Re: [IRCA] 1st DX catch of the new year WSLM 1220

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nigel,

Thanks. A really great surprise. The reception would not win a reward. hi. but it topped the channel a few times. I checked again at 0400 EST and it was still in there, but buried under XEB and by 0500,it was MB on top. I gave up after that and went to bed. I do notice that WSLM is U3 and their pattern is like a bow tie aimed this way.  That probably gave an edge. But why WSLM has eluted me for all of these years I don't understand. But I did have CHSC there for years and they were strong with a lobe this way.  

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 09:12:26 -0700
> From: nige2730@xxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1st DX catch of the new year WSLM 1220
> 
> Great catch to start the year Pat. Interesting too, as at the same time 
> here reception was favoured from the south and it was XEB from Mexico 
> City that was dominating 1220.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Nigel
> 
> On 01/01/2015 1:27 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:
> > 1220    WSLM     IN, Salem, fair to poor in jumble and on top at times with Classic Country from 0250 EST 1/1/15. No TOH ID at 0300 just a Brooks and Dunn song, but at the end at 0301.45, a spot for "Jojo's" with a 473 prefix. Then a weather forecast by a man that IDed the station at "Classic Country 1220". The weather then, followed by  "Remember, you are no more than 20 minutes away from the latest weather on Classic Country WSLM, 1220 AM." Then back into C&W music. I have been looking for this station for decades. I was just checking out the R8 for noise after shielding my new Charter modem, and caught C&W on 1220. This caught my ear, as I normally do not hear C&W on 1220. What a surprise to say the least. What a way to start off the year!  (PM-OR)
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