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Offline ThaDood

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WGN 720AM, from inside a sheet metal building, booming in.
« on: October 02, 2020, 1650 UTC »
The talk station that I wanted to listen too last night suddenly went off-air just after 4PM. So, pissed with sports radio, until dark. Then, tuned around on a cheap POS QFX portable that I have there. To my surprise, Chicago's WGN just boomed right in for the last 2hrs of work. And, that's inside a steel building, where my AM RX'ing is very limited. So is my FM. I've heard folks say that AM DX'ing seems to be much better now, and I guess so. However, Cleveland's 1100WTAM has been a hard catch at night, lately. Must be too close at 300 miles away, where as WGN is about 500 miles from me.
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Offline East Troy Don

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Re: WGN 720AM, from inside a sheet metal building, booming in.
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2020, 1938 UTC »
Somewhere the late, great Wally Phillips is smiling.   One of the best radio voices of all time.
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Re: WGN 720AM, from inside a sheet metal building, booming in.
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2020, 2141 UTC »
Both those stations dominate their respective frequencies here day and night.
Have never logged another station on either freq.  The Cleveland station (being just
across the Lake) is much louder daytime than the Chicago station. 
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Das Radiobunker somewhere in Michigan
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