How about 15 MHz in El Cajon, CA?
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ftballfan said:
Actually what happens here with an HD radio is quite interesting on 99.5 in Maumee, OH. The radio picks up the meta-data from WYCD and that's what's displayed but what you hear is clearly W258BT that is until the radio locks on to WYCD's HD signal for a few seconds here and there especially when going over an overpass such as on the Ohio Turnpike. Bad frequency choice for that translator if you ask me. Perhaps 106.1 would have been better.
What's interesting (to me) about 15 MHz in San Diego - in the late afternoons, like an hour before sunset to maybe a bit after sunset locally, WWVH pretty much has the channel all to itself, with virtually no trace of Colorado's WWV.
Aww I was hoping to have some fun with some AM channels in Barrow, AK, or Kekaha, HI, for which no station on said channel exists in the state specified. 
(For Hawaii I would pick the 9/10 split commons, or the graveyards that are 1k off from a split. A few examples:
Kekaha, HI - 1170, 1340.5, 1449.5 (the last 2 are split between a GY and a 9k as is 1340.5 in AK below)
Barrow, AK - 540, 760, 840, 990, 1030, 1090, 1180, 1340.5, 1560
Meanwhile, for 850 in Manistee, MI…
Daytime, I'd expect WGVS Muskegon, MI, to be faintly audible on a good pocket radio like an SRF-59. Adding a Select-A-Tenna or using a Superadio or equivalent could also bring in WKNR Cleveland, OH.
During critical hours, I would also look for WWJC Duluth, MN, and WTAR Norfolk, VA.
At night, I think it'd be a competition between WGVS and KOA.
(For Hawaii I would pick the 9/10 split commons, or the graveyards that are 1k off from a split. A few examples:Kekaha, HI - 1170, 1340.5, 1449.5 (the last 2 are split between a GY and a 9k as is 1340.5 in AK below)
Barrow, AK - 540, 760, 840, 990, 1030, 1090, 1180, 1340.5, 1560
Meanwhile, for 850 in Manistee, MI…
Daytime, I'd expect WGVS Muskegon, MI, to be faintly audible on a good pocket radio like an SRF-59. Adding a Select-A-Tenna or using a Superadio or equivalent could also bring in WKNR Cleveland, OH.
During critical hours, I would also look for WWJC Duluth, MN, and WTAR Norfolk, VA.
At night, I think it'd be a competition between WGVS and KOA.
During the day, it's a weak WGVS. At night, KOA is the main station, with WKNR and WGVS making appearances from time to time.pianoplayer88key said:Aww I was hoping to have some fun with some AM channels in Barrow, AK, or Kekaha, HI, for which no station on said channel exists in the state specified.
Kekaha, HI - 1170, 1340.5, 1449.5 (the last 2 are split between a GY and a 9k as is 1340.5 in AK below)
Barrow, AK - 540, 760, 840, 990, 1030, 1090, 1180, 1340.5, 1560
Meanwhile, for 850 in Manistee, MI…
Daytime, I'd expect WGVS Muskegon, MI, to be faintly audible on a good pocket radio like an SRF-59. Adding a Select-A-Tenna or using a Superadio or equivalent could also bring in WKNR Cleveland, OH.
During critical hours, I would also look for WWJC Duluth, MN, and WTAR Norfolk, VA.
At night, I think it'd be a competition between WGVS and KOA.
New one:
899.5 KHz in Kekaha, HI
OK the Alaska idea I like, so let's try this (a little different take)
What can you get from the lower 48 in Fairbanks, Ak? (In the winter, of course)
I wonder if anyone here has actually tried it?
What can you get from the lower 48 in Fairbanks, Ak? (In the winter, of course)
I wonder if anyone here has actually tried it?
899.5 kHz in Kekaha, HI:
Probably just KNUI as long as you weren't in their sharp null that Kapaa, HI seems to be in. Otherwise you could get a 500 hz HET from KNUI when tuned to 899.5 if you're in just the right place. With the right equipment, other 900 kHz stations such as the 1MW Saudia Arabia station or the 600 kW IRIB station from Iran or the 100 kW station from India and/or others might be heard at different times when tuned to 899.5 kHz.
Probably just KNUI as long as you weren't in their sharp null that Kapaa, HI seems to be in. Otherwise you could get a 500 hz HET from KNUI when tuned to 899.5 if you're in just the right place. With the right equipment, other 900 kHz stations such as the 1MW Saudia Arabia station or the 600 kW IRIB station from Iran or the 100 kW station from India and/or others might be heard at different times when tuned to 899.5 kHz.
radioman148 said:
I suspect at night in winter you could get the following from Fairbanks, AK:
640 KFI (maybe only during Aurora)
710 KIRO
720 KDWN (probably Aurora only)
740 KCBS (probably Aurora only)
780 KKOH (Aurora only)
860 KPAM (critical hours)
950 KJR (maybe)
1000 KOMO
1070 KNX (Aurora only)
1190 KEX
1550 KKOV (critical hours)
just my guesses
Buckeyes2001 said:
I wonder if you could receive anything from the midwest or east? I'm guessing if conditions are right it's possible.
For Alaska, I was thinking... You know there are frequencies with multiple high-power co-channel nighttime stations, right? In the 48 states they're supposed to protect each other with their directional patterns, but many of them send it north. In Alaska, what's the chance that some of those could yield same-strength co-channel interference in Alaska?
As for Hawaii, it'd be interesting to see about mainland US and eastern hemisphere stations on the 9/10 commons competing with each other. For example what would it be like on 1170? (There's no Hawaiian on that frequency.)
As for Hawaii, it'd be interesting to see about mainland US and eastern hemisphere stations on the 9/10 commons competing with each other. For example what would it be like on 1170? (There's no Hawaiian on that frequency.)
Adding some more:
680 KNBR (Aurora or maybe if you can null KBRW)
830 WCCO (if you can get around KCBF 820)
850 KOA
1160 KSL
Yeah if the right conditions exist, even more stations could come in. A good E/W opening could help.
680 KNBR (Aurora or maybe if you can null KBRW)
830 WCCO (if you can get around KCBF 820)
850 KOA
1160 KSL
Yeah if the right conditions exist, even more stations could come in. A good E/W opening could help.
pianoplayer88key said:
I've had the opportunity to DX from Hawaii and it truly is a DXer's paradise. Early evening you get the openings to North & Central America.
As the evening progresses you get Japan, Korea & the rest of Asia. My best catch from there is Brisbane, Australia on 1116.
Regarding 1170, KFAQ Tulsa comes in most nights.
I'd love to try DXing from Alaska in the winter, but I doubt I'd like the weather at that time of the year. ;D
I think northern Canada would be great too, with all of the co-channel signals as pianoplayer88key mentioned that send most of their signal north at night, such as the case with 1130 with WDFN, WISN, KTCN that are very northerly at night. I would really be neat to see a video bandscan from an area such as Churchill, Manitoba (in a polar-bear safe area that is)
New one and something a little different this time:
TV Channel 8 in Columbus, OH (before the DTV transition)
I have some experience with that one when I lived there and after a few guesses I'll give my results.
TV Channel 8 in Columbus, OH (before the DTV transition)
I have some experience with that one when I lived there and after a few guesses I'll give my results.
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