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Title: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
Post by: Davep on May 21, 2019, 0232 UTC

WPTX  Lexington Park MD 1k night with a strong signal/nice audio here and strangely qrn free with an Adult Standards feed, right now  John Denver/ country roads before that Carpenters/ superstar . ID after just about every song. Not a real dx catch b/c heard here just about every night, but it seems the extended band has been very listenable lately .

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
Post by: pinto vortando on May 24, 2019, 0213 UTC

WPTX AM 1690 Lexington Park MD "Favorite Adult Standards"
0157Z "I Fall to Pieces" Patsy Cline with TOH ID and into news @ 0200Z.
Fairly good sigs with some QSB, couple of others underneath,
probably Chicago and Toronto.

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on May 24, 2019, 1131 UTC

A semi local pest here. 101 miles away, they put in a solid signal most of the time.

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
Post by: pinto vortando on May 24, 2019, 1713 UTC

For a 1kw station, they generally put a good signal into Michigan at night in spite of closer stations (Chicago and Toronto)
on the same frequency.  Perhaps due to the tower site appears to be located on a low peninsula probably with good
ground conductivity.   

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
Post by: iberiadx on July 29, 2019, 1944 UTC

Hi,
Well, that 1 kW signal is reaching Spain these days with stable and even fair signal just before dawn.
¡Buen DX!

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 AM 0215 UTC 21 May 2019
Post by: pinto vortando on July 30, 2019, 0911 UTC

Quote from: jotagarzon on July 29, 2019, 1944 UTC

Hi,
Well, that 1 kW signal is reaching Spain these days with stable and even fair signal just before dawn.
¡Buen DX!

Nice catch !