Re: MW DX in Bermuda

["Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@tmail.com>]

I m surprised you heard WBZ at all since they directional by choice and 
don't beam into the water

Funny WWZN boms into Newfoundland as well (and for the last 30 months 
very strong in the Forest Hills section of QUEENS NYC

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:06AM -0500, Ari Alpert wrote:
> Thought you might be interested in my brief (and
> incomplete) MW reception report from my Bermuda
> vacation.  I was surprised by some of the stations I
> logged.  Needless to say, my portable Grundig digital
> traveler II didn't pick any surprises on FM.  I didn't
> bother to try SW with just the stock antenna and
> wasn't feeling up to bringing my portable long wire
> and hanging it out the window (not sure my wife or
> hotel management would have liked that very much).
> Bermuda is about 775 southwest miles from Boston.
>
> By day, MW was empty except for local stations.  The
> most powerful nighttime Boston signal was 1510 WWZN by
> far which isn't too much of a surprise.  It easily lit
> the signal indicator while 1030 WBZ was a distant
> second but usually clearly audible.  I was surprised
> to very clearly hear 1360 WDRC from Hartford and what
> I believed to be 920 WHJJ.  1480 WSAR was just audible
> enough to hear a legal ID which also surprised me as
> these signals are so poor just 25 miles west of
> Boston.
>
> There were only about 3 local FM's and 5 local AM's in
> Bermuda serving the local population of about 65,000 +
> visitors.
>
> Here's a list of some other frequencies logged (mostly
> from Boston/New York area), most of which would be
> expected nighttime MW (some just audible through lots
> of interfering foreign language).
>
> 660 WFAN, New York
> 680 WRKO, Boston (noisy)
> 710 WOR, New York
> 750 WSB, Atlanta
> 770 WABC, New York
> 790 WSKO, Providence (ESPN heard though calls not
> confirmed)
> 850 WEEI, Boston (ID barely heard through interfering
> <Canadian?> signal)
> 890 WLS, Chicago
> 920 WHJJ, Providence (no ID! automation failed on
> local fill)
> 1010 WINS, New York
> 1020 KDKA, Pittsburgh
> 1030 WBZ, Boston
> 1040 WHO, Des Moines (most distant/clearly heard ID)
> 1050 WEVD, New York
> 1080 WTIC, Hartford (clearest Red Sox affiliate)
> 1090 WBAL, Baltimore
> 1130 WBBR, New York
> 1360 WDRC, Hartford (clearly heard Rock Cats baseball
> game)
> 1480 WSAR, Fall River (very noisy, times when this was
> clearest Sox signal)
> 1500 WTOP, D.C.
> 1510 WWZN, Boston
> 1520 WWKB, Buffalo
> 1540 WPTR, Albany (not confirmed, heard MOR music)
>
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