AM dx from the crystal coast

KI4JQM · Post by **KI4JQM** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:24 pm

I was out on Harker's Island, NC today. Tried real hard to get some North East stations. The only one I could pull in was 660 am WFAN, on the car radio. It was moderately strong. Out on the Oak Island ferry, it's like a local there. Oh well...

w4cl · Post by **w4cl** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:17 am

From the NC Outer Banks directly across the ocean, NYC isn't that far. Back in the 60's along that same stretch of beaches WAPE Jacksonville, FL was always local during the day being stronger than many of the local AM stations.

Post by **K9EZ** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:47 pm

I have listened to WAPE while sitting in the daylight at Topsail beach just this year. I can sometimes get them as far inland as Fayetteville

KI4JQM · Post by **KI4JQM** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:55 pm

I got WFAN clearly just at the edge of the surf, across from the Cape Lookout lighthouse. As soon as I went inland just a mile or so, it went away. The coolest DX was a few years ago aboard the Oak Island Ferry. The Fan was slamming in, even tearing up adjacent frequencies. Wish I had time on this trip for a ferry ride.

Deep Thought · Post by **Deep Thought** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:32 am

Salt water paths. The bane of my coastal existence...

Post by **K9EZ** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:55 am

1521 Saudi Arabia and 891 Algeria are killer on the coast. I used to have 2 FMs near Topsail Beach, and could do a little DXIng when I got doen with the stations.

Dave Loudin · Post by **Dave Loudin** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:45 pm

I've been hearing the 1 kHz het on WWKB every night. A couple of times where a 'KB fade was coupled with a 1521 maximum, I could make out some "Charlie Brown teacher" audio underneath. I've never had an analog tuner handy (Superradio) to better isolate this catch. To have selectable sideband...

Post by **Sam Buca** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:11 pm

Dave Loudin wrote:I've been hearing the 1 kHz het on WWKB every night. A couple of times where a 'KB fade was coupled with a 1521 maximum, I could make out some "Charlie Brown teacher" audio underneath. I've never had an analog tuner handy (Superradio) to better isolate this catch. To have selectable sideband...

I've found that switching my superadio to wideband and slightly detuning will fix a lot of that. Still don't know the physics of why.

Post by **K9EZ** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:33 pm

Here in Ft Lauderdale, 530 in Turks and Caicos is killer even during the day. In the morning drive in, I tune in 810 ZNS3 form the Bahamas. Love the tropical accents and the Cricket scores. Even 690 from Cuba is pretty big. I am surprised that WAPE is not in there.

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