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Banjomax said:
The disappearance of Montreal has helped me hear the 690 in New Orleans in the Chicago area.
radioman148 said:
Interesting catch, all things considered, since WIST is still running non-directional at night. This is post-Katrina stuff that hasn't been fixed yet:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=25522
As you can see the nighttime power is limited to 1,250 watts.
a bit of an interesting catch, an AM station about 12 miles away with > FM quality audio
http://blog.whats-your.name/public/1690mondieu.png
if you look close, theres high frequency content beyond +-17KHz, which means its probably mp3 compression lopping it off before that, not the transmitter..
http://blog.whats-your.name/public/1690mondieu.png
if you look close, theres high frequency content beyond +-17KHz, which means its probably mp3 compression lopping it off before that, not the transmitter..
Speaking of nighttime AM reception, I've never seen any definitive answer as to which layer of the atmosphere the medium wave signals reflect off of at night resulting in the long distance reception.
Some sources seem to imply the E layer, others E and F, and others the F layer.
But then I thought the E layer fades at night (just like the lower D layer) and is also for high frequency propagation beyond even shortwave.
If AM reflected off the F layer, why aren't the skip distances the same as shortwave?
We all know the nighttime skip for AM is obvioiusly there but does anyone know exactly which layer is responsible for AM skip?
Some sources seem to imply the E layer, others E and F, and others the F layer.
But then I thought the E layer fades at night (just like the lower D layer) and is also for high frequency propagation beyond even shortwave.
If AM reflected off the F layer, why aren't the skip distances the same as shortwave?
We all know the nighttime skip for AM is obvioiusly there but does anyone know exactly which layer is responsible for AM skip?
Banjomax said:
Better snag what you can, as both 690 and 940 are set to return to the airwaves, sometime in the near future.
Radio Farda, the Syrians and the Saudis are my best catches to date. I was hoping to catch India this past season, but less than stellar DX conditions and a very small window have dashed that, thus far. Still trying to bag big western targets such as Denver and I've yet to get past Manitoba. Gotta try to snag the western CBC outlets beyond Winnipeg, before they fall silent.
~BG
I actually picked up WHAS from Louisville, KY in Bellingham, WA. That's my personal record domestically, although sometimes (usually in the fall/winter months) you can pick up WABC (beneath KKOB) in Eastern Washington in the wee hours. Chicago stations can be heard pretty regularly there...
I too have picked up the North Korean station on 657 kHz.
I too have picked up the North Korean station on 657 kHz.
Not exactly a 'great' AM catch by any means, but considering the circumstances, it might bubble under on some charts.
Was at work in a basement, with my wife along on the job, a few weeks back. I'll usually switch back and forth for background while working alone .... a little sports radio .... a half an hour of modern A/C .... some Classic Rock .... some talk-show ..... some Country. And on that midday it was either the radio or hearing her concerned commentary about when I'm getting paid, in order for her to finally travel to the native habitat of her ancestors -- the Columbia Mall in Bloomsburg.
The favorite Country station is downstate WWSM 1510, which specializes in traditional C&W -- and not just the obvious songs, either. They put a nice signal this way, where we were 30 miles north. On a break, I tried nulling them, and finally got a pretty good void. This, despite spousal protests such as, 'What are you DOING? I thought you wanted to LISTEN to them, not get rid of them!'
But she shut up just in time for us both to hear a female announcer IDing with what we both heard as 'WINJ news', via a barely readable signal.
The only sensible thing would be WRNJ Hackettstown NJ. I'd tried to hear them a few times on the radio for their Oldies (which I've heard on line) and they *did* have what sounded like a talk show or a swap-shop on the air. It was only about 1:05 in the afternoon, which is pretty far for sunset stuff in May.
I'm counting it, until WRNJ writes back with a Denial Of Reception and proves without a doubt that it wasn't them, hi.
