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AM Frequency of the week: 790

cyberdad

cyberdad

What do you guys hear on 790?

Here in the far northwest Chicago burbs daytime it's all splatter and hiss from local WBBM (780). A couple of times when WBBM has
been knocked off the air, I've heard WSGW from Saginaw, MI with a very weak signal. But the most recent time was probably at least 20 years ago.

Nights: "Way back when", CKSO from Sudbury, ON used to be strong enough to punch through the splatter with WBBM nulled. But that was back before WBBM turned on their I-block, and CKSO/790 is now long-gone. Now it's just hiss and splatter from WBBM 24/7 on 790. Although WABC is usually able to break through on 770 at night.
 
At my location in the near north Chicago suburbs I hear only WBBM's IBLOCK all day & night.
In that "screened location" on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago where WBBM gets nulled, I have heard WSGW during the day a few times.
At night many years ago before WBBM's noisemaker, I heard Norfolk, Va most often.
 
Houston solidly KBME day and night.

West Texas is a bit more interesting with a super - regional KFYO Lubbock. Very good signal in the daytime, I've heard it as far East as Ft. Worth. Nighttime they protect other 790s from Houston, Memphis, etc.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
Houston solidly KBME day and night.

West Texas is a bit more interesting with a super - regional KFYO Lubbock. Very good signal in the daytime, I've heard it as far East as Ft. Worth. Nighttime they protect other 790s from Houston, Memphis, etc.
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+1.

I've picked up KFYO from Lubbock numerous times underneath KBME, which says more about KBME than it does KFYO. I can see the KBME towers from my normal jobsite, and I live less than 5 miles away from them,
yet some mornings there's KFYO fighting KBME with everything its got.
 
Daytime there's nothing to hear, and if there were, local KXIC 800 would probably be too much of an annoyance.

I'm pretty sure I've had problems from WBBM at nighttime, but not always. Probably due to convergence or something else I don't understand, WBBM is always there (~200 miles away) but not always that strong.

790 is kind of a clutter at night, with WEAQ Eau Claire, WI usually on top. I'm pretty sure I've heard the 790 from Louisville in there as well. Probably others too, if I were able to ID them -- it's just too cluttered.
 
icybluelake said:
790 is kind of a clutter at night, with WEAQ Eau Claire, WI usually on top. I'm pretty sure I've heard the 790 from Louisville in there as well. Probably others too, if I were able to ID them -- it's just too cluttered.
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Eau Claire 790 is now WAYY. The WEAQ call letters now are on 1150. 1150 used to be WAYY. Before that 1150 was WAXX....which is now on FM. Got all that?

Back on topic, the Eau Claire 790 has been on my bucket list for decades. I've never heard it here. I'm right in their nighttime null, and having the 800-pound gorilla, WBBM, 25 or so miles away doesn't help matters.

Also, KFYO was mentioned earlier.... I was in the Texas panhandle area a couple of months ago, and was impressed with KFYO's daytime signal. To put it mildly!
 
Here in Pickerington, Ohio it's WHTH from Newark/Heath (about 25 miles NE) daytime and nothing except maybe some Radio Reloj ticks at night.
WHTH really tucks in its signal to the west-southwest at night, so much so that Radio Reloj can come through under WHTH in its nulls within 4-5 miles of the tower.
 
Not CFCW anymore. They are on 840.
If you are getting country on 790 as of December 2015, you are likely getting KGHL Billings, MT. But I don't know - you are on the SE AK panhandle, so it's a lot farther.
Port Alexander's population is 81. Wow.
 
Daytime - Nothing.

But according to Radio Locator's map, I should be able to easily hear KKON from Kona. Strange.

Nighttime - KKON sometimes mixing with a weak KABC Los Angeles.
 
According to R-L, I should have been easily been able to hear KKON when I was living in Honolulu. But I never did. Of course during those few days I spent on the Kona Coast, it was a local and easily the best AM signal. It had just recently come on the air.
 
Hmm. I haven't really tried 790 in over a year, but I assumed it was still there. Wow. I might have to listen again. I'm not a classic country guy, so I generally skip right by 790, it's not one of my "go-to" stations. When did THAT change happen? I should try 840 one of these nights.

81? More like 35 year-round! One nice thing though about that is no local AMs jamming up the band, and no city power and the associated nightmare of electrical noise, so DXing from here is great! Granted, my (off-grid) house is still full of fluorescent lights (CFLs and linear), switching-mode power supplies, and other things that trash AM reception. My inverter especially...puts a hum in everything...cordless phone, computer speakers, etc.
 
MarioMania said:
The only thing I hate about new people

I see them spamming on a Sub-Forun, Like every 10 mins or so
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He's new. He was interested enough in the subject material he saw here to register an account and post in those threads. He then did so. Frankly, (and hello from Texas, welcome to the fold, AKDXer)I thank him for contributing, especially to the DX forums. We don't get much news from our Alaskan brethren near the Arctic Circle, and it's rather refreshing to read his posts.

I fail to see the issue you have, Mario, and you certainly don't speak for me.

Please, AK, carry on. Enjoying the read you provide.
 
MarioMania said:
The only thing I hate about new people

I see them spamming on a Sub-Forun, Like every 10 mins or so
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Newbie here too, but long time lurker........actually spent a weekend once reading every post of this thread.....

I have lots to add and to ask, but I am not going into 50 threads in 20 minutes and go nuts.
Always good to pick and choose your spots, I have learned.

To each his own, but I can see how might rub some people the wrong way
 
Welcome, AK DXer. Looking forward to reading your posts - and to see if you're ever able to log any stations from down here in Texas.
 
From Foley, Alabama:

Day: Weak WPNN 790 from Pensacola, FL. Only about 40 miles as the crow flies but the ground conductivity here is the pits.
Night: Weak but recognizable Radio Reloj from Pinar del Río. I often hear Spanish programming on 670 and 990, which appear to be triplexed at this same site.
 
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