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Two Quick Mini Bandscans - Little Rock and Santa Fe

cyberdad

cyberdad

Yet another Cyberdad road trip this past week. This one to the Southwest. I didn't give you guys a heads-up in advance, because I realized I probably wasn't going to have much time for DX. Which indeed turned out to be the case. In addition, as I also suspected, some of the hotels were definitely not DX-friendly. But I did manage to sneak in a couple of truncated nighttime sessions with the SRF 37, and here are a few highlights....

LITTLE ROCK:

610: KCSP sounding almost exactly as it does at home. Which means fair-good. And steady.
630: St. Louis (ex: KXOK, KJSL) good...rather impressive for 5kw
640: Something of a jumble, but did positively ID KFI
650: WSM fair
670: WSCR weak, but no trace of Cuba
700: WLW fair
720: WGN fair-good
740: All KRMG here
750: WSB weaker than I expected
760: WJR weak
780: WBBM fair
820: WBAP good
830: A moderately strong Spanish signal here. I presume New Orleans, but not sure. Mixing with a weaker WCCO
840: WHAS fair-weak
850: KOA fair-weak
870: WWL fair-good
890: WLS good. Best Chicago signal.
920: KARN Good local signal, but stuff audible underneath (My location was a hotel on the west side of town.
1000: Was wondering if WMVP could make it here. But what I heard was KTOK (fair), mixing with a weaker XEOY
1040: WHO good
1070: KNX Identifiable in the mix. Stronger than KFI
1080: KRLD good. KAAY no problem
1090: KAAY good, but not exactly a killer signal.
1120: KMOX fair. Weaker than I expected
1180: A noisy mess. Seemingly all in Spanish. Presume R. Marti and Cuba
1200: WOAI good. No surprise here.
1220: I had a fairly steady signal alone and on top here. Mostly talk. My first guess was XEB, but I'm not sure if they're still on.
1510: WLAC good. Best signal on the upper end of the dial.
1570: XERF with a respectable signal. Apparently they're still rolling along (at least for the time being) with their 30kw or whatever.

Santa Fe, NM....

610: KNML A semi-local sports talker from Albuquerque, 55 miles away. 5kw aimed pretty much at me, but still only a fair signal.
640: KFI fair
670: KBOI fair-weak
680: No KNBR, which suprised me. Not much of anything else, either.
710: KNUS good. Another suprise, but their tight pattern was aimed right at me.
740: I was looking for KCBS. It was in there, but well underneath KVOR. (Colorado Springs)
770: KKOB effectively a local
800: There was a fairly strong Spanish station underneath the flea-powered local on 810. XEROK?
820: WBAP good. No issues with the local 810 pest.
850: KOA blasting. No surprise
880: KRVN even stronger than KOA. Easily the best skywave signal
950: KRWZ 5kw from Denver doing a nice job
1000: XEOY weak but on top. I was hoping for KOMO, but I didn't hear it.
1040: WHO fair
1070: KNX fair
1080: KRLD good
1110: KFAM fair
1160: KSL fair
1200: WOAI good
1520: KOMA fair at best. They're apparently still on STA. In my past experiences in New Mexico, they've usually had a good signal.
1570: XERF. Signal and audio both good. If their transmitter is ailing and not long for this world, I wouldn't have known it based on what I heard.
 
Regarding your Little Rock report, I see that WLS still has a strong signal in the south--at least during the time you tried. In my past experiences in New Orleans & Oklahoma, WLS was like a local at night. Also I found that 630 from St Louis, KXOK when I heard it, was also very strong towards the south. Apparently this is still the case.

As always, thanks for your reports.
 
cyberdad.

I second radioman148 and thank you for another great report.

Surprised 1170/KFAQ wasn't listed, at least in your Santa Fe scan.
 
One at a time....

WLS in Little Rock. Yep, best Chicago signal by a confortable margin. WLS seems to have been getting out better for about the last year or so. At least the skywave. And as for 630, KXOK or whatever from St. Lous. My memory is that it has always been reliable in New Orleans and adjacent parts of the Gulf Coast.

K6JHU: Thanks for the info. KKOB certainly sounded like a local day and night. Now I know why!

Icangelp: I did hear KFAQ in Santa Fe. Forgot to mention it. Signal was fair-good, IIRC. I don't recall hearing it in Little Rock. Maybe I was too intrigued by the dogfight going on at 1180.
 
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