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Impressive DX in Manhattan from Philly
- Thread starter Jeffrey
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Apparently it has been good weather for DX.. Hot, humid and unstable atmosphere. I picked up a few distant stations clearly in the car the other day. A couple from Allentown PA, and 107.3 FM from Atlantic City (I'm in Northern Bergen Co.) WWZY from Long Branch was also overpowering 107.1 WXPK here in Bergen.
> Apparently it has been good weather for DX.. Hot, humid and
> unstable atmosphere. I picked up a few distant stations
> clearly in the car the other day. A couple from Allentown
> PA, and 107.3 FM from Atlantic City (I'm in Northern Bergen
> Co.) WWZY from Long Branch was also overpowering 107.1
> WXPK here in Bergen.
>
I was hearing WYSP and the jazz station on 90.1 from Philly recently, both very clear, as I was driving through Brooklyn. Not the first time that has happened -- I've picked up Philly FM radio pretty often from various parts of the city. WHYY on 90.9 is one that I pick up on occasion too.
> unstable atmosphere. I picked up a few distant stations
> clearly in the car the other day. A couple from Allentown
> PA, and 107.3 FM from Atlantic City (I'm in Northern Bergen
> Co.) WWZY from Long Branch was also overpowering 107.1
> WXPK here in Bergen.
>
I was hearing WYSP and the jazz station on 90.1 from Philly recently, both very clear, as I was driving through Brooklyn. Not the first time that has happened -- I've picked up Philly FM radio pretty often from various parts of the city. WHYY on 90.9 is one that I pick up on occasion too.
too bad I have been working overtime in a deli... I finnaly got a chance today 7pm 7/20 to have a little bit of fun with my carver tx-11. I'm not picking up much of anything. silence on 93,3 and 94.1 up here in the stamford ct area. I think the humidity really does it and not the heat for some that have the knowlege, do you think the cape/cin availible in the atmosphere help radio skip??
> > Apparently it has been good weather for DX.. Hot, humid
> and
> > unstable atmosphere. I picked up a few distant stations
> > clearly in the car the other day. A couple from Allentown
> > PA, and 107.3 FM from Atlantic City (I'm in Northern
> Bergen
> > Co.) WWZY from Long Branch was also overpowering 107.1
> > WXPK here in Bergen.
> >
> I was hearing WYSP and the jazz station on 90.1 from Philly
> recently, both very clear, as I was driving through
> Brooklyn. Not the first time that has happened -- I've
> picked up Philly FM radio pretty often from various parts of
> the city. WHYY on 90.9 is one that I pick up on occasion
> too.
>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Ozman on 07/20/05 11:10 PM.</FONT></P>
> > Apparently it has been good weather for DX.. Hot, humid
> and
> > unstable atmosphere. I picked up a few distant stations
> > clearly in the car the other day. A couple from Allentown
> > PA, and 107.3 FM from Atlantic City (I'm in Northern
> Bergen
> > Co.) WWZY from Long Branch was also overpowering 107.1
> > WXPK here in Bergen.
> >
> I was hearing WYSP and the jazz station on 90.1 from Philly
> recently, both very clear, as I was driving through
> Brooklyn. Not the first time that has happened -- I've
> picked up Philly FM radio pretty often from various parts of
> the city. WHYY on 90.9 is one that I pick up on occasion
> too.
>
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Ozman on 07/20/05 11:10 PM.</FONT></P>
It's just a right-place-right time kind of thing. You can't expect hot/hazy conditions to result in DX kind of conditions necessarily. Having said that, pulling in stations from Philly barely qualifies as DXing, since Philly is really only 90 or so miles SW of NYC, not that incredibly far for an FM signal to reach. Stamford is just that much farther northeast (30-35 miles from NYC?)
> It's just a right-place-right time kind of thing. You can't
> expect hot/hazy conditions to result in DX kind of
> conditions necessarily. Having said that, pulling in
> stations from Philly barely qualifies as DXing, since Philly
> is really only 90 or so miles SW of NYC, not that incredibly
> far for an FM signal to reach. Stamford is just that much
> farther northeast (30-35 miles from NYC?)
