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THE FARTHEST STATION EVER LOGGED FOR ME!!! LOGGED THURSDAY URGENT-READ NOW!

"Classic Hits KVNS!"

Finally got an ID. The Spanish station is mostly ruling as usual but quick fade outs and quick fade in/outs of the oldies station are there too. Took me a while to actually hear the voice of DJ to get the ID. He then mentioned a 1-800 number to call but the fade out was so rapid that I didn't get the number, otherwise I would call to report the DX.


"the 1700 station is definitely Miami. It booms into Orlando every eveing just before dusk. "
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I was able to listen to 1700 today in the middle of the day and I actually heard what I think was that station. It was SO faint, just enough to know you've got something. No official ID, though.
 
My longest reception was Trans atlantic FM,,, being a mile from the ocean, this wasnt a surprise, it was right before a huge storm, and I picked up LOCA FM 99.1 from Madrid Spain,,, which is high in the mountains, but listed as only 20 watts, though someone told me that the spanish stations never use their licesned power, and they probably had more like 4ooo watts and was located on a high mountain,, this was in Myrtle beach South Carolina, and with no 99.1s and a straight salt water path, its no wonder it made it a straight shot 4000 miles accross the Atlantic,, I was also getting a station called Cadena 100,,, both stations boomed in strong enough to make the RDS flicker,, with my limited spanish thats the only way I knew what I was getting..

I was getting a bunch other stations too from probably Spain, Portugal, or Morroco, but none of them lit up the RDS, and I wasnt familier with them.. Luckily Loca Fm and Cadena had-have websites to varify where they were and that it was indeed the correct frequencies.. Its weird cause RDS often doesnt work beyond 30-40 miles on a Class b station....
 
Mid West Clubber said:
My longest reception was Trans atlantic FM,,, being a mile from the ocean, this wasnt a surprise, it was right before a huge storm, and I picked up LOCA FM 99.1 from Madrid Spain,,, which is high in the mountains, but listed as only 20 watts, though someone told me that the spanish stations never use their licesned power, and they probably had more like 4ooo watts and was located on a high mountain,, this was in Myrtle beach South Carolina, and with no 99.1s and a straight salt water path, its no wonder it made it a straight shot 4000 miles accross the Atlantic,, I was also getting a station called Cadena 100,,, both stations boomed in strong enough to make the RDS flicker,, with my limited spanish thats the only way I knew what I was getting..

I was getting a bunch other stations too from probably Spain, Portugal, or Morroco, but none of them lit up the RDS, and I wasnt familier with them.. Luckily Loca Fm and Cadena had-have websites to varify where they were and that it was indeed the correct frequencies.. Its weird cause RDS often doesnt work beyond 30-40 miles on a Class b station....
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That's great. I'm assuming it was summer.
 
Well it was early October... thats still Summer down there...
 
gar fla said:
"Classic Hits KVNS!"

Finally got an ID. The Spanish station is mostly ruling as usual but quick fade outs and quick fade in/outs of the oldies station are there too. Took me a while to actually hear the voice of DJ to get the ID. He then mentioned a 1-800 number to call but the fade out was so rapid that I didn't get the number, otherwise I would call to report the DX.


"the 1700 station is definitely Miami. It booms into Orlando every eveing just before dusk. "
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I was able to listen to 1700 today in the middle of the day and I actually heard what I think was that station. It was SO faint, just enough to know you've got something. No official ID, though.
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I've heard KVNS here in Houston 2-3 hours before local sunset several times. It completely dominates the channel here at night, even with 1700 up in Sherman being just as close as Brownsville.
 
Its weird, because my EX and I had an argument, and I went out in the car playing with the radio, as it isnt uncommon at all to pick up other coastal stations 2-300 miles up and down the coast coming in crystal clear for hours... When I realised what i was getting, I got my ex to come out to see it, and it ended our argument, but then she cursed me for not being inside the Hotel rolling a tape to confirm it.. but without the RDS I would have assumed it was Mexico, or a pirate.... Loca Fm has a Dance music Format, while Cadena Fm 100 seemed to be soft rock and oldies... I pulled in both stations for just about 7 minutes and they just vanished as if they had turned off their transmitters.

Also,,, maybe even more amazing, I was getting Aruba's magic 96.5--Rhythmic CHR-Dance-AC Hybrid,, with what sounded like spanish speaking DJs,,, but this was in indiana this past November.. so even at half the Distance, the fact that the Carribean Boomed into Indiana, this far inland at 6 AM just before Sunrise was more amazing to me....

The JVC or Jensen,,Which ever it was that picked up Spain in Myrtle Beach has sense bit the dust, but im keeping it forever as a Sentimental value of what could be the Record for Trans Atlantic DX....
 
Mid West Clubber said:
Its weird, because my EX and I had an argument, and I went out in the car playing with the radio, as it isnt uncommon at all to pick up other coastal stations 2-300 miles up and down the coast coming in crystal clear for hours... When I realised what i was getting, I got my ex to come out to see it, and it ended our argument, but then she cursed me for not being inside the Hotel rolling a tape to confirm it.. but without the RDS I would have assumed it was Mexico, or a pirate.... Loca Fm has a Dance music Format, while Cadena Fm 100 seemed to be soft rock and oldies... I pulled in both stations for just about 7 minutes and they just vanished as if they had turned off their transmitters.

Also,,, maybe even more amazing, I was getting Aruba's magic 96.5--Rhythmic CHR-Dance-AC Hybrid,, with what sounded like spanish speaking DJs,,, but this was in indiana this past November.. so even at half the Distance, the fact that the Carribean Boomed into Indiana, this far inland at 6 AM just before Sunrise was more amazing to me....

