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last night was birmingham's night

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formerjock

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Last night in east tennessee receiving 2 birmingham stations that must have been on daytime power/pattern.
1070 WAPI was dominating the channel, covering up usually strong WFNI. Also heard 690 WSPZ with fox sports. both stations unusually loud and clear.
 
Hmmmm, so it was WJOX that I was getting on 690 last night (through WSCR hash). Interesting.

Last night was an odd night around here; was picking up some mid-range MW signals that don't usually float to the top. One example was 640 WKY Oklahoma City; another was WGVS Muskegon, MI duking it out with the normally (very) dominant KOA on 850. WGVS nulls toward us and only runs 1 kw. Also pulled in a pretty strong signal from WBEN Buffalo, who's 5 kw are nulled in our direction (Chicago 'burbs). I was also pulling in an R&B station on 730, but it was mired in WGN slop so I couldn't ID it. First time I've heard that one. As I said, it was an evening where many non-typical stations were logged.

From a longer distance, I did pick up good reception of CFAC Calgary and CBW Winnipeg - but the propagation was poor toward the western US.
 
stormy01 said:
Hearing WJOX and WAPI tonight, between 10:00 p.m. and still going strong as I write this at 10:40 p.m.
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Same from southern Lake Co., IL last night. WJOX was amazingly strong. Fascinating, as I hadn't heard it here before.
 
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For any DXer that would like Alabama in their AM logbook - as of 9:25 p.m. I am receiving WJOX 690 and WAPI 1070 well tonite hear in No. IL. Neal Boortz on 1070, Fox Sports Radio on 690. So this is 3 nights in a row... shhh...please don't tell the stations....
 
Re: tonight is also birmingham's night

stormy01 said:
For any DXer that would like Alabama in their AM logbook - as of 9:25 p.m. I am receiving WJOX 690 and WAPI 1070 well tonite hear in No. IL. Neal Boortz on 1070, Fox Sports Radio on 690. So this is 3 nights in a row... shhh...please don't tell the stations....
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Yep, I heard 'em too!

Odd thing about 1070 - i've confirmed signals from Madison, WI; Sarnia, ON; LA (KNX); and now Alabama. I have yet to confirm hearing Indianapolis! That may sound odd, and it's probably there (if I concentrate), but the same conditions that favor close-in skywave seem to bring Madison in over Indy. Just an odd quirk.
 
BRNout: Have you ever logged KNTH/Houston at 1070? I had them in the car up as far as Texarkana one time, and I believe gar fla has logged KNTH across the pond in Florida. Runs 10kW in the daytime and a healthy 5kW at night. With the right conditions, I suspect the signal could very well head on up into Ks., Mo., and Ill. KNTH is a Salem outlet offering mostly Conservative Talk. You'd know it if you heard it. You'll hear the call letters spoken several times throughout a break.
 
I'm 50 miles north of Birmingham. I tuned in last night expecting them to be blasting in, since they are apparently on daytime power, I could hear them well, but nothing like the "big ones" like WWL, WLW, etc.
 
purpledevil said:
BRNout: Have you ever logged KNTH/Houston at 1070? I had them in the car up as far as Texarkana one time, and I believe gar fla has logged KNTH across the pond in Florida. Runs 10kW in the daytime and a healthy 5kW at night. With the right conditions, I suspect the signal could very well head on up into Ks., Mo., and Ill. KNTH is a Salem outlet offering mostly Conservative Talk. You'd know it if you heard it. You'll hear the call letters spoken several times throughout a break.
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From Chicago: not as of yet. There's a lot of competition on 1070, but different nights seem to favor propagation from different areas.

However, I did log KNTH from San Jose, Costa Rica about a month ago. They were covering a Houston Aeros hockey game and they came in quite well - for one night only. That's actually farther from Houston than Chicago is....
 
"I was also pulling in an R&B station on 730, but it was mired in WGN slop"

Betcha it was Soul 73, KKDA Grand Prarie, TX. The shoot north at night and have been heard that way.
 
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