WTWW on 5085 kHz AM

[Sean_1989]

Heard WTWW (Lebanon, TN) on 5 April, 2016 @ 0220 UTC on 5085 AM with music.  Signal was good using only telescoping whip on my RS DX-398

[Teotwaki]

necromancing this thread.....

In the early evenings I am able to listen to WTWW 5085 KHz on a pretty regular basis here in Southern California. I like the music they play and the DJ patter and ads are amusing   

[skeezix]

Run across them now & then and agree with Teotwaki.

Have it on now (12 Jul 2017 UTC 0107) and couple of guys talking about radio. WTWW does have good bass on their signal.

[Terry]

Ted does ham radio shows on Tuesday and Wednesday. QSO Live Tue. at 8 PM Central usually Ted and a guest and Ham Nation Wed. at 8 Central with Bob Heil, Gordon West and George Thomas.
http://wtww.us/

[Teotwaki]

Is Ted the name of the announcer/DJ?

Right now I have a great S9 signal and a little fading on 5085 KHz with Elvis belting out Burnin' Love   :-)

Jim

[skeezix]

Yes, its probably Ted Randall as the DJ.

[Teotwaki]

0350Z WTWW on 5085 running S8

Summer Wine      Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
When You're In Love With a Beautiful Women      Dr. Hook
Baby Give Me One More Chance     Jackson 5

[Teotwaki]

0254Z WTWW on 5085 running S6

Could not hear them at all last night

[MDK2]

0254Z WTWW on 5085 running S6

Could not hear them at all last night

I think the evening broadcast on 5085 tends to be irregular. I don't tune in often enough to know if there's a pattern, but it's definitely not on every evening at the same time.

[Teotwaki]

I think the evening broadcast on 5085 tends to be irregular. I don't tune in often enough to know if there's a pattern, but it's definitely not on every evening at the same time.

I agree that something is up but likewise, no pattern that I have discerned.

They used to be very reliable when broadcasting a full show on weeknights a few months back. When I could not receive them the previous night I went to the web site and I could access the transmitter audio feed. That made me think the transmitter was still up but propagation was poor.

However, last night at 20:20 PST they abruptly stopped broadcasting in the middle of a song. Normally they drop at the top of the hour while playing a vocal of the Star Spangled Banner.

[Josh]

I can't remember if these guys are the ones who would qrt if tstorms were around or not.

[MDK2]

I can't remember if these guys are the ones who would qrt if tstorms were around or not.

That would explain a lot if they are.

[Teotwaki]

I can't remember if these guys are the ones who would qrt if tstorms were around or not.

That is a fascinating insight. I'll try to remember to look at their weather and try to correlate with the next time they seem to be off the air.

[Teotwaki]

pretty good signal tonight but odd that they signed off at 10 min after the hour with the star spangled banner 0410Z 2Aug

Will look at weather there and edit this post if I see anything to correlate

[Teotwaki]

Surprised to hear WTWW on early this morning still playing Christmas songs. Strong signal, about 15 dB over the noise on 5085 KHz AM