What does your AM band look like? (520-810)

[Bob1370]

From Rochester, NY;

520 - nothing
530 - CIAO, Brampton, ON (weak)
540 - CBEF, Windsor. ON (weak)
550 - WGR, Buffalo (like a local daytime, weak nights-DA-N north/south)
560 - nothing regular
570 - WSYR, Syracuse (weak)
580 - CFRA, Ottawa (very weak)
590 - CKYC, Toronto (weak)
600 - WFRM, Coudersport, PA (very weak)
610 - CKTB, St. Catharines, ON (weak)
620 - WHEN, Syracuse (like a local daytime, weak nights-DA-N norh/south)
630 - Chatham, ON (very weak days); WMAL, Washington (audible and varies nights)
640 - "Mojo Radio", Toronto (weak)
650 - nothing by day, WSM, Nashville at night
660 - WFAN New York (very weak days, strong nights)
670 - Nothing days, WSCR Chicago nights
680 - CFTR Toronto (variable)
690 - nothing
700 - nothing days, WLW Cincinatti nights
710 - CJRN NIagara Falls, ON days, clobbered by WOR New York nights
720 - nothing days, WGN Chicago nights
730 - nothing days, CKAC Montreal nights
740 - CFZM Toronto (like a local 24/7)
750 - nothing days, WSB Atlanta nights
760 - WJR Detroit (weak days, strong nights)
770 - WABC New York (very weak days, strong nights)
780 - nothng days, WBBM Chicago nights
790 - WLSV Wellsville NY days, multistation noise nights
800 - CJBQ Belleville, ON days, clobbered by CKLW Windsor/Detroit nights
810 - WGY Schenectady/Albany NY (weak days, stronger nights)

All our locals and most Buffalo locals are at 930 or above, keeping the lower AM band clearer in our area for DX.

 

[Icangelp]

SW Ohio
Various receivers.


Daytime

Weak runs the gammet from barely above the threshold, to listenable at all times, but only with the sound turned up.

530 NOAA Weather Covington KY weak
540 Nothing
550 Local WKRC
560 WIND Chicago weak
570 Usually nothing
580 WILL Urbana IL weak
590 WVLK Lexington KY
600 Usually nothing
610 WTVN Columbus OH
620 Usually nothing
630 WLAP Lexinington KY
640 Usually nothing
650 WSM Nashville TN weak
660 WXIC Waverly OH weak
670 WSCR Chicago weak
680 WHBE Newburg (Louisville) KY weak
690 Nothing
700 Local WLW
710 Nothing
720 WGN Chicago weak
730 Nothing probably could hear something, but WNOP kills any chance.
740 Local WNOP Newport/Cincinnati
750 Nothing
760 WJR Detroit weak
770 WCGW Nicholasville KY weak
780 WBBM Chicago weak
790 WKRD (WAKY) Louisville KY
800 CKLW Windsor ON CAN
810 WSYW Indianapolis IN weak

 

[FreddyE1977]

from southern end of Pittsburgh, PA

520 - nothing
530 - splatter
540 - WWCS, Canonsburg, PA (currently La Explosiva Spanish)
550 - splatter
560 - WFRB, Frostburg, MD
570 - WKBN, Youngstown, OH (strong!)
580 - nothing/splatter
590 - WMBS, Uniontown, PA
600 - WSOM, Salem, OH
610 - WTVN, Columbus, OH (very weak, under splatter from WKHB)
620 - WKHB, Irwin, PA (very strong)
630 - splatter
640 - WHLO, Akron, OH
650 - nothing
660 - WPYT, Wilkinsburg, PA
670 - nothing
680 - WISR, Butler, PA (weak)
690 - nothing
700 - nothing (can get WLW if I drive 40 min. west)
710 - nothing
720 - splatter
730 - WPIT, Pittsburgh (Salem talk)
740 - splatter
750 - nothing
760 - WJR, Detroit (weak underneath WKFB)
770 - WKFB, Irwin, PA
780 - nothing
790 - WPIC, Sharon, PA (weak)
800 - splatter
810 - WEDO, McKeesport, PA

 

[Smittian]

Laguna Vista, TX (near Brownsville/South Padre Island)

540 XEWA, Monterrey MX
550 KTSA, San Antonio
560 KLVI, Beaumont
570 espanol
580 nada
590 XEFD Rio Bravo MX
600 nada
610 KILT, Houston
620 XEGH, Rio Bravo MX
630 nada
640 nada
650 sometimes a faint KIKK, Houston
660 nada
670 nada
680 KKYX, San Antonio
690 espanol
700 KSEV, Tomball/Houston
710 KURV McAllen
720 KSAH, San Antonio
730 XEFDO, San Fernando MX
740 KTRH, Houston
750 nada
760 KTKR, San Antonio
770 nada
780 XESFT, San Fernando MX
790 XEFE, Nuevo Laredo, MX
800 nada
810 XERI, Reynosa MX

 

[MarcB]

From Bristol, CT - depending on conditions where I am in The Bristol area.

