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Congratulations on a great milestone!
I must be the only one getting no action from North America on this receiver. I checked it tonight, nothing nada!
Earlier when I fired up the GE Superadio III, KGO was MIA, CKOR was MIA, 790 khz was MIA, yet KOH 780 was in, and CFLD was alone on 760 with a mix of pop-rock. Very strange conditions. About half an hour later, the mainstays (KGO, CKOR) returned to more normal signals. Must have been a glitch in the ionosphere.
It seemed as if the ionosphere was not up to some tricky performances last night. On the Arctic & Iceland receivers I heard nothing from North America. Not even the east coast blasters were making it to Iceland. The Haida Gwaii receiver was not up to it's usual standards either.
Good copy of the WCPH (1220 kHz, Etowah, TN) DX test at 1:00 am CST. Code and voice IDs, sweep tones and march music heard. WHKW not much of a problem. XEB faded in and out couple of time. Another station present was an unidentified playing Christmas music. WLPO also present in the mix with "Classic Hits 103.9" slogan.
The WCPH DX test is supposed to run again on January 2, 2021 between 1:00 - 3:00 am CST.
The WCPH DX test is supposed to run again on January 2, 2021 between 1:00 - 3:00 am CST.
The audio clip at the link below is a bit rough but it's obvious to me.. the jazzy instrumental music is KVTO 1400 Berkley, CA: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRqzaw0BFG4_K8uJbNsL2ZZy2O7o3OlX/view?usp=sharing
(Tuning into the webstream, it matched and there were Vietnamese vocals with it at times). Recorded Sat. Dec 26th at 936pm AK Time 230 miles NW of Anchorage.
(Tuning into the webstream, it matched and there were Vietnamese vocals with it at times). Recorded Sat. Dec 26th at 936pm AK Time 230 miles NW of Anchorage.
Thanks for the "heads up" cadxer.
Two discoveries. First an SDR in Barrington Hills, IL....about twelve miles southeast of my location. It's apparently in an open area and fairly noise free. *Barrington Hills is an affluent semi-rural area with most homes situated on large parcels of land....well away from roads, power lines and other noise sources.
Secondly, WQZQ. Supposedly a daytimer, but there it is on the Barrington Hills SDR at 9:15 CST (0315 UTC). Mixing with and frequently ovrertaking WCCO. Wow!
This receiver is going to be fun.
Secondly, WQZQ. Supposedly a daytimer, but there it is on the Barrington Hills SDR at 9:15 CST (0315 UTC). Mixing with and frequently ovrertaking WCCO. Wow!
This receiver is going to be fun.
I checked it out, a lot pf it was quiet but the upper part of the band was pretty noisy.
Just caught it, thanks!
Likely "Radio Vida". A "viga" is a beam in construction.
I also just caught them (I compared it to their online stream and it was a match). Looks like another "all-nighter". There was no trace of WBBR which is what I normally hear.
By the way, for me WCCO has been as strong as always on 830 tonight... I've checked several times.
You are correct. It is Radio Vida. Typo on my part.
@ MichaelTheZ it seems WCCO is back to normal for the past hour and a half. They were definitively weak and overpowered by WQZQ around 8:00 pm CST.
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No one is answering the phone at WCCO.
Even their news-tip line says it hasn't been set up.
They've had a good bit of snow over the last few days, and more coming overnight. Hope their transmitter is OK.
WYXE is a 2 KW daytimer, so it shouldn't even be on after dark.
Even their news-tip line says it hasn't been set up.
They've had a good bit of snow over the last few days, and more coming overnight. Hope their transmitter is OK.
WYXE is a 2 KW daytimer, so it shouldn't even be on after dark.
I checked 830 again a couple of hours before sunrise this morning on the Sony SRF-37 Walkman. WCCO sounded normal, but I could hear WZQZ (WYXE or whatever it is) was in the background, although rising to the top in WCCO fades. I was thinking maybe their staying on all night has something to do with the explosion that took place in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning, But that said, it's not as if they're broadcasting news and information. What I've heard is all music....and a pretty decent mix at that, IMHO.
That nobody at WCCO was answering the phone is sad and probably symptomatic of what today's AM radio has become. Even in major markets. I don't know with certainty, but I believe Entercom wound up with WCCO when CBS bailed from the radio business. Didn't they just go through a second round of massive cost cutting?
In the early 1970s, I worked the sign on shift at a 1kw daytimer in a small Minnesota city. One of my duties as being the first guy in the building was to rip the AP news wire. I don't think there was ever such a thing as a morning when WCCO hadn't put at least one story on the Minnesota wire. Usually there were more than that. They were the "studs" of broadcast news in the state. Radio and TV.
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