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Anyone else's AM radio doing the thing? (1610 kHz check-in)

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KrotzSpringsKate
Regular · 428 posts
two Tuesdays ago, 2:44 AM
Protocol reminder for the new folks: if you catch it, post the TIME, the STRETCH (parish only, rule two), and whether the read was fast or slow. Do NOT post the names you hear. Not any of them. That's how the last check-in thread got locked.
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DuckBlindDon
Regular · 203 posts
Thursday, 1:58 AM
caught it westbound on the long stretch around 130. slow read. lost it at the parish line like always. radios fine b4 doc asks, antennas new
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DocFenwick
Resident Skeptic · 2,871 posts
Friday, 8:21 AM
Nocturnal AM skywave. Distant stations skip off the ionosphere after dark and drop with terrain, which is your "parish line" effect. The names are a border-blaster preacher station and pattern-hungry ears. Eighty-six posts and not one recording, which tells you everything.
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KrotzSpringsKate
Regular · 428 posts
last night, 3:07 AM
doc i recorded it tonight. twenty minutes, clean signal, dash mount, fresh tape. played it back at the house and the tape is just road noise and my blinker. the blinker was not on, but thats a separate problem. it was reading slow tonight. im done logging for the week somebody else take westbound
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