Does KMOX run on less power than they did 10 or 20 years ago?

[David67]

I remember KMOX used to have a booming signal but it doesn't seem to be as powerful as it used to be? Have Y'all noticed that or is it just Me?

 

[700WLW]

I remember KMOX used to have a booming signal but it doesn't seem to be as powerful as it used to be? Have Y'all noticed that or is it just Me?

I am in Maryland, and get KMOX clearly - they are still a 50KW AM non-directional station:

http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/50kwam.html

Do you have a particular receiver for AM DXing ? I have gone through a bunch of radios, and decided on the very excellent $10 Sony hand-held analog-tuned ICF-S10MK2 (I grew up, in the 1960s, on transistor-type radios):

http://www.radiointel.com/review-sonys10mk2.htm

 

[David67]

Thanks for the links,i'll order one of those sony radios 8)

 

[700WLW]

Thanks for the links,i'll order one of those sony radios 8)

Great ! Check SonyStyle.com, or J&R Music, for the best deals - I got mine, a month ago, from J&R for $10 (included shipping, for a limited time). Bear-in-mind, that this is an analog-tuned radio, so finding stations, is not the same exact science, as a digital PLL radio, but I think, it is more fun (plus, they are usually better DX'ers, without the PLL synthesizer noise).

I don't know, if you are new to the hobby, but a great place to do research, and ask questions, is rec.radio.shortwave:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave?lnk=lr&hl=en

Look over the reviews on Amazon, for the Sony, as almost all of them are 4, or 5 stars:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cu...630159-9046047?ie=UTF8&n=172282&s=electronics

If you want to be able to punch in an exact frequency, then I would recommend a digital PLL radio.

 

[vibe]

Growing up in Central Conn, 40 -50 yrs ago, KMOX was quite strong at night. It still comes in so so in central Mass. It SEEMS like there was a change somewhere. Did receive it last summer in Garden City, KS FWIW.

 

[BRNout]

It was just booming in to E. PA last night and sometimes does. Other nights it is receivable - much like Chicago am stations. Seems fine.

I think that we've had a number of discussions about good radios for DXing here. There are a number of quality radios available for the casual DXer, depending on the desired price point. SonyStyle, J&R, Frys outpost and Amazon.com are good places to shop on-line.

Some really useful discussions on good dxing radio options is available here in an earlier thread: http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,57557.0.html

 

[Grrrradio]

David -- if you're located anywhere north, northeast, or northwest of about the MN-IA border, KFAN-1130 from Minneapolis might be causing you some trouble. (I'm guessing not though, from the y'all in your post ) They built a new facility in 1986 in Credit River Township, in the far south metro, with NINE towers for their night pattern. Unfortunately, the thing seems to bleed all over the place -- I grew up three miles north of it, and I had trouble DXing KSL (1160) or sometimes even KRLD (1080) at night!! (Also, what time were you trying for KMOX? Because of time zone differences, you might have been trying before KFAN flipped to their night pattern... and their day signal is much closer to omni.)