New Florida Visitor on 820am at Night

[gar hi]

I hadn't listened to AM at night for a while because of the time of year that's not supposed to be as good as the winter but I went to the Maui receiver to see if there was any sign of WWBA.

No trace of WWBA but WBAP was coming in the strongest I've ever heard it.

And yet on 870, no trace of WWL but the best signal I've ever heard from KRLA on a frequency where WWL is usually the stronger of the two.

I think I will pay more attention to summertime AM DXing from now on.

 

[radioman148]

I hadn't listened to AM at night for a while because of the time of year that's not supposed to be as good as the winter but I went to the Maui receiver to see if there was any sign of WWBA.

No trace of WWBA but WBAP was coming in the strongest I've ever heard it.

And yet on 870, no trace of WWL but the best signal I've ever heard from KRLA on a frequency where WWL is usually the stronger of the two.

I think I will pay more attention to summertime AM DXing from now on.

You should give Australia a shot. It's going into winter there and you may hear some interesting stuff.

 

[davideduardo]

You should give Australia a shot. It's going into winter there and you may hear some interesting stuff.

During three decades of living in the tropics and DXing there (Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, etc) I found that the seasons don't have much effect on DXing stations from within the tropical zones. And, generally, I saw no difference in getting stations from far to the north or south at any time of the year.

From Ecuador, medium wave reception of NYC or Chicago or Buenos Aires or Santiago (or even South Africa, Australia or Europe) was the same all year long... nothing seasonal.

It would be interesting to hear how a DXer in HI finds the seasons to affect DXing.

 

[cyberdad]

I hadn't listened to AM at night for a while because of the time of year that's not supposed to be as good as the winter but I went to the Maui receiver to see if there was any sign of WWBA.

No trace of WWBA but WBAP was coming in the strongest I've ever heard it.

And yet on 870, no trace of WWL but the best signal I've ever heard from KRLA on a frequency where WWL is usually the stronger of the two.

As posted previously, on one night in February, 1965 during my junior year of high school in Honolulu I heard WWL on the north shore of Oahu, along with WBAP and WLS. Stock car radio in a 1962 Impala. WWL was the strongest signal of the three, but not by much.

By good fot.fune that Saturday night, KAIM, which was operating on 870 in Honolulu was off. I think they signed off at 10pm. It was a rare opportunity for me because where I lived in Honolulu, DX was next to impossible due to multiple transmitters within a couple of miles from where I was living, combined with lots of ambient noise.

 

[radioman148]

During three decades of living in the tropics and DXing there (Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, etc) I found that the seasons don't have much effect on DXing stations from within the tropical zones. And, generally, I saw no difference in getting stations from far to the north or south at any time of the year.

From Ecuador, medium wave reception of NYC or Chicago or Buenos Aires or Santiago (or even South Africa, Australia or Europe) was the same all year long... nothing seasonal.

It would be interesting to hear how a DXer in HI finds the seasons to affect DXing.

David, I can tell you from a few trips that I made to Hawaii that the seasons do have an affect on DX. In late November 1978 I heard WLS and WBBM near Honolulu. As Cyberdad mentioned I had to wait for KAIM to signoff to hear WLS. Regarding Australia from Hawaii, In January I couldn't get a thing from Australia. However, another time I was in Hawaii in March and 1116 from Brisbane was loud and clear before midnight HST.
You can still hear WBBM and WGN in Hawaii on the remote receivers there during the winter months. I also caught WLS a few times although it's tougher because 890 is much more crowded now.
I have never been to Hawaii during summer, but I'm guessing it would be much tougher to hear stations from the eastern half of the continental US. Maybe Gar can let us know.