Tom,

Wowo isn't even 50 k at night anymore. Years ago, Inner City broadcasting 
bought them expressly to change them to a lower power station at night and 
raise the power on their 1190 property in New York City where, of course, 
there is a bigger population base. To me, a problem just as big as the low 
power stations beating with the high-power ones is all the hash generated by 
the digital noise of stations broadcasting in HD. Often, its the difference 
between reasonable copy and no copy. 73. Lou WA3MIX
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 8:09 PM
Subject: FW: OT But Still Radio


> Very interesting, Dave.
>
> I guess I just wasn't A M d x ing at the right time to have that 
> experience!
> (smile)
>
> I, too, also still enjoy A M d x ing, but with so many lower-power A M
> stations now broadcasting at night on what used to be clear channels, it
> just isn't like it used to be.
>
> One thing that really brought this home to me was when I was out in 
> Colorado
> from 2009 to 2010.
>
> There were A M stations in the Denver area on 670 and 760 A M that would
> broadcast at low output power at night, and they would overtake WSCR from
> Chicago, and WJR from Detroit.  The frustrating thing was that you could
> hear the power-house stations in there, but not well enough for 
> comfortable
> listening.  I also have noticed this now on the East coast.
> One particularly good example is WoWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 1190 A.m.
> When I was a kid, that station was a 50 thousand watt monster that ruled
> that frequency at night.  Now, I have trouble even picking them up when
> visiting relatives, due to a number of stations heterodyning on the
> frequency at the same time.  I think one is in New York City, and the 
> other
> in Anapolis, Maryland.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Dave Marthouse
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 7:39 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT But Still Radio
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> From my Clifton New Jersey location I did hear XERF once.  The Canadian
> station was the predominant on 1570 but conditions must have been a bit
> auroral at the time.  I was able to take advantage of a favorable null of
> the Canadian and catch an XERF station id.
>
> I heard another of the classic Mexican stations on an early Monday morning
> when WHN was off for transmitter proof of performance and CHUM in Toronto
> was nulled.  It was XEG.  They identified as "The one hundred thousand 
> watt
> clear voice of Monterrey Mexico".
>
> It's still fun to DX the broadcast band despite the fact that programming
> content on AM radio for the most part is abysmal.
>
>
> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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