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Offline East Troy Don

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WGEZ Beloit WI
« on: March 31, 2020, 1714 UTC »
1490 khz @ 16:20 UTC.  Country Western music thru a weak S1-2  signal that normally is unheard here as its just under the local Sports and Religious channels high up on the dial. 

16:20:   Too Gone Too Long".  Randy Travis
16 23:    Commercial block
16:26. "In a Hurry". Alabama
16:30. "Should I go home (or should I go crazy). Gene Watson

Gotta love that last title

TX:  Beloit WI
ERP:   1 kw
TX<>RX:  40 miles


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

Offline pinto vortando

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Re: WGEZ Beloit WI
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2020, 1032 UTC »
been listening on 1490 past several mornings just to see what could be pulled out of the graveyard,
amazing how hard it is to hear anything intelligible in the jumble,
best DX so far...  WBBL (formerly WKLQ) Whitehall MI,  about 170 miles
Das Radiobunker somewhere in Michigan