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AM Frequency of The Week: 570
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Darth_vader
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Day: KVI, very faintly
Night: KVI, very loudly. If I null out KVI and the noise emanating from my CRT, I can faintly copy CKWL.
Tonight there's an odd, very loud "growling" noise from about 568-574 (KVI's range, measured on my Yacht Boy 400PE in an open field) apparently coming at an east-west direction. It seems to null when I rotate my receiver in a north-south bearing. It sounds like what you'd hear on shortwave when a government jams a signal, kind of "engine-like" if you will.
Maybe the communists are trying to jam KVI? Well, they're not doing a very good job at it! Hmmmmm..... (looks over shoulder)
Night: KVI, very loudly. If I null out KVI and the noise emanating from my CRT, I can faintly copy CKWL.
Tonight there's an odd, very loud "growling" noise from about 568-574 (KVI's range, measured on my Yacht Boy 400PE in an open field) apparently coming at an east-west direction. It seems to null when I rotate my receiver in a north-south bearing. It sounds like what you'd hear on shortwave when a government jams a signal, kind of "engine-like" if you will.
Maybe the communists are trying to jam KVI? Well, they're not doing a very good job at it! Hmmmmm..... (looks over shoulder)
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musicman3355
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Local KLAC 570 takes over this frequency.
In the Boston area, it's very hard to get anything on 570 AM. But, when I do, it's always either the Syracuse or NYC stations.
KLAC for me, but weak
Northern VA:
WTNT in DC, good signal here, recently flipped from talk to ESPN sports. At night or early morning (while still dark) I could hear WKBN in Youngstown, OH.
A recent trip to Myrtle Beach, SC, I heard what I think may be the Cuban 570 during the afternoon, though not a strong signal, as I heard the Spanish programming, though the "RR" in Morse Code wasn't heard until dark. I can't think of any US 570 that is Spanish, so it would have to be from Cuba. I was on the beach with the Tecsun PL-310, using only the internal loopstick.
WTNT in DC, good signal here, recently flipped from talk to ESPN sports. At night or early morning (while still dark) I could hear WKBN in Youngstown, OH.
A recent trip to Myrtle Beach, SC, I heard what I think may be the Cuban 570 during the afternoon, though not a strong signal, as I heard the Spanish programming, though the "RR" in Morse Code wasn't heard until dark. I can't think of any US 570 that is Spanish, so it would have to be from Cuba. I was on the beach with the Tecsun PL-310, using only the internal loopstick.
In various parts of Michigan, WKBN (day and night) and WMAM (days). But WTCM 580 blots out a good area where WMAM used to come in quite well. CKGL is another occasional station heard.
In the Long Island DXing days of the Sixties, 570 was a toughie because WMCA hardly ever was off. We must've not been in their main beam, because 560 and 580 were pretty easy pickings for DX even with WMCA on.
The cooperative regional pact with which they came to agreement with the others in the U.S. was very resolute. When WMCA was off, only the faintly steady signal from WKBN Youngstown was present -- getting hashed all over by WFIL. In later years, I got a QSL from WWNC Asheville, and one vacant night WPLP Pinellas Park FL was atop, and pretty loud. If Gar from FL is old enough, he might remeber them when they were 'Heavy 57', WFSO, and strictly a daytimer. There's a dot next to WSYR Syracuse in the logbook, but that was from so long ago I can't remember the time of day or any other details.
Here in NE PA, it's WMCA, mostly, night and day, with a lot of WTEM Washington at SRS and SSS. And Radio Reloj, of course, for a reality check.
The cooperative regional pact with which they came to agreement with the others in the U.S. was very resolute. When WMCA was off, only the faintly steady signal from WKBN Youngstown was present -- getting hashed all over by WFIL. In later years, I got a QSL from WWNC Asheville, and one vacant night WPLP Pinellas Park FL was atop, and pretty loud. If Gar from FL is old enough, he might remeber them when they were 'Heavy 57', WFSO, and strictly a daytimer. There's a dot next to WSYR Syracuse in the logbook, but that was from so long ago I can't remember the time of day or any other details.
