
Any shot at the Chicago 50KW AMs in Texas? If you're going over to the Florida panhandle please let us know if you can hear any down there.
[I was driving between New Braunfels and home (Canyon Lake) this evening and was able to pull in both WSCR and WLS; both were fairly weak signals, but they were there. WBBM was overpowered by a Mexican station on 780 and a hodgepodge of stations on 720 (including a weak, at least at night, KSAH eliminated WGN at least for tonight].
I'm in South Central Texas just north of San Antonio for reference.
dlf
[I was driving between New Braunfels and home (Canyon Lake) this evening and was able to pull in both WSCR and WLS; both were fairly weak signals, but they were there. WBBM was overpowered by a Mexican station on 780 and a hodgepodge of stations on 720 (including a weak, at least at night, KSAH eliminated WGN at least for tonight].
I'm in South Central Texas just north of San Antonio for reference.
dlf
Thanks Cyberdad & Dlf for your reports.
Cyberdad, I figured you'd get some Cuban interference on the Chicagos--the 670 in Cuba & Miami probably.
Cyberdad, I figured you'd get some Cuban interference on the Chicagos--the 670 in Cuba & Miami probably.
radioman148 said:
Yeah, that's always the case down here. A few of 'em are clearly audible during the daytime....570, 670, and 710 come to mind. The latter is underneath the 1kw 710 from Mobile....about 50 miles northwest of here. Ground conductivity here is terrible, so as I alluded to earlier, the Pensacola AMs don't get out worth a damn. Pretty much the same thing for Mobile. I'm less than 50 miles from a 10kw non-directional stick on 660....on this side of Mobile Bay, and it's only fair at best. Nowhere near as strong as WWL and the other New Orleans biggies 690 and 1060 coming from 150 miles away, but via salt water. The semi-local on 1310 (2,500 watts ND Daytime), starts getting rather feeble about 10 miles or so from their stick.
As for dlf's question, I was in a high rise downtown hotel (Marriott Courtyard) in Austin, TX. The locals could barely penetrate the building, so DX was out of the question. On previous trips however, I'd generalize that the Chicago "1-A" clears are pretty good around Dallas and North Texas....then start getting clobbered as you go south. I was in Austin back in June....at a suburban low-rise hotel....and the Chicago signals were all there, but getting stepped on by Mexico, Carribean, etc. On 720, KSAH from San Antonio (about 70 miles away) was being a pest for WGN despite my being pretty much in their null.
Still no Chicagoans from the Salt Lake area. Closest I can get is KSTP from the Twin Cities. The locals are strong here and pretty much own over half of the band in this area.
If I am ever up in Park City at night, I'll give it another try and let you know. Back in February 1988, I actually heard WBZ Boston from there - clearly audible under KTWO. As I heard WGN pretty well in nearby Wyoming, it might make it that far west with the mountains blocking KDWN.
If I am ever up in Park City at night, I'll give it another try and let you know. Back in February 1988, I actually heard WBZ Boston from there - clearly audible under KTWO. As I heard WGN pretty well in nearby Wyoming, it might make it that far west with the mountains blocking KDWN.
schmave said:
WMVP does make it down here to the Pensacola-Gulf Shores area more often than not....but generally in the background of XEOY, which puts in a great signal here. WMVP is actually a little easier to identify than WSCR, which gets absolutely blasted in these parts by the Cubans....sometimes with a little help from Radio Rumbos (Venezuela).
I've never heard WMVP/WLUP/WCFL in Texas.
BRNout said:
Surprised you're not getting any Chicago. In the 60s when the channels were still clear I got WBZ in Seattle.
schmave said:
I didn't figure you'd get WMVP near Houston.
cyberdad said:
XEOY has a good shot over water where you are.
stormy01 said:
That's a bit rare isn't it? I have received CFTR but not in quite awhile.
radioman148 said:
There were some bad storms in the Toronto area last night according to 680 News - perhaps that storm messed up their tower phasing or the station was somehow reset to the daytime signal pattern? I also have not heard 680 News in 'ages' - it's usually WCTT, KFEQ or WPTF.
stormy01 said:
WPTF is what I most often get.
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