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Evening AM Report-12/13/2009 (INCLUDING TENTATIVE, UNBELIEVABLE CATCH!)

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crainbebo

Here's what I got tonight in Bothell, WA on AM about 7PM local time.

540: CBK Watrous, SK
560: KPQ Wenatchee, WA: Heard the show "When Radio Was". Clear.
580: KGAY Ashland, OR: Heard mexican music under KIDO Boise. Weak.
600: CJWW Saskatoon, SK
610: CKYL Peace River, AB: Heard classic country music over the mess of KRTA and KONA. Not very clear.
690: XEWW Tijuana, BCN, Mexico: Heard OVER the other slop on 690 with mexican talk and music.
830: KNCO Grass Valley, CA
930: CJCA Edmonton, AB CLEAR
1134: Fighting with CKWX on 1130 and a mess including CHRB on 1140, I tuned to SSB to hear carriers, and got a carrier on 1134!! No IDs or audio. I thinking this could be Voice of Croatia from Zadar, at 600,000 watts (unbelievable!)
 
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If this is correct, this could be a 5600 mile catch, which would be my farthest AM catch EVER!

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
Accidently pressed the post button

If this is correct, this could be a 5600 mile catch, which would be my farthest AM catch EVER!

-crainbebo
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Congrats! Croatia's HR1 on 1134 was my first TA catch this season. My furthest catch (so far), full audio, positive ID, is Al-Dhabbaya UAE based Radio Farda on 1575, at a distance of 6700 miles (with a Realistic DX-440 on internal antenna). BTW, crainy, Radio Farda has apparently been heard recently in your neck of the woods....(!)

~BG
 
Yes it has!

I'm not putting it as "My farthest logging ever on MW" until I hear audio and the Croatian language. Also, is there a webstream just for the 1134 broadcast? I just heard a hetrodyne, sometimes moderately strong.

-crainbebo
 
I am listening to KNX in Los Angeles here on American Samoa, about 4800 miles straight line (according to my GPS). At the same time, KUMU AM 1500 out of Honolulu, another AM out of Auckland, New Zealand, and the french language station in Tahiti playing Polynesian chants. Not to mention the Indonesian station playing gamelan tunes, and the weather report from the station in Tonga. All heard on my Grundig S350DL.

The radio dial is different down here at 14 degrees below the equator.
 
Don Mussell said:
I am listening to KNX in Los Angeles here on American Samoa, about 4800 miles straight line (according to my GPS). At the same time, KUMU AM 1500 out of Honolulu, another AM out of Auckland, New Zealand, and the french language station in Tahiti playing Polynesian chants. Not to mention the Indonesian station playing gamelan tunes, and the weather report from the station in Tonga. All heard on my Grundig S350DL.

The radio dial is different down here at 14 degrees below the equator.
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Thanks for the report. Please let us know if you hear anything more of interest. While in Hawaii last winter I heard Brisbane, Australia on 1116.
 
Well, I am back home on Kaua`i, and winter MW reception at night is quite good at times. The west coast is easy to catch from just around sundown (6:00 PM here). KNX and KFI are the strongest LA stations, and KTCT (1050Khz) and KNBR (680 khz), along with KTRB (860) in the Bay area do fairly well. The traffic station on 730 khz in Vancouver is a regular as well. After about 11 PM it is fairly easy every night to catch the usual English-Japanese language lessons on 695, 729 and 774 khz, NHK on 587, 594 and 603 khz, and low fidelity music on 675 khz. After about 10 PM, they really clobber the AM stations coming in from Oahu. Occasionally the south Pacific shows up, but it is very weak in comparison to the West Coast and Japan.
 