530 - Nothing
540 - WLIE Islip, Long Island - West Indian Programming
550 - W??? - Warwick, Rhode Island - Business Talk (Weak. Formerly Radio Disney)
560 - WHYN Springfield, MA -News/Talk
570 - If I get anything I get WMCA NYC very weak.
580 - Nothing. Rare if I get WTAG Worcester, MA.
590 - WROW - Albany, NY Oldies (Signal strength varies by location)
600 - WICC - Bridgeport, CT - Talk
610 - WSNG - Torrington, CT - Talk (Simulcasts WDRC/1360)
620 - Nothing. Once in a blue moon I can get WSNR from Jersey City which I think is either Jewish or Russian Programming.
630 - WPRO - Providence, RI - Talk (Sometimes comes in)
640 - WNNZ - Westfield, MA - NPR
650 - Nothing
660 - WFAN - NYC - Sports
670 - Nothing
680 - WRKO - Boston (Very Weak)
690 - WADS - Ansonia, CT - Spanish Religious (Weak)
700 - Nothing
710 - WOR - NYC - Talk
720 - Nothing
730 - WACE - Chicopee, MA - Religious
740 - WNHY - Huntington, Long Island - Spanish Religious
750 - Nothing
760 - WVNE - Leominster, MA - Religious
770 - WABC - NYC - Talk
780 - Nothing
790 - WPRV Providence - Business Talk (sometimes comes in)
800 WLAD, Danbury - Talk (Weak)
810 WGY - Talk (Very Weak)

 

[Lawppy]

From Coldwater, MI

530- TIS- Fremont, IN- Have only heard them break in for an actual traffic report one time in 10 years!
540- CBEF- Windsor, ON- very weak
550- WKRC- Cincinnati, OH- weak
560- WRDT- Monroe, MI / WIND- Chicago, IN- both weak
570- empty (WKBN- Youngstown, OH very rarely)
580- CKWW- Windsor, ON / WTCM- Traverse City, MI- both weak
590- WKZO- Kalamazoo, MI- strong
600- empty (Flint, MI very rarely)
610- WTVN- Columbus, OH- weak
620- WTMJ- Milwaukee, WI- weak/poor
630- CFCO- Windsor, ON- fair/strong
640- WMFN- Zeeland, MI- poor
650- empty (WSM- Nashville very rarely)
660- empty
670- WSCR- Chicago, IL- poor/fair
680- empty (CFTR- Toronto, ON very rarely)
690- WNZK- Dearborn Heights, MI- weak/poor
700- WLW- Cincinnati, OH- poor/fair
710- empty
720- WGN- Chicago, IL- poor/fair
730- WJYM- Bowling Green, OH / WVFN- East Lansing, MI- weak/poor
740- empty (CFZM- Toronto, ON very rarely)
750- empty (WNDZ- Portage, IN very rarely)
760- WJR- Detroit, MI- strong
770- empty
780- WBBM- Chicago, IL- poor/fair
790- WSGW- Saginaw, MI- weak
800- CKLW- Windsor, ON- fair/strong
810- WMJH- Rockford, MI- weak/poor

 

[jd]

Laguna Vista, TX (near Brownsville/South Padre Island)

790 XEFE, Nuevo Laredo, MX

It's been a long time since I've been down to South Padre, so I can't remember very well. Is there any trace of Houston (KBME) underneath XEFE?

 

[roth]

I had to pull out the Eton just to see if there was anything on 520... nada.

From Germantown MD -
530 - static
540 - static
550 - static
560 - static
570 - WSPZ - Bethesda (although, the sticks are in Germantown - about 2 miles from me)
580 - WHP - Harrisburg, PA
590 - Unknown Calls - Travelers Advisory Radio for Montgomery County
600 - WCAO - Baltimore
610 - static
620 - static
630 - WMAL - Washington
640 - faint - WWJZ Philadelphia
650 - static
660 - static
670 - static
680 - WCBM - Baltimore
690 - static
700 - WDMV - Walkersville
710 - static
720 - WWII - Shiremanstown PA
730 - WTNT - Alexandria VA
740 - static
750 - WBMD - Baltimore
760 - static
770 - static
780 - WAVA - Arlington VA
790 - static
800 - WCHA - Chambersburg
810 - faint - WYRE - Annapolis

 

[Smittian]

Laguna Vista, TX (near Brownsville/South Padre Island)

790 XEFE, Nuevo Laredo, MX

It's been a long time since I've been down to South Padre, so I can't remember very well. Is there any trace of Houston (KBME) underneath XEFE?

