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FM Frequency of The Week: 88.3
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cd637299
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Only WGNK Pennsuco/Miami, Spanish Christian, which signed on, around 2000.
Prior to that, I'd hear the occasional pirate here.
During E-skip, it was Marietta OH, the one in Long Island, and I am sure a few others.....what was interesting is that prior to WGNK signing on, any E-skip from Central or South America would be rare, due to the very few 88.3's there were down there at the time. "Magia 88.3" in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, was one of the few I have caught.
I had caught KPAC in San Antonio on both E-skip AND Tropo. During Tropo, I requested the classical music "DJ" to give an ID...he mentioned the DX on-air. I recorded it, but had an auto accident with that tape in the car, and it's lost.
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Prior to that, I'd hear the occasional pirate here.
During E-skip, it was Marietta OH, the one in Long Island, and I am sure a few others.....what was interesting is that prior to WGNK signing on, any E-skip from Central or South America would be rare, due to the very few 88.3's there were down there at the time. "Magia 88.3" in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, was one of the few I have caught.
I had caught KPAC in San Antonio on both E-skip AND Tropo. During Tropo, I requested the classical music "DJ" to give an ID...he mentioned the DX on-air. I recorded it, but had an auto accident with that tape in the car, and it's lost.
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Darth_vader
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KBVM (religious/Catholic).
But wait, there's more! You get TWO stations for THE PRICE OF ONE!!!!!
67 kHz SCA mux: Radio Svoboda (or what RS's turned into, anyways; in Russian. Vancouver and Portland have rather decently-sized Russian ethnic populations.)
But wait, there's more! You get TWO stations for THE PRICE OF ONE!!!!!
67 kHz SCA mux: Radio Svoboda (or what RS's turned into, anyways; in Russian. Vancouver and Portland have rather decently-sized Russian ethnic populations.)
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cd637299
Guest
Oh!! Can't forget....my only "triple crown" DX catch of 88.3 WRBH New Orleans: via E-skip, Tropo AND Meteor scatter!
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In my area, 88.3 is nothing but hash from WXPN at 88.5.
Coldwater, MI:
88.3 is a MESS! South of town, 920 watt college station WEAX (Angola, IN) is the main station. North of the city, you get 10kw Christian CHR station WAYK (Kalamazoo). In the city limits, it's nothing but interference. Probably 65/35 favoring WEAX.
I've also managed to hear via Tr
WLAB- Fort Wayne, IN
WEJC- White Star, MI
WDSO- Chesterton, IN
And i've heard San Antonio and Orlando via Es.
88.3 is a MESS! South of town, 920 watt college station WEAX (Angola, IN) is the main station. North of the city, you get 10kw Christian CHR station WAYK (Kalamazoo). In the city limits, it's nothing but interference. Probably 65/35 favoring WEAX.
I've also managed to hear via Tr
WLAB- Fort Wayne, IN
WEJC- White Star, MI
WDSO- Chesterton, IN
And i've heard San Antonio and Orlando via Es.
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musicman3355
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88.3 is a huge mess, mainly IBOC from local KKJZ 88.1.
El Cajon / La Mesa, CA...
weak KSDS San Diego, transmitting from San Diego City College, IIRC.
weak KSDS San Diego, transmitting from San Diego City College, IIRC.
Here in Whitman, MA, 88.3 is WRPS(FM), the radio station of the Rockland Public Schools. Studios and transmitter are located at the High School in Rockland, MA. A nice sounding full-Stereo 100 watt (Class A) station operated by students and community volunteers. At times when the high school is closed, they run a nifty automated Hot AC format. Many of the station's liners are voiced by WRPS alum Dave Stewart, who is doing overnights at New York's 95.5/WPLJ. Nice guy and a good friend of mine!
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kenrayc
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From Clovis CA, There are 2 K-LOVE stations KDKL Coalinga 62 miles away, and KLVN Livingston CA 74 miles away.
For me in Concord
KLVN in Livingston(about a 100 miles)
KLVN in Livingston(about a 100 miles)
Here in Poughkeepsie, NY, 88.3 is also kind of a mess, with many stations fairly close.
Dominant is WFSO Olivebridge, NY, Traditional Religious "Redeemer Broadcasting" at 21 miles.
Also regular is W202AR, comtemporary Christian translator for "Sound of Life" at 25 miles.
There was a CP for another translator on 88.3 with 3 watts about 15 miles from me, but that has aparently expired.
DX on 88.3
KABF Little Rock, AR most distant on 88.3 at 1115 miles
KBPN Brainerd, MN Minnesota Public Radio (1097 miles)
WBGO Newark, NJ Jazz often heard, sometimes in HD. (73 miles)
WVCR Loudonville, NY "The Saint" (60 miles)
WLIU Southampton, NY (96 miles)
WLKA Tafton PA "K-Love". (81 miles)
Dominant is WFSO Olivebridge, NY, Traditional Religious "Redeemer Broadcasting" at 21 miles.
Also regular is W202AR, comtemporary Christian translator for "Sound of Life" at 25 miles.
There was a CP for another translator on 88.3 with 3 watts about 15 miles from me, but that has aparently expired.
DX on 88.3
KABF Little Rock, AR most distant on 88.3 at 1115 miles
KBPN Brainerd, MN Minnesota Public Radio (1097 miles)
WBGO Newark, NJ Jazz often heard, sometimes in HD. (73 miles)
WVCR Loudonville, NY "The Saint" (60 miles)
WLIU Southampton, NY (96 miles)
WLKA Tafton PA "K-Love". (81 miles)
I get only splatter from KQED 88.5
I sometimes get faint traces of WLIU from Long Island and WEVS in Nashua, NH, but they are very rare. Nashua is only about 35 miles or so away (just north of Boston on I-93), but the WEVS freq. is so weak here that I'm more likely to get WLIU if I pick up anything at all.
A lively frequency in Durham, North Carolina. Usually a mixture of Liberty University's WRVL "Victory FM" in Lynchburg, VA, Liberty University's newly acquired WVRL in Elizabeth City, NC (a simulcast of WRVL), or Triton High School's WUAW in Erwin, NC (south of Raleigh).
Before WUAW began continuous operation a few years ago, and before Elizabeth City hit the air (as AFR-affiliated WGPS), you could hear WRVL for 250-300 miles, picking it up in places like the NC coast.
Before WUAW began continuous operation a few years ago, and before Elizabeth City hit the air (as AFR-affiliated WGPS), you could hear WRVL for 250-300 miles, picking it up in places like the NC coast.
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FreddyE1977
Guest
Speaking of 88.3, does anyone have any experience with DXing WRCT, the student-run station at
Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh?
There are a number of urban legends floating around town about this station, back in their
10 watt Class D days, being picked-up in impossible locations, due to some not-quite-legal
creative engineering on the part of the techie-geniuses at CMU. The most outrageous story
involves an illegal tap into the Port Authority trolley line system and a complaint to the FCC
office in San Francisco. Don't think I buy that one but it's been floating around Pittsburgh for
years.
Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh?
There are a number of urban legends floating around town about this station, back in their
10 watt Class D days, being picked-up in impossible locations, due to some not-quite-legal
creative engineering on the part of the techie-geniuses at CMU. The most outrageous story
involves an illegal tap into the Port Authority trolley line system and a complaint to the FCC
office in San Francisco. Don't think I buy that one but it's been floating around Pittsburgh for
years.
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