Thanks. Actually, I think that's a pretty good suggestion. My first thought was that I had already snagged CKWX a few times in the not too distant past. But given what we seem to be running into on the Arctic SDRs and elsewhere with auroral conditions, it might be a good idea to put the CKWX search on hold for a while, and try the tropical latitudes. If that doesn't work out, I can always get my fill of those when I'm on the beach and elsewhere in Florida for a few weeks beginnign next month.
I don’t know if I saw it on here or Facebook, but somebody posted a DX catch of KNX 1070 from Minneapolis, Minnesota, which isn’t too far from your location. I’d imagine if someone is picking up KNX in Minneapolis, it’s very well possible that you can snag it in Chicago. Keep trying!
Do you know what time KNX was heard? It used to be fairly easy right before sunrise in the fall and early winter.
Thanks, asugeorge. If anythint KNX might actually be easier than here at my home location. I used to go the twin cities on business several times a year over a span of roughly three decades. WTSO (ex WKOW) owns the channel up there. A nightly regular with a good signal. But, if you null it, the channel is relatively open, and you're oriented toward the west coast.
Nice catch! Congratulations. CJOB used to be a tough catch here in the Chicago area, but for the past year or so, they've been poking through WSCR splatter (from 670) on a fairly reguar basis.
Don’t know the exact time, but it occurred yesterday (12-20) and the poster was using a 70 foot wire so that doesn’t help those who want to DX barefoot like me! This is the post I saw on the Facebook group called “I Love AM Radio,” a great group for DXer’s. I think that with some determination and patience, KNX will break through the slop once again and be audible in Chicago. KNX 1070 DX from Minneapolis/St.Paul : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Understandable Cyberdad. I too miss the traffic sounder KNX used for nearly 50 years. I don’t know why they got rid of it about 10 years ago, but they did. Just a couple weeks ago they changed it again to a new wave sounding thing for the move to FM. Not distinctive at all so it probably won’t break through the slop like the old sounder.
KFI used to be pretty regular during the winter months in the Chicago area. I first heard it in 1962. Even in 80s you could null the Cuban station on 640 and hear it. Since WMFN moved into our area KFI is impossible to hear.
As radioman said, WMFN moving from Michigan to south suburban Chicago was sort of a "nail in the coffin" for KFI in the Chicago area. The trouble started for KFI when WOI (Ames, Iowa) began nighttime operation with its signal beamed east. That made KFI tough, Then WMFN made it even more tough. Prior to WOI staying on all night (back in the 1980s IIRC), WOI had a pretty much unfettered path to these parts. Although the Oklahoma City 640 could be a significant pest. But even with that, KFI had a more unfettered path to this part of the world than KNX.
Nice. I'm 47 miles from their stick and they've become increasingly problematic. Of course, I used to hear WVON all the time in places like Minneapolis, Toronto, Memphis, Kansas City, etc....etc....
They are a problem sometimes at my location in the near north suburbs, but they've been heard in Australia.