The JVC or Jensen,,Which ever it was that picked up Spain in Myrtle Beach has sense bit the dust, but im keeping it forever as a Sentimental value of what could be the Record for Trans Atlantic DX....
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The DX stories from the Carolinas never cease to amaze me. I hope I get over there one day.
 
Last night, KVNS had a good steady signal and I virtually couldn't hear the Miami station at all most of the time. For a station that's about as far away as most of the the big cities in the Northeast and places like Chicago, their less than 1kw signal is often stronger than the big well known 50kw stations from those big cities.
 
gar fla said:
Last night, KVNS had a good steady signal and I virtually couldn't hear the Miami station at all most of the time. For a station that's about as far away as most of the the big cities in the Northeast and places like Chicago, their less than 1kw signal is often stronger than the big well known 50kw stations from those big cities.
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You've got a good straight shot over water.
 
I pick up KVNS all the time, roughly from 5PM-8PM in Guanajuato, Mexico, 2 1/2 hours north of Mexico City. It comes in full quieting. Sounds like a local station. I am surprised I don't hear 1700 out of Baja California (Rosarito I believe). It used to boom all over the west when it was under the "San Diego 1700" moniker, but that was when I was living in the northwest US.

As for the other midwest and Florida stations I've been asked to scout out, unfortunately I have had no luck. I do regularly get Texas AM's, a few from Arizona, KOA from Denver, KSL - SLC, UT, and a couple of religious stations out of New Mexico. In January, I picked up an Oklahoma FM ("House FM") on a skip that lasted about an hour. I talked to the engineer and he told me during the same time period he had complaints that local listeners couldn't pick up the station because a Dallas station had ducted in on top of it. Both of us were shocked it would happen so early in the year.
 
Yeah, I have picked up KOA and (of all things) WLS from Nicaragua - but those stations only come in when the atmospheric conditions are just right. I've gotten a couple of stations from Tampa (WDAE and WWBA) when there too. From Costa Rica, I've gotten WKYC, WOAI, KVNS, WSB and WBAP. And, that station from the Bahamas on 1540 comes in dependably. But never KSL from either place.

Reception is much better on the Atlantic side of Central America than from the Pacific side. If you look at the map, it's easy to see why.
 
BRNout said:
Yeah, I have picked up KOA and (of all things) WLS from Nicaragua - but those stations only come in when the atmospheric conditions are just right. I've gotten a couple of stations from Tampa (WDAE and WWBA) when there too. From Costa Rica, I've gotten WKYC, WOAI, KVNS, WSB and WBAP. And, that station from the Bahamas on 1540 comes in dependably. But never KSL from either place.

Reception is much better on the Atlantic side of Central America than from the Pacific side. If you look at the map, it's easy to see why.
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When did you get WLS in Nicaragua? WLS used to come in very well everynight for me as far south as Acapulco, but that was over 30 years ago. I doubt it can be heard down there now with the frequencies being so crowded.
 
elchupacabras said:
I pick up KVNS all the time, roughly from 5PM-8PM in Guanajuato, Mexico, 2 1/2 hours north of Mexico City. It comes in full quieting. Sounds like a local station. I am surprised I don't hear 1700 out of Baja California (Rosarito I believe). It used to boom all over the west when it was under the "San Diego 1700" moniker, but that was when I was living in the northwest US.

As for the other midwest and Florida stations I've been asked to scout out, unfortunately I have had no luck. I do regularly get Texas AM's, a few from Arizona, KOA from Denver, KSL - SLC, UT, and a couple of religious stations out of New Mexico. In January, I picked up an Oklahoma FM ("House FM") on a skip that lasted about an hour. I talked to the engineer and he told me during the same time period he had complaints that local listeners couldn't pick up the station because a Dallas station had ducted in on top of it. Both of us were shocked it would happen so early in the year.
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1700 out of Baja came in very well in Hawaii when I was there a few months ago. In fact it was the easiest X bander to hear out there.
 
radioman148 said:
When did you get WLS in Nicaragua? WLS used to come in very well everynight for me as far south as Acapulco, but that was over 30 years ago. I doubt it can be heard down there now with the frequencies being so crowded.
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That was in 2003 right in Managua (by MetroCentro), on a good night. I'll admit, I was never able to replicate the feat on subsequent nights or on subsequent visits through 2005 - and it was on a Sony Walkman too! Got Tampa on those nights too. It was probably helpful that I was on a hotel balcony that faced NE; that blocks some of the weaker signals from the south.
 
KVNS pounds in up here in McKinney. Even with KKLF 1700 right here in Mckinney. When i was in Wylie I had a wire strung outside and KVNS pounded in on it. yet if i disconnected the antenna KKLF came in. KVNS is usually coming in under KKLF here too.

KVNS has only 880 watts at night. KKLF has 1,000
KVNS does have a website it is http://www.oldiesradioonline.com
 
BRNout said:
radioman148 said:
When did you get WLS in Nicaragua? WLS used to come in very well everynight for me as far south as Acapulco, but that was over 30 years ago. I doubt it can be heard down there now with the frequencies being so crowded.
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That was in 2003 right in Managua (by MetroCentro), on a good night. I'll admit, I was never able to replicate the feat on subsequent nights or on subsequent visits through 2005 - and it was on a Sony Walkman too! Got Tampa on those nights too. It was probably helpful that I was on a hotel balcony that faced NE; that blocks some of the weaker signals from the south.
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Good catch. It's very hard today to get anything from the northern states in central America and the caribbean.
 
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