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MIAMI AM RADIO AFTER DARK

The-Major

The-Major

Does anyone here regularly do a scan of the various AM signals that can be received down here in the bottom of the nation after dark ? Which stations / frequencies / cities are you able to receive ? A lot of the clear channel (the term not the company) 50,000 watt AM stations from the great Midwest, urban Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic region tend to push way southward at night beating up on many of our local stations. I was wondering which stations were able to push down this far south.

THE MAJOR
 
DXing from Southeast Fla.

> Does anyone here regularly do a scan of the various AM
> signals that can be received down here in the bottom of the
> nation after dark ? Which stations / frequencies / cities
> are you able to receive ? A lot of the clear channel (the
> term not the company) 50,000 watt AM stations from the great
> Midwest, urban Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic region tend to
> push way southward at night beating up on many of our local
> stations. I was wondering which stations were able to push
> down this far south.

Having no outside antenna, I don't regularly do so,
but I recommend it while waiting at a signal.

There's an AAR affiliate in Atlanta at the empty top of
the X-band. 1690, I think.

WBT 1110 Charlotte, for example, comes in as well as a
local station. WTOP 1500 Washington, also, at times.

I received WSM 650 Nashville when WJNA was off the
air after Wilma. Hadn't heard them so well in years.

And all the typical ones: WNBC, WABC, WWL, WCBS, WLS...
frequently, but not in this millennium.

I used to have a spiral notebook with well over
100 stations. Haven't really seriously DXed since
the 70s or 80s.

73s

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> > Does anyone here regularly do a scan of the various AM
> > signals that can be received down here in the bottom of
> the
> > nation after dark ? Which stations / frequencies / cities
>
> > are you able to receive ? A lot of the clear channel (the
>
> > term not the company) 50,000 watt AM stations from the
> great
> > Midwest, urban Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic region tend to
> > push way southward at night beating up on many of our
> local
> > stations. I was wondering which stations were able to push
>
> > down this far south.

Well, if it intrests you, Radio Reloj from Cuba pretty much comes in 24/7 with bleeding from adj. channel stations down in Miami. 570 AM and 930 AM seem to ring a bell to me.

I have picked up WTWP (better known as 1500 WTOP-AM in D.C.) in Broward County at night.

Not much help, but I will say that the dial is very busy down in SoFla at night; I would say the proximity to water and the tropical climate has a lot to do with it.

Cheers,

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> Does anyone here regularly do a scan of the various AM
> signals that can be received down here in the bottom of the
> nation after dark ? Which stations / frequencies / cities
> are you able to receive ? A lot of the clear channel (the
> term not the company) 50,000 watt AM stations from the great
> Midwest, urban Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic region tend to
> push way southward at night beating up on many of our local
> stations. I was wondering which stations were able to push
> down this far south.
>
> THE MAJOR
>
I've picked up WCBS 88 AM in New York, WLS 89 AM in Chicago & WWL in I believe the New Orleans area. It's just one of those things when you're bored at 2am on a clear night, to see who you can pick up on "skip".<P ID="signature">______________
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> Does anyone here regularly do a scan of the various AM
> signals that can be received down here in the bottom of the
> nation after dark ? Which stations / frequencies / cities
> are you able to receive ? A lot of the clear channel (the
> term not the company) 50,000 watt AM stations from the great
> Midwest, urban Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic region tend to
> push way southward at night beating up on many of our local
> stations. I was wondering which stations were able to push
> down this far south.
>
> THE MAJOR
>
Reception of remote stations varies based on what mood Fidel Castro
is in at any given time. His broadcasting system still wreaks havoc
on South Florida nightime listening. Back in the day you could hear
WLS - Chicago pretty regularly at night down here. Very rare nowadays.
 
> Reception of remote stations varies based on what mood Fidel
> Castro
> is in at any given time. His broadcasting system still
> wreaks havoc
> on South Florida nightime listening. Back in the day you
> could hear
> WLS - Chicago pretty regularly at night down here. Very
> rare nowadays.

And I thought I was just out of poractice, or with a cheap radio.

