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DX'N in Englewood FL

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vibe

Last evening between 5-6 p.m. parked my car at Englewood beach (about halway between sarasota FL and Fort Myers) and played with the car radio. Local sunset was 6:05 p.m. There was a red tide alert and walking around was not an option: Results:
1. First station to appear was WSB Atlanta at 5:01-no surprise about 500 mi. WSM was next about 15 min later. 2. WWL-870, normally strong was very weak, in fact WCBS-880 was stronger;
3. WFAN-660 made several apperances at about 5:40 or so when WCBS was the strongest.
4. Got 1130 Shreveport but the biggest catch was 1650 KWHN Fort Smith Ark. ID'd the station at 5;59 PM. It is at least 1000 air miles to Fort Smith, probably more; is that station listenable on both coasts?
5. Was getting a faint country music station on 780 AM but it was playing music when it was the strongest; as soon as a voice came on the station faded, dang it! It was interesting, when you get an unexpected station like KWHN, it was a rush.
 
Vibe,

For 780, you may receiving WWOL in Forest City, NC. Their 10KW signal can be picked up in FL during critical hours. The other possibility is WCKB in Dunn, NC, their 7KW signal will also reach Florida during the same timeframe. Both play southern gospel music, but WWOL is usually more dominant. Also both sign off at local sunset.

Another possibility (I haven't picked it up here in E. Central FL) is WZZX 5000 watts ND in Lineville, AL, according to Radio-locator they play country.
 
My curiosity has the best of me and I might take another shot at 780 later on today bet 5-6 pm at the beach. Thanks for your response; will try and ID it if able.
 
WZZX doesn't always remember to ID with their own calls. It's a repeater of WHMA-95.5 "The Big 95" in Hobson City/Anniston, Alabama and receives its signal OTA. If you hear hip-hop on 780, it's WZZX repeating WBTS "95.5 The Beat" in Atlanta because the ducting is moving E-W. I've heard this happen to that station and its other FM sibling WRHY 105.9 (which are semi-local to me) more than once.
 
Went back to the beach (englewood fl) late yesterday aft. 500-545, local sunset 605:
.1 On 1650- picked up Radio Disney out of Portsmouth, VA- didn't get call letters but numerous references to the Va. beach area. At 530 (20 min later) was in a battle with KWHN-Fort Smith with both fading in and out.
2. 1110 WBT slowly overtook the 1110 out of Tampa. Nothing else. Nothing on 780 that could be ID'd.
Picked up a 720 with numerous references to Lagrange GA-didn't ID it.
3. WCBS-880 much stronger than previous, in fact it was stronger than semi-local WWL
4. At exactly 631 pm est picked up religious station signing off on 1030, it was there and strong then poof with a 1030 Spanish station (orlando?) appearing. Could have been KCRA but that's speculation.
5. Then at about 9:30- with the Bose Wave radio got ID's on 850 KOA Denver (only 2nd time) and 1040 WHO Des Monies. The AM tuner is so-so but it is very directional. 820-1080-1200 are there from TX every nite but you have to move the radio around.
Now that the sun is out, the Dx'n is going on a break. peace out.
 
I am surprised you could get anything from Texas on a Bose. My aunt's radio is as sensitive as a deaf ear plugged with wax. Perhaps at night Texas is stronger on the West Coast of FL than it was on the East. It makes me wonder what sort of reception you could get with a really decent radio!
 
vibe said:
Went back to the beach (englewood fl) late yesterday aft. 500-545, local sunset 605:
.1 On 1650- picked up Radio Disney out of Portsmouth, VA- didn't get call letters but numerous references to the Va. beach area. At 530 (20 min later) was in a battle with KWHN-Fort Smith with both fading in and out.
2. 1110 WBT slowly overtook the 1110 out of Tampa. Nothing else. Nothing on 780 that could be ID'd.
Picked up a 720 with numerous references to Lagrange GA-didn't ID it.
3. WCBS-880 much stronger than previous, in fact it was stronger than semi-local WWL
4. At exactly 631 pm est picked up religious station signing off on 1030, it was there and strong then poof with a 1030 Spanish station (orlando?) appearing. Could have been KCRA but that's speculation.
5. Then at about 9:30- with the Bose Wave radio got ID's on 850 KOA Denver (only 2nd time) and 1040 WHO Des Monies. The AM tuner is so-so but it is very directional. 820-1080-1200 are there from TX every nite but you have to move the radio around.
Now that the sun is out, the Dx'n is going on a break. peace out.
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The 720 would be WVCC in Hogansville, GA, an 8kw daytimer. It used to have interesting local talk, now it's just a redundant CC clone.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
I am surprised you could get anything from Texas on a Bose. My aunt's radio is as sensitive as a deaf ear plugged with wax. Perhaps at night Texas is stronger on the West Coast of FL than it was on the East. It makes me wonder what sort of reception you could get with a really decent radio!

The Bose is real good for rejecting adjacent stations-on the evening that I picked up KOA and WHO, it got, in rapid succession WWL, WCBS, and WLS all listenable provided you move the radio. All of them quite listenable. KOA and WHO were faint but I got the calls. The latter 2 are at least 1000 air miles. Because it comes with a remote, most folks would probably not go to that extreme except people who are trying to DX. I can get the Bahama AM on 1540 at night despite the transmitter for 1530 WENG being about 2 mi away.
Texas always comes in at night, the strongest being WOAI.
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Oops-the 2nd half of the last post was mine-the first half was a quote from Bruce Carter-I'm a little technologically challenged.
 
