Dave:

I don't know the specifics of WABC, but many radio stations have different
power and antenna patterns for night time operation than they do for daytime.
I would suppose that WABC is a clear channel station that can transmit 24 hours
a day at 50KW (50,000 watts). Even as such, the antenna pattern may be nearly
omnidirectional during the day, and highly directional north and south at
night, and you may be sitting in one of the "nulls", hence you get poor
reception at night.

As you are close by, you may be able to call them directly and ask what their
power and antenna patterns are, if you are interested in finding out if this is
the issue...

Of course, atmospheric conditions change dramatically after the sun goes down,
and they could be accounting for the signal fluctuations you are
experiencing...

Thanks
--Rick AH7H

Dave Pitzer wrote:

I have a CC Radio Plus (Sangean) AM/FM/TV/WX radio (from C. Crane Co.) I
enjoy broadcasr band DX'ing and this radion does a super job with just it's
built-in ferrite antenna. I have logged AM BC stations from practically
every state east of the Mississippi.

Best reception is, of course, at night. But.... for some reason WABC (New
York City) comes in poorly at night even though it's xmitter is only 80
miles away. The signal fades to next to nothing and then increases to very
loud but extremely distorted then will be loud and clear for a while.
(During the day this station's signal is fine.) On the same evening,
stations in Georgia (WSB, Atlanta), Illonois (WGN, Chicago), Michigan (WJR,
Detroit), etc., etc. come in fine 90% of the time.

Do I need an external antenna for the closer WABC?????

Thanks,

Dave Pitzer
Pocono Lake, PA
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