530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?

[BamaWOLF]

Central North AL

530 nothing
540 nothing
550 nothing
560 nothing
570 nothing
580 nothing
590 nothing
600 Nothing
610 nothing
620 nothing
630 nothing
640 nothing
650 WSM Nashville TN (lots of static)
660 nothing
670 nothing
680 nothing
690 nothing
700 nothing
710 nothing
720 nothing
730 WUMP Madison AL (lots of static)
740 nothing
750 nothing
760 nothing
770 WVNN-AM Huntsville AL
780 nothing
790 nothing
800 nothing (should be WHOS Decatur AL)

car stereo in the house, hooked up to an outdoor FM antenna, with terrible AM reception

[Smittian]

If you get more complete info, please post. I've always wanted to DX from the coast down there.
So KTRH is really that strong down there eh? I guess the huge directional pattern would do that. And you're somewhere where it's only deep water between you and Galveston. That signal is still extremely strong when it hits salt water up here, so no reason to think it would falter.
How does WWL come in down there? Do any Florida stations make it to you or is that simply too far even across salt water?

WWL comes in pretty good, I've listened to Saints games on 870 in the past.  No Florida stations come in.

Higher up the dial, some of the Corpus Christi 1000-watters are almost like locals at a distance of approx. 150 miles away.  KKTX-1360 is the strongest of those, although KSIX,KEYS,KDAE,KCCT also make it down here.  Even KROB-1510 out of Robstown sends a pretty good signal down here at only 500 watts.  Must be the flat terrain and the salt water

[schmave]

Central North AL

530 nothing
540 nothing
550 nothing
560 nothing
570 nothing
580 nothing
590 nothing
600 Nothing
610 nothing
620 nothing
630 nothing
640 nothing
650 WSM Nashville TN (lots of static)
660 nothing
670 nothing
680 nothing
690 nothing
700 nothing
710 nothing
720 nothing
730 WUMP Madison AL (lots of static)
740 nothing
750 nothing
760 nothing
770 WVNN-AM Huntsville AL
780 nothing
790 nothing
800 nothing (should be WHOS Decatur AL)

car stereo in the house, hooked up to an outdoor FM antenna, with terrible AM reception

My God that's awful. The fact that not even WSB shows up speaks yet again to the horrible ground conductivity. If you have the soil of the Midwest or Texas there, I'm sure WSM is a blaster, as would WSB.

[RFLA]

should also mention we get a lot of new orleans stations here in fort walton beach, don't know how much power they send but i can clearly hear kenner/new orleans (besides 870)

-Rob

Gulf of Mexico works wonders for Am propigation. That's why a lot of the lower band Amers travel furthur along the coast than people would have ever imagined. And why I get some stations better than other 200 miles away+

But I'm on the gulf coast in Lafourche parish,Louisiana and here is my run down with a car stereo on a clear day:

530 Am - 550 Am Nothing
560 Am - KLVI Beaumont, Tx (News)
570- Nothing
580 KJMJ Alexandria,La (religion)
590 WDIZ Panama City,FL (Nostalgia)
600 WVOG New Orleans (religion)
610 Nothing
620 WJDX Jackson,Ms (sports) occasionally it comes thru
630 bleed over
640 KTIB Thibodaux,La (news/oldies)
650 bleed over
660 WXQW Fairhope,Al (religion)
670-680 nothing
690 WTIX New Orleans (talk)
700 nothing
710 KEEL Shreveport (News) occasionally it comes thru
720-730 nothing
740 KTRH Houston,Tx (news) occasionally comes thru
750 KKNO New Orleans (religion)
760-nothing
770- KJCB Lafayette,La (Urban)
780-790 nothing
800 WSHO New Orleans (religion)

The ones I listed as occasionally gets thru can be picked up with a long wire on a receiver most days no matter what. I base my off a car stereo which most use to dx with anyway 

[Scott Fybush]

Central North AL

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car stereo in the house, hooked up to an outdoor FM antenna, with terrible AM reception

My God that's awful. The fact that not even WSB shows up speaks yet again to the horrible ground conductivity. If you have the soil of the Midwest or Texas there, I'm sure WSM is a blaster, as would WSB.

Actually, I think it speaks to the fact that the guy's trying to use an outdoor FM antenna to receive AM signals...

