Around sunset here in NW Pennsylvania, I have some decent catches, but they're usually confined to Central/Western PA or Western Ny.. and are usually somewhat fleeting and not very strong.. but there are exceptions.
Between about 615-645pm Wednesday September 20th, I had a few catches.... I had what seemed to be an "opening" to eastern PA, which while isn't a super great distance, also not totally usual around here. It was still pretty bright sunlight out here when most of this was happening. Distances between me and the stations heard was between 150 and 180 miles. Here's a clip of WLSH 1410 LansfordPA featuring a WLSH jingle around 1 minute 9 seconds into the recording followed by a Three Dog Night tune: https://app.box.com/s/428ooniakilm2yp6i8jefsphbyky5sch The reception of Gem 104 on WGMF 1460 Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania is quite good at times, very strong with the music bubbling up nicely with some talk station underneath. The song "I Feel For You" is playing and at about 2 minutes 46 seconds into my recording, there's a Gem 104 jingle that gets lots in the mush a bit and then "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac begins playing. Here's the audio: https://app.box.com/s/yw9jp45idq79kogigy6cxqc40qj552lm I think the talk station underneath is WELM 1410 Elmira, NY. I've heard WWSM 1510 Palmyra, PA at sunset a few times, but it's usually a mushy jumble of WLAC, WRNJU and WWSM. But last night, it was quite clear at times with classic country music and the Westwood One Real Country Network DJ, but missing station liners: Here are two clips: https://app.box.com/s/sbkq7xxvwm6h3vt1mk8y5j62whhgm7ag https://app.box.com/s/lak1sbha5ckh7z6w670o5m9ibwji1kcr I heard WEBO 1330 Owego, NY with Blondie, "Call Me" into a WEBO liner. Verified with station owner Dave Radigan that it was on its 36 watt night power. Audio here: https://app.box.com/s/ddbymsw7f4lx3e0ogjf13jgk2ucg5msm I use a JRC NRD535D radio, 25 foot long by 10 foot tall magnetic loop antenna in the shape of a volleyball net connected to the WEllbrook ALA100LN amp controller head and a DXEngineering HF PreAmp. When I head over to the high frequency shortwave world bands, I employ an EmTech ZM2 antenna tuner. Paul _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html