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fair warning - don't use the global tuners if you have anything else you should be doing!
I've found it impossible to spend less than an hour on the site at any time.
I spent hours on the Queensland site...,uch easier to open up a list of Brisbane-area stations in
another window...and begin wasting the hours.
 
Unbelievable.....like was reported earlier, my local WIOD with "six ten WIOD.com" at 0639 UTC.

WIOD's about 35 miles from here, I'd say, and it *can* be nulled, and a Rebelde can be brought in here. But 4000 miles away, and there it is!

I'll never figure out radio. Never. But that's why DXn exists, I s'pose!

cd
 
At about 3 AM EST, I just spend a little time on Global tuners...On the Grand Junction node, I heard the Toronto 740 mixed in with others unIDs and KRVN was clear there, tried for WCBS, but no WCBS heard. I then switched to Northern Ireland and heard Toronto 740 there, as well as WBBR coming in pretty well, mixing in with an unknown playing soft Christmas vocals. A pretty loud het was heard on 980 along with a local 981 makes me wonder...what it is. DC's WTEM980? Unable to ID it.
I did heard DC's 1500.
That's all I heard for a short time with Global tuners. romer979 is right, I once had to share the receivers with another DXer.
 
The Grand Junction receiver is so interesting and I'm glad you conformed what I heard the other night with CFZM.

Last night, I spent a lot of time on 880 and at one point when KRVN faded (which is rare), I'm pretty sure I was hearing WCBS in the background because I had my portable radio on at the same time with WCBS coming in at the time and the sound of the guy's voice doing the news at the time matched one of the stations I was hearing in the background on 880 on the Grand Junction tuner.

Makes sense because in the late 70s and early 80s, I picked up a faint WCBS in northern California late at night when KRVN signed off.

Is that loud station on 1530 KFBK? I heard something in the background of that and I'm wondering if it was WCKY.

That Atlantic DX receiver still is never online even when I checked late at night.

Is there any other receiver in Europe that's more available that has heard trans Atlantic AM stations?

If only there was a receiver in Hawaii.

;)
 
I jumped back in for a little while last night (Dec 23). A few of note....

610: Thought I'd take a stab at WIOD. Couldn't pull anything out of the mud. No luck
650: WSM. First time for me...fair.
670: Tried for WSCR. Channel was pretty "messy". Not sure if WSCR was in there, but I do think I may have had Cuba.
700: WLW...first time for me. fair-good.
730: trying for CKAC: What I was getting was Christmas music (in English). Not sure what it was, but the signal was pretty good.
750: WSB weak...first time for me.
780: WBBM very weak but audible....first time for me.
800: Strong signal in Spanish. XEROK? That seems improbable.
840: Tried for WHAS but didn't hear it.
890: WLS: weak, but stronger than WBBM. Another first time catch
950: Thought maybe I'd catch CFAM, WWJ or R. Reloj. Result was "none of the above" just slop.
1000: WMVP getting clobbered by something, but not sure what. Didn't seem to be XEOY
1010: CFRB with a good signal
1040: WHO first time....weak.
 
Tried Atlantic DX at around East Coast sunset. The only North America station I heard was WBBR at 21:15Z, broadcasting the Eagles/Cowboys game.
 
cyberdad said:
I jumped back in for a little while last night (Dec 23). A few of note....

610: Thought I'd take a stab at WIOD. Couldn't pull anything out of the mud. No luck
650: WSM. First time for me...fair.
670: Tried for WSCR. Channel was pretty "messy". Not sure if WSCR was in there, but I do think I may have had Cuba.
700: WLW...first time for me. fair-good.
730: trying for CKAC: What I was getting was Christmas music (in English). Not sure what it was, but the signal was pretty good.
750: WSB weak...first time for me.
780: WBBM very weak but audible....first time for me.
800: Strong signal in Spanish. XEROK? That seems improbable.
840: Tried for WHAS but didn't hear it.
890: WLS: weak, but stronger than WBBM. Another first time catch
950: Thought maybe I'd catch CFAM, WWJ or R. Reloj. Result was "none of the above" just slop.
1000: WMVP getting clobbered by something, but not sure what. Didn't seem to be XEOY
1010: CFRB with a good signal
1040: WHO first time....weak.
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Cyberdad,

WMAQ--oops--I mean WSCR is really tough. I only got it once & that was because I was listening to them live on the radio and able to match up the audio. 670 is a mess with many stations. I only tried because on that particular night WBBM, WLS, & WMVP were coming in particularly well.
I'm still going after WIOD, but so far I can't confirm it. The audio matches the voices that I'm hearing on the webstream, but I still haven't caught an ID or a local spot that would give it to me.
 
I was blessed to hear WIOD at a rare time, :39 after.....they are generally only dependable on the "hard breaks," and maybe after news, and around :00 & :30 after. Miami sunset is around 5:30pm EST right now....best to wait, especially until it's almost break-o-dawn in the UK, when only stuff to the west will arrive.

cd
 
Does this Atlantic DX receiver go online on any routine schedule?

It's offline every time I go to the receiver list no matter what time of day or night.

Or is it because I just recently signed up that I'm not able to tune certain receivers yet?
 
gar fla said:
Does this Atlantic DX receiver go online on any routine schedule?

