ZNS Nassau

[justplaythehits]

ZNS Nassau Bahamas has been heard the past few nights in Texas on 1540.

Best time to catch them is between 7-10 PM.

Alan Furst
Round Rock Tx
AR 7030/Quantum Loop 2.0+

 

[crainbebo]

Wow!
By the way, what do you usually pick up on 1540?
Include your location!

 

[KR4BD]

Here in Lexington, KY at night, I usually hear these two stations on 1540...

KXEL and CHIN mixing with each other!

On rare occasions, I have heard the Bahamas station as well.

 

[radioman148]

KXEL comes in loud & clear 20 miles north of Chicago.

 

[trusty]

Anybody know the location of the transmitter tower(s) of ZNS? I would like to locate them on Google Earth. Thanx.

 

[Time Traveler]

In upstate New York as well as New England, 1540 is dominated by WDCD, Albany (formerly WPTR), with plenty of interference from KXEL and CHIN. In the 1960s, KXEL was clearly audible in the Albany area when WPTR would sign off for maintenance, and could usually be heard underneath when some distance from the WPTR transmitter at night. In Cincinnati, Ohio, in the 1960s, I used to get a mix of KXEL and WPTR, but this was before CHIN was full time. They used to be a daytimer.

 

[BobOnTheJob]

In 1989, ZNS was just audible on the eastern Florida coast, which amazed me since numerous FL AM's (including 1400 with 1KW) put a decent signal into Nassau. I had to assume that they were directional away from the US, even during the day. Never have heard a peep out of them in Indiana. KXEL rocks my 1540 world nightly. A 250W semi-local less than 30 miles from here owns the channel in the daytime.

 

[KR4BD]

From what I recall, ZNS is directional toward the south, but I have never seen an actual pattern. While on cruises, I have listened to them during the day all over the Bahama Islands (a very large area) and islands to the SE of there. They are quite "listenable" right along the coast of Florida during the day from Stuart, FL South to West Palm and maybe in other coastal FL areas, as well.

 

[vibe]

Despite a local 1530 in Englewood FL,(tower about 2 mi away) 1540 ZNS is easily receiveable at night.
I've gotten the station 1 hr or so before local sunset on I-95 in S.C, in winter.

 

[davideduardo]

Anybody know the location of the transmitter tower(s) of ZNS? I would like to locate them on Google Earth. Thanx.

1540 kHz
Domestic Station Class: A Region 2 Station Class (corresponds to W. Hemisphere): A
Coordination Status: Canada: Mexico: Region 2:
File No: --- Facility ID No.: 105377
CDBS Application ID No.: 313006

25° 00' 11.00" N Latitude Power: 50.0 kilowatts (kW) Daytime
77 ° 21' 2.00 " W Longitude (NAD 27)

DA1 - Directional Antenna: Same constants day and night
Number of Augmentations to standard directional pattern: 0
RMS Standard: 0.00 mV/m at 1 kilometer
RMS Theoretical: 2331.40 mV/m at 1 kilometer

2 towers in the directional array CDBS Ant. System ID: 65848

Tower information: Tower No. Field Ratio Phase (deg) Spacing (deg) Orientation(degrees) Electrical Height (deg) Twr Ref. -No Top Loaded or Sectionalized Tower(s)- Antenna Structure Registration Number (#0) A B C D 1 1.000 0.00 0.00 0.00 124.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2 0.760 107.00 75.00 310.00 124.00 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Horizontal Pattern at 1 km radius (Sections 73.150 and 73.152):
Electric Field Strength pattern plot
Pattern Data for ZNS-1

 

[davideduardo]

From what I recall, ZNS is directional toward the south, but I have never seen an actual pattern. While on cruises, I have listened to them during the day all over the Bahama Islands (a very large area) and islands to the SE of there. They are quite "listenable" right along the coast of Florida during the day from Stuart, FL South to West Palm and maybe in other coastal FL areas, as well.

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=105377

Click on the pattern link towards the bottom of the daytime listing labeled: Electric Field Strength pattern plot

 

[Aljr]

I was going to say I used to hear them when I lived in Stuart,Fl like a local,which I guess in a way they were.

I've never had much luck with them outside of Florida except on the Outer Banks of NC. I'm guessing that's a minor lobe coming off the backside of the antenna?