How about California, I can't listen to late..I have to get up in the morning....
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Will the solar flare have an effect on DXing?
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Noticed strong reception of stations from the south early this morning.
West Memphis AR KQPN 730am - sounded like a local
Grand Prairie/Dallas TX KKDA 730am - also heard when strong KQPN was nulled
Houston TX KTRH 740am - overpowered semi-local KRMG Tulsa OK
Huntsville AL WVNN 770am - rarely heard here in Kansas
Ridgeland/Jackson MS WIIN 780am country music - totally dominated WBBM Chicago
Strong Mexican station on 830am - completely covered WCCO Minneapolis
Strong Spanish Texas or Mexican station on 890am - completely covered WLS Chicago
Strong Mexican station on 900am - not usually heard in Kansas
West Memphis AR KQPN 730am - sounded like a local
Grand Prairie/Dallas TX KKDA 730am - also heard when strong KQPN was nulled
Houston TX KTRH 740am - overpowered semi-local KRMG Tulsa OK
Huntsville AL WVNN 770am - rarely heard here in Kansas
Ridgeland/Jackson MS WIIN 780am country music - totally dominated WBBM Chicago
Strong Mexican station on 830am - completely covered WCCO Minneapolis
Strong Spanish Texas or Mexican station on 890am - completely covered WLS Chicago
Strong Mexican station on 900am - not usually heard in Kansas
The year was 1957, and I was a very young and uneducated DX'er. Little did I know that this was the peak of the most active sunspot period...ever. I knew nothing of sunspots.Unfortunately, I have no records of my loggings because a few years later, my aunt pitched them all while I was away at college.
I did find one sheet listing reception info for a few Central and South American stations. 1115 in Panama, 1180 in Jamaica, and of TGW in Guatamala, 610 in Trinadad. TIFC in Costa Rica on 995.
I recall hearing multiple stations in Columbia, Venezuala, Equador (Radio Hollywood?), & Brazil. Many Mexican and Central American and Caribbean stations as well.
I heard it all using an old multi-band radio and a longwire antenna, then a Zenith Trans Oceanic. Thanks to an electronically quiet world, the threshold was much lower; and NA stations actually signed off on Sunday mornings.
Enjoy cycle 24. It will too soon be over.
I did find one sheet listing reception info for a few Central and South American stations. 1115 in Panama, 1180 in Jamaica, and of TGW in Guatamala, 610 in Trinadad. TIFC in Costa Rica on 995.
I recall hearing multiple stations in Columbia, Venezuala, Equador (Radio Hollywood?), & Brazil. Many Mexican and Central American and Caribbean stations as well.
I heard it all using an old multi-band radio and a longwire antenna, then a Zenith Trans Oceanic. Thanks to an electronically quiet world, the threshold was much lower; and NA stations actually signed off on Sunday mornings.
Enjoy cycle 24. It will too soon be over.
Icangelp said:
The Zenith Trans Oceanic is still my all time favorite radio. I didn't get mine until 1961 so I missed the 57 cycle. That was just a few years before my Dxing began. Sure love that Zenith and I still have it.
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At 6:30 AM this morning, "Habana Cooba" was coming in strongly on 530 Khz. Several ID's and easy listening louder than I've ever heard it this far North. By sunup, it faded out.
That was done with the Blaupunkt Savannah in the car. My Grundig G3 has picked up quite a lot of Spanish at night. My Transoceanic 600 (1957 model oddly enough!) has been pretty lit up on the lower end of the MW band, but I have noticed a persistent buzz in the audio that normally isn't there, and appeared when this last CME started to affect things. Its gradually fading out again now. Any idea what that may be caused by? None of my other AM radios seem to have that issue.
That was done with the Blaupunkt Savannah in the car. My Grundig G3 has picked up quite a lot of Spanish at night. My Transoceanic 600 (1957 model oddly enough!) has been pretty lit up on the lower end of the MW band, but I have noticed a persistent buzz in the audio that normally isn't there, and appeared when this last CME started to affect things. Its gradually fading out again now. Any idea what that may be caused by? None of my other AM radios seem to have that issue.
In Boise propagation's slightly back to normal.
CBR 1010 is weak but there tonight. Haven't heard them in a week.
CBR 1010 is weak but there tonight. Haven't heard them in a week.
SW Ohio
7:20A EST.
Stations SW of me were dominating all over the dial. This is not usually the case.
820/WBAP was in like a local. 870/WWl as well.
850 had a spanish language station dominating.
Strong spanish station on 580.
