I remember it blasted into Southeast Michigan Post Sunset when they used the Des Plaines site. One night I was tuned in on my 1938 Westinghouse Table Radio. A family member downstairs heard it and told me later that they had heard me listening to WJJD. My father and my uncle used to joke around about it being WJJD Mooseheart, which it was when they first heard it.
-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
Post your latest DX
- Thread starter CADXER
- Start date
I used to run home from school to hear the Top 40 countdown on WJJD before WLS went Top 40.
I'm in Picayune, Mississippi, which is where WYLL also sends some power at night. During critical hours, I get WCRT near Nashville.
OK, I see they do send a nightime lobe your way.
AM DX session with my new Eton Elite Field last night. On 1040, I had two stations fighting each other - one Spanish speaking (common here in central Florida) and the other, less clear and more in the background. I managed to catch the station ID from that one - WHO. Des Moines, IA is 1,148 miles straight line from my location (near Orlando). That was with the built-in AM ferrite. I've got a tuned passive loop out for delivery today.
Couple other 1,000+ mile stations that impressed me (and much clearer):
CJBC in Toronto (1,077 miles)
WOAI in San Antonio, TX (1,026 miles)
WBBM in Chicago (1,006 miles)
Couple other 1,000+ mile stations that impressed me (and much clearer):
CJBC in Toronto (1,077 miles)
WOAI in San Antonio, TX (1,026 miles)
WBBM in Chicago (1,006 miles)
When duTriel, Lundin, and Rackley designed the Night Array and Pattern, they only had to reduce the IDF 10% toward all the new 1160s, under the Ratchet Clause. Since the Night Pattern from Des Plaines was beamed Southeast, with a maximum Augmented IDF of 1420 mV/m @ 1 km. This is roughly equivalent of a typical 5 kW facility maximum, like with a classic 3 tower in line array beamed ESE @ 120 degrees.
K
kenglish
Guest
Last time I was in Georgia, 1160 was a total mess on the car radio. I really wanted to QSL KSL from there, but nada.
Mtalley, what loop antenna are you getting?
Mtalley, what loop antenna are you getting?
Two new ones for me before local. sunrise this morning.....
First, having seen from earlier posts that two widely-heard signals on 1560 are currently down, I decided to check that out.And I'm glad I did. I was hearing classic country on a fair signal, pretty much all alone for about 20 minutes with minimal fading When I finally heard a positive ID, it turned out to be WKDO. "98.7 The Buck", A 1kw non directional daytimer from Liberty in Eastern Kentucky. Apparently with pre-sunrise authorization when I heard it between 5:30 and 6am local time at my location (1130 and 1200 UTC).. Distance: 382 miles.
After that around 6am, I landed on 1430 and a strong monologue in Chinese. That turned out to be CHKT, 50kw directional primarily to the North-northeast. I've actually heard this one 2-3 decades ago durimg its days using the CJCL call letters, but the signal this morning just before suinrise. was definitely more impressive than what i remembered. Distance: 453 miles.
Radio for both catfches was the C. Crane skywave.
First, having seen from earlier posts that two widely-heard signals on 1560 are currently down, I decided to check that out.And I'm glad I did. I was hearing classic country on a fair signal, pretty much all alone for about 20 minutes with minimal fading When I finally heard a positive ID, it turned out to be WKDO. "98.7 The Buck", A 1kw non directional daytimer from Liberty in Eastern Kentucky. Apparently with pre-sunrise authorization when I heard it between 5:30 and 6am local time at my location (1130 and 1200 UTC).. Distance: 382 miles.
After that around 6am, I landed on 1430 and a strong monologue in Chinese. That turned out to be CHKT, 50kw directional primarily to the North-northeast. I've actually heard this one 2-3 decades ago durimg its days using the CJCL call letters, but the signal this morning just before suinrise. was definitely more impressive than what i remembered. Distance: 453 miles.
Radio for both catfches was the C. Crane skywave.
I was shocked back around 2008--09 when I was up in Northern Wisconsin and heard WYLL blasting in one night with the new night towers. They never made it very far north at night with the old setup.
WKDO is being widely heard since the WFME deactivation. I believe this 1kWer just reactivated. The FM is 25kW C3, and has sometimes come in under local rimshot WOKI, Oliver Springs TN (Knoxville).
Thanks, Cyberdad and Radioman148. I must've been listening just at the right time when propagation to NW Canada was excellent.
As for XEWA, I wish that every station IDed as much as it (and XEWF) does. It would definitely make IDing DX catches a whole lot easier. 😁
Tecsun AN-200
I bought one of those a little over a year ago. You'll like it. The poorer the radio, the more it helps. With my Sony ICF-2010, it brings a station out of the mud, but with an old Radio Shack pocket radio, it makes hard to get stations receivable, though you have to play around a lot with orientation. One night, it even brought in WABC 770 on the RS, and adjacent WBBM's a local.
WKDO has been operating after dark around the clock for at least a few weeks recently but searching the interwebs, ive seen this behavior from them before. theyve been told they have an issue by a few of us dxers
Apparently nobody has complained about this yet.
Thanks cadxer.