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- Thread starter Tim L
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That's a pretty good description! I don't know which is worse, this one or the one they had for several decades when they were licensed to Fort Worth. They had a transmitter site southeast of there, running 1kW at night. The pattern was a tight one to the northwest and you couldn't get any signal whatsoever in Dallas. But in the Texas Panhandle, the skywave could often be awesome.
I finally got to tune the Grand Junction receiver during the day (9:15 their local time) and I wasn't on too long when somebody else came along and just started tuning the receiver. 
At the time, I was looking at a Google map of the region in another tab for not even a minute so I don't know if the person asked to tune the receiver or not but if they did and I didn't see the message, are they allowed to just start tuning?
Anyway, I was hearing a good signal on 660 which sounded like some kind of talk show or maybe an infomercial and I was waiting for an ID.
I assume it has to be KTNN. I was hearing another station in the background with talking and I can't figure out where that could be from using the AM frequency page. Anyone know what that station was?
At the time, I was looking at a Google map of the region in another tab for not even a minute so I don't know if the person asked to tune the receiver or not but if they did and I didn't see the message, are they allowed to just start tuning?
Anyway, I was hearing a good signal on 660 which sounded like some kind of talk show or maybe an infomercial and I was waiting for an ID.
I assume it has to be KTNN. I was hearing another station in the background with talking and I can't figure out where that could be from using the AM frequency page. Anyone know what that station was?
"Sampled" the Grand Junction receiver this evening. Didn't hang around long enough to uncover any surprises. Closest to anything fitting that definition was something on 880 hammering KRVN. Wasn't KIXI, but I couldn't identify whatever it was. I did try 1540 and am pretty sure I had KZMP under KXEL. As usual, I tried for Chicago, but all of the blowtorches were either missing entirely or lost in the slop. OTOH, "up the road" WCCO was blasting in with University of Minnesota basketball.
Then on to the Northern Ireland receiver and a few interesting catches....
570: R. Reloj in the mix...and even on top briefly.
600: CBNA (Newfoundland)...strong and alone most of the time.
680: Definitely CFTR this time.
730: No music this time. Talk...which didn't seem to be French.
830: No WCCO...all WCRN
860: CJBC alone and fairly strong....as opposed to CFMZ (on the same stick) which was barely present
970: Surprise! WZAN, Portland, ME alone (briefly). Perhaps not so surprising, however, considering 5kw directional Northeast
1030: WBZ alone. On balance, path was good from New England...but New York basically absent
1200: CFGO on top. I also tried CFRA (580) and CIWW (1310). Both also from Ottawa, but no luck with either.
1700: Tried KVNS. Mostly got just slop, but did hear about 20-30 sec. of "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray on top, which would've fit.
Then on to the Northern Ireland receiver and a few interesting catches....
570: R. Reloj in the mix...and even on top briefly.
600: CBNA (Newfoundland)...strong and alone most of the time.
680: Definitely CFTR this time.
730: No music this time. Talk...which didn't seem to be French.
830: No WCCO...all WCRN
860: CJBC alone and fairly strong....as opposed to CFMZ (on the same stick) which was barely present
970: Surprise! WZAN, Portland, ME alone (briefly). Perhaps not so surprising, however, considering 5kw directional Northeast
1030: WBZ alone. On balance, path was good from New England...but New York basically absent
1200: CFGO on top. I also tried CFRA (580) and CIWW (1310). Both also from Ottawa, but no luck with either.
1700: Tried KVNS. Mostly got just slop, but did hear about 20-30 sec. of "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray on top, which would've fit.
Christmas day catches on Atlantic MWDX included CJEU-1670 and CJRS-1650.
When I couldn't believe what I was hearing, I checked their respective web streams for confirmation. Now what I can't believe is that either was running only 1kw.
Go for 'em....
When I couldn't believe what I was hearing, I checked their respective web streams for confirmation. Now what I can't believe is that either was running only 1kw.
Go for 'em....
On the Grand Junction receiver just before their sunrise this morning I heard a very strong KFI and a not too strong KNX. KOKC was also very strong. Heard KRVN at that time.
gar fla said:
Again this morning on Grand Junction KFI not as strong, but KNBR very strong. No KCBS, instead KRMG. Also no KNX, instead a station playing oldies. wonder what that was?
radioman148 said:
I used to knock around that area a lot and got to know the nighttime AM dial pretty well there. Most of what you've heard on-line is pretty similar to what a good portable (or car radio) would do for you around Grand Jct. However, I am fascinated by the 'oldies' you're hearing on 1070. It's been my experience that KNX is usually an easy catch from around there. Perhaps somebody forgot to change pattern?
