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Author Topic: KAAY (Little Rock) 1090 AM 0003 UTC 24 NOV 2021  (Read 1219 times)

Offline Ct Yankee

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KAAY (Little Rock) 1090 AM 0003 UTC 24 NOV 2021
« on: November 24, 2021, 0005 UTC »
Very good reception, currently in Cleveland, about 850 miles from me.  First Arkansas catch ever. PL 880 with its wire.

0003 OM talking at length about Christ.
0011 Address to get material from vendor in Buffalo.
0012 Second OM talks, thanks folks for listening, ID.
0015 Station underneath occasionally heard, maybe WBAL?
0016 Country Christian song
0018 Reverend/DR. talking about Christ to long pause as in board op oversight
0020 Back on, syndicated news stories
0022 Country Christian song
0025 "Magnificant Obsession" The Hall Sisters, song ID by DJ
0028 "Mansion on the Hilltop" The Cathedrals, cut off midsong, ID, the following program sponsored by Focus on the Family
« Last Edit: November 24, 2021, 0035 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: KAAY (Little Rock) 1090 AM 0003 UTC 24 NOV 2021
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2021, 1353 UTC »
CY,
Thanks for the heads up on this one.
Had tried for them earlier in the month after a post by East Troy Don but no luck.
Finally heard them last evening just before midnight with a booming signal... Southern Gospel format.
There is a local on the same freq but it was completely covered.
Only my second Arkansas ever in the logbook.
Das Radiobunker somewhere in Michigan

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Re: KAAY (Little Rock) 1090 AM 0003 UTC 24 NOV 2021
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2021, 1408 UTC »

My pleasure, Happy Thanksgiving.  I didn't even see Don's post until I logged.  I was thinking either what a coincidence it was we both caught it or reception peaked for them and we both caught it. I was just turning the dial to see what I could catch in my temporary digs and realized the strong signal coming in was not WBAL by hearing the programming.  Did a little research and matched it to KAAY.  Certainly different dxing on the western fringe of the eastern time zone.  While driving to Cleveland, I was listening to the Ohio State/Michigan State (what a disaster) pre-game & game in daylight on WJR starting from Dubois, Pa westward to Cleveland.  Dubois about 325 air miles from Detroit!
« Last Edit: November 25, 2021, 1410 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: KAAY (Little Rock) 1090 AM 0003 UTC 24 NOV 2021
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2021, 0151 UTC »
Seems like local WCAR AM 1090 is off the air...  nothing but noise.
WBAL started coming in quite nicely on the car radio just after 1600 EST,
probably still on their omnidirectional pattern.
Tonight, however, KAAY owns the 1090 spot on the dial on the portable here in the shack.
Das Radiobunker somewhere in Michigan

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Re: KAAY (Little Rock) 1090 AM 0003 UTC 24 NOV 2021
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2021, 1748 UTC »
KAAY used to come in in the Omaha area nightly with almost local strength, moving to Indiana made it much harder to catch. I wondered why the change in sig strength was so drastic, then noted this;
https://www.rfcafe.com/references/electrical/images2/fcc-ground-conductivity-map-1975.gif

Went from 30 to 8 and it shows.
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