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AM Frequency of the Week: 1680

cyberdad

cyberdad

9 miles north of Sleepy Hollow, IL/40 miles northwest of Chicago, IL.....

Days: 1680 is usually empty except for occasional daytime skywave from WPRR from the Grand Rapids, MI area. The WPRR signal can become quite strong during both morning and afternoon critical hours.

Nights: WPRR drops to 680 watts and pretty much vanishes. Which somewhat surprises me. I'd expect 680 watts would still be enough to make the hop to my location with a listenable slignal.

Retro: I've also heard the 1680s from the Orlando area and Lindenwood NJ once or twice, but not recently.
 
Chicago near the lakeshore:

Daytime: A weak WPRR (Grand Rapids)

Nighttime: Most Commonly, still WPRR. I've also gotten KRJO in Monroe, Louisiana a few times with the radio in my south-facing apartment window.
 
In the near north Chicago burbs, pretty much the same, a weak WPRR if anything during the day and at night mostly a stronger WPRR. I have heard KRJO and at least once WTTM.
 
Moses Lake, WA

Daytime: KNTS Seattle. Groundwave reception can vary by day; some days it's great, others not so much.
Nighttime: KNTS Seattle is dominant, though I can receive KGED Fresno sometimes too.
 
In the southwest suburbs of Chicago, WPRR is the lone 1680 outlet I've heard. I'm just close enough to the 1690/1390 transmitters that it's a pain to wait for something else to squeeze in.
 
Here in Wood Dale, IL in the near NW suburb of Chicago:

Daytime: sometimes WPRR Ada, MI but not common
Nightime: usually WPRR, but sometimes KRJO (Monroe, LA) makes it through.

DX/RETRO: Also heard in the past WTTM (Princeton, NJ), WOKB (Winter Garden, FL), KNTS (Seattle, WA) and also the other half of the DFW travelers station WPLR660.
 
East Tennessee: Days (deadband), nothing unless one is in Sevier County, where there is a TIS with traffic, COVID restriction and other info.
Daytime skip, sunset/sunrise skip: Generally a mix of WPRR, WOKB, and KRJO.
Nights: (just now via the Knoxville SDR between Knoxville and Oak Ridge). WOKB dominant, with Spanish presumably WTTM.

Retro/other: Edinburgh IN SDR, strong late morning signals from KRJO over WPRR. Also have heard Lindenwood on that receiver.

Ohio: Usually WPRR during the day in the winter. I had heard Orlando as an all-traffic report station.
 
Orange County, TX Days a weak KRJO, Monroe, LA if using a Terk Advantage, Nights it's all KRJO. Using my long wire days, KRJO is there but weaker than using the Terk.
 
From west Houston, KRJO is dominant from sunset to sunrise, and occasionally heard during the day in the winter. I've also heard WOKB Winter Garden (Orlando) early in the morning, about 45 minutes before Orlando sunrise.
 
From NW San Antonio:

Day: Normally nothing. I've heard KRJO a few times when daytime skywave was very strong.

Sunset: KRJO has a pretty good signal. A weak WOKB is sometimes heard underneath.

Night: KRJO is in like a semi-local with occasional fades. WOKB is also stronger and sometimes comes to the fore during the fades and especially in the NW/SE partial null of KRJO. On rare occasions I've heard a weak KGED in that null.

Sunrise: It's back to just KRJO.

DX/RETRO: In January 2016, KRJO was off the air for a while, during which time I logged WPRR one night.
 
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