AM Frequency of the week - 1710 kHz

[crainbebo]

Still haven't heard anything on 1710, at least here in Yakima. The closest I've heard is a faint carrier towards the east. The Hudson County NJ TIS is still operating along with one at the Springfield Armory in MA, and occasional pirates.

 

[jim-satx]

Is anyone hearing the "Radio Retén" SS Christian pirate on 1710 at night? It's been around for at least a few months. The station puts a weak to moderate signal into the San Antonio area at night.

Oops...forgot to mention that this station is in Baton Rouge, LA.

 

[icybluelake]

Interesting that WRHL was in that group that you were hearing. Almost certainly daytime skywave. 250 watts and very directional to the west. I'm 40 miles northeast of Rochelle, and I never hear it. Here, daytime, it's WHFB from Benton Harbor, MI. Weak, but completely alone. It's one of those stations that, when it goes to 50-watts night power (same "severe" pattern as daytime), you can be within sight of the towers and still not hear it!

I think that's right. I would have expected to hear the 1060 from Preston, MN, if anything, but got WRHL. I think also if I was hearing WLW and WKAR at 2 PM, those must be daytime skywave too, I would guess. Even as strong as WLW is, it doesn't usually make it here.

 

[jammerdave]

AM & FM pirates! They advertise the frequencies, but those aren't listed for Baton Rouge.. Wow...

https://www.radioretenloquetienes.com/


https://fccdata.org/?latd=30.4581&lond=91.1402

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Is anyone hearing the "Radio Retén" SS Christian pirate on 1710 at night? It's been around for at least a few months. The station puts a weak to moderate signal into the San Antonio area at night.

 

[tomservo]

Is anyone hearing the "Radio Retén" SS Christian pirate on 1710 at night? It's been around for at least a few months. The station puts a weak to moderate signal into the San Antonio area at night.

Interesting that you post this, because I heard this while in a parking lot in Gulf Shores, AL, a few weeks ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppr1qhp2bek

It sounded like Christian-y Spanish programming but no one I asked knew anything about a station in Baton Rouge.

Since this thread is so old, I can also update something I mentioned back in 2012. The old digital noise that I heard wasn't the US Navy, it was WLO Shipcom radio in Coden, Alabama. They apparently had something just above the AM band back in the 90's doing RTTY or SITOR-B and I was hearing part of that.

Since becoming a full blown shortwave radio listener, I've picked up several other broadcasts from WLO on HF, albeit weakly since they're only about 30 air miles from me.