It's offline every time I go to the receiver list no matter what time of day or night.

Or is it because I just recently signed up that I'm not able to tune certain receivers yet?
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You're on the 2 week trial period since you just signed up. After the 2 weeks are up they will give you access to more receivers.
 
cd637299 said:
I was blessed to hear WIOD at a rare time, :39 after.....they are generally only dependable on the "hard breaks," and maybe after news, and around :00 & :30 after. Miami sunset is around 5:30pm EST right now....best to wait, especially until it's almost break-o-dawn in the UK, when only stuff to the west will arrive.

cd
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I have been listening for it late at night, about an hour or less before UK sunrise. Did you get a definite ID at :39? I need to listen when they give a solid ID.
If I knew when WIOD gave one or had a local cutaway that would be very helpful.

Thanks.
 
radioman148 said:
gar fla said:
Does this Atlantic DX receiver go online on any routine schedule?

It's offline every time I go to the receiver list no matter what time of day or night.

Or is it because I just recently signed up that I'm not able to tune certain receivers yet?
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You're on the 2 week trial period since you just signed up. After the 2 weeks are up they will give you access to more receivers.
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That's what I was thinking because so many others are listed as offline to me too.

I'm still happy with what I've heard with the US receivers so far.

And it sure is addicting as can be, like you all say.

When I use the Grand Junction receiver, I picture myself actually being there, outside with a portable receiver, and looking at the nighttime scenery.
 
radioman148 said:
cd637299 said:
I was blessed to hear WIOD at a rare time, :39 after.....they are generally only dependable on the "hard breaks," and maybe after news, and around :00 & :30 after. Miami sunset is around 5:30pm EST right now....best to wait, especially until it's almost break-o-dawn in the UK, when only stuff to the west will arrive.

cd
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I have been listening for it late at night, about an hour or less before UK sunrise. Did you get a definite ID at :39? I need to listen when they give a solid ID.
If I knew when WIOD gave one or had a local cutaway that would be very helpful.

Thanks.
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Yes, "six ten WIOD.com", leading into Coast to Coast, IIRC. Ya know, my clock might be off a bit; I cannot imagine a satellite-delivered talk show cutting away at :35-39 or so! We have outages sometimes, and I think my PC clock doesn't keep up. Anyway, it was a cutaway.

I'd think that WIOD staff would love to give this a try!

EDIT: It'd be great if you could hear them say, "....also on the FM at 100.3." Way to plug a 250w translator....across the pond!

cd
 
radioman148 said:
WMAQ--oops--I mean WSCR is really tough. I only got it once & that was because I was listening to them live on the radio and able to match up the audio. 670 is a mess with many stations.
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I'm pretty sure I had WMAQ....er WSCR ;D...in the mix last week, but I'm not positive. No identifiable trace of it last night, however. 800 as Bonaire makes sense. The thing I'm really wondering about is the Christmas music (in English) on 730.
 
At 1 AM EST, I went back to Grand Junction node and heard the following:

1480 KQAM Wichita, KS
1500 KSTP Minneapolis talking sports
1510 KGA Spokane
1520 KOKC Oklahoma City loud and causing some splatter on 1530 where it is kind of a mess with no KFBK in sight
1540 KXEL IA and an unknown Spanish
530 weak unknown, playing Silent Night
880 probably KWIP Dallas, OR with Reg Mexican with what sounds like an accordion. (There is a town in OR called Dallas and isn't too far from Salem)
570 Salt Lake City (forgot the calls), with Coast to Coast AM and no Cuban RR signal
 
It was late Christmas Eve & early Christmas morning. Everyone was asleep and I was up waiting for Santa AND listening to Atlantic DX.
At 0533Z I confirmed WIOD with a definite ID. At 0632Z I heard 1170 WWVA. Also heard WSM for my first time. IDd WSCR barely above the noise level fighting it out with Cuba. WLW was fairly strong.
The Canadians were doing well, especially CFRB & VOCM. Others making the trip across the Atlantic last night to Northern Ireland were WJR, WABC, WBBM, WCBS, WLS, WMVP, CFRB--strong, KDKA,WBZ, and of course WBBR. Heard something on 1190, suspect WLIB, but not sure.

The highlight for me was finally confirming WIOD. It's a tough one to identify because it just makes it above the noise level, but I finally got a station break. (I love challenges) ;D
Also, nice to confirm WWVA which I suspected before, but finally got an ID tonight.

Cyberdad--I listened for your 730, but can't ID. It certainly wasn't music & the talk was not in English.

Merry Christmas fellow DXers!
 
At about 2300Z on the N Ireland Atlantic MWDX receiver: WXKS "Talk 1200 Boston" and CFGO "Team 1200" Ottawa both IDed within seconds of each other as they see-sawed back and forth, each with decent signals - now back to the holiday.....
 
ddsparxx said:
1540 KXEL IA and an unknown Spanish
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You may have heard a Texas station. KZMP University Park (Dallas) carries ESPN Deportes and runs 750 watts at night; their hideous directional pattern doesn't cover Dallas/Fort Worth very well at all. On the other hand, their skywave can go a long way and one of their minor lobes is pointed northwest, right toward Grand Junction.
 
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