This morning, I got a lot of South Florida stations up here in Mississippi. I got Power 96, Y100, WRMF and Sunny 104.3. I also got a few Ft. Myers stations and an AC station from Vero Beach on 103.7. I never DX'ed south Florida stations this far north before. It was quite exciting.
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DX'ing SoFla stations in Jackson, MS
- Thread starter the golden boy
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the golden boy said:
BIG sporadic-E opening today. I had Florida stations in for **FIVE HOURS** up here in the Nashville area. Miami-market reception:
89.7 91.3 92.3 93.9 94.9 95.7 96.5 98.3 99.1 99.9 101.5 and probably 97.3 but couldn't identify it for sure.
And TV-6, never seen before here.
Also heard:
8 stations from the Keys
10 from the Fort Myers area
4 from West Palm
3 from Tampa/Sarasota
10 Cubans
5 from the Cayman Islands
2 from the Bahamas
A handful of Texans and Mexicans
Probably one from the Dominican Republic
And much to my surprise, Gulf 104 from Tallahassee. (at 447 miles, really too close for skip!)
WOW.....and we here in Fort Lauderdale can't get analog TV6 on a good day. lol
The 103.7 you were hearing MUST have been WQOL-FM, Vero Beach. http://www.wqolfm.com
No 102.7 or 105.9?
The 103.7 you were hearing MUST have been WQOL-FM, Vero Beach. http://www.wqolfm.com
No 102.7 or 105.9?
Yes, I did hear WQOL. I didn't hear 105.9 since we have a 105.9 here. I'm not sure if you guys have a smooth jazz station on 93.9. It drowned out a local rock station here (it has a weak signal).
Yep. 93.9, WLVE, Miami Beach. Same power, same tower as 93.1, 94.9, 96.5, 97.3, 100.7, 102.7, 103.5, 105.1, and I believe 107.5. http://www.love94.com
Can Stuart Elliott confirm this one? lol
Man, every DX FM I'd be getting now as I did during Summer 1997 (94.5 Daytona, 93.3 Tampa, etc., 96.5 Orlando, 102.7 Rockledge, most stations from Central FL drowned out everything from the D/B Line Gannett tower that night) is either occupied by godcasting translators or the local 100kw FMs are running HD.
Though all is not lost, I'll throw on the list from Broward County last night:
WWL 870 New Orleans, 1060 WIXC Melbourne, 103.9 WXKB Cape Coral/Fort Myers, 101.1 WAVV Marco Island, 96.9 WINK Fort Myers (this one I haven't found since 2001!)
Should also be noted that 95.7 WXDJ was clobbered in Sunrise by WLDI 95.5 on from Stuart. LDI came in like a local.
Can Stuart Elliott confirm this one? lol
Man, every DX FM I'd be getting now as I did during Summer 1997 (94.5 Daytona, 93.3 Tampa, etc., 96.5 Orlando, 102.7 Rockledge, most stations from Central FL drowned out everything from the D/B Line Gannett tower that night) is either occupied by godcasting translators or the local 100kw FMs are running HD.
Though all is not lost, I'll throw on the list from Broward County last night:
WWL 870 New Orleans, 1060 WIXC Melbourne, 103.9 WXKB Cape Coral/Fort Myers, 101.1 WAVV Marco Island, 96.9 WINK Fort Myers (this one I haven't found since 2001!)
Should also be noted that 95.7 WXDJ was clobbered in Sunrise by WLDI 95.5 on from Stuart. LDI came in like a local.
DX'ing, due to atmospheric conditions as well as the physical properties of water, is actually much easier when near a body of water. DX'ing is actually much easier to the south of Jackson. I have caught stations from Texas to Florida while in Gulfport. Ironically, I have found Southeast Florida to be one of the weaker DX'ing spots in the region. The Tampa area, I have found, is by far the best place in the state for DX'ing...
RadioGuy2004 said:Yep. 93.9, WLVE, Miami Beach. Same power, same tower as 93.1, 94.9, 96.5, 97.3, 100.7, 102.7, 103.5, 105.1, and I believe 107.5. http://www.love94.com
Can Stuart Elliott confirm this one? lol
I just checked with him and yes, he can confirm it. A quick look on the FCC website for FM QUERY's showed that the above stations are all 100KW (100,000 ERP). We can all rest assured now, that EVERYONE has the same POWER!
We heard it from the X-man. ;D
107.5's 100kw?? Last time I saw a query they were a C1 with 95kw
I've been reading your posts for awhile now, and you mentioned the night where a bunch of stations moved from all over Dade and Broward moved to the antenna farm, plus the grand tour and some OTJ experience you got 1000 ft. up when that tower was under construction.
Figured you'd be able to get more involved in this part!
Any thoughts on March, 2005 when everyone went from C's on that stick to C0's?? Down from ERPs of 100kw to 98kw (107.5 at 93kw) with a max of 100kw with more rounded directional arrays??
107.5's 100kw?? Last time I saw a query they were a C1 with 95kw
I've been reading your posts for awhile now, and you mentioned the night where a bunch of stations moved from all over Dade and Broward moved to the antenna farm, plus the grand tour and some OTJ experience you got 1000 ft. up when that tower was under construction.
Figured you'd be able to get more involved in this part!
Any thoughts on March, 2005 when everyone went from C's on that stick to C0's?? Down from ERPs of 100kw to 98kw (107.5 at 93kw) with a max of 100kw with more rounded directional arrays??
ScottBurns said:
I do remember about a decade ago, I did pick up a few South Florida stations on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I also pick up WDAE-620 from Tampa very well when down there.
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