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On May 15, 1:30*pm, dave wrote:
Bob Dobbs wrote:
wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys?http://www.kwre.com/

****, 120 Watts at night ought to cover the continent.



Under ideal conditions (winter, low sunspots, no aurora borealis, no
co-channel or adjacent QRM, low QRN, decent antenna and RX, etc.),
which admittedly rarely exist, a 120 watt MW station could be received
across the continent. Years ago, when the MW band wasn't saturated
with signals, some DXers bagged fantastic low-power DX. If memory
serves, a DXer in Australia heard 250 watt stations from the USA and
South America.

I wonder what the BEST MW DX catches (pure distance, power vs
distance, etc.) in history were?

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On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:11:02 -0700, Bob Dobbs
wrote:

wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys? http://www.kwre.com/


You may have missed the earlier post. I got a good ID. It was WJMT in
Merill, Wisconsin with an ERP of 127 watts.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJMT

Jim

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wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:11:02 -0700, Bob Dobbs
wrote:

wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys? http://www.kwre.com/


You may have missed the earlier post. I got a good ID. It was WJMT in
Merill, Wisconsin with an ERP of 127 watts.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJMT

Jim
http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine....05347&sHours=N

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On Sat, 15 May 2010 13:21:13 -0800, dave wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:11:02 -0700, Bob Dobbs
wrote:

wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys? http://www.kwre.com/


You may have missed the earlier post. I got a good ID. It was WJMT in
Merill, Wisconsin with an ERP of 127 watts.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJMT

Jim
http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine....05347&sHours=N


Thanks Dave.

Jim

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dave wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:11:02 -0700, Bob Dobbs
wrote:

wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys? http://www.kwre.com/


You may have missed the earlier post. I got a good ID. It was WJMT in
Merill, Wisconsin with an ERP of 127 watts.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJMT

They do run a kiloWatt daytime, so it certainly depends on when the switch to 127 Watts occurs.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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On Sat, 15 May 2010 17:53:47 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dave wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:11:02 -0700, Bob Dobbs
wrote:

wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys? http://www.kwre.com/


You may have missed the earlier post. I got a good ID. It was WJMT in
Merill, Wisconsin with an ERP of 127 watts.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJMT

They do run a kiloWatt daytime, so it certainly depends on when the switch to 127 Watts occurs.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


They were still coming in decent after 11PM EDT local so they should
have changed antenna pattern. But the way things go today there is no
guarantee that it gets done. Who is going to complain?

I do think that there may be some benefit going non-directional in
that they probably aim away from the lake with the daytime pattern.
Well, thanks anyway for the help. Now I want to see if I can ID the
Spanish station that fades in and out on that frequency.

Jim

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wrote:

On Sat, 15 May 2010 17:53:47 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dave wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:11:02 -0700, Bob Dobbs
wrote:

wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys? http://www.kwre.com/


You may have missed the earlier post. I got a good ID. It was WJMT in
Merill, Wisconsin with an ERP of 127 watts.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJMT

They do run a kiloWatt daytime, so it certainly depends on when the switch to 127 Watts occurs.


They were still coming in decent after 11PM EDT local so they should
have changed antenna pattern. But the way things go today there is no
guarantee that it gets done. Who is going to complain?

I do think that there may be some benefit going non-directional in
that they probably aim away from the lake with the daytime pattern.
Well, thanks anyway for the help. Now I want to see if I can ID the
Spanish station that fades in and out on that frequency.

I'd like to find out who the gospel huxter is that I heard on the frequency this morning.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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dxAce wrote:

wrote:

On Sat, 15 May 2010 17:53:47 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dave wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:11:02 -0700, Bob Dobbs
wrote:

wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys? http://www.kwre.com/


You may have missed the earlier post. I got a good ID. It was WJMT in
Merill, Wisconsin with an ERP of 127 watts.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJMT

They do run a kiloWatt daytime, so it certainly depends on when the switch to 127 Watts occurs.


They were still coming in decent after 11PM EDT local so they should
have changed antenna pattern. But the way things go today there is no
guarantee that it gets done. Who is going to complain?

I do think that there may be some benefit going non-directional in
that they probably aim away from the lake with the daytime pattern.

I don't think they change 'pattern' at all. They are non-directional. Perhaps someone else might
clarify this.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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On Sat, 15 May 2010 19:06:01 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dxAce wrote:

wrote:

On Sat, 15 May 2010 17:53:47 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dave wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:11:02 -0700, Bob Dobbs
wrote:

wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys? http://www.kwre.com/


You may have missed the earlier post. I got a good ID. It was WJMT in
Merill, Wisconsin with an ERP of 127 watts.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJMT

They do run a kiloWatt daytime, so it certainly depends on when the switch to 127 Watts occurs.


They were still coming in decent after 11PM EDT local so they should
have changed antenna pattern. But the way things go today there is no
guarantee that it gets done. Who is going to complain?

I do think that there may be some benefit going non-directional in
that they probably aim away from the lake with the daytime pattern.

I don't think they change 'pattern' at all. They are non-directional. Perhaps someone else might
clarify this.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


You are probably right. I was thinking about some of the bigger
stations that have to use multiple antennas to control their pattern.

I doubt that the station has enough money or need for any fancy
antenna as I described. A single vertical probably does the job.

Jim

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On Sat, 15 May 2010 19:06:01 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dxAce wrote:

wrote:

On Sat, 15 May 2010 17:53:47 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



dave wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 15 May 2010 09:11:02 -0700, Bob Dobbs
wrote:

wrote:
in SE Michigan. Any ideas
on the 730 country music station?

Maybe these guys? http://www.kwre.com/


You may have missed the earlier post. I got a good ID. It was
WJMT in
Merill, Wisconsin with an ERP of 127 watts.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WJMT

They do run a kiloWatt daytime, so it certainly depends on when the
switch to 127 Watts occurs.


They were still coming in decent after 11PM EDT local so they should
have changed antenna pattern. But the way things go today there is no
guarantee that it gets done. Who is going to complain?

I do think that there may be some benefit going non-directional in
that they probably aim away from the lake with the daytime pattern.

I don't think they change 'pattern' at all. They are non-directional.
Perhaps someone else might
clarify this.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


You are probably right. I was thinking about some of the bigger
stations that have to use multiple antennas to control their pattern.

I doubt that the station has enough money or need for any fancy
antenna as I described. A single vertical probably does the job.

Jim

WJMT WI MERRILL USA
Daytime

Licensee: QUICKSILVER BROADCASTING, LLC

730 kHz Licensed
Domestic Station Class: D Region 2 Station Class (corresponds to W.
Hemisphere): B
Coordination Status: Canada: International Objection Mexico: Accepted
Region 2: -
File No: BL-- Facility ID No.: 57222
CDBS Application ID No.: 305347

45° 10' 45.00" N Latitude Power: 1.0 kilowatts (kW)
Daytime (.127 kW nighttime)
89 ° 38' 20.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)

ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night

RMS Standard: 0.00 mV/m at 1 kilometer
RMS Theoretical: 299.34 mV/m at 1 kilometer

1 tower CDBS Ant. System ID: 2434

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 80.20 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00