AM Frequency of the week: 750

[davideduardo]

I suspect it is ground conductivity at the receiving site, not the transmitting site, that is the problem.

In the case of North Georgia, it is bad conductivity of the entire zone.

In an area of very good conductivity - Lubbock, TX - I had no problem receiving it with a five foot loop during the day.

Reception like that during the daytime at that distance is an anomaly and might be attributed to daytime skywave at times. From experience, using a professional communications receiver and loop, reception in Birmingham, AL is not consistent... and that's a lot closer (it is just outside the 0.1 mV/m contour and very, very weak if receivable)

I did this at different times of the year. Of course reception of that type is subject to deep, long lasting fades, but WSB was definitely there. I heard multiple ID's and Atlanta commercials.

If you had deep fades, that was daytime skywave.

As another poster mentioned, the bad groundwave coverage of WSB can be seen in how close in the skywave/groundwave cancellation can occur. At night, they are also seriously ripped up by the much more powerful RCR from Caracas.

 

[purpledevil]

To help out Schmave, I haven't had any issues with KTRH interfering with WSB-Atlanta. KTRH is audible day and night in San Antonio, better at night of course, but audible throughout the course of the day. WSB is there from time to time, but not as reliable as say WLAC. The station that does cause some issues for reception of WSB is San Antonio's local next door neighbor, the old 76 KSJL(now KTKR).

 

[schmave]

Ah, thanks to you and Jim. It was more a curiosity thing ... wasn't sure if SA is beyond KTRH's cancellation zone. There are many areas of Houston where WSB comes in at night, and KTRH puts a tremendous lobe over most of the city.

 

[RyanHoward]

Warminster PA(Philly 'burbs):

Daytime: zippo, maybe a small trace of WBMD Baltimore, but mostly splatter from semi-local WVCH at 740.
Night: always WSB