Nah, no trace at all, which is dissappointing. KBME doesn't even make it to Corpus Christi

 

[stormy01]

40 miles NW of Chicago (Crystal Lake) Sony ICF7600GR loopstick.

530 TIS I-55/I-80 S/SW Chicago area
540 WAUK Jackson, WI
550 KTRS St. Louis, MO
560 WIND Chicago
570 nothing
580 WILL Urbana, IL
590 WKZO Kalamazoo, MI
600 WMT Cedar Rapids, IA
610 IBOC interference
620 WTMJ Milwaukee, WI
630 IBOC interference; sometimes hear: CFCO Chatham, Ontario
640 WMFN, Zeeland, MI
650 nothing
660 WSCR IBOC interference
670 WSCR Chicago
680 WSCR IBOC interference
690 WVCY Oshkosh, WI
700 WLW Cincinnati, OH
710 nothing
720 WGN Chicago
730 nothing
740 WRPQ Baraboo, WI
750 WNDZ Portage, IN
760 WJR Detroit
770 WBBM IBOC interference
780 WBBM WBBM Chicago
790 WBBM IBOC Interference
800 KXIC Iowa City, IA; CKLW Windsor, ON
810 WMJH Rockford, MI

 

[eskipper411]

540 KDFT (Ferris, Texas)
570 KLIF (Dallas, Texas)
620 KMKI (Plano, Texas)
640 WWLS (Moore, Oklahoma)
660 KSKY (Balch Springs, Texas)
700 KHSE (Wylie, Texas)
730 KKDA (Grand Prairie, Texas)
770 KAAM (Garland, Texas)

 

[ddsparxx]

I decided to bump this thread to get an update. I spent a couple days at the Outer Banks of NC.

on 5/23/11 in Kill Devil Hills, NC, on the coast,

540 WGOP Pocomoke City, MD, fairly weak
550 nothing
560 WGAI Elizabeth City, NC, local
570 WSPZ Bethesda, MD, near DC, weak
580 WHP Harrisburg, very weak
590 nothing
600 WCAO Baltimore, MD, rather weak
610 nothing, not even WIP
620 WDNC Durham, NC very weak
630 WMAL DC weak
640 WWJZ Mt. Holly, NJ, Philly's Radio Disney outlet, semilocal
650 nothing
660 WFAN, NY sounding semilocal
670 WRJR Clairemont, VA semilocal
680 WPTF Raleigh, NC and WCBM Baltimore, both weak
690 nothing
700 nothing
710 WOR NY sounded weak
720 nothing
730 WTNT Alexandria, VA, very weak
740 WNYH Huntington, NY, on the Long Island
750 WBMD Baltimore, rather weak
760 nothing
770 WABC NY, semilocal
780 WAVA, Arlington, VA (DC area) very weak
790 WNIS Norfolk, sounding local
800 WSVS Crewe, VA, (SW of Richmond), very weak
810 WYRE Annapolis, MD, weak

This was during the day and I was using a radio called the CCRadioEP, with only its big 8" quad coil ferrite bar antenna.

 

[Bongwater]

550 KARI Blaine, WA (Religious)
570 KVI Seattle, WA (Oldies)
630 KCIS Edmonds, WA (Religious)
650 CISL Vancouver, BC (Standards)
660 KAPS Mount Vernon, WA (Country)
690 CBU Vancouver, BC (CBC Radio One)
710 KIRO Seattle, WA (Sports)
730 CHMJ Vancouver, BC (All Traffic)
770 KTTH Seattle, WA (Talk)
790 KGMI Bellingham, WA (Talk)

 

[Darth_vader]

~2mi. N of OR border, just east of the I205 corridor--

520 = Navtex (actually 518, but my radio doesn't go down that far)
530 = Either WPHG710 (PDX TIS), W???690 (TIS near Ridgefield) or (sometimes) an ODOT TIS on 84 just east of Troutdale
540 = faint carrier
550 = KOAC
560 = mess
570 = KVI
580 = mess
590 = mess, sometimes KQNT
600 = KOGO
610 = KPOJ's sideband or off-frequency KOGO, depending on how my aerial is rotated
620 = JPOJ
630 = KPOJ sideband, sometimes KTRW fighting with KFXD
640 = mess
650 = mess
660 = KTNN
670 = KBOI
680 = KNBR
690 = CBU
700 = mess
710 = KIRO, usually fighting with KSPN
720 = mess
730 = CHMJ
740 = KXL sideband, sometimes (rarely) KCBS
750 = KXL
760 = KXL sideband
770 = mess, sometimes KTTH
780 = KKOH
790 = KGMI and about 10 other stations under it
800 = KPDQ
810 = KGO

