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WWL 50 miles inland in South Texas by day

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dlf

I enjoyed reading about Gar Fla's DXing in Dunedin and how clear the signals of WWL and WLNO turned out to be. I was driving to McAllen last week for a business trip and pulled in WWL in my truck most of the way down Highway 281 between George West and McAllen. Highway 281 is a good 50 miles inland WWL was listenable in the middle of the day. I would have thought WWL would have lost the "coastal punch" that far inland.

On the topic of Texas to Florida reception or vice-versa. I was out at South Padre Island a couple of years back and was listening to 710 KURV out of Edinburg. The signal was still strong on South Padre, but a Spanish Language station was clearly audible under KURV. I'm curious if that could have been WAQI from Miami. Would the Everglades sap a good part of the signal before a free hand out in the Gulf? I don't recall the ticking from Radio Reloj, so I don't think that was the station. I don't know if Mexico has a station on 710.

dlf
 
WWL has a strong inland punch here too.

I can get a decent signal during the day here in Tampa on my Sangean PR-D5 and I'm about 20 to 25 miles inland from the Gulf.

If there wasn't a local on 860, I think it would be even better.

As for 710, I get WAQI and another Spanish station during the day here depending on which way I face the radio.

There's no Radio Reloj on 710 as far as I know.

The other Spanish station could be Cuba or Mexico, I would guess.

WAQI may not be out of the question at the Texas Gulf coast, as it doesn't have to go over much swamp at all.

Here's their daytime pattern.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WAQI&service=AM&status=L&hours=D
 
dlf said:
I was driving to McAllen last week for a business trip and pulled in WWL in my truck most of the way down Highway 281 between George West and McAllen. Highway 281 is a good 50 miles inland WWL was listenable in the middle of the day.
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I have them in Cypress, TX during the daytime - that is far NW Houston area. We are probably 80 or 90 miles inland.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
dlf said:
I was driving to McAllen last week for a business trip and pulled in WWL in my truck most of the way down Highway 281 between George West and McAllen. Highway 281 is a good 50 miles inland WWL was listenable in the middle of the day.
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I have them in Cypress, TX during the daytime - that is far NW Houston area. We are probably 80 or 90 miles inland.
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It works both ways. I picked up KTRH in New Orleans during the day in the 60s. Don't know if the clutter on the band still allows it these days, but it made the trip then.
 
I'm still thinking KTRH could possibly be a catch during the day farther south on the Florida Gulf coast, far enough away from 740 WYGM's signal.

Still wondering if I was hearing a trace of KTRH in the background of the two stations on 740 when I was at the beach in Dunedin.
 
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