ponderosaAZ said:
Yes, KAZM is a Class B station.
KYET is on 1180, not 1190, and their regular licence is Class B, not Class D (their regular licence is for 10 kW, ND days, and 250 watts, ND nights)
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Yes, KAZM is a Class B station.
KYET is on 1180, not 1190, and their regular licence is Class B, not Class D (their regular licence is for 10 kW, ND days, and 250 watts, ND nights)
There are a couple of decent performers in my neck of the woods.
KMLB 5kW days on 540 from Monroe, LA has a pretty good signal. The last time I was in the area my car's "amplified antenna" wasn't working, but that didn't stop the 10" whip from pulling in 540 for over 50 miles. On cloudy days I've heard easily up into central Mississippi, ~150 miles out.
WHBQ 5kw days on 560 from Memphis is decent, too. It's directional too, which helps.
WREC 5kw 24/7 on 600 from Memphis also does well. It's as strong down here in Cen. Miss. as some of Memphis' 50 kw outlets.
WMC 5kw days on 790 from Memphis is also decent and plays classic country, to boot!
WERC 5 kw 24/7 on 960 from Birmingham. Their night signal is direction (2 towers, a general southern double-lobe I think) and it routinely is picked up along the Florida panhandle and in S. Miss. Come to think of it, I'm about 250 miles due west but it's a regular here at night, as well.
KXJK 5 kw days on 950 from Forrest City, AR is an anomaly in my eyes. Lots of news, sports, some country and some AC, all on AM. The signal's solid a good 50 miles, right into downtown Memphis. Another one of those "cloudy day" stations for me; it's pretty reliable here in Grenada, ~105 miles on those days, despite a 1 kw on 960 just 30 miles out.
KMLB 5kW days on 540 from Monroe, LA has a pretty good signal. The last time I was in the area my car's "amplified antenna" wasn't working, but that didn't stop the 10" whip from pulling in 540 for over 50 miles. On cloudy days I've heard easily up into central Mississippi, ~150 miles out.
WHBQ 5kw days on 560 from Memphis is decent, too. It's directional too, which helps.
WREC 5kw 24/7 on 600 from Memphis also does well. It's as strong down here in Cen. Miss. as some of Memphis' 50 kw outlets.
WMC 5kw days on 790 from Memphis is also decent and plays classic country, to boot!
WERC 5 kw 24/7 on 960 from Birmingham. Their night signal is direction (2 towers, a general southern double-lobe I think) and it routinely is picked up along the Florida panhandle and in S. Miss. Come to think of it, I'm about 250 miles due west but it's a regular here at night, as well.
KXJK 5 kw days on 950 from Forrest City, AR is an anomaly in my eyes. Lots of news, sports, some country and some AC, all on AM. The signal's solid a good 50 miles, right into downtown Memphis. Another one of those "cloudy day" stations for me; it's pretty reliable here in Grenada, ~105 miles on those days, despite a 1 kw on 960 just 30 miles out.
Zach...
Where you are in Central MS, 620 has an impressive 5KW signal....especially given the less-than-spectacular ground conductivity. When it was WJDX (not sure if it still is), it was easily audible for all 290+ miles of I-55 traversing the state. Presume this is still the case. At night with 1kw beamed south, it still usually dominated the channel along the state's gulf coast.
(On top of all that, through most of the '70s, "62-JDX" was one of the best top 40 stations anywhere).
Where you are in Central MS, 620 has an impressive 5KW signal....especially given the less-than-spectacular ground conductivity. When it was WJDX (not sure if it still is), it was easily audible for all 290+ miles of I-55 traversing the state. Presume this is still the case. At night with 1kw beamed south, it still usually dominated the channel along the state's gulf coast.
(On top of all that, through most of the '70s, "62-JDX" was one of the best top 40 stations anywhere).
cyberdad said:
It's still WJDX, but now doing sports as "620 The Score". Definitely the best AM signal in Jackson today, but the coverage ain't what it used to be. Or maybe it's just my radio, but 620 is pretty weak past Winona, going north on I-55. I doubt it'd be listenable north of Hernando on any given day due to WREC's IBOC hash, which tends to spill over from 600.
