Other than WPHT looks like you have a nice pipeline to the west.
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Which KAAY tower collapsed? If it is one of the end towers and not the middle tower, they probably could get the 10 kW needed for Class A operation by using the two remaining towers, with the broadside arrangement. That type of arrangement results in less RMS directional efficiency, but with the new rules, it would probably be OK.
One source says it's the Westernmost tower, so that is good as opposed to the middle tower. Perhaps they could negotiate with WBAL to mutually let out their patterns, like WFED 1500, WLQV 1500, and KSTP 1500 did.
One source says it's the Westernmost tower, so that is good as opposed to the middle tower. Perhaps they could negotiate with WBAL to mutually let out their patterns, like WFED 1500, WLQV 1500, and KSTP 1500 did.
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Thanks, Jim. It definitely wasn't KYND (which booms into S.A. before it signs off for the night). Also, thanks for the info about the stream link on the Radio Baraguá site. I have not heard the mystery station since, so if it was Colombia, propagation must have been fantastic that night. I'm going to keep listening because unsolved DX mysteries drive me nuts! 😁
I *might* have heard KCBS-740 in addition to the other CA logs. At 0030 CST I had CBS News weakly with a few fade ups. I thought I heard "Bay area weather" a few minutes later. Normally dominant KTRH was way down and barely audible, same for XEQN. CFZM faded up with music from time to time. I never hear KCMC or KRMG on their night patterns. KTRH and KRMG are Fox affiliates, while KCMC is CBS sports.
I checked back later at 0500 CST and conditions had changed. KTRH and XEQN were there and I caught WMSP ID "Sports Radio 740 Montgomery" (new). I'll be listening again on 740 for sure.
+1. Considering that on my biz trips to So-Cal, then-KRLA at night became problematic for me once I got east of Azusa!
Exactly. On my drives from LA to the Coachella Valley the old KRLA would drop out fast by the time I got to the East LA suburbs.
At my wife's brother's place in the high desert, 1110 at night is usually all KFAB.
It used to be similar in the Palm Springs area. KFAB could be heard at night.
Tonight both the Iceland and Arctic receivers were dead. Checked out the Kaneohe, Hawaii rig between 1:15 and 1:30AM CST.
WGN with a good steady signal for almost 10 minutes before KDWN and possibly KFIR took over. KKOH was dominating on 780 with WBBM sometimes heard in the background. KSL quite strong. Tried for WLW, but too much bleedover from the Honolulu 690.
WGN with a good steady signal for almost 10 minutes before KDWN and possibly KFIR took over. KKOH was dominating on 780 with WBBM sometimes heard in the background. KSL quite strong. Tried for WLW, but too much bleedover from the Honolulu 690.
DFW, Texas
New stations logged this morning:
680 KNBR CA San Francisco 2/5/2022 0350 CST Sports talk weak with long fades. KFEQ nulled, matched web stream.
950 WORD SC Spartanburg 2/5/2022 0500 CST ESPN ID with mention of Greenville - Spartanburg. Poor with KPRC nulled.
950 WAKM TN Franklin 2/5/2022 0443 CST ID "Your Hometown Station AM 950 WAKM" C&W music fair with fading, KPRC nulled
New stations logged this morning:
680 KNBR CA San Francisco 2/5/2022 0350 CST Sports talk weak with long fades. KFEQ nulled, matched web stream.
950 WORD SC Spartanburg 2/5/2022 0500 CST ESPN ID with mention of Greenville - Spartanburg. Poor with KPRC nulled.
950 WAKM TN Franklin 2/5/2022 0443 CST ID "Your Hometown Station AM 950 WAKM" C&W music fair with fading, KPRC nulled
Last night, near Pellston, MI, I heard a Classical Religious recording on 630. I assume it was KYFI (KXOK).
Strange conditions suggesting some Auroral or Meteor Shower effects. It was very cold, below 0 to just above 0, and I was hearing enhanced ground waves during the Daytime, with WJML 1110 at 11.5 mV/m and WTCM 580 at 7 mV/m, around twice their Summer readings on the FIM-41. The snow may be a factor, but the big variations seem to be the extreme cold.
WMFN 640 was heard around the same time as KYFI 630, and WIND 560, which probably could have been heard except for CFOS Owen Sound, ON and the noise level during the Daytime. Bumpers for all Night Talk Shows heard all over the dial, one in the background under a stronger signal. Have to look through the show affiliates.
Strange conditions suggesting some Auroral or Meteor Shower effects. It was very cold, below 0 to just above 0, and I was hearing enhanced ground waves during the Daytime, with WJML 1110 at 11.5 mV/m and WTCM 580 at 7 mV/m, around twice their Summer readings on the FIM-41. The snow may be a factor, but the big variations seem to be the extreme cold.