Here in NE PA, it's WMCA, mostly, night and day, with a lot of WTEM Washington at SRS and SSS. And Radio Reloj, of course, for a reality check.
From Ohio in the early 60's, KLAC and KVI.
From Ecuador in the late 60's, WFAA/WBAP and WMCA and a tentative on WNAX. That was with a 100 meter top loaded tower tuned to 570, though.
From LA today, it's all KLAC, which is only a few miles from my residence.
From Ecuador in the late 60's, WFAA/WBAP and WMCA and a tentative on WNAX. That was with a 100 meter top loaded tower tuned to 570, though.
From LA today, it's all KLAC, which is only a few miles from my residence.
Far northwestern Chicago, some splatter from WIND. WIND is 65 miles from me, but aimed right in my direction. At night, under whatever splatter there is, 570 is usually a mess. What's on top more often than not is WKYX (Paducah, KY). WKBN and WNAX are also identifiable once in a while. R. Reloj pips can also sometimes be heard.
crainbebo said:What have you gotten on 570?
For me, it's local KVI Seattle, but I've gotten a few others...
KCFJ Alturas, CA (Oldies, Sunset catch)
KLAC Los Angeles (basketball coverage u/ KVI)
CKWL Williams Lake, BC (Country)
P.S.: I'm back after losing the Internet for a while!
-crainbebo
Glad you're back. Losing the internet is almost like losing air these days.........
CKWL dominates nights up in Bellingham, WA. In fact, I don't know if it's just all this tech we're using today on the grid, but KVI, which used to come BOOMING in Bellingham in the '70s and '80s is barely heard at all up here today. I also notice a major signal degradation even in Lynnwood.
Is it time maybe to replace a few things at 570 kHz in Seattle?
Just an observation.....
either KLAC or KVI
WKBN/Youngstown here, though not as strong at night due to their pattern change.
[color=navy}Here is St. Petersburg, it's local WTBN (one of Salem's two preach and teach stations in the area) 570; although licensed to Pinellas Park, their towers are now about 20 miles north of Tampa (and probably about 33 miles northeast of Pinellas Park).
During periods of dead air and sometimes even when the local talk is one, Radio Reloj can be heard underneath even during the day at my location, but further north (Tampa and Pinellas Park) I doubt that Radio Reloj can be heard underneath during the day.
In the days when 570 was WFSO (Five Seven 0 ) and WPLP their towers were on the western edge of Pinellas Park and at that time (up until the mid 1980's) they had major nulls to the south during the day and Radio Reloj would come in over them in parts of St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach during the day.
They have a much better and more powerful signal now and cover more of the metro area, but still Radio Reloj is still an issue and cuts into their coverage area.
If I'm not mistaken, the FCC has granted WTBN temporary authority (I believe that's the term) to broadcast 10,000 watts instead of the normal 5,000 watts during periods of time when the interference from Radio Reloj is worse than usual.
drt
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During periods of dead air and sometimes even when the local talk is one, Radio Reloj can be heard underneath even during the day at my location, but further north (Tampa and Pinellas Park) I doubt that Radio Reloj can be heard underneath during the day.
In the days when 570 was WFSO (Five Seven 0 ) and WPLP their towers were on the western edge of Pinellas Park and at that time (up until the mid 1980's) they had major nulls to the south during the day and Radio Reloj would come in over them in parts of St. Petersburg and St. Pete Beach during the day.
They have a much better and more powerful signal now and cover more of the metro area, but still Radio Reloj is still an issue and cuts into their coverage area.
If I'm not mistaken, the FCC has granted WTBN temporary authority (I believe that's the term) to broadcast 10,000 watts instead of the normal 5,000 watts during periods of time when the interference from Radio Reloj is worse than usual.
drt
st. petersburg[/color]
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