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What do you think you could get if you were...

Hmm...no one has replied yet to 1600 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. It's near the ID-BC border.

-crainbebo
 
I'd suppose up there, it would be KVRI, KGST, KUBA, maybe the Oregon stations, all mixing. Maybe SLC, maybe even Denver.

-crainbebo
 
Here's a new one :)

600 kHz - within 0.5 km of 40°40'41"N 105°2'49"W :) (Or, within 0.02 km of either 40°40′50.6″N 105°03′01.7″W or 40°40′28.9″N 105°02′42.3″W.)

I'm guessing it may not be entirely what you'd think. ;) Also if you caught the nearest station to this spot (that transmits on 600 kHz) off the air, what might you hear that you otherwise couldn't?
 
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KOGO bleeding onto the dial and killing the radio on the entire AM band.

Off the air would be a blessing. A mix of probably several stations. Mexicans, KCOL, KTBB, maybe KSJB, but everything all weak.

-crainbebo
 
Actually, crain, KOGO would probably be a tough catch there. The coordinates I posted are somewhere between Denver, CO, and Cheyenne, WY, not just SE of Emerald Hills Park in San Diego, CA. Try again? :) Also look at other frequencies as well for sources of interference. ;)
 
Ah. Sorry. I thought it was San Diego. At the first location, it would probably be a very strong, maybe bleeding, KCOL. If that was off the air, then at night, KSJB, CJWW, KOGO etc.

-crainbebo
 
That's what I was thinking too, Buckeyes. :) and crain might be at least partially right about KCOL. I wonder how close you'd have to be to WWVB's 60kHz antenna before its 10th harmonic completely wipes out KCOL's 600 kHz 5kW signal just 2 miles away? :) (especially if you're using a good radio, like a Perseus or something even better - hopefully one that's not like my Tecsuns, on which I can hear 50kW 1170 KCBQ on 2340 from 9.3 miles S. :eek:
 
tfcwings said:
That's what I was thinking too, Buckeyes. :) and crain might be at least partially right about KCOL. I wonder how close you'd have to be to WWVB's 60kHz antenna before its 10th harmonic completely wipes out KCOL's 600 kHz 5kW signal just 2 miles away? :) (especially if you're using a good radio, like a Perseus or something even better - hopefully one that's not like my Tecsuns, on which I can hear 50kW 1170 KCBQ on 2340 from 9.3 miles S. :eek:
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I wonder if the 9th harmonic on 540 kHz would be stronger or weaker than the 10th harmonic on 600 kHz and then the 11th on 660 kHz, 12th on 720 kHz, etc?
 
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1410 AM in Eagle Pass, Texas.

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
1410 AM in Eagle Pass, Texas.

-crainbebo
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That's a tough one, but I'll take a stab at it. Daytime possibilities may be KNAL from Victoria or XEYD from Torreon, Coahuila (assuming they haven't moved to FM yet). Nighttime might be grab-bag of XEBS Mexico City or XEKB Guadalajara, the only ones in Mexico with fairly high power. Stateside I really wouldn't rule out KNAL or even some more distant skywave from KGSO Wichita KS.
 
Buckeyes2001 said:
Days probably a rather weak WGVS mostly with WAIT possibly weaker underneath, with WKNR around Cleveland sunrise and/or near Cleveland sunset. Nights probably WGVS mixed with KOA and others
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From experience, days are pretty much nothing and nights are a mess between WGVS, KOA, and WKNR (surprisingly WKNR comes in as often if not more often than WGVS). When WGVS first flipped to oldies, I got oldies on 850 and I thought it was a daytimer running at night, not knowing about their flip. WGVS sends a lot of their power north and surprisingly runs the same pattern at the same power level day and night.

Next: 100.1 MHz in Manistique, MI
 
I would guess 100.1 in Manistique, MI would be mostly WCUZ Bear Lake, with WRHN Rhinelander, WI and maybe a Canadian making appearances.

Next: 100.1 MHz in Big Rapids, MI
 
ftballfan said:
I would guess 100.1 in Manistique, MI would be mostly WCUZ Bear Lake, with WRHN Rhinelander, WI and maybe a Canadian making appearances.

Next: 100.1 MHz in Big Rapids, MI
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Probably a messy mix of WVIB/Holton, MI WCUZ/Bear Lake, MI, and WBCH/Hastings, MI with WPJP/Port Washington, WI making occasional appearances with lake-enhanced tropo.

WBCH with those call letters could call themselves "B*tchin Country 100.1" lol
 
Ok how about something a little different. ;)

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That is one of KOGO's towers - I believe the west one. See the bird sitting on the little platform, toward the right side of the photo?
I wonder what the field strength on 600 would be, measured on the platform under the bird's right toe on its right foot? Also any ideas why the bird isn't getting fried with the high RF fields?

Also, what other stations on any frequency would you hear from there, BESIDES 600 KOGO, 97.3 KSON (their antenna is atop that tower), or 106.5 KLNV (their antenna is atop KOGO's other tower to the east/northeast)? Assume you're using a good radio (like a Perseus SDR, or a good DSP radio that would make a Tecsun seem like a simple crystal set (with only a single cheap tuning capacitor) you'd find in a hobby kit from years gone by). You may also be using one or both towers as your receive antenna. If you supply your own antenna, for this one it should come at least as close to the tower as the bird. :) Also assume, of course, that the 3 local stations are on the air.
 
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