73s<P ID="signature">______________
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> > Reception of remote stations varies based on what mood
> Fidel
> > Castro
> > is in at any given time. His broadcasting system still
> > wreaks havoc
> > on South Florida nightime listening. Back in the day you
> > could hear
> > WLS - Chicago pretty regularly at night down here. Very
> > rare nowadays.
>
> And I thought I was just out of poractice, or with a cheap
> radio.
>
> 73s
>

I think a lot of that just has to do with the degradation of WLS's signal in general. So many stations have been assigned to 890 today that 'LS is very pourous across the country. Even where I am in Michigan right now, coverage is very spotty. It actually begins to get difficult about 45-50 miles inland from Lake Michigan. It used to be listenable across the majority of the state.<P ID="signature">______________
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>
> I think a lot of that just has to do with the degradation of
> WLS's signal in general. So many stations have been
> assigned to 890 today that 'LS is very pourous across the
> country. Even where I am in Michigan right now, coverage is
> very spotty. It actually begins to get difficult about
> 45-50 miles inland from Lake Michigan. It used to be
> listenable across the majority of the state.

In Miami, 890 is generally obliterated by, if I recall right, Radio Galeón in Santa Marta, Colombia, a 20 kw station across an almost pure salt water path.

All along the Gulf Coast, the increases in power of Latin American stations in the last 4 decades has made reception of US clears less and less viable.
>
 
Re: MIAMI AM RADIO AFTER DARK (circa 1980)

I spent one night in Miami in the Brickell area with my Sony ICF-5900, awaiting my FCC First Phone test in March 1980. That particular night, the Cubans were still at ultra-high power, and I did not hear the NYC or Chicago clears, or even WWL (I don't even remember hearing WLW,WCKY,or WOWO, regulars in Sarasota where I had spent the previous several weeks. I got ZNS on 810 that day and night, it was cool cruisng down I-95 in mid-afternoon listening to it.

Definately felt like I'd left the USA at the time.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: MIAMI AM RADIO AFTER DARK (circa 1980)

> I spent one night in Miami in the Brickell area with my Sony
> ICF-5900, awaiting my FCC First Phone test in March 1980.
> That particular night, the Cubans were still at ultra-high
> power, and I did not hear the NYC or Chicago clears, or even
> WWL (I don't even remember hearing WLW,WCKY,or WOWO,

Never been able to get WLW here because of 710.

Maybe it was possible when they were 500 KW, but I'm not that old.

> regulars in Sarasota where I had spent the previous several
> weeks. I got ZNS on 810 that day and night, it was cool
> cruisng down I-95 in mid-afternoon listening to it.
>
> Definately felt like I'd left the USA at the time.

73s<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: MIAMI AM RADIO AFTER DARK (circa 1980)

710 would definately be a problem. You'd have to catch them off for maintenance to have a shot at WLW..probably even with 500kW.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: MIAMI AM RADIO AFTER DARK (circa 1980)

> 710 would definately be a problem. You'd have to catch them
> off for maintenance to have a shot at WLW..probably even
> with 500kW.

Or, use a communications grade receiver and a loop antenna. When I lived at 137th and The Trail, right in the major lobe of WAQI, I could null and get WKJB in Mayaguez, PR on 710, and WOR on some occasions. Best logging was XEMP from Mexico city with Miami totally nulled. 700 was an easy frequency, using an R390 receiver... Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela and WLW were regulars, as were Porlamar, Barranquilla, tGuatemala Jamaica and Chicago on 720.
 
> >
> > I think a lot of that just has to do with the degradation
> of
> > WLS's signal in general. So many stations have been
> > assigned to 890 today that 'LS is very pourous across the
> > country. Even where I am in Michigan right now, coverage
> is
> > very spotty. It actually begins to get difficult about
> > 45-50 miles inland from Lake Michigan. It used to be
> > listenable across the majority of the state.
>
> In Miami, 890 is generally obliterated by, if I recall
> right, Radio Galeón in Santa Marta, Colombia, a 20 kw
> station across an almost pure salt water path.
>
> All along the Gulf Coast, the increases in power of Latin
> American stations in the last 4 decades has made reception
> of US clears less and less viable.

Very true. I remember about nine years ago trying to pull WLS in while in Bradenton, and I got small hints of it here and there with Latin American stations blowing the signal away most of the time. I don't think it would have been any easier even ten years prior to then.<P ID="signature">______________
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