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Offline East Troy Don

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WBAP Fort Worth TX
« on: October 27, 2019, 0439 UTC »
820 KHZ @ 0428 UTC 27 Oct 19 :

04:28 . Call in talk show
04:29  Ad for "New Spray"
04:30 YL with ID and News
04:34  Ad re: heart attack and stroke prevention

Night Power: 50KW
TX<>RX:  846 Miles

UNID station well underneath
Primary: Yaesu FRG-7700  Secondary: ICOM R75 Tertiary: Grundig  750. Tecsun PL-990X, Tecsun PL-880 . Malahit DSP SDR V3,  Alpha Delta  SWL Sloper antenna. : Also, 1940 Mantola am/sw tube. CountyComm GP-5/SSB hand held, Tecsun PL-380 ,et al.  QTH: EAST TROY WI  USA.  Sea Level: + 320 meters .  75 miles (but not far enough) NNW of Chicago

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WBAP Fort Worth TX
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2019, 0700 UTC »
I havent been able to hear WBAP in along time here... A local station in my area has that IBOC crap on and it wipes it out :(
« Last Edit: November 01, 2019, 1110 UTC by Dude111 »

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Re: WBAP Fort Worth TX
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2019, 0850 UTC »
WBAP should dominate the 820 spot on the dial here at night but for some reason it is
usually in a mix with at least a couple other stations.  It will be just barely loud enough to get
an ID.  Have no idea who the other stations are but suspect one may be CHAM Hamilton ON.
Das Radiobunker somewhere in Michigan

 

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