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Offline East Troy Don

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WQLR Kalamazoo MI
« on: October 17, 2020, 1423 UTC »
1660 AM @ 14:10 UTC with yet another Sports NFL prognostication program for upcoming Sunday games.   Host seemed to be one of those Sports Radio guys who revels in saying some "out of the box" things in an apparent effort to stand out.

14:18 Teasing an impending NBA feature (who cares?   Judging from the  TV ratings - nobody)

14:19  Commercial block.  Geico, Bruce's Truck & Auto, Fox Sports radio promo, etc

14:23 ID

Pretty steady, moderate QRN signal . 10 KW @ 147 miles TX <> RX
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