Ok, I've heard this station in the middle of the day on a few previous occasions, but I finally was able to record their TOH ID. ;D
700 KALL North Salt Lake City, UT - ESPN 700 - recorded at 1pm PST on February 17, 2011 - ID at 0:49 into the clip.
I'm just south of El Cajon, CA, near 32°45'40"N 116°56'50"W, and 700-KALL's 50kW transmitter is 626 miles NNE of me.
I used the Tecsun PL-606 in ±1kHz IF bandwidth mode, tuned to 701 kHz to dodge splatter from a 77kW on 690 that's 32 miles south/southwest of me, inductively coupled to a 11-inch tuned loop antenna (Select-A-Tenna).
I think I've heard a more distant station in the middle of the day, probably 1680 KNTS Seattle, WA, distance 1,070 miles, but haven't confirmed with an ID yet. I suspect it's them, though, due to the Spanish-language program and KNTS is the closest to me that currently runs Spanish. (There's a closer station in Fresno, CA, but it's Asian language now.) Also I'm fairly sure my midday reception of KNTS is all skywave. I suspect KALL is mostly groundwave, except that 1 hour earlier at noon I thought I could hear a trace of their signal but it was too weak for an ID. (Interestingly, though, a day or two earlier, it was a fairly good signal at noon, but practically gone at 1pm.)
Also my reception of KALL doesn't even come close to the prize for best catch in the face of local interference. That title goes to my receiving 594 JOAK from Tokyo, Japan, a few months ago early in the morning, in spite of 600 KOGO's 5kW IBOC blaster being less than 8 miles west of me. I used the Tecsun PL-380 and Select-A-Tenna for that. (I recorded a clip of it, too, but I'm limiting the links in this post to just KALL's TOH ID today.)
So what are your farthest midday catches over an entirely landlocked path near the lower end of the AM dial?
700 KALL North Salt Lake City, UT - ESPN 700 - recorded at 1pm PST on February 17, 2011 - ID at 0:49 into the clip.
I'm just south of El Cajon, CA, near 32°45'40"N 116°56'50"W, and 700-KALL's 50kW transmitter is 626 miles NNE of me.
I used the Tecsun PL-606 in ±1kHz IF bandwidth mode, tuned to 701 kHz to dodge splatter from a 77kW on 690 that's 32 miles south/southwest of me, inductively coupled to a 11-inch tuned loop antenna (Select-A-Tenna).
I think I've heard a more distant station in the middle of the day, probably 1680 KNTS Seattle, WA, distance 1,070 miles, but haven't confirmed with an ID yet. I suspect it's them, though, due to the Spanish-language program and KNTS is the closest to me that currently runs Spanish. (There's a closer station in Fresno, CA, but it's Asian language now.) Also I'm fairly sure my midday reception of KNTS is all skywave. I suspect KALL is mostly groundwave, except that 1 hour earlier at noon I thought I could hear a trace of their signal but it was too weak for an ID. (Interestingly, though, a day or two earlier, it was a fairly good signal at noon, but practically gone at 1pm.)
Also my reception of KALL doesn't even come close to the prize for best catch in the face of local interference. That title goes to my receiving 594 JOAK from Tokyo, Japan, a few months ago early in the morning, in spite of 600 KOGO's 5kW IBOC blaster being less than 8 miles west of me. I used the Tecsun PL-380 and Select-A-Tenna for that. (I recorded a clip of it, too, but I'm limiting the links in this post to just KALL's TOH ID today.)
So what are your farthest midday catches over an entirely landlocked path near the lower end of the AM dial?
