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One night last week, I caught KSL 1160, though from what I've read, it's an easy catch, since it's 50kW nondirectional 24/7.

It was fun nevertheless, though, because I had never knowingly heard it before.

c
 
From the KA7U SDR in Weiser, Idaho (ID/OR border): WCKY Cincinnati with Kentucky vs Missouri game "like a local" until KFBK faded up at their sunset and took over 1530.
 
I don't know if this counts but 1470 was off the air in Meriden, Connecticut for whatever reason at 11:AM and WNYY from Ithaca, NY came in, they're only a 1,000 watt class D station, I'm almost 300 miles away from there and they came in rather well.
 
CADXER said:
I'll start a thread where we can post our most recent DX catches on the various broadcast bands.

I will kick it off with my last nights DX listening session:

LONG WAVE

245 YZE ON GORE BAY, 11/28 2033 CST, morse code ID.
248 UL PQ MONTREAL, 11/28 2019 CST, morse code ID.
252 ALEGRIA, TIPAZA, CHAINE 3, 11/28 2113 CST, very faint signal with French language talk and background music. Tough copy due to extreme noise level on LW at my location. Matched with web stream.

MEDIUM WAVE (AM)

530 CUBA, Radio Rebelde, 11/28 1908 CST, live sporting event. Mixing with Radio Enciclopedia and in CIAO null. //5025 SW.
800 NETHERLAND ANTILLES, TWR, 11/28 1927 CST, weak in CKLW null with Spanish religious talk.
900 WKDA TN LEBANON, 11/28 1955 CST, religious talk in Spanish. Radio Luz mention. Also matched to web stream.
1690 KDMT CO ARVADA, 11/28 2100, "Money Talk" slogan. In WVON partial null.
1690 CHTO ON TORONTO, 11/28 2050 CST, in partial WVON null with Greek language music.

LOCATION: Wood Dale, Illinois
RECEIVER: Drake R8
ANTENNA: Quantum QX Pro loop
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I've had long wave with just about every radio I ever owned CADXER and to this day I've never hear a vocal anything, just hissing and noise, is there a trick, or do you live in a certain area that use this format?
 
gr8oldies said:
From the KA7U SDR in Weiser, Idaho (ID/OR border): WCKY Cincinnati with Kentucky vs Missouri game "like a local" until KFBK faded up at their sunset and took over 1530.
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It was that pattern where I first heard WCKY years ago. They were still 1530 Homer at that point. NDA pattern until KFBK sunset, then directional towards the east coast. Can still hear them irregularly, especially late at night with either SportsCenter All Night or the late R.G. Stair screaming and preaching.

As for longwave, the only trace of LW I've ever heard in WA state was a threshold (no audio) on 162 khz several years ago about an hour after sunset. It would have been France Info, pre-time signal, but no voice signal = no log. European/Algerian LW is still very difficult to receive in the Pacific NW even by the best DXers. When Radio Rossii had their Far East Russian LW signals on 279 and a couple of other channels, they were heard sometimes in the PacNW, but not by me :-(
 
Conditions have been poor lately due to flares and solar wind. Haven't bothered with AM DX since Christmas Eve.
 
crainbebo said:
Conditions have been poor lately due to flares and solar wind. Haven't bothered with AM DX since Christmas Eve.
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They were really auroral a few days ago. The 740-860 Toronto combo, usually an evening beacon in Chicago (and all the way down to Augusta, Ga. on 740), was really hammered.
 
MarioMania said:
Right now in Vallejo on my Eton Mini

I'm getting CKST-AM 1040 kHz Vancouver B.C

I'm looking for WHO, but I got this
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CKST from Vancouver, BC? In Vallejo?! That's neat! I'm not far from Vallejo, maybe I can catch it? EDIT: Yep! It's coming in loud and clear down here in the East bay, in the Lafayette/Moraga/Orinda area, which is about 30 minutes or 25 miles south southwest of Vallejo.

