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WFAN at 660 AM will be off for maintenance tonight after midnight ET
- Thread starter BruceNYC
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Thanks for the heads up.
I may go to the SDR receiver near the Jersey shore, the one in eastern Pennsylvania, and the one south of Philadelphia to hear what it's like, as they are the nearest ones to where I grew up and used to listen to the old WNBC.
Interesting in my AM nighttime DXing ventures when I would visit northern California in the Bay Area in the late 70's and early 80's, I could never hear any trace of WNBC and there was nothing else on the frequency to block it as KOB used to prevent hearing WABC.
I did hear WCBS and WCAU from Philadelphia with weak signals very late at night after the stations on the same frequencies half way across the country signed off.
I may go to the SDR receiver near the Jersey shore, the one in eastern Pennsylvania, and the one south of Philadelphia to hear what it's like, as they are the nearest ones to where I grew up and used to listen to the old WNBC.
Interesting in my AM nighttime DXing ventures when I would visit northern California in the Bay Area in the late 70's and early 80's, I could never hear any trace of WNBC and there was nothing else on the frequency to block it as KOB used to prevent hearing WABC.
I did hear WCBS and WCAU from Philadelphia with weak signals very late at night after the stations on the same frequencies half way across the country signed off.
Out here 100 miles due west of the old roost near JFK Airport I've heard WFAN completely missing, silenced by a huge Mid Winter Anomaly/daytime skip and a weak but steady WESC from SC. Gotta have something to do with the Appalachian arc of hills, maybe operating like some tunnel.
And one afternoon painting some basement and actually listening to WFAN and two guys filling in for Francesa, I was catching some really wound-up urban or CHR station that IDed as WAMO 100, from Pittsburgh. That gave me three on 660. Back near JFK Airport over some two decades I only logged two! WNBC and Radio Uno from Colombia. The WFAN-WCBS 88 stick was the closest 50K omni to the den then.
Good DX to everyone on this stingy frequency. 73's.
And one afternoon painting some basement and actually listening to WFAN and two guys filling in for Francesa, I was catching some really wound-up urban or CHR station that IDed as WAMO 100, from Pittsburgh. That gave me three on 660. Back near JFK Airport over some two decades I only logged two! WNBC and Radio Uno from Colombia. The WFAN-WCBS 88 stick was the closest 50K omni to the den then.
Good DX to everyone on this stingy frequency. 73's.
After WFAN went off the air, I heard nothing but static on the SDR receivers in Barnegat Township at the Jersey shore, the one in Bucks County, Pa, and the one just south of Philadelphia.
At first I wondered why I couldn't hear the Cuban station but then realized there's no power in Cuba and the stations are silent.
Then I checked again a couple hours later to see if anything changed but WFAN was already back on the air.
At first I wondered why I couldn't hear the Cuban station but then realized there's no power in Cuba and the stations are silent.
Then I checked again a couple hours later to see if anything changed but WFAN was already back on the air.
4AM here this past morning I raised the Milford PA SDR. They're right on the Delaware, next town downstream from Port Jervis.
660 was like Gar Hi described. Static. A lot of the lower end of the dial, in fact, sounded like that. Like the inside of a dishwasher. There were some clears, like WSM and Chicago on either side of 660. They were also getting swished, shaken and stirred, hpwever
There were switch-type blips on 660, though, which blanketed the static for short bursts. As if someone was trying to see if a new 'On-off' switch worked, and how fast the circuitry and carrier responded.
660 was like Gar Hi described. Static. A lot of the lower end of the dial, in fact, sounded like that. Like the inside of a dishwasher. There were some clears, like WSM and Chicago on either side of 660. They were also getting swished, shaken and stirred, hpwever
There were switch-type blips on 660, though, which blanketed the static for short bursts. As if someone was trying to see if a new 'On-off' switch worked, and how fast the circuitry and carrier responded.
Dang short window, back to WFAN in the DC area.
When I first moved down to Tampa from New Jersey back in 1984, then WNBC had a fairly good signal at night.
But as the years went by, the Cuban station on 660 became mostly dominant at night with WFAN in the background.
Now that the Cuban station is off the air, I would think WFAN in charge of the frequency at night again.
I will have to check one of the Florida SDR receivers later.
Another thing I also noticed from living in Florida was that the big NYC stations are a lot stronger at night in general over on Florida's east coast than on the west coast because there's a lot less land for the signals to skip over on the east coast..
For example, WABC could be heard in Tampa at night but not nearly as well it was every night when I once stayed in Daytona Beach for a vacation.
It was even a better signal than I would get in South Jersey at night only 80 miles away.
But as the years went by, the Cuban station on 660 became mostly dominant at night with WFAN in the background.
Now that the Cuban station is off the air, I would think WFAN in charge of the frequency at night again.
I will have to check one of the Florida SDR receivers later.
Another thing I also noticed from living in Florida was that the big NYC stations are a lot stronger at night in general over on Florida's east coast than on the west coast because there's a lot less land for the signals to skip over on the east coast..
For example, WABC could be heard in Tampa at night but not nearly as well it was every night when I once stayed in Daytona Beach for a vacation.
It was even a better signal than I would get in South Jersey at night only 80 miles away.