They try to filter out the obvious harmonics, so maybe they suppressed the 2nd harmonic, but not the third. But an antenna will be resonant at the third harmonic, and will radiate that more, The UIZ beacon, they might not have been aware of the sixth harmonic, or it may have been low enough to be legal.
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AM Frequency of the Week: 1050
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I stand to be corrected, as always, but I seem to remember what's now WDLS being on 990 as WNNR. Dloes anyone remember that? Or am I thinking of something else.
I'm still getting a het on 1290 on all of my radios, but I seem to be the only one hearing it. And I don't hear it on nearby SDRs.
I'm pretty comfortable in assuming that if I had interviewed with Dex, he might have offered me a position sweeping floors and cleaning toilets at his Wild Goose "teen nightclub" near Waukegan.
I managed to snag WDZ just this morning a little before 5am CDT. Fair-good signal for about three minutes, then disappeard. Immediately after that happened, KLOH came through with a fair signal...but longer lasting. So, I'm guessing that if you hang in there, you'll log WDZ at some point. And if you...or anyone else here...wants a new one on 1050, this might be a good time to go after KLOH. I'm not sure what's going on with them right now, but it doesn't seem to be night pattern and/or power.
Then its something local or someone 3khz off frequency because the 9khz splits are 1287 and 1296
From south Overland Park, Kansas:
Day: A very weak KSIS - 1 kW non-directional in Sedalia, Missouri.
Critical Hours: KSIS, KLOH - 9.38 kW 2-tower directional in Pipestone, Minnesota, KGTO - 1 kW non-directional in Tulsa, Oklahoma, WDZ - 1 kW non-directional in Decatur, Illinois.
Night: 100 kW XEG in Monterey, Mexico can dominate at times or completely disappear. They are often at their strongest in the 2.0 hours right before morning critical hours. My real "prize log" at night was WLIP - 250 w non-directional in Kenosha, Wisconsin earlier this summer at 4:30am CDT, just before critical hours.. About 60-70% of the time 1050 kHz sounds like a "graveyard channel" at night from my location.
Bob
Day: A very weak KSIS - 1 kW non-directional in Sedalia, Missouri.
Critical Hours: KSIS, KLOH - 9.38 kW 2-tower directional in Pipestone, Minnesota, KGTO - 1 kW non-directional in Tulsa, Oklahoma, WDZ - 1 kW non-directional in Decatur, Illinois.
Night: 100 kW XEG in Monterey, Mexico can dominate at times or completely disappear. They are often at their strongest in the 2.0 hours right before morning critical hours. My real "prize log" at night was WLIP - 250 w non-directional in Kenosha, Wisconsin earlier this summer at 4:30am CDT, just before critical hours.. About 60-70% of the time 1050 kHz sounds like a "graveyard channel" at night from my location.
Bob
True dat! ....And nicely done with WLIP.
From NW San Antonio:
Day: Usually nothing. I did hear XEG in Monterrey once this past January via daytime skywave.
Night: XEG is almost local-like and never fades completely. Aiming E/W-ish, I can sometimes hear weak snatches of KVPI in Ville Platte, LA (classic country), and XEBCS in La Paz, BCS, underneath.
DX/Retro: My one-time catches include XED in Mexicali a few nights ago and KGTO in Tulsa around sunrise back in December 2018. Also, I occasionally used to hear XEVUC in Nava, Coahuila, at sunset before it retired.
P.S. It's good to be back hanging out here with you guys. I usually return sooner after disappearing during FM e-skip season, but I've been spending time helping out my parents because my mom fell and fractured her hip. Her recovery has been slow, but she's making good progress.
Day: Usually nothing. I did hear XEG in Monterrey once this past January via daytime skywave.
Night: XEG is almost local-like and never fades completely. Aiming E/W-ish, I can sometimes hear weak snatches of KVPI in Ville Platte, LA (classic country), and XEBCS in La Paz, BCS, underneath.
DX/Retro: My one-time catches include XED in Mexicali a few nights ago and KGTO in Tulsa around sunrise back in December 2018. Also, I occasionally used to hear XEVUC in Nava, Coahuila, at sunset before it retired.
P.S. It's good to be back hanging out here with you guys. I usually return sooner after disappearing during FM e-skip season, but I've been spending time helping out my parents because my mom fell and fractured her hip. Her recovery has been slow, but she's making good progress.
Welcome back, nice to have other Texas reports around here. Hope your mom continues to get better.
Thanks, Jim. She's starting to get around more and doing her best to stay positive.
One day I hope to log your local daytimer KCHN, even though its lobe is pointed away from me. Maybe I'll catch it around sunrise or sunset when XEG fades just enough.
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