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AM Frequency of the Week - 870 kHz
- Thread starter Buckeyes2001
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I'm in the midwest also, but I'll have to listen more carefully as I only hear WWL on 870 & no Reloj.
Echoing what LibertyNT posted, here in East Texas near Tyler I get a very weak KFJZ during the day. They were actually a little better here before they upped their power and went directional.
Likewise at night it's virtually always nothing but WWL, which is the strongest nighttime signal of all here. On rare occasions a little Reloj can be detected. Years ago, decades in fact, I was able to snag what was then 5kW KAIM in Honolulu one night when WWL was doing some maintenance.
Likewise at night it's virtually always nothing but WWL, which is the strongest nighttime signal of all here. On rare occasions a little Reloj can be detected. Years ago, decades in fact, I was able to snag what was then 5kW KAIM in Honolulu one night when WWL was doing some maintenance.
Icangelp said:
Congratulations....after more than four years of having that on (for no particular reason!), you're the first guy to pick up on that. Or at least the first person to say something about it.
Back on topic.... I've never actually caught the R. Reloj "programming" here in the Chicago area myself. Just the clock tones.
cyberdad said:
I guess I've never listened long enough to capture the ticking underneath WWL.
Far Northwest Suburbs of Chicago (near Crystal Lake, IL)
Daytime:
WKAR East Lansing, MI (weak daytime, however, a listenable signal near sunrise and sunset)
Critical Hours:
KPRM Park Rapids, MN (near sunset before going from 25kW to 1kW-DA night power)
Look for KPRM when WWJC 850 Duluth is coming in well, usually in the winter months...
WINU Shelbyville, IL (near sunset and sometimes running well into the evening too)
Nighttime:
WWL New Orleans, LA
CM-- Cuba: Have heard the Radio Reloj morse code under WWL in the winter...(it has been there...rarely)
Daytime:
WKAR East Lansing, MI (weak daytime, however, a listenable signal near sunrise and sunset)
Critical Hours:
KPRM Park Rapids, MN (near sunset before going from 25kW to 1kW-DA night power)
Look for KPRM when WWJC 850 Duluth is coming in well, usually in the winter months...
WINU Shelbyville, IL (near sunset and sometimes running well into the evening too)
Nighttime:
WWL New Orleans, LA
CM-- Cuba: Have heard the Radio Reloj morse code under WWL in the winter...(it has been there...rarely)
stormy01 said:
How long after WAIT signs off does WWJC stay on during the winter? Sometimes I can hear KOA riding over WAIT near sunset and I'm only about 20--25 miles from WAIT's sticks and right in their pattern.
That's a good question. Looking at sunset times for the stations, they coincide except in March, when WWJC can operate with daytime power for 15 minutes longer. But there's a big difference when it comes to post-sunset authority. Unlike the single-digit power allowed for WAIT, WWJC can operate at least for a little while with over 200 watts: http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=3648
I'm near where Stormy is, and I've heard WKAR here a couple of times in daytime when WAIT (850) has been off. But WKAR is normally pretty much impossible for me because I'm only about two miles from the WAIT sticks (and directly in one of their two main lobes).
I've never heard WINU or KPRM here, however.
I've never heard WINU or KPRM here, however.
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BigDave
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Nothing during the Day and WWL New Orleans at Night
Dave....
First of all, welcome to the board. Secondly where you are you should be able to null WWL at night and snag R. Reloj from Cuba underneath. It's hard to miss with continuous Morse code and time pips in the background of what's basically a news format. (Or at least the Castro Brothers version of news)
First of all, welcome to the board. Secondly where you are you should be able to null WWL at night and snag R. Reloj from Cuba underneath. It's hard to miss with continuous Morse code and time pips in the background of what's basically a news format. (Or at least the Castro Brothers version of news)
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BigDave
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cyberdad said:
I live in Metro-Atlanta(Woodstock,Georgia)
BigDave said:
Yup. I know where it is. Been there several times. Nice place. Used to have a customer there "back in the day". By and large, I think it should be a pretty good spot for AM DX. And back to my original point, I think you should be able to catch Cuba's R. Reloj relatively easily some night underneath WWL.
crainbebo said:
Perhaps I should've clarified my earlier post. The Atlanta area indeed has horrid ground conductivity. But at night, it's as good as any metro area for DX....perhaps even better, at least from the standpoint of one not having to go very far from transmitter sites to get out of interference and harmonic zones that would otherwise cause havoc for skywave signals.
Woodstock, Georgia, about 30 miles north of town, is even better because it's an open....almost semi-rural...location with fewer noise sources than areas closer to the city center.
Hope that explains it.
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