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Old December 6th 08, 08:08 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default AM Dxing - 12/6/08 0145-300est

Using the Grundig G6 on a 50 foot wire antenna going up to my tree.

12/6/08 0147am-0300am Home location: Leesville, SC
539 - LYQ morse beacon - spanish station in background
700 - WLW Cincinnati OH - Truckers network (410 miles)
750 - WSB Atlanta GA - real strong, didn't interfere with 760
(157miles)
760 - WJR Detroit, MI - Truckers network (577miles)
780 - WBBM Chicago, IL - news radio (660 miles)
820 - WBAP Dallas, TX - Truckers network (907miles)
840 - WHAS Louisville, KY - talk radio (370miles)
870 - WWL New Orleans, LA - talking about God and giving Dave Ramsey
(578miles)
890 - WLS Chicago, IL - (630 miles)
1000-WMVP Chicago IL - ESPN radio (649 miles)
1120- KMOX St Louis MO - my first K-station, talking about guns
(578miles)
1200-WOAI San Antonio TX - weak but caught the ident.... Coast to
Coast, Dallas Cowboys commercial (1021 miles)
1410 - WIQR Prattville AL - playing high school football game replay
(302 miles)
this station only puts out 1000 watts at night.
1430 - WBLR Batesburg-Leesville, SC - spanish music (1 mile) it's our
local station
1510 - WLAC Nashville, TN - talk format (337 miles)
1530 - WCKY Cincinnati OH - Brother Stair polluting the airwave with
his cult (394 miles)
1620 - WNRP Pensacola, FL - weak signal news, only 1000watts (411
miles)
1690 - WMLB Atlanta, GA - "voice of the arts", playing folk music,
only 1000 watts (177 miles)

I noticed the X bands had lower power, probably easier to get due to
the lack of other competiting stations. WIQR though was a real
surprise considering the dozens of low power 1410 stations out there
it had to skip to me.

Now this is weird, I could not get 880 WCBS out of New York with the
long antenna... so I pulled it out, and WCBS appears weakly.... In
fact, wasn't getting anything from the Northeastern US tonight. The
wire antenna must be very directional for AM reception