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770 KUOM (And High-Noon MW Skywave)
"DEFCON 88" wrote in message ... OK, the fadeout probably means skywave. Rare conditions can give mid- day MW skywave DX. In fact, I had a vague memory of a great high-noon MW skywave opening to the northwest. I dusted off my old logs and sure enough, on January 25 1994 I heard these stations right around noon: 1112 EST - KDAL 610 - Duluth, MN - 5 kw 1139 EST - WKKQ 650 - Nashwauk, MN - 10 kw 1200 EST - CJOB 680 - Winnipeg, MB - 50 kw 1216 EST - WDSM 710 - Superior, WI - 10 kw 1248 EST - WMEQ 880 - Menomonie, WI - 10 kw Winnipeg (CJOB) is about 1,000 miles away from me. Hearing 1,000 miles to the northwest via skywave at high noon on medium wave blew my mind! This kind of stuff is why I love to DX medium wave. They were heard on a Drake R8 and Kiwa loop. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My most interesting DX was ~ 400 mile ground wave. I was living in Astoria, OR, and was able to listen to (then) KFXD 580 in Boise on my car radio all day long, all winter long. Interestingly, this works both ways: On a visit to Lewiston, ID, I could hear several Portland stations, this on a GE Superadio II, during the day in the winter. These were (then) KGW 620, KWJJ 1080 and KEX 1190. On a day with a heavy snowfall over the entire northwest, KGW sounded just like a local station... and it wasn't even in their pattern! There's a part of town in SW Portland (Raleigh Hills) where, on my little 6 transistor pocket radio, any day, any time of year (daytime only!) I could listen to 610 out of Kennewick, WA just by nulling KGW by turning the radio in just the right direction. Yep... BCBDX really is fun. |
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770 KUOM (And High-Noon MW Skywave)
On Oct 24, 11:49*pm, "Brenda Ann"
wrote: "DEFCON 88" *wrote in message ... OK, the fadeout probably means skywave. Rare conditions can give mid- day MW skywave DX. In fact, I had a vague memory of a great high-noon MW skywave opening to the northwest. I dusted off my old logs and sure enough, on January 25 1994 I heard these stations right around noon: 1112 EST - KDAL 610 - Duluth, MN - 5 kw 1139 EST - WKKQ 650 - Nashwauk, MN - 10 kw 1200 EST - CJOB 680 - Winnipeg, MB - 50 kw 1216 EST - WDSM 710 - Superior, WI - 10 kw 1248 EST - WMEQ 880 - Menomonie, WI - 10 kw Winnipeg (CJOB) is about 1,000 miles away from me. Hearing 1,000 miles to the northwest via skywave at high noon on medium wave blew my mind! This kind of stuff is why I love to DX medium wave. They were heard on a Drake R8 and Kiwa loop. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*----- My most interesting DX was ~ 400 mile ground wave. I was living in Astoria, OR, and was able to listen to (then) KFXD 580 in Boise on my car radio all day long, all winter long. Interestingly, this works both ways: On a visit to Lewiston, ID, I could hear several Portland stations, this on a GE Superadio II, during the day in the winter. These were (then) KGW 620, KWJJ 1080 and KEX 1190. On a day with a heavy snowfall over the entire northwest, KGW sounded just like a local station... and it wasn't even in their pattern! There's a part of town in SW Portland (Raleigh Hills) where, on my little 6 transistor pocket radio, any day, any time of year (daytime only!) I could listen to 610 out of Kennewick, WA just by nulling KGW by turning the radio in just the right direction. Yep... BCBDX really is fun. Astoria looks like a great location for hearing MW DX from places across the Pacific like Hawaii, Asia, Australia, etc. Did you ever try that? |
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770 KUOM (And High-Noon MW Skywave)
"DEFCON 88" wrote in message ... On Oct 24, 11:49 pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote: "DEFCON 88" wrote in message ... OK, the fadeout probably means skywave. Rare conditions can give mid- day MW skywave DX. In fact, I had a vague memory of a great high-noon MW skywave opening to the northwest. I dusted off my old logs and sure enough, on January 25 1994 I heard these stations right around noon: 1112 EST - KDAL 610 - Duluth, MN - 5 kw 1139 EST - WKKQ 650 - Nashwauk, MN - 10 kw 1200 EST - CJOB 680 - Winnipeg, MB - 50 kw 1216 EST - WDSM 710 - Superior, WI - 10 kw 1248 EST - WMEQ 880 - Menomonie, WI - 10 kw Winnipeg (CJOB) is about 1,000 miles away from me. Hearing 1,000 miles to the northwest via skywave at high noon on medium wave blew my mind! This kind of stuff is why I love to DX medium wave. They were heard on a Drake R8 and Kiwa loop. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*----- My most interesting DX was ~ 400 mile ground wave. I was living in Astoria, OR, and was able to listen to (then) KFXD 580 in Boise on my car radio all day long, all winter long. Interestingly, this works both ways: On a visit to Lewiston, ID, I could hear several Portland stations, this on a GE Superadio II, during the day in the winter. These were (then) KGW 620, KWJJ 1080 and KEX 1190. On a day with a heavy snowfall over the entire northwest, KGW sounded just like a local station... and it wasn't even in their pattern! There's a part of town in SW Portland (Raleigh Hills) where, on my little 6 transistor pocket radio, any day, any time of year (daytime only!) I could listen to 610 out of Kennewick, WA just by nulling KGW by turning the radio in just the right direction. Yep... BCBDX really is fun. Astoria looks like a great location for hearing MW DX from places across the Pacific like Hawaii, Asia, Australia, etc. Did you ever try that? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have to have a really directional antenna system to null out the strong regional stations plus the 50KW night time blowtorches. My friend Pat has DX'ed much of S. America and Asia from his place in Warrenton (just across the bay). For me, the band was pretty much loaded with Canadian, Mexican and western US blowtorches. Reports from DX'ers in HI noted reception of KAST (1370) during daytime hours (their pattern is pretty much aimed at that part of the Pacific.) |
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