Am I reading this right, radioman148? How on earth did you get WLW with WMAQ and WGN on? Were you in a different location then? I could see being near the Illinois Indiana border 100 miles or so from Chicago, and getting those two skywave on a crystal set.
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Your strongest AM (MW) skywave heard/indicated on a stock portable?
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WQEW/1560 in NYC seems to boom in here like a local on skywave...more so than other NYC signals, even (I'd say WCBS/880 is next, followed by WABC/770 and WFAN/660).
It's somewhat more listenable at night than local RD affiliate WWMK/1260 Cleveland, which doesn't favor the OMW World Headquarters with its night pattern.
It's somewhat more listenable at night than local RD affiliate WWMK/1260 Cleveland, which doesn't favor the OMW World Headquarters with its night pattern.
WQEW changes patterns at sunset in Bakersfield, CA, where KNZR is the other Class A/I-B. WCKY changes patterns at sunset in Sacramento where KFBK is. You probably notice that WQEW takes a hit a few hours after sunset in the eastern US. It actually has a null that goes right toward Manhattan. Not a very deep null, but a null nevertheless.
I always noticed that WQXR/WQEW and WCKY and WLAC would blast in right before and after sunset and it would take a while before the lower frequencies caught up. KXEL took a while to catch up because it was further west and sunset was later.
I always noticed that WQXR/WQEW and WCKY and WLAC would blast in right before and after sunset and it would take a while before the lower frequencies caught up. KXEL took a while to catch up because it was further west and sunset was later.
If I'm looking at their patterns correctly (via the always For Entertainment Only R-L site 
), WQEW is throwing a good chunk of its pattern towards this part of the world.
I've also noticed that WCKY is better early in the dark hours than later. I haven't really paid attention to the timing on WQEW's signal.
One other very reliable skywave signal here: WGY/810. Oh, and WRVA/1140 does really well here, too, unless you're right in the very directional pattern of local WCUE/1150 at night.
), WQEW is throwing a good chunk of its pattern towards this part of the world.I've also noticed that WCKY is better early in the dark hours than later. I haven't really paid attention to the timing on WQEW's signal.
One other very reliable skywave signal here: WGY/810. Oh, and WRVA/1140 does really well here, too, unless you're right in the very directional pattern of local WCUE/1150 at night.
Schroedingers Cat said:
This was about 50 years ago--maybe a little more. WLW was the first DX station I ever picked up about 30 miles north of Chicago.
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