I was in Vicksburg last week and 620 was nowhere to be found on any of my scans. But that may have been the midday heat causing my car's amplified antenna to shut off (bad ground).
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trusty said:
When I was asst CE of 560 KLVI Beaumont, TX (5KW ND day, DA-N), we would get calls from WQAM at night if we hadnt switched....the hot line would ring, the jock would answer (we were Top40 back then) and the voice on the other end asked: "IS this LVI?? Im hearing YOU in my headphones!!!" The jock would dial up channel 1 on the remote control, press LOWER, and the voice would say "THANK YOU!!!" and hang up! Not bad for a 66degree tall tower either! but the tower site for KLVI is WET most of the time....it was always wet/muddy between towers 2 and 3 even during a drought (must have been an underground spring popping thru there!
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How long ago was this?? Looks like you got it during CH...KLVI is omni day....4 tower inline at night....#1 tower is the omni/day but a NEG Z at night (in other words, it dont radiate...it feeds power BACK into the phasor!) All 4 towers are 66 deg tall....2/3 of 1/4wave...so they are SHORT....but when it goes night pattern, the eastern side is GONE!!! but it still can be heard around Austin, etc...with the pattern pointing that way!vibe said:
CW: I've been trying to get over the Gulf reception from Fla to Texas for 2-3 years as I thought it was possible. I put presets on various targets 560 Beamont vs 560 Miami which I caught (KLVI) one winter morning approx 8 AM as prev mentioned on I 75 near Ocala. I gort the ID several times in addition to the local ads. Lots of crazy stuff happens in winter on AM.
I've gotten and ID's 1030 KCRA Corpus Christi which is a daytimer pray per view as well as 1190 irom the Dallas area just before local sunset in FLA. I've gotten daytime X banders (10kw?) from as far away as NW Ark (Ft. Smith?) and the Dallas metro from a location near Sarasota FL an hour or so before local sunset and at the beach. Easy catches in winter. I got the radio disney station from Norfolk VA (at least 700-800 mi awy from the Norfolk VA area on many occasions as well. I think it is 1650 AM but didn't look it up.
I think I got 1600 AM from Golden Meadow LA over 1600 Key West on several occasions but never could
quite ID it.
Re the eastern side being gone on KLVI I've gotten 1090 AM from Little Rock AR in Englewood FL numerous times despite a terrible night time pattern to the SE. Go figure.
I've gotten and ID's 1030 KCRA Corpus Christi which is a daytimer pray per view as well as 1190 irom the Dallas area just before local sunset in FLA. I've gotten daytime X banders (10kw?) from as far away as NW Ark (Ft. Smith?) and the Dallas metro from a location near Sarasota FL an hour or so before local sunset and at the beach. Easy catches in winter. I got the radio disney station from Norfolk VA (at least 700-800 mi awy from the Norfolk VA area on many occasions as well. I think it is 1650 AM but didn't look it up.
I think I got 1600 AM from Golden Meadow LA over 1600 Key West on several occasions but never could
quite ID it.
Re the eastern side being gone on KLVI I've gotten 1090 AM from Little Rock AR in Englewood FL numerous times despite a terrible night time pattern to the SE. Go figure.
Yes, that is WHKT from Portsmouth, VA on 1650. I can get that station during the winter usually 1-2 hours before sunset.
Charlotte's 1660, strangely, comes in very well during critical hours here in Charleston, even though I've heard that their day signal in Charlotte is horrible.
With our great water path, most of the East Coast can be picked up with a good radio durig the winter time. One time, several years ago, on a cloudy Election Day, I picked up WCBS from New York at 1:30 in the afternoon on a car radio here in Charleston.
WAGL, 1560 from Lancaster, SC also has a surprising signal, as the 50kw signal usually comes in almost like a local most of the day in fall and winter, with their beautiful standards music.
