Spent a few days on the beach at Ocean City,Md last week and brought a Sony ICF-24 out to the beach. Heard a Spanish station tucked between WEPN-1050 (NYC) and KYW-1060 (Philadelphia). If it was a North American broadcaster, wouldn't the spacing be standard 10Khz? Looking for comments.
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W2JUV_AL said:
1053 is a European channel, and there are a couple of COPE network low power stations there in Spain, 25 kw for one and 5 kw for the other.
W2JUV_AL said:
What time of day to be exact?
I think I'm probably being too optimistic in my wondering if a California AM station can be heard in Hawaii during the day and it you're talking a TA signal, you'd have to add another thousand miles.
BTW, I'm curious as to what other stations you could hear from Ocean City, MD during the day.
ddsparxx said:
The 1089 sports talk station from London is a very good guess. They have a very good daytime signal around southeast England. At night, I've also heard them quite frequently...and quite well...elsewhere in Europe and the UK.
On a personal note.... My daughter lives/teaches in London. 1089 sports talk is the only reason her BF ever tunes away from the FM band. In addition to being widely heard regionally, they also have one of the more potent signals in central London....which can be a very noisy place. As often as not, when I get into a black taxi, 1089 is what's on.
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This was in the daytime?!?!?
Don't rule out the possibility of an image or spur, which would be a letdown.
As to UK 1089, I heard it on my Superadio at night during a few-night stay in Newfoundland in 1999, when they were known as "The new Talk Radio." Also caught its 1053. August I think it was.
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Don't rule out the possibility of an image or spur, which would be a letdown.
As to UK 1089, I heard it on my Superadio at night during a few-night stay in Newfoundland in 1999, when they were known as "The new Talk Radio." Also caught its 1053. August I think it was.
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Don't remember the exact time but it had to be early/mid afternoon. I tried to tune WFAN 660 from NYC (sportstalk) but it was being overpowered by Radio Disney on 640 Khz. That station is located in Jersey, near Philadelphia but cranks out 50Kw during the day. So I went up the dial to hear WEPN 1050 and then found the Spanish station.
If a daytime AM signal can travel over 1000 miles on saltwater, then that could lead to new and interesting DX opportunities.
Imteresting comment, cyberdad. I've never been to anywhere in Europe, however, I once read that London has been full of RF noise. I tried to google some info about 1053 but it appears that Google has had a virus attack recently.
Imteresting comment, cyberdad. I've never been to anywhere in Europe, however, I once read that London has been full of RF noise. I tried to google some info about 1053 but it appears that Google has had a virus attack recently.
ddsparxx said:
I have no doubt that an AM signal can go 1000 miles on saltwater.
We already have two confirmed catches here on this board with audio/video of good signals at 775 miles.
And though I didn't get any official ID, I still have reason to think I was hearing a station from Puerto Rico at Daytona Beach in the daytime from more than 1100 miles.
ddsparxx said:
London is a noisy place, but not really all that much different from any other large city. Where I stay, I'm still usually able to do some reasonably productive DX (but not transatlantic). There's open space in the form a park across the street from my hotel, which helps, and I usually am able to get an upper floor park view room, which helps even more. Of course, the American Embassy around the corner is a noise-generating machine, which doesn't help.
Radioman148 is among those also reporting success DXing in Central London.
I was at one hotel on the NC coast a year ago and I had some success in getting a European 1134 in the hotel, wasn't too terribly noisy, and I was on the 3rd floor (the hotel's highest) near a window facing south instead of east. My dad's been to London and some other parts of Europe on business trips but he was not a DXer. Unfortunately I am not wealthy enough to travel overseas.
ddsparxx said:
(please permit me a short veer off topic....)
The notion that you have to be wealthy to travel internationally is a myth perpetuated chiefly by those who've never done it! Sure it can very easily be expensive. But with a little planning and determination it can also be surprisingly affordable. I've had to pay higher airfare flying from Chicago to Cincinnati than I've spent on some of my trips from Chicago to Europe. Deals pop up all the time on sites like Kayak that search multiple vendor websites. Especially during "off seasons"
Airline seats and hotel rooms are perishable inventory. When demand drops (and it always does), prices plummet. Be flexible with your plans and move quickly when windows of opportunities open. Once you're at your destination, make it a point to find out where the locals go and go there yourself. As I've posted before, I'm in London a lot. Not only for business, but also because our daughter is there. It can be a very expensive place, and sure, we go to nice restaurants from time to time, but even in one of the world's priciest cities, I can also always find a neighborhood pub and get a good meal for less than ten bucks.
Go for it!
cyberdad said:
Ok...If you are a little upset about what I said, and if life is difficult when you have a family member live overseas, I apologize. You see, my job does not require traveling internationally, so I know very little about traveling, amd I assumed it 'as very expensive to go to other countries overseas, and to stay at hotels until it's time to come back. I didn't think that it could be inexpenxive to go to Europe when looking for ways to keep costs down. Then again, if I were to to go to Europe, Australia, or somewhere, I would find a time when demand for traveling is down, then I could go fo it, but right now, I don't have an opportunity to travel and I have no plans to do so. Again, I apologize for the remark "unfortunately, I..." if it is considered inappropiate.
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