Don Mussell said:
Well, I am back home on Kaua`i, and winter MW reception at night is quite good at times. The west coast is easy to catch from just around sundown (6:00 PM here). KNX and KFI are the strongest LA stations, and KTCT (1050Khz) and KNBR (680 khz), along with KTRB (860) in the Bay area do fairly well. The traffic station on 730 khz in Vancouver is a regular as well. After about 11 PM it is fairly easy every night to catch the usual English-Japanese language lessons on 695, 729 and 774 khz, NHK on 587, 594 and 603 khz, and low fidelity music on 675 khz. After about 10 PM, they really clobber the AM stations coming in from Oahu. Occasionally the south Pacific shows up, but it is very weak in comparison to the West Coast and Japan.
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Thanks for the report Don. Always interested in hearing what your DX conditions are out in the Pacific.
When I was in Hawaii last year I heard Tulsa, Oklahoma on 1170. That was the farthest mainland station I was able to get. KSL also came in very well about everynight.
Many years ago in the late 70s I was able to hear WLS & WBBM on Oahu, but the crowded band doesn't allow
those stations to come through anymore
 
Don Mussell said:
Well, I am back home on Kaua`i, and winter MW reception at night is quite good at times. The west coast is easy to catch from just around sundown (6:00 PM here). KNX and KFI are the strongest LA stations, and KTCT (1050Khz) and KNBR (680 khz), along with KTRB (860) in the Bay area do fairly well.
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If I ever get to go to Hawaii, probably the first thing I'd do is DXing!

Have you ever gone to the east side of the island right at the beach and attempted to get any California stations during the day?

I've always wondered if it was possible with the right receiver.

According to the Radio Locator, KNBR sends a massive signal out into the Pacific.

The local coverage goes hundreds of miles as it is. The fringe has to be way out there.


http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KNBR&service=AM&status=L&hours=U


Same for KNX.


http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KNX&service=AM&status=L&hours=U
 
gar fla said:
Don Mussell said:
Well, I am back home on Kaua`i, and winter MW reception at night is quite good at times. The west coast is easy to catch from just around sundown (6:00 PM here). KNX and KFI are the strongest LA stations, and KTCT (1050Khz) and KNBR (680 khz), along with KTRB (860) in the Bay area do fairly well.
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If I ever get to go to Hawaii, probably the first thing I'd do is DXing!

Have you ever gone to the east side of the island right at the beach and attempted to get any California stations during the day?

I've always wondered if it was possible with the right receiver.

According to the Radio Locator, KNBR sends a massive signal out into the Pacific.

The local coverage goes hundreds of miles as it is. The fringe has to be way out there.


http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KNBR&service=AM&status=L&hours=U


Same for KNX.


http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KNX&service=AM&status=L&hours=U
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I've been on the east side of Oahu many times during mid day right on the beach and I've never heard even a whisper of a west coast AM. 2,500 miles is a long long way even over salt water.
 
As was said, groundwave just does not make it 2500 miles, but skywave easily delivers a signal, even before it is entirely dark. And actually, KTCT does better than KNBR most nights. Mid-band seems to travel the water path the best on some nights, and on other nights, the lower part of the band is better. KMJ in Fresno does fairly well most nights, but conditions are very important. I can sometimes hear northern California and Oregon better than Los Angeles, and vice-versa on other nights. Some nights Japan dominates, and other nights, the west coast bombs in. And on other nights, skywave is very quiet.
And yes, some nights I hear WWL in New Orleans and WLS in Chicago. I have heard WSB and WBBM, as well as KOA in Denver and KKOB in Albuquerque. Every night is different, but winter is the best time to listen, because much like the lower 48, the static is mostly quiet. The equator and South Pacific are close enough that the lightning from down there adds a lot of noise to the band here in the transition between Winter and spring, and fall and winter.
I am always amazed at how crowded the radio dial is at night on the mainland. It is easy to forget when one is parked 2500 miles from Los Angeles, 3000 miles from Japan, and 4000 miles from Australia.
 
You can still hear WLS over KDXU in Utah and WBBM over KKOH in Reno?
When I heard WLS & WBBM in Hawaii many many years ago those stations were off the air.
 
Conditions can vary quite a bit out here. The skip can null some stations out and others sneak in under them. WLS and WBBM are two that I have heard do that. Not very well, but enough to catch an ID. WBBM is the rare catch, because KKOH is fairly strong here many nights and rarely signs off. KDXU is very weak here, and I rarely hear them. KTNN in Window Rock also fades in and out, revealing other things on the same frequency.
 
I happen to live here in the Atlanta area, and I am amazed that WSB's signal can reach that far. I lived out
in Southern California in the 1990's and had a tough time getting their signal since KXL out of Portland was very dominant on that part of the dial. What kind of radio do you have that can get their signal and what time of the day does WSB's signal come in out there?
 
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