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Author Topic: WSCR 670 am Chicago 1836 utc 02 Aug 2021  (Read 918 times)

Offline Ct Yankee

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WSCR 670 am Chicago 1836 utc 02 Aug 2021
« on: August 02, 2021, 1847 UTC »
Excellent reception in daylight aboard Amtrak Empire Builder in Watertown, WI.  About 125 miles from Chicago on PL 880.

1836 OM host interviewing Beats Radio Broadcaster on upcoming season.
1846 “Score Radio” ID
1850 “Laurence Holmes on WSCR 670 am” to intelligent conversation on US Men’s Soccer team (he knows something about sport, not just verbally vomiting headlines - nice job 👍)

Don - Thanks for heading correction  :D!
« Last Edit: August 02, 2021, 2226 UTC by Ct Yankee »
Tecsun H501x (broadcast received on this unless noted), Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-600, Tecsun PL-880, Zenith 5S320, Realistic DX 160 using 40 feet of copper wire.  With apologies to Senator Gramm for his thoughts on firearms, "I have more radios than I need but not as many as I want."
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Re: WSCR 620 am Chicago 1836 utc 02 Aug 2021
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2021, 2111 UTC »
CY, WSCR in Chicago is AM 670.    WTMJ is  AM 620 in Milwaukee, 90 miles north.   Get 'em both like locals in East Troy.
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Re: WSCR 670 am Chicago 1836 utc 02 Aug 2021
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2021, 2227 UTC »


Don - Thanks for heading correction  :D!  Fingers are too big for phone keypad, I even had it in text of posting  ::)
Tecsun H501x (broadcast received on this unless noted), Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-600, Tecsun PL-880, Zenith 5S320, Realistic DX 160 using 40 feet of copper wire.  With apologies to Senator Gramm for his thoughts on firearms, "I have more radios than I need but not as many as I want."
QTH:  Durham, Connecticut (rural setting, 15 miles north of Long Island Sound)
qsl please to:  jamcanner@comcast.net  (Thank you)

 

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