mondomusique
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US shortwave station WBCQ 'The Planet' out of Monticello Maine USA has been featured several times in Monitoring Times magazine and is an interesting story to say the least, as one of the few private US shortwave stations and having its roots in pirate broadcasting.
That said, they are not outfitted with the kind of transmitters and antennas of the bigger national shortwave broadcasters, and can be a more difficult catch even if you are in their broadcast path.
My own reception of WBCQ has been the 7415khz signal is fine in the late afternoon but as the sun goes down China Radio International mixes on the same frequncy propagating from the east, making WBCQ unlistenable through dusk and in night conditions I am not hearing WBCQ at all. On 5110khz (their 'Area 51' programming as they call it) I was not able to hear at all ...until this weekend I put more wire on my Wellbrook ALA-100M antenna. Now with a 25' copper wire loop I heard 5110khz on Sunday evening, a just listenable signal but I am on the back side of their antennas, many say they cannot hear 5110khz at all.
Just curious if other east coasters, midwesterners or elsewhere are hearing WBCQ on 7415 and 5110khz.
That said, they are not outfitted with the kind of transmitters and antennas of the bigger national shortwave broadcasters, and can be a more difficult catch even if you are in their broadcast path.
My own reception of WBCQ has been the 7415khz signal is fine in the late afternoon but as the sun goes down China Radio International mixes on the same frequncy propagating from the east, making WBCQ unlistenable through dusk and in night conditions I am not hearing WBCQ at all. On 5110khz (their 'Area 51' programming as they call it) I was not able to hear at all ...until this weekend I put more wire on my Wellbrook ALA-100M antenna. Now with a 25' copper wire loop I heard 5110khz on Sunday evening, a just listenable signal but I am on the back side of their antennas, many say they cannot hear 5110khz at all.
Just curious if other east coasters, midwesterners or elsewhere are hearing WBCQ on 7415 and 5110khz.