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AM Frequency of the week - 1510 kHz

1510 is local 5 miles away in Clovis/Fresno KIRV a Christian format.
 
purpledevil said:
In Houston, daytime is a very faint KBED-Nederland. I have logged KBED at night once before from Houston a little over 3 years ago, which is a no-no as they are a 5kW daytimer. Nighttime is a listenable WLAC-Nashville.

From Bellville, Tx. about 65 miles NW of Houston, KAGC-Bryan is the strongest station at 1510, but when it shuts off at dusk 1510 is predominantly WLAC.
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I wonder where the cutoff for KLAC is heading west. Houston isn't exactly in front of their pattern.
 
KGA Spokane and KSFN Piedmont, CA have both been granted licenses for their new night-time pattern/powers.

KGA is officially no longer a Class A station.

Now for the flood of upgrade applications to be filed from stations that no longer have to protect KGA!
 
schmave said:
purpledevil said:
In Houston, daytime is a very faint KBED-Nederland. I have logged KBED at night once before from Houston a little over 3 years ago, which is a no-no as they are a 5kW daytimer. Nighttime is a listenable WLAC-Nashville.

From Bellville, Tx. about 65 miles NW of Houston, KAGC-Bryan is the strongest station at 1510, but when it shuts off at dusk 1510 is predominantly WLAC.
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I wonder where the cutoff for KLAC is heading west. Houston isn't exactly in front of their pattern.
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Of course I meant WLAC ... was unable to modify the original post!
 
Considering the low position on the dial, KLAC maybe could be heard during the day in Hawaii.

WQAM Miami has been reported to be heard midday in September in Newfoundland which is the same distance as LA to Hawaii.


I had with me a Sony ICF-6500W receiver and at daytime on ground
wave I was able to clearly copy WQAM 560 kc 5 kw in Miami, FL. At the
time WQAM's single tower was out in Biscayne Bay. That was an
approximate distance of 2158 km, 3474 mi. Part of the ground wave path
in NF was over land but the signal probably skewed along and around
the coast to Signal Hill.
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http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg24696.html
 
I think that my former DX buddy near Hilo (R.I.P.) could only get KFI in the day, and even *that* was a struggle IIRC. He was a great DXer. He used to tell me how on 1580, KBLA would dominate, but KCWW (now KMIK) would be there underneath.

He also caught an Osaka, Japan FM, I forget the frequency, but that would have to be 3-hop Es.

I'd love to DX there some day, but money would have to shower down on us.

cd
 
a great catch of WQAM from Newfieland but 2158 km does NOT equate to 3424 mi 3434 KM does equate to 2158 mi.
I'm guessing the catch was 2158 mi.
 
gar fla said:
I noticed that too and even calculated the distance.

That's why it's about identical to the distance from LA to Hawaii.

Still a great catch and it was on a portable radio too.

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/icf6500.html


It gives me more hope that some stations from the northeast right on the coast could be heard daytime on parts of Florida's east coast.
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From south Florida, I myself have only heard as far north as Hilton Head SC (AM 1130). Maybe in late June I will try again for up-the-coast daytime DXing, as all signals will strictly be groundwave.

The HH catch was from Palm Beach---the town.

cd
 
I don't think you have to wait till June for strictly groundwaves.

We're already in March and also consider how far south we are.

At least for most of the AM band, it would probably be safe to say that anything you hear from about 11 am to 1 pm should be groundwave.

I'm hoping to go to Hutchinson Island maybe this weekend but if not, I'd have to wait till April because of the spring breakers.

Think about all the stations from the east coast you got in Bermuda daytime that were much less than the 50 kw powerhouses. ;)
 
No, we're still getting midday skywave. I'm at 32°45'40"N, and a couple days ago I heard 10kW 1680 KNTS Seattle, WA, about 1,070 miles NNW of me, at noon. Also, 1580 KMIK Tempe, AZ, about 300 miles east of me, was mixing with KBLA Santa Monica. Only KBLA is (faintly) audible midday in summer.
 
From about 35 mi SW of Boston I get a very weak 1510 Boston. I listened to 1510 tonite driving S of Worcester(for about 10 min) and could not discern or ID any station on 1510. 1500 Wash DC and 1520 Buff are usually very strong here.
 
tfcwings said:
No, we're still getting midday skywave. I'm at 32°45'40"N, and a couple days ago I heard 10kW 1680 KNTS Seattle, WA, about 1,070 miles NNW of me, at noon. Also, 1580 KMIK Tempe, AZ, about 300 miles east of me, was mixing with KBLA Santa Monica. Only KBLA is (faintly) audible midday in summer.
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But you're talking about the X band a frequency that's right next door.

I was saying most of the AM band is probably not going to be skywave and also take into account the lower latitude than where you are too.
 
What about 700 KALL North Salt Lake City? Some days I can get fairly good audio even with 690 XEWW in my back yard, and other days I wouldn't even be able to detect a trace even if XEWW was off the air. Also, sometimes it may be listenable at noon, and gone at 1pm.
 
Is that all year round?

The two recordings I've heard that you made of KALL sounded like groundwave with no fading.

Back in December, I heard 700 WLW Cincinnati down here at Clearwater beach midday which was a big surprise but during the time I was listening, the fade in and out was very obvious, as it only could have been a skywave which is very rare this far south on that frequency midday even in the dead of winter.

The reason you can hear KALL at noon and not at 1 pm could also be due to other factors like local interference because remember, the signal is going completely over solid ground, not the ocean.

I'm talking about a straight saltwater path when I do my DXing on the east coast.

Who knows what the signal encounters between you and Salt Lake City on the ground path.

Something to consider.
 
gar fla said:
Is that all year round?

The two recordings I've heard that you made of KALL sounded like groundwave with no fading.

Back in December, I heard 700 WLW Cincinnati down here at Clearwater beach midday which was a big surprise but during the time I was listening, the fade in and out was very obvious, as it only could have been a skywave which is very rare this far south on that frequency midday even in the dead of winter.

The reason you can hear KALL at noon and not at 1 pm could also be due to other factors like local interference because remember, the signal is going completely over solid ground, not the ocean.

I'm talking about a straight saltwater path when I do my DXing on the east coast.

Who knows what the signal encounters between you and Salt Lake City on the ground path.

Something to consider.
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The winter daytime skywave factor is going down as we head into March, but it's not gone completely at higher latitudes.
 
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