AM DX logs here!

[pocho]

I posted my logs from El Centro, CA a week ago, when I got my radio. I am back at school in Prescott, AZ, and I've recorded these stations so far in the two nights I've DX'd here.

630 KHOW Denver, CO
660 KTNN Window Rock, AZ
740 KCBS San Francisco, CA
850 KOA Denver, CO
880 KRVN Lexington, NE
1070 KNX Los Angeles, CA
1090...espn radio
1110 KFAB Omaha, NE
1120 KANN Roy, UT
1130 CKWX Vancouver, BC (****1125 miles----my dx record!)
1150 KTLK Los Angeles, CA
1160 KSL Salt Lake City, UT
1170 KFAQ Tulsa, OK
1200 WOAI San Antonio, TX
1210 KHAT Laramie, WY
1210 KGYN Guymon, OK
1230 KXO El Centro, CA (my hometown!)
1520 KOKC Oklahoma City, OK

Last night I clearly picked up CKWX out of Vancouver, BC---that's 1125 miles! Not sure if I'll get anything better than that. Again this is with a Grundig G8 with the whip antenna.

 

[charlielinn]

Good stuff pocho..glad ya took the G8 with you. Sounds like you'll be busy with it late nights.
Keep lookin for those Canadian and other northern stations..they've been showing up a lot here in N Cal. I got 'em on 540 and 550 khz..1060 etc.. have fun. As far as Texas, Oklahoma, etc...man, how I miss 'em from that direction!!

 

[IndyRick]

Man, I hate it when this happens...at sunset, a Country station was coming in, completely masking WCBS on 880. I got to listen for just shy of 20 minutes till CBS covered them, and never did get an ID. Ugh.

 

[kilokat7]

Man, I hate it when this happens...at sunset, a Country station was coming in, completely masking WCBS on 880. I got to listen for just shy of 20 minutes till CBS covered them, and never did get an ID. Ugh.

You c/w station was probably either KRVN (Lexington, NE.) or CKLQ (Brandon, Manitoba) - both are frequent visitors here when I phase-null WCBS on 880.

 

[IndyRick]

I'm gonna give it a try again tonight.

 

[charlielinn]

Anybody DX' ing BCB...here in N Cal. all kinds of low-power Am'ers rollin' in and out here.
For example: KNEU 1250khz Roosevelt UTAH only 130 watts!! Now, that's propagation. Confirmed by telephone with "board op". Also..KRVN Lex Ne was loud in here one hour after sunset.
Lots more..might be a good start. Last few nights slim pickin's around here..We'll see!
Ridgescan. hope you're scannin the ridges with that wire!
( edited ..'nother one heard: KERR 750 khz Polson MT 1KW....many more low-power pending ID

 

[kilokat7]

1710 khz

0240 UTC: I have it parked on 1710 tonight, trying to sort out the mess of pirate stations that I'm hearing. I have a gospel preacher coming in loud right now on 1710 with Radio Soleil coming in strong at times underneath. Soleil is from the Boston area, but I've never heard this gospel station before unless is Radio Celestial from NYC?

 

[sprocketman927]

AM DX Logs

I've really enjoyed this thread and hate to see it wither away. I've been meaning to post some logs from the past few weeks of AM DXing so here goes....

17-Nov-10
21:00 WSM 650 KhZ Nashville, TN
21:05 WSCR 670 KhZ Chicago, IL
21:06 WLW 700 KhZ Cincinatti, OH
21:08 WGN 720 KhZ Chicago, IL
21:14 CHWO 740 KhZ Toronto, ON
21:19 WSB 750 KhZ Atlanta, GA
21:22 WJR 760 KhZ Detroit, MI

26-Nov-10
22:00 WQEW 1560 KhZ New York, NY
22:03 ESPN15301530 KhZ Cincinatti, OH
22:07 WWKB 1520 KhZ Buffalo, NY
22:10 WLAC 1510 KhZ Nashville, TN

2-Dec-10
20:15 WFAN 660 KhZ New York, NY
20:35 WSCR 670 KhZ Chicago, IL
20:43 WSPD 1370 KhZ Toledo, OH
20:10 WHKQ 1220 KhZ Cleveland, OH
21:03 WPHT 1210 KhZ Philadelphia, PA
21:10 WHAM 1180 KhZ Rochester, NY
21:13 KWKH 1130 KhZ Shreveport, LA
21:22 KMOX 1120 KhZ St. Louis, MO
21:25 WTAM 1100 KhZ Cleveland, OH
21:30 ESPN 1070 The Fan 1070 KhZ Indianapolis, IN
21:35 WSMT 1050 KhZ Sparta, TN

6-Dec-10
20:05 WLW 700 KhZ Cincinatti, OH
20:10 CHWO 740 KhZ Toronto, ON
21:15 WABC 770 KhZ New York, NY
21:25 WBBM 780 KhZ Chicago, IL
20:32 WGY 810 KhZ Schenectady, NY
20:36 WBAP 820 KhZ Ft. Worth, TX
20:50 WARM 590 KhZ Scranton, PA
21:00 CHTO 1690 KhZ Toronto, ON
21:15 WCKY 1530 KhZ Cincinatti, OH
21:20 WLAC 1510 KhZ Nashville, TN
21:40 KDKA 1020 KhZ Pittsburgh, PA
21:50 CHML 900 KhZ Hamilton, ON, CA
21:55 WLS 890 Khz Chicago, IL
21:57 WHAS 840 KhZ Louisville, KY
22:03 WCCO 830 KhZ Minneapolis, MN

Most everything I've logged has been the 50,000 watt stations north of my location with a couple of exceptions. I'm going to move to another location in the house to see if my receive direction changes. My receiver is an Eton E1 using only the internal and whip antennas.

