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Loggings => MW Loggings => Topic started by: Treehouse SWL on March 07, 2024, 2014 UTC
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Based on a tip from a MW DXing page on Facebook that an SDR near me was picking up KYW, I tried a few times during the evening to hear it. Finally, after trying on a couple different radios and adjusting my indoor loop just right, I heard news mentioning a shooting at a SEPTA stop and more. The audio exactly matched KYW's as heard via a Delaware SDR. KYW's audio stayed solid for more than 10 minutes before fading back out. But it came back again a couple times after 0800 UTC.
This is a new logging for me, and my first from Pennsylvania. KYW's transmitters sit about 2,350 miles away from me, which makes this my second-best MW catch after Cuba.
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Nice catch, especially with the 50kw Calgary station relatively close by.
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Calgary's big station on 1060, CKMX, left the air last summer, which has left this frequency much more wide open.
KFOY, a Nevada station that goes to just 500 watts at night, is the station I hear most now on 1060. Also, KBGN in Idaho sometimes stays on after dark, even though it's not supposed to.
Whatever conditions made this possible on Wednesday night continue, as I heard KYW again for a few minutes around 0740 UTC last night as well.
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Heard KYW 1060 AM Philadelphia tonite @ 01:45 utc with news and sports brief.
"... and the Phillies are now 49 and 25 on the year..."
followed by a canned station ID.
Erratic fade, gone completely by 0200 utc.
Never hooked them before. 50 KW @ 719 miles