[radiorob2.0]

Central North AL

(snip)

car stereo in the house, hooked up to an outdoor FM antenna, with terrible AM reception

My God that's awful. The fact that not even WSB shows up speaks yet again to the horrible ground conductivity. If you have the soil of the Midwest or Texas there, I'm sure WSM is a blaster, as would WSB.

Actually, I think it speaks to the fact that the guy's trying to use an outdoor FM antenna to receive AM signals...

I've used an outdoor antenna for AM reception.  If you are running twin lead the whole way it works like a charm.  However, if a balun is involved forget about it. 

[charlestondxman]

Yes, that is probably why he can't get that many stations. Water path reception is great here in the Charleston area, too. Stations that would never normally come in do because of the ocean. WIOD is probably the most difficult to get, but that signal, with its transmitter in Florida Bay (I believe) helps it travel all the way to Charleston.

Most days, I can probably get two dozen Florida stations, many on these frequencies, but lots of others (everything from WOKV to the 1kw 1590 in Daytona Beach).

If you go even twelve miles inland, you lose all of the water path stations except WOKV, WBMQ, WBWL, and one or two others.

[Zach]

Central North AL

750 nothing

car stereo in the house, hooked up to an outdoor FM antenna, with terrible AM reception

My God that's awful. The fact that not even WSB shows up speaks yet again to the horrible ground conductivity. If you have the soil of the Midwest or Texas there, I'm sure WSM is a blaster, as would WSB.

You're right... I wouldn't expect WSB up there in n central Alabama anyway even with a very good receiver.  That station has about the worst daytime signal for a 50kw'er thanks to poor ground conductivity.  I used to lose it around Anniston on I-20 while 640 and 680 were still listenable.  Depending on what part of the state he's in, he might get 640 with a better setup; I used to hear it and 680 regularly in the eastern parts of Birmingham, albeit very weakly.

It still amazes me that ground conductivity can have such a huge affect on a signal... See a daytime coverage map of WSB versus WCRV in Memphis, for example.  Both low band, both 50kw...  But WCVR is a monster. It's like a local and I'm about 90 miles from the TX site.  On radio-locator, the blue 'fringe' circle for WSB hit Huntsville, about 150 air miles.  WCRV's blue circle reaches the other side of St Louis, about 270 air miles.  And whereas I've never really heard WSB outside their 'local' circle on those maps, I've actually listened to WCRV just south of St Louis in Herculaneum during the midday...

[BRENT]

I was in Muscle Shoals, AL the other day and I received WSB, WCNN, WGST, and 1690 WMLB which was the cleanest of all.  I really depends on the radio as well.

This was approximately 2pm CT.  This was on a Superadio III.  I had a friend of mine rework the inside so it is aligned perfectly both on AM and FM, otherwise these units suck.

[kc0ltv]

Near Duluth, MN:

530 Foreign language, I don't think Spanish.  Sounded like a South Asian language.  Probably CIAO, Brampton, ON.  Turks & Caicos is more common here though.
540 CBK Watrous, Saskatchewan, very strong
550 Mess
560 WEBC, local
570 WNAX, good with splatter from WEBC
580 Mess
590 "Big Sports 590" - KXSP, Omaha, NE, fair to good with other station/s in the background
600 WMT Cedar Rapids, IA, good with KDAL splatter, HD light flashing
610 KDAL, Duluth, MN, local
620 Suspected CKRM, Regina, SK ("Prairie Mobile" commercial) vs. another station, probably KMNS Sioux City, HD light flashing
630 CFCO, Chatham, ON, good
640 Mess, an old lady talking, music, etc.
650 WSM, very good
660 Mess, WFAN dominating, HD light flashing
670 WSCR, Chicago, IL, a few seconds of HD audio!
680 KFEQ, St. Joseph, MO vs. Christian-sounding talk show
690 CINF, Montreal, PQ, in HD hash vs. station with music
700 WLW, Cincinnati, VERY good except for splatter from local 710
710 WDSM, Duluth, local
720 WGN, Chicago, IL, very good
730 Spanish religious talk vs. other stuff (I've logged XEX here before, do they carry religious talk at night?)
740 CFZM, Toronto, ON, very good
750 WSB, Atlanta, GA, good vs. something else weak
760 WJR, Detroit, MI, very good
770 WABC, New York, poor to fair in WBBM hash
780 WBBM, Chicago, Spanish music (I think) in background
790 Mess
800 Mess, including Spanish

EDIT: Oops...I forgot about the day part.  Well, now you know what it sounds like here at night