Farthest Daytime AM Regular

[wildthangjim]

I spent some time in Midland Texas last year and DFW stations WBAP, KRLD, and KLIF were easily heard during the day (~300 miles). WOAI from San Antonio and KLBJ from Austin were also strong at about the same distance.

From Tulsa Oklahoma growing up in the 70's, I remember hearing KFAB Omaha during the day in the wintertime, at 350 miles. KRVN was also heard at 380 miles. The big DFW stations were easy from Tulsa, and KC stations WHB 710 and KCMO 810 were also regulars, all at ~250 miles.

When I lived in Bakersfield CA in the mid-90's, KNBR was strong enough day and night to earn a button on my car radio, at about 250 miles.

 

[LibertyNT]

Id have to say the Farthest Regular in DFW during the day is KLBJ from Austin.
Though only 211 miles from me.

 

[schmave]

Here in Thornville, Ohio, WHAS is probably my farthest, and at right about 200 miles as the crow flies that's not very impressive. Were I 35 miles northwest, it would be WSCR and WGN, albeit weakly.
Now that WVSG (formerly WOSU) no longer has IBOC at 820, WHAS can be heard here again daytime.
WJR is a little bit closer to me than Louisville and can be heard decently at all hours.

 

[KeyTimes950]

Actually, it's hard to bring in much from out of town around the many Pittsburgh metropolitan AMs, but I could suggest these that I can get on my car radio in the McKeesport area ...

WHLO 640 Akron, OH 107.5 miles.
WHGT 1590 Maugansville, MD 114.4 miles.

 

[radioman148]

I spent some time in Midland Texas last year and DFW stations WBAP, KRLD, and KLIF were easily heard during the day (~300 miles). WOAI from San Antonio and KLBJ from Austin were also strong at about the same distance.

From Tulsa Oklahoma growing up in the 70's, I remember hearing KFAB Omaha during the day in the wintertime, at 350 miles. KRVN was also heard at 380 miles. The big DFW stations were easy from Tulsa, and KC stations WHB 710 and KCMO 810 were also regulars, all at ~250 miles.

When I lived in Bakersfield CA in the mid-90's, KNBR was strong enough day and night to earn a button on my car radio, at about 250 miles.

Are you still in Perth, Australia? If so how do you like living there and how's the DX?

 

[BobOnTheJob]

Daytime here with the water path just S of Charleston (James Island) I can get very long distances. WIOD Miami at 475 miles or so is in most of the time daytime. WQAM is under 560 from Columbia, and 760 West Palm Beach also comes in decently.

570 CMCA also comes in well daytime most of the time (probably farthest), and I can hear 820 Tampa with my radio at 375 miles, over the entire FL peninsula.

That's amazing...it's mind blowing to think there's a spot where both WIOD and WMCA can be heard in the daytime!

 

[BobOnTheJob]

Saw a couple of mentions of 640. Here (south of Indy), WHLO Akron handily wins at 260 miles, but there is something under it. If Terre Haute,IN ever comes back on, that frequency will be toast.

 

[vibe]

If we are talking about stations that one REGULARLY listens to like gar I get WWL from SW fla (about 500 mi). QTH is about 2 mi inland from the Gulf. Receiver is an old GE AM-FM-8 track with a real good tuner. Quite directional..

When in Central Mass it's WCBS NYC at about 140 mi. Receiver is an old Bose Wave.

 

[BobOnTheJob]

If we are talking about stations that one REGULARLY listens to like gar I get WWL from SW fla (about 500 mi). QTH is about 2 mi inland from the Gulf. Receiver is an old GE AM-FM-8 track with a real good tuner. Quite directional..

When in Central Mass it's WCBS NYC at about 140 mi. Receiver is an old Bose Wave.

I was in Sarasota in January and WWL was there on my Tecsun portable on the beach. Marco Island in the X-band was audible on the car radio in Destin at 420 miles several years ago. Both during the day. Water greases the propagation wheel!

 

[cd637299]

Daytime here with the water path just S of Charleston (James Island) I can get very long distances. WIOD Miami at 475 miles or so is in most of the time daytime. WQAM is under 560 from Columbia, and 760 West Palm Beach also comes in decently.

570 CMCA also comes in well daytime most of the time (probably farthest), and I can hear 820 Tampa with my radio at 375 miles, over the entire FL peninsula.

That's amazing...it's mind blowing to think there's a spot where both WIOD and WMCA can be heard in the daytime!

I think he meant CMCA the Radio Reloj in Santa Clara, Cuba. It gets out over the water. I could be wrong, though!

I heard WMCA in NYC in the day from Bermuda.....Maybe to protect the 570 near DC, and the one in Syracuse, they beam toward Bermuda in the daytime.

From Cape Hatteras, it would not surprise me if one *did* get WMCA & WIOD together; less land in the way!

cd

 

[BobOnTheJob]

Daytime here with the water path just S of Charleston (James Island) I can get very long distances. WIOD Miami at 475 miles or so is in most of the time daytime. WQAM is under 560 from Columbia, and 760 West Palm Beach also comes in decently.

570 CMCA also comes in well daytime most of the time (probably farthest), and I can hear 820 Tampa with my radio at 375 miles, over the entire FL peninsula.

That's amazing...it's mind blowing to think there's a spot where both WIOD and WMCA can be heard in the daytime!

I think he meant CMCA the Radio Reloj in Santa Clara, Cuba. It gets out over the water. I could be wrong, though!

