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KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« on: July 05, 2021, 0332 UTC »
Very good reception, about 315 miles from me.

0328 Traffic report for Los Angeles
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« Last Edit: July 05, 2021, 1402 UTC by Ct Yankee »
Tecsun H501x (broadcast received on this unless noted), Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-600, Tecsun PL-880, Zenith 5S320, Realistic DX 160 using 40 feet of copper wire.  With apologies to Senator Gramm for his thoughts on firearms, "I have more radios than I need but not as many as I want."
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2021, 1836 UTC »

Something to try in the fall and winter: See if you can hear Cuban music rising up behind KFI. I've heard Radio Rebelde several times behind KFI on 640 kHz from up here near Seattle.

I'm about ~1,000 miles from the KFI transmitter in La Mirada, California. I remember driving by the former antenna tower as a young SoCal kid in the 1970s and early '80s. That tower was hit by an airplane in a fatal crash in 2004; the first replacement collapsed again during construction in 2008.
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2021, 2238 UTC »

Thanks for the Radio Rebelde tip.  I'm back to CT in three weeks.  I could be back in the Bay for the winter, there are a lot of moving parts right now.  I would love to try to DX out here in January and February.  I got up at 1000 utc yesterday and tried to do some dxing, maybe an unusual Asian SW or Alaskan MW......no luck  :-\.
« Last Edit: July 14, 2021, 0155 UTC by Ct Yankee »
Tecsun H501x (broadcast received on this unless noted), Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-600, Tecsun PL-880, Zenith 5S320, Realistic DX 160 using 40 feet of copper wire.  With apologies to Senator Gramm for his thoughts on firearms, "I have more radios than I need but not as many as I want."
QTH:  Durham, Connecticut (rural setting, 15 miles north of Long Island Sound)
qsl please to:  jamcanner@comcast.net  (Thank you)

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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2021, 1815 UTC »
CY, are you doing  all your DX'ing with the 880 while you're in sunny Cal ?
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2021, 0019 UTC »

 I've heard Radio Rebelde several times behind KFI on 640 kHz from up here near Seattle.



Nice catch from Seattle. 
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2021, 2200 UTC »

 I've heard Radio Rebelde several times behind KFI on 640 kHz from up here near Seattle.



Nice catch from Seattle.

Yep, that's still my longest catch from here. I only use an indoor loop, so no fancy outdoor MW antennas. So far, the outdoor MLA-30+ antenna I have has only produced noise for me on MW.
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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2021, 0007 UTC »
East Troy -

Doing all with 880 and its accessory wire (20-25 feet?), all set indoors.  I love the 880, planning on trying it on Amtrak on cross country rail to get back East at the end of month.  Used a 600 on a train trip abroad once with good success.
« Last Edit: July 21, 2021, 0243 UTC by Ct Yankee »
Tecsun H501x (broadcast received on this unless noted), Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-600, Tecsun PL-880, Zenith 5S320, Realistic DX 160 using 40 feet of copper wire.  With apologies to Senator Gramm for his thoughts on firearms, "I have more radios than I need but not as many as I want."
QTH:  Durham, Connecticut (rural setting, 15 miles north of Long Island Sound)
qsl please to:  jamcanner@comcast.net  (Thank you)

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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2021, 0214 UTC »
Thats a loooooooooooong train ride !
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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Re: KFI (Los Angeles) 640 am 0328 utc 5 Jul 2021
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2021, 0241 UTC »


3.5 days IF I make my 2 connections 🤞.  I figure a once in a lifetime excursion, I hear the Rocky Mountain states are remarkable by train. No wifi between Oakland and Chicago.
Tecsun H501x (broadcast received on this unless noted), Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-600, Tecsun PL-880, Zenith 5S320, Realistic DX 160 using 40 feet of copper wire.  With apologies to Senator Gramm for his thoughts on firearms, "I have more radios than I need but not as many as I want."
QTH:  Durham, Connecticut (rural setting, 15 miles north of Long Island Sound)
qsl please to:  jamcanner@comcast.net  (Thank you)