Chris
KF4FMK

 

[charlielinn]

'Sprocket' that is indeed a great log!! Thanx for sharin' and I've been tryin for some of those, but so many big power stations hereabouts right on those freqs makes it really difficult. Gotta null 'em, but it's gettin' better. Hey..it's cheap intertainment.
Lived in Ohio and Louisiana, so do miss many of those. With a loop you'd be "deadly"!! Let us know
what else you're hearin!!

 

[ridgescan]

That's a lot of DX buddy! Like Charlie said-an outside loop or randomwire would definately make you a top MW getter judging by what ya got off the radio inside! Nice logs

 

[k9rzz]

531khz Algeria RTA 1 "Djazair" 300kw coming in very well now at 0220z here in Milwaukee. Listening in USB to get away from the Cuban and Canadian on 530. Best night so far this week for transatlantics (TAs).

 

[Saint]

0.530 mhz

531khz Algeria RTA 1 "Djazair" 300kw coming in very well now at 0220z here in Milwaukee. Listening in USB to get away from the Cuban and Canadian on 530. Best night so far this week for transatlantics (TAs).

I have it hear 0.530 USB VERY STRONG SIGNAL 02:53:39 UTC
Steve
Disreguard I do not have it !

 

[kilokat7]

I had very good audio a few minutes ago on 765 khz. I thought RSR Switzerland was off the air now, but it sure sounds like they are saying "OPTION MUSIQUE" right here:

765 Khz RSR Switzerland 13DE10 0344 UTC.mp3

Whatever was being said was repeating in a loop - note the sweeping tone heard - it was from this same station. Heard between 0330-0400 UTC, 765 khz.

 

[k9rzz]

That's pretty good. That BOG is playing well. I may try another EWE pointed at EU, my wires do pretty well but I also need another antenna because my winter goal is to log Greenland on 720 before they go off the air in mid February and with what I've got now, I can't null WGN any lower than S7 or 8. I've heard P.E.I. on 720 before, so I think it's possible.Greenland has been heard here in Wisconsin at least once as far as I know, but that was with some BOGs right on the lake front on private land. *BIG* antennas are the way to go however. 650 might be doable as WSM is quite 'nullable', but then usually WNMT comes through from Minnesota. The only other option for Greenland before they pull the plug is on 3815khz, but I just don't see that happening. I've never heard them before on that freq., I don't think they run enough power. Would have to check their schedule to make sure they run late enough plus the ham QRM would be horrendous. Just two months to log them before they are gone forever, so I gotta try.

Greenland Leaving Shortwave - rec.radio.shortwave | Google Groups

 

[charlielinn]

You guys are hearin some great stuff!! I'm gonna try in a few..but k9rzz..where are you getting those
map graphics with the coverage and patterns..ie: your last post?? dumb question maybe..but they're really neat!!

 

[k9rzz]

You guys are hearin some great stuff!! I'm gonna try in a few..but k9rzz..where are you getting those
map graphics with the coverage and patterns..ie: your last post?? dumb question maybe..but they're really neat!!

Hey? 10 years ago, you bought a book and all the maps were printed out. Now it's on the computer!

Go here: FMLIST - database of worldwide FM radio - Login

Then, click FM MAP ... then "AM" in the middle. Next, click "single frequency" under maps on the right.

From there you can customize your own map.

Super handy.

To post here, I do a screen grab and edit with Irfanview (Irfanview.Com), and upload to Photobucket. To post here use BB code

 

[charlielinn]

Muchas Gracias K9 Maps such as yours always give a great perspective on distance and direction.
Plus..I've always been a "map junkie of sorts!!
P and S: BCB was wild and free last night here in N Cal. Beats the @%$^& out of TV!!

 

[kilokat7]

That's pretty good. That BOG is playing well. I may try another EWE pointed at EU, my wires do pretty well but I also need another antenna because my winter goal is to log Greenland on 720 before they go off the air in mid February and with what I've got now, I can't null WGN any lower than S7 or 8. I've heard P.E.I. on 720 before, so I think it's possible.Greenland has been heard here in Wisconsin at least once as far as I know, but that was with some BOGs right on the lake front on private land. *BIG* antennas are the way to go however. 650 might be doable as WSM is quite 'nullable', but then usually WNMT comes through from Minnesota. The only other option for Greenland before they pull the plug is on 3815khz, but I just don't see that happening. I've never heard them before on that freq., I don't think they run enough power. Would have to check their schedule to make sure they run late enough plus the ham QRM would be horrendous. Just two months to log them before they are gone forever, so I gotta try.

Ah, so you've been trying for Greenland too. The situation on 720 is the same for me. I have pretty good success phase-nulling stations using a phaser and two BOGs, but I can't knock down WGN's signal far enough to hear anything under it. What's the schedule for the 3815 khz broadcasts? AM or upper sideband? It might be interesting to try for this one unless it's during daylight.

 

[k9rzz]

It looks like they run from 1400 to 2215z on USB. 200 watts.

Quite the challenge, but if you've got a GOOD 75 meter antenna, it should be possible on a good day.

 

[k9rzz]

Well, it's almost 2210z right now, about 15 mins before my sunset, and I'm not hearing Greenland on 3,815khz. Surprisingly, I am hearing what might be the carrier from the time station HD2IOA, Guayaquil, Ecuador on 3810 kHz, not sure though.

My noise is real bad though (S9). Hopefully an EWE will be quieter. Will keep trying.