New DX opportunity - 900 AM

[Steve Green NEPA]

@ SomeRadioGuy :
@ Paul B. Walker :
Often, there are too many posts to sift through here-- long story; mea culpa -- so I figure this CHML thread is as good a place as any to pose a question.
Paul: Have you ever received CHML via that *back* lobe of theirs?
They were sending some grotesque white-hole ERP southeast, but that northeast box-cutter back had to've been going somewhere else. And that was no ordinary back lobe. That was juiced.

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[radiofan2023]

@ SomeRadioGuy :
@ Paul B. Walker :
Often, there are too many posts to sift through here-- long story; mea culpa -- so I figure this CHML thread is as good a place as any to pose a question.
Paul: Have you ever received CHML via that *back* lobe of theirs?
They were sending some grotesque white-hole ERP southeast, but that northeast box-cutter back had to've been going somewhere else. And that was no ordinary back lobe. That was juiced.

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[SomeRadioGuy]

@ SomeRadioGuy :
@ Paul B. Walker :
Often, there are too many posts to sift through here-- long story; mea culpa -- so I figure this CHML thread is as good a place as any to pose a question.
Paul: Have you ever received CHML via that *back* lobe of theirs?
They were sending some grotesque white-hole ERP southeast, but that northeast box-cutter back had to've been going somewhere else. And that was no ordinary back lobe. That was juiced.

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Could you receive that, or did it miss your den?

@Steve Green NEPA only 900's i ever heard here, based upon reccoleciton.. are KZPA, which carries KSKO programming, Hawaii and Mexico City

 

[Mediafrog+]

@Steve Green NEPA only 900's i ever heard here, based upon reccoleciton.. are KZPA, which carries KSKO programming, Hawaii and Mexico City

Nothing out of Asia on 900 at your location? The frequency is common to both the 9 and 10 kHz band plans. China has several dozen stations on 900, though the most powerful of those is 100kw. Lower powers used in other Asian countries, with the exception of one in India running 100kw.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Nothing out of Asia on 900 at your location? The frequency is common to both the 9 and 10 kHz band plans. China has several dozen stations on 900, though the most powerful of those is 100kw. Lower powers used in other Asian countries, with the exception of one in India running 100kw.

If ive heard anything asian on 900 it was ujnderwhelming... KZPA takes the cake much of the time.. and really easy for me to verify its them, just tune over to 89.5!

 

[yeoldeschool]

Have any of you ever managed to score 150 watt KALI 900 AM from West Covina, California? It was formerly known as KGRB and was somewhat famous for having what I understood to be an eccentric owner and for stubbornly sticking to a big band and swing format right off the original 78 RPM records until about 1994.

It used to be a favored station of Johnny Carson who listened to it from his home in Malibu. I believe they had all of 500 watts back then, and stayed on at night in spite of 900 being a clear channel.

 

[billmich]

I have a strong local on 900 in Knoxville, TN so no CHML. I received CHML in Ohio, and the SDR in Indiana, but not overwhelmingly. There also used to be a 1000 watt (or less) daytimer in Fremont, Ohio on Lake Erie that had a strong lobe that covered a lot of Ohio and Indiana. It was shut off to move WFDF in Flint on 910 closer to Detroit.

WFRO was out of freemont Ohio

900am
500 watts day
287 night
From Wiki

shut down in 2004

 

[Dondd]

In its 250kw years XEW was always solid at night across Texas. These days it is pretty much lost in the mishmash of other signals on 900.

I get it on occasion here in the Austin area.
It's usually good and strong, but can fade.

 

[QED]

I used to listen to CHML occasionally. When they left I thought I might hear something other than background noise. But trying to get an on-the-hour ID for the freq' a few times this week, I still couldn't come up with anything for AM 900. It could be my fault I'm not in the great spot I had been in.

Of the 4-5 stations I miss that have exited Can' airwaves the one I regret most is CBC Moncton NB 1070. Leaving in '08 CBA was an Eng-Speaking powerhouse, broadcasting in "Atlantic Time" . Right now I can't get CBC news on-air over AM anywhere, and the CBC can't blanket the East Coast.

 

[QED]

I used to listen to CHML occasionally. When they left I thought I might hear something other than background noise. But trying to get an on-the-hour ID for the freq' a few times this week, I still couldn't come up with anything for AM 900. It could be my fault I'm not in the great spot I had been in.

Of the 4-5 stations I miss that have exited Can' airwaves the one I regret most is CBC Moncton/NB 1070. CBA was an Eng-Speaking powerhouse, broadcasting in "Atlantic Time" . Right now I can't get CBC news on-air over AM anywhere. Of course French bombs in over 860 out of Ontario.