Was at work in a basement, with my wife along on the job, a few weeks back. I'll usually switch back and forth for background while working alone .... a little sports radio .... a half an hour of modern A/C .... some Classic Rock .... some talk-show ..... some Country. And on that midday it was either the radio or hearing her concerned commentary about when I'm getting paid, in order for her to finally travel to the native habitat of her ancestors -- the Columbia Mall in Bloomsburg.
The favorite Country station is downstate WWSM 1510, which specializes in traditional C&W -- and not just the obvious songs, either. They put a nice signal this way, where we were 30 miles north. On a break, I tried nulling them, and finally got a pretty good void. This, despite spousal protests such as, 'What are you DOING? I thought you wanted to LISTEN to them, not get rid of them!'
But she shut up just in time for us both to hear a female announcer IDing with what we both heard as 'WINJ news', via a barely readable signal.
The only sensible thing would be WRNJ Hackettstown NJ. I'd tried to hear them a few times on the radio for their Oldies (which I've heard on line) and they *did* have what sounded like a talk show or a swap-shop on the air. It was only about 1:05 in the afternoon, which is pretty far for sunset stuff in May.
I'm counting it, until WRNJ writes back with a Denial Of Reception and proves without a doubt that it wasn't them, hi.
.... almost forgot ....
Great catch, Kilokat, on the 1350 from New Mexico!
The regionals were always a real good fishing spot back in the early-career DXing days. Great to hear they still are!
Great catch, Kilokat, on the 1350 from New Mexico!
The regionals were always a real good fishing spot back in the early-career DXing days. Great to hear they still are!
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ddsparxx said:
Was there myself, in Nov 1997....also Cape Hatteras, which was better. Imagine hearing north to WBZ & south to WIOD, all in the daytime!
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ddsparxx said:
You were right to go at a time with long daylight, if daytime AM DX is your goal....
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ddsparxx said:
Did you hear WBZ or Any NYC stations during the day?
radioman148 said:
I heard no WBZ at daytime. Instead, I heard weak WWGB 1030 near DC instead.
The NYC stations I heard were:
660 WFAN, 710 WOR, 770 WABC, 880 WCBS, 970 WNYM "The Apple", 1100 WHLI on the Long Island, 1130 WBBR, and 1560 WQEW. All sounded moderately weak to semilocal. This was with a radio called "CCRadioEP".
No WINS 1010 or WEPN 1050 both of NYC because of two stations in the Hampton Roads area (WPMH 1010 and WVXX 1050)
ddsparxx said:
Very impressive list--thanks.
Oddly WTIC 1080 has a poor signal into SW Connecticut DAYS. Even a night it is never very good.
So it shows how some signals get out in strange ways.
As to the ocean here I have yet to observe anything fantastic but I think it is all blocked by Long Island. The coast here in SW Connecticut.
So it shows how some signals get out in strange ways.
As to the ocean here I have yet to observe anything fantastic but I think it is all blocked by Long Island. The coast here in SW Connecticut.
At night at the Outer Banks, nothing spectacular on AM. No trans-atlantic DX was hear, wasn't expecting any anyways. The Cubans were pretty loud here, with ticks and RR signals on 570. It was difficult to hear WSCR at night with the loud Cuban 670. Also hear some tropical or Cuban 1060 mixed in with KYW. WOR was mixed in with the Cuban 710 as well. Other NYC 50kW stations were heard clearly here. WBZ's IBOC was loud, making it hard to hear KDKA and WHO. Even WTIC wasn't strong. The Cuban 1180 was mixed in with WHAM. WORD 950 in Spartanburg, SC was heard pretty well here. (Yes, the call letters is WORD). I had two different oldies 1590s at the same time, no ID's, one was probably in eastern TN. The lightning static crashes seemed louder than usual, not sure why, when a line of thunderstorms were in south central VA and northern NC at the same time. (These storms moved toward Hampton Roads and Outer Banks)
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