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- Thread starter Hoosierky
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Listening on the Edinburgh IN SDR I heard primarily WCSZ, San Souci SC (apparently running day power) and CHOK, Sarnia OH doing the same. It sounded like there were a couple more in there
WFNI hasn't been the problem in the Chicago area for getting KNX. Wichita and Hannibal can be. For whatever reason KNX hasn't been heard here for several years. It used to be fairly easy especially in the fall.
I tried 1070 in various locations near me in Chicago to test the WFNI-free world, and those were the two stations I heard, CHOK and WCSZ. Actually CHOK came in better than I had heard it in a while.
CHOK has also been a barrier to me for KNX. Indianapolis was not a problem as I could null it.
Hearing that old WIBC top of the hour legal ID right before the station was shut off for good was pretty cool. Was that TOH ID from the 1970’s or 1980’s?
I guess during the Great Blizzard of 1978, WIBC was granted temporary emergency authorization for nighttime broadcasting at full daytime power of 50,000 watts until the storm was over. I bet that made for some interesting DXing!
I guess during the Great Blizzard of 1978, WIBC was granted temporary emergency authorization for nighttime broadcasting at full daytime power of 50,000 watts until the storm was over. I bet that made for some interesting DXing!
That ID, voiced by former WIBC jock Chuck Riley, was used twice an hour right up until they flipped 1070 to sports and moved the WIBC calls to 93.1 at the end of 2007. I'm not sure when it began to be used, but I would bet late 70s.
I know it was used when I was listening to Limbaugh on WIBC in the 90s, with an addendum: "Radio Indiana - WIBC Indianapolis - an Emmis Communications station"
I know it was used when I was listening to Limbaugh on WIBC in the 90s, with an addendum: "Radio Indiana - WIBC Indianapolis - an Emmis Communications station"
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1070 was a real mess in central Indiana last night with three stations fighting it out; South Carolina, Sarnia, and someone else. At sunrise, 1070 sounded like a graveyard channel, not a clear channel.
A good SRS target for some of you folks would be our semi-local WKOK Sunbury PA. They're 10,000 omni in the day.
That's 'our' day. After SRS our time.
Lol -- reciprocally, referencing that swell RFry map : I caught WFNI at SSS once, driving right near the crossmember of the first 'A' in Pennsylvania.
Thanks for the audio, Hoosierky. Good stuff!
That's 'our' day. After SRS our time.
Lol -- reciprocally, referencing that swell RFry map : I caught WFNI at SSS once, driving right near the crossmember of the first 'A' in Pennsylvania.
Thanks for the audio, Hoosierky. Good stuff!
I'm a man on a mission to snag it. "Bring back that traffic and weather together sounder"!
I've only heard Wichita (KFTI) a few times here. KHMO from Hanibal can be an issue, but the two bigger pests for me are WTSO and CHOK in that order. I've also heard the South Carolina 1070 from time to time...when they "forget" to power down.
That "traffic and weather sounder" was very helpful. Most of my KNX catches in the Chicago area were pre sunrise in the fall. A very good time to catch it as stations to the east fade into the sunlight. In that situation Wichita and Hannibal were major pests.
I have caught it at other times, but that used to be the best time. In recent years I haven't heard it at all.
I was on 1070 for about a half hour commencing at about 4:30 CDT this morning. Pretty much all CHOK with a good signal. During a fade, I did hear the words, "Oakland County" and for a brief moment, I thought maybe "this is it". But then I realized that Oakland (California) is in Alameda County. Could have been an outside chance that it was KNX, but far more likely WTSO, which immmediately faded in briefly with a baseball story for a few moments before CHOK took over once again. (I think the "Oakland County" could have been a "clipped" reference to "Oakland-Alameda County Stadium", which is home to the Oakland Athletics baseball team. (And then there's also Oakland County, Michigan, which is located not far from Sarnia, Ontario.)
It seems that KNX will not cooperate
Get Sarnia and San Souci at their proper night facilities and there might be a chanceIt seems that KNX will not cooperate
I've been trying for KNX at the 12-1 AM timeframe... I've gotten a lot of CHOK and WCSZ, an occasional WTSO, and one barely audible station that was K something something I, so possibly the Wichita station. Most of the time it's CHOK or WCSZ with a decent signal. Haven't heard Hannibal yet. I don't think KNX is coming in at all, since they have a distinctive news broadcast that I think I'd recognize pretty quickly. Oh well.
When I have received KNX at my location in south Overland Park, Kansas it has usually been in the (2) hours prior to sunrise but before heartland-based stations on 1070 kHz begin daytime power and patterns. Admittedly, KNX is still a challenge to snag here. However, on occasion I have logged them. Typically, this frequency sounds like a "graveyard channel" at night. Most of my logs other than KNX have been during critical hours - WDIA, WTSO, KHMO and most recently, KSKK. KFTI in Wichita is a very weak here during the day and they totally disappear when they switch to nighttime power and pattern.
Bob
Bob
Sounding a bit like a graveyard channel has been the problem here too. KNX used to break through once in awhile, but not in recent years.
That might be the problem.
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