I keep hoping to catch KIXI 880 out of Seattle, WA, so this proves that it should be possible.

c
 
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Night time cheater on 700 wiped out WLW in Indianapolis. Suspect CJLI in Calgary.
WLW is like a "local" at night. No fading.
Interfering station discussed how to apply for a Visa to visit the U.S. had French language content.
Was gonna call the FCC todasy, but don't know if Canada in abrogating the AM radio treaty with the U.S.
 
JoeLouis said:
I don't know if this counts but 1470 was off the air in Meriden, Connecticut for whatever reason at 11:AM and WNYY from Ithaca, NY came in, they're only a 1,000 watt class D station, I'm almost 300 miles away from there and they came in rather well.
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I don't know if any Radio Clubs have any rules about this, but I don't see why they would. In my book, if a station is off the air, and you log another cochannel or adjacent channel on that frequency, it is a perfectly legitimate DX log. Plenty of logs happen after signoff of another station.
 
crainbebo said:
Conditions have been poor lately due to flares and solar wind. Haven't bothered with AM DX since Christmas Eve.
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My most notanle experience with this.....aside from a number of regulars missing....was WCLO from Janesville, WI comfortably on top of 1230. WCLO is a dayrime regular with a fair signal from a distave of about 55 miles to my northwest. I had never heard them at niight in more than 40 years at my current home location.

(As it ie, WCLO manages to get out fairly well at night for a GY channel station. Usually listenable for about 30 miles.)
 
media1170 said:
Night time cheater on 700 wiped out WLW in Indianapolis. Suspect CJLI in Calgary.
WLW is like a "local" at night. No fading.
Interfering station discussed how to apply for a Visa to visit the U.S. had French language content.
Was gonna call the FCC todasy, but don't know if Canada in abrogating the AM radio treaty with the U.S.
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Upon further listening, the offending station is KHSE Dallas. They are likely running on their day facilities of 1500 watts. Night service is 920 watts with a deep null toward WLW. Daytime is not nulled to WLW. Heck of a signal to be able to over ride WLW using my CCraine CC2E

They are airing Indian/Hindi language programming.

Hope they have their check book handy when the FCC "comes-a-calling".
 
Strong southern influence the last few nights. Right now in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, XEN 690 (new last night), XEX 730 and XEABC 760 are commanding their frequencies.
 
I usually pick up XEX 730 most nights here in New England, I can't imagine getting 760 XEABC though, WJR 760 comes in like a local every night.
 
JoeLouis said:
I usually pick up XEX 730 most nights here in New England, I can't imagine getting 760 XEABC though, WJR 760 comes in like a local every night.
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It's possible. When I lived in Cleveland, OH, about 18 miles from the then-1-A WKYC (Now WTAM) on several occasions when we had particularly unusual atmospherics, I was able to null the local and get a 10 kw station from Venezuela; its all a matter of looking for the right conditions.

In my case, if WKWF, the 500 watt station on 1600 from Key West was dominating its frequency, I set out to look for anything possible from the Caribbean and was usually rewarded with something "unimaginable". I usually found new Cubans, Venezuelans, coastal Colombians, Jamaicans and the ABC Islands. Practically never Haiti, the DR, Puerto Rico or the Lesser Antilles, though.
 
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JoeLouis said:
I usually pick up XEX 730 most nights here in New England, I can't imagine getting 760 XEABC though, WJR 760 comes in like a local every night.
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So does WJR here (even weak groundwave days) but XEABC was atop 760 for a good half hour at least overnight, without nulling. And there was no sign of CKGM 690 Montreal, XEN taking advantage.
 
Things have been quiet lately, but here's a little something:
I snagged a "local-off" catch. 103.5 from Laramie (34 miles away) is the primary signal in Cheyenne, but it is off today, so I managed to get 103.5 KRFX Denver (105 miles) in the clear. I have a crowded band here, and I wish more Denver channels would remain open.
 


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