Re: [IRCA] old is new

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

WJFK 1580 bombs in here to NW PA around sunset fairly regularly, almost as
strong as some locals.

WMBS can be heard here but is usually in the soupy mush

My usual 1400 catch is WJET Erie.

Paul


On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Congrats on the three new loggings! Guess a vertical is a pretty logical
> choice for DXing the BCB.   Mike Sanburn KG6LJU
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> > On Sep 21, 2017, at 8:26 AM, Stan Horzepa <stanzepa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > After some needed hardware arrived last week, I finally got my
> 35-year-old Hy-Gain 18AVQ vertical back on the air. On the AM/MW front, I
> was immediately rewarded with three new entries in the log!
> >
> > Compared to the 80-meter inverted Vee, the noise floor of the vertical
> is much lower, while signal strength on the vertical is slightly lower on
> the vertical with most stations. On the other hand, switching back and
> forth between antennas, I heard a handful stations on the each antenna that
> I could not hear at all on the other.
> >
> > Anyway, here are the new stations I heard with the vertical:
> >
> > *WMBS*on 590 kHz in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, transmitting 1 kW, 376
> miles to the west-southwest.
> >
> > *WSLB* on 1400 kHz in Ogdensburg, New York, transmitting 1 kW, 248 miles
> to the north-northwest.
> >
> > *WJFK*on 1580 kHz in Morningside, Maryland, transmitting 50 kW, 282
> miles to the southwest.
> >
> > The receiver was the ELAD FDM-S2/SW2.
> >
> > Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
> > Wolcott, CT, USA
> > horzepa.com
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