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Am station with the largest night land coverage?

Try for KSL on 1160 - I did it regularly in Southern Michigan. I would think that KGO on 810 might be a possibility, as would KFI on 640 if it was at full power (I logged it from Florida). KNX 1070 is also a fairly easy log in Dallas in spite of the local 1080, I wouldn't think Michigan would be that much more difficult.

I have never logged any of the Oregon / Washington state 50kW stations, but you might try some of them from Michigan just to get a West coast log.
 
I travel extensively and also engage in online DXing. I nominate WLW, WOAI and KSL. KOA and WHAM deserve honorable mention.
 
I've picked up KNX here in Southern Michigan. Only once, though. I haven't heard it in about two years, and it took two years to hear it in the first place. It's not impossible, but it's a really tough catch. Unfortunately, though, 1160 is regularly pounded by WWVA on 1170 if not CKOC on 1150. 810 is usually occupied by either WGY out of Schenectady or bleed from CKLW.
 
The longest distance I have picked up is KDKA 1020 out of Pittsburg. (from here in Dallas)
But it was not too strong.

I heard somewhere that KMOX (1120, St. Louis) can be heard in all 48 homeland states. I can certainly pick it up crystal clear at home.

Other great signals I can get pretty clearly:

1040 WHO Des Moines
870 WWL NOLA
700 WLW The Big One, Cincy
Ofcourse, WOAI 1200 San Antone
850 KOA Denver
 
In Michigan, I once heard a Radio Disney affiliate on 1110, which MAY have been Los Angeles' Mickey Mouse station. The station was so weak that I could hardly make anything out, so I guess i'll never know.

My longest regulars are..
WBZ
WWL
WBAP
KOA
WOAI
 
That is the ONLY Radio Disney affiliate on 1110, so you have a confirmed logging. Congratulations, that is amazing considering the 1110 in Omaha is a monster.
 
This was at 9:00 on a mid-Winter morning here in Michigan, which would have made it 6:00 and probably still dark in Los Angeles.

This station was so weak I could barely make anything out. I only suspected it was Radio Disney because I turned my radio to 1680 (Grand Rapids' Radio Disney affiliate) and it SOUNDED like the same song. While I may have very well confirmed a west coast AM station, I don't like to officially log them until I know for sure.

I'm still young, so I have a long time to positively confirm 1110 or any other AM station from Los Angeles.
 
I always get KMOS & KWKH nearly every night down in South Texas.
 
I have a new candidate - the old PJB in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.

And lets not forget that 530 in the Turks and Caicos. Lack of other stations on the frequency make that 40kW 530 receivable a lot of places. Darn - I was just in LA and should have tried it out there!
 
I am in Toronto and the strongest stations I have picked up are

WSB 750 Atlanta
CBW 990 Winnipeg
WHO 1040 Des Moines
KFAB 1110 Lincolin NE
KMOX 1120 St. Louis

When I go to Las Vegas..the distant stations are

KOMO 1000 Seattle
KEX Portland OR
 
KFAB isn't heard much on the east coast due to WBT, both are directional.

I'm surprised no one mentioned KMOX even with WBT at 1110 I have no trouble hearing KMOX at 1120 in Charlotte.

Then there is WSM 650 great dial position and not directional.

By the way I don't think WLW is directional, that second tower is just an emergency tower like the one KFI is using now. WGN also has an emergency tower.

Everyone always says what a great signal WCCO has but even before they started breaking down their clear channal I only heard WCCO a couple of times here in North Carolina and then it was very weak.
 
That second, shorter tower across the street from the main WLW tower is not an auxiliary tower.

From what I recall, WLW's signal is so strong, it has adjacent channel splatter that actually interferes with other stations and that second tower somehow fixeds that problem.
 
PaulBWalkerJr said:
That second, shorter tower across the street from the main WLW tower is not an auxiliary tower.

From what I recall, WLW's signal is so strong, it has adjacent channel splatter that actually interferes with other stations and that second tower somehow fixeds that problem.
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WLW has been non-directional since they dropped the 500kw back in 1939. They were indeed required to go two-tower DA at night when the superpower was on, due to interference complaints from CJBC in Toronto. (then on 690 and in English)

I don't remember the tower across the road from WLW - it's been a long time since I've got off the freeway there to take a look - but my guess would be that it's a cellphone or microwave tower. Presumably well detuned.
 
