Pensacola, FL MW & CC radio 2

[cyberdad]

XEG also simulcast Wolfman Jack's XERF broadcast. Where I was in Iowa, XEG had a good nighttime signal....but XERF had a better one, so that's where we listened.

 

[radioman148]

XEG also simulcast Wolfman Jack's XERF broadcast. Where I was in Iowa, XEG had a good nighttime signal....but XERF had a better one, so that's where we listened.

I never knew that XEG carried Wolfman. Had I known I might have tried for them as they were an easier catch for me than XERF.

 

[stormy01]

700 is WLW
870 is WWL

Looks like you got mixed up there

Dyslexic radio ;D

Sometimes my RDS displays shows WWL when I'm tuned in to WLFM 87.7 - and there is in fact a WWL-FM but it's on 105.3 in "Nawlins"

 

[ALRocker]

Anybody know what the classical station is on 590 that Rob mentioned? I hear it all the time here in Alabama. Thanks.

 

[radioman148]

Anybody know what the classical station is on 590 that Rob mentioned? I hear it all the time here in Alabama. Thanks.

Isn't that Cuba?

 

[schmave]

Is this nighttime, Rob? LOL.

740 is Orlando. If Orlando was off, then Oklahoma.

1070's Spanish could be North Carolina. At sunset up here in NE Pennsy, this and a half dozen others obliterate WKOK Sunbury -- 20 miles from WKOK.

1090's gotta be KAAY. During their 60's heyday they used to be heard in Minneapolis on a regular basis. Overnights they used to play jazz.

1200 is W-O (Clear Channel) A-I.

1510 is a 'given' as WLAC. Wow, what an influential music station they once were for pop musicians in the 50's and 60's. When I DXed in Clearwater, they were a pest. Great to see they're still around and present.

1590 might've been Houston. They used to bomb across the Gulf at night as KYOK.

740 could have been KTRH from Houston as well. Its eastern lobe is nowhere near huge, but it makes to the panhandle on a good night, albeit weakly.

 

[radioman148]

Is this nighttime, Rob? LOL.

740 is Orlando. If Orlando was off, then Oklahoma.

1070's Spanish could be North Carolina. At sunset up here in NE Pennsy, this and a half dozen others obliterate WKOK Sunbury -- 20 miles from WKOK.

1090's gotta be KAAY. During their 60's heyday they used to be heard in Minneapolis on a regular basis. Overnights they used to play jazz.

1200 is W-O (Clear Channel) A-I.

1510 is a 'given' as WLAC. Wow, what an influential music station they once were for pop musicians in the 50's and 60's. When I DXed in Clearwater, they were a pest. Great to see they're still around and present.

1590 might've been Houston. They used to bomb across the Gulf at night as KYOK.

740 could have been KTRH from Houston as well. Its eastern lobe is nowhere near huge, but it makes to the panhandle on a good night, albeit weakly.

Years ago when I was in New Orleans in the winter I could hear KTRH on a good radio during midday.

 

[stormy01]

Years ago when I was in New Orleans in the winter I could hear KTRH on a good radio during midday.

Now there's a 750 in Gretna - it's 250 watts daytime now - after it signs off locals should try for KTRH. Unless you're far enough away from them or you've got some narrow filters on your RX and a box loop!)

 

[radioman148]

Years ago when I was in New Orleans in the winter I could hear KTRH on a good radio during midday.

Now there's a 750 in Gretna - it's 250 watts daytime now - after it signs off locals should try for KTRH. Unless you're far enough away from them or you've got some narrow filters on your RX and a box loop!)

That 750 in Gretna wasn't there in the 60s when I tried it.

 

[Tincap]

Anybody know what the classical station is on 590 that Rob mentioned? I hear it all the time here in Alabama. Thanks.

Isn't that Cuba?

Cuba's Radio Musical Nacional operates on 590, playing a mix of classical and jazz. Here's their program guide to help you ID it ~> http://www.cmbfjazz.cu/cmbf/cmbf_radio/pro_trans_hist_cmbf/programacion.htm

BG

 

[schmave]

Years ago when I was in New Orleans in the winter I could hear KTRH on a good radio during midday.

