AM DX logs here!

[Boombox]

you know ridge it kind of sucks I had the am band go out on my superradio which I spent alot of money on tricking out. . I put solder terminals on it had afew other things done one morning dx for 12 hours strait bam am band wont tune . so I gave it to mu uncle with my cradle for his shop to use for fm.
of course what does my dumb *** do sell al my radios and buy a r6 and afew antennas and all the assesorys for it . there the most worthless radio ive ever owned that includes the palstar I was sold with no sheilding . so I sold it for 80 bucks and bought this g2 good on shortwave for a portable but im a mw guy. I bought it for recording so know om planing on getting a line filter for my ac adaptor I run it through a 4.5 v fixed adaptor because my battery is bad but the line in the house is noisy .but I have it set up so the loop works ok ill post a pick of my hfflunky cave soon

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What sometimes happens with some GE Superadio 1's and 2's is the bandswitch contacts need to be resoldered.

The switch is stronger than the solder connections that it is connected to, and switching back and forth between AM and FM can weaken the solder connections on the radio's PCB.

Taking the back off the radio, loosening the main PC board, and *very carefully* adding solder to the switch solder connections can often bring the AM band back to life. I say "very carefully" because if you try to use a solder gun with the PCB just loosened *you can hit the dial cord by accident* with the solder gun, breaking it.

 

[ridgescan]

Boombox, as usual great tips but it wouldn't be easy to grab the GE back from Uncle once HF gave it to him. I'm sure Uncle is enjoying the strong fidelity of the FM side in his shop now.
HF-I feel ya. Just do what you can to bring things back up to snuff in your shack. We all wind up in the pits at some point-especially in this hobby since it takes some cash.

 

[Boombox]

Ridgescan, I hear ya, but I put that sort of info out for public consumption sometimes because there are so many GESR1's and 2's out there and the bandswitch issue seems to happen on some of them.

It happened on my SR1 temporarily -- hasn't occurred since the fix.

 

[hfflunki]

Well just orders a kaito wrx11 I believe it's an analog model looked nice runs on aa's I got a charger so should be good the g2 battery completely dead so it's over I'm ultralight bound got a few more lined up for next month

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[hfflunki]

New logs with d5 1am est .wbdl ,wmam ,wbz,wstd,wyll,then at 3am back to c2c

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[hfflunki]

wsbn wsbd 2 unconfirmed 910 top 40 statoin and 1150 brewers radio network logs from 1 am est to 3 am est on the 18 got shack almosst done just looking for deal on dar 101 and waiting on nrc logs till dx season gets going got the resst set up

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[Dispatrick]

Montreal AM DX

Recorded these stations last weekend while visiting family up in Baie-D'Urfe (Montreal) QC. Didn't have much time to play around with the radio but this is what I got on the last night. Most of these stations were VERY clear (Using my trusty Grundig G5)

Baie-D'Urfe (Montreal) 6/18/2016

580 WTAG WORCESTER MA
630 WPRO PROVIDENCE RI
660 WFAN NEW YORK NY
710 WOR NEW YORK NY
760 WJR DETROIT MI
770 WABC NEW YORK NY
780 WBBM CHICAGO IL
840 WHAS LOUISVILLE KY
860 CJBC TORONTO ON
880 WCBS NEW YORK NY
890 WLS CHICAGO IL
900 CHML HAMILTON ON
920 WHJJ PROVIDENCE RI
950 WIBX UTICA NY
930 WBEN BUFFALO NY
1000 WMVP CHICAGO IL
1010 WINS NEW YORK NY
1020 KDKA PITTSBURGH PA
1030 WBZ BOSTON MA
1060 KYW PHILADELPHIA PA
1080 WTIC HARTFORD CT
1090 WBAL BALTIMORE MD
1100 WTAM CLEVELAND OH
1120 KMOX ST LOUIS MO (Furthest Station Recieved)
1130 WBBR NEW YORK NY
1180 WHAM ROCHESTER NY

 

[jwt873]

That's pretty good considering it's summer and we're having the shortest nights of the year with lots of the lightning crashes added for bad measure

 

[K5MPH]

Nice list of DX stations.....

