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I don't like this time of year
- Thread starter gar hi
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I have no doubt you picked them up in the daytime there but I'm surprised you couldn't also hear it up on the beach.
What kind of receiver were you using?
That had to be before the local WZAB came on the air.
That station was even getting in the way of the very weak signal I think had to be WCBS when I was at Daytona Beach.
What kind of receiver were you using?
That had to be before the local WZAB came on the air.
That station was even getting in the way of the very weak signal I think had to be WCBS when I was at Daytona Beach.
Nick said:
What time of the day & what month of the year did you pick up WCBS in Miami?
I've heard a clip of WCBS that cd637299 recorded from Bermuda in the daytime in the summer and it was a good signal at 775 miles.
Miami is 320 miles farther but considering the strength of the signal at 775 miles, it seems reasonable it still could be heard on Miami Beach.
Of course, that was before the local WZAB came on the air.
I'm sure 660 WFAN could be heard there too if it weren't for the splatter from 670 in south Florida.
Miami is 320 miles farther but considering the strength of the signal at 775 miles, it seems reasonable it still could be heard on Miami Beach.
Of course, that was before the local WZAB came on the air.
I'm sure 660 WFAN could be heard there too if it weren't for the splatter from 670 in south Florida.
If I would have gone to Pacifica in the water with my feet would I beable to get Hawaii??
gar fla said:
I'll see how my D5 does this season, but I think the trusty old DX-440 still has an edge on it. I've been monitoring 1215 & 1035, trying to catch the first TA DX of the season, and the 440 appears to be hauling in stronger het than the D5. We'll have to see, once I can pull in full on TA audio, how the two radios compare.
~BG
What transatlantic stations are on 1215 and 1035? Isn't it still too early for any real TA DXing?
Last winter, I thought I may have gotten a station from Algeria by comparing the weak signal to the online stream but it was hard to really tell.
Unfortunately, there are San Francisco stations right next to the only two 50 kw stations in Hawaii which are on 670 and 1010.
That's over 2000 miles from there to Hawaii anyway. Someone here said they attempted to get California from Hawaii in the daytime but couldn't hear anything. I don't recall their exact location though and if it was right on the beach.
I recently reconnected with my older brother who now lives near Hilo and I asked him to see if he could hear anything on 640 (the frequency KFI is on) at the beach in Hilo in the daytime. He told me KFI comes in real well at night there.
Even if there's anything other than just an empty frequency even if inaudible, it would have to be KFI. Hopefully 670 in Hilo won't cause splatter. It's a long shot but it will be interesting to see what he gets.
Last winter, I thought I may have gotten a station from Algeria by comparing the weak signal to the online stream but it was hard to really tell.
MarioMania said:
Unfortunately, there are San Francisco stations right next to the only two 50 kw stations in Hawaii which are on 670 and 1010.
That's over 2000 miles from there to Hawaii anyway. Someone here said they attempted to get California from Hawaii in the daytime but couldn't hear anything. I don't recall their exact location though and if it was right on the beach.
I recently reconnected with my older brother who now lives near Hilo and I asked him to see if he could hear anything on 640 (the frequency KFI is on) at the beach in Hilo in the daytime. He told me KFI comes in real well at night there.
Even if there's anything other than just an empty frequency even if inaudible, it would have to be KFI. Hopefully 670 in Hilo won't cause splatter. It's a long shot but it will be interesting to see what he gets.
MarioMania said:
You may not be able to hear any Hawaiian AM stations if you are on the beach on the CA coast with your feet in the water and holding a radio. I have never tried something like that so I don't know the real answer. But you could try it, just don't drop the radio into the water or it will be completely ruined.
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Frankly I wouldn't have my feet in the water, holding a radio, by ANY circumstances. You cannot DX while dead.
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gar fla said:
UK's Absolute Radio on 1215 was a regular visitor here last season. Now, I'm not an expert (and folks can chime in about this), but if I go by 'astronomical twilight' times, there's currently a window of roughly 50 minutes to snag the London based station right now. Astronomical twilight ends here in the Ottawa ON region at 0152 UTC, while it begins in London at 0242 UTC, giving me the 50 minutes to make a potential catch. Tomorrow night I should have roughly 52 minutes, as the days get shorter...
I could completely wrong about this, but for me it's a guide that makes sense as to when the TA window opens.
1035 BTW is the Radio Clube signal out of Lisbon. It didn't catch it last year, but it is listed as being 100kW, with a distance roughly that of the 100kW London signal and a twilight window which closes slightly later (because of Lisbon's more southerly location)...so worth a try!
~BG
Tincap said:
I'm fairly sure I had Radio Clube two weeks ago on 1035 while DXing on the Outer Banks of NC. They were playing classic rock and oldies which seems to fit their programming from what I can gather. This was from 0300-0500 UTC. EMWG claims they are running 30kw - using only a third of their full output. Spain and the Canary Islands were also dominant on many of the split channels. TA signals are definitely making the trip across the pond right now, but perhaps we'll have to wait a while before they get strong enough to make it further inland.
Nick said:
Depending on what time of the afternoon it was a skywave could've formed at that time of year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W_RgQogINQ
Who here van beat that for daytime groundwave reception distance?
Could someone sit on a beach in Portugal and hear WCBS or WFAN. In the morning / early afternoon?
Are there 50kW or higher power stations on the coast which can span the Pacific with a groundwave signal?
Who here van beat that for daytime groundwave reception distance?
Could someone sit on a beach in Portugal and hear WCBS or WFAN. In the morning / early afternoon?
Are there 50kW or higher power stations on the coast which can span the Pacific with a groundwave signal?
Interesting.
While I wouldn't rule out at all getting WCBS in that location midday in the summer, it was at 5 pm in the winter on January 20 and a skywave could have easily been involved.
During that part of winter, I often have gotten WCBS at that time of day here when it's still light.
Then again, that doesn't happen every day that time of year either so this one is a tough call.
While I wouldn't rule out at all getting WCBS in that location midday in the summer, it was at 5 pm in the winter on January 20 and a skywave could have easily been involved.
During that part of winter, I often have gotten WCBS at that time of day here when it's still light.
Then again, that doesn't happen every day that time of year either so this one is a tough call.
tfcwings said:
That was a skywave at 5PM in January. I've heard WCBS as early as 3:30PM in the Chicago area at that time of the year.
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Well here is WCBS, recorded from Bermuda, at 687 miles, in late June, likely between 12:30 & 2pm local.....no skywave.
http://wtfda.info/showthread.php?p=14897#post14897
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http://wtfda.info/showthread.php?p=14897#post14897
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cd637299 said:
Excellent reception for groundwave.
cd637299 said:
THAT was definitely groundwave. I've heard that Bermuda is an awesome place to dx and so wish that I would have been able to do so during my all-to-brief visit there a number of years ago!
The video, as professionally done as it may be, was of WCBS received via early evening skywave. I've picked up skywave at noon in Canada around that time of year (WLS/WSCR near Ottawa, ON; KSL, WZFG, KEX, CHMJ, CKWX between Calgary and Edmonton). Yes, the Bahamas are near tropical latitudes - but then again 5:00 is pretty close to sundown too. Sorry, but I have to join the consensus here in pointing out that the poster received skywave on that day.
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