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KHWG-AM Fallon, NV

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kenglish

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Heard KHWG-AM, 750 KHz, presumably running night power of 250 Watts (ND), at Fallon , Nevada.

Heard at Midvale, Utah last night, around 8:20 PM MST, using Ten-Tec RX-350 and an AOR LA390 loop (indoors, in a stucco apartment building). Using AM mode was fine, Synchronous AM mode reception made some improvement. Quality ranged from usable to very good. Lots of Classic Country, with several local ads, including one for the local 4-H Club, IIRC.

Do they QSL? :)
 
kenglish said:
Do they QSL? :)
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Probably not, considering you caught them on day power, but they do respond to email. I've heard them a few times from Michigan during sunrise skip and have inquired about their power. When I contacted them during one of my morning receptions, they were very pleasant and thanked me for my report but insisted they weren't cheating. This is difficult to believe though considering the signal I was getting. This is my first Nevada log so I'm not complaining :)
 
After looking at their applications I still don't know how they got 250 watts non-directional at night and in reality protect Portland, OR & Price, UT.
 
They have been dominating into Bothell most nights to the south, tearing up Portland. I don't think this is 250w...they forget to switch. I've only heard KXTG, 1kw KERR and sometimes KOAL/CKJH at times with no KHWG.

-crainbebo
 
After my downstairs neighbor turned off his Plasma TV, I heard them loud and clear last night, again.
They were still blasting in on the car radio all the way in to SLC this morning (except when I was near the TRAX overhead lines ::) ).
Maybe they ARE not switching to low power at sunset.
 
One thing I forgot to add...the AOR LA 390 is probably the best indoor apartment antenna for the entire LW/MW/SW bands I can think of....I have an LA390, too, works well with my Icom R75, and have heard a couple of LW stations on the east side of the Atlantic with it and heard a ham operator from Norway on 21 MHz when the 15 meter band opened up.
 
Not as strong last night. Even heard somebody (KOAL?) fighting them early this morning.
 
Not hearing them that well last night, or this morning.

I looked at some fuzzy Google and Bing aerial photos of their transmitter site...I guess it's too far out in the country for those nice, crisp photos and Street-level pix.
Noticed a very distinct "ring" around their tower. Is that just a fence, or are they running some sort of skywave-friendly antenna?
Maybe a skirt, a raised counterpoise, or a fatted-up profile to the antenna. Maybe that would explain some of the long-distance reception that's been going on for years.

Anybody ever gotten a photo of their AM tower?
 
I wonder why I couldn't get a Street View on there over the weekend. ???

FCC data shows it at only 80 meters or so tall, but it looks like (according to the FCC files) it is top-loaded.
Maybe that's their "secret formula"?
 
I've been hearing KOAL every night, for about an hour or so at sunset.
Sadly, their format of extremist-right talk kept me from listening for long.
KHWG seems a bit weaker than the earlier weeks.
 
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