Navtex stations received:
NMC, "C" (San Francisco, sometimes fights with NMQ in Cambria)
VAJ, "D" (Prince Rupert, BC) not very often
XLK835, "H" (Tofino, BC) usually
NMW, "W" (Astoria, OR) almost always
NOJ, "J" and "X" (Kodiak, AK) sometimes
NMO, "O" (Honolulu) VERY rarely!

After the earthquakes/tsunami in Japan a couple months ago, all the Navtex stations were on the air at the same time, transmitting data simultaneously, coming through as just a horrible oscllating noise that neither I nor my computer could make any sense of. Definitely a time when the capture effect would have helped greatly!

 

[Bongwater]

790 = KGMI and about 10 other stations under it

You get KGMI all the way down THERE? I thought the end of their fringe (daytime) signal was just south of Olympia and last useable signal ended just south of downtown Seattle....

 

[Darth_vader]

Sometimes I do at night, if I am using the F1HD and the Selectatenna. Usually it tends to beburied under all the noise and other non-identifiable stations. Daytime, 790's an empty frequency round here.

(I should have also mentioned in my bandscan that it's primarily of my night-time reception, with the exception of the local Portlnd stations and Astoria Navtex, which are present day and night.)

 

[crainbebo]

790 is also a very messy freqency after sunset as well. One station on 790 (weak KGMI) turns into about 6 stations, from WA to CA and back East and northeast toward MT and AB.

-crainbebo

 

[Bongwater]

790 is also a very messy freqency after sunset as well. One station on 790 (weak KGMI) turns into about 6 stations, from WA to CA and back East and northeast toward MT and AB.

-crainbebo

The closer to the Puget Sound you are, the better KGMI comes in. They sound almost local on my car radio around Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle (with some undersqwak over from KTTH on 770.)

The further east you go, KGMI's signal dissolves pretty badly. They are pretty weak around Kenmore and Bothell. They came back into semi-local strength when I got into Lynnwood.

At night, you can't even hear them at all in Mount Vernon. But they're pretty strong in the San Juan Islands.

790 is a near graveyard channel at night in most areas south of the Whatcom County line with several stations duking it out....I heard KABC once in Everett, but much of the time, it's KJRB or a Canadian country station that comes in the strongest south of Bellingham....

 

[crainbebo]

790 is also a very messy freqency after sunset as well. One station on 790 (weak KGMI) turns into about 6 stations, from WA to CA and back East and northeast toward MT and AB.

-crainbebo

The closer to the Puget Sound you are, the better KGMI comes in. They sound almost local on my car radio around Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle (with some undersqwak over from KTTH on 770.)

The further east you go, KGMI's signal dissolves pretty badly. They are pretty weak around Kenmore and Bothell. They came back into semi-local strength when I got into Lynnwood.

At night, you can't even hear them at all in Mount Vernon. But they're pretty strong in the San Juan Islands.

790 is a near graveyard channel at night in most areas south of the Whatcom County line with several stations duking it out....I heard KABC once in Everett, but much of the time, it's KJRB or a Canadian country station that comes in the strongest south of Bellingham....

The Canadian C&W station is CFCW 790 out of Camrose, AB. In the winter they sometimes dominate the channel, and sometimes over an hour before sunset in the winter.

I have never gotten KABC, BTW.

-crainbebo

 

[Signal]

Saint Peters

520-Nothing
530-TIS
540-KTRS splatter
550-KTRS
560-Nothing
570-Something from Paducah, I think it's religion.
580-Nothing
590-KFNS
600-Nothing
610-Nothing
620-Nothing
630-KJSL
640-Nothing
650-Nothing
660-Nothing
670-WSCR Chicago
680-Nothing
690-KSTL-Signal is weak out here.
700-WLW, weak but listenable
710-Nothing
720-WGN-Chicago, weak but listenable
730-KWRE
740-Nothing
750-Nothing
760-Nothing
770-WEW barely listenable.
780-WBBM-Chicago
790-Nothing
800-KREI-Farmington
810-WHB-Kansas City-Weak but listenable.