That's what I was thinking too, that it would be mostly WXZQ/Piketon, OH with occasional visits from WSWR and WDMX
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1130 kHz in Rockwood, MI
During the day, all WDFN but at night once WDFN switches to night pattern, even that close to their transmitter I think it would just be WBBR and KWKH mixed plus some IBOC slop from KMOX and WRVA at night. I say this because someone in another thread stated that even with WDFN's tower visible, their signal can't be heard at night anywhere south of the towers.
1130 kHz in Rockwood, MI
During the day, all WDFN but at night once WDFN switches to night pattern, even that close to their transmitter I think it would just be WBBR and KWKH mixed plus some IBOC slop from KMOX and WRVA at night. I say this because someone in another thread stated that even with WDFN's tower visible, their signal can't be heard at night anywhere south of the towers.
Rockwood is so close that WDFN would still rule over the other 1130s. Reception would be hit-or-miss with one location having a nice signal and another, a house or two away, would not be able to listen to it. Signal quality would change from one day to another as changes in soil moisture change the soil conductivity between the towers in the nine tower array. The array was (still is?) actually plotted to have theoretical total zeros along some radials, but, in reality, that is never achieved. Expect the signal quality in any direction not north of the array as the pattern weakens, any suddenly lousy the Monday morning after the crew does occasional maintenance and gets it back to tight spec (as has recently happened with 950 WWJ).
WDFN even has a major lobe so narrow that it suffers in Downtown Detroit and western suburbs like Canton Township. It is kind of like WDTW was, though not quite so severe. (I wonder what WDFN's NIF level is).
Another thing to note about reception of stations from very close distances in very deep nulls - the "perfect" null may null out the carrier perfectly, but the same nulls will fall on different radials away from the carrier. You may find such a signal unlistenable on an ordinary (diode detection) AM receiver, but strong and clear on a radio with single-sideband capability (e.g., a HF amateur radio transceiver with general coverage tuning into the AM broadcast band).
Another quirk of this is what happens when a deeply directional station is running I-BLOCK. I've been where WXYT 1270 is so well nulled (daytime pattern) that another station on 1270 may be heard clearly in analog, with no interference from WXYT, whilst 1260 and 1250 are wiped out by WXYT's IBOC!
WDFN even has a major lobe so narrow that it suffers in Downtown Detroit and western suburbs like Canton Township. It is kind of like WDTW was, though not quite so severe. (I wonder what WDFN's NIF level is).
Another thing to note about reception of stations from very close distances in very deep nulls - the "perfect" null may null out the carrier perfectly, but the same nulls will fall on different radials away from the carrier. You may find such a signal unlistenable on an ordinary (diode detection) AM receiver, but strong and clear on a radio with single-sideband capability (e.g., a HF amateur radio transceiver with general coverage tuning into the AM broadcast band).
Another quirk of this is what happens when a deeply directional station is running I-BLOCK. I've been where WXYT 1270 is so well nulled (daytime pattern) that another station on 1270 may be heard clearly in analog, with no interference from WXYT, whilst 1260 and 1250 are wiped out by WXYT's IBOC!
96.5 MHz in Harbor Beach, MI:
Probably WQHH, WAKS, CJBC, and WKZO taking turns fading in and out. Does look like a great DXing frequency from there.
Probably WQHH, WAKS, CJBC, and WKZO taking turns fading in and out. Does look like a great DXing frequency from there.
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102.1 MHz in Indianola, IA
Inadianola is where I'm staying for the next week and 102.1 seems wide open here. Should be a fun one to monitor!
102.1 MHz in Indianola, IA
Inadianola is where I'm staying for the next week and 102.1 seems wide open here. Should be a fun one to monitor!
Yep so far its been KCKC as the most common station but I've also heard country.
Wow! That's a 160 mile jog from Kansas City to Indianola, IA! I have family in Ottumwa and Creston and I always wondered how well Kansas City made it up there with the help of the very open radio dial (not to mention the very flat land!).
As far as your country, there are a couple of class A's, the closest being approx. 190 miles. Not impossible, but rather unlikely. However, KEEY blasts 100,000 watts out of Saint Paul, MN, 260 miles away.
As far as your country, there are a couple of class A's, the closest being approx. 190 miles. Not impossible, but rather unlikely. However, KEEY blasts 100,000 watts out of Saint Paul, MN, 260 miles away.
I think WKLA would make it in easily. And there's also a translator on 106.3 in GB. WMXG was last on the air on 4/26/12 and I didn't see or hear anything about them coming back on recently to reset the clock.Lawppy said:Wow! Good one, ftballfan!
I'd say if anything probably WGLM from Lakeview, MI! Maybe WGER Saginaw, MI.
Shame WMXG is gone. I liked their music mix whenever they made it in down here.
An update: I was reading the Michigan buzzboard and a poster reported that WMXG WAS on over the weekend. WKLA was weaker than usual in Manistee this weekend, and WMXG rarely came over WKLA in past summers (not as often as WRVM over WMOM or WGKL over WSRJ).
New frequency: 99.7 MHz in Mackinac Island, MI
New frequency: 99.7 MHz in Mackinac Island, MI
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