WJOX 690 in Birningham

[ddsparxx]

At 3 AM EST I heard Birmingham's WJOX 690 pretty clearly, about 635 miles from where I am--in northern VA. Looking at the FCC and R-L websites, WJOX runs 500 watts at night. The night pattern shows that it is directional toward Jacksonville, FL. Heard another Birmingham station WAPI 1070 as well. Both new logs.

 

[radioman148]

At 3 AM EST I heard Birmingham's WJOX 690 pretty clearly, about 635 miles from where I am--in northern VA. Looking at the FCC and R-L websites, WJOX runs 500 watts at night. The night pattern shows that it is directional toward Jacksonville, FL. Heard another Birmingham station WAPI 1070 as well. Both new logs.

At first I thought maybe WJOX was on day power, but maybe it was just good propagation from that area to yours.

 

[rtc]

Try for WQOH 1480 here in BHM.

Runs 5 kw days,but has been "stuck" on full

power most nights.

Is part of the WEWN shortwave outfit here,often

runs in parallel with them.

 

[ddsparxx]

No luck in hearing WQOH at night as I needed to get some zzzz's, and that there is a semilocal 1480 in my area. I also wondered if WLW had its IBOC off as I hardly heard any of it last Friday night. (forgot to mention that earlier)

 

[KR4BD]

WLW's I-noise seems to be OFF SOME nights. However, I find it almost always ON during daylight hours. Funny, WOR's I-noise kills WLW here in Lexington, KY about 75 miles South of Cincinnati every night. When both WLW and WOR have IBOC on, neither one can be clearly heard here at night. FYI: Cincinnati's WCKY-1530 runs I-noise during the day, but kills it at night.

Personally, I think digital transmissions should not be permitted on the existing AM band. Too many existing stations have had their signals destroyed by the accompanying interference caused by IBOC.

 

[ddsparxx]

I think the I-noise is back on WLW early this morning (around 5 AM). It's noisy on 690, no way near as quiet as it was when I heard the Birmingham 690.