WMFN 640 was heard around the same time as KYFI 630, and WIND 560, which probably could have been heard except for CFOS Owen Sound, ON and the noise level during the Daytime. Bumpers for all Night Talk Shows heard all over the dial, one in the background under a stronger signal. Have to look through the show affiliates.
Not surprised you heard WMFN. They send alot of their signal up that way from just SW of Chicago. We used to be able to get KFI in the Chicago area before WMFN came on.
I don't know if it's even possible, but it has seemed to me that these past few days at my February location have produced enhanced saltwater paths. Most notably between here (near Pensacola) and Tampa-St Pete, which is about 325 miles to my southeast, Most notable case in point being WTAN on 1340 from Clearwater all alone and sounding almost (but not quite) like a local. Also present, but usually missing during daytime, is WTBN on 570. 5kw with a pattern that doesn't favor my direction, with R, Reloj faintly underneath. All 800 watts of WGES also in and alone on 680. Finally, there's WHBO. 3600 watts on 1040 tripping my car's scan button. That's a first.
On the other side of the coin, the New Orleans stations...about 140 miles via saltwater path sound about the same as always. As do the Cubans. Go figure.
I have a question for you Cyberdad: do any stations from Cancun or the Yucatán Peninsula make it up to you there in the Florida panhandle via saltwater path?
No. At least not during daytime. The Cubans that reliably make the hop via saltwater daytime are 530, 570, 590, 640, 670,710, 950, and 1180. A couple are audible underneath stronger signals, and a couple are barely audible. 640 is the strongest, but I'd still describe it as weak.
I've been curious about signals from the Yucatan signals here, but so far no trace of them. Going west from Cuba, the only signals making the daytime hop are KCTA on 1030 and KTRH on 740. KCTA is extremely weak, but fairly reliable. As for KTRH, I've heard them only a few times...under or mixing WNSP from Montgomery, Alabama, which also is very weak here. I'm actually not sure if KTRH during daytime is saltwater or daytime skywave.
Before we checked in to our beachfront unit last weekend, we spent a couple of nights at a hotel about two miles inland and five miles west of here. Being only two miles inland makes a big difference in what comes in via saltwater. The only Cuban was 640, and WDAE on 620 was the only listenable signal from Tampa. WWL on 870 from New Orleans....also via saltwater,,,,was still good, but noticeably weaker than at the beach.
Remember that Mexico thinned the herd on AM, with about 80% of all AMs moving to FM, and only a few new AMs appearing with most of those being community stations.
Yucatán shows only 610, 650, 730, 1120 below 1200
Quintana Roo shows 580, 630, 680, 740, 810, 860, 1030 also below 1200
I've been hearing Spanish from time to time under WSM on 650 here during my stay near Pensacola. XEVG from Yucatan would be plausible if they were on 5kw day power at night. But R-L shows them only at 17 watts authorized for nighttime.operation.
Remember that "sunset" for Mexican daytimers is the same all year, usually 7 PM local time (unless this has been changed in recent years).
and if you think most mexican AM's power down at night, ive got a bridge in Tijuana/san diego to sell you
From Houston, times CST
900 UNID, maybe WKDA Lebanon TN, 2/7/22 0605 "Rhinestone Cowboy", then "wake up w/MJ weekday mornings at 6 on WANT real country 98.9". Odd thing, WANT's website shows their AM as on 1490. WKDA 900 is owned by the same company as WANT but Wikipedia and Radio Locator show it as Radio Luz, Spanish religion. NRC Log shows WKDA 900 as Real Country w/FM at 101.9. Confusing...
1110 WBT NC, Charlotte, 2/7/22 0634 fair in KFAB null with "WBT news time 7:34", Weather Channel forecast and temps in Fort Mill and uptown Charlotte. This is 15 minutes after Charlotte sunrise so probably on non-directional day pattern.
1450 KSIG LA, Crowley 2/6/2022 1935 fair for a bit w/adult contemporary (Caribbean Queen, All of Me, etc), ID as Sunny 95.1 //stream
900 UNID, maybe WKDA Lebanon TN, 2/7/22 0605 "Rhinestone Cowboy", then "wake up w/MJ weekday mornings at 6 on WANT real country 98.9". Odd thing, WANT's website shows their AM as on 1490. WKDA 900 is owned by the same company as WANT but Wikipedia and Radio Locator show it as Radio Luz, Spanish religion. NRC Log shows WKDA 900 as Real Country w/FM at 101.9. Confusing...
1110 WBT NC, Charlotte, 2/7/22 0634 fair in KFAB null with "WBT news time 7:34", Weather Channel forecast and temps in Fort Mill and uptown Charlotte. This is 15 minutes after Charlotte sunrise so probably on non-directional day pattern.
1450 KSIG LA, Crowley 2/6/2022 1935 fair for a bit w/adult contemporary (Caribbean Queen, All of Me, etc), ID as Sunny 95.1 //stream