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What does your AM band look like at night? Part 3 530-600

C

crainbebo

Remember your city and state. Show me what you get day and night on 530-600 kHz.
From Bothell, WA
530 a jumble of TIS stations (also tell me the callsign of the HAR as well)
540 CBK Regina/Watros
550 KOAC Corvalis
560 KPQ Wenatchee
570 KVI Seattle sometimes I hear a very weak het under
580 KIDO Boise or some spanish from Oregon
590 A mix of: KQNT Spokane and KUGN Eugene
600 CKBD Vancouver

-crainbebo
 
From near the bayfront, just south of downtown St. Petersburg,Fl (lat 27.75N)

nighttime reception:

530- a blend of a Classical/Jazz format from Cuba and another Spanish language station. (during the day, just the Cuban station)
540- a very weak WFLA (legal id is WFLF) from Orlando with a Mexican 540 in the blend
550- Cuba
560- WQAM- Miami
570- WTBN- Pinellas Park Fl (tower about 15 miles north of Tampa)- strong nighttime signal, but can still hear Radio Reloj from Cuba underneath
580- WDBO- Orlando
590- classical station from Cuba
600- Cuban
 
drt said:
530- a blend of a Classical/Jazz format from Cuba and another Spanish language station. (during the day, just the Cuban station)
Click to expand...

That other spanish is RVCI, Turks and Caicos. They are spanish religous.

-crainbebo
 

Thanks for the info on RCVI; I suspected they were in that region; I knew from the dialect that it probably wasn't from Mexico.

Now, here is the bandscan from my parents' location, Ridge Manor East,FL (approx 49 miles due west of Orlando); it's 73 miles n.n.e. of my St. Petersburg location; not a big difference, but there are differences.

Also, since St Petersburg is a peninsula on the Florida peninsula, the 300 miles to Havana is over a lot of water which intensifies the AM signals and Radio Reloj even in the middle of the day can be heard in the background on 570 and another local, WDAE 620. (only during dead air usually)

Ridge Manor East/Wesbster,FL

530- Blend of Cuban Classical and Jazz and RCVI (540 rules the 530 frequency during the day)
540- moderate to strong signal from WFLA (legal i.d. WFLF), Orlando
550- Cuban station with WDUN, Gainesville, GA sometimes in the background, especially early morings, just around sunrise.
560- WQAM, Miami
570- WTBN- Pinellas Park,FL and Radio Reloj battling it out
580- WDBO- moderate to good signal day and night
590- Cuban Classical and sometimes another station under that, that I've never been able to ID
600- weak Cuban signal and a mish-mash of several other stations, none identifiable.
 
From suburban Cincinnati (about eleven miles northeast of the downtown area)

550 - WKRC, Cincinnati

Nothing else is received here at night in the frequencies requested.
 
Vancouver, BC
530 - Static
540 - CBK
550 - KARI
560 - KPQ and mix of CHMB 1320
570 - KVI and mix of CHMB 1320
580 - Static
590 - Interference from CKBD
600 -CKBD
 
40 Miles Northwest of Chicago...

530: CIAO Weak
540: Jackson, WI (I think the calls recently changed) weak-moderate, sometimes with CBK
550: KTRS, Moderate nights, very weak under WIND splatter days
560: WIND, Local
570: Mess, sometimes WKYX on top
580: Mess, CKPR sometimes on top (as used to be sometimes CKY) WILL moderate days, absent nights
590: Omaha usually on top (whatever ex-WOW is calling itself) WKZO very weak daytimes
600: Mess, WMT weak daytime, sometimes in the mix at night
 
20 miles north of Chicago:

540: Jackson, Wi
550: KTRS St. Louis days/night mixed with WKRC Cincinnati
560: WIND Chicago
570: Hash from WIND
580: WILL Urbana, Il day/night a mess.
590: WKZO Kalamazoo, Mi day/night WOW Omaha,Ne and mess
600: WMT Cedar Rapids, Ia day/night mix and mess.
 
North Shore of Kaua`i, Hawai`i:

530 khz: Day: nothing - Night: Noise and a blend of stuff from Asia and maybe Mexico
540 khz: Day: nothing - Night: Tijuana/Tokyo hetrodyne
550 khz: Day: KMVI Wailuku (Maui, 180 miles) - Night: KMVI/KUZZ/KOAC and Tokyo hetrodyne
560 khz: Day: Nothing - Night: KSFO and noise
570 khz: Day: KQNG - Night: KQNG/KLAC/noise/hetrodynes from Asia and South Pacific
580 khz: Day: Nothing - Night: KMJ/noise/hetrodynes from Asia
590 khz: Day: KSSK Honolulu (110 miles) - Night: KSSK
600 khz: Day Nothing - Night: KOGO/Noise/hetrodynes from Asia and South Pacific
 
530 CIAO Brampton, Ontario Very weak in the day, moderate at night mixed with Turks and Caicos from time to time.
540 CBEF Windsor, Ontario, I have snagged WLIE from time to time.
550 WGR Buffalo.
560 CFOR Orillia Ontario
570 "570 News" Kitchener Ontario
580 CFRA Local station
590 the Fan, Toronto
600, usually a mix of Hartford, North Bay, Ontario and rarely WMT Cedar Rapids
 
