at 32°46'N 116°57'W, noon to 1:30pm yesterday
Using a Panasonic Shockwave, Select-A-Tenna, and one of two fences (either one running north & south or one running east & west), I was able to hear the following stations (some are guesses though because the signal was SO faint that I was only BARELY able to detect the effect of a carrier barely pulsing the level of background (foreground) static on my radio, or adjacent channel interference was VERY severe). What would be the approximate field strengths of the stations below?
SAT = used Select-A-Tenna, N/S_Fence = north/south fence, E/W_Fence = east/west fence. The fences were never used without the select-a-tenna. nothing = built-in ferrite bar loopstick antenna only.
Callsigns given where known, or city of license or format. If not sure, I guess (and will note guesses).
Also, for frequencies NOT listed, what's the field strength of the "strongest" station on that frequency (even though I might not be able to hear the station), and if there's 2 stations within 20dB of each other, both of them (also for frequencies with a weak signal listed if there's another one less than 20dB weaker)?
530 TIS LAX Airport - SAT
540 XESURF
550 KUZZ (but it may have been a spanish language format (I have been able to hear a very faint spanish station on 550 in the past on other radios) or KFYI, but I thought I heard some country music) - SAT
560 KBLU - SAT
570 KLAC
590 (used to hear KTIE with a SAT before KOGO went IBOC)
600 KOGO
620 XESS
640 KFI
660 KGDP & KTNN - SAT (KGDP was much stronger)
670 KIRN
680 KNBR? (extremely faint, or was it even there?) - SAT + E/W_Fence
690 XETRA
710 KSPN
720 KDWN - SAT
730 XEEBC
740 KBRT
760 KFMB
790 KABC (also XESU with SAT)
800 XESPN
810 KGO? (barely there if at all) - SAT + E/W_Fence
820 XEMVS
830 KMXE
850 Mexicali
860 XEMO
870 KRLA
890 TIS Cabrillo National Monument - SAT
910 KECR
920 spanish - SAT
930 KHJ
940 Mexicali - SAT
950 XEKAM
960 Apple Valley - SAT
970 KNWZ
980 KFWB
990 Mexicali
1000 KCEO
1010 2 stations, one was español - SAT
1020 KTNQ
1030 XESDD
1040 KURS
1050 XED
1070 KNX
1090 XEPRS
1110 KDIS
1130 KSDO
1140 KNWQ? - SAT + Fence (forgot which one)
1150 KTLK - SAT
1170 KCBQ
1180 KERI - SAT
1190 KXMX
1210 KPRZ
1230 Los Angeles and/or KXO - SAT
1240 KSON
1250 Santa Barbara
1260 KSUR
1270 XEAZ
1280 KFRN
1290 Santa Barbara (also KKDD with SAT when nulling Santa Barbara)
1300 KROP
1310 XEC
1320 KKSM
1330 KWKW
1340 Santa Barbara
1350 KTDD - SAT
1360 KLSD
1370 KWRM - SAT
1390 XEKT
1400 ? - SAT
1410 Redlands? - SAT
1420 XEXX
1430 KWST - SAT
1440 Riverside - SAT
1450 KFSD
1460 ? - SAT
1470 XERCN
1480 Santa Ana? - SAT + E/W_Fence
1490 Santa Barbara or KICO
1500 TIS Qualcomm Stadium (this station has had no modulation (i.e. is carrier only) for as long as I can remember. Why are they even THERE if it's not being used? I would like to be able to use that frequency for a part 15 station.)
1510 KSPA - SAT
1520 KVTA
1530 KFBK? - SAT
1540 KMPC
1550 XEBG
1560 KNZR - SAT
1570 KPRO? - SAT + N/S_Fence
1580 KBLA (come on, where was KMIK when I needed it?)
1590 XEYX
1600 KMNY
1610 TIS Balboa Park - SAT (there's also a talking house down the street)
1630 XEUT
1650 KFOX
1660 TIS San Diego Convention Center - SAT
1670 KHPY - SAT
1680 KAVT? - SAT + N/S_Fence
1690 TIS San Diego International Airport - SAT (before XEPE was on the air)
1700 XEPE
What type of antenna (have been thinking of using one of Bruce Carter's antennas (even going so far as to consider building multiple ones - one for good audio bandwidth, another for good selectivity, and possibly a third for in between)) should I make to improve AM reception? My goal is to be able to hear at LEAST one station fairly clearly (20+dB above static, 35+dB above co-channel intereference, 60+dB above adjacent-channel interference), preferably multiple stations (using a proper directional antenna), on every single 10kHz spaced channel 24 hours a day. It'd be nice to be able to get at least 4 (N/E/S/W) or 8 (N/NE/E/SE/S/SW/W/NW) different stations on each channel by pointing the antenna in different directions.
Also, if I was to make something sensitive enough to pick up daytime skywave signals, what would I need to do to make it directional enough to differentiate between various angles of skywave (for example rejecting XEMVS 820 in Mexicali to hear 20 WBAP in Ft Worth)?