From near Chicago, I've heard a surprisingly strong KHMO from Hannibal, MO for 2 of the past 3 nights. My guess is that the automation system didn't quite kick in because I should be too far east of their lobe to pick them up. Last night, they were nowhere to be found (as is usual). But my point is that this stuff happens.
The report about KTNN being audible during the day would be a very good catch. Ground conductivity isn't that great and it's a long way for groundwave to travel. But, it's likely that this is what was heard because there's no other 660 in the area during the day.
As for 1520 KOKC, that station blows in there like a local almost every night. I used to listen to them a lot back when they were oldies KOMA and they were incredibly strong in the region at night. Somewhere, I have an aircheck from them one night in the early 1990s and that aircheck has few if any fades. Sounded like a local signal, yet I taped them from eastern UT!
jd said:
I think that's it. They do air oldies. Thanks.
And speaking of KOKC, they do pump out a big signal as I heard them in Hawaii several years ago on a car radio.
This evening on Atlantic MWDX:
Checked 680 assuming I'd get CFTR as usual...and heard "CJOB 68" from Winnipeg instead. Still haven't heard WRKO on that freq.
Also new for me were WWL-870, CHAM-820 mixing with a talker (WBAP??), WLS-890, CKNB-950, and CKAC-730 with their strange sounding French all-traffic format. WIOD-610 was in again and stronger than before. There was somebody playing country music on 980, pretty strong at times, but deep fades and couldn't get an ID.
From New Orleans to Miami to Winnipeg, all in about a 20-minute stretch. Big fun.
Checked 680 assuming I'd get CFTR as usual...and heard "CJOB 68" from Winnipeg instead. Still haven't heard WRKO on that freq.
Also new for me were WWL-870, CHAM-820 mixing with a talker (WBAP??), WLS-890, CKNB-950, and CKAC-730 with their strange sounding French all-traffic format. WIOD-610 was in again and stronger than before. There was somebody playing country music on 980, pretty strong at times, but deep fades and couldn't get an ID.
From New Orleans to Miami to Winnipeg, all in about a 20-minute stretch. Big fun.
NoMoreLurking said:
WOW--CJOB, I'll have to try for that. Like you I thought I'd get WRKO on 680, but never have only CFTR.
Atlantic DX is great.
radioman148 said:
CJOB has a fabulous signal....even into big chunks of Minnesota and North Dakota in the daytime. If you can get them on the Northern Ireland receiver, you might want to check for the other Manitoba big signals on 950 and 1290. I have, but so far without success. Of course, there's always CBW on 990, but that's also a European channel. So far that's been covered.
Note that I'm pretty sure that CJOB is under the same ownership as CFTR, and the formats definitly have some similarities, so there's always a chance for confusion. CFTR, hower is all news while CJOB has a heavy emphasis on news in a news-talk format.
C
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Listening to Atlantic-DX right now...1650....must be lil CINA Toronto---I cannot positively ID, but the Bollywood sound seems to match the Web stream....wow....
I'll be up all night if I don't get away!
OK had the stream matching CJRS Radio Shalom in Montreal within a split second of the 2 feeds!
I'll let somebody else have at it now.
cd
I'll be up all night if I don't get away!
OK had the stream matching CJRS Radio Shalom in Montreal within a split second of the 2 feeds!
I'll let somebody else have at it now.
cd
I'm reviving this thread because I hear the Atlantic MWDX Northern Ireland node is back online after several weeks of down time. Many of you have mentioned fascinating DX catches via this node and have probably noticed it's been missing. The operator of the node spent a considerable amount of time and braved some extremely nasty weather conditions to repair the KAZ loop and we all owe him our thanks.
He loves feedback about what we're hearing, and he's aware of this board now. Plus the Global Tuners forums would be a good place to post your comments...and a thank-you for going out of his way for the benefit of our enjoyment!
He loves feedback about what we're hearing, and he's aware of this board now. Plus the Global Tuners forums would be a good place to post your comments...and a thank-you for going out of his way for the benefit of our enjoyment!
C
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NoMoreLurking said:
Wunderbar!
cd
NoMoreLurking said:
Great news. I really missed Atlantic DX. Many thanks to the owner for fixing it up and bringing it back.
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