Now there's a 750 in Gretna - it's 250 watts daytime now - after it signs off locals should try for KTRH. Unless you're far enough away from them or you've got some narrow filters on your RX and a box loop!)

In New Orleans KTRH would be an easy catch ... good ground conductivity between there and here despite KTRH's big lobe going south-southwest. I actually was surprised to hear it in Florida, even though I was only 500 miles from Houston. It's a muddy frequency by that point.

 

[radioman148]

Years ago when I was in New Orleans in the winter I could hear KTRH on a good radio during midday.

Now there's a 750 in Gretna - it's 250 watts daytime now - after it signs off locals should try for KTRH. Unless you're far enough away from them or you've got some narrow filters on your RX and a box loop!)

In New Orleans KTRH would be an easy catch ... good ground conductivity between there and here despite KTRH's big lobe going south-southwest. I actually was surprised to hear it in Florida, even though I was only 500 miles from Houston. It's a muddy frequency by that point.

Did you catch it during the day in Florida?

 

[schmave]

Nope, though I did try. Orlando's 740 dominated the channel. The furthest I heard from PCB during the day was the 1180 from Cuba and WWL, both of which were loud.
I still was surprised to hear KTRH at night because of the tightly-shoehorned mess 740 is in that part of the country.

 

[radioman148]

Those Cubans ruin DXing in the south.

 

[Rob]

I can hear cuba's RR during the day on 570, probably because im so close to it.

what's the power output of these channels does anyone know? i heard 10KW but also heard 150KW

 

[radioman148]

I can hear cuba's RR during the day on 570, probably because im so close to it.

what's the power output of these channels does anyone know? i heard 10KW but also heard 150KW

I know it's straight over saltwater, but how many air miles are you from Cuba?

 

[stormy01]

I can hear cuba's RR during the day on 570, probably because im so close to it.

what's the power output of these channels does anyone know? i heard 10KW but also heard 150KW

25kW, according to this: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/archive/irca/msg45524.html
The only frequencies that might be 150kW are old Soviet or Czech transmitters on 710 and 1180, used to jam Miami and Radio Martí. 590, 600, 640 and 690 are shadows of their former selves.
Possibly Arnie Coro at Radio Havana Cuba (if you're lucky to get a reply from him) might answer your questions on other Cuban radio stations power output: [email protected]

 

[BRNout]

25 kw at a low end frequency like 570 makes for an impressive groundwave signal! No wonder they sweep over the salt water like they do. It also explains why their skywave goes out a long way but does not seem to come in well anywhere.

Low MW skywave isn't as good but the groundwave blasts out there for hundreds of miles. Just look at how WNAX reaches from Rapid City to Kansas City to Minneapolis with daytime groundwave and only 5,000 watts http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WNAX&service=AM&status=L&hours=D. Imagine how they would do with 25 kw! Probably would be audible in Chicago's western suburbs! That's the kind of juice that RR has at 570 and it's why that frequency seems to be their most widely heard.

 

[fldxer]

Rob, here's a novel idea, how about listening for an ID and not "I heard them say Alaska so I must have been hearing Alaska" and any other fleeting mention!

Greg
Holiday, FL

 

[radioman148]

25 kw at a low end frequency like 570 makes for an impressive groundwave signal! No wonder they sweep over the salt water like they do. It also explains why their skywave goes out a long way but does not seem to come in well anywhere.

Low MW skywave isn't as good but the groundwave blasts out there for hundreds of miles. Just look at how WNAX reaches from Rapid City to Kansas City to Minneapolis with daytime groundwave and only 5,000 watts http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WNAX&service=AM&status=L&hours=D. Imagine how they would do with 25 kw! Probably would be audible in Chicago's western suburbs! That's the kind of juice that RR has at 570 and it's why that frequency seems to be their most widely heard.

WNAX has the best groundwave signal I've ever heard.