 

[hfflunki]

A couple gravyards this weekend round 3 ish est wsyb in Vermont from West mi at 1k on pr-d5 no ext antenna and wspd at 5k from same local same radio.hope everybody has a happy 4th also monitoring station coming together 73

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[hfflunki]

Got a new one last wendsday amost all the old ones a 500 watt station in Idaho khts
Got a beringer min fbq highly recommend to cleAR up voice on. Scanner or am Radio if set correct

I use a pair of Koss tittanium 60 ohm headphones with it

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[k9rzz]

Serious insomnia tonight pays off with me digging out the 6 ft loop and getting a new logging at this QTH.

920 CFRY Portage La Prairie MB 08/04/16 0435 CDT Country FAIR R75 LOOP 10 KW NIGHT 683 miles 319 deg. New one at this new QTH. R-75 and 6 ft loop

 

[k9rzz]

I've been watching for west coast blow torches the last few mornings (KFI, KNBR, etc), nothing yet. I did catch this new one via grey line this morning though.

Having fun with my Seclect-a-tenna on a cheap boom box just to see what it can do.

640khz 0530 cdt KWPN Oklahoma City "The Sports Animal" VG on peak then gone. de k9rzz wi Emerson CD boombox and Select-a-tenna.

(Oh sorry! 1030z)

 

[kilokat7]

I've been watching for west coast blow torches the last few mornings (KFI, KNBR, etc), nothing yet. I did catch this new one via grey line this morning though.

Having fun with my Seclect-a-tenna on a cheap boom box just to see what it can do.

640khz 0530 cdt KWPN Oklahoma City "The Sports Animal" VG on peak then gone. de k9rzz wi Emerson CD boombox and Select-a-tenna.

(Oh sorry! 1030z)

Now is a good time to look for KNBR since 670 WSCR hasn't been running IBOC. 680 is currently "DXable" again right now! Look for KNBR in the morning just before your sunrise. While you're at it, drop down to 660 and listen for KTNN Window Rock, AZ., they can make it this far when they stay on their day pattern. Not common but it happens occasionally.

 

[k9rzz]

Good tips!

610khz Radio Rebelde, Cuba 0200 CDT (0700z) heard with multiple jingles at top of the hour. Emerson CD boom box + Select-a-tenna.

 

[k9rzz]

680 khz 1100z (0600 CDT local time) KNBR San Francisco fair but with CLEAR ident at top of the hour ("KNBR San Francisco") 1811 miles. First time I've heard them in 30 years! Not to say they don't come through frequently, but it sure was a treat. Using my Icom R75 + 6 foot loop so I can null the 670 WMAQ Chicago slop. Whoop! Who's next??

Also heard:

670khz KHGZ Glenwood, AR 1030z (0530CDT local time) over / under a loop nulled WMAQ. NEW.

 

[k9rzz]

680kh KNBR San Francisco heard again this morning here in southeast Wisconsin. Sigs best for 30 mins during my twilight, before dawn. 1045z to 1115z, but that means NOTHING, it's your LOCAL time that matters related to sunrise. Will probably focus on 640 KFI tomorrow, but that's going to be harder with a semi local on there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbBQGiNvOGU&feature=youtu.be

 

[majoco]

Well said. Some time ago I posted a cutting from one of the DX mags on how to make a good signal report after seeing some very bad reports here - they said you should post both UTC and local time - UTC so that anyone in the world can listen for the station and local time as that dictates propagation conditions - hopefully it didn't all fall on deaf ears!.

 

[ridgescan]

680kh KNBR San Francisco heard again this morning here in southeast Wisconsin. Sigs best for 30 mins during my twilight, before dawn. 1045z to 1115z, but that means NOTHING, it's your LOCAL time that matters related to sunrise. Will probably focus on 640 KFI tomorrow, but that's going to be harder with a semi local on there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbBQGiNvOGU&feature=youtu.be

Very impressive DX! The longest DXs I ever got here were Wyoming and New Mexico. I'm glad you made that video as it was nice to actually get somewhat the experience. I wish kilokat would've videoed a few of his.

 

[k9rzz]

My temporary setup: