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Ct Yankee

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KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« on: July 05, 2021, 0332 UTC »
Very good reception, about 315 miles from me.

0328 Traffic report for Los Angeles
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0330 Weather for So. Cal., then KFI ID
« Last Edit: July 05, 2021, 1402 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2021, 1836 UTC »

Something to try in the fall and winter: See if you can hear Cuban music rising up behind KFI. I've heard Radio Rebelde several times behind KFI on 640 kHz from up here near Seattle.

I'm about ~1,000 miles from the KFI transmitter in La Mirada, California. I remember driving by the former antenna tower as a young SoCal kid in the 1970s and early '80s. That tower was hit by an airplane in a fatal crash in 2004; the first replacement collapsed again during construction in 2008.
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2021, 2238 UTC »

Thanks for the Radio Rebelde tip.  I'm back to CT in three weeks.  I could be back in the Bay for the winter, there are a lot of moving parts right now.  I would love to try to DX out here in January and February.  I got up at 1000 utc yesterday and tried to do some dxing, maybe an unusual Asian SW or Alaskan MW......no luck  :-\.
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2021, 1815 UTC »
CY, are you doing  all your DX'ing with the 880 while you're in sunny Cal ?
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2021, 0019 UTC »
Quote from: Treehouse SWL on July 13, 2021, 1836 UTC

 I've heard Radio Rebelde several times behind KFI on 640 kHz from up here near Seattle.



Nice catch from Seattle. 
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2021, 2200 UTC »
Quote from: pinto vortando on July 15, 2021, 0019 UTC
Quote from: Treehouse SWL on July 13, 2021, 1836 UTC

 I've heard Radio Rebelde several times behind KFI on 640 kHz from up here near Seattle.



Nice catch from Seattle.

Yep, that's still my longest catch from here. I only use an indoor loop, so no fancy outdoor MW antennas. So far, the outdoor MLA-30+ antenna I have has only produced noise for me on MW.
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2021, 0007 UTC »
East Troy -

Doing all with 880 and its accessory wire (20-25 feet?), all set indoors.  I love the 880, planning on trying it on Amtrak on cross country rail to get back East at the end of month.  Used a 600 on a train trip abroad once with good success.
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2021, 0214 UTC »
Thats a loooooooooooong train ride !
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2021, 0241 UTC »


3.5 days IF I make my 2 connections 🤞.  I figure a once in a lifetime excursion, I hear the Rocky Mountain states are remarkable by train. No wifi between Oakland and Chicago.
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