Furthest regular catches here in Eastern NY state:

1120 KMOX mixes with but usually overtakes pest WPRX-MA
830 WCCO can still be heard under pest WCRN-MA, but only during good Cx
850 KOA under WEEI-MA with good Cx, WYLF-NY no longer cheating
870 WWL not as strong as some might think up here, but can be heard with WHCU-NY
1500 KSTP during good CX to the west.
1200 WOAI - ususally noisy channel here between NY, VA, ONT and others, best chance to hear it is just before sunrise.

Rare catches here:
1030 KTWO when WBZ off
660 CFFR/880 CHQT when WCBS/WFAN off
680 WPTF under WRKO-MA and WINR-NY sometimes just after sunset.

Never logged anything from Mexico, have heard Cuba on various freqs. many times over the years. 530 from Turks is a regular at night. 1540 from the Bahamas makes it up here when KXEL/WPTR/CHIN are weak. 1375 from St. Pierre used to a be a standard het heard here - used a reference when tuning in the dark.

Western powerhouse stations never heard by me here in almost 30 years of Dxing, but heard by others in the region:
770 KKOB - nope... WABC puts groundwave & skywave into here. I have heard an oldies station here several times though, never ID'd.
720 KDWN - WGN, Cuban, and used to be CHTN only heard here.
740 KTRH - No chance against CHWO's monster signal.
640 KFI - Ohio, NJ, and remnants of WNNZ's signal futz up this channel now. Also Cuba.
1070 KNX - CBA, CHOK own the channel at night here.
1110 KFAB - WBT dominates here.
1160 KSL - near impossible now with local slop from NJ, PA and NY
1190 KEX - also near impossible now with WLIB's new pattern. WOWO can still be heard though weak.
 
My first post-The nature of the topic would rule out any stations located near the coast like N.Y., L.A., New Orleans etc leaving stations that can get out approx 1000 (or more) mi in all directions over land. The only station I could get w/ any degree of consistency w/ a std. Bose Wave Radio in Central Mass, So. Fla, and far western Kansas (all about 1000 mi from Chicago) is AM 780 out of Chicago. A close 2nd was KMOX although it faded in and out in SW Fla but was strong in MA and SW kansas.
 
PaulBWalkerJr said:
That second, shorter tower across the street from the main WLW tower is not an auxiliary tower.

From what I recall, WLW's signal is so strong, it has adjacent channel splatter that actually interferes with other stations and that second tower somehow fixeds that problem.
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From the FCC:



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WLW OH CINCINNATI USA
Unlimited

Licensee: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION

700 kHz Licensed
Domestic Station Class: A Region 2 Station Class (corresponds to W. Hemisphere): A
Coordination Status: Canada: - Mexico: - Region 2: -
File No: BL-19790104AI Facility ID No.: 29733
CDBS Application ID No.: 418899

39° 21' 11.00" N Latitude Power: 50.0 kilowatts (kW) Unlimited
84 ° 19' 30.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)

ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night

RMS Standard: 0.00 mV/m at 1 kilometer
RMS Theoretical: 378.20 mV/m at 1 kilometer

1 tower CDBS Ant. System ID: 43541
 
AMonFM said:
770 KKOB - nope... WABC puts groundwave & skywave into here. I have heard an oldies station here several times though, never ID'd.
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Could be WLWL Rockingham, NC. They may still be broadcasting in AM stereo, so that may be a way to confirm them.

Could also be WKFB Jeannette, PA. Those are both listed as daytime-only stations.
 
To answer your question the biggest signals are KSL, Salt Lake City, WOAI , San Antonio, and WHO, Des Moines, Iowa. Back in 77 and in 80 I picked them up coast to coast on an old RS DX-160 receiver. Today's times, with expanded daytimer coverage, and increased power for evening broadcast, I don't know if it still holds true today. But before the FCC started selling out, they were the biggest as far as land mass is concerned.
 
xew 900 in Mexico City can be heard in parts of Canada. I get in in Ottawa in the wintertime all the time. WWL in N'awlins does sometimes make it up to Ottawa. Furthest East I've ever heard a west coast station was KNBR 680 heard in Southeast Iowa on a walkman in a pizza restaurant while I was waiting for a pizza.
 
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