HFU HF Underground

Loggings => MW Loggings => Topic started by: Davep on December 09, 2019, 0218 UTC

Title: WPTX 1690 210 UTC 9 Dec 2019
Post by: Davep on December 09, 2019, 0218 UTC

WPTX Lexington Park MD  with a great all water path signal into Va Beach tonight, listening on a Hallicrafters S38 using what's left of the HF antenna at 0210 UTC playing the Carpenters Superstar , later into Gordon Lightfoot / Rainy day people and Bread/ Aubrey.
Some great old tunes esp nice to hear Bread over the air, who really never got full recognition during a time when a lot of rock was coming out -for their all but forgotten musically brilliant catalog of timeless , often sad, songs of unrequited love.

In my opinion.

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 210 UTC 9 Dec 2019
Post by: East Troy Don on December 28, 2019, 2303 UTC

Back in the early 70's if you wanted to lay claim on the inside line to your lady Du Jour  just mention David Gates and ram a Bread 8 Track into your car stereo.  Pretty low hanging fruit.

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 210 UTC 9 Dec 2019
Post by: Josh on December 30, 2019, 2134 UTC

HAHA! Yes! Woo her with dulcet sound emanating from your 74 Pinto Pioneer Supertuner/8 Track combo!

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 210 UTC 9 Dec 2019
Post by: Davep on January 06, 2020, 2314 UTC

I wanted to replace the KP500 of my youth,not sure what happened to it, but the few that turn up on epay they're asking $300 and not sure it works

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 210 UTC 9 Dec 2019
Post by: myteaquinn on January 07, 2020, 0143 UTC

Just scanning the MW band and happen to stop on 1690. Have a nice strong signal with two WPTX ids. 0142z 01/07/2020.

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 210 UTC 9 Dec 2019
Post by: Josh on January 07, 2020, 1921 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAuHyYgWwdg

Title: Re: WPTX 1690 210 UTC 9 Dec 2019
Post by: pinto vortando on January 09, 2020, 2253 UTC

Big signal on the car radio for a stretch this morning about an hour before sunrise here,
sounded like a local.