Using a Panasonic Shockwave, Select-A-Tenna, and one of two fences (either one running north & south or one running east & west), I was able to hear the following stations (some are guesses though because the signal was SO faint that I was only BARELY able to detect the effect of a carrier barely pulsing the level of background (foreground) static on my radio, or adjacent channel interference was VERY severe). What would be the approximate field strengths of the stations below?
SAT = used Select-A-Tenna, N/S_Fence = north/south fence, E/W_Fence = east/west fence. The fences were never used without the select-a-tenna. nothing = built-in ferrite bar loopstick antenna only.
Callsigns given where known, or city of license or format. If not sure, I guess (and will note guesses).
Also, for frequencies NOT listed, what's the field strength of the "strongest" station on that frequency (even though I might not be able to hear the station), and if there's 2 stations within 20dB of each other, both of them (also for frequencies with a weak signal listed if there's another one less than 20dB weaker)?
530 TIS LAX Airport - SAT
540 XESURF
550 KUZZ (but it may have been a spanish language format (I have been able to hear a very faint spanish station on 550 in the past on other radios) or KFYI, but I thought I heard some country music) - SAT
560 KBLU - SAT
570 KLAC
590 (used to hear KTIE with a SAT before KOGO went IBOC)
600 KOGO
620 XESS
640 KFI
660 KGDP & KTNN - SAT (KGDP was much stronger)
670 KIRN
680 KNBR? (extremely faint, or was it even there?) - SAT + E/W_Fence
690 XETRA
710 KSPN
720 KDWN - SAT
730 XEEBC
740 KBRT
760 KFMB
790 KABC (also XESU with SAT)
800 XESPN
810 KGO? (barely there if at all) - SAT + E/W_Fence
820 XEMVS
830 KMXE
850 Mexicali
860 XEMO
870 KRLA
890 TIS Cabrillo National Monument - SAT
910 KECR
920 spanish - SAT
930 KHJ
940 Mexicali - SAT
950 XEKAM
960 Apple Valley - SAT
970 KNWZ
980 KFWB
990 Mexicali
1000 KCEO
1010 2 stations, one was español - SAT
1020 KTNQ
1030 XESDD
1040 KURS
1050 XED
1070 KNX
1090 XEPRS
1110 KDIS
1130 KSDO
1140 KNWQ? - SAT + Fence (forgot which one)
1150 KTLK - SAT
1170 KCBQ
1180 KERI - SAT
1190 KXMX
1210 KPRZ
1230 Los Angeles and/or KXO - SAT
1240 KSON
1250 Santa Barbara
1260 KSUR
1270 XEAZ
1280 KFRN
1290 Santa Barbara (also KKDD with SAT when nulling Santa Barbara)
1300 KROP
1310 XEC
1320 KKSM
1330 KWKW
1340 Santa Barbara
1350 KTDD - SAT
1360 KLSD
1370 KWRM - SAT
1390 XEKT
1400 ? - SAT
1410 Redlands? - SAT
1420 XEXX
1430 KWST - SAT
1440 Riverside - SAT
1450 KFSD
1460 ? - SAT
1470 XERCN
1480 Santa Ana? - SAT + E/W_Fence
1490 Santa Barbara or KICO
1500 TIS Qualcomm Stadium (this station has had no modulation (i.e. is carrier only) for as long as I can remember. Why are they even THERE if it's not being used? I would like to be able to use that frequency for a part 15 station.)
1510 KSPA - SAT
1520 KVTA
1530 KFBK? - SAT
1540 KMPC
1550 XEBG
1560 KNZR - SAT
1570 KPRO? - SAT + N/S_Fence
1580 KBLA (come on, where was KMIK when I needed it?)
1590 XEYX
1600 KMNY
1610 TIS Balboa Park - SAT (there's also a talking house down the street)
1630 XEUT
1650 KFOX
1660 TIS San Diego Convention Center - SAT
1670 KHPY - SAT
1680 KAVT? - SAT + N/S_Fence
1690 TIS San Diego International Airport - SAT (before XEPE was on the air)
1700 XEPE
What type of antenna (have been thinking of using one of Bruce Carter's antennas (even going so far as to consider building multiple ones - one for good audio bandwidth, another for good selectivity, and possibly a third for in between)) should I make to improve AM reception? My goal is to be able to hear at LEAST one station fairly clearly (20+dB above static, 35+dB above co-channel intereference, 60+dB above adjacent-channel interference), preferably multiple stations (using a proper directional antenna), on every single 10kHz spaced channel 24 hours a day. It'd be nice to be able to get at least 4 (N/E/S/W) or 8 (N/NE/E/SE/S/SW/W/NW) different stations on each channel by pointing the antenna in different directions.
Also, if I was to make something sensitive enough to pick up daytime skywave signals, what would I need to do to make it directional enough to differentiate between various angles of skywave (for example rejecting XEMVS 820 in Mexicali to hear 20 WBAP in Ft Worth)?