I heard WMCA in NYC in the day from Bermuda.....Maybe to protect the 570 near DC, and the one in Syracuse, they beam toward Bermuda in the daytime.

From Cape Hatteras, it would not surprise me if one *did* get WMCA & WIOD together; less land in the way!

cd

I did read the post as CMCA but figured C = Canada and Radio Locator shows Canadians, but showed no CMCA. I thought the same post made mention of NYC during the day so WMCA kind of made sense.

Hoping Icangelp will chime in on this topic as well as he's probably the closest AM DXer to me.

 

[w9wi]

Just FWIW, C in a callsign only means Canada if the next letter is between F and K. (or Y & Z but they don't use those for broadcast stations)

 

[BobOnTheJob]

Just FWIW, C in a callsign only means Canada if the next letter is between F and K. (or Y & Z but they don't use those for broadcast stations)

That's good to know...thanks!

 

[KR4BD]

A C prefix CAN be for Cuba. "CM" is definitely a Cuban station. Canada uses CB, CK, CF among others.

 

[KeithE4]

A C prefix CAN be for Cuba. "CM" is definitely a Cuban station. Canada uses CB, CK, CF among others.

Canada uses CB for broadcast stations because of an agreement they have with Chile, who owns the CA-CE block. The ITU C-block is as follows - not all are used for broadcasting:

CA-CE: Chile
CF-CK, CY-CZ: Canada
CL-CM, CO: Cuba
CN: Morocco
CP: Bolivia
CQ-CU: Portugal
CV-CX: Uruguay
C0-C1: Not assigned*
C2: Nauru
C3: Andorra
C4: Cyprus
C5: Gambia
C6: Bahamas
C7: World Meteorological Organization
C8-C9: Mozambique

* The ITU doesn't assign blocks with a 0 or 1 as the second character, although in cases where a country owns an entire letter, such as K, N, & W in the US, or G & M in Great Britain, a callsign with a 0 or 1 as the 2nd character is OK (such as K13AA as an American TV translator callsign, for example).

 

[charlestondxman]

I am in a great spot. It is pretty much restricted to the south from my location. The farthest N is probably WBT. WPTF comes in during the winter, along with WSB (on a good radio inland).

660 Greenville is also a very regular daytime reception.

WOKV is a regular all the way to Winter Haven daytime before 680 St. Pete overwhelms it.

The Charleston stations have some power. 730 probably is the best. 5kw daytime from middle of a marsh. It's a regular well down into FL (listenable in Jacksonville, and signal down to Fort Pierce). Their CE posts on one of the other radio engineering boards. Back when Clear Channel owned it, they had callers as far S as Jax. They had to turn off the 740 in Morehead City, NC to strengthen their signal.

 

[cd637299]

I am in a great spot. It is pretty much restricted to the south from my location. The farthest N is probably WBT. WPTF comes in during the winter, along with WSB (on a good radio inland).

660 Greenville is also a very regular daytime reception.

WOKV is a regular all the way to Winter Haven daytime before 680 St. Pete overwhelms it.

The Charleston stations have some power. 730 probably is the best. 5kw daytime from middle of a marsh. It's a regular well down into FL (listenable in Jacksonville, and signal down to Fort Pierce). Their CE posts on one of the other radio engineering boards. Back when Clear Channel owned it, they had callers as far S as Jax. They had to turn off the 740 in Morehead City, NC to strengthen their signal.

When that 730 was WPAL, indeed I would hear it around Ft. Pierce....I thought WOW what a signal for 1 k. In the last 20 years came on WWTK in Lake Placid FL south of Sebring....at Ft. Pierce I'd figure a bit of a battle there now. WWTK runs only 500 w, but at the low end of the dial, they can get out there, too.

From Palm Beach (not West Palm Beach), with a decent Superadio & Select-a-Tenna, one can hear 1130 in Hilton Head. I have not been there in a while....gotta give it another try. If 1130 comes in, maybe it's a Charleston/Lake Placid mess on 730 as well.

cd

 

[BobOnTheJob]

I was in Nassau, Bahamas in 1989 and 1400 from Ft Lauderdale was very listenable on a GE Superadio. That's as far as I've heard a graveyard signal in the daytime.

 

[radiorob2.0]

The last coastal trip was four years ago. The QTH was Surf City, NC and the radio was a CCrane.

Highlights (From memory)
540 Pine Hills (Orlando), FL
550 Jacksonville, FL
560 Miami
570 Havana
580 Orlando
600 Jacksonville
610 Miami

I was able to catch a very faint 660 New York.

 

[gar hi]

If we are talking about stations that one REGULARLY listens to like gar I get WWL from SW fla (about 500 mi). QTH is about 2 mi inland from the Gulf. Receiver is an old GE AM-FM-8 track with a real good tuner. Quite directional..

When in Central Mass it's WCBS NYC at about 140 mi. Receiver is an old Bose Wave.

I was in Sarasota in January and WWL was there on my Tecsun portable on the beach. Marco Island in the X-band was audible on the car radio in Destin at 420 miles several years ago. Both during the day. Water greases the propagation wheel!

At the beaches in places like Dunedin and Clearwater, WWL and 1060 WLNO are almost like locals even midday in the summer.

My official ID of KTRH was midday in summer too.

I had always pretty much known it was them behind the much stronger WYGM during other DXing visits to the beach but I was never able to get their ID until that one day I finally did.