>
However, every Philly station has an adjacent New York station. Some of those adjacent stations have the dreaded IBOC. Therefore, it is impressive to DX the Philly stations in NYC. When the blackout hit in 2003, it was possible to get all the Philly stations in NYC.<P ID="signature">______________
17-year-old radio geek
Location: Princeton Junction, NJ
AIM: KewlDude471</P>
> expect hot/hazy conditions to result in DX kind of
> conditions necessarily. Having said that, pulling in
> stations from Philly barely qualifies as DXing, since Philly
> is really only 90 or so miles SW of NYC, not that incredibly
> far for an FM signal to reach. Stamford is just that much
> farther northeast (30-35 miles from NYC?)
>
However, every Philly station has an adjacent New York station. Some of those adjacent stations have the dreaded IBOC. Therefore, it is impressive to DX the Philly stations in NYC. When the blackout hit in 2003, it was possible to get all the Philly stations in NYC.<P ID="signature">______________
17-year-old radio geek
Location: Princeton Junction, NJ
AIM: KewlDude471</P>
It's not the distance that makes dxing a Philly station in NY. impressive, it's the fact that in Manhattan you cannot normally get any station from Philly due to bleed from NY. stations and interference from buildings and various other factors.
> It's just a right-place-right time kind of thing. You can't
> expect hot/hazy conditions to result in DX kind of
> conditions necessarily. Having said that, pulling in
> stations from Philly barely qualifies as DXing, since Philly
> is really only 90 or so miles SW of NYC, not that incredibly
> far for an FM signal to reach. Stamford is just that much
> farther northeast (30-35 miles from NYC?)
>
> It's just a right-place-right time kind of thing. You can't
> expect hot/hazy conditions to result in DX kind of
> conditions necessarily. Having said that, pulling in
> stations from Philly barely qualifies as DXing, since Philly
> is really only 90 or so miles SW of NYC, not that incredibly
> far for an FM signal to reach. Stamford is just that much
> farther northeast (30-35 miles from NYC?)
>
YES!!! And that was the only fun thing about the blackout that I can remember. I recall sitting outside my building, having taken my headset-radio with me to see if I could get info about the blackout via any stations that had power and were broadcasting. I quickly realized that it was time to flip around the dial and see what I could pull in with NY-area stations off the air. I wish I remember better what I picked up, but it was impressive, with a several of the Philly stations coming in loud and clear.
I hope it doesn't happen again, but it was a little bit of radio fun (for a radio dweeb like me) amidst an otherwise miserable experience.
I hope it doesn't happen again, but it was a little bit of radio fun (for a radio dweeb like me) amidst an otherwise miserable experience.
> Granted I live in a high rise on the Hudson giving me a
> clear line of sight but I DXed WIRED 96.5 from Philly last
> night around midnight. There was incredible bleed from WQXR
> but WIRED was there none the less. Quite impressive I
> thought for being in Manhattan proper.
>
That's cause they're probably running high and wide illegal power, mi amigo. jaja
> clear line of sight but I DXed WIRED 96.5 from Philly last
> night around midnight. There was incredible bleed from WQXR
> but WIRED was there none the less. Quite impressive I
> thought for being in Manhattan proper.
>
That's cause they're probably running high and wide illegal power, mi amigo. jaja
> That's cause they're probably running high and wide illegal
> power, mi amigo. jaja
WIRED 96.5 is a legal, licenced Class B FM station, it's WRDW. Look at www.fcc.gov
Philadelphia is a mere 83 miles from NYC and nearly every Philly FM station comes in as close to NYC as Edison during NORMAL conditions.
> power, mi amigo. jaja
WIRED 96.5 is a legal, licenced Class B FM station, it's WRDW. Look at www.fcc.gov
Philadelphia is a mere 83 miles from NYC and nearly every Philly FM station comes in as close to NYC as Edison during NORMAL conditions.
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