Farthest Daytime AM Regular

[LibertyNT]

Id have to say the Farthest Regular in DFW during the day is KLBJ from Austin.
Though only 211 miles from me.

Turn your radio to null KEEL 710, and hopefully you don't get too much splatter from the local 700.  You should be able to easily hear KGNC Amarillo.  Another 300 mile possibility from DFW is KFAQ 1170 from Tulsa. 

Before KVCE popped onto 1160, KFAQ was an easy catch for me during the day in McKinney. Somedays its cleaer then others, but not nearly as dominant as it sed to be.

I'll have to try for 710. KHSE is a bit strong day and night here, but I have gotten WLW under it, along with 710 from Seattle.

[crainbebo]

It used to be KGDD 1520 and KKOV 1550 in Portland [1550 is Vancouver, WA] but 1520 is now KKXA Snohomish, and 1550 is KXPA splatter [I live 2mi from KXPA 1540].

-crainbebo

[radioman148]

I used to get KWMT & WOI, but no more. WAUK ruins KWMT & WMFN takes care of WOI.

I think I'm just far enough west of you that KWMT and WOI are incrementally stronger and can break through to the extent that they can be heard under the newer, closer stations.  Although in the case of 540, WAUK definitely needs to be nulled. 

I'm sure you're right.

[rbrucecarter5]

It seems amazing to me that you heard the Chicago AMs during the day in Galveston. Was this mid day, like around noon?

More like 3 PM.  WLS was the only one I was interested in, but I did a quick check for 670, 720, and 780.  They were there.  WBBM was one of the stronger Chicago daytime stations with a large loop in Lubbock - but I had to null local 790 there.  It attests to the power of those loops.  Oh - and Radio Shack 12-603 was swamped by the local 790, while GE SR2 and 3 were doing fine with it. 

[Tom Wells]

Oddball dx in Chicago yesterday. WJJG 1530 off air at sunrise, no WCKY, analog radio..maybe 7:30 AM,
some station in Texas talking about double tides.....Who's on the gulf coast at 1510,20 or 30?
Farthest regular for me would be WMT 600.

Wintertime... with a good loop on the Collins R390A always showed up WABC on the tuned loop, just at the edge of copy.
Plus WLW, naturally.

[radioman148]

It seems amazing to me that you heard the Chicago AMs during the day in Galveston. Was this mid day, like around noon?

More like 3 PM.  WLS was the only one I was interested in, but I did a quick check for 670, 720, and 780.  They were there.  WBBM was one of the stronger Chicago daytime stations with a large loop in Lubbock - but I had to null local 790 there.  It attests to the power of those loops.  Oh - and Radio Shack 12-603 was swamped by the local 790, while GE SR2 and 3 were doing fine with it. 

What time of year was this?

[rbrucecarter5]

What time of year was this?

Multiple times of the year , although definitely more beach visits in the spring, summer, and fall back then.  A portable tuned to WLS was a welcome companion.  I am pretty sure I heard of a couple of other people on the beach doing the same thing - KILT had gone country by then and WLS was well known.

I need to get back there with a GE SR(1) and see what I can do today.  Unfortunately most of the 50kW midwest clears will be impossible because of new stations on those frequencies in the last 30 years.  I would try for WLS, but their ground system is screwed up.  I think WFLF might be a possible target.  I've heard of some people that can null WBAP and get Tampa from beach houses down there, but I haven't gone to check out their setup.

What I would really like to try is to take some wire, run it down to the surf line, bury it so I don't trip anybody, and run it back to my radio as a ground.  That, and maybe take a small loop to see what is out there.  In Galveston, it would help to know Spanish, but I don't speak foreign.  So all the Mexico stuff is probably going to be un-noticed.  I know one or two of my daughter's friends speak it, but there is no way they want to hang around with an old man DX'ing on the beach. 

Another problem on the beach is the noise.  You don't realize it until you try listening to the radio, but surf is LOUD. 

[radioman148]

What time of year was this?

Multiple times of the year , although definitely more beach visits in the spring, summer, and fall back then.  A portable tuned to WLS was a welcome companion.  I am pretty sure I heard of a couple of other people on the beach doing the same thing - KILT had gone country by then and WLS was well known.

I need to get back there with a GE SR(1) and see what I can do today.  Unfortunately most of the 50kW midwest clears will be impossible because of new stations on those frequencies in the last 30 years.  I would try for WLS, but their ground system is screwed up.  I think WFLF might be a possible target.  I've heard of some people that can null WBAP and get Tampa from beach houses down there, but I haven't gone to check out their setup.

What I would really like to try is to take some wire, run it down to the surf line, bury it so I don't trip anybody, and run it back to my radio as a ground.  That, and maybe take a small loop to see what is out there.  In Galveston, it would help to know Spanish, but I don't speak foreign.  So all the Mexico stuff is probably going to be un-noticed.  I know one or two of my daughter's friends speak it, but there is no way they want to hang around with an old man DX'ing on the beach. 

Another problem on the beach is the noise.  You don't realize it until you try listening to the radio, but surf is LOUD. 

Picking up Chicago in Galveston during the day blows my mind especially since the signal travels over land.
Sounds like a great DX spot on the beach. Try headphones to null the surf.

[K6JHU]

Unless it is a steep beach, just going straight down a couple of feet may work. Disguise it as a sand castle 

[rbrucecarter5]

Picking up Chicago in Galveston during the day blows my mind especially since the signal travels over land.
Sounds like a great DX spot on the beach. Try headphones to null the surf.

I think it was down the coast from the seawall part of town, in the state park area.  That is where we used to go, one of the girls had a beach house up the beach in Jamaica Beach.  The island is narrower there, so conductivity is probably better than in the more populated part of the island. 

Yeah - everybody was really bummed when KILT went country, and was scrambling for a replacement.  WLS on the beach was an obvious top-40 outlet, and was strong enough to get noticed.  So was WNOE 1060 New Orleans.  Now days - WLS has been the piddle, drivel, and swill of mindless talk radio for a couple of decades.  I called them up right after the switch and complained.  They called me "crazy" and hung up.  I called KILT after the switch and was told that top-40 was "out", country was "in", I should get with the current trends.  Uh - NO!