Southwest Ohio
530-Turks and Caicos
540-nothing in partcular, sometimes KWMT
550-WKRC, occ w/ WDUN Gainesville GA and have heard WAYR, Orange Park FL
560-nothing dominates
570-WKBN, Youngstown OH or Reloj
580-nothing dominant
590-WKZO among others
600-WMT if anything
 
from Nashville:
530 Cuba's beautiful music station...with CW under
540 jumble-o-signals
550 jumble with WKRC at times
560 WNSR (local)
570 jumble with WAAX under at times
580 jumble
590 jumble with occasional WVLK under
600 more jumble-o-lotsa-nothing
 
Round Rock Tx, 19 Miles North of Austin

530 Cuba and RCVI Turks/Caicos
540 XEWA St. Luis Potiosi MX
XETX Nuevo Casas MX
KDTF Ferris Tx (Days only)
550 KTSA San Antonio Tx
560 KLVI Beaumont/KWTO Springfield Mo/KLZ Denver
570 KLIF Dallas/Radio Reloj Cuba/WNAX Yankton SD
580 XEMU Piedras Niegras Mx
590 KLBJ Austin (local) Cuban classical when KLBJ is nulled/WLVK Lexington with KLBJ nulled
600 WREC Memphis / KTBB Tyler Tx Daytime/KROD El Paso

AR 7030+/Quantum Loop V2.0+
 
From Phoenix, AZ:

530: Nothing
540: Digital hash from KFYI - before IBOC, Tijuana would come in occasionally in early AM.
550: KFYI Phoenix
560: See 540
570: Nothing days, KNRS Salt Lake City or very occasionally KLAC Los Angeles nights.
580: KSAZ Marana/Tucson days, occasionally KMJ Fresno nights.
590: Unidentified Spanish-language station days - possibly XEHQ Hermosillo (very weak), nothing nights.
600: KVNA Flagstaff days, KOGO San Diego nights.
 
From Fredericksburg, VA

530 Nothing on day, a Canadian station I think in Ontario

540 on Days distant adult standards WGOP in Md., east of Chesapeake Bay
At night, mess with occasionally Pittsburgh's Radio Disney station

550 Buffalo's ESPN

560 Mess at night, on days very weak station from Cumberland, MD area 130 miles away

570 Mess at night, DC's WTNT at day

580Mess at night, sometimes WCHS from Charleston, WV

590 Nothing on days mess at night

600Nothing at day, mess at night, with Baltimore's WCAO
 
Re: Interesting station on 550 Khz

Have been listening to an interesting station on 550 Khz from Asbury Park on the Jersey Shore for the last few days. I beleive it is a TIS station somewhere out there. They don't ID. The only audio is a loop of a guy saying "testing 1-2-3".

Anyone else hear this?

Mike - K1MH
 
Just outside Charleston, SC (on a sea island, James Island)

530: day, local TIS from Charleston, night, RVC from Turks and Caicos Islands, strong
540: WFLF from Orlando during day, interference from harmonic of local 1450 or mix of stations at night
550: WAYR Orange Park/Jacksonville strong during day, mix of WDUN/WAME/others at night
560: weak WVOC from Columbia during day, also weak signal at night. Mixed with Mexicans, others on frequency (sometimes WQAM)
570: Good Radio Reloj from Cuba (right near the coast), night, mix of signals (strongest being WWNC Asheville, NC)
580: WDBO from Orlando, kind of weak, but listenable, sometimes mixes with WGAC Augusta. Night, nothing really good on frequency
590: Nothing during daytime, but strong Radio Disney from Atlanta at night
600: Radio Disney from Jacksonville, fair (but stronger during The Ball, WPDQ days). Night, signal mixed with other stations
 
in Memphis, TN

530 - nothing, or Turks & Caicos late at night
540 - a mix of stuff, usually a weak WFLF or something in Spanish I haven't ID'd
550 - KTRS, St. Louis under splatter
560 - local WHBQ
570 - splatter, with KLIF, Dallas and/or Radio Reloj sometimes underneath
580 - nothing really
590 - splatter
600 - local WREC
 
40 miles NW of Chicago - Crystal Lake area
Sony ICF7600GR; Icom R-75 w/DSP - 100'+ longwire NE/SW

530 - Traveler's Advisory [Chicago]; CIAO Brampton/Toronto, ON; Turks & Caicos,
Aero Beacon-Nashville, TN area
540 - WAUK [Milwaukee/Jackson, WI]; CBK Watrous, SK
550 - KTRS, St. Louis, MO; WSAU Wausau, WI; WKRC Cincinnati, OH [occasionally]
560 - WIND Chicago, IL [Local] with WHBQ Memphis [occasionally]; WKBN Youngstown, OH
or WEBC Duluth, MN underneath
570 - WNAX Yankton, SD; WKYX Paducah, KY; Radio Reloj Santa Clara, CU often underneath
580 - WTCM Traverse City, MI; WKTY LaCrosse, WI; WHP Harrisburg, PA [occasionally, weak];
WILL Urbana, IL [weak]
590 - WKZO Kalamazoo, MI mixed in with KXSP Omaha, NE
600 - WMT Cedar Rapids, IA; WREC Memphis,TN [occasionally, weak]
 
Rochester NY -

530 CIAO Brampton ON (semi-local), with RVC sometimes underneath
540 CBEF Windsor ON
550 WGR Buffalo (semi-local)
560 CFOS Owen Sound ON
570 WSYR Syracuse NY
580 CFRA Ottawa ON
590 CJCL Toronto
600 occasional CKAT North Bay

This is actually fairly consistent both day and night, though CFOS and CBEF are rare during daylight hours and WGR and WSYR both have night patterns that are far less favorable to Rochester than their day patterns.
 
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