Charleston's AM signals also get out well, as I have heard 1250 as far away as Daytona Beach, FL well during the day, and I heard you could hear it at Cape Hatteras sometimes during the day. One day, I even heard 500 watt 910 in St. Augustine, not on the beach, but near the interstate by the outlets. ;D
Charlotte's 1660, strangely, comes in very well during critical hours here in Charleston, even though I've heard that their day signal in Charlotte is horrible.
With our great water path, most of the East Coast can be picked up with a good radio durig the winter time. One time, several years ago, on a cloudy Election Day, I picked up WCBS from New York at 1:30 in the afternoon on a car radio here in Charleston.
WAGL, 1560 from Lancaster, SC also has a surprising signal, as the 50kw signal usually comes in almost like a local most of the day in fall and winter, with their beautiful standards music.
Charleston's AM signals also get out well, as I have heard 1250 as far away as Daytona Beach, FL well during the day, and I heard you could hear it at Cape Hatteras sometimes during the day. One day, I even heard 500 watt 910 in St. Augustine, not on the beach, but near the interstate by the outlets. ;D
CW said:How long ago was this?? Looks like you got it during CH...KLVI is omni day....4 tower inline at night....#1 tower is the omni/day but a NEG Z at night (in other words, it dont radiate...it feeds power BACK into the phasor!) All 4 towers are 66 deg tall....2/3 of 1/4wave...so they are SHORT....but when it goes night pattern, the eastern side is GONE!!! but it still can be heard around Austin, etc...with the pattern pointing that way!vibe said:
Its signal throughout the entire Houston area is incredible, day and night, for a non-local. Here in the League City/Friendswood area it's a constant 24/7 with no fading, cancellation, etc.
For the poster from Florida ... do any other Houston AMs at all make it to the west coast of Florida? Most of the towers are considerably inland but still have decent signals when they reach the water, or at least they do in Galveston. Now that I think about it, I think 610 throws a decent null to the east/southeast. I know I get them a lot better at home than as close as Baytown.
schmave: negative on that; have gotten nothing else from the Houston area except KLVI that once. pretty sure that receiving KLVI near Ocala on I-75 was more of a skywave phenomon. of course some X banders have come in from lot further away than Beaumont; it was more of a winter phenomenon and occurred about 1 hr or so before local sunset in FLA.
But I was at the beach when those stations came in so there was a salt water effect. I've never heard the Dallas area and Ft. Smith area X banders 3 mi or so inland at home ever.
The only other ones across the Gulf on a regular basis are 870 and 1090 N.O. 870 being quite listenable, 1090 quite poor signal (and content).
But I was at the beach when those stations came in so there was a salt water effect. I've never heard the Dallas area and Ft. Smith area X banders 3 mi or so inland at home ever.
The only other ones across the Gulf on a regular basis are 870 and 1090 N.O. 870 being quite listenable, 1090 quite poor signal (and content).
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schmave said:
All the older high power AMs (610, 740, 790, 950, 1070, etc) in Houston "talk to the Gulf" because of their pattern and protection requirements of co-channel stations.......The later AMs like 850 dont have any decent power at night....(even though 180 watts into 5 towers at 850 does go for a long way......but Denver's 850 blows it away once you get down the road a ways)......
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You might look at http://www.davidgleason.com/1946-1964-e1.htm and scroll half way through the page to the letter from KPDA in Pampa where a click will show you about 60 verifications of reception of Texas stations in NE Ohio.
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DavidEduardo said:
And your point David??? ALL those receptions were back in the 1960....even two of them from stations I worked at...KRIC (later KAYC when I worked at it) and the original KIOX in Bay City!!!! WOW!
BUT I can tell you for a fact, 1450 in Beaumont with now 1000watts at night?? He would not stand a chance hearing them......they dont even cover the local territory anymore...
HECK I used to be able to hear WLS at night in Texas ANY night of the week....NOT anymore...either night time cochannel or some damn south of the border station blasting in...the band aint what it used to be....BTW few of the QSLs I saw were from Houston (KTRH was in there...and they have a major null in the direction of Ohio.....but now?? Forget trying to get them)
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