A couple of years ago my wife and I took a day trip over to Homosassa Springs and while she went into one of the stores over there, I was bandscanning and picked up WWL in New Orleans as clear as a local. I would imagine that had to be about 400 miles away...

On the other hand, I would think that being on the West Coast of FL as a good DX location, due to reception of coastal AM stations, Mexico and the Caribbean. Also, tropo DX on TV and FM would be good, too.

Bill
 
The AM band is pretty quiet during the day with the exception of the first and last hours of the day; then a lot of interesting stuff happens with stuff from all over the place. I'm not here very much when the tropo comes in on FM. Some nights you could pick up UHF TV eception of 80-150 mi w/ just a 99 cent loup.
New Orleans is a semi local in Englewood but we get the X-band stations from the Redneck Riviera-(Pensacola-Biloxi Miss) in all day long. If you really want to DX in the Homosassa area, go a little north to Yankeetown but do it when the insect population is running low which is probably only during occasional frosts or freezes.
 
While in Fla-spent some time in the Everglades and Fla City-boy the band is really jammed up and the stations I could get in Englewood, including the clears, were either absent or weak. Nothing exceptional to report except for the fact that some Naples FM Stations were receiveable in Fla City and Miami FMstations faintly visible in Naples prob about 100 air miles. The flat terrain is great for FM. The audio from Ch 6 Miami was very clear in Everglades City- about 80 mi away.

I think if one can stand the bugs, the place to be is Yankeetown and Cedar Key to DX down this way.
 
More DX'n in Englewood FL

Yesterday evening, the 12th, made a quick trip to the beach about 30 min before local sunset.
1. ID'd 1630 KKGM Ft. Worth TX-Voice of the Bible.
2. ID'D 1700 KKLF, Richardson TX (although the announcer said KLIF 570, stimulating talk w/ ad for UT-Texas at Dallas. Assume KKLF is a sub of KLIF.
Both stations are approx 900-1000 air miles from Englewood FL. have to assume there was enough signal to reach the Gulf then it hopped across. Still, it's fun to get stations with such a limited coverage map (see Radio Locator0 from so far outside their coverage area.
3. ID' the Ft. Smith, AK station on 1650 but this was nothing new.
4. Religious (spiritual) programming on 1680, regular religious stuff on 1670 but no ID's.
5. The 50kws from Atl, NO, Nashville, Cinci which usually appear were totally absent or taken over by our neighbors to the South and Southwest.
6. The only 1130 I could get was the Shreveport station which is nothing unusual and only identifiable 1110 was WBT- actually the only 50kw station I could receive.
7. This got me to thinking-is it possible to get the X bands from both the left and right coasts if one lives out in the land of Oz or slightly east of that?
 
Re: More DX'n in Englewood FL

vibe said:
Yesterday evening, the 12th, made a quick trip to the beach about 30 min before local sunset.
1. ID'd 1630 KKGM Ft. Worth TX-Voice of the Bible.
2. ID'D 1700 KKLF, Richardson TX (although the announcer said KLIF 570, stimulating talk w/ ad for UT-Texas at Dallas. Assume KKLF is a sub of KLIF.
Both stations are approx 900-1000 air miles from Englewood FL. have to assume there was enough signal to reach the Gulf then it hopped across. Still, it's fun to get stations with such a limited coverage map (see Radio Locator0 from so far outside their coverage area.
3. ID' the Ft. Smith, AK station on 1650 but this was nothing new.
4. Religious (spiritual) programming on 1680, regular religious stuff on 1670 but no ID's.
5. The 50kws from Atl, NO, Nashville, Cinci which usually appear were totally absent or taken over by our neighbors to the South and Southwest.
6. The only 1130 I could get was the Shreveport station which is nothing unusual and only identifiable 1110 was WBT- actually the only 50kw station I could receive.
7. This got me to thinking-is it possible to get the X bands from both the left and right coasts if one lives out in the land of Oz or slightly east of that?
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That last one is a good question. Since that portion of the band is so dead (only used in the US, Mexico, Argentina, and I think in some Eastern European nations as well), you'd think the X-bamders would be somewhat likely to come in anywhere in the world with the exception of areas that don't experience skywave at the same time.

Australia and the islands should at least be able to get West Coast X-banders. Maybe the DXers from there on this board will give it a try.
 
Gonna try to DX the X Bands while driving home (to the frozen North) at nite but it SEEMS like the best X band reception (so far) is in that crazy 30-60 min period just before (and presumably) just after sunrise.
When I try to DX in the car on AM I pick out 6 frequencies I want to hone in on, lock those in then play around with the radio.-any other "tips" w/ those with more experience?
 
Back in good ole Englewood FL (where the sidewalks get rolled up at night) got KLVI 560 Beaumont TX over semi local Miami on 560 at approx 1:30 AM. First time at night. Got it once during the 1st hour of the day near Ocala FL (approx 180 mi due N.) Also got KAAY 1090 Little Rock for 2nd time ever (nighttime pattern is real weak to the E-SE) and also got KOA 850 Denver-no big deal. All 3 gave the call letters. Equipment: semi crappy Bose Wave radio(for AM that is).
 
Englewood sounds like Venice at night...biggest issue the cops have is when Grandpa runs down the fire hydrant in his caddy...

I was in Ft Walton Beach a couple of years ago and on the X band, the Marco Island station was there on the car radio at midday.

If you ever go to Honolulu, rent a car just to play with the radio. Los Angeles on 640 & 1070 were both there in 2003 at 2400 miles (at night).
 
But conversely we get stations from the "redneck Rivera" on 1620 and 1640 here in Englewood from about 400 mi away all day and WWL is a semi local from about 2 mi from the Gulf to the beach.
 
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