1680 in Monroe LA was there, but subject to severe fading, and Grand Rapids was no where to be found.
Didn't check 1200 for WOAI.
On 1030, there was an english christian program on, so possible KCTA.
Wish I had more time to scan and verify.
7:20A EST.
Stations SW of me were dominating all over the dial. This is not usually the case.
820/WBAP was in like a local. 870/WWl as well.
850 had a spanish language station dominating.
Strong spanish station on 580.
1680 in Monroe LA was there, but subject to severe fading, and Grand Rapids was no where to be found.
Didn't check 1200 for WOAI.
On 1030, there was an english christian program on, so possible KCTA.
Wish I had more time to scan and verify.
nocomradio said:
I hear it too, most notably last weekend when 3 Chicago 50 kw AMs were off.
I think it's the base background buzz off the whole dang power grid, as a result of so many switched power devices.
I was well away from any local AC effects out in the (1972) dodge, but did hear this on the massively quiet frequencies.
Likely it is only noticable in quiet listening locations with sensitive radios with RF amplifier front ends like your '57 Zenith and my '72 Motorola.
Is that "square dial" or the "slide rule" dial? I have one of the slide rule dials, and the AM band sensitivity is stunning.
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Tom Wells said:
The TO is a slide-rule dial, complete with the "CD" markings for CONELRAD.
That buzz has all but faded as of this evening, but if I carry the TO into my shop, which is lit by florescent lights, it replicates the same buzz almost exactly. When I was listening the last few evenings, the lights in the shop (which is about 50 yards from my house) were off and the nearest neighbor is about 1/4 mile away. Could the CME have brought in some electrical interference along with the faraway broadcasters?
CBK & CBR are back tonight.
The SS'ers on 1030 & 1190 is still booming in so they'are not a result of the conditions. Just sloppy operators.
1030's too distorted to understand/listen to for very long & I haven't stopped on 1190 long enough to find out if it was AZ.
The SS'ers on 1030 & 1190 is still booming in so they'are not a result of the conditions. Just sloppy operators.
1030's too distorted to understand/listen to for very long & I haven't stopped on 1190 long enough to find out if it was AZ.
While was in Auburn WA on New Years' Eve this year, about one and a half hours after the new year started (1:30AM or so) I heard a Regional Mexican on 1030 underneath KTWO and KMAS. Is XESDD Ensenada a good choice for this? It was real weak, but I also had a tentative XEROK on 800, so something was up to the S/SE...
-crainbebo
-crainbebo
What's the diff between Spanish and Regional Mexican??
Was it KJDJ
Was it KJDJ
Spanish is a language. Regional Mexican is a type of music. (David Eduardo could explain)
borderblaster said:
Your comment just about sums it up.
Regional Mexican is a genre or type of music that some stations that broadcast in Spanish may play.
Regional Mexican is the equivalent of the country music (equate "region" with "country" here) of Mexico. It has components such as ranchera, norteña, banda, grupera and others.
There are lots of other different formats in the Spanish language, ranging from Spanish language rock, CHR and AC to the many different forms of tropical formats heard across Latin America.
For an explanation and samples of music from different Spanish language formats heard in the US, there is...
http://www.davidgleason.com/hispanicFormatsOverview.htm
Starting a couple of hours before sunset in central Virginia, North and South Carolina stations start coming in, then Georgia and Florida, then after the sunset power switch, lots of Cuban stations. At night, they own most of the dial below 900. Radio Reloj with the Morse code signal, Radio Rebelde, and Radio Progreso. Here's a good explanation, though I think the station list is kinda old: http://www.bamlog.com/cuba.htm ...
I can hear the same music sometimes on five or six frequencies in a row. A Cuban station almost drowns out a local 1.5 kw station. All the clears are gone or seriously challenged: 660, 700, 710, 720, 760, 770, 780, 830, 880- anything from the north. I've never seen conditions like this (since 1973).
I can hear the same music sometimes on five or six frequencies in a row. A Cuban station almost drowns out a local 1.5 kw station. All the clears are gone or seriously challenged: 660, 700, 710, 720, 760, 770, 780, 830, 880- anything from the north. I've never seen conditions like this (since 1973).
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ddsparxx said:
Maybe they were running emergency day power, like our Miami stations do during hurricanes....
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dxho said:
I've heard similar over the few nights following the CME. The really interesting one was when 650 WSM, which usually is a regular was nowhere to be found all night but a Spanish language station was dominating that spot on the dial.
The Tulsa, OK catch was a great one ddsparxx!
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