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WHAT DOES YOUR AM BAND LOOK LIKE AT NIGHT? PART 4 610-800

"720 KIRO slop or K-Daaaaaaawn Las Vegas. Sometimes heard a country station during sunrise, who is this?"

Most likely, KFIR Sweet Home, OR
 
From the southwest side of Chicago Midway Airport area

610: nothing
620: WTMJ (local)....occasionally
630: nothing
640: nothing
650: WSM....usually strong
660: bleed-over from WSCR hash foul language
670: WSCR (local). all harsh foul languages
680; bleed-over from WSCR hash foul language
690: bleed-over from WSCR hash foul language
700: bleed-over from WGN Radio
710: bleed-over from WGN Radio
720: WGN Radio (Local)
730: bleed-over from WGN Radio
740: CHWO Comes in like gangbusters
750: (nothing) but crickets sounds during the night
760: (nothing) but crickets sounds during the night
770: bleed-over from WBBM News Radio
780: WBBM News Radio (local)
790: bleed-over from WBBM News Radio
800: Midway Airport Park Net radio.
 
BobMSmith1959 said:
From the southwest side of Chicago Midway Airport area

610: nothing
620: WTMJ (local)....occasionally
630: nothing
640: nothing
650: WSM....usually strong
660: bleed-over from WSCR hash foul language
670: WSCR (local). all harsh foul languages
680; bleed-over from WSCR hash foul language
690: bleed-over from WSCR hash foul language
700: bleed-over from WGN Radio
710: bleed-over from WGN Radio
720: WGN Radio (Local)
730: bleed-over from WGN Radio
740: CHWO Comes in like gangbusters
750: (nothing) but crickets sounds during the night
760: (nothing) but crickets sounds during the night
770: bleed-over from WBBM News Radio
780: WBBM News Radio (local)
790: bleed-over from WBBM News Radio
800: Midway Airport Park Net radio.
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WLW doesn't even get in there between the hash?
 
BobMSmith1959 said:
From the southwest side of Chicago Midway Airport area

610: nothing
620: WTMJ (local)....occasionally
630: nothing
640: nothing
650: WSM....usually strong
660: bleed-over from WSCR hash foul language
670: WSCR (local). all harsh foul languages
680; bleed-over from WSCR hash foul language
690: bleed-over from WSCR hash foul language
700: bleed-over from WGN Radio
710: bleed-over from WGN Radio
720: WGN Radio (Local)
730: bleed-over from WGN Radio
740: CHWO Comes in like gangbusters
750: (nothing) but crickets sounds during the night
760: (nothing) but crickets sounds during the night
770: bleed-over from WBBM News Radio
780: WBBM News Radio (local)
790: bleed-over from WBBM News Radio
800: Midway Airport Park Net radio.
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Not even a sight of WJR on 760 or WLW on 700
 
I'm closer to both the WGN and WBBM sticks than Midway airport. Both WLW and WJR are fine every night at my QTH.
 
cyberdad said:
I'm closer to both the WGN and WBBM sticks than Midway airport. Both WLW and WJR are fine every night at my QTH.
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It may have changed a bit in recent years, but when I lived in Glendale Heights IL, literally in the back yard of then-WMAQ and 5-6 miles from WBBM & WGN, both WLW and WJR came in just fine at night.
 
610 - WDAF Kansas City occasionally (weak)
620 - Garbage, Spanish
630 - KJSL St Louis (weak)
640 - nothing
650 - WSM Nashville
660 - Spanish usually, KTNN Navajo Nation once or twice
670 - WSCR Chicago (v. weak)
680 - WSMB Memphis once or twice (v. weak)
690 - WIST New Orleans
700 - WLW Cincinatti
710 - Melodic country-ish music with Spanish announcers w/ KEEL Shreveport background
720 - WGN Chicago (weak)
730 - KQPN Memphis sometimes, mostly Spanish (all weak)
740 - KRMG Tulsa / fights it out with another station nightly
750 - WSB Atlanta
760 - WJR Detroit (weak)
770 - Spanish, mostly
780 - WBBM Chicago (v. weak)
790 - WMC Memphis sometimes (v. weak)
800 - Spanish, mostly garbage
 
He is located somewhere in North Central Mississippi.

-crainbebo
 
Tonight, just outside Stuttgart, Germany. Here's a few of 'em.

621: France, weak
639: Czech?, Polish?, strong
648: BBC World Service: Moderate
675: Netherlands "The Arrow" Classic Rock/Oldies....weak to moderate'
693: BBC usually on top of the mess.
747: Netherlands: Strong
792: French: Strong-Moderate

Locals here include 576 (news-talk German) fairly strong, but with slop underneath, and 1143 (U.S. armed forces radio-English). Variety programming, news-talk-music (largely from the bird)...also fairly strong.
 
Radioman....

I'm sure you can....and in fact have done so with a communications style receiver and "big time" antenna. Actually, I'm sure its possible with much much more common equipment in "low noise" areas. Usually, however, I'm in an urban area hotel with just my fm walkman....although I'll occasionally bring my Grundig Yacht Boy over here with me. Tonight I'm in a hotel across the street from the Stuttgart airport. Steel and concrete building, but a large picture window lets lots of signals in. (And gives me a fabulous view of a parking garage).

A few other frequent nighttime catches around here (Southern Germany) include Algeria on 891, London (sports talk) on 1089 (usually very strong) and London (classic rock/oldies) on 1548. Virgin Radio from London is interesting and somewhat regular on 1215, but often takes a pounding from other stuff on the channel. Miss your NFL football games? Try the US Armed forces Germany blowtorch on 873.
 
Thanks for the info Cyberdad.

I did pick up WCBS-880 in downtown London in 1977 right before London sunrise.
I used a pretty good panasonic radio with a built in antenna to do it.
I'm sure if I was out in the county I could have done better.
Just wonering if it's still possible today the way all the frequencies have filled up.

Thanks.
 
Revision to my original post ,Recieved 770 KKOB Albuquerque tonight in Clovis CA instead of KCBC Riverbank CA.
 
610- WIP- Philadelphia,PA- sometimes
620- WSNE Jersey City, NJ local
630- WPRO- Providence RI
640- WJJZ Mount Holly, NJ
650- unknown sounds like a country station
660- WFAN New York, NY- local
670- static from WFAN
680- WRKO Boston,MA
690- static
700- static from WOR
710- WOR New York, NY
720- static from WOR
730- unknown
740- WGSM Huntington,NY
750- WSB Atlanta,GA- very weak
760- static from WABC
770- WABC New York,Ny
780-WBBM, heard better on 782 or 783 AM since WABC has a strong local signal
790-? sports station
800- CKLW- Windsor, ON
810 WGY Schenectady, NY

from Nutley,NJ 10 miles NNW of NYC
 
The unknown country station on 650....

Outside chance that it might be....maybe....could be...WSM. They play country from time to time. :)
 
Raider57, it IS WSM, ''now back to the Grand Old Opry on WSM 650 kilocycles".

-crainbebo
 
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