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WVON in Kansas City
- Thread starter Hoosierky
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Gotta love that X-band DX! I've been able to pick out several regulars from my location. I've heard things on 1690, though I've never been able to identify the station. Wonder if WVON could be it.
Even with 2 other stations easily receivable on 1690, I still get WVON in Ottawa Canada quite well from time to time on my walkman radio, and That's a greater Distance from Kansas City. The best DX I've had on the X-band is La Preciosa 1700 AM from Brownsville, Texas up here, and that's pretty much half a continent away. I'm not using any special antennas either, just what's built into the radio.
I've heard them in western Kentucky with no problem. But, at my house 27 miles south of their stick, I can barely pick them out among the signals from other 1690's at night.
Early this morning, while driving from Memphis on I-57, I picked up WVON like a local at the Johnston City exit, north of Marion, IL.
I cannot pick tthem up on I-294 on the southside of Chicago, but WOW what a reach!
BTW, I picked up WCPT 850 tonight at 2000 hours in Avon IN (westside of Indy).
I cannot pick tthem up on I-294 on the southside of Chicago, but WOW what a reach!
BTW, I picked up WCPT 850 tonight at 2000 hours in Avon IN (westside of Indy).
w9wi said:
Yeah, it's interesting how that happened. Thank Faye and Richard Tuck of KBEC in Waxahachie, Texas. But you probably already knew that.
The so-called "Tuck rule" comes into play when establishing whether a station can be moved into a community to provide its first radio service. Add to that the fact that the FCC has been changing the rules for expanded band service as they go along (directional antennas, full power at night for stations along coastlines, extension of time to divest stations, etc.). Got to hand it to Clear Channel for pulling it off, even if the resulting local coverage for 1690 in Berwyn is awfully poor. Unfortunately for listeners Johnston City WDDD will eventually have to go off the air unless CC gets a waiver or an extension to allow them to keep both stations. Then there's the proposal that would allow X-band operators to sell off their standard band stations to minority broadcasters, which has a good chance of getting approved.
I actually managed to receive this signal at 3 PM in the middle of the summer in a southern suburb of Minneapolis (!!!) Gotta love those Delco car radios!
Thing is, I've only been able to get this to happen twice, out of several times I've tried. I don't know much about the technical mechanics of AM DX -- is there a category of "freak accident" propagation, something like the daytime-AM equivalent of FM skip?
Thing is, I've only been able to get this to happen twice, out of several times I've tried. I don't know much about the technical mechanics of AM DX -- is there a category of "freak accident" propagation, something like the daytime-AM equivalent of FM skip?
There's the occasional strong daytime skywave reception. That happens from time to time.
cyberdad said:
Yeah, 1690 is high enough in frequency to knock on Shortwave's side door.
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