AM signals booming from the south tonight

[crainbebo]

Why don't you try some of the regional channels? From your spot, you should get stations from CA, NV and AZ during Aurora.

-crainbebo

 

[crainbebo]

It's back! 8PM observations, Bellevue, WA, 10/17/12

KSUE-1240 clear ID with only one other fluttering. Susanville, CA, relog.
KFPT-790 Clovis alone
KHWG-750 weak, no sign of Portland!
740-KCBS good
920 trace, KIHM?

-crainbebo

 

[crainbebo]

1470-KIID Sacramento is a new log, number 460 to be exact. Very poor with match to local Radio Disney in Seattle (1250).

-crainbebo

 

[crainbebo]

New Log #2 of the night...and #3

1340: KATA Arcata, CA; good with ad for "The Hangar Cafe at Murray Field" which is nearby Eureka. ESPN Radio following, with schedule of ALCS and NLCS MLB games. New #461, 1kw, about 500 miles S.

970: KESP Modesto, CA; fair ID "AM 970 ESPN Radio". Had been tentative for several months! New #462.

-crainbebo

 

[crainbebo]

Other stations heard-not locals

540-XESURF
560-KSFO
580-KMJ
610-KRTA
650-KSTE
670-KBOI weak
680-KNBR
740-KCBS
750-KHWG
780-KKOH
790-KFPT with CCI-KABC?
810-KGO
840-KXNT
910-KKSF
920-KSHO
940-KYNO
960-KLAD w/ CCI likely KNEW
1020-SS KTNQ?
1070-KNX
1080-talk (KSCO?)
1100-KWWN and KFAX, etc.

-crainbebo

 

[nocomradio]

Around 12AM this morning, was doing an AM bandscan in Central VA. Lots of Spanish here wiping out the big ones like WOR, WABC, WCBS, and even WSM. I could null them and pick up some of the US stations, but not very clearly. Earlier in the evening at around 8PM it was only on the lower end of the band, but by midnight, it was all across the dial. Southern stations definitely are ruling the band. WWL sounds like a local along with WSB.

I switched over to FM and listened a while too. Picked up my usual 103.3 WESR from the Eastern Shore (200 miles) and several VA Beach stations too, but then also heard Raleigh's 100.7 WRVA-FM. Several other faint stations were heard when I'd null the locals, but I didn't I.D. them as they were fading in and out.

 

[MarioMania]

How can I tell if anything happens down here in Vallejo?

 

[ChuckTiller]

This morning at 2:40AM CDT, I was hearing classical music on my car radio (2005 Chrysler 300 stock radio) on 530KHZ. I was on my way to work. I listened for about 9 minutes.

 

[boombox]

How can I tell if anything happens down here in Vallejo?

I don't really know, as I've never DXed from California (I live in the PNW), but my guess would be you would find signals from the north reduced in strength. For example, if you normally hear Canada on some frequencies, you probably wouldn't when an aurora kicks in.

 

[Tincap]

This morning at 2:40AM CDT, I was hearing classical music on my car radio (2005 Chrysler 300 stock radio) on 530KHZ. I was on my way to work. I listened for about 9 minutes.

Could that have been Radio Sinfonola, out of Costa Rica? Perhaps (any night owls) someone could check their stream, to see if they play classical music, at that time of the morning ~>http://www.radiosinfonola.com//modu...VBBR0FEQSxObyBoYXkgdGl0dWxvcyxFc2N1Y2hhczosMA,,
~BG

 

[crainbebo]

Classical would be easy-listening station Radio Enciclopedia from Cuba. It's usually heard on 530 khz on the East Coast.

-crainbebo

 

[davideduardo]

Could that have been Radio Sinfonola, out of Costa Rica?

Since "sinfonola" means "juke box" I doubt that the programming is that high-brow.

 

[cyberdad]

Since "sinfonola" means "juke box" I doubt that the programming is that high-brow.

Well, there's the Napoleon House on Chartres Street in New Orleans. Bar/Cafe with an all-classical music jukebox. It's been a few years....but every time I've been in there, there's been no shortage of people playing it!