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[IRCA] Crazy FM DX in the car today



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Between 1 and 2 p.m. EST / 30 DEC there was quite a bit of skip DX activity on FM as I noted while driving in the Yarmouth / Barnstable / Sandwich, MA area.


Right away, at my house, I knew something had gone wacky when local 100.5 "Koffee" was replaced by a country station calling itself "Whistle 100".


This turned out to be WSSL from Greenville, SC: ' http://wsslfm.iheart.com/ '.


On 98.3, I heard HD 98.3 mentions and ' hd983.com '.  Checking that website shows WHHD from Augusta, GA.


Onwards to 101.5 where country music was followed by a Kicks 101.5 slogan.  Googling that comes up with WKHX, Atlanta, GA: ' http://www.wkhx.com/ '.


99.3 produced Charlotte mentions and WBT ID, familiar enough from 1110 AM.


101.7 had mentions of "serving Georgia and Northern Florida" in an advert, then "here in Vidalia" - good enough to nail down WYUM in nearby Mount Vernon, GA.


102.1, coming through well despite a local on 101.9 and semi-local 102.3, declared itself as "102.1 Nash Icon" which turns out to be WZAT, Savannah / Tybee Island, GA: ' http://www.savannahnashicon.com/ '.


Another on 102.1 popped up momentarily with a "Touch 102.1" mention but no Google hit on that. 


Over to 103.7 where a "103.7 the Q" slogan rolled over the usual RI station.  It's WQEN, Birmingham, AL, ' http://1037theq.iheart.com/ '.


104.5 was kind of a choppy mess at first and then an advert with "in Hattiesburg" popped up.  WXRR is the call for that Mississippian, ' http://www.rock104fm.com/ '.


Only a few seconds after that came through, the skip shifted and a clear "WOKV Jacksonville" ID was heard.  Of course that Floridian is well known from its Mighty 690 on the AM side.


104.9 had an advert for a law firm, "I'm Frampton Harper", phone number 843-524-8595.  Googling that got me to Beaufort, SC.  Radio-Locator.com gives WLHH, Ridgeland, SC in that market.  Website ' http://www.1049thesurf.com/ '.


105.5 came through with pseudo-ID "105.5 The Dove, continuous light favorites".  Web search finds ' http://www.wduv.com/ ', WDUV, St. Petersburg, FL.


107.7 had "Fox 107.7" slogan and advert for Southern Alabama Gas, so WFXX, Andalusia, AL, ' http://www.kokosuniverse.com/radio_stations/wfxx.htm '.


What was interesting was how some channels were a blob of signals one minute and a sharp clear dominant a minute later.  Or vice versa.  And just because one station was clearly atop one moment didn't guarantee that something entirely different wouldn't be 'inbooming' a few minutes later on the same channel.


By about 2:10 p.m. EST (1910 UTC), the opening was largely over.


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

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